101 Results for author: tskoch
Lisa Nickoloff Lindberg, 2021
Lisa Nickoloff Lindberg came upon her athletic talents naturally; her father, Tom, was inducted into the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame in 1989 for his outstanding baseball and basketball abilities. So with her enhanced DNA, it all began as a young girl exploring a variety of ...
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Vince Villanucci, 2021
Vince Villanucci is reminiscent of some of the other all-time great sports legends from Lorain. He acknowledges
the toughness of the city led to a lot of his success. He also gives great credit to some of the best teachers and coaches that a person could ask for. His journey began at Lakeview ...
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Mary Lou Rebman Poli, 2021
The Rebman Family Legacy in the bowling industry continues with this year’s induction of Mary Lou Rebman-Poli into the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame as she joins her late father Dominic Rebman Jr, who received the honor in 1995. They are a rare father-daughter combo in any coveted ...
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Anjeanette (Anjie) Chet-Caffarel, 2021
Anjeanette (Anjie) Chet-Caffarel’s athletic and academic career at Lorain Catholic High School was one of dedication, perseverance, determination, and grit. Anjie not only was a standout on the basketball and volleyball courts but also participated in numerous school clubs and ...
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Brad Balmert, 2021
Sailing is a great sport. It demands attention, creates challenges, and demands physical and mental abilities that more than
earn competitive sailors the label “athlete”. Brad began sailing as a young toddler on his parents 18 ft. sailboat. Racing was also
introduced early on as he competed in a ...
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Ed Dohanos
The Lorain Sports Hall of Fame is mourning the death of Ed Dohanos,95, on March 12, 2021.
For generations, Ed Dohanos was a well-known and respected figure on the Lorain County sports scene, as an athlete, in coaching and officiating. He was a three-time enshrinee in the Lorain Sports Hall of Fame, as well as being a past president (2008) and current board member of the LSHOF.
Ed Dohanos Obituary below:
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John Rositano
Coach John Rositano is a 1981 graduate of Admiral King High School. He lettered in basketball when he was a member of the 1980 team that became State Runner-up. During the 1980-81 season he set the single season record for free throw percentage (90.3%) which remains the present school record.
After gradua...
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Larry Reardon
Larry Reardon is the son of Elizabeth and Daniel Reardon; a proud graduate of Lorain Admiral King High School and a lifetime resident of Lorain. During his high school sports career, Larry competed in baseball, for three years, football, and basketball; and, participated as a member of several school service ...
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Victor Guerrieri
Vic Guerrieri distinguished himself in basketball at Admiral King High School and Oberlin College. As an Admiral King High School junior, Vic was a defensive and occasional offensive contributor on the 1966-67 team featuring Admiral King Lorain Sports Hall of Fame great, Jim “Bubbles” Harris. That ...
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Chris Cowie
In the 1960’s, Lorain Sports Hall of Fame Coach, Doug Thompson, was attempting to elevate the springtime status of Lorain High track. He accomplished this task with a handful of runners and the Cowie twins. Chris and Craig were primarily high jumpers and pole vaulters; but, because of their athletic profic...
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Scott Zimmerman
Scott Zimmerman was the No. 1 pitcher on Admiral King’s successful baseball teams for three years, from 1982-84.
He was described as “invincible” by the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram sportswriter who observed the sophomore “Ace” pitch his team to a Class AAA Sectional Championship in 1982 over Avon ...
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Roger Smith
Roger Smith excelled as a three-sport star athlete at Admiral King High School from 1979-83. Later, he was a two-sport varsity performer for Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Roger earned All-State recognition in basketball, All-State recognition as a track star; and, was selected as an All-Buckeye Conference ...
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Ricky Quiles
Born in Lorain, Ohio, Ricky Quiles was enthralled with boxing at the young age of six. His father and uncle were passionate fight fans. There was a speed bag in the basement and a boxing gym nearby. Ricky’s parents were born in Puerto Rico, and he was the oldest of four children. “Lorain, at that time, ...
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Ron Mantini
Ron Mantini, a two-sport athlete in basketball and baseball, was a leading center on the hard courts, as well as a pitcher/1st baseman on the diamonds of Lorain County in the 1990’s. At 6’8” he was a menacing sight on the baseball mound; and, he had the ability to score from inside or beyond the 3-point ...
