St. Eds vs. Ignatius on St. Patrick's Day

At least it will keep a few thousand Irishmen out of the bars that night.

St. Eds and St. Ignatius will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday night, March 17, at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University in the regional basketball semi-final. That happens to be St. Patrick's Day.

It's the second half of a doubleheader, with Mentor and Avon Lake meeting in the other game at 6:15. The regional final is Saturday night in the same arena.

If you're planning on moving your St. Patrick's Day party to the Wolstein Center, be advised beer will not be sold. It's a condition imposed by the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

As for corned beef, keep in mind that the only people in Cleveland who know how to cook corned beef are the Lebanese.

The state football finals are up for bid again. The deadline for a written proposal is April 16. You can get specifics from the OHSAA web site which is ohsaa.org. Scoll down the home page to an item that will tell you where to click for a form.

Stark County's current contract runs through 2011. If anybody ever steals the games from Canton and Massillon, it definitely will not be Cleveland. Without artificial turf and without a roof, the Browns Stadium is not suited to playing six games in one weekend. You can thank Cleveland's slavish supplication to the NFL for this predicament.

This article reprinted from CoughlinUnplugged.com, through a partnership between Dan Coughlin and The Cleveland Leader. To read more of his writing, visit his website.