Correction Notice

The informational Baseball meeting we posted about yesterday has been re-scheduled to 1:30, Wednesday, December 19th.

Cowfish Crush Kings and Clark

Oh, the joys of the Saturday afternoon swim meet.

Saturday, December 15th, the Wyoming Cowfish hosted a Tri-Meet with Clark and Kings, where twice as many bubbles were eaten.

FINAL RESULT:
Wyoming-180

Kings----140

Clark----59

 

From Coach Tsivitse

Great meet Wyoming Cowfish!!

The Wyoming Medley Relay of Andrew Derge, Nicholus Denson, Lia Thomas and Carson Burt started the meet of with a big win and set the tone for an exciting swim/dive tri-meet.  Carson Burt,Andrew Derge, & Philip Brocker were double, individual event winners.  Arthur Cilly, Becca Prangley, Lia Thomas & Nicholus Denson were single, individual event winners.  The Free Relay team of Philip Brocker, Andrew Derge, Lia Thomas and Carson Burt capped off the swimming events with an impressive win.  Not mentioned here, but the half-second Burt victory in the 500 Free was pretty exciting too.

Our divers, Samantha Campell,Charlie Donnelly and Terra Forsyth continued with a spectacular diving display finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd place earning many points for the Cowfish victory!!

 

I usually try to get a picture of the scoreboard to show event and heat information before each race as way to tell what pictures came from what race, but the location of the scoreboard at PCY wasn't going to allow that. So parents will have to use goggles and the shape of the swimmers' noggins and to identify their athletes. And as the parent of a former diver, I ashamed to say that I didn't stay for diving. Yes, I've become one of "those" parents. But the call of the office Christmas Party that we were dangerously close to being late for was just to strong. I will try to repent of my wicked ways at at least one of the upcoming swim dive meets on Tuesday and Thursday of this week.

See more mystery pictures HERE

Spring is in the Air

It's a mean trick to have spring weather and to read emails about baseball activity, only to realize that it's still the middle of December.  Here's where the tech-savvy would insert one of those frownie-face emoticons.  So I'm not alone in my suffering, I thought I'd try to turn your thoughts to baseball as well.

There will be an informational meeting on Wednesday, December 19th, after school at 1:30 in the cafe.  There will be information about open gym and tryout dates.

Photo by Rod Apfelbeck.

Dan Brady Memorial Fund

The coaches and board members of the Wyoming Lacrosse Club have always encouraged community service and concern for others along with teaching lacrosse skills and sportsmanship to each athlete. As the year ends, please consider this opportunity to share with this Wyoming Lacrosse family if you are able:

During the 2012 season, the high school men’s team manager, Sam Brady, a WHS freshman and former middle school lacrosse player lost his father to an unexpected and tragic death. Sam continued to work with the high school team throughout the entire season, faithfully and enthusiastically assisting the coaches from the side lines, at games and practices, in the good weather and the bad, always with a smile and a word of encouragement for the players. Recently, the Wyoming Lacrosse Club was contacted by the Greater Cincinnati Bank and Mortgage Association where Sam’s dad served, to offer the Wyoming Community an opportunity to partner with them in a Memorial fund for Sam, his twin brother Max, and his mom Janice Brady.

Please take a moment to share with a Wyoming family this holiday season.

There is an online link to enable you to donate directly to the Dan Brady Memorial Fund

(scroll down to read the full letter from the GCMBA)

 

Go to the GCMBA.comwebsite:

or you can mail a donation to the GCMBA Treasurer at the address below:

Glenn Hodge

GCMBA Treasurer

Academy Mortgage

11590 Century One Blvd, Suite 112

Cincinnati, Ohio 45246

Thank you,

Keith Hughes

WHS Men’s Lacrosse Coach

Dear GCMBA & CABR Members,

Earlier this year we lost a Past President to the GCMBA and a dedicated mortgage professional to our Industry. Many of you knew Dan Brady as I did, as a dedicated and outspoken advocate for our business and the customers Dan served. Dan championed a number of housing initiatives during his career and was very passionate about the organizations he represented and the utilization of FHA financing as a path to homeownership for many families. He was a strong supporter of education programs and spent countless hours offering CE training for the CABR membership.

Our industry has seen change that no one ever imagined over the past four years and that change has impacted us all in very different ways. For Dan, that change became too much to bare and unfortunately we lost an advocate for our industry and an individual that truly helped thousands of families on the road to homeownership. Dan and I had a conversation about the many families he had assisted during his career. A number of those families couldn’t envision the dream of homeownership without the help they received from Dan. Dan cared about his customers and their families.

Dan leaves behind a family that needs our help and support, just like the families that Dan assisted. As we approach the holidays where family seems to be more important than ever during the year, I would ask that you help me in supporting Dan’s wife and twin sons he leaves behind. The GCMBA will be collecting financial donations and would like to present the family with our contribution before the end of the year. No donation is too great or small and any effort would be much appreciated.

Thank you for your help and generosity,

Chris Johnstone

Chris Johnstone

Past President

Greater Cincinnati Mortgage Bankers Association

 

8th Grade Girls' Basketball Dominates Taylor

From 7th Grade Girls' Coach Eric Kunkel

Wednesday’s game against Taylor was a big win for the 8th grade team.  Kayla Hampton and Lauren Metz led the team in scoring.  Superb defense from all teammates made it very difficult for the Taylor team to keep pace with the Cowboys.  Highlights included a spectacular steal by Tatyana Palmer and heady defense by Emily Dudek.  Crissy Gallick and Isabelle Judge played strong games on both ends of the court.  The Emmas, Jacquemin and Postalliam, smothered Taylor’s inside game, with Emma J scoring on a feisty put-back in the paint.  The next game for the 8th grade girls will be home against Mariemont on Thursday, December 20.

