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The William Mason High School
Volume 7
NEWS BRIEF
Mason student is accepted to National honors band
Sophomore Andrew Bass was selected as Ohio’s only representative for this year’s Music for All’s 2010 Honor Band of America, which took place on Saturday, March 6, 2010. Bass said that the tryout process was difficult. According to the website for National Honor Band, an application and audition tapes are considered. Bass said he had a one-of-a-kind experience and played with band students from various parts of the United States. “It was a cool experience,” Bass said. “You play with kids from all over the country that are really awesome at playing. I was shy going there at first, and I really came out of my shell.” Bass said his interest in the program began when he attended a festival where the band was playing last year. “I went to the National Concert Band Festival which is where they held the event last year,” Bass said. “I saw [a] band and H. Robert Reynolds, who is one of the best music teachers in the world right now, was conducting [it]. I really wanted to [play] under him and learn from him.” Bass said he has also learned from both of his parents, who have created careers out of their love for music. His mother, Susan Bass, has been the band director at Mason Middle School for ten years, while his father, Bob Bass has served as the band director at MHS for 11 years. “My parents kind of forced [my love of music] on me,” Bass said. “I went to my first Grand Nationals when I was about four months old and have been every year since.”
TODAY
Blow off some OGT stress today The OGT Carnival for sophomores who have completed the OGT test will be held during fifth bell today in the new gym, Small Commons, team room (F111) and Field House. The carnival will consist of several games and activities including karaoke, a DJ, a room to watch March Madness and Guitar Hero competitions. The carnival is hosted in conjunction with the Mason High School Administration and Sibs.
The Chronicle William Mason High School 6100 S. Mason Montgomery Road Mason, Ohio 45040
March 19, 2010
Issue 6
The Marshall Plan
After serving time in jail, former MHS state champion finds his road to redemption leads to obscure Kentucky college Tony DeLotell | Staff Writer In 2005, Mason High School graduate Zach Marshall won the state championship in wrestling and achieved a record that he will never forget. Three years later, he said he was convicted of trespassing in an occupied space, sentenced to 60 days in jail and stamped with a blemish on his record that he would love nothing more than to forget. Since completing his sentence, Marshall has enrolled at Lindsey Wilson College in Kentucky where he wrestles and plays football. Mason High School history teacher Jerry Schrock taught Marshall when he was in eighth grade and was also his wrestling coach in high school. Schrock said he remembers Marshall as being well-liked and friendly in high school.
to Schrock. “I didn’t see an arrogance or an ‘I’m the big fish here,’ entitlement,” Schrock said. “Sometimes with athletes that go through that whole recruiting process, I’ve seen [them] become almost entitled, and I think [Zach didn’t] because he had a wonderful mother that kept him close to the ground.” On May 21, 2008, after a night of partying with friends, Marshall entered what he thought was his dorm and laid down on the bed to go to sleep. “I kind of was a little lost as
“Zach, through his own actions, from here on out can become an example that everybody can benefit from and say, ‘[You can’t go back on] a bad decision.’” - History teacher and former coach Jerry Schrock “When I think of Zach, I always think of the words ‘gentle giant,’” Schrock said. “You never thought of him of hurting a flea. He was the kind of guy that was everybody’s friend.” After Marshall won state, Schrock said he never sensed any of the arrogance that is sometimes associated with recruited athletes. Marshall’s mother, Beth Marshall, was a major factor in keeping him grounded, according
to where my room was, so... I entered [the room] I thought was mine,” Marshall said. “It was dark and I was exhausted, so I was planning on just lying in bed and going to sleep. When I [laid down], there was a young lady in the bed. I scared her and she scared me, too. I didn’t really say anything and I just got out of there. That’s when all this unfolded.” The original charges brought
From top: photo by Griffin Frank; photo contributed by WCPO. com; photo by Tony DeLotell
against Marshall included burglary, assault and attempted rape. Marshall was only convicted of trespassing in an occupied space and sentenced to 60 days in the Butler County Jail, as well as 120 days of house arrest, four years of general probation and 200 hours of community service, according to the Middletown Journal. Schrock said when he first heard about the charges for attempted rape, he dismissed them immediately. “When I first heard [that] attempted rape was [one of] the charges, I just said, ‘I don’t believe it; I don’t believe it for a second,’” Schrock said. “I can tell you honestly that I looked at Zach in the eye and said, ‘You made a bad choice.’ This wasn’t an attempted rape, and this wasn’t a burglary. This was a kid who got too drunk and deserves to be
punished for it and needs to learn. [Everyone] needs to know that this stuff happens when you make stupid choices like that, and that was a stupid choice.” When the decision was read, Marshall said he was shocked with the verdict. “I was actually hopeful that [the decision] would come back not guilty because originally it came back a split decision,” Marshall said. “But the way the law was written, they really had no choice but to convict me. When I heard the verdict, I was kind of crushed and still kind of shocked.” Marshall said that the time he spent in jail was the slowest period of his life. see MARSHALL on page 2