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March 10, 2011

School district looks to add STEM course Environ class is preferred offering, Doolittle says

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Ohio Historical Society volunteer Kathy Trace of Columbus models her 1860s summer outfit for an audience at the Westerville Public Library as part of a Civil War-era fashion show March 5. The program was part of a yearlong lineup of events organized by the library, the Westerville Visitors & Convention Bureau, the Ohio Historical Society and the Westerville Department of Parks and Recreation.

The Westerville City Schools District is looking at expanding its high school science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) program.

At its Feb. 28 meeting, the school board heard a presentation on three potential STEM courses: Environ, an environmental science program that would focus on global challenges such acid rain, biofuels and energy conservation; Design, a physical engineering and design program that would focus on robotics, 3D software, the manufacturing process, logic design and electronic devices; and Bodies II, which would be an extension of the current STEM Bodies program. Bodies II would be

a life-sciences program focusing on pharmacology, medical devices, surgery, genetics and immunology.

To implement the programs for the next school year, the school board will have to select a course at its March 14 meeting, superintendent Dan Good said.

For budget reasons, the board is looking to select only one of the courses.

“We would like to offer them all,” curriculum coordinator Christine Doolittle told the board. “If we could only offer one, our recommendation would be the Environ class.”

Doolittle said the Environ program would offer an alternative to Bodies, the only STEM program See DISTRICT, page A2

ODOT to include sidewalks in Westerville Road overhaul

By JENNIFER NESBITT ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Blendon Township’s community plan has led the Ohio Department of Transportation to incorporate sidewalks and bike lanes into its plans to overhaul Westerville Road this summer.

The plan created by Blendon Township residents with Franklin County planners last year included a recommendation to construct sidewalks along the road and make it more pedestrian-friendly.

Franklin County, MORPC and Blendon

Township officials have worked with ODOT to get sidewalks and marked bicycle lanes included in the Westerville Road reconstruction plans. MORPC will provide $2.8-million in federal dollars to fund sidewalks on both sides of Westerville Road from state Route 161 to Dempsey Road.

Franklin County planner Ben Weiner, who led Blendon Township’s community planning process, said it was evident from the first meeting with residents in July 2009 that a lack of sidewalks on Westerville Road was a key concern.

“At that first public meeting, where we had over 150 people, we asked what their biggest concerns were, and the lack of sidewalks on Westerville Road was one of the residents’ No. 1 concerns,” Weiner said. “People indicated that one of their least favorite places was along Westerville Road. … They made it known that that was one of their top concerns.”

Because ODOT already had begun preparations for the planned overhaul of Westerville Road, Weiner said Franklin County planners and MORPC encouraged ODOT to include sidewalks in the

road reconstruction.

“We knew the roadway plans were in progress, but after we found out that they were in the right-of-way acquisition phase, we knew we’d have to act quickly if we wanted to change things,” he said.

Weiner said MORPC, which released a report last year identifying Westerville Road as a danger zone, in part because of the lack of sidewalks, worked hard to bring ODOT to the discussion table. He said the department was willing to listen because of a desire to create complete roadways that accommodate not only ve-

hicles but also pedestrians and bicyclists.

“It couldn’t have been done without either of their hard work or participation,” Weiner said.

Constructing sidewalks along Westerville Road isn’t the only piece of Blendon Township’s community plan to be implemented.

The township is in the process of creating a parks master plan, which was one recommendation set forth in the community plan. The township also launched See WESTERVILLE ROAD, page A2

Contracts approved for city’s WeConnect data center

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Westerville City Council passed three pieces of legislation and heard readings of two others last week that will help establish the city’s WeConnect community data center and broadband network.

At its March 1 meeting, council authorized the city manager to seek bids for installing fiber for the WeConnect broadband corridor, approved the purchase of communications conduit from Columbus Fibernet and accepted a bid for the community data center’s conduit network from Danbert Inc. WeConnect will create a backbone of fiber optics through the city’s business districts, providing city offices and local businesses with access to broadband and data center services, including data storage and IT services.

City information systems director Todd Jackson said engineering for the project is close to completion, and cost estimates are coming in.

With that, he said, city officials would like to move quickly on the bidding process because federal stimulus dollars that have been distributed around Ohio likely will lead to a lot of other projects this year that Westerville would like to be ahead of.

“We feel that’s going to affect the cost as well as the labor,” Jackson said.

The city is expected to break ground on the center in the spring and have it ready to open in the fall.

The contract with Fibernet allows for the purchase of 7,600 feet of 1.5-inch conduit along Brooksedge Boulevard, Schrock Road and South State Street for $91,920 with an annual maintenance See WECONNECT, page A6

Jimmy V’s takes over the grill

Black ribbons prompt conversations about drinking

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Jimmy V’s owner Jimmy Velio has purchased the Westerville Grill, 59 S. State St. Velio took over the restaurant, which was opened by chef Rick Stevens a year ago, at the end of January.

The decision to purchase the restaurant was a sensible one, he said, because Jimmy V’s — with

Seventeen-hundred black ribbons were placed on the lawn of Otterbein University’s Towers Hall to commemorate the more than 1,700 college students who die each year due to alcohol.

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Tony Cabilovski serves Tiffany Culver and Michelle Moore at the new Westerville Grill, 59 S. State St.

an Uptown location at 1 S. State chasing the restaurant would reSt. — already has a good reputa- duce competition in Uptown. tion with customers, and purSee JIMMY V’S, page A6

Seventeen-hundred black ribbons affixed to wooden stakes appeared overnight on the lawn of Towers Hall at Otterbein University March 7.

The ribbons were set out to commemorate the more than 1,700 college students, ages 17 to 24, who die each year due to alcohol. They also mark the beginning of the weeklong Black Ribbon Project, a program unique to Otterbein that aims to get students talking and thinking about responsible drinking before the semester ends and they head off for spring break March 16.

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“The more we can talk about responsible drinking, the more it really helps students to stop and think,” said Black Ribbon Project founder Matthew D’Oyly, the university’s assistant director of wellness and a residence hall director.

Placing the black ribbons in front of Towers Hall was the perfect way to kick off the campaign, D’Oyly said, because the sudden presence of the ribbons got students talking to each other and opened the door for deeper discussion.

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District looks to expand STEM program Continued from page A1 course offered at the high school level.

The district has been focusing on expanding its STEM offerings in recent years.

The STEM Bodies program expanded this year to include more students with the help of a $66,000 grant from Metro Management Group, which oversees Westerville Bodies’ program partner, Metro Early College High School.

“We were able to create another section of Bodies to meet enrollment demand, and we added an English class,” district chief of academic affairs Karen McClellan said. “It became obvious that our students needed experience in writing scientifically, so the extension of English to the STEM Bodies course pulled all content together in a scientific literacy component.”

The Bodies program, which began as a pilot for the district two years ago, includes 28 students at a cost of $4,071 apiece, McClellan said.

Students in the program spend four of the seven periods in their high school day on program coursework, which includes high school classes, college-level courses at Ohio State and in-field work with professionals in the biomedical field.

The district invested $46,751 in capital funds this year for the technology, textbooks and other resources needed to incorporate the Bodies program in the high school curriculum. Those materials also can be used for other high school courses, McClellan said.

While the district is committed to offering hands-on STEM courses to students, she said administrators also are very careful that the programs are cost-effective.

“We continue to look for alternative funding opportunities to support this program and ways to keep the program’s per-pupil costs comparable to our districtwide per-pupil costs,” she said.

Also as a way to support STEM initiatives, Westerville schools offer a robotics team at Blendon Middle School.

Cherrington Elementary School is implementing an “Engineering Is Elementary” program, and the district offers an elementary-level magnet program focusing on math and science, McClellan said.

“The STEM movement is certainly growing across the nation, and we’re working to ensure that our students’ interests are being met through various opportunities,” she said.

As more and more students seek education beyond high school, McClellan said STEM programs continue to increase in importance

WESTERVILLE ROAD Continued from page A1 a farmers market last year and earned grants for sidewalks on Executive Parkway and Harbin Drive.

Weiner said his office is in the process of creating a results report on Blendon Township’s plan to present to Franklin County commissioners in May, a year after the commissioners voted to adopt it.

From the outset, Weiner said the goal was to create a plan for Blendon Township that the county and the township would be able to implement, despite having no funding attached to the recommendations.

“We entered into the planning process making sure it was going to be focused on implementation,” Weiner said.

The township’s residents and trustees helped to make that goal a reality, Weiner said.

Township officials ran with the recommendations to attempt to implement them, and residents embraced the process, with more than 450 attending the meetings that helped create the plan.

“The fact that we’ve accomplished so much of the plan’s implementation is empowering residents to improve their neighborhoods and engage in their future.

They see that this planning process has real results. They see that their voice is heard,” he said. “It was people attending the public meeting that led to the plan’s recommendation being what they are.”

Weiner said the support shown by the township in creating and implementing the plan has made

his work with the community rewarding.

“I’m kind of honored to work with a community that is so dedicated to improving itself,” Weiner said. “It makes my job a lot easier and very rewarding. I’m very appreciative.” jnesbitt@thisweeknews.com

as a way of preparing students for future education and future careers.

“In the 21st century, graduating from high school prepared for post-secondary education and careers means having a solid grounding in STEM fields,” she said.

“Mastery of mathematics, science and technology is no longer only for future scientists and engineers; it is essential preparation for all students.”

McClellan said the number of students graduating from college in STEM fields is declining in this country, and educators need to work to reverse that.

“America needs to increase the number of students pursuing STEM fields in their academic studies and careers, and improve preparation for the next generation of engineers, scientists, mathematicians and technicians,” she said. “The world today’s students will inherit will be one defined to an even greater degree by science and technology.”

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Fire department rescues two from Alum Creek

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A release of water from the Hoover Reservoir caught a group of fishermen by surprise March 3, prompting a rescue by the Westerville Fire Division.

“We got a cell phone call at 12:33 (p.m. March 3) stating that two friends were stranded on an island on Alum Creek south of the Hoover Dam spillway,” Fire Chief Bernie Ingles said.

In anticipation of weekend rain affecting already flooded areas to the north, the decision had been made to release some water from the reservoir.

As is custom, a horn was sounded as a warning before the water was released, but two fishermen weren’t able to gather their gear and vacate the island they

had waded to in time.

