Auroraadvocate.com - Sports Wire: Harvey joining CVC, will play AHS in football

by Advocate Staffers

With Painesville Harvey entering the Chagrin Valley Conference this year, it will be in the Chagrin Division with Aurora in some sports, including football.

Harvey replaces Beachwood on the schedule for football. The Greenmen will play the Red Raiders on Oct. 23, the next to last regular season date.

Harvey previously was in the Northeast Athletic Conference, where the CVC's Grand Valley will move. In some of the other sports, Harvey will take GV's spot in the Valley Division.

For football, the Chagrin Division will consist of Aurora, Chagrin Falls, Kenston, Orange, Perry, Harvey, West Geauga and Wickliffe.

Also for football, the Valley Division will include Berkshire, Cardinal, Kirtland Fairport Harding and Newbury, while the Metro Division will have Beachwood, Cuyahoga Heights, Hawken, Independence and Richmond Heights.

The league schedule for football this fall is quite different for Aurora than it has been in recent years.

Last year, the league opener was against Perry, while this year the Pirates will be the opponent in Week 8. Kenston, which traditionally is a mid-season game, will be Week 10.

This year's non-league opponents will remain the same, with AHS opening Aug. 28 at Avon, then hosting Crestwood and Twinsburg on Sept. 4 and 11, respectively.

Eight games will be on Friday nights, with two on Thursdays -- Sept. 17 at home against Chagrin Falls and Oct. 15 at Perry. The latter will be a Fox Sports Net game of the week.

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Three local golfers finished the 72-hole Northeast Ohio Amateur Invitational on June 29.

The first two rounds were at Lake Forest and Oberlin clubs, with the last 36 holes at Lakewood Country Club.

Mark Telerico of Barrington shot a 7-over-par 293 to tie for sixth place. Larry Lahnan of Walden tied for 21st at 305 and Rick Areddy of Barrington tied for 36th at 315.

Doug Hauenstein of Walden shot 229 for the first three rounds, but withdrew before the fourth round started.

Nick Latimer of Windmill Lakes Golf Club in Ravenna easily won the event with a 10-under-par 276.

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In their first tournament as members of the Cleveland Women's Golf Association, six Barrington Golf Club players took first to third places in Flight 1 at the Gemini tournament at Lakewood Country Club.

Cathy Harless and Gerry Sexton were first with 60.5, Judy Clink and Betty Weisel were second at 61.9 and Beth MacMillian and Joyce Renz were third at 63.

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In May, the Solon Attack youth lacrosse team finished second in the Ohio Middle School Lacrosse Association tournament in Columbus.

A member of the team is Aurora seventh-grader and goalie Liam Ganzhorn. Eighty teams competed in five divisions.

The Attack posted wins in its first three games while playing in six overtimes.

In the finals against Chagrin Falls, regulation play ended at 4-4. Then the Attack yielded its first overtime goal of the season and was defeated.

The team finished with a 12-5-1 record. Ganzhorn represented Northern Ohio on the Team Ohio U13 squad at U.S. Lacrosse's 2008-09 National Youth Festival.

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Three boys and two girls from Aurora participated in the June 22 qualifier for the Kenny Novak at Grantwood in Solon.

Trey Payden placed 16th in boys 16-19 at 43-43-86. In boys 13-15, Kevin Zmozynski tied for 14th at 45-43-88 and Brett Balog tied for 26th at 46-50-96.

In girls age 12, Erin Grohe was first at 63-76-139 and Emily Moore was second at 76-79-155.

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To alleviate the current shortage of football officials in Ohio, the Summit-Portage Officials Association offers training classes.

Classes will begin July 14 at 7 p.m. at Betty Jane Community Learning Center, 444 Darrow Road in east Akron, and will continue Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m.

Anyone interested or in need of further information should call Ed Markowski at 330-896-4365 or 330-212-7600. Cost is $90.

The final examination will be the National Federal Football Officials licensing exam.

Students who are certified will have the chance to be hired to officiate high school underclass football games this fall.

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In the Run for the Young at Crocker Park in Westlake, Randall Moore of Aurora took third place in the men 50-54 age group in 20:44.1.

In the A Most Excellent Race 5K at Beaumont School, Auroran Justin Schwarm took 14th place in the men 25-29 division in 1:18:17.23.

Other results of Aurorans are: Kristie Tincher, seventh in women 30-34 in 31:20.27; and Craig Kollai, 10th (31:03.61) and Scott Tincher, 11th (31:16.06), both in men 30-34.

In the 10K, Adam Zelwiny was second in men 25-29 in 39:38.15.

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Crestwood High School running star Bridget Franek finished third in the 3,000-meter women's steeplechase June 28 at the U.S. Track & Field Championships to qualify for the World Games in Berlin, Germany.

A junior at Penn State University, she clocked a 9:36.74. Olympian Jennifer Barringer won the steeplechase. She is the American recordholder. Anna Willard was second.

The World Games will run Aug. 15-23.