Coach's View on Tomorrow's Game

BY: Seirra Craddock 

Your girls varsity golf team has a conference match, in fact this is a WRC/Neoggca Tournament at Erie Shores Golf Course starting 9:00 am on Wednesday September 20th. Speaking to Coach Titman about the match history with the tournament, “Our highest place in the tournament was third place.”  He is hoping that they place in first this year. Why is this game so important you might wonder? Coach smiles slightly and says, “If we win the conferences, sectionals are next week, this gives the girls more opportunity to play well beforehand”. He also was talking about some keys to victory such as, “playing around the greens, which is a very big key to successes. Also watch where we chip and putt is another factor.” Everyone expects to win, but Titman has his reasons why he expects to win. “ If we win, this means that we will have beaten two teams who have a victory over us during this season. Winning this will mean we will have defeated everyone we have faced at least once this season.” Team Leaders are a huge part of the team as well, those team leaders include Kalee Kless and Emileigh Kleps. Kalee’s stats average a 51, and Emileigh’s stats average 46. Titman says Kalee brings “Maturity to the game as well as understanding how to work the golf course. Emileigh for this game needs to have a very good score, if she has a great score then we would have a chance of winning the conference tomorrow”. Speaking with one of the varsity players, Mina Gephart implied that this is a very big match for the girls and she is hoping that everyone is prepared to play. Good luck girls!

Rivalry Night

BY: Jordan Pasalaqua

This Thursday, September 21st your Madison Girls Volleyball team are going to be facing their rivals, the Riverside Beavers. This game will be played at Riverside, the Riverside Beavers having the home court advantage. The record for this years Madison Girls Volleyball Team is  7-4. Their conference record is 1-3. The Riverside Beavers record this year is 10-0, our Madison girls know that this is going to be a really tough match. The girls have been working really hard at their practices throughout the week and are ready to win this conference game, but unfortunately last year our girls volleyball team lost to the Riverside Beavers.

For the Madison Girls Volleyball team they have to work on not to hesitate to the ball, they need to communicate more on the court and they also have to stay positive throughout the whole game. The girls expectations for this game are to at least make it through four games or more and play hard throughout the whole entire game and make no mistakes.  

This years captains for the girls volleyball team are Aly Berry and Emma Burkholder they are both seniors this year and hope to make this year the best year. Aly Berry brings positivity to the team and also encourages girls to never give up on a play or a match, she also leads by an example. She hopes the girls can compete and win a match even though the Riverside Beavers are one of the toughest teams in their conference. Emma Burkholder also brings positive spirit to the team, she brings good leadership and she has great respect for her fellow teammates. She hopes the girls can pull a win for this Thursday's game and be the first ones to beat Riverside for this season.

2017-2018 Homecoming Court

BY: Joshua Smith

It's a tradition for schools to have a homecoming every year in high school. Just like every other year, Madison High School is having a shipwrecked themed homecoming. This years homecoming court consists of Ireland Bittner-Ford, Gabby Blackford, Maranda English, Kamryn Kincaid, Kalee Kless, Caleb Fiorello, Matt Gianfagna, Owen Myers, Mark Primer, and Joe smith.

Ireland Bittner-Ford

Gabby Blackford

Maranda English

Kamryn Kincaid

Kalee Kless

Caleb Fiorello

Matt Gianfagna

Owen Myers

Mark Primer

Joe Smith

We'll Be Back

BY: Dawn Brassow

The Lady Blue Streaks had a tough loss against Willoughby South on September 14th, 2017. The girls fought hard for two long, hard games, but sadly fell short with the final scores of 11-25 and 17-25. After the game, Jessica McPeek, a formal alumni coach, said, “I am proud of my girls for the fire they put in the game, they just need to be able to put more energy into their games which will help them push for the win”.

Savannah West, the teams libero, had a great game with 38 great passes! Savannah passed up to her setter Emma Norman who had 28 good sets. Emma set to her middle hitter Sadie Brodwater who had 15 hits and 3 blocks. After the game, Cailin Keller, who is a middle hitter, said, “We did not play as a team this game, but plan to come back and play as one in our next game”. Another player on the team, Chloe L., an all around player, said, “ The things we need to work on is covering and not hesitate for the ball”. Another player on the team, Giana Masony, said, "we need to work on communication, talking more will make us louder so we have energy and psych the other team out”. One fan said, “ They have improved throughout the season and have put a lot of hard work and dedication into this sport". The next team they play is away against Riverside at 4:30.

We've Got Spirit, How About You?

