See a breakdown of some of the top matchups to watch for each district during the quarterfinal round of the state hockey tournament.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The OHSAA state hockey tournament quarterfinals are here for the Brooklyn and Kent districts. 

Here is a quick breakdown of some of the top matchups to watch for each district. Follow all of the action with cleveland.com's printable brackets. 

BROOKLYN DISTRICT

No. 4 Padua vs. No. 5 Holy Name

The Brooklyn District quarterfinals kick off tonight with No. 4-seed Padua taking on No. 5 Holy name at 6 p.m. at John M. Coyne Rec Center in Brooklyn, where all Brooklyn District games are taking place.

After a first round bye, the Bruins had little trouble shutting out No. 9 Strongsville, 7-0, in Round 2. 

Padua struggled much of the first half of the season, at one point losing seven straight games but fared much better during the final month before the state playoffs began. The Bruins have won 3-of-4 matchups against the Green Wave this season. 

Holy Name has outscored its last two opponents, 20-2, in the opening rounds of the state tournament. Sean Bauchens had had tricks in both games while Justin Sill scored a hat trick in a 10-2 win against No. 6 Brecksville during Round 2. 

No. 3 Rocky River vs. No. 7 Westlake

With the No. 3 seed, Rocky River is the favorite to beat No. 7 Westlake when the two meet in the quarterfinals on Saturday at 5 p.m. 

Westlake played Rocky River close earlier this month, losing to the Pirates, 3-2, on Feb. 1. Rocky River went on to beat the Demons, 5-2, in the first round of Baron Cup I play. 

Westlake beat Lakewood and Brooklyn by scores of 9-1 and 11-1, respectively, during the first two rounds of the state tournament. Nathan Greenberg tallied four goals during the win against Brooklyn while Chris Humer had five against Lakewood. The Demons will need all of their scoring weapons to play up to their full potential to overcome the firepower of the Pirates. 

Rocky River's only loss to a Red North or South team came in the Rocky River Classic against Hudson on Dec. 1. The Pirates enter Sunday's matchup on a 13-game winning streak, including a 10-0 shutout of Avon in Round 2 of the state tournament. 

No. 2 St. Edward vs. No. 11 Olmsted Falls

No. 2-seed St. Edward beat No. 22 Garfield Heights, 18-0, in Round 2 and will face No. 11 Olmsted Falls on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The Bulldogs earned a 4-3 win against No. 12 Chagrin Falls in order to advance to the quarterfinals. 

No. 1 St. Ignatius vs. No. 8 Midview

No. 1-seed St. Ignatius is slated to face No. 8 Midview on Saturday at noon after defeating No. 21 Avon Lake, 12-0, in Round 2. The Middies beat No. 17 Normandy, 9-0, in the opening round of the state tournament and No. 15 Benedictine, 7-5, in Round 2. 

KENT DISTRICT

No. 5 Gilmour vs. No. 6 Kenston

Gilmour has struggled at time this season but the Lancers have wins in their last two games, including a 6-3 victory against Holy Name in the consolation round of the Cleveland Cup and a 10-0 win against No. 22-seed Brush in Round 2 of the Kent District Tournament. 

The No. 5 Lancers will play No. 6 Kenston for the right to advance to the district semifinals on Friday at 8 p.m. at the Kent State Ice Arena, where all Kent District matchups are being held. 

The Bombers are 6-1-1 in their last eight contests, including a 2-1 win against Orange in Round 2. 

Friday will mark the first time Kenston and Gilmour square off this season. 

No. 3 Walsh Jesuit vs. No. 4 Shaker Heights

Shaker Heights has one loss in the team's last 12 games and enters Saturday's quarterfinal matchup with the No. 4 seed against Walsh Jesuit, which holds the No. 3 seed. 

The Warriors and Raiders played to a 2-2 tie when they last met on Jan. 30. The two squads also tied, 2-2, during the early rounds of the Cleveland Jesuit Classic in Kent on Jan. 17 but Walsh beat Shaker Heights, 7-4, the following day in the next round. 

Walsh earned the right to advance to the quarterfinals after 10-0 win against No. 21 Nordonia in the second round of the state tournament. 

No. 1 University School vs. No. 10 Solon

After a first round bye, No. 1-seed University School defeated No. 13 West Geauga, 11-0. The Preppers will play No. 10 Solon on Friday at 6 p.m. The Comets beat No. 15 Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, 6-0, in Round 2 to earn a trip to the quarterfinals. 

No. 2 Lake Catholic vs. No. 7 Kent Roosevelt

No. 2-seed Lake Catholic beat No. 17 Mayfield, 5-0, in Round 2 and will face No. 7 Kent Roosevelt in the quarterfinals on Saturday at 5 p.m. The Rough Riders earned wins against No. 20 Aurora, 8-0, and No. 8 Hudson, 3-2, to get a chance to play for a trip to the district semifinals. 

OTHER HOCKEY COVERAGE

Avon Lake Shoremen fall to St. Ignatius, hold hope for next season (The Morning Journal) 

District Hockey: Midview shows toughness, rallies to beat Benedictine (The Chronicle-Telegram) 

Lowry lifts Rocky River over Avon, 10-0 (The Morning Journal) 

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Johnson was Mr. Basketball when he played at Garfield Heights.

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Garfield Heights coach Sonny Johnson is a prime example that you can always go home again. As a coach, the 1998 Mr. Basketball winner has kept his alma mater among Northeast Ohio's elite teams for nine seasons.

For Johnson, though, his greatest success comes with getting his players into college. In our latest Campus Tour stop, Johnson discusses how important it is to him to be able to help his players get scholarships and why that trumps winning for him.

The local Northeast Ohio boys basketball talent brings Johnson pride, and he believes it is under appreciated. Johnson also talks about family, tradition and why this group of Bulldogs can make a run to Columbus. 

Check out the video above from the fifth campus tour stop at Garfield Heights and see an inside look at a program that continues to have success under Johnson.

All season long, we'll be making stops across Northeast Ohio basketball gyms to get an inside look at the school and the basketball program. Our first stop was at Villa Angela-St. Joseph, where coach Babe Kwasniak guiding us through his high school. 

The second stop was at Stow with Dave Close, who recently won his 500th game, while the third looked at Mentor coach Bob Krizancic, who is Northeast Ohio's active leader in boys basketball wins.

Our previous stop was to St. Edward to see how Eric Flannery put together his program.

Another installment in the series will be coming soon to cleveland.com. If there is any coach in particular that you would like to see, leave a comment below.

Follow our new high school sports Twitter account @NEOvarsity and tag your high school sports Tweets and score updates with the #NEOvarsity hashtag.

Indians President Mark Shapiro says the Gate A area and the upper deck in right field at Progressive Field might not be finished by the home opener on April 10 because of harsh weather conditions. Watch video

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Cleveland's harsh winter weather could keep the renovations at Progressive Field from being completed by the home opener on April 10. 

"If the weather doesn't break it probably will," said Indians President Mark Shapiro on Thursday after just arriving in Goodyear. "We're still able to get quite a bit done. There are many areas that are not that weather dependent -- the bar (in right field), the kids clubhouse (in right field), the entire concourse and the concessions."

Shapiro said the areas that might not be completed by the season opener are the main gate in right center and the upper deck in right. The two-story bar that is being built in the right field corner has been tented off to allow construction to continue. The same goes for the two-level kids clubhouse.

