THIS WEEK'S 'STANGS SCOREBOARD (2024)

The start of the school year is upon us. StudentsMUSTbe enrolled in and have to pass 5 credits in theCURRENTquarter at the HS level to be eligible to play a sport. Keep in mind thatif you are enrolled in a CCP course and you drop the course or fail to attend and they drop you, the STUDENT SHOULD NOTIFY athletics and their counselor ASAP.

Also, a few reminders:

1. When taking a CCP course it MUST be a 14-16 week course. 8 week coursesCOULD CAUSEyou to be ineligible. They count toward eligibility but you must be enrolled in that CCP course prior to the start of the new semester

2. GPA’s must be above 2.0 or students will be placed on an academic contract

3. The OHSAA eligibility standards areFOR QUARTER GRADES ONLY. Semester grades do not count towards eligibility

4. Students must pass the equivalent of 5 credits at the HS level and 4 classes as the MS level

Please join all the High School Alumni football teams as they get together for a fun evening on September 6th.

Please fill outTHISlink if you wish to participate in the event.

The girl’s volleyball program had a successful first week of conference play.On Tuesday against Euclid, we had a program sweep, with the freshmen team securing their first win of the season. The varsity player of the game was senior Kenzie Ziegler. She was effective on both sides of the ball. She was the most efficient on offense hitting .500 with 6 kills, 0 errors and 12 attempts. She also passed a perfect 3.0 on serve receive, contributed 8 assists, and 4 aces.

On Thursday, JV and varsity beat Shaker Heights. Senior Brooke Balogh was player of the match. She was an imposing force at the net. Although she only had 2 official blocks in the book, she put back at least 6 other balls. Additionally she was the second most efficient on offense with 15 attempts, 6 kills and 1 error. She also contributed 3 aces for the match.

The JV team is now on a 3-0 streak thanks to their hustle on defense and tough serving.

The freshmen team looks to continue their work on offense and getting more efficient behind the serving line.

The girls varsity golf team had 1 tournament and 1 match this past week. On Monday, they traveled to the country club of Hudson to play in one of the best fields of the year in the Walsh Invitational. The girls finished in 11th place out of 17 teams. The girls were led by Senior Hannah Lee with a 83 and Senior Hailey Yoon with a 92.

On Wednesday the Varsity girls hosted Solon at Valleaire in a friendly 9 hole match. The girls won the match 167-193. It was the best score for the season for the girls. They were led by Seniors Hannah Lee with a 1 over par 37 and Sydney Bass with a 42. The girls are back in action on Wednesday as they travel to Big Met to play against a very talented St. Joe’s team.

The JV girls traveled to Mentor on Monday to take on the Cardinals at Blackbrook Golf course. Reese Benz led the team carding a score of 50, and Joy Daher followed with a 53. The girls defeated Mentor 219-244. On Wednesday, they traveled to Solon to take on the Comets at Grantwood Golf Course. Jaya Dunn was the leader with a low score of 56, followed by Kinley Cardilino with a 59. The girls defeated Solon 244-246 to improve their match record to 2-2.

A young boys soccer team continues to improve as the early season moves along.

8/27JVA Win over Cleveland Hts 6-0. Varsity Lose 0-1 (Game Cancelled 18 mins into 2nd Half due to weather)

8/29JVB Win over Avon Lake 4-2

*The Mustangs travel to take on Mentor in a GCC clash tonight.

Girls Soccer continued their season this week with a 4-0 victory at Cleveland Heights. The team then traveled to Toledo over the weekend to take on Notre Dame Academy and St. Ursula Academy. On Friday, the Lady Mustangs suffered a 3-0 defeat to Notre Dame Academy. On Saturday, the Lady Mustangs were able to play St. Ursula Academy to a 0-0 tie. The Varsity Mustangs now sit with a 1-1-2 over record.

This week, the Lady Mustangs will host Mentor on Wednesday. JV begins at 5 and Varsity will play at 7

Good Luck Lady Mustangs!

Varsity (7-0, 2-0 GCC):The Mustangs went 2-0 this past week, opening the week with a 5-0 victory at Mentor on Monday before defeating the defending GCC champions Shaker Heights 4-1 at home on Wednesday. In the win over Mentor the team got wins from Mallory Koch (6-0,6-1), Charlotte Grauel (6-3,6-3), MJ Gillahan (7-5,6-4), Allanah Hagen/Kadison Rood (6-2,6-2) and Mia Gyure/Christina Ong (6-4,7-5). In Wednesday’s win over Shaker, the Mustangs swept the singles courts (Koch 6-1,6-2; Grauel 6-0,6-3; Gillahan 6-1,6-1) and the 1st doubles team of Hagen/Rood stormed back after dropping the first set to win 3-6,6-0,1-0(10-4). The team is back in action Wednesday at Brunswick and Thursday at Cleveland Heights.Varsity B (3-2-1):The varsity B tennis team went 1-0-1 this week defeating Mentor 5-0 on Monday before tying Medina 3-3 in a non-tradition doubles match on Tuesday. On Monday, Strongsville had wins by Kayla Helsel (8-1), Eva Pusch, Aarya Patel/Rahi Borawake (8-2), Jasmine Kaur/Keerthana Ragupathi (8-2) and Pusch/Leah Leszynski (8-1). In Tuesday’s all doubles match versus Medina, the team had wins by 3rd doubles (Yasmin Chavez/Rihanna Diaz), 5th doubles (Karson Filut/Ragupathi) and 6th doubles (Addison DeBlock/Lauren Hollosy). This week the Mustangs travel to North Ridgeville on Tuesday for their lone match of the week.

