The Cleveland Browns have been in business since 1946. For the first 49 years, the organization had 10 head coaches. The franchise was put on hiatus for several years and then resumed in 1999. For the next 26 seasons, the Browns hired and fired 12 head coaches.
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Ohio high school football scores for Week 5: Friday, Sept. 20, 2024
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Week 5 high school football scores from around Ohio, as provided by The Associated Press.
Ada 35, McComb 20
Akr. East 37, Hunting Valley University 9
Akr. Hoban 45, Cle. St Ignatius 14
Amanda-Clearcreek 33, Circleville 26
Amherst Steele 60, Berea-Midpark 41
Anna 21, St. Henry (OH) 14
Arcanum 37, Lewisburg Tri-County N. 0
Archbold 28, Delta 24
Ashland 37, Maple Hts. 20
Ashland Crestview 67, New London 0
Ashville Teays Valley 17, Reynoldsburg 7
Athens 35, McArthur Vinton County 7
Attica Seneca E. 34, Carey 31
Aurora 49, Copley 12
Avon 38, N. Ridgeville 7
Avon Lake 24, Grafton Midview 17
Bainbridge Paint Valley 58, Williamsport Westfall 28
Barnesville 63, Hannibal River 0
Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 30, Kansas Lakota 0
Batavia 83, Bethel-Tate 0
Beaver 32, Salem 25
Beaver Eastern 27, Racine Southern 21
Beavercreek 19, Miamisburg 10
Bedford 33, Lyndhurst Brush 0
Bellaire 26, Cambridge 6
Bellbrook 17, Kettering Alter 7
Bellefontaine 49, Lewistown Indian Lake 14
Belmont Union Local 48, Sarahsville Shenandoah 7
Beloit W. Branch 48, Warren Howland 13
Belpre 34, Beallsville 12
Berlin Center Western Reserve 41, Lowellville 22
Beverly Ft. Frye 51, Cadiz Harrison Cent. 6
Bishop Watterson 41, Chardon 9
Blanchester 22, Goshen 8
Bloom-Carroll 70, Baltimore Liberty Union 6
Bluffton 55, Spencerville 7
Bowerston Conotton Valley 41, Bridgeport 6
Bowling Green 28, Sylvania Northview 0
Brookville 21, Middletown Madison 0
Burton Berkshire 31, Wickliffe 0
Caledonia River Valley 35, Marion Pleasant 0
Camden Preble Shawnee 70, Bradford 12
Can. Cent. Cath. 27, Alliance 14
Can. McKinley 38, Massillon Perry 7
Canal Fulton Northwest 31, Navarre Fairless 14
Canal Winchester Harvest 50, Day. Dunbar 15
Canfield S. Range 37, Struthers 13
Carlisle 34, Franklin 7
Castalia Margaretta 26, Elmore Woodmore 7
Celina 38, Kenton 35
Centerburg 42, Loudonville 7
Chagrin Falls 40, Independence 0
Chardon NDCL 52, STVM 14
Chesterland W. Geauga 42, Ashtabula Edgewood 14
Chillicothe Unioto 51, Chillicothe Huntington 14
Chillicothe Zane Trace 23, Piketon 20
Cin. Aiken 43, Cin. Summit 0
Cin. Anderson 41, Kings Mills Kings 0
Cin. Country Day 55, Batavia Clermont NE 27
Cin. Elder 17, St. Xavier (KY), Ky. 15
Cin. Hills Christian Academy 68, Cin. Gamble Montessori 0
Cin. Indian Hill 42, Cin. Deer Park 7
Cin. La Salle 43, Cin. Withrow 19
Cin. McNicholas 38, Purcell Marian 8
Cin. Moeller 45, St. Xavier (OH) 37
Cin. Mt Healthy 35, Bishop Fenwick 10
Cin. NW 28, Cin. Western Hills 13
Cin. Princeton 30, Mason 7
Cin. Sycamore 14, Cin. Colerain 7
Cin. West Clermont 49, Milford (OH) 21
Cin. Winton Woods 49, Cin. Walnut Hills 0
Cin. Wyoming 35, N. Bend (Cleves) Taylor 26