Shapiro said the new bullpens in center field will be completed as well.

The upper deck in right field, where thousands of seats have been replaced by standing room only areas, is a different story.

"Nobody is working on the upper deck right now," said Shapiro. "It's colder up there than it is anywhere else and it's minus 15 everywhere else.

"It's hard to even move. It's a tribute to the people who are working the project. There have been people there every day."

Shapiro said if the weather warms in March, the entire project could be completed by the time the Indians open the home season against Detroit.

"The majority of the work will be done on time," said Shapiro. "If we get a little break in the weather, hopefully, we'll have everything done."

Shapiro was named to MLB's competition committee by new Commissioner Rob Manfred. He was asked about David Ortiz's criticism of the new pace-of-play rules. Ortiz, Boston's DH, was especially upset with the rule that said a batter must keep one foot in the batter's box at all times.

MLB thinks its games are too long and are looking for ways to improve the flow of action to attract younger fans.

"One thing that is 100 percent certain is that for the changes to be meaningful there has to be a partnership with the players," said Shapiro. "The players have to also understand the importance for the future of the game.

"It's a world of shorter attention span, not just kids, but adults too. We need to preserve the tradition of the game, but we also need to adapt."

The rules can be tweaked.

"Everything that is being done is being done with the understanding we may have to adapt as we go and continue to get better," said Shapiro. "That has been the spirit of all the major rule changes over the past few years.

"We test them first, roll them out and if we have to learn, adapt and change we'll do that when we have to."

Cleveland State still has championship hopes after Valparaiso lost at Detroit on Wednesday night.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland State Vikings got just what they wanted ... a second chance. Detroit's 63-60 victory over Valparaiso on Wednesday means the Vikings will now be playing for first place Friday when they host Valparaiso at 10 p.m. in the Wolstein Center.

A victory would put the Vikings in position to host the Horizon League Tournament next week. All hope had seemed lost when CSU was upset last Sunday at Milwaukee. But the Valpo setback opened the door again.

"I hoped we would have a chance (for first place),'' CSU coach Gary Waters said. "But we would have had to win this game, no matter what, to get a No. 1 or a No. 2 seed.''

The Crusaders (25-5, 12-3) went to Detroit needing a victory for the undisputed regular-season title. Cleveland State (17-12, 11-4), Green Bay (21-7, 10-4) and Oakland (16-14, 11-4) could only hope for the Titans to pull the upset.

In a quirk of the schedule, not only does Valpo end the season at CSU, Oakland ends its season at Green Bay on Saturday. Green Bay played at Illinois-Chicago on Thursday night.

One good thing for CSU, the Vikings are almost completely healthy for the big game.

"We're good, except Kaza (Keane) may not play,'' Waters said of the 6-2 guard. "He sprained his knee pretty good in Milwaukee.''

The positive for the Vikings is that guard Andre Yates, a starter before a midseason knee injury, is back at 100 percent. "And he played 31 minutes in our game the first time we played Valpo,'' Waters said.

That was a 58-56 road setback on Jan. 10. Yates delivered eight points, three rebounds and four steals in that contest.

The championship scenario is simple for Valparaiso. If the Crusaders win Friday, they are the outright champions and will host the conference tournament. If the Vikings win, the tiebreakers kick in with the Crusaders, Vikings and winner of Saturday's Oakland-Green Bay game. Valpo is the first team eliminated by head-to-head tiebreaker.

If Green Bay wins, the Vikings win that tiebreaker with a 2-0 head-to-head slate over the Phoenix. If Oakland wins, the list of tiebreakers comes down to the best RPI between the Vikings and Grizzlies.

As of Thursday, CSU's RPI was No. 121, and Oakland was No. 139. However, RPI values road wins higher than home wins, and the final rankings will not be known until Sunday.

Brantley was one of three finalists for the American League Gold Glove Award for his position last year. Defensive metrics suggest that inclusion on the short list was not merited.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Terry Francona isn't one for mysteries.

What happened to Amelia Earhart?

Who was D.B. Cooper?

But when he stares at the ceiling at night, unable to fall asleep, one question occupies Francona's mind: Why was Michael Brantley rated the third-worst left fielder on defense in 2014?

"I have no idea. For the life of me, I can't understand it," Francona said. "I really don't. That's something that perplexes me to no end. He is one of the better left fielders in the game. I don't get it. I don't know if I ever will."

Brantley was one of three finalists for the American League Gold Glove Award for his position last year. Defensive metrics suggest that inclusion on the short list was not merited.

According to FanGraphs, Brantley ranked 42nd out of 59 left fielders with a minus-6.3 UZR 150, a scaled-down version of zone rating. He ranked 37th with minus-3 defensive runs saved. Among 15 players who logged 800 or more innings in left field, Brantley ranked 14th in UZR, tied for eighth in defensive runs saved and 13th in an overall defense rating, which considers fielding runs and positional adjustments.

"The defensive analytics are still a work in progress," Francona said. "I think even the people who do them say that. They don't take into account speed of the field, where the outfielder or infielder starts, how hard the ball was hit. There are too many variables that they haven't been able to come up with yet to have a true [rating]."

Kansas City's Alex Gordon ended up winning the Gold Glove Award. Francona saw plenty of Brantley's defense and he isn't complaining.

"I guarantee every team in the league would take his defense and be thrilled," Francona said.

The basic, traditional stats favor Brantley. He made only one error last season, which resulted from a communication gaffe in the outfield with Ryan Raburn. That happened during the Tribe's season-opening series in Oakland. Brantley also tallied 12 outfield assists, which ranked fifth in the majors.

The advanced measurements don't care as much about those facts. Francona prefers to trust his eyes.

"I think the [advanced] stats are deceiving," Francona said. "We see him every time. We see Brantley for 162 games and he does it over and over and over and over and over. He's so consistent and his arm is such a factor. I don't know where they came up with that. I don't care."

Byner has mentored other athletes who have endured infamous moments.

BEREA, Ohio -- Earnest Byner saw Brandon Bostick fumble an onside kick that helped cost his team a trip to the Super Bowl.

If anyone watching the NFC Championship Game last month could relate to such a crucial mistake it was Byner, the 52-year-old former Browns running back.

The sight of Bostick's gaffe, which contributed to the Packers' stunning collapse against the Seahawks, didn't compel Byner to contact an athlete he's never met. The sports world, after all, is filled with winners and losers, playoff agonies and goats. Everybody fumbles sometimes.

But a day or two later, Byner caught Bostick's interview with reporters inside the Packers' locker room. He could see the hurt on the 25-year-old's face and hear the familiar anguish in his voice.

"I'm at low point right now," the backup tight end told the press. "The whole world is on my back about this thing."

Byner needed to act. He called his old friend and Packers running back coach Sam Gash and told him he'd be willing to speak with the grieving young man.

View full sizePackers tight end Brandon Bostick fumbles an onside kick during the NFC Championship Game. Associated Press

"I could understand that feeling," Byner said. "It took about six months for me to feel how he felt just a day after the game. I felt like I had to speak to him."

A week later, Bostick contacted Byner. They spoke by phone. They spoke from the heart.

Byner emphasized that the fourth-quarter fumble was only one of several factors that led to the Packers' 28-22 loss. He told Bostick the world always needs someone to blame and that he would grow from the adversity. Byner reminded the kid to think about what had enabled him to go from an undrafted small-college player to a third-year pro.

