The Observer

2012 Senior Edition

Mr. John Carmigiano CJ Martin Shelby Dearth Advisor Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors

Best Wishes to the Class of 2012 Staff Members! Patty Andrews Adrian Medina Haley Daugherty Alex Oring Shelby Dearth Josh Palko Taylor Detwiler Jake Ramsdell Russell Flanagan Marisa Romanchik Marc Frary Joe Romanoff Mackenzie Greer Claire Turner Jackson Keller Ronnie Washington CJ Martin & ALL THE OTHERS THAT HELPED ALONG THE WAY!

Journalism Seniors: 2012

IT’S NOT THE END, By CJ Martin It’s hard to believe that our time in high school has already come to an end. However, as most of us have mixed emotions about going our separate ways, we need to realize that this is just the begin-ning of our lives as independent adults. “It’s bittersweet, but I’m glad to be moving on,” said senior Kelly Geig. It seemed like jut yesterday that we walked through the high school doors for the first time as nervous little freshman. Back then, it seemed like we had

IT’S JUST THE BEGINNING...

all the time in the world before we would have to “grow up” and graduate high school. The upper-classmen would always say to make the most out of your time because it goes by so fast. Whether it be the military, col-lege, or anything in between, most of us are moving on to big-ger and better things and have the chance to start fresh. This change will give us the op-portunity to interact with new people and figure out who each of us really are. Growing up is not an easy thing to do by any means. For the first time, we will be living on our

own away from the security of our homes. Not having our parents watch every move we make will defi-nitely be nice. However, there is a lot of responsibility that comes with living by ourselves. Time management will be a huge factor. Setting aside enough time to study, but not so much that we are always worn out, is really important if we want to succeed in college. We also have to be able to bal-ance different aspects of everyday college life such as eating habits, exercise, and, of course… laun-dry.

Favorite TV Show Ryleigh Manges: Rugrats

Jessica Schultz: Power Rang-ers or Dragon Tales

Becky Hatch: The Flinstones

Jeremy Lansdowne: Poke-mon

Amy Kenyon: Spongebob

Squarepants Mackenzie Greer: Rugrats

Emily Daley: Scooby Doo

Alaina Ortega: Rocket Power

Stephen Cox: Rugrats

Antonio Giachetti: Looney Tunes

Ryan Pistor: Pokemon and Avatar the Last Airbender

CJ Martin: Rocket Power

Joeseph Romanoff: The An-gry Beavers or Scooby Doo

Zack Miglich: All That

Elise Biebelhausen: Rugrats Sarah Winnicki: Arthur or The Crocodile Hunter

Dani Anderson: The Big Comfy Couch and Curious George

Melanie Wiseman: Rugrats

Hailey Schleich: Rugrats

Rachel Molnar: Recess

Ashley Miller: Rugrats

Heather Buckwald: Rocket Power

Heather Wray: Can you not tell yet, seriously?

Jake Ramsdell: Gundam Wing

Anna Maddamma: Scooby Doo

Haley Daugherty: Rugrats

Katy Dean: There are too many to choose from.

Kara Mewhinney: Spongebob

Katie Carino: Lilo and Stich

AJ Gbur: Rocket Power Joey Tomcho: Yu-gi-oh and Pokemon

Craig Cox: Scooby Dog

Colleen Razem: Arthur

Ashley Zisko: Hey Arnold!

Luke Plazek: Tom and Jerry

Kierstin Jenkins: Spongebob

Squarepants

Lauren Huff: Pokemon Elizabeth Ditch: Rocket Power

Marisa Romanchik: Scooby Doo

Taylor Detwiler: Rocket Power

Jon Hearn: Dragonball Z

Alex Oring: Looney Tunes

Patty Andrews: Gilmore Girls

Jackson Keller: Pokemon

Cody Kornowski: Rocket Power

Adrian Medina: Rocket Power

Emily K. Smith: Courage the Cowardly Dog

Hannah Rice: Bonanza

Brad Herbert: Rocket Power

Adrea Baughman: Rocket Power

Megan Connor: Scooby Doo

Claire Arbel: Scooby Doo

Hannah Matheny: Barney

Alex Williams: Rocket Power

Megan Klinect: Jimmy Neu-tron

Amanda Greer: Full House Brian Livingstone: Rocket Power

Chris Jarrett: Spongebob Claire Turner: Franklin and Scooby Doo

Cody Geisler: Rugrats

Kelani Nuckols: Rugrats

Cyanne Horner: The Wild Thornberries

Zack Rollins: Rugrats

Sam Borchart: Ed, Edd, and Eddy

Kelly Geig: Rocket Power

Zach Beadnell: Tom and Jerry

Paul Hissong: Rocket Power

Austin Vaughn: Scooby Doo

Samantha Furr: Rugrats

Adam Jeffery: Pokemon

Johnny Petrow: Bugs Bunny

Ronnie Washington: Dragon-ball Z

Erin Null: Courage the Cow-ardly Dog

Mike Wendell: Blue’s Clues

Marc Frary: Pokemon

Cameron Copley: Pokemon

Jose Medina: Rugrats Araenae Dake: The Power Puff Girls

Katie Simpson: Hey Arnold!

Zach Bastian: Dragonball Z

Shelby Dearth: Rugrats

Josh Palko: Speed Racer

Victor Diaz: Dragonball Z Kristen Reid: Baby Looney

That First Kiss Jessica Schultz: No one yet

Becky Hatch: Jack Murphy

Jeremy Lansdowne: I don’t remember.

Mackenzie Greer: A kid named Jack in preschool.

Alaina Ortega: Kris Keener

Stephen Cox: Kristen Bates

Antonio Giachetti: Too many to remember.

Ryan Pistor: Kelly Geig

CJ Martin: Heather Buckwald

Joseph Romanoff: Maddie Berry

Zack Miglich: Abby the dog

Elise Biebelhausen: Brad

Herbert

Sarah Winnicki: Luke Plazek

Dani Anderson: Kyle Davis

Melanie Wiseman: Austin Rych

Hailey Schleich: Loren

Talabac

Rachel Molnar: Adam Cepik

Heather Buckwald: CJ Martin

Heather Wray: To catch them is my real test.

Jake Ramsdell: Adrea Baughman

Haley Daugherty: Matt LeBlanc

Katy Dean: Matt Serafine

Katie Carino: Blake McCollough

AJ Gbur: Myranda Evanish

Joey Tomcho: Kendall Robbs

Craig Cox: Sarah Riffle

Colleen Razem: Ronnie

Washington

Ashley Zisko: Zach Bastian

Luke Plazek: Sarah Winnicki

Kierstin Jenkins: Josh Brown

Lauren Huff: Luigi– Ash Ketchum’s still a little jealous.

Elizabeth Ditch: Durzo Blint

Taylor Detwiler: Chase

Burgess

Jon Hearn: Kiernan Kennedy

Alex Oring: Tyler Hewit

Patricia Andrews: Someone when I was like three?

Jackson Keller: Misty, leader of City Gym

Cody Kornowski: Kati

Letzelter

Adrian Medina: Elise

Biebelhausen

Emily K. Smith: Some kid named Tyler in 2nd grade

Hannah Rice: Wouldn’t you like to know.

Brad Herbert: Deanna Davis

Adrea Baughman: Justen

Sydenstricker

Claire Arbel: Robbie Johnson

Hannah Matheny: Erik Bost– not one of my proudest

moments.

Alex Williams: Katie Simpson

Megan Klinect: Erik Bost

Amanda Greer: Collin Davies

Brian Livingstone: Sarah

Snyder

Chris Jarrett: Marie Breuning

Claire Turner: Ha! The ques-tion should start with “Who will be…”

Cody Geisler: Becca Polchek

Cyanne Horner: Zach Wagner

Zach Rollins: Jessica Dennis

Sam Borchart: Rachel Lenk

Kelly Geig: Ryan Pistor

Zach Beadnell: Hannah Havran

Paul Hissong: :(

Austin Vaughn: Taylor Swift

Samantha Furr: Brian

Livingstone

Adam Jeffery: Whoopie

Goldburg

Johnny Petrow: Andrea

Hamlin

Ronnie Washington: Hannah Havran

Erin Null: Kenny Carr

Mike Wendell: Hailey Schleich

Marc Frary: My neighbor’s sister when I was 7. I don’t re-member her name.

Cameron Copley: …

Jose Medina: Crystal Woody

Araenae Dake: Blake Bowser

Katie Simpson: Alex Williams

Zach Bastian: Ashley Zisko

Shelby Dearth: Jayson Sykora

Josh Palko: Jess Bradley

Victor Diaz: Alaina Ortega

Kristen Reed: A boy

Who’s Your Secret Crush? Ryleigh Manges: Jacob Ve-nus, Dylan Horner, Tate Arters Becky Hatch: Brian Livingstone Jeremy Lansdowne: Too many to count. Amy Kenyon: Austin Hodges Mackenzie Greer: Devin Cunningham and CJ Martin Alaina Ortega: Craig Cox Stephen Cox: Jessica Sestito Antonio Giachetti: Miss Evert a.k.a. Mrs. Giachetti Ryan Pistor: Kelani Nuckols CJ Martin: Kelsen Lewarchik, Meleah Hansen, Kendall Yuhas, Rachel Molnar, Kelly Geig Joseph Romanoff: Heather Buckwald and Danielle Nastyn Zack Miglich: Svetlana Popovich Elise Biebelhausen: Eddy Wagner Sarah Winnicki: Brian Easterling Dani Anderson: I don’t have one Melanie Wiseman: Don’t have one Hailey Schleich: Mr. Nied (sub) Rachel Molnar: Max Hamilton, Tyler Hall, Stevie Harman Ashley Miller: Gavin Berg Heather Buckwald: Adrian Medina, Troy Kapelchuk, Mike Wendell Heather Wray: To train them is my cause Jake Ramsdell: Kensey Spinder Anna Maddamma: Kevin Martin Haley Daugherty: Russell Flanagan Katy Dean: Jon Hearn and Clay

