Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland High School Hope Squad will host its 2nd annual Mental Health Awareness Basketball Games on Thursday, January 11 (Women vs. Winton Woods) and Friday, January 12 (Men vs. Winton Woods).
Local organizations will be at the games to share important mental health resources with our community. They are asking all fans to wear purple and teal to the games, and they are again selling t-shirts in support of suicide prevention and mental health awareness. Follow this link to purchase shirts in adult and youth sizes.
The online store will close on December 15.
A $2 donation per shirt will go to the Loveland Hope Squads.
Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland High School Varsity basketball teams play in a rare doubleheader tonight. The Women’s team tips off at 6 PM and the Men’s game will begin at 7:30 when the Turpin Spartans travel to the Tiger fieldhouse.
Go HERE to review the stats for how both Loveland teams are scoring so far in the young season.
Loveland Magazine file photo from 2008 when Brian Wozniak played for the Loveland High School Tigers
by David Miller
Loveland, Ohio – According to Sports Illustrated, new Michigan State head coach Jonathan Smith has brought half his Oregon State coaching staff with him to East Lansing and former Loveland High School standout Brian Wozniak is one of them.
As reported by Sports Illustrated, “Wozniak started at Oregon State as a graduate assistant in 2015 and worked his way up to tight ends coach in 2018 when Smith was hired there. Growing up in Loveland, Ohio (outside of Cincinnati) Wozniak played four years at Wisconsin from 2010-13. During his time in Corvallis, Wozniak coached three future NFL tight ends with the Beavers, two of whom were drafted. In 2023, Oregon State tight end Luke Musgrave was drafted in the second round by the Green Bay Packers, eight spots ahead of former Michigan State wide receiver Jayden Reed. Wozniak has developed three-star recruits into NFL talent, and with his Ohio roots he should be able to land and develop local high school talent.”
Brian Wozniak photo by Oregon State
“Brian Wozniak will be a very valuable asset to the Michigan State football program due to his Midwest roots,” said his former Loveland coach Andrew Marlett. “Woz was an outstanding high school football player at Loveland High School in Cincinnati Ohio and at the University of Wisconsin. He has already proven himself to be an excellent recruiter and a developer of talent. He’s a rising star and will have a major impact on the Spartan football program.” Marlett was once Wisconsin’s head of football recruiting efforts and was a three-time all-Mid-American Conference pick as a defensive lineman, a high school coach in Ohio for more than two decades, and has coached at the college level.
At Oregon State, Wozniak was the Tight Ends Coach and Recruiting Coordinator.
Brian was a four-year letterman tight end at Wisconsin and was the Offensive Captain his Senior Year. He went to 5 bowl games as a player, 3 times to the Rose Bowl. As a player, he was part of 3 Big Ten Championship teams. As a coach and player, he has gone to a total of 7 national bowl games.
Brian was a member of three Big Ten Champion Badger teams.
Wozniak was a Loveland High School graduate and was ranked among the top 40 tight ends in the country. He signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Atlanta Falcons prior to the 2014 season.
The Wozniak Loveland Tiger File
Loveland Magazine File Photo
Brian Wozniak was a three-time varsity letter winner and starter in football, and a four-time varsity letter winner and starter in basketball. He graduated in 2009. At his college signing ceremony when asked by Loveland Magazine what he will miss most about Loveland football he said, “I will miss all the players on my team. We had great camaraderie.” He said he will also miss Head Coach Andrew Marlatt “and the entire coaching staff.”
Wozniak is a member of the Loveland High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
In basketball, Wozniak was a three-time 1st Team Fort Ancient Valley Conference selection, two-time Loveland Co-Most Valuable Player, and three-time Team Captain. Wozniak ended his basketball career as Loveland’s 6th all-time leading scorer.
Loveland Magazine file photo
In football, Wozniak was a two-time 1st Team Fort Ancient Valley Conference selection. As a Senior, he was a Team Captain and earned 2nd Team All-Ohio. Wozniak was Loveland’s Co-Most Valuable Player as a Junior and he won Loveland’s Stan McCoy Award for his leadership and commitment as a Senior. Wozniak also earned All-Conference Academic Awards in football and basketball his Senior year.
Wozniak was recruited by Ohio State, Purdue, Kentucky, Michigan State, Iowa, Duke, and Colorado, and of course Wisconsin.
Brian went from one football offer at Miami University to fourteen. Wisconsin, Louisville, U.C., Connecticut, Maryland, Akron, Marshall, Ohio U., Toledo, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Bowling Green, and the Air Force all made offers.
Brian is married to Samantha and has 3 sons; Sons, Bronson, Conrad, and Wyatt. Brian’s mother and father, Patty and John live in Loveland, Ohio.
