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January 20, 2011

New civic group serving Maize Road area

By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Many of the members of a brand new civic association feel they live in the Northland area while a goodly number view themselves as belonging more to Clintonville.

In the end, the fledgling Maize Road Civic Association will fall within the boundaries of the North Linden Area Commission, as did the defunct organization it replaces.

“Many of the neighbors feel more commonly situated with Northland, one block to north, or

Clintonville, just across the freeway,” said Jennifer Adair, a leader of the new organization.

While the Northland Community Council in recent months has lost two of its member organizations and could probably have used a replacement, Adair vowed to work closely with the NCC as

well as the North Linden panel.

“We have to work with both,” Adair said. “There’s absolutely always a need for cooperation.

It’s always good working with neighboring associations because a lot of times your problems overlap.”

Adair, an assistant Ohio attor-

ney general, moved to the Maize Road area last June. She had been president, and a very active one, of the Northwest Civic Association before relocating. Some of her new neighbors, aware that she had been president of her former civic association, contacted her about reviving or replacing what

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Goodwill’s new store to accept drive-up donations

By KEVIN PARKS In response to a question posed at the Northland Community Council’s most recent meeting, president Dave Paul has distributed the schedule of annual membership dues for organizations that are or wish to be a part of the council.

The dues are based on the number of households served by an organization, Paul noted, adding that might not necessarily be the same number of households that belong to a particular civic association or neighborhood group.

That dues schedule is: • $45 for from one to 200 households • $60 for from 201 to 500 households • $70 for from 501 to 1,000 households • $80 for anything over 1,000 households Annual dues, Paul noted in his e-mail, for the membership year beginning March 1, are to be paid prior to the council’s meeting in June.

“Invoices will be provided to our member organizations prior to the May meeting,” he said.

The council president, who will be up for election for a sixth term at the Feb. 1 meeting, attached a copy of the bylaws to his e-mail, as well as a copy of the membership application form, “which we encourage you to use to provide updated information as your organization’s officers, designated NCC representatives and other information changes throughout the year.”

The council has recently lost two member organizations, reducing it to 23 or so.

In October, after Little Turtle Civic Association representatives failed to be on hand for a 16th straight NCC meeting, those present voted unanimously to expel the organization.

The Devonshire Civic Association, which was founded in 1962, making it one of the area’s oldest, ceased to exist at the end of 2010. President Chuck Parker blamed a lack of participation for his decision.

That leaves right around two dozen groups still in the fold.

The council’s website, which is currently

had been the North Linden Neighborhood Association.

“It kind of went defunct,” Adair said.

She met with neighbors interested in forming a civic group, and attended a local Block Watch

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(Above) Vikki Jones rings up a sale for a customer at the new Goodwill store located at 2933 Morse Road. Jones has worked for Goodwill for five years.

(RIght) Jane Kuraly looks over some clothes at the new store. The grand opening was held Saturday, Jan. 15.

The new Morse Road location for the Goodwill Columbus store will serve as a model for future retail operations.

A mile east of and smaller than the old Goodwill retail store, the new site at 2933 Morse Road just west of Westerville Road is the first company-owned one for the 71year-old local organization that seeks to provide independence and improve the quality of life for individuals with disabilities and other barriers.

It is also, according to Goodwill Columbus director of retail operations Vivian Reyna, the first store in a building by itself; the rest are in strip centers.

“I think the single most important thing that a standalone store does is allow us to put a drive-through donation station on the side, which is a real convenience for our customers,” Reyna said. “It is what we want to do moving forward, we want that model of having a side drive-through donation center.”

“The new location is a beautiful building,” store manager Sandy Price said last week. “We’re getting a lot of new customers.

We’re getting customers from along Westerville Road and customers from out toward Easton. We’re still getting our old customers from our other store, but all the customers coming in are very happy, very pleased. They just love the store.”

The new 13,000-square-foot Goodwill store is in the former Sleep Outfitters building, across from the Dennis Hyundai and Kia car dealership.

A building of 10,000 to 12,000 square feet makes an ideal location for a Goodwill store, according to retail manager Reyna.

The old Morse Road site, in addition to being larger, also encompassed a warehouse and transportation hub.

“Having that combination just didn’t work for us anymore from an operations standSee GOODWILL’S, page A4

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Ginther cites teacher as inspiration Study to look at transit approach

By KEVIN PARKS

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When the late Ruth Colleen Saddler-Hale retired from a 25-year career with Columbus City Schools, then-Superintendent James G. Hyre told her: “We are sure that you have been a great inspiration to many boys and girls who have attended our schools.”

She most definitely was to one of them.

A boy no longer, but still boyish-looking at age 35, new council President Andrew J. Ginther says the woman who taught him in the fourth grade was “the best teacher I ever had.”

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Cleveland Avenue won’t be losing a travel lane to buses from downtown to state Route 161 anytime soon, if ever at all.

Although the Federal Transportation Alternative Analysis Program has given the Central Ohio Transit Authority a grant to study implementing what’s called a “Bus Rapid Transit” system along Cleveland Avenue, one of COTA’s busiest routes, a spokesman hastened to point out last

week that dedicated bus lanes are only one permutation of the latest innovation in urban mass transit.

The FTA grant of $300,000, along with $100,000 in local matching money from COTA, will pay for a study that’s to begin this summer and conclude a year later, according to vice president of communications, marketing and customer service Robert M. “Marty” Stutz. A consultant will be hired to look at the Cleveland See STUDY, page A4

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New civic group serving Maize Road area Continued from page A1 gathering.

“The Block Watch part was still up and working,” Adair said.

As is often the case, a specific issue is what drove residents in the area of Maize Road to feel the need to come together in a group.

“We were having issues with the chicanes, and there was a strong group of residents spearheading that issue,” Adair said. “That’s when neighbors come together, when there’s a problem, but I feel there also needs to be a structure when we don’t have huge problems.”

The chicanes, artificially-created Sshaped curves intended to serve as traf-

fic-calming devices, along Norris Drive and Maize Road were installed as the result of a $1.9-million Linden Area Traffic Management Plan, according to the website for the Maize Road Civic Association.

