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Blanchester                                                       tant coach Dan Peters.                              thew Zimmerman. They were 2-10 in
  Loaded with underclassmen going in                                Creager was a second-team All-                    the SBAAC National Division.
to 2020, the Blanchester softball team                            SBAAC pick in 2019 and leads six                       The top returning players are Lanie
lost valuable experience when the sea-                            returning starters, including pitching              Clark, Jericka Boggs and Savannah
son was cancelled because of Covid-19.                            prospects Stanforth, Mueller and Case.              Tolle. Rupp said Clark “has been teach-
  “We were going to be a young team                               Newcomers to note, Grogg said, are                  ing newcomers correct hitting form”
last year and the players returning this                          Naylor, Barr, Potts, Peters and Dawley.             and injured returnee Josie Runk “has
year missed out on the opportunity to                               Grogg said he likes his team’s attitude           been a voice at practices, encouraging
gain another year of varsity experience,”                         and effort. “They come to practice every            and cheering on her teammates.”
19-year BHS head coach Jamey Grogg                                day focused and ready to work,” he said.               Rupp said her expectations are high
said. “So, in that regard, we are ‘young’                           He said his team will need to play                for the Astros this season.
again this year.”                                                 solid defense and execute to manu-                     “We have a big senior class this year,
  The rosters consists of seniors Jas-                            facture runs in order to contend for a              so even though we didn’t have our
mine Collins and Noelani Tangonan;                                National Division crown, won the past               season last year, we still have a lot of
juniors Taylynn Barr, Maggie Caldwell,                            six seasons by Williamsburg.                        softball experience,” she said. “There is
Emma Case, Madison Creager, Rianna                                  After missing the 2020 season, Grogg              a lot of young talent as well and I have
Mueller, Samantha Naylor and Zoie                                 said he felt awful for his players who              already seen underclassmen stepping up
Stanforth; sophomores Lydia Peters,                               weren’t able to finish their careers on             to fill key positions in the field.”
Olivia Potts and Kyra Renick; and fresh-                          the softball diamond.                                  Newcomers who should contribute
man Bailey Dawley.                                                  ”I think we will have a greater appre-            are Megan Hadley, Cheyenne Reed and
  Among the players from 2019                                     ciation for the opportunity we will be              Ashlyn Tate. The freshmen “bring a lot
not returning, either 2019 or 2020                                given, knowing what it is like to have it           of young talent in key positions” to the
graduates, are Kassidy Abney, Marissa                             taken away,” he concluded.                          team, Rupp said.
Jacobs, Kelsey Naylor, Elecia Patton,                                                                                    Players gone from the 2019 team
Savanna Shank, Madison Fields and                                 East Clinton                                        include Rhylee Luttrell, Taylor Boeck-
Chloe Stewart.                                                      Katie Rupp takes over the softball pro-           mann (first team All-SBAAC), MacK-
  Blanchester was 5-19 overall in 2019,                           gram at East Clinton in 2021.                       enzie Campbell, Kaitlin Durbin (second
4-8 in the SBAAC National Division.                                 Last year, Rupp was varsity assistant             team All-SBAAC), Katelyn Talbott and
Grogg is 228-185 in his BHS coaching                              coach and Sarah Sodini was head coach.              McKenzie Pence. Campbell was the
career. He will be assisted by Tommy                              The two have switched roles this year.              team’s top pitcher in 2019.
Lee and Matt Sexton with reserve head                             Matt Melnek will be the reserve coach.
coach Makayla Shank and reserve assis-                              East Clinton 8-14 in 2019 under Mat-                                        See SOFTBALL | 4
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Softball                                          the Clinton-Massie softball coach. His
                                                  first season was wiped out by Covid-19.
                                                                                                      at Lafayette College while Jena Rhoads
                                                                                                      is going to Northern Kentucky Univer-
                                                     Massie was 27-4 in 2019 but three of             sity.
From page 3                                       those losses came in the SBAAC Ameri-                  But missing the entire 2020 season
                                                  can Division, two to unbeaten champion              because of Covid-19 has left the Hurri-
   “Pitching is a game-changer in soft-           Western Brown and one to Wilmington.                cane head coach wanting.
ball and I’ve had several girls step up              Gone from that juggernaut two sea-                  “Missing an entire year is a setback
and put in the work to fill this role,”           sons ago are first team All-SBAAC play-             for a lot of the kids,” he said. “We need
said Rupp. “I’m excited about this team.          ers Lindsey Carter, Hailey Clayborn,                to improve in all areas.
There are a lot of players who are will-
                                                  Taylor Florea and Victoria Sivert along                “Having last season cancelled was
ing to take on new positions and learn
                                                  with Kendall Anderson.                              very difficult for our softball team. Five
new skills for the good of the team. So
                                                     Doyle will be assisted at the varsity            seniors had a very abrupt end to their
many of these girls play volleyball and
                                                  level by former Falcon standout Emi-                high school softball season as well as
basketball together as well so we have a
strong foundation of trust and coopera-           lie Fisher, who played four years at                their high school career.”
tion already.”                                    Denison University, Doyle said. Junior                 Spurlock will be assisted at the varsity
   Looking back on 2020, Rupp said the            varsity coaches are Nick Sandlin and                level by Lacy Myers and Josh Bickett
team was crushed when it was told the             Brandon Lewis.                                      and at the JV level by Sean Early.
2020 season would be cancelled.                      There are six returning letterwinners,              Gone from last season’s 21-7 team are
   ”We were at practice when the news             said Doyle.                                         Olivia Veidt (1st team SBAAC), Sophie
was passed down,” she said. “It was                  He hopes to the improve on the                   Blessing (2nd team SBAAC) and Ken-
devastating to tell the girls we wouldn’t         team’s defensive fundamentals and                   dra McKenna.
be able to be together as a team for the          offensive consistency.                                 Wilmington was 14-8 in 2019, includ-
2020 season. It was tough losing such                “I like the effort and hustle the girls          ing a 7-3 mark in the SBAAC American
an experienced coach like Matthew                 have shown so far,” he said. “We can                Division.
Zimmerman. We were putting in a lot               contend in the league if we can shore-up               There are seven returning letterwin-
of work to fill some gaps just to have it         our defense and generate consistent run             ners, including starters Bickett (1st
taken away. It was especially difficult           support for our pitching.”                          team), Rhoads (1st team), Emily Self
because it seemed we had just hit the                                                                 (1st team) and Grace Brown.
point where we were coming together               Wilmington                                             Top newcomers include Kaitlyn
as a team and then we weren’t a team                Wilmington High School softball                   Partin, Toria Willis, Kelly Carpenter,
anymore.”                                         coach Brian Spurlock has two Division I             Madison Hisco, Nevaeh Blackburn and
                                                  college players on his softball team this           Keiana Murdock.