As the conversation unfurled, Bostick had a confession: He had never heard of The Fumble.

"He was like 'I wasn't even born yet,'" Byner said laughing.

'I needed that change'

Sixteen months before Bostick's birth, Byner was stripped of a football just before entering the end zone at Mile High Stadium in Denver on Jan. 17, 1988. The painful image remains burnished in the minds of Browns fans of certain age.

Instead of potentially tying the AFC Championship Game with 1:12 remaining, Byner lost the ball and the Browns lost the game.

The halfback had played a key role in rallying the club from an 18-point, third-quarter deficit with 187 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns. Byner, however, would be vilified for his role in one of the most crushing defeats in Cleveland sports history.

He returned for the 1988 season but was traded the following year to Washington, where he'd win a Super Bowl before returning to the Browns in 1994. Although some define Byner's career by the turnover, he played 10 more seasons after it and made two Pro Bowls.

"I needed the change at that time," said Byner, a three-time 1,000-yard rusher. "(The Fumble) grew and it was weakening me emotionally and spiritually."

Byner, author of Everybody Fumbles, said he has made peace with Browns fans. Many have forgiven the man without forgetting the moment. He still suffers the occasional jab, though.

He attended this season's Bengals-Browns game at FirstEnergy Stadium and sat in a suite. At one point Byner spilled ketchup on himself, prompting another man in the booth to open an old wound.

"The guy said, 'Oh, that's just like The Fumble,' and I thought, 'really?'" Byner recalled. "But overall, the fans have been great to me."

'I need to feel his spirit'

Both Byner and Bostick made mistakes that dashed Super Bowl dreams of fan bases. Byner's blunder, however, came in an age before social media where anonymous fans can write venomous words in an athlete's Twitter mentions.

Bostick has been the subject of death threats. He's had a difficult time dealing with the backlash from an onside kick that he says, "changed my life forever," in a first-person piece published Thursday for the Monday Morning Quarterback website.

"It's weird how people know me for a play but don't know me as a person," he writes. "I'm human, I made a mistake, and I'm working my hardest to live with it and learn from it."

His connection with Byner was revealed in Bostick's powerful essay. They have been speaking and exchanging text messages for weeks.

Byner never would have admitted to mentoring him had Bostick not gone public with it. Truth is, Byner has been doing it for years with other athletes who have experienced similar moments of infamy.

Not just in football, either. He's reached out to players in other sports. Byner would not share names, but he acknowledged living through The Fumble has heightened his sense of empathy.

"You never get away from who you are," Byner said. "I had always been doing some kind of mentoring but that day took me down a different avenue."

In his essay, Bostick writes the best advice Byner supplied is: "Face your mistake, don't run from it."

But Byner believes the Packers' decision to cut the reserve is a blessing. Bostick has signed with the Vikings. He gets a fresh start with a new team and fan base in Minnesota.

As much as they enjoying talking by phone, Bostick and Byner look forward to meeting in person.

"When we talk he listens very intently," Byner said. "But I need to meet him to feel his spirit. We're going to go about making this connection. We might do some training. I want to get into his mind a bit so I can help him best."

Earnest Byner lost a famous fumble, but his grip on humanity and reality remains as sure-handed as ever.

See the 64 statewide, division-by-division boys basketball sectional/district brackets for the 2015 OHSAA tournament.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Check out the 64 statewide, division-by-division boys basketball sectional/district brackets for the 2015 OHSAA tournament.

Click the links below to access cleveland.com's brackets, which are printable and include seeds, dates, times and locations.

The brackets also are interactive. Click on the game to see more about the matchup, particularly after the game has been played.

These brackets will be updated daily from all the playoff games across the state. Come back often to follow all the postseason action, including new brackets at the regional and state final four levels.  

Click each link below to see a cleveland.com bracket of that sectional/district tournament.

DIVISION I

Cleveland Region

Copley

Solon

Euclid

Canton

Columbus Region

Columbus 2

Columbus 4

Columbus 1

Columbus 3

Akron Region

Broadview Heights

Grafton

Findlay

Toledo

Cincinnati Region

Dayton 2

Dayton 3

Dayton 4

Dayton 1

DIVISION II

Canton Region

Warren

Canton

Stow

Ashtabula

Athens Region

Zanesville

Belmont

Worthington 1

Athens

Bowling Green Region

North Ridgeville

Mansfield

Toledo

Findlay

Kettering Region

Dayton 2

Worthington 2

Dayton 1

Dayton 3

DIVISION III

Canton Region

Salem

Warren

Garfield Heights

Wooster

Athens Region

Belmont

Columbus 2

Athens 1

Athens 2

Bowling Green Region

Columbus 1

Ashland

Ada

Whitehouse

Kettering Region

Dayton 4

Dayton 2

Dayton 3

Dayton 1

DIVISION IV

Athens Region

Athens 1

Carroll 2

Carroll 1

Athens 2

Bowling Green Region

Willard

Van Wert

Elida

Kansas

Canton Region

Barberton

Meadowbrook

Struthers

Orwell

Kettering Region

Dayton 3

Wapakoneta

Dayton 2

Dayton 1

Nick Swisher looks great in the batting cage, but his surgically-repaired knees are limiting his running ability.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The progress report on Nick Swisher three days into full-squad workouts for the Indians goes like this: hitting good, running not so good.

Swisher has been in camp for the last couple of weeks to continue his rehab on his surgically repaired knees. He's been cleared to hit and throw, but his running has been restricted to walking and supervised jogs/sprints.

"He's swinging the bat really well," said manager Terry Francona. "He's under control and he probably has to be (because of his knees). But he's using the whole field. He really looks good."

As far as running, Thursday morning Swisher slowly worked his way around the Tribe's training field. He'd sprint/jog and walk, sprint/jog and walk. Swisher, wearing a brace on each knee, was not gliding and it did not look enjoyable.

Things went better when he stepped into the cage.

"I know Swish talked to Ty and Q a lot about staying up the middle of the field," said Francona, referring to hitting coaches Ty Van Burkleo and Matt Quatraro. "The home runs will come. But he certainly has been taking it to his BP sessions."

Swisher, according to the team, could be ready for games by mid-March.

Drone on: When the MLB security met with the Indians on Wednesday morning, they mentioned the rules against flying drones over MLB property. No, they didn't put Trevor Bauer through a body search, but it was clear who the message was meant for.

Bauer flew his drone above the facility in Goodyear last week and took some pictures. He posted the pictures on Twitter and MLB responded by calling the Indians and telling Bauer to put his drone in the hangar.

"I understand what they're talking about," said Bauer. "Some of those drones can carry a pretty big payload. It's a developing technology and they have to be careful."

Shift shapers: One of the ways the Indians are going to try and improve their defense this spring is by running drills when the defense is in a shift formation. They were expected to start working on that Saturday or Sunday.

"For example, we'll set the guys up in a shift and then hit the ball over the center fielder's head," said bench coach Brad Mills. "OK how are we going to line up because this is something different than we've done before.

"Let's say David Ortiz is hitting and we're setting up in the shift and all of a sudden he hits the ball to left-center. How are guys going to rotate to get out there? That's difficult.

"What we've come up with, and I'm not saying it's the right way, but in talking to the players and so forth, we're going to wind up having one guy go all the way out and the second guy is going to be late getting there, but he's got to be in the area."