“Residents along Maize and Norris maintain they were not contacted prior to the installation of the traffic calming devices,” the site states. “In 2009, residents representing Maize Road, Oakland Park Avenue, Acton Road, Pauline Avenue, Northridge Road, Norwood Street, Karl Road, Norris Avenue and Zebulon Avenue presented a petition to city officials requesting money not to be spent on traffic calming devices along Maize Road, citing an increase in traf-

fic accidents, danger from the devices in icy weather, a concern for safety for emergency vehicles, and more important items to spend city money on.

“Since the installation,” it continues, “more than 100 cars have sustained flat tires from hitting the chicanes. On Norris, the traffic calming devices prove difficult for pedestrians to maneuver with on coming traffic, limit on-street parking, and are an eyesore.”

Department of Public Services officials held open-house meetings with residents regarding the chicanes on Nov. 10 and 16. Residents are still awaiting word regarding the traffic-calming devices.

Adair said that she and others met to

create a constitution for the new Maize Road Civic Association, which will have the same boundaries as the old North Linden Neighborhood Association. Those are Cooke Road to the north, Karl Road to the east, Oakland Park Avenue to the south and Interstate 71 to the west.

Neighbors voted on the constitution in December, and sufficient numbers approved it, although Adair admitted she’s not certain how many households are in the area encompassed the boundaries.

“We are official,” Adair said.

After her long service with the Northwest Civic Association and now involvement with creating a new neighborhood group, Adair is convinced such organizations not only help residents

deal with issues but also bring them closer together. They have, after all, the decision of where to live in common.

“It’s both of those,” Adair said. “The thing that really frustrates me the most is when people have problems they don’t know where to turn. In good times that’s what a civic association does. Then they take on projects for beatification and working with police, so neighbors know what’s going on.

“It provides an outlet then for the city or the police or the fire or the area commission to know who to talk to.”

More information is available at http://maizeroadcivic.org/. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

Ginther cites fourth-grade teacher as inspiration Continued from page A1 “I think I learned more in the fourth grade than I have since,” Ginther said during an interview last week.

He recalls in particular a book report Mrs. Hale had him do in the fourth grade, one of a wearying many book reports she had her students do at the old Brentnell Elementary School, on the life of the late Robert Kennedy.

“She really pushed me to think about ways to serve and act on behalf of the public and the community,” Ginther said.

Ruth Hale, the wife of Ohio State University vice provost and professor emeritus Frank W. Hale Jr., for whom the Black Cultural Center on campus is named, died on Nov. 23, 2001.

Andy Ginther was born on April 27, 1975, in Riverside Hospital.

He grew up in Clintonville, the third of four children born to a social worker mother and a father who was an attorney specializing in helping foster parents. Foster children were on hand most of the years he grew up, Ginther said, sometimes as many as four at a time.

After graduating from Whetstone High School, where he had played several sports, Ginther said that he was too slow to make the football squad at Ohio State, but there was room for his athletic abilities on the team at tiny Earlham College in Richmond, Ind. It was founded in 1947 by the Religious Society of Friends, more commonly known as Quakers.

Teachers and administrators at Earlham strongly encouraged students to study abroad, Ginther said, and the only added cost was the plane ticket. Ginther’s was to Ireland, where he studied peace and conflict resolution at the University of Ulster and Queen’s College while teaching at public schools in Belfast and Derry, the very center of “The Troubles” where peace has often proven to be elusive and conflicts never seen to get resolved.

However, Ginther said that the “best, most powerful examples” of the areas in which he was studying were to be found in places like Belfast and Derry.

Ginther vividly recalls participating in a panel discussion involving former terrorists who tortured and killed Catholics and Protestants because that’s what they were taught to do, only to later realize, sometimes in prison after meeting their opposite numbers on the other side of the religious divide, that they had been “sold a complete lie.”

Ginther, who earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Earlham, also served in consecutive internships at the Carter Center in Atlanta, where he taught nonviolence and dispute resolution to children.

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olution and nonviolence studying and teacher has had an affect on how he handles himself, Ginther said.

“Some folks say that I’m too reserved, laid back,” he admitted.

“I’m a deliberative person, not an emotional, reactive person. I’m always trying to figure out how the most people can benefit from a situation.”

After college, Ginther was a legislative aide to state Sen. Dan Brady, D-Cleveland, which is how he met his wife, Shannon. The two just had their first child, Clara Caroline, five and a half months ago.

Ginther said that his future wife was working for a state representative from Richland County and they were introduced by a mutual friend. The two dated for a year, during which time Andrew made his first bid for elective office, an unsuccessful run for the Columbus Board of Education.

“She cannot blame buyer’s remorse,” Ginther said of Shannon.

“She knew what she was getting.”

What she was getting was someone who, at the age of 24, wanted to go to bat for the school system that had produced him.

“I was tired of listening to people talk poorly about Columbus schools,” Ginther said. “As a matter of fact, I had a great experience in Columbus City Schools.”

Although he finished in the middle of the pack of a crowded field

that first political campaign, the onetime coordinator of the of violence prevention for local nonprofit organization Strategies Against Violence Everywhere was elected to the school board on a second try. He remained there for six years, until being appointed to city council in February 2007.

He was elected in his own right that fall and chosen as president on Jan. 3, succeeding Michael C. Mentel.

“There’s probably not a more fascinating place to serve a community than city council,” Ginther said. Any given day can involve issues as varied as trash pickup and job creation and everything in between, he added.

In light of his rise from school board to council and now council president, Ginther said that people often ask if he’s interested in moving even further up the political scale.

“Washington has absolutely no appeal to me, and probably never will,” Ginther insisted.

This, he added, is a good thing, since Shannon has no desire to be a single parent with him off in the capital.

Partisanship is what Washington is all about, in Ginther’s view, and that’s not the case with Columbus City Council, and not just, he added, because all of the members and even the mayor are Democrats.

“There’s not a Republican way or Democratic way to plow the streets,” Ginther said.

Ginther works as community outreach coordinator for Triumph Communications Inc., a central Ohio consulting company that provides services in public relations and political campaign management.

