DAYTON — If nothing else, Rob Bonchak is a fantastic listener.One of the lost arts in track and field tends to be how to lean at the finish line, decisively but at the right angle and with the proper sense of when and where to do it.The Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin sophomore went to the textbook […]
What: State track and field meetWhen: May 31 and June 1Where: Welcome Stadium, 1601 South Edwin C. Moses Boulevard, DaytonSchedule: May 31 — 9 a.m. (girls shot put, boys discus, girls pole vault, boys long jump and girls high jump), 9 a.m. (girls 4×800-meter relay final), 9:15 a.m. (boys 4×800 final), 9:30 a.m. to 12:35 […]
YOUNGSTOWN — As spectators and teams entered the stadium May 25 during Day 2 of the Division II Austintown-Fitch Regional, it was someone’s bright idea to play one of Bruce Springsteen’s most timeless classics over the public-address system.After two lightning delays, forget “Glory Days.”It very easily could have been gory days for anyone who didn’t […]
Walking into the stadium for Day 1 of the Division II Perry District, someone in the Gilmour contingent had a wireless speaker blaring Rihanna’s “Work.”The Lancers are all about business this time of year.That work day isn’t complete until they walk out of district, hardware in hand, en route south.May 18 during Day 2, with […]
At best, Nick Garcia-Whitko and his compatriots on the Hawken boys 4×800-meter relay had barely reached elementary school the last time the Hawks won a district boys 4×8 title.May 16 amid Day 1 of the Division II Perry District, it was well past time for them in turn to shoot for the top of the […]