Derby trainer Todd Pletcher learned well from the master, D. Wayne Lukas. These days, though, they're a marked contrast of each other.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It's easy to figure out where Todd Pletcher got the idea to enter five horses in this year's Kentucky Derby. He used to work for D. Wayne Lukas.

For the longest time, Lukas was the biggest star in the sport, the guy in the white hat with an army of thoroughbreds stashed coast-to-coast, winning every big race in sight.

In 1996, Lukas won his third Derby with Grindstone, a horse he considered the weakest of his five entries. It took him decades to admit as much, but he can do that now. At 77, Lukas has 13 Triple Crown wins, including four at the Derby, and is the sport's elder statesman. He's already in the Hall of Fame.

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Pletcher tried overwhelming the Derby the same way. He daringly took aim with four horses his first time, in 2000, and then tried a record-tying five in 2007. It wasn't until he saddled four in 2010 that long shot Super Saver delivered his first whiff of red roses in the winner's circle.

Lukas had long ago advised him, "You can win all these stakes, but you got to get this one on your resume."

Other than another Derby win or two -- he's been to a dozen with only the one win -- Pletcher's resume couldn't get much better. He's won Breeders' Cup races, led the nation in money winnings, and commands the best and biggest racing operation in the country.

Indeed, he learned well from the master. These days, though, they're a marked contrast of each other -- one is loose and takes all questions; the other is a little uptight.

With a fancy cowboy boot propped on a white sawhorse, Lukas holds court until the last visitor is satisfied.

"Can you believe we get paid for this?" he marvels.

View full sizeRevolutionary is one of Todd Pletcher's five Kentucky Derby entrants on Saturday. Charlie Riedel, Associated Press 

Pletcher can barely stand being quizzed. He's as buttoned-down as Lukas is casual.

The 45-year-old son of a trainer, Pletcher comes to work in a perfectly pressed white shirt tucked into belted jeans, and his gray hair is cut short. Neatness is something he learned from Lukas' spit-shined example during seven years as an apprentice.

Not surprising, Lukas and Pletcher hold down the top two spots among trainers for the most Derby starters. Lukas is extending his record with Nos. 46 and 47 this year; while Pletcher's current five give him 36.

"Now," Lukas said, showing some of the candor that comes with well-worn success, "35 of those I didn't want to run."

Pletcher might have had seven horses in the starting gate at Churchill Downs if not for health issues with Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Shanghai Bobby and Violence. "He knows what to do," Lukas said. "It's such a difficult race to win."

Lukas' legacy was cemented long ago. If he adds a fifth Derby on Saturday, he could become the oldest winning trainer in race history. He's throwing two long shots into the 20-horse mix: Oxbow and Will Take Charge.

Of Pletcher's five horses, undefeated Verrazano is the early 4-1 second choice. Revolutionary, Overanalyze, Palace Malice and Charming Kitten are listed at double-digit odds.

Lukas, a former Wisconsin high school basketball coach, clearly knows he's closer to the end of an enviable run. "I'm only going to do this until I'm 95," he said with a laugh.

Pletcher, meanwhile, still has to be coaxed out of the small office near his horses' stalls that offers a clear sightline to Lukas' perch. With a TV camera in his face, Pletcher is pleasant but bland, parting with innocuous nuggets about each of his horses.

Example: "He trained exceptionally well."

He's equally middle-of-the-road when pressed on who he would like to see win if it can't be him: "I root for everybody."

On a couple of points, though, Lukas and Pletcher are alike.

View full sizeTrainer D. Wayne Lukas, with Derby horse Will Take Charge, has escaped the tension that the Kentucky Derby once generated for him. "I'm only going to do this until I'm 95," he told reporters this week.Mark Cornelison, MCT 

Regarding the competition, Lukas likes to quote Charlie Whittingham, the oldest Derby-winning trainer: "Never say anything bad about a horse until he's been dead 10 years."

Pletcher likes to control every last detail around his neat-as-a-pin barn, another habit he picked up from Lukas. The gravel is always carefully raked and blooming flowers spill out of hanging baskets.

Lukas' stable area is still the housekeeping standard, topped off by two huge sprays of red roses.

Pletcher lives in a perpetual state of unease about his horses' welfare, whether it's before the Derby or a low-priced claiming race at a smaller track.

"That's part of life as a trainer," he said. "I put the same amount of pressure every year on myself."

Pletcher is answering to five different owners at the Derby. They range from 85-year-old Cot Campbell, a refined son of the South, to 44-year-old Mike Repole, a brash entrepreneur from Queens, to Kentucky native Ken Ramsay who comes down with a yearly case of Derby fever.

"It's gone pretty well so far," Pletcher said. "We'll see after Saturday."

Repole respects Pletcher for running his stable like a corporate CEO.

"There's a lot of great NBA players, but there's only one LeBron James. Todd is the best at what he does," Repole said. "He's pretty honest with everybody. Everyone respects how hard he works."

Of the trainer's five jockeys in the race, four are Hall of Famers with six Derby wins among them.

"I'm not a guy that handcuffs a guy with a lot of instructions," Pletcher said. "I tell them a few key points and they have to make decisions out there."

Lukas plays it even looser with his riders.

"I always tell them at the end, 'Hell, just do what you want,'" he said, laughing.

Risien's blocking was a key for the "Kardiac Kids" teams and the teams that made the playoffs five straight years, from 1985-89.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A countdown of the top 100 players in Cleveland
Browns history. Players must have spent at least four seasons with the
Browns. The ranking is based only on players' careers with the Browns.

No. 36, Cody Risien, offensive tackle-guard, 1979-83, 85-89

Some debaters would say Monte Clark (Browns 1963-69), but others would say that the best right offensive tackle for the Browns in the last half-century -- the best since Hall of Famer Mike McCormack played his final game in 1962 -- is Cody Risien.

Besides excelling at his position, no Browns' offensive lineman since Hall of Famer Gene Hickerson, longtime star Dick Schafrath and, for a shorter time, Clark, has enjoyed more team success than Risien. The Browns made the playoffs in seven of his 10 seasons and were in serious postseason contention in two others. He helped Cleveland to American Football Conference championship games in the 1986, 1987 and 1989 campaigns, all of which, of course, ended with losses to the Denver Broncos.

Risien blocked for quarterbacks Brian Sipe and Bernie Kosar, and for running backs Mike and Greg Pruitt (no relation) and Kevin Mack and Earnest Byner (though Greg Pruitt played little at running back after injuring a knee during Risien's rookie season).

The Browns got premium value out of their seventh-round pick, the 183rd overall selection, in the 1979 draft. They used it to take Texas A&M's Risien. There was no guarantee he would make the team, but he exceeded that, starting the final 10 games of his rookie season at left guard. At 6-7, Risien was the tallest guard in the NFL at the time.

Coach Sam Rutigliano and his staff moved Risien to right tackle prior to the 1980 campaign, when the "Kardiac Kids" went 11-5 for the Browns' first division title in nine years and first playoff berth in eight years. Risien started at right tackle in 130 regular season games and 10 playoff games -- in every game he played after his rookie year.

Risien missed the entire 1984 season after injuring a knee in the final preseason game. The Browns went 5-11 with Rutigliano being fired and replaced by Marty Schottenheimer. Cleveland was 1-7 at the time of the move, with five of the losses by a combined 15 points.

The combination of his athleticism, savvy, technique and leverage made Risien a superb pass blocker and a powerful straight-ahead run blocker, and able to get outside to lead the Browns' backs on sweeps and screen passes.

Risien made the All-Rookie team in 1979 and the Pro Bowl in the 1986 and 1987 seasons. He earned some first-team all-conference recognition in 1983 and 1986.

Risien turned 56 on March 22.

(The Browns' all-time top 100 players so far)

Video: Part 1 of an NFL Films Game of the Week. Cody Risien (63) is at right offensive tackle for the Browns in their 37-31 overtime win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Nov. 23, 1986 at Cleveland Stadium:

Video: Part 2 of the NFL Films Game of the Week -- the 1986 Browns' 37-31 overtime win over the Steelers in Cleveland:

The Northeast Ohio Conference Lake Division has always been considered inferior to the Valley Division. However, Garfield Heights' 3-2 softball win over visiting Brunswick on Thursday could be the start of a new mind-set.

The Northeast Ohio Conference Lake Division has always been considered inferior to the Valley Division.

However, Garfield Heights' 3-2 softball win over visiting Brunswick on Thursday could be the start of a new mind-set.

The Bulldogs (12-6), who held a 6-4 edge in hits, had senior Courtney Kohn cash in two hits and two RBI against Brunswick (13-8).

North Ridgeville 8, Elyria Catholic 0 North Ridgeville continued to hold a half-game lead over Avon in the West Shore Conference thanks to 12 hits and three Elyria Catholic errors. Marissa Caraballo and Kailey Demarco combined for five hits, two homers, two doubles and five RBI.

Avon 10, Rocky River 0 Anna Edwards' three hits and four RBI led the Eagles to the WSC blanking.

Midview 5, Bay 1 The Middies stayed on the heels of the WSC leaders on Cassie Haight's two hits, two RBI and three stolen bases.

Brecksville-Broadview Heights 10, North Olmsted 0 The Bees, ranked No. 8 in the Division I state poll, remained atop the Southwestern Conference with Avon Lake behind Sydney Kimball's single, double and two RBI.

Avon Lake 6, Westlake 1 Ali Balthaser's three singles helped keep the eighth-ranked Shoregals in the thick of the SWC title hunt.

Riverside 3, Chardon 2 The Beavers stayed a game behind leader Geneva in the Premier Athletic Conference on Chelsea Havens' two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Lake Catholic 6, Magnificat 3 (12) Jenna Bayer's two-run double in the top of the 12th inning propelled the Cougars to the win.

Mogadore 5, Norton 4 Ashley Barker led the Portage Trail Conference crossover-game win on the mound and at the plate. Barker pitched a five-hitter and struck out 14 while also hitting a two-run home run in the fourth inning.

Brooklyn 3, Clearview 2 The Hurricanes won a Patriot Athletic Conference Stripes Division game behind Jocelyn Rivera. The Ball State recruit, who gave up four hits and struck out 15, also got two hits, including the game-winner.

Columbia 7, Oberlin 2 The Raiders remained unbeaten in the Patriot Athletic Conference Stripes Division as Nicolette Kunath homered and drove in six runs.

Baseball

Brecksville-Broadview Heights 9, Olmsted Falls 5 The unbeaten Bees, ranked No. 4 in the Division I state poll, stayed ahead of the Southwestern Conference pack behind Colton Carney's single, two doubles and two RBI.

Independence 7, Kirtland 3 The Blue Devils, ranked seventh in Division III, won the Chagrin Valley Conference crossover game with the help of Cary Artrip's two hits and RBI.

Aurora 4, Willoughby South 0 Tyler Thomas and Jake Czerwinski accounted for six of the Greenmen's nine hits along with three RBI in the win over the Rebels.

Boys tennis

Medina 3, Twinsburg 2 The Battling Bees won the Northeast Ohio Conference match as Jake Liebler, Scott Varney and Noah Yoder won in straight sets at singles.

Wickliffe 3, Kirtland 2 The Blue Devils pulled out the Chagrin Valley Conference victory when Shane Sheredy and Kevin Keiter won in straight sets at first doubles, and Ishan Patel and Ryan Pate won at second doubles.

Boys lacrosse

Archbishop Hoban 14, Lake Catholic 8 The Knights' Rodrigo Pereira had six goals and three assists in the win over the Cougars.

Today's schedule BASEBALL

Today's schedule

BASEBALL

Note: Games start at 4:30 unless noted and are subject to weather and field conditions. Contact the host school for updates.

CHAGRIN VALLEY CONFERENCE

Crossover

Harvey at Perry, 7:30

West Geauga at Wickliffe

PORTAGE TRAIL CONFERENCE

County Division

Garrettsville Garfield at Mogadore

Streetsboro at Woodridge

PREMIER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Eastlake North vs. Willoughby South at Classic Park, 7

NONLEAGUE

Akron Garfield at Mogadore

Amherst at Vermilion

Archbishop Hoban at Uniontown Lake, 5

Brush at Mayfield

Cardinal Mooney at Stow, 5

Chagrin Falls at Villa Angela-St. Joseph

Cleveland Central Catholic vs. Max Hayes at Gordon Park

Copley at Massillon Washington, 5

Garfield Heights at Orange

Gilmour Academy at Benedictine

Jackson at Green, 5

Ledgemont at Cornerstone Christian Academy

Lincoln West vs. Parma

Norton at Northwest

Norwalk at Elyria

Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin vs. Gilmour Academy at Classic Park, 4

Revere at Field

Rocky River at Fairview, 7

Villa Angela-St. Joseph at Chagrin Falls

Westlake at Lakewood, 7

SOFTBALL

Note: Games start at 4:30 unless noted and are subject to weather and field conditions. Contact the host school for updates.

CHAGRIN VALLEY CONFERENCE

Crossover

Harvey at Hawken

PREMIER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Eastlake North at Willoughby South, 8

NONLEAGUE

Akron Garfield at Massillon Washington, 5

Bristol at Garrettsville Garfield

Canal Fulton Northwest at Barberton

Cardinal at Lakeview

Firestone at Cuyahoga Falls

Gilmour Academy at Berkshire

Grand Valley at Cardinal (2), 11

Green at Louisville

Independence at Parma

Laurel at Chagrin Falls

Max Hayes at Andrews Osborne Academy

Norwalk at Elyria

Shaker Heights at Beaumont

St. Peter Chanel at Western Reserve Academy

St. Vincent-St. Mary at Archbishop Hoban

Uniontown Lake at Nordonia

TRACK

Berea Relays (Amherst, Berea, Brunswick, Chagrin Falls, Fairview, Lakewood, Normandy, North Ridgeville, North Royalton, Parma), 4:30

Beaumont at Dayton, TBA

Dick Beeler Invitational at Recreation Park (Gilmour Academy, Hawken, Lake Catholic, Wickliffe), 4

Lakeview Invitational (Cardinal, Lakeview), 9:30 a.m.

