Maple Heights High School Explained
Maple Heights High School is a public high school located in Maple Heights, Ohio, southeast of Cleveland, Ohio. It graduated its first class in 1925. It was the first high school in America to offer a credit class in popular culture studies, created in 1975. It also offered a broadcast journalism class, Television Journalism, which produced a long-running public-access television cable TV program entitled Maple Schools Today, which ran on several Cleveland Ohio cable outlets from 1984 through 2002.
A completely new high school building opened in 2013, replacing one that dated back 90 years. A new stadium with artificial turf and an all-weather track opened in 2014.
Athletics
Maple Heights High School athletics is best known for the success of the boys' wrestling teams. They won 10 state championships in a 19-year period from 1956–1974. They were led by legendary coach Mike Milkovich. Milkovich played a role in a sports brawl that led eventually to a U.S. Supreme Court case, Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co., an important free speech case.
The team nickname is the Mustangs.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Wrestling – 1956, 1957, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974 [4] [5]
- Football – 2010
Notable alumni
- Chuck Findley – Class of 1965. trumpet player in The Tonight Show Band, Steely Dan and The Wrecking Crew.
- Bruce E. Grooms – retired vice admiral in the United States Navy.
- Len Kosmalski, NBA basketball player (Kansas City Kings)[6]
- Jim Krusoe, novelist, poet, and short story writer.[7]
- Frank Mestnik (born 1938), class of 1953, professional football player (St. Louis Cardinals and Green Bay Packers).[8]
- Dale Mohorcic, class of 1974, professional baseball player[9]
- Ric Ocasek (1944–2019), class of 1963, lead singer of the Cars.[10]
- Mary Oliver – Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award winning poet.
- Richard Quinn (born 1986), professional football player (Denver Broncos and Washington Redskins).
- Evelyn Svec Ward (1921–1989), class of 1939, fiber artist.[11]
Notes and References
- Web site: NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement . 2010-02-17 . NCA-CASI . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090923003622/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/ . September 23, 2009 .
- Web site: Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory. 2010-02-17. OHSAA. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101103232955/http://cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=944. 2010-11-03.
- Web site: Maple Heights High School. National Center for Education Statistics. May 31, 2024.
- Web site: Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site. 2006-12-31. OHSAA.
- Web site: Yappi Sports Wrestling. 2007-02-12. Yappi. https://web.archive.org/web/20090304004939/http://www.yappi.com/statechamps/wrestling.html. 2009-03-04. dead.
- Web site: Len Koxmalski Stats . . September 18, 2019.
- Web site: MHHS Class of 1961 Reunion Program. September 18, 2019. MHHS Class of 1961.
- Web site: Maple Heights Alumni Pro Stats . . September 18, 2019.
- News: Campbell . Steve . 'Horse' is a horse . 25 October 2022 . . 28 June 1987 . 1, 5.
- Web site: The Cars' Ric Ocasek on the Hall of Fame: 'It's a Good Cap to the Bottle' . Andy. Greene . December 13, 2017 . Rolling Stone. Wenner Media . March 23, 2018 . That was in Cleveland, Ohio, since I used to live there.... I graduated from [Maple Heights] High School in 1963..
- Book: Who's Who in the Midwest . 1978 . A.N. Marquis . 978-0-8379-0716-1 . 16 . 734 . en.