“They ended up climbing a tree, but they were mostly out of the water,” Ingles said. “We put two boats in and we were able to get them out of the water and to the shore.”

The fire department was delayed in its rescue by not being able to locate the fisherman initially, but once their location was verified, the rescue moved quickly, Ingles said, and the fire department run was completed by 1:25 p.m.

“We couldn’t see them, and when they told us they were down closer to the bridge, we were able to effect the rescue,” Ingles said.

He said the fire department isn’t called to perform rescues from the city’s waterways very frequently and completes calls

for water rescues five to six times a year.

However, the department does train for water rescues twice a year. Training takes place once in the spring when the water is flowing quickly, and the department trains in ice rescue once waterways freeze over in late fall or early winter.

Ingles said last week’s call is a reminder to those who use the city’s waterways in the spring to be attentive and vacate the area quickly if the water-release horn is sounded.

“Really pay attention to the horn when they sound it,” Ingles said. “The water moves pretty quickly when they sound the horn.” jnesbitt@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNEWS.com

Genoa, Westerville, schools agree to continue TIF district

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Genoa Township, Westerville and Westerville schools agreed Feb. 28 to continue a tax-increment financing district that affects all three.

In TIF districts, certain property tax revenue is defrayed and used for infrastructure costs in the TIF area or that benefit the area.

The TIF district, created in 1995, includes 21 properties valued at $16,484,900 in 2010, said Delaware County Auditor George Kaitsa.

Revenue from TIFs is generated from the increase in property value that occurs after the district is created. The Genoa TIF properties are in Northgate Plaza, at the northeast corner of Maxtown Road and Route 3.

The TIF brought in revenue of $403,615 in 2010.

The balance of the TIF fund on Dec. 31 was $559,731, township administrator Paul Wise said.

The total 2010 expenditures from the TIF funds were $441,459. Of that, $375,081 went to Westerville for payment on the township’s portion of improvements to the Maxtown Road and Route 3 intersection.

The remainder of the expense was for sidewalk improvements, legal fees and traffic light coordi-

nation improvements, Wise said.

The TIF has been a point of contention among the township, Westerville and Westerville City Schools.

Westerville officials had said for a number of years that the township agreed verbally to pay about $1-million toward the cost of improvements to the Maxtown Road and Route 3 intersection, but township officials disagreed.

In 2009, Westerville City Schools filed a complaint with the Delaware County auditor about its loss of revenue because of the TIF. Kaitsa said the school district recently withdrew its complaint.

In November, the three entities worked out a compromise, township attorney Peter Griggs said.

The agreement extends the TIF for 10 years. Instead of expiring in 2015, it will expire in 2025.

The township annually will pay the city for the improvements to the Maxtown Road and Route 3 intersection, until $1.25-million has been paid.

The school district will be reimbursed “in an amount not to exceed the amount of real property taxes” the district would have received if the TIF did not exist. bbutcher@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekNEWS.com

Community briefs Rain-barrel workshop slated March 22 The Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District will present a rain barrel workshop from 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 22 at the Blendon Township Senior Center, 6330 Hempstead Road.

The workshop will focus on the benefits of capturing rainwater to prevent flooding and pollution in local waterways.

For the $54 cost of the workshop, participants will receive a 60-gallon rain barrel that carries a retail value of $130.

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Magnet school lottery set for April 14 The lottery for entrance into the Westerville City School District’s three magnet school programs will be held at 2 p.m.

April 14 at the Westerville Community Center, 350 N. Cleveland Ave. The drawings, which are open to the public, will determine which students will be eligible for the district’s arts, mathematics and science, and world languages and cultures elementary programs.

Those who applied for the lottery will be notified of the results by mail.

For more information on the program or lottery, call Scott Ebbrecht at (614) 797-7030 or (614) 797-7180.

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Obituaries BYRD Dale A. Byrd, age 74, of Canal Winchester, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 in the company of his loved ones. Devoted husband of 52 years to Julie (Bettencourt); loving father of Kevin (Christine), Rene (Robert) Schiefer, Michelle (Timothy) Petruskevich and Monique (Chris); and adoring grandfather to Jessica, Jennifer, Meredith (Rocco) Paas and Derek; great-grandson Jaxson; siblings, George Byrd and Sharon Gall; as well as his nieces and nephews.

Born in Columbus in 1936, a graduate of Dublin High School, a very proud veteran of the U. S. Army Signal Corp, and retired from the Kroger Co. Preceded in death by his parents, George and Lillian, and sister Sandra. Above all else, Dale dearly loved his family and friends, his country, his home, the Ohio State Buckeyes, auto racing, coaching Little League sports, camping, boating and the great outdoors. The family will receive friends Friday, March 4 from 4-7 p.m., and on Saturday, March 5 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the SCHOEDINGER EAST CHAPEL, 5360 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus, where the service will be held immediately following the visitation hours on Saturday. The family would like to express their sincere gratitude to the Mount Carmel Hospice for the compassionate care given to our loved one in his last days. If preferred, friends are asked to consider a donation in Dale’s memory, in lieu of flowers, to either Honor Flight Ohio (www.honorflight.org), The Wounded Warrior Project (www.woundedwarriorproject.org), or Mt. Carmel Hospice, 793 W. State St., Columbus, OH 43222.

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To the editor: When we think of our schools, most of us consider what is being taught.

We assume that curriculum decisions are made when classroom teachers, curriculum coordinators and district administrators exchange ideas. These become recommendations to the board in providing the best for our students.

The most recent school board meeting led me to question the extent of such communication within our district.

The board heard a request for additional stages of the STEM curriculum. Our elected board members were unclear how this report would be handled. Only when they asked questions did we hear generalities from districtlevel administrators about implementation and oh, yes, funding.

The board will email their questions to be answered at the next meeting. So much for real communication.

Later, in public comments, we heard from a district elementary

teacher who personally has to purchase reading material because what the district provides is inadequate to meet student needs.

She added that the district does not supply basic hands-on science tools.

One would hope that such curriculum shortfalls would be communicated and addressed.

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Please do us all a favor: Don’t make a comment most the minute online discussions became possible.

Many newspapers and other publications have taken MARGO down their BARTLETT c o m m e n t threads. The editor of a Wisconsin newspaper said although he’d had high hopes when readers’comments first were introduced to the online newspaper, three years later he was discouraged.

“People can’t or won’t behave,” he said.

Because my hand is waving so madly, I imagine the editor sees it and calls on me.

“Won’t,” I say.

“Excuse me?” the Wisconsin editor says. (His name is Scott.)

“Won’t,” I say. When it comes to classroom confidence, Hermione Granger has nothing on me. “You said ‘People can’t or won’t behave,’ and I’m giving you the answer: It’s ‘won’t.’”

“Yes, well,” says Scott.

He didn’t say I was right, but of course I am. People are perfectly capable of behaving well when others can see, when cameras are taking pictures and when they have to sign their names.

Just look at letters to the editor.

The conventional kind, I mean.

Writers must sign their names and leave a telephone number, and trust me: Editors call those numbers.

People aren’t above signing somebody else’s name to letters or pulling other kinds of funny business; we have to be watched.

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And I do mean ‘we,’ since I’m a person myself. Not that I’ve ever sent a nasty online comment, but as a human, I can imagine being outraged enough, or angry enough, or self-righteous enough to maybe get carried away.

And there’s another thing.

It’s a thing that occurred to me just the other day, as I was reading a story in “Slate” about National Public Radio listeners, who shoot off furious e-mails every time NPR dares to air a story that touches on popular culture: Justin Bieber’s haircut. Tiger Woods’ comeback. The Super Bowl.

“If we wanted to hear this guff, we’d listen to commercial radio,” more or less sums up the remarks.

NPR also gets approving letters after such stories, letters along the lines of “I adore Justin Bieber!

Have more stories about him!”

But NPR rarely reads those on the air because that would be bragging. So, of course, people complain. Complaints get attention.

As for readers’comments, those anonymous threads so inviting to the crude and uncivilized, well, their delivery is indefensible but you can’t blame them for taking the opposite side of the position presented. To agree with the original story would make the commenter a mere follower. Throwing up objections is to stake a claim of one’s own. Who wouldn’t do that, given the chance?

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Slam book users signed their names on the first page. On the next someone would have scrawled “What do you think of …” followed by page after page of classmates’names, one name per page.

Under each name was written what passed for personal opinion in those days of rigid conformity.

The greatest compliment was “tough,” often spelled “tuff” by the girls who also dotted their i’s with little circles. To be tough was to be cool. The words we used to express the opposite of tough I will spare you, but they came up often in slam books. To come into possession of one of those toxic objects containing your own name was to stand on the brink of despair. Or elation, of course, if the right people happened to write “She’s tough” on your page, but this was seventh grade, and you can imagine how often that happened.

I’m reminded of slam books and the damage they inflicted on people’s tender parts whenever I come across Internet stories that allow reader feedback. People who don’t have to reveal their names will say all kinds of ugly things.

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Although only one of the women who launched Two Caterers Contemporary Cuisine is still involved in the business, the name remains the same.

“I tell people it’s my split personality,” joked company president Angela Stoll Petro, who lives in German Village.

In a way, though, that’s highly fitting, since her enterprise is based out of a split facility in the Northland area just outside of Westerville.

On one hand, it is home to the offices of Two Caterers and is the Copper Lodge banquet facility, available for wedding receptions and corporate events.

On the other hand, it’s a lodge for coppers.

The former Schmidt’s Restaurant and Banquet Facility off Schrock Hill Court is owned by, and is the headquarters for, the Fraternal Order of Police, Capital City Lodge No. 9. It was purchased almost four years ago for $1,087,500, according to Franklin County Auditor’s Office records.

It replaced the former FOP Lodge in Gahanna.

How did a catering business and a union hall for police officers come to coexist under one roof?

“Our realtor was the realtor for FOP,” said Petro.

After nine-and-a-half years operating out of first one, then two and then three units in a strip shopping center in Linworth, Two Caterers needed more space, Petro said. When the FOP purchased the long-closed restaurant across from a Ramada Inn, the realtor suggested that Petro write up a proposal for managing the facility and providing the police union with a portion of the profits from catering events held there.

“It’s an extra income-producing sector for both of us,” she said.

