Cleveland Glenville Tarblooders

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1/27/06

Audio interview with Ray Small, Robert Rose, Bryant Browning and Coach Ginn talking about their decision to attend tOSU.

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1/31/06

<H1 class=red>Teen killed amid chaotic brawl in Flats

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Monday, January 30, 2006 Angela Townsend

Plain Dealer Reporter
A 16-year-old Glenville High School student was fatally shot early Sunday as hundreds of people spilled out of the Kaos Nightclub, at 1220 Old River Road, on the east bank of the Flats.
Anthony Gordon was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center, where he later died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Anthony, a backup running back on Glenville's varsity football team, was to start his senior year, coach Ted Ginn said Sunday night.
"He was just like the rest of the kids - trying to make a life," Ginn said after learning from other players about Anthony's death.
Police responded to an initial call at 12:20 a.m. about several fights that had erupted at a concert and continued into the streets, said Lt. Thomas Stacho. He said children as young as 9 and 10 years old were in the crowd.
The fights were so widespread and out of control that police from three other police districts were called to the scene to aid police from the 3rd District.
Gunfire went off while officers were on the scene. Police discovered Gordon in the intersection of West 10th and Main streets.
As of Sunday evening, police had made no arrests in the shooting. A firearm was recovered at the scene, but police do not know if it is related to Gordon's death. Police also arrested several people who were fighting.
John Hugens, a sophomore at Oberlin College, had just arrived in the Flats with five friends to go clubbing when they saw what Hugens described as "a hundred" people running out of the nightclub.
"We saw paramedics pull up, and we saw police running into the club," said Hugens, who never made it inside the club.
Police shut down all streets going into and out of the area, Hugens said, so he and his friends could do little but watch fight after fight erupt around them.
"People were just running everywhere," he said. "It was like a war zone."
Kaos' telephone number was temporarily disconnected Sunday.
Scene Magazine listed Kaos as holding "Top Shelf Saturday" with local disc jockeys Joey Fingaz and Eddie Bauer, but police characterized it as a rap concert.
Plain Dealer reporter Thomas J. Quinn contributed to this story.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
atownsend@plaind.com, 216-999-3894

- Phil Long/Special to The PD "He was just like the rest of the kids - trying to make a life," Glenville head coach Ted Ginn Sr. said after learning from other players about Anthony Gordon's death.

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CPD

2/1/06

Fight in Flats killed budding star

Teen was contender as Glenville starter
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Gabriel Baird
Plain Dealer Reporter
On the last day of Anthony Gordon's life, the 16-year-old boy went with his younger brother and a cousin to a barber to get haircuts.
Anthony, a Glenville High School student, came home with a fresh cut and primped for a Saturday night out with friends. But his great aunt Victoria Davis was apprehensive about him staying out late. She thought he should stay home.
"Oh auntie," he told her. "I'm all right."
His mother, 33-year-old Tanielle Shurney, assumed her middle son was going to another harmless teenage dance. Anthony went to Kaos nightclub in the Flats. Radio One DJs had hosted "Top Shelf Saturdays" at the club until earlier this month. Saturday night was a teen night.
Fights broke out after midnight and spilled into the streets. The brawls raged so out of control police called for backup from three districts. Police arrived as fistfights gave way to gunshots, leaving Anthony dead.
Police have no suspects in his slaying. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 216-623-5464.
Students cried in the halls Monday at Glenville High School, said Chaz Hughes, a 17-year-old senior. At the end of the day, he and several friends played basketball and regaled their former classmate's skills as a running back on the football team.
"Next year he would have started varsity," Chaz said.
These sentiments were echoed by Rob McQueen, 39, who coached Anthony for three years on the Glenville Titans, a Cleveland municipal football league team.
"Anthony was a kid who never griped about anything," McQueen said.
McQueen vowed to keep Anthony's memory alive by retiring his jersey number.
Anthony's family gathered Monday evening in East Cleveland, bringing food, prayers and their favorite memories of Anthony.
The close-knit family gathers weekly for Soul Food Sundays. Anthony's favorite foods were macaroni and cheese and hamburgers, Davis said.
But at these family gatherings, he was as concerned with music as he was with the grub.
"He would DJ," she said.
Davis said she didn't think the death would really sink in until today, when they plan to view his body at the funeral home.
Family members have set up the Anthony Gordon Memorial Fund to help pay for the funeral. Donations can be made at any KeyBank branch.
Plain Dealer researcher Cheryl Diamond contributed to this story.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
gbaird@plaind.com, 216-999-4141

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Very sad [IMG]images/icons/icon9.gif[/IMG].

