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June 23, 2011

Northland Village

Major franchises coming to development

By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Roseann Hicks can’t wait to get her coffee fix.

The president of the Northland Area Business Association was especially delighted last week when Columbus City Councilman Zachary M. Klein took advantage of his appearance at the organization’s quarterly luncheon to offer some

positive economic news for the area.

Klein, who is chairman of council’s development committee, said Tim Hortons, Chipotle and AT&T have signed on to have stores built at Northland Village, the site of the former Northland Mall off Morse Road.

“This is a tremendous sign that the Northland community is heading in the right direction,” Klein said in a statement issued after his address at the luncheon.

“The city of Columbus, business owners and area residents have made major investments of money and resources to bring this area to the point where we are at now, and we got here thanks to creating an attractive commercial environment all along the Morse Road corridor.”

“We’re on the right track, doing the right things,” Klein told NABA members and guests after making the announcement of the new Northland Village ten-

ants.

“I am very pleased,” Hicks said. “I’m very excited.”

In part, she admitted, that’s because the new Tim Hortons will be right on her way for a coffee stop when she’s headed to services at Columbus Baptist Temple on Sunday mornings.

The three new stores at Northland Village should be open this fall, according to the City Hall announcement.

Columbus invested more than $26 million in roadway improvements that included new pavement, bike lanes, medians and utilities along the Morse Road corridor where the city’s first major mall was located, the announcement stated.

Business owners also participated in a special improvement district, a program that paid for planters, banners and other See NORTHLAND, page A2

Revamp the ramp

Improvement project needs volunteers

By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek

Mike Perkins will lead the first series of classes to be put on by the North Side Health Advisory Committee. The program begins on Thursday, June 30, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Haimerl Center, 1421 Morse Road. The classes are free.

North Side Health Advisory Committee

First class focuses on fitness

By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Course content still being defined

Mike Perkins weighed 80 pounds by the time he walked into kindergarten.

Make that waddled.

With typical artless cruelty, the other children made fun of the “fat kid,” who grew up to be a fat young man.

“I was always been pretty much overweight,” Perkins said last week.

After graduating from high school in his native Centerburg, Perkins studied auto technology at the Knox Career Center, but instead of working on cars, he went to work selling them. While in that high-stress career, he continued a nearly lifelong habit of eating junk food, and also drank alcohol and chewed tobacco.

“I ballooned up to about 260, 270,” Perkins recalled. “At one point, I stopped weighing myself.”

“The thoughts of exactly what to do are still in the works,” Mike Perkins admitted in a recent e-mail to North Side Health Advisory Committee co-chairwoman Sandy LaFollette.

“Handouts? PowerPoint? Cartwheels?

I’ve never run a formal class before.”

The Sunbury resident, who once weighed around 270 pounds but is now 213 with a goal of around 200, will get his chance starting on Thursday, June 30. Perkins will lead a six-week program on diet and fitness at the Haimerl Center on Morse Road.

The classes are the first of a planned series of health-related programs to be put on by the advisory committee.

“Either way, my goal is to bridge the gap that every single ‘expert FDA, PSA, white-washed bread sandwich plain’ ar-

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ticle or book leaves out: the human factor,” Perkins wrote. “For example, if I am watching a news story that cites America’s growing obesity problem, I am less impacted by their stats as I am about the kitty caught in the well. However, if I talk about an overweight daughter crying in her room every night before prom because she can’t find a date and longs for that gratification, now I have your attention.

“Who teaches their children how to eat? Parents. Who caused this emotional stress? Parents. I was 80 pounds by the time I walked into kindergarten. I was obese all through school. I hardly participated in sports. I was always embarrassed. I never really dated anybody.

It led to drinking, smoking, chewing, See COURSE CONTENT, page A2

Oct. 13 ‘business expo’ in the works

By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

At last week’s quarterly luncheon meeting of the Northland Area Business Association, president Roseann Hicks announced plans to convene a major “business expo” in the fall.

“I don’t really know how I came up with the idea,” Hicks admitted following her announcement. “I was just trying to think of some of the ways we can marry the residential community with the business community in Northland, to kind of reintroduce peo-

ple to the business, because I think a lot of people have gotten out of the habit of shopping Northland first.”

The Northland Business Expo, which Hicks said has been in the planning stages for a month, will require much more planning and some volunteer help to organize.

It is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 13.

Association members would be provided, at no charge, eightfoot tables on which to offer information about the goods and services they provide.

What Hicks termed a “baby

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version of this” was held several years ago as part of a failed attempt to create a special improvement district along East Dublin-Granville Road, similar to the one among Morse Road property owners that helped fund planters, banners and other visual improvements to the corridor.

Members of Columbus City Council and other dignitaries were on hand for that, Hicks said, and she hopes the same occurs for the much larger Oct. 13 event.

