Jackson let a double digit lead nearly slip away, but junior Michael Shull and senior Josh Egner provided clutch plays in the game's final moments to lead to the Polar Bears to a 55-52 victory over Hoover for the Div. 1 district championship Saturday night at the Canton Civic Center.
Thirteen young men jumped around the Canton Civic Center along with five adult men. The purple clad section exulted in total glee as if it were the inner confines of the Jackson High School gym.
While northeastern Ohio drivers were battling icy roads on Feb. 26 the Jackson sixth grade boy’s basketball team was traveling south to Columbus on a mission. Three days later they were back home in Stark County with a championship trophy after winning the Ohio Youth Basketball State Tournament with a perfect 6-0 record.
Governor Ted Strickland expressed confidence in the end of the recession as he toured Stark State University last Wednesday.
“I’m starting to see the beginning of a recovery,” Strickland said. “I met with my economic council and they all said we have reached the bottom of the recession.”
Defending Division I district champion North Canton Hoover used two defensive stops by junior guard Nyles Evans and two key layups from Cory Veldhuizen to down Canton McKinley 54-48 in a Division I district semifinal at the Canton Civic Center Thursday night.
Textbooks and technology joined forces in Strausser’s second grade classrooms with Olympic results.
In an effort to help students make connections to the real world while learning to understand and use research techniques, second graders spent several weeks immersed in the Olympic experience.
Two brothers from New Philadelphia had a verbal argument at a restaurant on Dressler Road. The 29-year old brother shoved his sibling, 31, outside the restaurant where he punched his brother in the face. Both men were highly intoxicated and unable to care for themselves. They were cited for disorderly conduct and released to family members on March 2.
Textbooks and technology joined forces in Strausser's second grade classrooms with Olympic results. In an effort to help students make connections to the real world while learning to understand and use research techniques, second graders spent several weeks immersed in the Olympic experience.
Winning is nothing new to seventh-grader Landrie Grace. The heralded daughter of Tony and Lisa Grace has accomplished numerous feats from winning multiple golf tournaments, to free throw state competitions and nearly leading the Jackson Memorial Middle School seventh grade girls basketball team to an unblemished season and title before a heartbreaking 73-69 overtime loss to Glenwood Middle School inside the Pfeiffer Middle School gym in Perry Township.
Song, dance and dinner available to Jackson seniors March 12.
I sit before my TV entranced by the stunning spectacles unfolding before me. There are, however, troubling thoughts about how the 21st Century Winter Olympics appear to me.
Friday night as a guest, I attended Jackson Middle School's "Wizard of Oz." I was totally surprised at their stunning rendition.
The Polar Bears were on their way to making the dream a reality after finishing second in the final North Coast Hockey League standings with a record of 15-7. The top four teams in the NCHL joined eight other teams from around Ohio for the state tournament at Northland Ice Arena.
On Friday, March 19, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., the Massillon Museum will host The Big Read Symposium and Keynote Address at Kent State University Stark Campus.
After Wednesday and Thursday night, either Jackson, Lake, Canton McKinley, or North Canton Hoover will obtain a chance to compete for the first district championship of the inaugural decade Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Canton Memorial Civic Center.
A select group of Jackson juniors and seniors spend their first two periods of the school day at various hospital areas of Aultman Hospital. The Aultman Academy Program is a great opportunity for students who are serious about a career in healthcare. It gives them a good deal of experience working with healthcare professionals, and provides a lot of educational value.
Kent State Universityat Stark Music Department will present the Rock the Pops concert on Sunday, March 14 at 3 p.m. in the Kent State Stark Fine Arts Theatre, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township.
Join book discussions for the Big Read at Amherst Rose Tea Room.
The Massillon Museum’s sixth annual “Soup Up Your Support” lunch will be held on Wednesday, March 17. The soup lunch will be served from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in the Museum lobby and the Chit Chat Coffee Shoppe at the Massillon Museum. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Museum’s Endowment Fund.
