February 13, 2011
Plan would give schools extra calamity days By BONNIE BUTCHER ThisWeek Community Newspapers Ohio public school districts may get a reprieve on snow days from the Ohio General Assembly. The Ohio Legislature is considering a bill to allow schools five canceled, or calamity, days, said state Rep. Casey Kozlowski, of the 99th district. He represents the 99th House District. For the 2010-11 school year, schools
are allowed to have three canceled school days. Any school days canceled after that number must be made up. Two buildings in South-Western City Schools have used three calamity days. Two buildings have used four. One is Darbydale Elementary School,
which closed on Nov. 11 when a boiler room fire was caused by what was called naturally occurring methane. Darbydale will make up its fourth day on Feb. 21, Presidents Day. Finland Elementary School had to close on Oct. 7 when a burned-out electric motor sent smoke into the building. Its makeup day is not yet scheduled, said district spokesperson Sandy Nekoloff. House Bill 36, if approved, would in-
crease the number of calamity days from three to five. It also has an emergency clause that would make it effective immediately, said Kozlowski, whose constituents are in northeast Ohio. “I have a few school districts that have used six calamity days. We’ve had a long harsh winter and we still have the rest of February and March to get through,” Kozlowski said. Local districts have also used the maximum of allowable canceled school days.
Though the Ohio Department of Education does not have an official count, spokesperson Patrick Gallaway said that the majority of school districts have used their allotment of three calamity days because of the extreme winter Ohio is having. During Gov. Ted Strickland’s administration, the number of allotted calamity days was gradually decreased, See PLAN WOULD, page A2
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Logan Horn, right, the lone senior on the Westland High School girls basketball team, receives a hug from team member Brooklyn Harris during a ceremony to honor Horn before the game against Upper Arlington on Tuesday, Feb. 8. See Sports, page A5.
Operation Buckeye
Founder hopes to top 25,000 boxes this year By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Operation Buckeye started out on the dining room table of founder Jim Caronis’ Worthington home. It moved into his garage when his late wife, Nancy Priode Caronis, wanted someplace to serve Thanksgiving dinner. The nonprofit organization, which packs and ships boxes of snacks, candy, Girl Scout cookies, playing cards and other items to soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan to help lighten the burden and gloom of being far from home, now has its headquarters on North High Street in Clintonville, a post office box for donations in Westerville and volunteers from throughout central Ohio. Caronis said last week that he was inspired to launch Operation Buckeye back in 2006 after reading a piece by the late Dispatch columnist Mike Harden about a local Army officer and his soldiers who, instead of coming home from South Korea, were diverted instead to further duty in Iraq. Caronis immediately told his wife he wanted to send boxes of goodies to those poor military personnel, who so abruptly found themselves diverted from reuniting with loved ones to putting their lives on the line. They decided to pledge $10 for each of their 13 grandchildren and match that figure with their own money, expecting to send perhaps 20 gift boxes to soldiers. They wound up sending 94 that first time around, Jim Caronis recalled last week. The letters of appreciation received in return were heart-warming, so when Nancy asked her husband if they were going to do it again the next year, he replied: “You betcha!” With the help of a growing number of like-minded people, Caronis said that the second year’s batch of boxes increased to 184.
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Mim Strait organizes items that will be boxed and sent to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq as part of Operation Buckeye. The organization is staffed only by volunteers and 100 percent of the donations goes to items for the boxes as well as shipping.
To date, the total is 18,000 boxes. Caronis hopes that figure tops 25,000 by the end of 2011.“Each and every year we’ve grown, and we continue to grow,” Caronis said. Nancy Caronis passed away this past Nov. 3, and her husband now carries on with Operation Buckeye in her honor. On Feb. 18, Jim Caronis will be receiving the 2011 Community Volunteer of the Year honor during the annual awards dinner and silent auction of the Clintonville Area Chamber of Commerce. “I just wish my wife could be there, too, to also receive that award,” Caronis said.
