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WILDCARD PLAYOFF #1 – THE WINNER GOES TO QUARTERFINALS
As in past years, our highest-scoring losing teams in the first round get a second chance at the playoffs as “wildcards.” The total number in the field determines the number of eligible schools. This week’s program presents two wildcard teams, Sheffield’s Brookside High School represented by, as pictured left to right, Dakota Rabineau, Lucia Morello, and Kassie Brooks, and the team from Lorain’s Clearview High School, left to right, Sierra Hitchens, Nathaniel Suprun, and Thomas Rivera. Surprisingly, Clearview’s score from last week’s program bumped another team from wildcard status prompting the school’s return for the first playoff program. The winner of this contest will return again next month as quarterfinalists. Click above to hear the competition. To read the final results, you can click to see our official news release. In another qualifying playoff, the team with the highest losing score will compete against team with the lowest winning score and that winner, to be determined in three weeks, will become the last quarterfinalist.
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On this Dialogues program, the FlexFactor program begun at Lorain County Community College’s Early College High School is now expanding to school districts across the county. It involves local businesses and industry in developing student talent with the idea for future employment in the area of Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing. Students are immersed into the 
world of advanced manufacturing technology. They then may continue into LCCC’s Micro Electronic Mechanical Systems program where there has been great success in having each student involved in an internship, and in many cases, full time employment with local industries. FlexFactor College Prep Coordinator Deanna Hersko (right, above) and Director of Talent and Business Innovation, Terri Sandu (right, below), are the featured guests with information on how students can get involved.
Innovations in this area apply to many industries from automotive to medical and beyond. Program Director Brynt Parmeter offers insights into how the program works, how it has expanded in Lorain County and how students are learning about new career paths in this “Dialogues” interview.
Playoff teams will be determined based on team scores following this, the last of this year’s first round of competitions between Lorain county high schools. The teams are from Lorain’s Clearview High School, represented by, as pictured left to right, Camryn Milbert, Nathaniel Suprun, and Tahj Alkassem and North Ridgeville High School’s team, left to right, Aidan Cunningham, Emily Hiles, and Jonah Fechner. Click above to hear the program. Open in a separate window in order to continue browsing the web as you listen. You may read the final results in 
Olmsted Falls High School won last year’s championship and undoubtedly wants to do it again to attain a record number of championships in the Scholastic Games annual series, but Avon Lake High School, another former championship winner aims to stop them short. Though both schools have great records, the teams change each year so anything can happen. The challengers from Avon Lake are, as pictured left to right, Natalie Miller, Connor McNeill, and Irwin Deng. The Olmsted Falls team consists of, left to right, Nick Gaba, Ben Meredyk, and Sam Gray. Click above to hear the program (and open in a new window to continue to browse as you listen) or choose the spoiler: final results of the contest detailed in 
Ann Schloss has served quite successfully as the Academic Services Director for the district giving her knowledgeable background in curriculum and teaching. Hear Ann’s discussion of the Elyria schools and what she would like to see them accomplish on this “Dialogues” program.
employers are asking for these student interns, and the high success rate of student employment once they finish and without a lot of college debt. [LCCC photo]
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Columbia High School returns to Scholastic Games competitions this year to face the academic team from Elyria. Representing Columbia are, as pictured left to right, Matthew Dixon, Jackson Ives, and Annie Sprinkle. The Elyria team consists of, left to right, Matthew Carson, Garrett Worden, and John Schuman. Click above the hear the program. We recommend opening the program in a new window so you can listen as you continue to navigate the web. If you can’t stand the suspense, final results are available from 
An interesting match this week, and toss those stereotypes aside, because it’s a very competitive contest. The private school is Lake Ridge Academy in North Ridgeville, Ohio, and the public school is Brookside High School in Sheffield, Ohio. It just happened that the Lake Ridge team is all male, as pictured left to right, John Harrington, Ryan Rosu, and Sparsh Balabadrapatruni, and Brookside is represented by three women competitors, left to right, Dakota Rabineau, Lucia Morello, and Kassie Brooks. To hear the program, click above. Open it in a separate window if you wish to continue to browse the web as you listen. If you can’t wait to see the results, there’s a spoiler in the form of