Sports Section :: Page 73

• Trying to blow softer at t-ball

  By Jimmy ChesireJuly 28, 2011

  Mia Campbell was back. And this time with the whole Campbell entourage. Tristan, who will be 13 in August, a big brother so handsome that if I were a 13-year-old girl I’d ask him to marry me. Raven, he’ll be 11 on July 29, who is impressed with the size of his clan: “Five people […]

• The poetry of Perry League

  By Jimmy ChesireJuly 21, 2011

  It was steaming, the temperature in the mid-nineties, the humidity near 100 percent last Friday night, July 22. Six brave children showed up: Tommy Moore, 3, a stalwart, not missing a night this whole season. Tiger Van Ausdal, four-and-a-half, a good, strong, engaged, aware-and-sensitive-to-others kid who calls out every time before she throws the ball […]

• YSHS alumni return for tournament

  By Megan BachmanJuly 7, 2011

  

  At the Yellow Springs High alumni basketball tournament held last weekend, former Bulldog stars went head-to-head.

• At t-ball, as tender as we can be

  By Jimmy ChesireJune 30, 2011

  I had a first last Friday night. When I pulled into Gaunt Park around 6:25 p.m. for our 6:30–8 p.m. evening of Perry League t-ball, there was not a soul in sight. Not a child on the diamond. Not a parent in the bleachers. Not a car in the parking lot.

• Another face of our t-ball kids

  By Jimmy ChesireJune 23, 2011

  

  Evan Galarza, age 4, shines his love beacon up at me and says, “I want to be on the field with you.” I am thrilled to be chosen by such a dream child.

• Thunder, lightning stymies t-ball

  By Jimmy ChesireJune 16, 2011

  There were sprinkles of rain dotting my windshield as I drove up to Gaunt Park last Friday night, June 10, for our second evening of t-ball. Parents and kids gathered ‘round as we unloaded our trunks and we wondered together, “Should we play?”

• Cosey takes sixth at state

  By Megan BachmanJune 11, 2011

  

  Senior Cosey raced to sixth place in 100-meter dash at the Ohio Division III State Track and Field Championships. See a video of his run.

• Back home at Perry League

  By Jimmy ChesireJune 9, 2011

  “So it’s true what I heard, you’re back?” Mike said as I greeted his boys. “Yeah,” I said. “I’m back.” To t-ball. To the Perry League.

• Mario Cosey to run at state meet

  By Megan BachmanJune 2, 2011

  

  Yellow Springs High School senior sprinter Mario Cosey was the runner-up in the 100-meter dash in a tight race at regionals on Friday, solidifying his place at this week’s state tournament in Columbus.

• VIDEO: Cosey sprints to second at regionals, eyes state

  By Megan BachmanMay 29, 2011

  

  Mario Cosey took second in the 100-meter dash at regionals on Friday to solidify his place at next week’s state tournament. See a video of his run.