Operation Buckeye depends upon a network of Army chaplains, the National Guard and occasionally Ohio State University head football coach Jim Tressel to come up with the names of soldiers in need of the pick-me-up one of the boxes could provide. Caronis was a member of the same fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega, as Tressel and his brother, OSU running backs coach Dick Tressel. The latter has served as honorary chairman of Operation Buckeye and Caronis said that on one of his visits to the war zone with other college football coaches, Jim Tressel returned with 500 names for the organization. Often, these are enlisted men and women with little in the way of family support back home, according to Caronis. “If you’ve got nobody writing a letter to you, you’re sure as heck not getting a box,” Caronis said. Girl Scout cookies and beef jerky have been among the most requested items on the part of soldiers serving in war zones, according to the Operation Buckeye chairman, but the volunteers who pack the boxes also include things like magazines donated by Half Price Books, wet wipes offered by Buffalo Wild Wings and playing cards among the 45 to 50 items contained in each. “We call them care boxes,” Caronis said. “They’re sort of like snowflakes; there’s no two alike.” A small American flag and, as the name implies, a buckeye are among the “signature items” contained in each. Those packing the boxes often include a personal name with their name and address. “Many of the soldiers write back,” Caronis said. Volunteer packers have included school children from throughout central Ohio, the members of 11 different athletic teams at OSU, Girl Scouts and See OPERATION BUCKEYE, page A2
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Long list of candidates could result in primaries By GARY SEMAN JR. ThisWeek Community Newspapers Primary battles could be looming in the race for Columbus mayor and city council. As expected, four Republicans and as many Democrats filed petitions for four seats on council. But the addition of three Libertarians and an independent candidate could force a primary election. A primary also is possible in the race for mayor. Republican Earl Smith, a retired police sergeant, will face two-term incumbent Mayor Michael B. Coleman, a Democrat. However, Paul Nerswick, who is not affiliated, also has entered the race. The Franklin County Board of Elections will certify candidates by Feb. 14. Republicans include Matthew Ferris,Alicia Healy, Joseph Healy and Daryl Hennessy. Meanwhile, the Democratic ticket includes incumbent council members Andrew Ginther, Hearcel Craig, Zachary Klein and Michelle Mills. Zachary Roberts and Donald Klco, whose names See PRIMARIES, page A2
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Prairie Township paid homage to one of its longtime firefighters who made his retirement official this week. Prairie Township Fire Captain Jeffrey Routte was honored for his contributions to the fire department and to residents at the Feb. 9 board of trustees meeting. Chris Snyder, assistant fire chief, said Routte began his career with the township as a volunteer in 1983 and progressed through the ranks quickly. By 1984 Routte was a full-time firefighter with the township. He was promoted to lieutenant by 1992 and received the rank of captain in 2005. “He has made many contributions to the fire department,” Snyder said. “Those contributions include outstanding excellence and dedication. He will be deeply missed and will always be a member of this fire department.” Trustees approved and accepted Routte’s letter of resignation and bestowed on him a resolution thanking him for his years of service. Surrounded by his fellow firefighters, Routte received a special gift from them: a gold-plated axe engraved with his name. “You do know they have chainsaws now,” Routte said as he wiped tears from his eyes. “I want to thank the board of trustees. They have been good to my family for 27 years.” In other board matters, trustees approved a threeyear agreement with the Franklin County Board of Health for the continuation of its mosquito management program. Cost of the program is $12,730 annually. The board also approved entering into a threeyear agreement with AEP Retail Energy in an effort to save on energy costs throughout the township. The township hall, road department and fire department will be the locations included in the agreement.
