THE SPRINGFIELD POST OF THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS A FATAL CRASH HAPPENING JUST AFTER 10PM SATURDAY EVENING ON MECHANICSBURG CATAWBA ROAD EAST OF STATE ROUTE 54 NEAR CATAWBA IN PLEASANT TOWNSHIP. A CAR DRIVEN BY 19 YEAR OLD BRANDON PELFREY OF MECHANICSBURG WAS GOING EAST ON MECHANICSBURG CATAWBA ROAD WHEN PELFREY DROVE OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HIT A UTILITY POLE, OVERTURNING. PELFREY WAS EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE, THEN TRANSPORTED TO MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL BY CAREFLIGHT, WHERE HE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD. AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
CONGRAGULATIONS TO MIKAYLA BODEY, THIS YEAR’S CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FAIR QUEEN, WHO COMPETES IN THE MISS OHIO BEAUTY PAGEANT AND IS 1ST RUNNER-UP OUT OF 65 CONTESTANTS! BODEY IS A SENIOR AT GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDS ST. PARIS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH!
WEEC SPORTS – MONDAY 1-7-13:
NFL WILD-CARD PLAYOFF GAMES: HOUSTON 19 CINCINNATI 13, BENGALS END THE YEAR 10-7, BALTIMORE 24 INDIANAPOLIS 9, THE COLTS WITH A GREAT COMEBACK YEAR AFTER A 2-14 SEASON IN ANDREW LUCK’S ROOKIE SEASON AT QUARTERBACK!, SEATTLE 24 WASHINGTON 14 IN THE NFC, AND GREEN BAY ADVANCES WITH A 24-10 WIN OVER MINNESOTA IN THE WILD-CARD ROUND!
THIS WEEKEND: IT’LL BE SEATTLE AT ATLANTA, GREEN BAY AT SAN FRANCISCO IN THE NFC, WITH BALTIMORE AT DENVER, AND HOUSTON AT NEW ENGLAND IN THE AFC PLAYOFFS!
MENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL: INDIANA OVER NORTHWESTERN, ILLINOIS WINS AT HOME OVER OHIO STATE, THE BUCKEYES 3RD LOSS OF THE SEASON, 1-1 IN THE BIG TEN.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES: ARKANSAS STATE 17 KENT STATE 13 IN THE GODADDY.COM BOWL. TONIGHT IT’S THE BCS TITLE GAME FINALLY. . .NO. 2 ALABAMA VS. TOP-RANKED NOTRE DAME!
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: WEST LIBERTY-SALEM 57 GREENEVIEW 54, ANNA 43 MARION LOCAL 40, JACKSON CENTER 58 WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN 44.
GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: BEN LOGAN 39 INDIAN LAKE 29, TRIAD 44 WEST LIBERTY-SALEM 38, URBANA 59 GRAHAM 43, ANNA 62 MARION LOCAL 46.
THE COLDWATER CAVALIERS, THIS YEAR’S DIV. 5 STATE CHAMPIONS IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, ARE BEING HONORED TODAY WITH THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD NATIONAL RANKING TROPHY AS PART OF THE 8TH ANNUAL MAXPREPS FOOTBALL TOUR OF CHAMPIONS. COLDWATER ONE OF 50 SCHOOLS BEING HONORED ON THIS SEASON’S TOUR! AN ASSEMBLY IS BEING HELD AT THE SCHOOL TODAY AT 12 NOON. COLDWATER WINS ITS 3RD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE SCHOOL’S HISTORY THIS PAST SEASON!
