Girls' soccer head coach Kellie Siler steps down

Kellie Siler, girls' soccer head coach, has stepped down from that position.  She sent me the following:

I have truly enjoyed the past 12 years as Head coach, 14 in all. I am proud of the winning tradition and the success that the girls soccer program has experienced in those years. I have many wonderful memories of past teams and seasons and while the records and titles are memorable it's the relationships of those players that continue to bless my life and that will always remain special and most fulfilling to me.

Boys' soccer loses thriller to Carroll

In a very exciting and hard fought game, the boys' soccer team lost to Dayton Carroll last night at Centerville in the Regional semi-finals.

Neither team could score until just 3:32 remained in the game, when Carroll was able to knock in a rebound.  The game ended 1-0.

An example of how close this game was: David Weinrich shoots (below), and their keeper makes the save. BUT, at least part of the ball is in - however the ENTIRE ball has to be in for it to be a goal.  To be fair, this is not a good angle.  On the other hand, I may also not have caught the ball at its deepest pentration.  To be clear, I'm not saying it was a goal, but I am saying this is one of several times we came very close to scoring.

Enquirer article here.

The boys finish the season at 13-4-3.

Photo gallery here.

New course awaits local runners headed to state meet

Enquirer article here.

...This is a new course for the state meet after it had been run at Scioto Downs in Columbus for the past 25 years...

Wyoming [boys] placed second in Division II to qualify for its first state meet since 2002. It was the highest regional finish in school history for the Cowboys...

Wyoming found added inspiration in Emily Stites of the girls’ team to earn the No. 11 Cowboys their berth in DII. Stites won her regional race, beating Indian Hill’s Elizabeth Heinbach for the first time in cross country in the process.

“I’ve been telling the guys from the beginning of the season that there is something special about this team and we have the potential to do something great,” said senior Seth Gold. “(Stites’) race 100 percent inspired us. We knew she’s been gunning so hard to win that race. Winning races is a rare occurrence because there are so many good runners out there. Seeing her do that gave us extra motivation.”

Directions to Wilmington HS

AD Scott Kaufman asked me to pass on these directions to Wilmington High School (300 Richardson Place, Wilmington, OH 45177), which he received from a representative of the school.  The volleyball team plays there in the regional semi-finals at 6 PM tomorrow.  Tickets are available from the AD's office.

Please enjoy the conversational voice in which the directions are written:

If you are planning on arriving to Wilmington from the west or south, you probably are planning to arrive on SR 73 from I 71.  That route will re-open on Wednesday, from about 6 weeks of a detour.  The roadway will look a little different than it has in the past to you.  As you get approximately a mile outside of Wilmington on SR 73, it will take a turn to begin a by-pass of Wilmington.  Immediately after the curve, there will be a sign, and a traffic light at Mitchell Road.  Turn right onto Mitchell Road, and go roughly 300 feet to a stop sign.  Turn left onto that road, and you will be on the old SR 73, which is called Wayne Rd.  Follow that road to the third traffic light, which is at the Clinton Memorial Hospital.  Turn left onto Farquhar St.  Go one block, turn left onto Locust St, and immediately turn right onto Richardson Place.  From this street you will drive into the parking lot.

Senior Night

Thanks to Allison LeBuhn for organizing senior night. Great job!

Both the seniors AND their parents are looking younger every year!

Photo gallery here.  (I left the pictures uncropped so you have as much flexibility as possible if you want to get prints. As a reminder, I don't make anything on the prints so feel free to download the files and have them printed wherever you prefer, or use the convenience of printing from the site.)

Talk about a thorn with two roses - sheesh.



Tri-County Press 10-26-11

Last week's issue here.  (Sorry - a little late on this.)

Coverage includes boys' soccer, girls' soccer, volleyball, girls' tennis, boys' and girls' cross country and football.

Volleyball ticket pre-sale

The Volleyball Team plays in the OHSAA Regional Semi-Final on Thursday, November 3rd at 6 p.m. at Wilmington High School.

Pre-Sale tickets are $6 and will be on sale in the Athletic Office through Thursday (Wyoming receives a percentage of the pre-sale).

All tickets are $8 at the gate.

Spirit Buses

There will be Spirit Buses for all of the events listed below - all are $10 for a ticket and a ride:

Regional Boys Soccer - Bus will leave Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. If students rides the bus there, they must ride the bus home. They must sign up and pay in Mr. Kaufman’s office no later than 11 a.m. tomorrow morning. We must have 25 sign-up and pay in order to have the Spirit Bus.

Regional Girls Volleyball - Bus will leave Thursday at 4:15 p.m. If students ride the bus there, they must ride the bus home. They must sign up and pay in Mr. Kaufman’s office no later than 3 p.m. Wednesday. We must have 25 sign-up and pay in order to have the Spirit Bus.

State Cross Country - Bus will leave Saturday at 9 a.m. If students ride the bus there, they must ride the bus home. They must sign up and pay in Mr. Kaufman’s office no later than 3 p.m. Thursday. We must have 25 sign-up and pay in order to have the Spirit Bus.

Volleyball wins 3-0 over Urbana to win District Championship

The volleyball team defeated Urbana 25-20, 25-22, 25-14 on Saturday to win the District Championship.

Urbana was ranked 10th in the state and came into the match at 22-1.

The girls are now 23-0 on the season.

Next up: vs. Kettering Alter, Thursday night at Wimlington at 6 PM.  Wilmington High School is located at 300 Richardson Place, Wilmington, Ohio 45177.  This is the second year in a row the girls have advanced to the regional semi-finals.

Alter ended the year ranked 12th in the state and has a 16-9 record.  Don't be fooled though, they played a brutal schedule.

Tournament bracket here.

Photo gallery here.

Boys' soccer defeats Tippecanoe 1-0 to win District Championship

As with almost all pictures on the blog, click for a full screen view.

The boys' soccer team made Nathan Meisner's first half goal off of Cory Macke's cross hold up and defeated Tippecanoe 1-0 to win the District Championship Saturday night.

Our goal:

Cory brings the ball up the right side.

Cory beats his guy so badly that he's barely still in the frame.

Cory crosses the ball.

Bodies are scattered, Todd seems happy, the Tippecanoe kid on the right is making the universal, "Oh crap, we got scored on" signal.

David and Nathan seem even happier than Todd.

I couldn't keep up with the play but I'm told that the Tippecanoe keeper got a hand on Cory's cross but couldn't control it.  Nathan was able to get to the loose ball first and put it home.

Harrison Glover had eight saves en route to the shutout.

Next up: vs. Dayton Carroll on Tuesday at 7 PM at Centerville.  Centerville High School is located at 500 E. Franklin Street, Centerville, Ohio 45459.  According to AD Scott Kaufman, this is the first time the boys' team has advanced to regionals.

Carroll defeated McNick 5-0 to advance to Tuesday's game.

Tournament bracket here.

Photo gallery here.

Coach Thomas got a Gatorade shower just before this was taken.