Vondriska Kara Mewhinney: Austin Benyak Katie Carino: Tate Arters Joey Tomcho: Megan Connor Craig Cox: Zach Beadnell Colleen Razem: Garrison Flora Ashley Zisko: That shall remain a secret. Luke Plazek: Hmm… between Alaska Young and Elizabeth Bennet Kierstin Jenkins: Jackson James Keller Lauren Huff: Frodo Baggins Elizabeth Ditch: Jim Hawkins, Dimitri, George Weasley Marisa Romanchik: Adrian Medina Taylor Detwiler: Josh Bastian, Ben Kuharik Jon Hearn: Rachel Molnar Alex Oring: Zach Beadnell Patty Andrews: At this school, you must be kidding. Jackson Keller: Jynx Cody Kornowski: Erin Null Adrian Medina: Marisa Romanchik Emily K. Smith: Justin Hofstetter Hannah Rice: You’re blind if you don’t know… Brad Herbert: Heather Buckwald Adrea Baughman: Garrison Flora Megan Connor: Mr. Michel <3 Claire Arbel: Chase Burgess Hannah Matheny: Claire Arbel Alex Williams: Bailey Truitt Megan Klinect: Dillon Mullins Amanda Greer: Tyler Berry, Brandon Hayes, Joe Zeigler,

Brady Kotlarek, Joe Romanoff Brian Livingstone: Cailin Fairbairn Chris Jarrett: Briana Drogell, Erin Null Claire Turner: Jackson Keller Cody Geisler: Kelly Geig Kelani Nuckols: Bilbo the Hamster Cyanne Horner: Cody Geisler, Nathaniel Justice, Jesse Troike Zack Rollins: Mrs. Newberry (It’s no secret) Sam Borchart: Confidential Kelly Geig: JJ Martin Zach Beadnell: Alex Oring Paul Hissong: Jordan Wendell Austin Vaughn: Rachel Molnar, Freddy Wells Samantha Furr: JJ Martin Adam Jeffery: Brian Livingstone Johnny Petrow: Not that I know of yet. Ronnie Washington: Amanda Greer Erin Null: JD Schleich Mike Wendell: Ryleigh Manges Marc Frary: Myself. Still haven’t had the courage to tell him. Cameron Copley: Matt Geig and Russell Flanagan Jose Medina: Kelsey Duncan Araenae Dake: Tom Canfield Katie Simpson: Adam Goodreau! Zach Bastian: Ben Kuharik Shelby Dearth: Nate Sanford and Taylor Jodoin Josh Palko: Mackenzie Packard Victor Diaz: Jayson Sykora and Katy Dean Kristen Reed: Someone.

Prom 2012: A Night to Remember By Shelby Dearth When we think of Prom, we all envision the big dresses, bright lights, and dancing music. But none of us could have imagined what a memorable Prom the 2012 Night for The Cure would turn out to be. Not only was the dance for the juniors and seniors to experience one of the last times being all together before graduation, but it was for a good cause as well. Money was donated to the Susan G. Komen breast cancer founda-tion from the profits of the dance. “It was for a good cause and I’m happy that people got to benefit from us having such a great time,” said Haley Daugherty. The night began with the tradi-tional Promenade at 6 p.m. This is a time for families and friends to admire the dresses and cou-ples as they walk out and have a moment of spotlight before the dance. “It was well decorated, al-though the ramp was a little slick,” said Megan Connor. “But it was still nice and pink.” “It was set up really nicely and everyone looked great,” said Joe Tomcho. After many pictures and hellos, we were off to Greenbriar for the festivities. The party center was decorated in pink, showing off the theme of A Night for the Cure. Pink lights encompassed the room, with the DJ booth glowing pink and pretty center-pieces on each table. “It was good, great, spectacular, stupendous, amazing, and fan-

tabulous,” said Jon Hearn. Once dinner was served, the dancing began. With the DJ get-ting the crowd involved and throwing party hats and glowing lights, it became a wild but fun dancing party. “It was so much fun and the DJ really got everyone into it,” said Kelly Geig. The After-Prom activities were held at Acres of Fun, where we were able to roller-skate, ride go-carts, play miniature golf, play games of laser tag, and get amaz-ing food. Many of us stayed to enjoy the rest of the night here, to complete a successful Prom night. “Acres of Fun was a lot of fun,” said Colleen Razem. “I won a lot of tickets!” “Although I left early, the go-carts and bumper boats were a good time,” said Jake Ramsdell.

After a long night, everyone was able to make it home safely which is a blessing we cannot be more grateful for. The day-after-Prom activities ranged from go-ing out to do something fun and exciting, to just lying around re-covering from such a great night. “We went to the Indians game the day after Prom,” said CJ Martin. “It just made the week-end that much more exciting.” “Austin and I just laid around all day,” said Cyanne Horner. “It was the perfect way to finish off my Prom weekend.” Prom is always a night that we will remember. It is one of the moments that we will have to look back on as we grow up and apart from one another. The memories made are something that we can cherish forever, and will be missed as our time all together comes to an end.

The 2012 Senior Prom Court from left to right: Ryleigh Manges, Zack Rollins, Joe Romanoff, Kelly Geig, CJ Martin, Zack Miglich, Jamie Hemperly, Elise Biebelhausen. And queen and king: Rachel Molnar and Pat Kmitt. Photo Courtesy of Zone Entertainment

The Next Steps Ryleigh Manges: Ashland University; nursing Jessica Schultz: Univer-sity of Akron; probably the Medina branch. Becky Hatch: University of Akron Jeremy Lansdowne: Tri-C or Cleveland State Amy Kenyon: Tri– C

Mackenzie Greer: Univer-sity of Akron Emily Daley: Ohio Wesleyan University Alaina Ortega: University of Akron Stephen Cox: Ashland University Antonio Giachetti: Univer-sity of Akron Ryan Pistor: University of

Akron CJ Martin: The Ohio State University Joseph Romanoff: Northern Arizona University Zack Miglich: The Ohio State University Elise Biebelhausen: Tri-C, Interior design Sarah Winnicki: Denison University Dani Anderson: University of Akron for nursing or criminal justice Melanie Wiseman: University of Akron Hailey Schleich: Cleveland State University Rachel Molnar: University of Toledo

Ashley Miller: Kent State University Heather Buckwald: Ohio University Heather Wray: I wanna be the best like no one ever was. Jake Ramsdell: University of Akron Anna Maddamma: The Ohio State University Haley Daugherty: The Ohio State University Katy Dean: Most likely Ashland, but possibly Baldwin-Wallace College Kara Mewhinney: Ashland University Katie Carino: University of Akron; nursing AJ Gbur: Kent State Joey Tomcho: Lorain County Community College Craig Cox: Bowling Green State University Colleen Razem: Ohio University Ashley Zisko: University of Akron Luke Plazek: Ohio Wesleyan University Lauren Huff: Ohio Wesleyan University Elizabeth Ditch: Ohio Northern University Marisa Romanchik: University of Akron Taylor Detwiler: Otterbein University Jon Hearn: Kent State University

Alex Oring: University of Akron Patty Andrews: University of Akron Jackson Keller: Ohio State University Cody Kornowski: University of Akron Adrian Medina: Andrews University Emily K. Smith: University of Findlay Hannah Rice: University of Findlay Brad Herbert: Miami University Adrea Baughman: North-wood University in Michigan Megan Connor: University of Toledo Claire Arbel: Kent State Hannah Matheny: Tri– C Alex Williams: Burkina Faso to tutor kids Megan Klinect: University of Mount Union Amanda Greer: Kent State University Brian Livingstone: Lake Erie Chris Jarrett: Ohio Univer-sity Claire Turner: Defiance College Cody Geisler: Coastal Caro-lina University Kelani Nuckols: Mount Union Cyanne Horner: Bowling Green State University Zack Rollins: Cleveland State University Sam Borchart: Ohio State University Kelly Geig: University of Cincinnati

Zach Beadnell: University of Akron Paul Hissong: The Ohio State University Austin Vaughn: Ashland University Samantha Furr: Undecided still… Adam Jeffery: Ohio University Johnny Petrow: Cuyahoga Community College Ronnie Washington: Air Force Erin Null: Kent State University Mike Wendell: University of Akron Marc Frary: Living day to day Cameron Copley: University of Cincinnati; engineering Jose Medina: Tri– C for two years and then to art school Araenae Dake: Lorain County Community College Katie Simpson: Cedar-ville University Zach Bastian: Univer-sity of Akron Shelby Dearth: Uni-versity of Mount Union Josh Palko: OSU… Victor Diaz: Lourdes University Kristen Reed: University of Akron

I Will You…. Ryleigh Manges: I will Kelsen Lewarchik my softball #10. Jessica Schultz: I will my smarts to Kayla Broggini and my cheese its to Sam Bellear. Becky Hatch: I will all the lessons I had to learn to under-classmen. Jeremy Lansdowne: I will my best friend, Jenny Aungst, the key to Narnia. Please take care of it. Amy Kenyon: I will my beauti-ful clarinet playing skills to Emily Zimmerman and Sarah Faegan. Mackenzie Greer: Shannon Mohney my awesome math skills, and Allison Fazio my lefty hitting skills and my spot in left field. Alaina Ortega: I give little Adrian my procrastination. Stephen Cox: Kenny Richley my last name, Cory White the Cavillac, and Jacob Markert, Cole Early’s life. Antonio Giachetti: Jack Man-they my jokes, Jake Cavalier my lungs, Nate Sanford my lady skills, and Rebecca Polchek my heart. Ryan Pistor: My height to JJ Martin. CJ Martin: I will my teeth to JJ Martin, my varsity benchwarm-ing skills to Matt Geig, and biggest flirt to Adrian Medina. Joseph Romanoff: My blue Under Armour sweatshirt to JD Schleich, my Abercrombie cut-off to Austin Roberts, and F2D to Devin Cunningham. Zack Miglich: I will the #3 to Ryan O’Callaghan, track line