Hicks added that she thinks this is a good approach to generating more business for NABA mem-

bers and to encourage others to join the organization.

More details will be forthcoming about the Northland Business Expo, the she said at the luncheon.

She added that she would be seeking help from members in organizing the event.

“I think there are a lot of ups to it,” Hicks said.

A location is already lined up, but Hicks said she might have to move the expo to a larger venue if sufficient interest is expressed among NABA members to reserve a table.

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Volunteers are needed on Saturday, June 25, to help out with the first of what will be many steps ultimately leading to the sprucing up of the entryways to many of the neighborhoods that make up Clintonville, North Linden and Northland.

The Revamp the Ramp project, which will get under way with a litter cleanup and removal of invasive and non-native plant species at the Cooke Road-Interstate 71 interchange, is a joint effort of the Northland Community Council, North Linden Area Commission and Clintonville Area Commission.

Volunteers are asked to help out from 9 a.m. to noon on June 25.

Keep Columbus Beautiful representatives will be supplying equipment to assist with the project.

“We are, of course, anxious for as many people as possible,” NCC vice president Emmanuel V. Remy said last week. “We want to get the momentum going and get the excitement for the fall planting.”

Sprucing up the Cooke Road interchange is being done in

preparation for using potential Ohio Department of Transportation grants and financial assistance from private entities to install a landscaping design from either the Ohio State University School of Architecture or possibly a local firm, according to James R. Blazer II, the District 3 representative on the Clintonville Area Commission.

Down the road, or rather interstate, Blazer said he envisions a similar litter patrol and invasive plant removal at the North Broadway interchange in July and the Weber Road ramp in August.

“I think one of the things … this project is a fairly large project and so we’ve kind of divided it into three different months,” Blazer said.

He added that he first began exploring the idea of upgrading the landscaping at I-71 interchanges shortly after being elected to the CAC in May 2010, and even had meetings with state Rep. Jim Hughes (R-Columbus.)

When Remy was elected vice president of the NCC in February, he separately came up with the concept and the title of Revamp the Ramp, and got in touch with Clintonville Area CommisSee REVAMP, page A6

Fourth of July parade chairman offers update

By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The grand marshal for the Northland Community Fourth of July Parade has an entirely appropriate attitude toward being honored in the upcoming event.

“He’s jazzed up,” parade chairman George Schmidt said of Frederick C. Peerenboom, better known as Fritz the Nite Owl. Famed locally for his many years talking WBNS-10TV latenight viewers through movies of all kinds, Peerenboom was subsequently host of a Sunday evening jazz show on a local radio station until it changed format.

At last week’s Northland Area Business Association quarterly luncheon, Schmidt gave his as always upbeat and enthusiastic update on planning for the event, which will take place starting at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 4. The parade will travel the traditional

1.7-mile route along Karl Road from Morse Road to East Dublin Granville Road.

Parade participants should meet near the intersection of Morse and Karl roads at around 10 a.m.

The theme for the 2011 edition of the Independence Day tradition is “Music of America.”

Columbus City Councilman Zachary M. Klein, the guest speaker at the luncheon, said that he intended to participate in the parade and added that it is not only Northland’s parade but also that of the entire city.

A new element to this year’s event, Schmidt told NABA members and guests, is an offer from George Hadler of the Hadler Cos., owners of the Columbus Square Shopping Center at Cleveland Avenue and East Dublin-Granville Road, of $200 to help local civic groups pay for materials for floats.

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First class to focus on fitness NORTHLAND VILLAGE Continued from page A1

COURSE CONTENT

Perkins will lead the first series of classes to be put on by the North Side Health Advisory Committee. The six-week program begins on Thursday, June 30, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Haimerl Center, 1421 Morse Road. The classes are free and represent the opening salvo in a series of programs put on by the advisory panel aimed at improving the health of Northland-area residents.

Now fit and trim at 30 years of age and 212 pounds, Perkins will speak about what he weighs now, what he weighed then and how the change came about.

Hint: Not the right way.

“I went about it completely the wrong way,” admitted the Sunbury resident, who manages a Huntington National Bank branch in the Dublin area.

But he can guide people in learning from his mistakes.

North Side Health Advisory Committee co-chairwoman Sandy LaFollette lined up Perkins as the speaker for the first fitness classes after meeting him at a function of the Helping Hands Health and Wellness Center free clinic.

Perkins is the son-in-law of the clinic’s executive director, Joyce Bourgault, who made the arrangements that enabled the committee to have classes in the Haimerl

Continued from page A1 and a general disrespect for my body.

“That being said, I speak with authority and passion about this.

To this day, my mother talks about how one summer I got fat because the babysitter fed me too many cookies. She neglects to mention she fed me McDonald’s daily. I actually remember going three times in one day. It’s child abuse, bottom line.

