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Village may relinquish pool management By TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI ThisWeek Community Newspapers Canal Winchester Village Council heard the first reading Monday of legislation authorizing a $168,280 contract with a company to operate the village swimming pool for the 2011 season. Finance director Nanisa Osborn said most of the money for the contract with Columbus Pool Management Inc. would
be pulled from the budgets of various departments, including wages and benefits, operation and maintenance, contract services, utilities and capital outlay. The village will use $141,100 from existing accounts and would need an additional $27,180 for the contract. Osborn said village officials hope Columbus Pool Management will be able to fill village needs.
“None of us of have appropriate training to maintain and keep up a pool,” she said. “We think the people at the pool — lifeguards, managers — need more training than they are getting from us.” Osborn said the idea was to find a company that manages pools on a regular basis that could provide better service and for a better rate. She said every village department is involved at some point in keeping the pool operational.
“Every day of the summer, one department is there taking care of things,” she said. Councilman John Bender asked if the company plans to keep existing employees. “Absolutely,” Columbus Pool Management Inc. general manager Dan Phillips said. “It is important for us to keep the community relationship that has been here. It is important to have expe-
rienced lifeguards and a management staff who knows how things have been done.” Bender asked what type of training the village can’t provide. Osborn said every year the village struggles with opening and closing the pool. “We are not experts at what pools need to have,” she said. “We manage it. We See VILLAGE, page A3
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Canal Winchester High School’s Hanna Landis, right, gives flowers and a hug to senior Cadyn Krauss during a senior appreciation ceremony before the start of the team’s game against Teays Valley High School Saturday, Feb. 5. Canal Winchester lost to Teays Valley 70-51. Krauss added nine to pace the Indians against Teays Valley.
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Finances are the focus during retreat By TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Canal Winchester Board of Education devoted much of its time at a Feb. 5 retreat to finances. Roger Hardin, assistant director of the Office of Finance Program Services at the Ohio Department of Education, spent about an hour of the three-hour meeting reviewing school district finances in Ohio, using maps that show the number of districts anticipating budget deficits increasing throughout the state — from 10 in fiscal year 2011, to 102 in fiscal year 2012 and to 235 in fiscal year 2013. He cautioned, however, that the data on which the maps were based were formulated for last October’s required
five-year forecast submission and finances may have changed for some school districts. Additional revenue for ballot issues approved in November is not accounted for in the fiveyear forecasts and additional revenue may have already eliminated some of the projected deficits, he said. Treasurers are usually conservative in their projections and may have projected a 10- to 20-percent decrease in state funding and lower real estate tax collections for several years, he said. “Experience tells us that the majority of the districts projecting deficits resolve those deficits through expenditure reductions or increased revenue,” he said. The bottom line is that while the number of districts in the red is some-
what staggering, it does not mean all of them will end up in fiscal oversight, Hardin said. Even so, he said, his assessment is that Canal Winchester isn’t alone in its financial struggles. Board member Brian Niceswanger said he found the information and the maps “pretty stark.” Hardin suggested Canal Winchester school officials continue to pore through comparisons with other districts, using various online tools available through the Ohio Department of Education website to see where they might make cuts. He noted that although salaries in some school districts may appear higher, other factors can come into play. For instance, he said, the Berne Union district outsources all of its cleaning and food
service so those items show up as purchased services rather than salaries. One of the pieces of data school districts can access is personnel service as a percentage of operating revenue, Hardin said. For the Canal Winchester district, that is 75.5 percent compared to a county average of 77.2 percent and a statewide average of 76 percent, he said. “There are a few factors that influence that,” Hardin said. “I can almost assure you, any time you are above 81 percent, you are headed for financial trouble.” The average salary in Canal Winchester is $53,529, but an employee’s number of years of service is a factor, Hardin said. Canal Winchester has a See FINANCES, page A2
