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Extra frequent scorching days are forcing Ohio faculties to more and more depend on air con to maintain college students snug sufficient to be taught.
In northeastern Ohio, common fall temperatures have elevated almost 3 levels Fahrenheit since 1970. In the meantime, college bells begin ringing for a lot of college students in mid-August.
“Temperatures and humidity on this area can attain uncomfortable ranges throughout this time of the 12 months,” stated Joe Bagatti, director of enterprise and operations for Cuyahoga Falls Metropolis Faculty District, which welcomed college students again final week.
Solely two of the district’s 10 buildings have central air con all through. The highschool has some air con, however not in some exterior lecture rooms within the constructing’s older part. The remaining seven buildings haven’t any central air.
Plans in Cuyahoga Falls name for the development of a brand new constructing for grades 6 by means of 12 to begin later this 12 months. And the district is at present creating a scope of labor to retrofit its elementary college buildings with cooling methods. However the timing of the upgrades hinges on voters approving a $3.6 million emergency levy this fall.
The rising want for air con in faculties that historically haven’t required it’s among the many examples of how local weather change is more likely to enhance prices to native taxpayers throughout Ohio and the nation. Districts should not solely investing thousands and thousands to put in cooling, however should additionally pay for electrical energy to run them, typically in growing older, inefficient buildings.
“Colleges are actually how the local weather is altering and the way the patterns are impacting their long- and short-term capital plans,” stated Phoebe Beierle, senior program supervisor for varsity sustainability on the U.S. Inexperienced Constructing Council.
A number of college districts in Northeast Ohio canceled lessons on scorching August college days final 12 months, together with Cuyahoga Falls.
“Lecture rooms that wouldn’t have air con or ceiling followers create an surroundings that’s uncomfortable for each college students and workers,” Bagatti stated. “Protecting the temperature and humidity ranges snug helps enhance focus and productiveness throughout studying.”
The dearth of working air con for all lecture rooms was among the many complaints famous by the Columbus Training Affiliation when academics there voted to strike on Aug. 21, together with grievances about constructing upkeep, class sizes, curriculum and salaries. Columbus had a mixed 14 college days over 80 levels final September and October.
There’s no agency quantity on what number of public faculties have air con, stated J.C. Benton, public relations supervisor for the Ohio Services Development Fee. New faculties typically have air con. However OFCC doesn’t observe work that isn’t financed by means of that company.
With issues about local weather change rising, some Ohio districts have already been working to put in or replace air con. Columbus started engaged on air con initiatives earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic started. When funding from OFCC wasn’t letting the district transfer ahead as rapidly because it needed, it turned to native and federal funding as properly. 4 federal ESSER-funded contracts and consulting for HVAC work at 13 Columbus faculties come to greater than $35.6 million.
Solely three of the 113 public college buildings in Columbus might be with none air con after summer time building initiatives wrap up in September, stated Jacqueline Bryant, who heads up communications for Columbus Metropolis Colleges. Funding is in place for 2 of Columbus Metropolis Colleges’ three non-air-conditioned buildings, and the third is within the district’s amenities plan, she added.
All of Youngstown Metropolis Colleges’ lecture rooms have already got air con, stated Rob Kearns, director of operations for the district. Upgrades to all of the air con and heating methods will proceed by means of the top of subsequent 12 months.
Air con methods for East Cleveland Metropolis Colleges use rooftop water chillers. “We upgraded our HVAC methods after we put in air filtering and air dealing with methods at first of the pandemic,” stated Tom Domzalski, who heads the know-how division there. “Air dealing with was a necessity … to ensure we have been going to maintain college students, workers and group members secure as they have been coming into the constructing.”
East Cleveland Metropolis Colleges has additionally been engaged on home windows and doorways, Domzalski stated. “In order that when the solar hits the room, it doesn’t warmth up ridiculously. And also you’ve obtained higher seals on doorways so your warmth and your chilly don’t escape.”
Expensive work
Faculty air con prices are among the many billions in added bills native governments might face in coming years on account of local weather change. A July 2022 report by Scioto Evaluation, the Ohio Environmental Council and Energy a Clear Future Ohio estimates that local weather change might value Ohio native governments as much as $6 billion yearly by 2050. Ohio’s largest cities might count on to spend between $41 million and $200 million on new air con tools for faculties. Rural and suburban faculties additionally would wish cooling, the report stated.
However there aren’t any typical prices. “Each scenario is exclusive,” stated Belinda Kenley, vp and director of gross sales for Power Optimizers USA. A lot relies on a constructing’s age, its structure and present methods. Additionally, air con work is usually performed concurrently different upgrades, so breaking out prices for cooling can get difficult.
Various kinds of cooling methods may match higher in some buildings than others. For instance, Power Optimizers offered one current estimate of about $565,000 so as to add a variable refrigerant movement, or VRF, system to a college that’s now solely partially air-conditioned. These methods enable various levels of cooling in additional particular areas. However rooms want some house above the ceiling, and constructing codes additionally require a approach to herald recent air, stated Tanner Ayers, a senior vitality engineer on the firm.