The catering firm owner admitted that she sometimes has to overcome a public stereotype regarding lodge halls in order to convince clients Copper Lodge is the right place for their event.

For example, Petro said, many people expect animal heads to be the main decoration on the walls.

“And that’s not the case here,” she said of the dining hall, which can seat 200. “It’s a warm, inviting space.”

Petro became a caterer while waiting to become an attorney.

A native of the small town of Greensburg, south of Akron, Petro came to Columbus to attend The Ohio State University, but only after taking several years following high school to travel in Europe, including time spent wait-

ressing and bartending in Germany. She was impressed with the high level of service customers are accorded in Europe and the way customers regard the wait staff.

“It’s just a respected profession and I love that,” Petro said.

When she came back to the U.S. and enrolled at Ohio State at the age of 21, Petro majored in political science and history with an eye toward going on to law school. After graduating, but before committing to that legal career, Petro said that she worked for a time for Katzinger’s Delicatessen in German Village, where she learned a lot.

Petro and a friend started Two Caterers in 1997. Initially, the firm operated out of a German

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BLACK RIBBONS Continued from page A1 them up at midnight March 7 didn’t know their significance. D’Oyly just sent out an e-mail request asking for volunteers to show up in front of Towers Hall.

“Even then, they were putting them up and didn’t know what they represented,” D’Oyly said.

The covert tactics worked, D’Oyly said: He received a call from Otterbein Security asking him to publicize the meaning because calls were rolling in to the security office questioning the ribbons’ presence.

“It’s also an art piece, in a way, so it really gets the conversation going among students,” D’Oyly said. “(March 7) is a day of kind of questioning, and we just wanted (the ribbons) to appear so no one saw them putting them up and could ask them questions.”

Statistically, the majority of Otterbein students have a healthy relationship with drinking.

According to the university’s 2010 Residence Life Survey, 50 percent of students living in campus residence halls had not had a drink in the past year, and 87 percent of students living in the residence halls drink less than twice a month.

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D’Oyly said he attributes those positive reports to university initiatives like the Black Ribbon Project that get students talking.

“The more we can talk about responsible drinking, the more it really helps students to stop and think,” he said.

As part of the Black Ribbon Project, there will be open discussions on responsible drinking during residents halls’ closing meetings, before spring break D’Oyly said. Students will be asked to sign the “I Stand for Life” pledge, signed copies of which will be hung in one of the university’s public spaces.

The university also has created a website for the project at www.otterbein.edu/blackribbonproject where students can share stories of how their lives have been affected by alcohol.

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The $582,739 bid awarded to Danbert Inc. will provide for the installation of electric and communications conduit and manhole covers systems along West Main Street to create infrastructure for the community data center, which will be at 33 Collegeview Road.

Legislation also was introduced to council for the issuance of $3.2-million in bonds to construct and equip the data center and network, including creating lateral network connections to select businesses to give them access to WeConnect.

Jackson said staff members have not yet identified which buildings the city will connect to first; 41 are possible, but there will only be enough money in the budget to construct approximately 15 lateral connections initially, he said.

The buildings selected will be ones with businesses that have shown interest in being part of the network, and they will have to sign a contract locking them into participating in the network if the laterals are built, Jackson said.

“For a connection to be made, a contract has to be signed. I’m not talking about a letter of intent, but a contract to be signed for three to five years,” he said.

A business plan for the center lays out a cost-recovery effort that will ensure businesses are paying for their services and infrastructure, Councilman Eric Busch said.

“We have cost recovery built into this,” he said.

Another piece of legislation heard March 1 would appropriate $165,000 for DRS to manage marketing, operations and pre-sales of fiber space prior to the opening of the data center. The city previously reached an agreement with DRS to provide management.

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JIMMY V’S Continued from page A1 “It’s in our neighborhood. We know the customers. We already have the reputation,” Velio said.

“Why compete with others when you can compete with ourselves?”

Velio said the Westerville Grill will maintain its diner-style menu but will drop “Chef Rick’s” from the name and sign. He said he also will look to create a larger patio with a canopy and seek to introduce beer and wine sales to the facility.

“Our intention is to do something just on the facility. The menu will stay the same; we’ll just manage the quality and the consistency,” he said. “Because it’s so small, we’re going to try to use the patio as much as we can, maybe with some heaters and some enclosures.”

Another important component to Velio’s take on the restaurant will be building relationships with the customers.

“We personalize our places,” he said. “We’re in there with the

customers.”

Velio said he has retained most of the staff that worked at Chef Rick’s Westerville Grill, though a few cuts were made due to overstaffing, he said.

His team has worked with the existing staff and he has brought in a few additional team members to cultivate the operating style Jimmy V’s has honed, he said.

People already are noticing a difference at the restaurant, Velio said, and he said he expects customers to continue to see improvements.

“I think it’s just beginning for us. In time, they’re going to see the quality of food is consistent.

The food is going to be better,” Velio said. “Customers are going to be happy.”

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you’ve taken in a show at 1 If BalletMet Columbus’performance space, you understand that the title of the company’s next performance, “BalletMet Up Close,” is wholly apt. “(Audiences) experience a new relationship to the art form when they see it like this,” artistic director Gerard Charles told The Beat.

The program also affords the company the opportunity to display some of its range. It includes new works by David Parsons and BalletMet dancer Jimmy Orrante, as well as reprises of Harrison McEldowney’s Group Therapy and the stark and challenging The Man in Black from last season’s “American Legends: Johnny, Sammy and Stevie.” The James Kudelka piece is set to the music of Johnny Cash.

Tickets are $35. Call (614) 4690939. a Critic Crony once told 2 As us, “You don’t really expect a nice little Christian song to be written in 7/4.”

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Heller, a stock-rising artist who applies her faith to the modern female-poet-songstress blueprint, plays Logos Bible Church in Pickerington Friday, March 11. Tick- Arlo Guthrie ets are $10. Call (614) 402-9899.

Six String Concerts hosts Shin3 Sweet Honey in the Rock dell Saturday, March 12, at the offers what amounts to a Columbus Performing Arts Cenmusical kaleidoscope of Ameri- ter. Nels Andrews opens.

Tickets are $22/$25. Call (614) can musical forms.

You know, it’s all in there, stirred 470-FOLK. around and mixed up and beautiful.

5 A prodigy and, for the weekend, a prodigal, 17Comprised of six African-American women, Sweet Honey in the year-old violinist Caroline GouldRock was founded in 1973 at the ing, an Ohio native, joins ProD.C. Black Repertory Theater Musica Chamber Orchestra for Company, and has since forged concerts Saturday, March 12, at an international reputation for su- the Pontifical College Josephinum, perior acappella renditions of spir- and Sunday, March 13, at the ituals, blues songs, hymns, reg- Southern Theatre.

A Grammy Award nominee and gae,African chants, jazz and more.

Otterbein University will host winner of multiple prizes and comSweet Honey in the Rock in its petitions, Goulding has embraced Fritsche Theatre at Cowan Hall all of the colors of her chosen inFriday, March 11. The event is free strument. Her performance with and open to the public. Tickets ProMusica features a more tradimust be picked up in advance and tional work, Mozart’s Concerto there is a two-ticket-per-person No. 5 in A minor.

The rest of the program includes limit.

Call (614) 823-3202 for up-to- pieces by Delius, Bartok, J.S. Bach and Faure. date information.

Tickets are $35 for the Josephinum concert and $46-$10 While he has made his 4 wife’s homeland of Ar- for the Sunday concert at the gentina his full-time home, being Southern. Call (614) 464-0066. out of the U.S. has hardly stalled Richard Shindell’s career.

6 Arlo Guthrie is not just a member of the first family The Beat supposes being a master of his craft and in possession of modern American folk music; of an other-worldly baritone helps. his own gift is among the reasons In fact, his place of residence mere- why.

“Born with a guitar in one hand ly adds to Shindell’s varied makeup, which the inventive storyteller and a harmonica in the other” as puts to great use on songs equal- his bio states, Guthrie nonetheless ly gentle and challenging, poignant proved an able student and grew into a consummate writer and perand scathing.

the Columbus Symphony Chorus “The chorus has always approached its work 10 When performs the Verdi Requiem with the Colum- in a very professional manner,” he said. “I’ve bus Symphony Orchestra Saturday, March 12, at the Ohio Theatre, it will mark 50 years to the day of the chorus’ first public performance.

(The CSO repeats the performance Sunday as well.)

Hundreds of singers have participated in the all-volunteer chorus in the years since, many under the leadership of Ronald Jenkins, who has been the chorus’ director for the past 28 years.

Jenkins said the chorus was founded by thenmusic director Evan Whallon, with help from a group that included Gertrude Kuehefuhs, Wilbur Walters, Oleg Lobanov and Donna Harper. Auditions were held in the fall of 1960 and the chorus sang the J.S. Bach motet Jesu, meine Freude, on March 12, 1961.

These days, Jenkins said, a chorus season typically involves three performances, including the traditional Holiday Pops concert and a major choral work. Auditions are held both in the late summer and winter, with rehearsals held every Tuesday night.

It’s a major commitment for a volunteer group, Jenkins said. former.

Guthrie and band will be in concert Saturday, March 12, at Newark’s Midland Theatre. Tickets are $52-$32. Call (740) 470FOLK. up your weekend in 7 Wrap brassy style as the Brass Band of Columbus presents its Gala concert Sunday, March 13, at the Lincoln Theatre.

The BBC welcomes guest artist trumpeter Ronald Romm, one of the founding members of the Canadian Brass. Romm is no longer with the CB, but continues to tour extensively performing and teaching.

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Jenkins said the group includes many area music teachers, but also folks from a “wild assortment” of professional experience, including attorneys, computer technicians and clergy. There are some college students in the chorus as well.

Members come from throughout central Ohio, including beyond Chillicothe and Delaware.

Most were singers though high school or college, or have participated in a similar group in another city.

“They have to have that background or they wouldn’t qualify,” Jenkins said.

The group currently numbers a little more than 130 members.

The Verdi Requiem concerts mark the chorus’ first with new music director Jean-Marie Zeitouni.

Tickets for the concerts are $66.50-$20.50.

Call (614) 228-8600.

