Lake Erie League is back

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The LEL is back,some very talented young men have decided to continue their basketball careers at Heights

6'2 guard Jamal Sumlin Junior. Rhodes, Rider Univ and Akron Univ offers
6'7 Keyshawn Hall forward Senior. Rhodes Rider Univ offer.
5'10 Bryon Ottrix guard Senior Glenville Detroit Mercy Commit

Hopefully Covid-19 will allow a basketball season because this coming season will be very interesting.

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Good for Heights. Figured Hall was headed somewhere this year (from another thread, actually on the football board, he is the one I heard was also linked to Medina over the summer).
 
Unlimited Potential said:
Cleveland Municipal school district has cancelled winter sports. Seems players can transfer without penalty but cannot 100% confirm this.
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They haven’t yet, it’s a rumor going around the area, but not official. Have heard OHSAA will hold the transfer penalty for those who don’t meet hardship requirements pre COVID
 
Or they all moved into the Cleveland Heights district? If so, what can the OHSAA do? It's not like this would be the first time in history somebody would have moved from the CMSD to a suburban school district, right?
 
Unlimited Potential said:
Cleveland Municipal school district has cancelled winter sports. Seems players can transfer without penalty but cannot 100% confirm this.
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I wonder if the CMSD is even gonna have any sports in general this season...and, man....the Lake Erie League is gonna be STACKED this season. Cleveland Heights is definitely gonna be a favorite to make it deep in the tournament if the kids can gel properly.
 
SVillegrad said:
Or they all moved into the Cleveland Heights district? If so, what can the OHSAA do? It's not like this would be the first time in history somebody would have moved from the CMSD to a suburban school district, right?
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Not the first time, but the moves aren’t always as easy for families from Cleveland to the suburbs, especially if work is on the opposite side of town for the parents. If they did so, before the beginning of the school year, if I remember OHSAA transfer rules correctly, then yes. What I have noticed is that is not what has been happening with some of the CMSD transfers.

An issue many of these transfers don’t get is now they have voided their SAY YES scholarships as graduates of CMSD. This means that they lose their guaranteed money to the schools that are SAY YES partners. In many ways this is better than a sports scholarship as it stays for the length of time your in college if you meet the requirements and not tied to you staying on the team / year to year. They can also be combined with academic or athletic scholarships and would make it where you’re in the black at most state schools and if you get external scholarships make schools like Kenyon affordable.
 
Makes no sense for Lorain to resume as pretty much everyone else believes the outdoor fall sports season to be less COVID risk than winter. If you cancelled fall sports (which is ridiculous), then you should cancel winter sports too. Things are about the same as they were in August. But winter sports adds in the additional element of a normal heightened cold/flu season.
 
6"2 Junior Wing Guard Michael Coyne extremely talented perimeter shooter,might be the best shooter Heights has had in years, played his freshmen year at University School then played his Sophomore year at Hawken before coming to Cleveland Heights.


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Coyne looks like a great player. I will be interested to see how Heights does meshing together a lot of transfers playing together for the first time. 5 guys used to being the first or 2nd option on their team with the ball in their hands all on the court at the same time.
 
They will be implemented into a rotational format equally playing depending on matchups without any dropoff in 5 players on the court. J.R.Bremer has a trust your teammate philosophy in rotating players in and out of games. Heights will have depth this year,he has really has two starting lineups he can choose from, I guess that's a problem any coach wouldn't mind having.Hopfully the season doesn't end prematurely because of Covid-19.
 
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Wildcats1886 said:
That’s an interesting transfer path. Is JR Bremer working to inherit the Tomb Raider moniker?
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Michael Coyne was already living in the Cleveland Heights School district while attending private schools University School as a freshman and at Hawken as a Sophomore while being a member of the Cleveland Heights travel team( AAU)
He decided to continue Basketball at Cleveland Heights High school,financially it made sense for him, extremely talented player
 
The LEL is back and they are good. Shaker and Garfield are starting to hit their strides. Warrensville and Lorain have been steady all season. But all of the top line transfers at Cleveland Heights the last two years...and the team is just 5-9. They have had a tough schedule for sure. But nine losses already is a lot.

The LEL is primarily in the West District with Eds, Ignatius, and Medina. Should be some good and deep districts. Should get a lot of 2/3 seeds I would think. Warrensville could/should be a top seed in DII.
 