Clinton-Massie                                    season.                                                “We have a nice mix of upper and
  Matt Doyle is in his second season as             Harlie Bickett has committed to play              lower classwomen,” said Spurlock.

                                                                                                                                       Submitted Photo
The Blanchester High School softball team, from left to right, front row, Taylynn Barr, Emma Case, Bailey Dawley, Maggie Caldwell, Rianna Mueller, Sam
Naylor, Lydia Peters, Olivia Potts; back row, head coach Jamey Grogg, Madison Creager, Zoie Stanforth, Noelani Tangonan, Jasmine Collins, Kyra Renick,
doach Tom Lee, coach Matt Sexton.
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The Clinton-Massie softball team, from left to right, front row, Olivia Ward, Maddie Ward, Cassie Campbell, Sara Hodge, and Luci Payne; back row, Carly Lewis,
Kayla Drake, Natalie Lay, Kiera Brightman, Delaney Schneder, Sam Bowman, Kassie Renner, and Marinah Beener.

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The Clinton-Massie baseball team, from left to right, front row, Cole Adams, Wyatt Creech, Dakota Gasaway, Gabe McDowell, Carson Vanhoose, Ethan
Johnson; back row, Adam Frisch, Nate Wildermuth, Garrett Vance, Kody Zantene, Tyler Keck.
Blanchester                                      six returning starters,” said Lawson.            Clinton-Massie
  Blanchester baseball coach Aaron               “That means the upperclassmen have                 The last time Clinton-Massie played
Lawson felt “terrible” when the 2020             been around a while at the varsity level         baseball they were winning the SBAAC
season was cancelled by Covid-19.                and know what is expected. They have             American Division championship in
  He felt even worse for the players             done a phenomenal job leading by                 2019.
who were unable to complete their high           example to the younger crowd on the                Gone from that team are 2019
school careers.                                  team.”                                           graduates Spenser Branham, Luke
  “I will go on to coach many more                  Among the players gone from the               Chappie, Tyler Lewis and Corey May.
games. I feel sorry for the players              2019 team, either 2019 or 2020 grads,            Then 2020 seniors Seth Goodall, Bryan
that lost the entire season and, more            are Dustin Howard (first team SBAAC),            Kennedy, Dom Kerns, Josh Merkle,
importantly, the seniors that were not           Clayton Boyd, Kaleb Goodin, Orin                 Nolan Prignitz and Clint Stotts all lost
able to enjoy one last go around,” he            Potts, Mason Rector, Christian Stubbs,           their final season.
said. “We have learned to never take the         Peyton West and Jacksson Waialae.                  Chappie, Goodall, Kennedy, Kerns
game for granted. In these crazy times              Rice has signed to play baseball in           and Lewis were all first-team SBAAC
tomorrow is never guaranteed. We must            college at Cedarville University. Lawson         players in 2019.
enjoy every moment about today.”                 said he believes Rice is the first BHS             Head coach Brian Camp, 66-36 in his
  Lawson, 133-70 in his 10 seasons at            player to receive a scholarship to play          Massie coaching career, will be assisted
BHS, will be assisted by Drew Freeman,           baseball at a four-year college.                 by Jeskee Zantene at the varsity level;
Alan Ledford and Bradon Pyle at the                 Top newcomers are Zach West, Jake             Tyler Hayslip as JV head coach; and
varsity level and Rusty Black and Mason          Ficke, James Wymer, Dylan Estep,                 Andrew Ledley as JV assistant.
Rector at the reserve level.                     Carson Curless and Bryce Sipple.                   The Falcons roster this season
  Blanchester was 13-11 in 2019, and                Lawson said his team has experience           consists of seniors Cayden Clutter,
third in the SBAAC National Division.            and a vast amount of baseball                    Dakota Gasaway; juniors Kody Zantene,
The Wildcats won five division titles in         knowledge. “It is looking like over two-         Carson Vanhoose, Nate Wildermuth,
six years prior to the 2019 season.              thirds of the lineup will be players that        Garrett Vance, Tyler Keck, Cole Adams,
  BHS has seven returning letterman,             are on good travel baseball programs.            Ethan Johnson; and sophomores Wyatt
six of them starters, led by first team          That doesn’t happen very often for a             Creech, Gabe McDowell and Adam
All-SBAAC players Trenton Czaika,                school of this size,” he said.                   Frisch.
Cole Ficke, Brody Rice and second-                  Lawson said his team must get                   Clutter, Gasaway and Zantene are the
teamers Reagan Burch and Adam                    quality starts from its pitchers, quality        top returning players.
Frump.                                           at-bats and make the routine plays                 “This group will work hard together
  ”It is hard to believe even with a             defensively in order to contend for the
cancelled season last year we still have         league title.                                                               See Baseball | 8
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Baseball                        Horn, Caden Stewart and
                                Colton Vadnais among
                                others.
                                                                 graduated seven seniors.
                                                                 Many of them had played
                                                                 varsity since their freshman
                                                                                                       Also gone are Joey
                                                                                                    Bush, Jordan Macik, Ben
                                                                                                    McAllister, Grant Pickard,
From page 7                        This season, Carey will       year. I believe last year would    Matt Spears.
                                be assisted by Michael           have been EC’s breakout               The top returning players
and gut through the obstacles                                    season as a baseball program.
                                Weisenberger, Adam Doerger                                          are Jordan Tackett, a three-
we will encounter through
                                and Andrew Hubbard.              With zero seniors this year,       year starter and leader of the
this season,” said Camp.
                                   The top returning player is   we can again start building        team, and Ethan Henson.
“Our pitching staff will be
                                captain Isaiah Curtis. Carey     up our younger players                Newcomers Roberts noted
full of some new faces, so
                                noted the team does not          confidence and getting them        include Jayden Tackett,
they will have to develop
                                have any seniors but juniors     the repetitions to compete         Landon Flint and Kaiden
quickly for us to achieve the
success we desire.”             Curtis, Brody Fisher and         this year.                         Smith. Peyton Hibbard has
  Camp said the league, as      Mitchell Bean have stepped          “This team has surprised        returned to the team after
always, “is competitive. We     up as leaders.                   me already this season. They       being away from baseball
will have to be good at all        ”I’ve coached these           continue to work hard and          after a while, Roberts added.
aspects of the game to defend   boys since seventh grade         really want to be out on the          Roberts likes the starting
our league title of 2019.”      basketball and they know         field at all times. I’m proud of   pitching for the Hurricane
                                what I expect from a team,”      their hard work to get better      and says defense and
East Clinton                    said Carey.                      everyday. The leadership is        consistency at the plate must
   East Clinton finished           Carey likes the Astros        second to none and I firmly        improve.
