July 28, 2011
Former Kroger at Columbus Square Shopping Center
Space still in running for county office use By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The Columbus Square Shopping Center remains in the running to have a portion of the closed Kroger store become office space for Franklin County Children Services. George Hadler of the Hadler Cos., owners of the shopping center at Cleveland Avenue and East Dublin-Granville
Road, said as much last week and the communications director for Children Services confirmed it. Such a move would help salve some of the wounds left when officials with Cincinnati-based Kroger announced the closing of the Columbus Square store. The last day of business was July 10. “With the lease expiring at this location, it was determined during our
evaluation that we were unable to continue a profitable operation at the 5727 Emporium Square location and made the decision to not renew our lease and to close the store on July 10,” Robert Clark, vice president of operations for Kroger’s Columbus division, said in the mid-May announcement. Kroger had operated a store in the center since the late 1980s after purchasing it from Cub Foods.
Commensurate with the news from Kroger, Hadler said his firm had responded to a request for proposals from Franklin County Children Services regarding office space. He said the Hadler Cos. was willing to spend “millions of dollars” in turning part of the 83,000square-foot grocery store into offices. The proposal had made the short list and is still on it, Hadler said last week. “They have not yet made a decision,
and basically, they just sent out a notification saying they were continuing to evaluate all their options,” Hadler said. “As far as I know, it’s still very much a possibility. We would be delighted. We feel we have the best location and we’ve worked hard to keep the rent reasonable.” “All the proposals, including that one, See SPACE, page A2
Northland Alliance
Website seeks to become community forum By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
By Adam Cairns/ThisWeek
Northland Heating & Cooling owner William C. Tinsky has been battling with the Ohio Department of Transportation about the sound wall between his business and I-71 for the past year and a half. He paid for clear glass to be placed beside his business, but he contends that his sign still can only be seen from a short stretch of the interstate. He has also noticed water drainage problems since the wall was put up.
Business owner trying to make some noise about sound wall By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Northland Heating and Cooling founder William J. Tinsky used to come home from his job as a chrome buffer for General Motors and, instead of resting from his labors, would do what he could to support his four children. He worked with a man who had a heating and cooling business while studying the trade in order to obtain a license of his own. Eventually, Tinsky got his license, bought a truck and, in 1966, began operating a heating and cooling business out of the garage of the family home in Forest Park. “Thus the name, Northland Heating,” said William C. Tinsky, the founder’s son and now president of the firm. About 35 years ago, William J. purchased property on Moon Road, just across Interstate 71 from Clintonville, and had a headquarters built for his growing enterprise. This included an iconic sign, identifying it as “Protech Services Northland Heating and Cooling,” with a clock that, for decades, was clearly visible to motorists on I71. “People use that clock daily,” William C. said last week. Not so much any more. “This is a freaking nightmare,” Tinsky said. On July 7, 2006, according to Ohio Department of Transportation District 6 communications manager Nancy Burton, “property owners received notification” of a proposed project that would extend a noise wall along I-71 in front of Northland Heat-
ing and Cooling. The following March 1, again according to Burton, “notification letters” regarding public meetings on March 14 and 21 were sent out about the extension of the sound wall. Tinsky claims he never got any of them. “We’re pretty good about business and opening mail and reading it,” he said. “I don’t have any knowledge of that,” Burton said. Bill Tinsky’s “freaking nightmare” had begun. Now, drivers on I-71 can catch glimpses of the Northland Heating and Cooling sign through two clear panels in the noise wall, but the busy yard of the business is totally obscured. Tinsky said he had to pay $48,500 in order to get the clear panels installed and he’s being asked to pay an additional $25,000 to go halves on extending the number of transparent panels in the wall by an additional three feet, as is the case at Calvary Temple Lighthouse to the north. “In an effort to resolve this misunderstanding in what the noise wall was going to look like in front of Protech Northland and to provide additional visibility to the property, the
Department of Transportation is willing to add additional clear panels in front of Protech Northland within the same limits of the 180-foot length,” project engineer Andrew J. Opsitnik wrote in an April 26 letter to Tinsky. “The department is willing to split the additional cost, 50-percent each party, with Protech Northland to make this change.” “I’m not going to keep having an open checkbook,” Tinsky said. Instead of ODOT spending $25,000 for its portion of more clear panels in the noise wall, Tinsky said he asked for a maximum of $12,000 to increase the height of the sign. “That was discussed with Mr. Tinsky and it was decided to go with the clear panels,” Burton said. She didn’t say who made that decision, but Tinsky says it certainly wasn’t him. In a July 5 letter to ODOT District 6, Tinsky’s attorney, Brent L. Baisden, wrote: “First, Mr. Tinsky was assured that his freeway sign would be completely visible from the freeway. It is not. Approximately two feet of the bottom of Northland’s freeway sign is presently blocked. ODOT has refused to compensate Northland for the expense of raising its freeway sign,
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which would cost approximately $8,000 to $12,000. “Second, Mr. Tinsky (was) also assured that the Plexiglass wall would look just like the section of Plexiglass in front of the Lighthouse church, just north of Northland along I-71. However, Northland’s panels are not as wide, causing the pillars to be closer and reducing visibility from the highway. “In addition, the solid concrete panels are much taller,” Baisden wrote. “Northland’s lower panels are approximately 7 feet tall, while the lower panels at the Lighthouse church are approximately 3 feet. ODOT has agreed to split the cost of dividing the lower panel to increase visibility, but this is not acceptable.” “I’ve been backed into a corner here,” Tinsky said. “ODOT, in its arrogance, said, ‘Mr. Tinsky, we’re ODOT. You’re part of the right of way. We’re going to do what we want.’ “I’m trying to be calm about this.” Northland Heating and Cooling specials used to be posted on the familiar sign. “You’ve hurt my advertising,” Tinsky said. “This is my livelihood. I don’t know what it’s going to do to people doing business with us, but, ‘That’s not my problem, Mr. Tinsky.’ You get a little frustrated trying to get through the chain of command to see who might be sympathetic. It’s just frustrating that nobody cares about the small businessman.” Asked to reply to Tinsky’s allegations, Burton requested questions in writing, but then declined, in the main, to respond to specifics. See BUSINESS, page A2