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Plan would give schools extra calamity days Continued from page A1
ing those decisions – extending the school year and making up days on holidays. The five calamity days has worked best for districts and bringing that number back up to five would be suitable,” Kozlowski said. The bill would allow a district to make up a calamity day by increasing the
with 2010-11 receiving three. “One thing to remember is the safety of our children. This bill will allow districts the discretion to use five calamity days. I feel that there could be pressure put on superintendents when mak-
school day by half-hour increments. It exists in law already, but it can only be used if a district has had nine or more calamity days, Kozlowski said. The bill would allow the method to be used to make up the sixth canceled day. “Each district is unique and it would give them the local authority to make
PRIMARIES Continued from page A1 actually appear on the Democratic petitions, are placeholders for Klein and Mills, who were appointed to council Jan. 10. Bill Anthony, chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Party, said such a move is not unusual. It allows political parties to circulate petitions before they know who the candidates are. When the petitions are certified, Klein and Mills will be named to the ticket, he said. Libertarians running for council include Mark Noble, Andrew Ullman and Robert Bridges. Genaro R. Garcia is not part of a slate of candidates. The races for mayor and council are officially nonpartisan. The
top eight vote-getters in the race for council and top two vote-getters in the mayoral contest will move on to the general election. Noble, a Clintonville resident, lambasted the petition process. Individual candidates must collect 1,000 valid signatures, the same number required for a full slate. Noble, who is a software engineer, said the process is discouraging to smaller party candidates because they don’t have an established political apparatus behind them.
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Noble has run unsuccessfully in three previous races. In 2006, he was Ohio gubernatorial candidate Bill Peirce’s pick for lieutenant governor. In 2008, he ran for the 15th Congressional District seat and in 2010, he was a candidate for the 22nd Ohio House District. Still, he said, the Libertarians are a force to be reckoned with. “It’s a very real impact to have Libertarians in the race,” he said. “It can affect Democrats as much as Republicans.”
Continued from page A1 many others willing to give a little of their time to thank someone far away for serving in the military, the chairman added. “People in Columbus and the United States in general are giving, giving people,” Caronis said. While many of the items included in the “care boxes” are donated, the cost of shipping them falls on Operation Buckeye, and it’s gone up from $8.50 a box when Jim and Nancy started to $10.95 today.
“My feeling is we ought to do like the Brits to and send it over for free,” Caronis said. As the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have gone on over the years since Operation Buckeye was founded, Caronis said that he sometimes has to remind people there are still U.S. soldiers in danger far away. “There’s 100,000 soldiers and their families, and they know we’re at war,” he said. “The rest of the people go to the mall and go out to dinner. “The purpose of our mission is
to bring a touch of home to the soldiers who are away from home for a long time,” Caronis added. And it’s not a mission that’s going to end until the wars end, he vowed. “We’re not going to get out of it until they’re all home, safe and sound,” Caronis said. Information about volunteer opportunities with Operation Buckeye are available at the website, www.operationbuckeye.org/volunteer. Monetary donations may be sent to Operation Buckeye, P.O. Box 1814, Westerville 43086.
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Coming up To add, remove or update a listNew Neighbors League of ing, e-mail editorial@thisweek- Columbus, luncheon the second news.com. Tuesday of each month, get-acquainted coffee the third Wednesday. For meeting times and locaMeetings tions, visit www.newneighSouthwest Area Commission, borscolumbus.com. To join, e-mail 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of each nnlcolumbus@yahoo.com month at New Horizons United Methodist Church, 1665 HarrisSeniors burg Pike. Visit www.columbusswac.org for more information The following meet at the about the commission. The com- Prairie Township Senior Center, mission welcomes the involve- 4616 W. Broad St., unless noted. ment of area residents. The com- Call (614) 878-5110. mission boundaries are the Scioto Exercise Programs, AeroRiver to the east, I-270 to the south, bics—10:30 a.m. Mondays and the railroad tracks west of Har- Wednesdays (free), Gentle Stretchrisburg Pike on the west and ers—10 a.m. Tuesdays and FriMound Street to Mt. Calvary to days (free), Line Dancing—noon Greenlawn Avenue on the north. Mondays ($2). Call (614) 562-4728. Westland Senior Citizens, 11 Support groups a.m. the second and fourth ThursA support group for people day of the month at Columbia struggling with panic meets on Heights Methodist Church, 775 Galloway Road. All are welcome. an as-needed basis. To express inFor information, call 870-6476. terest in participating, call 878VFW Post 6065, 5 p.m. the 2697. Al-Anon, for friends and famthird Thursday of the month at the Prairie Township Senior Center, ilies of alcoholics, 7:30 p.m. every 4616 W. Broad St. Ladies Auxil- Tuesday at Crosslink Communiiary meets at 6:30 p.m. For more ty Church, 4614 Rensch Road. Families in Touch, for famiinformation, call Will Davis at lies and friends of people with (614) 309-0171. West Columbus Civitan Club, mental illness, co-sponsored by 6:30 p.m. the first and third Tues- the Twin Valley Behavioral Healthdays of the month in the private care Community Support Netdining room at Bob Evans Restau- work, 5:30-7 p.m. the third rant in Georgesville Square. Call Wednesday of each month at 2200 W. Broad St. Call Janet Mueller (800) 248-4826. A singles group for seniors at (614) 752-033, ext. 5178. Adult Epilepsy Support meets at 6:30 p.m. every Friday at various locations. For details, Group, 6-8 p.m. the first and third call Scioto Ridge United Methodist Wednesdays of the month at Riverside Hospital Conference Center, Church at 876-4343.
