CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell chased Detroit Pistons sharpshooter Duncan Robinson around screens to the baseline corner late in the second quarter. Mitchell beat Robinson to the spot and bumped him straight into his own bench as a punishment for making him work so hard defensively. Isaiah Stewart was a few steps away and gave Mitchell a light shove after seeing what happened. Mitchell looked up and then returned the favor before continuing to chase Robinson around the perimeter.
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Ohio high school football scores for Week 2: Friday, Aug. 30, 2024
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Week 2 high school football scores from around Ohio, as provided by The Associated Press.
Ada 42, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 0
Akr. Hoban 21, Don Bosco Prep, N.J. 7
Amherst Steele 42, Medina Buckeye 21
Andover Pymatuning Valley 48, Middlefield Cardinal 0
Anna 46, Brookville 20
Ansonia 60, Bradford 12
Arlington 31, Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 7
Ashtabula Edgewood 18, Orwell Grand Valley 7
Athens 55, Gallipolis Gallia 6
Atwater Waterloo 24, Leetonia 0
Aurora 48, Rocky River Lutheran W. 0
Austintown-Fitch 27, Massillon Jackson 17
Avon 21, Can. McKinley 14
Bainbridge Paint Valley 28, W. Jefferson 14
Baltimore Liberty Union 39, Richwood N. Union 34
Barnesville 50, Bellaire 6
Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 36, Marion Pleasant 15
Beaver 35, Brooke, W.Va. 0
Beaver Eastern 34, Chillicothe Huntington 7
Bellbrook 35, Bellefontaine 14
Bellevue 28, Wauseon 7
Belmont Union Local 42, Rayland Buckeye 21
Beloit W. Branch 52, Peninsula Woodridge 7
Bishop Watterson 45, Dublin Scioto 0
Bluffton 42, Pandora-Gilboa 0
Caledonia River Valley 35, Mansfield Madison 14
Camden Preble Shawnee 42, New Madison Tri-Village 25
Canal Fulton Northwest 31, Alliance Marlington 14
Canal Winchester Harvest 46, Purcell Marian 8
Canfield 20, Mansfield 14, OT
Canfield S. Range 35, Salem 0
Casstown Miami E. 52, Carlisle 36
Chagrin Falls 23, Youngs. East 22
Chagrin Falls Kenston 38, Chesterland W. Geauga 7
Chardon 42, Tiffin Columbian 0
Cin. Anderson 52, Cin. West Clermont 7
Cin. Elder 20, Grand Rapids West Catholic, Mich. 13
Cin. Hills Christian Academy 35, Bishop Ready 21
Cin. Mariemont 48, Norwood 0
Cin. McNicholas 34, Wheelersburg 3
Cin. Moeller 42, Ft. Wayne Dwenger, Ind. 18
Cin. Princeton 52, Cin. Sycamore 0
Cin. Taft 12, Day. Chaminade Julienne 7
Circleville 35, McArthur Vinton County 14
Circleville Logan Elm 42, Williamsport Westfall 14
Cle. Adams 40, Beachwood 10
Cle. Benedictine 40, Avon Lake 16
Cle. VASJ 38, Youngs. Mooney 7
Clyde 49, Tol. Start 25
Coldwater 31, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 15
Collins Western Reserve 42, Castalia Margaretta 14
Cols. Bexley 49, Cols. Mifflin 8
Cols. DeSales 17, Hamilton Badin 3
Cols. Franklin Hts. 21, Grove City Cent. Crossing 14
Cols. Grandview Hts. 19, West 6
Cols. Northland 37, Whitehall-Yearling 12
Cols. Upper Arlington 17, Delaware Olentangy Berlin 14
Columbiana Crestview 35, Salineville Southern 14
Columbus Grove 42, Findlay Liberty-Benton 14
Copley 33, Akr. Firestone 14
Cortland Lakeview 40, Jefferson Area 0
Creston Norwayne 45, Can. Cent. Cath. 7
Cuyahoga Falls 21, Akr. Springfield 6
Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 40, Erie McDowell, Pa. 21
