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SWL to request kindergarten waiver By LISA AURAND ThisWeek Community Newspapers Southwest Licking Local Schools will hold off on full-day, every-day kindergarten for at least two more years. SWL school board members voted 50 during a special meeting Jan. 26 to request a two-year waiver — on top of the one-year waiver in use this year — for the House Bill 1 requirement for Ohio districts to offer all-day kindergarten. Superintendent Forest Yocum told the board he had looked into the costs and
challenges associated with full-day kindergarten and found that it would cost about $350,000 for the classroom space alone. Yocum said his calculations were based on the estimate of 300 students — an increase from the current student level. The current Kindergarten Center, 927B South St., would have enough classroom space for about 150 students if the student-to-teacher ratio were increased to 22 students per class. “We would have to take the other students elsewhere,” Yocum said. “At Kirkersville (Elementary School),
we have two classrooms currently. If we were to purchase two two-unit portables, that would give us six classrooms there,” he said. A Columbus company priced the modulars at $45,000-$55,000 each, in addition to a set-up fee of $30,000 each, he said. Another option would be to rent the modulars until the district could purchase or build a new building, but renting the units would cost $700 a month. Yocum estimated it would take two to three years before the district could pass a capital-
improvements levy and another two to three years until the new building would even be ready. “That’s a minimum of six years until the building is built, and that puts the cost of the rental right at the amount of purchase,” he said. In addition, the district must consider the five teachers needed to staff those classrooms. “We’re a little concerned about the expense of those teachers,” Yocum said. “That would put us on the ballot (next time) for larger millage, or we could take
current staff that we have and move them.” Elementary art, music and guidance staff were areas that Yocum suggested could be reduced to meet this need. “We all feel that all-day, everyday kindergarten is a good thing both socially and academically for children,” he said. “But until we know that the (state) funds aren’t going to be pulled away from us, we’re very reluctant to be adding to the program.” Board member Don Huber made the See MANDATE, page A2
Etna land-use committees begin 2011
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prime farmland in Ohio and in
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reaching alarming proportions, Etna Township kicked off and I want to do everything I can 2011 with organizational meet- to preserve as much farmland as ings of the board of zoning ap- possible.” peals, naming township resident Schaff said the processes on Mark Schaff to the five-member the committees are complex and body and resitake time. dent Freddie “I’m a All the commitLatella to the rookie on the tees I’ve been on committee, so zoning comare involved with land mission. I’ve got a lot Schaff, who use, and I’m very inter- to learn,” he was named to said. ested in trying to preBZA on Jan. 25 In addition and will sucto adding the serve as much farmceed Michelle new member, land as we can in Weber, has been the BZA the township. working on the named Cheri township ecoRogers chair MARK SCHAFF nomic developand Rick Cox — new BZA member ment committee vice chair. and the comOther memprehensive land-use committee. bers include Claudette VanDyne He said he was highly interest- and Roger Digel-Barrett. ed in farmland preservation. In other business this month, “All the committees I’ve been trustees named Freddie Latella on are involved with land use, to the zoning commission, joinand I’m very interested in try- ing current members Trent Stepp, ing to preserve as much farm- Roger Young and Bill Essex. land as we can in the township,” Mike Kerner and Jim VanDyne Schaff said. “The Mid-Ohio Re- serve as alternates. gional Planning Commission See ETNA, page A2 talks about the rapid loss of
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Licking Heights’ Darius Strickland and Tyron Pack watch as Ronnie Dawson and Brionne Mitchell do a little dance after Dawson was announced prior to the start of the Jan. 26 game at Grandview Heights. See Sports, page A5.
Mobile home still a problem for Pataskala By MICHAEL J. MAURER ThisWeek Community Newspapers Pataskala City Council held an unusual end-of-the-month special session Jan. 24. Members used the 5-minute meeting to authorize the city administrator to enter into a no-cost contract for the removal of a dilapidated mobile home at 51 Depot St, but thus far the city is not able to find a willing taker. Dianne Harris, the city’s planning and zoning director, said one person had expressed interest in taking the home at no charge to the city, but inspections revealed that it probably has no salvage value to justify the cost of removal. “I think he thought it was in good enough condition that he could put it on wheels and haul it out,” Harris said. “But his initial assessment is that it is too bad shape,
A closer look Pataskala City Council members used the 5-minute meeting on Jan. 24 to authorize the city administrator to enter into a no-cost contract for the removal of a dilapidated mobile home at 51 Depot St, but thus far the city is not able to find a willing taker.