Circleville Logan Elm 41, Lancaster Fairfield Union 20
Clarksville Clinton-Massie 21, Harrison 17
Cle. Benedictine 39, Shaker Hts. 7
Cle. Glenville 48, Cle. E. Tech 0
Cle. Hay 34, Cle. Collinwood 0
Cle. JFK 18, Cle. Lincoln W. 0
Cle. Rhodes 36, Cle. Adams 12
Clyde 56, Port Clinton 21
Coldwater 24, Minster 21
Collins Western Reserve 60, Ashland Mapleton 20
Cols. Africentric 36, Cols. Briggs 22
Cols. Bexley 34, Landmark Christian 13
Cols. DeSales 35, Bishop Ready 21
Cols. Eastmoor 34, West 0
Cols. Grandview Hts. 24, Chesapeake 6
Cols. Marion-Franklin 34, Cols. Independence 20
Cols. Upper Arlington 36, Grove City Cent. Crossing 0
Cols. Walnut Ridge 46, Columbus South 0
Columbiana 42, Lisbon David Anderson 26
Columbiana Crestview 68, Ravenna SE 19
Columbus Grove 65, Delphos Jefferson 6
Corning Miller 35, Sugar Grove Berne Union 0
Cortland Lakeview 34, Niles McKinley 8
Creston Norwayne 42, Rittman 3
Crooksville 22, McConnelsville Morgan 12
Crown City S. Gallia 42, Oak Hill 14
Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 21, Can. South 10
Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 49, Akr. Firestone 0
Day. Belmont 46, Day. Ponitz Tech. 0
Day. Chaminade Julienne 14, Trenton Edgewood 0
Day. Christian 35, Lockland 34
Day. Northridge 14, DeGraff Riverside 7
Defiance 43, Lima Shawnee 7
Defiance Tinora 35, Sherwood Fairview 34
Delaware Buckeye Valley 28, Cols. Hamilton Twp. 7
Delphos St John’s 27, Ft. Recovery 14
Dola Hardin Northern 38, Lima Perry 15
Doylestown Chippewa 49, West Salem Northwestern 14
Dresden Tri-Valley 41, New Lexington 14
Eastlake North 14, Garfield Hts. 12
Edon 50, Whiteford, Mich. 20
Fairview 56, Beachwood 12
Fairview, Ky. 42, Franklin Furnace Green 20
Findlay 21, Fremont Ross 7
Findlay Liberty-Benton 45, Bloomdale Elmwood 0
Frankfort Adena 40, Southeastern 16
Fredericktown 14, Mt Gilead 12
Gahanna Cols. Academy 27, Cols. St. Charles 20
Gahanna Lincoln 41, Dublin Coffman 21
Galion Northmor 41, Danville 6
Galloway Westland 41, Cols. Franklin Hts. 0
Garrettsville Garfield 50, Warren Champion 0
Gates Mills Gilmour 42, Cle. John Marshall 6
Gates Mills Hawken 60, Ashtabula Lakeside 38
Genoa 55, Millbury Lake 28
Germantown Valley View 44, Eaton 17
Gibsonburg 10, Tiffin Calvert 0
Girard 21, Andover Pymatuning Valley 13
Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 49, Lore City Buckeye Trail 8
Granville 44, Utica 0
Green 21, Massillon Jackson 17
Grove City 42, Hilliard Darby 16
Grove City Christian 52, Zanesville Rosecrans 0
Groveport-Madison 35, Lancaster 7
Hamilton 34, Cin. Oak Hills 7
Hamilton Badin 38, Cin. Hughes 0
Hamilton New Miami 47, Fayetteville-Perry 6
Hamilton Ross 28, Jackson 21
Hamler Patrick Henry 39, Bryan 0
Hanoverton United 17, Salineville Southern 14
Harrod Allen E. 48, Convoy Crestview 41
Haviland Wayne Trace 26, Edgerton 0
Hicksville 15, Antwerp 12
Hilliard Davidson 43, Marysville 0
Hillsboro 65, Lees Creek E. Clinton 0
Holgate 50, Lakeside Danbury 6
Howard E. Knox 49, Cardington-Lincoln 22
Hudson 35, Twinsburg 0
Huron 38, Tiffin Columbian 20
Ironton 41, Bishop Hartley 0