Since retiring as a business education teacher with Columbus City Schools in 2005, Northland resident Diane Hendrickson has used some of what she learned in the latter part of her career to create websites. “They’re very simple,” she said. “I’m not into fancy web design.” She did one for retired teachers from the city and another for those in Franklin County. Hendrickson went on to create the Maize Morse Tri Area Civic Association’s website and then one for the Helping Hands Health and Wellness Center free clinic, where she’s also a volunteer. After Helping Hands executive director Joyce Bourgault became chairwoman of the Northland Alliance in March, naturally she turned to Hendrickson. The result — and it’s not easy to find with a Google search — is http://northlandalliance.wetpaint.com/. Both its “webmistress” and the Alliance chairwoman hope it becomes much, much more than just a website for the 10-year-old organization, which works in partnership with the Northland Community Council and Northland Area Business Association. “What I’m hoping it’s going to end up being is a resource for Northland people about what is in the Northland area,” Bourgault said last week. She said she envisions the site becoming “kind See ALLIANCE WEBSITE , page A4
NABA golf outing
Planners hope for more sponsors, good weather By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Planning for the Northland Area Business Association’s annual Golf Outing on Aug. 8 is going quite well. Better than that, in fact, according to event cochairman Dave Cooper. “Terrific,” he said last week. “We could use more golfers,” Cooper then admitted. “We need more sponsors, but right now, we’re doing very well.” As of last week, 61 golfers had signed up to play in the fundraising event at York Golf Club, 7459 N. High St. Course officials require a minimum of 72 golfers, and with that many having participated last year, Cooper said he and co-chairman Lisa Fravel of PNC Bank are confident of meeting the requirement. “We’re approaching that magic number, and we’ve got good sponsor participation,” said Cooper, owner of the Ink Well. “What I need are hole sponsors. See PLANNER, page A2
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Space still in running for county office use Continued from page A1 are still under evaluation,” said Deborrha Armstrong, the Children Services communications director. Armstrong could not say ex-
actly what portion of the county agency’s operations would be in new office space, although she said it would not be the administrative operations on West Mound Street. She also said no date had been
set for making the decision. “We don’t have a definite timeframe,” Armstrong said. The last correspondence Hadler Cos. received from Children Services “was kind of vague on that,” the company
president said. “I would certainly hope within the next month or so,” Hadler added. Meanwhile, finding another food store for Columbus Square appears to be the thing residents
most want. Hadler said his firm is working on that front, too. He cautioned that any food store that might be drawn to the shopping center would doubtless be much smaller than Kroger. “You certainly hate to see a
center that size without a food store, but the market is the market, and retailers that are expanding and relocating just have a lot of choices,” Hadler said. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
Coming up To add, remove or update a listing, prayer, networking and business preemail editorial@thisweeknews.com. sentations. Visitors are welcome. Call Jerry King at (614) 899-9870 or visit Workshops & classes www.cmn-usa.org. Clinton Estates Civic Association, Northland Free Legal Aid Clinic, 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month 6-8 p.m. the second Monday of the at Trinity United Church of Christ, 1180 month at Christian Assembly, 4099 Karl Shanley Drive. Call Emmanuel Remy Road. Consultations provided in minor at (614) 453-5007. criminal matters, including landlordSalem Civic Association, 7 p.m. the tenant disputes, domestic disputes, civil fourth Tuesday of the month at Salem protection orders and mediations. No Baptist Church, 5862 Sinclair Road. appointments are necessary. Use Door Call Bill Unger at (614) 436-3751. B to enter. For more information, call Soroptimist International of NorthEllen at (614) 261-8440, ext. 250. east Suburban Franklin County, an organization for professional women, Meetings 6:30 p.m. the second Monday of the Columbus Outdoor Pursuits will month at the Mifflin Township Admeet to hike Davey Woods at 2 p.m. ministrative Building, 155 Olde RideSunday, Aug. 7, and the Columbus Art nour Road. Walk at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24. American Legion Young-Budd Post The group gathers at Whetstone Park, 171 and Auxiliary, 7:30 p.m. the first North High Street and Hollenback Wednesday of the month at the post, Drive. Call (614) 442-7901 or visit 393 E. College Ave., Westerville. Guests www.outdoor-pursuits.org. are welcome. Call Mike Etling at (614) Christian Marketplace Network 891-9388. Westerville Chapter, 11:30 a.m.-1 Northland Community Council p.m. the third Friday of each month at Development Committee, 7 p.m. the MCL Restaurant, 60 Westerville Square. last Wednesday of the month at the MinChristians in the marketplace are in- erva Park Community Center, 2829 vited to attend for lunch, fellowship, Minerva Lake Road. Public hearings
on local development, rezoning and related topics. Call (614) 325-8217 or email info@myncc.org. Northland Community Council, 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at Friendship Village of Columbus, 5800 Forest Hills Blvd. Call (614) 325-8217 or email info@myncc.org. Forest Park Civic Association, 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month, locations and topics vary. Call (614) 325-8217 or email info@fpcivic.org. Franklin 524 Toastmasters Club, 7 a.m. the first and third Thursday of the month at Vineyard Church, 6000 Cooper Road. For more information, visit www.Franklin524Toastmasters. com, or call Sally at (614) 523-2169. Karmel Morse-Manor Civic Association, 6:45 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at Valley Forge Elementary School, 1321 Urban Drive. Call William Logan at (614) 846-1089. Amspirit Pacesetters Chapter, noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays at 2531 Tiller Lane in Columbus. Call Frank Hamilton at (614) 939-9623 for more information. Sharon Woods Civic Association, 7 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at Church of the Good Shepherd, 6176
Planners hope for more sponsors, good weather Continued from page A1 We’d like to have a minimum of 18. We’ve had as many as 25, so we’ve doubled up.” The cost for participating in the noon shotgun-start, scramble-format tournament is $125 a person or $500 for a foursome. That includes a boxed lunch, buffet dinner and beverages, along with a “goody bag” that this year will include a flash drive with the Northland Area Business Association logo on it. The NABA Golf Outing will be followed by an auction. “We have a nice list of auction items, a nice assortment,” Cooper said. These include tickets to Columbus Clippers and Columbus Crew games, as well as to Ohio State University football contests with the University of Toledo and Big
10 member Indiana, and many more. Sponsors helping out at the platinum and gold levels have already signed up, as have two silver sponsors and one bronze, as well as sponsors for the lunches and gift bags, according to Cooper. “So everybody’s stepping up to the plate here,” he said. Cooper added that the tournament is still in the market for businesses or organizations to sponsor the beverage cart, photographer and driving range. All of those things are important to making NABA’s seventh annual Golf Outing a success, but in the sweltering heat of last week, Cooper said that there’s one more thing he longs for. “What I really need for that day is 75 degrees, 46-percent humidity and blue skies,” he said.