Mills said the Indians will probably do some shifts during Cactus League games against players they normally don't shift against just for practice. Mills added that they would only do it with a pitcher who has already made the club.

"We not going into a shift with a guy who's battling to make the club," he said. "If we shift we're leaving some holes open and he's trying to make the club."

Good call: When MLB introduced its new pace of play rules, Francona predicted that hitters such as Ortiz would not be happy. Sure enough, Ortiz ripped the program Wednesday, saying he would not comply with the one-foot in the box rule.

"I laughed when I saw that," said Francona. "It did not surprise me. But we can let John Farrell handle that."

Still the same: Asked if Corey Kluber had changed after winning the Cy Young, Francona shook his head and said, "He's the exact same, which is good. I think that would be a stunner if he ever changed. I don't think you'll ever see that happen."

Francona was told that Kluber seems to be smiling more this spring.

"If I were him I'd smile, too," he said. "He's big, strong, throws hard and has a good breaking ball."

Finally: The Indians practiced rundowns Thursday morning using minor-league players as runners. One of them was Juan Gomes, the younger brother of Tribe catcher Yan Gomes. The Indians drafted Juan Gomes last year.

Yan Gomes wears No. 11. Juan Gomes wears No. 10.

The girls basketball tournament has begun, and that was the main topic on the Pick-and-Roll girls basketball podcast.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- With the girls basketball playoffs just underway, here what this week's Pick-and-Roll podcast guests had to say in the latest segment.

Northeast Ohio Media Group high school sports reporters Nathaniel Cline and Mark Kern spoke with Na'Sheema Anderson, the mother of Gilmour's Naz Hillmon.

During her high school career, Anderson won a state title, while going on to score over 1,200 points at Vanderbilt. Hillmon is the post threat on a Gilmour team that has aspirations of making it to the state tournament.

See the Players of the Week for Feb. 26, 2015.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Here are the cleveland.com Players of the Week for Feb. 26, 2015. Players of the Week win a free SAT or ACT class with College Review. Call 216-831-2557 or visit collegereview.org online.

Scroll to the bottom for information on how coaches can nominate an athlete for this honor. Also see below for a poll asking which athlete had the most impressive week.

Players of the Week are awarded every week in the regular season. Look for the feature Thursdays on cleveland.com and Fridays in The Plain Dealer.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Name: Peter Barba.

School: Western Reserve Academy.

Year: Senior.

Position: Guard.

Height, weight: 6-5, 180.

College: Columbia.

What Peter did last week: Tallied 16 points, five rebounds and four assists in a win against Garrettsville Garfield, and he followed that with 24 points and four rebounds in a win against Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin.

Three Questions with Peter

Q: What drew you to play basketball?

A: I always liked shooting and making shots. I also liked the competitive nature of the game and spending time with my friends playing basketball.

Q: Who were some of your favorite players to watch growing up?

A: I loved watched J.J. Redick at Duke. He was definitely one of my favorites. I would also watch LeBron James with the Cavaliers too.

Q: What is your favorite subject in school?

A: My favorite is AP Economics. I love learning about how the real world and the business world work. I think that might be what I want to study in college.

- David Cassilo

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Name: Jaylin Narvaez.

School: Parma.

Year: Sophomore.

Position: Point guard.

Height: 5-3.

College: Undecided.

What Jaylin did last week: In the final regular season game, she ended the evening with 12 points, six steals and five assists in a 58-38 win against Garfield Heights.

Three Questions with Jaylin

Q: Who is your favorite athlete‪?

A: Kyrie Irving‪‪ because he's a point guard like me. He is really good and inspires me. The first time I saw him was when he came to Cleveland.

Q: Do you do anything special before games?

A: The song I listen to every single game is “Hall of Fame” by The Script. It's usually the only song I listen to before every game. I first heard it on our team's warmup CD and I really liked it. I found out the name and got it.

‪Q: What are your aspirations after high school?

‪A: If I could make a career with sports, I would, but I would like to get into business management. I just always liked business when I was younger and wanted to run one. Now I want to go further.

- Nathaniel Cline

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Name: Shayla Williams.

School: Woodridge.

Year: Junior.

Position: Forward.

Height: 5-9.

College: Undecided.

What Shayla did last week: Scored 23 points and had four rebounds in a loss against Garrettsville Garfield, then tallied 21 points and seven rebounds in a 60-29 win against Cardinal.

Three Questions with Shayla

Q: What celebrity would you be for a day?

A: ‪‪President Barack Obama. It’d be pretty cool to be Obama. I'm sure I wouldn't be good running the country, but it would a pretty cool experience. I guess for a day I would just try to make the economy better in some way.

Q: What was your favorite game?

A: The best win was against Akron Garfield‪. My best friend, Abbe Esterak, broke two school records and I also broke my scoring record. It was a great game for us and I scored 26 points. 

Q: What's your favorite season of the year?

A: I would have to go with the fall. I just love the colors and temperature. It's perfect weather.

- Nathaniel Cline

WRESTLING

Name: Hason Fisher.

School: Collinwood.

Year: Senior.

Weight class: 220.

College: Undecided.

What Hason did last week: Went 3-0 and won the Senate Athletic League tournament. All three wins were by pin, earning him the tournament award for most pins in shortest amount of time. He is 18-4 this season with 16 wins by pin.

Three Questions with Hason

Q: How fast was your quickest pin at the Senate tournament?

A: Fifteen seconds. I had one that was 10 seconds flat this season. It was against a first-year wrestler. I could tell he was nervous. I just thought, 'I could win this fast.'

Q: How long have you been wrestling?

A: I've only been wrestling for two years. I won the city championship last year and at sectionals I placed fifth. 

Q: What do you do away from sports?

A: I'm into cooking. My plan is go to go college and play in the NFL. If the NFL doesn't work out, my fall back is cooking. If that doesn't work out, I'm also in a band.

- Scott Patsko

How to nominate an athlete for Players of the Week:

Players of the Week are chosen every week in the regular season, meaning next week will be boys basketball only. Coaches can nominate an athlete anytime between the end of all games in a week and Monday at noon. Go to cleveland.com/potw to access the nomination form. Fill in all the blanks, especially the part on what the athlete did that week. Again, the deadline is Monday at noon. Only coaches can nominate an athlete. Players of the Week end at the conclusion of the regular season for each sport.

Get live updates and analysis as cleveland.com's reporters bring you the latest on the game between the Cavs and Warriors.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Cavaliers will put their three-game winning streak on the line Thursday night when Western Conference-leading Golden State comes to Quicken Loans Arena.

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Scoring Summary:

End of 1st Quarter - Warriors lead the Cavs, 33-32. LeBron James led the way with 13 points. Kyrie Irving has added nine points on 2-of-5 shooting. The Warriors are led by Stephen Curry's 12 points. David Lee has added 11 points off the Golden State bench.

Game 59: Cavs (36-22) vs. Warriors (44-10)

Tip off: 8 p.m. at The Q

TV/radio: Fox Sports Ohio, TNT; WTAM AM/1100, WMMS 100.7 FM

Cavs probable starting lineup: Kyrie Irving, J.R. Smith, LeBron James, Kevin Love and Timofey Mozgov.

Warriors probable starting lineup: Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes, Draymond Green and Andrew Bogut.

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Five AP Top 25 football teams from 2014 are on the schedule for MAC teams in 2015.

