The online videos can be found on Youtube and there are about 18 rants thus far. “My favorite episode so far has got to be episode 5. It was so great because we had a lot of people guest staring and the video was a beach theme. Fellow seniors Jason Swords and Chris Manning announced where they where going to college on the rant, which I thought was a cool way to let people know their decision,” said Chaya.  As for what most people have to say about the rants, “most people think the rants are funny, they think I get crazy and I have a big group of followers,” said Chaya.

As for what is in store next for the star of the rants, “I’m planning to go to college (unsure of which one exactly) and get my degree so I can be a gym teacher. I have played football for almost my whole life and it’s my dream to coach high school football,” said Chaya. “I think it is important to always give 110 percent, no matter what you do. I’ve always been a hard worker, I don’t give up and I never will.”

“It was nice to be able to come to school and not have to wear a tie for once,” says O’Connell. O’Connell, who was previously studying at St. Ignatius High School, had to wear a shirt and tie everyday along with other strict guidelines that were known as the school dress code. “Even though there were a lot of rules regarding dress, it really wasn’t that bad,” says O’Connell. Dress code isn’t the only thing that makes BHS differ from St. Ignatius. “Even though at the end of the day school is still school, it was still a little weird the first couple of days getting used to walking far distances on the same floor instead of hiking up flights of stairs,” O’Connell comments.

Although O’Connell might feel a little out of place in the halls, he feels right at home on the baseball diamond. “All of the guys were really welcoming and they clicked with me right away,” O’Connell says. O’Connell played baseball at St. Ignatius and is accustomed to high school baseball. “It felt like I was just getting back into the swing of things, it was nice,” O’Connell comments. O’Connell’s teammates feel that he is making a solid contribution to the team as well. “He’s a real solid ball player and he knows what he’s doing out there,” says senior Tyler Cratty.

O’Connell seems to be fitting in just fine at BHS and is ready for any challenge that comes his way. “Coming from Iggy to here is a big transition in itself, so I figure if I can handle that, there’s not much I can’t get through,” O’Connell says.

This year he has assumed a leadership position on the field for the Devil’s (12-2) not only vocally, but through example. He is batting .410 with 8 RBI’s through 14 games. He is equally impressive behind the plate, hosting a .985 fielding percentage (meaning he doesn’t often mess up). These numbers explain, in part, how he is going to play with the big boys.

Bowling Green was not the only school interesting in Greiner, but they were the biggest. “BG was the only Division I school that was recruiting me, and it just felt right. The coaches and the atmosphere were my type,” said Greiner. He plans to study education along with playing for the team. Heidelberg University, Mount Union College and Ashland University also expressed interest in him. Next season he will be facing off with current teammate, center fielder Anthony Bova, 12, who will be attending Akron University. The teammates will meet in MAC to play. “I’m excited to compete with the best in college. It’s a tough level of baseball, so I know I’m going to have to work really hard to succeed,” said Greiner.

As this season goes, his impressive stats have not only been consistent, but timely. In a mid-season bout with St. Edwards (5-9) he knocked one out of the park and hit a sacrifice fly to lead the team passed the Eagles for a final score of 3-2.

Over the course of the year he has developed a big of a nickname from the crowd. They call him “big papa” when he steps up to the plate. “I just kind of went with it,” chuckles the catcher. Being a burly guy, it makes for a fitting title to go along with his hitting habits.

For the rest of the season, his hopes are that the team makes a run for the state title. “We haven’t gotten a lot of love in the rankings, but we don’t care. We have the guys and the determination to make a title run,” said Greiner. They are currently ranked 31^st in the state, but time will tell as they progress through the coming weeks.

Throw your hands in the air for number 17. Whether it is in blue and white, or brown and orange: he’s bound to make some noise.

