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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Week 4 high school football scores from around Ohio, as provided by The Associated Press.

Ada 50, Bloomdale Elmwood 20

Akr. Hoban 52, Akr. East 0

Alliance 26, Akr. Ellet 0

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Andover Pymatuning Valley 65, Vienna Mathews 35

Anna 14, Coldwater 7

Ansonia 52, Lewisburg Tri-County N. 6

Arcanum 61, Bradford 0

Archbold 36, Delta 30

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Arlington 28, Van Buren 10

Ashland 34, New Philadelphia 7

Ashland Crestview 42, New London 0

Ashtabula Edgewood 34, Rocky River Lutheran W. 0

Ashville Teays Valley 37, Lancaster 14

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Athens 71, Albany Alexander 0

Attica Seneca E. 62, Bucyrus Wynford 8

Avon 55, N. Ridgeville 7

Avon Lake 39, Grafton Midview 7

Baltimore Liberty Union 41, Hebron Lakewood 7

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Barberton 35, Cuyahoga Falls 6

Barnesville 56, Rayland Buckeye 0

Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 54, Tiffin Calvert 0

Batavia Clermont NE 40, Lockland 6

Bay (OH) 26, Parma Normandy 0

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Beaver Local 21, E. Liverpool 18

Beavercreek 34, Clayton Northmont 0

Bedford 14, Lyndhurst Brush 13

Bellbrook 41, Day. Chaminade Julienne 0

Bellefontaine 28, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 10

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Bellevue 19, Norwalk 0

Bellville Clear Fork 14, Ontario 10

Belmont Union Local 28, Cadiz Harrison Cent. 3

Beloit W. Branch 27, Youngs. Chaney High School 6

Berea-Midpark 20, Amherst Steele 19

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Beverly Ft. Frye 28, Waterford 0

Bishop Hartley 35, Pataskala Watkins Memorial 7

Bloom-Carroll 16, Amanda-Clearcreek 6

Bluffton 49, Delphos Jefferson 6

Bowling Green 20, Sylvania Northview 14

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Brooke, W.Va. 24, Cambridge 14

Brookville 35, Waynesville 7

Caldwell 41, Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 0

Caledonia River Valley 21, Marion Pleasant 14

Camden Preble Shawnee 51, New Lebanon Dixie 7

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Campbell Memorial 30, Lowellville 15

Canal Fulton Northwest 32, Wooster Triway 29

Canal Winchester 55, Reynoldsburg 30

Canal Winchester Harvest 20, Sandusky Perkins 13

Canfield 35, Poland Seminary 13

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Carey 33, Upper Sandusky 7

Carrollton 16, Warren Howland 10

Casstown Miami E. 22, Covington 21

Castalia Margaretta 42, Willard 0

Celina 38, Van Wert 37, OT

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Centerburg 44, Galion Northmor 27

Chagrin Falls 31, Independence 9

Chagrin Falls Kenston 21, Akr. Buchtel 18

Chardon 17, Perry 13

Chesterland W. Geauga 42, Conneaut 0

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Chillicothe Unioto 49, Chillicothe Huntington 7

Chillicothe Zane Trace 42, Piketon 6

Cin. Anderson 36, Lebanon 10

Cin. Country Day 24, Cin. College Prep. 22

Cin. Deer Park 26, Reading 6

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Cin. Elder 16, Cin. La Salle 8

Cin. Hills Christian Academy 56, Norwood 0

Cin. Indian Hill 28, Cin. Wyoming 7

Cin. Madeira 27, Cin. Finneytown 0

Cin. McNicholas 26, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 0

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Cin. Moeller 49, CPA, Tenn. 28

Cin. NW 40, Day. Carroll 14

Cin. Princeton 27, W. Chester Lakota W. 10

Cin. Taft 69, Cin. Mt Healthy 0

Cin. Winton Woods 13, Cin. Turpin 6

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Circleville 35, Circleville Logan Elm 8

