Up All Night

Jillian Jeschenig

By: Alyssa Molnar

      This past weekend the babies went out yet again to their mothers and fathers. Jillian Jeschenig took her baby Grayson out to many different places. He got to experience a basketball game as well as a wrestling match. He also got to go out to lunch at Joeys and Chipotle. Jillian says that taking care of the baby was very tiring, she didn’t sleep a lot and that it cries a lot, but she got off the hook with only 70 min of cry time some people had it way worse.

     Summer Houston who also had to take care of a baby says that she didn’t sleep for three days but only had 55 minutes of cry time. She didn’t like having the baby because she couldn’t do much but she ended up taking the baby to a party and to a midnight trip to taco bell. Overall she wishes it was more realistic.

    Lastly Dom Osborne and his baby Lily had a rough time. He recalls that the baby cried for a total of 244 minutes which is a lot. He took his baby to a wrestling meet as well and he also got very little sleep. Overall they all wish the baby was more realistic and didn’t keep you up all night.

What She Expects Out of the Season

By: Angel West

Zoey Fedele is a swimmer for the YMCA and she has been swimming for about 6 years! She loves to be in the water and working really hard. Her goals from this season is to make it to high school states for her event which is the 100 fly with a time faster than 56.59. Her expectation is to qualify for states this year, as long as she keeps working hard and doing everything she can. Zoey also wants to get a relay to qualify for districts, if not this year she hopes for next year. Her favorite memory is when she got her first National time, swimming with the guys (Joey Smith, Zembower Twins, Collin Douglas) and her 2018 WRC meet when she beat her time, she came in first for both of her events, and then got the WRC record for 100 fly.

New Season, First Win

By: Kennedy Rochford

On Tuesday, December 4th the Varsity boys basketball had their home opener against Geneva. Last year Geneva took the win, this year they played for revenge.

After a good game of hustle and great defense Madison took the win this time with a score of 76-64.This starting off their season with the first win making the record 1-0. This game gave them confidence and momentum going into their game coming up on Thursday against Kenston and the rest of their basketball season this year.

Some top performers of this game were Senior Ron Hartman and Juniors Ryan Bowers and Chris Blauman. Ron led his team with 28 points on the scoreboard, and shooting five 3 pointers, Chris added 21 points to the game and had six assists, Ryan had 14 points with four 3 pointers and seven rebounds. Overall during this game the boys had great defense, and that prevented them from getting the score down and losing.

Assistant coach, Coach Titman, said, “It was a hard fought basketball game, last year Geneva beat us with intensity and hustle, this year we were able to match that and knock down shots. The student section made an impact on the game, I hope to have that all year”. The fans had a made a huge difference on this game when they could always count on the crowd for the spirit section. The fans are always excited to watch the boys play a great game and are also pumped to watch how the boys play this season.

Court is in Session

By: Sydney Guyer

Going into a game against Kenston, a game that has been solely dominated by the other team for the past couple of years, the Madison Girls Basketball team agrees that they need to work together, use each other, and find one another more on the court to help bring home their fourth win of the season.

As heard from Ashlee Hathaway, Kenston will put up a good fight for the entire game while also punishing the mistakes made by Madison to help push themselves towards victory, but with a fearless and scrappy team like the Madison girls team, they will stop at nothing to try and defeat the Bombers.

With the team expecting the scoreline to be close, point guard Chloe Wakim is expected to bring the intensity and the 3's while center Jess Schafer is expected to bring the support and encouragement the team needs to take down the Bombers.

The game against the Bombers marks the Madison girls' first WRC game of the season, with Coach Smith's undeniable wish to keep the winning streak alive. According to Coach Smith, one of the major keys of success to the game of basketball is "to score more points than the other team".

With the team starting the season as 3-1, the girls are on track to be a team that other standout teams in the conference, such as Eastlake North, Mayfield, and Chardon, are going to have to look out for throughout the season and then worry about later in the playoffs.

One Last Season

By: Jillian Jeschenig

Senior, Haley Cruikshank is two-year member of the Varsity Basketball Cheer Team and a one-year member of the Varsity Football Cheer Team. She has earned both her varsity and JV letter, earned academic awards for the past three years, and earned streak of the month.

Haley is apart of student council and is a straight A student. Outside of school, she works 20+ hours a week, volunteers for babysitting, raises money for the cheer team, and taken part in “Joggin for the Noggin”.

Haley is always high energy on the sidelines and after a great season of football cheer leading, she’s ready to kick off basketball season. “I always love to help my school and take part in the pep assemblies even if Mr. Fisher mentions it last minute”. She has high hopes for a great basketball season and plans on making her last season of cheer her best yet. She loves cheering with all the other girls, who are like a family to her.

Haley’s extremely dedicated and has worked very hard throughout her cheering career. Her fellow teammates talk very highly of her, and say she has great jumps and she’s very animated when she performs. She always tries to get the crowd excited for the games. As for the rest of her high school career, she would like to earn her honors diploma and continue to hold her 4.0 GPA.

When asked about her most memorable moment of high school, she said she loved the pep assemblies for the football team, which are always fun. She enjoyed seeing everyone getting hyped up and excited before the games. After high school, Haley would like to attend college and either major in criminology or psychology. Haley’s favorite movie is “The Greatest Showman” and her favorite class is human behavior with Mrs. Gilligan. One of her favorite pastimes is watching the Browns with her family on football Sundays.