Dalton 48, Sparta Highland 26
Danville 24, Utica 14
Day. Carroll 41, New Carlisle Tecumseh 6
Delaware Buckeye Valley 21, Heath 20
Delaware Hayes 30, Cols. Marion-Franklin 0
Delta 35, Sherwood Fairview 28
Dola Hardin Northern 30, N. Baltimore 13
Dover 31, Can. South 3
Dresden Tri-Valley 31, Pataskala Licking Hts. 0
Dublin Coffman 28, Miamisburg 16
Dublin Jerome 23, Reynoldsburg 14
Eastlake North 17, Norwalk 12
Eaton 42, Richmond, Ind. 6
Elmore Woodmore 44, Montpelier 14
Frankfort Adena 28, Portsmouth Notre Dame 8
Fremont Ross 21, Sandusky 14
Gahanna Cols. Academy 27, Plain City Jonathan Alder 9
Galion 14, Carey 8
Galion Northmor 49, Greenwich S. Cent. 0
Gates Mills Gilmour 48, Warrensville Hts. 0
Geneva 49, Painesville Harvey 7
Genoa 38, Tol. Bowsher 8
Germantown Valley View 49, Milton-Union 7
Gibsonburg 56, Attica Seneca E. 34
Girard 41, Youngs. Liberty 7
Granville 31, Bellville Clear Fork 14
Green 17, Painesville Riverside 10
Grove City 38, Galloway Westland 28
Grove City Christian 45, Franklin Furnace Green 0
Groveport-Madison 8, Gahanna Lincoln 7
Hamler Patrick Henry 48, Defiance Ayersville 2
Harrod Allen E. 62, Newark Cath. 28
Hicksville 22, Swanton 6
Hilliard Bradley 28, Hilliard Darby 7
Hilliard Davidson 36, Canal Winchester 15
Hillsboro 32, Goshen 7
Holland Springfield 16, Tol. Rogers 8
Howard E. Knox 25, Bucyrus Wynford 12
Hubbard 39, Wilmington, Pa. 7
Hunting Valley University 52, Cle. JFK 0
Huron 41, Sheffield Brookside 7
Independence 27, Conneaut 6
Ironton 51, Jackson 14
Jeromesville Hillsdale 26, Lucas 8
Johnstown 39, Coshocton 0
Johnstown Northridge 19, Fredericktown 13
Kettering Fairmont 27, Trotwood-Madison 18
Lancaster Fairfield Union 48, Pomeroy Meigs 6
Leavittsburg LaBrae 26, Campbell Memorial 25
Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 54, Westerville N. 41
Lewistown Indian Lake 19, Milford Center Fairbanks 16
Liberty Center 31, Napoleon 7
Lima Bath 43, Van Wert 37
Lima Cent. Cath. 14, Delphos St John’s 13
Lima Shawnee 21, Elida 14
Lodi Cloverleaf 21, LaGrange Keystone 14
London 42, Chillicothe 0
London Madison-Plains 41, Southeastern 6
Lorain Clearview 40, Lakewood 12
Lore City Buckeye Trail 44, Cadiz Harrison Cent. 41
Louisville 40, Alliance 14
Macedonia Nordonia 35, Berea-Midpark 28
Madison 17, Willoughby S. 14
Mantua Crestwood 38, Minerva 0
Maria Stein Marion Local 49, Franklin 0
Marion Elgin 27, Morral Ridgedale 8
Martins Ferry 50, Hannibal River 14
Massillon Perry 17, STVM 0
Massillon Tuslaw 21, Doylestown Chippewa 0
Massillon Washington 45, Can. Glenoak 0
Maumee 56, Bryan 14
Mayfield 32, Elyria Cath. 26
McComb 31, Convoy Crestview 14
McDonald 35, Columbiana 3
McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 48, Cory-Rawson 6
Mechanicsburg 34, St. Paris Graham 7
Medina Highland 50, N. Royalton 20
Mentor 20, Cle. St Ignatius 14
Mentor Lake Cath. 33, Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 7
Miami Valley Christian Academy 14, Batavia Clermont NE 0
Milan Edison 41, Norwalk St Paul 2
Millbury Lake 35, Northwood 0
Millersburg W. Holmes 43, Orrville 29
Millersport 52, Vanlue 12
Minster 41, Cols. Africentric 14
Mogadore Field 24, Bay (OH) 17, OT
Monroeville 23, Tiffin Calvert 9
Mt. Victory Ridgemont 34, Lima Perry 0
N. Can. Hoover 18, Hudson 7
N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 48, Newton Falls 6
N. Lewisburg Triad 19, Bucyrus 12
N. Ridgeville 49, Parma Hts. Valley Forge 13
