DAYTON — If nothing else, Rob Bonchak is a fantastic listener.One of the lost arts in track and field tends to be how to lean at the finish line, decisively but at the right angle and with the proper sense of when and where to do it.The Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin sophomore went to the textbook […]
What: State track and field meetWhen: May 31 and June 1Where: Welcome Stadium, 1601 South Edwin C. Moses Boulevard, DaytonSchedule: May 31 — 9 a.m. (girls shot put, boys discus, girls pole vault, boys long jump and girls high jump), 9 a.m. (girls 4×800-meter relay final), 9:15 a.m. (boys 4×800 final), 9:30 a.m. to 12:35 […]
As the girls 3,200-meter run wound down May 25 during a twice weather-delayed Day 2 of the Division II Austintown-Fitch Regional, something was new leading the pack on the homestretch but felt all too familiar.Beachwood’s Alexandra Kheyfets — with trademark encouragement from Bison distance coach Jamie Lader using her nickname Sasha — gutted out the […]
YOUNGSTOWN — As spectators and teams entered the stadium May 25 during Day 2 of the Division II Austintown-Fitch Regional, it was someone’s bright idea to play one of Bruce Springsteen’s most timeless classics over the public-address system.After two lightning delays, forget “Glory Days.”It very easily could have been gory days for anyone who didn’t […]
Walking into the stadium for Day 1 of the Division II Perry District, someone in the Gilmour contingent had a wireless speaker blaring Rihanna’s “Work.”The Lancers are all about business this time of year.That work day isn’t complete until they walk out of district, hardware in hand, en route south.May 18 during Day 2, with […]