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The record, made in Castro’s hometown of San Rafael, Calif., shows the veteran bluesman at the height of his powers. A two-time winner of the coveted B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award from the Blues Music Awards, Castro is a classic big city-soul-blues bandleader. He sings, he shreds — and his band had some seriously hot chops.

Castro will play Von Jazz & Tommy Castro Blues Sunday, March 13. Call Count Basie Orchestra and joins (614) 431-JAZZ. the CJO for this celebration. Miles 9 The Columbus Jazz Or- will also help channel legendary chestra celebrates the three B’s drummer Buddy Rich, the second of swing with “Kings of Swing: of the CJO’s B’s. Thirdly, charisBasie, Buddy & Benny,” March matic clarinetist Ken Peplowski helps bring the music of Benny 16-20 at the Southern Theatre.

Basie is, of course, the Count Goodman to life.

The CJO’s very own “B,” Byron himself, whose signature approach to jazz made him one of the genre’s Stripling, heads the proceedings.

Tickets are $49-$41. Call (614) great bandleaders. Drummer Butch Miles served two stints with the 469-0939.

Great deals, healthy meals and Asian flavors at Poong Mei From its sign outside, Poong Mei — aka Spring of China — claims it’s a Chinese restaurant. And you do pass through a red-and-gold imperial-type “China gate”

by G.A. Benton portal to enter the place’s dining room.

But one gaze at Poong Mei’s menu or the food laid out on its busy tables (many is more Chinese than Japanese, neither filled with obvious regulars) informs you is the dominant ethnicity. Because while that while this self-described “Asian bistro” Poong Mei certainly has Chinese and Japanese appendages, its head, heart, body and soul are purely Korean.

Ambience-wise, Poong Mei is neither particularly distinguished nor bad looking. Lived-in but not dumpy, it’s got a sort of past-its-prime, small-town country club vibe. Likely its most standout features are a huge, sports-tuned projection TV and goofy, piped-in stringy music,

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A sensational shareable starter was an octet of obviously homemade Steamed Pork Buns ($8). Served on a steaming metal tray, they were beautiful snowwhite pillows with puffy, delicate, meltin-your-mouth textures and lovely, mildly fermented, sourdough-like flavors. Inside each was a wildly juicy scallionflecked clump of lusty, sausagey ground pork.

Also great was a more robust group meal-igniter which could equally serve as a large entree for a single diner — Seafood Noodle Soup ($10, comes with a fine array of “ban chan,” small plates).

In a super fragrant, medium spicy red broth were Poong Mei’s phenomenal housemade noodles (long, thin, silky and springy) plus bits of tender seafood-like green mussels, little shrimp, cuttlefish and octopus. A handful of veggies — like sweet carrots and earthy greens — rounded out the bowl’s happily married flavors.

Poong Mei 4720 Reed Road, Upper Arlington 614-273-9998 Cuisine: Chinese and Asian Price: $ (up to $10 per person) Patio: No Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday The hits kept coming — as did the sweet deals and healthy meals — with the Cuddled Tofu Soup with Beef Short Rib ($12; I got the vegetarian version).

A bold, garlicky and mildly spicy chili broth held lots of wiggly bits of silky tofu plus veggies such as unmushy zucchini and cloud ear mushrooms. At the last second, a raw egg had been dropped into the gurgling hot broth — and I was amazed how much it enriched the soup when I broke the egg’s yolk and stirred it through the quick-cooking pot.

But wait, there was more! The supersatisfying, lean soup (which included ban chan) had a fatty accomplice in the form

of irresistible kalbi (three bone-in shortribs) slathered in a sweet, thick sort of barbecue sauce.

Poong Mei’s terrific housemade noodles were the basis for a dramatically allblack stir-fried Zhang Mun ($11). Looking like a dish of squid ink-sauced pasta but tasting like the marvelous (if a bit greasy) Asian stir-fry it really was, this nifty noodle-athon united pork, tiny shrimp, a lot of onions, veggies and assorted seafood bits in a salty fermented black bean sauce.

Whether it’s that Chinese-style dish, or a neat Chinese-Korean hybrid like Shredded Pork with Hot Pepper ($12) or a great, straight-up Korean Hot Stone BiBim-Bob ($10), Poong Mei does it well, inexpensively and with genuine flavors.

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

Factory worker returns to food industry After working factory jobs both in Delaware and in central Ohio, Anuson “Chris” Khumauksorn is once again pursuing his love of cooking and the restaurant business.

The Bangkok native has opened Taste of Thai in the Polaris area, replacing Ha Long Bay, a Vietnamese restaurant at 8489 Sancus Blvd. The menu offers a wide range of Thai classics, from tom yum soup to pad Thai to shredded

papaya salad.

Most entrees are in the $9 to $11 range, with a few of the house specialties costing around $15.

Owning a restaurant — and being its chef — isn’t exactly what Khumauksorn had in mind.

Sure, he helped his mother run a restaurant in his native Thailand,

while also earning a bachelor’s degree in business management.

A cousin who owned a restaurant in Florida beckoned, so Khumauksorn and his family moved to the Sunshine State to help.

He removed himself from the restaurant industry for several years and moved to Ohio with his wife.

Yet he longed to return to the business and staked out a location in the Polaris area, which currently has a lot of restaurants but no Thai.

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Taste of Thai owner Anuson “Chris” Khumauksorn prepares his pad Thai with rice noodles, shrimp, chicken, eggs, ground peanuts, beansprouts and scallion in pad Thai sauce.

The interior – and store sign – at Taste of Thai is bright yellow for a reason, as the color symbolizes warmth and cheerfulness, he said.

He said there’s still a learning curve for some customers, who tend to group all Asian cuisines together. Or they have another stigma about Thai.

“People think of Thai food as spicy, hot,” he said. Therefore, he makes it clear that he will adjust the spice level to the diner’s preference.

For now, there is no alcohol, but Khumauksorn said he intends to apply for a license to sell wine and beer.

Taste of Thai is open for lunch and dinner daily. For more information, call 614-436-3735.

Fresh off the opening of the successful San-Su, Yun Hui “Yumi” Wada has another restaurant planned for Bethel Road.

Aoi, a Japanese restaurant, will take over the 5,000-square-foot building that once housed Einstein Bros. Bagels and Boston Market, 876-878 Bethel Road. The menu will feature sushi, noodle dishes, tempura and the like. It is expected to open in May. Meanwhile, Wada has leased San-Su, a Korean restaurant, to Jae Uk Jong. Wada is the founder of the two local Genji Japanese Steakhouses, among other enterprises.

In an economy Recipe of the week that still struggles to gain traction, William Glover knows he walks a fine line.

The chef and owner of Sage American Bistro in the University District must balance cost, quality and value.

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Glover said he’s been some“I’ve got a great team,” he said. what restrained in pricing, never Not to mention the effort and charging more than $30 a plate creativity that seem to go a long at Sage, 2653 N. High St. way toward customer satisfacIndeed, local sourcing is imtion, he said. portant, he said. And purveyors His new spring menu will offer have gotten more savvy in that a scallop nestled in ginger aioli regard, not only carrying more and crowned with red pepper regional ingredients, but showmarmalade, with a streak of bal- ing chefs how to get them. samic reduction accenting the “It’s amazing right now what’s plate. happening as far as local food While seasons play an impor- sources go,” he said tant part in the menu, whimsy is just as important, he said. Glover ■ Calorie Countess Jennifer said if he’s inspired, he will Burton continues her series on change the menu more than four weight-loss tips.

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School notes Central boosters plan casino night The Westerville Central Athletic Boosters will hold a Mardi Gras Casino Night fundraiser from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. March 12 at Villa Milano, 1630 Schrock Road.

The event will feature an Italian dinner, $10,000 in fun money, raffle drawings, a silent auction and Las Vegas-style gaming.

Everyone who attends will receive a $10 TGIFriday’s gift card and will be entered into a drawing at the end of the evening for a week’s stay at a villa in Hilton Head, S.C. Second prize is a Fantasy Crew game.

The person who wins the most “fun money” for the evening will earn a round of golf for a foursome at Medallion Country Club.

Raffle prizes include a Westerville Central sports pass, a $100

gift certificate to Wendell’s, a house-cleaning gift certificate and an autographed football, among other prizes.

People must be 21 or older to attend. There will be a cash-only bar, but credit cards will be accepted at the door to purchase drink tickets or for silent auction basket purchases. Dinner will be available from 6:30-8 p.m.

Tickets purchased by March 11 will cost $50 for an individual or $75 per couple. Tickets purchased at the door will cost $65 for an individual and $100 per a couple.

Money raised will help support Central sports teams by defraying the costs of uniforms, equipment, team meals and transportation.

Money also will contribute to annual scholarships sponsored by athletics boosters for college-bound athletes.

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Call (614) 797-6802. There is also an event page on Facebook.

Parent council slates summer camp, expo The Westerville Parent Council will sponsor a free WPC Summer Camp/Activities Expo ’11 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. March 15 at Westerville North High School, 950 County Line Road.

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Kirk Cameron to speak at Westerville church Former child actor Kirk Cameron, star of “Fireproof,” will be the featured speaker during a stop on the national Feed Your Faith “Love Worth Fighting For” tour.

The event will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at Genoa Baptist Church, 7562 County Road 106.

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College notes • Otterbein University has announced its fall 2010 dean’s list.

Westerville residents named to the list were Hailey Barcus, Kara Collins, Samantha Birri, Britany Byers, Elena Colegrove, Cortney Cotts, Andrea Evans, Kristen Foster, Anna Gantzer, Lisa Hakes, Jade Haver, Whitney Hayes, Jennifer Hiatt, Timothy Kincer, Lauren Kreischer, David Kruk, Chelsie Lakeman, Derek Landes, Molly LeGros, Zachery Lowe, Sue Ly, Lauren Miller, Sarah Morford, Saarah Nealon, Sean Pomeroy, Andrea Ponticello, Cara Rano, Elizabeth Robinson, Joshua Rose, Anna Schiffbauer, Heather Shepherd, Lauren Tsen, Taylor Voris, Jared White, Deanne Reed and Rachael Youmans.

Students must earn at least a 3.6 grade point average to receive dean’s list recognition.

• Central Ohio Technical College has announced its fall 2010 honors list.