Canal Winchester village officials are hoping to hire a part-time human resources coordinator by the beginning of April. At the Feb. 7 Canal Winchester Village Council finance committee meeting, finance director Nanisa Osborn said council appropriated money for the new position in November. Council heard first reading of the legislation during Monday’s meeting. She said one of the biggest issues facing Canal Winchester as it becomes a city is civil service compliance. “Recent changes in health care have left Matt (Peoples, public works director) and I scrambling to keep up with human resource issues we need to deal with,” she said. Osborn provided council members with a proposed job description for the new HR coordinator and said all personnel responsibilities will be entrusted to the new employee. She said the HR coordinator will earn $19 an hour for up to 25 hours of work per week. Initially, the coordinator would work about 20 hours a week, she said. Councilman Steve Donahue asked when the position might become full-time. Osborn said that isn’t expected to happen until 2013 or 2014. “We tried to give obvious general duties that would be part of that position in the job description and minimum requirements,” she said. Council President Marilyn Rush-Ekelberry asked if the new position’s duties would overlap any of the responsibilities of community affairs director Carrie Hoover. Osborn said it would overlap responsibilities for everyone. “Right now, everyone has a piece of the job,” she said. For instance, she said, the job description says the human resources coordinator would be responsible for coordinating special events. Currently, Water Reclamation Department manager Steve Smith sets up most training, Peoples is responsible for health insurance training and she herself coordinates general benefits. Osborn said village officials hope to fill the position by the first of April and would likely start interviewing candidates in March. She said after Canal Winchester becomes a city, there are a lot of additional responsibilities the HR director will take on. Village officials are unsure when Canal WinSee COUNCIL, page A2
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Teachers: Project Achieve has improved student discipline By TARA STUBBSFIGURSKI ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Indian Trail Elementary School teachers and administrators say they have seen a vast improvement in student behavior since the school implemented Project Achieve a year ago. Project Achieve is a national program developed by psychologist Howie Knoff. According to its website, Project Achieve in an evidence-based program that,
among other things, aims to help schools develop effective classroom instruction and academic excellence; early interventions for at-risk, underachieving and unsuccessful students; professional development and staff support initiatives; and assessment, evaluation and accountability systems. Now in its second year at Indian Trail, Project Achieve has led to a substantial decrease in discipline incidents, school officials said. This includes 200 fewer lunch detentions, 20 fewer bus suspen-
sions, 150 fewer bus incident reports and 20 fewer school suspensions. Principal Beverly Downing said school psychologist Kellie Boyden brought the national program to the school, which teaches students in kindergarten through second grade. “A couple of years ago, we were looking at some issues with behavior and asking what we could do to help kids improve their social skills,” Downing said. The school was awarded some
trict spent $6,240.51 on Project Achieve and for 2010-11, Project Achieve has cost $10,628.88 to date, which has included sessions at Indian Trail, Winchester Trail Now in its second year at Indian Trail, Project Achieve has Elementary and Canal Winchesled to a substantial decrease in discipline incidents, school officials said. This includes 200 fewer lunch detentions, 20 ter Middle School. fewer bus suspensions, 150 fewer bus incident reports and Knoff came in three times last 20 fewer school suspensions. year to help train the Indian Trail staff on how to improve student grant money to help fund the na- on the project, including intensive social skills and has worked with tional program, she said. instruction at the Indian Trail teachers this year. Treasurer Joyce Boyer said for Building and a training session Downing said the program gives the 2008-09 school year, the dis- with district bus drivers. trict spent $47,022 in Title 1 funds For 2009-10, she said, the disSee ACHEIVE, page A2
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Nearly nine months after city officials put the brakes on the planned development of a $3-million soccer complex and accompanying office and retail centers, the project is back on track. Pickerington City Council unanimously approved a development agreement Feb. 1 for the rezoning and final development plans for an 115,000-square-foot indoor soccer complex on Refugee Road. Now, the lone hurdle to the project appears to be approvals of landscape, architectural and sign plans, which the Pickerington Planning and Zoning Commission will consider as soon as this month or next. Once those approvals are in place, Homestead Development Co. can obtain a building permit and begin the first phase of the project, which has been in the planning stages since 2009. “We’d like to get started on the soccer facility this summer,” said Aaron Underhill, an attorney for Homestead. “Under the best-case scenario, we’d be open for the winter season 2012.” Homestead plans to build four indoor soccer fields, estimated to cost $3-million, during the first phase of construction. Later phases call for construction of an estimated $9-million, 65,000-square-foot office development just south of the soccer complex and a $5-million to $5.5-million, 35,000square-foot commercial development that could house stores and restaurants fronting Refugee Road. The entire project will be built on 16.06 acres. The soccer complex site is just west of Hill Road Plaza along Refugee Road on land owned by the Ebright family.