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Commentary & opinion Exemption offers property tax relief In 2007, state leaders expanded the homestead exemption to make property tax relief available to more than a half million additional senior citizens and permanently and totally disabled Ohioans. The homestead exemption dates back to 1971, and offers those who qualify the chance to shield part of their “homestead” — a dwelling and up to one acre — from property taxation. Until the expansion in 2007, most senior citizens and disabled Ohioans were excluded because of income tests. The redesigned exemption offers all eligible homeowners, regardless of income, the opportunity to shield up to $25,000 of the market value of their homestead from property taxation. That
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those people. Rather, it is about the people who came to Columbus looking for work, with ED few, if any, LENTZ resources, and just simply needed a 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
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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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The Westland High School wrestling program will be on display when it plays host to a Division I sectional tournament on Saturday, Feb. 19. Coach Bret Busby hopes his Cougars respond to the challenge of competing in a 13-team field that includes Central Crossing, Lancaster and Westerville North. North is ranked fourth and Lancaster is ninth in the area coaches poll. “It looks like it’s going to be a great sectional here,” Busby said. “We’re excited, and we’re getting ready. Now it’s up to the kids to dig down deep and see what they can do.” The top four wrestlers from each weight class will advance to the district tournament Feb. 25-26 at Hilliard Darby. Busby believes seniors Scottie Haslam, Cameron Ray, Exodus King and Jesse Carmack have the best chance to reach district. “It would be phenomenal to get the whole team out,” Busby said. “I really think these seniors have a great shot.” Haslam is 33-6 and ranked second in the district at 125 pounds. He also is coming off a first-place finish in the AllNorth Tournament on Feb. 5 at Dublin Jerome. Haslam could have a rematch at sectional with Lancaster’s Ben Davis, who is third in the district. Haslam defeated Davis 3-2 in the All-North final at 125. Haslam is the lone returning Westland wrestler to reach district last season. He finished sixth at 119. Ray is 30-11 after a fourthplace finish in the All-North at 119. He was 0-2 at district as a sophomore and did not qualify for the tournament last season. It won’t be easy to advance this season, Ray said. “We all have to support each other and be there for each other,” he said. “We have to work each other harder in practice. My weight class is very strong, so I have to go in there and try my hardest.” King, who is 23-11 at 189, finished fourth in the All-North. Busby said he also expects Carmack, who finished fifth at 171 in the All-North, to have a strong postseason. Other place finishers in the All-North were Alec Morstadt (152) and Sam Reynolds (160). Both finished fifth. Westland finished seventh (102.5 points) behind first-place Lancaster (236.5) in the 13team field. •Girls basketball coach Hugo Quint hopes to give his underclassmen some valuable experience when the 40th-seeded Cougars play third-seeded Olentangy Orange in the first round of the Division I district tournament on Thursday, Feb. 17, at Olentangy. Westland was 0-18 overall and 0-13 in the OCC-Central Division before playing Darby
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Christina Simpson of Westland is fouled in a collision with Upper Arlington’s Ali Gerlach during the host Cougars’ 59-40 loss on Feb. 8 in an OCC-Central game.