leading to Chandler Laux,4x100 anchor to Adam Podolak, and the brotherly love that JJ Martin never had. Elise Biebelhausen: My amaz-ing dodgeball skills to Andrew Podolak. Sarah Winnicki: Kellianne Rinerson my cool love of his-tory and learning, Joseph Winnicki our good name, and the AC team my elite skills. Dani Anderson: I will all of my good grades to my best friends and my scrapbook skills to Emilee Marie. Melanie Wiseman: My drag racing abilities to Devon Barr and my sarcasm to Nick Riedel. Hailey Schleich: My entire eve-rything to Katie Gokey. Rachel Molnar: I will Lindsay Hansen, Robby Buckwald as her new football/basketball player. Ashley Miller: Natalie Martz, my willingness to wear bright sunglasses and to carry on twin-kle toes. Heather Buckwald: I will my brother, Robby, my athletic abil-ity… oh wait. Heather Wray: To protect the world from devastation, to unite all people within our nation. Jake Ramsdell: I will my water skiing abilities to Jacob and Ja-red McCullar and Kyle Arend. Anna Maddamma: Mackenzie King gets THE sweater and my teacher pet status. Haley Daugherty: I will being easily amused to Tessa Plazek. Katy Dean: I will the volume of my hair to Courtney Andel, my freckles to Shannon Mohney,

and Morgan Siegler her 4x1 leg back. Katie Carino: I will my setting skills to Morgan Eyring and Sarah Swan and my ability to be awesome to Tate Arters. AJ Gbur: I will Joe Kruggel McDonalds. Lots of McDonalds. Joey Tomcho: Skinny jeans to Josh Bastian, soccer skills to Timmy Harrell, outgoing atti-tude to Dallas Blaha. Craig Cox: Duck hunting skills to Jacob Beadnell and Nate Gray and Robotics coach posi-tion to Spenser Sheldon. Colleen Razem: To the new “go to” cheerleader, Allison Fazio, I will all the cheerleader contacts and the material to host wacky’s at your house. Ashley Zisko: I will Kari Mor-ris and Kendra Wilson Corner-land in reading for pleasure. Luke Plazek: I will the future academic challenge kids the ability to buzz strong. Kierstin Jenkins: I leave the marching band to the future field commander. Lauren Huff: Brian Easterling can be the next Tolkien lore keeper and Christina? Have a bowl of chili. Elizabeth Ditch: Existing par-ents to Diggy and luck to the AC team and upcoming AP stu-dents. Marisa Romanchik: Meleah Hansen– ability to be straight-forward/stand up for people, and Allison Fazio– my tweeting ability. Taylor Detwiler: Morgan

Siegler my speed as she joins track again and Morgan Eyring my mad volleyball skills. Jon Hearn: I will my impres-sive work ethic to Liz Han. Alex Oring: I will my locker and my good looks ;) haha Patty Andrews: No. Jackson Keller: I will my Magiharp to Zach Buchan. Cody Kornowski: I will my muscles to Cory White. Adrian Medina: I give my Spanish skills to Amanda Hammond, Emma Rowan, and Rob Schieswohl and soccer skills to Colin Zuk. Emily K. Smith: I will Accent Wednesday to Kendra Wilson and my love for cows to Kalee English. Hannah Rice: I will Michaela Ann Schroeder lifelong sister-hood and my ninjaness. Brad Herbert: I will my ath-letic ability to Rob Schieswohl. Adrea Baughman: I will my incredible talents to my awe-some sister, Hannah. Megan Connor: My eyelashes to Camille Hughes Claire Arble: Jack Gerber– my “slang,” Sydney Alexander– all my earings, Nicole Rhoads– my underwear. Hannah Matheny: Kolbi Sy-denstricker– all my luck with the men at the Career Center. Alex Williams: Kevin Martin- my body, Chelsey Vicker– my breasts. Megan Klinect: I will my abil-ity to look good in every color to Morgan Eyring and my ptero-dactyl skills to Erin O’Cal-laghan. Brian Livingstone: My throw-

ing abilities to Austin Roberts and my #71 to big Jon. Chris Jarrett: I will my girdle to big Jon, #50 to Mayan, and low weight and high reps to John Hen. Claire Turner: Rebecca Simp-son– my boy attracting (a.k.a. repelling) skills, Janelle Jordan– my awkwardness and jar of flarp, Connor Ploucha– my swag, Katie Gokey– my love for Jonas Bros. Cody Geisler: I give my #24 for basketball to Brady Kotlarek. Kelani Nuckols: I will Mr. Pe-ters my Cadburry egg collection and Coach Waltz my apples & cheese. Zack Rollins: My ability to skip class and roam the hallways to Katie Gokey. Sam Borchart: I will my sing-ing voice to Jacob Scott and my infinite cynicism to Jack Gerber. Kelly Geig: My speedy golf game to Mer Illig. Zach Beadnell: My parking spot given to another truck, my “zach swag” to Jake Beadnell and Nate Gray. Paul Hissong: My running abilities to Josh Butt, my swag to Teryn, my snow blading abili-ties to Trenton. Austin Vaughn: Nate Justice– baseball talents, Dylan Horner– be over 6 ft, Devin Cunningham– ability to be a sweetheart. Samantha Fur: Jessie Linde-meyer– my volleyball skills and all the bruises I got. Plus some advice: Don’t hit mailboxes! Adam Jeffery: Annoyingness to Jack Murphy. Johnny Petrow: I will my love to the things that made me grow

up with. Ronnie Washington: My butt to Chelsey Vicker, my tan skin to Morgan Hall, my NBA 2K ability to Matt Simon. Mike Wendell: I will my best hair to my sister, my athletic tal-ent to Ryan Sincitch, and my good looks to JJ Martin. Marc Frary: No sorry. I don’t know any seniors named Wills. I hope you find him. Cameron Copley: I will my amazing singing abilities to my sister, Madison. Jose Medina: I leave my Span-ish speaking abilities to every-body who is taking Spanish next year. Araenae Dake: All the tests— GOOD LUCK! Katie Simpson: Janelle Jordan gets my hair flips and my sister, Rebecca, gets my senior year Prom date and Impact leader. Zach Bastian: My mole and flirting ability to my brother Josh, my dashing good looks to Karissa, my “booty” to Ben Ku-harik, and my humor to Charlie Rice. Shelby Dearth: My basketball swag to Kendall Yuhas, along with my best hair. Josh Palko: Garrison Flora- #7, Robby Buckwald– my camera man skills, Austin Roberts– my swag! Victor Diaz: Ability to hit the longer ball to Devin Cunning-ham and the green tiki to Jayson Sykora. Kristen Reed: I will my won-derful driving and parking skills to Kalee English.

2012

Introducing Your Valedictorians

Haley Daugherty Valedictorian

Sarah Winnicki Valedictorian

Dana Martin Valedictorian

Haley Daugherty will be graduating as the top ranked student in the Class of 2012. She finished high school with a cumulative, weighted GPA of 4.4. She will be attending The Ohio State University in the fall to major in Nurs-ing. She received the Provost Scholarship from OSU. Haley was Vice Presi-dent of National Honor Society and also participated in Academic Chal-lenge and Ohio Math League.

Dana is the third and final Valedictorian in the Class of 2012. She main-tained a 4.4 GPA throughout her four years of high school, as well. Dana will be attending The Ohio State University in the fall and is going in as un-decided. She was member of NHS and was the Fundraising Chairperson this year. She also took part in Academic Challenge and Ohio Math League.

Sarah will also be graduating as a co-Valedictorian as she, too, finished high school with a 4.4 GPA. She will be attending Denison University to major in History and Ecology. Sarah was part of the state-contending Aca-demic Challenge team and President of National Honor Society this past year. She also participated in SHUDDLE, Ohio Math League, and founded the History Club.

and Salutatorians for 2012

Shelby Dearth Salutatorian

Zack Miglich Salutatorian

CJ Martin Salutatorian

CJ is the final Salutatorian in the Class of 2012. He will be attending The Ohio State University this fall to major in Biology/ Biological Studies. He, too, received the Provost Scholarship from OSU as well as a local scholar-ship from Cloverleaf. CJ played varsity basketball and track during his years of high school. He was also part of NHS where he served as the Sen-ior Trip Coordinator. CJ also participated in Ohio Math League.

Zack is another one of the Class of 2012 Salutatorians. He will be attend-ing The Ohio State University in the fall to major in Mechanical Engineer-ing. He also received the Provost Scholarship and the Touchdown Scholar-ship, which is given to one senior in Medina County. Zack was part of the varsity basketball and track teams in all four of his years at Cloverleaf. He also played varsity golf in his sophomore and junior years. He was a mem-ber of NHS and Ohio Math League.

Shelby is one of the three Salutatorians in the 2012 class. She finished high school with a cumulative 4.3 GPA. Shelby will be attending the University of Mount Union in the fall to play basketball and major in Marketing. Shelby was a member of NHS, SHUDDLE, and Ohio Math League during her years in high school. She was also a standout golfer on the girls’ golf team.

Seniors 2012

An Answered Prayer on a Cold Night By CJ Martin It was a brisk October night as the football team took on High-land in the last game of the sea-son, and for the seniors, the last of their high school careers. The Colts were down 35-28 with only four minutes to go in the fourth quarter. And that is when the magic started to hap-pen. The team converted on 4th down and seven to get the ball inside the Highland 10 yard line. A few plays later, Robby Buckwald scored on a one yard touchdown run to tie the game. After stopping the Hornets’ last attempt to take the lead, the Colts got the ball back with un-der a minute remaining. Quar-terback Josh Palko got the ball to Buckwald at the 15-yard line and clocked the ball with 10 seconds to go. The team was a field goal away from upsetting Highland and possibly spoiling their post-season dreams. But, then, it got crazy. The field goal attempt was blocked by a Highland player, but it was recovered by Derek Daubenmire on the 35-yard line with only 4 seconds left. At this point, most people were counting on the game go-ing into overtime. However, this fortunate fumble recovery set up the wildest and most un-believable play in football: the Hail Mary. Palko took the snap, ran around to buy some time, and as the game clock hit 0:00,

launched the ball 50 yards in the air, hoping and praying. It seemed like the ball was never going to come down, but when it did, the prayer was an-swered as Robby Buckwald had his hands wrapped around the tipped, 50-yard bomb. The game was over. Some-way, somehow, the Colts came out on top in one of the wildest finishes in Cloverleaf history. “I couldn’t believe that we ac-tually won on a play like that. It was the best feeling ever,” said quarterback Josh Palko. Pandemonium arose on the Cloverleaf side, while High-land’s fans could only sit si-lently in disbelief. Chills were running through the arms of everyone as we still couldn’t comprehend what just happened. The student section stormed the field, each of them looking for someone, anyone to hug and

celebrate with. Then, we all came together as one and sang the alma mater for the last time on the football field. The season and careers could not have ended any better for the senior football players, the band, and the other students. This is a game that will be talked about and remembered for many years to come. Not just at Cloverleaf, but through-out Medina County and beyond. “This was by far the best game I’ve ever played in,” said senior Chris Jarrett. “I’m going to re-member it for the rest of my life.” Our whole high school career, we didn’t lose to Highland, a perfect 4-0 against them. It’s just too bad we can’t come back next year and give it to them all over again. #Coltpride

The senior football players celebrate after beating Highland for the fourth con-secutive year. This win was a lot more special than the other three.

