Mon, Nov 23 2009
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A Don McCormack column: Former Beacon SE honored DON McCORMACKStar Beacon Doria’s staff when he started in Ashtabula in 1971 included writer’s Brian Tucker, now vice president of Crain’s Cleveland Business, Owen Youngman, now a vice president for the Chicago Tribune, and Randy Youngman, now a columnist for the Orange County Register.
Doria, who penned a heartfelt column thanking the people of this area and this newspaper as part of our popular “Star Beacon Old School” series a few years ago, was succeeded as sports editor here by Frank Cermak in 1973. Board work The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors recently voted to approve a request by the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association to move the first day of official basketball practice for the 2009-10 season for both girls and boys basketball squads up a few days. The first day of girls practice will now be Friday, Oct. 30, while the boys will tip things off on Friday, Nov. 6. The board also approved a request to increase the number of junior-high games from 14 to 16, plus a tournament not to exceed four games, but the change won’t take effect until the 2010-11 season. Four other requests from the coaches association received a thumbs down from the board: n A request to expand the number of regular-season varsity and JV games permitted during the 2009-10 season to 21 games. n A request to expand the number of regular-season varsity and JV games permitted beginning with the 2010-11 season to 22 games. n A request to expand the number of regular-season freshman games beginning with the 2010-11 season to 22 games. n A request to allow coaches to provide individual instruction during open-gym settings. In other sports, the board the board voted unanimously to extend the contract with Firestone Stadium in Akron to host the softball finals, making the terms 10 years, which began in 2008. With the contract revision, the softball finals will remain at Firestone through 2017. The 2,500-seat stadium, which serves as the home of the Akron Racers of the National Pro Fastpitch League, is the gem of a 13-acre complex that has hosted numerous state and national softball tournaments and leagues since it was dedicated in 1925. “We are very fortunate to have an amazing facility like Firestone Stadium as the home of our softball state tournament,” Dr. Dan Ross, OHSAA Commissioner, said in an OHSAA release. “Tournament manager Dave Suncire and his staff, and the entire city of Akron, do an outstanding job hosting the state tournament and have proven to us that Firestone Stadium is where our softball state champions should be crowned.” 
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