Leish, Williams, Burk named first team All-CHL wrestling

Seniors Daniel Leish at 152 pounds, Neal Williams at 160 pounds, and Dillon Burk at 215 were named first team All-CHL for wrestling.

Named Honorable Mention All-CHL were senior Ryan Dierker and sophomores Josh Lampert, Corbin Gugenheim, Mikey Gonzalez and Adam Bloom.

Full listing here.

Oberholzer, Akinbi, Theiler and Gibbons named to All-CHL girls swimming first team

The following were named to the CHL girls swimming first team:

200 Yard Medley Relay - Juniors Celia Oberholzer and Mariah Akinbi, sophomores Rachael Theiler and Abby Gibbons

100 Yard Butterfly - Sophomore Rachael Theiler

100 Yard Backstroke - Junior Celia Oberholzer

The following were named to the CHL girls swimming second team:

200 Yard IM - Junior Claire Gilbert

50 Yard Freestyle - Junior Celia Oberholzer

200 Yard Freestyle Relay - Senior Laura Henkel, junior Claire Gilbert and and sophomores Ellie LeBuhn and Abby Gibbons

100 Yard Breaststroke - Junior Claire Gilbert

400 Yard Freestyle Relay - Senior Laura Henkel, juniors Celia Oberholzer and Claire Gilbert, sophomore Rachael Theiler

The following were named to the CHL girls swimming Honorable Mention:

Senior Laura Henkel, sophomores Katie Horn and Rachael Theiler

Congratulations to all.

Full listing here.

Swim coach Dave Elliott CHL boys swimming Coach of the Year

Wyoming swim coach David Elliott was named CHL boys swimming Coach of the Year.

The following were named first team CHL boys swimming:

200 Yard Medley Relay Team - Seniors Zach Fischer, Jonathan Profitt and Michael Murphy and junior Owen Dunbar

50 Yard Freestyle - Senior Zach Fischer

1 Meter Diving - Senior Cameron Merton

100 Yard Freestyle - Junior Owen Dunbar

200 Yard Freestyle Relay - Senior Michael Murphy, junior AJ Burt, and sophomores Pat Dierker and Eric Lethander

100 Yard Backstroke - Senior Zach Fischer

100 Yard Breaststroke - Senior Jonathan Profitt

400 Yard Freestyle Relay - Senior Zach Fischer, juniors Owen Dunbar and AJ Burt, and sophomore Pat Dierker


The following were named second team CHL boys swimming:

200 Yard IM - Junior AJ Burt

50 Yard Freestyle - Senior Michael Murphy

100 Yard Freestyle - Sophomore Pat Dierker

100 Yard Breaststroke - Junior AJ Burt

Honorable Mention:

Senior Michael Murphy, Junior Owen Dunbar, Sophomores Pat Dierker and Eric Lethander and Freshman Brennan Burt

Congratulations to all.

Full listing here.

Enquirer boys tennis preview

Wyoming appears about halfway through the article.

Girls Basketball Awards

The following members of the girls basketball team were honored at the recent Winter Sports Awards night.

Womens Basketball Awards

Special Mention All State
• Nikki McKee

1st Team All Southwest District
• Nikki McKee

Player of the Year District 16
• Nikki McKee

First Team District 16
• Nikki McKee

Second Team District 16
• Sudy Graham
• Michelle Jolson

Senior East West All Star Game
• Sudy Graham
• Jane Streeter

Player of the Year Cincinnati Hills League
• Nikki McKee

First Team All CHL
• Nikki McKee

Second Team All CHL
• Sudy Graham
• Michelle Jolson

Honorable Mention All CHL
• Hailee Schlager

Womens Basketball Academic Awards

Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Gold and Silver Scholarship Certificate winners

Silver Scholarship Certificates – junior earning a 3.2 cumulative average, demonstration of high citizenship and sportsmanship.
• Brigid Kovach
• Hailee Schlager
• Nikki McKee

Gold Scholarship Certificates – senior earning a 3.2 cumulative average, demonstration of high citizenship and sportsmanship.
• Jenni Marck
• Jane Streeter
• Sudy Graham
• Alexa Levick

CHL 2nd Quarter Academic Honors
• Sudy Graham
• Alexa Levick
• Christina Tzeghi
• Jennifer Marck
• Jane Streeter
• Brigid Kovach
• Nikki McKee
• Hailee Schlager
• Emily Fraik
• Clara Rodrigue
• Michelle jolson
• Shannon O’Hara
• Mary Tess Irvine