“So my goal is to touch folks where they feel it. Then I like to educate and sprinkle in fun facts. Portion control, how to eat, what to eat, simple vs. complex carbs, lean proteins, etc. After you learn what to eat, I go over planning to win.

“I can wake up every morning and tell myself ‘today is the day’ but if I don’t have a plan, I am wasting my time.”

Center.

“What I liked about him is he is real,” LaFollette said. “He’s been there, was out of shape, was overweight, and he has a practical approach to what a person should do about that, so he’s speaking from experience.”

Upon waking up to the fact that his diet and lack of exercise were setting him on a course for developing Type 2 diabetes and probably other health concerns, Perkins said he took up martial arts. He also put himself on a “very restrictive” low-calorie diet.

“Horrible, horrible, horrible idea,” he said.

Oh, he lost weight all right, but much of it was muscle mass. After

almost starving himself and dropping to 196 pounds, Perkins participated in his first grappling competition. He was vanquished in 30 seconds flat.

That led Perkins to reevaluate his approach to improving his overall health, and to adopt some tried-and-true methods of losing weight and keeping it off.

Over the course of the six weeks of classes at the Haimerl Center, Perkins said he will be discussing what food is, what it does to the human body and how to process it efficiently. More importantly, he wants to help peo-

ple develop a lifestyle that not only improves their overall health but helps them stay fit.

“There’s work involved, but it’s not nearly as hard as you think,” Perkins said. “I stress that Rome was not built in a day and neither is our reconstruction of ourselves.”

“We’re going to circulate this pretty widely,” LaFollette said of trying to round up class participants. “We hope we have some people so this is something they could do and continue to do. We hope people bring their neighbors and that maybe we have to repeat the class.”

Although he has never led a formal class before, Perkins said he feels his passion for the subject — he’s never forgotten being made fun of as an overweight child — and desire to concentrate on the human factor in discussing fitness will help carry him through.

“Once I get started talking, it can be hard to stop me,” he said.

“I am absolutely excited. If I can truncate the process for one person, and I know it sounds cliché, but, it’s worth it.”

Continued from page A1 services above and beyond normal city services.

Demolition of the former mall began in 2002 with some of the site preserved for use by the Ohio Department of Taxation.

Franklin County has built a new animal shelter on the property.

Two months ago, the latest addition to the site, a Menards homeimprovement store, opened its doors. Klein told his luncheon audience that Menards has been “wildly successful thus far.”

May 18-22 marked the debut of Vaud-Villities Inc. at the homegrown troupe’s new permanent headquarters, the Northland Performing Arts Center in a renovated portion of the former J.C. Penney building. The rest of the structure is to house the administrative offices and two Opportunity Centers for Franklin County Job and Family Services.

“There is an unmistakable amount of momentum that Northland Village Developers, the group that is leading the transformation of the site, is bringing to the Morse

Road area and, indeed, the entire Northland community,” Klein said in the statement.

“We’re excited to see the jobs come in, new retail, more choices,” Hicks said.

Northland is a very active community, Klein said at the luncheon. It has also been an area city officials have actively supported through partnerships with private enterprise and community groups, he added.

During a question-and-answer session that followed his remarks, he was pressed by Hadler Cos. chief executive officer George Hadler about upping the frequency with which the city mows the medians along state Route 161.

Hadler pointed out that a “handful of folks here beg money” to pay for a private contractor to supplement what city workers do, but it’s not enough to keep the corridor from sometimes looking overgrown.

“My point is, first impressions do matter a whole lot,” Hadler said.

Klein responded that the city has increased the amount budgeted for mowing medians.

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The seventh annual Northland Area Business Association Golf Outing is a fair way toward meeting its goal of 72 golfers, Dave Cooper announced last week.

Speaking at the association’s quarterly luncheon, Cooper said 38 golfers had signed up for the Aug. 8 major fundraising event for NABA. The outing once again returns to the York Golf Club, 7459 N. High St. Individual registration is $125, which includes, in addition to a round of golf, lunch, an after-party, a gift bag and a team photo.

Foursome registration is $500, with all participants receiving the same benefits and items as individuals.

Registration begins at 11 a.m.

Aug. 8, with a shotgun start at noon. Golfing, in the scramble format, will take place from noon to 5 p.m. The presentation of awards, with a cash bar, gets under way at 5:30 p.m.

The Hadler Cos. is once again the major sponsor of the outing, Cooper said, but more sponsors and donations of auction items are still being sought.

Those interested should contact Cooper at 888-2201 or Lisa Fravel at 882-6616.

An e-mail address for the tournament is golf@shoptnorthland. com.

For the fifth straight year, Cooper said at the NABA luncheon, the association will evenly split proceeds from the golf outing with a community partner.

This year’s nonprofit beneficiary is the Helping Hands Health and Wellness Center free clinic.

