1 LAKEWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT STATE OF ATHLETICS REPORT 2018-2019 Sean D. Jackson, M.Ed., CMAA, Athletic Director Megan M. Fenko, Athletic Secretary Tyler Hannah State Champion 60m Indoor Hurdles OHSAA State placer 300m hurdles and 2x placer 110 m hurdles LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL GARFIELD AND HARDING MIDDLE SCHOOL Revised 5/29/19 2 Rangers, We have had some success and we have some areas that need improvement. It is my hope that you take time to review the State of Athletics report and formulate your own perspective in how you can help improve the athletic program. In an effort to share the big picture of athletics operations, goals and direction as well as being transparent. This report will be distributed annually at the end of each school year. We all must contribute in the quest to improve. We will move from the Southwestern Conference to the Great Lakes Conference for the 2020-2021 school year. This conference will help give our athletes and teams competitive balance across the entire program for each sport. Although changing conferences will be helpful. The work doesn’t stop there! The Athletic Department will continue to promote that students and athletic teams use the weight room more. Our sports teams have achieved a 6 year cumulative grade point average above a 3.00. Our athletes are winning in the classroom. Lakewood athletes already have strong minds. We will continue to support educational athletics and put academics first, but we will need to focus on developing strong athletes. Our theme for next school year is: STRONG MIND STRONG BODY Weight lifting helps prevent injuries. It also helps athletes recover faster from injuries and helps them be more athletic. When an athlete is stronger they are better at the skills that their sport require to be successful. It is unquestionable that dedication to the weight room is the foundation of a successful athlete. Our new weight room has been open for the past school year. We have had a number of students attend the weight room sessions with their team and our weight room coordinators. The weight room is usually open in the morning and afternoon for any student that has filled out their participation forms. The weight room is open over 800 times a year counting morning and after school sessions. The opportunity to get better is available. We need more students to join in. This summer the weight room will be open in the morning and afternoon Monday thru Friday. The weight room schedule is available on the district website. This is one of the three goals of the Athletic Department. Here are all three: 1. Promote educational athletics 2. Continue to improve the athletic program 3. Improve game worker staff Sean D. Jackson Sean D. Jackson Director of Athletics Revised 5/29/19 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENT PAGE(S) COVER 1 LETTER TO ALL RANGERS 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 LAKEWOOD ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PURPOSE STATEMENT/OBJECTIVES 4 OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 5 HISTORY OF LAKEWOOD IN CONFERENCE/LEAGUE PARTICIPATION 6-7 INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE HONORS 8-9 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF 2013 10-11 RANGERS TO NCAA, NAIA AND NJCAA TEAMS- SIGNING DAY 12-13 TEAM STATE CHAMPIONS 14 TEAM STATE RUNNERS-UP 15 TEAM CONFERENCE AND LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS 16-17 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT BUDGET INFORMATION 18-19 REVIEW OF EACH SPORT SINCE 2013 20-39 GAME WORKER PAY RATES 40 END OF THE YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT & DATA, MEETING OBJECTIVES, PROJECTS, 41-43 AND CHALLENGES MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS 44 PARTICIPATION AND MULTISPORT NUMBERS 45-46 COACH LONGEVITY 47 TITLE IX COMPLIANCE 48-49 UNIFORM 4 YEAR ROTATION 50 FACILITIES AND ATHLETIC OPERATIONS AND TEAM PRACTICE LOCATIONS 51-53 INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPIONS 54-57 PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS 2019-2020 58-59 ATHLETIC AWARDS 60 ATHLETIC TRANSPORTATION 61 LAKEWOOD ATHLETIC BOOSTERS & THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF 62-64 ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT DIRECTION 2019-2020 65 Revised 5/29/19 4 Lakewood Athletic Department Purpose Statement Lakewood Rangers The Department of Lakewood Athletics is designed to supplement and re-enforce the mission of Lakewood City School District to provide student-athletes, coaches, and staff with opportunities to live, learn, and lead in the 21st century. As the middle school and high school experience presents both learning and growing opportunities, the athletic department offers sports for students to follow their passion and develop their potential through individual and team sport competition. The Athletic Department is dedicated to providing a program compliant with the OHSAA and Southwestern Conference. Members of the department are also value-centered and will conduct themselves ethically by promoting and developing sportsmanship, positive attitudes departmentally, individually, and at each scheduled event. The Objectives of the Athletic Department Include: To provide a comprehensive list of sport programs that appeal to