Booster Bash approaching

The March 13 Booster Bash will be here before you know it.  It's just 5 and a half weeks away.

All the details can be found here.

Athletes of the week

Congratulations to the Wyoming High School athletes of the week:

Cameron Merten - CHL Diving Champion

 Rachael Theiler - CHL 100 Butterfly champion and member of CHL champion 200 Medley Relay team

Random Sports Fact

Ice skaters skate on water, not ice.  At 32 degrees Fahrenheit, ice has a liquid surface measuging 40 billionths of a meter thick.  Below -31 degrees Fahrenheit, the liquid layer becomes so thin that a skater's blades would stick rather than glide across the ice.

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

Girls basketball defeats Loveland

The girls basketball team beat Loveland last night at Wyoming by a score of 38-32.  This improves them to 12-3 (8-2) on the season.

The paper doesn't have a box score but reports that Nikki McKee was the high scorer with 15 points.  She also grabbed 6 rebounds.  Sudy Graham was also in double figures with 11 points.

Next up: home vs. Madeira on Wednesday, JV at 6, Varsity at 7:30.

Boys bowling whips Winton Woods

The boys bowling team blew out the Warriors of Winton Woods yesterday by over 300 pins.  Nick Burns was the leader with 233 and 222 games along with Joe Meier with a 224. 

The girls lost a tough battle but Allix Hilledrand rolled a 171.

According to the CHL Website, the CHL's top bowlers and their averages (as of 1-27) include:

Girls:
1 - Allix Gillebrand - 155.2
2 - Michelle Whaley - 145.0

Boys:
1 - Nick Burns - 190.8
2 - Joe Meier - 192.0
4 - Matt Brown - 167.8
5 - Chris Bellman - 165.1

Next up: Woodward today, Deer Park on Wednesday, and finishing the season against 10th ranked Harrison on Thursday.

Lost

In honor of tonight's season premier of Lost, I'm going to post the long lost results of the Southwest Ohio High School Swimming & Diving Classic. The meet was held January 16^th and 17^th and involved 43 schools on the girls' side and 46 on the boys'. This was a huge meet with some very big schools represented.

The Cowboys performed outstandingly.  The girls finished 11^th out of those 43 teams and the boys finished 3^rd out of 46, behind only St. X. and Centerville.

Outstanding performances in the girls' events:

Celia Oberholzer – 1^st place – 100 Backstroke
Celia Oberholzer – 5^th place – 200 Backstroke
Claire Gilbert – 11^th place – 200 Breaststroke
Rachel Theiler, Claire Gilbert, Abby Gibbons, Celia Oberholzer – 12^th place – 200 Free Relay
Laura Henkel, Sarah Gibbons, Claire Gilbert, Celia Oberholzer – 13^th place – 400 Free Relay
Celia Oberholzer, Mariah Akinbi, Rachael Theiler, Claire Gilbert – 7^th place – 200 Medley Relay
Celia Oberholzer, Mariah Akinbi, Rachael Theiler, Claire Gilbert – 9^th place – 400 Medley Relay
Outstanding performances in the boys' events:

Zach Fischer – 4^th place – 50 Free
Michael Murphy – 10^th place – 50 Free
Pat Dierker – 8^th place – 100 Free
Owen Dunbar – 13^th place – 100 Free
Zach Fischer – 3^rd place – 100 Backstroke
Jonathan Profitt – 1^st place – 100 Breaststroke
AJ Burt – 10^th place – 100 Breaststroke
Jonathan Profitt – 10^th place – 200 Breaststroke
AJ Burt – 13^th place – 200 Breaststroke
Eric Lethander – 5^th place – 100 Butterfly
Michael Murphy – 8^th place – 100 Butterfly
Eric Lethander, Michael Murphy, Owen Dunbar, Zach Fischer – 2^nd place – 200 Free Relay
Pat Dierker, Owen Dunbar, AJ Burt, Michael Murphy – 3^rd place – 400 Free Relay
Zach Fischer, Jonathan Profitt, Michael Murphy, Owen Dunbar – 1^st place – 200 Medley Relay
Zach Fischer, Jonathan Profitt, Michael Murphy, Pat Dierker – 1^st place – 400 Medley Relay

Complete results and pictures of the winners here.

Girls place 2nd at CHL Swimming & Diving Championships

The Wyoming girls placed 2^nd at the Cincinnati Hills League Swimming and Diving Championships held January 29^th and 30^th. The diving was held the 29^th at Mariemont and the swimming was Saturday the 30^th at Powell-Crosley. The girls finished 2^nd to Mariemont 411-314. Third place Indian Hill scored just 172 points.

