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Grigsby chosen as full-time city manager Base salary set at $180,000; annual ‘longevity’ raises range from 7% to 15% Grigsby to the permanent position of city manager after a special meeting on Nov. 22. “I think that council felt it was wise to first take a look within the staf f to see if a city manager candidate e xisted within our own ranks,” Mayor Tim Lecklider said. The legislation naming the 21-year Dublin employee is expected to be adopted during the Dec. 6 council meetMarsha Grigsby ing.
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Dublin didn’t have to look far for its new city manager. Council members directed staff to draw up le gislation to name finance director and interim city manager Marsha
According to information from city officials, Grigsby will be given an annual base salary of $180,000 with the usual benefits. Her contract will also include the possibility of an annual longevity incentive of 7 percent after the first year, 10 percent at the end of the second year and 15 percent at the end of the third year. Grigsby was appointed interim city manager in September after the post was vacated by Terry Foegler, who left
for a job with Ohio State Uni versity. She also filled in as city manager for nine months in the 2001-2002 and again for five months during the search that netted Foegler, who was with the city for 18 months. Grigsby said she hasn’t never applied for the position, but had recently discussed it with council members. “I previously did not apply and that’s related to the fact that there were things in the finance area I wanted to be in-
volved in and see to completion,” she said. “We’re in pretty good shape now. There are a lot of things I’ve been able to see to completion. I looked at this as an opportunity to take on and accept a new challenge.” Lecklider said it was more than Grigsby’s background in finance that led to the decision to name her city manager. “I want to point out that Marsha has See GRIGSBY, page A2
Task force: Push back high school start time By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community Newspapers
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Moderately Confused robotics team assistant coach Rajiv Singhal and his daughter, Ria, stand with team members David Feng, Arjun Kumar and Erin Bryden while they practice challenges with the team’s LEGO robot on Wednesday, Nov. 23.
Teams tackle robots, health for league By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Trial and error has been the name of the game for the FIRST LEGO league robotics team “Moderately Confused.” The 10 students on the team that practices at Sells Middle School are among the 206 Dublin City School students in grades 4-8 that are tackling the “Body Forward” challenge this year, pitting the students against injuries, illnesses and disease. “The theme this year is biomedical engineering,” eighth-grader Erin Bryden said. Students must work together to build a robot that will complete challenges on a board about the size of a billiards table. Challenges on the
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board include distributing medicine, setting a bone and unblocking an artery — all with Legos. After students build the Lego robot they must create programs that can run it through the different challenges, Coach Cyndi Bryden said. Although students may not touch the robot after it’s put in the ring, light and touch sensors help guide it through the course.
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A lot of time is spent going through the programs to make adjustments and corrections, said Sherri Behr, a parent and Dublin Robotics Boosters vice president. “There’s a lot of trial and error,” she said. “The kids have to figure out how far the robot travels. And it’s measured in one revolution of the axle, not the wheel.” Students also learn when to dis-
miss an idea and move on Bryden said. Ed Glaubitz said the team spent time working on a cross-bow type Lego piece to complete one task,but eventually had to scrap it. “We decided not to do it because it’s really hard to aim it and it might break (the robot’s) arm,” he said. “We dumped the idea.” Seventh-grader David Feng said he’s enjoyed his first year in the league and liked building a part that helps the team complete a task with a Lego syringe. “I thought it was fun to work with Legos and robots,” he said. Feng also programmed the robot to perform a task and took classes See TEAM TACKLE, page A4
The school reform task force wants to give Dublin High School students at least 45 e xtra minutes of sleep on school nights. The committee that has been meeting for 16 months said studies,surveys and other research led members to believe that pushing the school day back from 7:25 a.m. by at least 45 minutes w ould be very beneficial to students at Dublin’s three high schools. “There is a body of research to support that 45minute barrier,” task force member and Deputy Superintendent Michael Trego said. Tracey Miller, director of secondary education, told school board members the task force came upon reports that said later school times encourage more sleep, which could hold benefits such as improved academics. Some studies also link less sleep for high school students to car accidents,Miller said, citing the headline, “Teen car crashes tied to early start times.” “We wanted to make sure that no stone was unturned,” he said, adding that the practices and schedules of 16 other districts in the state were looked at. Task force members also went o ver the results of surveys taken by high school students, parents and staff members. The surveys listed three options. The first was to keep the current school day schedule of 7:25 a.m. to 2:35 p.m. for high school students, 8:15 a.m. to 2:55 p.m. for middle school students and 9:05 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. for elementary students. The second option included a school day of 8:35 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. for the high schools,9:25 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. for middle schools and 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for elementary schools. The third option,which task force members said received the most support,had the high school day run from 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.,the middle schools run from 8:15 a.m. to 2:55 p.m. and elementaries from 9:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The third option presented in the surveys would move the high school day back by 45 minutes,which, according to the task force recommendation,would See TASK FORCE, page A2
Dublin’s oldest homes School district will seek BMI waiver offer history lessons By JENNIFER NOBLIT
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Among Dublin residents celebrating the city’s 200th year are five proud people with one thing in common — they own some of Dublin’s oldest homes. Washington Township has 47 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places,but among the most interesting are the three oldest houses, all still in use as private residences, said Herb Jones, president of the Dublin Historical Society. The oldest frame house in the city, 63 S. Riverview, is owned
by Kristin Anderson. “The house was built in 1822 by James Kilbourne,” the founder of Worthington, Jones said. Kilbourne constructed it for his nephew, William Kilbourne, who lived there with his wife, Matilda Sells. Around the 1840s, the house was purchased by the Eberly family, which turned it into Dublin’s first post office, Jones said. The Eberlys lived there for about 100 years, after which the first major renovations of the building began to take place.
The Dublin school district hopes to shed the state-required body-mass-index testing for students for the current school year. School board members last week unanimously agreed to ask for a waiver from the state to skip the new BMI testing requirements contained in Senate Bill 210. The statewide effort to reduce childhood obesity by increasing activity and access to healthy foods in S.B. 210 also requires schools to perform BMI testing on students in grades kindergarten, 3, 5 and 9. Body-mass-index testing is calculated from a child’s height and weight. The resulting number is compared to others in the same age and gender group.
After testing, schools must notify parents and students of the results, and submit the information to the state. The state law also requires schools to allow students to opt out of the testing. During a September presentation to the school board, Janet Gillig, executive director of pupil services, said district responsibilities for the testing include notifying parents, providing information and an opt-out form, performing testing and helping parents and student interpret the findings. Both equipment and staff time will be needed, but the requirement from the state doesn’t come with funding, Gillig said. “Standardized equipment is required. Most clinics do not have the scales and other equipment,” she said in September. During last week’s meeting, Gillig said
the district is still looking into costs and other options related to BMI testing. “Most districts are moving towards a waiver at this time,” Superintendent David Axner said. In other school board news, the first reading of a new course for high school students was heard David Axner last week. A one-semester course, discrete math, will be added to the high school course book if approved by school board members on the third reading. Tracey Miller, director of secondary education, said a requirement stemming from Gov. Taft’s administration says high school See SCHOOL BOARD, page A4
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Grigsby chosen as full-time city manager Continued from page A1 certainly been an outstanding finance director for many years,” he said. “She possesses strong operational and personnel skills as well. Marsha also shares council’s progressi ve vision for Dublin.” Grigsby started working in Dublin in 1989 when she was hired as assistant finance director. She was promoted to director of finance in 1991. “Dublin is a pretty good place to work,” she said. “You get opportunities to do a lot of different things that you don’t get to do in a lot of other communities; if you just look at the capital program and the projects we’ve been able to do in the last 15 years. “It’s an e xciting and chal-
lenging place to work. You get the opportunity to do a lot of things and complete a lot of projects. It’s pretty rewarding to work here. Council is pretty dedicated (and) the community is supportive of the city.” With a long tenure at the city, Grigsby said she doesn’t anticipate much of a learning curv e in her new position. “There are things I haven’t been directly involved with previously, but one of the benefits I have is I’ve been with the city for such a long time. I know the goals and objectives, I know city staff and I know our community,” she said. Grigsby will have to hit the ground running, though. It is the city manager’s job to hire someone to fill her former finance di-
rector position and the chief of police position v acated by Michael Epperson in August. Heinz von Eckartsberg was appointed as interim chief after Epperson left for a city manager position in Heinz von North CaroliEckartsberg na. “That will be another important role to fill,” Grigsby said of the chief of police position. “We’ll look at what are the next steps and what are the priorities to complete and what needs to be done in the next few months.” jnoblit@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
Task force: Push back high school start time Continued from page A1 mean “positive outcomes for students” and that “high school teachers would have the opportunity to utilize time before school begins to collaborate with one another for a significant period of time. This critically important benefit would be a byproduct of this time adjustment.” Trego said the task force did come upon one problem associated with pushing back the high school day — athletics. Tony Pusateri, high school athletics director, said a later schedule could cause problems when there is a triple-header away basketball game on a Tuesday that starts at 4:30 p.m., although it doesn’t occur often. “Our coaches see no problem with this,” he said. “No one has said any negatives to this.” Other concerns that arose during surveys included the possibility of busing middle and high school students together, which would mean the installation of security cameras on buses, but Superintendent David Axner said some were already planned.
If middle and high school students were bused together, Axner said all buses would get security cameras. The expense could be funded through the replacement bus fund, which Axner said is in good shape. With the recommendation of adjusting only the high school start time,Trego said, “while the task force did construct two new schedule options …. We will not make a recommendation to adopt one of these schedule options.And that’s because more research needs to be done.We didn’t want to tie their hands with a particular recommendation and naming times.” Axner said the next step will be looking into transportation and bus routing as well as efficiency and fiscal responsibility. “I’m convinced we need to start high school at a later time,” he said. “Now we need to see if it will be a significantly greater cost.” Axner said he anticipates more information will be presented to the school board in January. If a change is made, a decision will be made by the spring for changes to the 2011-12 school year.
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About 40 families will have a table for meals or do homework on, thanks to students at St. Brigid of Kildare School. Before Thanksgiving break, students at the school that serves kindergarten through eighth grade worked on tables, pumpkin pie kits and other goodies for the Furniture Bank of Ohio to give out to families in need. The service project was part of the school’s Creating a Respectful Environment, or CARE, program. “We have CARE meetings every year,” St. Brigid principal Kathleen O’Reilly said. “We’ve probably been doing this for eight years. We always try to have a service component.” The students are divided into 38 CARE groups, or “families,” O’Reilly said, made up of 12 to 15 students of all ages. “The students stay together as a family from age 6 until graduation,” she said. “It’s multi-age and, hopefully, also creates respect among the different ages. We hope it models a family.” Eighth-graders lead the CARE families. Last week, they led the groups through different stations where a no-bake pumpkin pie kit was assembled and baskets with placemats, a simple family recipe and other goodies were put together. At the station where the groups assembled small tables, eighthgrader Luke Nutter said he appreciated the project.
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Continued from page A1 at the beginning of the season to learn the skill. “It’s very exciting because the kids learn all these things and absorb it without really even knowing it,” Behr said. During competition, each team gets 2 minutes and 30 second to run their robot through 14 different activities and they have three shots; the highest score trumps the other rounds. Bryden said teams can score up to 400 points while their robots are in the ring. But the competition teaches much more than math, science and problem solving. Teams are also judged based on teamwork, their research project and robot design, Behr said. Moderately Confused vetted a bionic eye for its research project, looking into ultraviolet light, how
to power the eye and potential problems. The team also visited Ashland Inc. to look at different materials for the eye. The research was the favorite part of the FIRST robot league for seventh-grader Ananya Rajagopal. “I really like the project better than the robot because I’m more of a researcher,” she said. Rajagopal said her research led her to the problem of connecting the bionic eye to muscles to help it move in the socket. She found studies on using sea coral. “I found a whole project where they were using sea coral to attach things to muscles,” she said. Moderately Confused will compete at Columbus State on Dec. 11, but competitions for other Dublin teams will run through January. The Dublin Robotics Boosters will host its o wn competition at Jerome High School Jan. 8.
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Continued from page A1 students must have four credits of math. “Parents and teachers thought we needed to offer something besides calculus,” he said. Most students earn math credits with geometry and algebra, Miller said, and they can proceed on to pre-calculus and calculus. The district started offering statistics recently as an alternative to calculus, but students could earn only a half-credit for the course. The discrete math course will also offer a half a math credit, Miller said.
Christina Hutchison, high school mathematics council chair, said the course would complement statistics and be taken concurrently with another math class. During the meeting, treasurer Stephen Osborne also notified board members of good news: The district received $1.7-million in no-interest energy conservation notes. The $5.7-million project will encourage ener gy ef ficiency throughout the district with new boilers, water heaters and other improvements. It was originally expected to be funded with $4million in no-interest loans and
$1.7-million in loans at the lowest rate the district could get. Osborne told board members last week that other districts have not yet used the no-interest loans provided by House Bill 264; the Dublin City Schools District was approved for an additional $1.7million. “The entire project will be interest-free,” he said. “We’ll borrow $5.7-million and pay back $5.7-million.” The loans for the project are expected to be paid back with savings seen through energy efficiencies.