The event has been fortunate in that regard in the past. “We’ve had a tremendous weather forecast for years and years,” Cooper said. For the past several tournaments, NABA had taken on a “community partner” for the golf outing, sharing proceeds with a nonprofit organization that is located or operates in the Northland area. This year’s community partner is the Helping Hands Health and Wellness free clinic, which will receive 20 percent of the event’s proceeds. Cooper, who took the reins for putting on the event back from longtime organizer Chuck Wolfe, now executive director of the Cat Welfare Society, said he and cochair Fravel have found a lot of built-in goodwill for the tournament and for the good its com-
munity partner does. “What we’ve stressed is that all the money stays local and all the money is used to support NABA and the community partner of the year,” he said. “In this particular case, Helping Hands reaches out to the unemployed and underemployed who don’t have health care. Based on that, we’ve found that most companies and organizations are willing to continue to support at some level. There are some people who’ve been forced to say no, but that’s OK because maybe they can come back next year.” Those interested in playing in the Aug. 8 NABA Golf Outing or becoming a sponsor may contact Cooper via e-mail, dave@ inkwellcolumbus.com. He can also be reached at his work number, (614) 888-2201, or on his cell phone, (614) 260-0118.
Business owner trying to make some noise Continued from page A1 “I think I really want to kind of make two points, which I think is satisfactory,” she said. “ODOT and Mr. Tinsky have been working together, communicating for several years, and we have tried to provide quality customer service and work with him on his needs. “And I think that’s sort of what I’m comfortable saying. I guess I and ODOT are respectful of the process. We negotiate and work with property owners, businesses, motorists, companies, the public, every day, and we’re respectful that that is done one-on-one between the individual, the business and ODOT, and we had that with Mr. Tinsky, as we strive to have that with anyone or any business that has contact with ODOT.”
The March 1, 2007, notification letter to property owners, which Tinsky says he never received, included a questionnaire asking if people wanted a noise wall and providing options for texture and examples of color, according to Burton. “It’s worth noting that of the questionnaires that were sent back to ODOT, nobody indicated that they didn’t want a noise wall,” she said. “That’s pretty standard, actually.” Tinsky wonders why he had to shell out nearly $50,000 to get clear panels in front of his business, but the Calvary Temple Lighthouse got even greater visibility for, he said he was told by ODOT, no charge. Several messages left with the church were not returned.
“That’s something that was negotiated between ODOT and the church,” Burton said. “You would have to contact the church. That doesn’t have anything to do with Mr. Tinsky. That is another entity. That is a nonprofit worship group. I don’t think Mr. Tinsky’s business and a church are the same. “Mr. Tinsky can obviously do
and speak what he wants … I’ve shared with you what I think I’m comfortable talking about regarding this process.” Looking glumly out of the window of his office at the sound wall a short distance away, Tinsky said he feels as if he’s behind the walls of a prison. “Why do they have to be so tall here?” he asked.
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McDowell led small army of volunteers at Bull Run On July 21, 1861, the Civil War began to be a very long war, indeed. And one of the major figures who helped define that day was a native of Columbus. As the commander of the Union Army of Northeastern Virginia, Gen. Irvin McDowell had spent the previous several months desperately trying to make an army out of a horde of enthusiastic volunteers. Under tremendous pressure to defeat a rebellious South, McDowell had moved out of Washington, D. C., with his quickly trained and even more quickly equipped army to “crush the Rebels.” He almost did just that. This was not a job that Irvin McDowell really wanted. And it certainly was not the one he trained for when he left to join the army more than 30 years before. Born in Columbus in 1818, McDowell grew up in a simple New England saltbox house at the northwest corner of Front and Spring streets. At the time, the house was in the woods some distance from the center of town and nestled against the creek that passed by and gave Spring Street its name. Until 1834, one crossed the creek at High Street on a wooden bridge. Columbus was not very large when Irvin McDowell was a boy. Founded in 1812 to be the new state capital, the village only had a few hundred residents at the end of the War of 1812. Prominent among them were Abram Irvin McDowell and his wife, Eliza. Abram McDowell held a number of public offices and made a success of himself. But the McDowells had come from the more sophisticated society of Kentucky and Virginia, and hoped that their children would also be able to rise above the frontier world of central Ohio. With that intent, they sent young Irvin off to school in Troyes, France, for several years. With Abram McDowell’s political influence, an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point was obtained for Irvin to further his education. It should be noted that the American army was quite small in these years and West Point was essentially a training ground for civil engineers. In a growing America, one could make a nice living as a civil engineer after a period of military service. On the other hand, the military itself still carried a certain social cachet, as well. Irvin McDowell chose to stay in the army. Graduating in 1838, he was posted as a second lieutenant in the artillery. After serving four years as a tactics instructor at West Point, he served on the staff of Gen. John Wool during the Mexican War and was cited for bravery at the Battle of Buena Vista. After the Mexican War, McDowell served for a number of years as a brevet major in the adjutant general’s office. He acquired a reputation as a solid, dependable officer and an excellent military administrator. In 1861, his talents would be put to the test. The election of Abraham Lin-
coln to the presidency in 1860 on a Republican pledge to oppose the extension of slavery to the territories had led to ED the attempted secession of a LENTZ number of southern states over the next several months. Political and persuasive attempts to bring the rebellious South back into the Union ended with the fall of Fort Sumter at Charleston, S.C. Not recognizing the South as independent, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers for three months to defeat “combinations too powerful to suppress” by normal means. In other words, the president hoped a citizen army could swiftly repress those rebellious southerners. The commander of America’s army was Gen. Winfield Scott, who had fought bravely in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War and had served in the army for more than 50 years. He had literally written the book that was used to train America’s soldiers. But he was also old and tired and sick and knew that he needed a younger combat commander. He hoped to get his protégé, Robert E. Lee, to take the job. But Lee returned to his native Virginia and fought for the South. At that point, Scott turned to Irvin McDowell, who had recently been promoted to brigadier general with the help of his political mentor, former Ohio governor and Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase. The response of the North to the war had been enthusiastic. More than 15,000 men arrived in Columbus to enlist in the first few days of the war. Over the next several months, the men were armed, uniformed, trained and marched away to war. By mid-July 1861, Irvin McDowell’s Army of Northeastern Virginia, including two regiments of Ohio infantry, was on the move. McDowell did not think his army was ready, and said so. But three-month enlistments were about to expire and he was under
pressure from the president, the Congress and the country to defeat the rebels and be done with it. So McDowell marched his army south toward Richmond,Va. Awaiting his arrival was a Confederate Army roughly equal in size. On July 21, 1861, the two met near Manassas, Va., at a little stream called Bull Run. On a brutally hot day and observed by many tourists who had driven out from Washington to watch the battle, the two armies fought well — considering neither army had really been in battle before. Ultimately, the Confederates fought a better end game and the Union Army retreated in disarray. To say the least, most people in the North were shocked. A Columbus paper recorded the scene: “An immense, surging crowd assembled in front of our office. All expected the enemy would soon be ours and the oppression and gloom of war gave way to sunshine and joy. But at noon came dispatches announcing disaster, and a most despondent gloom settled over their faces and a pall seemed to settle on their spirits. But in the evening, a feeling of determination and revengeful resistance was aroused such as words cannot describe. ‘I feel like going myself!’ was the exclamation of everyone who spoke.” Sensing that more troops might be needed, President Lincoln had called for 300,000 more men a few weeks before the battle. By early August, they were assembling at a number of encampments in and around Columbus. This war, it was now well understood, was going to last for quite some time. Irvin McDowell lost his command of the large army but acted as a division and corps commander through the rest of the conflict. In 1864, McDowell was given command of the Department of the West and served in the West for the rest of his career. He retired with the rank of major general in 1882 and died three years later. He is generally credited with the creation of the Presidio military base in San Francisco. Ed Lentz writes a history column for ThisWeek.