Wyoming Womens Basketball Team Awards

Blue and White Award
• Sudy Graham

Arête Award
• Hailee Schlager

Offensive Award
• Nikki McKee

Defensive Award
• Nikki McKee
• Jane Streeter

Captains Award
• Jane Streeter
• Jenni Marck
• Sudy Graham

Junior Varsity Awards

Blue and White Award
• Clara Rodrigue

Arête Award
• Mary Tess Irvine

Some excerpts from Coach Edmond's comments:

• Nikki McKee – wow what a year this young woman had. This was Nikki’s break out season. She lead our league in scoring and steals. She developed an outside shot and continued to shut people down on the defensive end. Nikki is a great talent. She has developed into one of the best players in the state of Ohio. With continued work she will be one of the best to ever come out of WHS. She will break 1000 points next year and be one of the all time steal leaders at WHS. During games this year she always drew the other teams best defender, sometimes they put 2 people on her but she still got the job done. She has matured both physically and mentally and has become an all-around player.
• Christine Tzeghi – this is Teeny’s second year as our team manager. She continues to do a great job for us. She is in charge of laundry and helping out with things at practice. She has become an essential part of our program.
• Jenni Marck – Jenni was our first guard off the bench this season. Jenni is a really good defender. She often was asked to defend the other teams best guard and she always did a great job. She has good feet and quick hands and was able help us a lot on our press. She was able to get lots of defensive touches which caused steals and turnovers. Jenni also has a nice outside shot and when she steps into her shot she is really able to knock it down. Jenni was a good senior leader for us this year.
• Alexa Levick- boy did we miss Alexa this year. We knew going in that we were taking about 18 points a game out. But that was not the hardest part of Alexa to replace. Alexa is a natural leader. She leads by example. She was always the first one to dive on the floor for a loose ball, she was a great rebounder, she just has a presence about her that is impossible to duplicate. We missed her so much. I admire Alexa’s dedication to our team. Even though she knew she was not going to play a single game this season she came to every practice and game. She was there every day like a true unselfish leader is. She gave more of herself this season than I thought possible. She was our leader on the sideline.
• Jane Streeter- Jane has had a great career at Wyoming High School. Jane has been a steady and consistent player for our basketball program for the last 4 years. Jane always defends the other teams best post player. She typically shuts them down. She is a good defensive rebounder and this year added offensive scorer to her game. She hit some very timely shots this year which helped us big time. Because Jane picked it up on the offensive end of the floor she made our team more difficult to defend. Jane also was a great leader for us on the floor this year. She showed her teammates what it means to play hard and to give 110% all the time. Jane is really going to be hard to replace next year. She has helped our team to be a top 10 team in the city consistently for the last 3 years and her presence on the floor is going to be missed very very much.

• Sudy Graham – Sudy had a great senior year and career at Wyoming High School. Sudy improved greatly this year. Sudy is a delight to coach. She works hard and is very interested in winning. Sudy improved both offensively and defensively this year. She was much stronger going to the basket and finishing around the rim and she developed a nice outside shot. Defensively she worked hard to box out and rebound. She was good at defending on the perimeter and worked hard on her help defense. She developed into a total player. She was also a great captain. She kept her teammates on task and focused. She was the captain on the floor reminding them what defense we were in and encouraging them to work hard. Sudy is going to be missed next year not just because of her floor presence but because of they type of person she is.

Boys Basketball Awards

Congratulations to the following boys basketball players who were honored at the recent Winter Sports Awards Night.

Jacob Allsop- MVP/Best Defensive Player

Tony Davis - Best Offensive Player/Most Rebounds

Kyle Seyfried- Best 3 pt Shooter 40.4%

Jonathan Tighe- Best Free Throw Shooter

Eric Price - Most Blocked Shots

Evan Aleshire - Best All-Around Hustle

Enquirer CHL Baseball Preview

Here.

Enquirer CHL Softball Preview

Here.

Happy Spring Break

Have a great spring break, whether you're going to the beach,

to the lake,

to the river,

to the mountains,

or like the Roundup, just staying in Wyoming to do some minor home repairs.

Tri-County Press - 3-24-10

Somewhat slow issue for Wyoming sports (as we are between seasons).  Spring sports preview issues begin April 7 with baseball.

