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Gary Huff
A premier heavyweight wrestler. An outstanding football player. A dedicated coach. Any one of those three descriptions could earn a person public acclaim. But all three together describe Gary Huff.
While best known for his wrestling, Gary Huff’s first choice of sports as a student at Lorain High ...
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Christopher Doré
From high school through college, and into his professional career, Chris Doré earned success in soccer.
The 1996 Lorain Catholic High School graduate was an outstanding four-year player for the Spartans. His 128 high school career goals ranked him 8th in Ohio high school soccer history at that ...
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Frank Graziano, 2015
Weightlifting, in the 1950s, was not scientifically developed as strength training for athletes. Frank Graziano began weightlifting at the age of 13. His strong desire to improve, both physically and mentally, led him over the years into serious research into weightlifting. He also decided to ...
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Roy “Froggy” Davis, 2015
Roy “Froggy” Davis, who passed away in 1990, was an outstanding basketball player for Clearview High School, where he attended from 1963 to 1967. As a senior, he demonstrated his great offensive skills by scoring 57 points in a game to set an all-time county record. He also scored ...
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Rommie Harris, 2015
To say Rommie Harris had a fulfilling career as a softball player is a profound understatement. Looking back on his career is to be privy to a lifetime of love for the game of softball and the driving passion to put forth all the energy he had to be an effective player.
Harris, the father of ...
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William “Billy” Kopp, 2015
William “Billy” Kopp was an outstanding wrestler at Southview High School, where he earned a career record of 98 wins and only 19 losses from 1984 to 1988, including 54 career pins.
Kopp is the product of the highly successful Southview wrestling program developed by Coach Dan ...
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Marin Ferlic Waynar, 2015
The excellence of student athletes from Lorain Catholic continues with the induction of Marin Ferlic Waynar. Marin excelled on the volleyball court and in the classroom during her career. She credits much of her early athletic success to her father, George Ferlic, who served as her strength ...
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Nandi Cruz, 2015
The name of Nandi Cruz stands out among the most talented athletes in Lorain’s sports history. Attending Southview High School from 1983 to 1987, cialis Cruz was dominant in basketball, football and baseball.
In basketball, Cruz was a four-year letterman, who averaged 30 points per game ...
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Larry Flynn, 2015
Larry Flynn followed in the footsteps of three older brothers who starred for Lorain Sports Hall of Fame coach Jim Lawhead at Lorain St. Mary and Lorain Catholic High School. One of those talented Flynns is Emmett, a 2013 enshrinee of the LSHOF.
Larry was a key member of the 1975-76 Lorain ...
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Daniel Breen, 2014
Dan Breen played basketball at Lorain High School in 1965-67, during an era of overall basketball excellence in the city of Lorain. His career was built around defensive prowess as a player and later as a coach. He received Buckeye Conference All-League recognition for ...
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James Turton, 2014
Jim Turton was an outstanding two-way varsity starter at offensive guard and defensive end/linebacker for the Lorain High School Steelmen in 1957-60. He was only 5’9” and 160 pounds, but was praised as an inspiration to others by his coach, Art Lave. The very successful coach of the Steelmen ...
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Brad Frank, 2014
Brad Frank attended Lorain Senior High School from 1968-1972 and excelled in basketball. As a sophomore, he posted a season scoring average of 8.3 points per game. In his junior year, he was named to the All-Buckeye Conference second team while posting a season average of 18.4 points and 11 ...
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José Tirado, 2014
José Tirado’s football career started at Whittier Junior High School in Lorain, built up through four years at Southview High School and came to a spectacular conclusion in 1978 when he was the leading receiver on the Baldwin-Wallace College NCAA Division III National Championship Team in the ...
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Daniel Yurovich, 2014
On the sports field, and as a scholar, Daniel Yurovich excelled at Lorain High School. In addition to earning two varsity letters in football, he received three baseball and one basketball letter.
Dan served as the President of the National Honor Society, Vice-President of the Student ...
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Eric Morrison, 2014
Eric Morrison was a key player on the 1979-80 Admiral King team that played in the Class AAA State Championship game. He was the leading scorer of all four teams in the 1980 tourney with 33 total points
and was named to the Final 4 All-State Tournament team. The 6-3, 180-pound ...
