Congrats and best wishes WHS 2010!

Congratulations and best wishes to the Wyoming High School Class of 2010.

Thanks for the memories.

Make us proud.

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All CHL Girls' Track

Congratulations to the following individuals who were selected all-CHL:

As previously blogged, Cornell Munlin was CHL girls' track Coach of the Year.

1st Team
Nikki McKee - 100 Meter Dash
Michelle Jolson - 200 Meter Dash
Michelle Jolson - 400 Meter Dash
Emily Stites - 1600 Meter Run
Sammy Schwartz, Emily Stites, Tess Thoresen, Tabby Waxler - 3200 Meter Rely
Cynthia Reinecke - Long Jump

2nd Team
Cynthia Reinecke - 100 Meter Dash
Sammy Schwartz - 800 Meter Run
Emily Stites - 3200 Meter Run
Kayla Livingston - 100 Meter High Hurdles


Gabrielle Curry - 400 Meter Relay
Brandi Cox - 400 Meter Relay
Audrey Knickel - 400 Meter Relay
Kayla Livingston - 400 Meter Relay

Allanah Jackson - 800 Meter Relay
Cynthia Reinecke - 800 Meter Relay
Tess Thorensen - 800 Meter Relay
Nikki McKee - 800 Meter Relay
Allanah Jackson - 1600 Meter Relay
Tess Thorensen - 1600 Meter Relay
Michelle Jolson - 1600 Meter Relay
Sammy Schwartz - 1600 Meter Relay

Honorable Mention
Allanah Jackson
Michelle Jolson
Alex Jordan
Kayla Livingston

Complete All CHL listing here.

Track statistics here.

Random Soccer Thoughts

• If you had told me 20 years ago that I'd care more about the World Cup than about the NBA Finals, I'd have thought you were crazy.  And maybe asked you what the World Cup was.
• Most of the sports I really like I played, even if casually, and that's why I like them.  I think I like soccer from having been forced to sit through 10,000 games of it as a parent.  It's sort of like Stockholm Syndrome.
• There's an article in the National Post (Canada) about a soccer league in Ottowa that has put in a new rule: if you win by more than five goals, you lose.  Previously there was a mercy rule that dictated any goals scored creating more than a five goal lead simply weren't counted.  Not only is this new rule stupid, at least by my thinking, but it also creates some interestingly perverse incentives.  If you're down 6-1 with time running out, why not score an own goal and "win"?  Or why not score an own goal every time you score a goal that puts you up by five, just to have a cushion.  I've got to believe that the only thing worse than losing 15-0 is losing 15-11 and all 11 goals were own goals intentionally scored by the other team.  (Thanks to Mike Taylor for making me aware of this madness.)

Tri-County Press 6-2-10

Baseball (with picture), softball (with picture) and tennis.

This week's issue here.

All CHL Softball

Congratulations to the following individuals who were selected all-CHL:

1st Team:
Bailey DeBlasis (tied for 16th in the league for RBI's)
Lillian Krekeler (6th in the league in batting average, tied for fifth in the league in RBI's)
Abby Zennie (led the league in batting at .513 (when you ignore the girl with 3 AB's), and tied for fifth in RBI's)

2nd Team:
Gabby Potvin (third in the league with a 1.34 ERA, fifth in the league with 10 wins and fifth with 98 strikeouts)

Honorable Mention:
Caroline Anderson
Brooke Smith

Complete All CHL listing here.

Complete stats here.

All CHL Baseball

Congratulations to the following individuals who were selected all-CHL:

1st Team:
Evan Aleshire (Evan was second in batting average for the league at .516 and tied for 13th in RBI's)
Adam Chalmers (Adam was tied for fourth in the league with 38 RBI's and 11th in batting average)

2nd Team:
Michael Becker (14th in the league in striking out opponents)
Ryan Bundy (12th in the league in batting average)
Max Kadish (7th in the league in batting average and tied for 15th in RBI's)

Honorable Mention:
Chris Campbell
Adam Crider (tied for 18th in the league for RBI's)

Complete All-CHL llisting here.

Complete CHL individual stats here.

Random Sports Fact

Before 1845, the bases on a Baseball field were arranged in U-shape. Posts or stakes were used instead of bases as we know them, runs were called "aces," and the first team to reach a score of 21 won the game. Even by 1860 Baseball was more a social event than a competitive sport. Tea was served during the many "intermissions," and the pitch, threw the ball where the batter asked him to. Bunting was considered a breach of taste.

- This Random Sports Fact brought to you by Mrs. The Roundup

Middle School Sports Awards

Congratulations to the following Middle Schoolers who were honored at last week's Middle Schools Sports Awards.

The Rodney Lee Dennis Award is given to an 8th grade boy and girl in each sport. It is given in memory of Rodney Lee Dennis, an outstanding athlete, who died after Cross Country practice on October 13, 1971. The criteria for the award is that young person who is judged to possess those qualities of athletic sportsmanship, leadership, and the extra measure of personal pride, which distinguishes the outstanding from the good athletes.

Football - Will Marty
Volleyball - Marta Stewart
Boys Basketball - Will Marty
Girls Basketball - Marta Stewart
Boys Tennis - Niki Plattenburg
Girls Tennis - Maddie Boster
Boys Track - Remington Pool
Girls Track - Danielle Rush
Wrestling - Ike Palmer
Boys Cross Country - Joel Weis
Girls Cross Country - Hannah Neal
Boys Swimming - Noah Hamilton
Girls swimming - Ellen Koesterman
Cheerleading - Molly Meyer

The Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award is awarded to an 8th grade Boy and Girl who have demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship. This year's winners were Jessica Leish and Ken Darlington.

The Gene Pitman Award is given to a 7th grade Boy and Girl who combine enthusiasm and sportsmanship with patience and understanding for their teammates and the members of the opposing team. This year's winners were Olivia Cunningham and Tucker Marty.

Boys' tennis ends year ranked 8th in state

The boys' tennis team was ranked 8th in the state in Division II in the final Ohio Tennis Coaches' Association Coaches' Poll.

I'm trying to think if any other rankings are of note.....oh yeah - Indian Hill is ranked 10th!

Congrats to the team.

Full poll here.

Boys' Tennis Awards

Congratulations to the boys' tennis team award winners, who were recognized at the Spring Sports Awards last Tuesday:

MVP: Mason Bourbon

Most Improved: Matt Sumner

Cowboy Award: Jason Diamond

Captain Plates: Jason Diamond Gustav Plattenburg