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2/2/06

2:10 p.m.

Bob Fortuna
Plain Dealer Reporter

Glenville added another chapter to its prospering football program when 15 of its players signed Division I national letters of intent Wednesday. Six others signed with Division II schools.


"This is the way it should be throughout the schools in the city of Cleveland, because there's a lot of talent in our (school) district," Glenville coach Ted Ginn Sr. said.

While 12 senior Tarblooders announced their oral commitments to The Plain Dealer in previous weeks, Kelvin Primm, Anthony Echols and Deonte Williams made their choices official with the others Wednesday morning during a small assembly in the school's gymnasium.

Primm, a 5-10, 220-pounder, will play linebacker and major in business at Ball State University. Williams, a 6-4, 200-pounder, will play defensive end and major in business/management at Youngstown State University and 6-0, 235-pound Echols will play linebacker and major in exercise science at Southern University, which is located in Baton Rouge, La.

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Originally Posted by bucknuts44820

Glenville added another chapter to its prospering football program when 15 of its players signed Division I national letters of intent Wednesday. Six others signed with Division II schools.
2/2/06

truely amazing!

if you start for Glenville, you paly at the next level.

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http://www.cleveland.com/hsfootball/...690.xml&coll=2

DIVISION I
Ball State: Kelvin Primm.
Connecticut: Lindsey Witten.
Ohio State University: Bryant Browning, Robert Rose, Raymond Small.
Indiana: Ray Fisher.
Iowa: Arvell Nelson, Derrick Smith.
Marshall: Bryant Milligan.
Purdue: Royce Adams.
Toledo: Bruce Frieson.
Wisconsin: Daven Jones.
DIVISION I-AA
Howard University: Alex Bonilla.
Southern University: Anthony Echols.
Youngstown State: Deonte Williams.
DIVISION II
Glenville State College: Ryan Driggins, Dominic Gilliam, Brandon McCray, Darryl Smith, Edward Thompson, Lorenzo Willis.

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CPD

2/11/06

NEWSWATCH

<H1 class=red>Glenville, St. Edward hope to meet this fall

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Friday, February 10, 2006

From staff reports
Glenville and St. Edward, who again will be among Ohio's elite Division I football teams next fall, have recently discussed the possibility of meeting in a regular-season game in 2006.

However, as St. Edward Athletic Director Paul Michalko emphasized, the game is only in a talking stage right now and scheduling adjustments would have to take place in order for it to become a reality.

Glenville currently has an open date Week 3 of next season and St. Edward is open Week 5. One of the possibilities discussed was Glenville moving its Week 5 game to Week 3.

The Tarblooders would need the approval of the Cleveland Municipal School District's Office of Interscholastic Athletics and the Senate Athletic League to complete such a move."It would be great," said St. Edward coach John Gibbons. "I would certainly look forward to it. I hope they can work it out.

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HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP



Glenville, Collinwood set state indoor marks



Sunday, March 19, 2006 Bob Migra

Plain Dealer Reporter
The Glenville boys and Collinwood girls know how to make a first impression.
Both teams got the second Ohio High School Indoor Track and Field Championships off to a fast start with state records in the 4x200 relay Saturday in front of a standing room-only crowd at the University of Akron's Athletics Field House. Both teams then went on to defend their team titles in the Division I meet.
"It was a good way to start," Glenville's Kyle Jefferson said. "It showed we weren't playing. We came for business. It feels good. That was my first state record."
It wasn't his last. After running with Daven Jones, Ray Small and De'Erick Barber on the 4x200 team that ran 1:28.12, Jefferson won the 400 meters in a meet-record 48.93, then ran with Eddie Mason, Small and Xavier Clement on the 4x400 relay team that set another state record, in 3:19.84.
Glenville finished with 59 points, followed by Trotwood Madison (33) and Solon with 30. Collinwood scored 51 points to edge runner-up Beaumont (44) for the girls championship.
Other boys champions included Solon's Zach Harper (60-meter hurdles) and Euclid's Chris Smith (long jump).
Courtney Jones, Charnee Lumbus, Brandy Taylor and Christy Horn ran 1:41.92 to give Collinwood its 4x200 state record.
"That's what our goal was," said Lumbus, who also won the 60-meter hurdles. "We just went out there and ran."
Shaker Heights finished the girls meet the way the Railroaders started it, breaking a state relay record. Kiara Fritz, Patrice Page, Brittany Mosely and Shaniqua McGinness won the 4x400 in 3:51.95.
Emily Infeld paced Beaumont with victories in the 800 meters and 1,600 meters. She also ran on the runner-up 4x800 relay. Other girls champions included Ellet's Aareon Payne (200 meters) and Euclid's Jessica Beard (400 meters).
Buchtel, with 57 points, defended its boys championship in the Division II/III meet. The Griffins did not have an individual champion, but still ran away from the field. Orange's two-man team of Aaron Dobson and Nathan Blatt finished second with 38 points.
Buchtel won the 4x200 and 4x400 relays. Dobson won the 60 meters in 6.97 and the long jump at 21-4¼. Blatt won the 3,200 meters in 9:46.75.
Neisha Kelly paced St. Peter Chanel's runner-up finish in Division II/III with a championship in the long jump. Taylor Jackson led Gilmour Academy to a third-place finish, winning the 60 meters. Other state champions included Stephanie Charnigo of Buckeye (400), Amanda Winslow of Keystone (1,600), Karen Corson of Chagrin Falls (3,200) and Ava Haynes of Beachwood (60-meter hurdles).
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
bmigra@plaind.com, 800-767-2821

