The 3rd grade LEFFL Rockets traveled to Kissimmee, FL this past weekend to compete in the USFTL National Championship Tournament. The single elimination tournament hosted teams from all over the country as well as several Florida teams. Saturday’s seeding games determined the brackets for Sunday’s tournament play. Unfortunately for the small Rocket team, the local […]
Dud Campbell had been quiet for almost an hour, which brought concern to his wife, Anita. Dud isn’t the strong, silent type. He’s more like a quick, noisy type. After an hour had gone by in silence, he picked up a sheet of paper and began taking notes. “Dinner’s pretty soon, Hon,” Anita said. “Can’t eat now. […]
By Yaneek Smith Sports Writer The Oak Harbor wrestling team recently competed against two elite teams, Clay High School and Richmond (MI.) High School. The Rockets lost to Clay, 35–18, and fell to Richmond, 30–21. For technicality purposes, the Rockets forfeited matches in four weight classes, an explanation for why they lost to both teams. The […]
By Yaneek Smith Sports Writer The Oak Harbor girls basketball team has fallen on hard times, as they’ve lost three games in a row to fall to 4–8 overall and 1–7 in the Sandusky Bay Conference (SBC). With the game tied at 41 midway through the third quarter, Panther senior Lindsay Kaatz scored on a layup to […]
It really is not a secret that Americans (and Ohioans) are overweight. Any trip to the mall, visit to a restaurant or trip to the movies shows that, in general, there are ample expanding waistlines around us. While there are many factors that have taken the blame for this, there have also been many proposed solutions […]
GOOD OL’ DAYS: I am passing this along because it ended with a “double dog dare” to pass it on. If you do not know or do not remember a double dog dare is like an invitation to do something you would normally not do but the “double dog dare says either you do it […]
PORT CLINTON, Ohio (AP) — Federal inspectors are convinced that a nuclear reactor along Lake Erie is safe to operate even though they said last Thursday it is not clear why small cracks appeared in a concrete shell that protects the plant. Tests on the concrete have not given inspectors any reason to keep the plant […]
26 Area Youth and 11 adults recently joined the local Youth for Christ of Northern Ohio / Sandusky Valley Chapter volunteers and attended ‘NIAGARA 2011′ a youth ‘God Encounter’ training Conference in Niagara Falls, NY on December 27–30, 2011. The group traveled by chartered bus for the 13th consecutive year. Participants included 26 teens and […]