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The Twenty-Fourth Annual Euclid High Schools Sports Jfaffqffame Dinner and Induction Ceremony Thursday, September 30, 2010 The Manor Party Center Euclid, Ohio Brief History of Euclid High Schools In 1868, the first high school was organized in Euclid Township. Classes were held in a School Street building. There were six students in the class, with the teacher also acting as principal and superintendent. The first high school building was built on North Street in 1894. Forty- five were enrolled in the school. The first commencement was held on May 28, 1897, with six graduates receiving diplomas. (There were six graduates...and eleven men on the Board of Education.) Thatyear there were 1,439 cases oftardiness reported and 87 cases ofwhipping, including five girls. Central and Shore Schools were built in 1913. Of36 who bid on the job, the lowest bidder received $85,000 forthe construction of both schools. Thus was born a healthy rivalry that continued to excite people all overtown for many years. The rivalry was a challenge to each school. Atthe time, only a few rooms were occupied by high school classes. Although classes were mixed at Shore High, the boys had to use the Bliss Road (East 222nd Street) entrance, while the girls were obliged to enterfrom Babbitt Road. A whole new era ofhigh school environment started with the building ofa single Euclid high school in 1949. Euclid Senior High School opened with an enrollment of 1,850 in grades 10 through 12. A new history of Euclid public high school experience was born. Peak enrollment in the top three grades was reached between 1965-75 when almost 3,000 students were enrolled. Euclid high schools have contributed to local, national and international offerings in music, art, sports and in the areas ofscience, business, politics and education, as well as in general entries into the workforce ofAmerica. WELCOME We welcome you to theTwenty-Fourth Annual Banquet and Induction Ceremony ofthe Euclid High Schools Sports Hall of Fame. The schools represented are Euclid Central, Euclid Shore, Euclid Senior, and Euclid High Schools. Since 1908, these schools havefielded approximately 1,188 varsity teams with about 19,530young men and women athletes competing. The 2010 inductees have achieved many conference, league, sectional, district, state and individual championships in many sports. Ofthe six players honored tonight, individual player awards wentto two who were district champions orstate qualifiers; six played sports atthe collegiate level; threewereAll-Scholastic and All-Ohio honorees; five made all- conference teams; one was an Ail-American, ParadeMagazine, and Carnation Ail-American; one played in a post-season all-stargame; fourwere captains oftheir respectiveteams; two were honored asthe top student athletes when theygraduated from high school; two became coaches; and one played atthe professional sport level. Also, one brotherjoins his sister in the Hall of Fame. Wethankyou forjoining us in honoringthese fine playerswho havegiven us so many exciting hours on the playingfields, courts, mats, ice, or pools in which they competed. We also thankyou for being here tonightto honorthe coach and lifetime achievement selections, each ofwhom has made his contributions in his own distinctive way. 2010 Euclid High Schools SPORTS HALLOF FAME INDUCTEES Steven D. Gebe EuclidSenior '61 BlairP. Jordan EuclidSenior'73 Tim Moriarty EuclidSenior '80 John M. Ariesic Euclid '92 FrankA. Soltesz Euclid '92 Shawn C. Thompson Euclid '93 HarryKing, Jr., Coach Tim Baur, LifetimeAchievement EuclidSenior '67 Program Social Hour 6:00 p.m. Welcome 7:00 p.m. Chuck Hill, Chairman Presentthe Colors National Anthem Pledge ofAllegiance Euclid High School NJ.R.O.T.C. 2009-10 Memorial Remembrance Invocation Joe Mayer Dinner Master ofCeremonies John Telich, Jr. TV Channel 8 Sportscaster Introduction and Remarks Dr. Joffrey P. Jones, Superintendent Euclid City Schools Dr. Charles Smialek, Principal Euclid High School Mr. William Cervenik, Mayor City of Euclid Mr. Stephen Hardaway, Asst. Principal/Athletics and StudentAchievement Induction Ceremonies—Presentation of Inductees Closing Remarks Chuck Hill Benediction Joe Mayer Steven D. Gebe....Euclid Senior High School Class of 