There is a picture of the Trollz.  There is also a picture of Connor Wetzel, Wyoming '07, who plays basketball for Christian Brothers University in Memphis.  A group of their players who hail from Cincinnati are pictured showing off their Division II Elite Eight rings.

Does anyone have contact information for Connor?  If so, e-mail me at wyoroundup@gmail.com and I'll try to get an interview with him.  Thanks.

Issue is here.

Cancellations

Varsity Tennis, MS Tennis and Varsity/JV Baseball all canceled today. Lacrosse is still on as scheduled for today, Thursday.

For the record, we'll post cancellations as soon as we get them but can't guarantee that it will be before the blog e-mail goes out.  On iffy days it's probably worth popping open the blog to see if there was a late notification, such as today's.

Wrestling Awards

The Winter Sports Awards Night was held on Tuesday.  The following wrestlers were honored:

Team Captains: Neal Williams, Daniel Leish

Single Season Records Broken

Neal

• Team points with 254.5 (former record 254 points)
• Takedowns with 154 (former record 108)

Daniel - Total Nearfall with 177 (former record 118)

Career Records Broken

Neal

• Wins with 148 (former record 108)
• Team points with 860 (former record 550)
• Pins with 89 (former record 60)
• Takedowns with 409 (former record 255)
• Total Nearfall with 358 (former record 266)

Awards:

Most Wins: Neal - 40
Most Pins Neal - 28
MVP: Neal Williams

Cowboy Award: Adam Blum
Most Improved Underclassmen: Mikey Gonzalez
Most Improved Upperclassmen: Daniel Leish

Varsity Letter
Josh Lampert
Brian Andersen
Marquis Nash
Corbin Guggenheim
Mikey Gonzalez
Josh Sagan
Daniel Zimmerman
Zane Wickstrom
Alour Nyamor
Daniel Leish
Mack Moore
Neal Williams
Ryan Dierker
Dillon Burk
Adam Blum
Michael Sagan
Tyler Hughes (senior)

JV Letter
Travis Courtney
Jack Albers
Jonathan Kopnick
Austin Hughes
David Manley
Tristan Wayne
Ethan Padnos
Larson Graham

Congratulations to all.

Cincinnati Hills League All-Sports Trophy

For those who weren't at the Winter Sports Awards last night.

The CHL has an All-Sports Trophy.  This is determined by assigning points by final standings in each sport - first place gets you nine points, second is seven, third six, and on down to 1 for eighth (assuming all eight schools partipate in that sport).
The trophy was established in 2000.  Here are the winners by year:

2000 - Indian Hill
2001 - Wyoming
2002 - Wyoming
2003 - Wyoming
2004 - Wyoming
2005 - Wyoming
2006 - Wyoming
2007 - Wyoming
2008 - Wyoming
2009 - Wyoming

At the end of the fall season, we held a nine point lead over Indian Hill.  The winter teams extended that lead by 2.5 points, giving us an 11.5 point lead going into the spring.  Go Cowboys!

Full point listing here.

Wyoming Ultimate Frisbee

The Wyoming Ultimate frisbee team is entering its 11th season in the Cincinnati Youth Ultimate League.  This co-ed team, which is a club sport (not an official varsity school sport), plays in the Cincinnati Ultimate High School league, which now includes almost 20 schools.

George White has coached the team since its inception and three other Wyoming residents help with the coaching duties.  Three of the coaches have gone through the national coaching accreditation process, while the fourth, Phil Roebuck, was a player at the high school who went on to captain the Ultimate team at Harvard.


Ultimate is one of the fastest growing sports in the country, combining the speed and agility of soccer with the hand-eye coordination of basketball and football. Teams of seven players seek to advance the disc up a soccer-sized field by passing and catching the disc; players may not run with the disc, but can only advance it by passing to a teammate. Goals are scored by catching the disc in the end zone. It is a non-contact sport, with constant action, as an incomplete or intercepted pass results in the defense immediately becoming the offense, with no stoppage in play. As a result, the sport also requires tremendous endurance.

Four unique aspects of the high school Ultimate team that make it a great experience:

1. The team is co-ed; each team must have five boys and two girls on the field at all times.
2. This year, for the first time, 8th graders who turn 14 by the summer may play on the high school team THIS spring, as 8th graders.
3. The cost is minimal—one $30 fee covers all player costs, and includes a free disc, team shirt, and national Ultimate Players Association (UPA) membership for every player; no other equipment required!
4. Ultimate is guided by one paramount rule--The Spirit of the Game—which in practice means players must call their own fouls and resolve any conflicts on the field, with no input from coaches or referees (there are no referees!). Players learn to value honesty and character on the field.