Navarre Fairless 42, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 14
New Bremen 10, Norton 0
New Franklin Manchester 27, Magnolia Sandy Valley 2
New Lexington 44, Philo 19
New Middletown Spring. 35, Brookfield 13
New Richmond 34, Williamsburg 19
Newcomerstown 40, Beallsville 0
Oak Harbor 48, Tol. Woodward 0
Olmsted Falls 27, Brunswick 3
Ontario 35, Centerburg 21
Orange 50, Mineral Ridge 22
Oregon Clay 49, Sylvania Northview 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 34, Kenton 18
Parma Hts. Holy Name 14, Niles McKinley 0
Paulding 58, Pioneer N. Central 0
Pemberville Eastwood 49, Bloomdale Elmwood 6
Perry 42, Euclid 0
Perrysburg 37, Marysville 0
Pickerington N. 53, Grandville, Mich. 51
Poland Seminary 41, Warren Howland 7
Port Clinton 43, Rossford 7
Portsmouth 41, Portsmouth W. 7
Powell Olentangy Liberty 24, Cle. Glenville 13
Ravenna 21, Mogadore 0
Ravenna SE 41, Vienna Mathews 6
Richfield Revere 50, Akr. Garfield 7
Richmond Edison 30, Cameron, W.Va. 22
Rittman 28, Akr. Coventry 6
Rootstown 35, Warren Champion 0
Sandusky Perkins 35, Parma Padua 0
Sarahsville Shenandoah 21, Shadyside 19
Shelby 21, Lexington 10
Sidney 67, Riverside Stebbins 55
Smithville 30, Uhrichsville Claymont 27
Solon 14, Strongsville 10
Spencerville 28, Haviland Wayne Trace 27
Spring. Cath. Cent. 37, Troy Christian 0
Spring. NE 28, DeGraff Riverside 13
Spring. NW 35, Spring. Greenon 0
Springboro 38, Trenton Edgewood 7
St Clairsville 34, Zanesville 0
St Marys 35, Celina 6
St. Henry (OH) 42, Archbold 14
St. Xavier (OH) 34, Centerville 10
Steubenville 27, New Philadelphia 21
Stow-Munroe Falls 35, Barberton 21
Strasburg 34, Steubenville Cath. Cent. 19
Streetsboro 58, Parma Normandy 0
Sugarcreek Garaway 41, Apple Creek Waynedale 0
Sycamore Mohawk 54, Cardington-Lincoln 6
Sylvania Southview 41, Tol. Waite 6
Tallmadge 49, Akr. Ellet 0
Thornville Sheridan 17, Pataskala Watkins Memorial 7
Tipp City Tippecanoe 41, Fairborn 0
Tol. Cent. Cath. 27, Tol. Whitmer 17
Tol. Ottawa Hills 40, Metamora Evergreen 6
Tol. St. Francis 49, Tol. Scott 12
Twinsburg 44, Akr. North 6
Union City Mississinawa Valley 20, New Lebanon Dixie 6
Uniontown Lake 34, Youngs. Boardman 13
Upper Sandusky 27, Mt Gilead 18
Urbana 43, Ft. Recovery 6
Vandalia Butler 17, Piqua 7
Vermilion 42, Oberlin Firelands 23
Versailles 41, Ft. Loramie 0
Vincent Warren 24, McConnelsville Morgan 21
W. Chester Lakota W. 31, Hamilton 0
W. Lafayette Ridgewood 56, Warsaw River View 0
Waldron, Mich. 48, Lakeside Danbury 28
Wapakoneta 41, Defiance 9
Warren Harding 20, Akr. Buchtel 18
Warren JFK 31, Garrettsville Garfield 13
Washington C.H. Miami Trace 21, Wilmington 19
Wayne Valley, N.J. 28, Lancaster 7
Wellington 15, Ashland Mapleton 12
West Salem Northwestern 28, Sullivan Black River 21
Westerville S. 41, Westerville Cent. 11
Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 34, Toledo St John’s Jesuit 0
Wickliffe 24, Ashtabula St John 14
Willard 24, Plymouth 21
Windham 45, E. Palestine 12
Wintersville Indian Creek 20, E. Liverpool 14
Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 48, Bridgeport 0
Wooster 31, Kent Roosevelt 14
Worthington Kilbourne 49, Thomas Worthington 14
Xenia 66, W. Carrollton 0
Youngs. Ursuline 41, Bishop Hartley 10
Zanesville Rosecrans 41, New London 14
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Fairport Harbor Harding vs. Lisbon David Anderson, ppd.