Westerville residents included in the listing were Kendall Goodrich, Hannah Richards, Michelle Soldwish and Harmoni Wagner.

To earn honors list recognition, students must receive at least a 3.5 grade point average.

• Morgan E. White, a 2003 graduate of

Westerville North High School, graduated from Mount Carmel College of Nursing during the winter semester commencement ceremony. White earned a master of science degree.

• The Columbus College of Art and Design has released the names of students who earned a grade point average of at least 3.4 and were named to the fall term president’s list.

The list includes two Westerville residents: Jessica Driscoll, a freshman studying fashion design, and Dylan Kasson, a freshman majoring in photography.

Driscoll is the daughter of Linn Driscoll.

Kasson’s parents are Colleen and Jeff Kasson.

• Kira Pierpoint was among the University of Findlay students selected to participate in the All-State Concert Band sponsored by the Ohio Private College Instrumental Conductors Association.

Pierpoint, a senior occupational therapy major from Westerville, is a French horn player.

• Heather Meek of Westerville was named to the dean’s list at Belmont University for the fall 2010 semester.

Dean’s list eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a grade

point average of 3.5 or better with no grade below a C. Meek, a Westerville North High School graduate, is a sophomore entertainment industry studies major. She recently had a role as an extra in the movie “Country Strong.”

• Jess Hess has been named to the Columbus College of Arts and Design dean’s list for the fall 2010 term.

Students with a grade point average of 3.0 to 3.39 for the term receive the honor.

Hess, a 2010 graduate of Westerville South High School, is a freshman at CCAD majoring in photography.

• Victoria Calvert of Westerville, a student at Wake Forest University, earned a grade point average of at least 3.4 and was named to the fall semester dean’s list.

Calvert, the daughter of Mary and Jeff Calvert of Westerville, is a graduate of Olentangy Orange High School.

• The University of Dayton has announced its fall 2010 dean’s list.

To be named to the list, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or better.

Westerville students named to the list were Vincent Spahr and Kristina TackettRitchey.

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Weddings Peet, Gordon exchange vows Sarah Peet and Ross Gordon were united in marriage July 31, 2010, at Church of the Messiah.

A reception followed at the Medallion Club.

The bride is the daughter of Ed and Marty Peet of Westerville.

The groom is the son of Roy and Audrey Gordon.

Ashley Reddington was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Laura Britton, Katherine Bruder, Elizabeth Fahrner, Laura Gordon, Amy Hart, Kim Sadler and Jenna Stein.

Kyle Cecil was best man. Groomsmen were Dan Abebayehu, Sam Browning, Dennis Craft, Stevie Duraney, Roy Gordon, David George and Maitland Peet.

The couple honeymooned in Aruba and is at home in Columbus.

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After the proposal for Two Caterers to manage Copper Lodge was accepted three years ago, Petro said there were some concerns, probably on both sides, about how the arrangement would work out.

“They’re not traditionally a landlord,” she said.

For the catering company, things have worked out just fine.

Income has doubled since the move to the new facility, Petro said.

At the old location in Linworth, Two Caterers had eight to 10 employees and a list of about 25 parttimers to fill in as needed.

Now, the business employs 20 with around 70 on the will-call list.

Things have worked out for the FOP, as well, according to Capital City Lodge No. 9 president Jim Gilbert.

“Partnering with Angela’s business has been great,” Gilbert said.

“The reality is a large organiza-

tion like us needs a lodge hall so we can provide a centralized location … for us to hold our meetings, but at the same time we want to get good quality use out of our space.

“We just think it’s been a winwin to let members of the public in to use our facility.”

Said Petro: “We designed the kitchen ourselves and it was built to our specifications.”

Some of the interior renovations to turn the former restaurant into Copper Lodge were also undertaken with input from the catering company, she said.

“We’ve actually become a model and other FOPs have talked to this FOP group about how to model their own,” Petro said.

Horror stories exist among users of banquet halls, such as bridal parties, about places that suddenly go out of business, taking deposits, and dreams of that perfect day, with them. An organization as longstanding and stable as the FOP pretty much ensures that can’t happen when Two Caterers books an event, according to Petro.

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she said. “This is about as safe as it can get.”

And Two Caterers is trying to be as “green” as it gets, as well.

Last November, the company received a Green Jobs and Innovation Award from the Ohio Environmental Council.

“This industry is so intensely wasteful,” Petro said of catering.

At Two Caterers, teaching recycling for all involved was a first step to reverse that, followed by a 40-foot-long composting pile located behind Copper Lodge that receives 100 percent of the kitchen’s vegetable waste.

Some of the herbs used by the company are grown on site, as are a portion of the flowers used for garnishes and floral arrangements.

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The Westerville South High School boys basketball team has reached a Division I district final for the first time since 2008.

The top-seeded Wildcats will play eighth-seeded New Albany at 6 p.m.

Friday, March 11, in the Fairgrounds Coliseum.

“Certainly we just want to play one more game,” coach Ed Calo said following South’s 71-49 win over Pick-

erington Central in a district semifinal March 5. “We’re thankful to still be in the tournament and each time we just want to go out and play our best game.”

South, which improved to 22-1, wasn’t able to put away Central until late. A 3-pointer by Central guard Phil Forte with 3 minutes, 34 seconds left in the third quarter cut South’s lead to 38-36. But Marcus Ball scored seven of South’s next nine points and the Wildcats closed the game with a 33-13 surge.

Central finished 11-11.

“I felt the momentum (swinging),”

Central, North coverage, pg. C2 Ball said. “We knew they were going to get up and run with us, but if we kept running, we would wear them down eventually.”

Up next for the Wildcats is a New Albany team that beat Pickerington North 52-50 on March 5 at the Fairgrounds.

South and New Albany played Feb. 15, with South winning 64-54 at home.

Traevon Jackson scored 18 points to

lead South and Ben Jones had 12 points with a pair of 3-pointers.

New Albany took a page out of South’s playbook to beat North and improve to 18-4. The Eagles countered North’s bigger lineup with a four-guard lineup aimed at using quickness and 3-point shooting. New Albany made six of seven 3-point attempts as it built a 22-8 lead in the first half. Sam Krebs led New Albany with 14 points.

Against Central, South didn’t have its best start defensively. The Wildcats weren’t able to pull away until their

ball pressure started to affect Central.

“When we play real well defensively and play together we’re pretty good,” Calo said. “When we don’t, we’re just like everyone else — or worse.”

In the previous game against South, New Albany guard Ryan Mayle scored 18 points and guard Travon Bodrick had 12. Scott McDonald, a 6-foot-3 center, also scored 12 points. Unlike Central, which had just two seniors and only one who played significant See SOUTH, page C2

Commentary

Patriots overcame several obstacles Anthony Bergamesca clutched the district championship trophy tightly to his chest as he skated off the ice March 5 at the Dispatch Ice Haus. Moments earlier, the defenseman for the Olentangy Liberty High School hockey team nearly had fallen with the award.

Bergamesca is one of nine SCOTT seniors for the Patriots, who HENNEN defeated Dublin Jerome 3-2 in double overtime to earn the program’s first state tournament berth in only their fourth varsity season.

He and the other seniors — defensemen Keaton Allmaras, Robert Koehler and Alec Vidrick, forwards Mitch Helton, Mike Mullier, Jimmy Ruska and Grant Woods, and goaltender Bryan Finneran — helped lay the groundwork for the program three years ago as freshmen and their dedication has been rewarded with a trip to the final four.

The Patriots, who are 27-8-1, play top-ranked Toledo St. Francis (32-4-1) in a state semifinal at noon Saturday, March 12, at Nationwide Arena. The state championship will be played at noon the following day.

“Yeah, I almost fell with (the trophy), but I wasn’t letting that happen,” Bergamesca said.

“We’ve gone through so much to get here.”

The Patriots lost several players to injury this season, including Helton to a knee injury in the preseason and Woods to a shoulder injury in January. More recently, junior forward Nick Ramsey was lost to a leg injury that required surgery and junior forward Reed Slinger was lost to a neck injury, which he sustained when his head struck the ice during a 5-0 win over Troy in the second round of the district tournament Feb. 20 at the Ice Haus.

“When Reed was injured, it affected all of us, watching him taken off the ice on a stretcher,” said Bergamesca, the team captain. “Reed has always been one of the players who was always there to pick us up on the ice and it really fired us up when he got hurt. We want to do well for Reed and everyone else who helped us get here but won’t be able to play. We want to do well for them.”

“It sounds like a broken record, but the kids always come out and play as hard as they can,” fourth-year coach Jack Hoogeveen said. “The (district final) could have gone either way, and that showed because it went two overtimes.”

The school has had only one other team reach a state semifinal since opening in the fall of 2003. The boys lacrosse team made it to the Division II state final in 2006, losing to North Canton Hoover 15-8.

That occurred a year and a

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Mary Wells of Central follows through on a shot during the state bowling tournament March 4 at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl. Wells placed third individually to lead the Warhawks to a third-place finish as a team.

Bowling

Central’s Wells, Robinson place third

By JARROD ULREY ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Westerville Central High School bowlers left the boys and girls state tournaments at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl with plenty of memories.

During the girls championships March 4, the Warhawks overcame a power outage that caused a three-hour delay and finished third.

The next day, the boys team also advanced to the championship bracket and finished eighth.

Individually, senior Jamie Robinson of the boys team and junior Mary Wells of the girls squad each placed third.

“Our team came a long way to be here,” Robinson said. “I know that I couldn’t have asked for anything better. We made it to the show and had a good day.”

“We had a great season; it just ended differently than we wanted it to,” Wells said. “I’m disappointed (in not winning the individual title), but it’s great

to say you won a state championship once and it’s harder to do it a second time.”

Wells, who was the individual champion a year ago, finished with a 630 during the qualifying round to make first-team all-state behind Coldwater’s Crystal Boyer (661) and Huber Heights Wayne’s Kayla Cummings (637).

Earning second-team all-state honors for the girls was senior Melissa Klodnick, who finished 10th (590).

Also competing were seniors Carrie Russell (29th, 551), Paige Trein (47th, 531) and Shelby Haskins (51st, 527).

The Warhawks were seeded second for the championship bracket after scoring 3,334, behind Coldwater’s 3,390, in the qualifying round. They then beat Wayne (3-1) before falling to third-seeded Hubbard 3-1 in a semifinal. St. Marys Memorial defeated Hubbard 3-1 for the championship.

