First Posted: 3/9/2015
LIMA — Three more Lima Senior football players are headed to play college football.
Lima Senior linebacker/wide receiver Marquis Graham and offensive lineman Darius Cousey will sign with Ashland on Wednesday.
The Spartans’ defensive back Marquis Miller will sign with Defiance on Wednesday.
Graham and Cousey will join Spartans running back Juniel Liles, who had earlier signed with Ashland.
Graham was first team Three Rivers Athletic Conference at linebacker and second team all-TRAC as a wide receiver. He had 30 receptions for 620 yards and nine TDs. He was first team all-district and second team all-state.
Cousey was second team all-TRAC, first team all-district and special mention all-state.
South Side Spartans go 9-2 at Arnold Classic
COLUMBUS — Lima’s South Side Spartans posted a boxing record of 9-2 in the Arnold Classic at the Columbus Convention Center over the weekend.
Posting victories for Lima were the following: Jordon Vogt; Kenyen Rettig; Cisco Cruz; Javen Williams; Taji Breland; Jerry Denson; Nick Harrod; Jahosh Allen and Javionte Gaddy.
Lima’s Nick Williams and Cruz Lugo lost their matches.
Coldwater selling tickets
Coldwater’s boys basketball team will play Lima Central Catholic in the district semifinals at Ohio Northern at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday.
Tickets will be sold on Monday through Thursday at the Coldwater High School Office from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. They will also be sold on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cost of presale tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students.
Bengals keep kicker Mike Nugent with 2-year deal
CINCINNATI — The Bengals have kept kicker Mike Nugent by signing him to a two-year deal on the eve of the NFL’s free agency.
Nugent has been Cincinnati’s kicker for the past five seasons.
Nugent is the second potential free agent to stay with Cincinnati. The Bengals signed linebacker Rey Maualuga to a three-year deal last week.
Jets’ Johnson was uncooperative after shooting
ORLANDO, Fla. — New York Jets running back Chris Johnson was uncooperative with deputies who responded over the weekend to a fatal shooting that left him and a friend with bullet wounds and the driver of their car dead, according to an Orange County Sheriff’s Office report released Monday.
The report also suggested the men may have been at a nightclub before the shooting at a stoplight in Orlando.
Chris Johnson was shot in the right shoulder when someone pulled up next to their Jeep and started firing. His friend, Reggie Johnson, was shot in the triceps and thigh. The driver, Dreekius Oricko Johnson, was wounded in the head. None of the men are related.
His management team said that Chris Johnson was released from the hospital on Sunday and “is doing well.”
Lee says surgery would end season and possibly career
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee is awaiting a second opinion from Dr. James Andrews on his ailing left elbow and says surgery would end his season and possibly his career.
The 36-year-old left-hander didn’t pitch after July 31 last year because of a left flexor pronator strain.
He said his left elbow felt normal as he threw two scoreless innings Thursday against Houston in his spring training debut, but he felt discomfort the following day. An MRI on Sunday revealed “very mild inflammation,” according to general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.
Lee and the Phillies hoped to hear back from Andrews later Monday or today. Lee realizes surgery would have major ramifications on his career.
“It’d be six-to-eight months out,” Lee said Monday.