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Alliance website seeks to become community forum Continued from page A1 of a gathering place” for the entire community. “My hope is that people, nonprofits and businesses and members of the community, would become members and add information,” Hendrickson said. “It’s brand new and she’s still working on it, but I’m hoping it will develop into a good base for collaborations,” Bourgault said. “I think it’s starting to do that already.” “What community is meant to be!” the main page proclaims, and the site seeks to live up to that with myriad links, documents and resources for businesses, residents and nonprofit organizations. It will only help the community, however, if the community helps to shape the website and its contents, according to Hendrickson. “We need everybody in the community to help, especially other services,” she said. “There are so many services we have in the Northland area … more and more with the way the economy is, people are turning to agencies for to help, we could help them right here in our community.” In addition to signing up as members of the website in order to participate in discussions or post items on a local calendar of events, Hendrickson said people can simply send her an email and suggest the category where they would like the notice to appear. That address is northlandalliance@gmail.com. “There are all kinds of different ways that they can communicate information,” Hendrickson said. The Northland Alliance was formed in March 2001 in the wake of the closing of Northland Mall. Its purpose, according to founding documents, is to: • Combat urban blight, neighborhood decline and urban sprawl. • Preserve greenspace and protect waters and the environment. • Create, improve and beautify public spaces, including parks, playgrounds and bikeways. • Enhance and improve the neighborhoods within Northland. • Encourage safe pedestrian access to neighborhoods. • Educate neighbors and busi-
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Milestone 229: Come for the views, stay for the food The food could have totally been beside the point at Milestone 229. Born lucky in an expensively rehabbed neighborhood loaded with stunning things to gawk at, Milestone could have skated by on its good looks and its eye-candy setting: the people magnet that is the impressive new Scioto Mile development. Speaking of Scioto Mile, on one side of Milestone is a showpiece waterpark where highly stimulated kids run wildly through elaborately alternating spurts of water and adults stare in wonder. At night, the modern, sculptural, halo-like fountains ethereally produce fog, become a thrilling and hypnotic light show and are sometimes the watery screen for filmic projections. On the opposite side of Milestone are the most spectacular vistas of downtown Columbus visible from any eatery. Really, to sit on Milestone’s big, looping one-of-a-kind patio is to realize how sexy our city can be.
MENU by G. A. BENTON Cleverly, this restaurant — which is run by the Columbus Brewing Company folks — is constructed along swooping arcs that echo those halo-form fountains. Elliptical, expansive and roomy, Milestone 229 is a neat-looking, modernist metal-and-glass building. And its patio has clearly upped the ante on scenic outdoor eating in central Ohio. But Milestone is not just another pretty face. Because though its mob-attracting location would’ve ensured a captive audience even if it served awful food, Milestone’s gone the extra … er, mile and hired a real chef (Rigsby’s veteran Christian Hattemer) who’s fashioned an allAmerican, local- and fine-ingredientsourcing menu. While Milestone’s food is hardly daring, it is carefully prepared,
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scratch-made stuff that aims for, and consistently hits, the familiar-disheswith-chef’s-flourishes target. The house cocktails ($9) follow a similar trajectory. Made with very good ingredients, none I tried were stinkers, but my favorite has been the perfectly named seasonal cooler called Summer Splash (Watershed gin, muddled cu-
cumber and fresh lime in refreshing harmony). Appetizers are presented with fun and verve. They range from a heavy but pleasing Skillet Mac ‘n Cheese ($7.25, huge, with a lively cheese blend, smoky bacon and toasted panko breadcrumbs served in a black skillet) to the mandatory Calamari (wittily spilling out of a Chinese takeout container) to a mayorich and abundantly red-peppered Pimento Cheese dip ($7.25) to a neat medley called Wine Quartet ($10.50, salty olives, seasoned nuts, a decent beet and orange salad, and the upstaging star of a salmon mousse). There are also handmade, hearty and rustic pizzas on thick, crispy crusts (like a salty and pungent gorgonzola and roasted mushroom, $12.50). Entree salads were solid, too, like the Wild Alaskan Salmon ($13.50), with wasabi peas, a gingery dressing and a thick miso/peanuttype sauce. Entree-wise, I tried a perfectly cooked,
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OK steak (Grilled Barrel Cut Sirloin, $22) with a suave hoochy sauce, topnotch green beans plus a nifty multiplepotato hash, and a fresh-tasting and attractively plated Potato Crusted Great Lakes Walleye ($22) with a golden crispy spud shell, asparagus and creamed corn sauce. While both were good, Milestone’s giant sandwiches (all about $10) were equally satisfying, yet a lot cheaper — and they arrive with nice, crisp fries, either vinegar-tinged or of the sweet potato variety. My favorite sandwich was the standout, banh-mi-accented Tempura Battered fish. Also easily gulpable were the Three Little Pigs Porkout and a heavily herbed homemade bratwurst burger. Inevitable ending: Milestone 229 — come for the views, stay for the food.
