The school newspaper of Oakville High School

myOHSonline
The school newspaper of Oakville High School

myOHSonline
The school newspaper of Oakville High School

myOHSonline
Maddy Geisler

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief

Hey there! I’m Maddy, and I’m a senior at Oakville High School. I’m the Design Editor-in-Chief of both the school’s Tiger Paw yearbook and The Prowl newspaper. I love to write about the school and showcase the interesting talents, ideas and people within it.

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Thomas Westbrook (12), Stella Kolb (9) and Matt Kennedy (11) pretend to sword fight. “[The hardest part was] probably getting into the headspace,” Kolb said, “because I'm a 15-year-old girl and I'm supposed to be an 18-year-old male. I had to have a deeper voice and [different] mannerisms and on top of remembering the lines….” Kolb looked forward to the banquet and to future productions.

Theater Teachings

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
May 14, 2024
Dima's Diaper Drive

Dima’s Diaper Drive

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
April 3, 2024
Addie Czuppon (12) guards a player from the basket during senior night. “I started in Kindergarten with Queen and I played Queen ball until eighth grade,” Addie said. “And I played Oakville Junior Tigers from third grade to eighth, it's just ever since I was little.” The girls had banners with balloons and flowers waiting for them during their senior night game.

High Point Player

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
March 25, 2024
Heidi Niedermann (12) celebrates her eighteenth birthday with friends and family. "I loved how everyone dressed up and gave it their all for me," Niedermann said. She also had wrestling themed food at the party, playing on their names for the dishes.

What’s With Wrestling?

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
February 26, 2024
The new edition of Mean Girls came to theaters early in the new year January 12.

Interesting Update to Cult Classic

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
January 21, 2024
OHS Youth and Government members pose in the House in Jefferson City at the Clark Convention. “I’m looking forward to what other bills there will be next year,” Bryce Kesselring (12) said. “I'm also really looking forward to seeing Owen since he's speaker next year, and I'm looking forward to seeing how he does in that role.” Owen Mellinger (11) plans to try his best as a leader to implement himself into the role and connect with everyone next year.

Political Pupils

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
December 8, 2023
The Oakville Theatre Company performs a dress rehearsal for "Seussical: The Musical" Nov. 14 at Nottelmann Auditorium. “I’m grateful for people buying tickets and showing up,” Kyle Brand (9) said. Having played Jojo, Brand had some of the most time spent on the stage when his character “thought up” all of the different aspects of the musical.

Butter Side Up

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
November 24, 2023
Sawyer Bess (12) waltzes in front of the student section at the first football game of the season wearing a pool floaty and beach towel. “There's always been a little part of me that kind of wished I got to go to a football game as a junior or senior and kind of see the whole thing…but honestly I love it (being Oakley) too much to ever worry about that,” Bess said. One of the things Bess enjoyed most about the football game was getting to shoot off the robot canon.

Meaningful Mascot

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
October 5, 2023
Myesha Dickens (12) walks down the track with her family during football’s Senior Night. “It was really cool being recognized and having a lot of people supporting me for my decision,” Dickens said. Though she was worried of what everyone would think, Dickens has had a great experience on the team and only regrets waiting to do so.

Women of the Match

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
September 29, 2023
Taylor Beranek (12), Katie Townsend (10), Camryn Doerr (9), Austyn Schnur (11) and Emily Pizzella (12) take a selfie after a successful “kidnapping.” “It's a great memory to have,” Beranek said, “and it helps with team bonding.” After the selfie was taken, the girls met with the team and had Panera and Starbucks for breakfast.

Sneaky Seniors

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
September 8, 2023
XOXO, Gossip Girl

XOXO, Gossip Girl

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
April 21, 2023

[Video] The Dates Behind Women’s History Month

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
April 1, 2023
Jillian Woods (11) and Alexa Hallsten (11) cheer at a football game. “I have been working on my tumbling a lot… so I have better standing tumbling this year,” Hallsten said. As one of the team members who is able to do tumbling, Hallsten achieved a standing back tuck.

Tumbling Tigers

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
March 28, 2023
Emily Leung's (12) flyer hangs in the hallway leading to the commons. "There are posters all around," Leung said. She encourages the student body to interact with the CAPS students' different passion project flyers.

An Effort to Change Perspectives

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
February 23, 2023
Aman Lueker (12) gets pied by Belma Mujakic (12) for the journalism fundraiser. “[Fundraisers should] make sure each one of them has a fun method,” Lueker said. Lueker was voted to be pied in the face on the OHS journalism Instagram account Tigerjournalism.

Crammed Campaigns

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
January 23, 2023
Alexa Matoushek (10) dives into the pool during half time. "My hope is that each swimmer is able to achieve the goal they stated by improving their practice habits and thus improving their times," coach Liska Hromnak said. Matoushek hopes the team gets some state consideration times and for the team to improve their relays.

Just Keep Swimming

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
December 20, 2022
OHS Instagram accounts.

Impactful Media

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
December 7, 2022
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" released in theaters Nov. 11.

Sequel Meets Standard

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
November 21, 2022
Students laugh on the way to the dance floor at Homecoming on Oct. 1. “The best part of the night— just dancing with all my friends,” Mason Meinershagen (12) said. Meinershagen also enjoyed Homecoming as an event that gets the whole school involved in the fun.

Lights off, Spotlight on

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
October 7, 2022
Drew Murphy (11) hypes up the cheer team at the Homecoming football game Sept. 30. “...The hype circles like we see on the intro, me dancing with them and doing everything like that, I think that really gets them elevated and just excited to be out there and do what they love,” Murphy said. The team cheers at a soccer or football game every Friday.

First in Fourteen

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
September 30, 2022
Coach Marybeth Dunn leads the varsity field hockey team at the game Sept. 8. “She (Dunn) focuses a lot more on actual fitness,” Chloe Housewright (11) said, “like weightlifting and running.” Dunn also incorporated stick practice to help the girls prepare for their games.

The Pressure Is On

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
September 19, 2022
OHS sophomore Ezra Freeman poses for a photo while deep in thought. "I was so shocked," Freeman said of racist comments he has received. Freeman first countered racism at the age of five.

A Different World

Maddy Geisler, Design Editor-In-Chief
April 20, 2022
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