Favorite Sport/Club Memory Ryleigh Manges: Becoming close with all the cheerleading/ softball girls.

Amy Kenyon: Going to Florida for band in 11th grade and seeing the Little Mermaid!

Mackenzie Greer: Beating Wadsworth in softball 6-3 my junior year.

Alaina Ortega: Basketball

freshman year.

Stephen Cox: Golf van rides with Wachtel.

Antonio Giachetti: The first tackle of the Buckeye game.

Ryan Pistor: Basketball with Coach Brown.

CJ Martin: Freshman basketball with Coach Ryan; football game at Highland senior year; golf vans

Joseph Romanoff: Sacking Highland’s quarterback as a sophomore to win the game.

Zack Miglich: Golf vans and four overtime win against Tall-madge sophomore year.

Elise Biebelhausen: When I swam into the side of a pool in West Virginia in soccer and got a black eye.

Sarah Winnicki: Senior year of Academic Challenge– especially winning Medina County and SL.

Dani Anderson: Band Camp.

Melanie Wiseman: Watching all the sports teams work hard and NEVER GIVING UP!

Hailey Schleich: When Katie Gokey stuttered on TV.

Rachel Molnar: Cheering for the Highland Game.

Ashley Miller: Golfing with Natalie Martz and throwing pizza

over the bridge.

Heather Buckwald: Winning Suburban League for three straight years in soccer.

Heather Wray: Saving cute for-est creatures with my best friend Tails.

Jake Ramsdell: Bus rides to and from swim meets with my friends.

Anna Maddamma: Meeting Zach Rollins and Elise Biebel-hausen in Student Council.

Katy Dean: Cuddling at track meets and creeping on people with Morgan Eyring.

Kara Mewhinney: When Elise swam into the side of the swim-ming pool on the WV trip.

Katie Carino: Hitting the first home run on our brand new

softball field.

AJ Gbur: Beating Highland by a hail mary.

Joey Tomcho: The high school soccer team in general.

Craig Cox: Winning two State titles in Robotics.

Colleen Razem: The 2011 High-land football game with the hail mary last second for the win.

Ashley Zisko: The varsity girls golf van rides.

Luke Plazek: Swim team record breaking and winning multiple Academic Challenge leagues.

Lauren Huff: Being on JV, Brian falling out of his chair, and Liz and Maria singing the pome-granate song.

Elizabeth Ditch: Losing in a contest against Meriadoc Brandy-buck and Pippin.

Marisa Romanchik: Making crazy golf videos and basketball and football games with my friends.

Taylor Detwiler: Making it to Regionals sophomore and junior year.

Jon Hearn: Going to Centerville last year.

Alex Oring: NHS set up for graduation with RJ and CJ play-ing with the helium machine.

Patty Andrews: Ski club.

Jackson Keller: Defeating Lance the dragon master.

Cody Kornowski: Robotics; winning the State competition in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Adrian Medina: Beating Brecks-ville my sophomore year.

Emily K. Smith: Getting to meet my wonderful SHUDDLE kids.

Hannah Rice: Qualifying for State all four years in marching band and watching the football team beat Highland.

Brad Herbert: Making it to States two years in a row with Medina hockey.

Adrea Baughman: Going to Florida my spring break for sen-ior year and starting 6-0 for soft-ball.

Megan Connor: Winning SL three years in a row for soccer.

Claire Arbel: Wildflowering at Chastity.

Alex Williams: White Bandits.

Megan Klinect: Becoming gang-sters in volleyball with Taylor Detwiler and attempting to rap and dougie.

Amanda Greer: In 8th grade cheer, when we took first in a

competition for the first and last time.

Brian Livingstone: The final seconds of the Highland game my senior year to win 41-35.

Chris Jarrett: The Highland game.

Claire Turner: Impact lock-in junior year, Disney this year with the softball team, and “Bernie-ing” in the soccer locker room at Buckeye.

Cody Geisler: Golf van (enough said) and when Coach Brown made us run the offense in the dark at Highland.

Kelani Nuckols: Breaking the school record in the 300 hurdles and breaking the 4x200 record with Taylor Detwiler.

Cyanne Horner: Going to Dis-ney for spring break my sopho-more/senior year for softball, beating Wadsworth junior year.

Zack Rollins: Putting together all the dances with Student Council and class officers.

Sam Borchart: Every Drama Club cast party.

Kelly Geig: Golf van rides.

Zach Beadnell: Robotics club; winning the Ohio and PA State championships.

Paul Hissong: District track meets, long runs in the woods, and the steeple chase at Center-ville.

Austin Vaughn: Beating Copley my sophomore year after losing to them the day before 17-1.

Samantha Furr: Saturday

morning basketball brunches and volleyball tournament games.

Adam Jeffery: When I fell in the shower and hurt my knee for the season.

Johnny Petrow: The Drama

Club musical “Hello, Dolly.”

Ronnie Washington: Ricky Rim, Bobby Backboard, and Double Coupon Friday.

Mike Wendell: Paul Hissong getting de-pantsed in front of the band.

Marc Frary: Those amazing memories of how I was never in a sport or club.

Cameron Copley: Watching

triple overtime at the girls’ bas-ketball senior night.

Jose Medina: Going to Florida with the marching band even though I didn’t know how to play my instrument.

Araenae Dake: When we were at rehearsals, a third grader started conducting saying “a one e a two e…”

Katie Simpson: Playing six quarters during my basketball senior night.

Zach Bastian: Beating Wadsworth freshmen year in baseball.

Shelby Dearth: Going to Dis-trict finals as a sophomore in basketball.

Josh Palko: Hail Mary pass to Rob to beat Highland.

Victor Diaz: The green tiki that I bring for baseball.

Kristen Reed: Freshmen year softball bus rides with Catherine, Nichole, and Denise.

What Will Be Missed… Ryleigh Manges: The dances. Jessica Schultz: Everyone in the main office and the attendance office. Becky Hatch: Goofing off in the hallways and class. Jeremy Lansdowne: My friends. Amy Kenyon: My friends. Mackenzie Greer: Football games. Emily Daley: Stories at lunch. Alaina Ortega: Football games. Stephen Cox: The teachers. Antonio Giachetti: Fridays at 2:36. Ryan Pistor: Nothing. CJ Martin: Friends, Carm’s classes, and football games. Joseph Romanoff: Carm. Zack Miglich: Being with so many close friends. Elise Biebelhausen: Student sec-tion. Sarah Winnicki: Academic Challenge. Dani Anderson: Kaitlyn Marie Mikyla Renee, Emilee Marie and Lexi, and Emily Young. Melanie Wiseman: Singing in choir and seeing friends every day. Hailey Schleich: Knowing every-one. Rachel Molnar: Being able to see friends every day. Ashley Miller: How easy high school is. Heather Buckwald: Seeing my friends and teachers every day. Heather Wray: Alas, poor Yo-rick, I knew him. Jake Ramsdell: The few carefree days at Cloverleaf. Anna Maddamma: Friends. Haley Daugherty: Friends. Katy Dean: All of my friends, my teachers, and counselors. Kara Mewhinney: My friends and Impact.

Katie Carino: Friends and dodgeball. AJ Gbur: Football. Joey Tomcho: The wonderful kids and fun times. Craig Cox: Seeing my friends every day, being office aide. Colleen Razem: Some teachers and my classmates. Ashley Zisko: My friends. Kierstin Jenkins: My friends. Lauren Huff: Not paying taxes. Elizabeth Ditch: All the four leaf clovers on the band field. Marisa Romanchik: Friends and football/basketball games. Taylor Detwiler: All of my friends. Jon Hearn: All my good friends. Alex Oring: The dances, all events. Patty Andrews: Just the funny daily happenings. Jackson Keller: Jigglypuffs, jig-gling. Cody Kornowski: My friends all being in one place. Adrian Medina: Collin Zuk and Robbie Schiesswohl. Emily K. Smith: My friends and Accent Wednesday. Hannah Rice: Drive your tractor to school day. Brad Herbert: My friends. Adrea Baughman: Playing sports in front of Cloverleaf fans that supported me throughout the years. Megan Connor: My friends. Claire Arbel: How easy it is to see your friends. Hannah Matheny: Seeing my best friend. Alex Williams: People. Megan Klinect: The volleyball team. Amanda Greer: Being able to see everyone every day. Brian Livingstone: Friday night

lights forever. Chris Jarrett: Friends and sports. Claire Turner: All my friends and teachers, and going to Apple-bee’s on a regular basis with Ka-tie, Dana, and Kara. Cody Geisler: Close friends. Kelani Nuckols: Going to the Amherst meet with Hot Dog Heaven. Cyanne Horner: Gym classes with Teits. Zack Rollins: Seeing everyone. Sam Borchart: Josh Brown, Ian Vanek, Matt Vasil, Connor Tvirdik, Jordan Harris. Kelly Geig: Friends. Zach Beadnell: Tractor Day. Paul Hissong: Smell of cow poop in the morning. Austin Vaughn: All of my friends and baseball. Samantha Furr: The lack of re-sponsibility. Adam Jeffery: Showers with the dudes. Johnny Petrow: Walking, talk-ing with my friends in the halls. Ronnie Washington: Living without responsibilities. Mike Wendell: Sports and friends. Marc Frary: Getting to be lazy every day. Cameron Copley: Having money. Jose Medina: My friends. Araenae Dake: Friends. Katie Simpson: Relationships, good and bad. Zach Bastian: My friends. Shelby Death: My friends, bas-ketball season. Josh Palko: Hanging with my high school friends. Victor Diaz: No responsibilities. Kristen Reed: My underclass-men friends.