the 2019 season with a          defense and said the offense     believe they have a good              Wilmington can contend
7-14 record and fifth in the    “will get it done this year.”    handle on the next couple          in the SBAAC American
SBAAC National Division         As with all teams, pitching      years.”                            Division, Roberts said,
standings.                      will be the key.                                                    with good health and solid
   With no season in 2020,         ”We lost all five of our      Wilmington                         defense.
the Astros are missing first    starting rotation from last         Wilmington struggled               “We have a good group of
team All-SBAAC player Zach      year,” said Carey. “We have      on the baseball diamond in         kids that will play hard,” said
Mitchell (2019 grad), second    to throw strikes and allow       2019, finishing 4-17 overall       Roberts.
team All-SBAAC player Matt      the other team to put the ball   and 2-8 in the SBAAC                  The Hurricane are
Mitchell (2020 grad) and        in play. We have little depth    American Division.                 especially eager after having
honorable mention player        in this department.”                The Hurricane, coached          the 2020 taken away from
Tristan Burkitt (2020 grad)        After missing last season,    by Brian Roberts, did not          them and all Ohio high
from that 2019 squad.           Carey said the program’s         play in 2020. Roberts will be      school baseball teams.
   Burkitt led the team wit     development must regain          assisted this season by Phil          “It was heartbreaking
a .453 batting average and      the momentum from the            Gilmore and Bill Davis at the      for the kids, especially the
four triples. Austin Arellano   previous two contested           varsity level and Jody Drake       seniors,” said Roberts. “They
(2020 grad) led with 16 runs    seasons.                         as the junior varsity coach.       put in a lot of work and then
batted in. Matt Mitchell hit       “We were building up to          Among the players gone          we got the news. Very tough
.444 and Zach Mitchell hit      the 2020 season since I came     from the 2019 squad are            situation.
.448 and stole 19 bases.        to EC,” said Carey. ” Having     first team All-SBAAC player           “It made us all realize that
   Coach Brian Carey also       last season cancelled was        Jake Vaughan and honorable         you never know … so don’t
lost Matthew Hall, Matthew      like a punch in the gut. We      mention player Alex Meyer.         take anything for granted.”

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        The Wilmington High School                           Wilmington was 4-11 in 2019.                          is important.
      lacrosse team will have 16 returning                   With the cancellation of the 2020                        “The coach staff s excited how
      letterwinners returning to the team in               season, Shultz said, “We want to make                   the team continues to grow each
      2021.                                                sure we appreciate each opportunity                     practice,” said Shultz. “Also, I like
        There are six returning starters.                  to practice and play lacrosse. Getting                  how this team embraces challenges.
      Coach Adam Shultz said Bryson                        the return to play is really important                  Last spring was difficult, there were
      McVay, Brady Leathley and Cameron                    for our spring athletes. On a personal                  several points where we thought we
      McEvoy have taken leadership of the                  level, I appreciate each and every                      were going to play and it did not
      team “by exhibiting the traits we                    practice and the time spent with                        happen. The staff and players put in a
      stress on a daily basis.”                            teammates and coaches.”                                 lot of effort leading up to last March.
        Shultz, in his sixth season as head                  The team is young and Shultz said                     It cost each kid a quarter of their high
      coach, will be assisted by Austin Gray,              improvement of stick skills and the                     school career and left way too many
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Blanchester                       Jacob, who graduated in           keep our heads down and do          The 2020 Falcons were
  Brian Miller is not only        2019, was SBAAC National          our jobs.”                        possibly a special team. With
the top returning player on       Division player of the year.         Hopkins said his “heart        Clayton Amburgy leading the
the Blanchester tennis team       Other 2019 grads were Cody        aches for the (2020) seniors      way, Clinton-Massie had big
this spring, but also the top     McCollister and Ian Heeg, a       of last season in all sports.     goals.
recruiter.                        pair of second-team players.      My heart aches for my tennis        ”Having last season
  “Brian is the honorary             Brian along with Logan         players who lost a year of        cancelled was one of the
captain of the team,” said        Heitzman, Colton Wilson and       eligibility but I am thankful     hardest things I’ve ever had
head coach Reilly Hopkins,        Bryce Bandow are returning        that everyone remained            to deal with,” said Amburgy.
who was hired to be               players. Wilson was a second-     healthy and safe.”                “The high expectations for
head coach prior to last          team All-SBAAC player two                                           our team and Clayton was
season. “He, much like his        years ago. Carter Stevens,        East Clinton                      very hard to deal with.”
brother Jacob, is a team-         Joseph Mills and Joey Haines         Phil Shori takes over the        Amburgy, a 2020 CM
minded individual. Brian          are the top newcomers.            East Clinton boys tennis          graduate, was first team
recruited the new additions          ”My favorite thing about       program this spring.              All-SBAAC while classmate
to the team which helps           this team is the chemistry,”         The Astros were fourth in      Austin Faucett was second
Blanchester to compete for a      said Hopkins. “Everyone           the SBAAC National Division       team All-SBAAC.
league title.”                    gets along and cares about        standings in 2019 with a 3-7        “We lack experience,” said
  Blanchester has won             one another. We have natural      record. They were 4-9 overall     Amburgy. “We are starting
four SBAAC National               athletes who want to get          in Bill Hrabak’s last season as   over with a new group of
Division championships            better every day at practice.     head coach.                       starters. Two years ago we
in the previous 10 years of       It’s going to be an interesting      Senior Trenton Garen is        had all juniors and seniors
competition. The Wildcats         year. If we continue to show      the top returning player.         starting.
were second to Bethel-Tate        up at practice with the              Jake Howard was a 2020           “There are a lot of new
in 2019.                          attitude of improving our         graduate who earned second        faces this season, which
  Brian was first team All-       game, anything is possible        team All-SBAAC honors in          shows an interest from some
SBAAC in 2019. Brother            this season. We just need to      2019.                             new players. I’m excited to
                                                                       Other players from 2019 no     see how this team comes
                                                                    longer on the team are Aidan      together. I’ve already seen
                                                                    Henson, Hayden Pirman,            excitement from some of
                                    Wash-N-Fold Service             Grant Stonewall, John Cline,
                                                                    Zac Carver and Josh Cline.
                                                                                                      the players out on the courts
                                                                                                      getting ready.”
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                                                                    team.                               Wilmington has high
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                                                                    great attitudes,” Shori said,     to boys tennis.
                                                                    noting his team can compete         This year is no different.
                                                                    for the league title in 2021        Steven Reed, in his 21st
                                                                    “if we play with energy and       season as head coach,
                                                                    passion.”                         welcomes back his top two
                                                                       Also on the roster, Owen       players from 2019, Avery
                                                                    Beatty, Aaron Hughes, Carter      Bradshaw and Caleb Reed.