Dorothy Tomazic
OBITUARY
Dorothy Tomazic, age 89, passed away peacefully on January 12, at Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio, surrounded by her loving family and a lifelong sports fan.Born on May 16, 1936, in Cleveland, Ohio, Dorothy was a lifelong resident of Mentor, Ohio, a community she loved and called home for all her years. She was a woman of quiet strength, lifelong curiosity, and gentle generosity, and she will be fondly remembered by all who knew her.Dorothy was a proud graduate of her beloved Ohio University and dedicated her life to education. She began her teaching career at Collinwood High School before earning her master’s degree in Elementary Education. She later taught at Huntington Elementary School, where she nurtured young minds with patience, kindness, and a genuine love for learning. Teaching was more than a profession to Dorothy’it was a calling.Outside the classroom, Dorothy found great joy in reading and gardening. An avid reader, she was rarely without a book and often had three or four books going at once. She also loved tending to her garden and especially enjoyed visits to Pettiti’s Garden Center. A lifelong sports fan, Dorothy cheered for her favorite Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar and followed basketball star Caitlin Clark.She was preceded in death by her father, Anton Tomazic; her mother, Sophie (nee Walland) Tomazic; and her brother, Raymond Tomazic.Dorothy is survived by her loving nephews Raymond (Sandra) Tomazic and Anthony (Natalie) Tomazic, and her sister-in-law, Rita Nucciarone. She was a cherished great-aunt to Blaise (Hayley), Tyler, Mitchell (Julianne), Ashley (Rick), Nicki (Matt), and Leah (David), and a devoted great-great aunt to Braylen, Aubrey, Fitz, Miley, and Mia, all of whom brought her immense pride and joy.Dorothy’s gentle spirit, love of learning, and deep devotion to family, books, gardening, and sports will live on in the hearts of those who were blessed to know her.A Memorial Mass for Dorothy will be held on Friday, May 15, 2026, at 11:00 AM at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 9925 Johnnycake Ridge Road, Concord Township, Ohio. Followed by a Celebration of Life at 12:30 PM at the Redhawk Grille, 7481 Auburn Rd. Concord Twp. OH 44077.
Cleveland, OH
10 Takeaways from Cavs Game 4 win over Pistons: Cleveland shows they can match Detroit’s physicality
Before the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 116-109 Game 3 win over the Pistons, head coach Kenny Atkinson said that he wanted his team to adapt to Detroit’s physicality and what the referees are allowing. Plays like that show what he meant.
Basketball games aren’t always won by the more physical team. It’s a contact sport that rewards size and strength, but the outcome is ultimately decided by who puts the ball through the hoop more consistently.
That said, in a series like this, doing so is much easier if you’re able to get into the paint and create from there.
The Cavs couldn’t do that in the first two games of this series. The offense was stagnant, often relying on the guards to create against a set defense. And when the ball did get kicked out to the perimeter for open threes, the shots weren’t falling, as is often the case for an offense that is moving side-to-side instead of north and south.
The Cavs were the aggressors in Game 3. They completed more of their shots in the restricted area and were able to get to the free-throw line more consistently. Both are things they weren’t able to do throughout the first two games of the series.
This was most true for Mitchell. He went 6-8 on shots at the rim after taking just one there combined in the first two games. A renewed focus on getting downhill woke up what was a dormant Cavs’ offense.
There was a level of decisiveness from Mitchell that wasn’t in the first two games. Instead of trying to probe the defense for openings in an effort to look for a perfect shot, he attacked whenever he had any sliver of daylight. This included pushing his advantage in semi-transition off missed shots and turnovers.
Here’s six baskets that Mitchell was able to get by just simply carrying his momentum from the backcourt into the front court. That accounts for nearly half of his made field goals.
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These aren’t fast-break or transition baskets, but they might as well have been from an efficiency standpoint. Mitchell is one of the most difficult players to stop when he has a head of steam. That allowed him to more easily showcase the skills that make him one of the most dominant scoring guards in the league for years.
Detroit’s defense is tough for a 6’2” guard to crack. We know that Mitchell can be lethal with his jumpshot, even though he’s struggled with that through three games. Getting downhill in semi-transition like this offsets some of those concerns. It’s why he was able to get an efficient 35 points in a game the Cavs desperately needed to win.
