Always All-Stars

Jamal Fox, Eric Perry, and Cooper O'Gara were invited to play in the 2016 SWOFCA Ron Woyan East-West All-Star Game on June 9th.  Rod Apfelbeck was on-hand to catch the action.

Thanks to Rod Apfelbeck for the great pictures.

See more HERE

South Side All-Stars

On April 30th, Mason Rogers and Ken Larkin played in the Ohio North / South All-Star Classic.

Rod Apfelbeck was on-hand to bring the action back home to us.

See more of his pictures HERE

Want first dibs on Rod's pictures.  Follow him @affywp85 on Twitter

Football Sign Ups and Parent Meetings

Wyoming Football Signups/Parent Meeting:

1. High School (Incoming 10-12 grade): 

Tuesday, May 3 in HS Cafeteria 2:50pm

2. Freshmen (Incoming 9 grade): 

Thursday, April 28th in MS Gym 3:10pm

3. Middle School (Incoming 7-8 grade): 

Tuesday, April 26th in MS Gym 3:10pm

4. High School Parent Meeting (Incoming 9-12 grade): 

Thursday, May 5th in HS Cafeteria 7pm

Photo thanks to Rod Apfelbeck

Committed

Did you see our own Andrew Marty has committed to play for Miami University?  

Check out Mike Dyer's story at WCPO.com HERE

Photo thanks to Rod Apfelbeck

A Division of Offers

Check out a great article about our history making Marty HERE

Photo thanks to Rod Apfelbeck

Looking Ahead

Andrew Marty made the Cincinnati.com's list of 2017 top football recruits. 

See the list HERE

Photo thanks to Rod Apfelbeck

Enquirer and Tri-County Press Fall All Stars

Volleyball
Player of the year:Haley Stewart: The second-team all-state middle blocker/right-side hitter led the Cincinnati Hills League with 301 kills and added 157 digs. She was a first-team all-district selection and was named the CHL athlete of the year.

First team
Maddie Bahr: The libero was third in the CHL with 401 digs and a first-team all-district selection.

Mia Kraft: The honorable mention all-state setter led the CHL with 785 assists with a robust 10.47 per-game average and added 239 digs. Kraft was also a first-team all-district selection.

Lydia Kurtz: The second-team all-district outside hitter was 12th in the CHL with 119 kills and added 109 digs despite missing the first eight matches.

Reagan Raymer: The second-team all-district right-side/outside hitter was fourth in the CHL with 223 kills and ninth in the league with 271 digs.

Tri-County Press All Stars
Haley Stewart: The 6-foot-2 middle blocker/right-side hitter was a CHL leader with 301 kills, 100 blocks and 157 digs. Stewart made CHL first team for league champion Cowboys.

Maddie Bahr: Libero made CHL first team and had 401 digs for the CHL champs.

Mia Kraft: The Cowboys setter was CHL first team. She had 70 kills, 785 assists and 239 digs for the league champions.

Football
OL: Eric Perry: The senior was second-team all-district.

LB: Tucker Berger: The senior was second-team all-district. He had 127 tackles in the regular season.

DB: Mason Rogers: The senior was special mention all-state and first-team all-district. He had 30 solo tackles, 11 assisted tackles, seven tackles for loss, two interceptions and three pass breakups in the regular season.

Honorable Mention
Justin Shields, Jake Edmonds, Jamal Fox.

Tri-County Press All Stars
Tucker Berger: Linebacker was second in the Cincinnati Hills League in tackles with 127 in the regular season. Berger added 15 more tackles in the Cowboys’ playoff game. He also had a sack and two fumble recoveries and was first-team All-Cincinnati Hills League.

Jake Edmonds: Edmonds was sixth in the CHL in receiving yard with 28 catches for 378 yards and nine touchdowns. He also ran for 92 yards and a score, had 23 defensive tackles and averaged 11.8 yards on punt returns and 15 yards on kickoff returns. Edmonds was first-team All-CHL.

Eric Perry: The 6-foot-3 265 pound two-way lineman was first-team All-CHL, leading the offensive line and adding a pair of tackles on defense.

Mason Rogers: The receiver/defensive back was first-team All-CHL. He had 13 receptions for 251 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 222 yards and two scores. Defensively, he had 46 tackles and two interceptions. He also averaged 26.6 yards on kickoff returns.

Justin Shields: Shields was the second-leading rusher in the CHL with 1,343 yards and 20 touchdowns. Out of the backfield he had eight catches for 139 yards and a score. Shields made CHL first team.

Girls Cross Country 
First Team
Whitley Elsass: The junior came in 25th at the regional meet with a time of 19:57.5.