Mapleton Invitational (Keystone), 4

Margaretta Invitaional (Brookside, Margaretta, Midview), 4:30

Orange Relays (Orange, Stow), 4

Orrville Relays (Cloverleaf, Orrville), 5

Sandusky Invitational (Bay, Sandusky), 4

Wildcat Invitational at Mogadore (Garrettsville Garfield, Mogadore, Norton, Springfield), 3:45 Woodridge at Massillon Perry, 4:30

Baseball CHAGRIN VALLEY CONFERENCE

Baseball

CHAGRIN VALLEY CONFERENCE

Crossover

Beachwood340 44 --15 16 2

Harvey101 01 -- 3 5 5

B (13-3): Colson (W, 2-0). H (3-13): Basham (L, 0-3).

Notable: Siegal (B) 4-4, 3 R, 5 RBI, 2B, 3B.

Independence200 140 0-- 7 8 0

Kirtland201 000 0-- 3 7 1

I (16-2): Krolikowski (W, 4-0). K (11-6): Finkler (L, 2-2). HR: Wise (I), Artrip (I).

Notable: Artrip 2-4, RBI.

Metro Division

Cuyahoga Hts.015 103 3--13 0 0

Richmond Hts.001 010 0-- 2 0 0

CH (8-7, 2-6): Lowther (W, 3-2). RH (0-11, 0-7): Virant (L, 0-5).

Notable: Lowther 3-3, 3B, 2 RBI, CG, 14 K.

LAKE EFFECT CONFERENCE

Hearts for Jesus8(19)3 00 --30 15 0

St. Martin Porres000 00 -- 0 2 10

HJ (4-3): Hurst (W, 1-0). SP (1-8): Washington (L, 0-2).

Notable: Moreno (HJ) 3-4, 5 R, 2 RBI.

LAKE ERIE LEAGUE

Cleveland Hts.212 101 3--10 9 0

Maple Hts.000 000 0-- 0 1 5

CH (8-5, 7-3): Thompson (W, 2-0). MH: Alpaugh (L).

Notable: Stanich (CH) 4-4, 2 RBI, R, SB.

NORTH COAST LEAGUE

Crossover

Lake Catholic000 000 1-- 1 4 1

Holy Name200 001 0-- 3 5 1

LC (6-13): Jamison (L, 0-4). HN (9-9): Javor (W, 2-2).

Notable: Follina (HN) 2-3, 2 RBI.

White Division

VASJ057 000 3--15 15 1

Cle. Cent. Cath.002 402 0-- 8 9 2

NORTHEAST OHIO CONFERENCE

River Division

Elyria000 000 0-- 0 1 1

Strongsville313 002 x-- 9 11 1

E (6-10, 0-8): Victor (L, 1-1). S (11-8, 7-1): Reinhart (W, 3-1).

Notable: Reinhart 6 IP, 4K.

Crossover

Extra innings

Normandy010 000 00-- 1 4 2

Cuyahoga Falls120 000 1x-- 4 8 0

N (9-7): Kuzmiak (L, 1-2). CF (8-7): Shaw (W, 3-2).

Notable: Mack (CF) 2-1B, 2 R.

PATRIOT ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Stripes Division

Clearview000 24 -- 6 7 3

Brooklyn617 11 --16 12 0

C (9-10, 5-5): Engle (L, 3-1). B (6-8, 5-5): Baker (W, 2-2). HR: Arendt (C).

Notable: Sommers (B) 2-3, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 R, SB.

Fairview000 000 0-- 0 2 5

Lutheran West000 004 x-- 4 7 1

F (2-12, 1-8): Simko (L, 0-5). LW (10-5, 8-3): Kunze (W, 4-2).

Notable: McCartney (LW) 2-3, 2 RBI.

PREMIER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Chardon150 13 --10 8 2

Lakeside000 00 -- 0 4 4

C (8-8, 6-3): Ward (W, 1-1). L: Meola (L).

Notable: Bender (C) 2-2, 3 R, 2 RBI.

PRINCIPALS' ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

CVCA110 214 2--11 14 1

Manchester001 000 0-- 1 6 3

CVCA (9-8, 5-4): Griffiths (W). M: Maley (L). HR: Starcher (CVCA).

Notable: Miller (CVCA) 2B, 2-1B, R.

SENATE ATHLETIC LEAGUE

Collinwood402 309 (10)--28 14 4

John Adams102 601 1--11 7 3

SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE

Brecksville001 440 0-- 9 12 1

Olmsted Falls300 002 0-- 5 11 5

B: Fischer (W). OF: 3-15,1-9): Cobb (L, 0-1).

Notable: Carney (B) 3-5, 2-2B, 2 RBI.

North Olmsted300 209 --14 11 0

Midpark000 000 -- 0 4 5

NO (10-8): Novak (W). M (7-7): Charbat (L).

Notable: Novak 6 IP, 4K.

Westlake000 113 0-- 5 10 1

Berea011 202 x-- 6 9 1

W (10-9, 4-7): Lackner (L). B (2-15, 2-8): Barnhart (W, 1-0).

Notable: Harper (B) 1-1, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI.

SUBURBAN LEAGUE

Nordonia122 314 --13 16 2

Tallmadge000 101 -- 2 6 1

WEST SHORE CONFERENCE

Midview020 004 3-- 9 10 0

Bay000 000 0-- 0 5 0

M (11-5, 6-2): Stephenson (W, 2-1). B: Eaton (L). HR: Smith (M)

Notable: Smith 4-5, 2B, 8 RBI.

North Ridgeville000 030 0-- 3 3 2

Elyria Catholic023 002 x-- 7 10 2

NR (8-12, 4-6): Chalkwater (L, 2-3). EC (7-9, 3-5): Piazza (W, 3-1).

Notable: Piazza CG, 8K.

NONLEAGUE

Aurora003 010 0-- 4 9 2

Will. South000 000 0-- 0 4 4

A: Messner (W, 2-0). WS: Hulsman (L).

Notable: Thomas (A) 3-4, 3-1B, R, 3 RBI.

St. Edward020 000 0-- 2 7 3

Solon002 110 x-- 4 5 1

SE (7-8): Edwards (L). So (4-12): Heus (W, 1-1).

Notable: Heus 4.1 IP, 1-2, R, RBI.

Gilmour331 18 --16 14 2

Orange000 00 -- 0 2 4

GA (9-3): jRegalbauto (W, 3-1). O (2-12): Willen (L).

Notable: Dolan (GA) 3-4, 2-2B, 3 RBI.

Crestwood000 001 0-- 1 5 2

West Geauga200 200 x-- 4 5 2

C (3-14): Goss (L, 0-4). WG (9-6): Mazzurco (W, 2-1). S: Grazia.

Notable: Sigman (WG) 1-3, 2 RBI.

WRA000 013 --13 11 0

Kent Roosevelt000 10 -- 1 2 2

WRA (13-5): Jacobson (W, 2-0). KR (10-10): Bush (L, 0-2).

Notable: Mylott (WRA) 2-1B, 2 R, 3 RBI.

Late result

NORTHEAST OHIO CONFERENCE

River Division

Medina000 132 0-- 6 12 0

Elyria000 001 0-- 1 6 4

M: Sokolowski (W) 2-1). E: Allgood (L, 0-3).

Notable: Faschian (M) 2-3, R, 2 RBI.

Softball

CHAGRIN VALLEY CONFERENCE

Chagrin Division

Aurora103 130 0--8 12 1

West Geauga000 000 0--0 1 5

A: Doyle (W, 6-0): WG: Dayringer (L).

Notable: McNamara (A) 2-4, 2B, 4 RBI.

Crossover

Independence002 002 0--4 4 2

Kenston021 000 0--3 5 2

I: Sirna (W). K (3-19, 2-5): Palmer (L, 3-12).

LAKE ERIE LEAGUE

Cleveland Hts.050 701 --13 10 7

Maple Hts.230 011 -- 7 4 3

CH: Sollisch (W, 8-2). MH: Mans (L).

Notable: Moore (CH) 3-4, 4 RBI.

Warren Harding123 101 0--8 6 0

Euclid000 000 2--2 3 3

WH (14-3, 8-0): Stano (W). E (8-6, 6-3): Roberts (L, 7-5). HR: Roberts (E).

Notable: Chatmon (WH) 2-3, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI.

Warrensville000 20 -- 2 2 1

Lorain704 6x --17 12 1

WH: Jones (L). L: Henery (W). HR: Stoyka (L).

Notable: Lurry (L) 1B, 2B, 3B.

NORTH COAST LEAGUE

Warren JFK000 201 1-- 4 5 3

Chanel103 340 x--11 15 1

JFK: Kroll (L). SPC (6-5, 5-4): Vaarsho (W).

Notable: Koballa (SPC) 4-4, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI.

NORTHEAST OHIO CONFERENCE

Crossover

Brunswick010 001 0--2 4 1

Garfield Hts.100 110 x--3 6 2

B (13-8, 3-2): Bentler (L). GH (12-6, 4-1): Coyle (W, 8-1).

Notable: Kohn (GH) 2-3, 2 RBI.

Mentor101 000 3--5 7 0

Mayfield000 000 0--0 3 3

Me: Durfey (W). Ma (9-7, 4-2): Gaye (L, 7-4).

Notable: Kramer (Me) 2-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI.

River Division

Cuyahoga Falls000 00 -- 0 2 1

Solon130 06 --10 16 1

CF (4-12, 1-4): Fryberger (L, 4-9). S (11-5, 4-2): Maxson (W, 8-5). Confroy, 2 (S).

Notable: Sobocinski (S) 4-4 2-2B, 3 RBI.

PATRIOT ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Stripes Division

Brooklyn001 020 0--3 4 1

Clearview100 000 1--2 4 2

B (9-4, 7-1): Rivera (W, 9-2). C (13-8, 8-4): Kaya (L, 13-6). HR: Kaya (C).

Notable: Solgos (B) 2-2 2 R.

Columbia033 001 0--7 9 1

Oberlin200 000 0--2 3 1

C: Sedlock (W). O: Curtis-Campbell (L). HR: Kunath, 2 (C)

Notable: Kunath 6 RBI.

PORTAGE TRAIL CONFERENCE

Crossover

Mogadore101 200 1--5 8 3

Norton101 002 0--4 5 1

M: Barker (W). N: Robinson (L). HR: Barker (M).

Notable: Barker 2 RBI.

PREMIER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Chardon100 010 0--2 5 0

Riverside000 003 x--3 6 0

C (4-7, 1-5): Hunter (L). R (16-2, 5-2): Lynch (W, 12-2). HR: Havens (R); Kovacic (C).

Notable: Havens 2-3, R, 3 RBI.

SENATE ATHLETIC LEAGUE

Max Hayes342 -- 9 2 0

Lincoln West96(10) --25 5 2

MH: Brooks (L). LW (2-6, 2-3): M. Thomas (W, 1-3).

Notable: M. Thomas 2-2, 3 R, 5 RBI.

SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE

North Olmsted000 000 -- 0 1 2

Brecksville012 043 --10 15 1

NO (5-14, 0-9): LaRue (L, 2-7). B (16-3, 8-1): Frederick (W, 6-1). HR: Kimball (B)

Notable: Kimball 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI.

Olmsted Falls201 100 0--4 4 2

Midpark000 100 2--3 7 2

OF (8-7, 4-4): Edgehouse (W, 3-4). M (6-8, 4-5): Lasorella (L, 2-2).

Notable: Pierce (OF) 2-3, R, 2B.

Westlake100 000 0--1 6 3

Avon Lake100 113 x--6 8 1

W (9-9): Lew (L, 5-6). AL (16-1): Wennerberg (W, 12-1).

Notable: Balthaser (AL) 3-3, 3-1B.

WEST SHORE CONFERENCE

Bay000 100 0--1 5 2

Midview013 001 x--5 8 0

B (7-13, 2-8): Woodworth (L, 6-12). M (11-6, 6-1): Hamkler (W, 11-6).]

Notable: Haight (M) 2-1B, 3-SB, 2 RBI.

Elyria Catholic000 000 0--0 5 3

North Ridgeville220 121 x--8 12 0

EC: Bilameini (L). NR (12-5, 8-0): Helmink (W, 4-3). HR: Caraballo (NR)

Notable: Caraballo 3-3, 2B, BB, 4 R, 3 RBI.

Lakewood100 000 0--1 5 1

Vermilion200 111 x--5 5 0

L (1-13, 0-9): Kyasnicka (L). V (11-6, 6-3): Tucker (W, 8-5).

Notable: LaForce (V) 2-2, 3 R, BB, 5-SB.

Rocky River000 00 -- 0 5 2

Avon131 23 --10 11 1

RR (2-12, 2-8): Ihnot (L, 2-9). A (11-4, 7-0): Poling (W, 5-3).

Notable: Edwards (A) 3-4, 2 RBI.

