Cold Pizza

This week's edition includes:

• Sign-Up Now for Fall Football, Volleyball, and Cross Country, FALL and WINTER CHEER
• NEW DATES/TIME FOR CHEER TRYOUTS
• State Qualifiers
• Spring Sports Updates
• Coach Spotlight
• 6th & 7th Grade Girls Basketball Open Gyms- 5/18 & 5/19
• SMS Summer Football Schedule
• Summer Youth Sports Camps (Soccer, Basketball, Golf, Cheer, Volleyball, Football)
• Athletic Boosters Golf Outing Registrations are OPEN!
• Track Action Shots
• Eligibility Information
• Yearly SMS Athletic Opportunities
• Spirit Wear
• Strongsville Athletic Booster Information
• Guardians Baseball Camp Info
• Buy athletic event tickets from your phone
• Athletic Programming from the Strongsville Recreation
• Click/Tap HERE for previous editions of Cold Pizza

• Raygan Szczech, Lyla Schee, Marlena Betchker, Reagan Schee finished 5th in the 4x200 Relay!
  
• Kendrick Boddie finished 3rd in the 100 Meter Dash!
• Kendrick Boddie, Corbin Williams, Nathan Rodak, and Al Aljibawi finished 5th in the 4x100 Relay!
  

If your son or daughter are interested in MS football, volleyball, cheer or cross country please register HERE. There are some important meetings and tryouts approaching for some of the different sports. The easiest way to get that info is to be registered. There IS NOT a financial commitment until after this school year. MS athletics are only for students in the 7th and 8th grade in accordance with OHSAA rules.

• Cheerleaders must have an updated physical in order to participate in clinics and tryouts. THIS physical form must be filled out by a physician or physician's assistant. Physicals can be obtained from your doctor's office or most Minute Clinic style facilities. Once complete the form must be uploaded to the respective Final Forms account.
  

  
  

  Important Dates (CHANGED FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED):

  Virtual Mandatory Parent Meeting- Mon, 5/29 at 7:00 pm

  Cheer Clinics- Tue & Wed, 5/30-5/31 from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Strongsville Rec Center

  Tryouts- Thur, 6/1 beginning at 4:00 pm at the Strongsville Rec Center
  
• Register- YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER HERE

GET THE LATEST TEAM UPDATES:

• We post game/event results on Twitter HERE
• Follow game/event results on Facebook HERE

BOYS TRACK RESULTS:

• The boys had four students qualify for the state championships. Below are the results of their events.
• 100 Meter Dash- Kendrick Boddie 3rd place!
• 4x100 Relay- 5th Place (Kendrick Boddie, Corbin Williams, Nathan Rodak, and Al Aljibawi)
• The boys became GCC Runner-Ups! The following students were champions in their events.
• 100 Meter Dash- Kendrick Boddie
• 4x100 Relay- Kendrick Boddie, Corbin Williams, Nathan Rodak, and Al Aljibawi
• Long Jump- Kendrick Boddie
• GCC Championship Results
• GCC West Results
• Avon Invitational Results
• Green Invitational Results
• Elite Meet Results
• Race/Event Times
• State Qualifiers List

GIRLS TRACK RESULTS:

• The boys had four students qualify for the state championships. Below are the results of their events.
• 4x200 Relay- 5th Place (Raygan Szczech, Lyla Schee, Marlena Betchker, Reagan Schee)
• The girls are the GCC Champions!! The following girls won their events to become conference champs themselves
• 4x200 Relay Team (Raygan Szczech, Lyla Schee, Marlena Betchker, Reagan Schee)
• High Jump- Peyton Beard
• Discus- Michaela Noirot
• Shot Put- Nadia Zaripheh
• GCC Championship Results
• GCC West Results
• Avon Invitational Results
• Green Invitational Results
• Elite Meet Results
• Race/Event Times
• State Qualifiers List

TRACK SCHEDULES:

• Meet Schedule- GCC Championships in Euclid on Tuesday, and the State Championship at Hilliard Darby HS in Columbus for those who qualified.
• Practice Schedule

INTRAMURALS:

• Keep your eyes peeled for more info on a cornhole tourney!

Tell everyone a little about yourself?

• I grew up in middleburg heights and attended Berea-Midpark high school. I played football and was a three year varsity starter. Graduated high school in 2015 and went to the university of Toledo where I studied environmental science. I graduated from Toledo in 2019 with a bachelors degree. I am now coaching football at Strongsville high school, with intentions of growing as a coach so I can become a head football coach down the line.
  

What team(s) do you currently coach (in and out of SCS)?

• The freshman football team at strongsville and help out with varsity on Friday nights, as needed.
  

