Maple Heights High School
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox school/short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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
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Notable alumni
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- Len Kosmalski, NBA basketball player (Kansas City Kings)[3]
- Jim Krusoe, novelist, poet, and short story writer.[4]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Frank Mestnik (born 1938), class of 1953, professional football player (St. Louis Cardinals and Green Bay Packers).[5]
- Dale Mohorcic, class of 1974, professional baseball player[6]
- Ric Ocasek (1944–2019), class of 1963, lead singer of the Cars.[7]
- Mary Oliver – Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award winning poet.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Richard Quinn (born 1986), professional football player (Denver Broncos and Washington Redskins).[5]
- Evelyn Svec Ward (1921–1989), class of 1939, fiber artist.[8]
Notes and references
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External links
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