IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A MIDDIE
February 2014
MIDDIES HEAT UP THE WATER
IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE A MIDDIE TOURNEY SCHEDULE: Swimming— Feb 14-5:45 p Mark Andrew Southwest Ohio District @ Miami Univ 200 IM and 500 Freestyle. If he qualifies: Feb 21-9:00 a State Meet Prelims @ CT Branin Natatorium in Canton If he qualified: Feb 22-4:00 p @ CT Branin Natatorium
Reuben Phillips is the 2014 GMC Diving Champion.
Boys Basketball — Feb 21-7:30 p vs Princeton @ Hamilton If they win: Feb 25-7:30 p vs Winton Woods @ Hamilton Feb 28-5:30 p vs ?? @ XU Cintas Center Mar 8-9:00 p vs ?? @ XU Cintas Center Make your plans now and get tourney tickets at the MHS Athletic Dept. (The school gets 50% of every ticket sold at the school.)
Group hug?
Girls Basketball — Feb. 15 – 1:30 p @ Kings HS vs Western Brown If they win: Feb. 18 – 7:30 p @ Kings HS vs Winton Woods
UNDEFEATED 8th Grade Boys Basketball Team GMC Champs—Back to Back Mark Andrew is the 2014 GMC Champion in 100 yard Freestyle and 100 yard Breaststroke. He also set new school records in both events for Middletown HS. He now holds 7 MHS swimming records.
Gary Lebo Athletic Director Middletown City Schools 513-420-4515 513-420-4653 Fax glebo@middletown cityschools.com middletowncityschools.com gmcsports.com Highschoolsports.net Dynamitesports.com
The Middie Boys 8th Grade team defeated Liberty 61-57 in overtime to finish the season undefeated and as back to back GMC Champs! The pipeline is full!
SIGNING DAY @ MHS Left to Right: Andrew Burton—U of Northwestern Ohio-Baseball; Brooklyn Mason—Wright State U—Soccer; Chance Sorrell—Penn State U—Football; Will Parsons—U of Alabama Huntsville—Cross Country
Brian Tarbox is the new Girls Soccer Coach for MHS.
Congratulations Coach Wells and Thank You
we were encouraged to push ourselves past what we thought was possible. And when it was game day, all he asked was that This is a departure from the normal article I write for the newslet- we leave everything on the field. And we did. ter. Normally this would be a very straight forward interview with Coach Wells does what every good leader does. He takes people a player or coach. I would highlight their accomplishments and to a place they didn’t know they could go. He took my teammates that would be that. This month, however, I want to write someand I past our mental and physical limits. He taught us to dig thing a little more personal. deep within ourselves. To keep going when we thought we couldRecently Chris Wells was named head coach of the boys’ varsity n’t. football team. I had the pleasure to play under Coach Wells from 2001 to 2004 when he was the defensive coordinator. And from a To this day, whenever a task seems too daunting or when the player’s perspective, The Middletown Athletic Department made odds seem stacked against me I think about my time with Coach Wells. I think about Dog Soldiers and three mile runs before the right choice. school. I think about all the limits I thought I had. I think about how Coach Wells pushed me past them. I think about those The summer of my freshman year there was an optional conditioning program at Barnitz. The players showed up to the stadium things and I know I can handle whatever challenge is before me. and ran stairs or ran sprints or any other kind of conditioning a So this month I want to congratulate Coach Wells and wish him football coach’s vast imagination could concoct. It was grueling and his team the best of luck for the upcoming season. But more but rewarding. It was during one of these sessions I first met importantly I want to thank him. Not just for making me a better Coach Wells. football player but for making me a better person. ……..Patrick Venturella Shirtless, barefoot and easily the most energetic person there, we thought he was a maniac. He did everything with us. He ran the stairs, he ran the sprints and when we were done, he was the only person who seemed to want more. From that day forward Coach Wells set the tone of the team. We all knew it was time to go to work. We were terrified. And for good reason. Over the next three years Coach Wells pushed my teammates and me to our absolute limits. We went on three mile runs before school in weather that rivals our current cold snap. We woke up at 5 AM for three straight days of Dog Soldiers where Devon Calhoun and I carried each other on our backs to the bottom of MUM and back. And if you could still stand after a lifting session with Coach, you were doing something wrong. He carried that intensity through to the season. Every day he pushed us to run faster, hit harder and execute better. Every day
Is there a ball up there somewhere?
