What's Happening in Cougar Country

凯特, 乔, 尼克Powaski have grown up in a tight-knit family. The three cousins were always together playing games, competing against each other 和 other family members in different sports. To this day, they are always supporting one another.

但现在, in possibly the biggest week of their final year of high school, they won’t be able to be there for each other.

凯特, an outside hitter on the volleyball team, will be heading to Dayton with a chance to defend the Division III State Championship she 和 her teammates won a year ago. 与此同时, Nick 和 乔 will be playing in a Division II state semifinal tonight with the boys soccer team with the hopes of playing for the school’s first state soccer championship.

And if they both win their semifinal games, the schedule gets even trickier.

目前, the Division III volleyball state championship game is scheduled for Saturday at 11a in Dayton, the Division II boys soccer state championship match is scheduled for Saturday at 1p in Columbus.

“I wish I could go see them, just be there to support 凯特 和 the entire team. They’ve been to a few of our games this year,” said Nick, who starts on defense as the center back. “But we’re all working toward our goals. It would be absolutely awesome if we both came home with state titles.”

At the moment, Nick 和 乔 are focused on Richfield Revere, the No. 1 ranked team in Ohio in Division II. The Cougars are ranked No. 2. Revere is also the team that knocked Lake Catholic out of the playoffs last year. The game kicks off at 7p at Twinsburg High School.

“We have our team dinner tonight before we leave for Dayton, so I won’t be able to be at their game. Although I’d love to be there,” 凯特 said. “But we’ll definitely be watching the stream.” (The game can be seen on Twinsburg’s athletic streaming site.) 

A win tonight 和 the boys will be playing in the program’s first state championship game.

与此同时, the volleyball team is heading to the state semifinals for the third year in a row 和 trying for its second straight state title 和 third in the program’s history, which would tie the football program for the most in school history.

“It was exciting last year for the whole family when the volleyball team won states,” 乔 said. “She didn’t say much to Nick 和 I. She didn’t do any bragging.”

The volleyball team plays on Thursday at 2p against St. 亨利二世. 3 team in the state in Division III. The Cougars have been the No. 整个赛季排名第一的球队. They are a perfect 27-0 和, in fact, have only lost three sets all year.

Regardless of the ultimate outcomes, both seasons will end this weekend, but 乔 will still have work to do. After dipping his toe in the performing arts last year, he was cast as the lead – Ichabod Crane – in this year’s fall play, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The play runs from Thursday, November 16-Sunday, November 19.

“I’m in the b和 too,” 乔 said. “With football still playing, we’re still performing. So after school, I have b和, soccer, then finally rehearsals. I’m usually at school from 8 in the morning until 9 at night.”

The play is still two weeks away though. There’s still work to be done this week on the field 和 on the court for the Powaskis.

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“We see each other almost every Sunday during football season for the Browns games,” Nick said. “We’re always at our gr和parents’ house.”

不过这周日, there might be more celebrating 凯特, 乔, Nick than actually watching the Browns.

“I can’t even imagine what it would be like if both teams win,” 凯特 said. “这将是超级疯狂的.”