7th Grade Girls Swat Taylor

We got the news here at the Round-Up that Emma Melvin is out for the season.  The team's loss is our gain as she will be our regular reporter.   At an upcoming game, you will be asked to sign a petition to get her some extra credit in English, maybe a sweet by-the-word deal.

From Emma "The Menace" Melvin
On December 12, the 7th grade girls played a rough game at home against Taylor. They were a tough match for the Cowboys but we came out with the win. Skylar Wolski, Jamaica Hurston, Anna Sponaugle and Sydnie Shepherd played an amazing defense this game. They came into the game strong and came out stronger than ever. They helped the team make their way to victory. Again in this game Lindsay Stewart led all scorers with 10 points. She and Sierra Valentine, who finished with 8 points, were on fire this game.  The team as a whole did an amazing job on both offense and defense.  The final score ended up to be 24:22 Wyoming. It was a close game but the girls pulled it off with toughness and determination.  The next game will be Thursday, December 20, against Mariemont, at the middle school gym.

Girls' Basketball Beats Down the Braves

On Wednesday, December 12th, the Girls' Varsity Basketball team continued their winning ways when they hosted Indian Hill.  At the half, Wyoming was up 22-17.  The fourth quarter saw the Braves charging back, but when the buzzer rang out (there was no dust to settle, we run a tight ship around here) Wyoming held on for the win 38-37.  Scoring was spread around with three of our girls, Natalie Burchard, Morgan Cunningham, and Emily Wadds, putting up 8 each.  Kelsy Brunsman was no slouch and contributed 6.  Ashli O'Neal and Marta Stewart threw in 3 each, while Katie Sena added 2.  Tomorrow, Saturday, December 15th, at 7:30 PM, the Girls invite Taylor over to play.  Poor, poor Taylor, don't you feel kinda sorry for 'em?

Sugar Cookies Beware

From Coach Pitman

The wrestling team split on Wednesday night (December 12th) in their tri-meet at Summit. Wyoming took a hard loss to Western Brown, but came back strong to win against Summit. The matmen have 17 days off until their next competition (Norwood Invitational - Saturday, December 29th).
Stat Leaders for the Cowboys are:

Wins: Ethan Padnos and Ike Palmer with 11
Pins: Joey Gallick and Ike Palmer with 7
Takedowns: Asa Palmer with 23
Reversals: Asa Palmer with 9
Escapes: Ethan Padnos with 8
Nearfall Points: Dylan Kripal with 23
Team Points: Ike Palmer with 63

It looks like Wyoming is the CHL leader in about a third of the CHL weight classes and almost half of the weight classes we compete in. How likely is that to change with the Holiday Food Frenzy almost here?

Win 1 With Rooks!!

So the Cheerleaders shown in the December 8th post were right; the Boys' Varsity Basketball team followed the Girls' lead and decided to get their first win at home against Deer Park.  The score came out 51-44 with Frost putting in 24 himself.  I understand the game had some tense moments.  I got the following report from Rod Apfelbeck:  The story on picture 26 of 36 (referring to Rod's picture gallery linked below) is that (I think) Will Marty threw an inbounds pass the length of the court (makes sense that Will threw a long pass) to Walker (not a good name for a basketball player) Lewis who caught it, went up for the layup and got hacked really bad. NO foul was called. So the next two pictures are Coach Rooks yelling at and then talking to the ref about the no call.  Maybe it's a mistake on my part to remind you of what you've been missing since I forced Rod out of the Round-Up.  Two separate, equally funny jokes in one sentence. 

The Deer Park players might be tall, sure, but they still came up short against our Cowboys.

This is the Picture 26 referred to above.  I don't see what everyone except the Ref got worked up.

Below are some numbers to keep you statisticians happy.

Wyoming 51, Deer Park 44
Wyoming (1-2) - Frost 9 5 24, Kurtz 1 2 4, Lewis 2 5 9, Marty 2 0 5, Akinbi 1 4 7, M. Rogers 0 2 2. Totals: 15 18 51.
Deer Park (1-3) - Helton 1 0 3, Johnson 4 4 12, Hayes 2 0 5, Ballard 3 3 9, Newman 3 3 9, Clement 3 0 6. Totals: 16 10 44.
Halftime: Wyoming 29-23. 3-pointers: W 3 (Frost, Marty, Akinbi); DP 2 (Helton, Hayes).

 

Not only the first W of the season, but this was the first Wyoming W of the Rooks era.  Congratulations, Coach!! 

 

This post brought to you by the letter W, and by the Matt Rooks Fan Club, "The Rooksies"

Thanks to Rod Apfelbeck for the great pictures.

See more HERE

 

8th Grade Girls Basketball Breaking Even

From Coach King

On Dec. 10th, the 8th Grade Girls Basketball Team lost to Indian Hill MS 34-40. Lauren Metz led the scoring with 22 points.

On Dec. 12th, the 8th Grade Girls Basketball Team beat Three Rivers MS by a score of 39-20. Kayla Hampton led the scoring with 24 points, followed by Lauren Metz with 13. This brings their record to 2-2.

The girls play their next game on Dec. 20th at home with Mariemont.

Only 24 points!?! C'mon Kayla, don't be such a slacker