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CPD

4/30

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK



Glenville celebrates many wins



Sunday, April 30, 2006 Bob Migra

Plain Dealer Reporter
Glenville's boys championship in the Kimberly Relays on Saturday was as much a celebration of its football program as another victory on the track.
The Tarblooders, led by football standouts like Ray Small, Daven Jones, Robert Rose and Bryant Browning, pulled away from a strong field at Bedford Bearcat Stadium on one of the biggest days in the school's sports history.
Early in the meet, it was announced Glenville graduate and Ohio State football player Donte Whitner was the eighth player chosen in the first round of the NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills.
Assistant coach Tony Overton filled in for head Glenville coach Ted Ginn Sr., who left the meet to be with Whitner.
"It's a great day for us and a great day for the whole school," Overton said. "Donte and Pierre [Woods, who played football for Michigan] are the guys who really took us to the next level. Not everybody's going to go to the NFL, but it shows that everything we're preaching to these kids is not a dream, it's a reality. Donte worked hard and he deserves it. Everybody's proud of him."
Small, Rose and Browning will all follow Whitner and other Glenville football greats like Ted Ginn Jr. and Troy Smith to Ohio State. Small was named boys MVP after winning the 100 meters, in 10.74, and running on first-place 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays. Rose and Browning led the Tarblooders to a first-place finish in the shot put relay and a second-place finish in the discus relay.
The Tarblooders finished with 124 points, followed by Copley (102) and Cleveland Heights (72). Wadsworth won the girls meet with a surprise upset of Collinwood. The Grizzlies nipped the Railroaders, 96-95.
Small said he had no trouble keeping his mind on the task at hand, even though the biggest cheer came for Whitner's selection in the draft.
"We came out here and put points up in every race we ran," Small said. "We try to do what the coaches tell us. We try to go out and not let them down."
Other highlights in the boys meet included big days from Cleveland Heights' middle distance standouts Reuben Hudson and Jared Hall. Hall, one of the top sophomores in the nation, won the 800 meters in 1:54.95. Hudson won the 1,600 meters in 4:31.06. Both ran on the first-place distance medley relay team, which finished in 10:41.28, less than a quarter-second off St. Ignatius' 1999 meet record.
Collinwood's girls dominated the races on the track, winning eight events. But the Railroaders could not overcome Wadsworth's overall depth, especially in the field events. Collinwood's Charnee Lumbus was named girls MVP. She won the 100-meter hurdles in a record-breaking 14.29 and ran on the first-place 4x100, sprint medley and shuttle hurdles relays.
"[Collinwood] is the standard that we've been aiming at for the last several years," Wadsworth girls coach John Burton said. "They challenge us and they inspire us."

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Photos of the Ginn Summer Bus Tour.

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That is just such a great program.

What Coach Ginn does is simply incredible.

He is providing some of the most amazing opportunities for these kids...

[BuckWrestler141]

After being spoiled for the past few years, does Kyle Jefferson look like the only prospect from Glenville that is expected to have a chance for an offer? Which other Glenville players are getting looks coming into this year? I've kind of just adopted Glenville as my local highschool team, do they have a good msg board I could attend?

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I saw on a Glenville site that a Tarblooder is a black man with an afro.

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Originally Posted by BuckWrestler141

After being spoiled for the past few years, does Kyle Jefferson look like the only prospect from Glenville that is expected to have a chance for an offer? Which other Glenville players are getting looks coming into this year? I've kind of just adopted Glenville as my local highschool team, do they have a good msg board I could attend?

Minor grade issues are supposedly keeping Jer'Male Hines from having an offer.