NONLEAGUE

Arch.Hoban010 000 0--1 3 3

Can. Cent. Cath.000 000 2--2 5 1

AH (10-8): Sellers (L, 0-1). CCC (12-10): Miller (W, 3-1).

Notable: Miller 2-1B, GWRBI.

Cle. Cent. Cath.021 000 0-- 3 6 2

Saint Joseph Ac.402 104 x--11 9 2

CCC: Guidaitas (L, 3-2). SJA: Murphy (W, 1-3). HR: Roso.

Notable: Roso 2-2, 2 RBI, 2 R.

Will. South421 30 --10 10 1

Lakeside000 00 -- 0 1 4

WS (809, 4-3): Hodge (W, 1-0). AL (1-9, 0-4): Leonard (L).

Notable: Schabroni (WS) 2-4, 2R, 3 RBI

Extra innings

L.Cath.100 002 000 0 03--6 13 4

Mag.000 010 200 000--3 13 1

Mooney000 000 -- 0 1 5

SVSM221 221 --10 11 0

CM (4-11): Penza (L, 4-6). SVSM (5-5): Hoffman (W, 3-3).

Notable: Hoffman 8K, 0 ER.

Our Lady Elms300 500 1--9 0 0

Woodridge201 000 0--3 0 0

OLE: Schkkuupholm (W, 1-0). W (5-13): Schneider (L, 5-11).

Notable: Collins (OLE) 2-2B, 2 R.

Firestone100 120 1--5 4 2

Revere303 102 x--9 7 1

F (7-8): Skeans (L, 5-5). R (11-9): Edel (W, 1-0). HR: Roose (R).

Notable: Staats (R) 1B, 2B, RBI.

Gilmour1100 21 --14 9 0

WRA000 00 -- 0 3 8

WRA (0-8): Gibbons (L, 0-5).

Extra innings

Py. Valley000 010 02--3 7 1

Cardinal000 001 00--1 4 2

PV (7-7): M. Stech (W). C (3-8): Lechene (L, 1-3).

Notable: Mann (PV) 2-2B, RBI.

Padua000 000 -- 0 1 4

Cuyahoga Hts.060 112 --10 9 0

P: Campagna (L). CH (21-2): Chopka (W, 19-1).

Notable: Swanson (CH) 2-3, 2 R, SB, RBI.

VASJ000 10 -- 1 3 0

Shaker Heights743 2x --16 8 5

VASJ: St. Smith (L). SH (2-11): M. Wang (W, 2-7).

Notable: E. Bal (SH) 3-1B, 4 R.

Medina002 000 1-- 3 7 4

Walsh Jesuit013 231 x--10 12 3

M (1-6): Holzman (L, 2-2). WJ (16-3): Navratil (W, 5-0). HR: Anter (WJ).

Notable: Ammar (WJ) 3-4, 3-1B, 2 R, 2 RBI.

Valley Forge305 16 --15 17 0

Akron Garfield000 00 -- 0 0 2

VF (4-10): Zoltai (W, 2-5). AG: Musicic (L). HR: Fritz (VF).

Harvey110 103 2--8 10 5

Chagrin Falls000 200 3--5 3 4

Copley000 010 0--1 1 2

Hudson204 000 x--6 11 2

C: Gallien (L). H: Dorr (W).

Notable: Coleman (H) 2 RBI.

Late result

NONLEAGUE

Barberton003 000 1--4 6 1

St. Joseph Academy000 000 0--0 2 4

B: Kaisk (W, 11-1). SJA: Heffernan (L, 4-8). HR: Kaisk (B)

Notable: Kaisk (B) 3 RBI.

Boys track

Late result

Westlake 76, Avon Lake 47

Shot put: Seiple (AL) 51' 1" Discus: Seiple (AL) 152' 6" High Jump: Kallash (W) 5'10 Long Jump: Hardy (W) 18' 7 1/4" Pole Vault: Sedlak(W) 12-0 4x800: (G.Kelly, L. Kelly, B. Hood, Squeri)(W) 8:30. 110m H: Novel (W) 16.1 100m: Keppler(W) 11.4 4x200: (Snyder, Ohm, Sharp, Novotny) (AL) 1:37.0. 1600: Arora (AL:) 4:42 4x100: (Hardy, Novel, Moore, Keppler)(W) 46.0 400:Squeri (W) 51.7 300H: Thaxton (W) 44.0 800: G. Kelly (W) 2:03 200: Keppler(W) 23.5 3200: Milovich(W) 10:45 4x400: (L. Kelly, B.Hood, G. Kelly, Squeri(W) 3:32.

Girls track

Late results

Amherst 1151/2, Midpark 241/2, Berea 21

100H: Moore (A)-16.1. 100: Champe (A)-13.1. 4x200:A (Vestla, Hill, Sands,Stuckart)-1:49.1. 1600:Vince (A)-5:23.9. 4x100: A (Hill, Hicks, Stuckart, Shagovac)-51.01. 400: Champe (A)58.35. 300H: Moore (A)-46.2. 800: Schenk (A)-2:31.6. 200: Champe (A)-26.18. 3200: Hauck (A)-14:47. 4x400: A (Sands, Szivan, Shagovac, Champe)-4:05.5. SP: Dignan (B)-26-10. D: Young (A)-80-51/2. HJ: Kasper (A)-5-2. LJ: Kasper (A)-15-9. PV: Marken (M)-9.

Euclid 60, Cleveland Hts. 75

Shot put: Harris (E) 36-1. Discus: Harris (E) 88-2. High jump: Moore (E) 4-8. Long jump: Seodman (CH) 15-4 Pole vault: Creer (E) 7-6. 4x800: E (Bell, Herron, Felder, Conger) 10:51.3. 110H: Agaja (CH) 16.2. 100: Abshaw (CH) 12.6. 4x200:E (Davis, Cook, Creer, Jackson) 1:48.9. 1,600: Conger (E) 5:54. 4x100: (E) (Campbell, Cook, Creer, Jacksony) 51.4. 400: Osullivan (CH) 62.4 300H: Walker (56.2). 800:Bell (CH) 2:38 200:Kidd (CH) 16.7. 3,200: Preston (H) 14:00.0. 4x400: E (Davis, Bell, Mirra, Creer) 4:34.1.

Boys tennis

Aurora 5, West Geauga 0

Singles: Adsit d. Hanson 6-1, 6-0; Shatakhin d.Drockton 6-0, 6-1; Sender d. Wenger 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles: Wilson/Bunka d. Douglas/Georgevich 7-5, 6-3; Mandava/Jayakumar d. Gaeitjens/Onderdonk 6-0, 6-2.

Copley 4, Mayfield 1

Singles: Fukamachi (M) def Pennington 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Ong (C) def Dalessandro 6-0, 6-1; Du (C) dec Dixit 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles: Aten/Aten def Elliott/Gagliardo 6-0, 6-0; Alzema/Alzema def. Gladkiy/Curtin 6-0, 6-1.

CVCA 4, Gilmour 1

Singles; Noall (G) d Knowles (CV) 6-1, 6-1; Andrews (CV) d Hurt 6-0, 6-2; Dietrich (CV) won by default.

Doubles: Holloway / Petrinec (CV) d Shapiro / Younker 6-0, 6-0; Punka / Corpora (CV) d Zhang / Marusic 6-3, 6-0.

Elyria 4, Rocky River 1

Singles: Baxley (RR) d. Emilio 6-2, 6-0; Behmer d. Roth 6-1, 7-6; Elyria by ff.

Doubles: Tolson/Melendez d. Berry/Seffernick 6-3, 6-2; McCormick/Flowers d. Adbelhamid/ Shafqaat-Ashia 6-2, 7-5.

Hudson 3, WRA 2

Singles: Sutton(W) d. Boslet 6-3,6-1;MacPherson(W) d. Polifrone 6-4,6-2;Wolowiecki(H) d. Brock Sutton 6-2,6-0.

Doubles: Kemper/Tiemann(H) d. Theweissen/Mehta 6-4,6-2; Basu/Graham(H) d. Zhu/McLaughlin 4-6,6-3,6-2.

Medina 3, Twinsburg 2

Singles: Liebler d. Doherty 6-2, 6-4; Varney d. Liflyandchick 6-4, 6-3; Yoder d. Whitney 6-3 6-1.

Doubles: Khoncarly/Shinhearl (T) d. Bachir/Martinez 6-4, 6-1; Peketi/Krishnan (T) d. King/Pazgan-Lorenzo 6-2, 6-3.

Midview 4, Fairview 1

Singles: K. Grou (M) d. DeRosa 6-1, 6-0; J. Grou (M) d. Cajka 7-5, 6-1; Jones (F) d. Andre de la Porte 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.

Doubles: Wynne/Priddy (M) d. Arnold/M. Hom 6-4, 7-5; Schmidt/Booner (M) d. Hobt/G. Hom 7-6(4), 6-3.

North Royalton 3, Avon 2

Singles: Mostardi (A) d. Anand 6-1, 6-0; Soster (NR) d. Robbins 4-6, 6-4, 11-9; Peterjohn (NR) d. Baskar 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Badt/Nicklaus (A) d. Marsh/Patel 3-6, 6-1, 7-10; Clegg/Hajovsky (NR) d. Alexander/Burger 6-0, 6-2.

Norton 4, Manchester 1

Singles: Pohelia (M) def Caynor 1-6, 6-4, 6-4; M. Jevric (N) def C. Coben 6-2, 6-0; Milich (N) def K. Coben 6-0, 7-5.

Doubles: K. May/Ra. Roland (N) def B. Coben/Mundy 6-2, 6-2; Ri. Roland/J. Jevric (N) def Wilson/Daniels 6-0, 6-0.

St. Ignatius 5, University School 0

Singles: Griffin (I) d Stroup 6-4, 6-1; Zuber (I) d Gillinov 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(5); Frebes (I) d Babcox 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Boakye/Fehn (I) d Hribar/Cha 6-4, 6-1; Siciliano/Kirchner (I) d C Hara/Shome 6-0, 6-1.

Strongsville 4, Lakewood 1

Singles: Bringman(S) d. Mezin 6-4, 7-5; Arney(S) d. Carlson 6-2, 6-7, 6-1; Jha(S) d. Levis 6-0, 6-4.

Doubles: Brinich/Northrop(L) d. Hayak/Dahman 6-7, 6-1, 6-1; Tomcko/Cendroski (S) d. Khan/Figueiredo 6-3, 6-2.

Tallmadge 3, Green 2

Singles: Saunders (G) d. Sibit 6-1, 6-2; Blatt (T) d. Jasso 6-4, 7-6; Kelly (T) d. Cozby 6-3, 7-5.

Doubles: Clark/Ward (T) d. Lampner/Fehr 6-2, 3-6, 7-6; Moresea/Hammes (G) d. Matos/Sgro 6-0. 3-6, 7-5.

Wickliffe 3, Kirtland 2

Singles: Burkett(W) d. Fries 6-3, 6-2; Baker(K) d. Formica 6-4, 6-2; Bragalone(K) d. Lanese 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles: Sheredy/Keiter(W) d. Schngen/Mitchell 6-1, 6-3; Patel/Pate(W) d. Householder/Heckman 6-3, 6-2.

Late results

Erie Prep 4, University School 1

Singles: Ward d. Gillinov 6/2,6/1; Prenovitz d. Cha 6/3,6/4; Estes d. Babcox 6/4,6/3.

Doubles: Hribar/Stroup (U) d. Dinger/Prichard 4/6,6/2,6/2; Prichard/Clark d. Hata/Shome 6/2,7/6.

St. Edward 3, Avon Lake 2

Singles: Williams (SE) def Villari 6-4, 6-0; Meyer (SE) def Rice 6-0, 6-3; Dubusker (SE) def Chase 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Wright/O'Neil (AL) def Wasilko/Ryan 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; El Ashi/Stonecipher (AL) def Sing/Nahra 6-2, 6-1.

Wadsworth 4, Barberton 1

Singles: Fisher (B) d. Salem 7-5, 6-1; Corbett d. Leise 6-1, 6-1; Croghan d. Barbati 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Hanna/Fergusson d. Griffith/Stokes 6-4, 6-3; Berlin/McDevitt d. Schumm/Richards 6-0, 6-2.

Boys lacrosse

Archbishop Hoban 14, Lake Catholic 8

AH): Pereira 6, Gutbrod 3, Jenkins 3, Merle 2. LC: Hogan 4, Duffy 3, Fulino.

Goalies: AH, Redle (10 saves); LC, Bertone (19).

Benedictine 13, CVCA 8

B (7-2): Alexandersen 4, Rosace 3, Cancellierre 2, Kleindienst, D. Robinson, Gedetsis, Judy. CVCA: Butler 5, Hesey, Spires, Majoe.

Goalies: B, Musarra (9 saves); CVCA, Sruitt (17).

Girls lacrosse

Late result

Wooster 19, Archbishop Hoban 9

W (9-2): MacMillan 6, Shadley 5, Stokes 2, Rickett, Angert, Arnholt, Blythe, Sweeney, Peabody. AH (2-9): Donatelli 4, Kaczmarcyk 2, Lauterjung2, Goosmann.

Goalies: W, Rickert (15 saves); AH, Durkin (16x).

Indians host Minnesota. NHL and NBA playoffs continue.