At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Westland boys basketball and gymnastics teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Feb. 4 — Lost to Thomas Worthington 47-38. Zac Buchwalter led Westland with 16 points. Feb. 5 — Lost to Huber Heights Wayne 116-44. Kris Carius scored 16 points for the Cougars. *Feb. 8 — Lost to Upper Arlington 63-46. Carius scored 17 points. *Feb. 11 — Played Hilliard Darby *Feb. 18 — At Central Crossing. Westland defeated the Comets 6050 on Jan. 14. Of note: The Cougars were 3-15 overall and 1-11 in the OCC-Central before Feb. 11. GYMNASTICS Feb. 7 — Finished seventh (44.50) behind first-place Worthington Kilbourne (133.150) in seven-team meet at Dublin Scioto Feb. 12 — Competed in OCC-Central meet at Kilbourne *OCC-Central contest
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(Left) Westland’s Brooke Harris tries to drive past Ali Gerlach of Upper Arlington on Feb. 8. (Right) Taylor Horn scrambles for a loose ball with UA’s Sarah Hobbs.
on Feb. 11. Orange was 18-1 overall and 13-0 in the OCC-Capital before playing Hilliard Bradley on Feb. 11. The Pioneers have
clinched the OCC-Capital title. Orange’s lone loss came against Northland 48-43 on Dec. 13. Northland is seeded second in the tournament be-
hind Reynoldsburg. The Pioneers feature a balanced offense. Before its game against Bradley, four players — Taylor Agler, Ashley Bas-
sett-Smith, Kierstynn Myers and Mya Walker — had led Orange in scoring in its previous five games. Westland and Orange have
never played. “I think there’s going to be some upsets,” Quint said. “Will we upset somebody? I don’t know. I just want us to go out and play respectably.” Although they hadn’t won a game before playing Darby, the Cougars have been more competitive recently. Against Thomas Worthington on Feb. 4, the Cougars trailed by five points late in the game before losing 52-41. The See COUGARS, page A6
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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 — 5848 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 begins playing at Ohio University. “My drive to be LARRY successful begins LARSON 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 Ga-
hanna 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, See LARSON, page A6
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At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Westland girls basketball and wrestling teams: GIRLS BASKETBALL *Feb. 4 — Lost to Thomas 52-41. Brooke Harris and Taylor Horn scored 11 points apiece for Westland. *Feb. 8 — Lost to Upper Arlington 59-40. Harris scored 11 points. *Feb. 11 — Played Darby Feb. 12 — Played Marysville Feb. 17 — Olentangy Orange in first round of Division I district tournament, 8 p.m. at Olentangy. The winner will play 25th-seeded Central Crossing or 28th-seeded Independence, 8 p.m.
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Feb. 24 at Westerville Central. Of note: The Cougars were 0-18 overall and 0-13 in the OCC-Central before Feb. 11. WRESTLING *Feb. 3 — Lost to Central Crossing 42-36 Feb. 5 — Finished seventh (102.5) behind first-place Lancaster (236.5) in All-North Tournament at Dublin Jerome Feb. 19 — Division I sectional tournament at home Of note: The Cougars finished 1-6 in the OCC-Central. *OCC-Central contest
Cardinals defeated Westland 63-22 on Dec. 21. Through 18 games, junior guard Taylor Horn led the Cougars in scoring at 8.7 points a game. Freshmen Tanesha Dixon, Caleste Lewis, Rachelle Marcum and Christina Simpson have received playing time this season. They’ll make their postseason debuts against Orange. “We’re not fully there yet be- understand how to play hard,” comes overnight.” cause we’re not consistent in Quint said. “It’s a learning doing it, but we’re starting to process. It’s not something that www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
LARSON Anyone who has seen Taylor play will understand. Anyone who hasn’t seen him play should most of all, playing for Gahanna Lincoln. I have do so in the coming weeks. Gahanna is lucky to traveled the world by bouncing a basketball and have him. I’ll see you at a game. 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 Larry Larson is a former athletics director at and I am most relaxed is when it is just a hoop, Grandview High School. He can be heard as “Mr. High School Sports” on WTVN 610 AM. the ball and me.” Continued from page A5
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