Class of 2007 - My High School Journalism

Senior Special
It has been a privilege serving as sports editor and columnist
In my time at Hoban I
participated competitively
only in golf, but as I look
back, I sure wish I would have
tried other things. Lacrosse, for
example, would certainly have
been a very enjoyable sport to
play, had I given it a shot prior
to just a few months ago.
It is often said that the
older you get, the wiser you
become. I certainly agree.
Over the past four years I
think I have grown into a much
stronger and more intelligent
individual. Being cut from the
golf team sophomore year was
TWENTY YEARS
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own a pet tiger named Raul. It will
be glorious. —Natalie Petrosky
Livin’ life. —Ralph Pezzotti
Happily married and making
more money than everyone else by
doing less work than everyone else.
—Bryan Pfeiffer
Married with three children, living
in Rocky River on the lake next
to my math girls, sun tanning by my
pool, sipping on a Shirley Temple. —
Kendra Polinko
Living in a giant cottage in the
rolling hills of Surrey with my charming
British husband and brood of
children, spending my days working
in my bookshop/café with my
friends, writing books and playing
with my dogs. —Sarah Poletti
Living on the same street as
Bigdog, K-Mart and Dave, a world
famous psychologist happily married
with kids. —Mike Porchowsky
Trying my hardest to get Chuck
Rosenlieb to hang out with Cory and
me. —Mitchell Quinn
I’m going to marry rich. By
“rich” I don’t mean a man named
Rich, I mean wealthy. —Kevin Reilly
Retired or probably dead. —
Kane Riggenbach
Owning my own business with
my partner Alex Rotunda in California,
of course married to a rich Italian,
and having a big family in my
beach house. —Kaylee Rinella
Doing everything I can to avoid
hanging out with Cory Rusinek and
Mitch Quinn. —Charlie Rosenlieb
Owning my own hotel, country
club, or resturanunt/club. Happily
the best thing that could have
happened to me. It allowed me
to push myself to improve my
game, and strive to make the
cut the following season.
Spending my junior season of
golf on junior-varsity, I was able
to prepare myself for a senior
year that I will never forget. I
played the best golf of my life
during that season, and after a
successful sectional tournament,
our team advanced to districts.
No other word can describe
my performance on district day
better than “choke.” I had let
my teammates, coach and most
married with kids, living someplace
beautiful with a nice house and a cute
car. —Alex Rotunda
Snapping photos of Chuck
Rosenlieb as he competes for his 10th
straight Mr. Olympia crown; all natural.
—Cory Rusinek
Supporting my small family with
a good job. I will be part of the company
golf team. —Chris Sabo
Living the high life with Ballbreaker
and Urban Legend, chillin in a
pimped-out house. —Vince Sassano
Married, a trophy wife, taking the
kids to soccer in a van, and going shopping
every day on the hubby’s credit
card with Joanna. —Cali Scala
In debt. —Tom Schilling
Living in Las Vegas with my husband
and family, enjoying my life with
my family, while being a nurse at the
local hospital. —Cindy Schindel
Flexing my muscles as I carry babies
out of fires, only to be greeted by
beautiful women. —Matt Schmahl
Working my vineyard in Italy,
raising two kids with my husband,
who does the cooking and cleaning,
traveling, and still wanting to get my
license. —Genevieve Sharron
Very rich with a wife and a few
kids. I will own some sort of pet and
be well on my way to retirement. —
Tom Shaw
Finally married to Angelo
Zimbardi and becoming the first lady
of the U.S. —Lauren Simmons
Sitting in a rocking chair with my
dog defending the front porch from any
unwanted trespassers. Also watching
the Browns win their 20th straight
Super Bowl title. —Doug Smith
Happily married with a family,
enjoying what I do. —Mary Snyder
Living on the beach, happily married
to Anthony Austin with two kids
importantly myself
down with a round
that will haunt me for
the rest of my life.
This unfortunate chain
of events is one that
has helped shape me
into the person I am
today.
The ability to write this
sports column is a privilege
that I cherish, especially
serving as the last sports
editor in the Brother Joe era
and the second Justice to do so
(My brother Chuck was sports
editor in 1995).
and a good job. —Amy Solsman
My own boss, owning a graphic/
advertising studio, married, three kids,
writing music, being happy, making
money, hanging out with my brothers
and friends. —Alex Sprungle
Married and working as a sports
manager. —Otis Stallworth
Retired at age 38, living on the
beach in Miami with my wife and
three children. —Steven Stetz
Teaching a fifth grade class at St.
Francis Xavier, married with kids. —
Ali Stewart
Baking cookies like there’s no
tommrow, while never failing to bring
sexy back. —Sarah Stone
Living in a Victorian-style house
with my husband, four kids and a
dog. Teaching science to middle
school kids and being a guidance
counselor. Spending my summers
traveling, shooting photographs for
weddings. —Jessica Sullivan
Sitting back on the beach and
retired, while watching all the goodlooking
girls play beach volleyball.
—Pat Swain
Married with six kids in Australia
working as a journalist. —
Katherine Uhl
Lying back, living off the fat of
the land, kicking it with the five
horsemen. We always close. Pound
it! —Pete Van Auker
Living in a small town in Georgia
teaching high school English. I’ll
train horses and compete nationally
with one student, and making it to
finals. —Amanda Viau
Living in a big house and making
movies or, if that doesn’t work out, living
in the wild. —Brian Walker
Married to Lauren Simmons with
six kids, trying to figure out why my
hair isn’t growing and following Paul
by
Pat Justice
I leave you with this
prediction: A professional
championship will be
celebrated in Cleveland within
the next five years. It may be
against the odds, but then
again so am I. Thanks for
reading, sports fans.
Buzzelli-Andes around. Spending
time with my idol Mitch Quinn and
still waiting on that Ohio State football
scholarship. —Ben Wartko
Working at Home Depot, still
getting therapy due to my absence
at prom. —Josh White
Living on the East Coast, working
as a youth minister helping kids,
enjoying my kids and husband, and
spending time with my friends and
family. —Charlene Wichman
Sitting on a beach with the love
of my life. —Joe Williams
Living in New York City, married,
three kids, and being New York’s top
forensic psychologist. —Lauren
Williams
Sitting with Doug Smith at Monster
Jams. —Jack Wysocki
Traveling, spending time with my
family and friends, making frequent
visits to Laurel’s to make guacamole
with her and Kelsey—or living under
a bridge with Will as starving artists,
still smiling. —Lauren Yanko
Married with kids, doing something
in the music business, hanging
out with celebrities. —Katie Yapp
Either in NYC as editor of Source
magazine, in LA directing “films” or
running for president, whichever my
freshman year at Kent State led me
to. —Dwayne Yates
Keeping it natural. —Dean
Zawistowski
Living in almost heaven, West
Virginia, still not missing one Browns
game. —Blake Zedar
Still in school trying to become a
doctor, serving as ambassador to the
Middle East with seven kids, all named
Habeeb. —Angelo Zimbardi
Working in a pharmacy, still
dancing and hanging with my
friends. —Jennifer Zisk
THE VISOR MAY 22, 2007