Midview Opens 2024 Season at Home Against Westlake August 23

Who: Midview High School and Westlake High School

What: Week 1 OHSAA Non-Conference Varsity Football Game

Where: The newly renovated Ross Field at Adelsberg Stadium (38199 Capel Road, Grafton, OH 44044)

When: Kickoff is Friday (August 23) at 7 p.m.

Tickets: All Tickets are General Admission and $8. Everyone Kindergarten age to 59 years of age must have a ticket in order to enter. Senior Citizens (60+) are also admitted free regardless of where they live. Presale Tickets are available here: https://midview.hometownticketing.com/embed/all A credit card reader will also be available at both the Main Gate and the Middle School entrance for walk-up tickets. Cash Sales exclusively at the Main Gate. In addition, Midview Local School and Westlake High School employee IDs and SWC passes will be accepted.

Specator Note: All kids in attendance will be expected to sit in the stands with their parents or in the assigned student sections. Spectators are prohibited from bringing sporting equipment (footballs, basketballs, etc.) inside Adelsberg Stadium during Varsity Football Games. They will be turned away at the gate. Alcohol and Smoking are also prohibited on the campus of Midview Local Schools.

Specator Note 2: The main gate has been moved just to the west of the previous one. It will still be marked by the ticket booth.

Haltime Performance: The Westlake Marching Band will perform first, followed by the Midview High School Marching Blue.

Concessions: The Midview Band Boosters will once again sponsor all concessions during Midview Varsity Football home games.

Last Meeting: Westlake defeated visiting Midview 42-28 in week 1 a year ago. Wideout Dior Jones caught 5 passes for 172 yards and 2 TD. Michael Passerrello Jr. added 10 total tackles in the loss.

2023 Records: Midview finished 4-7 overall and 2-5 in the Southwestern Conference, while Westlake went 7-4 overall and 3-2 in the Great Lakes Conference. The Middies lost 49-7 at Highland High School, while the Demons fell to Brecksville Broadview Heights High School 30-3 in the first round of the OHSAA Division II Playoffs.

Midview Head Coach: Head Coach Jack Armstrong begins his second season leading the Middies. Armstrong, a 2012 graduate of Midview High School, is a Special Education teacher at his alma mater and has served as a varsity assistant coach with the Middies for six of the previous seven seasons before taking over. He is the just the eighth coach in program history, which dates back to the consolidation of Belden, Eaton and Grafton high schools in 1955.

Westlake Head Coach: Week 1 marks the Demon debut of Head Coach Logan Yantek, who was the Offensive Coordinator for Westlake a year ago. 

Returning Lettermen: Midview anticipates the return of 17 letterwinners from a year ago, including All-SWC first team junior running back/defensive back Michael Passerrello Jr.

Watch Live: A Hudl Focus stream will be provided free of charge via the Hudl Fan Page: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/oh/grafton/organization/5417/midview-high-school

Midview Photos: Looking for photographic documentation of Midview student-athletes' success on the field? Jeff Barnes is the official photographer of Midview Athletics and his photos can be purchased at https://jeffbarnesphotography.zenfolio.com/

Next Week: Midview continues non-league play in Week 2 by hosting North Olmsted High School, while Westlake plays host to Rhodes High School. Both games are on Friday (August 30) at 7 p.m.