Clarksville Clinton-Massie 49, Blanchester 7

Cle. Adams 34, Cle. E. Tech 0

Cle. Benedictine 28, Chardon NDCL 14

Cle. Cent. Cath. 23, Warrensville Hts. 6

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Cle. Hay 48, Cle. JFK 0

Cle. John Marshall 24, Cle. Rhodes 16

Collins Western Reserve 43, Ashland Mapleton 2

Cols. Africentric 34, Cols. Briggs 0

Cols. Bishop Watterson 81, Tiffin Columbian 7

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Cols. Franklin Hts. 14, Cols. KIPP 8

Cols. Grandview Hts. 35, Cols. Bexley 0

Cols. Hamilton Twp. 35, Lancaster Fairfield Union 7

Cols. Northland 26, Whitehall-Yearling 7

Cols. St. Charles 27, Bishop Ready 26

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Cols. Upper Arlington 42, New Albany 7

Cols. Whetstone 28, Cols. Beechcroft 25

Columbia Station Columbia 35, Wellington 6

Columbiana Crestview 28, Youngs. Liberty 21

Columbus Grove 48, Spencerville 0

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Convoy Crestview 55, Ft. Loramie 38

Copley 49, Tallmadge 7

Creston Norwayne 48, West Salem Northwestern 13

Crooksville 39, Byesville Meadowbrook 33

Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 56, Akr. Garfield 0

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Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 31, Cle. St Ignatius 0

Dawson-Bryant 60, Chesapeake 14

Day. Christian 39, Middletown Madison 28

Day. Oakwood 34, Eaton 7

DeGraff Riverside 28, Milton-Union 23

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Delaware Buckeye Valley 21, Pataskala Licking Hts. 13

Dresden Tri-Valley 41, McConnelsville Morgan 7

E. Palestine 50, Lisbon David Anderson 35

East 81, Cols. Mifflin 0

Eastlake North 31, Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 0

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Edgerton 47, Antwerp 14

Edon 49, Summerfield, Mich. 20

Elmore Woodmore 42, Kansas Lakota 6

Elyria Cath. 17, Vermilion 0

Euclid 38, Lorain 14

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Fairborn 42, Greenville 18

Fairfield 34, Cin. Sycamore 9

Findlay 41, Sylvania Southview 14

Fitch 17, Painesville Riverside 14

Frankfort Adena 33, Southeastern 7

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Fredericktown 21, Cardington-Lincoln 0

Gahanna Cols. Academy 40, Dover 34

Garrettsville Garfield 41, Leavittsburg LaBrae 6

Gates Mills Hawken 49, Geneva 48

Genoa 36, Tontogany Otsego 21

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Germantown Valley View 35, Carlisle 14

Gibsonburg 45, Northwood 8

Girard 48, Struthers 12

Glouster Trimble 40, Wellston 0

Goshen 53, Bethel-Tate 19

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Greenfield McClain 54, Lees Creek E. Clinton 0

Grove City Christian 38, Zanesville Rosecrans 0

Groveport-Madison 35, Newark 13

Hamilton Badin 38, Cols. DeSales 21

Hamilton New Miami 31, Fayetteville-Perry 0

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Hamler Patrick Henry 49, Bryan 7

Hannibal River 42, Magnolia, W.Va. 0

Hanoverton United 27, Columbiana 7

Harrison 48, Cin. Western Hills 8

Hilliard Bradley 42, Marysville 14

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Hilliard Davidson 35, Hilliard Darby 14

Howard E. Knox 27, Loudonville 12

Hubbard 51, Niles McKinley 7

Huber Hts. Wayne 48, Springboro 23

Hudson 35, Solon 3

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Huron 56, Morral Ridgedale 7

Independence, W.Va. 35, Vincent Warren 0

Ironton Rock Hill 33, Proctorville Fairland 32

Jackson 49, Mt. Orab Western Brown 14

Jamestown Greeneview 41, Milford Center Fairbanks 7

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Jeromesville Hillsdale 53, Doylestown Chippewa 0

John Marshall, W.Va. 34, Bellaire 26

Kettering Fairmont 20, Centerville 17

Kings Mills Kings 31, Cin. West Clermont 0

Kirtland 45, Fairview 21

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Lakeside Danbury 44, Holgate 12

