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photo illustration by Dani raDicathletic dreams sidelinedFirst-year athletic director Bruce Johnson had high hopes for new athletic facilities.

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Facts on:Bruce JohnsonGraduated from:Howland High School

Last Job:Howland athletic director

Sports played:Football, basketball, baseball

Connections with:NFL players Jack Laser and Larry Savage

Favorite sports team:Cleveland Indians

Children:JD Johnson, 25-year-old teacher and Lake Erie College assistant basketball coach

Favorite hobby:Walking his Golden Re-triever Brittany with his wife, Pamela

When athletic director Bruce Johnson was hired by the Streetsboro City School District last June, he set out with one major goal: Com-pletely revamp the district’s athletic complex that dates back to the school’s conception in 1963. Johnson hoped to have the complex com-pleted no later than the 2011-2012 school year. Despite his original plans, the proj-ect has been put on hold for a year or more and may even be suspended indefinitely. “When teachers and staff can potential-ly lose their jobs if this levy fails then I’m not going to be out raising money on a track

and turf,” said Johnson. “Right now I’m go-ing to be out there trying to pass this levy.” This past August, after plans for upgrad-ing the athletic facilities were already in mo-tion, the district discovered that it was facing a $900,000 projected deficit. Johnson then had to face the fact that his funding campaign would be held back if the school levy fails November 3. “I think the timing of everything just stinks,” said Head Football Head Coach John Arlesic. “I think if we didn’t have the levy, or deficit hanging over our heads it would have been a great time.” Before the financial complication, John-son had recruited Streetsboro resident and architect Chuck Rosati of CMMA Inc to help lead the design. Early stages of the plan

would have involved Rosati conducting site surveys and then him holding multiple meet-ings with members of the athletic department. “I think plans for stadium renovation are long overdue and it’s nice to have some-one in the position that recognizes that fact,” said Head Track Coach Tom Fesemyer. The spectrum of plans for the stadium include an all-weather track, a turf field and a one-build-ing athletic facility. According to the plans, the first floor of the athletic facility would include a weight room, locker rooms, concession stands and a storage room. The second floor would

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teachers to make work up on days they missed, get extra help, and whatever else they needed. They can’t exactly do that anymore, at least not like they used to be able to. Students need help from teachers at different times. It is not always going to be convenient or necessary for them to go to a teacher on a certain day of the week. So by forcing them to go where they need no help, students may be lacking the help they need for another class. I don’t think the committee that made this decision intended to hold back students from getting the help they need, but I believe that is what is now happening. Another problem that arises with the change, are club meetings. Does this scheduling committee realize how many clubs there are? Many kids are in multiple clubs that meet at the same time. With home-

coming to plan, student coun-cil needed to meet far more than every Monday, because that’s just not enough time. In this extra intervention time provided for these class-es, we are just supposed to get help, but some teachers may take advantage of this extra time and use it to teach. The teachers do not have to use it to teach. It is supposed to be used for makeup work and extra help, but I think it’s ob-vious that some teachers will use the time to further their lessons. If teachers do begin using this time to teach more lessons, which I’m quite sure some of them will, then post secondary students who leave before intervention could be missing work and fall behind. Instead of making one period extremely long every day, I like the idea of having a late start one day a week as a reward for students who are

ahead or finished with all ofthe their work. For students who need further help in their classes, it would be provided at an intervention early in the morning. This way, stu-dents who don’t need help in certain classes wouldn’t be forced to receive it. If the scheduling commit-tee is going to keep interven-tion the way it is, the very least it could do is get all teachers on the same page, because the different opinions the teach-ers have of us leaving during their intervention time are be-ginning to give me whiplash. I know the scheduling committee wants to do the right thing and better our education, so why not just keep things how they were, or change it for the better? It is possible to still crack down on disciplining the students breaking the rules during intervention, without changing everyone’s schedule.