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Some ‘fun facts’ concerning our excellent school district Dublin City Schools is one of the largest employers in the city and one of the largest businesses in our community. The district’s business is the education of our children. There is a traditional business-side, however, to providing our students with a first-class education. As someone who has studied business for years, I think it is interesting to note how large, complex and diverse the district’s operations have become. I thought it would be interesting to share some “fun facts” about our district. During a presentation of the district’s most recent five-year forecast, treasurer Steve Osborne indicated general fund revenues in Fiscal Year 2011 will top $163million. This gives you an indication of the size of this business. It is interesting to note how our district is funded. It receives 51% of its funding from residential taxes, 25% from commercial and industrial property; only a little more than 22% of the district’s funding comes from federal and state governments. The district is largely locally funded and the percentage of funding reliant on local property taxes is expected to increase by the time the current five-year forecast period comes to an end in 2015.The ongoing support of the community is one of the reasons the district has earned the highest possible credit rating from both Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s. Dublin City Schools is only one of three districts in Ohio to earn the highest possible rating from both agencies. Our great credit rating is a source of pride for the district and it saves us about $1-milion per year in interest payments on our bonds. The district is the 12th lar gest in Ohio in terms of student en-
rollment. It employs nearly 1,800 people, including about 1,200 teachers. More than 90% of the district’s budget goes toALAN ward salaries BRANNAN and benefits, a common statistic for any service industry such as a school district. The district operates an enormous transportation department, transporting about 9,000 students daily. The fleet features 140 buses. Last school year, district buses traveled more than 1.6-million miles and made 1.2-million drop offs and pick-ups. Food service is another enormous part of the district’s operations. More than 1-million lunches were served last school year, and more than 120,000 breakfasts. The ability to operate on this scale is impressive, but the district is not satisfied with the status quo. A
committee of parents and staff has been formed to examine the elementary lunch offerings and to study ways to help our students have the healthiest available choices. The investment the community makes in district facilities is taken seriously. The buildings and grounds department maintains more than 2-million square feet of building space and 440 total acres of land. More than 3,800 trees and 5,300 bushes are monitored and maintained on school property. As you can see,the scope of the district’s operations is a large one and continues to grow each year. These facets of the district support student learning and help our district maintain its excellent academic reputation. Alan Brannan is the chief strategy and corporate development officer for Grange Insurance and is a Dublin City Schools Business Advisory Council member.
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Dublin’s oldest homes of fer history lessons Continued from page A1 “It’s definitely an older home on the inside,” said Anderson, who has lived there for six years. “The very front part has the original plank flooring exposed. I have a piece of furniture that has a shim a quarter inch thick under it because the floor’s not level. That’s what you’re going to get in an older home.” Anderson and others who lived there have done their best to maintain the home’s unusual character. “The doors in the house are unfinished solid walnut, and they got the floorings in the great room reclaimed from a basketball court that was being torn down in Ohio somewhere. My kitchen counter is made from remnant flooring from theWexner Center,” Anderson said. Living in a historic home has its drawbacks, but it’s also a plus in many ways, she said. “Older houses weren’t built with the idea of airconditioning. I have central air, but it was retrofitted for central air. It’s also, in some ways, sturdier than a newer home,” Anderson said. David and Donna Hahm, owners of the oldest stone house in the city, would tend to agree. ‘My husband calls it our money pit,” Donna Hahm said of their home at 83 S. Riverview, where the couple has lived for 40 years. “I used to say, ‘It’s our gold mine,’ and he’d say,‘It’s a reverse gold mine,’ because we just keep dumping money in it because you do have to redo things, and they’re expensive.” Among the recent repairs they’ve had to complete were the installation of a new standing seam metal roof and the remortaring of the front of the building. Hahm, a history buff, was drawn to the building in 1970, in spite of the cheap paneling put up in an attempt to make the home look modern inside. “I saw not what the house was, but what it could be,” she said. “I looked at it and said, ‘I can build a fireplace in the kitchen.’” And that was just what she did, building a fireplace where she taught many people the art of fireplace cooking. In the midst of their reno vations, the Hahms discovered that the new fireplace they were constructing was just like the one that used to be in their house’s kitchen – the same size and same soft red brick. The Hahms’ house was built in 1824 by Eliud
Sells, the son of John Sells, one of the original Dublin settlers, Jones said. “The entire Sells family was here by 1809, and the little community was called Sellstown,” Jones said. Eulid’s stone house became the second building to house the Black Horse Tavern. “They lived upstairs and of course the tavern was downstairs.” Dublin’s oldest brick house was constructed in 1821 by John Sells’ brother, Charles Sells, Jones said. “He was a hatter. He made beaver hats out of the beavers he caught in the river and shipped them back East because if you were anyone of any stature back East, you wore a black stovepipe hat made out of beaver skin.” A second story was added to the building by Eli Pinney, Dublin’s second doctor, in 1843. The home’s history as a stop on the Underground Railroad wasn’t revealed until the 1950s, when its owner, Emmett Karrer was renovating. “There’s two fireplaces in that house – north and south – and in the process of removing the fire place on the south end in the hearth,he discovered a smaller fireplace in behind it,” Jones said. A copper pipe was stuck perpendicular inside the hearth. “It was a speaking tube so (runaway slaves) could rouse Dr. Pinney if he wasn’t outside,” Jones said. The home is currently up for sale by its owners David and Jennifer Garcia, who purchased it in 2005. “It wasn’t a cookie-cutter modern home,” David Garcia said. “It had character. It had history, and we really liked the way the house felt. When we walked through the house,we joked that it needed somebody to love it.” The home’s history is still evident in the scrollwork on the side of the stairs and underneath the stairs, where one can see the original exposed logs with bark still on them,Garcia said. Even the lilac bushes growing next to the house are more than 100 years old. “In the attic, you can also see walnut logs with the bark, thankfully next to modern rafters,” he said. Garcia “paid respect” to the original character of the home by installing solid black walnut counters in the bathrooms. “I’ve absolutely loved it,” Garcia said. “It’s the coolest house in the world.”
Registry properties hold history By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community Newspapers
More than 40 spots throughout Dublin and Washington Township have a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. Locations ranging from Historic Dublin and the stone walls at Indian Run cemetery to the Karrer Barn and Coffman Homestead are members of the National Historic Register that seeks to “provide a link to the country’s heritage at the national, state and local levels,” the website said. An effort by the Dublin Historical Society put many of those locations on the registry. “Years and year ago, I can’t remember exactly when, it was a project by the historical society to check the authenticity of older homes and those that met the criteria through us could order one of those plaques,” said Dublin Historical Society president Herb
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The one that was the most upsetting to people, in the 1950s there was a stone house that sat on North High Street. It was a two and a half-story stone house and I think it was John Sells house. That was torn down in the early 50s for no reason and a dumb old gas station went in.
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Jones. “I think, all told, in Washington Township there’s 40-plus (places on the registry).” Dublin resident David Hahm was president of the historical society shortly after its founding in 1974. “There was a movement everywhere and a lot of interest in historic recognition and preservation in the run-up to the American bicentennial,” Hahm said. Hahm and his wife Donna were both interested in history
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Chamber starts mentor program By JENNIFER NOBLIT ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Experience can mean knowledge and guidance to young professionals in Dublin. The Dublin Chamber of Commerce announced a new program recently to connect young professionals with industry veterans through a mentor program to share knowledge of their industry, important contacts and other tips. Chamber executive director Margie Amorose said the idea came from the chamber’s young professional group, NextGen Dublin. “It more or less came out of the NextGen program. It’s something they saw would be of value to their careers. If they had someone to talk to, it may help them avoid some pitfalls,” she said. The idea for the chamber’s Leadership Academy came from the same place. Amorose said three years later,
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it’s very popular. Amorose is hoping the new mentor program will see the same success. Mentors will be sought from the chamber membership and members of the Dublin AM Rotary, Amorose said. “We actually do not have mentors yet. We have to see how many mentee requests we get,” she said. “When we see who they are and what the need may be, we will look for a mentor for them.” Placing mentees with mentors in the same industry is paramount for the program, but Amorose has no recruiting worries. “There’s no question we’ll be able to get mentors,” she said. “We’re looking for mentees first, then we’ll match them. Ultimately we hope to have 15 to 20 young people for this and we wanted to be industry specific.” After the mentee is hooked up with a mentor, Amorose said, meetings will be based on their schedules.
“They will set their own agenda,” she said. And that includes how long the mentorship will last. “All that will be up to them, ” Amorose said. “We’ll continue to run the program, but we’re hoping to start out with 15 and go from there.” The mentor program is part of NextGen Dublin, but the cost of the program for those who are not members is $25. The sign-up fee includes a one-year membership in NextGen Dublin. To sign up for the program or get more information, look online at nextgendublin.com or call the chamber at 614-889-2001. NextGen Dublin is a young professionals group for people in their 20s and 30s through the Dublin Chamber that offers professional development, community involvement and chances to develop contacts within the business community. jnoblit@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNews.com
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Continued from page A5 society and among the activities we undertook was the national register application,” Hahm said. The work on the historic registry called attention to preservation and helped strengthen Dublin’s architectural review process in the historic district, Hahm said. Jones said a strong re view process for historic structures has helped keep them in Dublin. “Dublin ne ver really went through any major change on structures. The population even in the 1940s and 1950s was lucky to be about 300 people and a lot of the old families still live in those homes,” he said. “They’ve just been here and then when the city formed the architectural review board, it became extremely difficult for someone to remove one of those historic structures unless it w as structurally unsound.” Some historic registry members have been rehabbed, Jones said, and only a fe w historic buildings have been lost. “The one that was the most upsetting to people, in the 1950s there was a stone house that sat on North High Street. It was a two and a half-story stone house and I think it w as John Sells house,” he said. “That was torn down in the early 50s for no reason and a dumb old gas station went in.” Dublin locations make up a few of the more than 80,000 properties on the National Register of Historic Places that can be found online at nps.gov/nr/. Properties on the registry in Dublin and Washington Township include: Dr. McKitrick House at 16 N. High St.; Dr . McKitrick Office, 22 N. High
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The Karrer Barn on South High Street is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the planned site for bicentennial public art. The barn was built in the 1870s by German immigrant George Michael Karrer.
St.; Dublin Christian Church,53 N. High St.; Artz House, 56 N. High St.; J G Butler House, 35 S. High St.; J E Wright Farm, 167 S. High St.; F Riley House, 182 S.High St.; Dublin High Street Historic District, 6 to 126 High Street (both sides of the street); Indian Run Cemetery Stone Walls on North High Street; Dublin Cemetery Vaults on state Route 161; Dublin Veterinary Clinic, 32 W. Bridge St.; Dublin Christian Church (now Dublin Community Church), 81 W. Bridge St.; Benjamin Sells Barns, House and Wash House, 4586 Hayden Run Road; David Sells Barn, 4586 Hayden Run Road; Anson Davis House and Springhouse, 4900 Hayden Run Road; Boles Cottage, 5350 Hayden Run Road; Washington Township School, 4915 Brand Road; Thompson-Builder House, 5051 Brand Road; Asher Brand Res-
idence, 5381 Brand Road; Henry Karrer House, 19 S. Riverview St.; Chapman-Hutchinson House, 37 S. Riverview St.; William Kilbourn House, 63 S. Riverview St.; Eliud Sells House, 83 S. Riverview St.; Dr. Eli Pinney House, 109 S. Riverview St.; Brelsford-Seese House, 129 Riverview St.; Fletcher Coffman House, 6659 Coffman Road; Walter Datz House, 5040 Tuttle Road; Alexander Davis Cabin and House, 5436 Dublin Road; James Davis Barn and F arm, 5707 Dublin Road; William Henry Sells House, 6028 Dublin Road; Austin McDowell House, 6189 Dublin Road; Karrer Barn, 6199 Dublin Road; Samuel Henry Davis House, 5083 Rings Road; John Dun Homestead, 8055 Dublin-Bellpoint Road; Frantz House, 6152 Frantz Road; Eleanor A Gelpi House, 7125 Riverside Drive; C Leppert Barn,
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Rock of Ages comes to Palace Theatre Dec. 7-12
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5 Constantine Maroulis maintains he’s not
Is there such a genre as
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The Beat is coining it, if not, and placing New York’s Freelance Whales squarely in its center. Feel free to decide for yourself whether the band’s name, instrumentation (including harmonium, glockenspiel, antique drum kit) or layered, textured tunes is the dead give-away. Miniature Tigers opens the band’s Friday, Dec. 3, show at The Basement. Tickets are $12. Call 1-800-745-3000. tell you how good 2 Can’t the band Here Come the
Mummies is. The band, a collecti ve of (anonymous) Nashville musicians (rumored to include some Grammy Award-winners), plays groovy funk rock backed by a horn section. We think they’re pretty good, but considering they play dressed as mummies, we kept getting distracted. The band plays the Ne wport Music Hall Saturday, Dec. 4.
