Thursday, October 12, 2017

Madison Mural

BY: Jack Tagliamonte

So as many of you know, we got a new mural thing upstairs, it sadly covers up the masterpiece that was "The Claymation Sports Figures" but the new look is refreshing and much needed. It has this "We're the cool Madison now" vibe which most of us dig. The mural is a train track with a thunderstorm taking over the sky and, if you look closely there's a mustache hiding on the wall. It has the iconic blue M smack dab in the middle with some weird pixelated clouds next to it but you only see those if you're nitpicking and up as close as you can. As my dad would always say, "There are few things that get the people reading like a mural in a high school."

I was told to go ask the Fish himself how the mural came to be, how he liked it, why he wanted to make it this year, and how he grew his perfect mustache.
"Avery Pinta, Abby Reed and Kelly Sill were the main instrumental people to give us the mural, they saw it in the city and came to us about the company, I don't remember the company name but I heard that there was a mustache hidden somewhere in there."
I decided to ask some other people how they thought about the new mural to add some more length to the article.

I asked Toni Burr, to which she replied, "It was pretty cool... I liked the mustache. Oh and the train tracks!" Mr. Butler said, "I haven't seen it yet." Which isn't really helpful but he just said that to not be in the article, guess again Butler... guess again. Asking other students they all had some really boring answers from "We have a new mural?" to "It was pretty cool." But personally I think we needed something to cover up that poor, poor preschool painting so this is a good thing in my book. The mural has a vibe that makes us all tell the other schools that the old Madison can't come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, because it's dead.

Friday, October 6, 2017

Double Digits

BY: Alyssa Caruthers

Last night, your JV girls soccer team took on the Edgewood Warriors on their home field. Your lady streaks entered the match with a record of 9-2-1 and were looking to add another W to their record.

Spirits were high and the girls were ready for this game. With twenty four minutes left in the first half your Streaks got up 1-0, with a goal from Hailey Nichols (assisted by Liberty Paratto). Just two minutes later the lady streaks scored again with a goal by Haylee Winfield! The streaks ended the half up 2-0. “The girls are dominated in possession this first half and just need to perfect their through-ball,” says your Lady Blue Streaks varsity coach.

The ladies went back on the field second half and gave a PK, and Edgewood shoot it wide left. The ladies then continued to dominate the game and, with seventeen minutes left, Emma Shirer found the back of the net with an assist from Liberty Paratto, making it 3-0. With five minutes remaining Amanda Webster scored for your lady streaks closing out the game at 4-0. The lady streaks dominated this game, and worked very well as a team to win this battle.

However, this was not just a normal win for the girls. Their record was now 10-2-1, and it is the first time since 2013 that the girls JV team has had a double digit winning record! Coach Mackenzie Spangler says, “Our motto is ‘Give 60%, 4,000% of the time’, which does not make sense to most people, but the team understands it”. Ally Naso says, “I really feel privileged to have the opportunity to get to play with this team, their improvements from off-season to now are incredible”.


Your Lady Streaks will continue their season as they play the Riverside Beavers for the second time this season. The match will be held at Riverside High School, on Monday at 5:00 p.m. Come out and support your JV girls soccer team as they look to continue adding “W’s” to their record.

Jack's Journey Through The Junior Year: Stop Dabbing

BY: Jack Tagliamonte

Stop dabbing. It's trash. It's been a year and no one finds it funny, or good, or anything. There's a real problem here and dabbing has become a big one in the United States, nay, the world. The only country that really understands the cringe factor of dabbing is Saudi Arabia; they made dabbing illegal and it's probably the best thing that they could do in this situation. Think of it, what's worse than dabbing... the Holocaust, North Korea, Trump being President, sure, but there's something that may get up on the list, little children dabbing.

Children dabbing is the lowest of low that children could do other than making a Youtube channel of them recording their TV with their iPhone 4 while playing Minecraft on their Playstation 3. It's not only the biggest disrespect I've ever received from a child, I pray that they repent and see the lord's light and live the rest of their lives in peace and harmony without the need to dab on the haters.

But I don't only have a problem with children dabbing, I have a problem with all dabbing. It has this power over everyone, every one of those bad Youtube dance videos has at least one dab and the cameraman just has this jolt of regret.

There are few other things that hit the right buttons in just the right spot to make me curl up and wish I was never born; children overall. I hate their singing, their dancing, their God awful Youtube videos (Like please parents just make sure your child doesn't touch Youtube until they're 45), chalkboards and fingernails, and pineapple on pizza. They're all the worst things I could imagine other than half spider half cat riding a dragon. Really, I can be passionate about some things, mainly this: this homecoming. If I see anyone dabbing I will just leave and go to Taco Bell for the rest of the night and just hope that if I eat enough Cheesy Gordita Crunches I could forget that I saw a high schooler moronically dab.

This may sound repetitive, but I just need to drill it into your head. Stop. Dabbing. It will never be good, it can't be good, and it's beyond the point of repair. Also stop with the backpack kid dance, it just freaks me out.

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Shooting For Sectionals


BY: Sierra Craddock

Your Girls Golf team played Monday, October 2 at Tamberwin for sectionals to see who can make it to districts. Who ever scored under the cut off limit, which was 86, would advance to districts. Coach Titman states, “The girls did much better than they did last year, but unfortunately none of the girls qualified to districts.” Coach also said, “I thought the scores would be better, although the three teams that beat us, we improved during sectionals. Mentor beat us by one stroke in 18 holes." Kalee K. spoke and said, “ We needed to bring out A game and shoot low scores.”

