MARY POPPINS: Olivia Clinton BERT: Ty Witosky JANE BANKS: Willa Kirvan MICHAEL BANKS: Piper Chamberlain GEORGE BANKS: Ian Hironimus WINIFRED BANKS: Ella Donaldson MRS. BRILL: Bailey Prather ROBERTSON AY: Katrina Sauerland JOHN NORTHBROOKS: Novalee Hodak BIRD WOMAN: Mia Savinda MISS ANDREW: Madilynn Huth MRS. CORRY: Tilly Foxberg NELEUS: Kiernan Fullerton CHAIRMAN/POLICEMAN: Nora Goodnough VON HUSSLER: Kiptyn Hunt MISS SMYTHE: Isabella Holcomb MESSENGER: Mykenzie Jackson KATIE NANNA: Dakota Lott DANCE CAPTAIN/Student Choreographers: Ella Lavery Kylie Crocker DANCERS: Janae Dawson Addisyn Edwards Sydney Edwards Mackenzie Jones Aubrey Schmude Taylor Tang ENSEMBLE: Taylor Emick Ava Gates Zoey Helmbold Kadence Hicks Bailey Schmude Maddison Shontz STAGE CREW: Zoey Atwood Karlie Beatty Evan Clinton Wyatt Farren Andrew Gray Olivia Happoldt Elijah Kennedy Chicquita LaRocque Sophia Locke Abigail Lucas Frederick Michalek Kaylan Plemmons Keaton Rhodes Sagel Ricke Savannah Shreffler Claire Turner Mya Wencil Arik Yochum HIGH SCHOOL CREW: Chloe Preston-Student Director Liz Watkins-Student Director Chris Warner-Student Choreographer Flynn Kirvan-Student Director Charlotte Winger-Student Director Oliver Chapel-Spotlights Kerington Hancock-Flys Maddison Caldwell-Spotlights |
Olivia Clinton lights up the Colestock Theater stage with her portrayal of the title character in this year's Titusville Middle School's production of Mary Poppins Jr. set to open at 7 p.m. March 14. Shows are also slated for Friday, March 14 at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 18 at 2 p.m. and another show at 7 p.m.
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Below are some more photos from the regional tournament.
Titusville took 10 wrestlers into the district tournament last week. The goal for the wrestlers was two-fold - win a D10 title and if not, qualify for regionals. Of the 10 wrestlers seven will move on to wrestle tis weekend at the regional tournament in Sharon with a chance to qualify for the state tournament in Hershey the following week.
The top eight place finishers made it out of District 10, but only the top four will advance out of regions that also consists of wrestlers from other districts. Rocket senior Kaleb Brunst led the Titusville contingent with a fourth-place finish in the 189 bracket .Brunst was 4-2 on the weekend and came into the tournament as the third seed out of Section 1. He recorded a pin and three decisions and a loss by decision before falling to Colton Tupper of Reynolds in the third-place match. He moves to 35-11 on his final season. The Rockets also had three fifth-place finishers - freshman Parker Miller at 127, and seniors Nate Stearns at 133 and Landen Wolfkiel at 152. Miller had a busy tournament, going 4-2. He finished the weekend with a 5-1 decision over Ebin Everett of Sharon. Stearns, who came into the tournament as the second seed out of Section 1, was 3-2 on the weekend. He recorded an 8-5 decision over Josh Perrino of Greenville in the fifth-place match. Wolfkiel, Titusville's only number one seed entering the tournament, won his final match against Cole Kellogg of Eisenhower by forfeit. He was 2-2 on the weekend. Sawyer Wolfkiel came in with a seventh place finish at 114 pounds and both Gavin Donaldson (160) and Kameron Mong (172) earned eighth-place finishes to advance. The road to Hershey won’t be easy for any of the wrestlers. Several other Crawford County wrestlers advanced including two Maplewood grapplers. 127 -pounder Chase Blake got his 100 and 101 career wins en route to a second-place finish Saturday. Junior Cadyn Shetler also advanced at 114 pounds with an eighth-place spot on the podium. Franklin also advanced two wrestlers with Cael Dailey finishing in second at 121 and Sophomore Gary Kiselka took home a sixth-place medal at 215.
Titusville senior Nate Stearns got a second period pin and Trenton Rodgers held on to a 7-4 decision to end the night. "All in all they wrestled good. I was very happy the way they performed," Stearns said. Titusville will move on to take on Fort LeBoeuf at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sharon High School. "Fort LeBoeuf is obviously tough, they took second in the state last year. So we'll have our hands full," Stearns admitted. "Anything can happen, you wrestle hard, you go out there and get a couple pins and who knows? Our conditioning is where it needs to be right now, I'm happy with our conditioning."