And What Will Not... Ryleigh Manges: Walking around the hall with my agenda. Jessica Schultz: The idiots who have no respect. Becky Hatch: Asking to use the restroom then being told they need to sign my agenda. Jeremy Lansdowne: High school drama. Amy Kenyon: Annoying people. Mackenzie Greer: Dress code. Emily Daley: Four bathroom passes a week. Alaina Ortega: No air condition-ing. Stephen Cox: The “No Coat” rule. Antonio Giachetti: Mondays at 7:40 a.m. CJ Martin: Stupid rules, girls who only want attention (real talk), and drama. Joseph Romanoff: Projects. Zack Miglich: Slow hallways. Elise Biebelhausen: People not getting involved. Sarah Winnicki: Busy work and Cloverleaf computers. Dani Anderson: Mean and rude people. Melanie Wiseman: Waking up early and doing homework. Hailey Schleich: People not get-ting involved. Rachel Molnar: Silly rules: lim-ited number of passes per week! Ashley Miller: Drama and cer-tain people. Heather Buckwald: The dress code. Heather Wray: To denounce the evils of truth and love. Jake Ramsdell: Schoolwork. Anna Maddamma: Drama. Haley Daugherty: Being in the middle of nowhere. Katy Dean: Useless busy work.

Kara Mewhinney: Basically, everything else. Katie Carino: Drama and rules about shorts. AJ Gbur: 7:40 a.m. Monday– Friday. Joey Tomcho: Annoying guys and obnoxious trashy girls. Craig Cox: Homework, waking up early, math class. Colleen Razem: Dress code and the class of 2011. Ashley Zisko: Class and certain people. Luke Plazek: Busy work; the math hall. Kierstin Jenkins: Stupid people. But they’re everywhere so I can’t escape them. Lauren Huff: The lack of inter-net, hobbits, and cyndaquils. Elizabeth Ditch: Seeing my 9th grade sister in the hall after being separated at school all our lives. Marisa Romanchik: The drama. Taylor Detwiler: All the drama. Jon Hearn: The dumb “wanna be” kids. Alex Oring: All the DRAMA! Jackson Keller: Team Rocket. Cody Kornowski: All of the dress code. Adrian Medina: Drama. Emily K. Smith: Freshmen. Hannah Rice: The drama. Brad Herbert: The lack of free-dom. Adrea Baughman: Math classes. Megan Connor: Dumb rules. Alex Williams: Loud freshmen girls. Megan Klinect: Drama. Amanda Greer: Waking up so early. Brian Livingstone: Drama. Chris Jarrett: Homework.

Claire Turner: The carpet in the annex; it smells like feet. Cody Geisler: The same faces. Kelani Nuckols: People walking so slow in the hallways. Cyanne Horner: Dress code rules and our “awesome” pep ral-lies. Zack Rollins: Being in class. Sam Borchart: Too many to choose from. Kelly Geig: Joshua John Palko. Zach Beadnell: Stupid drama. Paul Hissong: “Swagged– out” kids. Austin Vaughn: Waking up early and doing work. Samantha Furr: School lunches and the hallway passes. Adam Jeffery: Showers with the girls. Johnny Petrow: Hanging around with kids that were not positive influences. Erin Null: Being treated like a little kid. Ronnie Washington: Annoying drama/girls. Mike Wendell: “Wanna–be” kids. Marc Frary: Actual work. Cameron Copley: Working all the time. Jose Medina: No air condition-ing. Araenae Dake: History class– any of them. Katie Simpson: Having to sign in and out to go everywhere. Zack Bastian: Homework, dress code. Shelby Dearth: Josh Palko and drama. Josh Palko: Getting up early. Victor Diaz: School lunches. Kristen Reed: The strict rules.

Most Likely to….

Take Over the World: Jackson Keller

Become a Trophy Wife: Sam Harris

Live With Their Parents: Brandon Hayes

Get Married Right after High School: Trevor Morrsion and Kayla Estes

Wear Carhartts to their wed-ding: Zach Beadnell

Become a Millionaire: Luke Plazek

Skip Our 10-Year Reunion: Tony Giachetti

Any Regrets? Ryleigh Manges: I don’t think I have any. Jessica Schultz: Not putting myself out there more. Becky Hatch: No regrets! Just mis-takes I had to learn from. Jeremy Lansdowne: Being so shy my first two years; I didn’t have many friends. Amy Kenyon: None. Mackenzie Greer: Quitting basket-ball after my freshman year. Alaina Ortgea: Quitting basketball. Stephen Cox: I never had the guts to ask anyone to freshmen or sopho-more year dances. Antonio Giachetti: All of my ex’s. You’re all crazy. Ryan Pistor: Wasting my time play-ing Xbox and Pokemon. CJ Martin: Playing basketball this year… not really… but seriously… Joseph Romanoff: Not dating Heather Buckwald. Zack Miglich: Not having enough confidence as a freshman. Elise Biebelhausen: Not taking more art classes with Krueger. Sarah Winnicki: I really should have studied more. Dani Anderson: Don’t have. Melanie Wiseman: I don’t have any regrets because everything I have done has made me who I am. Hailey Schleich: Quitting golf. Rachel Molnar: Getting my ear pierced!!! Heather Buckwald: Tearing my ACL and not being able to play soc-cer senior year. Heather Wray: To extend our reach to the stars above. Jake Ramsdell: None. Anna Maddamma: Not meeting some of my friends sooner. Haley Daugherty: That people don’t know the real me. Katie Carino: Not being more out-going through the years. AJ Gbur: No regrets. Joey Tomcho: Not coming out of my shell sooner.

Craig Cox: Not playing on the golf team. Colleen Razem: Tearing my ACL when tumbling in the grass. Stupid idea. Ashley Zisko: Not talking to more people more often. Luke Plazek: Math… Kierstin Jenkins: Not taking AP Euro during junior year. Lauren Huff: Keeping my mouth shut. Elizabeth Ditch: Not being the very best like no one ever was. Marisa Romanchik: Not taking chances that were there. Taylor Detwiler: Losing my best friend. Jon Hearn: Not joining the chess club. Alex Oring: My biggest regret is not being more outgoing and loud. Patty Andrews: Not really… Jackson Keller: Trading away But-terfree :( Cody Kornowski: Not taking upper level math classes. Adrian Medina: Not trying my whole four years in high school. Emily K. Smith: Waiting until sen-ior year to become more outgoing and grow out of my shyness. Hannah Rice: Not going to more of the dances. Brad Herbert: Not being more out-going with people I didn’t know very well. Adrea Baughman: Not playing vol-leyball senior year. Megan Connor: Not playing basket-ball. Hannah Matheny: Getting my hopes up for Prom. Alex Williams: Dumb girls. Megan Klinect: Not being more outgoing during my years in high school. Amanda Greer: I don’t regret a thing. Everything happens for a rea-son. Brian Livingstone: Painting the parking lot.

Chris Jarrett: Life is too short to have regrets. Claire Turner: Taking my time in high school for granted. Cody Geisler: Having a Justin Bie-ber haircut. Kelani Nuckols: Not pushing my-self academically freshman year. Cyanne Horner: Missing out on 2/3 senior year because of a guy. Zack Rollins: No regrets. Sam Borchart: Everything from 7th to 10th grade. Zach Beadnell: Not trying my hard-est all the time. Paul Hissong: Forgetting my jersey at leagues and basically all of fresh-man year. Austin Vaughn: Not playing foot-ball. Samantha Furr: Waiting to the last minute to do things. Adam Jeffery: Not doing cheerlead-ing. Johnny Petrow: Taking the wrong math classes. Erin Null: Not trying hard enough and procrastinating on college appli-cations. Ronnie Washington: No regrets. Mike Wendell: Spending every penny that I owned. Marc Frary: Not being Batman. Cameron Copley: Working every weekend. Jose Medina: Not being able to do half day at the Career Center. Araenae Dake: My first kiss/ dating Blake without thinking about it. Katie Simpson: Not loving and ap-preciating every minute I had the past four years. Zach Bastian: Not trying, and get-ting bad grades. Shleby Dearth: Wasting my time on people who don’t matter. Josh Palko: Nott playing baseball. Victor Diaz: Nothing really. I had a good high school career. Kristen Reed: Not being more in-volved in clubs because I was too shy.

Making Memories Ryleigh Manges: Just being in high school was fun! Jessica Schultz: Being an of-fice aide. It’s so much fun and I love everyone in there. Becky Hatch: Making the deci-sion to go to the Career Center. Jeremy Lansdowne: Making new friends at the Career Cen-ter. Amy Kenyon: Meeting many new people at the Career Cen-ter. Mackenzie Greer: Going to Disney for softball and running around the other resorts with Allison, Brooke, and Kristen. Alaina Ortega: Hanging with my Mexicans. Stephen Cox: Mr. Flint’s cur-rent event lectures. Antonio Giachetti: Cracking jokes with my bros in classes. Ryan Pistor: Freshmen basket-ball. CJ Martin: Student section at football games, painting the rock, biotech videos, and Welch’s Fruit Snacks!! ;) Joseph Romanoff: Princeton. Zack Miglich: Too many to narrow it down. Elise Biebelhausen: Never having anywhere to be. Roam-ing the halls with Hailey Schleich. Sarah Winnicki: The History Club and Academic Challenge. Dani Anderson: Marching Band games, competitions, and Disney 2011 trip. Melanie Wiseman: Watching the students help James buy Alysse during the student ser-

vant auction and the basketball team’s cheerleading dance!! Hailey Schleich: Meeting Elise Bibelhausen. Rachel Molnar: Having a party and painting the rock/parking lot, and having to repaint it in-stead of being charged with vandalism. Heather Buckwald: Painting the rock and parking lot junior year. Heather Wray: Being Italian and saving the princess. Jake Ramsdell: The boat times with my best friends. Anna Maddamma: Helping with Hello Dolly and meeting so many great people. Haley Daugherty: Making new friends. Katy Dean: Biotech videos, discussions in AP English, track meets and practices with my friends, and so many more. Kara Mewhinney: Senior year (Not) Homecoming! Katie Carino: Carm at Disney, nuff said! AJ Gbur: Hanging out with friends. Joey Tomcho: Football games, soccer games, along with Homecoming and Prom and Spanish III with Mrs. Packard. Craig Cox: Tractor day 2012, robotics’ trips, and planning hunting strategies with Zach Beadnell. Colleen Razem: Painting the rock junior year, getting caught, and spending the next day cov-ering up our names. So fun. Ashley Zisko: Sophomore year

