Winter 2011 - K-Space Web Page - Central Catholic High School

Crew Team Boats BlessedOn September 16, CCHS president Fr. Dennis Hartiganblessed the Fighting Irish crew team’s new boats. Theblessing took place after practice at the International Parkboathouse where the boats are stored. Fr. Hartigan says hecompeted in an 8-man boat when he was in high school.Crew is a two-season sport that takes place in fall and spring.The Fighting Irish crew team is coached by two CentralCatholic graduates, head coach Earle McGaffey ’00 andassistant Kevin Galambos ’07.Members of the fall Irish crew team included:Varsity – Nick Billmaier, Jon Francis, Joe Linder, KelseyLortz, Kevin Miles, Trevor O’Donnell, and Paul SiebeneckNovice – Meghan Annesser, Emily Hooper, DerrickJohnson, Alexis Mengel, Joseph Poddany, and KelseySullivan Mielcarek Elected to Ohio Hall of FameFighting Irish baseball head coach Jeff Mielcarek was inducted into the Ohio High SchoolBaseball Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame on January 21 in Columbus. Jeff has been theCCHS coach for 24 seasons and has compiled a record of 363-252. His teams have appearedin four district finals and two regional finals, and the Irish won City League championships in2008 and 2010.Jeff graduated from St. Francis de Sales High School in 1981 and the University of Toledo in1985. He works as the director of CYO athletics for the Diocese of Toledo and also as a highschool basketball official. Before coming to Central Catholic, Jeff was an assistant baseballcoach at St. Francis for three years.Baseball Umpire Jim Joyce VisitsCentral CatholicVeteran Major League baseball umpire Jim Joyce ’73 stopped by Central Catholic onJanuary 24 to meet with Fighting Irish baseball players. He spoke to the players andtook questions in the Fondessy Room of the Sullivan Center. Jim was in town to bethe featured speaker that evening at the 17 th Annual Monsignor Jerome E. Schmit YouthFoundation Dinner at the Pinnacle.Jim came into the limelight last June when he admitted blowing a call at first base in agame between the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers, costing Tiger pitcher ArmandoGalarraga a perfect game. But Joyce handled the incident with class and grace, and saysthat the feedback he receives from people now is nearly 100% positive.