They scored each event through the top 12 finishers. Here are our point scorers:

50 Free
2 – Celia Oberholzer
6 – Laura Henkel
7 – Ellie Lebuhn
9 – Abby Gibbons

100 Free
4 - Ellie Lebuhn
6 – Abby Gibbons

200 Free
3 – Laura Henkel
4 – Sarah Gibbons

500 Free
4 – Sarah Gibbons
11 – Katie Horn

100 Backstroke
1 – Celia Oberholzer
8 – Alex Abel
11 – Maggie Gilbert

100 Breaststroke
2 – Claire Gilbert
3 – Rachael Theiler
4 – Mariah Akinbi
5 – Molly Holthus
11 – Erin Engelhardt

100 Butterfly
1 – Rachael Theiler
12 – Nikita Taggart

200 IM
2 – Claire Gilbert
5 – Alex Abel
8 – Mariah Akinbi
10 – Molly Holthus

200 Free Relay
2 – Claire Gilbert, Laura Henkel, Ellie Lebuhn, Abby Gibbons

400 Free Relay
2 – Celia Oberholzer, Laura Henkel, Rachael Theiler, Claire Gilbert

200 Medley Relay
1 – Celia Oberholzer, Rachael Theiler, Mariah Akinbi, Abby Gibbons

1 Meter Diving
3 – Katie Horn
5 – Brett Miller

Complete results and pictures of the winners here.

Next up: Sectionals – Diving Tuesday the 9^th at Miami, Swimming Saturday the 13^th at Mason

Boys win CHL Swimming and Diving Championships

Congratulations to the boys swimming and diving team for winning the CHL championships by a score of 446 to Mariemont's 2^nd place 329 this past Friday and Saturday.

Scoring for the Cowboys:

50 Free
1 – Zach Fischer
2 – Michael Murphy
3 – Owen Dunbar
10 – Nik Uryupin

100 Free
1 – Owen Dunbar
2 – Pat Dierker
11 – Matt Chan

200 Free
3 – Pat Dierker
4 – Brennan Burt
5 – Sam Rominger
7 – Todd Goodall
10 – Andrew Kraner
12 – Karl Ebling

500 Free
3 – Brennan Burt
5 – Sam Rominger
6 – Todd Goodall
10 – Karl Ebling

100 Backstroke
1 – Zach Fischer
3 – Eric Lethander
4 – Andrew Kraner
7 – John Dreyer
10 – Matt Chan
11 – Trey Maxam

100 Breaststroke
1 – Jonathan Profitt
2 – AJ Burt
10 – Evan Handler
11 – Matt Carr
12 – David Weinrich

100 Butterfly
3 – Michael Murphy
4 – Eric Lethander
6 – Paul Hoffman
10 – John Dreyer

200 IM
2 - AJ Burt
4 – Jonathan Profitt
5 – Paul Hoffman
10 – Matt Carr
11 – Evan Handler

200 Free Relay
1 – Pat Dierker, Eric Lethander, AJ Burt, Michael Murphy

400 Free Relay
1 – Pat Dierker, Owen Dunbar, Zach Fischer, AJ Burt

200 Medley Relay
1 – Zach Fischer, Jonathan Profitt, Michael Murphy, Owen Dunbar

1 Meter Diving
1 – Cameron Merton
6 – Andrew Wolf
7 – David Weinrich
8 – Andrew Tamenko

Complete results and event winners pictures here.
Next up: Diving Tuesday the 9^th at Miami, Swimming Friday the 12^th at Keating

Success

Having seen his share of young phenoms flame out and never achieve lasting stardom, longtime high school basketball scout Tom Konchalski comments: "One of the great obstacles of long-term success is the cancer of early success."

- Page-A-Day Calendar

Wrestlers take fourth at Finneytown Invitational

The wrestlers took fourth place Saturday at the Finneytown Invitational/Dave Bean Classic.

Top Cowboy finishers, their place and weight class were:

6th Dillon Burk 215
6th Daniel Zimmerman 140
5th Adam Blum 285
4th Mikey Gonzalez 130
4th Zane Wickstrom 135
3rd Corbin Guggenheim 125
3rd Daniel Leish 152
Champion: Neal Williams

MVP Neal Williams
 
Next up: Thursday at 5:30 at home: Tri-meet vs. Finneytown and Simon Kenton