Spring Sports
With no more than two weeks left in each sport, the time of spring sports at MCHS is coming to an end. Sports offered by City this season are girls’ tennis, baseball, softball, boys’ golf, boys’ and girls’ track, and unified track. As the season comes to a close, coaches and athletes alike will be sad to move on to next year.
This season, the girls’ tennis team has had great success. With an overall record of 11-4, the team has been making City proud. There have been several incredible matches such as the crosstown duel of City and Marquette (City win), a 3-2 win over Valpo, a 4-1 win over rivals La Porte, and a first place finish at a Highland High School invite on May 2. This has been a headliner season for the lady wolves and is expected to carry into next year.
Any sport in the Duneland Athletic Conference comes with very tough competition. Baseball is one of those sports in which the DAC and others schools have come to thrive in. With a record of 6-14-0, City baseball has been struggling. Because this is Coach Malone’s first year as head coach, the next years’ records are expected to become better with the more experience he gains.
So far, the boys’ golf team has done well. With solid wins, close losses, and lots of effort, the season has had its ups and downs. Capable of going far, the team looks forward to the rest of the season, especially DAC matches. Recently ranked fourth in the area by local sports polls, the boys have kept that position only losing to Lake Central, Crown Point, and Chesterton.
Boys’ track, also known as speedcity, jumpcity, and powercity has had more than solid performances this year. The team has a dual record of 3-5. Daniel Armstrong, DAC field events MVP, has helped to push City into the headlines. Armstrong is not it, though. Athletes like Envoy Hienz Hodgson, Makiyah Smallwood, and Matt Lockridge have had heavy influences on the team. 9 athletes are ranked in the top 10 for our region. The team is hoping to get a few down to state this year, which the boys have not done since Coach Snyder has been at Michigan City.
The girls’ track team is small with only seventeen girls which played a part on the season record of 1-17. But, the girls did finish the conference season on a high note by defeating Portage High School at the Duneland Athletic Conference Finals. The team may be struggling, but the frontline competitors such as Jasmine McLemore, who has made it to the state finals twice already, are key to the team’s’ success.
Last but not least, Unified Track; the newest pride and joy of MCHS. Unified Track allows Special Ed students to compete in a varsity sport, letter, and have the time of their lives while doing it.
Athletic Director and coach, Craig Shaman said, “My favorite part has been getting to know each of the unique individuals on the team, and also coaching kids who really listen and want to be there.”
Student Spotlight
The Lily Endowment Scholarship is one strived for by many, received by very few, and beneficial to the state. Originally created to create higher education expectations and a better future for the state of Indiana, Indiana has succeeded in reaching its goals. This scholarship offers four-year, full-tuition scholarships to Indiana students who intend to work toward a baccalaureate degree at any accredited public or private college or university in Indiana. The scholarship also provides $900 per year for required books and equipment.
This scholarship was recently awarded to MCHS’s own Olivia Glowacki. Anyone who knows Olivia would not think of this as a shock, but it is very hard to foresee. Olivia has a perfect, un-weighted GPA of 4.0, is ranked #1 out of 399 kids in her class, will graduate with an academic honors diploma having taken six advanced placement and five dual credit courses, leads the marching band as the Junior and Senior Drum Major, a show choir member, and an active theater participant, has been involved in multiple clubs and academic competitions, such as Mathletes and Quiz Bowl, and volunteers to tutor other students amidst everything else. Olivia also was a Hoosier Girls State delegate.
While at the time all of her activities did not seem so numerous, Glowacki said, “While day to day meetings, rehearsals, volunteer work, and homework didn’t seem like much, looking back, I’ve come to realize I have done a lot to qualify for the Lily.” Being the gracious person she is, her favorite part of receiving the scholarship was not just all the perks, no, she was thrilled that she was able to share such an honor with her community and school.
The most important part she said though was, “Without the experiences I had volunteering within my community and without the enormous support and help I had from all the teachers and staff of MCHS, I would not have received the Lily!”
Glowacki will be attending Purdue University to double major in Human Services and Elementary Education.