Colleges are additionally contemplating warmth pumps the place possible. “In a local weather like Ohio, they might be fully viable for offering heating wants in addition to air con wants,” Beierle stated. The items are very environment friendly, however might be expensive to put in, she famous. Many faculties additionally use moveable air-conditioning items for short-term options in present buildings.
Air con boosts electrical energy utilization, which in flip can increase vitality payments. Past value issues, some districts are also adopting clear vitality objectives to decrease their faculties’ environmental impacts. “Which means they should be layering their method, beginning with vitality effectivity as a lot as potential, after which including renewable vitality,” the place possible, Beierle stated.
Colleges might wind up “taking successful on the cooling” in terms of vitality utilization, Ayers stated, “however we’re upgrading the remainder of the constructing to offset that load” as a lot as potential. For instance, fluorescent lighting not solely makes use of extra electrical energy than LED lights, but it surely additionally radiates warmth. Making the swap can save vitality prices for each lighting and air con.
Even when faculties have already got full or partial air con, vitality effectivity work can be sure that tools is working correctly. Software program upgrades for controllers, ensuring actuators open and shut dampers correctly, and different steps can cut back wasted vitality.
“When air con is critical, we need to take a look at how [to] do it in probably the most environment friendly and least carbon-intensive approach,” Beierle stated.
“Faculty boards and directors must look forward and be proactive about caring for his or her amenities and upgrading them to raised know-how,” Kenley stated, “to make sure that the training surroundings is as environment friendly as potential, the work surroundings is efficient, and the prices are managed.”
Three power-play goals and the goaltending of Liam Souliere helped the No. 3 Gophers men’s hockey team rebound with a 6-1 victory over No. 11 Ohio State on Saturday at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
“It just was not a good look to us last night,” coach Bob Motzko said. “Tonight, absolutely the other way around from the first shift. All four lines, all the defensemen, Liam was great in net, and give our guys credit, we responded. I hope it’s a lesson for us, and I hope that’s a game to get us going now.”
The Gophers (18-4-2, 9-2-1 Big Ten) scored three times in the first eight minutes.
A penalty on the Buckeyes for too many players on the ice put the Gophers on the power play just 86 seconds into the game. Mike Koster quickly converted the opportunity to open the scoring with 17:18 left in the first period.
A little over five minutes later, Mason Nevers and Connor Kurth scored 15 seconds apart to give the Gophers a 3-0 lead with 12 minutes left in the first period.
Less than two minutes into the second period, the Gophers went on the power play again, and Koster again converted to make it 4-0.
Jimmy Snuggerud made it 5-0 with a power-play goal with 6:05 remaining in the second period.
The Texas Longhorns fell just short of advancing to their first CFP National Championship game for the second year in a row, losing 28-14 to Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. And while the final score may not indicate, the Longhorns were a yard away from potentially sending the game to overtime late in the fourth quarter.
After back-to-back defensive pass interference calls on what was shaping up to be a 75-yard drive, all Texas needed was a yard to punch it into the endzone and tie the game at 21 with under 4 minutes remaining in regulation.
However, after the first-and-goal run up the middle for freshman running back Jerrick Gibson was held for no gain, the controversial halfback toss play call was made. With Quintrevion Wisner lined up to his left, Quinn Ewers was in the shotgun as he tossed it to Wisner, on the first of two disastrous plays that doomed the Longhorns’ national championship hopes.
“That’s one of those plays, if you block it all right, you get into the end zone,” Steve Sarkisian said of his play-call. “We didn’t, and we lost quite a bit of yardage.”
So what went wrong on the toss play? Well, as always the devil is in the details in football. During his post-game interview, starting left tackle Kelvin Banks explained exactly what went wrong for the Longhorns on the ill-fated toss play. He was one of a few Texas players that was asked about the sequence after the game.
“I saw the boundary safety to come down [Latham Ransom], and I thought it was gonna be a big hole behind me, because that’s kind of how the play [was] designed to go,” Banks said. “I’m supposed to kick him out. Trey hits the hole behind me, and then while I’m kicking him out, I just I hear screaming, y’all, so I look, I’m turning my left, and then Downs is making the play.”
So on the surface, the toss seems to indicate that the play was supposed to see the Longhorns capture the edge and run wide to the goal-line. Banks revealed that is not the case. Instead, as shown in the video above, the hole that is vacated by Banks pulling is supposed to be where Wisner is designed to cut it back and score.
However, that is where the heads-up play is made by Buckeyes safety Caleb Downs, who shoots the gap left open by Banks, forcing Wisner to continue running wide, where he then is corralled for a seven-yard loss by Ransom.