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the natural fit for the lead role in Rock of Ages that folks might think, although he admits – in a roundabout way – that it’s not the first time he’s played a wannabe rocker. In the touring cast of Rock of Ages, the musical constructed from 1980s rock ‘n’ roll tunes, Maroulis plays Drew, an employee at Hollywood’s top rock club with big dreams. “He’s not the over-the-top rock star,” Maroulis explained. “He’s just a good guy who w orks at a bar where bands hang out who’s looking for an in and trying to get ahead.” “I think a lot of people come (to the show) and think I’ll play a particular type,” he added. Maroulis may not hail from the Midwest like his character, but he shares many traits with Drew. “I was definitely the kind of kid who could hang out with anybody, but down deep I was just a shy theater geek,” he said of his suburban New Jersey youth. Constantine Maroulis He graduated from The Boston Conservatory with a degree in musical theater and went on the As to the music in the sho w itself? Maroulis admitted he’s a little young for some of the tunes road with the national tour of RENT. “I’m totally into it,” Maroulis said of musical in Rock of Ages, but that “1987 and on was huge for me,” citing Bon Jovi and Poison as bands he theater. “It’s what I do.” But, he added, “When I got back home from got into as a kid. “Going out there to sing Journey songs is a doing RENT, I needed a job, so I auditioned for treat,” he added. “Steve Perry is one of the greatAmerican Idol.” est rock singers of all time.” A finalist in season four of CAPA and Broadway Across Maroulis indicated that rethe television contest show, America will present Rock of spect for the tunes around Maroulis was among the first Ages for eight shows Tueswhich Rock of Ages is built to cultivate a rocker persona day, Dec. 7, through Sunday, is important to the entire cast, on the show. And despite the Dec. 12, at the Palace Thecome of whom were too fact he was attempting to give atre. Tickets start at $22.50. young to recall them the first his then-band, Pray for the Call (614) 469-0939. time around. Soul of Betty, a le g up, “It’s not about having been Maroulis intimated that it there when the song was written or played on the was, in fact, a persona. “I was playing one of my best roles on Idol,” radio, but about going on stage and putting on a great show,” he said. “The songs are crafted very he told The Beat. Ultimately, he said, he’s always been prepar- well into the story. And in a way that celebrates ing to do musical theater, and that, more than any that era of rock ‘n’ roll.” “We do have fun with it in a cheeky way, but perceived rocker persona or capitalizing on his appearance on Idol, is what positioned him for it’s not at all disrespectful.” the role of Drew. For more from The Beat’s interview with Con“I could just as easily be doing a Sam Shepard play,” eh said. “The work doesn’t change just stantine Maroulis, read the BeatBlog at www.ThisWeekNews.com. because it’s an ’80s rock show.”
New OSU-area pizzeria makes premium pies I doubt Jamie F oxx will be waltzing into the new Pizza Rustica in the South Campus Gateway anytime soon. Ditto for Matt Dillon, Mike Tyson and Oliver Stone. I only mention these A-list celebrities because based on photos reproduced in the Columbus Pizza Rustica — as well as info supplied on the company’s website — they’re all fans of the pie shop’s hot South Beach locale. As for the Rustica on the OSU campus, well, it’s not quite as glamorous as its Miami cousin. In fact, it’s a pretty bare-bones operation, just a single room with flat screens, a handful of tables, a quick lunch-munching bar and, behind the ordering counter, a few huge and impressive pizza ovens. Oh, naturally, the owners have smartly “Buckeyed up” the place, and they sell a small but nice va-
MENU by G.A. Benton riety of beers (including Columbus Brewing Company and Gordon Biersch products). Still, except for a little patio, if you didn’t know about Rustica’s reputation, you might well mistake it for yet another forgettable campus pizza outlet. You’d be wrong. With previous branches praised in the pages of publications lik e Zagat and a slew of magazines and newspapers which include the Miami Herald, the Wall Street Journal, LA Magazine and The New York Times, this newbie arrives with a ton of enviable press clippings. Combining all those glowing words with the fact that Rustica makes its own dough and sauces daily adds up to a serious
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contender for a share of OSU’s ample pizza dollars. The single-most-important as-
pect of a pizza is its crust, and Rustica’s made-to-order, whole pies have a good one. It’s sturdy and crispy without being too thick or overly greasy. What’s more, it can hold its appealing, mild crunch for an extremely long time. Thing is, not all of Rustica’s crusts are created equally. In other words, their heat-and-eat, premade slices ($5 for a huge one) feature a less toasty, less crispy and puffy bite. And while the nutty whole wheat version is nice for its style, it’s sweeter, thicker and less crispy. The basic crust also shines brightly — as do the company’s Florida origins — in the Cubansandwich-like panini ($7). Those hefty and nifty sandwiches feature a golden brown, dense and crusty flat sub-type roll that eats terrifically.
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1558 N. High St. Campus 614-824-1909 Web: pizza-rustica.com Cuisine: Pizza Price: $ (up to $10 per per son) Patio: Yes Hours: 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Monday-Wednesday, 11 a.m.-3:30 a.m. Thur sday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunda y Rustica’s myriad pizza (and panini) toppings and literally dozens of pre-designed combos (about $16 for 14-inch) can be dizzying for first timers. Combo-wise, I was impressed with the Con Vegetable and its spate of daily roasted veggies (eggplant, peppers, broccoli, squashes and on and on). And the Puttanesca is fantastic for salt fiends (anchovies, good black olives, thin
pepperoni and mild jalapeños). Single topping-wise, I liked the oddball slices of fried chicken and the kielbasa-like sausage as well as the fennel-seeded Italian sausage. I was less impressed with the wildly salty prosciutto and got totally perplexed by the ground meat pellets called “New York steak.” The lone dessert here is a sort of Nutella panini, tasting great and looking cute with its decorative squiggles and slices of fresh strawberry (Pizzetta, $5). Who knows, that bakery star might even attract in some local celebrities! To read G.A. Benton’s blog, visit ColumbusDiningGuide.com.
Local restaurants, diners take notice of cuisine of New Orleans
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J. Gumbo’s Brandon Salamone stirs the bumblebee stew at the Gahanna restaurant on Nov. 26.
The expansion of J. Gumbo’s is an indication that local diners are taking a hard look at the Big Easy. With a store each planned for Polaris and campus, J. Gumbo’s will have four locations total in greater Columbus. Add to that popular newcomer Gallo’s Kitchen and Bar in Upper Arlington, not to mention the countless number of restaurants that have flirted with some variation of jambalaya, gumbo and blackened seafood, and there’s a small but emerging interest in New Orleans-style food. Brandon Salamone, franchisee of the J. Gumbo’s in Gahanna and the soon-to-open stores (the downtown location has a dif ferent owner), said curiosity is an asset. “I think there’s something to be said about being different in general,” he said. “It’s about expanding people’s tastes. Let’s face it, it’s ethnic and different. So we’re educating the market.” Salamone said J. Gumbo’s focus is quick service, affordability – most prices are between $5.50 and $7.50 – a high-quality product and a lot of it.” The menu focuses on the classics, such as gumbo, etouffe and red beans and rice – but also some dishes with a few modern flour-
ishes, such as the “Bourbon Street” chicken cooked in a butter-hoisin sauce and the crawfish cheese dip served with tortilla chips. “I think it is important to diversify the menu to cater to the largest audience possible,” Salamone said. Other unfamiliar plates get renamed. For example, the corn machoux is called “bumblebee stew” at J. Gumbo’s. And Salamone isn’t done expanding the Louisville-based concept, which soon will have 20 stores total in Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio and Louisiana. “We’re going to keep going if the market is there,” he said. Columbus is no stranger to Creole and Cajun fare. Central Ohio has seen many restaurants featuring the cuisine of the gulf city come and go, such as New Orleans, Cajun Joe’s and Harold’s Cajun Glory Café. But a few purveyors remain, such as Creole Kitchen, Johnny Oak’s Po’ Boys & Shrimp Shack and the Flatiron, plus a few quick-serve places at local malls. Veteran restaurateur Johnny Oak says that spicy food is get-
ting more popular, which is a good day feasts to delighted crowds at thing at his University District his other restaurant, Gallo’s Tap restaurant, not shy about bringing Room, for a number of years. the heat. “I think the next logical step is “The second generation that fine-dining,” Shindler said. “That’s grew up on hamburgers is getting where I see it going at some point.” older,” he said. “Their tastes are changing and they like the spice.” Oops. The phone number to Matt Shindler, general manag- Yukon Steakhouse & Saloon in er of Gallo’s Kitchen in UpperAr- Powell is 614-841-4400. An inlington, said modern events – such correct number appeared in last as Hurricane Katrina and the Saints week’s Table Talk. winning the Super Bowl last year – have brought New Orleans back into focus. “I think the city ■ First Draft columnist Michael P aull of New Orleans recommends two Christmas ales. has had a little more attention” in recent years, Recipe of the week Shindler said. “And when you think Ne w Orleans, you think of food.” Locally, people have been craving the food b ut haven’t had many places to get it,he said. In f act, Tommy Gallo, coowner of Gallo’s Pumpkin crème brulee, courtesy of Kitchen, had been Mark Grant of Bravo. offering Fat Tues-
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Scottish Corners Elementary students to perform dances Scottish Corners Elementary School fifthgraders will show the North Skelton Sword Dance and American contra dancing at a music program at 7 p.m. Dec. 8. Fifth-graders at Scottish Corners learn the North Skelton sword dance each year. It originated in England and 30 students will show how it’s performed. Also during the event, 64 students will demonstrate American contra dancing that is done in long lines and danced with a partner . According to information from music teacher Jenn y Bowman, contra dancing is about community and is performed at the Dublin Irish Festi val each year. The music program is free and open to the public.
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Sells Mill Drive, will hold its annual “Winter Warm Up” from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. The event, featuring a pancake breakfast, is a fundraiser for food and clothing that will benefit local organizations. The Washington Township Fire Department and Emerald Crossings are partnering with the school for the event. The pancake breakfast, which is $6 per person for unlimited pancakes, will benefit the Dublin Food Pantry and Welcome Warehouse. The breakfast will also host senior residents from Emerald Crossings as honored guests and Washington Township firefighters will bring the hook and ladder fire truck to the event. The school will collect blankets and new socks for Welcome Warehouse, in addition to non-perishable food items that will go to the Mid-Ohio Foodbank. During the Winter Warm Up, a Holiday Shop will also be set up by community v endors to offer children the chance to shop for their families. Santa Claus will also be on hand and photos can be taken for $1.
Historical donation Katy Magee, Vishakha Gupte and Bella Dacierno, Dublin Girl Scouts from Indian Run Elementary Junior Troop 276, presented a check to Dublin Historical Society trustee Tom Holton and president Herb Jones at a recent meeting. The scouts volunteered during Heritage Day, staffing the Cake Walk and accepting donations to the historical society for participation.
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Police reports Dublin police • Three TVs were stolen from a business in the 4300 block of Tuller Road at 1:38 a.m. Nov. 14. According to police reports, a window was broken to gain access to the business and an alarm went off, alerting police. • A flat-screen TV, valued at $1,500, was stolen from a b usiness in the 3900 block of Suffolk Drive between 1:06 and 1:11 a.m. Nov. 14. • An ATM at a business in the 600 block of Metro Place South was broken into and $8,500 was stolen from the machine between 12:12 and 12:30 p.m. Nov. 13. • The window of a door at a business in the 300 block ofWest Bridge Street was cracked between 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 and 10 a.m. Nov. 12. According to police reports, no entry was made. • A nail gun, air compressor, saws, copper wiring and several other items were stolen from a residence in the 4100 block of Borge Way between 4 p.m. Nov. 15 and 6:45 a.m. Nov. 16. • Two juveniles were caught trying to shoplift $219 of makeup from a business in the 7600 block of Sawmill Road between 9:15 and 9:20 p.m. Nov. 16. The
Safety tips from the Dublin police Tip 3: Going on Vacation? Enlist someone to pick up newspapers and the mail or stop mail and newspaper delivery altogether. Tip 4: Reduce crime! Start a neighborhood watch program. Elect a chairperson to serve as liaison with the Dublin Division of Police and relay information about meetings and crime incidents to block captains. Coordinate and train block captain volunteers who are responsible for relaying information to members on their block, making special efforts to involve everyone. juveniles were caught by a prevention officer and confessed. • The window of a v ehicle parked in the 6700 block of Avery Road was broken between 6:30 and 8:15 p.m. Nov. 18. According to police reports,nothing was stolen. • A laptop, iPod and backpack containing folders were stolen from a vehicle parked in the 6700 block of Avery-Muirfield Drive between 8 and 10 p.m. Nov. 18. According to police reports, a
window was broken to gain access to the vehicle. • An air-conditioning unit, valued at $4,381, was stolen from a business in the 200 block of Bradenton Avenue between 6 p.m. Nov. 19 and 2:30 p.m. No v. 20. • Police responded to a burglar alarm at a business in the 200 block of Bradenton Avenue where a door had been damaged at 9:52 p.m. Nov. 20. According to police reports, nothing was stolen. • A wallet and GPS unit were
stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked in the 5700 block of Demond Court between 2:45 p.m. Nov. 21 and 10 a.m. Nov. 22. • A cell phone and wallet were stolen from a locker at Coffman High School, 6780 Coffman Road between noon and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 22. • A golf bag, irons and other items were stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked at a residence in the 7100 block of Innisfree Lane between 7 p.m. Nov. 21 and 7:30 a.m. Nov. 22. • An air conditioner, valued at $2,000, was stolen from a b usiness in the 5100 block of Bradenton Avenue between 3 p.m. Nov. 16 and 3 p.m. Nov. 23. • Criminal damaging was reported after e ggs and “bottle bombs” were thrown at a residence in the 7400 block of Park Mill Drive between 3:15 and 3:19 a.m. Nov. 24. • An improvised explosive in a two-liter soda bottle between 7 p.m. Nov. 23 and 7:30 a.m. damaged a mailbox at a residence in the 7600 block of Brandb ury Place Nov. 24. Another bomb made in a soda bottle was also reported after it damaged a mailbox in the 7500 block of Wind-
Community briefs Resident honored with founders award Dublin resident Jeffrey Wasserstrom was given the Ed Schecter Founders Award Nov. 19 by the Brotherhood of Congregation Beth Tikvah. The award is in the memory of brotherhood founder Dr . Ed Schecter. It honors dedication and service to the Beth Tikvah Brotherhood and the Columbus Jewish Community, a news release said. Wasserstrom has serv ed as fundraising chair, vice president and president of the brotherhood and has spearheaded the Chicken Soup Fundraising project for five years; the fundraiser pro vides scholarships for children to attend Jewish summer camps. Wasserstrom has also served on the Beth Tikvah board of trustees and has been involved with Jewish Community Day at Huntington Park and B’nai B’rith bowling leagues. Beth Tikvah is a synagogue affiliated with the Reform movement and is located at 6121 Olentangy River Road in Worthington.