“This is a pretty special place, Columbus,” Ginther went on, citing the willingness of the city’s voters to increase the income tax to help fund city services.

During one of the “worst economic recessions in my life, the people were willing to embrace the future,” he added.

To that end, Ginther said that

he and the others on council must “remain diligent” in fulfilling pledges made in the campaign leading up to voter approval of the income tax increase. Those include reforming city government, saving money by creating fair compensation packages for city workers and an “unprecedented economic development agenda” to retain existing jobs and bring in new ones.

“People always ask me,” Ginther said, “what’s the most important: People working and working good-paying jobs.”

The Ginthers live in Clintonville, two streets away, the council president said, from the street on which he grew up.

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Fundraiser returns to Columbus Square Bowling Palace Rock ’N Bowl 2011, which benefits the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, is set for Saturday, Feb. 5, at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace, 5707 Forest Hills Blvd. “Winter in central Ohio is a great time for indoor activities,� according to a press release announcing the event. “What better way to spend a cold, snowy day than bowling while supporting a good cause?�

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Goodwill’s new store to accept drive-up donations SHARPE’S SHOOTERS Continued from page A1

point and an efficiency standpoint,� Reyna said.

The transportation operation was moved to a site on Fisher Road. “A smaller store allows us to have greater turns of product,� Reyna said. “We put out new product every day,� Price said.

While some of the employees from the previous location shifted over to the distribution end of things, Reyna said that the new Morse Road store has a staff of between 15 and 19 people. “Actually I think we have a greater presence,�

Reyna said. “We have a very powerful sign on Morse Road, and people who didn’t know we had a store have found us.�

Revenues generated from the sale of items donated at the new Goodwill store as well as attended donation stations stays in Columbus to help people with disabilities and other barriers, the retail manager said.

She noted that each Goodwill organization

operates independently. “Clothing is always our biggest seller,� Reyna said, adding that household items and jewelry also account for a significant portion of sales.

The 2933 Morse Road location provides a bit more space for furniture.

Goodwill Columbus currently has five retail stores in Franklin County and 18 attended donation stations. Two more stores and another six to eight donation centers are expected to open this year, according to the announcement of the Morse Road site relocation.

The new stores will all be between 12,000 and 14,000 square feet, according to the announcement, and Reyna said that including a drive-through donation operation is also in the plans.

That has certainly been a welcome addition at the new store, according to manager Price. “If you have bad weather, raining or snowing, they can drive up, they won’t get wet, their product won’t get wet,� Price said. kparks@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com

Study to look at innovative transit approach along Cleveland Avenue Continued from page A1 Avenue corridor stretching from downtown to SR-161 and possibly beyond to Westerville to determine what kind of improvements might be needed to make some form of Bus Rapid Transit possible there, he added.

Depending upon what the study concludes about the feasibility of BRT along Cleveland Avenue, Stutz said that COTA officials would then seek further funding to implement it. “It’s very early in the process,�

Stutz said last week. “Bus Rapid Transit is an innovative, high-capacity, lowercost public transit solution that can achieve the performance and benefits of more expensive rail

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modes,� according to the website of the National Bus Rapid Transit Institute at the University of South Florida’s Center for Urban Transportation Research. “This integrated system uses buses or specialized vehicles on roadways or dedicated lanes to quickly and efficiently transport passengers to their destinations, while offering the flexibility to meet a variety of local conditions. BRT system elements can easily be customized to community needs and incorporate state-of-the-art, lowcost technologies that attract more passengers and ultimately help reduce overall traffic congestion.� “It’s higher capacity very often, which means you can carry more folks in a shorter period of time,�

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“The whole objective is to reduce travel time and make it more user-friendly,� COTA president and chief executive William J. Lhota told The Dispatch.

COTA’s busy Route 1 operates on Cleveland Avenue. “It’s one of our top three lines,�

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The Beat Arts, eats and fun in central Ohio that same display to the Southern Theatre Saturday, Jan. 22. Their program includes selections by Bach, Debussy, Bernstein, Praetorius, Rossini and Mozart.

Tickets are $40-$15. Call (614) 469-0939.

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jfischer@thisweeknews.com A busy week for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra begins at the Ohio Theatre Friday and Saturday, Jan. 21-22, with the second in the CSO’s winter Russian Masterworks programs.

Associate conductor Peter Stafford Wilson takes the podium for the concerts, which include Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture.

(Does it get any bigger?) Guest cellist Julian Schwartz joins in, as well.

Tickets are $20.50-$66.50.

The orchestra celebrates its 60th anniversary with a gala performance featuring guest pianist Lang Lang Thursday, Jan. 27.

(More on Lang in the BeatBlog.)

Newly appointed maestro JeanMarie Zeitouni conducts the program, which includes Mus-

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sorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition and features Lang on pieces by Liszt and Chopin.

Tickets are $97.50-$37.50.

Call (614) 228-8600.

Cleveland-based Burning 2 River Brass has traveled the world over sharing the kind of power and majesty that only brass and percussion can bring.

The 12-piece ensemble brings

in-their-own-right members of The Flatlanders has a role to play.

Joe Ely is the performer — dude makes records and plays out. Jimmie Dale Gilmore is the mystic — he even looks the part, with his flowing gray mane and weatheredand-wise countenance. Butch Hancock is the poet — a songwriter’s songwriter through and through.

The trio played here on its “reunion tour” but will appear this time without band in tow — just Ely, Gilmore and Hancock in a stripped-down, acoustic master show.

The Flatlanders will play the Columbus Maennerchor Sunday, Jan. 23. Tickets are $30. Call (614) 462-2636.

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chamber shredders. friends/colleagues who’d played off-the-wall rock n’ roll tunes.

4 Rootsy That’s what we’ve decid- in various combinations over the Touring in support of their ed is an ideal way to describe Punch Brothers, the quintet fronted by mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile, formerly of Nickel Creek.

Grown organically out of

5 Anberlin guitarist Christian McAl-

haney offered that one of the best things about their current co-headlining tour with Circa Survive is keeping the sets to a controlled length in order to save the singers’ voices.

When it’s suggested he would need no such favor, he deadpanned, “Right.

My fingers never get tired.”