8th through 12th graders who may want to play on the team this spring, and/or want to learn more about the team and the Cincinnati High School Ultimate league, are welcome to come to a practice any Tuesday at Oak Park from 3:30 to 5:00.  Coach White also welcomes anyone with questions or who would like further information to contact him at gwhite15@cinci.rr.com or call him at 295-7555.  He said he is always looking for new players.

Games are Sunday afternoons from 3-5 at Sharon Woods Park, every Sunday (except Easter) through May 2, with a season ending tournament on Saturday, May 8. The Ohio state Ultimate championship tournament is May 22-23.

More information can be found here.

Softball drives toward season opener

The softball season is underway, but not without a bump in the road.

Hey - it's preseason for the bus drivers too!

The varsity split its first two scrimmages - a 2-0 win over Western Brown and 1-0 loss to Felicity.

The varsity team is coached by Holly Muehlenkamp, who is assisted by Mike Weiss, Sue Edwards & Carrie Brink.

Captains are Caroline Anderson, Bailey DeBlasis & Abby Zennie.
 
The rest of the Varsity team consists of Samantha Golden, Carly Heuer, Katie Horn, Lillian Krekeler, Olivia Magnotta, Gabby Potvin, Clara Rodrigue, Rachel Rodrigue, Brooke Smith, Jane Streeter & Patty Williams.
 
Their schedule is here.
 
The JV is coached by Ellen Dotson, who is assisted by Dennis Dotson.

Team members are Brittney Allen, Christine Callaway, Amanda Campbell, Alexis Davis, Abby Keller, Brigid Kovach, Christiana Leonard, Clara Merten, Kayla Rash, Angela Reiser, Kirsten Reiser, Taylor Singleton, Georgia Smith, Madi Stephens, Kim Turner and Megan Warmoth.

The JV started off Saturday with a scrimmage win and a tie.

The JV schedule is here.

Baseball team preps for season

The baseball team had its first scrimmage Saturday, at McNicholas.

The Varsity team is coached by Chris Fiehrer, Sam Armino and Keith Jordan.

The Team Captains are seniors Evan Aleshire and Michael Becker and juniors Robert Gomez and Joe Panos.

The rest of the roster is made up of Ryan Bundy, Chris Campbell, Adam Chalmers, Adam Crider, Andy Dickson, Colin Fogel, Max Kadish, David Kriner, Joe Meier and Justin Slivken.

Season schedule is here.

McNick game photo gallery here.

The JV team is coached by Andrew Sheehan and Chris Harper.

Captains are Sam Edwards and Daniel Gilbert.

Other team members are Terry Davis, DJ Drachman, David Farrow, David Finley, Kyle Guggenheim, Benji Kriner, Josh McRae, Jack Meier, Harrison Ogle, Jordan Peeno, Hayden Sharp, Kevin Waite, Stefan Webb, Max Wiethe and Shaun Wilson-Woodrow.

JV schedule is here.

Winter Sports Awards tomorrow night, PLUS...

Just a quick reminder that the Winter Sports Awards are tomorrow night, Tuesday, at Pendery Center at 7 PM.

As an added bonus and enticement, Tom Horn will be speaking we will have the unsold Booster Books (programs) from the fall and winter seasons (not sure how many there are of each) available for the low, low price of free.  Get extra copies of those great pictures and review the ads so you can buy from our sponsors.  Also, if you take two, the third is free.  And the fourth, fifth, etc.

So come and get these cherished keepsakes.  Be done with Grandma's Christmas/Hanukkah shopping early!

Brought to you by YOUR Wyoming Boosters.

Academic pursuits

Upon losing one of his ballplayers due to academic ineligibility when his latest report card reflected four F's and one D, longtime Texas A&M basketball coach Shelby Metcalf called the young man aside and remarked: "Son, it looks like you're spending too much time on one subject."

Higher Math

I can't find this on the internet anywhere but Dave Dierker sent it to me and it's hard to believe he's funny enough to make this up on his own:

When someone asked Takeo Spikes, a Bengals linebacker at the time, if he liked having a bye the first week of the season, he said sure, since no matter what they would still have a .500 record.  You know 0-0.  Same number of wins and losses. 

