Jonathan Jams at Junior Nationals

From Heather Lethander

Last weekend, Wyoming Junior, Jonathan Rutter competed at the USA Junior Nationals Championship Meet in Knoxville, TN. Invitations to compete at this level are based on extremely fast qualifying times. The top high school aged swimmers from around the country participate.
Rutter performed very well in several of his events, achieving lifetime best times. His best swim though, took place on the final day of the competition in his personal favorite event, the 200 Breaststroke.
Rutter qualified and finished 7th in the 200 Breaststroke event. His time of 2:01.16 qualifies him for the US Open, the highest USA Swimming Meet, other than Olympic Trials, open to swimmers from around the world.
Should make for an exciting State Meet in February. Although the 200 Breaststroke is not on the competition list for HS swimming, we will be excited to see what Rutter can do in the 100 Breaststroke event at State!
Congratulations Jonathan!

The Cowboys Split St. Xavier and McAuley

From Heather Lethander

The Wyoming Swim Team split a pair of decisions to Division I teams at Keating Natatorium on Saturday, Dec. 8th. The women beat McAuley, but the men fell as expected, to St. Xavier and Covington Catholic.
The women won several events against a strong McAuley team. Junior Caroline Duke won a pair of individual events (200 Free and 100 Fly), Junior Cambray Smith won the 500 Free and Freshman Sara Washienko won the 100 Free. Both our Freestyle Relays edged out the competion. The 200 consisted of Duke, Daria Oberholzer, Allison Golden and Washienko while the 400 Relay was Duke, Sarah LeBuhn, Camille Wilson and Washienko.
The Men faced the perennial Division I State Champion and Kentucky powerhouse Covington Catholic and were unable to win a single race. The top performance of the day was a 3rd place finish in the 100 Fly by Max Chou.
The Cowboys will be facing another challenging weekend as they travel to the Canton Christmas Invitational in Canton, Ohio. Many top swimmers in Division I and II from around the state will be competing.

 

Thanks to Heather Lethander for the report.

See more pictures HERE

2nd Annual CHL Day(s)

The 2nd Annual CHL Day will be played over two days this year at the Cintas Center.  The Boys' Basketball team will face Indian Hill in the second game on Friday, December 14th, which should begin around 8:30.  

Presale tickets can be purchased at each league school for $10.00. One ticket is good for all four games. (The early games start at 7:00 on Friday and Saturday).  Each school gets 50% of presale. Walk-up tickets will be $12.00 with the Cintas Center getting 100%.

So after you get your presale tickets from Wyoming and avoid the long walk-up lines where you'd have to pay more anyway, make sure you come out and and cheer on our boys. 

7th Grade Girls Pull Ahead of Indian Hill

To prove there aren't any 7th Grade slackers, Emma Melvin is reporting to us from the Disabled List.

From Emma "The Machine" Melvin

On Monday, December 10, the 7th Grade Girls Middle School Basketball team played Indian Hill. It started out as a close game between the girls.  At the end of the first quarter the score was 9:5 Wyoming.  Helping to make the win happen, Lindsay Stewart scored a whopping 12 points for her team! Luckily the Cowboys were able to come out with a win and the final score was 22:14.
So far the 7th grade girls are 2 and 1. Fortunately last week, they also won at Deer Park with a final score of 31:14. Lindsay led the team with 14 points in that game.

Let’s hope for the best when our girls play again on the 12th against Taylor.

She's an athlete, She's a writer... Now if we can only get her to take pictures too...

Thanks again to Emma for the report.




  

Home Sweet Home

On Saturday, December 8th, the  Girls' Varsity Basketball team finally came home after a long, tough road trip.  They faced a Deer Park squad just as thirsty for a win, but did not play the gracious host and denied them a drink from chalice of victory.  Just looking at the few stats I could find, it looks like the game got off to a slow start with the score tied at 5 all after the first quarter.  Our girls' looked unstoppable during the second and third quarter where they put up double digits in each.  Our defense held Deer Park to only 22 points, which is a far cry from the almost 44 they have averaged this season.  Final score 36-22.

The plan of showering Coach Lackey with Gatorade was short-lived after Greg Sites was seen on the sidelines with furrowed brow.

Congratulations Team and Congratulations Coach for the first Wyoming W of 2012!!

Thanks to "Rah-Rah" Rod Apfelbeck for the pictures.

See more of the HERE

If you are a Girl's Basketball Super-Fan (and you know you are - you've read this far into the post), we here at the Round-Up could use your help.  It would be great if someone who loves the game and knows the players could give us an assist with submitting game highlights or summaries. 

 

Ike the Champion

From Coach Pitman

 

The wrestling team finished 9^th at Deer Park Invitational on Saturday, December 8th.