                                                                    Carey, Lex Frye and Shane         Both were members of the

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Tennis
From page 10
Rhoads, Jonathan
Fender, Brady
Henry (all first
team all-league),
Jack Romer, Jacob
Romer and Collin
Webber.
   Because the
2020 spring season
was cancelled,                                                                                                                       Submitted Photos
“absolutely           The Blanchester High School tennis team, from left to right, Joshua Mills, Joey Haines, Colton Wilson, Brian Miller, Logan
heartbreaking,”       Heitzman, Bryce Bandow, Carter Stevens, coach Reilly Hopkins.
Reed said, the
coach added there’s
a new outlook on
high school sports.
   “We will not
take anything
for granted this
season,” he said.
“We will appreciate
the ups and downs
and soak up every
moment because
you never know
when it can go
away.”
   Several of the
current team
members would         The Clinton-Massie High School tennis team is coached by Rod Amburgy.
have been varsity
players in 2020, so
valuable experience
was lost, as
was the team’s
chance to defend
its first SBAAC
American Division
championship.
   “They are hungry
to get back on the
court and play
some matches,”
said Reed.
   His Hurricane
must “hit as many
balls as possible
before our first
match” but can
contend this season
if WHS can “win
on the doubles        The Wilmington High School tennis team, from left to right, front row, Collin Webber, Ian Dalton, Steven Collins, Isaac Martini,
courts,” the coach    Cory Webber; back row, Trey Reed, Caleb Reed, Matt Butcher, Alex Lazic, Asher Fudge. Team members Avery Bradshaw, AJ Hicks
added.                were not present for the photo.
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Blanchester girls
  The Blanchester High School girls
track and field team won the SBAAC
National Division in 2016, 2017 and
2018.
  They were a distant second to
Williamsburg in 2019. There was no
season in 2020.
  In that championship run, Olivia
Gundler on the track and Regan
Ostermeier in the throws were
instrumental in leading the Ladycats.
They both graduated in 2019. Alexis
Davis was a 2020 graduate.
  The team is coached by Matt
Pressler and Tiffany Wyss.

Clinton-Massie girls
   There are five returning letter-
winners this season for the Clinton-
Massie girls track and field team.
   The top returning team members are
Emma Muterspaw, Nora Voisey and
Courtney Fisher.
   Dean Richardson is in his sixth                                                                                           Submitted Photo
season as the girls varsity head coach.   The Clinton-Massie girls track and field team, from left to right, front row, Kaden Kimple, Emma
   Clinton-Massie was sixth in the 2019   Muterspaw, Nora Voisey, Courtney Fisher, Chloe Filipkowski; middle row, Lissy Muterspaw, Jenna
SBAAC American Division Track and         Hanlon, Kaylee Ramsey, Emma Everitt, Maya Howard; back row, Taylor Anderson, Leah Binau, Madi
Field Championship meet. Gone from        Bayless, Kaylene Gale. Team members not present for the photo are Alex Pence, Layla Schurman, Vada
that team are Rylee Richardson, Molly     Nesbit, Morgan Riggers, Olivia Thesken, Taylee Olberding, Cheyenne Bare, Kyra Avery.
Lynch, Ally Wellman, AJ Houseman,
                                          athletes in cross country, volleyball             include Gracie and Libby Evanshine,
Kaylynn Woolverton and Carly Moritz
                                          and basketball.”                                  Boggs, Antek, Kenton Deaton, Collom,
among others.
                                             Malone has been a coach in the                 Runyon, Jones and Lilly.
   Coaches in the program include
boys head coach Scott Rolf, assistants    program for three years but this is his              “I like the dedication and the
Jordan Phipps and Forrest Goings, and     first season as the varsity girls head            inspiration each of these ladies bring
middle school coaches Jim Wagner,         coach. He will be assisted by Bob                 to the track team,” said Malone.
Jimmy Brady and Matt Hudson.              Henson, Steven Sodini and Michael                 “These ladies come to practice and
   Richardson said Wilmington             Fritz at the varsity level and David              expect to be challenged and pushed to
and New Richmond are the league           Boris and Jim Vest at the middle                  new heights and levels. We as coaches
favorites this year. His team is young    school level.                                     have to step up our game to give these
but improving.                               East Clinton was sixth in the                  young ladies the skill sets they desire
   ”We are a young team but I really      SBAAC National Division meet in                   and deserve because each one of them
like how hard we are working.,” he        2019. The returning athletes are Carah            are champions in their own right. This
said. “We just need to continue to        Antek and Kenton Deaton. Antek was                is one of the strongest most talented
work hard in practice and we will see     first in the 3,200-meter run in 2019.             girls teams we have had in a very long
improvements throughout the season.”         Among the athletes not returning               time.”
                                          are Emma Malone (third in long jump,                 Having coach several of these
East Clinton girls                        sixth in 4x100 and seventh in 100 at              athletes in volleyball, Malone said
  Even though there are only two          SBAAC in 2019), Myah Jones and                    he knows their desire, capabilities,
returning letterwinners this season for   Rhylee Luttrell, Malone said.                     winning attitude and dedication. His
the East Clinton girls track and field       Newcomers to note are Gracie                   team has a good “chance of being one
team, head coach Bob Malone said          Boggs, Gracie Evanshine, Libby                    of the strongest girls track teams in
this is a talented group.                 Evanshine, Jordan Collom, Kaylynn                 the SBAAC” this season.
  “We have one of the biggest and         Deaton, Jozie Jones, Kelsi Lilly,                    As for 2020, Malone dealt with the
most talented girls teams we’ve had       Timmi Mahanes, Emma Riddle,                       team as one of the coaches and as a
in a while,” said Malone. “We have a      Lauren Runyon, Liz Schiff and Molly               father as daughter Emma was one of
lot of ladies coming to the track team    Seabaugh.
that have a lot of talent and are great      Malone said leaders on the team                                               See Track | 14
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Track
From page 13
the SBAAC’s best.
   “I saw the potential and knew what
they were capable of and to have
it taken away from them broke my
heart,” said Malone. “It would mean
the world to me to see these athletes
competing and to have fans in the
stands cheering the athletes on. I
hope that we have increased numbers
because it was so limited during
volleyball and basketball season. These
athletes deserve the opportunity to
compete.”

Wilmington girls
  Wilmington High School girls track
and field head coach Roger Ilg said the
                                                                                                                                Submitted Photo
2020 season was like driving down the     The East Clinton High School girls track and field team is coached by Bob Malone. Team members are,
highway and then, without warning         from left to right, front row, Kailyn Mason, Kaylyn Deaton, Emma Riddle, Jordan Collom; back row, Anna
….                                        Malone, Carah Antek, Kenton Deaton, Kelsi Lilly, Molly Seabaugh, Gracie Evanshine, Lauren Runyon,
  “The road just ends,” he said.          Libby Evanshine.