Until recent months, however, it appeared the development might not get off the ground because of prolonged disagreements about how much Homestead would pay in impact fees. Much of the debate centered around Homestead officials’view that an indoor soccer facility didn’t fall under city code related to projects which are assessed impact fees. The sides, for a time, also were at a stalemate after failing to come to terms on a taxincrement financing agreement for the project, which would have led to the developer paying to construct an access road to its site and funding the extension of Windmiller Drive. Additionally, negotiations over who should pay for extra turn lanes to both Refugee Road and state Route 256 stalled the effort. Underhill credited Pickerington city manager Bill Vance, who took over negotiations when he joined the city last July, for reviving the project. “It was sort of a long time coming, and we’re happy we’re there now,” Underhill said. “Before (Vance) was around, it was much more difficult to get this done. He really moved this forward with a spirit of cooperation.” In the end, the city and Homestead agreed there would be no tax increment financing (TIF) tied to the soccer facility. An agreement tied to the office and retail developments could arise, but no promises have been made, as yet. Rather, Homestead will pay a one-time impact fee of $137,000 to Pickerington. The city can use those fees to finance other city services. Homestead also will pay an estimated $350,000 to construct the initial extension of Windmiller Drive, from Refugee Road to the soccer facility site. Additionally, the developer will finance the construction of a private road, which will serve as an access road to facility. Underhill said an
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Brother, can you spare a dime for a night’s lodging? Columbus and America have spent much of the last quartercentury attempting to come to grips with the problem of people with little or no money and very few places to spend the night. But this is not a story about America today. I will leave that story to others. Today I would rather look a little more closely at how people with few resources lived a century ago. One-hundred years ago, some people who had lost everything due to bad decisions, bad attitudes or simply bad luck left their old world behind and hit the road. They became known as “tramps,” “hoboes” or “vagrants” and lived off the land and by their wits. As far as I know, the definitive history of the vagrant in America has yet to be written. But a lot of good historical research seems to point to the simple fact that outsiders and other just plain unlikable people have a long history in our country. More than one historian has noted that more than a little of this country was founded and settled by such people. Eventually, many — if not most — of these people settled down, found a calling, a living or a career and no longer drifted across the land. Every town of any size in America has had its share of people who simply did not fit in. Many lived on the edges of the town, did their best to stay out of the way and got on with their lives. In the early history of Columbus, a number of rather disreputable types — nominally led by a man named Jones — founded a settlement of their own called “Jonesburgh” near the intersection of Naghten Street and Cleveland Avenue, a place that was then “out in the country.” It soon became an open marketplace for thieves, robbers and other nasty people. The “village,” such as it was, became a local center of drink, dissolution and disease and was in short order closed down by local residents who did not like to have such a place so close to the state capital. One could assume that the good citizens of Columbus who drove out the bad people of Jonesburgh thought they had rid the city of its unwanted residents once and for all. If, indeed, they thought so, they of course were sadly mistaken. Columbus, like every American city, would always have a vice district — an area that through much of the 1800s would come to be called the “Badlands.” The state capital would also always have people who literally lived at the edges of the town and who subsisted on whatever they might scavenge. But this story is not really about those people. Rather, it is about
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the people who came to Columbus looking for work, with few, if any, resources, and just simply ED needed a LENTZ place to stay. In January 1902, a reporter for the Columbus Press-Post followed several of these people and wrote a rather lengthy story about what he discovered about their lives: “There are several men in Columbus who are each worth $1,000,000, which at 6 percent interest, means an income of $60,000, or nearly $200 per day … But it is not with the rich man this article is intended to deal … The poorest man is the one who lands in the city with 25 cents in his pocket, and must live upon this until he can find something to do that will bring him another 25 cents, if no more. “The man with 25 cents still views the world hopefully. He discovers that it will carry him through one day in comparative comfort. There is 5 cents for his breakfast, 5 cents for his dinner, 5 cents for his supper and 10 cents remaining for a bed in a lodging house. “There are numerous lodging houses in Columbus, whose signs say that a night’s lodging may be secured within at prices ranging from 10 to 15 cents. To put it in round figures, a canvass was made of ten of these ‘hotels’ and it was learned that an average of 20 men per night — all the year round — lodge in each of these establishments. “There is a sitting room, dignified by the title of ‘office,’ usually upon the walls of which the far-seeing proprietor has hung framed rules and regulations,
made up in style somewhat like Sunday School mottos, reading thus: “‘Anyone retiring with his shoes on will forfeit his bed.’ ‘Sleeping in the office strictly forbidden.’ ‘Beds must be paid for in advance.’ “There are, however, permanent lodgers also in the 10- and 15-cent hostelries. The majority of these have the 15-cent beds. These beds are located in small rooms hardly larger than the private lockers in the athletic clubman’s club house … In the rooms or stalls, there is a single iron bed, one chair and hooks for hanging up clothing … The lodgers who expend 15 cents a night for a sleeping place are many of them clerks on small salaries, some of them from the great army of men who work in the wholesale houses and other big establishments where hundreds of men are employed. “The ambitious and manly boy who came to the city from his country home last autumn to find work in town writes to his mother dating his letter ‘hotel’this and that, and little does the good woman dream of how dreary is the place called hotel, where her son is spending the long winter nights, sending home every cent he can spare. “Of course, there are better things in store for the boy, for he is gritty, but at present he is bravely doing the best he can and does not find a cheap lodging house unendurable.” For many young people coming to a town growing and changing in early 20th-century America, the 10- to 15-cent hotel was a first step to a better life. Perhaps in our own time, similar places still are.
