Lake (13-7) took an early lead and held Green's (15-8) offense in check to secure a 8-2 win in the Div. I sectional final round of the playoffs at Green Thursday.

Justin Wagler was the star of the game for the Blue Streaks, as it was his two-run home run in first inning that got them off to a good start.  He also earned a save by pitching three scoreless innings in relief of Wes Kemp, whose RBI double scored the third run in the first that would eventually stand as the margin of victory.

Experience matters.

That’s especially true when it comes at a school that is roughly the same.

And it’s why Bruce Johnson is the choice of Green High School Principal Cindy Brown to be the school’s new athletic director.

Green High School’s next athletic director will apparently have Northeast Ohio ties.

And maybe even Green ties.

Bring your bike to Boettler Park

Green Parks and Recreation Department will hold a bike tune-up from 9-11 a.m  May 26 at Boettler Park. The event is co-hosted by the parks department, Performance Bicycle, Stark County Bicycle Club and the Summit County Sheriff. Services at the free event include a bike safety check and helmet fitting. A bike rodeo begins in the park at 10:45 a.m.  The parks department also will accept donations of old bikes to benefit local charities.

Do you ask "What's going on?" Email your questions to Eric  Poston at Suburbanite@the
suburbanite.com.

Mark Pfaff will take over the Athletic Director (AD) position at Kent Roosevelt High school in Kent starting this summer.

Pfaff, who lost his job as Athletic Director at Green when school board members did not renew his contract in March on the recommendation of Superintendent Michael Nutter, will be officially hired at the May 15 Kent school board meeting. He will receive a two-year contract and, according to Pfaff, a salary higher then his current rate at Green.

It was only a drill, but eerie nonetheless. Sirens wailed and smoke filled the sky near the Akron-Canton Airport Wednesday as about 20 journalists sat in the second-floor conference room waiting for details of a mid-air collision between Panther Airlines Flight 1504, a Boeing 747 out of Las Vegas carrying 124 passengers and Pirate Air, a two-man turbo prop cargo plane.

Rick Parson, Northeast Ohio manager for Doggie Day Care and Constant Companions died April 29 after a long illness.

The greatest coach in Green High School sports history?

A strong case could be made for Dan Drake, who, in an 18-year career (1971-88), guided the football team to eight Suburban League championships, including five in a row from 1973-77 that completed a run in which the school captured eight titles in 10 seasons.

Green senior Caitlin Elkins will continue her soccer career for Hiram College in the fall.
The choice was an easy one given her established relationship with Hiram coach Bob Dean, who was her club team's coach.

To say Green boys lacrosse is on a roll might be an understatement.

In their two games Monday and Wednesday night, the team won by a combined score of 31-5 to push their record to 9-2 on the season. The two teams on the wrong end of those routes were Wadsworth (14-1) and Cardinal Mooney (17-4).

DON'T YOU JUST love the strange names of today's bands? The Hot Banana Cold Bandanna Chili Peppers. Or A Hole in the Right Rear of My Left Shoe. Or Flat Tires and Cracked Blockheads! I crack up every time I hear one of these. Can you imagine parents giving newborns those names? 

What ever happened to the Dave Clark Five, the Four Freshmen or Bill Allen and the Keynotes? There seems to be an unwritten rule. If the band's name isn't bizarre, make it so. Otherwise no one will ever follow you.

Green senior Amanda Pinheiro has made the decision to long jump for the University of Akron next fall.

Green head track coach Dan Gourley, a Zips alumnus himself, is happy to see another one of his athletes decide to compete at the next level.

The store will be designed in a format called “power alley,” in which perishable items are located on one side of the store with separate departments for produce, deli, bakery, floral, fresh meat, seafood, prepared foods, natural and organic foods, a pharmacy and adult beverages.

All of Green's Lacrosse teams, youth through high school, will be on display at the third annual Bulldog Fest on May 5 at Green Memorial Stadium.

The Green Veteran's Memorial Park received the highest awards given out by the state of Ohio for public projects.

It received the Award of Excellence and the Governor's Award against other projects from around the state.

The unusually mild winter has kept plows in many communities idle. With the mild temperatures in March, city and township road departments got a head start on spring projects.

Even though you were elected to carry out the will of the people, you did something that the people, by the disapproval they have voiced, obviously did not want: the recent firing of longtime Green Athletic Director Mark Pfaff. (Let’s call it what it was, a firing of a faithful employee of the school system for nearly a quarter-century overall.)

Green recently celebrated its 20th year as a city. Instead of a big celebration, we learned a casino and race track was considering a move into Green. Talk about a massive lump of coal for a gift.  Of all the development that could come to our city, this is the most damaging and destructive concept that you could come up with.