  The cancelled season has put
Wilmington in catch-up mode this            But a lot has changed since then. No              Brausch, Makenna Tolliver, Hannah
season as each class lost “a year of      longer on the team are Anna Borton,                 Scott, Aeris McDaniel and Lexi
valuable experience,” said Ilg.           Skye Carpenter, Jasmine Jamiel,                     McKee-Cole.
  Ilg, as always, is assisted by Eileen   Samantha McCord, Maggie Simonson,                     Ilg said Pham has taken a solid
Grosse. Both are members of the           Aaliyah Huff and Jordan Snarr among                 leadership role on the team, by her
Clinton County Sports Hall of Fame.       others. Sophomore Sophie Huffman is                 own example of how to get things
Ilg has been coaching 33 years;           out with an injury.                                 done.
Grosse 39 years. Other coaches in           There are 17 letterwinners                          “(Pham) has earned everyone’s
the program are Jasmine Tolbert and       returning, including seven who were                 respect and may be the most positive
Morgan Combs at the middle school         points scorers in 2019 — Izzy Coomer,               athlete I know,” he said.
level.                                    Mercedes Bowman, Maddy Rickman,                       Overall Ilg and Grosse believe this
  Wilmington was third at the SBAAC       Kaitlynn Hickey, Emilee Pham, Sylena                team is willing to listen and learn but
American Division Track and Field         Baltazar, Mckenzie Voges-Pertuset.                  lack experience. There are key parts
Championship in 2019, finishing             Newcomers to note include Liv                     in place but some of those without
behind champion New Richmond and          Hisco, Courtney Parker, Taylor
runnerup Western Brown.                   Noszka, Adriana Benitez, Madilyn                                                    See Track | 15
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                                                                                                                                 a league title in 2017. The
                                                                                                                                 team is coached by Matt
                                                                                                                                 Pressler and Tiffany Wyss.
                                                                                                                                   Among the athletes gone
                                                                                                                                 from the 2019 team are
                                                                                                                                 Brent Hopkins, Ricky Davis,
                                                                                                                                 Tanner Creager, Clayton
                                                                                                                                 Schirmer, Hunter Browning,
                                                                                                                                 Johnny Schirmer and Matt
                                                                                                                                 Grogg.

                                                                                                                                 Clinton-Massie boys
                                                                                                                                    Fourth-year Clinton-
                                                                                                                                 Massie boys track and field
                                                                                                                                 coach Scott Rolf said the
                                                                                                                                 increased numbers have him
                                                                                                                                 and fellow coaches looking
                                                                                                                                 forward to the 2021 season.
                                                                                                                                    ”I am excited about
                                                                                                                                 our numbers so far,” he
                                                                                                                                 said. “However, we are
                                                                                                               Submitted Photo
                                                                                                                                 still a little young and
The Wilmington High School girls track and field team, from left to right, front row, Liv Hisco, Sylena Baltazar,                inexperienced. We definitely
Maddy Rickman, Emilee Pham, Mercedes Bowman; second row, Liz Guard, Courtney Parker, Lexi McKee-Cole, Makiya                     have potential. I love how
Sherman, Kaitlynn Hickey; third row, Breanna Brunke, Kalli Abbitt, Liz Allen, Aeris McDaniel, Ava Hester; back row,              hard the kids are working
Madilyn Brausch, Hannah Scott, Talaya Billingsley.                                                                               so far.”
                                                                                                                                    Rolf will be assisted by
                                         The Lady Hurricane                            Sophie Huffman, Aeris                     Dean Richardson, Jordan
Track                                  roster consists of seniors
                                       Sylena Baltazar, Sadie
                                                                                       McDaniel and Taylor
                                                                                       Noszka; and freshmen
                                                                                                                                 Phipps and Forest Goings
                                                                                                                                 at the varsity level and Jim
                                       Bowman, Izzy Coomer,                            Elizabeth Allen, Madilyn                  Wagner, James Brady and
From page 14                           Liv Hisco, Emilee Pham                          Brausch, Bryann Bryant,                   Matt Hudson at the middle
                                       and Maddy Rickman;                              Hannah Scott and Makenna                  school level.
experience must step up for            juniors Liz Guard, Kaitlynn                     Tolliver.                                    Among those athlete gone
Wilmington to compete for              Hickey, Lexi McKee-Cole,                                                                  from the 2019 team that
the league title.                      Jess Seward, Makiya                             Blanchester boys                          finished the season fourth
  “We are excited about our            Sherman, Sydney Totten,                           Blanchester finished                    in the SBAAC American
possibilities for the season           McKenzie Voges-Pertuset                         as runnersup in 2019 to                   Division are Tate Olberding,
but we also understand                 and Courtney Parker;                            Williamsburg in the SBAAC                 Alec McDonald and Devon
that we need to be patient,            sophomores Kalli Abbitt,                        National Division boys track              Noble.
become better teachers                 Adriana Benitez, Dani                           and field championship                       “It was really hard not
and ask more of our                    Brannon, Brianna Brunke,                        meet.
upperclassmen,” said Ilg.              Alice Clair, Ava Hester,                          The BHS squad last won                                 See Track | 16

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                                                                                                                                            Submitted Photo
The Clinton-Massie boys track and field team, from left to right, front row, Carter Woolverton, J.T. Goings, Ethan Hagerman, Mateo Moore, Michael Mortiz,
Braden Rolf, and Matt Martin; middle row, Tye Phipps, Liam Short, Marty Kreider, Jacob Ryan, Nolan Sutton, Carson Meyers, Weston Carpenter, Toby Hayes,
Collin Swope, Richard Federle, and Kenny Moore; back row, Bryce Hensley, Trey Brewer, Connor Stulz, Elijah Groh, Christian Kidder, Jude Leahy, Daelin Maple,
Ethan Williams, Ben Smith, Brandon Moritz, and Quinton Smith. Team members not present for the photo were Carter Frank, Luke Lentine, Ryan McDonald,
and Miley Powell.

Track
From page 15
having last season,” said Rolf. “We had
a couple of kids with good chances to
go to state and break school records
(Tate and Alec) as well as a really
good sprint group (including Devon).
I felt terrible for last year’s seniors.
I am so glad that this year’s seniors
will get to run. Also, we lost a lot of
development of skills last year. So a
four-year kid will be more like a three-
year kid.”