Honorable Mention
Riley Bahr, Danielle McKee, Lily Parker

Tri-County Press All Stars
Whitley Elsass: Elsass was the CHL Runner of the Year and had the second best time in the league with a 19:46.70 at the CHL meet. Wyoming was sixth at the Division II regional meet at Troy with Elsass finishing 25th in 19:57.5.

Danielle McKee: McKee was CHL first team and had the third best time in the league with a 20:11.50 at the CHL meet. McKee finished 39th at the Division II regional meet in 20:31.3.

Boys Cross Country
First Team
Cullen O'Brien: The senior placed 44th at the regional meet with a time of 17:08.6.

Tri-County Press All Stars
Cullen O’Brien: O’Brien had the fourth best time in the league with a 16:45.40 at the CHL Championship to make CHL first team. O’Brien was 44th at the Division II regional meet at Troy in 17:08.6.

Girls Golf
First Team
Lucy Walton: Qualified for the Division II district tournament at PipeStone.

Second Team
Kayla Wilson: Qualified for the Division II district tournament at PipeStone.

Elizabeth Fischer: Qualified for the Division II district tournament at PipeStone.

Sydney Wellman: Qualified for the Division II district tournament at PipeStone.

Honrable Mention
Elizabeth Hughes


Boys Golf
Tri-County Press All Stars
Cooper Hausfeld: Hausfeld had the top average in the CHL with a 39.43 to be named CHL Golfer of the Year and first team.

Sam Marty: Marty had the second-best average in the CHL at 39.79 for the league champion Cowboys.

Girls Soccer
First Team
Kayla Hampton: was second-team all-state and first-team all-CHL. She had 12 goals and three assists.

Second Team
Casey Jervier: was first-team all-CHL with 16 goals and two assists.

Tri-County Press All Stars
Kayla Hampton: Hampton was seventh in the CHL in scoring with 12 goals and three assists to make CHL first team.

Casey Jervier: Midfielder was Wyoming’s top scorer with 16 goals and two assists. Jervier made CHL first team.


Boys Soccer
First Team
Andrew Derge: A second team all-Ohio selection and first team all-CHL pick. He led the CHL with 23 goals.
Jay Klein: Named second team all-Ohio and first team all-CHL alongside Derge. Klein led the CHL in points (69) by scoring 21 goals with 27 assists; the latter ranked second in the city.

Second Team
Ethan Wayman: The goalkeeper had 9.5 shutouts and was selected first team all-CHL.

Honorable Mention
Tristan Kovach

Tri-County Press All Stars
Andrew Derge: Forward/midfielder was second in the CHL in scoring with 52 points on 23 goals and six assists. Derge was CHL first team.

Jay Klein: Forward/midfielder was the top scorer in the CHL with 21 goals and 27 assists to make CHL first team.

Tristan Kovach: Midfielder was ninth in the CHL in scoring with 11 goals and nine assists to make CHL first team.


Ethan Wayman: Goalkeeper had 77 saves and nine shutouts for the Cowboys to make CHL first team.

A Look Back to the Fall

Before we move into 2017, a few items from the Fall 2016 sports have crossed our desk that a worth a quick look back.

Did you hear that Jay Klein was awarded the The Senior Excellence Award from The National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

The criteria that Jay had to meet in order to be considered for this award is as follows:

Be a high school senior

Have made significant contributions to the team

Represent the finest attributes of a team player

Consistently projects a positive attitude

Displays team leadership

Exemplifies the standards set forth in the NSCAA Player Code of Conduct and Ethics

And for those of you who can't ever get enough football, we have a few links you might like

Check out Hudl.com Cowboy's highlight reels HERE

and Check out a scouting report for quarterback Andrew Marty HERE

Photos thanks to Rod Apfelbeck

Remember When - Football Edition

In the spirit of the season, let's be grateful that Rod Apfelbeck has been catching up on his Fall sports picture backlog.  He recently released his lat Football pictures of the season.  We now have pictures from the October 30th Deer Park game and the November 7th Indian Hill game.

Thanks again to Rod Apfelbeck.

See more Deer Park game pictures HERE

See more Indian Hill game pictures HERE

As Seen on Twitter

Senior Haley Stewart named District 16 Player of Year

Congrats to District 16 Volleyball Coach of Year Jim DeLong.

Congrats to DB Mason Rogers who made Southwest Ohio 1st Team All-District Team!

Congrats to LB Tucker Berger and OL Eric Perry, who made 2nd team All-District!

Congrats to RB Justin Shields, WR Jake Edmonds (Jr.) and DL Jamal Fox who made Honorable Mention All-District Team!

Photos thanks to Rod Apfelbeck

It Pays to Wait

Yeah, we're pretty excited too!

Rod Apfelbeck has been slogging through his backlog and has recently released two great sets of pictures.