Intro to Theater class with Mr. Gilder. Luke Plazek: AP Histories and English. Lauren Huff: Any moment af-ter an AP test. Elizabeth Ditch: Being able to fly and have an awesome spin-ning sword where I kicked Pi-kachu’s and Kirby’s butt as Pit. Marisa Romanchik: I have a lot of memories but I can’t pick out the best. Taylor Detwiler: Becoming more outgoing. Jon Hearn: My first day at Cloverleaf. Alex Oring: My junior year when I met Zach Beadnell <3 Patty Andrews: Mr. Vaughn’s physics, or camping with my friend, Ashley. Jackson Keller: Evolving Charmeleon to Charizard. Cody Kornowski: Homecom-ing bonfire. Adrian Medina: Making friends. Emily K. Smith: Sitting with Kristen in her car during OGT week before school while she tried to kill a mosquito with a pair of scissors. Hannah Rice: Walking down the 50-yard line on senior night for marching band. Brad Herbert: They were all too good to just pick one. Adrea Baughman: Going to District finals sophomore year for basketball. Megan Connor: M Claire Arble: Hannah Matheny painting my nails in Sovchik’s

class. Hannah Matheny: 9th grade Modest Mouse concert. Alex Williams: Summer breaks. Amanda Greer: When the jun-ior and senior class spray painted the whole parking lot even though we got in trou-ble… Brian Livingstone: Men’s cheerleading pep rally. I <3 CODE MAN. Chris Jarrett: Blocking Mrs. Packard from her own room with her desk on her birthday, and making her give Brian and I cake to get back in. Claire Turner: Junior Prom, Biotech music videos, Mrs. Wooley saying “Come at me bro!” Cody Geisler: The cheerlead-ing dance at the pep rally; dunk-ing in the all star game. Kelani Nuckols: Being with Zack for every dance three years in a row. Cyanne Horner: Watching the boys’ cheer dance at the pep rally … oh baby ;) Zack Rollins: Student section on Friday night football games and Welch’s Fruit Snacks! Sam Borchart: Endlessly funny and philosophical lunch table discussions. Zach Beadnell: All four tractor days. Paul Hissong: All the nights spent with friends. Austin Vaughn: All four years of high school. It’s been real dawg. Samantha Furr: Friday night football games. Adam Jeffery: Doing the cheer in front of the entire student

body. Johnny Petrow: Getting crowned King at the Light the Knight Dance. Erin Null: Taking speech class with Mr. Gilder. Ronnie Washington: Quitting baseball in the middle of a game. Mike Wendell: Hanging with my friends. Marc Frary: The dodgeball games; I enjoy watching these people get hit with balls. Cameron Copley: I’m blue. Jose Medina: Going to the movies with my goldfish, Emily Springsteel, Kara Mewhinney, Dana Martin, and Katie Simpson. Araenae Dake: Homecom-ing bonfire freshman year. Katie Simpson: Senior year Homecoming, no doubt. Zach Bastian: Music Ap-preciation class with Joey Tomcho—nuff said and dating Taylor Detwiler. Shleby Dearth: Senior night for basketball. Josh Palko: Going for over 200 yards my first start. Victor Diaz: My first game on Varsity for baseball. I went 3 for 4 with one triple and 2 dou-bles. Kristen Reed: Football games and dances.

The End of an Era... By Alex Oring The ending year for the class of 2012 in high school is finally here. For the class of 2012, they are about to start a new life after high school. They’re going to have to get prepared for college and how to make this year count and have fun while doing it. In the past years, previous sen-iors have said to make senior year the best and to enjoy it as much as possible. And to make all your dreams come true and to reach all your goals. In recent years, seniors have al-ways been the top dogs. Now class of 2012 are the top dogs and have to show leadership, but also have fun for their final year at high school. “This has been a great year and we have stood up and our class is different from others because we all get along and there isn’t any real big drama,” said senior Mackenzie Greer. Some ways to make this year more exciting: participate in spirit weeks, just be outgoing, show leadership, represent your class,

and just have so much fun for the final year of high school. See, all the seniors are trying to find new and exciting ways to make this year their best. This year has truly been the best year of high school because we’ve all became close and we all know that once graduation is here, high school is over,” said senior Ashley Mullins. The senior class is going to make this year count and exciting. Class of 2012 has to stand out from the past classes but in a good way! Like more fun and ex-citement, showing good sports-manship and leadership, and just getting ready for life after high school. Graduation and Prom are going to be the hardest moments of the class’s memories because they know after they cross that stage with their classmates, they are done with high school and on their way to achieving their fu-tures. “Graduation is the final step of

high school and it’s going to be a great day and the class of 2012 will appreciate it,” said senior Zach Beadnell. The seniors of this class had some major advice for the under-classmen and how to make their high school experience the best of all. “Just do what your supposed to and not just focus on the drama and what is going on with your friends, but focus on what the teachers are saying.” said senior Alex Oring. “The teachers are actually helping you for your fu-ture and what they are saying will come up again some time in your life.” In this final year for the class of 2012, they have shown that they have a bright future. This class had lots of ideas to make the last year of high school memorable. Remember this year as amazing and don’t let anything stand in our way from reaching our goals and achieving our dreams. Class of 2012!

Seniors cheering on the football team at the Homecoming game.

Advice to Underclassmen Ryleigh Manges: Live out your high school years. It goes by so fast! Jessica Schultz: Be respectful to everyone and don't be idiots; you will get caught eventually. Becky Hatch: There is more to life than just to live, and you guys have so much living left to do; better lace up. Jeremy Lansdowne: Don’t let what other people say or do change who you are. High school doesn’t last forever, so have fun! Amy Kenyon: Stay positive and stay in school. Life is what you make of it! (: Mackenzie Greer: Don’t stand in the middle of the hall-way. Alaina Ortega: Enjoy your time in high school because it flies by. Stephen Cox: Don’t sweat the little stuff, and just stay calm when things get rough. Antonio Giachetti: You got to fight for your right!

Ryan Pistor: Get money $. CJ Martin: Be yourself and don’t worry about what other people think, and live it up, be-cause the time really does fly. Joseph Romanoff: Just love life and hang out with your friends. Never leave any doubts. Zack Miglich: Keep the hall-ways moving, do NOT stop in the middle, and enjoy every moment because the days,

weeks, and months will come and go. Elise Biebelhausen: Be unique and original. Sarah Winnicki: Never, ever sell yourself short. Take the hardest classes, overachieve on projects. You will be amazed how far you can go. Dani Anderson: Work hard. Senior year is a lot of fun, but you will miss it when it’s gone. Melanie Wiseman: Take easy senior classes and you won’t be overwhelmed. Hailey Schleich: Don’t care what people think; be yourself; you’re not going to see them once you graduate anyways. Rachel Molnar: Be friends with everyone and don’t do anything you will regret. Be very involved. Don’t stress the little things. Ashley Miller: Study hard and do not get involved with all the drama. Heather Buckwald: Be friends with everybody. Heather Wray: Each Poke-mon to understand the power that’s inside. Jake Ramsdell: Be yourself. You have four years to experi-ment with every kind of social situation. Live it up. Anna Maddamma: Suck up as much as possible, it will make your life so much easier. Haley Daugherty: Don’t worry about the little things. Katy Dean: Have fun and be

outgoing. Don’t worry so much about what other people think; it won’t matter in a few years. It goes by so fast, so enjoy it. Kara Mewhinney: Be cool, stay in school! Katie Carino: Respect the up-perclassmen and don’t be stu-pid.

AJ Gbur: Have fun! Joey Tomcho: Have a positive attitude. Be outgoing. Love homework. Try to have as much fun as possible without sacrificing your grades. Craig Cox: Start planning for college EARLY and don’t start stupid drama. Colleen Razem: Enjoy high school as much as you can be-cause it ends a lot sooner than you think. Ashley Zisko: Do your home-work. Completion grades saved my live in math class. Luke Plazek: And indeed there will be time to wonder, “Do I dare?” and “Do I dare?” Kierstin Jenkins: Don’t be stupid. Lauren Huff: Don’t be under-classmen. Elizabeth Ditch: Stop being so freakin’ stupid. Girls, it’s okay to be smart, wear shirts that cover your parts. Marisa Romanchik: Time flies being here so make every second count. Never give up. Know who your friends are. Taylor Detwiler: Don’t do anything stupid in high school

that might ruin your dreams. Jon Hearn: Stop being under-classmen. Alex Oring: Don’t mess around and just slide through high school because looking for colleges and scholarships is hard when you don’t have the grades. Patty Andrews: Go to a dif-ferent district. Jackson Keller: Gotta catch em all. Cody Kornowski: To avoid the seniors, we are big and scary. Take smarter math classes! Adrian Medina: Respect your teachers and classmates and just make your school years count. Emily K. Smith: Don’t con-gregate in the middle of the hallway and don’t wear sandals with socks. It’s tacky. Hannah Rice: Try to fight senioritis and don’t wear cow-girl boots when it snows. Brad Herbert: Don’t be afraid to ask for help if you need it, and have fun. You only get to do it once. Adrea Baughman: Schedule classes that are not in the an-nex; when winter comes you’ll thank yourself.

Claire Arble: Shower. Hannah Matheny: Don’t lie and learn to say no.

Alex Williams: Don’t slack. Megan Klienct: Leggints are NOT pants. Amanda Greer: Don’t ever let the rumors or drama get to you.