Lakewood 43, Westlake 6

Lancaster Fisher Cath. 20, Fairfield Christian 13

Landmark Christian 15, Cin. Clark Montessori 14

Leipsic 12, Pandora-Gilboa 7

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Lewis Center Olentangy 43, Grove City Cent. Crossing 6

Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 35, Gahanna Lincoln 21

Lexington 70, Akr. North 0

Liberty Center 64, Swanton 0

Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 31, Hamilton 27

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Lima Cent. Cath. 36, Harrod Allen E. 6

Lima Shawnee 31, Lima Bath 21

Lloyd Memorial, Ky. 36, Cin. Aiken 22

Lodi Cloverleaf 42, Akr. Springfield 7

London 44, Lewistown Indian Lake 14

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Louisville 45, Alliance Marlington 7

Lucas 62, Vanlue 0

Lucasville Valley 25, Waverly 3

Macedonia Nordonia 23, Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 13

Mansfield Madison 28, Wooster 17

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Mantua Crestwood 44, Beachwood 6

Maria Stein Marion Local 61, Delphos St John’s 0

Marion Elgin 30, Mt. Victory Ridgemont 29

Mason 24, Cin. Oak Hills 14

Massillon Jackson 33, Mayfield 6

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Massillon Washington 35, Bennett, N.Y. 0

Maumee 27, Millbury Lake 20

McComb 56, Arcadia 0

Mechanicsburg 58, London Madison-Plains 13

Medina 38, Shaker Hts. 3

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Medina Buckeye 23, N. Olmsted 0

Medina Highland 41, Aurora 7

Mentor 45, Brunswick 7

Mentor Lake Cath. 31, Gates Mills Gilmour 14

Metamora Evergreen 14, Wauseon 7

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Middletown 31, Cin. Colerain 0

Milan Edison 20, Johnstown Northridge 0

Millersburg W. Holmes 45, Mansfield 6

Millersport 33, Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 20

Mineral Ridge 27, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 0

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Minerva 40, Magnolia Sandy Valley 12

Minford 29, Oak Hill 6

Minster 49, Rockford Parkway 20

Mogadore 28, Malvern 14

Monroe 35, Day. Ponitz Tech. 8

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Monroeville 67, Greenwich S. Cent. 0

Morrow Little Miami 33, Cin. Walnut Hills 0

Mt Gilead 26, Danville 22

Mt. Vernon 35, Johnstown 34, OT

N. Baltimore 64, Cory-Rawson 7

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N. Can. Hoover 27, Green 21

N. Robinson Col. Crawford 24, Sycamore Mohawk 21

Napoleon 23, Oregon Clay 15

Navarre Fairless 49, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 7

Nelsonville-York 51, Bidwell River Valley 0

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New Bremen 26, Versailles 25

New Concord John Glenn 48, Coshocton 0

New Franklin Manchester 35, Can. South 17

New Lexington 33, Zanesville W. Muskingum 7

New Richmond 53, Cin. Shroder 20

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New Washington Buckeye Cent. 34, Bucyrus 13

Newark Licking Valley 41, Heath 7

Norton 56, Ravenna 24

Norwalk St Paul 57, Plymouth 0

Oak Glen, W.Va. 43, Belpre 0

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Oak Harbor 49, Fostoria 6

Oberlin Firelands 40, Sheffield Brookside 20

Olmsted Falls 38, Elyria 0

Orange 47, Jefferson Area 28

Orrville 38, Massillon Tuslaw 7

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Orwell Grand Valley 68, Windham 8

Oxford Talawanda 35, Franklin 10

Painesville Harvey 61, Ashtabula Lakeside 19

Parma Padua 47, Sandusky 13

Paulding 39, Haviland Wayne Trace 7

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Pemberville Eastwood 41, Rossford 0

Peninsula Woodridge 48, Mogadore Field 35

Perrysburg 45, Holland Springfield 13

Philo 43, Warsaw River View 0

Pickerington Cent. 64, Logan 7

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Pickerington N. 24, Dublin Coffman 0