Despite none of the girls making it to districts, they played a good hard season. The top three players for sectionals were Mina G., for shooting a 97; Emiligh K., shooting a 99; and Mira K, shooting a 102.  This ends the season for our Girls Golf team.  

Now for our Boys Golf team: They played as well on Monday, October 2 at Quail Hollow for sectionals. Their final score, with the top four people added up, was a 403. The cut off limit to go to districts was a score of 83 or lower and the only one to do so was Danny A.

Danny scored close to the cut off, but made it with a 76. Teammate Lucas W. says, “Danny pared the last three holes is what helped him to get his score, were all going to cheer him on and hope he makes it from districts to states.” With that being said, since Danny is going to districts, the season for him is not over, and his team is standing right behind him. The top three performers for sectionals were Danny, shooting a 76; Lucas, shooting a 100; and Logan, shooting a 114. Districts are played next Wednesday for Danny. Good luck!

Tying The Title

BY: Adrianna Hanzak

For the entire season that led up to Tuesday, October 3rd, the Madison Girls’ Soccer Team had one game on their mind: The Mayfield Wildcats. The head coach Chad Butler had not yet experienced a win in Wildcat stadium, and he, and his twenty varsity players, were starving for the opportunity to overthrow the Wildcats for the WRC title. The Lady Blue Streaks took the field, determined to add another loss to the Wildcats’ record on their own turf.

As time passed after the kick off, it became more evident that the Lady Blue Streaks were having a slow start. All it took was the heart drop of the ball leaving Mayfield’s foot going in the back of the net in the second half for lightning to strike.

The second half was when the Lady Blue Streaks were the team that had ten wins over the season, the team that could make it eleven. When the Wildcats would take the lead, the Lady Blue Streaks tied the score. The anticipation of the game kept the spectators on their feet and the players up off of the bench.

Defensive Captain Victoria Tromba commented that it was “the most intense game I’ve played. 10/10,” showing beyond doubt that the adrenaline was pumping both on and off the field.

With the score tied 2-2, Mykala Askew, having scored both the Streaks’ goals, sent a pass through the defense to Alyssa Caruthers who out ran her mark and sent the ball into the back of the net just as the whistle blew to call her offside, causing an uproar in the stands. The shouts and mumbles from the spectators further showed the disapproval of the ref's call.

The goal being marked as a fault, the game ends in a 2-2 score, setting the Lady Blue Streaks closer to sharing the the WRC title with the Wildcats. Next week the Lady Blue Streaks take on the Kenston Bombers on Tuesday, October 9 on home field, with the chance to take the title.

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Mayhem in Madison

BY: Toni Burr


They're back at it! Madison Cross Country had another meet Saturday, October 1st at Madison High School. Madison took 3rd place at the meet. This game was very important to the team because it was a home game and also it was senior night. I was very excited about this game, we got to see all of the seniors with their parents taking their final walk as a part of the Madison Cross Country team.

The coach,  Jeremy Verdi, said that they did so well because the course was flat, and they worked on that track a week in advance. I talked to Owen Hennessey about the meet, he thought he would get around the low 17's but instead he got 16:55, a very big deal seeing as he broke the 17 flat barrier. I knew they were going to be good because they all have been getting up early and training hard everyday.

This meet was important for the season because it was senior night, the seniors got to walk with their parents. I feel as if this meet was a very important meet because it was a home meet at Madison and we had to show the competitors where we came from. The top runner is Senior Nick Amos, the other two top runners are Junior Owen Hennessey and Sophomore Chris Plummer.

The Cross Country season is almost over! The next meet is Saturday, October 7th at Andrews Osborne. Come support the Madison Cross Country team!

Madtown Senior Night

BY: Taylor Stevens

The Madison versus Chardon game was senior night and also a WRC conference match. A game to honor the seniors for their hard work and dedication for 4 years. This years seniors are Griffin Albert, Matthew Bowen, Kenton Keller, Mason Riehl, Tanner Gortz, Frank Marcelli, Michael Swinarski, Conner Hahn, Richie Camp and Cole Hejduk.

Frank Marcelli, the captain of the varsity team, had his expectations of the game. His pre-game assessment of the game was to have a primarily defensive game and for it to be a very close one.
Richie Camp had lots of positive thoughts going into the game and expected the team to work hard and take the win.

During the first half the game was at a slow point and as the second half came around Frank Marcelli came in and scored two back to back goals putting the team in the lead. Frank said he was very happy scoring the two goals and it made him even happier that is was senior night when he scored those two goals. Fabian Ruiz, who is a sophomore, scored a very important goal that night. The defensive end slipped and let the Chardon Hilltoppers score a goal making the score 3-1.  Richie Camp said that they could of stepped up their game and not given them the chance to score, but in all had a very good defensive game that night. The team agreed that they should of came out stronger in the first half.

Madison took the victory. It was a great win and even better since it was senior night. The team had to get ready for their next conference match against Mayfield on October 3rd, 2017 on home field. At the practices between the two games the boys worked on crossing and from changing from defense to offense. The coach, Julio Gutierrez made a decision to change their formation.

The team is ready for the upcoming challenges of the end of the season with tournament games. The seniors have been working their hardest because it is their final games in their high school soccer games.