Independent yogurt shop gives fresh spin to frozen confection Fans of a hot trend, Joey Chong and her family decided to play it cool. Not an easy thing to do in 90degree weather. Devotees of frozen yogurt, they wanted to open a store but were unimpressed with the inflexibility of national chains. So they went out on their own. On Saturday, on yet another sweltering day in central Ohio, they opened Matcha in the restaurant-diverse Bethel Centre. The independent store plays to the desires of the customer, Chong said. “I have been helping my family and relatives with their restaurant business for many years and now I get to try a different food,” she said. “It’s dessert. When the idea of opening a frozen-yogurt store came up from the family, I was very excited because I already had frozen yogurt a few times in the East Coast and loved it so much.” Matcha, a type of Japanese green tea, offers 10 flavors a day, from the traditional — vanilla and chocolate — to the more exotic — pomegranate-raspberry, mango and, of course, matcha. The plan is to rotate the flavors often to see what customers favor, she said. Comment cards will be provided at the store.
Matcha is self-serve. Customers are given a 16-ounce cup and can fill it with as many flavors and toppings as they desire. The price is 44 cents an ounce. The real gems, she said, are the toppings, which total more than 40. Again, there are the typical options, such as nuts, granola and M&Ms, plus others that are more likely to be found in a bubble-tea store, including coconut jellies, mochi (ice cream wrapped in a soft, thin Japanese rice cake), sweetened red and green beans and popping boba (tapioca pearls filled with fruit juice).
“When I travel, I always look for something different or try some local restaurants,” she said. “We will keep searching around for more unique foods and toppings to serve with yogurt.” Matcha is among a new wave of frozen-yogurt purveyors in central Ohio, which includes Orange Leaf, Red Mango, Josie’s and Cuzzins. Dean Small, founder and managing partner Synergy Restaurant Consultants near San Diego, said the resurgence of frozen yogurt can be attributed to a couple of factors. For starters, it is perceived
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The Chong family has opened Matcha Frozen Yogurt at 1462 Bethel Road in the Bethel Centre. The shop offers 10 flavors of frozen yogurt with more than 40 toppings.
as a healthier option than ice cream. Also, people tend to migrate toward indulgences in a bad economy. “Comfort food always plays well,” he said. Small likes the build-your-own option being offered by Matcha and other frozen-yogurt places. “You’re putting the onus on them to create their own little masterpiece,” he said. Still, he sees a danger in oversaturation and lack of creativity from some frozen-yogurt vendors. “Some of them just aren’t that innovative,” he said. Matcha seats 20 in 1,500 square feet of space at 1462 Bethel Road. It is open for lunch and dinner hours daily. For more information, call (614) 564-9154. Element Pizza is slated to open Aug. 1. The new pizzeria will take over the former Plugged Nickel location at 250 N. Third St. in downtown Columbus. The store opening was delayed after a car hit the building in early June. The place, owned by Daniel and Dawn Lunsford, will offer
pizzas made from handtossed dough. There will be 10 signature pizzas, plus a build-your-own option. Mr. Lunsford said Element will feature housecured bacon and homemade ciabatta bread for sandwiches. There will be no pizza by the slice, but the store will offer 8-inch personal pizzas for lunch. There will be seating for about 30. Element will be open for lunch and dinner hours six days a week, closed Sunday. For more information, call (614) 232-8871.
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Teams preparing for start of practice By JARROD ULREY ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The wait is nearly over for high school football players and coaches. It started with the sometimes monotonous days of weight-room work, which began for many the moment last season ended. The past few weeks have included activities such as team camps and 7on-7 passing tournaments, with a few glimpses of the playbook thrown in. Beginning Monday, Aug. 1, it final-
ly will start to feel like football again. For Grove City coach Matt Jordan, that first day of official coaching allowed by the OHSAA provides an enjoyable opportunity to see his players bond. It also doesn’t hurt that it’s a chance for relationships between some players and coaches to get a fresh start. “You no longer get any excuses from anybody,” Jordan said, laughing. “Seriously, it’s fun to finally get to put the pads on. You’ve been in the weight room since December, so it’s fun watch-
ing everyone run around in helmets. You know it’s football season, and there’s this wonderful excitement in the air. There’s something about that adrenaline that comes.” According to the OHSAA, the dates teams are allowed to scrimmage this year are Aug. 9-20. Although games can be played as early as Aug. 22, most teams start their season Aug. 26 or 27. Many teams in central Ohio won’t have their first scrimmage until Aug. 12, which means they have 11 days to put plays in motion before their first
contact against another team. Putting in drills over the first couple days of practice can be an important exercise in setting the pace for the coming months as well as in preparing for scrimmages. “You try to establish everyday types of drills and try to mix them up,” Jordan said. “We do certain things day one, certain things day two and get a rotation going. You’re always evaluating talent and you definitely want to laterally be going forward to see who looks good.
“In football, you already have a pretty good idea who your guys are Aug. 1, so you’re also looking at team cohesiveness. Do you have some leaders who are ready to step up? You start initially with your base offense and base defense in the early days and then do repeat and review to make sure you haven’t moved too fast. When you get to pads, it all changes.” Teams from the City League sometimes have obstacles, particularly early See FOOTBALL, page A8
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Respect essential to prep athletes Bad news often takes precedence over good news when it comes to stories about athletes. Most athletes perform well at their jobs and conduct their lives in a respectful way, but poor decisions often lead to headlines. This week, the high school stuLARRY dent-athletes LARSON writing in my summer series discuss how they view two elements of the positive side of sports — sportsmanship and respect. Jake Blankenship, Gahanna, pole vault: “I always try to be as positive as possible and I always remember that I do this sport because I love it and not as if it is my job.” Mary Wells, Westerville Central, bowling: “I view respect and sportsmanship as a bigger part of the game than talent. You don’t have to be a friend with everyone, but it is important to get along with everyone.” Faith Washington, Reynoldsburg, track: “Respect and good sportsmanship are necessities come game time. Whether it was something in your day that upset you or things just aren’t going the way you want them to, no one likes to feel disrespected. Sometimes it’s going to be about someone else’s day, so smile and congratulate them as they would congratulate you.” Napoleon Bell, Hartley, football and wrestling: “Respect in competition is vital. When you are big enough to respect your opponents, you respect yourself and your teammates that much more.” Austin Cuervo, St. Charles, golf: “Respect and sportsmanship are always very valued traits to have as an athlete. In order to respect the game, you must respect your competitors in that game.” Chase Delande, Hilliard Davidson, football and wrestling: “I will make it real simple — respect all, fear none.” Jimmy Gammill, New Albany, football: “In high school games, you have to remember that the guys out there on the field from the other team are just like you. Many of us get to be friends over the years. It is important to represent your school and community well on and off the field.” Michela Paradiso, Upper Arlington, soccer and basketball: “Respect and sportsmanship in competition are very important. I will be the first to say that emotions, sometimes, do get the best of me during games. The important thing is to keep in mind that it is a game and it is nothing to compromise your morals over.” Morgan Ransom, Columbus Academy, golf: “It is never very fun to play with someone
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Luke Bocook of Northland dives in the pool to swim his leg of the boys 9-10 100-meter medley relay during the NEW League meet July 20 at Dublin Community Pool North.