that it would probably either collapse while they were preparing it, or that it would be unsafe to take on the road.” Unless the home has enough value to attract someone who is willing to incur the cost of moving it, then the city has to pursue other options, Harris said. “Plan B would be to tear it down and have somebody take the time to physically tear it apart and put it in Dumpsters to
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haul away,” Harris said. “That’s a very expensive proposition.” Harris said the city had tried to have the home demolished under a one-time grant through Licking County, but ownership questions disqualified the Depot Street property from the program. “Within the past year Licking County had some funds available through grants to do some teardowns, and we were able to do several of those torn down that were abandoned or nuisance properties; maybe it was five or six total,” Harris said. “That was a rare opportunity, and we had tried to get this one on Depot done through that program, but the requirements could not be met.” Harris has obtained funding through a federal program, the Community Housing Improvement Program, that provides See HOME, page A2
Johnstown bypass likely, but probably not for 20 years Traffic questions throw wrench into village’s comprehensive plan By MICHAEL J. MAURER
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While the village of Johnstown Planning and Zoning Commission has been working hard for many months to update its 2005 comprehensive plan and expects to continue to do so until at least summer, one issue demonstrates the difficulty of planning: A highway bypass for the village of Johnstown. Construction will begin this spring on changes to the downtown intersection of state Route 37 and U.S. Route 62, including the addition of turn lanes and changes to traffic signals. The work should help reduce growing congestion, but in the long term the only solution to heavy downtown traffic is a high speed bypass.
dependent that the idea of a bypass has been floated since at least 2005, when the current comprehensive plan was developed. At that time, the general belief was that heavy traffic would be to the northwest side of the village, toward Sunbury. “I think this first appeared in 2005 in the original strategic plan,” Lenner said. “A lot of the assumption at that time was that state Route 37 up to Sunbury and then down to state Route 161 was going to be the more heavily traveled roadway, and they were going to try to connect those sections.” Today, however, with the opening of the high speed, interstate See BYPASS, page A2
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Some Watkins Middle School students are using an unexpected tool to improve their math skills this year. The school is piloting Project K-nect, which uses smart phones to help students with math. Verizon Wireless donated 191 LG Fathom phones to the school, Southwest Licking curriculuminstruction director Kristi Thompson said. The district pursued a grant to fund the project but decided to participate, using $40,000 in Title I funds even after the grant proposal was turned down. “Statistics showed 20 percent gains for students who participate in Project K-nect, so we decided to go ahead,” Thompson said. “We paired with Verizon Wireless, and they were generous enough to issue the devices.” On a typical school day, teacher Greg Stone, one of a handful of teachers to use the phones in Watkins’math classes, might issue students a challenge: “Build” a snowman using a program on
“It’s like a digital flipbook,” Stone said. “On one page, they would draw part of the snowman and it develops an actual movie as they were doing it. At the end of it, they had to give me what the surface area of their snowman was, and then they could decorate it to finish their movie.” He connected their smart phones to his digital whiteboard, known as a SMART Board, to show off each student’s video and determine whether they had calculated the correct answer. The phones are locked down and cannot receive or make outbound calls except for 911, she said. Students could use instant messaging on the phone, but the IM program logs their chats, Stone said. “They don’t get distracted by the phones themselves,” he said. “For them it’s kind of normal. … It’s something they’ve had their entire lives.” When Stone is helping a student one on one, the phones keep his classroom quiet. “I’ll say, ‘IM,’ and they’ll stop talking,” he said.
Students are allowed to use the phones outside school and often use them for homework. “A lot of times I’ll have them videotape themselves solving the problem and have them put it up on the blog,” Stone said. “There’s literally hundreds of different applications.” Stone said the devices have been very helpful to his students and to him. Daily quizzes taken on the phones give him immediate feedback on how well the class is grasping concepts taught the day before. “My test scores in there are much better than they were before, and my guess would be it’s the devices,” Stone said. Thompson said the pilot program has been so successful that the district is applying for a different grant to help fund its expansion. “The plan is to continue with it, especially for this group that have the phones now,” Thompson said. “We’ve written a federal grant to continue the data package so that we can continue the project into algebra I or algebra II or wherever these students will go next year.”