Max Strus provided several things the Cavs desperately needed. His energy and effort changed the game defensively. Strus forced several turnovers, including an incredible steal off a Cade Cunningham inbound pass that led to a critical two points the other way to break a 104-104 tie.
Plays like that encapsulate who Strus is as a player, and why he’s so valuable to the team.
“There’s just so many things he does that don’t show up in the box score,” Mitchell said.
One of those things is screen setting. The Pistons turned the momentum around in the second half by switching more ball screens, similar to what the Toronto Raptors did in the first round. This stalled out Cleveland’s offense at the start of the third quarter before it got going again in the fourth.
Strus’s ability to set hard picks helped get the offense going. The Pistons tried to hide their weakest defender, Duncan Robinson, on Strus. Solid screens forced Detroit to switch, allowing James Harden to get one of his several closing baskets against the matchup he wanted.
You can’t see the screen in this video, but this mismatch doesn’t happen without it.
This showed us what the best version of the Mitchell and Harden backcourt could be. Harden said it was a “small dose” of their full potential afterward, and you could see why.
Mitchell had it going throughout, but he deferred to Harden in the high-leverage moments to get the job done. Harden delivered by knocking down clutch baskets on three-straight possessions, including the game-sealing three over Tobias Harris.
Harden brought them over the finish line, scoring nine points in the fourth quarter, but had just 10 points leading up to it. He had 10 fewer shots than Mitchell overall and wans’t the main focus of the offense.
It’s a different role than what we’ve seen from Harden over the past decade, but one he’s completely embraced because he knows what life is like for Mitchell — the guy forced to carry the fate of the team on his shoulders.
“I talked to Don a few times today, and it’s like, “All right, if you ever feel like tired or you need [a break], you know, I’m available,” Harden said. “I understand what that feels like when you’re that age, and you’re used to scoring 30 points and you know you’re the guy. So, you got to pick and choose and find your spots where you want to take them and where you want to just let them go. … Tonight was one of those cases where he looked like he needed a break, and he called on my number.”
Mitchell and Harden are very different players, but have run into similar roadblocks during their careers. Their playing style has led to incredible regular-season success, but neither has achieved the playoff team success their talent would lead you to believe they should.
Few can relate to the internal weight and frustration Mitchell has felt from playoff losses more than Harden. If they’re going to break through together, it will be due to performances like this.
“I am who I am, he is who he is, but that what makes us so dynamic,” Mitchell said. “Having a trust in him and vice versa is why those moments happen.”
The Cavs passed the test in Game 3. They responded with the physicality they needed to make this series competitive again. They know how to and can beat this team. Now, they just need to show that they can meet that physicality consistently, and not just once every couple of games.
“At the end of the day, it’s just 2-1,” Mitchell said. “We’ve got to find a way to win Game 4. … We’ve got another opportunity to play in front of the greatest fans in the league. Hopefully, we get another one.”
CLEVELAND (WJW) — Crowds gathered along the Lake Erie shoreline Saturday morning to welcome the USS Cleveland as it arrived in its namesake city.
The Freedom Class littoral ship will be historically commissioned in Cleveland on May 16 during its weeklong stay, after which it will officially join active service in the U.S. Navy.
The arrival of the ship is a milestone for Ohio and the nation, marking the first time in the 250-year history of the United States that a U.S. Navy warship will be commissioned in the State of Ohio.
“There have been 81 ships in the history of the U.S. Navy that have been named after cities in Ohio or the state of Ohio itself, but out of all 81, this is the first that will be commissioned in its namesake city, so this is an incredibly historic moment and it’s fitting that it’s happening for the 250th anniversary of the Navy and our nation,” USS Cleveland Legacy Foundation Director Nick Lippert said.
Ahead of the commissioning ceremony next weekend, the public is invited to tour the ship starting Sunday, May 10, at the North Coast Yard. The USS Cleveland Legacy Foundation is hosting a “Community Day” Sunday that will include live entertainment, family-friendly activities, food, drinks and more.
“This special event will connect the crew with the community of Northeast Ohio for a day of excitement and celebration as residents will have the opportunity to meet the Sailors, learn more about the ship and our Foundation, and kickoff Commissioning Week in true Cleveland fashion,” the USS Cleveland Legacy Foundation website reads.
Tours will be available through Thursday, May 14.
Click HERE For more information about the tours and the weeklong celebration.
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