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- National audiences will get plenty of chances to see Mid-American Conference football games in the 2015 season. The MAC announced its football schedule on Friday, highlighted by 16 mid-week games in November televised on ESPN networks.

The late-season mid-week games have become a staple in recent years. An updated schedule will be released in June with kick times and a television schedule for the first three weeks of the regular season and midweek games during October and November. All other game times and television will be announced 12 days prior to the scheduled game.

MAC teams will face five opponents that finished in the AP Top 25 poll -- Ohio State (1), Michigan State (5), Wisconsin (13), Marshall (23) and Memphis (25). National champion Ohio State will host Northern Illinois on Sept. 19 and Western Michigan on Sept. 26. Western will host Michigan State in its season opener on Sept. 4.

MAC schools will have 12 non-conference games against Big Ten schools, four against schools for the SEC, three against ACC and Big 12 opponents, and one against a PAC-12 school. Also, UMass will play at Notre Dame on Sept. 26.

The 19th Marathon MAC Football Championship game is Dec. 4 at Ford Field in Detroit and will be televised on ESPN2.

The Indians' clubhouse is full of familiar faces from last season's team. But how well do you really know the Tribe?

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Indians' clubhouse is full of familiar faces from last season's team. But how well do you really know the Tribe? Below is a sampling of facts cherry-picked from the 2015 Indians media guide.

* Just like last year, Mike Aviles' favorite thing to do away from baseball is "work out his calf muscles."

* Aviles, Michael Brantley, Kyle Crockett, Nick Hagadone, Jason Kipnis and David Murphy all listed Ken Griffey Jr. as their favorite player growing up.

* Lonnie Chisenhall, Gavin Floyd, Shaun Marcum and Josh Tomlin all listed Cal Ripken Jr. as their favorite player. Chisenhall wears No. 8 in honor of the Hall of Fame third baseman.

* Aviles and Chisenhall identified "Dumb and Dumber" as their favorite movie. There was no mention of last year's sequel, "Dumb and Dumber To," which did not receive many positive reviews.

* Hagadone, Carlos Carrasco and T.J. House all cited "Gladiator." Kipnis and Danny Salazar opted for the 2012 flick, "The Avengers."

* Kluber's favorite movie is "Tin Cup." Bourn's favorite is "Flight." Crockett's is "Braveheart." Moss' is "Forrest Gump." Marcum's is "Major League." Murphy's is "Anchorman." Swisher's is "For The Love Of The Game." Yan Gomes' is "What about Bob?" Roberto Perez's is "Law Abiding Citizen." Zach McAllister's is "Sandlot."

* Marcum and Salazar chose "Two and a Half Men" for their favorite TV show. Crockett, Kipnis and Kluber all selected "Game of Thrones." Chisenhall listed "Modern Family." Brantley's favorite is "The Price Is Right," hosted by Cleveland native Drew Carey.

* Carrasco mentioned the Discovery Channel as his favorite TV show.

* Aviles, Brantley and Michael Bourn all listed Lil Wayne as their favorite musical artist.

* Country music is popular within the Indians' clubhouse. Kluber and Brandon Moss chose country singer Eric Church as their favorite musical artist. Marcum and Cody Allen opted for Jason Aldean. Swisher picked Kenny Chesney. House went with Garth Brooks. Chisenhall and Tomlin selected George Strait. Carrasco simply noted the country genre as his favorite.

* Relievers Bryan Shaw and Marc Rzepczynski listed "everything" as their favorite musical genre. Rzepczynski chose "Scarface" as his favorite movie. Shaw couldn't decide between "Rounders" and "The Boondock Saints."

* Zach Walters is one of 14 players ever born in Wyoming to make the major leagues. He lived in Montana from ages 2-14. His favorite hobbies include painting, drawing and working on cars.

* Swisher's favorite TV shows are "Criminal Minds" and "Duck Dynasty." His favorite school subject was math. He's hoping for better numbers to crunch this season.

* Moss' favorite TV show is "Friends." Shaw's is "Psych." Tomin's is "Cheers." McAllister's is "Big Bang Theory." Hagadone's is "Entourage." Gomes' is "Dexter."

* Marcum is an avid fan and season ticket holder of the Kansas City Chiefs. House's favorite sports team growing up was the New Orleans Saints.

* Crockett's favorite musical artist is Angels and Airwaves. Floyd's is Lecrae. Murphy's is Coldplay. Kipnis' is Michael Jackson. Perez's is Daddy Yankee. Walters' is Kings of Leon.

Trevor Bauer had a 5.54 ERA in the first inning. In innings 2-6, it was 3.80.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Scribbles in my spring training notebook ...

1. In the first inning last season, Indians right-hander Trevor Bauer had a 5.54 ERA. That bothered manager Terry Francona for a few reasons, not the least of which is that he had to worry about going to the bullpen so early in the game. As Francona said Friday, Bauer usually worked out of it and figured it out as the game progressed. Bauer pitched into the fifth inning in all but one of his starts.

2. It's believed that Bauer has at least seven pitches. "He starts the game using all of them, then the bases are loaded, the bullpen is up..." said Francona. "We just want him to simplify it a bit."

3. From innings 2-6, his ERA was 3.80. So Bauer does figure out which pitches are working best. He does have a fastball that averages 94 mph, and that is a lot to build upon. His change-up is very effective, as is his overhand curve. As Francona said, "We want him to use his (different) pitches if he can command them."

4. Francona loves Bauer's passion for pitching and dedication. He appreciates how Bauer "will think about things we talked about, and then come back the next day ... he's thought it through." Bauer was 5-8 with a 4.18 ERA in his rookie season with the Tribe. He just turned 24 on Jan. 17, so he's the youngest member of the projected starting rotation. Of all the young starters, he could be the one ready to make a major step forward.

4. Francona wants Bauer to start with two or three pitches early, and get those over the plate. This was discussed last season, and it will be a point of emphasis this spring. A year ago, Bauer was settling on a new windup. The Indians weren't sure what to expect and he opened the 2014 season in Class AAA. But Bauer started strong at Columbus (4-1, 2.15) and had a decent rookie MLB season.

5. Another suggestion that the coaches have is to watch his body language. There are times when his anger at himself looks like he's disgusted at the umpires. That doesn't help his cause. Francona said Bauer was very open to changing his emotions on the mound.

6. Now in his third season with the Tribe organization, Bauer seems to be building stronger relationships with Francona and pitching coach Mickey Callaway. The Indians know that Bauer has his own theories, but he has made several changes based on coaches' suggestions. Bauer was the No. 3 pick in the 2011 draft and had a 38-4 career record at UCLA. He moved through the minors quickly.

7. Francona has been thinking about his possible lineup. Leadoff (Michael Bourn), No. 3 (Michael Brantley) and No. 4 (Carlos Santana) are set. When Jason Kipnis was hitting well, he was batting No. 2. But Bourn, Kipnis and Brantley would give the Indians three lefty hitters in a row. As Francona said, that would make it easy for the opposing manager to go to the bullpen for a lefty reliever.

8. Francona's alternatives are Jose Ramirez or Nick Swisher batting second. Both are switch-hitters, as is Santana.

9. A lot depends on Kipnis. Does he return to his All-Star form of 2013? If so, then that makes a case for him batting higher. It used to be that Brantley could shift to different spots in the order, but Brantley became a run-producer in 2014 (.327, 20 HR, 97 RBI) and he belongs at No. 3. Francona said he doesn't "want to change the lineup every 3-4 days." He prefers "to error on the side of staying with guys" rather than change the lineup if a player goes into a slump. Francona added that he will make changes, but "I'd rather wait than do it too quickly."