You know who you are and so do your friends. Stay true to yourself. Brian Livingstone: Do your work. Chris Jarrett: Fight procrasti-nation… tomorrow. Claire Turner: Enjoy the time you have here, and remember, normal is lame. So be abnor-mal! Cody Geisler: Do work, stay classy. Kelani Nuckols: Make the most out of your senior year. It all goes by so quickly. Cyanne Horner: Learn your place: SENIORITY. Zack Rollins: Roam the halls as much as possible. Going to class is overrated. Sam Borchart: Just enjoy yourself. Be kind to others. Be kind to yourself. Kelly Geig: Try to have as much fun in these four years because it’s over before you know it. Zach Beadnell: Don’t get caught by the cops spray paint-ing the rock at 2 a.m. Paul Hissong: Have fun being yourself plus YOLO!!!!!!!! Austin Vaughn: Start thinking about college early; if you do your homework you will pass. Samantha Furr: Enjoy high school. You only get these op-portunities once. Adam Jeffery: Graduate one trimester early because it stinks to wait to graduate. Johnny Petrow: You have a huge picture to paint and that

picture is your work at school. Don’t mess with it. No regrets.

Erin Null: Stay classy. Ronnie Washington: Do not hook up with a girl based on Facebook pictures. Mike Wendell: Hold your breath, everything will be bet-ter. Marc Frary: Run… just run and never look back. Even when they chase you on trac-tors and throw corn at you.

Cameron Copley: YOLO Jose Medina: Enjoy high school because it goes by so fast. Araenae Dake: Have fun! It goes fast. Katie Simpson: Learn from mistakes, and when you mess up, own up to it. Take respon-sibility for your actions. Zach Bastian: Respect upper-classmen. Shelby Dearth: Enjoy the time you have left, and appreciate the years you still have. These are the years you will never forget! Josh Palko: Hit the books hard, be yourself , and don’t care what people think. Victor Diaz: Have fun. The responsibilities are going to hit hard. Kristen Reed: Respect the seniors. You will be one some day and realize how annoying underclassmen are.

2012

Where do you hope to be in 10 years? Ryleigh Manges: I hope to be a nurse and hopefully married! Jessica Schultz: Becoming a well-established person in the astronomy field or going around the world taking many pictures. Becky Hatch: Entrepreneur of a five-star restaurant at the beach in North Carolina. Jeremy Lansdowne: Owner of a gourmet restaurant or working as a chef for Disney Cruise Lines. Amy Kenyon: I hope to have my own restaurant in a city. Mackenize Greer: I hope to have a good job as a nurse and be successful, married, and starting a family. Alaina Ortega: Married to a famous baseball player. Stephen Cox: In my own house with a beautiful wife and two kids. PGA Tour. Antonio Giachett: Successful and still in touch with my friends. Ryan Pistor: Working. CJ Martin: Finished with grad school and be a successful doc-tor; living on a beach house in Florida with a supermodel wife. Joseph Romanoff: Running my F2D clothing company and hav-ing fun with a family. Zack Miglich: Married, suc-cessful, and happy as a me-chanical engineer with a beach house and a cute puppy. Elise Biebelhausen: Having a family and a job doing what I love while traveling. Sarah Winnicki: I hope to be happy (perfect with a stable fi-nancial situation and relation-ship).

Dani Anderson: A nurse or a law enforcement officer. Melanie Wiseman: Have a col-lege degree, be working, possi-bly married, and living life. Hailey Schleich: On a cruise ship. Rachel Molnar: A nurse and be married with 8 children. Ashley Miller: I hope to be graduated from medical school. Heather Buckwald: Be a nurse and be married to a hot doctor. Heather Wray: I will travel across the land, searching far and wide. Anna Maddamma: I hope to be married, possibly with kids, working as a dermatologist somewhere warm. Haley Daugherty: Married and living somewhere warm. Katy Dean: Finishing college and beginning my career as a physical therapist. Kara Mewhinney: Somewhere nice! Katie Carino: Living on a farm, very successful, and a family. AJ Gbur: Working for ESPN. Joey Tomcho: A nurse, married with maybe two kids. Craig Cox: Have a well paying job that I enjoy! Colleen Razem: Working for a big time magazine company somewhere in New York. Ashley Zisko: I hope to have an awesome job, a family, and a semi-nice house. Luke Plazek: Being abroad in Europe studying for my gradu-ate degree. Kierstin Jenkins: Teaching band in a middle school or high

school. Larue n Huff: Rich and fa-mous. Married to Elijah Wood. In the Shire. Author. Airbender. Pokemon master. Viking. Elizabeth Ditch: Living in a pineapple under the sea on Pig-farts with Rumbleroar as a mer-maid professor at Hogwarts. Marisa Romanchik: Out of college being successful in my own job. Jake Ramsdell: Settling in, in Florida, successful. Taylor Detwiler: Out of col-lege and have a successful job. Jon Hearn: Finished with med school and done with my pedi-atric internship, possibly mar-ried. Alex Oring: I hope to be living in an amazing house on a farm with a great nursing job. Patty Andrews: Living around the world. Jackson Keller: Pokemon mas-ter and Pokemon league cham-pion. Cody Kornowski: I would like to have my own business mak-ing car audio equipment. Adrian Medina: Having a good job. Emily K. Smith: I hope to be finishing up my residency so I can be a doctor of be a prin-cess… either way. Hannah Rice: I hope to be mar-ried to an amazing guy, to be living in a nice house, and to still be showing horses. Brad Herbert: On the coast by the beach with a degree in Kine-siology. Adrea Baughman: Successful, married, with children. Living a

happy life. Megan Connor: With a job, married, kids. Claire Arbel: Living in a big city, feeding a tortoise. Hannah Matheny: I hope to be a commercial photographer for Urban Outfitters. Alex Williams: Africa. Amanda Greer: I hope to be married and have a steady job in the medical field. Brian Livingstone: Married with a family and going good with my career. Chris Jarrett: Married with a job. Claire Turner: Wherever God puts me. Cody Geisler: PGA. Kelani Nuckols: Having a fam-ily with a good job and still do-ing track somehow, like being a coach. Cyanne Horner: I hope to be living down south on the coast with my own show on Shark Week! Zack Rollins: Married with

three kids. Sam Borchart: In a successful law firm in Chicago or Colum-bus. Zach Beadnell: Have my engi-neering degree and have a house with a lot of acreage. Paul Hissong: Out west, skiing by day and practicing optometry by night. Austin Vaughn: Married to Taylor Swift with kids. Samantha Furr: Successful and happy. Adam Jeffery: Working in Ohio National Guard as a Ma-jor. Johnny Petrow: I would hope to be working “free-lance” at Graphic Arts designing cool stuff. Erin Null: I hope I’ll be starting my career, living somewhere warm with the man of my dreams and maybe starting my family. Ronnie Washington: In the Air Force. Mike Wendell: California, liv-

ing and working. Marc Frary: Alive and well. Cameron Copley: Married with a successful career. Jose Medina: Living off my brother because he will be a fa-mous soccer player. Araenae Dake: I hope to be recording songs...my (dream) job. Katie Simpson: Married and working in some kind of minis-try with my husband, who will have blue eyes, dark hair, and dimples. Zach Bastian: Being married with kids and rich and ripped and happy. Shelby Dearth: I hope to be happy with a job and a cat. That’s it. Josh Palko: Living in Florida being a detective, and living life to the fullest. Victor Diaz: Have my own practice for optometry. Kristen Reed: Graduated from college, possibly married and have a good job.

Well, that’s embarrassing... Jessica Shcultz: Freshman year, when I fell down the science wing steps. Jeremy Lansdowne: When Peter Mulliner spilled ink all over my pants in freshman year art class. Mackenzie Greer: Brad Terry pulling me up the stairs and rip-ping my pants. Emily Daley: Falling in the breezeway when it was icy. Alaina Ortega: Tripping up the stairs a lot. Stephen Cox: I slipped on the icy breezeway and landed flat on my back. Antonio Giachetti: May 15, 4:04 AM. FOX 8 News… Ryan Pistor: Not being able to spell anything right. CJ Martin: Getting fully de-pantsed junior year during a foot-ball game… twice...and sitting the bench… a lot. Joseph Romanoff: I rose my hand one time and just had pit sweat to my nipple. Zack Miglich: Basketball 2011-12… 1-20. Elise Biebelhausen: Driving over the curb in front of all the classes with Hailey Schleich. Sarah Winnicki: I cut my head junior year… on the tampon ma-chine. Dani Anderson: Josh falling in the mud during band practice. Melanie Wiseman: Falling out of my chair in Mr. Wachtel’s class. Hailey Schleich: When Mr. Mi-chel told me and Rachel Molnar to stop flirting. Rachel Molnar: Tumbling at a football game down the track and landing on my head in front of everyone. Ashley Miller: Falling off the stage during my junior year and

falling down the stairs my senior year. Heather Buckwald: Seeing naked football players at St. Ignatius with Megan Connor. Heather Wray: The wind is in the east. Haley Daugherty: Falling on the breezeway. Kara Mewhinney: Dog jaw in Mr. Gucker’s class. Katie Carino: Freshmen year softball, hit a triple and when slid-ing into third head first, stopped five feet away and crawled. I was safe! AJ Gbur: ...No comment. Joey Tomcho: Having Tyler Loughrie kick the stall door open on me while I was you know what’ing junior year. Craig Cox: Almost hitting a car with a tractor on tractor day 2011. Colleen Razem: Freshmen year, RJ pulled my seat from under me, I made a really odd noise going down. Thanks RJ… and Marisa for laughing. Ashley Zisko: Almost giving Claire Arble a concussion while performing in Intro to Theatre. Instead, I gave one to myself. Luke Plazek: Math class. Kierstin Jenkins: At a marching band competition, my tag was sticking out of my dress the entire time and the judges made com-ments about it. Lauren Huff: My most glorious moment was my flying leap down the math hall. Hello, floor. Elizabeth Ditch: Letting Mr. Doofenshmirtz get away all those times. Marisa Romanchik: During a practice round teeing the ball and having it go two feet twice then hit it and went behind me.

