After graduating from college, Creech worked at Mayfield Country Club and obtained her PGA Class A Certification in 2004. She has worked at Mayfield CC as well as Sand Ridge Golf Club for 13 seasons as a teaching assistant. She now works at The Country Club in Pepper Pike. She is married to Matt Creech, Head Professional at Sand Ridge GC, and has two sons. The family resides in Chardon, Ohio.

The Blazers finished as the OHSAA Division II District Runner Up last season, and the team finished fifth overall in the 2012 OHSAA Division II State Tournament.

Even if you can't make the trip to Columbus to cheer on HB, you can follow the action live through the OHSAA Radio Network, which will be podcasting through their website here.

The winner of Thursday night's game will advance to the State Championship on Saturday, March 16, at 2 p.m. An OHSAA Radio Broadcast of that game also will be available, and the game will be televised live on SportsTime Ohio. Check your local listings.

Please Note: If you have difficulty using the link above to access the OHSAA Radio Network stream, please copy and paste this link into your computer's browser - http://www.ohsaa.org/news/radio/radiohome.asp.

Thanks for your support and Go Blazers!

Come out and support the Blazers as they battle the Cardinals in their next step on their quest for the OHSAA Division II State Title. HB student and faculty tickets will be available in the Athletic Office beginning Wednesday, March 6, at noon through Friday, March 8, at 3:30 p.m. If you'd like to purchase tickets for non-HB employees or non-HB students, they will be available for $6 in the Athletic Office. All tickets at the gate will be $8. Please also note that there is a $2 parking fee at Barberton High School.

Student tickets for the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II Regional Semifinal vs. Chagrin Falls on Tuesday, March 5, @ 8:00 p.m. @ Barberton High School will be available in the Athletic Office today until Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Tickets for non-HB employees or non-HB students are also available for $6 in the Athletic Office. All tickets at the gate are $8. 

The Blazers are in the "Sweet 16" for the seventh time in a row - come out and support them as they take their next step in their quest for the State Title.

The Blazers were led by senior captain Ashley Yarbrough's even par 72 which garnered her medalist honors for the tournament. She is the OHSAA Division II individual District Champion!
Other members of the team include junior Sydney Smith, sophomore Amanda Bingaman, sophomore Caroline Carulas & freshman Katie McCarthy.

The team is coached by Kevin Snyder with help from Shamira Marshall.

Fowler's Mill Golf Course - Lake/River Courses
13095 Rockhaven Road
Chesterland, Ohio

• 18 holes of golf
• Unlimited range balls
• Boxed lunch prior to tee-off
• Heavy appetizers following golf
• Keg/drink tickets
• Prizes
• Hole contests
• Silent auction

Register by September 10 and pay online using our secure server!

 Visit www.hb.edu/golfouting to learn more. Questions? Email pbarlow@hb.edu. 

Head of School Bill Christ is enthusiastic about Barlow's appointment. "We have a field hockey squad with great senior leadership, many exceptional and dedicated players, and a strong track record in both the regular season and the OHSAA tournament. I am very excited about the team’s prospects, and we will do everything possible to help the girls – who have contributed so much to our program – attain a highly successful and rewarding season," he said.

Congratulations to Coach Meghan Brennan and her state champion Blazer Lacrosse team. The girls clinched the Division II title for the second time in three years when they defeated New Albany by a score of 17-13 on June 2 in Cincinnati. 

Among the game's highlights were junior midfielder Annie Brockett's six goals and senior Katie Reuter's nine saves.

HB closed out a stellar season with an 18-3 record.

Read more at cleveland.com.

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Seven of the 77 young women in the Class of 2012 will take their spots on college squads across the country this fall. At a special afternoon lucheon for the scholar-athletes and their parents, Athletics Director Paul Maes, Assistant Athletics Director Paul Barlow, and Head of School Bill Christ congratulated these young women on their outstanding achievements in the classrooms and on the playing fields.

