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A starting lineup with a freshman, two transfers and a player who was only eligible for half the season last year, maybe it should have taken the West Geauga girls basketball team a hot minute to get settled.
Finding a high school hoops team that can put five players in double-figure scoring in a 32-minute game should be the job for a top detective.
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West Geauga Local School District officials envision a future with all school buildings on one campus.
Students perform ‘Peter Pan’
The annual West Geauga Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl is just a week away, and while there is not currently a varsity hockey team, that won’t stop alumni, students, staff and parents of the local school district from hitting the ice in friendly competition this coming Thursday morning.
“We are very good stewards of our taxpayer dollars,” Treasurer Karen Penler of the West Geauga Local Schools said as she presented the updated five-year financial forecast for the district Monday night. While expenditures remain consistent and within means, however, there are some uncertaint…
After a recent incident involving a West Geauga High School teacher who allegedly used an image with racial implications in a class presentation about voter eligibility, the local school district’s Board of Education decided not to fire the educator, stating the use was of poor judgment and …
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A Newbury parent turned the tables on the Newbury Board of Education Monday, following a presentation intended to present the school in a positive light.
The West Geauga Local Board of Education held a rescheduled special meeting Monday night where they passed a resolution to formally accept the territory of the Newbury Local School District.
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West Geauga junior Patrick Garrett was on pace to become the first male cross-country runner from his program to punch a state ticket in 20 years, but he was cutting it close during the Division II regional meet on Saturday in Boardman.
The set pieces were flowing more abundantly than the cider at Patterson Fruit Farm for the West Geauga girls in their Division II district title game against Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin last Thursday at Harry E. Winters Stadium in Willoughby.
Game of the week: Mayfield at Kenston
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Not much went right for the West Geauga gridders through the majority of three quarters, as visiting rival Chagrin Falls appeared to be on its merry way into playoff contention on Friday night at Howell Field.
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The West Geauga gridders (4-4, 4-1) still control their destiny in the hunt for a Chagrin Valley Conference banner after putting a 31-6 road whipping on Edgewood (2-6, 0-5) Friday night at Corlew Stadium in Ashtabula.
The Chagrin Falls girls soccer team defeated Gilmour Academy, 3-1, on Monday night at C.S. Harris Stadium to earn its first trip to a Division II district title game since a state runner-up campaign in 2016.
Five candidates, including one incumbent, are vying for two seats on the Newbury Board of Education as the district prepares to become part of the West Geauga Local School District for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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West Geauga renowned goal scorer Nicola Ehrbar hammered away a pair of tallies to put the Lady Wolverines well on their way to a bounce-back victory in a regular-season finale against Kenston on Saturday afternoon at Howell Field.
Game of the week: Orange at Chagrin Falls
Division IV AP No. 2-ranked Perry (7-0, 4-0) and Division III Geneva (6-1, 4-0) remain in the driver’s seat of the Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division after lopsided victories against Chagrin Falls (4-3, 3-1) and Lakeside (1-6, 1-3), respectively.
League newcomer Edgewood stole the girls team trophy by one point while Hawken School junior Ella Gilson three-peated her individual title during the Chagrin Valley Conference cross-country meet on Saturday at the Geauga County Fairgrounds.
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Three weeks into the Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division season, Division IV AP No. 2-ranked Perry (6-0), Geneva (5-1) and Chagrin Falls (4-2) remain unbeaten at 3-0 in league play.
After colliding three times in the postseason last year, Orange senior Blessing Nwaozuzu and West Geauga sophomore Rylie Hanford were at it again during last week’s Division II sectional tennis tournament at the Mayfield Racquet Club.
Game of the week: Willoughby South at Kenston
The West Geauga Board of Education approved the establishment of the new Student Wellness and Success Fund last week.
Stop Trae Zimmermann.
The stiffer the competition, the more weight a title carries along with it.
Marching band travels to OSU
The West Geauga Board of Education approved the establishment of the new Student Wellness and Success Fund last week.
The newcomers to the Chagrin Valley Conference were given a whacking when West Geauga (1-3) blanked winless Lakeside, 45-0, and when Division IV AP No. 2-ranked Perry (4-0) showed no mercy against Edgewood (2-2), 56-6, during league openers Friday.
In a board report during the West Geauga Board of Education meeting Monday, Board Member Kathy Leavenworth informed that, based on preliminary information, the Newbury referendum petition did not acquire the requisite number of signatures to put an issue on the March ballot pertaining to the…
A petition drive to allow Newbury Township residents to vote on the Newbury School District territory transfer to West Geauga Schools fell short last week.
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Game of the Week: Brunswick at Solon
Public schools across the Chagrin Valley and Geauga County for the most part performed well on the annual district report cards released this morning (Sept. 12) by the Ohio Department of Education.
(Editor’s note: Tony Lange went 7-0 last week and is 12-3 overall.)
The West Geauga Local School District approved three shared service agreements with the Newbury Local School District during a regular board of education meeting Monday evening for the 2019-2020 school year.
Four turnovers not enough in West G loss to NDCL, Orange gridders stymied in trenches at Streetsboro
Forcing four turnovers wasn’t enough for the West Geauga gridders during a 35-28 loss against non-league foe Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin in their home opener on Friday night at Howell Field in Chester Township.
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The Orange gridders blocked a pair of extra-point attempts, but it was special teams that accounted for the difference in a 27-25 road loss in their season opener against rival Beachwood on Friday night at McCullough Field.