Ironton Rock Hill 41, South Point 20
Jamestown Greeneview 39, N. Lewisburg Triad 7
Jefferson Area 50, Orange 42
Jeromesville Hillsdale 35, Dalton 31
Johnstown 28, Pataskala Watkins Memorial 21
Johnstown Northridge 7, Zanesville 0
Kettering Fairmont 43, Huber Hts. Wayne 22
Kirtland 48, Cuyahoga Hts. 7
LaGrange Keystone 20, Columbia Station Columbia 7
Leavittsburg LaBrae 45, Newton Falls 0
Lebanon 25, Morrow Little Miami 7
Leipsic 34, Arcadia 6
Lewis Center Olentangy 33, Westerville Cent. 0
Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 35, Delaware Olentangy Berlin 7
Lexington 41, Wooster 28
Liberty Center 70, Swanton 0
Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 59, Fairfield 17
Lima 51, Tol. Bowsher 14
Lima Bath 62, Elida 56
Lima Cent. Cath. 28, Ft. Loramie 21
Lodi Cloverleaf 28, Akr. Coventry 6
London 63, St. Paris Graham 7
Lorain Clearview 42, Oberlin 0
Loveland 23, Cin. Turpin 7
Lucas 49, Willard 19
Macedonia Nordonia 46, N. Royalton 13
Magnolia Sandy Valley 45, Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 0
Mansfield 20, New Philadelphia 19
Mantua Crestwood 52, Brooklyn 14
Maria Stein Marion Local 48, New Bremen 7
Marietta 33, Whitehall-Yearling 20
Marion Elgin 29, Cory-Rawson 3
Martins Ferry 49, Brownsville, Pa. 0
Massillon Washington 31, St. Edward (OH) 21
McDermott Scioto NW 35, Minford 14
McDonald 46, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 7
McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 38, Morral Ridgedale 8
Mechanicsburg 41, Spring. Cath. Cent. 0
Medina Buckeye 31, Bay (OH) 0
Medina Highland 49, Tallmadge 0
Mentor 35, Cle. Hts. 27
Miami Valley Christian Academy 45, Manchester 20
Milan Edison 35, Norwalk 0
Milford Center Fairbanks 56, Spring. Greenon 21
Millersburg W. Holmes 23, Mansfield Madison 21
Millersport 30, Stewart Federal Hocking 20
Milton-Union 49, Troy Christian 0
Mineral Ridge 42, Atwater Waterloo 18
Minerva 16, Louisville Aquinas 7
Mogadore 34, Akr. Ellet 18
Monroe 24, Washington C.H. 7
Monroeville 41, Greenwich S. Cent. 0
Mt. Vernon 31, Heath 16
N. Can. Hoover 23, Louisville 16
N. Olmsted 28, Parma Normandy 13
N. Robinson Col. Crawford 62, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 0
Napoleon 47, Holland Springfield 26
New Albany 17, Hilliard Bradley 14
New Franklin Manchester 31, Orrville 11
New Middletown Spring. 37, Campbell Memorial 8
New Paris National Trail 35, New Lebanon Dixie 14
Newark 55, Logan 0
Newark Licking Valley 49, Newark Cath. 7
Newcomerstown 43, Uhrichsville Claymont 8
Northwood 67, Vanlue 8
Norton 28, Mogadore Field 7
Norwalk St Paul 34, Plymouth 0
Oak Harbor 55, Rossford 6
Oberlin Firelands 32, Sullivan Black River 16
Olmsted Falls 42, Elyria 0
Ontario 31, Bellville Clear Fork 14
Oxford Talawanda 35, Day. Carroll 12
Painesville Harvey 47, Conneaut 13
Painesville Riverside 31, Youngs. Boardman 21
Pandora-Gilboa 49, Arlington 28
Parma Hts. Valley Forge 55, Westlake 28
Parma Padua 21, Elyria Cath. 0
Pataskala Licking Hts. 41, Hebron Lakewood 0
Paulding 35, Defiance Ayersville 0
Pemberville Eastwood 28, Maumee 15
Perry 44, Geneva 7
Perrysburg 35, Oregon Clay 7
