If They're This Good Now...

The Wyoming Youth Wrestlers traveled to Blanchester recently to participate in the Youth Blanchester Invitational. Over 300 wrestlers in the greater Cincinnati area (ages 5-12) participated. Five wrestlers from Wyoming’s Youth Program placed.

Blanchester Youth Tournament Placers
Tristan Pitman            Age 5: Champion
Brayden Alcorn          Age 5:  3rd Place
Landen Woolsey         Age 7: Runner-Up
Jack Carmichael          Age 7:  4th Place          
Ben Obringer               Age 11: Runner-Up

The youth program has 22 members on the roster.
Next up for the Little Cowboys is the Youth Fairfield Invitational on January 11th.

Thanks to High School Wrestling Coach Brian Pitman for the sharing the good news.

It's Later Than You Think

There will be a player/parent/coach meeting for the upcoming 2015 Spring girl's lacrosse season on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:30 in the HS cafeteria for players and their parents.

Check out the 2015 Girls Lacrosse Schedule HERE

Photo thanks to Arch Cunningham

So You Want To Go To College

Wyoming High School is hosting a free program presented by Dynamite Sports entitled “Guiding the College-Bound Student Athlete”.  It is a program designed to educate student athletes and parents about athletic scholarship academic requirements, the NCAA Eligibility Center, and provide a forum for parents and student athletes to ask questions about the recruiting process.  This program will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2015, at 7:30pm in the Pendery Auditorium.  All Attendees will receive a FREE SAT/ACT Prep DVD (limit 1 per family).

Photo from Kenyon College Athletics

Divers Dunk Mariemont

Saturday, January 3rd, the Cowboys met the Warriors in Mariemont.  The swim results haven't surfaced yet (stay tuned), there was no denying the Diving dominance, so we're posting those results right away.

Girls Results

Emma Weber                    1st

Sammi Campbell              2nd

Vera Bostwick                   4th 

Boys Results

Charlie Donnelly               1st

Will Courtney                  2nd

Thanks to Coach Wolkoff for the results.

See more pictures HERE

You Can't Win 'Em All, But You Can Win Almost All of 'Em.

The Wyoming Middle School swimmers/divers challenged Mariemont on Saturday, January 3rd, but came up on the short end.  This was the last meet of the season and their first loss.  They head to their championship meet this weekend.

Final Score

Mariemont 168.5

Wyoming  115.5

First place winners

S.Weis-1 meter diving

B.Connock 200 Freestyle (Brianna also won the 100IM at Walnut Hills)

J.Engelhardt "Double Winner" 50 Backstroke and 100 Backstroke.

K.Obringer 25 Backstroke.

Diving Results

Sami Weis                    1st

Katy Vanatsky              2nd

Libby Spera                  6th

Caroline Zackerman     8th

Riley Bahr                     9th

Thanks to Coach Pete for the results, and

Thanks to Steve Connock for the Swimming photos.

See more HERE
See more Diving pictures HERE

Cowboys Can't Crack the Cavaliers

Bryn Lewis reported from the Boys Basketball game against Purcell Marian on Saturday, January 3rd.

Wyoming Cowboys faced off against their first ranked team tonight, the Purcell Marian Cavaliers.  Wyoming started the scoring around one minute in when Walker Lewis drove into the lane for two. Jake Edmonds, on the next possession did the same and the score was 4-0. At the 4:40 mark, Jake drove into the lane, dished to Walker and the score was 8-2. Around four minutes in, the Cavaliers adjusted but Mason Rogers got a two to stop the bleeding and a score of 10-7 Wyoming. 1st qtr. notes: Lonnie Grayson tested the lane a few times and got fouled. Nate Lowe had a fast break two and an plus one. Lonnie ended the quarter with a huge block to keep the score tied at 17.

The 2nd quarter went back and forth.  Nate had a nice block and Jake took a charge early on. Around 5 minutes in, Lonnie drove into traffic for two. 21-20. At the 3:40 mark, Mason goes hard into the paint for an And 1 to regain the lead. 24-22.  With three minutes left, Hudson Rogers said "Your shot is denied!" with air and a block.Over two minutes to go and the score tied at 24, Nate took a charge and, in the next possession, Lonnie passed to Jake for a three and the lead. At the half the score was 29-26.

The third quarter started with a second or third effort putback by Mason. A minute later, Walker had another putback. 33-28. At two minutes in, the score was tied at 33. At three minutes in, Mason had a nice steal. This was a tight game but Jake to a Lonnie 3 then Lonnie broke some ankles at the top of the key for another 3 and the score was 39-37. With around 2:30 minutes left, the Cowboys had two big men with four fouls gained in ways I cannot describe generously. By the end of the quarter, Lonnie had 11 points and the score was 48-39.

The 4th quarter had little to note. The game went into overtime with the score tied at 51.

Overtime notes: A minute in, Nate tied it up at 53. Nate refused a Cavalier possession and got a jump ball resulting in a Wyoming possession. Final score 56-63.

Thanks to Bryn Lewis for the great report, and

Thanks to Rod Apfelbeck for the pictures.

See more HERE

Literal Last-Second Scoring

Bryn Lewis reported from the Boys Basketball game against the Badin Rams on Friday, January 2nd.