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Annehurst breaks drought, wins NEW title By BRAD EMERINE ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The math may be fuzzy, but the memories won’t be for the Annehurst Piranhas. The Piranhas ended a long dry spell on a hot day at the NorthEast-West Swim League championship meet, scoring 2,165 points to win the title July 20 at the Dublin Community Pool North. Defending champion Dublin Arctic was runner-up (2,118). “It’s been a real, real long time since we’ve won,” said coach Kevin Kissling, whose team is based in Westerville. “I believe it’s been 22 years, but I’m not exactly sure since I haven’t been here that long. We all went back to our pool and threw a party that lasted until after midnight. I’ve been receiving calls and congratulations from former members who no longer live in Ohio and haven’t been around here in years and decades. It’s been amazing.” Rounding out the overall team standings were Dublin Pacific (1,939), Grandview (1,887),
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Northland’s Erin Baumann competes in the girls 11-12 100-meter individual medley during the NEW meet July 20.
Dublin Atlantic (1,704.5), Marysville (1,515.5) and Northland (485). During the regular season, the teams are divided into the Olentangy Division and the Scioto Division. Annehurst, Dublin Arc-
tic, Dublin Pacific and Grandview compete in the Olentangy. Chad Rankin, who competed in his 11th and final season with Annehurst, said team members surprised everyone, including themselves.
“I’ve been with Annehurst for a long time and we’ve never ever even come close to winning before,” Rankin said. “No one gave us a chance again, but about halfway through the meet our coaches told us we were only
14 points behind. We realized we had an opportunity. We had some good swims coming up and we were motivated. It was time to make our move. With the inspiration, we rallied and finally we were able to do something great.” Rankin, who graduated from St. Charles Preparatory School last spring and will attend Butler University in the fall, won the 100-meter individual medley (1 minute, 6.66 seconds) in the boys 15-18 age division, was runnerup in the 50 butterfly (28.09) and was lead leg in the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:48.75). But it wasn’t the number of event wins that vaulted Annehurst to the top, according to Kissling. “The important thing is that every swimmer we had from age 6 to age 18 scored in at least one individual event,” Kissling said. “We limited our mistakes (and) had considerably less (swimmers disqualified). We were in a virtual four-team tie halfway through the meet and from that point on, the kids did an excelSee SWIM, page A8
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Avery’s heroics led Newark to state title By JARROD ULREY ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Greg Avery of the Newark High School boys basketball team couldn’t have been more excited for the spotlight of the Division I state championship game March 15, 2008, against Lakewood St. Edward. Even now, though, he cringes at how his game started — with a pair of what he considered bad shots, the first of which resulted in a missed layup. But little else went wrong that night for Avery. The 6-foot-3 senior tied his career high of 33 points on 14 of 18 shooting and added 11 rebounds, three assists and four steals to lead the Wildcats to a 65-52 victory and their first state championship since 1943 before a crowd of 12,465 at Ohio State’s Value City Arena. “My first two shots were two of the See LARSON, page A8 dumbest shots,” Avery said. “I wanted
to get rolling, and after that I was just in the zone.” Avery made seven consecutive shots after missing his first attempt, including back-to-back baskets to open the second quarter. He hit a jumper nine seconds into the period to make it 2114 and made his only 3-point attempt with 6 minutes, 57 seconds remaining in the quarter to give the Wildcats a 2414 lead. After Newark took a 14-point lead midway through the second period, St. Edward rallied to within six before Avery hit a jumper with 7 seconds left in the first half to make it 33-25. “I really noticed (how well he was playing) the next week watching the game and seeing some of the shots he made,” Newark coach Jeff Quackenbush said. “We ran a play for him at the end of the (first) half and he made this fade-away (jumper) from about 17 feet. You know he’s scoring and doing well,
but I guess he was just in that zone and we felt really good about the shots he was taking. “He had a huge steal at the end of the third quarter and just played well the entire game. His whole game, just everything he did, he really competed well that night.” The other starters for the Wildcats — post player Dane Kopp, forward Will McCoy and guards Cody Dennison and Rahlin Watson — each played contributing roles in what became Newark’s fourth state championship. Although McCoy scored just four points, he was one of the primary reasons St. Edward’s Tom Pritchard — an Indiana University recruit — was held to nine points on 3for-7 shooting. The Wildcats never led by fewer than five points in the second half and stretched the lead to as many as 16 in the final period. Watson, who plays for Capital Uni-
versity, scored 10 points. Dennison scored eight and Kopp added seven as the Wildcats finished with a 24-4 record. Avery said the standout performance of the team’s defense made it difficult for St. Edward — and Pritchard in particular — to take good shots. Dennison, who played two seasons for Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and will play for Tiffin University this season, remembers talking with Avery when both were in elementary school about one day making it to the state tournament. “He pretty much did everything for us that night,” Dennison said. “We’d had the mindset to be in that situation since we were in fifth grade, and in my junior year and Greg’s senior year, we finally reached that goal. That will to win got us over the hump. “I personally tried to give him the See AVERY, page A8
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Greg Avery (5) of Newark begins to celebrate in the final seconds of the Wildcats’ 65-52 victory over Lakewood St. Edward in the Division I state championship game on March 15, 2008. Avery dominated the game, scoring 33 points and adding 11 rebounds, three assists and four steals to lead Newark.
AVERY Continued from page A7 ball all the time, and everybody fed off of him. We were all clicking. Everything he was shooting was going in.” Avery remembers fondly the scene when he and his teammates returned to Newark that night and the celebrations that followed over the coming days. It was a fitting end to a prep career in which Avery scored 1,131 points. He made thirdteam all-state and first-team alldistrict his senior season as he averaged 18.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists. Avery became the sixth player in program history to score more than 1,000 career points. “I remember driving home and the fans were waiting for us when we got back to our gym,” Avery said. “We had a ceremony and had a day named after us, ‘Newark State Championship Day.’ There was a lot of support from Newark.” Shortly after the state championship, Avery signed to play collegiately for Western Carolina. He averaged 6.6 points and 3.9 rebounds in 30 games, including four starts, during the 2008-09 season. After the season, he decided to transfer to the University of Findlay, a Division II school, because of the coming birth of his daughter. During the 200910 season for the Oilers, Avery averaged 3.7 points and 2.7 rebounds in 27 games, including five starts. Despite having what he deemed a successful transition early on to Findlay’s program, longtime coach Ron Niekamp, who retired earlier this year after 26 seasons, told Avery after the season that he “didn’t really fit the system,” Avery said. In search of a place to play, Avery was considering Valdosta State, a Division II school in Valdosta, Ga., when on July 26,
Counting down to No. 1 ThisWeek Community Newspapers has been around for 22 years. That timeframe was used as the basis to compile a top-10 list of the top individual performances we’ve covered. Along with the experienced sports staff at ThisWeek and Steve Blackledge, high school reporter at The Columbus Dispatch, we arrived at a top-10 list. Below are Nos. 4-10. Check back next week for No. 2 and let us know your thoughts at ThisWeekSPORTS.com.
