Midpark High School

Midpark High School
Address
7000 Paula Drive Middleburg Heights, Ohio, (Cuyahoga County), 44130  United States
Coordinates	41°22′41″N 81°48′19″W / 41.37806°N 81.80528°W / 41.37806; -81.80528Coordinates: 41°22′41″N 81°48′19″W / 41.37806°N 81.80528°W / 41.37806; -81.80528
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational high school
School district	Berea City Schools
Superintendent	Derran Wimer[1]
Administrator	Larissa Will
Principal	Paul Kish[1]
Asst. Principal	Michael Rhamy, Anthony Ricco
Chief custodian	Junior
Grades	9-12
Color(s)	Brown and Orange [1]
Fight song	Stand Up And Cheer
Athletics conference	Southwestern Conference[1]
Team name	Meteors[1]
Rival	Berea High School
Athletic Director	Robert Johnson[1]
Website	http://www.berea.k12.oh.us/mhs/

Midpark High School is a public high school located at 7000 Paula Drive in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, southwest of Cleveland, Ohio. It is part of the Berea City School District, along with Berea High School. It primarily serves Middleburg Heights and Brook Park, as well as a portion of Berea.

The school is a member of the Southwestern Conference, and they are rival schools with Berea High School.

Music Education

As of 2007, the Berea City School District has been ranked as one of the "Best 100 Communities for Music Education" in the United States eight years in a row.^{[citation needed]}

School colors

According to school legend, Midpark's sports teams wound up with the colors of brown and orange after the uniforms for the school's first football team didn't arrive in time for the first game. Someone from the school drove to the Cleveland Browns practice facility in nearby Berea seeking help and wound up with old gear donated from the NFL team in their traditional brown and orange colors. Midpark would eventually adopt those colors for all of their athletic programs.^[2]

Notable alumni

• Dominic Alessandro, PGA Golf Professional
• Michael Cavanaugh, musician
• Eric Ewazen, composer.
• Ken Kravec, baseball player.
• Tony Rizzo, Sports radio personality, host of The Really Big Show
• Rick Stiene , News Producer Fox 8 News
• Gary Starr, Mayor of Middleburg Heights
• Fred Szabo, Brook Park Police Officer (Ret.) Member of the Board of Education
• Melanie Murphy Miller Miss Ohio 2006 and Mrs. Ohio 2011
• Spencer Kropog High School Weirdo

Notes and references

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". http://www.cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=1028. Retrieved 2010-02-17. 
2. ^ As told by MHS alum Tony Rizzo during a broadcast of The Really Big Show on August 19, 2011.

Boys and Girls Basketball Conference Champs in 2010