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VILLAGE Continued from page A1 don’t feel that we manage it well.” She said Columbus Pool manages other pools in central Ohio, including one in Orange Township in Delaware County. Other communities are pleased with the service provided, she said. ”The company has been in business for a long time,” she said. Community affairs director Carrie Hoover said she fully supports hiring Columbus Pool Management because the company’s primary focus is on managing pools. “They have great expertise in this area,” she said “I called CPM’s contact at each of the pools they manage and all of them spoke very positively about their relationship.” Hoover said the pool is part of the community affairs department so she’ll serve as primary liaison between the village and the company. She will still have responsibilities such as coordinating food and operating licenses, budgeting for pool expenses and addressing any issues that occur during the season. “We expect the staff and how the pool operates to stay virtually the same,” she said. Council President Marilyn Rush-Ekelberry asked about freeing up time for village employees. Osborn said when the pool is open, public works director Matt Peoples essentially adds another department for over three months of the year and more than doubles his employees. “It not only has an affect on me … payroll doubles because we have that many more employees coming in,” she said. Peoples said the water reclamation department puts in 220 manhours each year to get the pool up and operational. Village employees also clean the pool, he said. While village officials are stepping away from the daily maintenance of the pool, they will still have oversight, Peoples said. But Columbus Pool Management can maintain the facility on a daily basis, make sure the chlorine is working and chemicals are balanced, he said. “I do see this as not only a better operation of the pool but my department,” Peoples said. Osborn said village staff members are at the pool every day, sometimes only for a half-hour but other days for much longer, depending on the situation. She said village officials will evaluate the contract at the end of the year to see if it worked out as planned. Councilman Steve Donahue asked who would handle complaints about pool management. Osborn said complaints about the pool will still be handled by Hoover and if she is off, Osborn and Peoples will handle the complaints in. “We are hoping that it will be relatively seamless,” she said.
Education brief Kindergarten roundup set for March 21-25 Indian Trail Elementary School, 6767 Gender Road, will hold kindergarten registration March 21-25. Time slots are available at 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Children must be 5 years old on or before Aug. 1, 2011, in order to be eligible to attend kindergarten for the 2011-2012 school year. Call (614) 833-2154 to schedule an appointment.
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To add, remove or update a school year. Call (614) 833-2154 Finance committee meetings, listing, e-mail editorial@ to schedule an appointment. 5:45 p.m. the first Monday of thisweeknews.com. the month at Town Hall. Safety committee meetings, Government 9 a.m. the first Wednesday of the Events Canal Winchester Village month at Town Hall. Kindergarten Registration, Council, 7 p.m. the first and third Service committee meetings, March 21-25 at Indian Trail El- Mondays of the month at Town 5:45 p.m. the third Monday of ementary School, 6767 Gender Hall, 10 N High St. the month at Town Hall. Road. Time slots are available Planning and zoning comLandmarks commission, 7 at 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. and 1:30 mission, 7 p.m. the second Monp.m. the fourth Monday of the p.m. Children must be 5 years day of each month at Town Hall. month at Town Hall. old on or before Aug. 1, 2011, Old Town committee meetMadison Township Board of in order to be eligible to attend ings, 5:45 p.m. the second MonTrustees, 6 p.m. the third kindergarten for the 2011-2012 day of the month at Town Hall. Wednesday of each month in the
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The Indians’ Tay Stokes maneuvers through the Teays Valley defense Feb. 5. Stokes has been one of the team’s top defenders.
