The following are the local high school men and women soccer award winners from the fall season.  The Greater Akron Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association (GASSCA) district awards and All-Star matches encompass Summit, Stark, Portage, Medina and Wayne county teams. The Stark County Soccer Coaches Association (SCSCA) awards and All-Star matches encompass Stark county teams. The Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association (OSSCA) awards include all teams in Ohio. This list represents information submitted through Jan. 1.

The date and location changed, but the result was similar. The Springfield Lady Spartans fell to the Coventry Lady Comets Jan. 23 for the second time this season, 49-34.

Network Computer Technology (NCT), a program at Portage Lakes Career Center, links students with high-paying careers.
 

New faces abounded at the January PLCC board meeting. Four new board members, one from each of the four home schools, were sworn in. They were Neal Hess, Tina Gable, Lynn Wiggens and Mark Tallman. Hess is a first-year member of both the Springfield and PLCC boards. Gable is in her second year on the Coventry board and her first at PLCC. Wiggens of Green is a first year school board member for both schools. Mark Tallman, from Manchester, is back for his second term with PLCC after serving 12 years previously.
 

A South Main Street woman, 22, was arrested Jan. 24 for domestic violence. She is accused of assaulting her mother by pulling her hair and hitting her during an argument at their home. Deputies also found the woman had an outstanding warrant in Lakemore for underage consumption.
 

A “Hearts for Haiti” campaign will be taking place Jan. 27 through Feb. 3 at Turkeyfoot Elementary School in Coventry. The pre-school through second grade students are encouraged to stop by the “Hearts for Haiti” booth in the morning between 8-8:30 a.m. to buy a paper heart for $1.

A motivational program based on Rachel Scott’s life will be presented at Coventry High School on Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. The presentation is open to the public. 

Nancy Diller-Shively, Chairman of the Board and Founder of Cambridge Home Health Care, announces James P. Newbrough has been named President of Cambridge Home Health Care.

Last week I went to Haiti to dig water wells and got stuck in the worst catastrophe in Western Hemisphere history. Since we’ve gotten back, myself and a team of three others, Chris Browne, Dave Hornish and my co- leader Melanie Brooks, we’ve seen an enormous amount of interest in our adventure, from the collapse of the building we'd stayed in, to our trip back home with only the clothes on our backs and no passports.

At the time of Haiti’s earthquake, 45,000 Americans were living there. Many Americans live and visit Haiti for humanitarian reasons. Cornerstone Free Methodist Church sent four Portage Lakes residents to drill wells for the Haitian people.
 

The board of education hosted another community meeting Jan. 13 in regards to the projected budget shortfall of $600,000 that must be reconciled by the end of this school year as per state law.

A 33-year-old Schneiderman Road man was arrested on two counts of child endangering Jan. 14 following a traffic collision on South Main Street. Deputies said his two small children were in makeshift seats and not wearing seat belts. Both were injured in the accident and taken to Akron Children’s Hospital.
 

Local wrestlers had an impressive showing, with Coventry scoring 175.5 points and placing third overall and first in Division II at the Bill Dies Tournament held at Firestone High School. Placing 10th overall with 119 points was Manchester, while Green took 35th scoring 40 points and Springfield was 42nd with 16 points.

There is a photo gallery o 16 shots of all four teams from the wrestling tournament.