Mize, Ray
Ray Mize – (1985) Ray Mize Ray Mize always considered himself a ”late bloomer”. Lorain Hi did not field a baseball team while he was in high school, and so, he began his career with Mike Telatniks Elks team as a catcher. He moved steadily up the sandlot ranks and in the winter he […]
Lawhead, Jim
Jim Lawhead – (1985) JIM LAWHEAD On December 10, 1983 the Lorain Catholic basketball scoreboard brilliantly displayed the final result – Lorain Catholic 80, Brookside 48. It was not a classic win but it was a memorable milestone in Jim Lawhead’s career. At the beginning of his 22nd year as a varsity basketball coach […]
Karpinski, William J.
William J. Karpinski – (1985) WILLIAM J. KARPINSKI Bill Karpinski began his athletic career in Lorain Little League and other sandlot leagues. His Class E baseball team won back to back championships in Ohio’s Hot Stove League. During junior high days Bill played with the Hawthorne Cowboys as an end in football and as […]
Justin, John “Cy”
John “Cy” Justin – (1985) JOHN “CY” JUSTIN John (Cy) Justin came a long way from his native Chester, Pa., where he was born in 1903, to Lorain, the steel town on Lake Erie’s shore, where he has spent most of his life. Justin is best remembered for his 832 bowling series, a record […]
Fazekas, Bill “Fuzzy”
Bill “Fuzzy” Fazekas – (1985) BILL “FUZZY” FAZEKAS From the time he began his meteoric ascent from the baseball sandlots to the high-school baseball, basketball and football fields to his signing by the Cleveland Indians as a $20,000 “bonus baby” in 1958, to his fence-busting exploits on area softball diamonds, Fazekas’ career has […]
Campana, Mike
Mike Campana – (1985) MIKE CAMPANA As a youngster in the mid 1930’s Mike Campana rapidly advanced through the excellent city sandlot baseball program. By the time he was 16 years of age Mike had joined the Class ”A” Verhovay aggregation. Known for his defensive prowess around the infield Mike was ”sticking” the […]
Brest, Rosie
Rosie Brest – (1985) ROSIE BREST In 1954 Rosie began working in a local pizza parlor. By 1959 she had accumulated enough money and experience to open her own parlor to make bigger and better pizzas. By 1965 she had settled in her present location and was consistently ”spreading the dough” to promote […]