Philo 51, Byesville Meadowbrook 22
Pickerington Cent. 51, Canal Winchester 23
Pickerington N. 63, Thomas Worthington 7
Pioneer N. Central 48, Richmond Hts. 6
Piqua 49, Greenville 0
Plain City Jonathan Alder 34, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 0
Poland Seminary 28, Hubbard 0
Pomeroy Meigs 48, Bidwell River Valley 6
Portsmouth 34, Dawson-Bryant High School 0
Portsmouth W. 35, Waverly 28
Powell Olentangy Liberty 42, Dublin Jerome 14
Proctorville Fairland 40, Gallipolis Gallia 7
Reading 14, Cin. Madeira 12
Richfield Revere 49, Cuyahoga Falls 0
Richmond Edison 34, Caldwell 15
Riverside Stebbins 33, Fairborn 20
Rocky River 42, Lakewood 27
Rocky River Lutheran W. 7, Madison 6
Rootstown 34, Akr. North 6
Sandusky 36, Vermilion 20
Sandusky Perkins 43, Bellevue 0
Sheffield Brookside 14, Wellington 12
Shelby 35, Galion 6
Sidney 58, W. Carrollton 14
Smithville 19, Apple Creek Waynedale 14
Sparta Highland 28, Marion Harding 9
Spring. Kenton Ridge 28, Spring. Shawnee 7
Spring. NE 44, Cedarville 8
Spring. NW 34, New Carlisle Tecumseh 0
Springboro 28, Clayton Northmont 13
Springfield 17, Centerville 3
St Bernard-Elmwood Place 52, Norwood 6
St Clairsville 35, E. Liverpool 14
St Marys 21, Ottawa-Glandorf 16
St. Bernard Roger Bacon 28, New Richmond 20
Steubenville 42, Dover 7
Stow-Munroe Falls 21, Solon 19
Streetsboro 49, Akr. Springfield 0
Strongsville 42, Euclid 0
Sugarcreek Garaway 41, Malvern 8
Summerfield, Mich. 34, W. Unity Hilltop 12
Sunbury Big Walnut 31, Westerville S. 28
Sycamore Mohawk 63, Bucyrus 0
Thornville Sheridan 23, New Concord John Glenn 17, OT
Tipp City Bethel 23, Covington 17
Tipp City Tippecanoe 25, Troy 22
Tol. Cent. Cath. 41, Warren De La Salle, Mich. 6
Tol. Christian 56, Sebring McKinley 0
Tol. Ottawa Hills 59, Erie-Mason, Mich. 0
Tol. St. Francis 44, Toledo St John’s Jesuit 30
Tol. Whitmer 63, Sylvania Southview 12
Tontogany Otsego 34, Fostoria 7
Uniontown Lake 27, Can. Glenoak 0
Upper Sandusky 37, Bucyrus Wynford 20
Urbana 24, Richwood N. Union 6
Valley Wetzel, W.Va. 47, New Matamoras Frontier 34
Van Buren 48, Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 0
Versailles 37, Rockford Parkway 12
Vincent Warren 56, Paintsville, Ky. 0
W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 42, Union City Mississinawa Valley 20
W. Chester Lakota W. 51, Middletown 7
W. Jefferson 21, S. Charleston SE 0
W. Lafayette Ridgewood 35, Strasburg 7
W. Liberty-Salem 33, London Madison-Plains 6
Wadsworth 56, Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 14
Wapakoneta 35, Van Wert 14
Warren JFK 38, Alliance Marlington 14
Washington C.H. Miami Trace 56, Mt. Orab Western Brown 49
Waterford 12, Nelsonville-York 6
Wauseon 7, Metamora Evergreen 3
Waynesfield-Goshen 49, N. Baltimore 14
Waynesville 38, Day. Oakwood 14
Wellston 38, Albany Alexander 14
Wellsville 35, Leetonia 0
West Union 36, Foxfire 14
Westerville N. 42, Delaware Hayes 30
Wheelersburg 42, Lucasville Valley 7
Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 48, Tol. Start 12
Williamsburg 40, Greenfield McClain 7
Willoughby S. 35, Lorain 32