A good thing, given the amount of time the modern rock quintet spends on the road. McAlhaney said the band won’t rehearse together for this upcoming tour because of the length of the previous one and the shortness of the break between.

“We just played these songs a bajillion times in a row, so we’ll likely just have an e-mail exchange about a set list and that’s it,” he said.

McAlhaney said he’ll fly in to Richmond (Virginia, the next tour stop) and meet the rest of the band a day before the show.

Anberlin, with co-headliner Circa Survive and opener Foxy Shazam, will play the Newport Music Hall Saturday, Jan. 22. Tickets are $18.50/$21. Call 1800-745-3000.

The heavy touring schedule is dictated in part because the band has a new record out — Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place hit late in 2010 and debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 Albums.

“The last record (New Surrender), we felt like it was rushed,” McAlhaney explained. “We signed with Universal Republic just after Cities came out, and they wanted new material. We were tour-

years, Punch Brothers combines traditional acoustic instruments (mandolin, guitar, banjo, fiddle, bass), players with mad skills and repertoire from extended, composed pieces to covers of

ing and writing — it ended up being OK. “But we decided for Dark to really take our time,” he said. “It was very planned-out. We had a clear idea of what we were trying to get at.”

Which was a record more moody and challenging while retaining the band’s anthemic approach.

Another way Dark finds the band stretching itself is in arrangements. McAlhaney said one of his favorite songs on the record is Pray Tell, which is very percussion-heavy.

“At one point in the recording process, there were seven people playing drums in the studio,” he said. “It was very cool mixing all that percussion.”

The title of the album is taken from a Dylan Thomas poem, and McAlhaney said he was sold right away.

“We are just poachers (of the line), but to me, it’s a dark but hopeful phrase,” he explained. “This record has more of

2010 release, Antifogmatic, Punch Brothers return to the Lincoln Theatre stage Monday, Jan. 24.

Tickets are $26. Call (614) 469-0939.

a darker feel, but no matter how tough life is, there’s a light at the end.”

McAlhaney said signing with a major label wasn’t necessarily planned, but it fit with the group’s goals.

“There’s a saying that if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans,” McAlhaney said. “But obviously, in everything you do, you have goals and a plan to achieve them. We have a group agreement on what we’ll do and what we won’t do. As long as there’s growth and momentum — we just don’t want to spin our wheels.

“The bigger the band gets, the better,” McAlhaney said with a laugh. “I love the idea of art for art’s sake, but art doesn’t pay the rent.”

For more from The Beat’s interview with Anberlin guitarist Christian McAlhaney, read the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeekNews.com.

Cumin Indian Restaurant a fine replacement for Bayleaf When I heard Bayleaf was going out of business, I grimaced. The Polaris-area restaurant was one of my favorite places for Indian food.

But when I heard the Cuisine of India people were taking over, I cheered up. You see, like Bayleaf, Cuisine of India is modern and authentic, serving both beloved classics and lots of contemporary-style dishes popular in cosmopolitan Indian cities.

So when I waltzed into Cumin Indian Restaurant my expectations were pretty high. After a few visits, I realized this newbie was destined to shoot to the top of my Indian food list.

Other than closing off the formerly open kitchen, Cumin’s owners haven’t performed any drastic cosmetic makeovers. It’s still a big, modern, open and airy room with few, if pleasant, decorations (chiefly multi-hued, saucer-shaped chandeliers) to distract visitors from

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by G.A. Benton the task at hand — masticating on fabulously flavored chow.

While buffets aren’t usually my thing, Cumin’s is, especially on weekends. That’s when the chaat station gets cranking, and I’m an inveterate fan of chaat.

If you’ve never had them, chaats are Indian street-sold snacks that are meat-free riots of bold condiments, wild flavors and manifold textures. Fortunately, this generalization held true on a recent — and blissfully lengthy — lunchtime stopover at Cumin’s great buffet.

In front of a longish line and manning a mammoth round pan, the buffet’s chaat guy began with a crispy puck of a potato pancake.

To that he added a scoop of soupy,

By Daniel Sohner/ThisWeek

The Mixed Kabob Platter at Cumin: lamb, mixed grill and chicken.

highly seasoned chickpeas. Then came the garnishing : tart yogurt; chutneys of coriander (spicy) and tamarind (sweet); diced raw onion, tomato and cilantro; plus a finishing dusting of exotic, eggy-tasting chaat masala. It’s a crazy mess to eat, but I find its push-me/pullme flavors and textures to be an incomparable delight.

Post-chaat, there’s a dizzying array of buffet choices — the thing goes on forever. I counted six meat entrees (two in kabob form); five veggie entrees; two soups; two rice dishes; a large salad/condiment bar and four desserts.

I liked everything I tried, but was especially fond of the Baigan Bharta (wonderful eggplant stew),

Aloo Cabbage (addictive mixed vegetable curry), and spicy, sweet and sour chicken dumplings.

As for non-buffet appetizers, the huge, dense and firm chilimarinated homemade cheese kabobs (Paneer Shaslik, $9) had a great grilled flavor but their accompanying veggies (onion, garlic, peppers) were disarmingly uncooked.

For an explosive curry, go for the Cumin Melthi Harydi ($12).

Featuring a complex, aromatic, rich, carrot-colored gravy with a sneaky heat, the head-spinning dish was cleverly equipped with refreshing, mouth-cleansing sticks of ginger. Awesome.

On the tamer side, but still terrific, was Cumin’s sizzling grill

($15, easily feeds two). Like a giant platter of mixed Indian fajitas, it’s a great way to sample several items on Cumin’s large menu.

The “grill” was a round-up of about five kinds of smokily seared, delicious kabobs, my favorites of which were Haryali Tikka (juicy, boneless chicken chunks in a zesty pesto) and Lajwab Seek kabob (huge logs of ground lamb with minced green pepper, onion and cilantro). The mammoth dinner came with fluffy basmati rice and excellent dal.

While none of Cumin’s desserts disappointed, the Gajar Halwa ($4 — milky, cardamomy, nutty and fruity shredded carrots) — was especially fun to munch.

