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Thursday, October 3, 2019
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H.S. GIRLS SOCCER
■ Jackson junior Peyton Niemi (center) scores the Polar Bears’ second goal, knocking in a rebounded ball on a corner kick in a 3-0 victory over Green on Wednesday. View more game photos at CantonRep.com.
Jackson takes Fed title Bears’ Arnold scores twice to thwart Green By Cliff Hickman Repository sports writer
GREEN TWP. Legendary Jackson girls soccer coach Frank Gagliardi wondered how the Polar Bears would respond to Wednesday’s game with Green. There were good reasons to be concerned. Green was home. The Polar Bears were playing on slick turf instead of the natural grass they usually
play on at Rick Neitzelt Stadium. Jackson also had the pressure of the Federal League title being on the line. It took less than 10 minutes to make all those worries go away. Jackson senior Izzy Arnold weaved around two Green defenders and juked out the Bulldog goalkeeper to give the Polar Bears a 1-0 lead with
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BROWNS
H.S. GIRLS GOLF: DI SECTIONAL
IT’S ALL ABOUT
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■ Browns running back Nick Chubb
avoids a tackle by Ravens cornerback Maurice Canady while running for a touchdown during the second half of Sunday’s 40-25 victory in Baltimore.
A good track record Chubb has shown off speed in past By Steve Doerschuk Repository sports writer
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■ GlenOak sophomore Madison Reemsnyder (left) watches a birdie putt attempt stop inches short on the 10th hole, while Lake senior Olivia
Swain leans in to watch a drive during Wednesday’s Division I sectional tournament at Elms Country Club. Reemsnyder shared the team title with Lake’s Olivia Swain as both shot a 72. Reemsnyder won the crown on the first playoff hole, but both advaned to district play. Jackson edged Green to claim the team title, with Hoover and Louisville following in third and fourth to advance to Ellsworth Meadows in Hudson next week. To view more photos from the tournament, visit CantonRep.com.
Reemsnyder, Swain co-medalists; Jackson wins title By Mike Popovich Repository sports writer
TUSCARAWAS TWP. Olivia Swain knows the routine by now. No matter where she finishes, no matter what time she finishes, the Lake senior can count on playing an extra hole or two in the Division I girls sectional golf tournament at Elms Country Club. Wednesday was no different. For the third time in four years, Swain was involved in a playoff on the first day of the postseason. There
tee times for next week’s district tournament at Ellsworth Meadows in ■ Minerva’s Jordan VanMeter Hudson. Both are considshoots 75 for medalist honors ered sectional champions. and Tusky Valley girls post a 333 “If anybody, I would team score to win DII district at want it to be with MadiCambridge Country Club as they son,” Swain said. “It’s advance to state tournament good, friendly competinext week. PAGE C3 tion. She deserved that.” The race for the overall team title came down to was no danger of her season the final few holes. Jackson ending, though. Swain shared medalist honors with edged Green by one stroke GlenOak’s Madison Reem- to claim it. Hoover took third and Louisville fourth snyder after both shot 72s. to earn district berths. Reemsnyder edged Swain Reemsnyder and Swain by one stroke on the extra hole which only determined had long finished their
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rounds by the time the team title was decided. Their 72s appeared tough to beat. A playoff looked inevitable. And so, the wait began. “We finished when the last group was starting their back nine, so it was a lot of waiting,” Reemsnyder said. “My grandma got the team Chick-fil-A. We were occupied. “I can just always go out and play a hole, so I was really confident and not too worried about that playoff hole.” SEE TITLE, C3
BEREA Maybe this will be the last round of questions about Nick Chubb surprising people with his speed. Yes, Chubb was pulling away from defensive backs at the end of his 88-yard touchdown at Baltimore. But check out the replays of Chubb’s Browns-rookie runs of 92 yards against Browns Atlanta, at 49ers 63 yards at Oakland, Monday, 8:15 p.m. 40 yards at Levi’s Stadium, Denver, 29 San Francisco yards against TV ESPN Carolina and 27 yards at Cincinnati. It’s not as if he was pulling a wagon. And it wasn’t a one-time thing for Chubb, who earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 4, the NFL announced Wednesday. Chubb was a very good track and field man at Cedartown High School in Georgia. He ran the 100 meters and recalls his fastest time having been around 10.6 seconds. The times in finals ranged from 10.61 by champion Denzell Feagin of Pickerington Central SEE CHUBB, C4
INDIANS: A LOOK AHEAD
Kluber staying; Kip, Otero out Option exercised for Cy Young winner for 2020 By Paul Hoynes The Cleveland Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND Indians executives Chris Antonetti, Mike Chernoff and manager Terry Francona on Wednesday morning conducted the autopsy of the 2019 season. Here are some of the quick takes to come out of it: ■ Antonetti said the Indians will exercise Corey Kluber’s $17.5
million option for 2020. Kluber essentially missed most of 2019 with a broken forearm and strained oblique muscle. The Indians feel the time off will allow Kluber to do some repair to his delivery. “In talking to Corey, he’s able to do some things in his delivery that maybe he wasn’t able to do — positions he could get in that he wasn’t able to (in recent seasons),” said Francona. “You start
accumulating all those innings and with that comes bumps and bruises and nicks and things like that. Good pitchers and good players they keep playing, they figure out a way. AP LYNNE SLADKY “But over the course of time, his ■ The Indians said they intend to exercise starting pitcher Corey arm was getting lower, his back knee was getting a little lower. You Kluber’s $17.5 million contract option for next season, when the two-time Cy Young Award winner is expected to be healthy after he just keep competing, but it does
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went out for the season May 1 with a broken right arm off a line drive against the Miami Marlins.
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