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Kids Love Yoga:Westside Yoga Studio offers Children's Workshops
by Evin Bodell
Westside Yoga Studio located at 17100 Detroit Ave in Cleveland offers Kids Yoga Workshops Beginning Dec 6th with Erin Esposito Peron Certified Yoga Instructor. Saturday Dec 6th from 2:30-3:30 PM $15.00 per child pre-registerd, $20.00 at the door.
Yoga for Kidsy School Ages 5-12. This energetic class explores yoga poses, breathing exercises and relaxation techniques while conveying lessons in self-expression, body image, social skills and positive thinking. Partner poses and cooperative yoga games inspire positive peer interactions and loads of fun!
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Volume 4, Issue 24, Posted 2:00 PM, 10.16.2008
Lakewood Volleyball Sectional Champs
by Todd Shapiro
First year Lakewood volleyball coach Bojan Miocinovic set a pre-season goal of winning one tournament game in 2008.
By winning two thrilling five-game matches in the Division I sectional tournament at Strongsville High School, the Rangers exceeded their own expectation and brought home a sectional championship. The Rangers entered post-season play with a record of 8-14, and a 0-10 make in the Valley Division of the Northeast Ohio Conference...
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Volume 4, Issue 22, Posted 6:02 PM, 10.24.2008
Rangers Battle Delays to Win Sectional Crown
by Todd Shapiro
The Lakewood Rangers boys soccer team ended the 2008 season by bringing home a sectional championship in the most unusual of ways.
After finishing the regular season with a record a 3-11-2, the Rangers drew Lorain Admiral King as their opening round tournament opponent. The Admirals entered tournament play with a 0-16 record, giving up an average of over seven goals a game...
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Volume 4, Issue 22, Posted 8:28 AM, 10.23.2008
Westside Yoga Studio Offers Workshops for Kids Yoga
and New Beginner Adults
by Evin Bodell
Have you always wanted to try yoga but feel intimidated? In this class you will learn that yoga is for everyone; young and old, stiff and inflexible, those stressed by everyday life. Do something good for your body and mind. This will be a laid back non-intimidating way to learn the basics of yoga, and have fun too! Bring your friends, a towel, water and wear something comfortable. Dawn will take you through the basics of yoga practice, the importance of breath, yoga postures and the benefits that are endless!!
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Volume 4, Issue 22, Posted 1:16 PM, 10.16.2008
Rangers and Eagles get Ready for Sectional Action
by Todd Shapiro
It’s that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, the leaves are changing colors and its tournament time for many high school sports. Both the Lakewood Rangers and the St. Edward Eagles will have cross country, volleyball and soccer teams in sectional and district action this week...
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Volume 4, Issue 21, Posted 3:29 PM, 10.12.2008
Seniors Lead Rangers into Tournament Play
by Todd Shapiro
The Lakewood Rangers girls’ soccer team hopes that a season that has seen its share of ups and downs can conclude with the schools first tournament history in recent history.
Lakewood entered Monday’s sectional match against Normandy riding high after ending the regular season with a 3-2 victory at Elyria. The win improved the Rangers record to 5-11. However, that record may prove quite deceiving. The 11 teams that defeated Lakewood entered the final weekend of the season with a combined record of 81-41-12...
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Volume 4, Issue 21, Posted 3:10 PM, 10.10.2008
Eagles Dominate Bengals
by Todd Shapiro
The last time the St. Edward Eagles lost to Benedictine, Bill Clinton was in the White House and gas was just $1.00 a gallon.
St. Edward (5-1) combined an overpowering defense, with just enough offense to defeat the Bengals 31-7 in a non-league game last Saturday night at Lakewood Stadium. The win gives the Eagles 11 consecutive wins in the series that dates back to 1957.Benedictine's last win against St. Edward was a 28-13 victory in 1997...
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Volume 4, Issue 20, Posted 11:15 AM, 09.28.2008
St. Edward falls to St. Ignatius in soccer's 'Holy War"
by Todd Shapiro
Soccer is about great rivalries, Argentina vs. England, Manchester United vs. Liverpool, and St. Edward vs. St. Ignatius.