To read G.A. Benton’s blog, visit ColumbusDiningGuide.com

Greek diner near UA takes simple approach to food, ambience Yiagos and Stratis Kostoglou had simplicity in mind when opening Greek to Me. The menu, for the time being, is a small and manageable collection of breakfast and lunch fare served in a humble dining room with blue and white gingham tablecloths and some Greek accents.

“We want to make sure we serve good Greek food. We don’t want to make things complicated,” said Stratis, who opened the store with his father at 4697 Reed Road in Northwest Columbus.

The breakfast items consist of the familiar – omelets, pancakes, French toast and typical sides, such as bacon, links and home fries. The lunch menu offers similarly approachable dishes, such as gyros,

subs, moussaka, pastitsio and souvlaki. They wanted prices to be inviting, too, as most entrees run between $6 and $8.

It is the first restaurant for the pair. Yiagos worked as a steward on Greek cargo ships, helping coordinate three meals a day, not to mention private functions, for 30 hungry sailors. He eventually opened A Matter of Steak in Westland Mall, which he later sold. Meanwhile, his son was an assistant kitchen manager at Texas Roadhouse.

Greek to Me takes over 1,300 square feet of space that was most recently occupied by Pizzano’s. It seats 50.

By Chris Parker/ThisWeek

Yiagos Kostoglou shaves gyro meat in his new restaurant, Greek to Me, at 4697 Reed Road in Northwest Columbus on Jan. 13.

The Kastaglous have loftier ambitions for their bill of fare. They want to slowly introduce daily specials and hope to have a beer-and-wine license in place by this spring. They also plan to have dinner services available by summer.

The restaurant is open for breakfast and lunch daily. For more information, call 614-725-4323.

restaurant business kept tugging at his apron strings.

Lashish offers a variety of Middle Eastern sides, including falafel, babagannoush and hummus, plus soups, salads, kebabs and fish dishes. It also serves up several Greek classics, such as pastitsio and moussaka, and an array of desserts.

He stresses freshness in his products. For example, he is grinding the meat in-house for his kebabs Lashish, the Greek, offering a large and rea- and burgers. Most items are $6 to $10. Large ensonably priced Mediterranean menu, has opened in trees are in $12 range. There is no alcohol.

Northwest Columbus.

The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner hours The restaurant, owned by Mohammad Ballouz, daily. For more information, call 614-457-5800. has taken over 1,200 square feet of space at 788 Bethel Road, ramping up the international flair of the Olentangy Square shopping center, which includes Banana Leaf (vegetarian Indian), Min-Ga (Korean) and Bamboo Café (Vietnamese, Thai).

■ Even wine connoisseurs The cornerfind refreshment elsewhere. stone of the menu Wine Wisdom columnist Chris is genuine Dillman recommends Jolly shawarma: skewFor a video of this restau- ered sheets of Pumpkin Brewery’s Oro de Calrant, visit www.thisweek- lamb and beef, abaza online at www.thisweeknews.com/foodandwine. marinated for 48 news.com/foodandwine.

Chris Dillman hours, cooked on a vertical rotisserie. The juices of tomatoes and Recipe of the week lemon, placed at the top of the assemblage, gloss the meat and add flavor.

“You’ve got to go to New York to get this,” Ballouz said.

With the pita option, he brushes the bread with hummus and adds Bermuda onion, mint and tart sumac. He finishes it off on a Panini grill to crisp the bread. A shawarma platter is an alternative.

Ballouz is a familiar face on the central Ohio restaurant scene, having worked for a number of years for Niki Chalkias, the proprietor of FisherRaspberry brie chicken, courtesy of John man’s Wharf restaurants.

“Guido” Magnacca of Cimi’s Bistro.

Ballouz left the restaurant business and was a cultural adviser for the defense industry. But the

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The Stallions’ Maddie Lockhart tries to protect the ball from a trio of Ready defenders last Saturday.

DeSales Roundup

Close games the norm for girls team

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The DeSales High School girls basketball team is looking to build off its 55-52 win over Ready last Saturday.

The Stallions trailed by as many as 17 points before clamping down defensively in the fourth quarter. The win pulled them within a game of CCL leader Watterson heading into a league contest against Columbus School for Girls last Wednesday.

“When you’re down by that many, sometimes you just give up,” guard Maddie Lockhart said. “For teams in the future, we know that just because we’re down 16 or 17 points, we can come back.”

Ready used a zone defense to slow down the Stallions, who prefer a fast-paced game. DeSales trailed 28-19 at halftime but outscored the Silver Knights

18-10 in the fourth quarter. The Stallions had to make two defensive stops with less than a minute to go to seal the win.

“We’ve had a lot of close games this year,” said coach Brian Cromwell, whose team was 6-5 overall and 3-1 in the CCL before last Wednesday.

“We’ve been down in games 10 or 12 points and we’ve had chances to win in some of those games but we weren’t able to finish. This game was a tribute to how much they’ve improved in the last two months.”

Entering last Wednesday, the Stallions’ five losses were by a combined 18 points. Their biggest losing margin was five points, which came in a 44-39 loss to Olentangy Orange on Dec. 29.

DeSales keeps games close by focusing on what it gives up each quarter. The team’s goal is to hold opponents to 11 points or fewer per quarter. The only

By Mike Munden/ThisWeek

Kelsey Albanese of DeSales is fouled by Ready’s Carly Culbertson as she drives to the basket during the visiting Stallions’ 55-52 win last Saturday. DeSales rallied from a 17-point deficit.

time the Stallions accomplished that goal last Saturday was in the fourth quarter. As the game tightened, Cromwell continued to use man-to-man defense.

“We challenged them on the bench that we weren’t going to throw the trap in there at the end of the game,” Cromwell said. “It was time that someone needed to step up and figure out a way as a group to get a defensive stop.”

DeSales, which rode a threegame winning streak into last Wednesday, will look to avenge a 54-50 overtime loss to Watterson on Dec. 18 when it plays host to the Eagles on Saturday.

Watterson, which leads the CCL at 4-0, is seeking a fourth consecutive league title.

In the first meeting with Watterson, Tyler Craig scored 15 points and Lockhart scored 11.