Why did you get into coaching?

• Football helped teach me discipline and hard work when I was in middle school and high school. I wanted to give that feeling to currently middle schoolers and high school and help the game of football change their lives the same way it changed mine.
  

What was your favorite coaching moment?

• Being the offensive coordinator at strongsville middle school and scoring a touchdown on my first ever play call. Seeing the kids light up and the stands get loud was awesome.
  

Who is your favorite coach and why?

• Nick Saban is a coach that I look up to. He has been on top of college football year after year and that is a testament to how he runs his program and coaches those kids.
  

Outside of the Mustangs, who is your favorite sports team?

• Cleveland Browns

What is your favorite sport to play and/or watch?

• Football

What is your favorite sports memory?

• Throughout middle school and high school, my football team typically had a losing record. My senior year in high school we finally had a winning record and won our conference championship. Seeing all of the hard work finally pay off to win our conference was an awesome feeling.
  

What is your favorite sports quote?

• I do not have a specific quote, but I like to say ‘you either win or you learn’. You aren’t always going to win every game when you play sports, so you have to use your losses as a teaching moment and learn from your mistakes. There is always SOMETHING that you can do better. If you take your losses on the chin and learn from them, you will become better in all aspects of life.
  

Player eligibility is determined by SCS and OHSAA policies. Some of the eligibility criteria is listed below.

• Students must maintain at least a 2.0 G.P.A. Should their G.P.A. fall below a 2.0 they will be put on a weekly progress reports to assure assignments and effort are up to snuff. If not the players will be required to sit until improvement is made.
• Students must have passed at least 4 classes in the previous quarter (5 credits if at SHS). Should this criteria not be met a student will not be eligible for the forthcoming athletic season.
• Pay to Participate and previous year academic fees must be paid in order to partake in athletic games/contests. Students will be withheld from all contests until fees are paid.

• OHSAA Eligibility Resource Center

• https://ohsaa.org/Eligibility

See the graphic below for details regarding athletic opportunities for SMS students throughout the course of a school year.

If you're looking for some spirit wear to help support the Mustangs please know that spirit wear can be purchased through the Strongsville Mustangs Athletics Website linked below. Christmas is just around the corner, don't miss out on some great gift ideas! A couple of examples of the 100's of items found in our online spirit shop are pictured below.

There is lots of other information there as well!

http://strongsvilleathletics.org

• Game Schedules
• Game Results/Recaps
• Athletic Forms
• Sports Medicine Info
• Ticketing Info
• Online Team Shop
• Sports Registration/Tryout Info

The Strongsville Athletic Boosters is comprised of parent volunteers that raise funds and provide support to all of the Strongsville High School and Middle School athletic programs and student-athletes. Every dollar raised by the booster club is invested back into the student-athlete experience. We purchase uniforms, warm-ups, training equipment and other items to help our student-athletes perform to the best of their ability in representing Strongsville City Schools. Our ultimate success depends on the commitment of parents! Click HERE to join the Athletic Boosters for the 2022-2023 school year. Becoming a member not only helps your student's success but it also gets you some free SWAG. Details in the graphic below.

Anyone that plans on attending a home contest for the Mustangs can purchase their tickets multiple ways. Keep in mind that ticket prices are set by the GCC

All other VARSITY sporting events will have $7.00 tickets for adults and $5.00 for students.

For stand alone JV, Freshman AND Middle School games, tickets will be $4.00 and $2.00

1. Tickets will be sold online through our NEW online Ticketing Partner, Hometown Ticketing. The link can be found HERE. This is the preferred method of payment for all home contests. You can also purchase tickets by going to STRONGSVILLEATHLETICS.ORG and by clicking on each team's schedule, there is a BUY TICKETS option. If you have question, please reach out to the Athletic Office.

2. We will offer at the gate cash and CREDIT CARD sales for all home contests. Again, if you do not want to wait in line, the online ticket option would be best

3. SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNTS. The GCC will allow Senior Citizens into any contest free of charge. At Strongsville, we will be issuing Senior Citizen All-Access passes that will allow them to attend any HOME sporting event free of charge. Passes will issued at any ticket gate upon entrance to an event.

(Please keep in mind that when we play non-league contests away, those schools may have a different senior citizen policy)

If you have any questions about the ticketing policy, please do not hesitate to contact the athletic department.

Click/tap HERE for what sports programs are upcoming for the Strongsville Recreation Department.

Email: jkeppler@scsmustangs.org
Website: strongsvilleathletics.org
Location: 13200 Pearl Road, Strongsville, OH, USA
Phone: 4405727090
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Strongsville-Athletics/100057494767336/
Twitter: @scsmustangs