Loveland Magazine file photo of Drew Plitt visiting Loveland High School in 2018
Loveland, Ohio –The Cincinnati Bengals signed former Loveland High School standout, QB Drew Plitt to their practice squad today. Plitt (6-2, 217), a first-year player out of Ball State University, originally was a college free agent signee of the Bengals in 2022. He played in two preseason games for Cincinnati in 2022 before being waived, and was not with an NFL team during the ’22 regular season and ’23 offseason. Plitt played in five games for the Arlington Renegades of the XFL during the 2023 season.
The Bengals play the Pittsburgh Steelers at 1 PM in Paycor Stadium this Sunday.
Drew Plitt QB’d the Loveland Tigers when they won the State Championship in 2013
Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Magazine TV was there yesterday in the gym at Loveland High School when Ian Ciric and Nick McHenry signed their letter of intent to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level. Athletic Director Rich Bryant introduced the young men and read a short bio about them.
Welcome Stadium Renderings by Dayton Public Schools
The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced that the 2024 track and field state tournament will be held at Welcome Stadium in Dayton. The track at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium at Ohio State University will be removed in May and replaced with a new track that will take several months to complete.
Welcome Stadium hosted the OHSAA track and field state tournament from 1999-2003 after the track was removed from Ohio Stadium in Columbus. Dayton Public Schools recently completed a $34 million renovation project at Welcome Stadium that included a new track, football field, press box, concourse and locker rooms.
Welcome Stadium Renderings by Dayton Public Schools
The track and field state tournament will return to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in 2025 and 2026 to complete the current three-year contract. Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium has hosted the state tournament since 2004, with the exceptions of 2020, when the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and 2021, when each division was held at a high school in central Ohio.
“We are excited and honored to be hosting the 2024 State Track Tournament at Welcome Stadium,” said Dayton Public Schools Interim Superintendent Dr. David Lawrence. “The district and community have invested a lot into the stadium renovation project, and it is rewarding to now be hosting a state tournament as a result of those efforts. As a former participant in the state track meet and avid fan of track and field, it brings great joy to host the meet in our newly renovated and state-of-the-art facility.”
The track and field state tournament is scheduled for May 31 and June 1, 2024.
“We are very impressed with the renovations at Welcome Stadium,” said Doug Ute, OHSAA Executive Director. “It’s great to see what Dayton Public Schools has done to the facility and they were very excited right away when we called. We are fortunate that the timing of these construction projects lined up so that Welcome Stadium was ready to host before Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium was unavailable.”
“We, at Ohio State, are moving forward with a complete track replacement at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium,” said Mike Penner, Executive Associate Athletics Director for Internal Operations. “Construction will take place from May to September 2024. Unfortunately, we will not be able to host the 2024 State Track Meet, but we look forward to hosting again in 2025 and beyond.”
More information including event schedules, meet management details, etc. will be shared at a later date.
Loveland, Ohio– Due to planned construction in Nisbet Park we will meet and begin the 5K at the Linda Cox Trailside Parking Lot, near Loveland Canoe and Kayakat at 10 AM.
Run for your HEROES in downtown Loveland as we remember Loveland High School graduate Capt. David Seth Mitchell, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on 26 October, 2009.
3.1 mile run and walk to begin and end at Nisbet Park in Historic Loveland.
Run/Walk Divisions:
18 and under, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 45-49, 50-59 and 60/over. No age group awards for 2023. Challenge coins will be given to all participants.
Chip Timing:
This year’s race will be chip timed with MyLaps Bibtags. No need to turn in your chip.
Awards:
Awards to the Overall Male and Female Runners
We will post age-group standings in the online results.
After the Race:
Join us for a festival after the race! Food, Games, and more..
Race Results:
Results will be posted online here following the race.
Virtual Option:
If you cannot join us in person, please join us Virtually. Complete your own 5K at the location of your choosing sometime in the month of October. Post your time (optional) on our virtual results page. We thank you for your support.
Pre-Registration:
5K Run/Walk: Kids (18 and under) $20, Adults $25. All entries include chip timing and a lunch ticket, Race T-shirt and finisher challenge coin.
Virtual Option: Kids (18 and under) $10, Adults $15. Registration includes a commemorative challenge coin.
Course Starts and ends on the bike trail next to the Linda Cox parking lot.
Chip Timing
This year’s event will be timed by Running Time Race Services using MyLaps Disposable bib tags. The chip will be on the bib number. No need to turn in pull tags or return the timing chip.
Loveland, Ohio – In August 2022, Loveland resident Steve Rumberg was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the age of 51. His family was devastated and slowly began to share the diagnosis with friends and family.