Plain City Jonathan Alder 42, Richwood N. Union 23

Port Clinton 65, Cle. Collinwood 0

Powell Olentangy Liberty 10, Delaware Olentangy Berlin 7

Racine Southern 53, Franklin Furnace Green 0

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Ravenna SE 53, Newton Falls 28

Richfield Revere 28, Kent Roosevelt 16

Richmond Edison 48, Martins Ferry 20

Rittman 20, Apple Creek Waynedale 14

Rocky River 42, Parma Hts. Valley Forge 14

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Rootstown 48, Brooklyn 8

Salem 49, Can. Cent. Cath. 20

Salineville Southern 41, Wellsville 20

Sarahsville Shenandoah 28, Lore City Buckeye Trail 8

Shadyside 13, New Matamoras Frontier 6

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Shelby 45, Galion 34

Sherwood Fairview 43, Defiance Ayersville 14

Smithville 35, Dalton 19

Sparta Highland 12, Marion Harding High School 6, OT

Spring. Greenon 34, N. Lewisburg Triad 0

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Spring. Kenton Ridge 42, Spring. Shawnee 14

Spring. NE 48, S. Charleston SE 2

Springfield 37, Miamisburg 0

St Clairsville 24, Linsly, W.Va. 14

St Marys 41, Defiance 0

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St. Edward (OH) 28, Cle. Glenville 14

St. Henry (OH) 33, Ft. Recovery 13

St. Xavier (OH) 28, Westerville N. 0

Steubenville 27, Youngs. Mooney 24, OT

Strasburg 34, Bowerston Conotton Valley 22

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Streetsboro 48, Akr. Coventry 6

Strongsville 29, Cle. Hts. 26

Sugar Grove Berne Union 20, Corning Miller 18

Sugarcreek Garaway 48, Zanesville 14

Sullivan Black River 22, Lorain Clearview 7

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Sunbury Big Walnut 45, Hayes 7

Thomas Worthington 42, Grove City 21

Thornville Sheridan 56, Zanesville Maysville 14

Tipp City Tippecanoe 41, Riverside Stebbins 7

Tol. Bowsher 17, Tol. Woodward 0

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Tol. Cent. Cath. 28, Birmingham Brother Rice, Mich. 14

Tol. Christian 25, Richmond Hts. 12

Tol. Ottawa Hills 39, Pioneer N. Central 18

Tol. St. Francis 33, Clyde 3

Tol. Whitmer 27, Fremont Ross 6

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Toledo St John’s Jesuit 29, River Rouge, Mich. 18

Toronto 26, Newcomerstown 16

Trotwood-Madison 20, Kettering Alter 6

Troy 28, Piqua 7

Twinsburg 45, Stow-Munroe Falls 21

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Uhrichsville Claymont 12, Marietta 0

Uniontown Lake 31, Massillon Perry 15

Vandalia Butler 31, Sidney 6

W. Jefferson 62, Cedarville 26

W. Lafayette Ridgewood 31, Utica 0

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W. Liberty-Salem 31, Spring. Cath. Cent. 7

Wadsworth 48, N. Royalton 14

Wapakoneta 42, Ottawa-Glandorf 14

Warren Harding 42, STVM 6

Washington C.H. 31, Granville 16

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Washington C.H. Miami Trace 34, Batavia 16

Waynesfield-Goshen 37, Dola Hardin Northern 6

Westerville Cent. 24, Dublin Jerome 16

Westerville S. 26, Dublin Scioto 18

Wheelersburg 35, McDermott Scioto NW 0

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Whiteford, Mich. 63, W. Unity Hilltop 6

Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 41, Lima 12

Wickliffe 21, Cuyahoga Hts. 7

Williamsburg 26, Hillsboro 7

Willoughby S. 49, Akr. Firestone 7

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Willow Wood Symmes Valley 45, South Point 24

Wilmington 21, Hamilton Ross 13

Wintersville Indian Creek 46, Weir, W.Va. 22

Worthington Kilbourne 48, Galloway Westland 38

Xenia 67, W. Carrollton 6

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Youngs. Boardman 36, Maple Hts. 20

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Cleveland Browns News and Rumors 4/21/26: You’ll Take this Draft Speculation and You’ll Like It

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CLEVELAND, Ohio (TheOBR.com) – Hello, Cleveland Browns fans!