‘Reformed’ intervention not workingRotation not a cure for lazinessSarah Henderson

Staff Writer

Underclassmen need to continue traditions Homecoming is a time of spirit, or at least that is what the students aim for. Be-tween hall decorating, the resurrected fence decorating and the spirit days, there is a way for everyone to participate. Last year we stated the general spirit was not up to par and tossed the blame on the lack of blue and gold and support at sporting events. Now the problems go deeper than that. Competitive traditions such as hall and fence seem to be less important than previous years. The freshman class does not under-stand these traditions so they are not taking part in decorating. If the future of our school doesn’t carry out valued traditions, who will? Fence decorating was always a loved tradition, and when it was taken away last year, we were furious. Now that the tradi-tion is back, the only class definitely par-ticipating are the seniors. The underclass-men are making excuses but the cups come from class donation, not from the treasurer. This is getting ridiculous. Underclass-men need to step up and participate. School is about more than just book work.

“I don’t like [that freshman are not decorating hall] because it feels like they are trying to change things and push the traditions away.”

In this extra intervention time we are supposed to just get help, but classes turn into a two-hour lecture.

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After three months of work the courtyard is filled with new flowers, painted benches and a new patio. “My primary focus [for the courtyard] was academics. I wanted it to be a place where teachers could take their students and do a lesson if they wanted to,” said English teacher Mindy Moulton, who coordinated the project along with Amber Weathers who initallay proposed the idea. Along with the patio donated by Treg Trotter from Old Castle APG Midwest; Lowe’s store manager Tim Mercer also donated low maintenance flowers that will come back every year. “The only flowers that won’t come back every year are the cute tiny blue ones

Guidance counselor Kelly Simmons enjoys helping students prepare for college as well as cheering on her alma maters, Kent State University and Bowling Green State University’s, basketball and football teams. Simmons earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from BGSU and masters in both sports and recreation and administration from KSU. She worked in the administration office at KSU

More courtyard changes to comePlans include new trees, picnic tables

which we thought, well that’s great, that’s something new we can do every year,” said Moulton. Current plans for the courtyard include more picnic tables to replace the broken benches and a new tree. It all started last year when Moulton had asked her students one thing they would change about the school. Most of her students said they wanted to build a new school. “Well, we can’t make that much change in a little bit of time, so I asked them what else they could do,” said Moulton. The students then came up with ideas such as renovating the courtyard, painting more murals around the school and increasing recycling. “I honestly believe if we had the materials to completely change this school and make it look better, the students would do it themselves,” said Moulton.

Lauren Groff

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How would you use the courtyard?

“We used it to go outside and

read in government class.”

--Senior Chelsea Jones

“I would go out there for

intervention or for lunch.”

--Sophomore Sarah Norman

“I would probably use it to

hang out with friends during

lunch.”

--Freshman Zach Scott

photo by DAni rADicCapturing tHe sCeneryEating lunch together outside in the courtyard are senior Brandon McFarland and junior Deejay Cates.

Traveling guidance counselor lands in StreetsboroLauren Groff

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photo by DAni rADicoffering guidanCeTalking to Ryan Spences’ class is guidance counselor Kelly Simmons.

for seven years. Last year Simmons did an internship with guidance counselor Bill Smerglia. Where Simmons helped out with individual and group counseling for freshman and sophomores, along with scheduling and college preparation. After guidance counselor Ann Houston retired last year,

Simmons applied for the job. “She’s wonderful and I think she is a great addition to the school,” said guidance secretary Nancy Yenulonis. Simmons said she became a guidance counselor because she wanted to work with students at a high school level. As an admissions counselor Simmons visited

high schools to talk about college which helped her learn how to work with students of this age. “You have to be extremely flexible and be able to juggle a lot at one time,” she said. One of the biggest challenges she is facing, in her new role is trying to figure out how everything works, since this is her first time as a high school guidance counselor. “I really hope to get to know as many students as possible and to really try and help them through high school, whether it’s academically, socially, personally or emotionally,” said Simmons.

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“At the school, I think the biggest thing that needs changed is we need more space here, but excluding that factor I think the most valuable thing right now that we could do to better our school, would be to fix our track.” English Teacher

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Guidance counselor Kelly Simmons enjoys cheering on the football and basketball teams of her alma maters, KSU and BGSU.

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The current interven-tion schedule was devised by a committee in hopes of making the period more beneficial to students and their academics.

The ntervention sched-ule will be evaluated by this same committee at the end of the first semester.

“In the old system, you were stuck with a ran-dom teacher that you might not even have for class or might not even know,” said assistant principal Natalie Wininger.