CLEVELAND, Ohio

Today's TV and radio sports listings

AUTO RACING

Noon Aarons 312 qualifying, ESPN2

2 p.m. Aarons 499 practice, Speed Channel

3:30 p.m. Aarons 499 Happy Hour Series, Speed Channel

5 p.m. International Motorsports Hall of Fame 250, Speed Channel

BASEBALL

Noon LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS at Peoria, AM/1330

7:05 p.m. Bowie at AKRON AEROS, AM/1350

7:05 p.m. Minnesota at CLEVELAND INDIANS, SportsTime Ohio; AM/1100; FM/100.7

8 p.m. Boston at Texas, MLB Network

BOXING

10 p.m. Francisco Vargas vs. Jose Aguiniga, Fox Sports Ohio

COLLEGE BASEBALL

7 p.m. Alabama vs. Mississippi State, ESPNU

10 p.m. Stanford vs. Arizona State, ESPNU

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

7 p.m. Michigan State at Wisconsin, Big Ten Network

GOLF

9 a.m. China Open (tape), Golf Channel

12:30 p.m. Kingsmill Championship, Golf Channel

3 p.m. Wells Fargo Championship, Golf Channel

7:30 p.m. Insperity Championship (tape), Golf Channel

HORSE RACING

5 p.m. Kentucky Oaks, NBCSN

NBA FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFFS

7 p.m. New York at Boston, ESPN

7 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, ESPN2

9:30 Oklahoma City at Houston, ESPN

9:30 L.A. Clippers at Memphis, ESPN2

NHL FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFFS

7 p.m. Game 2, N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, NBCSN

7 p.m. Game 2, Ottawa at Montreal, CNBC

9:30 p.m. Game 2, Minnesota at Chicago, NBCSN

10 p.m. Game 2, San Jose at Vancouver, CNBC

Ryan Raburn is no stranger to hitting home runs in streaks. He's just never done it in an Indians uniform.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When Ryan Raburn said he hits home runs in bunches, he was telling the truth. He's just never hit them in such big bunches.

On Monday and Tuesday, against the Royals and Phillies, Raburn went 7-for-8 with four homers and seven RBI. He hit two homers against the Royals and two more against the Phillies. When the Indians won their fourth straight with a 6-0 Wednesday win over the Phillies to complete a two-game sweep, Raburn was a bit off. He went 4-for-5 with two RBI, but no homers.

Raburn, including his ninth-inning single in the second game of Sunday's day-night doubleheader against the Royals, has 12 hits in 14 at-bats with four homers and nine RBI. The streak has taken his average from .195 to .364.

Want to hear something crazy? If the Indians had their full lineup available, Raburn would have never gotten a chance to go on that run and he probably wouldn't be in the starting lineup Friday when the Twins come to Progressive Field.

The Indians signed Raburn to a minor-league deal on Jan. 21 after Detroit released him on Nov. 20. He was signed specifically to be a bench player, play second and third base and right and left field.

"When I was hired, [GM] Chris Antonetti and I were talking that first day about players," said manager Terry Francona. "I knew Raburn had a rough year last season. But Chris and I agreed that if Detroit took him off the roster, we should go after him. We called him right away."

Francona liked Raburn's swing because it was short and compact. Francona felt he could keep it in working order while spending time on the bench. But with right fielder Drew Stubbs playing center in place of injured Michael Bourn and Nick Swisher out with a sore left shoulder, there have been more opportunities.

"Everybody wants to play every day," said Raburn, when he officially made the club at the end of March. "You have to understand your role. I've been a bench guy for a while. It takes more than 25 guys to win a championship."

Raburn, who came to spring training on a non-guaranteed contract, announced his presence quickly by hitting home runs in his first three Cactus League at-bats. Swisher was so impressed that one morning he pulled on Raburn's jersey and announced to the clubhouse, "I want to hit some bombs, too."

Raburn finished spring training hitting .341 with five homers and 12 RBI. When the Indians added him to the roster, his $1 million contract became official.

It was not the first time Raburn has led with his bat. He was Detroit's starting second baseman in 2012 after hitting seven spring homers. But the year quickly turned bad, as he hit .171 (35-for-205) with one homer and 12 RBI. Raburn spent time on the disabled list with injuries to his right thumb and right quadriceps muscle.

"Last year was a bad year," he said. "I had some injuries and a slow start."

From 2009-11, Raburn averaged 15 homers a season for Detroit and never had more than 387 at-bats. Numbers like that from a reserve player make teams contenders, but when the power stopped, he was out of a job.

Raburn made it back and so did his power. His first of two homers Monday night against the Royals ended a homerless streak of 153 at-bats.

"When I hit home runs, I tend to hit them in bunches," he said.

• In 2009, when he hit 16 homers in 261 at-bats, Raburn twice hit homers in three straight starts: May 15-20 and Aug. 20-21. From Sept. 20-22, he hit homers in two straight games.

• In 2010, when he hit 15 homers in 317 at-bats, Raburn twice hit four homers in a five-game stretch: Aug. 11-16 and Aug. 29-Sept. 3.

• In 2011, when he hit 14 homers in 387 at-bats, Raburn connected in two consecutive starts April 20 and 22 and two in three starts Sept. 12-14.

"This year I'm trying to just have fun," said Raburn. "I'm going to have good days and bad days. The team they built here, it's easy to have fun with these guys."

Here's some of the best races held on the first Saturday in May.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For at least one day every year, horse racing regains the American sports spotlight when the Kentucky Derby provides its 120 seconds of adrenaline.

Here are some of the most memorable, or notable, races of the past.

In 2006, Barbaro captured the fans' love with a dominating finish.

In 1999, Charismatic and jockey Chris Antley stormed down the stretch.

In 1990, Unbridled was an 11-1 shot that came through.

Meanwhile, trainer Carl Nafzger provided owner Frances Genter with a stretch call to remember.

In 1986, Bill Shoemaker's last Derby victory, on Ferdinand, was trainer Charlie Whittingham's first.

In 1980, Genuine Risk was the second filly to win the roses, the first since 1915.

In 1979, Affirmed -- with 18-year-old Steve Cauthen in the saddle -- triumphed to open the last Triple Crown campaign.

In 1948, Citation, with Eddie Arcaro, won the Derby on the way to a Triple Crown sweep that wouldn't be matched for 23 years.

Until, of course, Secretariat came along.

Will there be a race Saturday that takes its place among the best at Churchill Downs?

ThistleDown's horsemen have been keeping an eye on the Kentucky Derby field, and a few were willing to share their picks for today's the run for the Roses.

Exercise rider Humberto Zamora rides Kentucky Derby entrant Verrazano for a workout Friday morning at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Saturday will be the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby. David Goldman | Associated Press 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The horsemen at ThistleDown Racino will gather around the North Randall track's television sets Saturday for the Kentucky Derby. A few have shared opinions on which horse they think will win the Run for the Roses.

Here's a small selection of their choices:

Tim Hamm: The noted owner, breeder and trainer says he's picking with his heart. Hamm has a soft spot for Mandy Pope of Florida's Whisper Hill Farm, half-owner of Kentucky Derby hopeful Mylute, and not only because he trains a half-dozen of her horses. Hamm said Mylute ran big in the Louisiana Derby, finishing second to Revolution, and has the right stuff to win the big one with female jockey Rosie Napravnik aboard. 

Pat Ellsworth: ThistleDown's racing secretary calls unbeaten Verrazano a freakishly talented thoroughbred that reminds him of Big Brown. Ellsworth thinks Orb is the horse that Verrazano has to be beat, and likes Itsmyluckyday as the long shot special.

• The starting field for Saturday's race

Tony Rini: Outstanding jockey and trainer Rini, who has ridden in two Kentucky Derbys and won the Ohio Derby, wasn't impressed by Verrazano in the Wood Memorial. Rini does like Normandy Invasion, a hard-charging second to Verrazano. When Normandy Invasion came on at the end, Rini called it a Kentucky Derby calibre performance.

Gary King: The trainer feels that others are trying to find something wrong with Verrazano, but not him. King has been impressed by Verrazano for doing what has been needed to keep winning, and being saved for the big dance. King expects Verrazano will kick it into overdrive today.

Benny Feliciano: The veteran trainer has only seen Verrazano in action, a win in the Tampa Bay Derby. But Feliciano really likes what he's seen, and thinks heralded trainer Todd Pletcher will have Verrazano at the top of his game.

Startin Something with Deshawn Parker in the saddle dominated a nine-horse field to win the 8th annual $50,000 Dr. T.F. Classen Memorial Stakes in her season debut.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Jockey Deshawn Parker let Isadella and Deniro's Saint battle it out early before asking his smooth-running Startin Something to show her speed heading into the final turn in the eighth annual $50,000 Dr. T.F. Classen Memorial Stakes at ThistleDown Racino on Friday.

Under sunny spring skies, Startin Something responded by cruising to victory in her season debut. It was Startin Something's second straight win in the Classen Memorial, a six- furlong test for Ohio-bred fillies and mares three years old and older.

The five-year-old bay daughter of Musical Dreamer has won 60 percent of her Thistledown starts, six victories in 10 career outings for trainer Tim Hamm of North Jackson, Ohio. Startin Something was in the money in eight of 11 outings in 2012, notching five victories for Hamm's Blazing Meadows Farm. She pushed her career earnings to $409,995.

"Startin Something broke so well coming out of the starting gate, and that really set up the race," said Hamm. "My only fear had been that she might break badly from the gate and have to run real wide, causing her to lose a little confidence. When the other two horses went for the lead and Parker settled here in nicely in third, I couldn't have asked for more."

Isadella raced to the quarter-mile in 22.88 and hit the half-mile in 46.46 with Deniro's Saint on her outside. That's when Startin Something took over, blasting down the stretch to clock the six furlongs in 1:12.02.

Parker simply stalked the two front-runners until Startin Something took a head lead in the final turn. Isadella fought back while Deniro's Saint faded to fourth. Startin Something opened up a 2 1/2-length lead at the wire to pay $3.80, 3.40 and 2.20.

Isadella hung on for second, $4.60 and $3.20, while I'm Kiddin moved up to third, another 2 1/4 lengths behind, to pay $3.20.

"Startin Something ran super for her first race of the year, covering ground well," said Hamm. "She's becoming a very steady performer."

The red-hot Indians look for their 5th straight win tonight as the Twins come to town for a three-game series. The Tribe has outscored opponents 39-5 during its current win streak. Get updates from Progressive Field and post your comments during the game tonight.

The red-hot Indians look for their 5th straight win tonight as the Twins come to town for a three-game series. The Tribe has outscored opponents 39-5 during its current win streak. Get updates from Progressive Field and post your comments during the game tonight.

Game 26: Indians (12-13) vs. Twins (12-12)

First pitch: 7:05 p.m. at Progressive Field

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Ohio State will play three Big Ten night games in 2013. Remembering past incidents of "midnight madness" on deadline, I speak for my newspaper colleagues when I say, "Yikes!"

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- "Whaddaya think?" asked Paul Hoynes, this newspaper's Indians beat man. He looked worried.

"Hoynsie, God will not do this to us," I said.

I am not sure the Almighty is overly concerned about baseball. Otherwise, how do you explain the New York Yankees? But God works in mysterious ways. So does night baseball.

All the mysteries unfolded on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2001 in a night game between the Indians and the Seattle Mariners at Jacobs Field. The Indians, after trailing, 12-0, in the third inning and 14-2 in the fifth, had scored three runs in the seventh and four in the eighth. The Tribe was now coming to bat in the ninth down only 14-9.

In that inning, the Indians were down to their last strike three times, but they lived to rally on. Omar Vizquel's two-out, three-run triple just inside the first-base bag tied it at 14.

I shouted no imprecations at the time. Nor did I even mutter, "Why me?" But only because there was no time.

Hoynes and I have fun jobs. We know that. But no matter how many times you've done it, the fear of a night-game deadline debacle is still there. It's hard to cope with a game that does a sudden U-turn late at night. When deadline's winged chariot is hurrying near, it leaves in its wake yawning sinkholes of scrambled facts and mangled syntax, while panicked reporters try to climb out of the abyss.

Because the Indians were so far behind, I had been keeping score haphazardly, while buffing and polishing a spirited essay on the poor outing of starter Dave Burba. Charged with seven runs in "two-plus" innings, he faced three men in the third, all of whom got hits. Then he was sent to the showers.

That column never ran because the Indians won, 15-14, in 11 innings. It was the first time in 76 years that a team overcame a 12-run deficit to win.

Sidebar reporter Tim Warsinskey helped me out by relaying the key Tribe hits in the seventh and eighth innings. I had missed some of them because I was still betting on the Burba horse to make it to the finish line as the appropriate column topic.

After a half-hour of wholesale cutting and desperate rewriting, then a charge to the clubhouse for quotes and back to the press box to plug them in, I knew deadline ruin had been avoided by the thinnest of margins. If Vizquel hadn't been stranded at third in the ninth after his triple, if the Indians had won it then and there, my column simply wouldn't have run. The Burba angle couldn't have been rewritten in time for the print edition, although nowadays it would be available online later. As it was, the extra innings extended the game and our deadline, too.

View full sizeDevin Smith (catching a TD pass from Braxton Miller) and the Buckeyes put on a scoring display in a 52-49 primetime victory over Indiana last fall. But it wasn't the greatest experience for reporters.Adam Cairns, Columbus Dispatch 

A nightmare avoided in baseball can always be realized in football, however. This thought occurred when Ohio State released its 2013 schedule, which includes three night Big Ten games vs. Wisconsin, at Northwestern, vs. Penn State. Bet on Ohio State-Michigan being a night game too someday -- and sooner, rather than later. TV money talks. So does increased exposure for recruiting.

This is treacherous territory. Nearly four years ago, I composed an online blog about a column on the USC-Ohio State game that had the wrong angle, explaining how I got stuck with it.

