Math Teacher, Head Baseball Coach, Asst Varsity Basketball Coach, 8th Grade Football Coach, FCA Huddle Leader, Father of 3 Amazing Kids, Husband to 1 Lucky Wife
This is my new world of teaching. Making videos for class with sidewalk chalk on my driveway and using my kids and their stuffed animals as my “students.”
This is what my room looked like at the end of today. It was a great day even if I am now 50. My wife and her friend Beth snuck in last night and decorated and my students added a lot of cards and messages. I have the best students ever…and my wife is pretty cool too.
Fun night at Progressive. Playoff type atmosphere ends in a 7 inning 1-1 tie against St. Edward. Should have put a runner on 2nd and played MLB rules for extra innings. Still a great night.
Congratulations to Coach Scott for being named Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association’s Assistant Coach of the Year for the Northeast District!
#cfevs
Amazing game by an amazing team with unbelievable coaches! What a way to go out Coach Malone! You are the best! Sarah Burgess for the game clinching goal…GOOD…and the Tigers are STATE CHAMPS !!!
Congratulations to Jack Amendola for being named to play in the Mizuno All-Ohio game at Ohio State June 13th and 14th.
Also, congratulations to Jack Amendola for being named CVC MVP.
I can’t think of a better coach/person to take over for legendary coach Mark Iammarino. No doubt in my mind that Coach Scott will do a great job and is a tremendous hire for Chagrin Falls. I am excited for him to get an opportunity to run the show! No one deserves it more.
John Scott will be the new head football coach at
@ChagrinAD
pending board approval in about 15 minutes. Great hire. He’s been an assistant there for 22 years.
Added bonus - Jack will play with another Chagrin Falls baseball legend - Jack Amendola. I am sure the two of them will make that program better - both on and off the field.
Congratulations to the following for being named to the All-CVC Team:
1st Team
Jack McMullen - P
Dawson Pierce - P
Mikey Amendola - IF
Donny Hardy - OF
2nd Team
Charlie Greenlief - C
Andrew Kirkpatrick - 1B
Will Tropp - IF
Justin Lewinski - DH/Utility
Hardy decided to just win the game on his own - a hit, a stolen base, ball gets away, goes to 3rd, ball gets thrown away, scores the winning run and leads the celebration. Oh yeah…Graham and Stevens throwing 9 innings of shutout baseball allowing only 1 hit helped also.
Chagrin Falls will play Archbishop Hoban Friday at 5 PM in a Regional Semifinal. The game will be played at Oakwood Middle School in Canton. Come out and support the Tigers. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at . Should be a good one.
Congratulations to the Chagrin Falls girls soccer team! With the victory over Rocky River the Tigers are in the State Championship game. Great crowd and atmosphere. Go get one more!
Congratulations to Dawson Pierce for committing to Marietta to continue his baseball career! The best has yet to come for Dawson. I know he will make the Tigers proud both on and off the field. I look for Dawson to have a monster year for us this year. Can’t wait!
Congratulations to Andrew Kirkpatrick for breaking the career RBI record. Andrew has 92 breaking Kyle Zaluski’s mark of 90. Both players missed a year of baseball in 2020.
Part 2. This team has so many great players but even better people. Some of the best kids in the school.
Shout out to Peyton Gellin in the goal. She was a beast. Saved the game more than a few times for Chagrin. She was absolutely incredible!!!!!
Chagrin Falls Baseball clinched at least a share of the CVC Chagrin Division championship with a 15-7 victory over Orange. Back to back conference championships for the Tigers who are 12-0 in the CVC.
My heart goes out to Coach Luca’s family,
@TwinsburgTigers
and all of the Twinsburg baseball family. Coach Luca was a friend of mine who cared deeply about his family and his players. He was just an all around good guy. Sending prayers from the CFT Baseball family.
Congratulations to the following players for being named All-CVC 1st Team:
Cole Weiss - Pitcher
Andrew Kirkpatrick - 1st Base
Kyle Zaluski - Infielder
Jack Amendola - Outfielder
Sam Dolan - Outfielder
Charlie Greenlief - DH/Utility
Congratulations to Dawson Pierce - 1st team, Jack McMullen - 2nd team and Andrew Kirkpatrick - HM for being named to the PBR Preseason All-State Team for D2.