Three days until the NFL Draft. Three. Days. My coffee is strong, my patience for mock drafts is not, and somewhere out there, a draftnik is writing his 47th “why the Browns should definitely pick X at 6” piece. We have arrived at the point in the calendar where every possible permutation has been considered, rejected, re-considered, and published. And yet, here I am, starring articles and talking about them, so who am I to judge?

THE DEFAULT SOLUTION: Over at the Chronicle-Telegram, Scott Petrak profiled Carnell Tate as the king of contested catch – the latest in a long line of Ohio State receivers, and it ties in nicely with a topic we talked about during last night’s Gang of Three.

At this point, there’s no consensus among the draftniks and the mock drafters on who the Browns will take at #6. There have been at various points, but now you’re getting random answers. “Trade down” seems to be the leader, but that may not happen because other teams above the Browns are thinking the same thing, which could screw things up for Andrew Berry and crew. The fallback then seems to be WR Carnell Tate (according to media consensus), but I sense that the massive ecosystem of draft “experts” and wannabe experts has long grown bored with this idea and decided that the Browns shouldn’t “settle” on Tate. So, we’re seeing defensive BPAs and others show up frequently.

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But let’s go back to something I’ve said before – mock drafts are often more accurate earlier in the process than later, when the people writing them get bored with the obvious and start throwing curveballs into the mock drafts to keep themselves amused. At the end of the day, if the NFL trading game isn’t cooperating with the Browns, there’s still a very good chance that Tate will be the selection.

So, I advanced this notion last night, and we came back to the original thought that Tate was still a damn good pick at that point, even if one of our crew has been advocating for Makai Lemon for months. As an unabashed Buckeye fan, I’m coming full circle on this idea.

CAMP MONKEN STARTS: Let’s start with the one piece of actual new news: Todd Monken’s voluntary minicamp wrapped with plenty of questions, especially at QB. I’ll spare you my fatigue on that particular topic – we’ve been over the QB situation enough times that my keyboard is starting to file a grievance. Suffice to say: the Browns do not have their quarterback, and the draft is unlikely to fully solve that.

What we do have is a different philosophy on the QB competition, where the facade that all contestants are treated equally is being discarded. This will also give us our first look at the post-Achilles Deshaun Watson, to see if he looks in any way different from the Watson of recent years, who offered little after kickoff in real games. We’ll have Fred Greetham and Pete Smith out at practice today, and expect to hear from them later this afternoon.

Gang of Three, Three Days Away edition is available on YouTube if you missed it. Thursday, we light up the Draft Cave for the full first round. Strap in – we’re almost there.

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Rabbi Yehuda Leib (Leibel) Alevsky, longtime shliach to Cleveland, Ohio, who directed the local Chabad institutions for decades, passed away on Monday, 3 Iyar.

He was 86 years old.

Born on 1 Sivan 5699 in Chernigov, Ukraine, to Reb Chaim Boruch and Mrs. Sima Chaya Alevsky, his father was drafted into the Russian army to fight the Nazis when he was two years old, never to return. He was raised by his mother and his maternal grandfather, Reb Gavriel Kagan, a tomim from Lubavitch.

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After the war, the family joined the mass escape from Russia under false Polish passports. After time in a displaced persons camp in Germany and then in France, the Frierdiker Rebbe directed his family to move to Eretz Yisrael. He enrolled in Tomchei Tmimim in Lod, where he studied in the zal under the mashpia, Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Kesselman.

In 5718, after receiving the Rebbe’s permission to travel to New York, he arrived on his nineteenth birthday, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, and enrolled in Tomchei Tmimim at 770. He quickly distinguished himself and was among the first bochurim chosen for the Shivas Knei Hamenorah (“Kanim”) – a group of fourteen select students, seven in Chassidus and seven in nigleh, designated to deliver shiurim and pilpulim before the entire yeshiva.