It almost happened in Ohio State's 52-49 football victory at Indiana last season. Everything I had written was predicated on a lopsided victory because the Buckeyes led, 52-34, in the last five minutes.

After a Hoosiers' touchdown drive against a prevent defense, a recovered onside kick, another quick touchdown drive, and a 2-point conversion, the margin was only three points as the reeling Buckeyes went out to face another onside kick. Just over a minute remained on the clock.

I sat frozen in the press box, like a cobra's quarry, immobilized by fear. Beat man Doug Lesmerises, his story on the "victory" already filed, was on the sideline, readying for the locker room quote scramble.

Had Indiana recovered ... Wait, wait! The Hoosiers didn't, but only because Ohio State's Philly Brown ran down the ball after the kicker chipped it over his head and sent it skittering toward the Buckeyes' goal-line.

During the 1993 World Series, featuring its own 15-14 late-night horror show, an Air Canada flight attendant chatted with Hoynes and me as we settled into our seats.

"Are you Blue Jays fans?" she asked.

"No," I said.

"Phillies fans?" she asked.

"No," Hoynes said.

"We're sportswriters," said the Baltimore Sun's John Eisenberg from across the aisle. "We root for quick games."

A productive batting practice session on Friday should lead to Nick Swisher's return to the lineup Saturday for the Indians.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Nick Swisher, who did not start his third straight game Friday because of a sore left shoulder, is expected to be in the lineup Saturday afternoon when the Indians play the second of a three-game series against the Twins.

Swisher had hoped to return as a starter Friday, but manager Terry Francona decided it was better that he rest one more day. Swisher is available to pinch hit.

"He was getting treatment Thursday, and we kind of walked through it a little bit,'' Francona said. "The more I talked to him, the more I was like, 'You know, instead of putting a Band-Aid on something that maybe we can completely erase, let's come out and take BP and work yourself back into it.

"He didn't put up a big fuss, so I think it's probably a good way to do it.''

Swisher took batting practice in the afternoon. He swung hard and launched pitches from both sides of the plate. He did not throw.

"We didn't take these last few days off to get better, then blow back out again,'' Swisher said. "You want to get this thing behind you, put it in the rear-view mirror, and get back in. Besides, these boys have been doing pretty good.''

The Tribe entered Friday on a four-game winning streak.

The Indians think Swisher's shuttling between right field and first base caused the shoulder to bark. Swisher said he will have no problem continuing to be versatile.

"I've been doing it my whole career, fellas,'' he said. "I've been the guy who always bounces around from the outfield to first base to DH. It's kind of my gig. This year, we have so many guys who can get in the lineup. If (I can) bounce around, it gives all those other guys chances to get in that lineup and do their thing.

"I came here to win. Whatever we need to do to win, I'm all for.''

Swisher maintains there have been no setbacks. Asked to describe the nature of the problem, Swisher smiled and said: "Just a sore shoulder.''

Swisher's return Saturday likely will be as DH against Twins right-hander Kevin Correia. Swisher might play first, but he will not play right field.

Bourn update: Francona, in his meeting with reporters before batting practice, said a "big step'' for center fielder Michael Bourn would be the BP session Bourn was about to take. Bourn has been on the disabled list since April 15 because of a lacerated right index finger that required five stitches.

After BP, Bourn said the finger was "feeling pretty good.'' He said he expects soreness, but that is normal. Bourn said he plans to repeat the BP work Saturday. If he gets through without incident, a rehab assignment of several games follows.

Myers update: Right-hander Brett Myers, on the disabled list since April 20 because of elbow inflammation, has resumed throwing. Francona said Myers threw 30-35 times at distances up to 60 feet Friday.

He's back: It has been a whirlwind few days for outfielder Ezequiel Carrera. On Monday, he traveled to Cleveland with the Phillies, who had an off-day before a two-game series at Progressive Field.

On Tuesday, the Phillies designated Carrera for assignment when they activated Delmon Young. Carrera drove to his residence in Columbus. On Thursday, the Indians claimed Carrera off waivers after they optioned right-hander Trevor Bauer to Class AAA Columbus.

Carrera was in a reserve role Friday.

"It's definitely a surprise to be here again,'' he said. "I'm happy for the opportunity.''

Carrera, presumably providing depth until Bourn returns, was cut by the Indians out of spring training. He had played for the Tribe for parts of the previous two seasons. The Phillies claimed him April 2, and he went 1-for-13.

"We knew that, if we didn't keep him on our team, there was a good possibility we'd lose him,'' Francona said. "That happened. Now we have a chance to get him back. This is a guy who's come through the organization, a guy the Indians developed, so having him back is great. ... He can play all three outfield positions, obviously brings speed, and is a left-handed bat. He complements us really well.''

Streaking: Reliever Joe Smith entered with four hits allowed in 8 2/3 innings of 10 appearances. He had struck out 11.

Smith was one of three major leaguers with at least 10 appearances and zero runs given up. Relievers James Russell of the Cubs (15) and Matt Reynolds of Arizona (14) were the others. Royals reliever Aaron Crow was at zero runs through nine games.

Smith had not given up a run since Sept. 16 of last season (one inning, three runs vs. Detroit). He closed 2012 with eight scoreless appearances, giving up three hits and striking out seven in 7 1/3 innings.

The Giambino: A five-photo sequence of Jason Giambi's dive into first base against the Phillies last Tuesday adorned a wall outside the clubhouse. Giambi signed one of photos.

Giambi, 42, has no problem with his teammates ribbing him over the dive, which resulted in an infield single.

"It's all part of being a team,'' he said. "It's just validation of the chemistry we're building in here.''

Jason Campbell, signed as a free agent in March, will be given a legitimate chance to win the starting job.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Jason Campbell is helping Brandon Weeden, but also will be given a fair shot to beat him out.  

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Backup quarterback Jason Campbell will be given a legitimate shot to beat out Brandon Weeden for the starting job, and the competition between the two is more than just lip service, league sources said.

That's one of the main reasons the Browns have been reluctant during the off-season to tout Weeden as their guy for 2013.

On the final day of the recent NFL Draft, when asked if not drafting a QB meant the Browns were committed to Weeden, head coach Rob Chudzinski said: "I feel good about the group. How all that plays out, we'll see and know in time. I'm excited about Brandon and the progress he's made thus far, learning the system to the point we are right now, which is still very early.

"I've also been pleased with Jason [Campbell] and the role he's taken on being there.

"We want to give these guys every opportunity to succeed and give Brandon, since you are asking about him specifically, every opportunity to succeed."

Pressed on whether the team is moving forward with Weeden as the intended starter, Chudzinski said: "We're going to proceed as we're proceeding right now."

"Brandon is getting the reps with the first team and working with the first group. A lot of this will remain to be seen when we get into pads and we get into real football instead of the football where you run around in shorts on air."

Chudzinski's remarks were consistent with what he said during the Browns' voluntary minicamp April 16-18, in which Weeden took the first-team reps.

Campbell, who heads into camp as the clear No. 2, had other options in free agency but signed with the Browns because they provided him with the best opportunity to return to a starting role. And his contract includes plenty of incentives and escalators if he lands the job.

He signed a two-year deal worth $3.75 million, including $500,000 guaranteed. His base salaries are $1.5 million in 2013 and $2.25 million in 2014. But if he plays 65 percent to 79 percent of the snaps in 2013, he'll receive an extra $350,000 this year and $2 million more in 2014. And if he plays at least 80 percent of the snaps, the incentive for 2013 increases to $800,000.

(The escalators include an extra $500,000 in 2014 for 30 percent of the snaps, $1 million for 40 percent and $1.5 million for 50 percent.)

And even though Campbell is a willing mentor for Weeden, he's determined to regain the starting status he had in 2011 before former Browns linebackers Chris Gocong and Scott Fujita converged on him and broke his collarbone in a 24-17 Raiders victory Oct. 16. Campbell had led the Raiders to a 4-2 start that season and was one of the most talked-about quarterbacks in the NFL.

But the Raiders traded for Carson Palmer, and Campbell became expendable. He signed a one-year deal with the Bears last season to back up Jay Cutler and try to get his career back on track, but losing the starting job in Oakland still sticks in his craw.

"I was off to the best season of my career," Campbell said at minicamp. "To wake up and find out about the trade [for Palmer] and know I wasn't starting anymore, it was a tough pill to swallow."

Campbell, a ninth-year pro, has been respectful of Weeden's incumbent status and has been careful not to step on any toes.

"It's not about egos and things like that," he said. "I'm going to help Brandon as much as possible, but at the same time, I'm going to push him and compete and help the guys around us continue to get better, because if you win as a team, life is good for everybody."

One edge that Campbell, 31, has in the competition is the fact that he's spent four years in an offense very similar to the so-called "numbers" scheme that Chudzinski and offensive coordinator Norv Turner will run here. In his two years as a starter in the scheme in Oakland, Campbell went 11-7, with 19 touchdowns, 12 interceptions and an 84.3 quarterback rating.

"I feel I was really taking off, really blossoming, really having an opportunity to control the line of scrimmage and see some things and change a couple plays here and there based off what I've seen before and having experience in that offense," he said during his introductory conference call here.

Chudzinski indicated at the NFL owners meetings in March that this season would be more than just building on 2012 for Weeden.

"For Brandon, it will be different because he's learning a brand-new system," the coach said. "So in some ways, he'll be approaching it like he had to as a rookie."

The Browns also are tinkering with Weeden's mechanics, speeding up his footwork and reducing his ball-patting habit. Browns CEO Joe Banner has said Weeden will be given every opportunity to succeed, but the new regime did not draft him and has no allegiance to him. Also, Weeden will turn 30 in October and doesn't have three years to learn the nuances of the scheme. If Campbell looks significantly better during camp, the Browns won't hesitate to start him on opening day.

Bess' contract: The three-year contract extension of receiver Davone Bess through 2016 is worth $11.5 million, with $5.75 million guaranteed.

His yearly average is $2,939,000.

Bess, 27, was acquired in a trade with the Dolphins during draft weekend for a swap of fourth-round picks. The Browns also exchanged their fifth-round pick for the Dolphins' seventh.

The Browns coveted Bess, in large part, for his ability to convert on third down. From 2008-12, he accounted for 130 third-down receptions, the second most in the NFL during that span.

A minor construction project at Progressive Field brightens Terry Francona's day.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Seen and heard before Friday's series opener between the Indians and Twins.

Clubhouse confidential: While the Indians were on their most recent trip, a large window was installed in Terry Francona's office, located down a hallway past the clubhouse.

"I didn't think it was going to make news," he said, adding that he had felt isolated.

"I don't want to be back there by myself," he said. "I want to have interaction with the players and coaches and clubhouse guys and trainers. It's amazing how that window helps. I see guys come by, whether it's a smart-aleck gesture or something, and I have more contact with people."

Francona does not think a manager should go out of his way to avoid the clubhouse.

"I think there's a balance, where you want to give the players room to be themselves," he said. "Sometimes they need to vent. At the same time, I don't want to be so removed that the players see me coming and think, 'Uh-oh.' I don't like that and I don't believe in that."

Condolences: Francis "Frank" Hamilton, father of radio play-by-play voice Tom Hamilton, passed away Wednesday at 86 in Wisconsin. Tom Hamilton will be away from the club this weekend.

Jim Rosenhaus was joined by Mike Hargrove in the booth Friday. Rosenhaus and Jason Stanford will work Saturday and Sunday.

Stat of the day: According to available research on Baseball-Reference.com dating to 1916, Trevor Bauer on Wednesday became the second pitcher in the majors to win a scoreless start of exactly five innings while allowing one or zero hits and six-plus walks. Pittsburgh's Kirby Higbe did so in 1948.

LeBron James is getting his fourth Most Valuable Player award — and the only mystery left is whether the vote was unanimous.

LeBron James is getting his fourth Most Valuable Player award — and the only mystery left is whether the vote was unanimous.

The Miami Heat star will be introduced Sunday as the award winner, according to a person familiar with the results and who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league has not publicly announced this year's recipient. James will become the fifth player with at least four MVP awards, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain.

No one has ever swept every first-place vote in the NBA's MVP balloting. After the season he had, James could be the first.

"I don't know who else you'd vote for," Heat forward Chris Bosh said Friday. "No offense to everybody else, but that's just how good he has played this year."

James averaged 26.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 7.3 assists this season, shooting a career-best 56 percent. It was absolutely no surprise that he won the award, and given the timetable for Miami's next game — the Heat don't open Eastern Conference semifinal play until Monday night against Brooklyn or Chicago — it had been widely assumed for several days that Sunday would be the day.

If tradition holds, NBA Commissioner David Stern will then present James with the trophy again Monday night in front of the Miami fans.

"I absolutely have not even thought about it," James said earlier this week when asked if he considered the weight of winning the award four times in five years. "I have not thought about it, until you just brought it up. I know the history. It would be a unique, unbelievable class I would be a part of, so we'll see."

Only Russell had won four MVPs in five years, and only Abdul-Jabbar had gone back-to-back on the award twice.

James won the award in 2009 and 2010, only got four first-place votes in 2011 — his first season with the Heat — then reclaimed the award last season.

"The other day I was sitting there with him, a week or two ago and it dawned on me," Heat guard Dwyane Wade told the AP. "I said to him, 'Do you know you're about to get four MVPs in five years?' And he's like, 'Man, I'm just a kid from Akron.' He could have gotten five in five. You know how crazy that is? This is crazy."