Singer Dwight Lenox will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, with the Lenox Avenue Express. Tickets to the performance are $7 for adults and $5 for children and seniors. “A Christmas Carol” will take the stage at 7 p.m. Dec. 2 to 4 and 9 to 11. A 3 p.m. matinee will be offered on Dec. 4 and 11. Tickets to the hour-long musical version of Charles Dickens’ holiday story are $5. For information, look online at Dublin.oh.us/recreation/theater.
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Antonio Bisutti (center) and the Scioto boys basketball team played teams from Dayton in the summer in hopes of bouncing back from a 5-16 season.
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Over the summer, members of the Dublin Scioto High School boys basketball team loaded into cars and made the hour-long drive to Dayton more than once. Tony Bisutti, in his 16th season as coach, aimed to take his young team out of its comfort zone after finishing 5-16 overall last season following a 56-49 loss to Grove City in the first round of the Division I district tournament. It was the worst season under Bisutti, who was hired when the school opened in 1995. “We played some of the teams in the Dayton City League lik e Dunbar and I don’t think our guys are in awe anymore,” he said. “We went up against some pretty solid basketball teams over there and I think we learned we can hang with teams like that, but we just have to do it our way.” As a new season begins against visiting Worthington Kilbourne
Dec. 4 — vs. W orthington Kilbourne *Dec. 7 — at Olentang y *Dec. 10 — vs. W ester ville South *Dec. 17 — at W ester ville Nor th *Dec. 21 — at W ester ville Central Dec. 29 — vs. Buck eye Valley at Delaware County Classic at Olentangy Liber ty Dec. 30 — at Athens *Jan. 4 — vs. Olentang y Liber ty *Jan. 7 — at Dublin Jerome *Jan. 14 — vs. Mar ysville Jan. 15 — vs. W alnut Ridge *Jan. 21 — vs. Olentang y *Jan. 25 — at W ester ville South *Jan. 28 — vs. W ester ville Nor th *Feb. 4 — vs. W ester ville Central Feb. 5 — at Linden-McKinle y *Feb. 8 — at Olentang y Liber ty *Feb. 11 — vs. Dublin Jerome Feb. 15 — vs. Hilliard Bradle y *Feb. 18 — at Mar ysville *OCC-Cardinal game
on Saturday, the Irish’s motto, “Bigger, Smarter, Better,” seems fitting for a team that expects to be much more competitive. During the 2008-09 season, Scioto fell to eventual state champion Northland in a regional final.
“We had a lot of freshmen playing at the varsity level last year,” senior 6-foot wing player Raneal Ewing said. “I think our defense is definitely much improved. We’ve really worked on our half-court defense and I think teams are going to find it difficult to score against us.” While Scioto remains a work in progress, Bisutti has been buoyed by what he’s seen in the offseason. Along with a more stringent defense, the Irish have the parts to create an offensive that can score from both inside and outside. “Last year, I think we were pretty much a one-dimensional team,” Bisutti said. “We really don’t have a personality yet, but we’re far ahead of where we were at this point last year in all areas. We have yet to develop that chemistry and we’re working on that.” There are plenty of familiar faces. See SCIOTO, page C5
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Jerome planning versatile attack
Seniors look to make mark with Coffman
By SCOTT HENNEN
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The seven seniors on the Dublin Coffman High School boys basketball team are hoping their patience pays off. Many of the group have bided their time as the Shamrocks went 40-8 and reached the Division I district championship the last two seasons behind a group of graduates that logged major minutes. Now the current players are hoping this is their moment. “They are anxious,” said ninthyear coach Jamey Collins, whose team opens Tuesday at home against Central Crossing. “They see an opportunity. They are ready to have this team for themselves.” Last season, the Shamrocks finished 20-4 overall and won their fifth district title with a 78-59 victory over Marion-Franklin in a Division I district final. Their postseason run ended with a 59-53 loss to Gahanna in a regional semifinal. The Lions went on to upset Northland in the regional final before losing in a state semifinal. Coffman finished second in the OCC-Central at 12-2, behind Upper Arlington (14-0) and ahead of Hilliard Darby (8-5), Hilliard Davidson (8-6),Worthington Kilbourne (6-8), Thomas Worthington (4-9), Central Crossing (2-12) and Westland (1-13). A game between Darby and Thomas was canceled after being postponed twice because of bad weather. The Shamrocks were swept by UA in the regular season, losing 64-58 and 65-62,but avenged the losses by beating the Golden Bears 50-48 in a district semifinal. Graduated from that team were starters Chuck Carkhuff, Michael Green and Conner Viers and top substitute Joey Phelan. Green, now playing at the University of Akron, averaged teamhigh totals of 16.1 points and 7.5 rebounds and was first-team all-
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Dave Hale hopes a stable of interchangeable players will ease the transition in his f irst season as coach of the Dublin Jerome High School bo ys basketball program. The Celtics return several key components from a team that finished 4-16 overall but won three of their final six games. “I think we’re pretty athletic and we have a lot of guys who can play a lot of different positions,” said Hale, who replaced Chris Carlisle after two seasons leading the program. “We have a lot of depth, but not a ton of height. We have a lot of guys who are about the same size and a lot of the OCC teams we face will be bigger.” Cam Wilson, a 6-2 junior guard who was second-team allleague, is the top returnee after leading the team with 15.0 points per game and has started for the past tw o seasons. Nick Neale, a 6-3 junior guard who was honorable mention all-league, has also started for most of two seasons and averaged 10.4 points and had 26 3-pointers. Senior Ben Nesdore, a 6-3 forward who was special mention all-league, also started and a veraged 8.9 points with 21 3s and senior guard Garrett Couche (61) added 3.0 points per contest. Sophomore letterwinners Luke Potter (6-3, forward) and Donavan Wilson (6-1, guard) also return. “We def initely ha ve a lot quickness and athleticism at the guard spot,” Hale said. “W e might not be as big in the post
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Christian Heine is one of five returnees for Coffman. Heine enters his fourth season on varsity See JEROME, page C5 after averaging 11.0 points a year ago.
Schedule *Dec. 7 — vs. Central Crossing *Dec. 10 — at W estland *Dec. 17 — vs. Thomas W orthington *Dec. 21 — at Hilliard Darb y Dec. 28 — vs. T oledo Waite *Jan. 4 — vs. Hilliard Da vidson *Jan. 7 — at W orthington Kilbourne *Jan. 14 — vs. Upper Ar lington Jan 16 — vs. Centereach (N.Y .) Our Savior New American at Flyin’ to the Hoop Invitational in K ettering *Jan. 21 — at Central Crossing Jan. 22 — vs. W alnut Ridge at Capital Univer sity *Jan. 25 — vs. W estland *Jan. 28 — at Thomas W orthington Jan. 29 — vs. Columbus East *Feb. 4 — vs. Hilliard Darb y Feb. 5 — vs. Pick erington Central *Feb. 8 — at Hilliard Da vidson *Feb. 11 — vs. W orthington Kilbourne *Feb. 18 — at Upper Ar lington *OCC-Central game
league and third-team all-district the last two seasons. Viers averaged eight points and was secondteam all-league and Carkhuff averaged six points and was special mention all-league. “There is the saying,‘Better to have and replace them than to never have at all,’” Collins said. “We lost some great players and we’re going to miss them, but we’ve got a group of guys working hard to replace them.” Making the task even tougher was the loss of another key player in junior guard Kyle Molock, who has verbally committed to Purdue University. Molock, who averaged 14 points and three assists last season and made firstteam all-league and honorable mention all-district, suffered a severe knee injury on July 27 and will miss the season. Excluding Molock, Coffman returns five players from last season, including tw o who ha ve logged starts. See COFFMAN, page C5
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ThisWeek’s 2010 Super 25 FOOTBALL TEAM The Captain
Jackson’s desire was difference for South By LARRY GRAHAM ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The season started kind of slo w for Westerville South High School running back Jayshon Jackson. He didn’t score in the season opener and the Wildcats football team lost to Gro veport 19-10 on Aug. 28. However, Jackson rebounded with his best game of the season on a bigger stage in the Kirk Herbstreit National Kickoff Classic against Dublin Cof fman on Sept. 5 at Ohio Stadium. Establishing a rigorous pace for the rest of the season, Jackson, who is 5-foot8, 180 pounds, rushed for a season-high 318 yards and tw o touchdowns in the 31-21 win. That’s just one of the reasons he was named the ThisWeek Super 25 captain. “I had my eyes set on playing them the whole year,” Jackson said. “I was excited to get them back, because they knocked us out last year. But to go out there and rush for that many yards was a blessing. “It was a w onderful opportunity to play in Ohio State Stadium, because most kids don’t even get to go and watch, let alone be on the f ield like I was.” Jackson’s desire for payback was evident. When the Wildcats faced Coffman again in the first round of the Division I playoffs on Nov. 6, Jackson had another 300-yard game and scored three touchdowns. “He’s a good, tough runner and a great player,” Coffman senior lineman and Notre Dame recruit Brad Carrico said of Jackson. “He really awed me.” Jackson finished the season with 2,583 yards on 349 carries with 23 touchdowns. He averaged 7.4 yards per carry, and his longest touchdo wn run was a 75-yarder in the second meeting with the Shamrocks. “I didn’t think he’d get that man y yards, but he did set a goal at the beginning of the year to get 2,000 yards in 10 games,” South coach Rocky Pentello said. “It was something he thought he could achieve.” Jackson was the OCC-Cardinal Division Player of the Year. Past captains were Pick erington North’s Matt Ferguson (2009), DeSales’ Josh Kusan (2008), Hilliard Darby’s Jeremy Ebert (2007), Westland’s Kasey Wendal (2006), Worthington Kilbourne’s Jordan Gafford (2005), Hilliard Davidson’s Christen Haywood (2004), Dublin Coffman’s Jack Rafferty (2003) and Brady Quinn (2002), Davidson’s Erick Phillips (2001), Brookhaven’s Maurice Hall (2000), Grove City’s Nathan Poole (1999), Upper Arlington’s Kyle Slager (1998) and Jesse Kline (1997) and Grove City’s Derek Combs (1996). Dublin’s Nick Goings won in 1994 and shared the award the next year with Westerville South’s Andy Katzenmoyer. lgraham@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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The OCC-Central Co-Pla yer of the Year might not ha ve had gaudy statistics, but he pla yed e very meaningful down on both sides of the ball for the Panthers, who went 8-3 and qualified for the Division I pla yoffs. Allen, who is 5-foot-10, 165 pounds, rushed for 655 yards and 16 touchdowns and completed 31 of 67 passes for 590 y ards, with se ven touchdowns and two interceptions. Pla ying cornerback on defense for the fir st time, Allen had two interceptions, 18 tackles and three pass break-ups to ear n second-team all-district honor s. “Matt’s a tr ue leader who did a fantastic job managing this offense, ” coach John Santagata said. “ Anytime you can play quarterback and cornerback in the OCC and ha ve success, you’ve got to be a special pla yer.”
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The Notre Dame recr uit was the best player on a defense that rack ed up six shutouts and allow ed an a verage of five points per game. Hardy had 63 tackles, five tackles for losses, six pass break-ups and retur ned an interception for a touchdown. The first-team all-district and all-OCC-Ohio selection also helped spar k the offense and special teams. He r ushed for 330 y ards and six touchdowns on 43 car ries, had a 99-yard kickoff return and returned a punt for a touchdown. “Eilar’s one of those guys who has great skills and natural abilities, and he lo ves to pla y the game,” said coach Jay Sharrett, whose squad w ent 11-1 and won its fifth consecutive league title. “He contributed with big pla ys in all three phases of the game. ”
A talented two-w ay player, Heitzman helped lead the Wildcats to the Division I state final four . At defensive end, Heitzman turned in a stellar effor t in a 13-6 win o ver Pickerington Central in the regional title game. At tight end, Heitzman, who is 6-foot-3, 275 pounds, was a lead block er in the Wildcats’ explosive ground attack. Heitzman has committed to V anderbilt. He was first-team all-district, and shared Player of the Year honors in the OCCCentral with Coffman’s Cole Stoudt and Darb y’s Matt Allen. “Keith is a game changer who has to be accounted for on both sides of the ball, ” coach Brian White said. “Over the past three seasons, Keith has pla yed more snaps than any player in the histor y of Davidson football. ”
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Except for during both of the Red Devils’ playoff games when he w ent down with injuries, this 6-2, 185pound senior rarely left the field. McCoy finished with 23 catches for 405 y ards and five touchdowns to make second-team all-district at wide receiver . Defensively, the Kent State-recr uit had three interceptions. On special teams he block ed a field goal, was the punter and kick ed off for a team which w ent 11-1. “He’s probably the best all-around complete wideout we’ve had,” coach Brian Haffele said. “He made pla ys, he punted and pla yed on all of the special teams. He w as a very, very physical block er. A lot of the r uns we got w ere because he and Nate (Spear s) block ed so w ell on the perimeter. He w as just one of our best pla yers.”
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Through 13 games, the 5-foot-8, 174-pounder rushed for 1,481 y ards and 28 touchdowns. “Alex possesses great balance and is equally effective at r unning between the tackles as w ell as to the outside,” coach Brian White said. Mickley had a season-best perfor mance of 201 y ards and four touchdowns on 30 car ries in a 28-21 win against Grove City on Aug . 27. Mickle y was first-team all-OCC-Central and all-district. “Alex was a backup fullback for us as a sophomore and gained some valuable pla ying experience ear ly in the season,” White said. “He took that experience and built upon it heading into his junior year and exploded onto the scene as our top r usher and leading scorer .”