Beginning in 5722 and until her passing in 5725, he merited to serve Rebbetzin Chana, the Rebbe’s mother, assisting her in numerous ways and spending many hours in her presence.

That same year, he became the first official employee of Tzach, the Lubavitch Youth Organization, under Rabbi Dovid Raskin. He ran the organization for a decade, taking responsibility for hakhalas kehillos, tahalucha, Shabbosim in outlying communities, shiurim, and the printing of the first four volumes of Likkutei Sichos. He also spearheaded the global Keren Hashishim campaign in honor of the Rebbe’s 60th birthday.

During those same years, he developed a close working relationship with Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Eizik Chodakov, the Rebbe’s secretary and chief of staff, whose yahrzeit also falls on 3 Iyar. In an interview with Anash.org, Rabbi Alevsky recalled how Rabbi Chodakov would summon him late at night during yechidus evenings and offer suggestions for Tzach’s activities. He initially did not always act on them – until he once found that the Rebbe himself referenced those same suggestions during a yechidus, making clear to him their true source.

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As the neighborhood of Crown Heights began to change, he also acted as a liaison for Tzach to city officials, securing grants and property to stabilize the community.

He merited rare closeness with the Rebbe, and on several occasions, he was called upon to drive the Rebbe to the Ohel. Recognizing the need for the Rebbe to have communication from the Ohel to 770, he arranged for a car phone to be installed in the Rebbe’s vehicle—a luxury that cost $900 at the time—which the Rebbe utilized to send out hora’os. He also arranged for the permanent “No Parking” zone in front of 770 so the Rebbe’s car would always have clear access.

He married his wife, Devorah, daughter of Rabbi Shlomo Schneur Zalman Kazen, one of the Rebbe’s pioneering shluchim, in Cleveland on Chai Elul 5722. At the yechidus before the wedding, the Rebbe told the young couple: “Az ir vet machen lichtig arum eich, vet der Aibershter machen lichtig bai eich” – when you spread light around you, the Aibershter will illuminate your own space as well.

At the same time of their Chasuna, the Rebbe held a surprise farbrengen in 770, announcing the upcoming “Shnas Hakan” (150 years since the Alter Rebbe’s passing). The Rebbe had Rabbi Hodakov phone the wedding hall so the Chosson could repeat the Rebbe’s words to the assembled guests.

In 5727 (1967), during a yechidus for his 28th birthday, he asked the Rebbe if his mother and sister should leave Eretz Yisroel due to the looming threat of the Six-Day War. The Rebbe responded prophetically that there was no need to worry, as the war would be over in ten days.

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In 5732 (1972), he began his shlichus in Cleveland, joining his father-in-law in expanding Chabad activities in the city.

Over the following decades, he led the community and oversaw immense growth. He built a replica of 770 in Cleveland to serve as the headquarters for the Chabad activities there.

He organized groups of mekuravim who would travel together by bus to receive the Rebbe’s brochos by Sunday dollars.

During the events of Shemini Atzeres 5738 (1977), Rabbi Alevsky was instrumental in the efforts for the Rebbe’s health, helping to urgently bring a doctor to 770.

When the bank threatened to foreclose on the Chabad building in 5744, he flew to the Rebbe and submitted a detailed report on the situation. The Rebbe responded, “Azkir al hatziyun,” and within days the full amount was raised in what he described as an open miracle.

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He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Devorah Alevsky, and their children: Sarah Freedman – Bahia Blanca, Argentina; Chani Glitzenstein – Maaleh Efraim, Eretz Yisroel; Kaila Sasonkin – Akron, Ohio; Rabbi Chaim Boruch Alevsky – Cleveland, Ohio; Miriam Greenberg – Solon, Ohio; Dinie Greenberg – Shanghai, China; Estie Marozov – Pepper Pike, Ohio; Rochie Sudak – London, UK; Rivky Friedman – Brooklyn, New York; and Rabbi Mendy Alevsky – Cleveland, Ohio.

The levaya will take place today in Ohio at 4:30 p.m. at the Waxman Chabad Center, followed by kevura at Anshe Sfard Cemetery.

Boruch dayan hoemes.



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