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motion to apply for the two-year waiver. Board president Dave Engle seemed hopeful that the additional time would give the district an opportunity to see what the state legislature would do about school funding. The board also asked Yocum and treasurer Richard Jones to prepare two staffing plans — with and without all-day kindergarten. www.ThisWeekNews.com
grants to low-income property owners to demolish as many as 20 homes, but that program, which will begin in March, is not expected to cover the Depot Street property. Aging housing stock and infrastructure are recognized problems among city managers na-
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quality throughway on state Route 161, the picture looks different. “Seeing how traffic has increased on U.S. Route 62, a lot of people are using 62 to get to New Albany to Columbus,” Lenner said. “What we will see now is a lot of traffic heading south on 37 to 161 or 310 to 161, to get to the new 161. “With that just opening, there are some unknowns,” he said. “We’ll have to get counts to see how traffic counts have changed because of the new roadway.” No matter how the area develops, the controlling factor in any bypass will be money to build it. Since the village will not have a budget to do so, and the state Department of Transportation controls both routes 37 and 62, the funding decision will be made by the state. For many reasons, that means such a project is 15, 20 or even 30 years away, Lenner said. “The village has no way to finance an operation like that,” Lenner said. “It would be state
funded. This would be 20 years down the road, and that’s if the economy picks back up. 161 was 15 years in the making. Cherry Valley Road has been a problem for many years, and that’s still being addressed.” James Decker, project engineer for W.E. Stilson, village engineers, said that a decade is no time at all for such major transportation projects. “I would put it out there as at least 20 years down the road before it could happen,” Decker said. “With any large transportation project, there are so many factors, and getting major funding is in play. Then you have to get acquisition of right of way clearances and environmental clearances. “When you are talking a large scale project, it takes a good 10 years for a lot of those things to materialize, if not longer.” Despite such uncertainty, the village still has to plan for such development, Lenner said, noting that the planning and zoning commission will continue to address the possibility of a bypass during its updates to the strategic plan.
Continued from page A1 Township zoning administrator Chris Harkness said the zoning commission would continue upgrading its zoning code, including current work on the sign code and architectural landscape standards. “If they get those two things done, that will be a good year,” Harkness said. “It’s a very slow process because it’s in-house, which is good because they’re not spending money. It also slows down when there is a major application that takes up their time and takes away the time that they have to do code updates.” Harkness said a current application to develop 86 acres on state Route 310, near the Cumberland Trail subdivision, for mixed commercial and residential use likely would take significant time during the first few months of the year.
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Newark boys could be tourney wildcard By KURTIS ADAMS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The draw for the Division I district tournament still is two weeks away. It’s not too early to visualize what the brackets might look like, however, and some coaches already have indicated they’d prefer not to play the Newark High School boys basketball team. “I know they’ve made it difficult on me and my teams for a lot of years,” said Pickerington North coach Pete Liptrap, whose team beat the visiting
Wildcats 43-41 in an OCC-Ohio Division game Jan. 7. “They’ll be an extremely tough draw for someone.” The word “tough” keeps cropping up in conversations regarding the Wildcats, who were 8-6 overall and 4-5 in the league before playing Groveport on Jan. 28. “We have to play with that kind of attitude,” coach Jeff Quackenbush said. “We’re not the biggest team in our league and we’re not the most athletic team.” Trailing 33-24 at halftime and 43-
36 early in the fourth quarter Jan. 25 at Reynoldsburg, the Wildcats rallied to force overtime before eventually losing 70-62. Christian Keller, who scored a team-high 17 points, made a 3-pointer from the right corner on one possession and followed with a free throw on the next to cap a 16-4 run that gave Newark a 52-49 lead with 2 minutes, 29 seconds remaining in regulation. Reynoldsburg, which had lost the first-round game 68-61 in overtime on Dec. 7, got the ball into the lane to Wendell Davis in the final seconds with
the score tied 53-all, but Bret Woolard stood his ground and drew a charging foul. The Raiders scored the first seven points in overtime and outscored Newark 17-9 in the OT. “They’re a bunch of fighters,” Reynoldsburg coach Chris Rider said afterward. “That’s a quality win for us against a tough opponent.” Woolard, a 6-foot-4 senior, was leading the Wildcats in scoring (12.3 points per game) before Jan. 28. Jalen Dartis was averaging 10.8 points and Daniel Logan 10.4, and Dartis was
leading the Wildcats with 30 3-pointers. Dartis, a sophomore, broke the single-game school record with eight 3-pointers in a 79-58 victory over Groveport on Dec. 17. “We did a fairly good job on him,” Rider said of Dartis, who scored 10 points against Reynoldsburg while making three 3-pointers. “If he gets hot from deep they can be a real wildcard (in the postseason).” The setback at Reynoldsburg folSee NOTES, page A6
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The Hornets’ Alex Murphy corrals a rebound in front of Andy Treasure and Sam Hawk (back) of Grandview on Jan. 26.