MIDDIES HEAT UP THE WATER
IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE A MIDDIE TOURNEY SCHEDULE: Swimming— Feb 14-5:45 p Mark Andrew Southwest Ohio District @ Miami Univ 200 IM and 500 Freestyle. If he qualifies: Feb 21-9:00 a State Meet Prelims @ CT Branin Natatorium in Canton If he qualified: Feb 22-4:00 p @ CT Branin Natatorium
Reuben Phillips is the 2014 GMC Diving Champion.
Boys Basketball — Feb 21-7:30 p vs Princeton @ Hamilton If they win: Feb 25-7:30 p vs Winton Woods @ Hamilton Feb 28-5:30 p vs ?? @ XU Cintas Center Mar 8-9:00 p vs ?? @ XU Cintas Center Make your plans now and get tourney tickets at the MHS Athletic Dept. (The school gets 50% of every ticket sold at the school.)
Group hug?
Girls Basketball — Feb. 15 – 1:30 p @ Kings HS vs Western Brown If they win: Feb. 18 – 7:30 p @ Kings HS vs Winton Woods
UNDEFEATED 8th Grade Boys Basketball Team GMC Champs—Back to Back Mark Andrew is the 2014 GMC Champion in 100 yard Freestyle and 100 yard Breaststroke. He also set new school records in both events for Middletown HS. He now holds 7 MHS swimming records.
Gary Lebo Athletic Director Middletown City Schools 513-420-4515 513-420-4653 Fax glebo@middletown cityschools.com middletowncityschools.com gmcsports.com Highschoolsports.net Dynamitesports.com
The Middie Boys 8th Grade team defeated Liberty 61-57 in overtime to finish the season undefeated and as back to back GMC Champs! The pipeline is full!
SIGNING DAY @ MHS Left to Right: Andrew Burton—U of Northwestern Ohio-Baseball; Brooklyn Mason—Wright State U—Soccer; Chance Sorrell—Penn State U—Football; Will Parsons—U of Alabama Huntsville—Cross Country
Brian Tarbox is the new Girls Soccer Coach for MHS.
Congratulations Coach Wells and Thank You
we were encouraged to push ourselves past what we thought was possible. And when it was game day, all he asked was that This is a departure from the normal article I write for the newslet- we leave everything on the field. And we did. ter. Normally this would be a very straight forward interview with Coach Wells does what every good leader does. He takes people a player or coach. I would highlight their accomplishments and to a place they didn’t know they could go. He took my teammates that would be that. This month, however, I want to write someand I past our mental and physical limits. He taught us to dig thing a little more personal. deep within ourselves. To keep going when we thought we couldRecently Chris Wells was named head coach of the boys’ varsity n’t. football team. I had the pleasure to play under Coach Wells from 2001 to 2004 when he was the defensive coordinator. And from a To this day, whenever a task seems too daunting or when the player’s perspective, The Middletown Athletic Department made odds seem stacked against me I think about my time with Coach Wells. I think about Dog Soldiers and three mile runs before the right choice. school. I think about all the limits I thought I had. I think about how Coach Wells pushed me past them. I think about those The summer of my freshman year there was an optional conditioning program at Barnitz. The players showed up to the stadium things and I know I can handle whatever challenge is before me. and ran stairs or ran sprints or any other kind of conditioning a So this month I want to congratulate Coach Wells and wish him football coach’s vast imagination could concoct. It was grueling and his team the best of luck for the upcoming season. But more but rewarding. It was during one of these sessions I first met importantly I want to thank him. Not just for making me a better Coach Wells. football player but for making me a better person. ……..Patrick Venturella Shirtless, barefoot and easily the most energetic person there, we thought he was a maniac. He did everything with us. He ran the stairs, he ran the sprints and when we were done, he was the only person who seemed to want more. From that day forward Coach Wells set the tone of the team. We all knew it was time to go to work. We were terrified. And for good reason. Over the next three years Coach Wells pushed my teammates and me to our absolute limits. We went on three mile runs before school in weather that rivals our current cold snap. We woke up at 5 AM for three straight days of Dog Soldiers where Devon Calhoun and I carried each other on our backs to the bottom of MUM and back. And if you could still stand after a lifting session with Coach, you were doing something wrong. He carried that intensity through to the season. Every day he pushed us to run faster, hit harder and execute better. Every day
Is there a ball up there somewhere?