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A two-year star ter, the 6-foot, 220pound Hagan was the leader of Ne w Albany’s 3-5 defense. The Eagles allowed fewer than 11 points per game and 4 y ards per car ry on a verage and a lot of it had to do with Hagan’ s ability to contain both speed and pow er running backs. “Most middle lineback ers are c-gap to c-gap,” said coach Mark Mueller. “What mak es Sly special is he mo ves sideline to sideline. It’ s something that made us a better team in practice. He doesn’ t practice nice. He goes hard and he was ver y physical.” Hagan helped the Eagles finish 10-1 o verall and 7-0 in the OCC-Capital as Ne w Albany won the league for the second year in a row and made the pla yoffs. Hagan w as named first-team all-OCC.
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When it comes to describing Noah Key, Hartley coach Brad Burchfield simply r uns out of adjectives. Key, who is 5-foot-10, 180 pounds, has r ushed for 2,336 y ards and scored 34 touchdowns on 256 y ards touches while leading the Ha wks to the Division IV state final. His best game w as a 324-y ard, four-touchdown effort in a 42-34 win o ver Columbus Academ y on Sept. 3. In the pla yoffs, Key has r ushed for 935 y ards and 14 touchdowns in wins o ver Amanda-Clearcreek, Heath, Ironton and Kettering Alter including all eight of Har tley’s touchdowns against the Bulldogs and the Tiger s. “He’s phenomenal, ” Burchfield said. “I told someone last week you r un out of accolades for him. He poses so many problems for so man y people.”
The fir st-team all-district and allOCC-Ohio selection pro ved to be a timely playmaker on both sides of the ball for the Tiger s, who went 11-1, won their fifth consecutive league title and outscored opponents 435-60. On defense, Carter had 43 tackles, six brok en-up passes, one fumble reco very and retur ned two of his three interceptions for touchdowns. Car ter, who is being recr uited by several Division I colleges, also was Central’s leading receiver with 21 catches for 352 y ards and a touchdown. “Tamani had a very special senior year ,” coach Ja y Sharrett said. “When w e needed a pivotal pla y, he was always there for us. Whether w e needed a big reception, interception or fumble reco very, Tamani was the guy who made plays that won games for us. ”
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Hake was barely used on the Ne w Albany freshman team, but a lot changed in the three seasons since. “He tur ned into one of the strongest pla yers that I’ ve ever seen,” coach Mark Mueller said. “He grinded it out in the w eight room and became a dominant force. He runs over people and defensively he w as a great football player.” Hake was a staring lineback er on a Ne w Albany team that allowed fewer than 11 points per game and 4 y ards per car ry to opposing r unning backs. On offense, the 6foot, 210-pound fullback, who squats 600 pounds, averaged 8.3 y ards. He r ushed for 1,215 y ards and 16 touchdowns. Hak e was the OCC-Capital Pla yer of the Y ear.
Whenever Ball stepped on the field, his 6-foot-8, 320-pound frame made him one of the most imposing pla yers on the field. “I’ve only seen one high school player bigger than him, and that was the tackle for Glen ville in the Herbstreit, ” Pickerington Central coach Ja y Shar rett said of the fir st-team all-OCC and all-district selection. “What jumps out about him is he really comes off the ball. Y ou don’t do that at that size unless you ha ve it instilled in you and he enjo ys that ph ysical par t of the game. ” “Oh, man. That kid mak es a big difference in a game. He sets up the holes and the cutbacks so great, ” said Jayshon Jackson, who rushed for 2,583 y ards. “He puts at least two kids on their back in one pla y.”
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Franklin, who is 5-foot-10, 200 pounds, rushed for 2,183 y ards on 217 car ries for an a verage of 10.1 yards per carry. He scored 22 touchdowns and w as named the District 11 Co-Offensive Pla yer of the Y ear as w ell as being a fir st-team perfor mer on both the alldistrict and all-MBC teams. “Ross has great vision and is a fantastic combination of speed and pow er,” said coach Mik e Carter, whose Johnnies finished 7-3 o verall and 5-2 in the MBC. “He is all about the team and wor king to mak e his team better .” Franklin ran for more than 200 y ards se ven times and played sparingly in the fir st two games because of an ankle injury. He had a season-high 297 y ards in a 42-13 win over Lakewood on Sept. 10 in the third w eek.
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This 6-foot-4, 218-pound first-team all-district defender fitted in immediately after transfer ring from Reynoldsburg. Bryant finished with 19 solo and 22 assisted tackles and also had seven sacks and one interception as the P anthers finished 6-4 overall. He also had 18 catches for 248 y ards with one touchdown at tight end. Bryant scheduled official visits to Nebraska, North Carolina and Ha waii after the end of the regular season and has 16 offer s from Division I colleges. “Darien w as ver y impor tant to us because w e graduated a lot of senior s,” coach T om Phillips said. “Him going two ways w as ver y instr umental in our success. Y ou always sa w teams putting two block ers on him. ”
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There might not ha ve been a more versatile pla yer in the City LeagueNorth than this 6-2, 185-pounder. Davenport finished with 35 catches for 670 y ards and 10 touchdowns at wide receiver to lead an offense that averaged 29.1 points. He made fir st-team all-district. Defensively, Davenport spent most of his time on the line but split time at se veral positions and had 60 tackles, four sacks and two interceptions. The Cougar s won six in a row after a 1-2 star t to contend but lost to Nor thland 12-7 in their regular-season finale to finish 7-3. “He had 10 touchdown catches for us, ” coach Br uce Ward said. “(Defensively) w e moved him around where ver we needed betw een defensive line, outside lineback er and safety so that he could mak e plays.”
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At 5-foot-10, 255 pounds, Davidson’s Annis might lack size compared to some of his peer s, but he makes up for it with hear t and desire. Led b y Annis, the Wildcats again dominated foes with a strong ground attack. Through 13 games, Davidson had rushed for 3,863 y ards and 54 touchdowns on 566 car ries. Annis w as named first-team all-OCC-Central and all-district. “Kyle has been a three-year star ter for us on the offensive line and also mo ved over to star t for us on the defensive line this year , playing both ways,” coach Brian White said. “K yle has set the bar in the Da vidson program for work ethic and character , and is the strongest pla yer we have ever had.”
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In his first year as the star ting quarterback, Black, who is 5-foot-11, 190 pounds, helped the Indians to an MSL-Buckeye title, a Division II pla yoff appearance and helped the offense set a program record with 326 points scored. Black completed 61 percent of his passes for 1,818 y ards with 18 touchdowns and se ven interceptions. He r ushed for 489 y ards with 12 touchdowns and averaged 37.1 y ards per punt. “We knew he had the athletic ability , that he just had to wait for his oppor tunity,” coach Phil Mauro said. “W e knew he had the skills and ability , but he’s also got a high athletic IQ. He lik es to go for it, and he’s not hesitant about it. I wouldn’ t say he’s a gambler though, because he mak es good decisions. ”
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Jayshon Jackson of Westerville South had 2,583 yards and 23 touchdowns on 349 carries. He is the first Super 25 captain from South since Andy Katzenmoyer shared the award in 1995 with Dublin’s Nick Goings.
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Super 25 PLAYER Matt Allen Kyle Annis Ray Ball Drew Black Darien Br yant Tamani Car ter Austin Da venport Ross F ranklin Sylvester Hagan Alex Hake Eilar Hardy Keith Heitzman Jayshon Jackson Noah Key Jeremy McCoy Alex Mickle y Matt Redfield Luke Smur thwaite Cole Stoudt DeVante Strickland Ron Tanner Austin Traylor Nick Vannett Jacob Walaszek Cam Wilson
TEAM Hilliard Darby Hilliard Davidson Wester ville South Cana Winchester Pickerington Nor th Pickerington Central Beechcroft Johnstown New Albany New Albany Pickerington Central Hilliard Davidson Wester ville South Hartley Marion-Franklin Hilliard Davidson Watterson Grove City Dublin Coffman Marion-Franklin Eastmoor Academ y Walnut Ridge Wester ville Central Big Walnut Dublin Jerome
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Coach Matt Jordan scheduled a meeting last June with Smur thwaite to talk about the role the quar terback was going to pla y. The 6-foot1, 195-pound senior didn’ t flinch. “When he transfer red back from Grove City Christian, I told him w e were going to basically build our offense around him, ” said Jordan, whose team finished 4-6. “Luk e’s a ver y confident young man. He has total faith in his God-given abilities and he cer tainly is not going to back a way from any challenge.” Smurthwaite, who was named fir st-team all-OCC-Ohio and special mention all-district, provided a good chunk of his team’s offense. He completed 168 of 298 passes for 2,369 yards with 15 touchdowns. He also r ushed for 477 yards and 11 touchdowns on 141 car ries.
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Stoudt pro ved to be the hear t of the Coffman offense. A Clemson recruit, the 6-4, 200-pound quar terback shared OCC-Central Co-Pla yer of the Y ear honor s with Hilliard Darby’s Matt Allen and Hilliard Da vidson’s Keith Heitzman. Stoudt was 182-for-279 passing for 2,329 y ards and 22 touchdowns with nine interceptions. In a 38-14 win o ver Worthington Kilbour ne, he threw for a season-high 387 yards and three touchdowns. “He’s such a leader and he knows so much about the game,” said wide receiver Connor Lucas, who had 35 receptions for 565 y ards and eight touchdowns. “He has great reads and he does e verything almost perfectly as a quarterback. It’s huge to ha ve him.”
AUSTIN TRAYLOR
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One of the biggest reason the W arriors bounced back from a 0-2 star t to earn their third consecutive Division III pla yoff berth was the contributions of this 6-1, 190-pounder. A star ter at safety since his sophomore season, Tanner has been the star ting quar terback the last two seasons and has committed to Ohio State. After throwing for 1,128 y ards and eight touchdowns while also making the Super 25 last season, Tanner went 68-for-137 passing this fall for 1,028 y ards with 14 touchdowns and also r ushed for three scores. Tanner had three interceptions, three tackles for losses and 55 solo tackles as Eastmoor finished with a 6-4 record. “(He did) a really great job this year ,” coach Jim Miranda said. “He had some electrifying hits on defense. ”
The speed and skill of this 6-foot4, 211-pounder has him among the Super 25 for the second year in a row. His versatility on defense, combined with his pass-catching ability at tight end, helped him receive offer s from 21 Division I colleges. He verbally committed to Wisconsin last month. Traylor had 31 receptions for 639 y ards for a 20.6 a verage and finished with five touchdowns to ear n first-team all-district for the Scots, who went 8-2. He also had 98 tackles, 16 tackles for losses and 10 sacks while splitting time betw een end, strong safety and lineback er. “He just had a great season, ” coach Byron Mattox said. “He’s the best pla yer I’ ve ever coached and I think he’ s the best all-around pla yer in Ohio. ”
JACOB WALASZEK Big Walnut
Vannett w as a bright spot on a team that finished 2-8 o verall and 2-5 in the OCC-Cardinal. An Ohio State recr uit, the 6-foot-6, 230pounder led the W arhawks in receiving with 46 catches for 606 yards and four touchdowns. V annett was also a force at defensive end. He w as fir st-team all-OCC-Cardinal and all-district. “Not only is Nick a great receiver who can wor k tight or in space, he is b y far the best blocking tight end I have coached or had to coach against, ” Central coach John Magistro said. “We used him in a variety of w ays and his blocking skills allow him to be in volved in the r unning game in many different w ays.”
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Strickland w as the district’ s Defensive Player of the Year in Division II and spearheaded a Red De vils team which w ent 11-1 and limited opponents to 14.5 points per game. The 6-2, 215-pound defensive back finished with three interceptions and three fumble reco veries. He has offer s from se veral colleges and has received interest from schools in the Big T en and Big East. A three-year star ter who also w as the long snapper , Strickland had two interceptions and one fumble reco very in a 35-6 victor y over Walnut Ridge as the Red De vils posted their first undefeated regular season. “Every game w e played, there was no doubt who No. 3 was,” coach Brian Haffele said. “He’ s ph ysical and w as active around the ball. ”
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LUKE SMURTHWAITE
The Division III district Defensive Player of the Year and a two-time alldistrict selection, this 6-foot, 218pounder helped Watterson reach the state final. Redfield, who has eight r ushing touchdowns and leads the Eagles with 391 y ards on 66 carries, finished with 46 tackles, 3.5 sacks and one interception for a defense which gives up 8.2 points. When he w as out with an injur y Oct. 22 against St. Charles, the Eagles ga ve up more than 20 points for just the second time this season while winning 28-21. “He’s a three-year star ter for us,” coach Dan Bjelac said. “This year he didn’ t have to mak e as man y tackles because we had a better team around him. He’ s just a pretty solid pla yer who can co ver the r un and pass w ell.”
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Coach Joe W eaver never worried about the effor t this 6-foot-1, 220pounder put for th. “His wor k ethic on the field is second to none,” Weaver said. “He lo ves to pla y the game and he lo ves the position. He’ s athletic and he can r un. He’s just a heck of a football pla yer and a great kid. ” Walaszek was the leader of a defense that allow ed 18.9 points per game. He made fir st-team all-district and allOCC-Capital as the Golden Eagles w ent 10-3. “He’s the guy in front of the huddle, and when he talks, guys listen, ” Weaver said. “He’ s getting some looks (from Division I colleges). He’ s got those intangibles you ha ve to have to go on to the next le vel. He eats, sleeps and breathes football. ”
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Wilson helped the Celtics finish 64 overall and second in the OCC-Cardinal at 5-2 by having 77 receptions for 1,079 y ards and six touchdowns. He had a season-high 258 y ards and three touchdowns on 13 receptions in a 43-22 win over Wester ville Central on Oct. 29. Wilson was fir st-team all-OCC-Cardinal and all-district. “We are excited about Jerome ha ving a Super 25 team member, and the fact that he is coming back for one more season is great for our program, ” coach Mar k Hundley said of the 6-foot-2, 190-pounder. “It has been nice to w atch Cam mature as a young man as he has continued to develop as a pla yer. If he improves from his junior year to his senior year lik e he did from his sophomore year to his junior year, he will ha ve a chance to be a big-time pla yer.”