We wish them the best of luck as they embark on their college careers. 

from left to right: Emily Weinberg (Georgetown, field hockey), Becky Scanlon (Dartmouth, lacrosse), Kate Dolansky (Case Western Reserve University, soccer), Rachael Horton (Davidson, soccer), Rachel Leizman (Princeton, squash), Emily Gudbranson (Yale, swimming), Katie Reuter (Wittenburg, lacrosse). 

Additionally, Leizman was awarded the very prestigious DeRoy Sportsmanship Award for her outstanding sportsmanship throughout her junior career. According to the U.S. Squash website, the DeRoy Sportsmanship Award is presented annually during the senior high school year to one ranked male and one ranked female junior player who have risen above the expectations of sportsmanship through superb tact and graciousness both on and off the court.

HB offers many congratulations and wishes for continued success to this talented student-athlete. Leizman plans to attend Princeton University in the fall, and all of Blazer Nation will be behind her. 

To learn more, please visit the official website for U.S. Squash. 

The Blazers put on a terrific show of teamwork and athleticism at the Jerome Schottenstein Center at The Ohio State University on March 17, when they competed with Millersburg's West Holmes High School Knights for the division crown. At the end of four quarters, the Blazers came out on top by a score of 53-41. It was an exciting and well-played game on both sides.

All of the student-athletes represented HB beautifully while the Blazer Nation fan section cheered them on. When she presented the team with the championship trophy, OHSAA Assistant Commissioner Roxanne Price applauded HB's tenacity and clear-eyed determination. "The Blazers don't hope to win," she said. "They expect to win."

The team is coached by Paul Barlow, who has guided HB to six back-to-back Final Four appearances and four consecutive state championships. He was named a 2012 Ohio Coach of the Year for girls' basketball by the Associated Press. Assistant coaches are Rob Koelling, Kevin Snyder, and Julie Lozon '07. Julie Brough serves as athletic trainer. The roster is made up of senior Kate Dolansky; juniors Vanessa Smith, Stephanie Solano, Stephanie Poland, Nia Marshall, and Colleen Lavelle; sophomores Beth Brzozowski, Karoline Schenosky, Alison Nordell, and Logan Paul; and freshman Alyzah Quereshy.

Special thanks to all the fans who traveled to Columbus to watch the game, or who followed the action from home and cheered along. Click here to view a slideshow of images from yesterday's State Championship or read about the matchup in The Plain Dealer at cleveland.com.

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Pavlak is now a senior at Emory University, majoring in Anthropology. She was a member of the Blazer Varsity Swim Team during her time at HB, and she has been a member of the Emory Swimming and Diving Team for four years. During that time, the team has won three NCAA national championships. In Pavlak's Emory career, she has earned a total of 20 All-American honors (the second highest in Emory history), as well as nine NCAA National Championships, an all-time record at Emory.

At the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships held in Indianapolis during the week of March 19, 2012, Pavlak was a part of three national-title winning relays. She swam the anchor leg on all three of the winning relays, helping the 200-yard medley relay to a win with a time of 1:42.27, the 200-yard freestyle relay to a victory with a mark of 1:32.38, and the 400-yard freestyle relay to an event win with a school-record time of 3:22.02. Included in the relays were official splits of 22.33 seconds in the 50 free during the 200-yard medley relay and 49.55 seconds in the 100 free during the 400-yard freestyle relay.

Pavlak was also a part of Emory’s all-America 400-yard medley relay team, which finished third with a time of 3:45.74. She added individual all-America performances with a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.86 seconds in the preliminaries, and a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.74 seconds. Pavlak totaled 68 of Emory’s 639 points, helping the team win its third consecutive NCAA Division III Championship, and fifth in the program’s history. She also was named the University Athletic Association’s Swimmer of the Week and the Emory Athlete of the Week for her performance at Nationals.

Pavlak is the daughter of HB Fourth Grade teacher Mary Boutton.