students. To provide a competitive athletic environment for all student-athletes. To provide trained and competent coaches in all sports, providing proper instruction and direction maximizing the athletic experience for each student-athlete. To provide an athletic program that is a value-added component to the academic mission. To provide an athletic program that offers life skills and challenges for the student-athlete not duplicated in the academic experience. To assist in providing a comprehensive educational experience allowing student-athletes to pursue their passion and find their potential to learn and grow. To promote the culture, heritage, and traditions of the Lakewood City School District. OHSAA State Qualifiers/Placers Christina Auck Indoor Track, Cormac Kramer Indoor Track and Yousef Awad Wrestling Revised 5/29/19 5 OHSAA Mission Statement https://www.ohsaa.org/AboutOHSAA The Ohio High School Athletic Association provides educational opportunities for students through participation in interscholastic athletics programs while also providing leadership and support for member school administrators and coaches and contest officials. The OHSAA Believes That... Participation in interscholastic athletics programs is a privilege, not a right. Participation in interscholastic athletics programs complements a student’s school experience and teaches lifelong lessons of hard work, teamwork and self-discipline. Participation in interscholastic athletics programs promotes citizenship and sporting behavior, instills a sense of community and promotes a lifetime appreciation for sports and healthy lifestyles. Sporting and ethical behavior are expectations in interscholastic athletics by all participants, coaches, administrators, officials and spectators. Coaches, administrators and contest officials should serve as positive role models who are critical to a student’s development and success. In order to minimize health and safety risks and maintain ethical standards, it is mandatory that interscholastic athletics participants are free from use of anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs. Limitations should be placed upon the length of sport seasons and the number of interscholastic contests played by participants. Students should engage in a well-rounded experience that encourages participation in a multitude of extracurricular activities. All attempts should be made to accommodate students with disabilities in interscholastic athletics programs. Student academic achievement and success take priority over athletics achievement and success. The success of a team is more important than individual awards. Interscholastic athletics programs exist to prepare students for the next level of life, not the next level of sports. Participation in interscholastic athletics programs can be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and create memories that will last forever. The OHSAA 101….. Schools are volunteer members - 822 High Schools, 900 Middle Schools 26 Sanctioned Sports (13 Girls, 13 Boys) Approximately 400,000 Student-Athletes in Grades 7-12 Approximately 16,000 Officials Approximately 65,000 Coaches Six District Athletic Boards (elected by the member schools in that district) State Board of Directors (rotation system from the District Athletic Boards) Executive Director and State Office Staff (24 full-time employees) Revised 5/29/19 6 HISTORY LAKEWOOD IN CONFERENCE/LEAGUE PARTICIPATION 1918-2006 Lake Erie League 2006-2012 Northeast Ohio Conference 2012-2016 West Shore Conference 2016-2020 Southwestern Conference 2020-future Great Lakes Conference Lake Erie League The history of the Lake Erie League (LEL) dates back to 1918 when Shaw, Lakewood, Cleveland Heights and University School joined to form the “Quad League”. In 1920 University School dropped from the league and was replaced by Rocky River. In 1928 Lorain and Elyria joined to make it six schools and the “Lake Erie League” became the official name. In 1932, Rocky River dropped out leaving the number of schools at five. In 1936, Shaker Heights left the Eastern Conference and joined the league, bringing the number of schools back to six. For the next fifteen years, Shaw, Lakewood, Cleveland Heights, Lorain, Elyria and Shaker Heights comprised the six-team league. In 1951, Euclid applied for membership and was accepted, raising the number of schools to seven. Two years later, in 1953, Lorain and Elyria dropped out, again making it a five-team league. Parma was then admitted in 1955 as a sixth member. With the start of the 1962 school year, Brush and Valley Forge were admitted, becoming the seventh and eighth schools. In 1966, Garfield Heights and Normandy were admitted to the league effective with the 1968-69 school year, which made the LEL a ten-team league. In 1973, Euclid and Brush withdrew to join the Eastern Greater Cleveland conference effective for the 1975-76 school year. Also, in 1973 Normandy, Parma and Valley Forge withdrew from the LEL to join with Berea and Midpark schools. Soon after, Lakewood and Garfield Heights joined with the three Parma Schools and two Berea schools making a total of seven schools. Later, in 1973, these seven schools realigned themselves with Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights and Shaw to form the “new” Lake Erie League”, which began activities in the 1975-76 school year.