2017 Prom Court

2017 Prom Court

Congratulations to this year's Prom Court!  Don't forget to purchase your tickets so you can vote for MHS's Prom King and Queen.  Tickets are on sale during all lunches.  The dance will be held on May 6th at Normandy Party Center in Willowick.

Nominees for Queen

Hayley Corbett

Joei Davidson

Macie Miechowicz

Liz Montgomery

Abby Reed

Nominees for King

Corbin Anthony

Alex Caswell

Ted Davis

Josh Ferry

Cooper Wood

Comp Cheer Attends Nationals

End of an Era

By: Ally Fleischer


     On Sunday, April 9th, the Madison High School Cheerleaders attended their last competition of the 2017 season in Erie, PA. This is the first time they have even competed in this competition called the Lake Erie Nationals. The winners of each division get Champion Cheer Central bookbags, and the overall Grand Champions win jackets. Since this was the last ever competition for nearly half the team, they were all prepared to go all out for the win. 
     Hoping to get Grand Champions for the fourth time in the row and win the jackets, each practice the girls had they went over every single routine one by one critiquing every little thing, practicing jumps and trying to keep their energy up. Their hard work definitely showed when they took the floor, confidently. Their biggest competitor was the Eastlake North Cheer team, even though the MHS girls have beat North at every competition they are still a hard team to go against.  
     “This weekend we did the best we had done the entire season. We went out there and performed like no other. We left everything on the floor, showed up North which led us to first place. It is sad to leave such a fun and incredible team behind but we ended a great note!” said Shyan Christian. 
     The cheerleaders are very proud of themselves for having such a great season and ending with a win. They won their division and the bookbags, but were sadly .7 away from being Grand Champions.  Next year they will be working even harder to win those National jackets! 

Staff Snapshot: Coach Brian Titman

We Must First Believe

By: Taylor Stevens

     Mr. Titman teaches Personal Finance Literature, U.S. History, and Unified Social Studies.  He also coaches the Madison High School Varsity Baseball team and has been coaching since he’s been in college. He coached a little league team for three years before he started coaching at the high school. This season will be his ninth as a member of the baseball coaching staff. Coach Titman also played baseball in high school himself. 
     Coach Titman’s goal for the 2017 season is to see each player individually and collectively reach their potentials as a player and as a team while they have fun in the field. Right now, it’s the very beginning of the season, they have only had a couple games and  Coach Titman says they are starting to move in the right direction for his goal but they are not quite there yet. 
     The strongest part of the team is that each player is individually talented and has baseball experience. Their weakest points is as a group. They don’t trust each other enough yet and that makes them think they have to do more individually as a player. 
     As Coach Titman said “Once they start trusting their teammates they're going to be good, maybe even great.” 
     The coach's prediction for the season is if they play with perfect intentions there’s nothing they can’t accomplish, like winning the WRC and the district championship. They have the ability to win those games 
     “In baseball as in most sports, the better team doesn’t always win, the team that plays better does,” said Coach Titman. 
     The boys face the Kenston Bombers on April 19th at MHS at 4:30.The team is ready, and Coach Titman is excited to watch the team play and improve their skill even more.  Everyone is looking forward to watching all their accomplishments play out and hopefully be reached. The Varsity boys baseball team will try their best to be the best they can be.

Student Snapshot: Sabrina Stocker

Look Like a Beauty, Train Like a Beast

By: Emma Weaver

     Success is not given, it is earned, and Sabrina Stocker has most definitely earned her success. 
     Sabrina is a senior at Madison High School, who has great grades and runs track. Sabrina’s events include hurdles and sprints, but she is best at hurdles. She often finishes first and is admired for her hard work and dedication. In the year of 2016 Sabrina’s shuttle hurdle relay came in first place. 
     Why did Sabrina pick track? She says it is because it helps her stay healthy and in shape.  She also stated that “Track is a sport of discipline where you train a lot, pretty much everyday.” 
     While Sabrina tears up the track, she also keeps outstanding grades. She is a straight A student who is very intelligent and hardworking. Sabrina has intentions of acquiring an athletic scholarship, as well as an academic scholarship. She is not completely set on what college she would like to attend but she is starting to narrow down her options carefully and intelligently. She also stated that in the future she would like to become a nurse in trauma hospital. 
     Sabrina has a very fun and caring personality as well. She is supportive, dedicated, uplifting, and outgoing. She is always trying to put everyone in a good mood and keeps many faces smiling. 
     Because of all of these amazing qualities Sabrina was nominated for homecoming court last year. Out of a group of great girls Sabrina was voted, by her peers, the 2016 Homecoming Queen! She is liked by nearly everyone and admired by most. 
     “Can’t stop, won’t stop” is what Sabrina said when she was asked about her hardwork and dedication. Not only does she attend all of the track practices but she also works out at the gym quite often and finds ways to stay extra healthy and in great shape. Sabrina has worked extremely hard for all of her accomplishments and plans on keeping up the hard work in college and achieving all of her goals.

