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Round Two: Spring sports bloopers, Tom Hardesty edition

In honor of my first spring sports season with The Portager, I thought this was a good time for some lighter fare. So in that vein, let's take a walk down memory lane and revisit some of the high — make that low — moments of my first year covering spring sports in Portage County for the Record-Courier.

Opinion Round Two Sports

Hardesty: I don’t know what it’s like to be a first-round draft pick, but I know what it’s like to have epilepsy

Justin Fields spent his two years at Ohio State moving the ball downfield as well as — or better — than any quarterback ever to wear the Scarlet and Gray. But no drive to the end zone for the Buckeyes will have meant nearly as much as will his march to erase the stigma of the disease that Fields recently revealed he has: epilepsy.

Kent Opinion People Round Two Sports

From high school to college and back, Mike Haney has left his mark on Kent baseball

One glance at the career resume of Mike Haney tells you that the Kent Roosevelt High School baseball coach has a boatload of impressive career accomplishments. In fact, the lengthy list of numbers and honors is virtually overwhelming — and they're why the 1992 Roosevelt and '99 Kent State graduate is headed toward induction into the Greater Akron Baseball Hall of Fame later this year.

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The new Portage County League is about bringing the community back together

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, a movement has begun to reverberate throughout the hamlets and farmlands of Portage County, a movement to unite the county's schools under one banner, to become reacquainted with old friends, to connect with each other once again culturally, historically and geographically. This is the first in a three-part series for Portager Sports.

Obituaries Opinion People Round Two

In the newsroom and on the field, two friends I’ll never forget

Portage County lost two giants of the community when Roger Di Paolo and John Keegan died four days apart earlier this month. And I lost two friends when John passed away June 14 at age 71, followed by Roger on June 18 at age 66.

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Hardesty: My proposal for the Cleveland Indians name change

Regardless if you think the name change is long overdue or it's yet another example of political correctness gone over the cliff, the Indians nickname in Cleveland will be thrown onto the scrap heap of history and replaced with something else.

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How Bryan Harvey built the Roosevelt girls’ golf program into a dynasty

Rough Rider girls golf became a varsity sport in 2011. In 2013, they qualified as a team for the state tournament, finishing sixth in Division II. And they have been a force at the state level ever since. So much for growing pains.

Covid-19 Opinion Rootstown Round Two Sports

It’s almost fall sports season and the pandemic isn’t gone – what next?

So where are we with high school athletics and Covid-19? To answer that question, I turned to Rootstown High School athletic director, golf and baseball coach Keith Waesch to take a look at where we've been in the last year-plus and where we're going with respect to the upcoming 2021-22 school year, particularly the rapidly approaching fall sports season, as we grind through a two steps forward, one step back post-pandemic America.

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Cleveland Guardians’ name could be better, could be worse

Time will tell if Indians fans who dislike the franchise's choice of Guardians for the new team name will ever take to it. They have no choice, obviously, because that's the nickname going forward when the 2021 season is in the books.

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Memories like a heat wave

Two practices a day for a couple weeks, although it felt like a year. One morning practice for several hours, one afternoon practice for several hours, with a couple-hour break in between that seemed more like five minutes where you went home, got out of the sun, did your best to rehydrate and actively dreaded heading back down to the field again.

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Schools are hearing out the PCL committee, which is already a victory

Gregg Isler, serving as acting league commissioner of a potential new PCL, along with assistant commissioners Brittany Dye and Tom Nader, have been moving forward this summer with their aim of drumming up support to bring back the league that existed from 1922 to 2005.

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Adventures in Portage County sports journalism

Here are a couple tales from my career in journalism to help take the edge off, something I plan to do from time to time to keep things light.

Senior Life: Technology taking over and taking advantage of discounts

Around Garrettsville: Tom Collins Memorial Rotary Trail is officially open at Village Park

Sponsored: Diamond America Announces Headquarter Relocation to Mogadore, OH

Letter to the editor: Vote for Ravenna schools

Sheriff Zuchowski used jail labor to support his reelection campaign, Ravenna man alleges

Cities discuss ‘settlement framework’ with sheriff’s office in lawsuit over funds

County roundup: Mogadore seeks funding for Lincoln Avenue road project, plus news from Atwater, Suffield and Randolph

Sponsored: Diamond America Announces Headquarter Relocation to Mogadore, OH

Appeals court says Kent can enforce occupancy rules, reversing February decision

Streetsboro approves expansion of Woodside Lake campgrounds

Senior Life: Technology taking over and taking advantage of discounts

Around Garrettsville: Tom Collins Memorial Rotary Trail is officially open at Village Park

Letter to the editor: Vote for Ravenna schools

Portage County obituaries for Oct. 9-10

Portage County obituaries for Oct. 7-8

Portage County obituaries for Oct. 4-6

Round Two

Round Two: Spring sports bloopers, Tom Hardesty edition

Hardesty: I don’t know what it’s like to be a first-round draft pick, but I know what it’s like to have epilepsy

From high school to college and back, Mike Haney has left his mark on Kent baseball

The new Portage County League is about bringing the community back together

In the newsroom and on the field, two friends I’ll never forget

Hardesty: My proposal for the Cleveland Indians name change

How Bryan Harvey built the Roosevelt girls’ golf program into a dynasty

It’s almost fall sports season and the pandemic isn’t gone – what next?

Cleveland Guardians’ name could be better, could be worse

Memories like a heat wave

Schools are hearing out the PCL committee, which is already a victory

Adventures in Portage County sports journalism