We now have shots from the Thursday, October 22nd game Girls Soccer post-season tournament 1-0 win against Monroe (HERE) and from Football's 20-28 loss to Reading on Friday, October 23rd (HERE).

You'll have to check out the series of pictures of Hampton that follows this one.  

And if you think this catch by Gildea is nice you'll have to find Rod's shot of Grady McMichen's.

Thanks to Rod Apfelbeck for keeping up the good work.

Jump Back

October 16th was a great day to be a Cowboy.  That's when the Football team whipped up on Finneytown 44-7.  Super Bad Rod Apfelbeck, sometimes referred to as "The Godfather of Local Sports Photography", was there to capture the action.  As one of the hardest working men in Cowboy Athletics photography he's zipping right through his processing backlog and one of the first sets to come out are these great shots.

Thanks to Rod Apfelbeck for the great pictures.

See more HERE 

Super Sized Saturday

From AD Jan Wilking

Our boys’ soccer team plays in the regional finals on Saturday (November 7th) at 12pm at Monroe High School vs. Dayton Carroll.  The winner of this game advances to the state semi finals.  Tickets are $7.

Football travels to Indian Hill on Saturday night (November 7th) for a 7pm game in the first round of the state playoffs.  We have about 250 presale tickets remaining at Wyoming.  All presale tickets are $8.  After we sell out anyone who wants a presale ticket will have to purchase from Indian Hill until 3pm on Friday.  If any tickets remain, they are $9 at the door.  Please plan on arriving at Indian Hill early as parking will be at a premium.

Homecoming Has Arrived!

Rod Apfelbeck went to overtime to finish his pictures from the October 9th Homecoming game.  For those of us with short memories, the Cowboys handled Madeira 21-13.  And for those of us with short memories, the Cowboys handled Madeira 21-13.  

(Yes, that was on purpose).

Thanks to Rod Apfelbeck for the great pictures.

See more game pictures HERE

See Homecoming activity pictures HERE and HERE

Don't Lose Your Seat

The back to a canvas Wyoming seat cover was left in the stands after Friday night's game and has been turned in to AD Jan Wilking.

If you're also missing some new Spirit Wear to take farther into the post-season, head to the Spirit Wear Store at the T-Shirt Company at
5 North Commerce Park, Unit B
Lockland, Ohio 45215
(821-7100)

We Were Treated to Great Seasons, And It's Not Over Yet

Like the best Halloween dark chocolate, AD Jan Wilking has some bittersweet news to share.

Congratulations to our girls’ soccer and girls’ volleyball teams who finished their seasons this past week at District Runner-Ups.  Both programs had tremendous seasons and should be very proud to once again be in the top 32 programs in the state of Ohio.

Congratulations to our girls’ cross country team who finished 6th in regionals on Saturday in Troy.

She also has the some make-your-teeth-hurt super-sweet news to share.

Boys’ soccer continues their quest for a trip to the state finals, winning on Saturday night 4-0 over Kenton Ridge.  We play on Wednesday night at 7pm at Wright State University in the regional semi final game (top 16 teams in the state) vs. Columbus Bishop Hartley.  All tickets are $7.

Football earned a third consecutive trip the state playoffs.  We take on Indian Hill on SATURDAY night at 7pm at Indian Hill.  Tickets will go on sale at school in the athletic office on Wednesday at lunch.  All tickets are $8.  GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY as we will only be given a portion of the total tickets available.  No passes are accepted for this state playoff game.  Parking will be an issue at the game on Saturday so plan to arrive early to Indian Hill.  Additional parking will be available on Drake Road and at Indian Hill Elementary School.  Carpooling is encouraged.  There will be a student spirit bus leaving Wyoming at 5:45pm on Saturday.  Tickets for the bus are $2 and MUST BE BOUGHT IN ADVANCE at lunch starting Wednesday.  Follow @WyomingSports on Twitter for more ticket updates and information as it becomes available.

Photo thanks to David Walton

Where to Go, What to Do.

From AD Jan Wilking,

Football earned a third consecutive trip the state playoffs.  We take on Indian Hill on SATURDAY night at 7pm at Indian Hill.  Tickets will go on sale at school in the athletic office on Wednesday at lunch.  All tickets are $8.  GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY as we will only be given a portion of the total tickets available.  No passes are accepted for this state playoff game.  Parking will be an issue at the game on Saturday so plan to arrive early to Indian Hill.  Additional parking will be available on Drake Road and at Indian Hill Elementary School.  Carpooling is encouraged.  There will be a student spirit bus leaving Wyoming at 5:45pm on Saturday.  Tickets for the bus are $2 and MUST BE BOUGHT IN ADVANCE at lunch starting Wednesday.  Follow @WyomingSports on Twitter for more ticket updates and information as it becomes available. 