   Top return athletes are JT Goings,
Daelin Maple, Marty Kreider, Braden
Rolf, Carter Frank, Matt Martin, Toby
Hayes, Collin Swope, Michael Moritz,
Ethan Hagerman, Connor Stulz, Richie
Federle, Carter Woolverton, Tye                      The East Clinton High School boys track and field team is coached by Michael Fritz. Team members are,
Phipps, Bryce Hensley, Luke Lentine.                 from left to right, front row, Jake Steigmeier, Spencer Wiget, Michael Horn, Caden Morton; back row,
   Key newcomers are Jacob Ryan, Jude                Zachary Vest, Michael Daniel, Justin Arnold, Van Frye, Landon Runyon.
Leahy, Kenny Moore, Mateo Moore,
Weston Carpenter, Nolan Sutton.                      Lentine, Bryce Hensley, Toby Hayes                   Meyers, Jude Leahy, Christian Kidder,
   The Clinton-Massie roster consists                and Carter Frank; sophomores Nolan                   Elijah Groh and Weston Carpenter.
of seniors Carter Woolverton,                                                                               Rolf said Wilmington and Western
                                                     Sutton, Connor Stulz, Tye Phipps,
Michael Moritz, Mateo Moore, Ethan                                                                        Brown are league favorites but his
Hagerman and Jeffrey Goings; juniors                 Kenneth Moore, Martin Kreider,
                                                     Richard Federle, Trey Brewer; and                    team can compete if some of the
Collin Swope, Benjamin Smith, Braden                                                                      younger players improve and fill
Rolf, Miley Powell, Ryan McDonald,                   freshmen Quinton Smith, Liam Short,
Matthew Martin, Daelin Maple, Luke                   Jacob Ryan, Brandon Moritz, Carson                                            See Track | 17
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                                                                                                                                    Submitted Photo
The Wilmington High School boys track and field team will compete this season under first-year head coach Chris Reynolds.

Track                                 leaders for us. They
                                      both have been picking
                                                                             who will be assisted by J.D.
                                                                             McIntosh.
                                                                                                                   T.J. Killen and Malik Scott.
                                                                                                                     Among the athletes gone
                                      everything up like we didn’t             Top returnees include               from the 2019 team are Cam
From page 16                          miss last season.”                     regional qualifiers Brett             Coomer, Rory Bell, Ricky
                                         But, of course, they did.           Brooks and Carter Huffman,            Dungan, Aiden Hester,
some of our holes left by
                                         “It was heartbreaking               along with Josh Andrews,              Grant Mayer, Simon Heys,
graduation.
                                      for our seniors,” said Fritz.          Zainne Cowin, Brandon                 Tyler Parks and Mason
                                      “Not allowing seniors                  Glass, Dre’aunte Singleton,           McIntosh.
East Clinton boys
                                      like Aidan Henson and
  In his seventh year with
                                      Emma Malone to get one
East Clinton track and field,
Michael Fritz is in his first
year as the boys head coach.
                                      final year was tough. We
                                      watched them grow from
                                      middle schoolers to high
                                                                                        Here’s to success in
                                                                                        competition, in the
  Fritz will be assisted by           school athletes and then not
Bob Malone, Bob Henson                getting their one last season
and Steven Sodini at the              was very hard.”

                                                                                        classroom, and in life.
varsity level and Jim Vest               After missing the 2020
and David Boris at the                campaign, Fritz said there is
middle school level.                  an excitement in the air.
  East Clinton finished                  ”Everyone is itching to
sixth in the SBAAC National
Division meet in 2019. Fritz
                                      get back to competing this
                                      season,” he said. “It will
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was with the girls team at
the time.
                                      mean the world not only                         offers
                                      to the coaching staff, but
  Among the athletes gone
from the 2019 team are
                                      especially the athletes who                     more than
                                      have been waiting all year
Aidan Henson (National                for this.”                                      40 career
Division runner of the
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               Blanchester                                      April 17
                                                                April 19
                                                                           Hillsboro-DH
                                                                           Georgetown
                                                                                                              H
                                                                                                              A
                                                                                                                   11 am
                                                                                                                   430 pm
                            BASEBALL                            April 21   Felicity                           H    430 pm
 March 17      McClain                             H   430 pm   April 23   Clermont NE                        A    430 pm
 March 20      New Richmond                        H   12 pm    April 24   Goshen-DH                          A    11 am
 March 22      Greeneview                          H   430 pm   April 26   East Clinton                       H    430 pm
 March 24      Washington CH                       A   5 pm     April 27   Clinton-Massie                     H    430 pm
 March 27      Yellow Springs-DH                   H   12 pm    April 30   Bethel-Tate                        A    430 pm
 March 29      Georgetown                          H   430 pm   May 3      Mercy McAuley                      A    5 pm
 March 31      Felicity                            A   430 pm   May 5      Williamsburg                       A    430 pm
 April 1       Clinton-Massie                      H   430 pm                             TENNIS
 April 3       Legacy Christian                    A   430 pm   April 29   Georgetown                          H   4 pm
               (Game at Athletes in Action complex)             March 30   Felicity                            A   4 pm
 April 5       Clermont NE                         H   430 pm   March 31   Batavia                             H   4 pm
 April 7       East Clinton                        A   430 pm   April 5    East Clinton                        A   430 pm
 April 9       Bethel-Tate                         H   430 pm   April 6    Bethel-Tate                         H   4 pm
 April 13      Goshen                              A   430 pm   April 7    Western Brown                       A   4 pm
 April 14      Lynchburg                           H   430 pm   April 12   Hillsboro                           A   430 pm
 April 16      Williamsburg                        H   430 pm   April 14   Clermont NE                         H   4 pm
 April 17      Cedarville-DH                       H   12 pm    April 16   Georgetown                          A   4 pm
 April 19      Georgetown                          A   430 pm   April 19   Felicity                            H   4 pm
 April 20      Batavia                             H   5 pm     April 20   Clermont NE                         A   4 pm
 April 21      Felicity                            H   430 pm   April 21   New Richmond                        H   4 pm
 April 23      Clermont NE                         A   430 pm   April 23   Greeneview                          H   4 pm
               (Game at Midland Field)                          April 26   East Clinton                        H   4 pm