JV (5-2, 1-1):The JV Mustangs went 1-1 this week, defeating Mentor 5-0 before falling 4-1 to Shaker on Wednesday. In the sweep over Mentor, the team got wins by Rihanna Diaz, Leyla Boybekova, Yasmin Chavez, Kate Ingram/Aliyah Yusko and Zoe Stein/Aryanna Katiyar while Jessica Hajek/Palak Jategaonkar, Allie Rusinko/Hannah Eidam and Tori Waldron/Heidi Storm added exhibition wins. In the loss to Shaker Ingram/Yusko scored the team point for the Mustangs. The team is busy this week with three home matches: North Ridgeville, Brunswick and Cleveland Heights.

Varsity Runner of the Week!

From Coach Spilker:

“HannahJichawon the varsity race with another PR 18:31. Placing her 2nd on the all time list at Strongsville High School. Hannah continues to lead our team heading into week 3.

From Coach Alexander:

“Caiden Mobley: Caiden shaved off almost a minute from his time from last week and finished 4th for the team, running 18:20. Caiden is well on his way to breaking 18 minutes and getting his name on the all-time freshman list!”

JV Runner of the Week!

From Coach Spilker:

“SophiaPasko, ran over 1 minute faster than last week. Her hard work every day at practice is showing”

From Coach Alexander:

“Avery Needham: Avery PR’d by 2:45 running 22:16. Avery has been working hard in practice and we can tell that he is learning more about how to compete with every race. Ready to see him shave more time off in the weeks to come!”

Mentor Invitational Recap:

The boys team finished 11thof 29 teams. The guys are running well with 4 of the 9 guys running career best times this past Saturday.

Brendan Gartland (17:13.58)*PR

Rhami Istanbouli (17:37.78)

Tim Carnes (17:50.55)*PR

Caiden Mobley (18:19.62)*PR

Bradley Krause (18:36.32)

Alex Crist (19:13.94)

Asa Dailey (19:40.01)

Daniel Lucas (19:45.60)

Collin Mahoney (20:29.13)*PR

Top JV Performer:

Aiden Bort (20:41.00)

The girls team finished 2ndof 23 teams. As a unit the girls are putting together some amazing races. Best course times and career PR’s have put them on top for the second week in a row. Congratulations Ladies!

Hannah Jicha (18:31.22) *PR and number 2 on all-time list.

Jenny Guo (19:51.47)

Renee Cicco (20:29.47)

Lindsay Magyar (20:35.05)

Haylee Smith (22:11.76)

Stella Januszewski (22:19)

Addison Smith (23:19.59) *PR

Mallory Rusnica (23:29.18)

Payton Nutaitis (23:42.06)

Addison Mahoney (24:14.58)

Top JV Performer:

Chloe Weiland (23:57.49) Chloe finished 7thoverall!

The Varsity Football team competed hard once again in week 2 of the season, but unfortunately fell at the hands of Solon by a final of 14-10. The Mustangs trailed 14-0 in the 1st quarter, but their defense was able to hold the Comets scoreless the rest of the way.

The Mustangs were able to crawl back into the game with an 80 yard run from Kendrick Boddie early in the 2nd quarter. The Mustangs were then able to chip away at the Comets lead with a field goal late in the 3rd quarter to trail 14-10 after 3.

The 4th quarter was a very intense and competitive football game. The Mustangs defense held Solon on a couple of 4th down opportunities and made the last 3 minutes of the game interesting. After getting a fumble recovery at mid-field with just under 3 minutes to play, the Mustangs went to work and quickly chopped away 30 yards in a minute. The next play, Kendrick Boddie spun out of a tackle and was on his way into the endzone for the Mustangs go ahead score. The play was negated by a block in the back call on the Mustangs. 2 plays later, the Mustangs executed a great pass play to hit their TE for yet another go ahead score with 18 seconds remaining in the game. That play was called back for an ineligible man down field. On the 4th down play with 18 seconds remaining, the Mustangs were forced into a Turnover, which sealed the Mustangs fate with a 14-10 defeat.

The Mustangs will be back in action this week for a matchup vs Berea-Midpark.

Join us for our Community Tailgate on Friday before the game from 5-6:30 in the high school parking lot. We will also recognize our Girls Golf Seniors before the game on Friday.