1961 Steve Gebe, also known affectionately as "Geebs" by classmates, was a big star in football and wrestling whose high school athletic career peaked in his senior year. At 5'-10" and weighing as much as 220 pounds, he made his mark as a fullback in football and among the big competitors in wrestling. Raised in the Cleveland-Euclid area by his parents Steve and MaryAnn, he grew up with his sisterShirley. When he got to high school, Steve lettered in football his last two years for Hall of Fame Coach Don Mohr and all three of his high school years in wrestling for Hall of Fame Coach Clarence Eckert and Hall of FamerJoe Mayer, the assistant coach. As a senior he won distinguished awards for his prowess as a fullback: All-Lake Erie League, All-Scholastic, and All-Ohio. In wrestling he was the district champion as a junior and runner-up as a sophomore and a senior. Steve spent one year playing football as a fullback at Ohio University, attracting the attention ofthe National Football League's Washington Redskins who sent him a letterto come and try out for the team. Instead, Steve chose to go to work for the Reliance Electric Company at the Ivanhoe Road plant for 20 years and finished his career when he retired from Kennametal in Solon, Ohio, after a 43-year career in the industrial world. Steve and his wife Ann had a son Stephen Mark and also raised stepchildren Eric and Sherri. He was an avid hunter and fisherman who loved traveling to an ocean coast to fish for fresh seafood. Steve is now deceased. He and his wife lived in Kingsville, Ohio. Inducted September 30, 2010 Blair P. Jordan, M.D....Euclid Senior High School Class of 1973 Sometimes a school is fortu- nate to have a young person who can combine athletic ex- cellence with academic excel- lence. Such a person was Blair Jordan who played basketball and tennis in high school, excel- ling especially in tennis, the latter sport in particular having a lifelong impact on him and his family. Blair and his sisterJulie trav- eled around with their parents Howard and Elizabeth Jordan as they grew up, living in Texas and Mississippi before eventually coming to Ohio. (Julie is also in the Euclid Schools Sports Hall of Fame (2007) as a tennis player.) In high school he played basketball his sophomore and junioryears for Hall of Fame Coach Doc Daugherty and lettered forthree years on Hall of Fame Coach Herb Nold's tennis team. In his senioryear he was the captain ofhis tennisteam. At 6' and 170 pounds, he played first singles his lastyear and third singles as a junior. In high school he was a member ofthe Letterman's Club and ofthe National HonorSociety. After graduating from high school Blairwent to Denison University, where he played tennis and basketball, and from which he graduated in 1977 with Phi Beta Kappa honors. An eye laceration in basketball sidelined him from that sport. After Denison, he enrolled at the University ofTexas Medical Branch from 1980-85 and earned his M.D. degree in surgery. Forthe past 26 years, Blair has served as a vascular surgeon at the Sadler Clinic in Texas. Tennis still continued to play a role in Blair's life since he met his wife Marjorie while playing tennis at the end of his medical school studies. They now have three grown children, Sarah and Lauren (twins) and Matthew. Blair's hobbies still include tennis and basketball along with golf, cy- cling, and snow skiing as he and Marjorie reside at their home in The Woodland, Texas. He is especially eloquent about the impact ofsports on him and his family: He writes that the "skills and joys of participat- ing in sports, particularlytennis, have been some ofthe biggest bless- ings in my life. Not only have I continued to play sports, particularly tennis, since high school, but all of my family play, ourthree children, our German exchange student, my parents at 85 years old, and a host ofaunts and uncles and in-laws. It is something we do at most family gatherings." He feels that "sports have been a huge positive for my family and its health. have enjoyed and passed on what learned from my high I I school coaches to my family, friends, and many others forthe last 38 years. hope that these coaches, particularly Coach Nold, realized I what a treasured gift he gave me and all the others he coached!" Inducted on