The "kid from Akron" is truly entering rarefied air now.

It's certain that stars like New York's Carmelo Anthony, Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant and the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant will be listed on ballots — the league will unveil the full results Sunday — though the only drama left is seeing if any voter thought someone had a better season than James. A panel of writers and broadcasters from the United States and Canada vote for NBA awards. There also is one combined vote from fans who chose an MVP through online balloting or social media.

There have been instances of people coming close to sweeping the first-place votes. Shaquille O'Neal got 120 of the 121 top votes cast after the 1999-2000 season, with Allen Iverson getting the lone other one that year. And after the 2003-04 season, Kevin Garnett — then with Minnesota — got 120 of 123 votes, with two going to Jermaine O'Neal and the other to Peja Stojakovic.

"Do the right thing," was Heat forward Shane Battier's suggestion to voters, just before the ballots were due.

James finally got his first NBA championship last season, followed that up by helping the U.S. win a gold medal at the London Olympics, and then vowed to come back this season even better.

The Heat say he did absolutely that. With nary a sign of a championship hangover, Miami went 66-16 in the regular season, including a 27-game winning streak, the second-best in NBA history. And since Feb. 3, when James plays, Miami is 36-1.

"We're all in unison: We think he has earned it," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "He has had an even more historic season than last year. The beauty of that, if he does in fact earn it, is the fact that probably most people didn't necessarily think he could go to a different level, a higher level, after last season. Yet he reinvented himself and showed that he could."

Forget that it's rare in the NBA to win the MVP award four times. It's rare in major sports, period.

In baseball, Barry Bonds is the lone member of the four-or-more-MVP club, winning seven. In hockey, it's Wayne Gretzky with nine, Gordie Howe with six and Eddie Shore with four. In the NFL, only Peyton Manning has four MVPs.

"We never take him for granted," Spoelstra is fond of saying about James.

When comparing James' per-game averages this season against the best years in NBA history, only Jordan, Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird and John Havlicek had ever averaged so much in points, rebounds and assists per game as the reigning NBA Finals MVP did in each of those categories this season, according to STATS LLC. And none had ever done so while shooting such a high percentage — Jordan did it while shooting 54 percent, coming closest.

James' effective field goal percentage (a metric that takes into account 3-pointers being worth more than 2-point shots) this season was a career-best 60.3 percent, and he shot just over 40 percent from 3-point range, another career mark. The league handed out six Eastern Conference player-of-the-month awards this season, and James won five of them.

"I can see why he loves to play the game," Wade said. "He can do anything he wants."

Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said near the end of the regular season James — who also finished second in voting for this season's defensive player of the year award — might win this award many, many more times.

"There's not a better player in the NBA than LeBron and he should win every year," Rivers said. "He should win in a landslide. There are guys who had great years. Carmelo's had an amazing year and so has Durant. But there's no one that's had the year that LeBron has when you figuring in rebounding, defense, everything, passing. And we're going to be saying that until someone else comes along and takes the mantle. I don't see that happening."

BEREA, Ohio -- The George Finnie Stadium at Baldwin Wallace is home to the Yellow Jackets, but after Friday's meet, the "Home of the Yellow Jackets" belonged to the Battling Bees. Medina won the boys, girls and overall championships at the 2013 Berea-Kiwanis Relays, something the boys team has done now eight times in the past nine years.

Amherst Steele’s Alexis Szivan, with her back to the camera, exchanges a hug with Cassie Vince after they won the girls distance medley Friday at the Berea Relays. - (Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer)

BEREA, Ohio -- The George Finnie Stadium at Baldwin Wallace is home to the Yellow Jackets, but after Friday's meet, the "Home of the Yellow Jackets" belonged to the Battling Bees.

Medina won the boys, girls and overall championships at the 2013 Berea-Kiwanis Relays, something the boys team has done now eight times in the past nine years.

"It feels twice as good as the rest of them combined because it was a rebuilding year," said Medina boys coach Bob Jenkins. "We weren't expected to do really well. We might have a third of our team that's never run track before. We have conversions from football and a couple other people out from other sports."

The girls' championship came down to the end of the meet with three schools, Medina, Brunswick and Amherst Steele, still in contention and finishing within 10 points of first place. Medina won the championship with 139 points, while Brunswick was second with 138.

• Check out The Plain Dealer's photo gallery of this event.

"How about that? How can you describe that?" said Scott Van Fleet, girls coach at Medina. "We thought Amherst won, and then, I figured it would be close between Brunswick and us. I looked at the sheet, and it was by one point. That's really exciting.

"It's great to win. It's a great feeling. We love this meet, and it's just a great atmosphere. It makes it all that much better when you win."

Jenkins' boys team won three field events, the high jump, discus and shot put. Mike Hierholzer led the way with two of those victories, including a 173-foot, six-inch toss in the discus, and 49-foot, three-and-a-quarter inch effort in the shot put.

"In this particular year, we're strong in the jumps, the shot and the discus," Jenkins said. "The pole vault's excellent; the high jump we won today. A lot of times, we'll pile up 40 or 50 points before the first running event, and that's just great. It sets the table for what we want to do. Field events are crucial for us."

After a slow start, the girls' distance medley belonged to the Amherst Steele Comets. Following the 800-meter portion of the relay, Medina was out front, but Amherst's Sher Champe closed the gap and put the Comets in the lead before she handed the baton to Alexis Szivan. Szivan ran the 1,200-meter portion, while Cassie Vince paced the Comets in the mile for the win.

Amherst Steele won the race by more than 31 seconds over Medina.

Following the distance medley, Amherst Steele earned the victory in the sprint medley. Amherst Steele won the second heat in 1:49.63, and then took its third relay when the team of Erin Kasper, Amber Slavik, Gaby Northeim and Sara Moore ran the 4x100-meter shuttle hurdles in 1:06.56.

"They were all back-to-back, and they were all school records," said Amherst Steele coach Rob Glatz. "It was a very exciting time in the meet. We knew coming into the meet that this was a very fast track. This mondo surface is very fast, so we were excited to come out here and give our best effort, and our girls certainly did.

"This is a unique meet because it's truly a relay meet. The only open event is the 3,200, so we knew it was going to take a team effort to do well in this meet, and our girls definitely did that. They brought the team effort, cheered everybody on. It was very exciting."

In the boys' 3,200-meter run, Midpark's Lou Styles bested the field and finished nearly nine seconds ahead of Berea's Daniel Zupan, the second-place finisher, and Medina's Dylan Dombi, who placed third. Entering the race, Styles had the best seed time at 9:32.00, three seconds ahead of Brunswick's Tyler Menear and 13 seconds better than Zupan.

Zupan finished second in the 3,200-meter run despite competing in the meet's previous event, the boys' 4x1,600-meter relay. He ran the first leg for the Braves, who finished second in the race, less than six seconds behind the winners from Brunswick.

"I ran a decent time," Styles said. "I was OK with it because there was no one there besides Dan. Seeing as how Dan ran the 4x1,600, the two-mile, it was not a given, but there was not many people at the talent of Dan to race me. I definitely had an advantage because I was fresh. He had just come off of a race."

Midpark's Aaron Owens, who did a rare double field-event day by also taking part in the high jump, won the pole vault and paced the Meteors to a first-place finish in the event when he cleared 16-feet, three-inches and broke the meet record by 15 inches, a mark that had stood since the 2001 Relays.

Matt Florjancic is a freelance writer from Broadview Heights

Baseball NORTHEAST OHIO CONFERENCE

Baseball

NORTHEAST OHIO CONFERENCE

Crossover

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Twinsburg001 010 3-- 5 8 2

B (13-7): Burson (L). T (10-7): Berthold (W, 2-0).

Notable: Rea (T) 1-4, 3 RBI (GW).

Brush003 114 0-- 9 11 2

Mayfield300 010 3-- 7 11 3

B: Brizel (W). M (8-6): Blessing (L, 0-4). HR: M, Bassett (1).

Notable: Schloss (B) 3-3, RBI.

PATRIOT ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Stripes Division

Columbia020 632 0--13 11 0

Brooklyn203 000 0-- 5 8 3

C (7-10, 6-5): Simon (W, 2-1). B (6-9, 5-6): Martin (L, 3-3).

Notable: Kleinhenz (C) 3-3, 2 RBI, 2R.

PORTAGE TRAIL CONFERENCE

County Division

Streetsboro000 200 -- 2 5 4

Woodridge100 461 --12 15 0

S (7-11): Delambo (L, 2-4). W (11-6): Seminatore (W, 2-0).

Notable: Finegan (W) 3-2B, 3B, 4 RBI, 2R.

PREMIER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Eastlake 6 8 1

Will. South 0 3 3

EN: Milo (W). WS: Elliott (L).

Notable: Strnad (EN) 2-2, 2R.

SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE

North Olmsted000 000 0-- 0 2 2

Brecksville002 001 x-- 3 7 0

NO (10-9, 6-5): Gillard (L, 2-1). B (19-1, 12-0): Dellavalle (W, 3-0). S: Armbruster (2).

Notable: Carney (B) 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI.

Olmsted Falls120 000 0-- 3 8 2

Midpark210 002 x-- 5 8 1

OF (3-16): Savarino (L, 0-2). M (8-7): Krucke (W, 3-1).

NONLEAGUE

Amherst Steele600 020 0-- 8 10 3

Vermilion000 021 0-- 3 6 1

AS (17-4): Chesmar (W, 5-0). V (12-9): Nader (L).

Notable: Mott (AS) 3-4, 2 RBI, 2R, SB.

Berea030 211 0-- 7 8 2

University000 001 0-- 1 3 3

B (3-15): Torres (W). US (6-8): Wasser (L, 1-2).

Notable: Ticherich (B) 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R.

Extra innings

Cuyahoga Falls500 020 54--16 20 2

Can. McKinley204 330 00--12 11 2

CF (9-6): Marting (W, 1-0). CM (6-14): Lunsford.

Notable: Meade (CF) 3-2B, 2-1B, 4R, RBI, SB.

Garfield Hts.000 700 2-- 9 9 1

Orange000 100 0-- 1 7 2

GH (6-8): Thompson (W, 2-0). O (2-13): Fekete (L, 0-3).

Notable: Thompson CG, 3K.

Gilmour321 101 0-- 8 12 1

Benedictine000 610 0-- 7 9 1

GA (10-3): Pawlak (W, 1-0). B (9-10): Cramer (L, 2-3).

Notable: Regalbuto (GA) 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI.

Extra innings

Kirtland010 000 100 -- 2 8 2

Euclid200 000 001 -- 3 7 3

K (11-7): Finkler (L). E (13-6): Kohler (W, 3-0).

Notable: Kohler (E) 2-2B, RBI.

Lincoln-West000 00 -- 0 1 2

Parma201 7x --10 10 0

LW (4-8): Noyala (L). P (10-8): Tippy (W, 3-1).

Notable: Mikulski (P) 2H, 3 RBI.

Madison020 30 -- 5 10 4

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M (6-9): Liddy (L). NDCL (10-7): Radosky (W, 3-2).

Notable: DiFranco (N) 2B, 2 RBI, R, SB.

Midview013 030 0-- 7 11 3

Lorain000 121 0-- 4 8 2

M (12-5): Milam (W, 2-2). L (12-7): Calez (L, 2-2). HR: M, Frye 2.

Notable: Frye 3-3, 2-HR, 2B, 5 RBI, 3R.

Ravenna600 030 0-- 9 9 2

Aurora100 500 4--10 16 2

R (10-5): Henson (L). A (16-3): Calcei (W, 1-0). HR: R, Henson; A, Czerwinski.

Notable: Janoch (A) 2-1B, 2 RBI, R.

St. Edward000 130 0-- 4 5 3

Elyria006 104 x--11 10 1

SE: Hecker (L). E (7-10): Minney (W, 2-1). HR: SE, Knowles.

Notable: Csizmadia (E) 2-4, 2B, 2R.

St. Peter Chanel000 50 -- 5 1 6

WRA720 6x --15 9 1

SPC (1-11): n/a. WRA (14-5): Troyer (W).

Notable: Hoover (WRA) 2-1B, 2 RBI, R.

West Branch003 115 --10 12 1

Southeast000 000 -- 0 5 0

WB (9-11): Evonoff (W, 1-1). S (12-5): Lee (L, 1-1).

Notable: Wells (WB) 2B, 1B, RBI.

Westlake000 000 0-- 0 3 0

Lakewood201 400 x-- 7 9 0

W (10-10): n/a. L (17-4): Hartsel (W, 3-0).

Notable: Hartsel CG, 5K.

Late results

NORTHEAST OHIO CONFERENCE

Crossover

Normandy010 000 0-- 1 4 3

Cuyahoga Falls120 001 x-- 4 6 0

N: Kuzmiak (L, 1-1). CF: Shaw (W, 3-2).

Notable: Mack (CF) 2H, 2R.

SUBURBAN LEAGUE

Copley001 030 0-- 4 4 4

Wadsworth122 360 x--14 16 0

C (4-12, 2-8): Maynard (L, 0-1). W (17-2, 8-2): Scheiman (W, 4-0). HR: W, Vanfleet.

Notable: Cambell 2B, 3-1B, 2 RBI, 2R.

WEST SHORE CONFERENCE

Avon040 360 0--13 16 1

Rocky River101 000 0-- 2 4 4

A (10-11, 7-4): Long (W, 2-0). RR (4-12, 3-7): Olander (L). HR: A, D.Kelly.

Notable: Dill (A) 2B, 2-1B, 3R, RBI.