If Downs is fooled by Banks pulling and runs with him instead of shooting the gap, then this play may be remembered entirely differently. But as Sarkisian said post-game, Ohio State’s defense made the play, while Texas didn’t, which unfortunately for the Longhorns ended up costing them the game.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — It was unlike the other playoff games Ohio State had played so far this season. We didn’t see the early explosive plays on offense. We saw plenty of penalty flags. And the Buckeyes had their backs against the wall until the final 2:13 of the Cotton Bowl.
Turns out, it was a moment that Ohio State had been preparing for all year long.
“I believe that the resilience that we’ve had to show throughout the entire season and throughout some of these guys’ careers has led us to this opportunity to win this game and go play for a national championship,” head coach Ryan Day said.
Here’s what we learned from the Buckeyes’ 28-14 Cotton Bowl win over Texas.
Cool heads prevail on offense
Ohio State was unable to take charge of the game like it had in the previous two playoff contests. Instead, the Buckeyes were forced into a four quarter battle — plagued by nine penalties — with the Longhorns. OSU quarterback Will Howard was forced to grind it out against a defense who had largely shut down star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith.
“We knew they were going to be keying him. Obviously, the first two rounds of the playoffs, (Smith) went off so we knew they were going to try and do something to take him away,” Howard said. “That means that we got to be smart and get the ball to other guys.”
That’s exactly what Howard did. TreVeyon Henderson, who earlier drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, delivered a momentum-changing play at the end of the first half with a 75-yard touchdown to give the Buckeyes a 14-7 lead going into the locker room.
“I don’t think anyone thought that that was going for 75 yards,” Howard said. “That was a huge play for us. A huge swing.”
Then in the fourth, the Buckeyes needed a 13-play, 88-yard drive that took nearly eight minutes to secure the lead. The march down the field included a crucial fourth down conversion where Howard made an 18-yard gain on his own and finished with Quinshon Judkins scoring his second touchdown of the night.
“I fell on purpose. I’m joking. I didn’t fall on purpose,” Howard said. “It was a great play and a statement drive. We needed that. We had been beating ourselves all day with penalties and just getting behind the sticks. […] And obviously what the defense did on that next drive sealed it.”
Pickerington’s Jack Sawyer propels Buckeyes to victory
The Longhorns were one yard away from tying the game late in the fourth quarter. But the red zone defense who had made headlines earlier in the season prevailed when it mattered the most. Lathan Ransom pushed Texas back to the eight yard line on second down. Then on third down, Jack Sawyer forced an incomplete pass. Moments later, the Pickerington native delivered a play that will go down as legendary.
“What happened on fourth down by Jack just symbolizes not only his career but our team in general and who they are,” Day said. “The toughness and the clutch play right there was something that I’m sure the whole city of Columbus exploded with all of Buckeye nation during that play.”
Sawyer forced Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers to cough up the football. The senior defensive end ends up with the scoop and score, returning it 83 yards the other way to give Ohio State a commanding 28-14 lead and punching the Buckeyes’ ticket to the national championship game. The play is the longest defensive return score in CFP history.
So what was Sawyer thinking during that run to glory?
“Just don’t fall like Will did,” Sawyer said. “I’m kidding but seriously I hit about the 30 and I looked back and said I hope I got some blockers. I’m running out of steam here. They were running with me side by side and that just speaks volumes to who this team is.”
No hard feelings from former roommate Quinn Ewers
On the other end of that play was Ewers, who up to that point had thrown for two touchdowns and had not turned the ball over. The Texas quarterback is a former Buckeye who shared a room with Sawyer during his lone season in Columbus.
“I saw Jack running with the ball down the sideline. It sucks man,” Ewers said. “He’s a great player. Great individual. Great person. Jack’s a great player and he made a great play.”
Ewers ended up completing 23 of 39 passes for 283 yards and two scores. His late interception to Caleb Downs ended any faint hope the Longhorns had in getting back in the game and instead sparked conversations on Ewers’ future with Texas.
“I just said great season. He’s a great guy,” Sawyer said. “He’s had a lot of success and he’s a great person you know. I just told him to keep your head up. You played a great game and you got a great future ahead of you.”
Buckeyes back in the title game
As Ohio State enjoys its third ever Cotton Bowl victory, attention now turns toward Notre Dame, who stands in the way of the program’s ninth national championship. The Buckeyes will have ten days to prepare for the Jan. 20 contest in Atlanta, the final hurdle to the team’s ultimate goal.
“We talked about how we want to keep this team together. It’s a great team,” Day said. “They do everything the right way and so now they get ten more days together.”
Atlanta is the final stop on the Buckeyes’ redemption tour. It’s where Ohio State suffered that heartbreaking Peach Bowl loss in the 2022 CFP semifinals at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. And it’s the final piece of the puzzle to putting all of OSU’s past demons behind them.
“It’s an opportunity to tell their story if they go win one more,” Day said. “That’s really exciting.”
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