Helping Hands provides free medical care, executive director Joyce Bourgault told NABA members and guests, but also much more. She provided examples of a man who was beaten and robbed in his native country and fled to America and a local woman who lost her job and then her health care coverage, after which she development a malignant breast tumor.

The man who came to this country to escape oppression sought medical treatment at Helping Hands, and was guided not only to needed surgery but also dental procedures, Bourgault said. He subsequently received training that enabled him to land and currently hold down two jobs.

The woman, who had put off dealing with her breast cancer, was able to find the needed care, Bourgault said.

Many of those who turn to the free clinic are having to seek such help for the first time in their lives as a result of falling onto hard times in a tough economy, she said.

“We talk to them about hope and moving on with their lives,” Bourgault said.

Increased funding will enable Helping Hands personnel to offer more free work physicals as well as free tuberculosis screenings, which are no longer done by health departments because of funding cuts, she said.

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Minerva Park open garden tour scheduled for June 26 Eight gardens will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, in a free tour sponsored by the Minerva Park Community Association.

Included in the annual event will be: • 2690 Lakewood Drive, an English cottage garden combined with a shady, park-like setting along a ravine with hostas and ground covers.

• 2761 Lakewood Drive, a recently refurbished garden with hostas, ground covers and assorted shrubs.

• 5239 East Shore Drive, a lakeside garden with fountains, perennials, annuals and ground cover, • 2806 Maplewood Drive, a large garden with impatiens, a pool, pool house, pond, water features, statues and figurines, secret gardens and tropical plants.

• Lakewood and Maplewood drives, the Mary Yost Garden, a public garden with numerous hostas and other perennials in a natural setting.

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• 3082 Minerva Lake Road, a newly renovated garden, with a variety of perennials, a pond, a chicken coop and a vegetable garden.

• Minerva Lake Road at Far View Road, a newly established community garden created by the Minerva Park Community Association’s Green Team with the cooperation of Hawthorne Elementary School.

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FOURTH OF JULY PARADE Continued from page A1 As a result, Schmidt said three new organizations had already signed on to have float entries in the Fourth of July Parade. All floats are eligible for the three $200 prizes given to the best entries, according to the application letter for the financial assistance.

Judging will be done from a re-

viewing stand, and grandstands will be set up for parade observers, he said.

Schmidt added that many sponsorship opportunities remain to help defray expenses.

“Just hand me a check,” Schmidt said.

For the second year in a row, the Columbus Square Classic Car Show will take place at the shop-

ping center at the conclusion of the parade. The registration fee of $10 for the car show will be waived for all classic autos that participate in the parade.

In addition, former NABA president Dave Cooper said, this year’s parade will be honoring veterans of World War II. “That’s an important part of the parade this year,” he said.

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Hadler involvement has aided Northland To the editor: George Hadler wants to pay forward his experience as a child helping to assemble the neighborhood float for the Fourth of July parade in Upper Arlington.

His vision is that the communities in the Northland area will be able to capture the joy. It was pure fun and made one feel proud.

The float-building built community spirit. This is an experience that has not passed with time. This still goes on in towns and cities all across the country.

Let’s do it here. He envisions the neighborhoods in the Northland area coming together, having fun, socializing and accomplishing something.

In addition to his generous sponsorship of the Fourth of July parade, Hadler has offered $200 for float materials to any organization associated with the Northland Community Council. To date, 10 groups have received the money.

The parade is a great way for organizations to get recognition.

His gift is allowing groups such as Helping Hands, the Northside Health Advisory Board, the Northland Swim Club and the Karl Road Library make their floats with more pizzazz.

Five civic associations are beneficiaries of the grant: Clinton Estates, Forest Park, Sharon Woods, Karmel Woodward Park and Salem. For all of these associations, it allows them to make a much better float. For two of the associations, it has enabled them to be in the parade. The Northland Community Council has also re-

ceived the $200 grant toward its efforts.

The parade on July 4 starts from Morse and Karl at 11 a.m. Come join the fun as a participant or spectator. There will be bleacher seats at the Y at Karl and Sandalwood.

In addition, Hadler is sponsoring a Classic Car Show at Columbus Square that starts right after the parade. Any classic car that is in the parade and car show will have the fees waved, a $65 savings. These cars will be eligible for the best of parade trophy, have a prime spot at the show and be in the drawing for $50 gas cards.

So if you have a classic car, get registered for the parade and car show.

Other vehicles that will be in

the parade and on display at the car show are: the original Meijer produce delivery truck, Easton Town Center classic car,AEP display truck and more.

George Hadler has been a tremendous support of the Northland area for years. He served as president of the Northland Area Business Association, has been instrumental in the beautification of 161, a key player in Northland Alliance and a major contributor to every function.

George Hadler has gone way beyond the call of duty because he believes in the Northland area.