10. Former Indians manager Mike Hargrove is in camp and has been working with Santana at first base. Hargrove was an excellent defensive first baseman in his career.

Before the Cleveland Cavaliers came calling this summer, David Blatt received an inquiry from another team.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Before the Cleveland Cavaliers came calling this summer, David Blatt received an inquiry from another team.

That team was the Golden State Warriors and Steve Kerr, a first-time NBA head coach, who was rounding out his staff. Kerr admitted Thursday he didn't know Blatt on a personal level, but the two were connected through former NFL GM-turned-agent, Mike Tannenbaum.

"Just his experience and the great reputation," Kerr said of the things he was drawn to. "I had a chance to speak with him when I was hiring my staff and I was really impressed. We met in L.A. for a few hours. He got a better opportunity."

That opportunity came from Cavs General Manager David Griffin, a close friend of Kerr's from their time together with the Phoenix Suns. Other NBA teams had reached out to Blatt in the past, and like Kerr, many were looking for an offensive-minded assistant. Some around the league believed that was Blatt's best option rather than jumping into the deep waters immediately. But he rebuffed, betting on himself, holding out for an opportunity to be a head coach, and now he couldn't be happier.

"It seems like a long time ago," Blatt said of his off-season choice. "Once I had the opportunity to come to the Cavaliers I really didn't feel any regret. It's really through the good graces of Steve Kerr and the Golden State staff that I had the opportunity to interview for the job and they were willing to let me follow this path. I still hold a really good feeling of appreciation for the way they handled that situation. It's turned out pretty good for both sides."

Blatt's not the only member of the Cavaliers who nearly ended up in the Bay Area. When the Minnesota Timberwolves finally made three-time All-Star Kevin Love available, a few teams explored a deal, including the Cavaliers and Warriors. But the price was steep.

The Timberwolves asked for promising shooting guard Klay Thompson, one half of the league's best backcourt nicknamed the "Splash Brothers." When the Warriors were unwilling to part with Thompson, Love was sent to Cleveland in a package built around 2014 first-overall pick Andrew Wiggins.

"That was a crazy summer for me," Love said Thursday morning. "But as soon as LeBron got in touch with me, that was kind of all put to an end. We're both two very good teams. Looking back, sure there's things you can look at and say, 'What could've been.' But I also would've been thinking about this situation had it been the other way around. I'm happy to be here and just want to continue to win."

The Warriors, despite a 110-99 loss against the rising Cavaliers on Thursday night, hold the best record in the NBA. The Cavaliers are third in the Eastern Conference, leaving behind a slow start, early growing pains and plenty of questions.

"It's just that everyone wanted to write a certain story based on the results and based on whatever," Kerr said. "He had to go through a little growth process, learning the NBA. I'm sure just like me, in my first year, I feel a lot more comfortable now than I did in training camp. You get a feel for things, but he knew what he was doing when he came here. Now he's got pieces that make sense. It's all rolling. I'm happy to see him going on smoother waters here because he didn't deserve what he had to go through earlier."

For all of Blatt's overseas accomplishments and Euroleague hardware, he was new to the NBA, a stranger in his own locker room.

In late December/early January, a stretch where the Cavs, a team with title aspirations, had lost 10 of 12 and stumbled below .500, Blatt was the league's most beleaguered coach. Rumors of him being fired picked up steam.

Despite a vociferous defense from Griffin, some still wondered whether the Cavs would've been better off with a different coach, one with experience walking along the NBA sidelines. Some wondered if another coach would've been better able to reach LeBron James.

Blatt heard the criticism, and even with his star player referring to him as a "rookie coach" repeatedly, he stayed the course, and never felt the need to validate his coaching credentials.

"I've been a head coach for 22 years," he said Thursday. "People overlook that too easily and I think unfairly. I know I'm the new kid on the block in the NBA and I recognize the greatness of this league and the difficulty of this league and the fact that I've had to make, and am still going through the adjustment to coach in this league, but I am not now, nor have I been for quite some time, a rookie coach."

Now his team is battling back. Looking like an NBA title contender, the Cavs are 18-2 in the last 20 games, owners of the league's best record since mid-January when they returned from a Western Conference road trip closer and with a renewed confidence.

Blatt has found a reliable rotation. He has found the proper way to communicate with his players. He has adapted to the recent roster changes, piecing things together quickly. At one time it looked like Blatt's NBA stay would be brief, but not anymore.

When the Cavs hired him they were taking a risk. It took four months of patience, two trades, James returning to his MVP form and some dark times. But the light is finally shining and the rest of league is starting to see what Kerr and Griffin saw this summer: No matter what country or what league, Blatt has the necessary tools to be successful.

"He's a great coach and he's going to be around here for a long time," Kerr said.

Hughes has 20 sacks over the last two years and played for Browns coach Mike Pettine.

BEREA, Ohio -- Jerry Hughes was last spotted by Browns fans picking up a fumble he created and running away with their season.

The big play, an 18-yard touchdown return off a Terrance West turnover, broke open a tight game and ignited a Bills' 26-10 romp on Nov. 30. The Browns, who entered the showdown 7-4, wouldn't win again.

Hughes' involvement in the season-altering sequence was noteworthy because it came at the expense of the coach who helped resurrect his career.

The 26-year-old edge rusher, a 2010 first-round pick by the Colts, was on the verge of being labeled a bust before Mike Pettine became his defensive coordinator in Buffalo. Hughes recorded 10 sacks two years ago and duplicated the feat in 2014. He's registered a combined 79 quarterback hurries in the past two seasons, according to ProFootballFocus.com, while playing in both 3-4 and 4-3 schemes.

The Bills boast one of the league's best defenses and don't want to lose Hughes. The Buffalo News reports the club is negotiating with his representatives. It would cost roughly $14 million to franchise him, however, and defensive tackle Marcell Dareus is due a steep pay raise. The Bills already have three Pro Bowlers on their defensive line -- Dareus, Mario Willams and Kyle Williams.

If Hughes hits the open market on March 10 the Browns should strongly consider adding him to a defense that finished 27^th in sacks. Pairing him with Paul Kruger on the edges would give the Browns an established pair of pass rushers.

The guess here is the club will let Jabaal Sheard reach free agency. If that's the case, the Browns definitely will have a need on the edge. Barkevious Mingo was improved in his second season, but he remains a better athlete than quarterback stalker.

The Browns, who have the third-most salary-cap space, can attack the deficiency a couple ways. They could use one of their two first-round picks on an edge rusher -- Clemson's Vic Beasley, Missouri's Shane Ray, Kentucky's Alvin Dupree, Nebraska's Randy Gregory. They obviously have other needs starting at quarterback and including receiver, run stuffer, tight end and offensive lineman.

I'm not in favor of mortgaging the future to trade up for a system/spread quarterback like Marcus Mariota, but heaven knows the Browns must fill the void. Nothing would surprise me.

For the sake of argument, lets say the Browns use their first rounders on a receiver and defensive tackle -- a Malcolm Brown-Jaelen Strong or a DeVante Parker-Brown combination. In this scenario, pursuing Hughes makes sense.

I spent a day at Bills' training camp prior to last season and defenders had nothing but respect for Pettine and Browns defensive coordinator Jim O'Neil. Hughes spoke glowingly of Pettine.

