Alumni News

This year's WHSAA DIstinguished Citizens program has been canceled because of the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions in Ohio. It takes several months of work by both the WHSAA Distinguished Citizens and WHSAA Scholarship committees to put the three-day event together. The current plan is to honor last years awardees (Dennis Franklin '71, Rodney Klein '53, Jeff Timmons '91, and Edward Grier '51) in the...

At a time when most of Ohio's city school districts struggled, our Massillon City Schools under the leadership of Superintendent Paul Salvino ('97) remained open and fully operational with just a little district-wide "online" instruction during the Covid-19 surge in December and again around the faculty inoculation days. From the very beginning of the 2020-21 school year students were given the...

The late Mary Strukel was one of the most ardent Massillon Tiger supporters and as a member of the Massillon Board of Education she worked hard to make sure student success continued in the academics, arts, and athletics of our district. One of Mary's projects was establishing the "Obie" insignia on Ohio license plates for those who wanted it. There were a lot of hoops to jump through and various...

Under third year head coach and alum Josh Hose ('97), the Massillon Tiger basketball team continued its winning ways despite struggles with player quarantines and getting a late start because of the extended football season (always a good thing here, but not necessarily for basketball). The Tigers defeated a previously unbeaten Wooster team as well as local rivals Perry and Central. The...

Recent alumni passings of note: Rita Allman Halco '44 Rita was another of our WHS 70+ "high school sweethearts" along with her husband Andy ('42). She was the Quality Assurance Inspector at Central States Cans and an avid Tigers, Browns, and Indians fan along with anything her grandchildren did. John Tsocheff '44 John could speak six languages and was often the neighborhood translator! He...