Softball

LAKE ERIE LEAGUE

Extra innings

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Euclid021 001 31-- 8 11 0

B (7-5): Worthy (L). E (9-6, 7-3): Roberts (W, 8-5).

Notable: Stewart (E) 2-4, 2B, RBI, R.

NORTHEAST OHIO CONFERENCE

Lake Division

Brush002 11 -- 4 6 4

Garfield Hts.250 16 --14 17 5

B: Fry (L). GH (13-6, 5-1): Kohn (W, 5-5).

Notable: Cotter (GH) 3-3, 2R.

River Division

Mentor100 000 0-- 1 4 1

Stow201 000 x-- 3 3 3

M (11-7, 4-2): Golic (L). S (12-6, 3-2): S.Jones (W, 10-6).

Notable: Vaughn (S) 3B, RBI, R.

PATRIOT ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Stars Division

Keystone021 011 0-- 5 10 1

Wellington000 000 0-- 0 3 4

K (17-3, 8-1): Cornish (W, 10-1). W (6-13, 4-6): Rangle (L, 5-12).

Notable: Lowman (K) 3-3, R.

Stripes Division

Brooklyn000 101 0-- 2 4 3

Columbia300 001 x-- 4 5 1

B (9-5, 7-2): Rivera (L). C (17-2, 9-0): Minarchick (W). HR: B, Rivera.

Notable: Minarchick CG, 8K.

Crossover

Black River020 500 1-- 8 11 4

Fairview100 000 1-- 2 5 4

BR (8-8, 6-4): Smith (W, 7-7). F: Rinehart (L).

Notable: Combs (BR) 1B, 3B, 5 RBI.

PREMIER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Eastlake000 010 0-- 1 3 4

Will. South006 000 x-- 6 9 0

EN: Kiel (L). WS (9-9, 5-3): Bradshaw (W, 5-3).

Notable: Scott (WS) 2-3, R.

SOUTHWESTERN CONFERENCE

Brecksville140 000 0-- 5 7 1

Amherst Steele000 110 0-- 2 6 5

B (17-3, 9-1): Frederick (W, 7-1). AS (9-8, 4-6): Boden (L, 0-2).

Notable: Schentur (B) 2-4, 3 RBI, R.

Westlake120 001 0-- 4 6 1

North Olmsted200 000 0-- 2 4 3

W (10-9, 7-3): Campo (W, 1-1). NO (5-15, 0-10): Helderman (L, 0-8).

Notable: Smith (W) 2-3, RBI.

WEST SHORE CONFERENCE

North Ridgeville203 200 0-- 7 12 2

Avon000 102 1-- 4 13 0

NR (13-5, 9-0): DeMarco (W, 7-2). A (11-5, 7-1): Edwards (L, 6-2).

Notable: Caraballo (NR) 2-4, 3B, R, SB.

Vermilion324 101 3--14 18 3

Elyria Catholic003 013 0-- 7 9 2

V (12-6, 7-3): Tucker (W, 9-5). EC: K.Bilancini (L). HR: V, Stainbrook (3), Skettle (1).

Notable: Stainbrook 2-5, HR, 3 RBI, 2R.

NONLEAGUE

Andrews Osborne Academy2 4 7

Cornerstone Christian15 12 2

AO: Luarezi. CC: Sanford (W, 2-0). HR: CC, Cloonan.

Notable: Toma (CC) 2-2B, 2 RBI.

Berea000 000 0-- 0 2 2

Solon012 311 x-- 8 10 2

B (6-12): Hopperton (L, 4-5). S (12-5): Maxson (W, 9-5). HR: Simecek 2, Kontul (1).

Notable: Simecek 2-3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2R.

Berkshire000 010 0-- 1 4 2

Gilmour010 013 x-- 5 14 0

B: Dunes (L). GA (7-6): Wright (W, 2-3).

Notable: Wright CG, 10K; 4-4, 2R, SB.

Cleveland Hts.020 000 2-- 4 7 4

Valley Forge101 000 0-- 2 3 4

CH (11-6): A.Sollisch (W, 2-3). VF: Fritz (L). HR: CH, Harris.

Notable: A.Sollisch CG, 12K, 0 ER.

Firestone000 00 -- 0 3 2

Cuyahoga Falls700 6x --13 18 0

F: Lee (L, 3-3). CF (5-12): Ka.Fryberger (W, 5-12).

Notable: Mills/Kr.Fryberger (CF) 3-3, 3 RBI, 2R.

Hathaway Brown201 000 1-- 4 10 1

Orange001 000 0-- 1 2 1

HB (13-4): Paul (W, 13-4). O (10-5): A.Moss (L, 1-2). HR: HB, Philbin.

Notable: Paul CG, 13K.

Independence100 213 0-- 7 9 4

Parma100 000 0-- 1 3 4

I (8-6): Sirna (W). P (8-6): Humbel (L, 4-3). HR: I, Sirna.

Notable: Gorman (I) 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R.

Magnificat000 000 0-- 0 3 3

Beaumont310 400 x-- 8 9 1

M (8-8): Grgash (L). B (12-6): Iott (W, 12-6).

Notable: Herrera (B) 3-4, 3 RBI.

Ravenna000 10 -- 1 1 1

Aurora141 23 --11 10 4

R (2-15): Orona (L). A (13-1): Petrash (W, 7-1). HR: A, McNamara 2, Ternai.

Notable: McNamara 3-4, 2-HR, 3 RBI.

Shaker Heights000 02 -- 2 7 3

Elyria363 7x --19 17 0

SH (2-11, 0-5): Wang (L, 2-8). E (15-5, 5-1): Ellis (W, 4-2).

Notable: Bachna (E) 3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, R.

Extra innings

SVSM000 002 13-- 6 7 5

Hoban000 201 00-- 3 7 4

SVSM (6-5): Hoffman (W, 4-3). AH (10-9): Boylan (L, 9-5).

Notable: Paolucci (S) GW-RBI.

Late results

PRINCIPALS ATHLETIC CONF.

CVCA301 000 1-- 5 8 1

Manchester310 002 x-- 6 8 0

CVCA (10-10, 4-5): Kebble (L, 1-4). M (11-5, 6-2): Williams (W).

Notable: Kusmits (M) 3B, 2 RBI.

SENATE ATHLETIC LEAGUE

Rhodes000 435 0--12 9 3

John Hay101 001 3-- 6 5 1

R (5-2, 5-0): Clancy (W, 5-2). JH: n/a.

Notable: Cartegena (R) 1B, 2-SB, 2 RBI.

NONLEAGUE

Beaumont201 030 0--6 10 0

Hathaway Brown000 100 0--1 4 3

B (11-6): Iott (W, 11-6). HB (13-5): Paul (L).

Notable: Tucciarelli (B) 3-4, 2B, 3R.

Boys track

BEREA RELAYS

How they finished: 1. Medina 158; 2. Brunswick 144; 3. Berea 123; 4. North Royalton 102; 5. Midpark 100; 6. Amherst Steele 92; 7. Strongsville 61; 8. (tie) Normandy; North Ridgeville 34; 10. Lakewood 22; 11. Fairview 15; 11. Parma 15; 11. Valley Forge 15; 14. Garfield Heights 13.

4x1,600: 1. Brunswick (Swords; Mehalik; Sumerauer; Menear) 18:38.80; 2. Berea 18:44.70; 3. Medina 18:56.70. 3,200: 1. Styles (MID) 9:43.69; 2. Zupan (BE) 9:52.54; 3. Dombi (MED) 9:58.97. Distance medley: 1. Medina (McKee; Gazley; Kutcel; Menyes) 10:52.15; 2. Brunswick 10:57.57; 3. Amherst Steele 11:21.23. Sprint medley: 1. Berea (Robertson; Harris; Neumann; Fultz) 1:36.04; 2. Medina 1:36.59; 3. North Royalton 1:37.00. 4x110 shuttle hurdles: 1. Brunswick (Emert; Williams; Zahn; Dellanno) 1:04.28; 2. Strongsville 1:05.23; 3. Medina 1:05.37. 4x100 relay: 1. Brunswick (Pinzone; Golod; Fallon; Yohman) 43.87; 2. Medina 43.98; 3. Berea 44.22. 4x800 relay: 1. Amherst Steele (Glowacki; Burgett; Klingshirn; Kardos) 8:09.92; 2. Medina 8:13.30; 3. Fairview 8:22.93. 4x200 relay: 1. Berea (Samol; Robertson; Harris; Fultz) 1:31.03; 2. Medina 1:32.55; 3. Brunswick 1:32.71. 4x400 relay: 1. Berea (Neumann; Carroll; Zupan; Fultz) 3:24.61; 2. Brunswick 3:24.80; 3. Amherst Steele 3:27.02. Long jump: 1. Harris (BE) 22-03.50; 2. Robinson (NR) 20-10.00; 3. Hartill (BR) 20-05.75. Shot put: 1. Hierholzer (MED) 49-31/4; 2. Martella (NR) 48-6; 3. Awadallah (L) 46-7. Pole vault: 1. *Owens (MID) 16-3; 2. (tie) Hutchinson (MED); Repasy (MID) 14-6. High jump: 1. Stenger (MED) 6-2; 2. Hartill (BRU) 6-2; 3. Glowacki (AS) 6-0. Discus: 1. Hierholzer (MED) 173-6; 2. Laffin (BRU) 148-6; 3. Proffitt (MID) 147-9.

*-Meet record

ORANGE RELAYS

How they finished: 1. Stow 110; 2. Orange 96; 3. Holy Name 66; 4. Kenston 60; 5. West Geauga 58; 6. Lutheran West 16.

4x100: 1. Orange 43.00; 2. Holy Name 43.60; 3. Stow 45.80. 4x100 (weight): 1. Stow 50.50; 2. Orange 53.90; 3. Kenston 54.90. 4x200: 1. Orange 1:31.30; 2. Holy Name 1:31.50; 3. Stow 1:34.90. 4x400: 1. Stow 3:35.00; 2. Orange 3:38.20; 3. West Geauga 3:44.70. 4x800: 1. Stow 8:57.90; 2. Kenston 8:59.20; 3. Holy Name 9:16.10. 4x1,600: 1. Holy Name 19:49.50; 2. Stow 20:04.20; 3. West Geauga 20:46.40. 800 sprint medley: 1. Orange 1:37.40; 2. West Geauga 1:39.40; 3. Stow 1:40.70. Distance medley: 1. Stow 10:45.40; 2. Holy Name 11:28.40; 3. Orange 12:02.80. 4x110 shuttle hurdles: 1. Orange 1:03.30; 2. Kenston 1:05.90; 3. Holy Name 1:11.80. High jump: 1. Kenston 11-10; 2. Orange 11-2; 3 Stow 11-1. Pole vault: 1. Stow 19-6; 2. Orange 19-0. Long jump: 1. Orange 39-8; 2. Stow 38-0; 3. Kenston 33-8. Shot put: 1. Stow 85-2; 2. West Geauga 80-8; 3. Holy Name 76-5. Discus: 1. West G 237-0; 2. Stow 235-2; 3. Kenston 219-7.

Girls track

BEREA RELAYS

How they finished: 1. Medina 139; 2. Brunswick 138; 3. Amherst Steele 130; 4. North Royalton 105; 5. St. Joseph Academy 94; 6. Brecksville-Broadview Heights 93; 7. Strongsville 88; 8. Lakewood 46; 9. Valley Forge 25; 9. Normandy 25; 11. Midpark 21; 12. Berea 18; 13. Parma 7; 14. Fairview 5; 15. North Ridgeville 4.

4x1,600 relay: 1. Brunswick (Camper; Pavlick; Meyer; Lapolla) 22:14.80; 2. North Royalton 22:25.90; 3. Brecksville 22:28.60. Distance medley: 1. Amherst Steele (Schenk; Champe; Szivan; Vince) 12:32.94; 2. Medina 13:04.46; 3. St. Joseph Academy 13:27.00. Sprint medley: 1. Amherst Steele (Stuckart; Hill; Shagovac; Sands) 1:49.63; 2. Brecksville 1:51.27; 3. Brunswick 1:51.55. 4x100 shuttle hurdles: 1. Amherst Steele (Kasper; Slavik; Northeim; Moore) 1:06.56; 2. Strongsville 1:09.07; 3. St. Joseph Academy 1:09.12. 4x100: 1. Brunswick (Lack; Maslowski; Kilbane; Neitzel) 49.94; 2. Amherst Steele 50.32; 3. Strongsville 51.09. 4x800: 1. Medina (Smith; Vidika; Scavuzzo; Pack) 9:47.65; 2. Brunswick 9:51.97; 3. Amherst Steele 9:54.14. 4x200: 1. Brunswick (Lack; Maslowski; Kilbane; Neitzel) 1:45.32; 2. St. Joseph Academy 1:47.14; 3. Amherst Steele 1:47.15. 3,200: 1. Mallory Shaw (L) 11:39.08; 2. Melissa Rains (BRE) 11:39.41; 3. Natalie Camardo (S) 11:59.47. 4x400 relay: 1. Brunswick (Maslowski; Biedron; Camper; Young) 4:00.77; 2. Amherst Steele 4:01.89; 3. Medina 4:06.49. Discus: 1. Pallini (MED) 132-0; 2. Geiss (BRU) 117-6; 3. Jaimes (NR) 109-7. Long jump: 1. Wickey (MED) 16-71/2; 2. Kasper (AS) 15-101/2; 3. Constance (MED) 15-91/4. High jump: 1. Kasper (AS) 5-4; 2. Martin (S) 5-4; 3. Medic (NR) 5-2. Shot put: 1. Pallini (MED) 33-01/2; 2. Glowski (NR) 32-53/4; 3. Okeafor (BRE) 32-31/2. Pole vault: 1. Baluch (MED) 11-6; 2. Denk (NR) 11-0; 3. D'Errico (MED) 11-0.