 April 26      East Clinton                        H   430 pm   April 27   Bethel_Tate                         A   4 pm
 April 30      Bethel-Tate                         A   430 pm   May 4      SBAAC Championship                  A   9 am
 May 3         Franklin                            H   430 pm              (League to be held at Wilmington HS)
 May 4         Wilmington                          H   430 pm
 May 5         Williamsburg                        A   430 pm                         TRACK, FIELD
 May 7         Hillsboro                           A   7 pm     April 14   Massie Relays                      A
 May 11        Eastern                             H   5 pm     April 15   Geo Vern Hawkins Inv               A
 May 12        Fayetteville                        H   5 pm     April 19   Western Brown Inv                  A
 May 14        Western Brown                       A   715 pm   April 23   Clinton-Massie Inv                 A
                                                                April 30   Blanchester Inv                    A
                            SOFTBALL                            May 10     SBAAC                              A    At Wbrg
 March 20      Goshen                             H    12 pm    May 12     SBAAC                              A    At Wbrg
 March 22      McNicholas                         A    430 pm
 March 24
 March 27
               Clinton-Massie
               W. Brown-DH
                                                  A
                                                  A
                                                       430 pm
                                                       11 am               Clinton-Massie
 March 29      Georgetown                         H    430 pm                           BASEBALL
 March 31      Felicity                           A    430 pm   March 22   Lynchburg                          A    5 pm
 April 1       Reading                            A    5 pm     March 29   Wilmington                         A    430 pm
 April 5       Clermont NE                        H    430 pm   March 30   CCHR                               H    430 pm
 April 6       Wilmington                         A    430 pm   April 1    Blanchester                        A    430 pm
 April 7       East Clinton                       A    430 pm   April 5    New Richmond                       H    430 pm
 April 9       Bethel-Tate                        H    430 pm   April 6    Williamsburg                       A    430 pm
 April 10      Washington-DH                      A    11 pm    April 7    Georgetown                         A    430 pm
 April 12      Batavia                            H    430 pm   April 8    Wash CH                            A    5 pm
 April 13      Western Clermont                   A    5 pm     April 9    Goshen                             H    430 pm
 April 15      New Richmond                       A    430 pm   April 10   Franklin                           A    4 pm
 April 16      Williamsburg                       H    430 pm              (Game at Dayton Dragons Field)
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 April 12    Lynchburg                      H   430 pm    May 5        SBAAC                            A     9 am
 April 14    Batavia                        A   430 pm                 (League to be held at WHS)
 April 15    Clermont NE                    H   430 pm                              TRACK, FIELD
 April 16    Bethel-Tate                    H   430 pm    March 27     Field Relays                    At WHS 430 pm
 April 17    Lebanon                        A   430 pm    March 30     Tri                       At Miami Trace 430 pm
 April 20    Western Brown                  A   430 pm    April 14     Mudd Relays                       At CM 430 pm
 April 21    Greeneview                     H   430 pm    April 20     Greenon Invitationa		                    4 pm
 April 23    Wilmington                     H   430 pm    April 23     Copeland Classic                  At CM 430 pm
 April 27    Little Miami                   A   430 pm    April 29     Little Miami Inv		                       4 pm
 April 28    New Richmond                   A   430 pm    April 30     Blanchester Inv		                        430 pm
 April 30    Goshen                         A   430 pm    May 10       SBAAC                             At Wbrg
 May 3       Batavia                        H   430 pm    May 12       SBAAC                             At Wbrg
 May 4       Fayetteville                   H   430 pm    May 20, 22   District                          At Graham
 May 5       Western Brown                  H   430 pm    May 27, 29   Regional                          At Piqua
 May 6       East Clinton                   H   430 pm    June 4, 5    State meet                        TBA
 May 10      Hillsboro                      A   430 pm
 May 11      Fairmont
             (Game at Wilmington College)
                                            A   430 pm
                                                                       East Clinton
                          SOFTBALL                                                  BASEBALL
 March 22    Lynchburg                      A   5 pm      March 17     Fairfield                        H     430 pm
 March 24    Blanchester                    H   430 pm    March 24     Greeneview                       A     5 pm
 March 25    East Clinton                   H   430 pm    March 27     New Richmond                     A     12 pm
 March 29    Wilmington                     A   430 pm    March 29     Fayetteville                     A     5 pm
 March 30    Wayensville                    A   430 pm    March 31     Clermont NE                      A     430 pm
 April 3     Fenwick-DH                     H   11 am     April 1      Hillsboro                        H     5 pm
 April 5     New Richmond                   H   430 pm    April 3      Dohn-DH                          H     11 am,1 pm
 April 6     Williamsburg                   A   430 pm    April 5      Georgetown                       A     430 pm
 April 8     Washington CH                  A   5 pm      April 6      Preble Shawnee                   H     5 pm
 April 9     Goshen                         H   430 pm    April 7      Blanchester                      H     430 pm
 April 14    Batavia                        A   430 pm    April 9      Felicity                         H     430 pm
 April 15    Clermont NE                    H   430 pm    April 11     Wilmington                       A     7 pm
 April 16    Bethel-Tate                    H   430 pm                 (Game at Dayton Dragons Field)
 April 20    Western Brown                  A   430 pm    April 12     Williamsburg                     A     430 pm
 April 21    Greeneview                     H   430 pm    April 14     Bethel-Tate                      H     430 pm
 April 23    Wilmington                     H   430 pm    April 19     Lynchburg                        A     5 pm
 April 27    Blanchester                    A   430 pm    April 21     Clermont NE                      H     430 pm
 April 28    New Richmond                   A   430 pm    April 23     Georgetown                       H     430 pm
 April 29    Little Miami                   A   430 pm    April 26     Blanchester                      A     430 pm
 April 30    Goshen                         A   430 pm    April 28     Felicity                         A     430 pm
 May 1       Bishop Ready                   A   10 am     April 30     Williamsburg                     H     430 pm
             (Game at Pickerington North)                 May 3        Bethel-Tate                      A     430 pm
 May 3       Batavia                        H   430 pm    May 4        Washington CH                    H     5 pm
 May 5       Western Brown                  H   430 pm    May 6        Clinton-Massie                   A     430 pm
                                                          May 7        Fairfield                        A     5 pm
                           TENNIS                         May 10       Miami Trace                      A     5 pm
 March 26    Little Miami                   A   4 pm      May 13       Whiteoak                         A     5 pm
 March 29    Wilmington                     A   4 pm
 March 31    Monroe                         A   4 pm                                SOFTBALL
 April 1     New Richmond                   H   4 pm      March 23     Hillsboro                        A     430 pm
 April 6     Goshen                         H   430 pm    March 25     Clinton-Massie                   A     430 pm
 April 7     Lebanon                        H   4 pm      March 27     McClain-DH                       A     12 pm
 April 9     Greeneview                     A   430 pm    March 29     Fayetteville                     A     5 pm
 April 12    Batavia                        A   4 pm      March 31     Clermont NE                      A     430 pm
 April 15    Western Brown                  A   4 pm      April 5      Georgetown                       A     430 pm
 April 16    Hillsboro                      H   4 pm      April 6      Preble Shawnee                   H     5 pm
