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“The noise is back and it’s truly a welcomed sound as we can see your smiling faces!” Superintendent Patrick Adkins told the graduating Class of 2021 at Port
The Beacon BY YANEEK SMITH , BEACON CONTRIBUTOR CANTON — Oak Harbor had one of its finest showings on its biggest stage, finishing fifth in the Division II state tournament. The Rockets had the best performance of any public school in Ohio, finishing with 113 points. Gates Mills Hawken won its 22nd consecutive state title with 387 points. Shaker Heights Hathaway Brown was second with 260 points, the Columbus School for Girls finished with 133 points and Cincinnati Seven Hills had 129 points. Port Clinton finished 16th with 39 points. Elayna Krupp finished her stellar career with a tremendou...
The Beacon BY YANEEK SMITH, BEACON CONTRIBUTOR OAK HARBOR — The Port Clinton and Oak Harbor girls swim teams showed why they are two of the best in the area as both teams saw plenty of swimmers — both individually and on relays — qualify for the district tournament. The Redskins had six first-place finishes, five of which were individual efforts. Kami Periat had two first-place finishes, winning the 50 freestyle in 24.20 seconds, good for a pool record, and finishing first in the 100 butterfly in 59.28. Carlie Blaesing won the 200 individual medley (2:19.20) and was second in the 100 fr...
The Beacon BY YANEEK SMITH, BEACON CONTRIBUTOR OAK HARBOR — For the third year in a row, the Port Clinton girls swim team is the champion of the Sandusky Bay Conference Lake Division. The Redskins won the meet in convincing fashion and set a number of records along the way, finishing with 291 points, well ahead of Sandusky, which was second with 156 points, followed by Perkins (126), Tiffin Columbian (48), Vermilion (23) and Norwalk (12). It is the fourth league championship for the program under the leadership of Danny Diaz. “I was super excited. This was the third year in a row that we ...