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Girls team continues to make strides By AARON BLANKENSHIP ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Although the Canal Winchester High School girls basketball team has lost 14 of its past 16 games, coach Gary Burke said the Indians have made significant strides in several key areas. Canal Winchester lost to Fairfield Union 61-37 on Feb. 3 and to Teays Valley 70-51 on Feb. 5 to drop to 514 overall and 2-11 in the MSL-Buckeye Division. Ashley Dexter scored 14 points, Kayla Scott had 11 and Cadyn Krauss added nine to pace the Indians against Teays Valley. “The kids are tired of hearing me say this because we aren’t winning, but we’re getting better,” Burke said. “Rome wasn’t built in one day, and we’re working hard and taking baby steps in our improvement. We’re rebounding the ball better than we did before, and we’re playing better man defense now. We’re seeing the court more clearly, too.” But in order for his squad to win its regular-season and MSL-Buckeye finale Friday, Feb. 11, at Logan Elm and to be successful in the Division II district tournament, Burke said the Indians have to cut down their turnovers. Logan Elm beat Fairfield Union 60-
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Carrie Strawser of Canal Winchester drives past Teays Valley’s Monica Robinson during the host Indians’ 70-51 loss Feb. 5. The Indians have lost 14 of their last 16 games.
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48 on Feb. 5 to improve to 12-7 overall and 10-3 in the MSL-Buckeye. Senior guard Emily Robinson scored 28 points for Logan Elm and junior forward Brooke Gardner added 14. The Indians will open the district tournament on Feb. 22 against sec-
Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Canal Winchester boys basketball, swimming & diving and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Feb. 4 — Defeated Bloom-Carroll 49-48. Michael Walker scored 19 points and Sam Jones added 12. *Feb. 8 — Played Circleville *Feb. 12 — At Fairfield Union *Feb. 15 — At Teays Valley Of note: The Indians were 12-4 overall and 91 in the MSL-Buckeye before Feb. 8.
ond-seeded Eastmoor Academy or Buckeye Valley at Central Crossing. “We just don’t handle defensive pressure well,” Burke said. “When we get pushed out of our comfort zone we revert back to old habits and start throwing the ball away to the other team. When we make one mistake like that, it quickly turns into two or three turnovers in a row, and those steals
SWIMMING & DIVING Feb. 12 — Boys: Division II sectional at Upper Arlington; Girls: Division I sectional at Upper Arlington WRESTLING *Feb. 3 — Def. Circleville 36-29; def. BloomCarroll 63-12 Feb. 5 — Finished third (234) in 10-team Watkins Memorial Tournament behind Steubenville (289.5) and Teays Valley (236.5) *Feb. 10 — Home vs. Teays Valley and Amanda-Clearcreek *MSL-Buckeye contest
turn into easy baskets for our opponents. For us to win, we need to play much better under pressure.” Burke said the Indians are working on their positioning and spacing when they have the ball. “We’re learning to turn and face the basket, instead of just one direction,” Burke said. “When we’re facing one direction, teams are able to anticipate
where the ball is going.” Krauss said the Indians have the potential to beat Logan Elm if they can work the ball inside to their post players. Canal Winchester lost to Logan Elm 48-46 on Jan. 8 at home, as junior guard Bailey Pontius scored 18 points and Robinson had 13 for the Braves. Dexter is averaging 10 points and 7.5 rebounds, Krauss is averaging 10 points and Scott is averaging 7.5 rebounds. Tay Stokes and Kaleigh Whitlatch have been two of the Indians’ better defenders. “We almost beat Logan Elm, so we know we can play with them,” Krauss said. “Our (post players, Dexter and Krauss) have been scoring when we get the ball inside, and everyone on our team can score when we run our offense. The key is not freaking out See INDIANS, page A8
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Love of basketball evident for Gahanna star Taylor Stevie Taylor is a whirlwind. The dynamic and diminutive leader of the Gahanna Lincoln High School boys basketball team seems to be everywhere on the court when he plays. The 5-foot-11 point guard is either setting up a teammate, scoring a basket or causing confusion for opponents with his defense — and it has been that way for four years. I recall hearing about Taylor when he was in middle school and his reputation has continued to build throughout his high school career. In his last 44 games, the team that he has led has lost just two times — 58-48 to Pickerington North on Feb. 4 and 62-50 in a Division I state semifinal last March against eventual champion Massillon Jackson. Taylor is a winner. His drive and passion for basketball are
obvious. He has passed those attributes onto his teammates at Gahanna, and he will do the same next season when he LARRY begins playing LARSON at Ohio University. “My drive to be successful begins with my family,” Taylor said. “I feel like I have a lot of responsibility carrying my last name. My brother, Robbie, was a Gahanna Lincoln graduate in 2008 and he paved the way for me to be who I am, and I also feel great responsibility to represent the community of Gahanna. Our community has been behind everything that I have done and I want to always exemplify what is good about our