Jake Ramsdell: Being asked awk-ward questions aloud in class my sophomore year. Taylor Detwiler: Playing Rock, Bridge, Tree and breaking my wrist. Jon Hearn: First track meet of the year… Alex Oring: Freshman year when Kyle Gray pulled my chair out from under me. Patty Andrews: Most parts of my life or the “Friday” music video I am in. Jackson Keller: Losing to Gary Oik. Cody Kornowski: When my van died, painting the rock. Adrian Medina: Picking my nose and wiping it on Robbie Schies-wohl. Emily K. Smith: Falling up the stairs freshman, sophomore, and junior year. I’m talented… Hannah Rice: Falling down the stairs in the main hallway sopho-more year. Brad Herbert: I don’t get embar-rassed! Adrea Baughman: Walking into the wrong classes. Happened all the time. Claire Arble: Accidentally calling 911 during a freshman exam. Hannah Matheny: When I hit Cailin Fairbarin’s car in the junior parking lot. Alex Williams: Losing my pants during the musical sophomore year. Megan Klinect: Passing out on the track during the Prom assem-bly. Amanda Greer: In cheerleading, sophomore year, we performed our Christmas dance, and no… Brian Livingstone: New Year’s Eve two years ago…

Chris Jarrett: I was sleeping in Neidig’s class when my elbow slipped off the table and I smacked my forehead on the desk. Claire Turner: Sophomore year when my dog got skunked. Some-how, I ended up smelling like it all day...running into a pole on soccer senior night and gashing my head. Cody Geisler: Three (yes 3) air balled free throws… Kelani Nuckols: Walking across the track and tripping during the middle of the race. I almost got run over. Cyanne Horner: Losing my top in front of the football boys at the Corn Fest. Zack Rollins: Not much embar-rasses me. Sam Borchart: Passing glances. Zach Beadnell: Getting caught with my phone. Paul Hissong: Getting fully de-pantsed by Teryn at cross country in front of the entire band… Samantha Furr: Freshman year, I was walking and slipped on ice and fell in a mud puddle in front of the Varsity boys’ basketball team. Adam Jeffery: When I fell while running stairs in baseball. Johnny Petrow: Saying the “B” word in front of Mr. Ryan. Erin Null: When the teachers all found out the party that got busted sophomore year...nuff said. Ronnie Washington: Walking out of the locker room naked and peo-ple seeing me. Mike Wendell: Playing JV tennis my senior year. Marc Frary: Oh that one time I did that embarrassing thing. That was pretty bad. Cameron Copley: Shaking during my freshman Spanish presentation. Jose Medina: Tripping going up the stairs freshman year. Araenae Dake: The time I left the note on a desk of a student that I

liked and the teacher picked it up and started reading it. Katie Simpson: When I got pulled over in the senior parking lot, then went to court. Zach Bastian: Being whipped by Taylor. Shelby Dearth: Shampoo. Enough said. Josh Palko: Not being able to play football my sophomore year. Victor Diaz: Biotech debate… horse donkey mule. Kristen Reed: Getting pulled over junior year on the highway.

Last Word from The Class of 2012 Ryleigh Manges: YAY! :) Jessica Schultz: I enjoyed my school years here and I had fun. Good luck to the underclassmen, they’ll need it. I’m glad to be graduating and I’ll be back to visit. Becky Hatch: Although a lot of us are going our separate ways, there is no way I could ever for-get the people who were more like family than friends. Congrats class of 2012. Jeremy Lansdowne: Thank you to all my friends who stuck by my side through the tough times no matter what. I love you all and will miss you. Amy Kenyon: I am going to miss everyone dearly. Just know real friends stick with you and those that don’t will always be a mem-ory away. Mackenzie Greer; It goes by so fast so enjoy your time here and make the most of it Alaina Ortega: I met a lot of good people and I’m actually go-ing to miss high school. Stephen Cox: I had a lot of fun in high school and I will sure be visiting my friends who are still here. Antonio Giachett: I plead the 5th Ryan Pistor: Love you Ronnie, I’m gonna miss you Monta. CJ Martin: #YOLO Joe Romanoff: Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond all measure. Zack Miglich: Go Colts. Keep it fresh. Elise Biebelhausen: I will miss you Mrs. Newberry. Sarah Winnicki: Have fun and

good luck. I’m sure you will need it. Dani Anderson: Thank you to all of my best friends and band mem-bers for making my senior year so wonderful and special for me. I love you all. Melanie Wiseman: Do what you love, and love what you do, and you will be happy. Hailey Schleich: Good luck Mr. Michel! Rachel Molnar: Thanks for the memories. Ashley Miller: Have fun in high school and be involved in all the activities high school has to offer. Heather Buckwald: Be all you can be. Heather Wray: Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight. Jake Ramsdell: Rage it up. Live it up. Waterski or die. Haley Daugherty: Moving on to bigger and better things. Katy Dean: Good luck to seniors with their lives and good luck to underclassmen with the rest of high school. Kara Mewhinney: #goodluck Katie Carino: High school goes by fast, make it last! Be awesome. AJ Gbur: See ya!!!! Joey Tomcho: Don’t forget to always do it big and hook it up phat. Be yourself and have no fear for how others think of you. It’s your time. Craig Cox: Make every day worth living. Colleen Razem: Cloverleaf was a great moment in my life, and I will always remember it and the people, but I’m excited to go to college and start my life. Ashley Zisko: While I will miss

Cloverleaf, I am ready to move on. Luke Plazek: Let us go then, you and I. Kierstin Jenkins: Goodbye. Lauren Huff: It is a truth univer-sally acknowledged: In a hole in the ground lived Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of Pallet Town. Elizabeth Ditch: Bye. Marisa Romanchik: Don’t count the steps, but make the steps count. If you fall down, pick yourself back up because nothing lasts forever. Taylor Detwiler: Live life to the fullest and have fun. Jon Hearn: Stay classy, Clover-leaf. Alex Oring: Just have fun and do your best and go to all the dances and events as a single or couple! Patty Andrews: Let it go. It’s only high school. Jackson Keller: I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was. Cody Kornowski: I love Clover-leaf, wouldn’t change it for a thing. Went to school here all my life. I will be a successful person. Adrian Medina: Live your life and have fun, but be smart about it. Emily K. Smith: It’s been nice knowing ya! It feels like it’s gone by too fast. Remember that cows are the greatest animal in the world. I will miss most of you guys… good luck in the future. Hannah Rice: These were four of the best years of my life, and I’m going to miss it here. Clover-leaf has some pretty great people. Brad Herbert: Goodbye! Have fun! Adrea Baughman: If you want

something bad enough, you’ll get it, if you put the hard work into it. Claire Arbel: I once got tetnis. Now I have no legs. Hannah Matheny: When I was 14, I did a handstand to impress a boy and got hit by a car. Alex Williams: I’m glad I’m leaving Ohio. Brian Livingstone: Stay classy. Chris Jarrett: You Only Live Once. Claire Turner: Hallelujah… not because I’m excited to get out of here, but because my time at Clo-verleaf truly was a blessing. I’m going to miss everyone… so bye for now! Cody Geisler: YOLO Kelani Nuckols: Thank you to everyone who has helped me to succeed both in the classroom and on the track these past four years. I’ll miss you! Zack Rollins: It’s been real Clo-verleaf. Thanks for a great four years; I’m going to miss you guys Sam Borchart: Time is not eter-nal. Please, make the most of your time. Zach Beadnell: The best day is tractor day. Paul Hissong: Keep it real. Austin Vaughn: YOLO; No re-grets; don’t think about doing things twice, just do it. Samantha Furr: It’s been real, it’s been fun, but it hasn’t been real fun… Adam Jeffery: YOYO. You’re On Your Own. Erin Null: It was a great four years, but I’m so ready to move on! Ronnie Washington: Going to miss you Cloverdale. Mike Wendell: “I don’t have an addictive personality...but I’m

hooked on it,” Drizzy Drake, Take Care. Marc Frary: I’m here to kick names and take some &^% (see how I made that quote okay with the school?) Cameron Copley: So long boys! Jose Medina: I had good and bad memories while in high school and I am going to miss it. Araenae Dake: God bless you. Katie Simpson: Laugh freely, forgive easily, love uncondition-ally, and always guard your heart “for it is the well spring of life.” Zach Bastian: YOLO and try to make it last. Shelby Dearth: It’s been real. Josh Palko: It’s been good; time to grow up now. Deuces!!! Victor Diaz: YOLO Kristen Reed: Hey, we’ve known each other for awhile and it’s been crazy, so many memories. We’re no longer babies! Good luck everyone!

Saying By Haley Daugherty As scary as it may be, May 27 will be the day that Cloverleaf seniors begin a new chapter in their lives. This moment is bittersweet for most seniors. “I’m gonna miss this place,” says senior Luke Plazek. “I also think that college is gonna be really exciting.” The end of high school means that there is a lot more responsi-bility, but also a lot more excite-ment. There is one question that many seniors are asking themselves: What do I do now? Even though most students are either going to college or pursu-ing a profession right out of high school, there has always been someone who has guided them through life. This is a luxury that many teen-agers take for granted. Now, as seniors go out on their own and pursue their goals they will be forced to make decisions that could impact their lives drasti-

cally. Graduation is also exciting. Af-ter all, independence is a good thing and it is necessary for peo-ple to figure out how to make their way through life. “I’m looking forward to all the parts of life that I’ll get to experi-ence,” says senior Connor Miko-laj. It’s hard to believe how fast life goes by after graduation. Right away seniors either go to college or start a job. The only things left to do after that are potentially get-ting married and having children. Many seniors do not feel like they are adults yet, even though they are graduating. “It’s hard to believe that I’m gonna have to go be an adult now,” says senior Claire Turner. “I’m gonna especially miss my awesome friends.” There may be mixed feelings about leaving the school that sen-iors have gotten used to over the last four years, but there is no doubt that this is a big change for everyone.

Despite all the things that stu-dents complain about, there are definitely aspects of high school that people are going to miss. There will no longer be that ex-citement that always builds up right before Homecoming or Prom. There will no longer be that sense of comfort knowing that there is a set routine for the school day. There will no longer be that sense of security that comes with knowing people at the school and having certain groups that are fa-miliar. However, even though these as-pects of high school may not be part of peoples’ lives at first, eventually people will find where they are supposed to be. There may be a new group of people that they hang out with or a new environment that takes awhile to get used to. Eventually, we will all be okay and will be happy in the next stage of our lives as independent adults.

Goodbye…..

Congratulations Class

Of 2012!