Staff members disliked students roaming the halls and not being accounted for. They also felt the stu-dents were not overly con-cerned about their academ-ics. Together, the committee members came up with the new schedule, which gives teachers more time with their students to provide

Intervention schedule to be evaluatedintervention. Wininger said teachers are to use the in-tervention time to give the extra help to those who are in need of assistance.

“I really don’t like the schedule,” said sophomore Devin Adams, “because some teachers won’t let you go to other classes that you need help in.”

Wininger said inter-vention is to be used to help those who are strug-gling in particular classes. Students are allowed to go to different interventions if their agendas are signed by teachers whose classes they need help in.

Tracey Schneeman said her students have been coming in for interven-tion and doing fine in her classes. She believes there should not be any confu-sion of where to go in refer-ence of intervention time.

She added her ideal schedule is a late-start re-ward for students one day a week, for those doing well in classes. Students who are struggling would then get assistance in the morning before classes start.

Cindy Deng

Staff Writer

Staff, students not on same page

photo by Dani raDicCapturing a MoMentLooking at pictures during intervention are seniors Amanda Anderson and Court Willa.

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contain a press box that rises above the stands. Arlesic said he believes the improvements are nec-essary and that Streets-boro should have com-parable facilities to other schools of similar size. “We’re no different, and I think that’s the out-look people need to take. What was good in the 1970s isn’t good in 2010.” Another feature John-son hopes to include in the final product is a memo-rial to honor the citizens of Streetsboro who lost their lives while fight-ing in the armed services, including 2004 gradu-ate Jason Hernandez.

“Athletic achievements are great but there’s no great-er achievement than giving your life,” said Johnson. Johnson said he plans to fund the project strictly through advertising and do-nations from local families and businesses, including $100 family bricks, all the way up to naming rights of the stadium, which he plans to sell for around $250,000. He had hoped to kick off this donation campaign on Jan. 1, but he is now wait-ing on the outcome of the election on November 3. “Quite honestly, the school district doesn’t need me if this levy doesn’t pass,” said Johnson.

“After sitting in class for two periods, you get tired and bored listening to the same teachers. You just need the time to regain back your energy to pay attention again.”

New stadium would include a memorial to honor citizens of Streetsboro who lost their lives while fighting in the armed services.

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November 1st deadline, at least two appli-cation essays, scholarship essays and financial aid forms-- these are only a few of the items running though my mind. It’s only the start of senior year, but the decisions I’m making now, are ones that will impact my entire future. For those who plan on furthering their ed-ucation after graduation, I recommend begin-ning the process junior year. Many of the re-quirements for colleges take time, such as the ACT and SAT tests. These tests can be taken multiple times to improve scores in order to show the best score to colleges and scholarship committees. When I first registered to take the ACT back in June, I wasn’t taking it as seriously as I should have. My dad and I went to Borders and purchased this humungous study guide book. My dad actually expected me to read it. Soon my results came in and let’s just say my score wasn’t to my expectations. I retake the test on October 24, so I decided to pick up that book and take a look through it. As always, my dad was right. Before this year, my life was planned out; I was going to attend the University of North Carolina and double major in public relations and magazine journalism. Then Mindy Moulton’s English glass be-gan. We started a “real world” unit, working on college applications and all the require-ments for each college we were applying for. Researching more schools on the comput-er added a few more to my list: University of Miami and Florida State University. Currently, I’m stressing over how to choose the one I belong at. Everyone says that you’ll know when you visit the school. Juniors and seniors are provided two college visit days, so I definitely plan on taking advantage of that opportunity. For now, I will continue researching, find-ing out which of college fits my criteria: an ac-credited communication program, a recreation center, on campus-housing, out of state, frater-nities and sororities, an accomplished campus magazine, and great football and basketball teams. *Editor’s note: This column will continue every is-sue, following Shay’s journey of college preparation, in hopes of offering direction and insight to fellow students.

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Name: Somaya AhmedAge: 16Grade: 11Family: Mom, dad, younger brother (14) and sister (9).Home country: Cairo, EgyptThoughts on SHS:Likes it but challenging to make friends, knows it requires time. Enjoys the freedom here in Streetsboro.Difference between Streetsboro and Egypt:Education: Egypt does not have grade school; it is from

primary (their elementary) to secondary school (their high school).SHS learning experience: Students are open-minded, non-judgmental.Favorite subject(s):Social studies; she likes how Sherry Maruna is helpful, understanding and nice. She also likes English with Maria Judd.School activities:Member of a dance club, loves to perform her dances on stage all over the world. Performed in Washington, D.C. When the talent show comes around, she and fellow exchange stu-dent, Elza Galsytan, hope to share their country’s dances with the students at SHS. Then their fellow SHS students can get a good feel of the girls’ countries.One difference between America and Egypt:Extra holidays in Egypt; mu-tual holidays include Hallow-een and Christmas.