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Darius Strickland of Licking Heights looks to shoot despite pressure from Grandview’s Sam Hawk and Andy Treasure (right) during the visiting Hornets’ 41-38 victory in an MSL-Cardinal game Jan. 26.
The Licking Heights High School boys basketball team didn’t score many style points when it returned from an unexpected midseason break to post a 4138 MSL-Cardinal Division victory at Grandview on Jan. 26. “I wasn’t really sure what to expect,” coach Nathan Clark said afterward as his voice trailed off. “Our kids responded.” The timing of a winter storm that brought more snow to central Ohio and postponed a showdown with first-place Harvest Prep on Jan. 21 couldn’t have been worse. The Hornets were
in the midst of a seven-game winning streak, after all. So when the Hornets took the floor against the Bobcats they had last played 11 days earlier, beating host Liberty Union 6538 on Jan. 15. It looked like it, too. The Hornets struggled offensively and trailed 26-22 entering the fourth quarter. “We tried to do what we could (during the layoff),” Clark said. “We tried to emulate the competitive spirit, but that’s not an easy thing to do. We did a lot of 3-on-3 defensive work and stuff like that. We made the best of a tough situation.” See HORNETS, page A6
Watkins Memorial Roundup
Wrestlers finally at home for end of regular season By KURTIS ADAMS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Watkins Memorial High School wrestling fans can put away their gas cards. The Warriors will compete on their home mat for the first time this season when New Albany visits for an OCC-Capital Division dual on Monday, Feb. 1. They’ll also play host to the Watkins Memorial Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 5, and the regular-season schedule concludes with the league finale at home against Olentangy Orange on Feb. 10. “We don’t have anything at home until New Albany,” coach Eddie Jayne said. “Fortunately, we’ve got three meets here at the end at home. We would have had another one, too, because we usually (play) host (to) the (Division I) sectional. They moved that to Marysville this year (on Feb. 20).” The Warriors made their second trip to Mount Vernon on Jan. 27 for a league dual. They previously split two OCC-Capital matches there on Jan. 6, defeating Franklin Heights and los-
At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Watkins Memorial boys basketball, girls basketball, swimming and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Jan. 21 — Lost to Big Walnut 79-47. Thomas Osickey scored a seasonhigh 15 points behind four 3-pointers. *Jan. 25 — Lost to New Albany 8031. Kevin Crawford and Brady Coward scored nine points each. *Jan. 28 — Played Delaware *Feb. 4 — At Olentangy Orange. The Warriors dropped the first-round game 102-39 on Dec. 21. Of note: The Warriors were 1-12 overall and 0-8 in the OCC-Capital before Jan. 28. GIRLS BASKETBALL *Jan. 21 — Lost to Big Walnut 50-23. Mathea Tenwalde scored seven points. *Jan. 25 — Lost to New Albany 3921. Logan Visnick scored nine points for the Warriors, who matched a season-low in points allowed. They also
ing to Hilliard Bradley. Watkins has traveled to Delaware as well while also competing in tournaments at Belmont Union Local, Johnstown, West Jefferson, Dresden Tri-Valley and Licking Heights. “We’ve been around,” Jayne
gave up 39 in a win over Franklin Heights on Jan. 7. *Jan. 28 — Played Delaware Jan. 29 — Played Licking Heights. Game was postponed because of snow on Jan. 11 and Jan. 20. *Feb. 4 — Home vs. Olentangy Orange. The Warriors dropped the firstround game 67-28 on Dec. 21. Of note: The Warriors were 2-13 overall and 1-9 in the OCC-Capital before Jan. 28. SWIMMING *Jan. 29 — Competed in OCC-Capital meet at New Albany Feb. 5 — Southeast Ohio Swim League Championships at Ohio University WRESTLING *Jan. 27 — Lost to Mount Vernon 5126 *Feb. 1 — Home vs. New Albany Feb. 5 — Watkins Memorial Invitational Of note: The Warriors are 3-2 in the OCC-Capital. *OCC-Capital contest
said. “The kids are definitely excited for some home matches.” The Watkins Memorial Invitational, which was canceled a year ago because of snow, will feature a 10-team field. The newcomers include Licking Valley,
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Watkins Memorial’s Dylan Scott tangles with Michael Stanley of Hamilton Township in a match at 103 pounds during the Licking Heights Invitational on Jan. 15. The Warriors will play host to the annual Watkins Memorial Invitational on Feb. 5.