Thank you, George.

George Schmidt Columbus

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REVAMP THE RAMP Continued from page A1 sion chairman John DeFourny, who in turn put him in contact with Blazer.

Tony Howard, manager of the Karl Road and Northern Lights branches of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, has been representing the North Linden Area Commission in the Revamp the Ramp planning, according to Remy.

“Were hoping to have a good crowd,” he said of Saturday’s cleanup effort. “There are plenty of people on the Clintonville side who have said they want to participate, and we’re getting the word out to Maize-Morse and others in Northland and North Linden.”

“This project is not a project that has people who object to it,” Blazer said. “For a change, that’s really nice. It doesn’t have a lot of controversy. It’s something that’s going to improve all of our rides home. It’s something that everybody is going to benefit from, Clintonville, North Linden and Northland, all of north Columbus.”

Part of the community commitment to qualify for ODOT grant money involves agreeing to maintain the upgraded landscaping for an as-yet undetermined period of time, perhaps three to five years, Blazer said. This would involve mowing the grass, weeding the plantings and removing litter, in addition to paying for the initial plantings.

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Big 33 Football Classic

Davidson’s Heitzman helps lead Ohio to win

By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Ohio’s domination in the Big 33 Football Classic in Hershey, Pa., on June 18 had a local flavor.

Ohio rolled to a 50-14 win over the Pennsylvania all-stars, amassing 432 yards in total offense.

The 54th game of the series featured five players from central Ohio.

Led by defensive end Keith Heitzman of Hilliard Davidson, the Ohio defense allowed 243 yards, including minus-8 yards rushing.

Heitzman, who also played fullback and on special teams, capped the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run with 3 minutes, 47 seconds remaining.

“It was a ton of fun,” Heitzman said.

“Our defense came out strong and was able to get pressure on them right away. We forced them to make some mistakes.”

Heitzman helped set the tone early as his pressure on Pennsylvania quarterback Matt Johnson led to Gabe Gilbert’s interception on the game’s first possession.

Heitzman sacked Johnson in the

second quarter, leading to a Pennsylvania punt from its end zone.

“Playing against the best I’m hoping will prepare me a little bit more for what’s to come at (the University of) Michigan,” Heitzman said.

Heitzman was joined by Davidson teammate J.D. Detmer, who handled the kicking and punting duties.

Detmer, who will play at the University of Toledo, converted six extra points and punted once for 38 yards.

He missed on field-goal attempts of 46 and 28 yards in the first quarter.

Hartley’s Noah Key, who rushed for

2,885 yards and 42 touchdowns on 338 carries last fall to share the Division IV state Offensive Player of the Year award with Kenton quarterback Maty Mauk, played in the secondary for Ohio.

“This was a real honor,” said Key, who will join Detmer at Toledo. “You get to see all the guys you see in the paper every week with your name. You get a chance to meet these guys, and I will be playing against a lot of these guys in college. There (were) actually seven of us on the team from Toledo, so we’re building that early bond.”

Key led Hartley to the Division IV

state title last season with a 34-13 win over Chagrin Falls in the championship game.

Hawks coach Brad Burchfield said playing in the Big 33 game was a tremendous opportunity for Key and the Hartley program.

“I know obviously the history of the Big 33 and how prestigious it is to have players selected to play in that game,” Burchfield said.

It was sort of a homecoming for Worthington Kilbourne’s Matt Skura, who See BIG 33, page A8

Club Soccer

Local teams set for regional

By AARON BLANKENSHIP ThisWeek Community Newspapers

A central Ohio club soccer team has won a Midwest Regional Cup title each of the past two summers after local squads failed to do so the previous six years.

The Blast F.C. Under-15 boys team won a Regional Cup in 2009, and the Crew Juniors U19 boys squad won regional and national championships last year.

Heading into the 2011 Regional Cup tournament, which will be held Saturday through Wednesday, June 25-29, in Fox Cities, Wis., Crew Juniors U-19 boys coach Brian Bliss said he wouldn’t be surprised if a central Ohio squad won a regional championship for the third consecutive season.

However, Bliss said it will be difficult for the five local boys teams and four local girls squads to win their age brackets regardless of their talent level.

“Sometimes it’s more difficult to win the Regional Cup than the national tournament because you have to play five

By Andrea Kjerrumgaard/ThisWeek games in five days in the regional tournament and there’s very lit- Brookhaven graduate Donivan Lipsey of the East squad breaks through the West defense during the Cap City Senior Bowl on June 18 at Westerville Central. tle room for error,” Bliss said.

