Girls' basketball downs Deer Park

The girls' basketball team defeated Deer Park on Saturday night 47-20.

Michelle Jolson led all scorers with 15.  Clara Rodrigue was also in double figures with ten.

Mary Tess Irvine added six, Shannon O'Hara and Marta Stewart four each, and Morgan Cunningham, Kathryn Policastro, Natalie Burchard and Kelsey Brunsman each had two.

The girls are now 3-2 on the season.

Next up: Friday at Reading, JV at 6, Varsity at 7:30.

Photo gallery here.

Cowboy grads go bowlin'

Ohio University, college home of WHS alum's Jeff King, Eric Price and Tony Davis, plays in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on December 17th at 5:30 PM against Utah State.  The game will be broadcast on ESPN.  (When I was putting this together I noticed that there is a Jeff King photo gallery.)

The University of Cincinnati, college home of WHS alum Evan Aleshire, plays in the Liberty Bowl on December 31st at 3:30 PM against Vanderbilt.  The game will be broadcast on ABC.

The University of Michigan, college home of WHS alum Jibreel Black, plays in the Sugar Bowl on January 3rd at 8:30 PM against Virginia Tech.  This game will also be broadcast on ESPN.

TWICS

This week in Cowboy sports here.

Boys' basketball loses at Mariemont

The boys' basketball team lost at Mariemont last night 50-41.

Sophomore point guard Ahmad Frost led the scoring with 15.  Senior Adam Crider added 11, including a pair of three-pointers.

Rounding out the scoring were Griffin O'Gara and Dawson Rogers with three each, Will Marty, AJ Tribble, Aquil Frost and Chris Bucher with two each, and Marc Akinbi with a free throw.

Next up: Saturday the 17th at 3 PM vs. Indian Hill at the Cintas Center.  On Monday the 19th the Frosh play IH at 4:30, the JV at 6.

Here's what the CHL web site has to say about next Saturday:

CHL Day At The Cintas Center

If you enjoy basketball, you will want to be at the Cintas Center on the campus of Xavier University on Saturday, December 17th. It will be CHL Day with all eight boys' basketball teams in action. The first game will be at noon when Reading takes on Deer Park. At 1:30, Finneytown will meet Taylor. At 3:00, it will be Indian Hill & Wyoming. Finishing up the day at 4:30 will be Madeira & Mariemont. All eight schools will be selling presale tickets at $10.00 each. One ticket is good for all the games. Walk-up tickets on game day will be $12.00. We hope to see a lot of people at what is hoped to be an annual event.

Photo gallery here.

Middle School boys' basketball update

Wyoming 7th grade boys swept their opening two games at home, beating Deer Park 39-4 and Mariemont 40-27. Jared Lowe led the Cowboys with 10 points in each game. Jake Edmonds and Lonnie Grayson each added 8 against Mariemont.

Wyoming 8th grade boys split their first two games at home, beating Deep Park 30-13 behind a game-high 8 points from Joe White, and dropping a 33-20 decision to Mariemont, 33-20. Mason Rogers led the Cowboys with 8 points, all in the first half, when Wyoming raced to an early lead, but could not hold on for the win.

Both teams' next game is Monday at Indian Hill. 7th graders at 4:30 and 8th graders to follow.

JV Girls' b-ball pictures

Arch Cunningham provided these pictures from the JV girls' basketball team's three point win over Mariemont Wednesday night.

Arch's gallery here.

Rec spring sports sign-up tomorrow at the rec center

Sign up for spring rec sports at the recreation center tomorrow from 10 to noon.  Info here.

Tri-County Press 12-7-11

This week's issue here.

Coverage includes football, boys' and girls' basketball and girls' and boys' swimming.

Michelle Jolson named to NSCAA All-Region Team

Michelle Jolson has been named to the National Soccer Coaches' Association of America All-Region IV team.

Several area soccer players named to NSCAA all-regional teams

Listing here.

Girls' basketball mashes Mariemont

The girls' basketball team had a nice "visit" to the gym last night and defeated Mariemont 41-32.

From the Enquirer:

Wyoming 41 Mariemont 32: Senior guard Mary Tess Irvine had a game-high 15 points to lead visiting Wyoming (2-2) to the win. Teammate senior forward Shannon O'Hara added 12 points and seven steals. Mariemont was led by freshman guard Julia Whittelsey with 12 points.

Also scoring were Clara Rodrigue and Michelle Jolson with five each, and Kathryn Policastro and Marta Stewart with two each.

The girls are now 2-2 on the season.

Next up: vs. Deer Park Saturday at home, JV at 6, Varsity at 7:30.

Photo gallery here.