As in the past, we are starting off with our High School Role Models. We plan to host meetings at the high school for juniors and seniors interested in taking part. We plan to have our first meeting on September 3rdat 7:20 am, 1:30 pm, and 2:30 pm in the Little Theater. At this meeting, we will inform the students they need to then sign up for an interview time slot, of their choice, between September 16th– 27th(link will be provided soon).

In addition, the students need to know the following information:

·They need to be a junior or senior in good standing with the high school and/or through a background check.

·At our first meeting in September, Role Model expectations will be discussed and applications will be handed out.

·Applications are due backNO LATERthan Friday, September 13th. (There will be NO exceptions past this deadline.)

·Interviews will be held between September 16th– 27th.

·Role Models will be selected and notified September 30th.

·Once selected, there will be a meeting for activity sign-ups on either October 3rd(after school – 2:30 pm) OR October 4th(before school – 7:20 am) in the Little Theater.

Please check the online calendar listed below for the most up to date information and schedules. The calendar is constantly changing and sometimes take up to 24 hours to sync with the Athletic Website. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the athletic office for more information.

Click on the link below for the latest Strongsville High School Athletic Calendar

https://www.rschoolohio.org/public/genie/1214/school/4099/

You can also click on the link below to visit the Mustangs Athletic High School website

http://www.strongsvilleathletics.org

The Greater Cleveland Conference (GCC) will be raising admission ticket prices for all athletic events beginning in the 2023-2024 school year. In May, GCC principals approved the increase in athletic ticket prices after GCC Athletic Directors conducted a review of ticket prices for surrounding conferences in Northeast Ohio and found most to already be at these price levels. Ticket sales revenue generated from the events is the main source of funding used by member schools to cover costs for sports and the overall athletic department budget. While costs of game officials, security, sporting equipment, along with all the other costs associated with these events have increased and ticket prices have not. The increase is intended to help offset costs without sacrificing family, student and community experiences. This is the first price increase the GCC has issued since the formation of the league in 2020. The GCC consists of member schools Brunswick, Cleveland Heights, Euclid, Medina, Mentor, Shaker Heights, and Strongsville.

Varsity Football:

$10 at the gate for Adult/Student General Admission

$8 Adult Presale flat fee until 2 hours before kickoff (was $7)

$5 Student Presale (no change)

*Season tickets for home contests are at the discretion of the home school

Varsity/JV (All other Varsity Sports):

$8 Adult/Student (was $7)

Freshman or JV (stand alone):

$5 Adult/Student (was $4)

Middle School Sports:

$5 Adult/Student (was $4)

Senior Citizens Ticket Prices

Free admission (no change)

GCC Passes

Distributed by individual schools, GCC passes admit one spectator per pass

GCC Tournaments:

$8 Adult/Student (was $7)

No charge for pre-school age children

No Senior Citizen passes accepted

New this year to the Mustangs Athletic Department is the ability for Students and Adults to purchase passes.ADULT PASS: The Athletic Department will offer a 10 EVENT GAME PASS for adults. This pass will be $80.00 dollars for the 10 games. This means any ADULT can use this pass and get entrance into any 10 games they want. With this pass, ADULTS will also receive 1 game free so in total, ADULTS can use this pass for 11 events. This pass can be used multiple times for one event, but will not exceed the 11 games. For more questions on the Adult Pass, please reach out to the Athletic Department.

STUDENT PASS:Once again this year, the Athletic Boosters will pay upwards of $7500 for students to attend sporting events FREE OF CHARGE, EXCEPT for Boys Basketball and Varsity Football. In Boys Basketball and Varsity Football, students MUST purchase a ticket to be admitted into the contest. The Student Pass, which will cost a Student $50.00 for the year, will allow them to get into any Boys Basketball and Varsity Football game at no charge with the pass. In total, there are 16 games between Boys Basketball and Varsity Football, which gives the Students a savings of $30.00 by purchasing the student pass. If you have questions on the Student Pass, please reach out to the Athletic Department.

All Passes will be scanned in at the ticketing gate just like any other ticket and the passes can be stored digitally in the spectator’s phone.

Just a reminder. All athletes need to be enrolled in and pass at least 5 credit hours to be eligible for any Athletic Team. If you have any questions about your schedule or think you may NOT be enrolled in enough credits, please see Mr. Ziegler immediately or visit your guidance counselor. ELIGIBILITY IS DETERMINED BY THE QUARTER GRADES AND NOT THE SEMESTER GRADES. IF YOU ARE DEEMED INELIGIBLE, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE ATHLETIC OFFICE. PLEASE CHECK YOUR CCP CLASSES AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THE CLASS AS OF THE START DATE OF THE SEMESTER

If you have questions about eligibility, please be sure to contact the Athletic Office or email Mr. Ziegler atdziegler@scsmustangs.org

Anyone interested in purchasing Mustangs Athletic gear can do at the link below. Please keep in mind that this site is open 24/7 365 days a year and everything can be customized by sport. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to the athletic department

PURCHASE MUSTANG ATHLETIC GEAR HERE

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Phone:(440)572-7118
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