ORANGE RELAYS

How they finished: 1. Stow 112; 2. Kenston 98; 3. Orange 90; 4. Lutheran West 52; 5. Holy Name 38; 6. West Geauga 32.

4x100: Orange 50.40; 2. Stow 50.50; 3. West Geauga 51.90 4x100 (weight): 1. Stow 58.30; 2. Orange-59.80; 3. Lutheran West 1:02.40 4x200: 1. Orange 1:48.20; 2. Kenston 1:48.70; 3. West Geauga 1:49.40 4x400: 1. Stow 4:14.00; 2. Orange 4:17.90; 3. Kenston 4:21.40 4x800: 1. Kenston 9:56.3; 2. Lutheran West 10:32.80; 3. Stow 11:13.30 4x1,600: 1. Kenston 22:11.50; 2. Stow 22:56.80; 3. Orange 24:25.50 800 sprint medley: 1. Stow 1:52.20; 2. Kenston 1:54.00; 3. Orange 1:57.00 Distance medley: 1. Kenston 13:17.00; 2. Stow 13:38.30; 3. Orange 13:55.50 4x100 shuttle hurdles: 1. Stow 1:03.50; 2. Orange 1:06.20; 3. Kenston 1:09.80 High jump: 1. Stow 10-0; 2. Orange 9-10; 3. Kenston 9-6. Long jump: 1. Stow 30-11; 2. Holy Name 29-9; 3. Lutheran West 28-11. Pole vault: 1. West Geauga 19-0; 2. Orange 16-0; 3. Stow 15-6. Shot put: 1. Kenston 66-11; 2. Lutheran West 65-7; 3. Stow 62-6. Discus: 1. Kenston 206-6; 2. Lutheran West 188-11; 3. Stow 187-5.

Boys tennis

Brush 5, Elyria 0

Singles: Gossett d. Emilo 6-1, 6-1; Ronis d. Behmer 6-1, 6-1; Grimes d. Tolson 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles: Schmidt/Bendokas d. McCormick/Flowers 7-5, 6-1; Toomey/Farmer d. Peggs/March 6-1, 6-0.

Harvey 3, Wickliffe 2

Singles: Burkett (W) d. Gonzalezi 6-0, 6-1; Orosz (H) d. Formica 6-1, 6-3; Montes (H) by ff.

Doubles: Sheredy/Lanese (W) d. Turner/Neurete 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; Pacheco/Brown (H) d. Pate/Patel 7-5, 7-5.

Hudson 5, Medina 0

Singles: Boslet d. Liebler 6-0, 6-1; Polifrone d. Varney 6-0, 6-1;Wolowiecki d Pazgan-Lorenzo 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Kemper/Tiemann d. Bachir/Martinez 6-1, 4-6, 6-2; Basu/Rauch d. King/Kolke 6-0, 6-0.

Normandy 4, Berea 1

Singles: Byrne d. Harrington 6-1, 6-4; Stefan d. Anquilano 6-1, 6-0; Ciaverella d. Smith 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles: Krstic/Barnett d. Boxler/Richardson 6-1, 6-0; Billings/Karp (B) d. Vales/Sychla 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

North Olmsted 3, North Royalton 2

Singles: Peterjohn (NR) d. Kalluri 6-2, 6-1; Brunner (NO) d. Patel 6-3, 6-4; McNulty (NO) d. Clegg 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles: Anand/Soster (NR) d. Donohue/Oleksy 6-2, 6-0; Botosneanu/Chauhan (NO) d. Hajovsky/Clegg 6-4, 6-1.

Norton 3, Canton Central Catholic 2

Singles: Grissom (CCC) d. M.Jevric 6-1, 7-5; Booth (CCC) d. Ri.Roland 6-0, 6-3; Hlas (N) d. Richards 6-4, 6-0.

Doubles: May/Caynor (N) d. Bird/Murphy 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Ra.Roland/J.Jevric (N) d. Powers/Reolfi 6-1, 6-3.

Solon 3, Massillon Jackson 2

Singles: Thomas (MJ) d. Yang 6-0, 6-2; Zalenski (MJ) d. Goldberg 6-7, 6-4, 7-6; Le (S) d. Kanam 7-5, 6-2.

Doubles: O'Brien/Shankman (S) d. Shaheen/Dickeroff 6-1, 6-2; Shah/Rizkala (S) d. Spencek/Bhargaua 6-4, 6-1.

West Geauga 3, Andrews Osborne 2

Singles: Yang (AO) d. Gaetjens 6-3, 6-4 Drockton (WG) d. Pozdneev 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 Zhang (AO) d. Wenger 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles: Onderdonk/Hanson (WG) d. K.Zheng/Li 6-2, 6-2; Anger/Nagy (WG) d. Lippert/Jessen 6-3, 6-3.

Westlake 5, Midpark 0

Singles: Michelich d. Poshglner 6-0, 6-0; Craven d. Meier 6-0, 6-0; Kharche d. Klebowkski 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles: Wang/Dinchman d. Kennedy/Nguyen 6-0, 6-0; Shah/Shah d. Mathews/Lw 6-1, 6-3.

LAKE ERIE LEAGUE TOURNAMENT

How they finished: 1. Cleveland Heights 13; 2. Euclid 9; 3. Warren G. Harding 8.

Singles: Holter (E) d. Tucker (CH) 6-1, 6-4; Kent (CH) d. Conger (E) 6-2, 6-0; Hawkins (CH) d. Shirer (E) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.

Doubles: Angelo/Kines (WGH) d. Cerne-Iannone/Hastings (CH) 6-3, 6-0; Coble/Bennett (CH) d. Strineka/Brugler (WGH) 6-1, 6-1.

Late results

Mentor 3, Nordonia 2

Singles: DiSiena (N) d. Sackett 6-2, 6-2; Gheno (M) d. Borovica 6-3, 6-1; Mowery (M) d. Zalar 6-2, 6-3.

Doubles: J.Kent/M.Kent (N) d. Clark/Lezan 6-1, 6-3; Miller/Sparacia (M) d. Lee/Luczywo 6-2, 6-0.

St. Edward 4, North Olmsted 1

Singles: Dubusker d. Brunner 6-1, 6-0; Ryan d. Chanhan 6-1, 6-3; McNulty (NO) d. Nahra 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles: Williams/Meyer d. Kalluri/Donohue 6-0, 6-1; Wasilko/Singh d. Botosneanu/Oleksy 6-3, 6-2.

St. Ignatius 5, University School 0

Singles: Griffin d. Stroup 6-4, 6-1; Zuber d. Gillinov 6-2, 2-6, 1-0(10-8); Frebes d. Babcox 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Boakye/Fehn d. Hribar/Cha 6-4, 6-2; Kirchner/Siciliano d. Hata/Shome 6-0, 6-1.

Boys lacrosse

Late result

Shaker Heights 8, Hawken 7 (OT)

SH (5:5): B.Gerami 4, Kinney, Fletcher, Medalie, Kempton. H (6:4): Labes 2, R.Stilson 2, Lair, Weil, Beck.

Goalies: SH, Sterin (9 saves); H, Opalich (13).

Girls lacrosse

Hawken 10, Rocky River 2

H: Artz 4, Kennedy 2, Southard 2, Leizman, Costantini. RR: Russell 2.

Goalies: H, Perry (6 saves); RR, n/a.

Late results

Brunswick 16, Bay 15

Brun: Moss 7, Tomak 4, Delsanter 3, Harris, Movens. Bay: Faile 4, Sullivan 3, Steyns 3, Hardy, Drenkhan, Holmes, Rezek, Galang.

Goalies: Brun, Blair (11 saves); Bay, Grubaugh (7), Finely (3).

Magnificat 14, Kent Roosevelt 2

M: Roth 3, Doyle 2, McQuinn 2, Zavoda 2, Durkin 2, Cintron, Kilbane-Meyers, Couglin. KR: McCarty, Malloy.

Goalies: M, Stafford (4 saves); KR, Flannery (2), lesline (1), Baskett (2).

Mentor 18, NDCL 9

M: Brunkala 3, Dodge 3, Pachinger 3, Dell 2, DiCola 2, Megery 2, Gordon, Kukula, Walsh. NDCL: Joyce 3, Dicillo 2, Glazier 2, Trotta 2.

Goalies: M, Langguth (3 saves); NDCL, Zbinovec (3).

Boys volleyball

Late results

Kent Roosevelt d. Brunswick 25-19, 28-26, 25-23

Baseball Note: Games start at 4:30 and are subject to weather and field conditions. Contact the host school for updates.

Baseball

Note: Games start at 4:30 and are subject to weather and field conditions. Contact the host school for updates.

NONLEAGUE

Archbishop Hoban at Westerville Central, 1:15 (DH)

Aurora at Solon, 2 (DH)

Bay at Avon Lake, noon

Buchtel at Rittman, 11 (DH)

Cleveland John F. Kennedy at Akron North, 4:15

Green at Kenston, 11 (DH)

Holy Name at Brecksville-Broadview Heights, 11 (DH)

John Marshall at Beachwood, 11 (DH)

Parma at Benedictine, 11

Revere at Barberton, 10

Villa Angela-St. Joseph at Gilmour Academy, 2 (DH)

Softball

Note: Games start at 4:30 unless noted and are subject to weather and field conditions. Contact the host school for updates.

CHAGRIN VALLEY CONFERENCE

Crossover

Wickliffe at Perry, 11 (DH)

NONLEAGUE

Akron East at Timken, 10

Bedford at Cardinal Mooney, 11 (DH)

Chippewa at Norton, 1

Cleveland Central Catholic at Maple Heights, 10 (DH)

Columbia at Midview, noon (DH)

Cuyahoga Falls at Firestone

Fairport at Our Lady of the Elms, 10

Holy Name at Lakewood, 11 (DH)

Hudson at Archbishop Hoban, 11 (DH)

John Hay at Brooklyn, 11 (DH)

Lake Ridge Academy at St. Peter Chanel, 1

Lorain at Brookside, 11 (DH)

Massillon Jackson at Manchester

Medina at Midview

Mentor at Midpark, 11 (DH)

North Olmsted at Rocky River, 10 (DH)

Open Door at St. Peter Chanel, 10

Rhodes at Parma, 10 (DH)

Rittman at Black River, 11 (DH)

Shaw at Our Lady of the Elms, 1

St. Joseph Academy at Highland, 11 (DH)

Strongsville at Amherst Steele, 10

Timken at Akron East, noon

Vermilion at North Royalton, noon (DH)

Westlake at Bay, 10 (DH)

Willoughby South at Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, 9:30

UP SIDE OF DOWNS TOURNAMENT

At Twinsburg

Brecksville vs. Stow, 9

Ellet vs. Elyria, 9

Brecksville vs. Elyria, 11

Stow vs. Ellet, 11

Copley vs. Avon Lake, 1

Twinsburg vs. Olmsted Falls, 1

Avon Lake vs. Twinsburg, 3

Olmsted Falls vs. Copley, 3

Track

Avon Relays (Aurora, Avon, Elyria, Hathaway Brown, Highland, Lorain, Magnificat, Westlake), 9 a.m.

Beaumont at Dayton, TBA

Ironmen Invitational at Cleveland Cental Catholic (CCC, Lincoln West, Trinity), 10 a.m.

Cuyahoga Heights Relays (Beachwood, Cuyahoga Heights, Independence, Kirtland, McDonald, Newbury, Open Door, WRA), 3

Gary Smith Invitational at Thomas Worthington (St. Ignatius, Thomas Worthington, Walsh Jesuit), noon

Lakeview Invitational (Beachwood, Berkshire, NDCL), 9:30 a.m.

Mentor Relays (Brecksville-Broadview Heights, Brush, Chardon, Eastlake North, John Hay, Maple Heights, Mayfield, Mentor, Willoughby South), 10 a.m.

Optimist Meet at Austintown Fitch (Austintown Fitch, Berkshire, Cleveland Heights, Euclid, Hawken, Magnificat, Southeast, St. Edward, Stow), 9 a.m.

Summit County Invitational at Nordonia, (Buchtel, Coventry, CVCA, Firestone, Nordonia, Tallmadge) 9 a.m.

Matt LaPorta has a homer and three RBI as Class AAA Columbus beats Rochester, 5-1.

Class AAA: Columbus 5, Rochester 1 Matt LaPorta homered and drove in three runs and Ryan Rohlinger and Matt Carson had three hits each to lead the Clippers past the Red Wings in an International League game in Columbus. The Clippers banged out 13 hits in support of starter and winner Joe Martinez, who tossed seven shutout innings to pick up his first victory of the season.

Class AA: Bowie 8, Akron 2 The Baysox knocked around Aeros starter Matt Packer and two relievers in an Eastern League game at Canal Park. Bowie had 13 hits while holding Akron to just six, two by Giovanny Urshela.

Class A Advanced: Frederick 4, Carolina 3 (11) The Mudcats lost to the Keys in a Carolina League game in Zebulon, N.C. Highly regarded prospect Francisco Lindor -- the Cleveland Indians' No. 1 draft pick in 2011 -- had four hits for the Mudcats.

Class A: Lake County at Peoria, canceled The two teams do not meet again this season, so the game will not be made up.