Road Repairs Planned and Fall Athletes Honored: Week in Review

Catch up on the news this week in Brecksville.

If you missed a story or two this week, catch up quickly by reading the summaries below. 

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Sports Fans, Blog About Your Favorite Team on Patch

Whether you’re a coach, an athlete, a proud parent or just a big fan, we want to see more about your favorite team on Brecksville Patch.

Brecksville Patch Looking for Fall Sports Bloggers

Interested in shining some light on the local sports scene? Why not consider becoming a Brecksville Patch blogger?

Football, volleyball, soccer, tennis, cross country, golf—blog about whatever fall sport you love on Patch.  We're looking for bloggers for the fall sports season, whether it be youth, high school, college or professional. What does blogging for Patch entail? Not much, really. Interested? Anyone can blog; just click here. This is a chance to share your expertise, opinions, photos and videos with a wider audience! If you have any questions, email Local Editor Rachel Abbey McCafferty.

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High School Football: Share Brecksville-Broadview Heights Game Photos Here

Whether you're a parent, in the band or on the team, Patch wants to see your Friday night football game photos!

Football season is in full swing! The fourth games of the season are tonight. The Brecksville-Broadview Heights Bees will take on Berea at home starting at 7 p.m. It's Elementary School Night for the Bees, which means there will be some special activities for students in grades kindergarten through 5. The district has some information on its Facebook page. Are you going to the game? Be sure to share your photos with us by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button to the right. We'll share the photos we get on the front page of the site. Are you interested in blogging about the football team or other high school sports? It's free! It's fun! Click here to start. And check out this article for other ways to get your favorite team's …

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All Sports, Other Activities Would be Suspended If There is a Strike

Brecksville-Broadview Heights school board President David Tryon said pay-to-participate fees would be refunded.

If the teachers strike this fall, all extracurricular activities—including sports—would be suspended, said Brecksville-Broadview Heights Board of Education President David Tryon. Tryon said in an email that the board, the administration and the athletic department were concerned with the “safety of the participants, the security issues and the needed coaching support” in the event of a strike. “We’re doing our best to negotiate in good faith,” Tryon said. The board and the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Education Association are scheduled to resume negotiations with the federal mediator on Aug. 16, Tryon said. Additional dates are scheduled for Aug. 21 and 24. The school board declared an impasse and announced its intentions to bring in a …

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Back to School: Share Your Marching Band and Fall Sports Pics Here

Whether you played football, marched with the band, ran cross country, cheered, played soccer or hit the links, we want to see pics of you in your uniform.

It's almost time for fall sports to start again (collective woo-hoo here)! What better way to ring in the season than to share photos of fall sports memories past. We want to see pictures of you, our beloved readers, in your sports uniforms from high school. This is a regional article, so you'll also see readers from other Patches too. Fun, right? Whether you were a cheerleader, marched in the band, played football, soccer, golf or ran cross country, we want to see it. In the caption, tell us your favorite fall sports memory and tell us where you went to high school. Sharing is easy: To upload you have to be a member of Patch. If you aren't, joining is easy. Click here. Once you're a member of one Patch, you're a member of them all. Next, …

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