Exchange students represent Armenia, Egypt New juniors face challenges of adjustment Cindy Deng

Staff Writer

Name: Elza Galstyan Age: 15Grade: 11Family:Mom, dad, and a sister (11).Home country:Kapan, Armenia.Thoughts about SHS:More freedom; in Armenia, it’s more strict in and outside of school.Favorite subject(s):Classes are hard to understand but she enjoy social studies and American Popular Music.Thoughts about SHS’s caf-eteria food:It’s different, because she’s never tried it before.School tradition:

A celebration when school starts and the last day of school, which they call in Ar-menia “First bell” and “Last bell.”One difference between America and Armenia:They have a special holiday called, “Women’s Month” from March 8th to April 7th. Men give the women in their lives flowers and small gifts every day during that holiday.

ACT PrePSocial Studies teacher Sherry Maruna assists juniors Elza Galstyan and Soma-ya Ahmed and with the ACT packets and the application process.

•Staff adopts code of ethics•New flags help band place in competition•Purchase of uniforms adds zest to band

College prep needs to start junior year

Elza Galstyan enjoys American Popular Music and social studies the most.

Foreign exchange student Somaya Ahmed is a member of a dance club, loves to perform her dances on stage all over the world. She a;sp performed in Washington, D.C.

Junior Foreign Exchange StudentSomaya Ahmed

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‘Pale is the new tan’

When I began writing this article, my purpose was to defend the people who visit tanning booths and to convince critics that tanning has its benefits and neces-sities. I couldn’t. I researched for about a week, and not one credible source had a positive thing to say about tanning, which surprised me. I personally tan to control my skin allergies. My sister tans to keep her acne under control, and my best friend tans to even out her skin tone. Each of us were prescribed tanning by Dr. Cohn, but only once a week until our conditions had cleared. I know that the three of us use our conditions to justify tanning, so I figured I could focus on that aspect of tanning in my story. After speaking with Cohn, who is my dermatologist, I realized that my daily tanning needed reconsidered, and just in time for homecoming, right? While I was discussing this issue with intervention specialist Marjorie Arida, she recommended the Jer-gens self-tanner she used since she underwent a painful procedure to remove pre-cancerous skin cells that were damaged by the sun. I have simce been using a lotion self tanner, and I can honestly say, I am happy with the results it’s pro-ducing. I want to completely stop tanning, because now I

understand the risks. I see what it does to my skin. But it’s a hard process to stop. I believe tanning is an addiction for some people. It serves as a stress reliever; that’s a main reason I visit the booths so

often. I’m convinced that I need to stop. While I lay in a tanning bed, I imagine my skin

becoming wrinkly and spots of discoloration appearing everywhere. This truly frightens me. While it’s easier said than done, I am slowly im-proving and drifting away from the booths. Hopefully someday soon, I will be completely done with indoor tanning.

Local dermatologist offers her insight on dangers of tanningShay Colescott

Managing Editor

Early aging, melanoma, drying out, rough texture, thicker skin, scale appear-ance, weakening of connective tissues and 100 times more radiation on the eyes than normal sunlight; these effects are effects of indoor tanning, which remains popular despite the dangers. According to skincancer.org, the Food and Drug Administration has estimated that 38,000 people will be diagnosed with mel-anoma this year. The cancer risk increases by 75 percent if a person is exposed before the age of 35, according to the FDA. “I see people in my office in their 30s and 40s that look like they are 10 to 15 years older than they are,” said Dr. Mo-nique Cohn, owner, of Advanced Derma-

tology in Twinsburg. “They come to me for expensive cosmetic treatments to re-verse the effects of tanning bed damage in their teens and 20s.” Although a majority of people who tan do it because they feel as though it enhances their appearance, some dermatologists prescribe tanning to peo-ple with severe acne, and skin conditions such as vitiligo (loss of skin color), pso-riasis, and other dry skin conditions.