 April 19    Washington CH                  H   4 pm      April 7      Blanchester                      H     430 pm
 April 20    Wilmington                     H   4 pm      April 9      Felicity                         H     430 pm
 April 23    Franklin                       H   4 pm      April 10     Batavia-DH                       A     11 am
 April 26    New Richmond                   A   4 pm      April 12     Williamsburg                     A     430 pm
 April 27    Goshen                         A   4 pm      April 14     Bethel-Tate                      H     430 pm
 April 28    Clermont NE                    A   4 pm      April 16     Wilmington                       H     430 pm
 April 29    Batavia                        H   4 pm      April 17     New Richmond-DH                  A     430 pm
 May 3       Western Brown                  H   4 pm      April 19     Lynchburg-Clay                   A     5 pm
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       April 21      Clermont NE                      H     430 pm   April 17   At Southeastern Inv
       April 23      Georgetown                       H     430 pm              (At Miami View Middle School)
       April 26      Blanchester                      A     430 pm   April 20   M. Trace, Plains                   A        430 pm
       April 28      Felicity                         A     430 pm   April 23   CM Copeland Inv                    A        4 pm
       April 30      Williamsburg                     H     430 pm   April 26   At Huntington Inv
       May 3         Bethel-Tate                      A     430 pm   April 30   At Blanchester Inv
       May 4         Southeastern                     H     5 pm     May 4      Hillsboro, WO                      A     430 pm
       May 5         Fayetteville                     A     5 pm     May 10     SBAAC                              At Wbrg
                                                                     May 12     SBAAC                              At Wbrg
                                   TENNIS
       April 1       Georgetown                        A    430 pm                Wilmington
       April 5       Blanchester                       H    430 pm                             BASEBALL
       April 6       Felicity                          H    430 pm   March 19   Lynchburg                          A        5 pm
       April 7       Clermont NE                       A    4 pm     March 24   Fayetteville                       H        5 pm
       April 12      Bethel-Tate                       H    430 pm   March 29   Clinton-Massie                     H        430 pm
       April 14      Hillsboro                         A    430 pm   April 3    Lebanon                            A        12 pm
       April 19      Clermont NE                       H    430 pm   April 5    Western Brown                      A        430 pm
       April 20      Georgetown                        H    430 pm   April 7    New Richmond                       H        430 pm
       April 26      Blanchester                       A    430 pm
                                                                     April 8    Georgetown                         H        430 pm
       April 27      Williamsburg                      H    430 pm
                                                                     April 11   East Clinton                       A        7 pm
       April 29      Bethel-Tate                       A    430 pm
                                                                                (Game to be held at Dayton Dragons Field)
       May 3         Hillsboro                         H    430 pm
                                                                     April 14   Goshen                             H        430 pm
       May 4         SBAAC                             A    9 am
                                                                     April 17   Cin Trailblazers                   H        430 pm
                     (League tournament at Wilmington HS)
                                                                     April 19   Batavia                            A        430 pm
                                TRACK, FIELD                         April 22   McClain                            A        7 pm
       March 27      At Wilmington Field Events                                 (Game at Chillicothe VA Stadium)
       April 9       At Waynesville Inv                              April 23   Clinton-Massie                     A        430 pm
       April 14      At Massie Relays                                April 24   Greeneview                         H        430 pm

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 April 28    Western Brown                    H    430 pm    April 12   Goshen-DH                  H     4 pm
 April 29    New Richmond                     A    430 pm    April 15   Batavia                    A     4 pm
 May 3       Goshen                           A    430 pm    April 16   Miamisburg                 A     4 pm
 May 4       Blanchester                      A    430 pm    April 19   Centerville                A     4 pm
 May 5       Batavia                          H    430 pm    April 20   Clinton-Massie             A     4 pm
 May 8       Washington CH                    A    12 pm     April 21   Cin Moeller                H     4 pm
 May 12      Hillsboro                        H    5 pm      April 24   Hurricane Inv              H     9 am
                          SOFTBALL                           April 26   Western Brown              H     4 pm
 March 23    Kings                            A    5 pm      April 27   New Richmond               A     4 pm
 March 24    Washington CH                    A    5 pm      April 29   Coaches Classic            TBA   TBA
 March 27    Fairfield                        AH   11 am     April 1    Coaches Classic            TBA   TBA
 March 29    Clinton-Massie                   H    430 pm    May 3      Batavia                    H     4 pm
 March 31    Hillsboro                        A    5 pm      May 5      SBAAC American             H     9 am
 April 5     Western Brown                    A    430 pm                            TRACK, FIELD
 April 6     Blanchester                      H    430 pm    March 27   Field Event Relay         H     10 am
 April 7     New Richmond                     H    430 pm    March 30   At Miami Trace, CM		            430 pm
 April 8     Georgetown                       H    430 pm    April 3    Ironton Inv               A     430 pm
 April 9     LM, Milford-DH                   A    6 pm      April 6    Little Miami Tri          A     430 pm
             (Games at Lebanon Armco Park)                   April 9    Waynesville Inv           A     430 pm
 April 13    Edgewood                         A    5 pm      April 15   Bellbrook Inv             A     430 pm
 April 14    Goshen                           H    430 pm    April 19   Western Brown             A     430 pm
 April 16    East Clinton                     A    430 pm    April 20   Washington CH             A     430 pm
 April 17    Mt Notre Dame                    H    10 am     April 23   Franklin Owens Inv        A     430 pm
 April 19    Batavia                          A    430 pm    May 5      Lebanon Inv               A     430 pm
 April 20    Miami Trace                      A    5 pm      May 10     SBAAC                     At Wbrg 430 pm
 April 21    Xenia                            H    5 pm      May 12     SBAAC                     At Wbrg 430 pm
 April 23    Clinton-Massie                   A    430 pm                              LACROSSE
 April 24    Williamsburg-DH                  A    11 am     March 19   Chaminade Julienne         A     6 pm
 April 28    Western Brown                    H    430 pm    March 31   Clinton-Massie             A     630 pm
 April 29    New Richmond                     A    430 pm    April 5    Xenia                      H     630 pm
 May 3       Goshen                           A    430 pm    April 7    Cin Hills Christian        A     6 pm
 May 5       Batavia                          H    430 pm    April 9    Talawanda                  A     6 pm
                              TENNIS                         April 12   Lima                       H     630 pm
 March 27    Greenville                       A    10 am     April 14   Clinton-Massie             H     630 pm
 March 29    Clinton-Massie                   H    4 pm      April 19   Tippecanoe                 A     7 pm
 March 31    Lebanon                          H    4 pm      April 28   Madeira                    H     6 pm
 April 1     Western Brown                    A    4 pm      April 30   Winton Woods               H     6 pm
 April 5     Little Miami                     H    4 pm      May 3      Xenia                      A     630 pm
 April 6     New Richmond                     H    4 pm      May 8      Franklin                   H     10 am
 April 7     Beavercreek                      H    4 pm      May 11     Dayton Carroll             A     730 pm
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