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Historic season ends for Newbury

11/6/2009

Coming off their first volleyball district championship since 2000, the Newbury Black Knights saw their dream season come to an end Thursday night to the Blue Devils of Western Reserve in four games: 18-25, 25-21, 26-28 and 22-25.

After the game Newbury head coach Carla Richardson said, “We didn’t play our best and when you make it to regionals you ...

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West G ousted in regionals

11/5/2009

Wolverines coach Bill Bryan, his team and many of West Geauga’s fans said the same thing after the team’s 1-0 loss to Canfield in a Div. I regional semifinal game at Twinsburg: The turf caused problems for the Wolverines.

Turf quickens the ball’s movement. Add low 30-degree temperatures that coated the field with moisture and it was enough to discon ...

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Berkshire football knows its A-B-C's: Always Beat Cardinal

11/5/2009

Photos by John's Photography
Berkshire seniors hoist the Kinsman Cup after beating Cardinal, 13-7, in the teams' last game of the season.

As expected, Berkshire and Cardinal battled into the fourth quarter tied at 7 during the team's annual football game.

Berkshire had scored first on a 28-yard TD pass to Josh Hess with 21 seconds left in the second quarter. Cardinal then answered when Aaron Byler went 24 yards for a score in the third quarter.

But turnovers would be deci ...

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Newbury volleyball one of 16 Div. IV teams left in state

11/5/2009

Newbury sophomore Hanna Wiley on the attack.

The Black Knights volleyball team is in the Sweet 16 after winning the Div. IV district with a 3-2 win over Windham at Badger High School in Kinsman.

The team's regional game against Berlin Center was played on Thursday. That story with photos can be found in the Sports section of www.geaugamapleleaf.com.

The Black Knights showed resi ...

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Jack Stanton: 50 years of coaching to area players

11/5/2009

Photo by Bill Fugate
Jack Stanton has coached football and track locally for more than 50 years.

Jack Stanton stands off to the side in a red poncho, the rain pouring down as he starts then stops a stopwatch. Stanton, 75, isn't shouting like the other Newbury football coaches. In fact, he keeps his thoughts mostly to himself.

After 51 years coaching as an assistant and head coach at all high school levels, Stanton thinks that he may s ...

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