The Top Team
Davidson dominated foes in its own way By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers
After winning its second Division I state football title last season,even coach Brian White and his players were sk eptical whether Hilliard Davidson again could come close to matching that feat this year. By using what is simply called the Davidson way, the Wildcats made it close, falling to Huber HeightsWayne 28-14 in a state semifinal last Saturday. The Wildcats, who finished 13-1, went undefeated in the regular season and went wire-to-wire to capture the Super 7 poll championship. “I would have been very skeptical,” White said of his team’s chances of challenging last season’s success. “I am very impressed with what our kids are able to accomplish. I try to be positive, but I try to be a realist also, but it seems like year after year our kids go out and perform against the best there is and somehow figure out a way to come out on top or at least if we don’t come out on top,we sure figure out a way to compete with them.” Davidson was one of four teams in the ThisWeekSPORTS.com coverage area to go undefeated during the regular season. Pickerington Central, which lost to the Wildcats 13-6 in a regional final on Nov. 20 at Upper Arlington, finished second. The Davidson way emphasizes a ballcontrol offense, punishing defense and effective special teams. Davidson dominated foes for most of the regular season before fending off Springfield 9-0 in a regional semifinal Nov. 13 and Central. Davidson’s biggest test during the regular season was a 28-21 win against Grove City in the opener Aug. 27. The Wildcats have outscored opponents 476-72, with four shutouts. The dominating ground game has been led by junior running back Alex Mickley, who has rushed for 1,481 yards and 28 touchdowns on 247 carries. Mickley is a member of the Super 25. Tight end Keith Heitzman and offensive tackle Kyle Annis have helped pave the way for Davidson’s running backs, and join Mickley on the Super 25 team. The Wildcats had rushed for 3,863 yards and 54 touchdowns on 566 carries heading into the Huber Heights game. “It’s our philosophy and it has worked for us,” White said of his team’s ball-control offense. “Wildcats don’t change their stripes.” Senior quarterback Jimmy Curtis,who has completed 17 of 26 passes for 384 yards and five touchdowns, has guided the team’s option offense. He has rushed for 412 yards and four touchdowns on 76 carries, including the game’s lone touchdown in the win against Central. “We all really came together as a team starting in August and we all knew what we wanted,” Curtis said. “We all wanted the same goal. We haven’t done anything different each week whether it w as the bad teams, the good teams or the great teams, and it’s worked out for us.” www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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Hockey
Coffman in need of support for first line By AARON BLANKENSHIP ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The Dublin Coffman High School hockey team features one of the most dangerous forward lines in the state in senior Sam O’Brien, junior Kevin Putnam and sophomore Ian Flinders. Last season, O’Brien (30 goals, 28 assists, plus-42), Putnam (34 goals, 14 assists, plus-33) and Flinders (nine goals, 20 assists, plus-38) led the Shamrocks to a 28-10-2 record and their f irst district title. The trio combined to score 14 of Coffman’s 18 goals through four games this season, as the Shamrocks opened with a 12-1 win over Cincinnati Sycamore last Friday, beat Olentangy Orange 2-0 and lost to Burlington (Ontario) Nelson 4-2 last Saturday, and lost to Dublin Jerome 4-2 last Sunday in the Midwest Thanksgiving Classic. But ninth-year coach Perry Pooley said his squad must develop at least one more consistent scoring line in order to approach last season’s accomplishments. “We have one good line that we can always count on, but the key to our success is going to be finding scoring from the rest of the team,” Pooley said. “When
we play the better teams on our schedule like Nelson, we’ll need secondary scoring to beat them. We do have depth up front, so it’s just a matter of moving guys around to find the right combination. We’re still searching for a good second line to complement our first line, but I’m confident we’ll eventually get there.” Also playing forward for Coffman are seniors Tommy Cox,A.J. Early and Joel Myatt, juniors Mason Cessna, Sean Dicks and Nick Kreber, sophomores Chris DiBiase, Gunner Gruehl and Allen Yi, and freshman Caleb Powell. Gruehl scored 13 goals and nine assists last season. Three of Cof fman’s top four defensemen are back in seniors Steven Panchyshyn (three goals, eight assists, plus-13), Matt Smith (six goals, 16 assists, plus-30) and Gregory Strine (three goals, five assists, plus-24). Other defensemen are seniors Ryan Druseikis and Matt Terry and juniors Michael Bennett and Eric Gute. Senior Nathan Schuman has replaced 2010 graduate Alex Rogers as the No. 1 goaltender. Schuman was 4-0 last season. Junior Kyle Burich will serve as Schu-
Schedule Nov. 26 — Cincinnati Sycamore at Mid west Thanksgiving Classic (Chiller Dublin) Nov. 27 — Olentang y Orange and Bur lington (Ontario) Nelson at Mid west Thanksgiving Classic (Chiller Dublin) Nov. 28 — Dublin Jerome at Mid west Thanksgiving Classic (Chiller Dublin) *Dec. 4 — Olentang y Orange (Chiller Nor th) *Dec. 5 — Olentang y Liber ty (Chiller Dublin) Dec. 10 — Olentang y at Allge yer Tournament (Chiller Nor th) Dec. 11 — Cincinnati Sycamore and Gates Mills Gilmour Academ y at Allgeyer Tournament (Chiller Dublin) Dec. 12 — TBA at Allge yer Tournament (Chiller Dublin) *Dec. 17 — Dublin Scioto (Chiller Dublin) *Dec. 19 — Dublin Jerome (Chiller Dublin) Dec. 27 — P arma Heights Holy Name at Lak ewood St. Ed ward Classic T ournament (Serpentini Arena)
man’s backup. “We’ve got some very experienced players on defense, and I’m very pleased with our goaltending,” Pooley said. Last season, the Shamrocks won the Adam Allgeyer Tournament for a fourth consecutive year, beating Gates Mills Gilmour Academy 3-0 in the final. Coffman put together winning streaks of 10 and eight games during the regu-
Dec. 28 — Hunting V alley Univer sity School and Lakewood St. Ed ward at St. Ed ward Classic Tournament (Ser pentini Arena) Dec. 29 — TBA at St. Ed ward Classic T ournament (Ser pentini Arena) *Jan. 1 — St. Char les (Chiller Dublin) *Jan. 2 — Cincinnati Moeller (Cincinnati Gardens) Jan. 7 — Oxford T alawanda (Goggin Arena) Jan. 8 — F indlay (Chiller Dublin) *Jan. 21 — Olentang y (Chiller Nor th) *Jan. 22 — Thomas (Chiller Dublin) *Jan. 23 — DeSales (Chiller Easton) *Jan. 28 — W atterson (Chiller Dublin) *Jan. 29 — W orthington Kilbour ne (TBA) Jan. 30 — Springboro (Dispatch Ice Haus) Feb. 4 — Gates Mills Gilmour Academ y (Gilmour Academy Ice Arena) *Feb. 5 — Gahanna (Chiller Dublin) *Feb. 6 — Upper Ar lington (Dispatch Ice Haus) *Capital Hockey Conference game
Coffman (10-2, 20), St. Charles (9-4, 18), Jerome (8-2-1, 17), Olentangy Orange (7-5-0-1, 15), Gahanna (7-5, 14), Upper Arlington (6-4-1-1, 14), Thomas Worthington (5-5-1-1, 12), Olentangy (5-7-0-1, 11), Worthington Kilbourne (3-9, 6), DeSales (1-10-1, 3), Dublin Scioto (1-11-1, 3) and Watterson (0-12, 0). The Shamrocks then finished third in the Blue Jackets Cup, beating UA 2-0, losing to Moeller 2-1 in a semifinal and beating Liberty 2-0 in the consolation final. In the district tournament, Coffman defeated Scioto 10-0, UA 3-0 and Cincinnati Sycamore 5-4 in triple overtime before beating Centerville 2-1 in double overtime in the final. The Shamrocks then lost to Sylvania Northview 4-0 in a state semifinal. “Our goal is to play our best hockey at the end of the year in the tournament, because that’s what it’s all about,” Pooley said. “I think we’ll do well again because of our depth. Again, it’s going to come down to finding secondary scoring.”
lar season. But with O’Brien out of the lineup recovering from a fracture in his f irst thoracic vertebra, the Shamrocks lost to Olentangy Liberty 2-0 and St. Charles 2-0 on the way to finishing third in the Capital Hockey Conference. Liberty won the CHC with an 11-1 record and 22 points. Cincinnati Moeller ablankenship@thisweeknews.com (10-2-1, 21) was second, followed by www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
Hockey
Hockey
Offense should be strength for Celtics
Scioto coach seeking bigger commitment By AARON BLANKENSHIP
By AARON BLANKENSHIP ThisWeek Community Newspapers
The Dublin Jerome High School hockey team earned a 21-7-2 record and w on the Blue Jackets Cup championship last season, but the Celtics struggled to finish their scoring opportunities in several games, including a 2-1 loss to Centerville in the second round of the district tournament. However, according to seventh-year coach Pat Murphy, scoring should be one of the Celtics’ main strengths this season. Jerome opened by going 3-1 in the Midwest Thanksgiving Classic, which was held last Friday through last Sunday at the Chiller Dublin. The Celtics defeated Gahanna 132 last Friday, lost to Strongsville 5-3 and beat Oakville (Ontario) Abbey Park 5-2 last Saturday, and defeated Dublin Coffman 42 last Sunday. “We’re as strong up front as we’ve ever been,” Murphy said. “We’ve got a ton of depth at our forward positions. We’ve always used four forward lines in the past, but now we’ve got four lines that can really play. I probably wouldn’t be concerned matching any of our lines against any other team’s top line.” The forwards are seniors Blair Comfort, Jake Howell, Nick Simonetti and Casey Worth, juniors Matt Burke, Chase Compton, Joe Davison, John Henry Fischer and Connor Steiner, and sophomores Alex Cathis, James Eastep and Tommy Parizek. Vying for time at goaltender are seniors Cameron Gutman and Josh Howell and junior Wes Faulkenberry. Both of the Howell twins was honorable mention all-district a year ago. The defensemen are seniors Derek Denti, Rohan Dudaney and Michael Parente, juniors Gray Leeseberg, Brennan Stewart and Matt Walters, and sophomore Sam Franklin. “We had strong goaltending last year, and we’ve got all three of our goalkeepers back,” Murphy said. “Defense is where we ha ve the least experience, but our new guys are
Schedule
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Jerome’s Matt Walters (left) is among the returnees on defense. The Celtics opened by going 3-1 at the Midwest Thanksgiving Classic.