Placers for Wyoming were:

Champion: Ike Palmer-220 lbs.

Runner-Up: Cedric Simmons-220 lbs.

4^th Place: Asa Palmer-132 lbs.

6^th Place: Dylan Kripal-182 lbs.

 

The Varsity and Junior High travel to Summit on Wednesday, December 12th, for their next match.

 

Isn't the word Champion about a thousand time more awesomer (it's a word - look it up) than Winner? 

Congratulations Ike...  I mean

Congratulations Ike, the Champion

 

 

Boys' Basketball Short Against Mariemont

The Wyoming Boys' Basketball team faced Mariemont here at home on Friday, December 7th.  They were up 27 to 25 at the half, but couldn't hang on and finished at 37 to 43

Mariemont 43, Wyoming 37
Mariemont (3-0) – Jones 3 0 7, Sparks 2 1 5, Mahorney 1 3 5, Stewart 3 6 13, Malone 5 0 13. Totals: 14 10 43
Wyoming (0-2) – Frost 5 1 11, Kurtz 1 6 8, Lewis 2 0 4, Akinbi 2 0 4, M. Rogers 2 0 5, D. Rogers 1 0 3, Ogara 1 0 2. Totals: 14 7 37
Halftime: Wyoming 27-25. 3-pointers: M 5 (Malone 3, Jones, Stewart); W 2 (M. Rogers, D. Rogers)

 

 

Who's thinks the Boy's Basketball team will follow the Girls' lead and bring home their first win from Deer Park, who they face on Tuesday, December 11th.

Thanks to Rod Apfelbeck for sending in these super shots.

See more HERE

Girls' Basketball Getting Closer

There seems to be a light at the end of a long dark tunnel for the Girls' Basketball team.  On Wednesday, December 5th, the continued their long road trip in Mariemont.  They lost again, but not by much; final score 31-38.  The girls were out-rebounded 25-42 but had more than twice as many steals as Mariemont and led in blocks as well.  Ashli O'Neal went double digits with 14points.  Emily Wadds and Kelsey Brunsman both put in 5 with Hailey Stewart close behind with 4.  Morgan Cunningham came in with 2 and Natalie Burchard contributed 1.

Make sure you come out in force this Saturday to support our ladies when they come back for their home opener against Deer Park who is also looking for their first win.

Maderia Eats Our Bubbles

From Heather Lethander

 

Wyoming Stomps Madeira

Wyoming Swimming won the Swim Meet against Madeira on Tuesday, Dec. 4th. This was the first meet of the season with the full Wyoming squad. The Women's team won 88-54. Individual winners were Sara Washienko (100 Free), Caroline Duke (200 Free and 100 Fly), and Daria Oberholzer (100 Back). The Women's 400 Free Relay (Duke, Oberholzer, Camille Wilson and Washienko) also won. The Men's team dominated Madeira and won 111-38. Wyoming won every event. Individual winners were Brennan Burt (200 Free and 500 Free), Max Chou (100 Back and 100 Fly), Christopher Rutter (100 Breast and 200 IM), David Weinrich (50 Free) and Carson Skidmore (100 Free). Winning relays consisted of 200 Free Relay (Stephen Barrett, C. Skidmore, D. Weinrich, and Ian Nyberg), 400 Free Relay (C. Skidmore, Chou, C. Rutter, B. Burt) and 200 Medley Relay (Chou, C. Rutter, Nyberg and Burt). Wyoming will face one of its most challenging meets of the season this Saturday, Dec. 8th when the men face off in a double dual meet against St. X and Covington Catholic, and the women compete against McAuley. The first race at Keating Natatorium starts at 2:30 pm. Full results are available here.   Wow! 88-54 and 111-38 those are impressive margins of victory.  It looks like the Middle School Cowfish come by big, over-the top wins honestly.  Way to go Team!!    Thanks to Heather "Heat Sheet" Lethander for the report.

Heartbreak Finish for Boy's Basketball Opener

Who's ready for Boys' Basketball?

On Tuesday, December 4th, the Boys' Basketball team opened the season at here at home against Sycamore with a 40-48 loss.  The fans must have been on the edge of their seats at the end as the Cowboys scored almost as often during the fourth quarter than they had during the first three quarters combined.  Ahmed Frost led the scoring with 9 points, followed close behind by Will Marty with 8, and Walker Lewis 7.  Ben Kurtz and Mark Akinbi each had 6, Dawson Rodgers scored 3 and Mason Rodgers finished up with 1 point. 

At last check, we are down by around a hundred votes for the WLWT Meijer Wildcard Game of the Week.  So until 11:59 tonight - Keep Voting HERE

Thanks to Rod Apfelbeck for these great shots.

See more of them HERE