According to his Wikipedia entry, Takeo majored in liberal arts at Auburn.  Which, you know, explains a lot.

Hockey wrap-up

The Wyoming-Walnut Hills-Princeton hockey team (not a school team, see full explanation here) wrapped up its season a couple of weekends ago.

The team ended the season with a record of 18-15-4.  Full season results here (you might have to use the drop-down boxes along the top - choose "Fall/Winter 2009-2010", "CAHA High School League", and "HS5-Walnut Hills-Wyoming-Prin").

According to their web page, Wyoming players were 1, 3 and 4 in scoring - Brian Spitzig was first with 39 points (21 goals, 18 assists), Andrew Dunbar was third with 30 (19 goals, 11 assists) and James Edwards was fourth with 28 points (13 goals and 15 assists). 

Between the two goalies who played an appreciable amount of time, Joseph Dulemba led in both save percentage (88.7% vs. 80.9%) and in Goals Againtst Average (3.64 vs. 5.30).  Full goalie stats here.

Photo gallery here.

Tri-County Press - 3-17-10

Wyoming golf club, big article on girls basketball.

Issue here.

Girls b-ball article also here.

Reminder: Winter Sports Awards Night

As a reminder, Winter Sports Awards are next Tuesday night, March 23rd at 7 PM in the Pendery Center.

It's Madness

In honor of March Madness:

Friends

300 (Caution - gore)

Zeke

Jungle Madness (proving that madness is a relative thing)

Trickshot Madness

Halloween Madness (just weird)

Some humor:

NCAA Expands March Madness to Include 4,096 Teams

and finally

One Shining Moment - 2009

Nikki McKee named Special Mention All-State

Junior Nikki McKee was named Special Mention to the Division II Girls' Basketball Team.  (As a point of clarification, the selections are 1st team, 2nd team, 3rd team, Special Mention, Honorable Mention).

Nikki was previously selected as Player of the Year for District 16 and First Team All-District.

A message from the BASH-Master

The following message is from Bash-Master (and Boosters Vice President) Jim Leish:

Thanks to all of those that came out and made the BOOSTER BASH a successful event again this year. Through your support and participation we were once again able to have some FUN and raise some FUNds!

Again thanks!

Tony Davis named District 16 Division II first team

As I noted the other day, I don't understand everything about what makes a district.

However, I do know what makes a District 16 Division II first teamer - Wyoming's own Tony Davis. 

For his junior year, Tony averaged 15.4 points per game while shooting 54.5% from the field.  In addition, he grabbed 12.3 rebounds, and had 1.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.2 blocks per game.  That's not a typo - you can see it all here.

Congratulations Tony.

Neal Williams to wrestle in SWOWCA All-Star Meet

Senior Neal Williams will wrestle tonight in the Southwest Ohio Wrestling Coches Association Cincinnati area All-Star meet.

The sixth annual meet will be held at 6:30 PM at Sycamore HIgh School.

Nikki McKee District 16 Player of the Year

Now I know that I posted the other day about Nikki McKee making first team all-district.  However, the term "district" apparently has more than one meaning.  You know, like for politicians (from both sides of the aisle - don't get me started) "ethical behavior" means anything short of being caught red-handed committing some crime but for the rest of us it means something else?  Well, there's the district from the other day AND there's District 16.  So for District 16, the Division II player of the year is.....(you read the headline didn't you?):

Nikki McKee

Nikki averaged 18.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.7 steals and 2.0 assists per game this year as a junior.

Congratulations to Nikki who of course is on the first team, I guess by definition.

On the second team are Sudy Graham and Michelle Jolson. 

Sudy averaged 7.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.1 steal per game in this, her senior season.  She also shot a stellar 55.4% from the field

Michelle, just a sophomore, averaged 8.4 points, 3.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.2 rebounds per game.

Dave Loper, Wyoming resident and Ursuline Head Coach, was named Division I Coach of the Year.

(Thanks to Coach Edmonds for the above information.)

Finally, Sudy will be playing in the Senior All-Star Game at St. Bernard High School on Wednesday, March 24th at 6 PM.  Also, Nikki will be presented the player of the year award at this game.  Come on out and support these fine hoopsters.

(Thanks to Julie Jolson for this info.)