It's a beautiful day all across Ohio and we hope many of you will join us in Columbus for the game. Tipoff is at 5:15 p.m. Please wear your Blazer gear and join us in the stands!

If you can't make it to Columbus, you can watch the game broadcast live on SportsTime Ohio (check local listings), or listen live on the OHSAA Radio Network. We'll also be live-tweeting from the floor of the Schottenstein Center. Follow us @HathawayBrown, check back here and visit our HB Facebook page for updates as well.

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Barlow has been the Blazers' head coach for the last 12 years. The team currently is the three-time defending State Champion and has made it to the Final Four for the sixth straight year. 

The Coach of the Year announcement was made by the AP on March 13. Read more in The Plain Dealer at cleveland.com. 

It was a remarkable season for HB's 2011-2012 swimmers and divers:

Freshmen - Danielle Immerman, Annie McBeath, Catherine Mullen, Olivia Warhop, Amanda Zeilinger

Sophomores - Alex Clemens, Caroline Click, Dominique Hall, Zita Gratzl

Juniors - Caroline Bashour, Taylor Forsythe, Emma Stewart-Bates (captain), Elizabeth Warner

Senior - Emily Gudbranson (captain)

These student-athletes celebrated a meaningful awards ceremony on March 12 and the following honors were presented:

MVP: Emma Stewart-Bates
Blazer Award: Emily Gudbranson
Ideal Swimmer: Alex Clemens
Most Improved: Dominique Hall

As a whole, the team overcame many obstacles throughout the season and racked up many accomplishments. They spent three tough weekends in a row competing at the Sectional, District, and State levels.

At the State meet, Gudbranson, Stewart-Bates, Forsythe, and Hall represented HB admirably. Gudbranson, a senior, ended her high school career on a high, qualifying in the top eight in both of her events. Stewart-Bates had a solid 15th place finish in her 500. Forsythe swam a season-best time in the competition, and the 400-free relay team also posted a season-best time, with all four swimmers holding her own.

"I’m proud of every single one of these girls, as everyone posted many lifetime best times throughout the year," said Varsity Swimming Coach Lindsey Ahrens. "They worked hard, even when they were so tired they couldn’t lift their arms up over their heads."

In the District competition, the relay team of Click, Bashour, Mullen, and Forsythe dropped four seconds, which is practically unheard of in swimming. In Diving, Zeilinger improved on her own previous best 11-dive score. Going into the District meet, the Blazers were projected to finish near 16th place. In the end, they were ranked sixth. "It was an amazing meet for our team," Ahrens said.

Congratulations to all of this fantastic student-athletes on an outstanding season. Special thanks as well go to their coaches: Head Coach Lindsey Ahrens, Assistant Coaches Nicky Trebec and Tina McCauley, and Diving Coach Lewis Fellinger.

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Dunn was the head JV volleyball coach at Walnut Hills High School for two years before relocating here to Cleveland, and she was the varsity assistant coach at HB last year. She has also been involved for several years with the Junior Olympic volleyball program.

Dunn currently is employed at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in the Orthopaedic Department as a Program Coordinator for Podiatric Residency.

The Blazers are coming off an 8-16 season.

“Coach Van Der Merwe has done a fantastic job with our program over the past four seasons, and he will certainly be missed," said HB Associate Athletic Director Paul Barlow. "He has not only done a great job on the field, but he has been a wonderful addition to the HB community. He will be sorely missed. We wish him and his family nothing but the best in the future.”

Hathaway Brown will begin a seach for a new Head Coach immediately.

Come out and cheer on the Blazers in their next step on the OHSAA State Tournament trail! The winner of this game advances to the State Final Four.

Tickets for the game will be available in the Athletic Office March 7 through March 9 until 3 p.m. The school has offered to pay the admission fee for all faculty, staff and students who wish to attend. Just sign the sheet in the Athletic Office to receive your ticket. Additional tickets also may be purchased $6 apiece ($8 at the gate).