At the bottom of the second inning Mentor had the lead 2-1. At the top of the 3^rd Piazza faced their #2 batter with a pop up to number 48 Zach Timoteo. Number 16 Justin Hartory made a diving catch at 2^nd, for the 2^nd out. Piazza struck out their #4 batter. Bottom of the 3^rd number 25 Macintyre Gore, started off for Brunswick, hitting a double. It was the 1^st of 3 doubles that inning, with number 8 Steven Ficyk and number 38 Justin Burgos hitting the other 2. Number 20 Lenny Martz and Timoteo also had hits that inning; bringing the devils 4 runs in the 3^rd. Brunswick had the lead 6-2 at the bottom of the 6^th. Mentor tied the game in the 7^th putting us into an extra inning. Mentor only sent 3 men to the plate in the 8^th inning, with no score. Hartory started off for the Blue Devils with a hard line drive single. He then stole 2^nd base. Number 2 Joey Pinzone was brought in to pinch run for Hartory. Number 14 Jordan Tooley was next at bat, laying down a sacrifice bunt, sending Pinzone to 3^rd. Gore, next at bat laid down a suicide squeeze on the 1^st pitch. Pinzone had a great lead off from 3^rd, allowing him to score the winning run.

The Blue Devils swept Mentor April 17^th and 18^th, improving their record to 14-1. Their next game is Monday April 23^rd against St. Ignatius at Mooney field in Brunswick.

Wawzyniak, now eighteen years old, has decided to take a very bold move for a young lady to celebrate the memory of her aunt and to raise awareness of her death.

The Susan G. Komen 3-Day is a sixty-mile celebration to raise money and educate communities to fight breast cancer. According to the 3-Day website, “No other breast cancer event in the country asks you to walk as far or raise as much money as the 3-Day. It is simply the boldest thing you can do in the fight to end breast cancer.”

Wawzyniak, only eighteen years old, will take those bold moves this summer.

“I decided to be a part of the 3-day this year because I’m finally old enough to register by myself,” says Wawzyniak. She has wanted to register for five years but would have had to have a parent to sign with her.

A few months ago, Wawzyniak and Christen Marcu, Brunswick High School tenth grade language arts teacher and yearbook advisor, created their own team: Brunswick Blue Devils. “We have wanted to do this together since sophomore year,” says Wawzyniak, “this year, it’s finally happening.”

In order to create a team, a minimal $2,300 must be raised. Neither Wawzyniak nor Marcu were not concerned about reaching that amount. To receive donations, Wawzyniak says that she mailed out about 150 letters to friends and family explaining her journey. Less than a month in, Brunswick Blue Devils reached the minimum donation requirement of $2,300.

“My loved ones are extremely generous,” says Wawzyniak, “I made a new goal of $5,000 to reach before the day of the walk.”

To date, Wawzyniak has raised $4,005, and Marcu has raised about $600.

Training will be a challenge because of the time consumption, says Wawzyniak. “I don’t even know if I will be prepared to walk twenty miles the first day,” she says, “I’m taking it each day as I go and I walk as far as time allows me.”

Wawzyniak is looking forward to seeing her family at the pit stops and her grandmother at the finish line. “Everyone that has given to the cause will be there spiritually with me.”

The Cleveland 3-Day is August 3-5, 2012.

DONATE TO TORI WAWZYNIAK AND CHRISTEN MARCU:

http://www.the3day.org/site/TR?px=6453971&fr_id=1763&pg=personal

As for the rest of the season, including NOC’s, conference matches, and sectionals, Coach Pirhoda comments, “The rest of the season looks promising. We have already played the two “powerhouses” in our division and battled them to the end. I look forward to some more conference victories, and a strong run towards the top of the division. We also have NOC Conference Championships coming up where our guys look to make strong runs. We also have Sectionals tournament on Wednesday May 9th @ Medina High School. Taylor Horton, Ian Kurela, & Nathan Mol will be representing Brunswick by playing singles. Seniors Philip Alfano & Bart Barrett will team up as the first doubles team, and Juniors Nathan Canterbury and Mikey Horvat will team up as the second doubles team.”

Junior Anastasia Fitzroy placed third for the 110m hurdles. “My start was really good. My coach said I got out strong so I was happy,” says Fitzroy. Fitzroy said her placement was better than normal, but her time was slower, at 17.7 seconds. Fitzroy has raced hurdles for three years. “I thought I would hate them when I first started, but now I like them. My favorite event is shuttle hurdle which is like a relay of hurdles when you finish at the starting spot and I love that,” expressed Fitzroy.