Whenever these Westside all boys’ parochial school powers meet in any sport it promises to be memorable and last Tuesday was no exception. St. Ignatius forward Denio Leone received an Alec King throw-in at the top of the penalty box and found the back of the net for the games’ only goal with 10:09 remaining as the Wildcats defeated St. Edward 1-0 in front of a standing room only crowd at St. Edward’s Coughlin Field...
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Volume 4, Issue 20, Posted 10:27 AM, 09.27.2008
2008 Strongsville Cross Country Invitational
by Joseph Ott
Lakewood High School Cross Country teams competed Saturday September 20, 2008 at the Strongsville Cross Country Invitational. The Strongsville course is a flat course considered fast by most competitors...
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Volume 4, Issue 20, Posted 9:34 AM, 09.22.2008
L.H.S Cross Country competes at the McDonough Invitational
by Joseph Ott
On Saturday September 13, 2008, the Lakewood High School Cross Country teams competed at the McDonough Invitational. This event, held at Forest Hill Park in Cleveland Heights, is known as a fairly flat course with one very steep hill. This year, day long rain created an extremely muddy and treacherous course...
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Volume 4, Issue 19, Posted 8:30 PM, 09.14.2008
Rangers Soccer Stung by Bees
by Todd Shapiro
The rain! The wind! The puddles forming in unusual places!
This wasn’t a scene from somewhere in path of Hurricane Ike. It was Lakewood Stadium on Saturday afternoon as the Lakewood Rangers took the field against the Medina Bees in a Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division boys soccer game....
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Volume 4, Issue 19, Posted 11:13 AM, 09.14.2008
Ranger Cross Country - Tomahawk Run
by Joseph Ott
Lakewood High School Cross Country competed Saturday September 6, 2008 at the Walsh Jesuit Tomahawk Run held at Walsh Jesuit High School...
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Volume 4, Issue 19, Posted 2:26 PM, 09.07.2008
Lakewood Girl's are Softball Champs
by Staff Writer
Last Saturday was a great day to be a Lakewood Shamrock! In the Senior Girls fast-pitch softball division of the Four Corners League, the Shamrock team beat the previously undefeated Public House in the championship game...
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Volume 4, Issue 18, Posted 5:33 PM, 08.31.2008
Eagles Improve to 2-0, Rout Panthers
by Todd Shapiro
Last season the St. Edward Eagles traveled to Euclid and came within an extra-point of coming home victorious. The 2008 Eagles made sure this year’s game would not be that close. St. Edward combined an overpowering offensive attack with a stifling defense and rolled to a 37-7 victory over the Panthers in a non-league game last Saturday night at Lakewood Stadium...
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Volume 4, Issue 18, Posted 3:36 PM, 08.31.2008
Injuries And Wildcats Derail Rangers Soccer
by Todd Shapiro
When the highlight of the night is the singing of the national anthem, you know its going to be one of those nights.
After being introduced with the starters for last Monday’s Northern Ohio Conference inter-divisional girls soccer game against the Mayfield Wildcats, Lakewood freshman Abby Boland raced up the steps on the home side of Lakewood Stadium, ran into the press box and belted out The Star-Spangled Banner on the stadium public address system. Unfortunately for Lakewood soccer fans the only sounds the rest of the night were Wildcat fans cheering as Mayfield cruised to an easy 6-0 victory...
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Volume 4, Issue 18, Posted 6:46 PM, 08.27.2008
Ranger Cross Country Kicks Off New Season
by Joseph Ott
The Boys Varsity LHS Ranger Cross Country teams began their season Saturday August 23, 2008. The team competed at the Glenoak Golden Eagle XC Invitational. This 5k race, held in Canton Ohio, is a course comprised of open fields and rolling terrain...