Cohn said for patients with medical

conditions, the tanning benefits may outweigh the risks, but the use of cos-metic tanning should be completely avoided. Any tan or skin darkening is the skin’s protective mechanism against damaging UV rays, she said. “The World Health Organization placed tanning beds in the same dan-ger category as cigarettes, arsenic and mustard gas, stating that tanning beds were a definite cause of cancer,” said Cohn.

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Instead of utilizing indoor tan-ning to obtain a “glow,” dermatologists recommend using spray tanning, or airbrushing, which lasts an estimated three to 10 days if exfoliating before, and moisturizing afterwards. Another safe method is a lotion that contains a self-tanner. Brands such as Jergens work gradually without leaving the skin tinted orange. “Spray tans and bottle tans are to-tally safe, but beds are not,” said Cohn.

Early wrinkling, thicker skin, rougher texture and melanoma are major risks of tanning.

“I want to completely stop tanning, because now I understand the risks. I see what it does to my skin. But it’s a hard process to stop. I believe tanning is an addiction for some people.”

Senior and avid tannerShay Colescott

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UK stylist Gabrielle Teare gives insight to homecoming trendsShay Colescott

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Short, beaded & silver are homecoming trends

Short in length, silver in color, one shoulder strap, or a “puffy bottom” are the new trends that filled up the depart-ment stores such as Dillard’s and Macy’s for this year’s homecoming. Homecoming is a time for people to stand out, and express their individual-ity, although most dresses have similar features because they follow the common trends. The basic trend this year is the short length, usually ending a bit above the knee. Variations to this year’s short dresses include the “puffy bottom” dress. This

style works with a large number of body shapes, and adds a formal appearance to the outfit. Another effect on dresses catching eyes this season is the beads, which simply add a fun element. “Great shows and fab bag jewlrey as well,” also adds a unique element said stylist Gabrielle Teare in an e-mail inter-view. Teare was recently featured in 09 Marie Claire, Esquire, Elle and prov-iden styling consultancy and editorial commentary for Disney on films such as “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and “Tinkerbell.” A little black dress works best for girls with hourglass shapes, and strap-less styles work best for larger girls said Teare. “A-line skirts popular in the US make you look fatter. Go for more streamline. [Thinner] long column dresses, look sensational,” said Teare. Aside from the shape and length of

a dress, color is also very important. The color should match the natural hair and eye color of a person, said Teare. She recommends lighter-toned people to stick to warm or neutral colors, where darker-toned people are best seen in brighter or cold colors. Most impor-tantly, the key to looking great is to “think I am the most gor-geous woman/man here,” said Teare. “Relax and flirt. Enjoy others and they will love you!”

Photo illustraition by shay ColEsCott

Senior Olivia Allen said the dresses in stores this season are short, yet plain.

“Tuxedos with a small shawl collar and one button gives a rockstar look.”

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Scoreboard VolleyballHead Coach: Bill SmergliaRecord: 8-2 (6-0)Season Goal: A fifth straight PTC title Big Upcoming match: Rootstown on October 6 at 5:30

GolfHead Coach: Bruce ThomasRecord: 1-19 (1-9) Season Goal: Thomas hope for the younger golf-ers to step up and have a successful season.Big Upcoming Match: The state sectional tourna-ment at Water Golf Course

SoccerHead Coach: Seth TiptonRecord: 1-6 (0-3)Big Upcoming Game: October 1 vs. Rootstown at home. The Rovers have been one of the best teams in the league for years and he is looking forward to the challenge.

Boys Cross Head Coach: Gabe SwartsSeason Goal: To make regionals as a team and to place higher in PTC.

Girls CrossHead Coach: Robb KiddSeason Goals: To place third in PTC and for the “A” team to make regional meet.Big Upcoming Meet: Oc-tober 17 PTC and October 24 district meets.

