Avon football: Offensive tackle Luke Hamilton commits to Michigan, says ‘I always feel like I am at home’

Game by game, the Lorain boys basketball team gets back on its feet after dropping four games out of five from the end of December to mid-January. The Titans won back-to-back games against Warrensville Heights (65-31) and Bedford (40-37). In order to keep the ball rolling, the team strives to play complete basketball to prepare for the upcoming postseason.

The last place Katie Clute and Maya Austerman ever imagined themselves being was on a stage in front of hundreds of people who were standing and applauding them. But that’s where Clute and Austerman were on Jan. 25 at the 23rd annual Greater Cleveland Sports Commission’s annual awards banquet at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.

It was a special night at Avon for more than one reason on Jan. 25. The Eagles’ girls basketball team celebrated senior day with their four seniors, and cruised to a 61-20 victory over visiting Elyria. The four seniors — Anna Fitch, Brooke Laub, Era Bengu and Elena Agostin...

It doesn’t matter if a win is pretty or ugly — a win’s a win. In a Lake Erie League showdown against Bedford on Jan. 24, the Titans scrapped and clawed to a 40-37 win. “We had to come together and we had to figure things out,” Lorain coach Matthew Kielian said. “We had to rely on each other. We had a late turnover and we could have gave (the game) up because it was a late turnover. We were able to figure it out and Jai’den (Guerra-Howard) came up with some big free throws.”

When Avon and Elyria played each other earlier in the season Dec. 9, the Eagles bullied their way to a 66-46 win. This time around, the Pioneers matched the physicality and took care of business on their home court, 73-66, for their seventh straight win. Elyria (11-5, 6-3 SWC) hasn’t...

When shots aren’t falling, one standout on the court can be the difference between winning and losing. To quote Rocky River coach Jamie Pfahl, Pirates guard Ava Patti is “cold-blooded.”. Jan. 23, she hit the big shots when needed for the Pirates to come away with a 32-31...

Bay Village High School performed exceptionally well this month at the regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Out of thousands of submissions in the Cuyahoga County area, Bay Village students claimed 60 awards, creating writing and art pieces that wowed local judges at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Out of...