The Akron Beacon Journal from Akron, Ohio • Page C001

CCYYMK ALL CLASS, NO ACT indhamHi artyH ill recognized for loyalty, dedication By Tom Gaffney eaconJ ournalsportswriter arty Hill essentially has lived the notion that Windham ighS chool is a destination for him, not a steppingstone. Hi been a health and physical education teacher in the school system for 33 years.H ealso has been the head coach of the Bombers boys basketball program for 32 years, compiling a 485 241 record and taking three teams to the state tournament It is the only full time job he has had, and it has been at one of the smallest schools (about 275 students) and communities (about 2 100residents in the area, and one with limited financial resources. here have been daydreams of bigger challenges but they disappeared as quickly as they were considered. thought about leaving most coaches do but not seriously or for Hill said have had success here. I like the administration.

I like the students.I have met a lot of great coaches who bounce around at different schools and do a great job. Th a me. I am com- fortable here, happy Hi scommitment to his students in the indham middle school, junior high and high school since 1974 tells more about him than mere years. And his treatment of his players has had them coming back to visit for decades. would categorize him in one or two words dedication and Wi d- ham Athletic Director Bill Pozsgai said.

has put his entire life into what he does rone guy to stay in one place for 33 years and put the same amount of ef- leasesee Hi restler comes home, shows stuff CVCA graduate ester ,2 in front of family in tournament at UA By Nat eUlrich eaconJ ournalsportswriter arryL ester returned home and reminded everyone that one of the most dominatingath letes to come out of the area. ester who won four high school state wrestling titles for uyahogaV alleyC hristian A cademy from 1998 to 2001, crushed his competition in the reco oman style to place first in the 154 25 pound weight class at the 2007 Asics University and ilaC adetN ationalC hampion ships onF riday at the Athletics ieldH ouse at theU niversityof A kron he23 year oldL estersaid he was ecstatic to wrestle in Akron for the first time sincehigh school egot all my family estersaid lot of them haven seen me wrestle since high school. really exciting to get back to all the people who have supported me. Whe nI found out about six months ago they were having this here, I was so ester will provide more entertainment for hishometown crowd today when hecompetes in freestyle wrestling for the first time in six years. emore mat time can never Lester said.

match is a match.I fIwi win. not going to say fIlose e- cause I plan on In his first match of the tournament esterpinned armon leasesee restler ribe overcomes goofs Ba dbase running errant throws hurt, but Sabathia shines, Borowski breezes By Sheldon Ocker eaconJ ournalsportswriter T.PETERSBURG ieceof cake ell not exactly. Maybe the top layer texactly match the bottom layer, and spelling out a ta with chocolate frosting tindicative of a master chef at work. ut this tabout cakes, not real ones. about the Indians recovering from a horrid loss hursday when Jo eBorowski blew a four run lead in the ninth to allow the Ne wYork Yankees to sweep a three gameseries orowskifaced the Tamp Bay evilR ays in a save situation Fr i- day night and retired the side 1-23 eTribe earning a 4- 3victory despite shoddy plays in the field and on the bases.

ravisH afner reached base for the ninth time in a row by drilling an RBI single in the ninth to score Andy Marte with the game winner hit the ball and lookedat i afner said of arte hadn really gone yet. I was hoping he would edi easily. hen asked about his string of on baseplate appearances, afnersaid with a hint of a smile: it. going to answer thatquestion ctually didn know afner has been on atorrid streak with 11 hits in 15 at batsin the past four games.I naddition to his critical single, he homered with a runner on base. ebest part of baseball is getting a chance to face the opposing scloser Reyes in this case) said.

cat- leasesee I ndians den decides i for NBA onley ook will test their draft status By Mar kWilliams A ssociatedP ress COLUMBUS regO denis through with school. he7 foot freshman center said Friday he will leaveO hio tate to enter the NBA raft where hefig ures to be one of the top two picks along with niversi yo fTexas freshman forward Kevin urant reshman eammates ikeC onley Jr. an dDa e- quan Cook also said they will make themselves available for thedraft nlikeO den they have opted not to hire an agent for now meaning they will retain the option of returning to school in the fall. i si savery tough decision for Oden said in a statement releasedb yOhio tate love OSU and love being a uck eye but I also have a great opportunity to take my game tothe next level and compete with the best players in the world. discussed this with family, friends and Coach (Th a d)M atta and I feel the time is he players were notavail able for comment.

