Mike Tokarczyk

📸 AHS Yearbook Advisor 📸 • 📖 ELA 📖 • Avon Basketball Coach 🏀

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

Thanks for having us out tonight, @MentorAthletics. Kids got some good run in to help us get ready for the grind ahead. Good luck to you this season.

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

Great Avon Gold practice tonight. Looking forward to being on the road at the Amherst Tip Off Classic this weekend.

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

ABA practice on a Monday night is always a little more energetic when you have a few high school players there to be part of the action.

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

Avon Freshmen went 4-1 at the Ashland Shootout and followed it up with the 4th Annual Burger King Extravaganza. Great job today! @mfitch001 @avonbasketball

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

@AndrewBolis Canva

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

Had a blast coaching you guys up this year and I look forward to watching you grow both on and off the floor. @MasonBerger28

[Mason Berger @MasonBerger28]

Last game of the season! Put up 14 pts against St Ignatius. Thanks @avonbasketball @MrT219 and my teammates for a great season.

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

@mfitch001 @avoneagles @avonbasketball @TysonZiegler1 @ZaneA1410 @GriffithsJoey @millerchancee @paul_leftrict @Swilliams212 @NateFarles The freshmen game starts at 4:30, not 4:00.

[Michael Fitch @mfitch001]

It’s been 286 days… finally GAMEDAY!!!! Hope to see you all there. @avonbasketball @avoneagles @MrT219

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

@alexbelsermusic It’s easy to shoot photos of such great talent! Can’t wait to see the video tomorrow!

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we?

We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube...

During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights...

We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper...

We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine...

But for the day's highlights...

To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line...

If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)...

And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew...

And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego....

We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning.

It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience.

It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly...

And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others.

But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone.

These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context.

Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is.

Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled.

If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

Boo-Yah!

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

We have lots of ⁦@avonbasketball⁩ gear to give to our contest winners at camp today!

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

@mfitch001

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

@mfitch001

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

@mfitch001 @AvonAthletics @avonbasketball @avoneagles Great Day #1 of Youth Camp!

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

Nothing like high school basketball at this time of the year. Teams wrapping up the regular season and ramping up for tournament time. Love the energy and excitement surrounding this game, and looking forward to being a part of @avonbasketball run through these upcoming matchups.

[Michael Fitch @mfitch001]

Great season with our K-1 team!! Fundamentals and… HAVING FUN… Look at those smiles!! @KimberlyFitch33 @MrT219 @coachmeansAL @MichelleWallish @KTfromCLE @avonbasketball

[Michael Fitch @mfitch001]

GAMEDAY!!! The start to our three game road trip. @avoneagles @MrT219 @avonbasketball

[Avon Basketball @avonbasketball]

Avon travels to Medina tonight to take on the Highland Hornets. @avoneagles

[Konner Beste @KonnerBeste]

Not playing?

1. What kind of energy are you bringing to your team?

2. Are you staying engaged and invested in the game?

This is how you can still positively impact your team, even though you may not be on the floor.

[Mike Tokarczyk @MrT219]

Game Day! @avonbasketball takes on @SteeleBoysBBall tonight!