which is ranked third in the latest Division II area coaches poll, and Steubenville. The Big Red’s lineup features four projected Division II state qualifiers, in-
cluding projected runner-up John The other participants include Eckroth at heavyweight, ac- Big Walnut, Canal Winchester, cording to Brian Brakeman’s Central Crossing, MarionHigh School Wrestling ForeSee WARRIORS, page A6 cast.
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•GIRLS BASKETBALL — Granville’s 5638 loss to Bexley on Jan. 22 tightened the MSLOhio standings. The Blues Aces, who had a twogame lead two weeks ago, were 7-2 in the league while the Lions were 7-3 before Jan. 28. Licking Valley and Columbus Academy were only two games back in the loss column at 6-4 and 5-4, respectively. •WRESTLING — The number of undefeated wrestlers in the county continues to dwindle. However, Heath had two unbeatens coming out of the home Robin Drumm Classic on Jan. 22 as seniors Mason Robinson (160 pounds) and Travis Drumm (215) pinned down individual championships. Drumm is listed fifth at his weight class in Division III in Brian Brakeman’s High School Wrestling Forecast, which was released last week. Robinson is ranked sixth at 171 while injured senior Dom Barlow, a three-time state placer, is fourth at 160.
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Classic. With the win, Gahanna remained undefeated. GIRLS Newark’s Paige Cashin had 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Wildcats past Gahanna 51-45 on Jan. 21.
Visit ThisWeekSPORTS.com for complete coverage of central Ohio high school basketball. Throughout the week, Hoop It Up offers previews of top games, recaps of great performances, polls, slideshows, Top stories videos and player features on Boys Basketball: Westerthe more than 150 boys and girls basketball teams in ville South’s 39th consecuThisWeekSPORTS.com’s tive regular-season win Jan. 22 may have been its most coverage area. impressive. Boys Basketball: Northland Top games guard and Michigan-signee Trey The games of the week for Burke is not the only Viking both boys and girls will be re- stepping up his game. Girls Basketball: Grandvealed on Monday at ThisWeekSPORTS.com. Last week’s top view’s Danielle Clark is feagames were the Pickerington tured. She leads the area by North boys vs. New Albany and making 96 percent of her free the Pickerington North vs. throws. Reynoldsburg girls game. Commentary: ThisWeekSPORTS.com staff writer Jarrod Top performances Ulrey examines the OHSAA’s divisional referendum. BOYS Gahanna’s Stevie Taylor Quotable scored 28 points Jan. 22 as the Lions blew past Chillicothe “I didn’t know what I was 68-43 at the Ohio Play-By-Play doing. I had to learn how to do
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Note of the week The Gahanna boys basketball team beat Newark 44-34 on Jan. 21 despite going 0-for13 from 3-point range.
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Continued from page A5 Franklin and Teays Valley. The field is rounded out by Sparta Highland and Morgan. Teays Valley is ranked third in the latest Division I poll and Canal Winchester is fourth in Division II. “We have good strength coming in,” Jayne said. “It should be competitive.” Until the Mount Vernon dual, the Warriors had not wrestled since competing in the Licking Heights Invitational on Jan. 14-15. Joey Cameron won the team’s only title there while improving
HORNETS Deonte Holder scored all 12 of his points in the second half as the Hornets posted their eighth consecutive victory, which is their longest winning streak in Clark’s four seasons. They won seven in a row at one point a year ago while finishing 11-10. Holder, who is the team’s leading scorer at 18.4 points per game, had 10 during the fourth quarter as the Hornets rallied. Darius Strickland’s put-back provided a 30-29 advantage they would not relinquish with 5 minutes, 29 seconds remaining. Holder followed with a free throw on one possession and a 3-pointer on the next as the lead grew to 34-29. He also had a three-point play to make it 3834, and Dewey Rice knocked down a pair of free throws to complete the scoring with 6 seconds left to play after the Bobcats had pulled to within 39-38. Grandview’s Oliver Rouch missed wide right on what would have been a tying 3-pointer from near mid-court as the final horn sounded. Licking Heights improved to 8-4 overall and 6-1 in the MSLCardinal entering a league game against Berne Union on Jan. 29. It avenged a 48-40 loss to Grandview on Dec. 11, and the win was the team’s first over the Bobcats since a 45-37 victory on Jan. 12, 2007. “This was a pretty big win for us,” said senior guard Brionne Mitchell, who was in the eighth grade when the Hornets last defeated the Bobcats. “It’s big for
