THE OHIO STATE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS 78 YEAR OLD RICHARD PRINCE OF CONOVER WAS STRUCK AND KILLED SUNDAY MORNING ON NORTH HAMPTON ROAD IN PIKE TOWNSHIP WHILE UNLOADING A PIECE OF MACHINERY FROM A TRACTOR TRAILER. PRINCE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE, THE CRASH HAPPENING NORTH OF JOHNSON ROAD JUST BEFORE 11AM, A 19-YEAR OLD SPRINGFIELD MAN DRIVING HIS TRUCK NORTH ON NORTH HAMPTON ROAD WHEN IT STRUCK PRINCE IN THE ROAD, NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST THE YOUNG MAN.
ACCORDING TO SAFETY ADVOCATES THE RISK OF DYING IN AN ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASH INCREASES DURING THE NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY, WITH SLICK ROADWAYS AND FESTIVE DRINKING TO LIKELY PROVE DEADLY FOR SOME OHIOANS. NATIONALLY, NEW YEAR’S CONSISTENTLY RANKS AS THE WORST TIME FOR ALCOHOL-RELATED TRAFFIC DEATHS, WITH ABOUT HALF OF THE 300 TRAFFIC FATALITIES HAPPENING OVER THE NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY IN 2010 BEING LINKED TO DRUNKEN DRIVING, LAST YEAR SIX PEOPLE IN OHIO DYING IN ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASHES DURING THE HOLIDAY.
Honor Flight taking vets by the thousands to D.C.
Final numbers are still being tallied from Honor Flight Network’s 2012 flying season, which ended in November, but it’s possible the Springfield-based nonprofit flew its 100,000th veteran to the nation’s capital this year to visit the war memorials they never thought they’d see.
If correct, the milestone would perfectly cap a banner year for the organization founded locally in 2005 to fly veterans physically or financially incapable of getting to Washington, D.C., on their own.
Not only is the Honor Flight Network the subject of a new documentary, but this month the group also received the National Aviation Hall of Fame’s 2012 Milton Caniff Spirit of Flight Award.
The prestigious award honors significant contributions to aviation by a group or organization, and Honor Flight now ranks alongside such past recipients as the Doolittle Raiders, the Tuskegee Airmen and the Apollo crew.
More than 20,000 veterans are currently on Honor Flight’s waiting list, with private donations being the vehicle to get the veterans to Washington, D.C. To find out more, go to www.honorflight.org.
WEEC SPORTS – MONDAY 12-31-12:
NFL: WASHINGTON 28 DALLAS 18. . .RG3, ALFRED MORRIS AND THE REDSKINS WIN THEIR 1ST NFC EAST TITLE SINCE 1999! CINCINNATI 23 BALTIMORE 17, THE BENGALS FINISH 10-6, SAME AS THE RAVENS, BUT BALTIMORE WINS THE AFC NORTH LAST WEEK BASED ON THEIR DIVISION RECORD! SATURDAY 4:30PM: CINCINNATI AT HOUSTON IN THE AFC WILD-CARD PLAYOFF ROUND! 8PM SATURDAY: MINNESOTA AT GREEN BAY, SUNDAY 1PM: INDIANAPOLIS AT BALTIMORE, 4:30PM: SEATTLE AT WASHINGTON. PITTSBURGH 24 CLEVELAND 10, ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING 5-11 SEASON FOR THE BROWNS, WHO COULD MAKE BIG CHANGES STARTING TODAY! INDIANAPOLIS 28 HOUSTON 16, THE COLTS WIN 9 MORE GAMES THIS YEAR THAN LAST WITH ROOKIE QUARTERBACK ANDREW LUCK!
DENVER AND NEW ENGLAND, SEED NO. 1 AND 2, GET 1ST ROUND BYES IN THE AFC, WHILE IN THE NFC IT’S NO. 1 SEED ATLANTA AND NO. 2 SEED SAN FRANCISCO THAT GET 1ST ROUND BYES.