Here are some updated standings if this helps:

Warrensville Heights 12-1 (8-0) (at Bedford, Gilmour Academy) (The LEL is gonna run through Warrensville barring a late-season collapse)
Bedford 3-1 (2-1) (at Warrensville Heights) (they got off to a late start this year)
Lorain 4-3 (3-2) (at Shaw) (They've played a pretty tough schedule thus far)
Garfield Heights 5-3 (4-3) (Shaker Heights) (Garfield has won five in a row, and a win at home against Shaker will increase their momentum)
Shaker Heights 5-1 (1-1) (at Garfield Heights) (The Red Raiders got off to a late start, and just came off quarantine not too long ago)
Cleveland Heights 5-9 (2-4) (Cleveland Heights) (Heights will need to turn it around quick or they're gonna have a short stay in the tournament)
Maple Heights 2-6 (2-4) (at Cleveland Heights) (They're a young team who's gonna be really good in a couple years)
Shaw 5-9 (1-6) (Lorain) (One of three teams to play more than ten games this season thus far)
 
Mr. Red Raider said:
Here are some updated standings if this helps:

Warrensville Heights 12-1 (8-0) (at Bedford, Gilmour Academy) (The LEL is gonna run through Warrensville barring a late-season collapse)
Bedford 3-1 (2-1) (at Warrensville Heights) (they got off to a late start this year)
Lorain 4-3 (3-2) (at Shaw) (They've played a pretty tough schedule thus far)
Garfield Heights 5-3 (4-3) (Shaker Heights) (Garfield has won five in a row, and a win at home against Shaker will increase their momentum)
Shaker Heights 5-1 (1-1) (at Garfield Heights) (The Red Raiders got off to a late start, and just came off quarantine not too long ago)
Cleveland Heights 5-9 (2-4) (Cleveland Heights) (Heights will need to turn it around quick or they're gonna have a short stay in the tournament)
Maple Heights 2-6 (2-4) (at Cleveland Heights) (They're a young team who's gonna be really good in a couple years)
Shaw 5-9 (1-6) (Lorain) (One of three teams to play more than ten games this season thus far)
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Like Cardz said, the LEL is back. At top the GCC still, IMO, is a little better, but you can make a case for either. The depth in the LEL is ridiculous.
 
Update on the Lake Erie League standings:

Warrensville Heights 12-3 (8-2) (vs. Shaker Hts. Friday) Back to back losses against Bedford and Garfield Heights. No shame in losing to either, but looks like they struggled shooting wise against the Bulldogs. Will likely be their last game before the seeding meeting on Sunday. Should be a top seed in whatever district they end up in.

Bedford 6-1 (4-1) Does not look like they have any games schedule between now and Feb. 12 (at home against Shaker Heights). They're off to a good start, and it looks like they're gonna at least get 11 games in before the postseason begins. They play against Shaker Heights twice, which will be huge as far as conference crown implications.

Shaker Heights 7-2 (4-2) They knocked St. Eds from the ranks of the unbeaten at Brush, and have a couple of huge games this week before Sunday's seeding meeting (at Warrensville Hts, vs. St. Ignatius). They're still by and large in the thick of the LEL race, despite being sidelined for a couple weeks earlier this year due to covid issues. They play Bedford twice, ISA, and Cleveland Heights to close the season.

Garfield Heights 7-3 (5-3) (vs. Shaw Friday) The Bulldogs are flying high, on a seven-game winning streak. They close with Euclid, Lorain, Bedford, and Maple Heights (four games in nine days). Can they continue to build on their momentum going into the postseason?

Lorain 6-4 (5-3) (vs. Cleveland Heights Friday) The Titans will get a high seed in their district on Sunday, by-and-large due to their strength of schedule. They have six games before postseason play (including non-conference matchups against TBA on Saturday and Cleveland Central Catholic on Tuesday).

Cleveland Heights 7-10 (3-5) (at Lorain Friday) They have a huge win against Buchtel two weeks ago, but it's been a struggle this season. They close with Shaw, Warrensville Heights, and Shaker Heights before postseason play begins.

Maple Heights 2-8 (1-6) Looked like they were supposed to play against Bedford Friday but that game got cancelled.

Shaw 6-11 (1-8) (at Garfield Heights Friday) They play against Cleveland Heights, Maple Heights, and Bedford to close the season. Unless things turn around, doesn't look like the Cardinals will be going far in the postseason.
 
Shaker Heights 79
Warrensville Heights 72

Cleveland Heights 66
Lorain 55

Garfield Heights
East Clev Shaw

Cancelled
 
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