school and town. “The other thing that pushes me to succeed are my critics. Some people look at the fact that I am under 6 feet tall and sort of skinny and think that I’m not physically strong enough to compete at a high level and I am always out to prove them wrong. I have been provided with the opportunity to show younger students that if you make the most of what ability you have, then you can be successful. I try to use my abilities to the fullest each and every time I play and since I am certainly not a person of anger, I channel all of what I do through my heart and through my brain. I try to handle every circumstance I face with composure and maturity and most of the time it has worked. “By being successful over the last four years, I have taken on
more and more responsibility on the floor with my team and now, in my last days as a Gahanna Lincoln Lion, I feel more and more pressure is on me to perform. As point guard and as our leader, I take personally how we do on the court. If we lose, I feel like I have failed my teammates, my school and my community, so I continue to hope I can take the excellent coaching I have had and use it to execute our game plan.” In its run to a state semifinal last season, Gahanna upset Northland, the No. 1 team in most national polls at the time, 71-45 in a regional final, snapping the Vikings’ 37-game winning streak. “Last year made such a difference in all of our basketball lives,” Taylor said. “We found out that hard work and believing in yourself truly pays off
and that has resulted in a great team attitude this year. We are a cohesive group and we have nine seniors who relate well with each other. We all back each other up and we enjoy being with each other, and we really enjoy bringing students together within our school and helping to unify our Gahanna community.” In my long tenure interviewing high school athletes, there are a great number who light up and visibly show you how much they love their sport, and Taylor is a perfect example of that. When he talks basketball with you, he displays that same electric personality he shows when he is on the court. “Oh how I love the atmosphere of basketball,” he said. “I love having a team all having the same goal and that is simply to win. I will cherish all the
wonderful memories this sport has provided me — going to Italy, playing AAU ball all over the country and, most of all, playing for Gahanna Lincoln. I have traveled the world by bouncing a basketball and bouncing that ball has provided me a chance for a college education and maybe what I love most; maybe when my mind is most free of problems and I am most relaxed is when it is just a hoop, the ball and me.” Anyone who has seen Taylor play will understand. Anyone who hasn’t seen him play should do so in the coming weeks. Gahanna is lucky to have him. I’ll see you at a game. Larry Larson is a former athletics director at Grandview High School. He can be heard as “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM.
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College Signings
Tight ends, safeties hot commodities locally By JARROD ULREY Below are area high school seniors who have announced their Division I college signings to ThisWeek. Also listed are football players who have signed with schools in the Football Championship Subdivision: BASEBALL (10) — Isaac Beller (Pickerington Central) Wright State; Austin Cousino (Dublin Coffman) Kentucky; Michael Fries (Olentangy Liberty) Butler; Adam Hall (Coffman) Xavier; Ryan Leffel (Coffman) Ohio State; Nick Sergakis (Columbus Academy) Coastal Carolina; Kyle Sorensen (Pickerington North) Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne; Joey Tomko (Gahanna) Elon; Weston Weiss (Reynoldsburg) Youngstown State; Colin Williams (Westerville North) Dayton BOYS BASKETBALL (4) — Trey Burke (Northland) Michigan; Traevon Jackson (Westerville South) Wisconsin; Brian Sullivan (Upper Arlington) Miami; Stevie Taylor (Gahanna) Ohio GIRLS BASKETBALL (9) — Tatiana Chapple (Northland) East Carolina; Kavunaa Edwards (Pickerington North) Villanova; Raven Ferguson (Africentric) Ohio State; Travecia Franklin (Brookhaven) Indiana State; Courtney Haley (Watterson) Western Michigan; Briana Holmes (Brookhaven) Marist; Marah Morris (Brookhaven) Indiana State; Shelby Olszewski (Pickerington North) Austin Peay; Brittani Thomas (Africentric) Akron BOYS CROSS COUNTRY (1) — Blake Taneff (New Albany) Ohio State GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY (2) — Megan Collins (Coffman) Dayton; Jessica Hoover (Hilliard Davidson) Miami University FIELD HOCKEY (5) — Abby Barker (Watterson) Michigan State; Zoe Beaumier (Bexley) Colgate; Kristi Gegas (Thomas Worthington) Ohio; Gabby Goldach (Bexley) Miami; Sam Urell (Bexley) Ohio State FOOTBALL (39) — Kyle Annis (Hilliard
made the ThisWeek Super 25, as did Bryant and Traylor. Another strong spot among central Ohio recruits was defensive line. DeSales senior Chris Rock verbally committed to Michigan last May and will be joined on the defensive line in Ann Arbor by Davidson’s Keith Heitzman, who switched his verbal commitment from Vanderbilt in January. Dublin Coffman defensive lineman Brad Carrico is part of Notre Dame’s recruiting class after enrolling in January.
