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Blue Devils spoil Fairport homecoming with 42-0 bounce back win 
BY TIM SHIRER
SPORTS EDITOR
(PERRY, OH) - It’s been a tale of two seasons for the host Fairport Harbor Skippers and visiting Wickliffe Blue Devils on Saturday night at Alumni Field in Perry. The Skippers are playing their home games at Perry this season as historic Greig Field undergoes a massive renovation.  Click here for the whole story
2026 Dennis Woods GCBCA All-Star Game a tribute to a legend   
  BY TIM SHIRER
 SPORTS EDITOR
(CLEVELAND, OH) - Saturday Morning at historic League Park in Cleveland something happened that Cleveland baseball legend Dennis Woods would have loved. They played the 2026 Dennis Woods Greater Cleveland Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game. He wouldn’t have loved it because it had his name on it, he would have loved it because graduated high school seniors were doing the thing he loved the most in life, playing baseball.  Click here for the whole story
Sentinel Seven High School Football Power Rankings  

(WICKLIFFE, OH) - The Sentinel Seven High School Football Rankings for 10-14-2026. The top seven schools in Lake County will be ranked.
Rank     Team                                       W/L              LW
1. Perry                                                  8-0               1
2. Willoughby South                              8-0               2
3. Eastlake North                                   8-0               3 
Click here for the complete rankings
Gutsy Skippers comeback to beat Bison 22-12 
BY TIM SHIRER
SPORTS EDITOR
(PERRY, OH) - On Thursday night the Fairport Harbor Skippers (1-3) played their first home game of the 2026 football season, sort of. The game at Perry High School, which is their home field this season while R.A. Greig Field in Fairport is being totally renovated.  Click here for the whole story
Brandehoff Leads Riverside to 34-13 Victory Over Euclid as Beavers Eye GCC Crown 
BY KEN KRIZNER
        STAFF
(PAINESVILLE TOWNSHIP, OH) - Painesville Riverside quarterback Bo Brandehoff certainly had big shoes to fill when he took over the starting job his sophomore season. Head Coach Jeremy Ishmael called it an “unenviable task.”  Click here for the whole story
#GuardsBall = Garbage Baseball, someone had to say it Opinion by Tim Shirer
I want to start off with, I love baseball, it’s my favorite sport and it’s not even close. Everything about the game is great when you play it right. But it can be awful when it is run by people who don’t actually care about the game and become obsessed with numbers and small samples.  Click here for the whole story
Cavaliers trade Send Max Strus to Clippers, acquire Peyton Watson
BY JOEY SCHNEIDER
            STAFF
(CLEVELAND, OH) - The Cleveland Cavaliers have made their biggest deal this off-season by way of a four-team trade that landed them their possible new starting small forward in 23-year-old Peyton Watson from the Denver Nuggets and Cam Whitmore from the Washington Wizards. The Los Angeles Clippers received Max Strus from the Cavs. The Denver Nuggets received forward Julian Reese, an unprotected first round pick from the Cavs (2031), and a second-round pick (2032). The Wizards acquired guard Tre Mann from the Cavs, along with a 2027 second round pick, and cash considerations.  Click here for the Whole Story
Willoughby South Rebels remain undefeated, winning the Civil War 21-14  
BY JOEY SCHNEIDER
              STAFF
(EASTLAKE, OH) - In the state of Ohio, there are many great school rivalries, but only one is known to the cities, communities, students, and players as the "Civil War." The Eastlake North Rangers and Willoughby South Rebels. Two high schools, who share the same school district (Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools), separated by just four miles have been battling it out in not just football, but all sports since the 1960's. Click here for the whole story
​Cavaliers fall to Celtics 124-113 in preseason action 
    BY TIM SHIRER
 CAVS BEAT WRITER
(CLEVELAND, OH) - The 2025-26 season ended for the Cleveland Cavaliers on May 25 with a 130-93 loss to the New York Knicks who swept the Cavs in the Eastern Conference Finals.  Click here for the whole story