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Volume 4, Issue 18, Posted 9:20 PM, 08.24.2008
Eagles Win Season Opener on Last Second Dramatics
by Ivor Karabatkovic
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Volume 4, Issue 18, Posted 12:45 AM, 08.24.2008
Cox Announces High School Football Game of the Week Schedule
by Jennifer Elting
Cox Communications today announced the return of the Cox High School Football Game of the Week. Cox Communications is committed to the communities we serve and strives to provide our customers with unique and valuable local programming options. The Game of the Week televises local high school football games, providing a unique way for both fans and players to relive the excitement of their Friday night high school football game...
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Volume 4, Issue 16, Posted 1:33 PM, 07.23.2008
DNA Evolution Tour Rail Jam at Geiger's
by Thealexa Becker
On Friday, June 20th, Geiger's Sporting Goods in Lakewood hosted the Northeastern Ohio stop for the DNA Evolution Tour Rail Jam. Skiiers and snowboarders from the area competed for the chance to go out to Las Vegas in January. The winners were:
Snowboarding Tournament: George Gazdick
Skiing Tournament: Noah Killen
Best Trick Female: 1st place- Karin Pasela, 2nd place-Lauren Rudin
Best Trick Under 15 (years old)- 1st place- Brad Bulzan, 2nd place- Brian Kiss
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Volume 4, Issue 13, Posted 11:40 AM, 06.22.2008
Around The Corner Baseball Team Hammered 9-4
In Non-Conference Game
by Ivor Karabatkovic
It was a bittersweet reunion between the Around The Corner Spiders and the Lakewood High School baseball field as the Spiders took on the Ohio Titans out of Westlake...
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Volume 4, Issue 13, Posted 12:36 PM, 06.21.2008
Lakewood Girls' Rugby Team 2nd In The Nation
by Victor Melaragno
Yes, Lakewood High School has a girl’s rugby team. Not just a mere rugby team, but a great one at that. I’ve watched this team for four years win over and over again without much recognition of their achievements.
Recognition is great, but it’s the love of the sport that motivates these girls. Ask any one of the team’s players or coaches and they will tell you that they are hooked on rugby...
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Volume 4, Issue 12, Posted 9:25 PM, 06.02.2008
Exposed! Lakewood’s 8-Year Secret
by Liz Guscott
The beans are spilled, or should we say the protein powder? For eight years running, Lakewood has hosted a very significant event in the bodybuilding world. This April 5 at the Lakewood Civic Auditorium the 'Vyotech Nutritionals NPC Natural Ohio Drug Tested Bodybuilding and Figure Championships' will take place. The expo is a place for the public to get familiar with nutritional supplements, publications, fitness apparel and get autographs from bodybuilding or figure celebrities, among other things...
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Volume 4, Issue 6, Posted 10:31 PM, 03.07.2008
Basketball Tournament Champs
by Mary Anne Crampton
The junior-senior CYO team from St. Luke’s brought home to Lakewood the St. Patrick’s Basketball Tournament trophy on February 29th. Coached by Tom Edgehouse and assistant coach, Pat Maloney, the St. Luke’s team beat out 24 other teams from across the region to win the first back-to-back championships in the history of the tournament. Team members (front): Brenden Cmolik, Kevin Roach (back row): Conor Standish, Mike Nieberding, Brandon Williams, Sean Maloney, Jack Wooley, Tommy Edgehouse, Chris Crampton and Dan Green. Not pictured: Channing Centano...
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Volume 4, Issue 6, Posted 6:22 AM, 03.04.2008
Rangers Win Sectional Cown
by Todd Shapiro
The Lakewood Rangers boys basketball team ended the first year of the coach John Silva era as sectional champions defeating Grafton Midview 48-41 to bring home the sectional crown before losing to crosstown rival St. Edward 63-48 in the Brecksville-Broadview Heights District Semifinal...
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Volume 4, Issue 5, Posted 7:32 AM, 03.01.2008
Lakewood Freshman Girls Basketball Season
by Carol Richardson
The Lakewood girls freshman basketball team overcame limited numbers on its roster to post a 10-10 record that included a pair of forfeit wins against Fairview and Brush. This break-even mark was made possible by Lakewood's winning four of the last five games, including the last two against Northeast Ohio Conference foes Medina and Mayfield...
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Volume 4, Issue 5, Posted 12:50 PM, 02.29.2008