NOS. 4-10: 10. MAURICE HALL, Brookhaven football (Oct. 27, 2000) — During a season in which he rushed for 3,057 yards to rank fifth on Ohio’s all-time list, Hall’s most memorable individual performance came during the final week of the regular season. The Bearcats beat Briggs 75-16 as Hall rushed for 411 yards and eight touchdowns on 19 carries. 9. LATOYA TURNER, Pickerington girls basketball (March 19, 1999) — The 6-foot-4 senior helped the Tigers advance to the Division I state final with her 29-point performance in a 51-35 win over Wadsworth. The Ohio State recruit made 12 of 14 shots from the floor and was 5-for-6 from the free-throw line while adding five rebounds, four steals and two assists. 8. DARCY FISHBACK, Upper Arlington girls swimming (Feb. 27-28, 2009) — During preliminaries Feb. 27, Fishback broke the state record in the 100-yard butterfly when she finished in 53.38 seconds. She won her fourth state title in the event the next day in 54.17 seconds. Fishback also swam on two state-record relays: the 200 medley (1:43.59) and the 200 freestyle (1:34.24). 7. CHARLES JOHNSON, Watkins Memorial boys basketball (Feb. 24, 1995) — There have been few more
2010, he and two other men were accused of assaulting a man in Myrtle Beach, S.C. “They tried to hit me with a felony, but I didn’t do anything,” Avery said. “It set me back two more steps.” Avery now is a student at the Newark branch of Ohio State and working for Dennison’s father, Joe, but is hoping to play competitive basketball again soon. He is considering playing on the Division III or NAIA level, or could join a semi-pro team. Regardless of some of the ups
surprising performances than what this 5-8 senior guard accomplished in leading the Warriors to a 93-87 overtime upset of second-seeded and state-ranked London in the second round of the Division II district tournament. Watkins Memorial was just 1-19 entering the matchup but got 57 points from Johnson, who made 19 of 34 from floor, including eight 3-pointers, and was 11-for-15 from the freethrow line. He added eight rebounds, six steals and five assists. 6. KHALILAH CARPENTER, Brookhaven girls track and field (June 23, 2000) — At the 2000 Division I state meet, the junior broke the meet and state records in the 100 meters with a time of 11.59 seconds on June 2. The next day, she won the 100 in 11.71 and the 200 title in 23.69, a time that lowered the state mark she already held. 5. JEFF BACKES, Upper Arlington football (Dec. 2, 2000) — In leading the Golden Bears to the Division I state title, the 5-9, 180-pound senior turned in a performance worthy of the Ohio Mr. Football award that he had received days earlier. Backes rushed for 183 yards and two touchdowns on 32 carries and preserved a 159 victory over Solon at Fawcett Stadium in Canton with an interception with less than a minute remaining. 4. COURTNEY SMITH, Hilliard Davidson softball (May 17 and 19, 2006) — Smith brought to a close what remains the longest OHSAA softball tournament game, hitting a grand slam in the bottom of the 22nd inning for a 4-1 victory over Olentangy Liberty and a Division I district championship for the Wildcats. It was Smith’s first career home run. She also stood out in the circle, striking out 29 while pitching a complete game. She didn’t allow a run until the top of the 22nd.
and downs that have occurred for Avery the past three-plus years, he knows the memory of what he helped accomplish with his high school team lives on. “It’s still unbelievable,” Avery said. “I still talk to guys who played on that team regularly, and for that game I think we all just did everything to get us that ring. We didn’t let distractions get in our way. I felt like when I was starting to get hot that we were going to win the game.” julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
Sports briefs Blubaugh commits to Ohio State DeSales junior lacrosse player J.T. Blubaugh has verbally committed to Ohio State, Stallions coach Matt Triplet said. Blubaugh had 45 goals and 16 assists as a freshman and 76 goals and 13 assists as a sophomore. DeSales went 16-2 last season, losing a Division II regional final to Dublin Jerome 14-7. Blubaugh lives in Westerville.
Cobras schedule baseball tryouts The Columbus Cobras Baseball Association will hold tryouts for its 2012 teams (8U through 18U) at Ohio Dominican University on Saturday and Sunday, July 30 and 31. For pre-registration and tryout times, visit www.columbuscobras.org. For more information, contact Paul Melvin (614) 314-5489 or pmmelvin11@gmail.com.
Schools announce coaching vacancies The following schools are seeking coaches: Eastmoor Academy — Girls basketball. Contact athletics director Eric Music at emusic3819@columbus.k12.oh.us by Wednesday, Aug. 3. Northridge — Boys freshman, junior varsity and assistant varsity basketball. Girls eighth-grade and junior varsity volleyball. Contact athletics director Wayne Howard at whoward@laca.org. PRPC high school club hockey — Varsity assistant for 2011-12 season. Qualifications include previous playing and/or coaching experience. Email hockey résumé to Prowler Hock-
ey Association secretary Debbie Andrews at dandrews58@me.com. Westerville North — Boys club lacrosse and girls club lacrosse. For boys lacrosse, send letter of interest and résumé with at least two references by Monday, Aug. 1, to Bob Buck, 30 Kim Court West, Westerville 43081, or email rebuck2@hotmail.com. For girls lacrosse, contact Rick Matsumoto at (614) 895-1902 or rmatsumo@rrohio.com. Wellington — Boys soccer, girls soccer, girls tennis. Email cover letter and résumé to athletics director Elizabeth Clapacs at clapacs@wellington.org. •To add to this list, contact ThisWeek at (740) 888-6069 or sports@thisweeknews.com.
Soccer officiating course offered The Licking County Soccer Officials Association is offering a course for prospective high school officials beginning Sunday, July 31. Classes will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sundays and Wednesdays at Headley Park in Gahanna. Students who complete the course and pass the tests receive an OHSAA license to referee high school soccer. To enroll, or for more information, contact Dennis James at (614) 563-8376.
