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CHESTERLAND NEWS Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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Staff Report This year’s Ohio Department of Education report card graded West Geauga with the 10th highest performance index in Ohio. “Being in the top 10 was a goal I set back in 2015 when I joined the staff here,” Superintendent Richard Markwardt said. “This accomplishment is the product of a team effort that reflects the direction of the West Markwardt Geauga (Schools) Board of Education, the support of our families, the quality of our students, and the skills and hard work of teachers and staff.” Although West Geauga High School scored high in performance overall, Markwardt said the district needs to focus on raising scores on advanced placement exams in cerSee Report Card • Page 4
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The Cardboard Exchange Shed at the Chesterland Recycle Park is now open for business. With so many purchases now shipped door-to-door, cardboard boxes are plentiful. Rather than recycling the boxes — where it takes energy and resources to shred them and make new boxes — why not save them for re-use? Have a Box? Need a Box? If so, come to the Cardboard Exchange Shed. This is a re-use recycling strategy and the basic idea behind the Cardboard Exchange. This effort was led by the Kiwanis Club of West Geauga with grant funding from the Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District. See Boxes • Page 7
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West Geauga celebrates after one of the team’s seven goals in the team’s 7-3 win over Berkshire in a sectional final tournament win.
Wolverines Score Seven Goals On Way to Sectional Title By Alan Kornspan sports@karlovecmedia.com Although a year had passed, not much changed in the OHSAA sectional title game for the West Geauga Wolverines girls soccer team. Last year, en route to a deep playoff run, the Wolverines defeated Crestwood 6-0 for the sectional championship. This year, the Wolverines defeated a strong Berkshire Badgers team, which was on a 14game winning streak, by a score of 7-3. Like last year’s sectional title game, the Wolverines started strongly, led by NCAA Division I Penn State commit Frankee Flesher. Flesher scored two goals, and Holly Jeunnette and Megan McGinnis each added one, to give their team a commanding 4-0 lead going into halftime. “Tonight was a perfect example of our preparation all season long,” West Geauga Head Coach Kori Jesenovec said. “A lot of that (scoring) was just preparation. I think we played very together as a team. We had a lot of great combination plays and, I mean, really, we had some great corners that we took. “Just as a team, we were together. We were just putting a lot of pressure on their back line. We knew that was something that we could exploit them with, just being able to put pressure on them, and so I think the girls executed the plan extremely well and they did a fantastic job tonight. They played West G soccer.”
Senior Holly Jeunnette added, “It was a really tough game. Both teams fought super hard; we just ended up with the win. We had a lot of drive tonight coming in. Especially us seniors, there’s 13 of us, we didn’t want our season to end, so we just pushed through it.” Flesher got her Wolverines onto the scoreboard early with a goal three minutes into the game. See Soccer • Page 4
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