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Our crowd was fantastic on March 3 – thank you so much to who attended and supported the team!

The Blazers will now face the Cardinals of Canfield on Tuesday, March 6 at 8 p.m. at Barberton High School (555 Barber Road, Barberton, Ohio) in the OHSAA Division II Regional Semi-Final. Come out and cheer on the team in this next step on the OHSAA State Tournament trail.

Tickets for the general public will be available in the HB Athletic Office all day Monday, March 5, and Tuesday, March 6, until 3 p.m. Hathaway Brown School will pay for all faculty, staff and students who wish to attend – just come to the Athletic Office, sign the sheet and pick up a ticket. You may also purchase additional tickets in the Athletic Office for $6 each – all tickets at the gate will be $8.

Please contact Coach Paul Barlow with any questions. Go Blazers!

Earlier this season, Barlow celebrated his 200th career win as head coach for the Blazers, a position he has held for 11 years. The team currently holds a 16-5 record. They face Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy in a District Semifinal matchup at Nordonia High School at 6 p.m. on March 1. 

To learn more about this prestigious District Coach of the Year honor for Barlow, please visit the WBCA website.

Way to go, Coach!

If you can't make it to the game, you can still catch it on TV. Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio Network - channel 22 or 23 for TWC subscribers - will broadcast the matchup at 11 p.m. on Wednesday and they'll replay the footage throughout the weekend. Check your local listings for details.

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Go Blazer scholars!

Barlow joined the coaching staff at Hathaway Brown in 1996. He started as the Middle School basketball coach, then served as head coach of the Junior Varsity program. He assumed the Varsity Head Coach role in 2000. Since that time, he also has been head coach for Varsity Golf (1999-2010), and head coach of Varsity Softball (2000-2007). In addition to his basketball coaching responsibilities, Barlow serves as HB's Associate Athletic Director.

The Blazers are the three-time defending State Champion in the Ohio High School Athletic Association's Division II. They have made it to the state tournament the last five years in a row. The team currently is ranked #8 in The Plain Dealer poll.

Barlow says that as gratifying as it is to hold a 200-84 record earned in 11 years as coach, what's even more exciting to him is watching how well the student-athletes fare in life when they leave HB.

"Seeing kids go on and do well in college and in life is the best perk I ever could imagine," he explains. "It's incredibly rewarding to think that our program could play a part in that success."

Among his fondest memories as a head coach, Barlow lists the Blazers' first State Championship win in 2009, and the winter day that same year when seniors (and team co-captains) Mylan Woods '10, Erica Almady '10, and Alexis Dobbs '10 all signed letters of intent to continue playing at Division I universities.

"Of course, one of the goals of the program is to get back to Columbus," Barlow says. "But that doesn't mean that we're not focused on the game we'll play tomorrow as well. We're committed to staying at the level we've been fortunate to ascend to."

Barlow still remembers his first career win in 2000. The Blazers defeated Orange Christian Academy at HB. To commemorate his 200th victory, Barlow's team surprised him with a gift of a signed ball. 

Athletic Director Paul Maes describes Barlow as an exemplary coach and colleague who is a valued mentor to his players and coaches throughout the school. In the words of some of his players, Coach Barlow:

• cares about his players on and off the court
• earns the respect of his players
• is committed to his players and their development
• believes in our abilities and is committed to making us better every day 
• is the best coach I’ve ever had

Congratulations, Coach! And Go Blazers!

A three-year member of the team, Smith was praised by the paper's sportswriters for her performance in recent games against Lake Catholic and Toledo Notre Dame Academy. In the Lake Catholic game, she had 13 points, 12 rebounds, six assists, three steals and two blocks. When the Blazers faced Notre Dame Academy, Smith had 24 points, five rebounds, two steals, and two blocks.

Read more about Smith and the other regional Players of the Week at cleveland.com.