Junior Grant Zahn also raced hurdles at the meet on Wednesday. Zahn came in fourth place with a new personal record of 16.7 seconds. “I’ve been doing hurdles now for five years and I love it. It’s all about form and speed. Plus the guys in hurdles are like our own little family. We are really tight since we have a whole separate practice,” says Zahn.

Chanse Thompson-Centa, 10, also ran hurdles at the meet against Strongsville. He says, “I was disappointed because I expected to get better times, but the times I got were the same as all my other meets.” He came in third with 19.7 seconds in the 110 meter race. “Strongsville was a very good competitor,” he said. He has been racing hurdles for three years.

Junior Rachel Wilson had an unusual occurrence during her race, a Strongsville girl fell into her lane on one of the last hurdles. “I felt bad for her,” says Wilson, “I had to completely stop for her so I didn’t step on her, and then I had to run around her so in the moment it was confusing because I wanted to stop and help her but I had to finish the race!” Although she was slowed down, she still placed fifth with 19.7 seconds.

Hurdles are just one part of the many events that makes up a track meet. Each team member contributes their best to the events they are in to form a hard working team. These hurdlers put forth their best effort to contribute to the overall score of the team during the meet against Strongsville.

BRUNSWICK, OH – Last year Brunswick High School’s journalism program entered a submission into the Rochester Institute of Technology Young Professionals in Publishing Competition and won fourth place. The purpose of the contest is to create a magazine-like publication which maintains a solid theme throughout and displays high creativity with pictures and text.

All entries for this contest can come from students who are between grades 9 and 12 in U.S. high schools. All work has to be completed under the supervision of a teacher or advisor at the high school. Everything the students put together must be fully their work and 100 percent original. Participants may not violate or infringe any copyright laws, and if they do, their work will be disqualified.

The Brunswick High School journalism and Adobe design classes work together to create a unique publication. This year’s classes came up with a theme that expresses the areas in and around Cleveland that are popular hangout spots for high school aged kids, while also showing what teens can do to give back to their community. Senior Josh Monaco, who helped with both the design and journalistic aspects of the publication, says, “It was good for us to do, because our work will be criticized by professionals. We will get some awesome feedback. It is an opportunity to get our work out there and viewed by a different audience. We also learned how to work in a more professional setting because we had to collaborate with complete strangers and combine our ideas. It was also a true test of our skills.”

Language arts teacher and journalism director Mrs. Michelle Raglow helped oversee along with Adobe design teacher Ms. Chelby Benson. With their help, students were able to put their ideas and creativity together to collaborate and make a small publication. All entries must be 14 pages, submitted digitally. The due date was March 30. A few weeks after, submitters will get to view their entries again to make small changes before a final decision on the winner is made. After the top five finalists are selected, an overall winner will be announced, and the school which wins receives 3,000 copies of their publication that will be saddled-stitched and delivered to the school by June 29. This contest is an experience that can really serve to help students who, in the future, want to go in to a field that deals with this type of publication and design.

Brunswick High School’s (BHS) Boys Lacrosse stepped on the field with confidence: winning against Wadsworth at 17-5. Mike Davis set the team record by scoring 7 goals. Davis also had 3 assists in scoring for other teammates. “The biggest push was getting a few goals early in the game,” says Davis, “The team did come into the game as confident but we were sketchy from our past losses, but we still held it together and that motivated us to work harder and push through to our first win of the season.”

“This game was a challenge that should have been an easy game,” says Coach Patton, “We played on a county backwoods field rather than turf, but the inexperience in the Wadsworth team and the way Brunswick dealt with open opportunities they had was the biggest turn to our victory.” This first win of the season also pushed the team to win their second game of the season on Friday April 20^th. “The Wadsworth win motivated us more than any of us could think of,” says Davis, “This win showed us that we are capable of winning and gave our confidence level a push up to a higher level.”

The Boys Varsity Lacrosse team plays their next game on Monday, April 23. BHS lost to Padua at their previous games in the season. Coach Patton says, “Winning the Padua game will mean everything to the boys, and I think this game will determine how confident and determine these boys are to play.”