"He's a players' coach," Hughes said. "He knows how to have fun when it's time and he knows when it's time to get serious and work.

"What players (in Cleveland) will appreciate is he put guys in the best positions to be successful."

The Browns were dreadful against the run, but finished top-10 in scoring defense (21.1) and pass defense (224.5 yards). They led the league in passer rating against (74.1) and ranked second in interceptions (21).

The franchise has lots of pieces in place on defense. Adding the right run stuffer and edge rusher would turn a good defense into a dominant one.

There's always a risk in free agency, and targeting Hughes is no exception.

Is the edge rusher the product of all the talent surrounding him in the Bills defense? It's a fair question and one that was asked two years ago when the Browns spent heavily on Kruger. The knock on the former Ravens outside linebacker was that he wouldn't excel without Terrell Suggs opposite him. After a pedestrian first season in orange and brown, Kruger responded with a career-high 11 sacks last year.

Hughes played in a 4-3 base a year ago and showed he could produce in various schemes. His familiarity with Pettine's system should ease any transition.

There's a lot of moving pieces here as we approach free agency. The Cardinals just released defensive tackle Darnell Dockett. But if Hughes gets to market in two weeks, the Browns should take a hard look at acquiring him.    

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Plain Dealer photographer Gus Chan and Northeast Ohio Media Group photographer Joshua Gunter were at Quicken Loans Arena as the Cleveland Cavaliers powered past the Golden State Warriors and showed the winning ways that can carry them to the playoffs. Check out their photos here! Chuck Crow continued his photo fun with the Cleveland Indians as players...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Plain Dealer photographer Gus Chan and Northeast Ohio Media Group photographer Joshua Gunter were at Quicken Loans Arena as the Cleveland Cavaliers powered past the Golden State Warriors and showed the winning ways that can carry them to the playoffs. Check out their photos here!

Chuck Crow continued his photo fun with the Cleveland Indians as players took part in media day in Goodyear, Arizona.

Lisa DeJong took her amazing artistic eyes to the Cleveland Museum of art to photograph "Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa," an exhibit that gathers more than 150 African sculptures from the past 200 years in an effort to redefine the cultural identity of the Senufo people in light of new scholarship.

Lisa also shot Ricky Jackson as he talks about his new-found freedom after being wrongfully convicted and serving 39 years behind bars.

You can follow the links to see the complete galleries from these events. And visit The Plain Dealer photo blog page to see even more photos and galleries. We hope you like our images, and thanks for looking.

Check out preliminary results from the 2015 OHSAA Division II swimming and diving state tournament from Friday, Feb. 27, 2015.

CANTON, Ohio -- Here are preliminary results from the 2015 OHSAA Division II swimming and diving state tournament from Friday, Feb. 27, 2015.

GIRLS SWIMMING

DIVISION I STATE PRELIMINARY RESULTS

200 MR: 1.Upper Arlington (Long, Elliott, Sheehan, Hedden) 1:44.94; 2. Strongsville 1:45.46; 3. St Ursula Academy 1:45.82; 4. Mason 1:46.23; 5. Springboro 1:47.19; 6. Thos Worthington 1:47.31; 7. Walsh Jesuit 1:47.62; 8. Sycamore 1:47.80; 9. Hudson 1:47.88; 10. Ursuline Acad 1:48.03; 11. Brunswick 1:49.24; 12. Brecksville 1:49.26; 13. Copley 1:49.40; 14. Jackson 1:50.00; 15. Dublin Jerome 1:50.05; 16. New Albany 1:50.09.

200 free: 1. Long (Upper Arlington) 1:48.71; 2. Sehmann (Bowling Green) 1:49.63; 3. Zilch (St Ursula) 1:50.09; 4. Clough (Springboro) 1:51.15; 5. Fields (St. Ursula) 1:51.27; 6. Martin (Anderson) 1:51.29; 7. King (Centerville) 1:51.46; 8. Devorace (Rocky River) 1:52.19; 9. Nebraska (Olentangy) 1:52.29; 10. Kerr (St Ursula Academ) 1:52.40; 11. Shaffer (Springfield) 1:52.92; 12. Gundling (Hudson) 1:52.94; 13. Swartz (Centerville) 1:53.14; 13. Bloebaum (Mason) 1:53.14; 15. Moran (Ursuline Acad) 1:53.61; 16. Rice (Lakota West) 1:53.97.

200 IM: 1. Myers (Copley) 1:59.96; 2. Lofquist (Ursuline Acad) 2:02.16; 3. Grote (St Ursula Academ) 2:02.65; 4. Trace (Upper Arlington) 2:02.85; 5. Zelnick (Troy) 2:02.99; 6. DelGado (St Ursula Academ) 2:03.14; 7. Gresser (Walsh Jesuit) 2:04.37; 8. Fisher (Fremont) 2:06.07; 9. Coy (Mentor) 2:06.40; 10. Bonezzi (Wooster) 2:06.51; 11. Sheehan (Upper Arlington) 2:07.36; 12. Winar (Brecksville) 2:08.16; 13. Hoffmann (Centerville) 2:08.35; 14. Murphy (TOL St. Ursula) 2:08.80; 15. Martin (Pickerington Ctr) 2:09.04; 16. Kahmann (Springboro) 2:09.11.

50 free: 1. Volpenhein (Mason) 22.75; 2. Fullenkamp (Centerville) 23.38; 3. Foster (St Ursula Academ) 23.53; 4. Weigel (Hudson) 23.73; 5. Schmelzer (Lancaster) 23.81; 6. Glesenkamp (Hayes) 23.82; 7. Linzell (Upper Arlington) 23.84; 8. Delventhal (Strongsville) 23.85; 9. Wu (Sycamore) 23.98; 10. Layne (Beavercreek) 24.06; 11. Moses (Fremont) 24.1012. Jin (Solon) 24.1813. Decker (Mason) 24.23; 14. Vozar (McKinley) 24.24;15. Volpenhein (Mason) 24.30; 16. Hedden (Upper Arlington) 24.39.

100 fly: 1. Sichterman (Kings) 55.04; 2. Whiteley (Springboro) 55.23; 3. DelGado (St Ursula Academ) 55.70; 4. Sheehan (Upper Arlington) 55.91; 5. Bonezzi (Wooster) 55.92; 6. Van Fossen (Upper Arlington) 55.99; 7. Myers (Copley) 56.01; 8. Norris (Sycamore) 56.10; 9. Voelkerding (St Ursula Academ) 56.17; 10. Shaffer (Springfield) 56.31; 11. Smith (Beavercreek) 56.43; 12. Berning (Fairmont) 56.45; 13. Witkiewicz (Thos Worthington) 56.67; 14. Fisher (Fremont) 57.17; 15. Hassel (Walnut Hills) 57.25; 16. Peroni (Olentangy Liberty) 57.36.

100 free: 1. Volpenhein (Mason) 49.81; 2. Anne Long (Upper Arlington) 49.96; 3. Foster (St Ursula Academ) 51.05; 4. Sehmann (Bowling Green) 51.15; 5. Van Fossen (Upper Arlington) 51.44; 6. Fullenkamp (Centerville) 51.57; 7. Marinelli (Mason) 51.89; 8. Glesenkamp (Hayes) 51.93; 9. Delventhal (Strongsville) 52.05; 10. Palutsis (Hoover) 52.23; 11. Rice (Lakota West) 52.26; 11. Nebraska (Olentangy) 52.26; 13. Voelkerding (St Ursula Academ) 52.37; 14. Boyd (Hudson) 52.45; 15. Moses (Fremont) 52.58; 16. Weigel (Hudson) 52.59.