NBA: INDIANA 97 PHOENIX 91 FRIDAY, ATLANTA 102 CLEVELAND 94. SATURDAY: ATLANTA 109 INDIANA 100, BROOKLYN 103 CLEVELAND 100. SUNDAY: THE L.A. CLIPPERS 107 UTAH 96, L.A.’S 17TH STRAIGHT WIN, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES, FRIDAY: OHIO 45 LOUISIANA-MONROE 14, VIRGINIA 13 RUTGERS 10, TEXAS TECH 34 MINNESOTA 31. SATURDAY: RICE 33 AIR FORCE 14, SYRACUSE 38 WEST VIRGINIA 14, ARIZONA STATE 62 NAVY 28, TEXAS 31 OREGON STATE 27, MICHIGAN STATE 17 TCU 16.
OTHER BOWL GAMES MONDAY: NOON: THE MUSIC CITY BOWL HAS NORTH CAROLINA STATE VS. VANDERBILT, SUN BOWL 2PM: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VS. GEORGIA TECH, THE LIBERTY BOWL 3:30PM: IOWA STATE VS. TULSA, THE CHICK-FIL-A BOWL 7:30PM: LSU VS. CLEMSON. TUESDAY NEW YEARS DAY: NOON: THE GATOR BOWL, MISSISSIPPI STATE VS. NORTHWESTERN, THE HEART OF DALLAS BOWL, PURDUE VS. OKLAHOMA STATE, 1PM: THE CAPITAL ONE BOWL, GEORGIA VS. NEBRASKA, THE OUTBACK BOWL, SOUTTH CAROLINA VS. MICHIGAN, 5PM: THE ROSE BOWL, WISCONSIN VS. STANFORD, AND THE ORANGE BOWL AT 8:30PM NEW YEARS NIGHT: NORTH ILLINOIS VS. FLORIDA STATE. MORE ON BOWL GAMES STARTING WEDNESDAY, YET THE BCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS A WEEK FROM TONIGHT AT 8:30PM: NO. 2 ALABAMA VS. NO. 1 NOTRE DAME IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM.
COLLEGE MENS BASKETBALL: WRIGHT STATE 58 MOUNT ST. JOSEPH 49, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 63 DAYTON 61 OT, OHIO STATE 87 CHICAGO STATE 44. AT THE CHARLES B. ZIMMERMAN MEMORIAL CLASSIC IN SPRINGFIELD, THE WITTENBERG TIGERS WIN OVER BETHANY 65-58 FRIDAY, THEN LOST TO TAYLOR IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 49-42, THE TIGERS NOW 8-3 UNDER COACH BILL BROWN, SAYS WITTENBERGTIGERS.COM.
COLLEGE WOMENS BASKETBALL: THE CHARLES B. ZIMMERMAN MEMORIAL CLASSIC, WITTENBERG’S LADY TIGERS UPSET NO. 2 DIV. 3 MOUNT UNION 61-60!
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: FRIDAY I WAS AT CATHOLIC CENTRAL AS WEST LIBERTY-SALEM WON A THRILLER 51-49 OVER AN IRISH TEAM THAT ALMOST PULLED THE UPSET, ALWAYS WELL-COACHED BY DAN SHAY AND COMPANY! THE TIGERS SAW THEIR 7-GAME WINNING STREAK SNAPPED SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME VS. BELLEFONTAINE 35-34, MATT GUMP WITH THE WINNING 3-POINTER IN THE FINAL MINUTE! TECUMSEH 89 SIDNEY 58, KENTON RIDGE 76 NORTHEASTERN 43, SHAWNEE 58 SPRINGFIELD 56, GROVE CITY CHRISTIAN 61 EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN 56, LONDON 70 CEDARVILLE 50, GREENEVIEW 71 MADISON PLAINS 59.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING: THE GREATER MIAMI VALLEY WRESTLING ASSOCIATION HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT SEES GRAHAM FRESHMAN ALEX MARINELLI DEFEATING TWO DEFENDING KENTUCKY STATE CHAMPIONS IN SUCCESSION TO CAPTURE THE TITLE, MARINELLI A 14-YEAR OLD 152-POUND FRESHMAN, SAYS THE NEWS SUN.