At anews conference Friday afternoon attasaid the departure of the three players, though not unexpected, would leave a hole in the program. Matta said he is proud of their accomplish- leasesee Od rownscall an audible on network portsfans we have a fight on our hands. When ports imeO hio hit systems throughout the region a year ago as the cable home of the I ndians everyone wondered what else STO could put on the fledgling channel besides Tribe games and associated programming Th eanswer came Friday when the Browns announced that STO, which recently went 24 hours a day, seven days a week will be the official regional sports network of the NFL team for the next three years his move severs a partnership the team previously had with FSN hio Th eB rowns also extended their relationship with WKYC hannel3), giving the station rights to air preseason games and produce two shows: Th regameH uddle and Th eP oint A fter Th emove to STO will certainly heighten the competition between the two regional sports channels in the coming months. A mong local insiders, a deal with FSN seemed like a sure thing in recent days because the parties had been talking for six months. Obviously someone fumbled the ball.

FSN Vice President and eneralM anagerS teve iverani said the network was negotiating aggressively to extend its relationship with the team nfortunately we reached a point where we had to make some responsible decisions, and egot to look out for all aspects of my he said dat the end of the day the negotiations were fairly easy to walk away hat more or less sounds as if the rowns asking price for FSN keeping the rights to create team sanctioned programming might have been a bit too steep. No ts Bill onsiewicz vice president of communications for the rowns a nutshell I think it gives us synergy with our over- the airpartner he said. gives us synergy not only for programming but our talent as facilities are in the WKYC hannel3) building in leveland and the two enjoy an intimate relationship because they also share broadcast rights for I ndiansgames dditionally Ji mD onovan mR utigliano ougD ieken and Plain Dealer writer Tony Grossi appeared on several STO shows that covered the rowns So what else could be behind the move? Simply put, the opportunity to reach rowns fans year round as if they already A lthough no plans are set, STO did air three shows last year undayS trategy which looked at the rowns opponent rainingC amp aily and ereaR eport xpect expanded programming from STO including rerun rights for preseason games. going to be a lot like I ndians coverage where going to have year round coverage STO President Jim iberatoresaid certainly have some combination of call-i nand weekly shows. talking about dedicating a night a week to the rowns dthe reality of this now, as the exclusive place for highlights and access, it makes a huge difference in terms of presentation of the a On one level, this can be considered somewhat of a risk for the rowns received tremendous promotional support from the network with little competition from other sports teams until interest in LeBr nJ amesand the Cavaliers heated up.

STO, though it is operated independently is owned by the olanfamily the clan headed yTribe owner Larry olan Th eB rowns long regarded as the jewel in leveland srusty sports crown, run the risk of playing also ran to the I ndians onsiewiczdoesn tbelieve that said expects the leasesee homas Sports www.ohio.com/sports Airing ItOut GEORGE M. THOMAS Conley Cook PHIL MASTURZO A kronB eaconJ ournal indhamH ighS chool head basketball coach Marty Hill is the 2007 Beacon ournal A kronT ouchdownC lubC lemC araboolad emorialC oach of the ear has taken three Bombers boys basketball teams to the state tournament reco oman wrestler Harry ester dominates imothy leau he pinned in 48 seconds in riday stitle match in the 1 5 4.2 5- pound weight class SCOTT AUDETTE A ssociatedP ress ravisH afner is congratulated by Grady Sizemore after afner two run home run in the third inning. Hafner has reached base nine times in a row and has 11 hits in his past 15 at-b a s. LEW STAMP A kronB eaconJ ournal idinghigh effB urton climbs into the Car ofT omorrowfor the Subway Fresh Fit 500 tonight C3 2007 CLEM CARABOOLAD MEMORIAL COACH OF THE YEAR MARTY HILL: WINDHAM BASKETBALL obanprevails itcherL aurenMcNe i leads the Archbishop oban softball team past rival St. Vi y.

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