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3 weeks ago | 
presspublications.com | J. Patrick Eaken
NOTE: This story was originally published in The Press in June 2010. Last Thursday, restaurants throughout the area were alive with entertainment. There was a reason for that. Countless restaurants donated 15 percent of total sales on June 10 to the communities hit by the tornados on June 5. Others held their own fundraisers.
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3 weeks ago | 
presspublications.com | J. Patrick Eaken
NOTE: This story was originally published in The Press in June 2010. Mainstreet Church is going to miss 37-year-old Millbury resident Ryan Lance Walters. Walters became the third family member to pass away as a result of injuries suffered when a tornado destroyed his home near midnight on June 5. The four members of the Walters family attended Mainstreet Church, which has two Walbridge campuses.
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3 weeks ago | 
presspublications.com | J. Patrick Eaken
NOTE: This story was originally published in The Press in June 2010. Air Force veteran John “Jack” Gallagher thought he had seen it all while in Vietnam. But nothing prepared him for what was going to go down as midnight approached on June 5. Gallagher’s Trowbridge Road home was hit hard by tornadoes that crossed from Wood County over into Ottawa County that night. Gallagher, his wife, his daughter, and daughter’s boyfriend took the correct action — they went to the basement. “It was pretty scary.
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1 month ago | 
northwestsignal.net | J. Patrick Eaken
LIBERTY CENTER — Meeting Eastwood for the fourth time since 2016 in a district final, Archbold softball was able to get on the board first against the state-ranked Eagles on Saturday. But Eastwood senior shortstop Adyson Bowe’s no-doubter, two-RBI home run over the left field fence proved to be the difference as the Eagles prevailed, 4-2, at Liberty Center’s Spring Sports Complex.
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2 months ago | 
bryantimes.com | J. Patrick Eaken
BOWLING GREEN — Napoleon senior pitcher Owen Espinoza struck out six, walked one and allowed just three hits in pitching a complete-game 3-0 shutout victory at Bowling Green Tuesday. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. That did not bother Espinoza, or at least he didn’t show it. “It feels great — I was probably the warmest one out there,” Espinoza said.
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2 months ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
PERRYSBURG — Perrysburg southpaw Tyler Palmer struck out 15 batters as the Yellow Jackets defeated Toledo Whitmer, 2-1, in a Northern Lakes League Buckeye Division baseball game at Jim Leyland Field Monday. Palmer had to work for the win because Whitmer right-handed pitcher Jaiden Mahon was keeping Perrysburg hitters off balance, too. Both pitchers had to throw into winds maintained at 25 miles-per-hour and gusting even higher, and any ball hit into the air was going to carry.
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2 months ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
BLOOMDALE — A three-run fifth inning helped catapult the Elmwood baseball team to a 4-1 come-from-behind win over Eastwood on Friday. Elmwood coach Matt Malecha likes how his 4-1 team has started out the season. “We have really focused, since the off-season, on getting better each day,” Malecha said. “We have goals like everyone, but our main focus is to elevate our program each day.
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2 months ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
Bowling Green boys lacrosse has had a tough week, losing to Perrysburg, 15-1 on Tuesday, Anthony Wayne, 17-2 on Thursday, and Avon Lake, 15-3 on Friday. The silver lining is that the game with Avon Lake was played under the lights at Bowling Green State University’s Doyt Perry Stadium. On top of that, there was a sighting of recently hired BGSU football coach Eddie George peeking out at the game from his office.
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2 months ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
PERRYSBURG — Toledo St. John’s defeated Perrysburg, 9-3, in boys lacrosse Thursday at Steinecker Stadium, but every goal scorer was from the Perrysburg school district. Two Perrysburg residents who are senior attacks for St. John’s accounted for all nine of the Titans’ goals. Alexander Speer scored a double-hat trick six goals and Drew Duesing had three goals and two assists for the Titans.
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2 months ago | 
sent-trib.com | J. Patrick Eaken
HOLLAND — Perrysburg junior southpaw Tyler Palmer and senior right-handed pitcher Aaron Banks combined to pitch a no-hitter as the Yellow Jackets walloped Springfield, 16-0 in a mercy-ruled five inning Northern Lakes League opener Wednesday. Played in rain and temperatures that fell to below 40 degrees, Palmer struck out seven and walked three while facing 16 batters through four innings. Banks struck out two and walked one, facing four batters in the fifth.