DeSales had trouble defend-

ing Eagles guards Gabby Byorth and Ashley Andracki, who scored 17 and 14 points, respectively.

The Stallions are focusing on coming out fast against Watterson to avoid the slow start they had against Ready.

“Our biggest issue is our sense of urgency,” Cromwell said. “We don’t have the same level of intensity at all times.

It’s something that we’ve worked at all year. Hopefully,

we don’t put ourselves in a situation (like last Saturday) too often.”

•The boys basketball team plays Watterson for the first time this season on Saturday at Otterbein’s Rike Center.

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Local Roundup

Vikings girls have inside track to City-North title

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A 49-39 win over Brookhaven on Jan. 11 served two purposes for the Northland High School girls basketball team.

First, the Vikings now control their own destiny in terms of representing the City League-North Division in the league title game Feb. 12. Even if the Bearcats win the rematch Feb. 4, Northland would win the tiebreaker if it wins the rest of its league games because Brookhaven competed for the City title last season.

Possibly just as important, according to Vikings sophomore guard Alexis Peterson, is what her team gained mentally from the victory.

“That’s a quality win over a good team, so it gives us amazing confidence,” Peterson said.

Northland captured another key victory over area-power Olentangy Orange (48-43 on Dec. 13) to build up its résumé entering the second half of the season.

The Vikings are second in the Division I area coaches poll behind Reynoldsburg. Brookhaven and Orange are tied for fourth.

Peterson was averaging 15 points through 10 games to lead Northland’s strong start. Junior Symone Denham, who according to coach Dean Washington already has received scholarship offers from several Division I schools including Kansas, has been a bright spot inside.

Sophomore post player Jasmine Weatherspoon is another player who

By Adam Cairns/ThisWeek

Northland’s Ayanna Colvin (3), Symone Denham (22), Taren Mahone (24), Tatiana Chapple (20) and Alexis Peterson celebrate after the Vikings’ 49-39 victory over Brookhaven on Jan. 11. The Vikings were 8-0 in the City League-North Division before playing Mifflin last Tuesday.

has been emerging.

“We’re kind of in the meat grinder of our schedule right now,” Washington said. “I think we can still get better.”

Brookhaven and Beechcroft were a step behind in the City-North race heading into the start of the second round of league play last Tuesday.

The Bearcats lost senior Marah Morris, an Indiana State University signee, to a season-ending knee injury in midDecember.

While senior guards Briana Holmes and Travecia Franklin and junior guard Jasmine Johnson should continue to play major roles in Brookhaven’s hopes for the remainder of the sea-

son, senior Chanae Ward and junior Essence Bates-Hatcher have seen their roles increase since Morris’ injury.

Senior Jessica Rivers, a 5-11 post player, should provide depth during the season’s second half.

“You can’t turn the ball over with the lead like we did (in the loss to Northland),” Brookhaven coach Reggie Lee

said. “We have to look back at it as motivation to get focused.”

While Brookhaven and Northland are two teams that should garner high seeds for the Division I district tournament next month, Beechcroft is jockeying for position in Division II. Senior TaRonna Neal has upped her scoring average from 14 points last season to 19 to lead the Cougars. Seniors Jasmine Johnson, Ashlyn Shaw and Jasmine Smith have been other key contributors.

Although Beechcroft was blown out

by Northland 71-32 on Dec. 14 and Brookhaven 67-31 on Jan. 7 in the first round of City-North play, coach Mike Fleming believes his team showed character in a 93-90 five overtime victory over Watkins Memorial on Dec. 20 and a 68-64 loss to Bexley on Dec. 22.

“I like where we are,” Fleming said.

“Of course, Brookhaven and Northland are always going to be tough, and we left some free throws on the floor against Bexley, but I like the pace of where we’re at.

“TaRonna has been stepping up.

She’s been a vocal leader on and off the floor and has taken a lot of responsibility for the team. Kandace Jemison as a defender and Natalee Banks, one of my captains, have also done their part.”

•The Brookhaven boys bowling team and the Brookhaven and Northland girls teams are in contention for league titles in the Central Ohio High School Bowling Conference-Central See ROUNDUP, page A8

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Boys Basketball

Several of district’s top teams to be on display

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Three central Ohio high school boys basketball teams ranked in the top 10 in the Division I state poll, as well as several other expected area powers, will be in action this weekend at a pair of college venues.

The ninth annual Ohio Play-By-Play Classic, which in past years has been held at Ohio State, features four games Saturday at Capital University and three Sunday at the Schottenstein Center. An event Saturday at Ohio State forced organizers to find an alternative location for games that day.

“We haven’t played at Capital before, but it’s a really nice facility,” said Dublin Coffman coach Jamey Collins, whose team opens the event at 2 p.m.

Saturday against Walnut Ridge. “They had a little jam up because the Schottenstein Center wasn’t available on Saturday, but the organizers were up front about it. It’ll be good for the kids to be in that environment.”

Below is a breakdown of several matchups at the Play-By-Play Classic: •Dublin Coffman vs. Walnut Ridge

— After winning a Division I district championship and going 20-4 a year ago, Coffman was fourth in the ThisWeekSPORTS.com Super 7 for Jan. 10-16 despite having several new players in key roles.

Senior guard Christian Heine is a four-year varsity player and key member of the team’s backcourt and senior guard Zack Riddle is averaging 17 points in his first season with the Shamrocks after transferring from Watterson.

Walnut Ridge was first in the City League-South Division entering play last Tuesday and features one of the area’s biggest frontcourts. Senior Austin Traylor, a 6-foot-4 forward who has verbally committed to play football for Wisconsin, is averaging 19 points. Senior Dwayne Bazemore is a 6-10 post player.

“They’re just loaded with talent,” Collins said. “They’re the type of team we’ll have to play in the tournament, so it will be a good test for us.”