“I feel like we did the best we could,” said Klodnick, who will bowl for Wright State. “(Hubbard) just did better than we did today. Getting second-team (all-

state) was nice, although we wish our team would have made it farther.”

“The girls did well all day,” said coach Julie Wells, whose team finished sixth in the state in 2009 and second last year. “We just ran into a really good Hubbard team. The girls performed to the best of their abilities all day and had a great season.”

Robinson bowled a 673 during the qualifying rounds to make first-team all-state behind Struthers’ Corey Bayus (697) and Kettering Fairmont’s Ryan Wolfe (674). Also competing for Central were juniors Justin Powers (30th, 592), Justin Kennell (53rd, 552) and Shaun Ritter (63rd, 522) and senior Brad Lorenz (74th, 486).

The boys were eighth (3,320) after the qualifying round and Wapakoneta was first (3,503). In the first round of the championship bracket, Wapakoneta led 2-2 when the Warhawks forced a

By Paul Vernon/ThisWeek fifth game by winning game four 224205. In the fifth Baker game, Wa- Central’s Jamie Robinson placed third as an See BOWLING, page C2

individual to lead the boys team to an eighthplace finish at the state tournament.

Wrestling

Warriors’ Alger, Herrera end seasons at state

By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers

As Westerville North High School wrestling coach David Grant watched the state finals from the first level of the Schottenstein Center on March 5, he already was looking ahead to next season.

Grant had become accustomed to watching the finals from floor level, as he qualified wrestlers for the finals the preBy Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek vious four seasons, including North’s Stephen Alger battles Ruben Burrows of Canton McKinley state champions Jesse Dong and during a first-round match at 135 pounds in the Division I state Chris Kline in 2008, and Josh tournament March 3 at Ohio State. Burrows, the eventual runner- Demas in 2009 and 2010.

See HENNEN, page C2 up, prevailed 12-2 as Alger lost both matches.

“It was different and hum-

bling, but we’ll get back to work so we can be there again,” Grant said.

North seniors Stephen Alger and Joe Herrera qualified for state but neither placed.

Herrera went 1-2 at 112 pounds and finished 28-8. Alger was 0-2 at 135 and finished 26-11.

“They worked hard to get there,” Grant said. “I think their ambitions were to get there. If their ambitions were to place, they would have placed.”

Other seniors were Emmanuel Adu (13-7), Mitch Cousins (2410) Ryan Ouzts (25-4) and Malcolm Ingram (13-10). Cousins (heavyweight) and Ouzts (130)

were district qualifiers.

“The seniors were a great group,” Grant said. “They put in a lot of time.”

North finished second (145 points) at the Westland sectional behind Lancaster (180), 14th (46) at district behind champion Olentangy Liberty (128.5) and tied for 62nd (3) at state behind champion Lakewood St. Edward (187).

North finished third (5-2) in the OCC-Cardinal behind Olentangy (7-0) and Olentangy Liberty (6-1), and ahead of Marysville (4-3), Dublin Jerome See WRESTLING, page C3

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Boys Basketball

Central again to meet Vikings in district final

By FRANK DiRENNA ThisWeek Community Newspapers

The Westerville Central High School boys basketball team enters a Division I district final Friday, March 11, having won nine in a row.

Extending that to 10 might be the biggest challenge of the streak.

Central will face second-seeded Northland at 9 p.m. at the Fairgrounds Coliseum.

The Warhawks advanced after beating third-seeded Upper Arlington 5956 on March 5.

Northland defeated Olentangy Liberty 59-52 in the other semifinal.

“We keep talking about this journey that we’re on and I said this from the beginning, this is the best chemistry group I’ve ever had,” Central coach Todd Minney said. “They deserve this success because they care, they work

their butts off and they’re committed to getting better every single day. They work for each other, and we have some really special kids.”

Central and Northland will be meeting for the second consecutive season in a district final. Last season, the Vikings won 61-42.

The Vikings are 22-1, with their loss coming to Lakewood St. Edward 84-81 on Feb. 5.

The 15th-seeded Warhawks, who are 17-6, haven’t lost since falling to Westerville North 77-70 on Jan. 25.

The game will be extra special for Central senior point guard Quentin Henderson and senior forward Kamorin Harris, who attended Northland before transferring to Central before their junior seasons.

Henderson started at point guard for the Warhawks last season and played against his former team. Harris was

ruled ineligible for the season because of residential issues.

“It means a whole lot to go against Northland again,” Henderson said.

“We came from Northland. They’re my friends. I see them just as much as I see my teammates. We’ve wanted this since last year when we lost to them that game, but now it’s our turn. We’re seniors, and it’s our turn to take over.”

Northland, which finished second in the final state poll behind Garfield Heights, is led by University of Michigan recruit Trey Burke, a 6-foot point guard.

The Vikings also feature 6-8 junior forwards Jalen Robinson and Devon Scott and 5-10 junior guard Jordan Potts.

Against third-seeded UA, Henderson led the Warhawks with 17 points followed by Harris with 12.

The Golden Bears attempted to take control late in the third quarter, capped

by Brian Sullivan’s 28-foot 3-pointer as time expired, extending their lead to 41-36.

UA led 43-36 early in the fourth quarter before the Warhawks began their comeback.

Nick Vannett completed a three-point play, and Christian Graves connected on a 3-pointer from the top of the key to pull Central within 43-42.

Central tied the game at 46 on Harris’ spinning move in the lane and later took the lead for good at 49-48 on Tre Stennet’s 3-pointer with 3 minutes, 48 seconds remaining.

Central was just 19 of 32 from the free-throw line, but Henderson made seven free throws in the final three minutes.

“We’ve been there before, so I knew it was just another game,” Henderson

said. “I knew I had to knock them down.

I knew I would. The team was behind me with all their support.”

The Golden Bears (21-2) had a chance to force overtime, but Sullivan misfired on an off-balanced 3-point shot as time expired.

Sullivan finished with a game-high 25 points.

“This is part of the journey,” Harris said.

“Coach Minney said he believes in our team, he believes in us, we believe in our coaches and we believe in each other. Other people didn’t think we were even going to make it this far. To knock out the 12th seed (Mount Vernon 70-57 on Feb. 22), the 10th seed (Olentangy Orange 58-46 on Feb. 25) and the third seed is a really big step.” fdirenna@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

Boys Basketball

North loses district semi to Gahanna in overtime

By SCOTT HENNEN

Thomas had 12 points and sophomore Adrian Cook had nine points.

North led 17-9 after one quarter, but only 2725 at halftime. North led 45-38 after three and the teams were tied at 57 to send the game into overtime.

“You have to give credit to Westerville North because they came out and hit their shots,” said Gahanna coach Tony Staib, whose team advanced to a district final at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 12, against sixth-seeded Walnut Ridge at the Fairgrounds. “We came out and didn’t have the energy that we needed on defense and our shot selection wasn’t the best. We were able to chip away in the second quarter.”

North’s young backcourt didn’t back down against Gahanna’s senior guards.

“We like to play fast and so do they,” Gibbs said. “We knew what to expect from them.”

“I think it shows that it doesn’t really matter as much about age as it does talent,” Thuman said. “(Our guards) showed their age and maturity throughout the year and will only get better in the future.”

•LEAGUE PROWESS — The OCC-Cardinal Division had four of the 12 Division I district semifinalists in North, Westerville South, Westerville Central and Olentangy Liberty. Entering the district finals, two of the league’s teams are still alive.

Aside from the North loss, Liberty lost to second-seeded Northland 59-52 on March 5.

Also on March 5, top-seeded South defeated Pickerington Central 71-49 and Westerville Central upset third-seeded Upper Arlington 59-55.

The Wildcats will play eighth-seeded New Albany at 6 p.m. Friday, March 11, at the Fairgrounds, followed by Central and Northland at 9 p.m.

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Central senior Melissa Klodnick rolled a 590 series at the state tournament, placing 10th overall to earn second-team all-state honors.

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•South sophomore Zach Pannell struggled to recover from a rough start while competing as an individual at the boys state tournament March 5.

He finished 43rd of 116 competitors with a 564, bowling games of 151, 181 and 232. The top five bowlers made first-team all-state and the next 10 made second-team and honorable mention, respectively.

Pannell earned his first state berth after finishing second with a season-high 749 at district Feb. 26 at HP Lanes. Included in Pannell’s series score was his second career 300 game.

pakoneta won 209-185.

Troy beat Wapakoneta 3-2 for the title.

Robinson also competed for the Warhawks in 2008 when the boys team also finished eighth in what was its previous state appearance.

“We’re really happy just to be here,” Robinson said. “Our last couple teams had a lot of experience and the last couple years we did well but just came up a little short (of advancing to state). This year we just tried to make our spares and get into this thing. We took the first-place team (during the qualifying round) to five games, julrey@thisweeknews.com so we gave them a scare.” www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

SOUTH Continued from page C1 minutes, New Albany returned all its starters from last year’s team. Mayle and forward Nick Sosh were first-team all-OCCCapital Division selections.

In addition to beating North, New Albany beat Newark 6558 in the second round of the district tournament Feb. 26. The Eagles had a first-round bye.

South’s path to the title game included a 70-24 win over Lancaster in the first round Feb. 22 and a 99-34 win over Watkins Memorial in the second round

three days later.

South, which lost to MarionFranklin 66-57 in a district semifinal in 2010 and 62-49 to Westerville North in the second round in 2009, last won a district title in 2008 by defeating Thomas Worthington 42-32. The Wildcats are seeking their third district title under Calo, who also won one in 1990.

The district champion returns to the Fairgrounds for a regional semifinal against Cincinnati Princeton or Liberty Township Lakota East at 7 p.m. March 17.

The winner of that contest plays

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second overtime to secure the final four berth.

“It’s all really overwhelming,” Hollingsworth said when asked about playing in front of a standing room-only crowd at the Ice Haus for the district final. “They gave us a lot of adrenaline and kept us pumped up from the beginning.”

Ruska, an assistant captain, was wandering around the lobby of the Ice Haus with the district trophy clutched to his chest.

Prying the award from him might not have been an easy task.