Marshall pitcher Ian Kadish (WHS '07) shuts down Buckeyes

Nice article here about Ian Kadish, Wyoming Class of 2007, who pitches for Marshall University.  Ian had an excellent outing against the No. 17-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes.

Thanks to Matt Maxwell for the link.

PLEASE - parents/aunts/uncles/friends of alums - help me post more articles like this.  Send me links to this kind of stuff or even just an e-mail address so I can update folks on what are grads are up to.  Thanks.

Tonight is for Bashin'

The Booster Bash is on for tonight at 7:30 at the Civic Center.

Come on out and see if Jim Leish has lost his mind arranging this thing.

See if Booster President Tom Horn will be wearing his favorite pink scarf.

Click here to be reminded of any of the details.

Tri-County Press - 3-10-10

Two pages of sports - Wyoming coverage includes boys and girls basketball, wrestling & bowling.

Issue here.

Tony Davis offered scholarship by Bowling Green

According to Mike Dyer's blog, Tony Davis has been offered a football scholarship by Bowling Green. 

Tony already has offers from fellow MAC schools Toledo, OU and Kent State

This Saturday - The Bash

The Booster Bash is nearly here - this Saturday at 7:30 PM at the Civic Center will be the annual congregation of Wyoming athletic fans/enthusiasts/devotees/backers/advocates.  It's a sight to behold - that many athletic supporters in one place at one time.

All the details here.

May Booster meeting rescheduled

The Booster Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 11th has been changed to Thursday, May 13th at 7 PM. 

Nikki McKee named first team All-District

Junior Nikki McKee was named to the first team of the Division II Girls' basketball Southwest All-District team.

Girls head basketball coach Angie Edmonds commented, "Nikki had a great year. She is a truly talented player who is very deserving of first team all-district. I am really proud of her."

Nikki averaged 20.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.9 steals and 2.1 assists per game this season.  Full season stats here.

Full All-District listing here.

Tony Davis named All-District Special Mention

Junior Tony Davis was named Special Mention in the Boys' basketball Southwest All-District Team.

Boys basketball head coach Tony Genry said, "Tony Davis did a great job of fitting in and is a natural born rebounder. I'm really looking forward to next year with 80% of our offensive scoring coming back."

Tony average 15.4 points, 12.3 rebounds, and 1.2 steals, blocks and assists per game.  Full season stats here.

Full All-District listing here.

No...

"No.  But they gave one to me anyway."  - LA Laker Eldon Campbell when asked if he earned a degree while at Clemson.

Leish, Williams (x7) write themselves into Wyoming wrestling records

Wyoming wrestling captains Neal Williams and Daniel Leish rewrote some of the Wyoming wrestling record book this year.

Single Season Records Broken

Williams - Team points with 254.5 (former record 254 points)
Williams - Takedowns with 154 (former record 108)
Leish - Total Nearfall with 177 (former record 118)

Career Records Broken
Williams - Wins with 148 (former record 108)
Williams - Team points with 860 (former record 550)
Williams - Pins with 89 (former record 60)
Williams - Takedowns with 409 (former record 255)
Williams - Total Nearfall with 358 (former record 266)
 
I posted yesterday that Neal had 39 wins on the season.  I have corrected that entry to 40.

District wrestling photo gallery of Neal, Daniel and Ryan Dierker here.

Girls basketball District Runners-Up

The girls basketball team ended its season yesterday with a 57-36 loss to Alter at Mason in the District Championship game.

Enquirer article here does a nice job of covering the game.

The team ended the season at 18-4.  Congratulations to the girls on a being District Runners-up.

Photo gallery here.  (You might need to check back.  I'm having a little trouble getting pictures uploaded.  You'll know I'm done uploading when there are individual pictures of the girls at the end.)

Neal Williams places 8th at state wrestling tournament

Neal Williams placed 8th today in the state wrestling tournament held over the last three days in Columbus.  Neal finishes 40-5 on the season, with two of those losses coming against the two wrestlers competing for the state championship today. 

I've lost track of Neal's career wins but he set the Wyoming record last year and just continued to extend it. 

Congratulations to Neal!

Bracket is here.  160 pounders are on page 10.

Wyoming Bowlers Set New High Mark

Community Press article here.