“A lot of people have forgotten, but we were three minutes away from being eliminated from pool play in the regional tournament last year before we rallied (for a 3-1 win over Everest Soccer Club) to reach the semifinals. A

By SCOTT GERFEN missed assignments, but what are lot of teams have the talent and ThisWeek Community Newspapers you going to do when you only have potential to win this tournament, (the players) for a week?” but you need to make plays at To watch Grove City High School Marion-Franklin’s Jeremy the right time to get it done.” graduate Luke Smurthwaite scramMcCoy, who also will play at Kent More than 270 preliminary ble and make a play seemingly out State, slipped past defenders and games will be played as boys of nothing, it looked like more was caught a 70-yard touchdown pass and girls U.S. Youth Soccer on the line than the outcome of an from Beechcroft quarterback ShelState Cup champions, select all-star football game. don Akin (Mesabi Range Commuwildcards and Midwest Regional One of central Ohio’s top quar- nity & Technical College) with 1 League qualifiers in the U-13 terbacks, Smurthwaite made sure minute, 36 seconds left in the first through U-19 age groups comhis team didn’t lose without putting half to give the East a 14-0 lead. pete. All of the age groups have up a fight in the Cap City Senior The East also scored on its openbeen divided into three- or fourBowl on June 18 at Westerville Cening drive. Westerville South’s team brackets, and every team tral.

Jayshon Jackson (Grand Rapids will play a game within its brackThe Kent State recruit completed Community College), the district’s et June 25, 26 and 27. three of five passes for 36 yards dur- Division I Offensive Player of the The bracket winners will move ing the West all-stars’ final drive, Year, capped the drive with a 2-yard on to semifinals June 28, with which ended at midfield with a fum- touchdown run. regional finals played June 29. ble as time expired.

“We really executed our offense Regional champions in the UA strong defensive effort led by in the first half, but I think we got 14 through U-19 age groups will Independence lineman Tim Dysart a little bit too conservative in the advance to the U.S. Youth Soc(Morehead State) helped the East second half,” said East coach Jeff cer Association National Chamall-stars win 14-7.

Pharion, who is the head coach at St. pionships on July 27-31 in “It was really great to just be play- Charles. “We kept it simple with Phoenix. ing football again and getting the schemes and blitzes defensively, Ohio Premier Eagles club dirust out of my system before I head and we executed very well.” rector Chris King said teams off to college,” said Smurthwaite, The West only crossed midfield need to do more than play well who was named the West’s Offen- twice in the first half. to win a Regional Cup. They sive Player of the Game. “I’ve grown Whetstone running back Jordan also need some luck. up scrambling around like that and Mitchell (Urbana) made it 14-7 “You have to play well and I guess that’s why I’ve gotten good when he reversed field and scored find a way to win against great at it.” on an 18-yard run with 11:35 left competition, but a lot of this Smurthwaite, who passed for in the fourth quarter. comes down to luck,” said King, more than 2,300 yards last fall and The Cap City game began as the who helped guide the Ohio Preplayed in the Ohio North-South All- City League All-Star game in 2008, mier U-13 girls team to a reStar Classic in April, didn’t have but Anthony Murphy, one of the orbig numbers, but his abilities gave ganizers in conjunction with CapcSee SOCCER, page A8 the West a chance to come back. itypreps.com, wanted to get playIt was no surprise to West coach ers throughout central Ohio involved.

Derek Katris, who coached Smurth- Players from the City, Central More online waite on junior varsity at Grove City. Catholic and Mid-State leagues and For more photos and team “Luke’s going to give you every- the OCC were added, with Interpreviews for all area soccer thing he’s got,” said Katris, who is state 71 as a dividing line. squads competing in the MidBy Andrea Kjerrumgaard/ThisWeek now the head coach at Briggs. “He’s The name of the game was west Regional Cup, visit East quarterback Sheldon Akin, a Beechcroft graduate, finds room to run during the going to play with all the heart he ThisWeekSPORTS.com See CAP CITY, page A8 Cap City Senior Bowl on June 18. has. We had a lot of penalties and

Cap City Senior Bowl

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teams head to Fox Cities, Wis., for the Midwest Regional Cup, which runs June 25-29. Area teams have won Cups the last two years.

Legion Baseball: ThisWeek catches up with area teams.

Pickerington Post 283 is coached by Chris Weber, who has guided the team to three state tournament appearances in five seasons.

“Friday Night Live: Spring Edition” finale With summer now officially under way, the final installment of ThisWeek’s spring football series has arrived. Beginning last March, ThisWeek has previewed area teams from the OCC, MSL, City League and CCL. In the final week, the remaining area teams to be preQuotable viewed are Bexley, Canal Winchester, Grandview, Grove City “I was filled, I mean filled Christian, Johnstown and Lickwith butterflies to just be ing Heights. called up and be with them for that first game. I really Top stories wasn’t expecting to play. I’m All-Star Football: Locally, on the bench and I hear the Grove City graduate Luke coaches call out, ‘Chris Davis.’