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At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Licking Heights boys basketball, girls basketball and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Jan. 26 — Defeated Grandview 4138. Deonte Holder scored all 12 of his points in the second half, 10 of which came in the fourth quarter as the Hornets rallied from a 26-22 deficit. Alex Murphy scored eight of his 10 points in the first half for the Hornets, who pushed their winning streak to eight games. *Jan. 29 — Played Berne Union *Feb. 2 — Home vs. Harvest Prep. This game originally was scheduled for Jan. 21 but was postponed because of snow. The first-place Warriors were 7-0 in the MSL-Cardinal before playing Grandview on Jan. 29. *Feb. 4 — At Fisher Catholic. The Hornets got 33 points from their bench, including eight each from Tywaun Watkins and Darius Strickland, to win the first-round game 68-39 on Dec. 21. Feb. 5 — At Worthington Christian Of note: The Hornets were 8-4 overall and 6-1 in the MSL-Cardinal before Jan. 29. GIRLS BASKETBALL *Jan. 22 — Lost to Fisher Catholic
us as a program because we hadn’t beaten them yet.” The home game with Harvest Prep has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 2. The Warriors were 8-3 overall and 7-0 in the MSL-Cardinal before playing Grandview on Jan. 29. They gave third-place West Jefferson a third league loss with a 68-52 victory on Jan. 25, and Grandview also had three MSL-Cardinal losses entering the weekend. “Our team has shown so much growth since we started (the season) with four losses,” Clark said. “We should definitely be ready for Harvest Prep, and getting a couple of more games in
51-43. Chelsea Dunkle and Kyasia Duling scored eight points each to lead the Hornets, who dropped their seven game by eight or fewer points. *Jan. 28 — Played West Jefferson Jan. 29 — Played Watkins Memorial. That game previously was postponed on Jan. 11 and Jan. 20. *Feb. 1 — Home vs. Millersport. The Hornets won the first-round game 5434 on Dec. 18. *Feb. 5 — At Liberty Union. The Hornets, who got a season-high 24 points from Duling, dropped the first-round game 55-42 on Jan. 3. They were outscored 21-9 at the free-throw line. Of note: The Hornets were 3-11 overall and 2-8 in the MSL-Cardinal before Jan. 28. WRESTLING Jan. 22 — Finished fifth (225.5) at the Robin Drumm Classic at Heath, won by Dresden Tri-Valley (308). Tyler Price captured the title at 112 and posted his 100th career victory in the process. Kevin Yeager (171) also won his weight class. Jan. 27 — Competed against MarionFranklin and Buckeye Valley Feb. 5 — Hilliard Darby Duals. The Hornets will be competing in this event for the first time. *MSL-Cardinal game
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The following schools are seeking coaches: Dublin Jerome — Girls soccer. Send résumé to Nick Magistrale, athletics director, Dublin Jerome High School, 8300 Hyland Croy Road, Dublin, 43016 or e-mail magistrale_nick@dublinschools.net. Johnstown-Monroe — Track, junior varsity baseball. Contact athletics director Mike Carter at (740) 9672721 or wmcarter@johnstown.k12.oh.us. Upper Arlington — Field hockey. Send résumé to girls athletics director Jodi Palmer at jpalmer@uaschools.org. Westerville South — Assistant boys and girls soccer. Contact athletics department at (614) 797-6004.
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Sinus infections can be frequent Frequent sinus infections in children are a common problem, especially for children in daycare settings. The average child can have six to ten upper respiratory tract infections a year that have symptoms including nasal discharge and blockage. Other factors that contribute to frequent sinus infections are environmental allergies, exposure to second-hand smoke, immunodeficiency, congenital craniofacial anomalies and some inherited conditions. Children with lung problems such as asthma and cystic fibrosis often have related sinus problems. Most viral infections will resolve without treatment. A small percentage will progress to bacterial sinusitis that will require antibiotics for treatment. Narrowing or blockage of the nasal passages or sinus openings may increase the chances that a cold will progress to bacterial sinusitis. Often, children may need medication to help treat sinus problems. This could include nasal
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