Bowling team wraps up season

From Coach Pollington:

For the first time in the seven year history of the Wyoming HS bowling program, the boys team played hard against a tough field in districts.  Even with Nick Burns' 613, the Cowboys came up short on a bid to play at the state championships on Friday.  We are proud of the way this team came together and would like to thank those who came out and supported the team.  There will be several off season events scheduled for those interested in being part of the team next season.

From the Roundup:

Congratulations on a great season and continued good luck in building the program.

Neal Williams advances at state wrestling tournament

Neal Williams won his first round match in the 160 pound weight class at the state wrestling championships.  He pinned Hebron Lakewood's Cory Hosom 1:44 into the first round!!

He'll wrestlle Brad Wukie from Hunting Valley University School today.  Wukie is 18-1 on the season.

Here are the brackets.  160's are on page 10.

Boys basketball bows out of tourney

The boys basketball team lost to Indian Hill 76-56 last night at Mason, ending their season.  The game was closer than the final score indicates, with the Cowboys drawing to within nine during the fourth quarter.

Tony Davis led the Cowboys with 19 points and 15 rebounds.  Kyle Seyfried chipped in 13 points.  Full game stats here.

The team wraps up the season at 14-8.

Photo gallery here.

Tri-County Press - 3-3-10

Wrestling, boys and girls basketball, and big article with pictures about the boys and girls swim teams big success at state.

Issue here.

Trollz win HS girls rec NRBL tourney

The Trollz, a Wyoming rec basketball team, won the high school girls NRBL tournament this Sunday at Evendale.  The championship game was a 24-21 thriller going down to the wire. 

The girls built a lead thanks in large part to the inside defensive presence of Kathryn Policastro.  They led 19-13 with about 13 minutes to go.  Despite Tom Horn's coaching, they were able to hang on down the stretch to win. 

L-R (Back row) - Coach Tom Horn, Angie Reiser, Lil Krekeler, Katie Horn, Kate Apfelbeck, Kathryn Policastro, Meghan McAllister
(Front row) Allee Martin, Emily Hughes (AKA "The Enforcer"), Lina Tighe

Scandalously absent from the championship game: Carly Heuer, Rachel Rodrigue, Patty Williams, Julie King, Clara Merten

Next up: Repeat in 2011

Just 10 days until the Bash

The long-awaited, much-anticipated Booster Bash is now just 10 days away - March 13th at the Civic Center.

Dont' get shut out.  Get your tickets now.

Details here.

Neal Williams advances to State Wrestling Tournament

Neal Williams finished 2nd at the District wrestling meet at Goshen in the 160 pound weight class on Saturday to advance to the state wrestling tournament in Columbus which begins on Thursday.  He easily advanced to the district championship match with wins of 17-1, 14-4 and 22-8.  In the championship match, Neal lost to Kyle Ryan of St. Paris Graham.  If I'm reading things correctly, Kyle was the state champion last year at 160.

Brackets here.  See page 10 for 160 pound weight class - Neal is #4.

Random Sports Fact

The average lifespan of an NHL hockey puck is 7 minutes.  Those that don't fly into the stands are removed because they warm up from friction and bounce on the ice.  Game pucks - chilled to -10 degress Fahrenheit for maximum performance - are kept in a freezer in the penalty box.

- From That's A Fact Jack by Harry Bright and Jakob Anser

Girls basketball defeats Finneytown 65-53, advances to District Finals

The girls basketball team fought off Finneytown by a score of 65-53 Saturday afternoon to advance to the District Finals vs. Kettering Alter, which is ranked #3 in the state.

Nikki McKee turned in another scintillating performance, scoring 33 points on 14-21 shooting from the field, one more point than her season high from the previous game.  She didn't stop there though, grabbing eight rebounds, making six steals and two assists.

Michelle Jolson also was in double figures, scoring twelve as well as dishing out five assists.  Hailee Schlager added ten points, four rebounds, four steals and three assists.  Sudy Graham led all rebounders with nine.

Next up: aforementioned Kettering Alter, at Mason on Friday the 5th at 7 PM.

Photo gallery here.

Bracket here.

Athletes of the week

Michael Murphy - On the winning 200 Freestyle state champion team. Michael is a senior, also finished 3rd in the 100 Fly and 6th in the 100 Free and was on the runner up 200 Medley Relay team placing in 4 events at the state meet.

Celia Oberholzer - Repeat State Champion in the 100 Backstroke. Beat last year's time. Also finished 7th in the state in the 50 Free and was on two relay teams at state.