Schedule Nov. 26 — Gahanna at Mid west Thanksgiving Classic (Chiller Dublin) Nov. 27 — Strongsville and Oakville (Ontario) Abbe y Park at Midwest Thanksgiving Classic (Chiller Dublin) Nov. 28 — Dublin Coffman at Mid west Thanksgiving Classic (Chiller Dublin) *Dec. 3 — W atterson (Chiller Dublin) *Dec. 5 — Cincinnati Moeller (Cincinnati Gardens) *Dec. 6 — Upper Ar lington (Chiller Dublin) Dec. 10-12 — Adam Allge yer Tournament (TBA) Dec. 17 — Center ville (Chiller Dublin) *Dec. 18 — Dublin Scioto (Chiller Dublin) *Dec. 19 — Dublin Coffman (Chiller Dublin) *Dec. 31 — Thomas W orthington (Chiller Nor th
*Jan. 1 — DeSales (Chiller Dublin) Jan. 2 — Cincinnati Sycamore (Chiller Dublin) *Jan. 7 — Olentang y (Chiller Nor th) *Jan. 8 — W orthington Kilbour ne (Chiller Dublin) Jan. 9 — Whitehouse Anthon y Wayne (Bowling Green State Univer sity Ice Arena) Jan. 15-17 — MLK T ournament (TBA) Jan. 22 — Springboro (Chiller Dublin) *Jan. 28 — Olentang y Orange (Chiller Dublin) *Jan. 29 — Gahanna (Chiller Easton) Jan. 30 — PRPC (Chiller Dublin) *Feb. 4 — Olentang y Liber ty (Chiller Nor th) *Feb. 5 — St. Char les (Chiller Dublin) *Capital Hockey Conference game
working hard and learning in practice.” 1, 21), Coffman (10-2, 20) and St. Charles Jerome finished fifth in the Capital Hock- (9-4, 18), and ahead of Olentangy Orange ey Conference last season with an 8-2-1 (7-5-0-1, 15), Gahanna (7-5, 14), Upper Arrecord and 17 points, behind Olentangy Liberty (11-1, 22), Cincinnati Moeller (10-2See CELTICS, page C5
Dublin Scioto High School hockey coach Chad Ellis wasn’t sure how his players would react when he decided to add se veral new responsibilities to his team’s weekly routine after being hired last May. In addition to practicing on ice three days a week, Ellis has his athletes run on Mondays and lift weights and study film on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He also introduced study table sessions. Thus far, though, Ellis has been pleased with his players’ overall response to the new team functions. “It’s been surprising how quickly the kids have taken to the new program and the extra time that we’re putting into it,” said Ellis, a science teacher who played football and hockey at Scioto before graduating in 2004. “We’re spending a lot more time w orking on strength and conditioning off the ice and we’re taking more time to teach the basics of where we need to be on the ice in certain situations, and our kids have been anxious to learn and improve.” Scioto opened its first season under Ellis at the Midwest Thanksgiving Classic, which was held last Friday through last Sunday at Chiller North. The Irish lost to Westerville 10-0 last Friday before beating Akron Hoban 4-2 and losing to PRPC 10-1 last Saturday. They played Centerville last Sunday. The Irish finished 8-22-2 overall last season, losing to secondseeded Dublin Coffman 10-0 in the second round of the district tournament after opening with a 3-1 win over Worthington Kilbourne. Scioto went 1-11-1 (three
Nov. 26 — W ester ville at Mid west Thanksgiving Classic (Chiller Nor th) Nov. 27 — Akron Hoban and PRPC at Midwest Thanksgiving Classic (Chiller Nor th) Nov. 28 — Center ville at Mid west Thanksgiving Classic (Chiller Nor th) *Dec. 3 — Olentang y Liberty (Chiller Easton) *Dec. 5 — Olentang y Orange (Chiller Dublin) Dec. 10-12 — Adam Allge yer Tournament (Chiller Dublin) *Dec. 17 — Dublin Coffman (Chiller Dublin) *Dec. 18 — Dublin Jerome (Chiller Dublin) Dec. 19 — Cincinnati Elder (TBA) *Dec. 31 — Gahanna (Chiller Easton) *Jan. 2 — W orthington Kilbour ne (Chiller Dublin) Jan. 9 — F remont Ross (F remont Recreation Center) Jan. 14-17 — T oledo Otta wa Hills, Akron Hoban, Cincinnati Elder at MLK Tournament (Monroe, Mich.) *Jan. 21 — W atterson (Chiller Dublin) Jan. 22 — K ettering Alter (Dispatch Ice Haus) *Jan. 23 — Cincinnati Moeller (Cincinnati Gardens) *Jan. 28 — Upper Ar lington (Dispatch Ice Haus) *Jan. 29 — Thomas W orthington (Chiller Dublin) *Feb. 4 — St. Char les (Dispatch Ice Haus) *Feb. 5 — Olentang y (Chiller Dublin) *Feb. 6 — DeSales (Chiller Easton) *Capital Hockey Conference game
points) in the Capital Hockey Conference to finish 13th, behind Olentangy Liberty (11-1, 22), Cincinnati Moeller (10-2-1, 21), Coffman (10-2, 20), St. Charles (9-4, 18), Dublin Jerome (8-2-1, 17), Olentangy Orange (7-5-0-1, 15), Gahanna (7-5, 14), Upper Arlington (6-4-1-1, 14), Thomas Worthington (5-5-1-1, 12), Olentangy (5-7-0-1, 11), Kilbourne (3-9, 6) and DeSales (1-10-1,3), See IRISH, page C5
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COFFMAN
Watterson, Hartley covet football’s biggest prize
Continued from page C1 Christian Heine, a 6-foot-1 senior guard, is back after averaging 11.1 points and three assists last season. A four-year varsity player, he was second-team all-league and honorable mention all-district a year ago. Senior forward Adam Hall (66) returns after averaging six points and making honorable mention all-league last season. Though he started at times early last year, he was in the regular rotation of substitutes at the end of the season. Seniors Matt DiThomas (6-0 guard) and Travis Beckett (6-1 guard) and junior Eric Weisenbach (6-11 center) also return. DiThomas was a regular substitute a year ago.Another senior expected to play a big role is Zack Riddle, a 6-2 guard who averaged 10.4 points last season as a member of Watterson’s Division II district championship squad. “When Zack came in,all of the players went out to dinner and got to know him,� DiThomas said. “We’ve been playing together for a while and he’s fit in with the team really well.� Rounding out the squad are seniors Dan Pfister (6-5 forward) and Dan Stucky (6-3 wing player),junior Brad Schulze (5-9 guard) and sophomores Jason Hall (6-2 guard) and Kevin Marsh (6-4 guard).All played junior varsity last season except for Hall, who played on the freshman squad. “We’ve got a lot of quickness and the ability to play defense,� DiThomas said. “We’re athletic, too. I think our athletic ability might surprise some people. We’ve got a lot of roles to f ill from last year, but I think we’re going to be a good team.� Coffman, which has reached a district final eight times in the past 10 seasons, is not only hoping to make another long postseason run, but to compete in the OCC-Central again. The Shamrocks won the league two years ago. UA is expected to contend again as it returns the OCC-Central Player of the Year, senior guard Brian Sullivan, who has signed with Miami University. Davidson and Darby also could be factors in league play, as both return key players from squads that had a winning record in the league and overall last season. “Our kids expect a lot and that’s fair,� Collins said. “Right now, we need to get healthy and get into shape. I think we will. I think there is a lot of promise for these guys.� www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
By James D. DeCamp/ThisWeek
Jerome’s Cam Wilson was second-team all-OCC after averaging a team-high 15 points a game last season.
JEROME Continued from page C1 as some of the teams we’ll face, but maybe we’ll be able to defend them with our quickness.� The roster is rounded out by seniors Robbie Davidson (6-1, guard), Jeremy Grubbs (6-6, post player), Michael Martin (6-2, guard/forward) and Shea Wilson (6-1, forward) as well as junior James Warvel (6-6, post player). “We have a good group of upperclassmen,� said Hale, whose team opens Friday at home with a non-league contest against Teays Valley. “We have a group of seniors who might not have a lot of experience but they have worked hard in the preseason to make us better.� In the OCC-Cardinal Division last season, Jerome tied for fifth with Olentangy at 4-10, behind champion Westerville South at 14-0. Westerville Central and Westerville North tied for second at 11-3 and Olentangy Liberty was fourth at 7-7. Marysville was seventh at 3-11 and Dublin Scioto last at 2-12. Jerome opens league play Tuesday at North before playing Dec. 10 at home against Liberty.
Schedule Dec. 3 — vs. T eays Valley *Dec. 7 — at W ester ville Nor th *Dec. 10 — vs. Olentang y Liber ty Dec. 14 — at Upper Ar lington *Dec. 17 — vs. W ester ville South *Dec. 21 — at Olentang y Dec. 23 — vs. Center ville Dec. 29 — vs. Olentang y Orange at Olentangy Liberty in Delaware County Shootout Dec. 30 — vs. Hilliard Darb y *Jan. 4 — at Mar ysville *Jan. 7 — vs. Dublin Scioto *Jan. 14 — at W ester ville Central *Jan. 21 — vs. W ester ville Nor th *Jan. 25 — at Olentang y Liber ty *Jan. 28 — at W ester ville South *Feb. 4 — vs. Olentang y *Feb. 8 — vs. Mar ysville *Feb. 11 — at Dublin Scioto Feb. 15 — at W atterson *Feb. 18 — vs. W ester ville Central *OCC-Cardinal game
•The girls team opens with three OCC-Cardinal games beginning Friday at Central. The Celtics have their homeopener Tuesday against North before playing Dec. 10 at Liberty. Last season, Jerome split with Central, losing the first game lost 34-28 and winning the second meeting 46-28. North swept the Celtics 43-33 and 53-42 and Liberty lost both games in the series 57-42 and 52-25.
and ahead of Watterson (0-12, 0). In the Blue Jackets Cup consolation tournament, the Irish opened with a 3-1 win over DeSales before losing to Thomas 71 in a semifinal and losing to Kilbourne 8-2 in a consolation game. “As a team, we want to improve on our win-loss record and be more competitive against the other Dublin schools,� Ellis said. Returning to lead Scioto is sophomore forward Zach Vallette, who scored 21 goals and 25 as-
The Eagles and the Hawks are flying high. Two central Ohio football teams will try to capture high school football’s biggest prize this weekend when Watterson and Hartley play during state championship week end. Hartley goes first as the Hawks (12-2) take on Chagrin Falls (13-1) for the Di vision IV title Friday in Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium. Roughly 24 hours later, on the same field, Watterson (12-1) will play Akron Buchtel (11-3) for the state title in Division III, and both CCL representati ves will be going for their second state title. Watterson has been in the championship game four previous times, winning the 2002 title with a victory over Cleveland Benedictine. The Eagles were runner-up in the first playoff finals in 1972 when they lost to Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary in Class AA, in 1999 when they lost to Poland Seminary in the title game and in 2001 when the y lost to Toledo St. Francis in the final. Hartley was the Class AA state champion in 1986 when it clubbed Castalia Mar garetta 47-0 in the final. In 1984, the Hawks lost to Louisville Aquinas in the title game. In his eighth season as coach at Watterson, Dan Bjelac says this group of Eagles players has been a joy to work with. “In all my years of coaching,this season might have gone the fastest and that is a tribute to these players. They are so good for our staff to work with and we have watched them grow in confidence as the season progressed. They are a resilient bunch who set goals for themselves and have worked very hard to get to the point where the y can reach those goals. They have been efficient in practice and flexible with us as we ha ve moved players to different positions because of injuries. They have simply been a joy to work with.� Looking at the strength of his team heading into the 15th and f inal weekend, Bjelac says, “Our defense has been terrific in the last part of this season. The defensive unit is playing with great confidence and they are playing fast on the field. They chase the ball well and are excellent
Continued from page C4 lington (6-4-1-1, 14), Thomas Worthington (5-5-1-1, 12), Olentangy (5-7-0-1, 11), Worthington Kilbourne (3-9, 6), DeSales (1-10-1, 3), Dublin Scioto (111-1, 3) and Watterson (0-12, 0). The Celtics went 3-0 in the Blue Jackets Cup to win the tournament for the fourth time in the
Ewing, who averaged 13 points last season, returns as Scioto’s leading scorer. Also back are sophomore guards Antonio Bisutti (6-0) and Josh Ashwill (5-11) and the only returning starter, senior post player Jamare Mills (6-5), who missed much of last season with a shoulder injury. The starting lineup is far from set with coach Bisutti pointing to seniors Justin Craig (5-10 guard) and Jalen Johnson (6-5 post player), juniors Ryan Duncan (6-0 wing player), Ryan Gib-
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past five years. They opened with a 3-0 win over St. Charles, defeated Liberty 3-0 in a semif inal and beat Moeller 4-3 in the final. Jerome opened the district tournament with a 3-0 win over Troy before losing to Centerville. “If we can win our league championship, that would be great, but that isn’t at the top of
our list because we want to peak at the right time to win another Blue Jackets Cup,� Murphy said. “Another big goal is to push through to the third round of the district tournament because we’ve had some disappointments there in the past.� ablankenship@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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freshman Dylan Marshall serving as his backup. Last season, Beatty went 4-15-1 with a 6.89 goals-against average and an .816 save percentage with 616 saves on 755 shots. Playing defense are senior Paul Tela, sophomore Bryant Tela and freshman David Sneddon. “Zach, Grant and Colin are our top three returning scorers, and we’re hoping a lot of other guys will contribute, too,� Ellis said. ablankenship@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com
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at making tackles. Offensively, we are getting enough points to win games and it has been coming from different guys. Our quarterback, Patrick Rhomberg, has been great at making timely throws and we are getting the job done.� Discussing what it will take LARRY to win the Di vision III title, LARSON Bjelac said, “Akron Buchtel is really on a roll. They took it to a good Alliance Marlington team last Saturday and won 52-8. They are an e xplosive group of players, so we have to be able to stop their big plays. They can hit home runs anytime they put the ball in play.� Bjelac has been part of coaching staf fs that have reached the state championship game and he says this e xperience will be something this year’s team will never forget. “This is a big deal for each and e very one of our players. The excitement around school is so high and it is so satisfying to us as a staf f that the players are realizing the things that we preach to them during practice, � Bjelac said. “You establish goals for yourself and your team and you learn what it takes to achieve those goals. Those are things I absolutely love about coaching. It is the day-to-day coaching that is so fun. It is the staff camaraderie and enjoying the thrill of victory together. Now every moment is so exciting for all of us, but the real joy will come when we all can step back and look at how this was accomplished. That is what mak es teaching and coaching and playing so rewarding.� Good luck to Watterson and Hartley this weekend and congratulations to both programs on their great achievements this season. I’ll see you at a game.
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Winterfair to feature 400 fine-art and craft exhibitors By ALAN FROMAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Ohio Designer Craftsmen will present the 34th annual Winterfair this weekend at the Ohio Expo Center on the Ohio State Fairgrounds. Proceeds of Winterfair support exhibitions and education programs at the Ohio Craft Museum, 1665 W. First Ave. The juried fair of fine art and crafts will feature 400 exhibitors from 32 states, said Sharon Kokot, Ohio Designer Craftsmen executive director. Winterfair offers “a unique holiday shopping experience,” Kokot said. “It’s a chance to shop from a wide selection of one-of-a-kind handmade fine-art and craft items.” The event is taking place as the craft museum holds its annual Gifts of the Craftsmen exhibit. All items on display in the museum exhibit are available for purchase. “They are really two separate events that happen to overlap in time,” Kokot said.