World-renowned superstar LeBron James has six all-star appear-ances, is the reigning Most Valuable Player of the National Basket-ball Association and has connections all over the world, including Jay-Z, Dwayne Wade, Kobe Bryant and Streetsboro’s own “Coach Muck.” This past sum-mer Muckleroy had the opportunity to help coach at James’camp, King’s Academy. “The director of the camp, Dru Joyce, was looking for coaches from Northeast Ohio to assist him in this camp,” said Muckleroy. Joyce is James’ former high school coach from Akron’s St. Vincent St. Mary’s. Muckleroy got to know Joyce during an AAU tournament he helped run during the spring. Based on that, Joyce called Muck-leroy and asked if he

would be interested in making a trip to California to be a coach/counselor. King’s Academy, held July 23rd - 29th, had pre-viously been in Akron, but it was changed this

year to the University of California of San Diego. “I was very excited that I was working the camp, but I was also ex-cited to go out West for the first time,” said Muckleroy.

Muck coaches alongside James at summer campAlex Westerh

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While there Muckle-roy met a number of differ-ent coaches and expanded his network of contacts and ideas based on a different geographical location. “We did a lot of shoot-

ing and passing drills. Sim-ilar to the drills I do with our high school team. All of the coaches had a team and we would play pickup games against each other,” said Muckleroy.

“My favorite moments are when I see the guys excited to play and every moment I see any kind of improvement. With all of the other things happening in their lives I really enjoy seeing them concentrate on the sport and having fun playing it”

Head soccer coachSeth Tipton

photo courtesy of Todd MuckleroySTAR STRUCKSharing a moment with Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James at his basketball camp in July is boys basketball head coach Todd Muckleroy.

Muckleroy met Cavaliers Mo Williams and J.J. Hickson, former NBA star Bill Walton, and Michigan State player Delvon Roe this summer.

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Homecoming Game 2009 Streetsboro v. Woodridge

Alex Westerh

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Homecoming a pivitol PTC duel

photo by Shay Colescott

Senior Bobby Hegedish is a team leader in tackles with 33.

Fans and parents coming to the homecoming game tonight can expect to see a Portage Trail Conference matchup that has potential to shape the conference. “It’s a big game to win ... so everyone will play harder and play faster,” said senior captain Jason Cook. Despite dropping its firsttwo games of the season, Streetsboro is coming off back-to-back wins against rival Crestwood and Water-loo. Woodridge has come out strong at 3-1. Both teams are 1-0 in

the PTC. “This is going to be a high-energy game,” said Rocket Head Coach John Arlesic. “We’re both pro-jected as one of the best teams in the conference. This is going to set up the rest of the conference.” The Rockets plan to tilt the game in their favor by forcing Woodridge into long drives. “We have to limit their big play capability,” said Arlesic. Woodridge runs the spread offense and with

star players Anthony

PREVIEWKelly and Brandon Peters, its offense can become ex-plosive. “Defensively, we have to make sure we can contain their spread offense,” said Arlesic. Streetsboro aims to con-trol the ball and play a smart game. “We have to continue to run the ball successfully and throw high-percentage pass-es,” said Arlesic. This means a heavy work-load for senior back Dan Spindler. He is averaging an astounding 7.4 yards per carry with six touchdowns overthefirstthreegames. Also playing a role in the game momentum is the fact this is Streetsboro’s home-coming. Glinatsis Stadium is sure to be a packed house with a rowdy home crowd. “It makes everyone more firedup,”saidCook. The homecoming game is the time alumni make their visits to Streetsboro. Arlesic said this adds hype to the game, and the players are aware of the buildup that comes with homecoming week. Pregame court festivites are scheduled to start at 6 p.m. while the game starts at 7 p.m.

“It’s just another step to become PTC champs.”

Offensive linemanJason Cook

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george blanda, who played from 1949 to 1975, holds the nfl record for most seasons played with 26.

joe dimaggio holds the mlb record for longest hitting streak with 56 games. the record was set in 1941.

barry bonds holds the mlb’s on-base percent-age record in a single season at .582. he set the record in 2002

cleveland indians

cleveland browns0-2under selected quarter-back brady quinn, they have only managed to score one offensive touchdown this season. they will try to get into the endzone this sunday when they travel to balti-more,

61-88tonight they start a three-game series with baltimore and they will wrap up their disapoint-ing season on october 3 at boston.

Alec RizzoSeniorReceiver8 catches121 yards

today in 2001 michael jordan announced that he was coming out of retirement to play with the washington wizards. he was named president of basketball operations for the wizards in 2000. he went on to play for two seasons during his third stint in the nba.

pittsburgh steelers1-1after winning their first game against tennesee they lost to chicago last week. they travel to cin-cinnati this sunday.