Davidson) Butler; Ray Ball (Westerville South) Wisconsin; Jack Beebe (Dublin Jerome) Dayton; Pat Benton (Johnstown) Dayton; Matt Brown (Big Walnut) Dayton; Darien Bryant (Pickerington North) Vanderbilt; Brad Carrico (Coffman) Notre Dame; Tamani Carter (Pickerington Central) Michigan; Frank Chambers (Johnstown) Morehead State; Bryce Cheek (Olentangy) Akron; Vinny Cordova (New Albany) Eastern Illinois; J.D. Detmer (Davidson) Toledo; Miles Fisher (Westerville Central) Air Force; Nick Gentile (DeSales) Air Force; Eilar Hardy (Pickerington Central) Notre Dame; Keith Heitzman (Davidson) Michigan; Alex Huettel (Pickerington North) Bowling Green; Mike Jamar-Brown (Pickerington Central) Buffalo; Jarrell Jones (Northland) Miami; Evan Kendrick (DeSales) Navy; Noah Key (Hartley) Toledo; Jared Leet (Olentangy Orange) Morehead State; Hunter Maynard (Watterson) Bowling Green; Jeremy McCoy (Marion-Franklin) Kent State; Kyle Payton (Davidson) Kent State; Austin Peterman (Columbus Academy) Valparaiso; Max Phelps (Dublin Coffman) Holy Cross; Anthony Pruitt (Groveport) Kent State; Chris Rock (DeSales) Michigan; Matt Skura (Worthington Kilbourne) Duke; Luke Smurthwaite (Grove City) Kent State; Cole Stoudt (Coffman) Clemson; Kris Strange (Pickerington Central) Eastern Michigan; Devante’ Strickland (Marion-Franklin) Kent State; Ron Tanner (Eastmoor) Ohio State; Austin Traylor (Walnut Ridge) Wisconsin; Nick Vannett (Westerville Central) Ohio State; Jacob Walaszek (Big Walnut) Air Force; Jourdan Wickliffe (St. Charles) Eastern Illinois BOYS GOLF (5) — Alex Carpenter (St. Charles) Florida Southern; Thomas Dunne (Coffman) Northern Illinois; Jared Howard (Dublin Jerome) Cincinnati; Jake Miller (Watkins Memorial) Marshall; Michael Ricaurte (St.
Charles) Duke GIRLS GOLF (2) — Lauren Grogan (Watterson) Michigan; Lauren Stephens (Coffman) Toledo BOYS GYMNASTICS (1) — Drew Moling (Canal Winchester) Ohio State GIRLS GYMNASTICS (1) — Madison Shorts (Olentangy Liberty) Ball State BOYS LACROSSE (4) — Ryan Borcherding (Coffman) Air Force; Leo Horine (Jerome) Quinnipiac; John Horner (Jerome) Towson; Luke Treece (Upper Arlington) Ohio State GIRLS LACROSSE (4) — Adrian Ghidotti (Upper Arlington) Connecticut; Kendall Gordon (Thomas Worthington) Louisville; Grace Korandovich (Wellington) San Diego State; Lily Yednock (Thomas) Jacksonville GIRLS ROWING (2) — Ashley Bauer (New Albany) Ohio State; Anna Lind (Westerville Central) Iowa BOYS SOCCER (6) — Emmanuel Appiah (Westerville Central) Cincinnati; Alex Bechtol (Olentangy) Bowling Green; Tony Boerio (Pickerington North) Bowling Green; Joel Craig (Big Walnut) Evansville; Charlie Macias (St. Charles) Evansville; Wil Trapp (Gahanna) Akron GIRLS SOCCER (20) — Dominique Brown (Westerville Central) South Carolina State; Maria Bruno (Olentangy Liberty) Western Michigan; Macy Cobb (Central Crossing) Morehead State; Al Davies (Newark) Purdue; Meredith Delong (Bexley) Ohio State; Michelle Devilbiss (Liberty) Purdue; Julia Evans (Big Walnut) High Point; Olivia Evans (Coffman) UNCCharlotte; Aubrey Fisher (Liberty) Ohio State; Maura Hulme (DeSales) Southern Indiana; Gena Inbusch (Upper Arlington) Vanderbilt; Ashley Miltko (Westerville North) Wright State; Charlotte Myers (Bexley) Miami; Carli Pimm (Jerome) Akron; Kenzie Schlemitz (Coffman) Bowling Green; Megan Scoliere (Dublin Scioto) Ohio State; Abbey Smith
Watterson’s Hunter Maynard, who originally made a verbal commitment to Ball State but eventually signed with Bowling Green, is another defensive line recruit. Other area players who signed with Big Ten schools were Westerville South offensive lineman Ray Ball (Wisconsin) and Pickerington Central defensive back Tamani Carter (Michigan). Worthington Kilbourne offensive lineman Matt Skura signed with Duke from the Atlantic Coast Conference. “It’s really exciting,” Walnut
Ridge coach Byron Mattox said of having one of his players sign with a Big Ten school. “Getting your kid into a college anywhere is big, but to go to a BCS school and compete is really exciting.” •SKILLED-POSITION TALENT — The area’s most sought-after quarterback was Coffman’s Cole Stoudt, a 6-4, 200-pound senior who signed with Clemson. Stoudt, who originally made a verbal commitment to Wyoming in October only to later change his mind, was 182for-279 passing for 2,329 yards
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Top games GAMES OF THE WEEK BOYS: New Albany at Westerville South, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 in a non-league matchup of two of the area’s top teams. GIRLS: Northland vs. Africentric, 12:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at Mifflin. This is the City League Championship Game.