500 free: 1. Lofquist (Ursuline Acad) 4:48.37; 2. Trace (Upper Arlington) 4:49.22; 3. King (Centerville) 4:58.47; 4. Zilch (St Ursula Academ) 4:58.50; 5. Kerr (St Ursula Academ) 4:58.60; 6. Martin (Anderson) 4:59.18; 7. Sichterman (Kings) 4:59.71; 8. Bloebaum (Mason) 4:59.74; 9. Devorace (Rocky River) 5:00.03; 10. Gundling (Hudson) 5:04.89; 11. Swartz (Centerville) 5:05.02; 12. DelGado (St Ursula Academ) 5:05.34; 13. Nguyen (Mason) 5:05.88; 14. Trace (Upper Arlington) 5:07.22; 15. Murphy (TOL St. Ursula) 5:07.23; 16. Jelley (Kings) 5:08.30; 16. Fischer (Upper Arlington) 5:08.30.

200 FR: 1. Upper Arlington (Van Fossen, Magyari, Linzell, Hedden) 1:35.08; 2. Mason 1:35.16; 3. St Ursula Academ 1:35.96; 4. Hudson 1:36.26; 5. Strongsville 1:36.70; 6. Fremont 1:36.73; 7. Centerville 1:36.88; 8. New Albany 1:37.46; 9. Sycamore 1:37.57; 10. Kings 1:37.86; 11. Brecksville 1:37.90; 12. Ursuline Acad 1:38.04; 13. OlentangyLiberty 1:38.12; 14. Hayes 1:38.92; 15. Olentangy 1:39.37; 16. Copley 1:39.44.

100 back: 1. Whiteley (Springboro) 52.92; 2. Witkiewicz (Thos Worthington) 54.58; 3. Kahmann (Springboro) 55.50; 4. McCafferty (Reynoldsburg) 56.04; 5. Otten (Fairfield) 56.10; 6. Fields (TOL St. Ursula) 56.54; 7. Coronel (Brecksville) 56.70; 8. Hoffmann (Centerville) 57.06; 9. Mennenga (Highland) 57.11; 10. Fike (Dublin Jerome) 57.40; 11. Trotter (Colerain) 57.63; 12. Schmelzer (Lancaster) 57.68; 13. Wiet (Thos Worthington) 58.07; 14. Reis (Lakewood) 58.08; 15. Wall (St Ursula Academ) 58.19; 15. Pasadyn (Brunswick) 58.19.

100 breast: 1. Gresser (Walsh Jesuit) 1:03.71; 2. Hart (Walsh Jesuit) 1:03.72; 3. Grote (St Ursula Academ) 1:04.40; 4. Zelnick (Troy) 1:04.47; 5. Elliott (Upper Arlington) 1:04.51; 6. Perretta (Perry) 1:05.40; 7. Caldwell (Upper Arlington) 1:05.45; 8. Bailey (Boardman) 1:05.91; 9. Layne (Beavercreek) 1:06.02; 10. Saxon (Hudson) 1:06.04; 11. Mattson (Strongsville) 1:06.05; 12. Wharton (Gahanna Lincoln) 1:06.08; 13. Horan (Watterson) 1:06.27; 14. Lochridge (Hoover) 1:06.54; 15. Haidet (Olentangy Orange) 1:06.57; 16. Garry (Walnut Hills) 1:06.65.

400 FR: 1 Upper Arlington (Long, Van Fossen, Sheehan, Trace) 3:25.96; 2. St Ursula Academ 3:27.63; 3. Centerville 3:30.57; 4. Ursuline Acad 3:30.87; 5. Mason 3:31.43; 6. Springboro 3:32.28; 7. Sycamore 3:32.54; 8. Brecksville 3:32.66; 9. Hudson 3:32.75; 10. Fremont 3:33.27; 11. Hayes 3:34.12; 12. Strongsville 3:34.69; 13. Thos Worthington 3:34.76; 14. Walsh Jesuit 3:35.29; 15. Rocky River 3:35.86; 16. Hoover 3:36.66.

A Bath Township man is complaining about a pile of ice and tree limbs in his yard. RubberDucks tickets on sale Tuesday. Akron starts sending Stow water customers in Hudson an extra bill.

AKRON, Ohio -- A Bath Township man came home from a work trip last week to find his yard covered in tree limbs and a giant heap of ice, nearly 10 feet tall in some places, the result of an Akron water main that burst next to his home an spewed a gutser neighbors told him was 60 to 70 feet high.

The city of Akron fixed the leaking main, but Keith Rupnik said he and his insurance providers are on their own to pay for restoring his iced-over yard, which included several trees crushed under the weight of the ice.

Rupnik, who lives in a section of Bath served by Akron water, said a city water supply representative told him the city was not responsible for damages to private property caused by broken water mains. 

"I cannot believe that a government has no liability and therefore no incentive to control and limit damage to citizens' property," Rupnik wrote to the Plain Dealer Publishing Co. "This seems counter-intuitive to the concept of democracy."

To make matters worse, Rupnik said his wife watched earlier this week as a Bath Township service crew cleared ice from the water main break out of the street and dumped it in a pile on top of his already icy yard.

RubberDucks tickets on sale Tuesday

Single-game Akron RubberDucks tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Tickets for all 71 home games range from $17 for the premium Duck Row seats, to $5 for general admission. Children 3 years old and younger are free.

The franchise is coming off a record-breaking season for home game attendance at Canal Park, as 350,704 fans crossed the turnstile for regular season games last year.

Tickets will be available at the Canal Park box office, by calling 330-253-5153 or online at akronrubberducks.com.

Akron starts charging Stow water customers extra fees in Hudson

Stow water customers living in Hudson started getting bills from Akron earlier this month, even though they aren't customers there.

As part of an ongoing dispute with the city of Hudson, Akron decided to start charging a surplus to Hudson residents who get their water from Stow, the Akron Beacon Journal reported. Akron supplies the city of Stow with water, and the contract allows them to charge a surplus to Hudson customers.

LeBron James will rest when the Cavaliers play the Indiana Pacers tonight.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Cavaliers Head Coach David Blatt revealed during his pregame address that LeBron James, after scoring a season-high of 42 points on Thursday would not play tonight versus the Indiana Pacers.

Blatt said he made the decision to sit James while his superstar is dealing with minor back stiffness. James was none too thrilled with his coach's call, Blatt relayed.

The team also dealt with some travel issues last night. They didn't arrive in Indiana until today, due to aircraft mechanical problems.

Blatt said there were a combination of things that led to his decision.

"He experienced some soreness last night during the game and we're in the back end of a very tough back-to-back," Blatt said. "We've had some very tough travel as you know and I decided to rest him."

James is in Indiana for the game.

This will be the 11^th game he has missed this season. The Cavaliers are 2-8 when James is not in uniform. He is posting numbers of 26.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 7.3 assists per game.

Cleveland will also be without Kyrie Irving who is dealing with a shoulder strain. Blatt said he's looking at the big picture.

"We're doing what we have to do here to keep our team healthy all the way through the season," Blatt said.