Smurthwaite had an MVP per- I started warming up and was formance in a losing effort in really nervous. I said, ‘Wow, the Cap City Senior Bowl. In Her- this is really happening.’ It was shey, Pa., Hilliard Davidson’s straight-out adrenaline.”

— Chris Davis, a 2011 GaKeith Heitzman contributed on both sides of the ball to help hanna Lincoln graduate, who Ohio roll past Pennsylvania scored the winning goal in the 50-14 in the Big 33 Classic.

66th minute for the ColumRegional Cup Preview: bus Crew Reserves during an Four central Ohio club soccer April 23 game to hold off

Toronto FC 2-1.

Note of the week Since 1891, only 40 Ohio residents have earned the Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge. Upper Arlington resident Omar Ganoom, 55, is the third Columbus resident to earn it since 1986.

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Sports briefs Northland’s Scott picks Cincinnati

istration material, contact the Reynoldsburg rec department at (614) 322-6806.

Northland High School senior Devon Scott has verbally committed to play basketball for the University of Cincinnati, Vikings coach Sean Taylor said.

The 6-foot-8 post player averaged 11.1 points and 10 rebounds last season as the Vikings went 26-2 overall, were state runners-up in Division I and won their fifth consecutive City League championship.

Bearcats’ Preacher commits to Akron

Football officiating classes offered The Reynoldsburg Parks & Recreation Department is offering high school football officiating classes from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and Sundays, beginning July 5, in the city’s police building, 7240 E. Main St. The classes will be taught by Phil Kiser, an Ohio High School Athletic Association approved instructor. Students who successfully complete the requirements will be certified for the coming high school season.

For additional information and to receive reg-

Brookhaven High School graduate Nigel Preacher has committed to compete in track and field for the University of Akron, according to Bearcats coach Steve Ayers.

Preacher, who won the Division I state championship in the high jump (7 feet) and was third in the long jump (22-10 1/2) on June 4 at Ohio State, is expected to receive a scholarship that will cover his sophomore, junior and senior seasons, Ayers said.

OWU holding baseball camp Ohio Wesleyan baseball coach Tyler Mott will lead a “skills-n-drills” camp at the university’s Littick Field on June 28-30. Sessions are scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon for ages 11-14 and 1 to 4 p.m. for ages 7-10.

For more information, call (740) 368-3743 or email tamott@owu.edu.

June 23, 2011

BIG 33 accomplishments on the field, but also I’ve had people tell me what a class act, what a gentleman he is, and to me that’s just as important if not more important than his football abilities,” Central coach John Magistro said.

University of Cincinnati recruit Akise Teague had three touchdowns and 168 total yards, and was named the Ohio team’s MVP. Teague was voted Ohio’s Mr. Football last fall, leading Youngstown Ursuline to its third consecutive Division V state championship with a 51-21 win over Coldwater.

The game also featured the Big 33’s longest interception return for a touchdown. Ohio State recruit Doran Grant (Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary) intercepted a Jalen Fitzpatrick pass and returned it 101 yards for a 28-7 lead in the second quarter.

Continued from page A7

grew up in Fox Chapel, Pa., and began attending Kilbourne as a sophomore.

“Playing against the best competition in Pennsylvania and even the best competition in the nation, it was a great way for me to end my high school career and start my college one as well,” Skura said.

Skura, who will play at Duke University, saw time at center, guard and tackle in the Big 33 game.

“He’s been a tremendous leader, setting the example for the kids on the way things should be done,” Kilbourne coach Vince Trombetti said.

“He’s never taken a day off. He’s done a great job representing our program.”

Westerville Central graduate Nick Vannett, who will play at Ohio State, saw time at tight end fdirenna@thisweeknews.com and wide receiver in the Big 33 game.

“I’m proud of Nick, not only because of his www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

SOCCER The Ohio Premier Eagles U-18 girls squad qualified as a representative of the Midwest Regional League and the Team Ohio F.C. U-16 boys team qualified as a State Cup tournament wildcard.

This will be the third appearance for the Team Ohio F.C. U-16 boys, Ohio Premier Eagles U16 girls, Ohio Premier Eagles U-18 girls and Ohio Premier Eagles U-19 girls, and the second appearance for the Team Ohio F.C. U-17 boys.

“Any of us have a chance to win it,” Team Ohio F.C. club director Steve Dawson said. “If you have good coaching and have kids who stick together and play well together, you can compete at the regional level.”

Continued from page A7

gional championship in 2002. “In the closer games, you may need to have a few bounces or a referee’s call go your way.

“The luck of the draw is another big factor because teams aren’t seeded at regional and there have been a lot of years where the top two or three teams in the regional end up in the same bracket of pool play, and some of the better teams get eliminated early on.”