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The strength of central Ohio’s 2011 high school football recruiting class starts at tight end and safety. On Feb. 2, Westerville Central tight end Nick Vannett and Eastmoor Academy safety Ron Tanner celebrated National Signing Day by signing with Ohio State and Pickerington Central safety Eilar Hardy signed with Notre Dame. Other tight ends to sign were Walnut Ridge’s Austin Traylor, who signed after picking Wisconsin last November, and Pickerington North’s Darien Bryant, who was a late commitment to Vanderbilt. “As always, there are some Big Ten (Conference)-type of guys in this class, and obviously a lot of (Mid-American Conference)-class guys (from central Ohio),” said Bill Kurelic, who covers Midwest recruiting for ESPN.com and Ohio State for Bucknuts.com. “This year, there weren’t really any central Ohioans among the great, great prospects. The big name was probably Nick Vannett. Then when you add in Tanner and Hardy, it was a good year.” Vannett was a bright spot for the Warhawks, who had a 2-8 record. The 6-foot-6, 230-pound senior had 46 catches for 606 yards and four touchdowns. He is ranked No. 6 among MaxPreps.com’s top 25 tight ends in the 2011 class. According to MaxPreps.com, Tanner is No. 8 and Hardy is No. 21 among safeties. Tanner had three interceptions, three tackles for losses and 55 solo tackles as Eastmoor finished 64. Hardy had 63 tackles, five tackles for losses, six pass breakups and returned an interception for a touchdown for Pickerington Central, which went 11-1 after losing to Hilliard Davidson 13-6 in the Division I, Region 3 final. Hardy, Tanner and Vannett all
South’s Jayshon Jackson and Hartley’s Noah Key. Jackson, who was the Super 25 captain after rushing for 2,583 yards and 23 touchdowns on 349 carries, will play for Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, Mich. Key, who rushed for 2,885 yards and 42 touchdowns while leading the Hawks to the Division IV state championship, signed with Toledo. According to Toledo’s website, Key is projected as a defensive back in college. He had three interceptions last season. St. Charles’ Jourdan Wickliffe, a 6-1, 195-pound senior, is expected to play wide receiver for Eastern Illinois. He totaled 600 yards rushing and 300 yards receiving on offense and 95 tackles and four interceptions on defense. •KICKING IT STRONG — Of the 20 girls soccer players who signed with Division I colleges on Feb. 2, 17 compete for the Ohio Premier club program. Five players from Ohio Premier, including Bexley’s Meredith Delong, Olentangy Liberty’s Aubrey Fisher and Dublin Scioto’s Megan Scoliere, signed with Ohio State. The Buckeyes advanced to an NCAA semifinal last fall, where they lost to Notre Dame 1-0 to finish 17-5-2. OSU earned the second most victories in program history and reached the College Cup for the first time. Scoliere’s sister, Danielle, will be a senior next season for OSU. Danielle Scoliere also graduated from Scioto. “I’ve wanted to play for Ohio State my whole life, so I’m really excited,” Megan Scoliere said. “I get to play with my sister when I’m a freshman and she’s a senior. (Last season) they won the Big Ten for the first time in history and reached the Final Four. We think we can win another championship next year.”
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