“It’s amazing what we have accomplished as a group,” Ruska said. “We went from nothing ... nothing ... and were able to make it (to) the final four in four seasons. It’s really incredible, and it’s only the start.”

half before the hockey program’s first varsity season.

Assistant coach Nick Kormanyos knows what it takes to be a championship team after qualifying for the NCAA tournament as a player at Niagara (N.Y.) University in 2003-04 by winning a College Hockey America conference title. He then played for the Fayetteville (N.C.) Fireantz when they won the Southern Professional League championship.

“It takes a special group of kids to battle through a season of injuries and tough games to make it this far,” Kormanyos said. “This is a special group of kids.”

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For the third consecutive season, the Westerville North and Gahanna high school boys basketball teams played a closely contested Division I district tournament game in the Fairgrounds Coliseum.

This time, the Warriors came up short, losing 65-63 in overtime in a district semifinal March 5.

Last season, Gahanna won 60-54 in overtime in a district final. North won 55-53 in a district semifinal in 2009.

“That was definitely a great game,” said North coach Kevin Thuman, whose team finished 176 overall. “Every time we got a lead, they answered. And when they went up, we came back at them. It was fun to be a part of.”

Sophomore guard Jack Gibbs gave the ninthseeded Warriors a 63-61 lead with 1 minute, 32 seconds remaining in overtime. But Stevie Taylor, an Ohio University signee, had back-to-back layups to give fourth-seeded Gahanna a 65-63 lead with 15 seconds remaining.

North junior Matt Rhodes missed a 3-pointer in the corner with 5 seconds left, but senior teammate Garrett Lieb got the rebound. Lieb’s putback attempt was blocked by Gahanna senior Brien Winston, and Taylor came away with the ball and dribbled out the clock.

“We came in knowing it was going to be an up-and-down game,” said Taylor, who scored all eight of his team’s points in overtime and finished with 18. “We wanted to be able to win the battle in the trenches.”

North held a 39-33 rebounding advantage led by junior Taivion Thomas with 12 and Lieb with five. Senior Brandon Smith led Gahanna with 13 rebounds to go with 12 points.

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qualified for individual events at the Ohio Short Course Junior Olympic Championships on March 11-13 at Bowling Green State University. The meet is for swimmers 14 and younger.

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Swimming & Diving

South should return pair of state qualifiers

By PAUL BATTERSON

At a glance

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The Westerville South High School boys and girls swimming and diving teams expect both of their Division I state qualifiers, sophomores Riley Buer and Jared Higdon, to return next season.

Buer placed eighth in the 100yard breaststroke in the girls state meet that concluded Feb. 26 at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton in a time of 1 minute, 5.99 seconds as the Wildcats placed 38th (11) behind champion Upper Arlington (286). Higdon finished 18th in the 200 individual medley (1:59.4) and 19th in the 100 butterfly (53.03) as the boys team failed to score at state.

“I really believe both Riley and Jared will be faster next season,” coach Kevin Kissling said. “I know she wants to be in the upper spots on the awards podium and I believe she has the potential to be a state champion.

“Jared’s in the same sort of position. He worked hard to get one of the automatic state-qualifying spots in the 100 butterfly, and I can see him contending for the state title next year.”

However, the Wildcats will be hit hard by graduation.

The boys team loses four seniors in Cade Buer, Sam Coulter, Benson Jung and David Skowronski and the girls team loses eight seniors in Sarah Abrahamson, Marissa Angelatta, Emily Fry, Lizzie Gauen, Hannah Sweet, Trisha Tee, Heather Thomas and Natalie Zaborski.

“They’re a very special bunch to work with,” Kissling said.

“They not only represented all different abilities of swimming, but they were willing to work together and improve as a team.

“You just don’t replace a group like that in one year. This class came in four years ago and every year they’ve gotten a little bit better. You just hope you have everyone else come back a year smarter and a year stronger.”

Juniors Julie Bates, Tori Fout, Anna Hays and Hannah Markle and sophomores Corrina Talamo and Olivia Watkins are among those expected to return for the girls team and sophomores Jack Dunlope and Joshua Tee and freshmen Gabe Gaudoin-Perry, Calvin Higdon and Matt Johnson are among the expected returnees for the boys.

The Wildcats had one of their best performances of the season

CENTRAL •Finishes: Boys — Fourth in OCC-Cardinal, fifth in sectional, 10th in district; Girls — First in OCC-Cardinal, third in sectional, fourth in district, 17th in state •Seniors lost: Boys — Mason Harris and Matt Phillips; Girls — Holly Lawson, Jessica Nixon and Chelsea Staab •Key returnees: Boys — Dan Fay, Atticus Jordan and John Whitaker; Girls — Marissa Kramer, Alex Schuttinger, Taylor Schwartz and Sally Thompson NORTH •Finishes: Boys — Eighth in OCC-Cardinal, tied for sixth in sectional, 21st in district; Girls — Seventh in OCCCardinal, seventh in sectional and 16th in district •Seniors lost: Boys — Conor O’Rourke; Girls — Elizabeth Roche •Key returnees: Boys — Erick Bey, Brian Diep, Danny Donovan, Mike

at district Feb. 19 at Ohio State.

The boys team finished 14th (62) behind champion Upper Arlington (432.5) and the girls team placed 12th (77) behind champion UA (505).

South set seven program records at district.

Higdon placed second in the 100 fly in a program-record 51.81 and secured an at-large state berth by placing fourth in the 200 individual medley in a programrecord 1:56.52.

On the girls side, Buer, Gauen, Tee and Markle set program records in the three relays, taking ninth in the 200 freestyle relay (1:40.99) and 200 medley relay (1:52.52) and 11th in the 400 free relay (3:43.61). In addition, Gauen broke the program’s 27year-old record in the 50 free by placing seventh in 24.65, and Buer broke her own record in the 100 breast by placing second in 1:05.18.

“It’s tough to pick one highlight of the season,” Kissling said.

“But I was just so pleased with how we performed at the district and have all of those swimmers drop time after working so hard all season.”

The girls team scored 126 points at the OCC-Cardinal Division meet that concluded Jan. 29 to place sixth behind Westerville Central (274), Olentangy Liberty (268), Dublin Jerome (223), Marysville (136.5) and Olentangy (132) and ahead of Westerville North (75.5) and Dublin Scioto (66). They finished eighth (86) of 14 teams at the Thomas Worthington sectional Feb. 12 behind champion Thomas (194).

The boys team finished sixth

WRESTLING Continued from page C1 (2-5), Dublin Scioto (2-5), Westerville South (25) and Westerville Central (0-7).

Grant called wins over Medina 46-26 on Dec. 23 and Marysville 39-20 on Jan. 13 other highlights of the season.

Grant expects juniors Trey Fisher (21-11) and Jeremy Sobiech (20-11) and freshman Santino DiSabato (19-9) to lead the team next season.

•Senior Pat McNabb and junior Zach Brown led Central, as each placed fifth at district and were state alternates.

McNabb was 41-7 at heavyweight and Brown finished 43-7 at 160. Brown also was a state alternate at 160 last season.

“Pat had a great senior season,” coach Bob Fresch said. “Everything came together for him.

He’s done some remarkable things this season. He has to be proud of what he accomplished.”

Other seniors are Dustin Carson (12-11) and Kyle Winston (17-13). Winston was lost for the season with a broken collarbone during Groveport Tournament on Jan. 29.

Central was 0-7 in the OCC-Cardinal.

The Warhawks finished 10th (84.5) at the Westland sectional and 21st at district (29.5).

Along with Brown, Fresch expects key wrestlers next season to include district qualifiers Caleb Duffey (junior, 26-17) and D’Ron Goosby (junior, 16-21). Duffey was 1-2 at district at 171 and Goosby did not make weight at 112.

“As a head coach, you’re never happy,” Fresch said. “You might be pleased with certain things, but the expectations are always to get wrestlers to state and keep placing higher in the district and take more guys to district.”

•Senior Logan Michel and freshman Caleb Llaneza led South during the postseason, as both qualified for district.

Each went 0-2 at district as Michel finished 35-11 at 145 and Llaneza was 20-12 at 135.

South’s other senior was Ryan Meyers (29-9).

“Ryan and Logan carried the leadership and mentorship for a team of nearly 30 wrestlers,” said coach Tim Michel, Logan’s father. “This is a long season when you throw in the winter breaks and weather, and Logan and Ryan adhered to our

Hicks, Andrew Romero and Wes Straw; Girls — Morgan Bernhard, Mary Dybdahl, Rachel Jackson, Emily Jeffries, Devoney Miller, Missy Weaver and Ellen Williams SOUTH •Finishes: Boys — Sixth in OCC-Cardinal, eighth in sectional, 14th in district; Girls — Sixth in OCC-Cardinal, eighth in sectional, 12th in district, 38th in state •Seniors lost: Boys — Cade Buer, Sam Coulter, Benson Jung and David Skowronski; Girls — Sarah Abrahamson, Marissa Angelatta, Emily Fry, Lizzie Gauen, Hannah Sweet, Trisha Tee, Heather Thomas and Natalie Zaborski •Key returnees: Boys — Jack Dunlope, Gabe Gaudoin-Perry, Calvin Higdon, Jared Higdon and Joshua Tee; Girls — Tori Fout, Anna Hays, Riley Higdon and Hannah Markle

(120) in the OCC-Cardinal meet behind Liberty (233), Olentangy (195), Scioto (182), Central (177) and Jerome (173) and ahead of Marysville (116) and North (88).

They scored 66 points at the 12team Worthington sectional to place ninth behind champion New Albany (238).

•The Central girls team won the OCC-Cardinal championship and placed fourth at district this season, and according to coach Ron Staab, next season the Warhawks plan to pick up where they left off this year.

“From day one, we’re going to be talking about defending our OCC-Cardinal Division championship,” said Staab, whose team scored 274 points in the league meet and 198 at district. “We’ve placed in the top six at the district meet in the last five years.

Our goal for next season is going to be to push the Wattersons and the Thomas Worthingtons of the world to place higher at the district meet.”

The Warhawks, who placed third (153) in the 14-team Upper Arlington sectional behind UA (416) and Watterson (212), qualified for state in seven individual events and two relays.

Only one of those state competitors — Chelsea Staab, who placed 20th in the 500 free (5:10.82) and was a member of the 400 free relay — is a senior.