Photo thanks to Rod Apfelbeck

Plan Your Week

From AD Jan Wilking

Several Wyoming teams are still alive in post season play.  Here is update of events this week:

Girls Soccer:  Monday 7pm at Kings High School vs. McNick.  Sectional finals (top 64 teams in Ohio).  All tickets $6.  Winner plays on Thursday (10/29) at 7pm at Dayton Wayne High School for District Finals.

Boys Soccer:  Tuesday 7pm at Milford High School vs. McNick.  Sectional final.  All tickets $6.  Winner plays.  Winner plays Saturday (10/31) site and time TBA.

Girls Volleyball:  Saturday 6pm at Trent Arena (Kettering Fairmont High School) in District Finals (top 32 teams in Ohio) vs. the winner of Shawnee/Tipp City.

Cross Country:  Saturday Girls at 11:45 and Boys at 2:15 at Troy, OH Hobart Arena.  Wyoming girls won the District race on Saturday lead by Whitley Elsass and followed by Danielle McKee, Riley Bahr, Lily Parker and Emily Wood.  Cullen O’Brien qualified for regionals on the boys side.

Football:  We host Deer Park on Friday night at 7pm.  It is senior parent night for all our fall student athletes and band members.  A victory on Friday would give the Cowboys a good chance to earn a second consecutive playoff berth.  We would travel to another area high school for a first round game on Saturday, November 7th at 7pm.  Playoff information will be available next week.

Maybe Not a Nail-Biter, But Loads of Fun

Kara Pendery reports from the Wyoming Whomps Finneytown Scoreapalooza on Saturday, October 17th.

Wyoming JV took on Finneytown, at home on Saturday 10/17.  Finneytown left town with 0 points on the board.  The Cowboys put up so many points on the board, that any decent report would be way too long.  So, here are just some of the highlights from Wyoming's 41-0 win ....

Ethan Tefs - Rushing TD.   6 - 0

Perry McMichen - QB rushing TD.    12 - 0

Tyler McIlvain with a reception for the 2pnt conversion.  14 - 0.

Tyler McIlvain with an Interception.

Perry McMichen with another TD.   20 - 0

James Smith intercepted a pass, from a screen, that was tipped by Eli Cupp.

Trent Rusnak rushing TD.  26 -  0

Eli Feazell with a reception for the 2pnt conversion.   28 - 0

Tyler McIlvain with another interception.

Brayden Matlin rushing TD.  34 - 0

Brady Brunsman with the PAT.  35 - 0

Jacob Hancock rushing TD.  41 - 0

Please come cheer on JV at home for their final game, this Saturday, 10/24 vs. Reading at 10am.  The boys could use a big HOME crowd as this game is guaranteed to be an exciting one! 

As the JV season comes to a close, I just want to mention a few people that have worked hard for this group of players.  Disclaimer:  If I omitted someone, it was not intentional, but more than likely due to the age of this reporter.

The JV cheerleaders:  Amya, Morgan, Paige, Sierra, Kyleese, Jamaiica and Katie!!
Frannie Rogers - roping in concession workers for all the home games
Varsity parents for taking on concession shifts on Saturday mornings
Ed Cupp for filming the games so we can review the highlights on Hudl
The Chain Gang - Chuck Rogers, Mario Listo and John Hall and the subs
Steve Ogle, our amazon JV announcer, who sounds like he should be on Sports Center
Duke Mitchell extraordinaire!  Mr. "D", Field Cheerleader, WYO's Water Boy, Fan Favorite, The Duckster, Home Town Hero, Our Cowboy, Mr. Hugger!

The coaching staff of Kitchen, Berger and Aleshire!

Thanks to everyone that came out and supported these young men this season!! On Wyoming!

The Round Up would like to add Kara Pendery in this Thank You list.  It's been great to have this team brought out of the shadows and into the spotlight they deserve.  

See more of Kara's game pictures HERE

(Did you also know that Wyoming has a Varsity Football team?  Rod Apfelbeck regularly provides photographic evidence, and not that we doubt Rod, but maybe if there was some written record of their exploits it would go a long way in helping to bring others to believe.  If you've happened to see this fabled Varsity team, send a report to wyoroundup@gmail.com)

Kara's not kidding about guaranteed excitement.  Just look how excited this Wildcat was just to be on the field with our Cowboys.  

Turn out for their last game this Saturday at 10.

One to Watch

Mike Dyer has ranked Friday's Football game at Reading as one to watch this week.

Check out his article at Cincinnati.com HERE

And when you're at the game, make a few mental notes about how the team ran down Reading so you'll be prepared to send in a report to the Round Up at wyoroundup@gmail.com

\Photo thanks to Rod Apfelbeck