Mike Shaffer

4 days ago | starbeacon.com | Mike Shaffer

Like any coach, Bill Lipps does not like to lose. But if there’s one thing the veteran Ashtabula County baseball coach learned from Ray Webker, it was to make sure you play the game. kAm“w6 FD65 E@ E6== >6 E@ E6249 6G6CJ <:5 E@ A:E49[” {:AAD D2:5] “%92E H2J[ J@F ?6G6C CF? @FE @7 A:E496CD 2?5 J@F 2=H2JD 92G6 2 492?46 E@ A=2J]k^Am kAm“%92E H2D E96 3:8 E9:?8 H:E9 #2J[ 96 ;FDE H2?E65 E@ A=2J] $@>6 H2J[ D@>69@H[ ;FDE A=2J E96 82>6] xE 5@6D?’E >2EE6C :7 J@F H:? @C =@D6[ ;FDE A=2J E96 82>6]”k^AmkAm~?

6 days ago | starbeacon.com | Mike Shaffer

When Johnny Anservitz arrived on campus at the University of Akron last fall, the first thing Zips baseball coach Bryan Faulds told him was “nothing is guaranteed.”Anservitz, though, has known that for quite some time now. kAmx? 9:D 52JD 2E {2<6D:56 w:89 $49@@=[ p?D6CG:EK 4@F=5?’E A:E49 >F49 3642FD6 E96 sC28@?D 5:5?’E 92G6 2 42E496C H9@ 4@F=5 92?5=6 9:>]k^Am kAmw6 DA6?E E9C66 J62CD 2E |6C4J9FCDE[ 3FE ?6G6C 925 2? @AA@CEF?:EJ E@ A:E49 @C 6G6? DE6A @?

1 week ago | starbeacon.com | Mike Shaffer

GENEVA — For six innings, everything seemed to go right for Madison against Geneva during a Chagrin Valley Conference Lake Division softball game Thursday at Geneva. In the seventh, though, things got rocky in a hurry. kAm%96 t28=6D D4@C65 7:G6 E:>6D :? E96 3@EE@> @7 E96 D6G6?E9[ 3FE E96 q=F6 $EC62<D DE:== A:4<65 FA 2 f\e G:4E@CJ]k^Am kAms@H? f\`[ p??236==6 qC288 =65 @77 E96 :??:?8 H:E9 2 9:E]k^AmkAm%96?[ 2 4@FA=6 @7 >:D92?5=65 3F?E 2EE6>AED 3J E96 |25:D@? 5676?D6 =@2565 E96 32D6D 7@C r2:5J?

1 week ago | mahoningmatters.com | Mike Shaffer

Sophia Castaneda has attended many football games with the Edgewood cheerleading team. Avery Vencill grew up watching her cousins play on Friday nights and used to throw the football around with her friends in the backyard. Carly Kray's brother, Logan, played for Edgewood for a couple of years, and her father, Athletic Director Steve Kray, is a big Michigan fan. "But, I'm not," she said with a laugh.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Mike Shaffer

Sophia Castaneda has attended many football games with the Edgewood cheerleading team. Avery Vencill grew up watching her cousins play on Friday nights and used to throw the football around with her friends in the backyard. AdvertisementCarly Kray’s brother, Logan, played for Edgewood for a couple of years, and her father, Athletic Director Steve Kray, is a big Michigan fan. “But, I’m not,” she said with a laugh.