Avon Lake

Congratulations to Avon Lake High School’s Homecoming King and Queen, Matt Sanders and Sarah Gee. They were crowned prior to Friday’s big win over North Ridgeville that lifted the Shoremen to a 6-0 record after a 35-21 win. Saturday’s Homecoming parade was just a great as the community turned out in full force to celebrate this annual community connection! Parade ... Read More »

The City of Avon Lake is celebrating its 200th anniversary! Bicentennial activities began over the summer and are continuing through next year with a wide range of calendar events. Homecoming this weekend, Sept. 28-30, is filled with activities. On Homecoming Saturday, all Avon Lake Schools will be open for alumni to tour. All the schools will be open to the ... Read More »

The USO of Northern Ohio held its annual golf outing on Friday, September 14th at Sweetbriar Golf Club. The fundraising event was held at the Avon Lake Club for the 15th consecutive year. Both the Legacy and Sweetbriar courses were used in this nearly sold-out event. Golfers included active military, members of the National Guard and Reserve, military veterans, and ... Read More »

Local Rock to Help Avon Lake family Avon Lake High School student Madison Wimmer was seriously injured in an accident before the start of her senior year. Friends and family conceived of Maddie’s Music Fest; an evening of live music, food, and raffles on Saturday, October 6 from 4 – 10 pm as a way to show their support. Maddie’s ... Read More »

Students from Avon and Avon Lake high schools who were named as Commended Students from the National Merit Scholarship Program. From Avon seniors Ojasvi Appana, 17 and Reese Tyra, 17, were named National Merit Commended Scholars. From Avon Lake seniors Evan Huang, 17, Natalie Miller, 17 and Alex Jasko, 17 are National Merit Commended Scholars. In late September, more than two-thirds (about ... Read More »

Avon-on-the-Lake Garden Club’s next General Meeting and Fall Potluck will be held on Wednesday, October 3 at the Avon Lake Public Library, 32649 Electric Blvd. beginning at 11:30 am. After lunch, guest speaker, Bill Hendricks of Klyn Nurseries will present a slide program from his travels to Scottsdale, AZ titled, “Desert & Glass – The Desert Botanical Garden and Chihuly’s ... Read More »

The Avon Lake High football team is ranked 4th in the state’s AP Div. II poll this week after topping Westlake last Friday, 42-7, to improve to 4-0 this season. Avon Lake is also ranked third in the Div. II region 6 OHSAA poll, ahead of fourth-ranked Avon. Avon Lake topped Avon two weeks ago to claim the Silver Rail ... Read More »

Avon Lake High School is pleased to announce two seniors have been named as National Merit Semifinalists from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. They are among 16,000 students across the country who took the PSAT in their junior year and earned scores high enough to qualify as Semifinalists. These students will move on to compete for approximately 7,500 National Merit ... Read More »

Westview Elementary School second-grader Isabella Brim, 7, Mary Kleinert, and kindergartner Katie Brim, 5, celebrate Grandparents Day with a breakfast at the school last week in Avon Lake celebrating all grandparents and special friends/family. Read More »

The Avon Lake High School Marching Shoremen will host the 54th Annual Band-A-Rama, a showcase of local high school marching bands, on Saturday, September 22, at Avon Lake Memorial Stadium, 175 Avon Belden Road at 6 p.m. This year’s line-up includes high school marching bands from Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, Black River, Brunswick, Perry, Rossford, St. Edward, Wellington, West Seneca ... Read More »