•Gahanna vs. Chillicothe — The only matchup that features two stateranked teams will pit Gahanna, the No. 4 team in Division I last week, against

Schedule Below is a list of the games in the ninth annual Ohio Play-By-Play Classic: SATURDAY (games at Capital University) 2 p.m.: Dublin Coffman vs. Walnut Ridge; 3:45 p.m.: Gahanna vs. Chillicothe; 5:30 p.m.: Westerville South vs. Burlington (N.J.) Life Center Academy; 7:15 p.m.: Northland vs. Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary SUNDAY (games at Ohio State) 12:15 p.m.: Canal Winchester vs. Hartley; 2 p.m.: Teays Valley vs. St. Bernard Roger Bacon; 3:45 p.m.: Fairfield vs. Peebles

Chillicothe, the No. 2 team in Division II a week ago.

The Lions are led by senior Stevie Taylor, an Ohio University signee who is averaging 16 points, three assists and 2.7 steals.

Jamel Morris, Brandon Smith and Trey Warr are other key players among a nine-member senior class that has Gahanna ranked second in the ThisWeek Super 7 poll.

Chillicothe sports a frontcourt that features 6-9 junior Malik London and 6-7 senior Jalen Ragland but also has a pair of talented players in the back-

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“I love Capital’s gym,” Lions coach Tony Staib said. “It’ll be a good environment.”

•Westerville South vs. Burlington (N.J.) Life Center Academy — South, which was ranked sixth in the state poll last week and third in the Super 7, has a Division I recruit in Wisconsin-signee Traevon Jackson.

The 6-2 guard averages 17 points and more than four assists for the Wildcats, who have a trio of other ball-handlers with significant experience in seniors Ben Jones and Damarkeo Lyshe and junior Isaiah Rogers.

Life Center won nine of its first 12 games and features 6-8 senior forward Laquinton Ross (21.5 ppg, 10.9 rebounds), senior guard John Johnson (18.5 ppg, 3.6 assists) and junior guard Andre Horne Jr. (13.5 ppg, 7.2 rebounds). Ross signed with Ohio State in November.

•Northland vs. Akron St. VincentSt. Mary — Northland is off to another solid start despite losing 2010 Naismith Player of the Year Jared Sullinger to graduation, with senior

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Tyler Craig of the Stallions grabs a loose ball away from Ready’s Nikki Brown last Saturday.

DESALES Continued from page A7 three letterwinners, including just one starter.

The Eagles dropped to 3-8 overall and 1-2 in the CCL after losing to Hartley 34-32 last Friday.

They have struggled to score at times, including a 62-22 loss to Westerville South on Dec. 30. Watterson scored only four points in the first half.

Point guard Brad McCurdy, Watterson’s lone returning starter, has been one of Eagles’ most consistent scorers. He had 10 points last Friday and Connor Geraghty scored eight.

DeSales, which rode a twogame winning streak into a non-league contest against Granville last Tuesday, has won 10 consecutive games against Watterson. The Stallions won last season’s meetings 71-59 and 66-49.

At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the DeSales boys basketball, girls basketball, gymnastics, hockey, swimming and wrestling teams: BOYS BASKETBALL *Last Friday — Defeated St. Charles 44-42. Charles Chandler scored 11 points.

Last Tuesday — Played Granville *Friday — Watterson at Otterbein Saturday — Home vs. Urbana Wednesday — Home vs. Beechcroft.

The teams have not met since 1999 when the Stallions won 61-41.

Of note: The Stallions were 6-3 overall before last Tuesday and are 2-1 in the CCL. GIRLS BASKETBALL *Last Saturday — Def. Ready 55-52.

Maddie Lockhart scored 17 points and Miranda Johnson scored 13. *Last Wednesday — Played Columbus School for Girls *Saturday — Home vs. Watterson.

The Stallions lost 54-50 on Dec. 18.

Wednesday — At Granville Of note: The Stallions were 6-5 overall and 3-1 in the CCL before last Wednesday. *CCL game GYMNASTICS Last Saturday — Finished second (135) in McGee Invitational at Dublin Coffman behind Brecksville-Broadview

Heights (144.975) Saturday — Worthington Kilbourne Invitational HOCKEY Last Saturday — Lost to Cincinnati Sycamore 4-1, lost to Maumee 6-1 Last Sunday — Lost to Kalamazoo (Mich.) 8-2, lost to Gahanna 3-0 *Saturday — Watterson at Chiller Easton *Sunday — Dublin Coffman at Chiller Easton Of note: The Stallions are 5-14 overall and 0-5 in the Capital Hockey Conference. *CHC game SWIMMING & DIVING Last Saturday — Competed in Northeast Classic at Branin Natatorium in Canton. Team scores were not kept.

Cooper Staton was second in the 50yard freestyle (21.54 seconds).

Friday — Granville at North YMCA Tuesday — At Columbus Academy WRESTLING Last Saturday-last Sunday — Finished 12th (72) behind champion Cincinnati Moeller (256) in 32-team Catholic Invitational Tournament at Toledo Central Catholic. Lee Wilson (125 pounds) placed second and Jason Allen (145) and Tony Moore (189) were sixth.

Last Wednesday — Competed against Licking Heights Saturday — At West Jefferson

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Senior Evan Marshall has rolled games in the mid-240s and senior Travis Stokes and sophomore Lei’Tonn Backus both have had scores in the midto high-230s to lead the Bearcats boys team. Other key contributors include sophomore Hunter Woods and freshman Ne’Tronne Backus.

Marshall is a two-time district qualifier whom coach Todd Norman calls “Mr. Consistency.”

“Things are going really well,” Norman said. “We’ve had some of our young kids really step it up, and Travis Stokes is a senior who’s really stepped it up. Right now, we’re just concentrating on winning the (league).”

The Northland girls team has been boosted by freshman Bradishia Foster, who has been the team’s top scorer. Sophomores Angela Holley, Janelle Tyler and Cherie Wright and senior Alicia Wright have been other key contributors.

Brookhaven girls coach Chuck Andrick has been pleased with his team’s scoring thus far.

Senior Madison Morris has been averaging 170. Junior Chelsea Matthews and sophomore Kylie Matthews also have contributed.

“Our scores are, for the most part, going up,” Andrick said.

“Madison Morris has been doing pretty well. With the rest of them, on any given day they could post a good score.”

The Beechcroft boys team has earned three wins and its girls squad has two victories.

