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Wet and wild Waterball contests honed firefighters’ hose and nozzle skills
It’s been described as a kind of tug-of–war, but waterball requires a more complex set of skills. Instead of relying on brute strength, firefighters must use teamwork and precision to maneuver the ball to the other side’s court. They must battle to control an unwieldy hose under 90 pounds of pressure and accurately aim the stream to control a 15-pound ball suspended in the air by a cable. The mist created from the battling water streams can be so dense, the hose handler can barely see and must rely on directions from the backup firefighter. In this 1978 Blade archive photo, the Perrysburg Township fire department, left, bested the Waterville fire department in a match played in Whitehouse. The Montezuma, Ohio, fire department won the state competition, which was hosted by the Whitehouse Fire department and attracted 45 teams. Go to thebladevault.com/memories to purchase more historical photos taken by our award-winning staff of photographers, past and present, or to purchase combinations of stories and photos.
row2k Starting Five: Molly Bruggeman
Molly Bruggeman graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2014 and will race in the United States W8+ later this week at Paris Olympic Games. 1. What inspired you to go to your first rowing practice; was there anything memorable about it?. My first rowing practice was a Learn...
Tourists take last chance to learn about space exploration on last day of Summer Moon Fest
WAPAKONETA, OH (WLIO) - The Summer Moon Festival wrapped up on Sunday, and visitors took one last chance to learn some science and history. The Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum had a variety of educational guest speakers and activities all week. The lawn was filled with lots of hands-on fun, like bounce houses, COSI, and model rocket launches.
How to watch 'Carmen's Crew' in round of 32 in TBT
The Ohio State alumni team known as Carmen’s Crew took care of business in the first round of The Basketball Tournament, also known as TBT. The former Buckeyes won by a margin of 35 points over the Purple Hearts team. The No. 3 seeded Carmen’s Crew moves on to...
Family, Friends And Baseball: The Simple Things Shine At The Minster Classic
Minster, Oh – — While walking around Minster’s Four Seasons Recreational Park, and its eight ball diamonds, it wasn’t hard to spot what the communities involved value. Youth baseball is a family affair in West Central Ohio. That may be taken for granted by folks who have lived in small-town farming communities their whole lives, but that’s just not the case across the nation, or even the state.
Greenville Post 140 wins Regional advances to State
TROY – Greenville American Legion Post 140, under the direction of Coach Chad Henry, breezed through the American Legion Regional tournament with a 5-0 shutout over Troy American Legion Post 43 to earn the Regional Championship Title and punch their ticket to the state tournament. “The composition we have...
Showers and storms early in the week, when will we warm up?
Partly to mostly cloudy skies to wrap up the weekend. We will see on and off cloud cover overnight, and getting into the early morning hours some showers could move through. That chance will continue through the morning for isolated showers and thunderstorms and continue into the early afternoon. Highs will be in the lower to mid 80s with mostly cloudy skies. Chances of storms on Tuesday will be isolated in nature, with highs in the mid 80s. We will remain in the mid 80s for the rest of the work week with storms chances tapering off on Thursday. The weekend we will warm up to the upper 80s with mostly sunny skies.
Brunch at the Brightside's food truck rally brings farm fun to downtown Dayton
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Brunch at the Brightside, a food truck rally, is being held Sunday, July, 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The rally was at Brightside Music and Event Venue on Third Street in Downtown Dayton. It had a “Down on the Farm” theme. There...
Toledo company to manufacture electric vehicles with federal funding
Ohio will receive more than $32 million in federal funding to help revive auto manufacturing and jobs in the state, specifically electric vehicle production at a plant in Toledo. U.S. vehicle manufacturing has been on the decline since the 1970s, but the Biden administration is providing $1.7 billion in grants...
KING DAVID XLI: David Gravel Bests Donny Schatz in a Thriller for First Kings Royal Crown
There’s a reason Eldora Speedway is called “The World’s Greatest Dirt Track.”. The historic half mile located in Rossburg, OH gave the Sprint Car world a Kings Royal they’ll never forget on Saturday night. A driver at the top of his game hungry for his first crown. A legend of Sprint Car Racing charging through the field in search of a record-tying seventh. And the two coming together to clash with racing royalty and $175,000 on the line.
1 dead after head-on, wrong-way crash on I-75 in Middletown
A Dayton man was killed Saturday afternoon in a head-on, wrong-way crash on Interstate 75. In a news release, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said the two cars collided near milepost 33 in Middletown around 3:14 p.m. Troopers said a 2016 Nissan SUV, driven by Geiner Hidalgo, 46, of Dayton,...
VP candidate JD Vance shops at Jungle Jim’s day after RNC ends
FAIRFIELD, Ohio (WXIX) - Fresh from being named former President Donald Trump’s running mate at the Republican National Convention, J.D. Vance went shopping Friday at Jungle Jim’s International Market. The store’s director of development, Phill Adams, announced it in a Facebook post. Vance perused the aisles with...
Nasty Nati upset by AboutBillions in TBT regional opener 70-66
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Basketball Tournament returned to Cincinnati at Fifth Third Arena on Friday night, where top-seed and host Nasty Nati (comprised of former University of Cincinnati players) fell to AboutBillions 70-66 in the opening regional round. Jarron Cumberland led the way for Nasty Nati with 16 points. Nasty...
The forgotten forfeit: When Cleveland tried to cheat its way to a victory
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Last month the Northeast Ohio sports world revisited 10 Cent Beer Night, the raucous evening at the ballpark that resulted in a forfeit against Cleveland. The 50th anniversary of that ignoble night took folks down memory lane to recall the June 4, 1974, game between Texas and Cleveland that resulted in baseball’s official forfeit score of 9-0.
The Reds are reportedly willing to move rental players
Back in early July, when the Reds were 41-45 and just a few games out of the NL wild-card race, club GM Brad Meador suggested that the club was not yet ready to commit to a strategy for this year’s trade deadline. Flash forward to Sunday, and fallen to...
2024 Dana Open final results: Prize money payout, LPGA Tour leaderboard and how much each golfer won
SYLVANIA, OH - JULY 21: Chanettee Wannasaen, of Thailand, smiles as she poses for photographs while holding the tournament trophy during the awards ceremony following the final round of the LPGA Dana Open on July 21, 2024 at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Garst Museum in Greenville set to allow visitors to take aim with Annie Oakley's guns
History buffs and gun enthusiasts have a special opportunity next weekend, all because of Annie Oakley. Oakley, a small woman, earned a big reputation as a straight shooter. ...
Inkcarceration boosts Mansfield food trucks
MANSFIELD — Sadie Stewart remembers when her food truck was one of the only Richland County trucks serving Inkmates a few years ago. The owner of Mad Meltz, Stewart said 2024 marks her team’s fourth year at Inkcarceration. Richland County’s Athena Gyro Express and Grunt Grub also set up at the festival this year.
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