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Kyle Lathwell, 2014
Kyle Lathwell was an outstanding female athlete at Lorain High School playing tennis and softball, but
basketball was her sport as a player and team leader. She displayed exceptional talent as a sophomore and junior with the potential to be recognized as a premier player in Ohio.
She was a ...
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Donald Church, 2014
Donald Church is known as one of Lorain High School’s all-time great running backs. His gridiron talent also built a record-setting football career at Ashland University.
Graduating from Lorain High in 1995, Church rushed for a total of 2, 489 yards on 406 carries, averaging 6.1 yards per ...
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John Tomaszewski, 2012
John graduated from Heidelberg College in 1969 with a BA in Education and later earned a Masters degree from Bowling Green State University.After graduating from Admiral King, John entered Heidelberg College and earned two letters as a linebacker and was named co-captain his senior year. He also ...
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Nancy Domanski Bauer, 2012
What began on the City of Lorain softball fields in 1957 has evolved into an accomplished and enduring career as an athlete, and teacher, coach and sports official for Nancy Domanski Bauer.
Nancy attended Admiral King High School from 1961-1965, when only sports-oriented activities such as ...
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Michael Mishak, 2012 Mike was, also, a tough basketball player. His best game, offensively, was against the state 7th-ranked Lakewood Rangers, scoring 15 points, primarily, by driving to the basket. His leadership and respect accorded him by his coach and teammates led to Mike being named captain of the team.Mike became a ...
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Alvin Henencheck, 2012
Henencheck, in 1940 at the age of 20, signed a minor league contract with Salem-Roanoke, a Class ‘D’ team in the Virginia League. He spent two seasons with the team, pitching over 200 innings each season while compiling a combined record of 29 wins and 26 losses.After developing a reputation in ...
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James Stephenson, 2012
Jim received many awards during his Lorain High School athletic career, from 1970-73. During his senior year, he was named to First Team All-Buckeye Conference Linebacker, First Team All-County, LHS Danny Award winner, and Lorain County Golden Helmet runner-up. He set the all-time football ...
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Jeff King, 2012
Since 1977, Jeff has competed in nearly 100 meets throughout the United States and Canada, including events in the National Athletes Strength Association (NASA), American Powerlifting Federation (APF) and the International Powerlifting Association (IPA).To Jeff King, living along the shores of Lake Erie ...
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Michael Hartman, 2012
He was a major contributor, as a tailback, on the Longfellow undefeated football team. Upon entering Lorain High School in 1985, Mike played on the freshmen basketball team which recorded a 20-win 0-loss season; and, was a member of the starting squad on the football team as a sophomore. He ...
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Michael Gormley
Mike Gormley stated his athletic career in 1959 at St. Mary High School where he was a two-sport star, earning two varsity letters in both basketball and baseball.
On the court, he became a starting forward as a junior for Coach George Simonovich's high scoring St. Mary team. Mike became ...
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Len Nickoloff
Len Nickoloff was an outstanding track and cross country athlete at Admiral King High School from 1963 to 1967. He established school records in the 2 mile run in both track and cross country, earning a total of four letters. In his senior year, he was captain of the cross country team.
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Emmett Flynn
Emmett Flynn played basketball at St. Mary High School from 1964-68 and was a three-year varsity letterman.
After earning a letter as a sophomore, Flynn really broke out in his junior year season. The 6' 1.5" forward parlayed a soft touch and quickness on defense to become a prolific scorer from ...
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James Svoboda
In 1969, Jim Svoboda graduated from Lorain High School as one of its all-time most talented student athletes. During his career at LHS, he participated in baseball, basketball and football and was awarded three varsity letters in each sport.
Jim's football performance in his senior year was exceptional ...
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Gary Patton
Gary Patton excelled in basketball, baseball and football at Admiral King from 1980-84. In basketball, he played on teams that were combined 45-5 his junior and senior seasons, while winning the Buckeye Conference and District Championship. In baseball he was first team All-Buckeye Conference, ...
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Donald Hitchens
Don Hitchens, in 1970, as a freshman at Clearview, made an immediate impact on the varsity football team by rushing for 700 yards.
For the next four years, he participated and excelled in track, wrestling, football and basketball. Although Don had a love of all sports, with his desire and athletic ...
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