LCMEA / Fox News Band Interview

By: Gavin Dooley

On September 26 the Madison Marching Band went to the Lake County Music Educators Association’s 2018 Marching Band Festival, (or LCMEA for short). It is an opportunity for bands to play their halftime performances for people. This is also not a competition, the event is for people who like music to be able to see the bands’ performances where they wouldn’t have been able to see them.

This event also allows for bands to get closer to each other and the community. Eleven other bands also participated in the event to show their support. Also, the members who were able to attend said that they had a blast and thought it was important for our community. The community also agreed that they had a blast being able to see all these bands play for them.

Another important event that the band has to attend is their meeting with Fox News! The band will be driving out to their studio on October 19th. They have to leave at 4:30 AM, that isn’t going to be fun, however they will get to perform live on Fox in the morning! I find this to be good for Madison’s reputation.

This event will be able to show the skills and talent of the Madison Band. Although not all members of the band are attending this, it will still be impressive. Let’s hope our band good luck on their performance for Fox News in the morning!

U Wanna Come Back?

By: Sydney Guyer

The Madison Girls Cross Country team hosted the "U Wanna Come Back" Invitational here at Madison High School with a 3.2 mile long course that stretched from the High School to the Middle School. The course started at the JV softball field, went around the football practice field, through the fitness trail, around the Middle School football and soccer fields, and back to the JV softball field.

Over 1,000 runners participated in the meet from schools scattered across Northern Ohio. The teams who were in the meet were Beachwood, Pymatuning Valley, Perry, Mentor, Chardon, Wickliffe, Amherst, Kirtland, Edgewood, Conneaut, and John Hay High school.

In the Varsity race, the first runner to cross the finish line for the Lady Blue Streaks was Senior Julia Sansalone who ran a time of 21:18, and was then followed by Junior Brooke Butler who ran an impressive race and achieved a lifetime personal best of 21:46! Other notable performances from Saturday were from Freshman Audrey King, Emma Lewis, and Aubrey Sumrom who all ran lifetime bests too!

The Six Foot Putt

By: Alyssa Molnar

Mina Gephart of the 2018 Girls golf team is a 4 year varsity player who played her heart out at the yearly sectionals meet on October 1st 2018. Gephart shot a 18 hole round of a 93, shooting a 45 on the front and a 48 on the back 9. She tied with 3 other girls to qualify for districts and went into a play off hole. She lined up her 6 foot putt and sunk the shot. She did this twice and sunk both the 6 foot putts. On the last of the 3 playoff holes she shot a drive that went right into a bunker with a nice lip on it. She shot her shot made it on the green and sank the putt making her win the playoff and qualify for districts. “My heart was pounding and I just started crying,” said Mina. Mina is also the 1st Madison girls golfer to qualify for districts.

     Over the season Gephart and her team were WRC champs of the league holding an undefeated record. The team also took 3rd place in the WRC conference meet held at Erie Shores Golf Course. Mina gephart’s lowest round is a 41 for a 9 hole match making her the number one golfer on the team.

     Mina will be playing in the districts 18 hole tournament on Tuesday October 9th 2018 at legends of Massillon golf course. If she does good in districts and wins she will then go on to play in the state tournament. Gephart does not plan on going to college for golf she plans on joining the Air-force after her high school career.

A Good Day To Be A Blue Streak

BY: Adrianna Hanzak

Tuesday, October 2 is a memorable date in the books for the JV Lady Blue Streaks Soccer Team. Within the many battles that have been scattered across the Lady Blue Streaks’ schedule in the past years, this was the only match where the Wildcats couldn't survive the storm.

Never before taking a win against Mayfield, the Lady Blue Streaks brought the storm to their home field, pressuring the Wildcats from the start of the first half, and delivered two shots into the back of their net by halftime whistle. They took on the second half with the same intensity as the first, striking the back of the net two more times before the time ran out. With four goals made by freshmen Ryan Burns and Reagan Swinarski and Sophomore Bella Perez, the Lady Blue Streaks make their mark on the soccer program and took the first win against the Mayfield Wildcats.

Perez, delivering two of the four goals to the remarkable win, said that what she felt helped the Lady Blue Streaks to carry out the win was the fact that they worked together as a team, completing the simple plays and cut off passes and mistakes made by the Wildcats. The Blue Streaks played their game with passion, making their hard work pay off and making their supporters proud.

"It was a good day to be a Blue Streak!" said Perez.

Are You Ready For The Behms?

By: Dawn Brassow

Fresh new talent has been brought to the Madison Volleyball team. These freshman have proven what talent they have this year. The Behms are identical twins, they have a great bond on and off the court. They have been playing volleyball since 5th grade starting with Deva and plan on playing JO this year. Laney is the setter and Ella hits outside for the team for the freshman team.

The girls have a lot of activities outside volleyball, they are members of Madison's band, and they also run for the track team. They both get good grades and plan on going to the same college together. Ella wants to be an accountant and Laney doesn't know what she wants to be yet. For the rest of highschool they plan on getting good grades and making it the best 4 years they can.  

Their most memorable moments in high school would have to be homecoming, hanging out with friends and having fun. They have a lot in common they love the movie Nerf, Spanish Class, watch volleyball on TV, all Cleveland Sports Teams and have twin-tallepathy. During the South volleyball game Laney hurt her elbow and Ella started to cry.

Laney the Behms have a lot of raw talent they still have a lot to improve on the next 3 years they will continue to grow and improve their skills. The teams is looking forward to watch them improve together and individually. Be ready to watch them finish this season and the seasons to come.

Cheering On The Boys

By: Jillian Jeschenig

Junior, Caelyn Pritschau, is a two-year varsity member of both the football and basketball cheer teams here at MHS. She is also a captain for the competition team, which she has been a part of for three years.

Besides cheer, she is also apart of student council, key club,  women’s choir, and is a straight A student. Caelyn has great energy on the sidelines and is always nice to everyone she meets. She has a great personality and always tries to get the boys hyped up and excited to play, regardless of the score.

When asked about her experience on the team, she said, “Being on the team is like being apart of a big family, we all love to laugh and mess around with each other”. She always shows up to the games with a great attitude, ready to hype up the boys. “I think we’ve had a really good season so far, despite our record. I really enjoy cheering on the boys under the lights every Friday. I can’t wait for basketball and competition season to begin.”

Goals that Caelyn has for the rest of her high school career are to place in states with the competition cheer team and maintain her good grades. Some of her favorite moments from high school so far have been seeing Rocky win homecoming queen, winning nationals with the competition team her freshman year, and Project Unify.

In the future, Caelyn would like to study dermatology. She has been looking at many different colleges, some being The Ohio State University and Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu. She really wants to travel to different countries like Greece, Sweden, and Italy. In her spare time, Caelyn likes to hang out with her friends and her boyfriend, watch movies, go out to eat, and spend time with her family.