Key Club Blood Drive

Doing the Most Good

By: Alyssa Caruthers

Key Club is a service organization where students donate their time in helping others.  One opportunity for them to donate their time is in one of the three blood drives held every year.  Three opportunities for students that meet the requirements, to help out thousands of people throughout the year.  
        On Wednesday April 12th, Madison Key Club will be hosting their third blood drive of the year.  The drive will go from 8:30 in the morning to 1:45 in the afternoon.  Mrs. Meshginpoosh, the adviser of key club, says that the blood drive is ran by the students for the majority, with some help from her when needed.  
At the blood drive students jobs may vary.  The jobs students have at the blood drive include; checking in the donor's, passing out snacks, running passes to the students, and supporting the students as they are donating.  Key club does these blood drives for a number of reasons.  The most important is that every pint of blood donated helps save three lives!  Another reason is the American Red Cross  donates a scholarship in $250 increments to Key Club! 
Not only does Key Club do the blood drive, but there are also so many other events in the community Key Club participates in.  One of the big events was the Fall Rake & Run, in which students from the middle school student council also helped out.  Students went around the community and helped rake up leaves and put them in brown bags that were donated by the community.  Another one of the biggest events was the Madison High School's Tree of Giving.  Students brought in gifts to help those in need during the holidays.  The families were extremely grateful for all the support.   
Key club holds meeting once a month in the lecture hall before school.  To get involved with Key Club you just have to show up to a meeting to sign up for the events you would like to participate in.  To keep updated with upcoming events and meetings you can listen for announcements and follow Mrs. Mesh on twitter.  Key Club is a great organization that gives you a great chance to give back to our school and the community!

Student Snapshot: Kotaro Maizuru

Playing on a Different Court

By: Adrianna Hanzak

While playing on a school team, whether it is a big event or small, the travel time to reach the far games at an away field or court can be long and reach lengths that are less than thrilling to the players. But for sophomore Kotaro Maizuru, the distance from the home court has a whole new meaning. Leaving his family and friends at home in Japan, Kotaro enrolled at Madison High School, seeing new faces,  making new friends and enjoying the friendly interactions he had with strangers and friends on a daily basis. This is something he had said was  he enjoys about his time spent here. 

With his time spent perfecting his skill on the court and his love for the sport, Kotaro has easily become the player who won the most matches on the Madison team, becoming the best player on the school's boys tennis team and earning recognition from the coach himself.
Kataro had started on his tennis career in the seventh grade, but had not enjoyed the sport in the beginning.  As he developed a much higher skill level then he started out with, he also developed a love for the sport.  It's a love he shares with his father. 
With as much skill as he has on the court, it is natural that he prefers to play singles.  Playing one on one gives him the opportunity to push himself more than he would be capable of if he were to play doubles with a teammate at his side. With the skill he has and the experiences that he has had on the team, it is not at all surprising that when asked what his most memorable moment that he has experienced at Madison High School was the tennis team.

SB: A v. Riverside

WRC Rematch

When it came to the Western Reserve Conference championship last season, the only names on anyone's lips were Madison and Riverside.  The two softball juggernauts boasted amazing seasons and clashed for the crown; an honor that would fall to the Blue Streaks.

The Beavers and Streaks met again this past Wednesday where Madison sent a strong message that they would be aiming to repeat their 2016 success.  The final scoreline read 12-6 in favor of the defending champions.

After throwing three innings where she racked up four strike outs, pitcher Alyssa Rose was credited with the win.  

While allowing six runs was never in the game-plan, it was an irrelevant point once the offense kicked into gear.  The Blue Streaks combined for sixteen hits including three hits apiece from Liz Montgomery, Alyssa Rose and Gabby Blackford.

Montgomery, team captain and sole senior, attributed their success to the level of competition Riverside brings each year. "They're one of the better teams in the conference," she said.  "We knew we had to come out hitting." 

Sophomore Jordan Pasalaqua only recorded one hit in the game, but made up for lack of quantity with quality.  Her second inning triple scored two runs and established dominant Madison lead that would carry them to the finish.

The two teams will meet up again on Monday April 10th when the Beavers will travel to Madison.  First pitch is at 4:30pm.  Come out and support the Streaks!