“Winterfair offers a huge selection of items from hundreds of artists from around the country,” she said. “It’s the largest craft fair in Columbus.” The museum exhibit offers a shopping opportunity for those unable to attend Winterfair or who don’t have the stamina or desire to visit the huge display area that will be set up at the f airgrounds, Kokot said. Gifts for all budgets will be available at Winterfair, she said. “We’ll have items starting from a $15 pair of earrings on up,” Kokot said. A variety of items, including ceramics, glass, wearable art, jewelry, sculpture, painting and photography, will be available for purchase. Winterfair will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7. “We encourage people to come to the fair early to have the best selection available,” Kokot said. “We have a lot of people who take off work Friday or take a long
lunch hour so they can come to Winterfair and do some holiday shopping.” Unlike many craft fairs, Winterfair is a juried event, she said. All of the exhibitors are professional artists and craft makers. The event features many new exhibitors as well as returning artists, Kokot said. Winterfair visitors will be able to work on hands-on projects involving such art forms and techniques as soft sculpture,cold glasswork and collage in a special area that will be set up in the e xposition center. Make-and-take projects will be led by a number of organizations, including the Guilded Lillies (dollmaking); Galleria Evangelia (glass ornament); the Ohio Craft Museum (trading and greeting cards); Creative Arts of Women; The Wild Goose Creative; and Olde Towne East Neighborhood Association. More information, including a complete directory of participating artists and images of their work is available at www.winterfair.org.
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Coming up Worthington Hills Country Club, To add, remove or update a listing, eWednesday, Dec. 8, at Worthington Hills mail editorial@thisweeknews.com. Country Club, 920 Clubview Blvd. Registration at 11 a.m., business meeting at Event 11:30 a.m., luncheon at noon and pro2010 Christmas Tour of Homes, spon- gram following the luncheon. Jane Marsored by the Dublin Women’s Philan- tin will present “Have a Bloomin’ Holithropic Club, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. day.” Cost is $19. Registration required. Six homes in Tartan Fields will be fea- Call (614) 846-0170. tured. Tour begins at Tartan Fields Golf Northwest Columbus Christian Club, 8070 Tartan Fields Drive. Tickets Women’s Club will meet for a luncheon are $20/$25 at the door. For more infor- from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. mation, call 793-0836. 15, at Brookside Country Club,2770 W. Dublin-Granville Road. Guest speaker, music. $16, all-inclusive. For reservaHealth Yoga classes for people with cancer, tions, call Gail Peterson at (614) 47511 a.m. Mondays, 4 p.m. Wednesdays 7214 or e-mail Linda Isler Bro wn at and 9:30 a.m. Saturdays,at The Wellness lindaisler@hotmail.com. OCLC Toastmasters 478, noon the Community, 103330 Sawmill Parkway, Suite 600, Powell. All equipment is pro- first and third Thursdays of the month at the OCLC main building, 6565 Kilgour vided. Place. Members focus on improving speaking and leadership skills. Call (614) Meetings 825-2611. Worthington Area Nurses AssociaSawmill Road Toastmasters, 11:45 tion, 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, at Lin- a.m. on the first and third Mondays of worth United Methodist Church, 7070 every month at Flyers Pizza, 3967 PresBent Tree Blvd. Julia Nack of the Franklin idential Parkway. Visitors are welcome. County Guardianship Program will be Members focus on improving public the speaker. All area nurses and anyone speaking skills. Visit http://sawmill.freeinterested in the topic are welcome. Call toasthost.us. Guests are welcome. Mommies and Munchkins, 9:30(614) 885-3283.
10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. This is a faith-based fitness walking class made up of caregivers and their children. The group will walk more than a mile at each meeting, at v arious locations in the Hilliard/Dublin area. Free. Visit the club Web site at www.mommiesandmuchkins. net to register and view the location calendar. Call Summer Sisney at (812) 4997469. Christian Marketplace Network Dublin Chapter, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. the first Friday of each month at LaScala Restaurant, 4199 W. Dublin Granville Road. Christians in the marketplace are invited to attend for lunch, fellowship, prayer, networking and business presentations. All are welcome. Registration fee is $2. Call Jim Brewer at (614) 792-7766 or visit www.cmn-usa.org. Dublin Worthington Rotary, noon Wednesdays at La Scala,4199 W. DublinGranville Road. Dublin Lions Club, 7:30-8:30 a.m. the second and fourth Fridays of the month at the Rise and Dine Restaurant, 7573 Sawmill Road. Call Ron Robbins at (614) 888-8773. Dublin A.M. Rotary Club, 7:30 a.m. Fridays, at the Country Club at Muirfield Village, 8715 Muirfield Drive. Call (614) 327-7166 or e-mail rotary@dublinam.org.
Friends of Concord Township, 7:30 p.m. the third Monday of the month at the Shawnee Hills Civic Association, 36 W. Mohawk Drive. Visit www.foct.org or e-mail cyndie722@yahoo.com. Kiwanis Club of Dublin, 7 p.m. Mondays, at Mary Kelley’s, 7148 Muirfield Drive. Call (614) 889-9007 or visit www.dublinkiwanis.com. Kiwanis Club of Greater Dublin, noon Tuesdays at Mary Kelley’s, 7148 Muirfield Drive. For more information, call (614) 717-4910 or visit www.greaterdublinkiwanis.com. Northwest Civic Association, 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month, except July, at Meadow Park Church, 2425 Bethel Road. The Right Connection- Dublin Chapter, 7:30 a.m. the second and fourth Friday of the month at Panera Bread, 6665 Perimeter Loop Road. Call Sherri Herrick at (614) 806-5917. Dublin AmSpirit, 8 a.m. Tuesdays at Panera Bread, 6665 Perimeter Loop Road. For more information,contact Alan Amstutz at (614) 791-9933 or e-mail gnomon9@mac.com. Wesley Davids American Legion Post 800 of Dublin, 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at the Bogey Inn, 6013 Glick Road. All veterans are welcome.
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Support groups ALS Association Support Group, 68 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6, at the Forum at Knightsbridge, 4625 Knightsbridge Blvd. All PALS and their families and friends are welcome. This meeting will be a holiday party. Bring a side dish to share and an inexpensive, wrapped gift. To RSVP, call (614) 273-2572, ext. 106. Mental Health Through Will-Training, sponsored by Recovery International, 7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays at Worthington Presbyterian Church,773 N. High St. Individuals struggling with stress, anxiety, panic, fatigue, depression or fear are welcome. Call Paul at (614) 895-6760 or e-mail info@lowselfhelpsystems.org. Better Breathers Club of Dublin, 67:30 p.m. every third Tuesday of the month in the front lobby conference room of Dublin Methodist Hospital. Monthly topics will be discussed. Enjoy new friendships and support. Free and open to anyone who is diagnosed with any pulmonary disease, their loved ones and caregivers. Light refreshments are provided, along See COMING UP, page D3
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Continued from page D2 with door prizes. Wheelchair accessible. Al-Anon, for friends and families of alcoholics, 8 p.m. every Thursday at Meadow Park Church of God, 2425 Bethel Road. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder Support Group and a group for family/friends of those with eating disorders,6:30-8 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of each month, in Buildings O and G on the OSU-Harding campus,445 E. Granville Road,Worthington. Free, but donations are accepted. Call (614) 293-9550 or visit www.CenterForEatingDisorders.org. At A Loss, support group for parents who have lost a child, 67:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of the month at Dublin Counseling Center, 299 Cramer Creek Court. Call 889-5722. Bonnie and Robert Lelito
Sickles, Lelito are wed Bonnie Sickles and Robert Lelito exchanged wedding vows in an Aug. 14 ceremony held at St. Jude Catholic Church in Elyria. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Sickles III of Baldwinsville, N.Y., formerly of Dublin. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lelito of Grafton, Ohio. Jenna Perrotto was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Keeley Sickles, sister of the bride; Ashley Heffinger; Carly Lelito, sister of the groom; and Emily Lelito, sister of the groom. Mark Heffernan was best man. Groomsmen were Neil Sullinger, Adam Borkowski, Scott Darling and Brent Dunlap. The couple honeymooned at the Walt Disney World Resort and is at home in Grafton, Ohio. The bride graduated from Bowling Green State University in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies. She is a client case w orker in the Emergency Services Department of the American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland. The groom holds a bachelor’s degree in aviation from Bowling Green State University in 2006 and is a 1st Lt. and Chinook pilot with the United States Army.
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Church news Concert set for Dec. 11 The Columbus Ohio North Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will hold its annual Christmas Music Concert at 7 p.m.,Saturday, Dec. 11. The concert will be held at 7135 Coffman Road. This year’s concert will not only feature music but will also have several nativity displays in the building. The program is open to the community free of charge. Call (614) 791-1870 for more information.
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Washington Twp. rec news The Washington Township Parks and Recreation Department is at 4675 Cosgray Road. The community center is at 5985 Cara Road. Call 652-3922 or visit www.wtwp.com. All events meet at the community center unless otherwise noted. • The next Wacky Wednesday event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Township
Administration Building, 6200 Eiterman Road. The theme will be “Santa and Mrs. Claus.” Have a picture taken with Santa on the antique fire truck ($5 or free with your own camera), make a holiday decoration and enjoy refreshments. All proceeds will benefit central Ohio food pantries.
Holiday news and Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride.” Admission is free. For more The Westerville Concert Band information, visit www.westerwill present its annual holiday villebands.org or call Ralph concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. Denick at 882-9070. 12, in the Westerville South High School auditorium, 303 S. Ot- Choral groups set terbein Ave. The 80-member concert band holiday concert performs under the direction of The Olentangy Men's Chorus Richard Suddendorf and Jennifer and the Ohio Heartland Chapter Cabral Hever. The program will of Sweet Adelines Internationinclude traditional and modern al will present their annual holiday music. Christmas concert at 7 p.m. SunThe band will be joined by the day, Dec. 5, at All Shepherds Dublin Scioto High School A Lutheran Church, 6580 U.S. Capella Chamber Choir, under Route 23. the direction of Jeff Chesser. The The Del Chimers bell choir concert will also include a visit also will be featured. from Santa Claus. The concert is free and open Selections will include Robert to the public. Smith’s “Holiday F anfare,” For more information, call Ralph Ford’s “Winter Rhapsody” (740) 666-3107.
• Chris Mondiek of Dublin has been awarded a Nathaniel Rochester Society Scholarship at Rochester Institute of Technology. The fourth-year RIT student is studying engineering and digital film production. A 2007 graduate of Dublin Scioto High School, Mondiek is the son of Dave and Priscilla Mondeik. • Hondros Colle ge has an-
nounced its September 2010 graduates. Dublin residents graduating from the College of Nursing were Katherine Baxter, Stephanie Boyer, Andrea Duffy, Shawn Farrell and Robyn Frye. Cheryl Herbert, president of Dublin Methodist Hospital, delivered the commencement address. • Daiva Gerbec of Dublin is a
Program provides gifts Band to present for seniors citizens holiday concert The “Be a Santa to a Senior,” holiday campaign now entering its seventh year, is partnering with local nonprofit organizations and area retailers to provide holiday gifts for senior citizens. Christmas trees are up at the CVS store at 933 Bethel Road or at 3883 Park Mill Run Drive. Shoppers can choose an ornament, buy the items listed and return the unwrapped gifts to the store, with the ornament attached. Volunteers will collect, wrap and deliver the gifts. The program runs through Dec. 15. For more information, call (614) 486-6643 or visit www. beasantatoasenior.com.
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ProMusica Chamber Orchestra will present three holiday concerts. At each performance,audience members are encouraged to bring a new toy to donate to the Firefighters 4 Kids toy drive. The Messiah Sing Along at the Southern Theatre in downtown Columbus will feature more than 10 area choirs,high school orchestra members and, of course, lots of audience participation at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 10. Guest conductor will be Henry Charles Smith. Tickets are $20 general admission. Two “Sounds of the Season” performances will feature soprano Stacey Stofferahn and such holiday f avorites as Williams “F antasia on Greensleeves” and Schubert’s “Ave Maria.” A concert will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, at Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625 N. High St. A second “Sounds of the Season” performance will begin at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Southern Theatre. Tickets range from $10 to $46. To purchase tickets or for more information about ProMusica’s “Compose Your Own Series” program, call (614) 464-0066 or visit www.promusicacolumbus.org.
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ORCHARDS AT BIG BEAR Best location with views of open green space. First floor easy living with vaulted great room with a gas fireplace. Two owner’s suites with vaulted ceilings. 3-season room. Isn’t it time to experience a maintenance free lifestyle?
MLS#210030946 $174,900
MLS#210028269
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SCIOTO WOODS 2-STORY
Property has it all! Stream, fire pit, pond, patio, deck, hot tub & 3-season rm. Owners suite w/ new Berber carpet & private access to BA. Wood floors on 1st floor. Large FR open to DR. New appl’s, roof & siding. Newly finished basement w/built ins, surround sound & office. $169,999
VILLAGE AT SCIOTO PARK Enjoy carefree living in this 2 BR, 2.5 BA condo located just minutes from downtown Hilliard. New roof, freshly painted, FP, fnshd bsmt, att gar & patio all await the new owner! Walking distance to schools, Heritage Park & Rails to Trails.
MLS#210033896 $148,900
HILLIARD RANCH One story 3 bedroom home with 2-car garage. Screened in porch, new carpet & exterior paint, newer roof & full basement. Full bath off of owner’s rm, WB stove & eat-in kitchen. Great views from the front porch of the sunsets. Won’t last long at this price.
MLS#210027168 $130,000
MLS#210026391
LUXAIR RANCH Well maintained brick ranch home in the heart of Hilliard. New roof in '08. Kitchen has been updated with oak cabinets. Large family room addition with french doors to the patio & fenced yard. Newer windows, trim & 6 panel doors. 2-car tandem block garage has work benches & electric. Great starter home!! $129,900
COUNTRY RANCH Enjoy the country life w/city access in this all brick 3 BR, 2 BA ranch. Kitchen w/custom cabinets & hardwood floors, front screened-in patio & oversized 2.5-car garage. Over half acre lot. SOLD “AS IS”
MLS#210039560 $114,900
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