Titusville swimmers are experiencing another strong season, especially on the girls side of the pool. Today they head to Slippery Rock for THE match of the season. "What I can tell you about this one? Setting up the line up is going to be a giant chess match," said girls head coach Seth Come. His undefeated girls have, on paper, their toughest team matchup of the year. It is a meet that could likely determine the region title. "They have some strong swimmers. Mollie Massella is one of their top competitors and I wouldn’t be surprised if she ended as the Region 1 Girls Swimmer of the year. She can swim anything very well and that is where the chess game comes into play," Come said as he tries to work out a strategy to maximize overall point totals. "When planning a line up, I have to predict what events I think their girls will be swimming and tailor our line up to best combat. For example, in the past they have had strong butterfliers. One strategy we can take is try to stick one of our girls in that race to split the points up or we could let them have the points in that event and we could stack another event to try and even the score that direction." Last year Slippery Rock had the advantage, but this is a new year. "I’m hoping we can compete better against them than we did last year. They did lose a couple studs, so I hope that is a concern for them," he said. "I’d love to get that region title this year and the girls are definitely hungry for it." The boys are also in action hoping to improve on their 2-2 record. They have lost to Oil City and Grove City by small margins. Scroll down for more photos from last week's meet. To view even more visit: sayerrich.zenfolio.com/p838287519 Titusville swimming photos: sayerrich.zenfolio.com/p838287519
A couple weeks back Titusville boys basketball coach Craig Mehlenbacher admitted the team was on a bit of a roller coaster ride. One game they would be firing on all cylinders and the next, struggling to put the ball in the basket. Against Eisenhower they knew it would be a battle having already losing to them 81-52 earlier in the season. "We knew it was going to be tough," Mehlenbacher said. Going into the game they needed to play well, but a bit of sloppy passing and dribbling early on set the tone. Eisenhower controlled the paint with very few second chances coming the Rocket's way and they seemed to have solid fundamentals, ball control and scoring many points early on with give and go layups. Despite the lopsided loss, Mehlenbacher chose to focus on the positives. "We kept battling, when some teams would just quit, they kept going," The coach said at halftime he wanted his kids to come out and play hard. "We did some really good things, especially in the second half as far as kicking the ball up the floor," he added. "We had really good ball movement, we got some really good shots and getting to the hoop. We had some steals and layups out of it too." In the end they lost 71-59 which was a step up from their previous performance against the Knights.. Mehlenbacher said his team played hard and as a coach that is really all he can ask for.
Titusville was led by Colon with 26 points, seven of which came in the last few minutes of the game. Hudson Fratus had a solid game shooting knocking down 18 points. David Leonard had nine and Devon Kurschinske and Cameron Kerr combined for six Eisenhower who are now 8-1 overall had solid outing from Kyler Black and Kris Bunk who combined for 37 of Ike's points. Austin Hanson added 11, Derek Guiher nine, Maysen Wonderling dropped seven. Four other Eisenhower players scored in the win. Email us at 8and322@gmail.com to purchase a support ad for your business or get some of our gear to help us keep documenting the community. Buy shirts here.
Photo courtesy of Tim Walters/TMK Pro Wrestling Photography This photograph, posted Tuesday night garnered a fair amount of reaction on social media. The image was made at a pro wrestling venue in Erie last week in an effort to garner attention to the return of Titusville’s Luscious Rocky Reynolds(aka Aaron Madden) to the performance arena. The image depicts Madden’s daughter being struck as a build up to Madden’s return to the ring. She was not harmed. There is a bit of a buzz around Titusville’s Luscious Rocky Reynolds, the retired professional wrestler who is now fighting crime as a Titusville police lieutenant.