Sophomore Jeremy Jones regularly has scored in the 160s to complement the play of senior Jonathan Slaughter for the boys team.

“We’re getting better,” coach Joe Begeny said. “I’m replacing a lot of starters from last year, but we’ve won our last two. I think they’re starting to get into the groove.”

The girls team was hurt by the fact that senior Brittany Bohanan was not available for several matches because of a concussion.

Junior Nellie Jones and fresh-

guard Trey Burke taking on the leading role.

A Michigan-signee, Burke heads a cast that also features 6-8 juniors Jalen Robinson and Devon Scott as well as junior guard Jordan Potts. The Vikings were fifth in the state poll last week and first in the Super 7.

St. Vincent-St. Mary split its first 10 games, as senior DeVonte Beard (14.9 ppg), senior Ricky Johnson (11.8 ppg) and 6-6 junior Lorenzo Cugini led the way offensively.

•Canal Winchester vs. Hartley — Two of central Ohio’s best Division II teams this season have been the Hawks and Indians, who were first and third, respectively, in the area coaches poll last week.

Hartley is led by 6-6 sophomore post player Jacob Matuska and senior forward Kendal Sherrod.

Seniors Joe Collier (6-5 post player), Sam Jones (6-0 guard), Kyle Schriml (6-1 forward) and Michael Walker (510 guard) are among the top players for Canal Winchester. julrey@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

At a glance Below are the recent results and coming schedules for the Beechcroft, Brookhaven and Northland boys basketball, girls basketball, bowling, swimming and wrestling teams:

BEECHCROFT BOYS BASKETBALL *Jan. 11 — Defeated Columbus East 79-56 *Last Friday — Def. Linden-McKinley 74-60 *Last Tuesday — Played Whetstone *Friday — Home vs. Northland *Tuesday — Home vs. Centennial Of note: The Cougars were 4-5 overall and 3-3 in the City League-North Division before last Tuesday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL *Jan. 11 — Def. East 53-52 *Last Friday — Def. Linden 65-50 *Last Tuesday — Played Whetstone *Friday — At Northland *Tuesday — At Centennial Of note: The Cougars were 8-4 overall and 6-2 in the City-North before last Tuesday.

BOWLING *Jan. 13 — Boys: Def. Mifflin 1,6791,587; Girls: Def. Mifflin 1,444-1,421 *Today — Boys, girls: Northland at Sequoia *Tuesday — Boys, girls: Haugland Learning Center at Sawmill *Wednesday — Boys, girls: Brookhaven at Sequoia Of note: The boys are 3-5 overall and in the Central Ohio High School Bowling Conference-Central Division and the girls are 2-6 overall and 2-5 in the league.

SWIMMING Last Saturday — Boys: Finished last (2) in 17-team Teays Valley Invitational behind champion Westerville Central (440); Girls: Did not score at 15-team Teays Valley Invitational won by Westerville Central (351) Wednesday — At Bellefontaine WRESTLING Last Tuesday — Competed against Walnut Ridge

BROOKHAVEN BOYS BASKETBALL *Jan. 11 — Lost to Northland 43-41 *Last Friday — Lost to Centennial 6255 Last Saturday — Lost to Westerville North 71-61 *Last Tuesday — Played East *Friday — Home vs. Whetstone *Tuesday — At Mifflin Of note: The Bearcats were 6-5 overall and 3-3 in the City-North before last Tuesday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL *Jan. 11 — Lost to Northland 49-39 *Last Friday — Def. Centennial 5737 Last Saturday — Lost to Canton McKinley 52-24 in Classic in the Country at Berlin Hiland *Last Tuesday — Played East *Friday — At Whetstone Saturday — Home vs. Lima Bath

man Elizabeth Ramos have been the Cougars’ top players.

“I’ve been happy with the girls,” coach Andy Merritt said.

“We could probably win four

*Tuesday — Home vs. Mifflin Of note: The Bearcats were 8-2 overall and 7-1 in the City-North before last Tuesday.

BOWLING *Jan. 12 — Boys: Def. St. Charles 2,237-1,995 *Last Friday — Boys: Lost to Watterson 1,984-1,969; Girls: Lost to Watterson 1,754-1,446 *Friday — Ready at HP Lanes *Tuesday — Columbus West at Hillcrest Of note: The boys are 7-2 overall and 5-2 in the COHSBC-Central and the girls are 5-2 overall and 4-2 in the league.

WRESTLING Last Friday-last Saturday — Finished 14th (10) in 15-team Licking Heights Invitational behind champion Westerville North (210.5) Saturday — Heath Invitational

NORTHLAND BOYS BASKETBALL *Jan. 11 — Def. Brookhaven 43-41 *Last Friday — Def. East 76-53 *Last Tuesday — Played Mifflin *Friday — At Beechcroft Saturday — Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary in Ohio Play-By-Play Classic at Capital University (7:15 p.m.) *Tuesday — At Whetstone Of note: The Vikings were 8-0 overall and 6-0 in the City-North before last Tuesday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL *Jan. 11 — Def. Brookhaven 49-39 *Last Friday — Def. East 67-29 Last Saturday — Def. West Chester Lakota West 39-29 in Classic in the Country *Last Tuesday — Played Mifflin *Friday — Home vs. Beechcroft *Tuesday — Home vs. Whetstone Of note: The Vikings were 12-0 overall and 8-0 in the City-North before last Tuesday.

BOWLING *Jan. 11 — Boys: Lost to Centennial 1,777-1,659; Girls: Def. Centennial 1,624-1,273 *Last Friday — Boys: Def. Linden 1,854-987 *Last Tuesday — Competed against Haugland Learning Center *Today — Boys, girls: Beechcroft at Sequoia Of note: The boys were 5-4 overall and 3-4 in the COHSBC-Central and the girls were 7-1 overall and 4-1 in the league before last Tuesday.

SWIMMING Last Tuesday — Competed against East and Eastmoor Saturday — Central Crossing and Caledonia River Valley at Urbancrest YMCA Wednesday — At Bellefontaine WRESTLING Jan. 13 — Def. DeSales B 48-18; lost to Whetstone 56-29 Friday-Saturday — Grandview Invitational *League contest

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