ROMNEY CAMPAIGN STATE DIRECTOR SCOTT JENNINGS SAYS AROUND 500 PEOPLE ATTENDED A RALLY LAST NIGHT AT THE CLARK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN SUPPORT OF REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY, FEATURING NFL HALL OF FAME PLAYER ANTHONY MUNOZ, FORMER BENGAL, AND SENATOR ROB PORTMAN.
THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCES FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA TO BE IN CINCINNATI THIS TUESDAY TO SPEAK TO SUPPORTERS AT DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER ON THE FIRST DAY OF EARLY VOTING IN OHIO, A FREE EVENT, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ALTHOUGH TICKETS ARE REQUIRED.
A RECENT REPORT FROM THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP SAYS U.S. MANUFACTURERS STARTING TO STEP UP PRODUCTION HERE IN RESPONSE TO RISING COSTS IN FOREIGN MARKETS AND AMERICAN WORKERS PRODUCTIVITY! ADDED FACTORY WORK THAT WOULD’VE GONE OVERSEAS COULD ADD UP TO FIVE MILLION U.S. MANUFACTURING JOBS BY THE END OF THIS DECADE. THE LATEST GOVERNMENT JOBS FIGURES SHOWS MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT NATIONWIDE HAS REBOUNDED FROM A LOSS OF AROUND 147,000 JOBS DURING THE RECENT RECESSION TO A GAIN OF 50,000 JOBS SINCE THE RECOVERY BEGAN, THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SAYS. THE AUTO INDUSTRY ACCOUNTS FOR AN ESTIMATED ONE IN EIGHT MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THE BUCKEYE STATE.
WEEC SPORTS – 9-28-12:
BASEBALL: CINCINNATI 2 MILWAUKEE 1, IN THE METS WIN PITCHER R.A. DICKEY GETS HIS 20TH WIN OF THE SEASON, AND IN WASHINGTON’S WIN PITCHER GIO GONZALEZ WITH WIN NO. 21, BOTH ALONG WITH REDS PITCHER JOHNNY CUETO IN LINE FOR THE CY YOUNG AWARD! THE YANKEES 1 GAME AHEAD OF THE ORIOLES IN THE AL EAST, AND DETROIT NOW WITH A 2 GAME LEAD OVER THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX IN THE AL CENTRAL.
BASEBALL: 7PM: CINCINNATI AT PITTSBURGH, KANSAS CITY AT CLEVELAND
NFL THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: BALTIMORE 23 CLEVELAND 16, THE BROWNS HAD A CHANCE TO TIE THE GAME AT THE END, BUT AN INCOMPLETE PASS INTO THE END ZONE IS HOW THE GAME ENDED, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM.
SUNDAY 4PM: CINCINNATI AT JACKSONVILLE
IT’S RYDER CUP WEEKEND THIS WEEK IN GOLF, THE EUROPEAN TEAM VS. THE AMERICANS, STARTING TODAY IN CHICAGO.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL THURSDAY: WASHINGTON 17 NO. 8 STANFORD 13!
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SATURDAY: NOON: URBANA AT WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN, LAST SATURDAY, URBANA 14 QUINCY 10, 1PM: DAYTON AT BUTLER, WITTENBERG AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE, LAST SATURDAY, WITTENBERG 17 WOOSTER 7!, 3:30PM: VIRGINIA TECH AT CINCINNATI, TENNESSEE AT GEORGIA, OHIO STATE AT MICHIGAN STATE, 8PM: TEXAS AT OKLAHOMA STATE, WISCONSIN AT NEBRASKA, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FRIDAY, WEEK 6: BEAVERCREEK AT NORTHMONT, SPRINGFIELD AT WAYNE, SIDNEY AT TROY, TROTWOOD AT PIQUA, FAIRBORN AT MIAMISBURG, BELLEFONTAINE AT TIPPECANOE, SPRINGFIELD SHAWNEE AT KENTON RIDGE, STEBBINS AT TECUMSEH, GRAHAM AT INDIAN LAKE, NORTHWESTERN AT BEN LOGAN, URBANA AT GREENON, MEADOWDALE AT THURGOOD MARSHALL, CEDARVILLE AT MECHANICSBURG, NORTHEASTERN AT WEST LIBERTY-SALEM, SOUTHEASTERN AT CATHOLIC CENTRAL, TRIAD AT GREENEVIEW, MIAMI EAST AT COVINGTON, FORT LORAMIE AT FAIRBANKS, LEHMAN CATHOLIC AT WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN, RIDGEMONT AT RIVERSIDE, MINSTER AT ANNA, AND DAYTON CHRISTIAN AT JEFFERSON. HEAR SCORES ALL SEASON LONG ON WEEC SPORTS!
THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP RACE SUNDAY 2:15PM AT DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, THE NATIONWIDE RACE SATURDAY 3:45PM AT DOVER, AND THE TRUCKS RACE IS SATURDAY NIGHT 8:50PM AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY!
THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESEASON HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE NHL LOCKOUT CONTINUES. TALKS SCHEDULED TO RESUME TODAY.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS GOLF DIV. 2 SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT, CLARK ENGLE OF SHAWNEE MEDALIST WITH A 73 SCORE AS THE BRAVES WIN THE SECTIONAL, KENTON RIDGE ALSO ADVANCES TO DISTRICTS FINISHING 3RD, THE NEWS SUN SAYS. NORTHWESTERN’S ZACK PETTICREW GOES TO THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT AS WELL! AT THE GWOC INVITATIONAL, SPRINGFIELD’S SAM BROUGGHER SHOOTS A SCHOOL RECORD AND PERSONAL-BEST 76 SCORE, PLACING 7TH OVERALL!
SPRINGFIELD 3 FAIRMONT 2 IN GIRLS TENNIS, THE LADY CATS’ ARE 17-4.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, CATHOLIC CENTRAL 17-1, 10-0 IN THE OHC AFTER THEIR 3-0 WIN OVER CEDARVILLE! BENJAMIN LOGAN 3 INDIAN LAKE 2, WEST LIBERTY-SALEM 3 SOUTHEASTERN 2.
BOYS SOCCER: INDIAN LAKE 4 BENJAMIN LOGAN 0, BELLEFONTAINE AND TIPPECANOE PLAY TO A SCORELESS TIE, GIRLS SOCCER, BENJAMIN LOGAN 0 INDIAN LAKE 0, SAYS THE EXAMINER.