Wilmington 38, Chillicothe 6
Windham 61, Orwell Grand Valley 26
Wintersville Indian Creek 30, Brooke, W.Va. 24
Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 42, Rayland Buckeye 19
Wooster Triway 42, Massillon Tuslaw 7
Worthington Christian 45, Glouster Trimble 14
Worthington Kilbourne 21, Dublin Scioto 7
Xenia 25, Vandalia Butler 17
Youngs. Chaney High School 22, Canfield 0
Youngs. East 24, E. Cle. Shaw 0
Youngs. Liberty 56, Brookfield 38
Youngs. Ursuline 35, Warren Harding 0
Youngs. Valley Christian 56, E. Palestine 38
Zanesville Maysville 20, Coshocton 13
Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 21, E. Can. 20
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A man in his 30s was shot in the leg in downtown Cleveland on Thursday afternoon.
The shooting happened on Ontario Street near Public Square in front of Jake’s Deli around 5 pm.
The victim drove himself to East 18th and Euclid Avenue, where he called the police.
The man was taken to the hospital for treatment.
19 News has reached out to Cleveland EMS for his condition.
Police said information suggests this appears to be an isolated incident following a confrontation between two individuals.
Cleveland Police officers and detectives are working to identify the suspect.
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STEFANSKI HAS TEAMS LINED UP
The most recent was Kevin Stefanski, who was a Black Monday victim. What happened?
How did Cleveland owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam come to this conclusion? After all, he was named NFL Coach of the Year not once, but won this prestigious award twice in 2020 and also in 2023. He orchestrated the first playoff appearance by the Browns in 17 years, then won their first playoff game against the hated division foe, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
With all of these accolades, why would the front office decide to give him walking papers after being with the team for six years? This organization is famous for hiring coaches and then letting them go after one or two years at the helm. And yet, here is a guy who gave the team much-needed stability.
The demise of Stefanski began last year.
In 2023, the Browns went 11-6-0 and captured the highest Wild Card seed, then got slammed by the Houston Texans in the first round of the postseason. Just three weeks prior, Cleveland dominated the Texans, taking home an easy 36-22 win in a contest that wasn’t that close. So, the playoff loss was not expected.
Having won 11 games and gone to the playoffs, Browns fans and the media were expecting this to continue and string along several years’ worth of postseason berths, you know, like the Marty Schottenheimer years.
Instead, the Browns went 3-14-0. In the season opener, they got taken to the woodshed by the Dallas Cowboys 33-17, who then finished their season 7-10-0 so it wasn’t like the beating came from a great team. At first, Cleveland lost four games by a touchdown or less. But as the season rolled along, they were getting beaten pretty regularly by scores like 34-13, 20-3, 35-14, 35-10, and 24-6.