After two weeks off, Wyoming tipped off against the Badin Rams tonight and saw their first GCL competition of the season.  GCL teams are always a good test for the Cowboys.

With over three minutes into the game, Lonnie Grayson started off the scoring for both teams with a jumper for 2. On the next possession, Mason Rogers drove inside and was fouled and Wyoming's lead was 3-0.  With just over three minutes left in the quarter, Garyn Prater found some space inside and had a shorter jumper for 2 that brought the score to 5-2.  Jake Edmonds had a key defensive rebound with less than 3 minutes to go that led to a 3 from Garyn and a score of 8-2.  Around then, Walker Lewis had to come out of the game with a dislocated finger joint. Toward the end of the quarter, Lonnie had a 3 from the top and a final quarter score of 11-4 Wyoming.

The 2nd quarter didn't start well for the Cowboys' offense and Badin tied it up 11-11 around two minutes in. At the 4:32 mark, Jake took a charge that led to a Garyn put-back 2 on the possession. With just over three minutes left, Mason chased down a defensive rebound in the corner which led to a fast break by Jake for 2 and a plus 1. Score 16-11. At the two minute mark, Garyn brought out the defense at the top of the key and passed to Lonnie for a 3. At the half, the score was 19-16.

The second half began with Walker grabbing a defensive rebound and passing to Lonnie for a fast break 2 and a score of 21-16. The Rams responded and, with less than three minutes in, tied it up 21-21. Jake took it inside and was fouled, 23-21 Wyoming.  Just over three minutes left in the quarter and Badin took their first lead of the game, 24-23 Badin. With less than a minute to go, Nate Lowe had a key shot block to deny Badin. Walker had left the game again with a second injury.

The 4th quarter was more of the same on defense for both teams. Badin tied it up again then Wyoming took the lead back then Badin took the lead again with a minute to go; 31-30 Badin.  That's when it got to be the most exciting minute of the season so far!  With 35 second to go, Badin was inbounding at half court and Garyn leaped to grab the possession and Lonnie scored 2.  Wyoming up by one. With 11 seconds to go, the Rams responded and went up by one. Timeout Wyoming. Mason inbounded to Lonnie who brought it up the floor and WITH ONE SECOND LEFT LONNIE MADE A THREE AND THE COWBOYS WON.  Final: 35-33 Wyoming.

Thanks to Bryn Lewis for the report and the picture.

Yes Virginia, There is a Bowling Team

I admit it; I was a doubter - but no longer.  We do have a Bowling team and they look like a great group.  I'm sure soon we'll get a report on how their season is going.  

Thanks to Michelle Lee for the photos.

I Resolve To...

I'm sure you've been worrying about how to finish that sentence for the last few weeks.  It's understandable.  You're svelte, you're fit, you've no vices or bad habits.  You're not modest to a fault, but just the right amount of modest.  You're adored by friends and neighbors.  Well, I'm here to help.  Repeat after me:  This year I resolve to submit updates, stories, scores, highlights and or pictures to the Round Up.

We'd love to hear and see how ALL the teams are doing, and there are lots of ways for you to help.

Are you or someone you love on a Middle School or JV team?  Let's get that team a little time in the spotlight.

Are you great at solving mysteries?  There have been rumors swirling around for years that Wyoming has a Bowling team?  Having seen no evidence come across my desk, I myself am a little dubious.  Maybe you help settle this matter once and for all.

Are you a collaborator?  Being the model of modesty you are, do you feel more comfortable when you can share the glory?  Then partner up.  For example, we are getting some amazing images of the Girls Basketball Varsity and JV teams from Arch Cunningham.  What we need are words to go along with those pictures.  Is half the spotlight still too much?  We can keep you anonymous or better yet, maybe we can come up with some cool pen name - Ima Paragon, or Maya Teamsdabest.

Send your work to the Round Up at wyoroundup@gmail.com

Wyoming Whips Walnut in the Water

Coach Pete sent the good word from the exciting Middle School swim meet at Walnut Hills on Tuesday, December 30th.

Wyoming Cowboys came out victorious against Walnut Hills!!

Final Results

Women:Wyoming-90  Walnut Hills-79

Men:Wyoming-47  Walnut Hills-24

Combined:Wyoming-145  Walnut-119

1st Place Winners:

Maddie Kurtz-25 Butterfly

Emma Savage-25 Freestyle

Katie Obringer-25 Backstroke

Dori Miller-25 Breaststroke

Connor Moore-"Double Winner"-50 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle

Jaime Donovan-50 Backstroke

Way to Go Cowboys!!

This Swim meet, like all of our other meets this season, was a" total team win".  All the swimmers earning 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place finishes scored important points for the Cowboys in the win over Walnut Hills.  All the Cowboys are swimming faster in their respective events as our season heads into Championship mode.  Wyoming travels to Mariemont this Saturday, Jan.3rd for our annual "Dual in the Pool" crosstown shootout.  Last year Mariemont beat us out by a few points, this exciting dual swim/dive meet always comes down to the last few events.

Thanks to Coach Pete for the report, and

Thanks to Steve Connock for some of the pictures above.

See more of Steve's shots HERE

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