Local teams that won State Cup championships to advance to the Regional Cup are: the Classics Eagles U-13 boys, Team Ohio F.C. U-17 boys, Team Ohio F.C. U-18 boys, Crew Juniors U-19 boys, Ohio Premier Eagles U-13 girls, Ohio Premier Eagles U- ablankenship@thisweeknews.com 16 girls and Ohio Premier Eagles U-19 girls. www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

CAP CITY (Columbus’) west side in the ‘Bottoms’ and picking them up for practice,” Murphy said. changed last summer, when the East beat the “The guys really build relationships out of this and it goes deeper than football.”

West 22-0.

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Students learn to balance schoolwork with athletics The high school athletes participating in my summer series also stand out in the classroom. In the second week of the series, the student-athletes talk about how they balance practices and games with studying to keep their grades at a high level.

Mary Wells, Westerville Central, bowling: “School always comes first and keeping your grades up is way more important than any sporting event.”

Jimmy Gammill, New Albany, football: “To balance practice and games with studying, you have to be dedicated to both things. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices in order to accomplish excellence in both.”

Napoleon Bell, Hartley, football and wrestling: “I make sure to study and do homework directly after coming home from practice. This way I am not as tired as I LARRY would be later and I LARSON will be motivated to do work.”

Faith Washington, Reynoldsburg, track: “Seeing that practice only lasts a few hours of my afternoon, I always dedicate the rest of my time to the work that needs to be done for class.

If I am well organized and can stick to a schedule that works best for me, it helps ensure that my academic and athletic priorities are also balanced.”

Jake Blankenship, Gahanna, pole vault: “I make sure that I finish all my work before I go on with my day.

I will normally have practice directly after school and I try to get my work done first thing after practice.”

Austin Cuervo, St. Charles, golf: “I know that schoolwork must come first and I need to attend to my studies first and attack that before I get out on the golf course or range. I either immediately practice first and then study or the other way around. I

dedicate myself to academics and athletics and dedication is the key word.”

Chase Delande, Hilliard Davidson, football and wrestling: “Sometimes before practice I can get some schoolwork done. If I don’t have time before school is out, I need to focus on practice and then get the rest of my work done.”

Morgan Ransom, Columbus Academy, golf: “Although golf takes up a lot of my time, academics have always been a priority to me. My time at school is committed to getting my work done.”

Michela Paradiso, Upper Arlington, soccer and basketball: “In order to keep up my academics with games

and practices, I sacrifice the other aspects of my life, including my social side. There are some very late nights and very early mornings as a result of my busy schedule. I make difficult sacrifices, but I certainly enjoy the end result of my choices.”

Next week, the student-athletes will follow up this topic by talking about the importance of having a good academic record.

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.

Sports briefs Seven receive GCSTO holding OHSAA scholarships swim tryouts Seven students from the Central District were selected to receive Ohio High School Athletic Association scholarships at the 19th annual OHSAA scholar-athlete banquet held June 17 in Columbus.

The recipients were Robert Daulton (Dublin Coffman; cross country, swimming and diving, track and field), Sean Hughes, (Newark Catholic; football, basketball, baseball), Brady Hutchins (Canal Winchester; golf, wrestling), Graham Johnston, (Jonathan Alder; football, basketball, baseball), Channing McNeal (DeSales; football, track and field), Allyssa Neer (Galion Northmor; cross country, track and field) and Chris Quinn (St. Charles; cross country, track and field).

The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) is looking for new athletes.

New swimmers are allowed a week with the team to see what it has to offer before deciding to commit. The team practices at Columbus Academy, the Concourse Hotel Fitness Club and St. Charles Preparatory School, and the Gahanna swimming pool during the summer. The team also has started a scholarship program for students in Columbus City Schools. Athletes who have competed only for summer and high school teams, or those new to swimming, are eligible for the scholarships. For more information, contact GCSTO coach Steve Nye at (614) 4785445 or stevenye@sbcglobal.net. More information also is available at www.gcsto.com.

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The following schools are seeking coaches: Dublin Coffman — Hockey.

Contact athletics director Tony Pusateri at pusateri_tony@dublinschools.net.

Dublin Scioto — Girls lacrosse.

Contact athletics director Kip Witchey at (614) 717-2468.

Gahanna — Hockey. Send résumé by June 27 to Justin Sanford, athletics director, Gahanna Lincoln High School, 140 S. Hamilton Road, Gahanna 43230, or email at sanfordj@gjps.org.

New Albany — Boys lacrosse.

Send letter of interest and résumé

by July 1 to Kevin Reed, athletics director, New Albany High School, 7600 Fodor Road, New Albany 43054, or email kreed@napls.us.

Thomas Worthington — Girls tennis. Send letter of interest and résumé by June 24 to athletics director Dan Girard at dgirard@worthington.k12.oh.us •To add to this list, contact ThisWeek at (740) 888-6069 or sports@thisweeknews.com.

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