The two bright spots were the 29-24 come-from-behind win over the Baltimore Ravens, plus the 24-19 win over the Steelers, both games at home. Each of these two teams was not only in the division but also ended up going to the playoffs.
Following a 14-loss season, that alone might cause an owner to send his head man packing. But the Haslams were patient. They said in the 2025 training camp, the roster looked like a winner. The Haslams had a press conference on July 31 after a practice. They haven’t gathered for the press since the April NFL draft, so there was a lot to cover.
Here are a few excerpts from that presser in regards to Stefanski:
Q: In terms of wins, what would be a successful season?
Jimmy: You really think we’re going to answer that? We’ve got to do better than three, okay? To put a number on it, I don’t think we will ever do that. Everybody – coaches, players, personnel, ownership, all know that 3-14 won’t cut it. We’ve got to do better. I think we’ll know what better looks like.
Q: People always talk about patience as an organizational value. What does that look like? What does patience look like?
Jimmy: Well, I think it’s, it’s what we’ve just talked about. We realized that we went 3-14. There was great uncertainty at quarterback. You probably weren’t going to go 14-3. So, let’s try to build the team the right way. And I’m repeating myself, and it’s premature, but I like the guys we picked. And time will tell how good they are. But Mason (Graham), Carson (Schwesinger), (Harold) Fannin Jr., Shedeur (Sanders), Dillon (Gabriel), etc. look like, Dylan Sampson, look like not only really good players, but really good people. And I’ll say this for the two quarterbacks coming in, and I know everybody has a vision of Shedeur (Sanders), but he’s come in, in the building, worked hard, kept his head down, and done what he’s supposed to do, as has Dillon (Gabriel), which was no surprise for either of them.
Q: How do you convince fans that to get your message across to them, this is a building process because you know how loyal they are and how frustrated they are?
Jimmy: Well, listen, we’re frustrated too. And we share the fans’ pain, okay? And we – Dee, says this all the time. We’re stewards of this franchise, and we need to do a better job. And we want to win for a lot of different reasons. The main reason we want to win is for our fans. They really do. We have great fans.
Q: With that type of philosophy, sort of a little bit of a patient attitude for this season. What does that mean for Kevin Stefanski? Because people are already asking if he’s on the hot seat.
Jimmy: Yeah, listen, you all, we talk to you all fairly frequently, and we’re very supportive of Kevin (Stefanski) and Andrew (Berry). Now, do they need to do better? Yeah, but so do Dee (Haslam) and I. You know what I mean? And these are high-pressure jobs they have, but we really like them in their roles as coach and GM, and we really like them as people. And I say this all the time. They’re 38 and 42 years old.
Q: How much has that patience approached, how much have you guys kind of talked about your history owning the team? Just how much have you kind of learned that?
Jimmy: I think we did a poor job early on, and hopefully we’re doing a better job now. And listen, we talk about it organizationally. This isn’t just ownership, but we talk about it — all Andrew’s (Berry) staff, all Kevin’s (Stefanski) staff, everybody is aware of the plan, and that’s how good teams work together.
Basically, the Haslams knew that the team would have to take its time in order to become an annual member of the postseason tournament. Dee or Jimmy never called it a “rebuild,” and from the roster standpoint, it did not appear that the roster needed to be purged. A few pieces here and there, and on paper, it looked like the team could compete. The recent NFL draft brought in some promising players in need positions.
And the Browns did – on defense.
Special teams fell apart, and the offense never got into any type of rhythm, which was Stefanski’s wheelhouse. To be fair, the Week 1 offensive line was supposed to be the catalyst to propel the offense. It was the same lineup that just two seasons ago was ranked #3 in the league, except for LT Jed Wills, who was substituted by Dawand Jones, who was viewed as an upgrade.
However, just like every other year, one guy would go down, followed by another. In Week 18, it was seven-time LG Joel Bitonio, two backups, and two practice squad guys starting along the offensive line for the Browns. In the finale against the Cincinnati Bengals, C Luke Wypler was injured, and Zak Zinter filled in. That meant the backup to the backup was inserted. Cleveland used seven different line combinations during this season.
