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Huskies Win Battle of Patience
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By Rich Kelly sports@karlovecmedia.com
In a rarity for springtime sports, Saturday, April 30, provided sunny skies, low wind velocities and dry conditions that had most everybody smiling. The Cardinal Huskies were not in the most demonstrative mode for hitting the baseball in their game against the Columbiana Clippers. But by its end, they had received a lesson in patience. Using supreme patience at the plate, they overcame an early deficit to claim a 6-4 victory. The starting pitchers for both teams were dealing. Huskies starter Jake Bean fanned eight of the first nine hitters he faced. The only hitter he didn’t fan, with a sharp assortment of fast balls and breaking pitches of various speeds, was the cleanup hitter for the Clippers who led off the second inning. That player lined a 2-2 pitch between second and third base for a clean single. Columbiana’s starter was sharper, allowing only a base on balls in the third inning, to Jackson Puruczky. But falling behind hitters began
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Troy Domen tags out this stealing runner in the Huskies’ 6-4 win over Columbiana.
working in the favor of the Huskies (8-4) as they worked counts deeper in their favor. After Puruczky replaced Bean on the hill for Cardinal in the fourth in-
ning, a hit-batsman stolen base, base hit and sacrifice fly plated the first run of the game, and another line drive single to right center made it a 2-0 ballgame for the Clippers.
The bottom of the fifth inning was the turning point. After a leadoff strikeout, five straight walks, as the Huskies showed remarkable paSee Baseball • Page 6
Troyer Planting New Business at West High and Lake By Ann Wishart ann@karlovecmedia.com
A local businessman’s plan to turn the corner of West High and Lake streets in Middlefield Village into a retail outlet for plants and produce received tentative approval by village planning commission April 12. James Troyer applied to the commission for permission to erect two temporary tents so he could begin retail sales within the week, said village Zoning Inspector John Boksansky. The corner, formerly the Hauter’s Lawn and Sports Center at 15711 West High Street, consists of three parcels and a showroom-warehouse with driveways on both streets. It is owned by Yoder Furniture LLC and the existing building is being used for storage and a showroom for that business, he said. See Troyer • Page 7
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The former Hauter’s Lawn and Sports Center at West High and Lake streets in Middlefield Village may be transformed into a plant and produce outlet. Village planning commission approved a temporary permit April 14 for the erection of two tents for plant sales.
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