On Sunday, September 17, they participated in the ALS Cincinnati Walk to Defeat ALS. The Rumbergs organized a team to walk in the Cincinnati Walk to Defeat ALS and welcomed friends and family to join in the mission. The team had approximately 80 team members join the walk and was recognized in the top 3 teams, raising over $19,000.
They have now launched a Non-Profit called “Pals for pALS” (palsforpals.org) and the community of Loveland and the surrounding area is now participating in an activity called Operation Stadium Skeleton to support the family.
Steve Rumberg and his Zombie Baseball Fan got a lot of attention at the Loveland Homecoming Parade in September. (Photo by David Miller)
The idea for Pals for pALS began when offers of support started to pour in, including an offer from Steve’s fraternity brothers to set up a GoFundMe page to help raise money for medical bills and college tuition for his daughter, Eliana. Steve and his wife, Orly, discussed the offer and decided to go a different route.
Steve learned a lot about community service while active in his college fraternity and he and Orly have been involved in community service throughout their adult lives. They wanted to be able to help other families affected by ALS and not just themselves.
Steve and Orly came up with the idea of Pals for pALS based on their own needs. Steve did most of the cooking during the week. A few months after diagnosis, Steve no longer had the hand strength to cook and Orly was going to have to take over cooking, in addition to all of the other family responsibilities that she was taking over.
The idea for Pals for pALS grew from their need to have assistance continuing to provide home-cooked meals for the family.
Pals for pALS recognizes that each family affected by an ALS diagnosis has different needs that arise after an ALS diagnosis and seeks to provide help to these families to fill these needs.
Pals for pALS is just getting started and the Rumberg family says they are excited to see how its mission will evolve.
The pALS Mission
Pals for pALS was formed for the purpose of supporting families in the Greater Cincinnati Area who are affected by an ALS diagnosis.
Pals for pALS hopes to provide support to pALS and their families to address needs that are not currently addressed by medical insurance or other organizations.
Operation Stadium Skeleton brings MLB ballparks TO Steve
Steve had a bucket list of seeing a baseball game at every MLB ballpark with his son.
Here are photos provided by the family of some of the ballparks they have visited:
While they were able to visit 21 out of 30 real MLB stadiums, travel has become difficult. Steve loves baseball but also loves Halloween. This fall, the community is bringing Operation Stadium Skeleton to Steve and his family.
The intent of this activity is three-fold: a) provide Steve and his family an activity to do together outside of their home, b) demonstrate a show of support for him and his family in a very personal way, and c) raise awareness of ALS and the non-profit, Pals for pALS.
Members of the community, including business partners and friends, are showing support by displaying a skeleton dressed for each of the 30 MLB teams in their yard. In addition to representing all 30 MLB stadiums, others are displaying Zombie baseball fans to join in the show of support. While all 30 MLB teams are spoken for and on display, the community can still get involved!
How you can show your support:
Donate to Pals for Pals and display a Zombie Baseball Fan in your yard! Just purchase or use a skeleton you already have and decorate it as a baseball fan and display it in your yard to honor Steve.
PROGRAM DETAILS – See if you, a family member, or someone you know would qualify for help.
Here are a few of the Operation Stadium Skeleton MLB Ballparks around town.
WHAT IS ALS?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) is a progressive, fatal neuromuscular disease that slowly robs the body of its ability to walk, speak, swallow and breathe.
Every 90 minutes a person in this country is diagnosed with ALS and every 90 minutes another person will lose their battle against this disease.
The life expectancy of a person with ALS averages 3 to 6 years from the time of diagnosis.
ALS can strike anyone. ALS occurs throughout the world with no gender, racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic boundaries.
Presently there is no known cause of the disease, yet it still costs loved ones an average of $250,000 a year to provide the care people living with ALS need. Medical insurance coverage does not come close to providing the range of support that an individual with ALS needs. Pals for pALS hopes to fill gaps in support that are not covered by medical insurance or other organizations.
For more information on ALS and local resources, click the link below.
Loveland, Ohio – The 2013 Loveland High School State Football Champions were recognized on the field between the 1st and 2nd quarters of the Homecoming game on Friday.
Loveland High School sophomore, Drew Plit was 5 for 5 passing for the game, with two touchdown throws in the first half, one to freshman,Tre Heath for 22 yards and one to Jake Elfers for 12 – in the 41-23 Division II State Championship victory over Glenville on Dec. 6.
Loveland, Ohio – During the pre-game festivities of the Loveland High School Homecoming Game last Friday, Dr. Kathryn Lorenz, the President of the Loveland City School District was recognized for her service to the schools for the past 32 years.
Lorenz was also the Grand Marshall of the Homecoming Parade.
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