Everyone knows this group must have stability and continuity to be successful. Real chemistry. Even the trades for OTs Cam Robinson and KT Leveston were total busts, as both players were viewed as liabilities instead of redeemers.
The quarterback situation is a running joke on late-night TV and Browns podcasts. In the past three seasons, the Browns have started 14 different QBs:
- 2023: Deshaun Watson, Joe Flacco, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, P.J. Walker, Jeff Driskel
- 2024: Watson, Jameis Winston, DTR, Bailey Zappe
- 2025: Flacco, Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders
The Browns set three NFL records with the QB situation. First, they tied the 1987 New England Patriots by starting the most QBs in a single season with five. The second, they set a record for the most starting quarterbacks in two years, with nine. In 2025, Cleveland used a staggering 22 different starting quarterbacks, setting a new NFL record.
The offense was basically the cause of another double-digit loss season. And because this unit was supposed to be why they hired Stefanski in the first place, after losing 26 games in two seasons and the regression, the Haslams basically had no choice but to make a change.
Stefanski showed up as the offense’s play-caller, which he then gave up. The quarterback situation was always in flux, the offense finished this year ranked #30 in the league with the third fewest offensive touchdowns (30), and #31 in scoring offense (16.4).
The year before, the Browns’ offense ranked #28 overall, dead last in offensive touchdowns scored (29), and dead last in scoring offense (15.2). The Haslams believed this year’s team was capable of winning more games.
What led the Browns to move on from Stefanski?
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — Classes across East Cleveland City Schools were briefly interrupted on Wednesday for a celebration.
After nearly seven years of oversight from the state’s Academic Distress Commission, the district has officially been released and is once again fully in control of its operations.
“This isn’t a Cinderella story. This is a story of a community that decided that excellence is now the standard,” said East Cleveland City Schools Superintendent and CEO Dr. Henry Pettiegrew.
He said turnarounds don’t come easily.
“We scratch. We claw. We grind (and) we hustle to get what we need,” Pettiegrew said. “And this community deserves this recognition today. Our teachers have gotten stronger. Students are performing better. It’s really amazing where we are today.”
The state placed him in the district in 2019 with a clear mission— to improve a failing district and boost academics so all students can succeed.
In September, around the time state report cards were released, he told me the district was using data to drive decisions, providing better support to teachers and communicating more with families.
“We’re knocking on doors. We’re having those real conversations, and if parents or students need particular things, supports or items, we’re right there to help,” Pettiegrew explained then.
He said teachers, students, and families rose to the occasion, applying focus and dedication.
Students earned a four-star rating in the progress category and an overall three-star rating on the most recent state report card. For the first time in more than a decade, the district is meeting state standards.
The district also met 16 of the 20 academic benchmarks set by the state, leading to its release from oversight. On Wednesday, a video played across the district in every classroom for what it called “We Are EC Day: Three Stars and Rising.”
In the video, Pettiegrew thanked everyone for the progress made. Congratulations also poured in from community members, business leaders, and celebrities, including Cleveland Browns player Shelby Harris.
Each student received a special school hoodie representing the mantra “Three Stars and Rising.” Staff members got a similar jersey.
“Throughout history, we commemorate when wonderful things happen and East Cleveland is no different,” Pettiegrew said.
He added that the district can’t and won’t let up on its path to continued success.
Pettiegrew said the district will be focusing hard on improving literacy outcomes and graduation rates, among other priorities. He said the goal is to match, if not exceed, the results from the last state report card on the next one.
Here’s a link to the full video the district released.
Damon Maloney is a Cuyahoga County and We Follow Through anchor at News 5 Cleveland. Follow him on X @DMaloneyTV, on Facebook DamonMaloneyTV or email him at Damon.Maloney@wews.com.
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