Greynolds Classic

Family and friends of former Barberton Magics Coach K. Jack Greynolds gathered outside the Lake Anna YMCA's Greynolds Gymnasium during Mum Fest to mark the unveiling of a monument to the legendary man. The YMCA sits on the sites of what was Barberton High School Industrial Arts building which housed the first Greynolds Gym.
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"The theme of Mum Fest is Make a Little Magic," former assistant coach and teacher Bob Velloney said. "Well, Jack brought a lot of magic to Barberton. He described Jack Greynolds as more than a coach, a man who was also a great teacher. "His students learned in his classroom," Velloney said. "They learned a lot more than just basketball. They learned about life and they were much the better for the experience." Jack's son Jackie talked of growing up, watching the players his father was coaching and wanting to be like them and play for his father. Jackie did that, and went on to become a boys basketball coach himself, now at GlenOak. Playing for his father wasn't easy for him or any player. "On the floor he pushed you and he made you suck it up and be a man, and if you didn't, you didn't last," Jackie said, adding that players have told him it made them a better person. "He was unique," he said of his father. "He was a lot of different things."
The monument to Jack Greynolds sits outside the new Greynolds Gymnasium, built as part of Lake Anna YMCA on the site of the previous gym, where the Barberton Magics, under Greynolds, won the school's only state basketball championship.

4th Annual
Monday, December 29 and Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Barberton High School

2008 Classic Match-ups Announced!
The Greynolds Classic Committee is pleased to announce that this event will grow to 16 teams, including 6 schools participating for the first time. Games will be payed at Barberton High School on Monday, December 29 and Tuesday, December 30, 2008.

The events will honor the late Jack Greynolds who died in 2004. He coached high school basketball for 29 seasons, the last 17 with the Barberton Magics. He retired in 1987 after suffering a stroke.
Proceeds will be used for stroke awareness and active youth programs.

The Classic has provided a venue for many players to demonstrate their skills and most of all, over $59,000 has been donated to our community.

In the coming year, proceeds from the Classic will sponsor the new youth swim team, the Magic Dribblers Fundamentals Basketball Camp, the Partners with Youth Program, a youth fitness program and a youth basketball league, all at the Lake Anna YMCA. In addition, the Classic will help defray much of the cost for an Active Adult Stroke Awareness seminar and the Fitness Awareness Benefits Program for middle school students, through the Barberton parks and recreation Department.

This program is making and difference in out community! I would like to invite you to help us continue to recognize what Jack Greynolds did for our school and community during his coaching tenure and to honor his true legacy, the many life lessons he taught us.

Individual and corporate sponsorship packages are available for the K. Jack Greynolds Memorial Classic.

Ticket information for the 2008 K. Jack Greynolds Memorial Classic now available. This is the 4th year of the Classic, which promises to be an exciting high school event with the best teams in the Summit/Stark Country area participating. Proceeds will be used for stroke awareness and healthy life style youth programs." Click here for complete details.

For more information regarding the K. Jack Greynolds Memorial Classic, please contact Larry Bidlingmyer at lbidlingmyer@neo.rr.com or at (330) 753-3572.