Congratulations Cole Newbauer for CVC 1st team catcher! Cole was also voted to play in the Mizuno All-Ohio game. Cole will also play in the NEOBCA All-Star game at Canal Park. Outstanding season!
Fun night at Topgolf with the baseball team! Back to the hotel for some rest and then a DH vs Gahanna Lincoln - ranked
#17
by PBR in D1 - tomorrow at 1:00.
Congratulations to Jack Amendola and Kyle Zaluski for being named 1st Team All Northeast District. Congratulations to Sam Dolan for being named 2nd Team All Northeast District.
CFT co-players of the game for West Geauga are Brett Vaccaro and Donny Hardy. Combined, they accounted for 5 hits, 4 doubles, 5 runs, 5 stolen bases, 2 RBI and they reached base 10 out of their 11 plate appearances. Oh by the way Vaccaro pitched a scoreless inning of relief.
The Chagrin Falls baseball team takes on Tallmadge for the District Championship Wednesday at 4:30 in Twinsburg. Let’s go! I expect a lot of black and orange in the stands. Big crowd is expected.
Tickets are $10 and can purchased at
.
A little late but congratulations to Jack McMullen for being named All-Ohio.
Also late…but congratulations to Jack McMullen and Dawson Pierce for being named 1st Team All-Northeast Ohio and Andrew Kirkpatrick for being named 2nd Team.
There was no game, but it was still pretty cool. Senior Day 2020. A Senior Day that I will never forget. Thank you to Nolan Blair, Mitchell Chapic, Jack Maistros, Hank Weiss, Kyle Zaluski and their families. Only players in history to win a CVC title each year in the program.
Intersquad scrimmage tonight - Orange vs White. Coach Scott’s Orange team with the win in a close game that came down to the last inning. However, we all won with a trip to Simply Southern for dinner!
The Chagrin Falls Girls basketball program has a very rich tradition, and that continued today with the Lady Tigers capturing the Sectional title, Coach Laseak becoming the 3rd girls coach to win 200 games and Lilly Stukus becoming the 10th player to hit the 1,000 point mark.
Brett Vaccaro wins the CFT Player of the Game for the 2nd straight game. 3-4 with a 2B and 2 RBI. He also threw a CG shutout with 9 K. Gave up his only hit in the 5th inning. Didn’t want to give up the chain. HM to Andrew Bazzone and Andrew Kirkpatrick who each hit a bomb.
Great start to the season for the Tigers! Congratulations to Jack Amendola for being named News Herald POTW, Jonathan Edwards for being named CVC POTW and Dylan Scheetz for being named Ohio Varsity POTW.
Congratulations Andrew! Wittenberg is lucky to be getting a big time player and an even better person. Now you can relax and have a senior year to remember. Can’t wait to see you have your best season yet!
I’m extremely excited to announce my commitment to Wittenberg University. I want to thank everyone who got me to this point, especially my family. Finally, I want to thank
@CoachMcGee11
and
@CoachHimmy
for welcoming me into their program.
#TIGERUP
❗️
Opening day was supposed to be tomorrow. I thought I would start tonight with this:
On this date in Chagrin Falls Tigers baseball history on March 27th, 2017, we actually played the only game in my 20 year history as Head Coach on this date.
Chagrin Falls beat Mariemont 6-2.
Our guys competed until the very end. Such a great comeback that showed the character of this team. Down 40-28 in the 3rd, took the lead in the 4th only to lose by 1 to Mooney. Extremely proud of our guys for their effort. We knew they wouldn’t quit and they didn’t.
Congratulations to Leo Fornara who will continue his baseball career at Mount Union next season. The Raiders are getting an unbelievable kid. I know he will be ready but looking forward to one more year with Leo playing for the Tigers!
Congratulations Jack! Well deserved. No one works harder. Now there will be 2 Jacks from the Chagrin Falls baseball program playing at Lafayette. Excited to follow along. However, I am even more excited to have one more year together in the spring. Can’t wait!
Congratulations to the following players for:
1st Team CVC
Leo Fornara - Pitcher
Andrew Kirkpatrick - Utility
Brett Vaccaro - Infield
Donny Hardy - Outfield
Calvin Hill - Outfield
Honorable Mention CVC
Nick Calabrese - Outfield
Gavin Stevens - Infield
Thanks to our awesome transportation department and how they go above and beyond to make sure we always get a chance to play - even if it is last minute. Mike Morgan always takes care of us.