BY: Kaitlyn Rohl

Overall this years 2017-2018 students section has a been a combination of fun and creative. Seniors pose a great leaders and of many different aspects of the game to cheer on our Blue Streaks. This years student section has had a great turn out overall, all grade levels have been getting involved, to help support and cheer on our team. This years themes consisted of, the original blue streak paint up against Geneva, black out against Lakeside, and the neon out against our rivals Perry. This weeks theme is a white out, for our conference game against Willoughby South.

Senior Kalee Kless, leader of this year’s spirit section, has been a great role model, makes sure everyone is included, and encourages everyone to come out and help support. She has step up two tailgates coming into week four. These fun tailgates have a fun variety of games and loud music. These games include corn hole, KanJam, Giant Jenga, and toss with the football. Everyone comes out, paints up, and takes fun and creative pictures to bring our student section together.

Huge shoutout to Mr. Whaley, Mr. Smith, and Kalee Kless who help provide the food and paint for the those to participate in the student section. Our first two assembly were a huge contribute to gather our student body as a whole to get our team ready for kick off at 7 o'clock. Our assembly's consist of calling our original chant "212" to excite and get our student body ready for the game.

Seniors Gabby Blackford, and Kalee Kless want to thank everyone who has helped come out support our team and making many memories and putting in effort to support our boys. They want to encourage everyone to come out to tonight's game against Willoughby south, in the student section, or the even the stands. Senior Joey Smith says “I lose my voice every week, but it’s more than worth it for my team.”  Stay tuned for upcoming events and themes of the student section, you can find this news on the twitter page "MhsSection1718." I hope to see everyone at tonight's game.

Cranking Out The Win

BY: Adrianna Hanzak

With the past events of Madison bringing seven fouls and South delivering 9 on the field, there is no doubt that tension thickened the air shortly after the whistle blew. The Lady Streaks, previously winning over Brush and Riverside in the Western Reserve conference, were on their third conference game and had an undefeated title in the WRC on the line.

Although the first half was underway, there were not many opportunities that stood out greatly against the Rebels. Although, we delivered our shots into the back of the net, taking the lead and settling at halftime with a two to zero lead as our Lady Streaks gathered at the goal for their half time talk.

The plot thickened into the second half when the aggression picked up on both sides. With questionable calls being made on the plays, the official was receiving many unfavorable comments from the players on the bench. Although there were some hard hits coming from the Rebels, defender Emma Weaver stood tough, keeping her composure as she was fouled and the witnesses breathed a breath of relief when the assistant referee relentlessly beckoned the head referee to discuss the foul. While they waited patiently, the audience in the visiting stands were relieved that the officials had decided to give the South player a red card.

Soccer being a contact sport, aggression to an extent is inevitable. While the Lady Blue Streaks held it together stealing a four to zero win on paper, their game on the field was uncertain in its entirety. A team having an off day and still winning is uncommon, and in head coach Chad Butler's words, "The best kind of teams know how to crank out wins even when they aren't feeling it."

A Green Looking Future

BY: Alyssa Addison

For the girls golf snapshot I talked to Mina Gephart, a junior who is on the varsity golf team. I chose Mina because she is a hard worker and a focused player. She spends all of her time practicing, playing, or working.

Mina started playing golf her freshman year because she wanted to play a sport she would be able to make varsity in and her brother told her she would make varsity just by playing. She enjoys playing golf because she gets to meet the new people from the other team, and she gets to get together with her friends to play a sport that she loves.

Mina has accomplished a lot in the last 3 years of playing. She’s received many plaques and she came in second in the annual NEO tournament. She said she stands out from the rest of the team because she dresses in the appropriate golf attire and the rest of the team does not.

Mina has many goals for her high school and golf careers. For golf Mina wants to break 40’s, perfect a brand new shot or more, and have 2 pars per 18 holes. As for school Mina would like to graduate, and pass all her classes. She would also like to gain a scholarship from playing golf.

Mina said her high school experience has been pretty good for the most part. She said one of her most memorable moments was chipping a ball in from 110 yards out. She said her best memories are the assemblies, and golf matches.

In the future Mina would like to go to college, hopefully with a scholarship and play golf with her college team. After college Mina would like to continue playing golf and be a teacher as well.

Mina’s favorite movie is The fast and the Furious, and her favorite song is Body Like A Back Road by Sam Smith. She enjoys Biology 2 with Mr. Eckstein more than any other class. Her favorite sport is golf, and her favorite sports team is The Cleveland Cavaliers.