The girls team also loses seniors Holly Lawson and Jessica Nixon.

Staab joined freshman Alex Schuttinger, junior Taylor Schwartz and sophomore Sally Thompson on the 400 free relay, which placed seventh (3:34.5).

Also competing at state were Schwartz in the 200 free (15th,

tional and 21st (15) at district.

The girls team placed seventh (75.5) in the OCC-Cardinal, seventh (47) at the UA sectional and 16th (36) at district.

North loses two seniors in Elizabeth Roche and Conor O’Rourke.

“They were part of such a small class,” Riegler said. “When you have a small group like that, they have to do more than seniors in large classes.”

The boys team expects to return junior Erick Bey and sophomores Brian Diep, Danny Donovan, Mike Hicks, Andrew Romero and Wes Straw. The girls team expects to return sophomores Morgan Bernhard, Mary Dybdahl, Rachel Jackson, Devoney Miller, Missy Weaver and Ellen Williams and freshman Emily Jeffries.

Placing in the top 10 at district were Dybdahl in diving (fifth, 393.45) and Jackson in the 100 fly (eighth, 59.35).

Dybdahl set two program records in diving this season, scoring 235.8 points in a six-dive format Dec. 3 against Jerome and scoring 393.45 points in an 11dive format at district.

“She just came up short of making it to the state meet,” Riegler said, referring to the fact that the top four finishers in diving at district qualified for state.

“Last year she was seventh (344.85) when the top six advanced. I hope setting the school record took away some of that frustration.”

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At a glance CENTRAL •Finishes: 0-7 (eighth) in OCC-Cardinal, 10th (84.5) at sectional, 21st (29.5) at district •Seniors lost: Dustin Carson, Pat McNabb and Kyle Winston •Key returnees: Zach Brown, Caleb Duffey, D’Ron Goosby and Michael Hines NORTH •Finishes: 5-2 (third) in OCC-Cardinal, second (145) at sectional, 14th (46) at district and 62nd (3) at state •Seniors lost: Emmanuel Adu, Stephen Alger, Mitch Cousins, Joe Herrera, Malcolm Ingram and Ryan Ouzts •Key returnees: Santino DiSabato, Nick Durieux, Trey Fisher and Jeremy Sobiech SOUTH •Finishes: 2-5 (tied for fifth) in OCC-Cardinal, 11th (62.5) at sectional and did not score at district •Seniors lost: Logan Michel and Ryan Meyers •Key returnees: Dan Gruber, Kevin Lam, Caleb Llaneza and Trace McDonald

team values of integrity, responsibility, respect and one team. Leaders show the way by setting the example whether intended or not. I believe Logan and Ryan did exactly that and we thank them for making this a great season for the Wildcat wrestling team.”

South tied Jerome and Scioto (2-5) for fifth in the OCC-Cardinal.

The Wildcats were 11th (62.5) at the Marysville sectional behind champion Hilliard Davidson (239.5).

South did not score at district.

Coach Michel said season highlights included beating Westerville Central 35-28 on Jan. 27 and Dublin Jerome 36-34 on Feb. 10.

“We had team goals and individual goals for each wrestler,” coach Michel said. “For the team, beating Central and Dublin Jerome in our OCC dual meets were great for our team morale and confidence. I’m very proud of all the boys for their effort. Every weight class stepped up to capture the dual wins. For the individuals, I think all of the boys can say they achieved success on the individual goals they set. From an overall standpoint, having two district qualifiers is really fantastic for the kids and the program. I’m really proud of our individual and team success this year.” fdirenna@thisweeknews.com www.ThisWeekSPORTS.com

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1:56.07) and 100 backstroke (16th, 58.97), Schuttinger in the 100 free (15th, 53.17) and the 200 free relay of Schuttinger, Schwartz, sophomore Marissa Kramer and Thompson (14th, 1:39.73).

Central set seven program records at district. Setting records for the girls team were Chloe Merriss (diving, 309.75), Schuttinger (100 free, 52.52), Schwartz (200 free, 1:53.67; 100 back, 58.3), Thompson (50 free, 24.65) and the 200 free relay of Schuttinger, Schwartz, Kramer and Thompson (1:37.89). For the boys team, juniors Daniel Fay, John Whitaker and Atticus Jordan and senior Mason Harris set the record in the 200 medley relay (1:40.83).

The boys team placed fourth (177) in the OCC-Cardinal meet, fifth (75) in the 14-team UA sectional behind champion UA (414), and 10th (73) at district.

The Warhawks, who had no state qualifiers, lose only two seniors in Harris and Matt Phillips.

“The thing that stands out about our season was the growth of the team,” coach Staab said. “We’re building a good base for next year.

We’ve got some guys who are hungry to get back to the state.”

•North coach Jeff Riegler was pleased with his teams’ performances in the postseason despite the fact that the Warriors didn’t win any championships or have any state qualifiers.

“I’d say the sectional meet was the highlight of the season because everyone was there together,” Riegler said. “Everyone dropped time and had all the good swims at the end of the season.

You can’t ask for more than that.”

The boys team finished eighth (88) in the OCC-Cardinal meet, tied for sixth (65) at the UA sec-

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DeSales Roundup

Gutierrez places 7th in state wrestling tourney

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Payton Gutierrez of the DeSales High School wrestling team hopes a good finish at the Division II state tournament is a sign of things to come.

Gutierrez, a sophomore, placed seventh at 103 pounds, defeating Toledo Central Catholic’s Matt Pool 9-4 in his final match to finish 3-2 in the tournament, held March 3-5 at Ohio State.

Gutierrez lost his opening match to Canton South’s D.J. Schoeppner 6-0 before beating Vincent Warren’s Cory Parsons 7-1 and Wapakoneta’s John Martin 4-3 in his next two matches. He then lost to Steubenville’s Anthony Craig 6-4 before beating Pool.

“You just have to take it one match at a time and don’t look forward past the next match,” Gutierrez said. “Don’t let losses get you down.

Everybody there is capable of winning the state tournament. Even if you lose, you just have to go in there thinking, ‘Just win two matches and you’ll place.’ That was my mindset.”

Having gone 1-2 at state last season in the same weight class, Gutierrez said his goal this season was to make the awards podium. He accomplished that goal, as the top eight finishers made the podium.

“He was at state last year and he was competitive,” coach Dennis Lyberger said. “The goal was to get him on the podium and that was a big step. The matches he did lose, he still was in those matches. And then coming up with the win in the seventh-place match, it should start him off next year on a positive.”

As DeSales’ lone state representative, Gutierrez earned the Stallions four points, tying them with New Lexington and Streetsboro for 61st behind champion St. Paris Graham (230.5).

•The gymnastics team fought through a couple of shaky events to place ninth overall of 12 teams at the state meet March 4-5 at Hilliard Bradley.

In the team competition on March 4, the Stallions totaled 32.575 points on the uneven bars to place ninth behind Hudson (36.975). They then were eighth on the balance beam (34.150) behind Brecksville-Broadview Heights (36.65) and were 11th on the floor exercise (33.775) behind Hudson (36.675) before finishing eighth (33.9)

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DeSales’ Payton Gutierrez (top) tangles with D.J. Schoeppner of Canton South in a first-round match at 103 pounds during the Division II state tournament March 3 at Ohio State. Gutierrez lost 6-0 but bounced back to go 3-2, earning a seventh-place finish.

on vault behind Brecksville-Broadview Heights (37.675).

“They didn’t have they’re best day, but they tried to fight back,” said coach Misty LloydMatthews, whose team totaled 134.4 points to finish behind champion Brecksville-Broadview Heights (146.6). “They had a rough day on bars, but I was pleased with the way they bounced back on beam. They had their ups and downs during the competition. They could have let it all fold and let it bother them, but they didn’t.”

During the individual competition on March 5, sophomore Kate Miltko tied for 13th on floor (9.075), finished 15th in the all-around (35.475), tied for 15th on vault (9.075) and finished 24th on bars (8.55), junior Katie Vance tied for 19th on floor (8.95), tied for 21st on beam (8.625) and was 30th in the all-around (33.95), and senior Geena Reinitz was 31st on bars (8.275).

There were 36 competitors in each event, including the all-around. Winning individual titles were Rocky River Magnificat’s Kelly Nortz in the all-around (37.475), Brecksville-Broadview Heights’s Michaela Romito on floor (9.5), Hudson’s Bridget Madel on bars (9.575),

GCSTO holding swim tryouts for spring The Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio (GCSTO) is looking for new athletes for its spring season. New swimmers are allowed a week with the team to see what it has to offer before deciding to commit. The team practices at Columbus Academy, the Concourse Hotel Fitness Club and St. Charles Preparatory School. The team also has start-

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Painesville Riverside’s Maria Salvia on beam (9.375) and Avon’s Whitney Stoops on vault (9.7).

•The third-seeded boys basketball team ended its season with a 58-51 loss to seventh-seeded Eastmoor Academy in a Division II district semifinal on March 4 at the Fairgrounds Coliseum.

Eastmoor guards John Draper and Ron Tanner scored 20 and 19 points, respectively. The Warriors scored the final seven points, including a 3-pointer by Tanner that made it 54-51 with 52 seconds left.

Kenny Cooper and Clinton James each scored 12 points to lead the Stallions, who finished 157 overall.

“We just didn’t get to a shooter in the corner and there’s no excuse for it,” coach Blair Albright said. “It was a lack of communication and a lack of focus — things that have been problems for us. I think our guys battled. They played hard, but they didn’t play well enough.”

The Stallions finished second in the CCL at 6-2, behind Hartley (7-1) and ahead of Watterson (4-4), St. Charles (3-5) and Ready (0-8).

DeSales had beaten London 71-43 in the sec-

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•The eighth-seeded girls basketball team ended its season with a 55-40 loss to third-seeded Hilliard Bradley in a Division II district semifinal on March. 1 at Pickerington North.

The Stallions had beaten Sparta Highland 6543 in the first round on Feb. 15 and seventhseeded Bexley 46-43 in the second round on Feb. 23.

DeSales finished 11-10 overall and 4-4 in the CCL to place third behind Watterson (7-1) and Hartley (6-2) and ahead of Ready (2-6) and Columbus School for Girls (1-7).

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