1460 AM to air Crew show The Columbus Crew and RadiOhio have launched “Inside the Crew,” a radio show that will air 8 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays on “The Fan,” WBNS 1460 AM. The Crew’s radio play-byplay announcer, Neil Sika, and TV analyst Duncan Oughton, a former Crew player, will serve as hosts of the show, which will focus on the team and soccer in central Ohio.
on, because many of the players who come out for football as freshmen are competing in the sport on a team for the first time. For those taking over a program for the first time such as Brookhaven’s Trevor White, that factor as well as figuring out how to install a new system can make for some complicated moments of preparation even before the first day of official coaching. “Especially with a new program, a big thing early on is setting the tone,” White said. “You want to be getting everybody on the same page, and what we’ve been debating is how much of the offense and defense do we put in. Do we just throw it at them or do we take it step by step? “We’ll have some kids that played (youth) football but some who have never played the sport before. You’ve always got to walk a line of bringing kids along but not holding the veterans back, and especially with a new program, it’s important that you’re really getting to know the team. I’m really excited to learn who my team is.” One of the key aspects of the first days of official coaching, according to Olentangy Liberty coach Steve Hale, is getting players’ technical reactions back on track. “You’re working a lot on tech-
At a glance Below is a look at the Beechcroft, Brookhaven, Northland and DeSales football teams entering Monday, Aug. 1’s first day of official coaching: BEECHCROFT •Coach: Bruce Ward, third season •2010 record: 7-3 overall, 6-1 (tied for first) in City-North •Last playoff appearance: 2008, lost in Division II first round •Opener: Aug. 26 vs. Independence •Top expected returnees: Adonis Davis (LB), Khaleed Franklin (LB), Maurice Hale (QB/DB), Shaquille Minnifield (RB/DB) and Tyrek Pugh (DB) •Preseason outlook: The Cougars usually are stout defensively, and the returnees should help that unit again be a strength. Finding more consistency on offense is one of Beechcroft’s biggest goals as it seeks to make it back to the postseason. BROOKHAVEN •Coach: Trevor White, first season •2010 record: 5-5, 5-2 (third) in CityNorth •Last playoff appearance: 2009, lost in Division II regional final •Opener: Aug. 26 at Marion-Franklin •Top expected returnees: Antonio Bell (RB), Randall Clarkson (DB), Jesse Curry (OL/DL), Tajuan Green (QB) and Blake McEwen (RB) •Preseason outlook: The Bearcats have a new coach but a large crop of returning players after enduring their first non-winning season since 2001 a year ago. Among White’s jobs in helping return Brookhaven to its past success is figuring out how best to utilize Green in the offense.
nique, stance and starts, quickness and a lot of ball skills,” Hale said. “What responsibilities do I have? There are a lot of drills where we try to put kids in situations where they can learn. I think it’s just a matter of being organized and knowing what schemes we have.
NORTHLAND •Coach: Kevin Tooson, ninth season •2010 record: 8-3, 6-1 (tied for first) in City-North •Last playoff appearance: 2010, lost in Division I first round •Opener: Aug. 26 at Eastmoor Academy •Top expected returnees: Marquan Barnes (RB/DB), Will Barnes (DB), Tyra’ Harp (OL), Sam Turay (RB/DB) and Brandon Williams (OL) •Preseason outlook: The Vikings broke through with their first postseason berth last year. If it can survive a difficult non-league schedule, Northland — which has dropped to Division II — has the depth and experience to be a factor in the Region 7 playoff race. DeSALES •Coach: Ryan Wiggins, fifth season •2010 record: 5-6, 1-1 (second) in CCL-Silver •Last playoff appearance: 2010, lost in Division III first round •Opener: Aug. 26 vs. Gahanna •Top expected returnees: Warren Ball (RB), Charles Chandler (WR), Jalen Noble (DB), Derrick Traini (RB) and Alex Washington (OL/DL) •Preseason outlook: The pieces are in place for a bounceback season for the Stallions as they look to make the postseason for the 18th consecutive time. The biggest key could be building depth to overcome injuries as DeSales attempts to handle what again is a tough schedule. For preseason information on other central Ohio teams, go to ThisWeekSPORTS.com.
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SWIM Continued from page A7 lent job moving up. We told them if they all could move up one place in their events, we’d get one additional point and take away one potential point from the other teams. That’s what won it for us.” Annehurst had three swimmers earn high-point totals in their divisions. Emma Rennie scored 60 points in the 8-and-under girls, Cate Kray totaled 60 points in the 12-and-under girls and Michael Gutman had 57 points in the 12-and-under boys. “I swim club all year-round for the Ohio State Swim Club,” said Kray, who will attend Heritage Middle School in the fall and expects to attend Westerville South High School in the future. “I only had four practices with Annehurst, but I am very happy to help us win. I swam my best time in the 100 IM, but didn’t swim my best in the 50 (backstroke) or 50 fly. But I’m still excited and we’re all very excited. I’ve heard it’s been over 20 years (since the team won) and I’ve even heard some people say it’s been 40
years. Whatever it is, it’s been a long time.” High-point honors for Dublin Arctic were produced by Dean Sherrer (37 points, 6-and-under boys), Kelsey High (60, 14-andunder girls), Katie Kaffenbarger (60, 18-and-under girls) and Tanner Barton (60, 18-and-under boys), with Louis Mayo (58.5, 14-and-under boys) sharing honors with Marysville’s Gavin Mickelson. Barton set a meet record in the 100 breaststroke (1:14.91) and Mayo set a mark in the 50 breast (34.28). For Dublin Pacific, earning high-point honors were Kali Ulm (40, 6-and-under girls) and Brady Vann (56, 8-and-under boys). Ulm set a record in the 25 back (27.47). Jordan Arnou-Rhees of Dublin Atlantic had 60 points in the 10and-under girls with Grandview’s Charlie Ferguson scoring 60 to lead the 10-and-under boys competitors. Arnou-Rhees set a record in the 25 fly (16.19). •OTHER RECORDS — Seven records were broken in the meet. In addition to Arnou-Rhees,
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Barton, Mayo and Ulm, Grandview’s Martina Moncolova set a record in the 25 back (18.28) in the 10-and-under girls division, Edward Michael of Dublin Atlantic won the 50 back in a record 34.38 in the boys 12and-under division and Elizabeth Andrews of Dublin Pacific went a record 21.97 in the 25 breast in the girls 8-andunder division. bemerine@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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