“Rocky” is Titusville area resident Aaron Madden. He left the pro wrestling ring around seven years ago, but he still loves the sport's entertainment franchise and the many people still involved, some of whom he has trained. He has been asked many times to return to the ring but is reluctant in his 40-plus year old body. Madden said over a year ago he’d consider a return only if the storyline was right. Pro wrestling is built on good storylines and Madden is well aware of its importance from his time entertaining fans since the early 2000s. For a year now, Madden and Revenge Wrestling in Erie have been building this plot. Madden has been attending Revenge Wrestling events in Erie allowing one of the key bad guys of the sport, Derek Dillinger, to actively engage him in his ringside seat, taunting the aged wrestler any chance he got. But Madden has been steadfast in his refusing to allow Dillinger to get under his skin. "I'm not interested," Madden would tell him and the crowd. “Derek Dillinger has been repeatedly trying to provoke me to wrestle a match against him,” Madden said in a social media post Tuesday night. “I’ve never shared a locker room with this guy, never had a cross word with him. Hell, I don't even think that he was even wrestling when I walked away from the business. But for some reason, he has a major problem with me.” His social media post came after last week when he took his teenage daughters to a Revenge event in Erie. Dillinger came out of the ring to confront Madden, who stood sandwiched between his two daughters Aarolynn and Addyson. In front of the Erie Sports Center crowd, Madden insisted he wasn’t interested in returning to the ring despite Dillinger’s taunts. Tim Walters of TMK Pro Wrestling Photography was right there taking photos. Suddenly Dillinger, to the surprise of the crowd, took a swat at Madden’s daughter Aarolynn appearing to connect with the side of her neck and cheek. “I've been doing this a long time and I've never heard a gasp that loud from a wrestling crowd,” said Walters. “People were legit pissed.” The scene, though rehearsed (Madden’s daughter was not assaulted or hurt,) has now set the stage for Rocky's comeback. Revenge Wrestling, Madden and Dillinger have their story line and the people who love a solid “good vs. bad” story are in for a treat. When Madden took to social media Tuesday it was to say that, though he wasn’t interested in coming back… no one touches his baby girl. This dad would not stand by and do nothing. “THE RUMORS ARE TRUE,” he started.”Even though I'm almost 46 years old and long retired from professional wrestling, I truly believed that nothing could make me step back into the ring…. But… he crossed lines that he can't ever step back from. Derek, you wanted my attention. You wanted to piss me off. Just know and understand that I am humble enough to not be provoked by your insults towards me. BUT AS A FATHER..., the moment you laid hands on my daughter was the moment you were granted everything that you have been asking for. Just remember you asked for everything that's going to happen to you.” And his post erupted. Wrestling fans seem to love it. It is a story of a father stepping up to protect his family. Dozens of respondents got online to support Madden and get behind him 100% for the actions of Dillinger against Madden's young daughter. Madden, knowing he is a police officer often having to deal first hand with violence, saw the comments coming in and decided to take the post down because ”it was generating a ton of heat and I wanted to cool it down a bit.” Madden emphasized that his daughter was not harmed and that it was part of a story to get people excited to root for a side within the entertainment world of professional wrestling. Part of the "entertainment" is the buy-in, Madden acknowledged. He, as a fan, and other fans understand the storylines are somewhat scripted, but what happens inside the ring is still a very physically demanding and dangerous endeavor. Those that love the genre love that it is athleticism meets Hollywood. That’s why, at 45 years old, if Madden was going to put his body on the line, it had to be for the right storyline and timeline to get physically prepared. “One landing gone wrong and it’s right back in it,” he said of his concerns and recent back problems. “I will make sure I’m in my best shape.” Madden has started training with a high protein, low carb diet and working out every day. “I don’t want to go out there and embarrass myself,” he said. “I hate it when guys like Rick Flair stay too long. So, I’ll be looking my best for this return.” As for the storyline, what father of young girls can't relate? Madden, or rather Luscious Rocky Reynolds will officially return on February 10 at the Erie Sports Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. and wrestling will start at 7 p.m. The Titusville girls swim team was pretty darn good last year. They finished second in the region for the second year in a row and only graduated one senior. Albeit, that senior was a big deal to the team. Coach Seth Come said a few other key swimmers also chose not to come out this year but he is still optimistic the team could win the region title.
“Expectations for the girls team are very high this year,” Come said. “We hope to be a top 5 team if not better when we get to the district championship meet.” One team goal he sees as the carrot dangled out in front is the 43 year old 400 Freestyle Relay that the team was only 1.25 seconds off last year. “That one is also special to me,” said Come. “Because my old coach, Judy Lesko, was on that relay team in 1981. Come knows the competition is tough in the area and keeps his expectations in check, while pushing his team to improve. “Individually some of the girls are hoping to improve their times enough to qualify for the State Championship meet,” he said. “That might be a tall order, but I would be really excited to get girls to states for the first time in 12 years.” In the region are perennial powerhouses Franklin, Oil City and Slippery Rock. “Slippery Rock has some strong swimmers back, but graduated 5 key pieces to their team. And Oil City’s YMCA program has been doing a tremendous job feeding into their high school program,” Come said. He also credited Warren’s program in the district as a tough early season challenge though not a regional matchup.”I expect that one to come down to the wire and am very excited about that dual meet,” Come said. He said losing Emma Slocum to graduation is tough on leadership, but is hoping some of his other talented swimmers will step up. Perhaps the biggest news coming from the pool is the school is bringing back diving for the first time in 15 years. “Coach Mike Allison was hired this fall to fill the position that hasn’t been filled since Gary Clark was here back in 2009(2010 season), Come explained. “Coach Alison got a chance to volunteer last year and allowed a few girls who were interested the opportunity to compete in a shortened season. This year we will be diving every home meet and each diver will have the opportunity to participate in two invitationals. We have one boy and three girls, all seniors, out for diving this season. We are hoping to generate buzz about the event so we can sustain the program for the future.” |
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