September 30, 2010 Tim Moriarty....Euclid Senior High School Class of 1980 Tim Moriarty had a singular honor when he played football in high school. He was Euclid's first Parade Magazine Ail-American, earning the award as a lineman in his senior year. On top ofthis, he was also the schools' first Carnation All- American selection, again as a high school senior. Tim played for Coach Ron Seymour, who has never forgotten him nor his great contributions to the Panther football teams. Along with his sister Paula and brother Mark, Tim was raised in Euclid's Indian Hills neighborhood by his parents Connie and Pauline Moriarty. He attended Central Junior High School before he came to the Senior High School as a sophomore. At 6'2" and 245 pounds, Tim lettered forthree years for Coach Seymour, playing both on offense and defense atthe tackle position. The big lineman also captained the team in his senioryear. Tim'sfavorite high school memories involve "the welcome" that the seniorteam members gave him when he became part ofthe starting line and "blocking forJim Bait (Hall of Fame, 2000), an outstanding back." He won All-Scholastic, All-Greater Cleveland Conference, and Plain Dealerand News-HeraldAll-StarTeam honors for his efforts in his junior and senioryears. For his outstanding football skills he won a football scholarship to The Ohio State University. His scholarship started a trend for outstanding Euclid football players who also made their way to OSU in the coming decades when Robert Smith, Pepe Pearson, and Thaddeus Gibson all matriculated there. Tim played at OSU in 1980 and 1981, finishing his college football career in Texas at Sam Houston State in 1984. In between he spent time at RangerJunior College (Fort Worth, Texas) in 1983 where he earned Junior College Ail-American honors. A serious injury to his right knee ended his playing career. After college Tim went to work forthe City ofCleveland Heights, Ohio, as an equipment operator. He has a son Mack who is 15 years old and with whom he goes on hunting and ATV trips. Tim lives in Chardon, Ohio, and enjoys riding his Harley whenever he can. Tim writes that "it is an honor to be nominated by Coach Seymour whom I greatly admire. To be selected is something that I will always be proud of, especially being part ofall the great athletes in the Hall." He credits a number ofcoaches for inspiring him along the way, in particular at Central "Coaches Fred McVey and Don Contenza" and at the Senior High "CoachesJoe Regano, Art Bortnick (Hall of Fame, 1997), Chet Nolan (Hall of Fame, 2009), Jeff Hartmann (Hall of Fame, 2006), and especially Coach Seymour who besides a coach was a friend whom you could talkto about anything in life." Tim is also proud that he had the opportunity "to wrestle in ninth grade at Central. absolutely I loved that year. It's an honorto be going in with Coach Harry King." Inducted on September 30, 2010 John M. Arlesic...Euclid High School Class of 1992 Just as losing is sometimes contagious, so is winning. The latter part ofthat comparison as it pertains to winning is true as it appliestoJohn Arlesic, who was a winner on Euclid's great football and baseball | teams ofthe early 1990's. After high school, the winning comparison still applies as John has coached winning high school football teams at Warren Harding and Strongsville and now takes over at Streetsboro. John earned five letters in high school, three in football as he quarterbacked and played defensive backfor Hall of Fame Coach Tom Banc's winning teams, and two in baseball for Hall of Fame Coach Paul Serra's winning teams. He also played basketball in his freshman and sophomore years. One ofthree sons born to parents Evelyn and Rich Arlesic, John and his brothers Rich and Paul grew up on Westport Avenue, not too farfrom the High School. Not particularly big at 5'-10" and 160 pounds, especially for a quarterback at an Ohio Division high school, John won A\\-News I Herald honors as a defensive back as a junior and AW-News Herald honors as a quarterback in his senioryear. He was also the All-Greater Cleveland Conference winner at quarterback as a senior. In baseball, as a senior, he was selected to the First Team ofthe AII-GCCTeam as a utility player. John went to Kent State University where as a senior he served on the