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Jesse Hernandez, 2019
Jesse Hernandez, a 1992 graduate of Southview High School, started bowling in 1988 at the age of 14. At this time, Jesse also started working and bowling at Croation Lanes and later at Rebman Recreation. This experience gave Jesse time to practice and refine his bowling skills in preparation for ...
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Theresa (Feldkamp) Brannen, 2019
Theresa (Feldkamp) Brannen resided in Lorain, Ohio. She pursued her academic and athletic career in the Amherst School District. During her high school athletic competition as a “distance runner”, Theresa compiled an extraordinary number of honors and victories, including the followi...
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Steve Stohla, 2018
Steve Stohla’s athletic career began while attending Admiral King High School from 1962-66. He participated in wrestling yet achieved his highest honors in football. He was a three-year letterman which culminated in being named All Ohio middle guard in his senior year. After ...
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Bill McPhie, 2018
Bill McPhie started his athletic career in Lorain St Mary’s CYO program playing both football and basketball from 1962-1966.
He attended Lorain St. Mary and Lorain Catholic from 1967-1970. Bill was a three-year letter winner and a two-year starter at center on the football team. ...
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Jim Uszynski, 2018
Jim Uszynski had an outstanding athletic career at Clearview High School and Muskingum College, a Division III football powerhouse, coached by the legendary Ed Sherman.
Clearview was coached by Bob Mosketti and LSHOF Enshrinee, Fred Churchill. As a freshman he won the quarterbac...
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Frank Komar, 2018
Frank Komar was an outstanding athlete during his Lorain High School and Ohio University playing days.
During high school (1974-78), he was a two year varsity letter winner in football and a three year varsity letter winner in baseball. His selection to the All-Ohio ...
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LeBron Gladden, 2018
Admiral King’s legendary coach Mitch Gillam said, “From a basketball standpoint, LeBron Gladden is one of
the finest athlete we’ve ever had. He is what I call a basketball talent. He does everything well.” LeBron is a member of one of the most outstanding basketball families in ...
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Terry Daniel "Dan" King
Terry Daniel King (commonly referred to as "Dan") had an outstanding athletic career based upon his natural talent; and, he was proud to have his father, Terry King, LSHOF inductee, as a mentor to inspire and guide him.
In the year 1991, the Lorain School District suspended sports ...
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Tony Miller, 2018
Tony Miller was an outstanding athlete as a three-sport standout at Southview High School from 1995-99 and beyond.
In football, Tony was a four-year letter winner and a varsity starter for three years for the Saints. He earned All-Ohio honors after scoring 18 touchdowns and ...
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Jim Janasko, 2018
Jim Janasko was one of the many Lorain youths who learned to swim at the YMCA under the guidance of instructor Louis Monos.
He started on his first swim team at the Riviera Swim Club when he was eight years old and continued to swim competitively in the summers for many teams in the ...
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Jerry Evans, 2018
Jerry Evans had the experience of playing with John Elway and catching the NFL Hall of Fame quarterback’s passes for three years as a member of the Denver Broncos where he was a teammate of other NFL Hall of Famers Shannon Sharpe, Terrell Davis and Gary Zimmerman.
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David Dury, 2017
David Dury’s first step to becoming a nationally known athletic trainer came while he was a student at Admiral King High School. Long-time football coach, Bill Provident, hails him as the finest student trainer he has seen in nearly 50 years of coaching. He introduced ...
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Norris Sinclair, 2017
Born in Dewitt, Iowa, in 1895, Norris Sinclair grew up in Lorain and became one of the finest trackmen in
the city’s history. He was Lorain County’s first-ever state track champion. An all-around athlete, he also lettered in football and basketball at Lorain High ...
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John Telatnik, 2017
John Telatnik began developing his athletic talents at the age of 12 in the Lorain Recreation Department summer programs. He progressed into high jumping at Irving Junior High and subsequently at Lorain High School from which he graduated in the class of 1948A.
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David Emerick, 2017
David Emerick’s remarkable life in golf began at the age of 10 at Lorain’s Emerald Valley Golf Club, and his first tournament victory came one year later. With instruction and constant practice, his game became competitive and he played throughout Ohio during the ...
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Matt Wilhelm, 2017
Lorain’s Matt Wilhelm is celebrated as one of the most outstanding athletes in Elyria Catholic High School’s history. From there, his amazing football career just kept hitting new heights, including a college national championship and a Super Bowl victory.
Matt, who ...
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