Twinsburg's Howard helps USA prevail: The USA women's 18-U national basketball team won the FIBA Americas championship Sunday, defeating Brazil, 81-38, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Twinsburg incoming junior Malina Howard played a big role for the champs, who finished the tournament with a 5-0 record. Howard, 16 and the second-youngest member of the...
Twinsburg's Malina Howard, pictured during a March game against Brush, helped USA women's 18-U national basketball team win the FIBA Americas title.
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Twinsburg's Howard helps USA prevail: The USA women's 18-U national basketball team won the FIBA Americas championship Sunday, defeating Brazil, 81-38, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Twinsburg incoming junior Malina Howard played a big role for the champs, who finished the tournament with a 5-0 record. Howard, 16 and the second-youngest member of the team, had a tournament-leading .625 field goal average including a team-leading, 12-point effort in the title game.
Football broadcast schedule released: Fox Sports Ohio released its Thursday football game of the week broadcast schedule for the 2010 season.
Each game will be televised live. The pregame show starts at 6:30 with kickoff at 7.
The schedule: Aug. 26, Strongsville at Euclid; Sept. 2, Massillon at Canton GlenOak; Sept. 9, Elyria Catholic at Elyria; Sept. 16, Maple Heights at Cleveland Heights; Sept. 23, Kirtland at Cuyahoga Heights; Sept. 30, Solon at Mayfield; Oct. 7, Copley at Wadsworth; Oct. 14, Willoughby South at Eastlake North; Oct. 21, Canton McKinley at Youngstown Boardman; and Oct. 28, Youngstown Ursuline at St. Vincent-St. Mary.
Hoban's Wagner resigns: Mitch Wagner has resigned as softball coach at Archbishop Hoban after nine seasons.
"I've been coaching high school sports for more than 30 years and there's other things I want to do," said Wagner, who exits with a 160-47 record, five North Coast League Blue Division titles, two Division II district championships and a regional crown.
"My two children are all grown up, I want to go back to school and complete work towards my master's degree, and my wife and I want to do some traveling."
Wagner, 49 and an Akron resident, will continue to teach physical education at the high school. The Knights posted a 16-13 record this past season, including a 10-3 mark in the NCL.
-- Bob Fortuna
West Geauga's Emans leaves: Danielle Emans' ultimate dream is to coach at the college level, so she's decided to resign as West Geauga's softball coach after one season.
Emans was an assistant basketball coach at Hiram College last year and recently added to her duties at the college, agreeing to become an assistant golf coach.
Emans, a Willoughby resident, will continue as a business teacher at the high school. She led the Wolverines to a 15-13 overall record and 8-2 mark in the Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division last season.
-- Bob Fortuna