Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland High School bowling teams currently sits towards the bottom of the ECC standings with men’s varsity bowling at sixth with four wins and eight losses in conference and seven wins and nine losses overall. Women’s bowling is currently hanging onto eighth (last) place in the ECC with one win and nine losses, and three wins and eleven losses overall. However, the season has not been a loss for the bowlers. They have seen considerable growth and look forward to a better season next year.

“Our JV team has had a really good season, they’ve been getting a lot better. The Varsity team has seen a lot of improvement. A lot of guys have really stepped up at key times. It’s definitely not been quite the season we’d hoped to have, but we’ve definitely got some younger guys stepping up and we’ve got some scores coming along, so if nothing else, in the next couple seasons I think we’ve got a lot of room to grow and I’ve got a lot of hope for the future,” said Varisty bowler and senior, Aaron Autin. Autin is consistently one of the top bowlers for Loveland.

Varsity currently maintains an improved score from the 2016 season, and the athletes claim to see improvement.

“We’ve done a lot better than last year, and we’re definitely improving as a team. We’ve got some bowlers that are up-and-coming. It’s been great to see the increasing scores of the incoming juniors,” explained Varsity bowler and junior, Wyatt French.

The season has not been without challenges. The team has fought back to overcome their setbacks.

“We went on the road against Withrow. Their bowling place is one of the toughest to bowl at in the city. It’s hard to get good scores, and our team put up some really good scores. It was nice to hit some of the benchmarks we wanted to this season and to do it in one of the hardest locations,” explained Autin.

The team may not have seen the winning season they had hoped for, but the team intends to keep moving up each season. They already have their eyes set on the next season.

“For me it’s been a lot of fun my senior season to see we’ve got a lot of young bowlers that are coming up and can continue the team after I leave,” concluded Aaron Autin.

by Todd Robinson,

Cincinnati, Ohio – It was a battle of the Tigers on Friday night as Loveland took on Withrow on the campus of Cincinnati State. This was an important ECC battle as Loveland came into the game in sole possession of second place and Withrow was among a four team group one game back.

With the fans of both teams sporting orange and black, the Withrow Tigers took down the Loveland Tigers 47-38.

Withrow hit a three pointer to open play and never trailed the rest of the game. After slowing the game down the last two minutes of the second quarter, Withrow took a 22-16 lead into the halftime, and after hitting a three pointer to open the fourth quarter, Withrow opened their biggest lead of the game at 12 points.

The gritty Loveland men battled back behind a 13-2 fourth quarter run as 6 different players scored during the comeback. With 3:02 left in the game, Loveland had narrowed the gap to one point, down 36-35. But, the rally took its toll on Loveland and Withrow scored the next 11 points before Loveland hit a three pointer at the buzzer to make the final score 47-38 in favor of Withrow.

Mitch Robinson led Loveland with 9 points and Drew Kluender kicked in 7. The loss knocked Loveland into a three way tie for second place in the ECC at 6-5 and evens their overall record at 9-9.

All photos by David Miller/Loveland Magazine © 2017.

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As winter sports begin to wrap up, Loveland has seen mixed success. Wrestling and academic team have seen winning streaks and men’s basketball is fourth in the ECC with 6 wins and 5 losses. Women’s basketball player Katelyn Warden set a school record for number of three-point shots. Women’s basketball ranks 5th in the ECC bracket with 6 wins and 6 losses, and Men’s bowling holds #6 in the ECC with 4 losses vs 8 wins. Women’s bowling placed #7 in the ECC with 1 win and 9 losses. Several swimmers placed in the top ten in various competition, although the team as whole consistently ranked middle-of-the-road in their events.

“Our teams have been doing pretty well. This whole season has been what I call the rollercoaster: we have our ups and our downs. Every program will go on a winning streak and then they’ll hit a little bit of a losing streak,” athletic director Julie Renner explained.

Men’s swimmers saw an up in the athletic rollercoaster when they ranked #3 in the 200 yard medley. freshman Brandon Day placed #10 in the IM 200 yard and #2 in the 100 yard backstroke and #7 in the 100 yard butterfly.  Senior Vaughn Richter placed #5 in the 50 yard freestyle. Senior Joe Carver scored #3 in the 1 meter dive.

“Last week was the ECC tournament, and there were a couple individuals that stood out, like Courtney Mennen. Brandon Day stood out, too,” Mrs. Renner explained in reference to the recent ECC swimming tournament.

“My best moment this season was achieving second place at our ECC championship meet in the 100 backstroke and make the podium with our current relay. This season has been a great experience for me and has been a lot of fun,” swimmer Brandon Day said.

Women’s swimmer, freshman Nami Cannon, placed #7 in the 200 yard freestyle and #6 in the 500 yard freestyle. Senior Courtney Mennen ranked #10 in the 50 yard freestyle and #8 in the 100 yard freestyle and #10 in the 500 yard freestyle and #4 in the 100 yard backstroke. In the 1 meter diving category, freshman Riley Bullock placed #3, sophomore Erin Albert followed in #4, freshman Shelby Cline placed #6 and freshman Allison Reynolds came in #10. In the 100 yard backstroke, sophomore Sarah Klenke placed #2 in the 100 yard backstroke

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“Our wrestling team broke a record for the most dual wins in a season, and they were in the regional semifinals. They were up against Moeller, and Moeller beat them; however, their dual season record is 22 and 3. “I want to give them kudos to their team because there were a lot of people who thought they couldn’t have had a dual season like that,” explained Renner.

This year, our wrestling team is working through state duals and performing better than years past. Although they fell to Moeller, they consider their season a success. Renner expects some wrestlers to move onto state qualifiers

“This wrestling season for me has been been rewarding. The team as a whole has improved a lot from last year. I feel I have improved with them. We broke the seasonal dual win record and we got Coach Switzer his 150th win. Overall, it’s been a good year so far,” said wrestler and junior Cade Smeller. Wrestling is not the only team that has seen more success than in the past.

“Academic team is doing really well this year. They’re in the mix of possibly bringing an ECC championship home,” Julie Renner explained.

Academic team also saw one of the most successful seasons in recent years, currently holding onto 9 wins and two losses along with the first place in the ECC standings going into week, until loosing two back-to-back matches against Walnut Hills. They are now in 3rd place with a 9-3 record.

“It’s been great. The most thrilling moment was with Kings. They had a really good guy on the other team, who was virtually their entire team. We got really intimidated the first game, but we brought it back together the second game,” explained academic team member and junior Riley Owens.

Academic team will continue to the Academic Qualifying Tournament on Wednesday the 22nd at Turpin where they are likely to begin with a high seat in the tournament bracket.

“It’s competition out there. It’s hard sometimes, but we’re Tigers and we’re going to fight it out. I’m proud of what everyone’s been able to accomplish,” Renner said.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]by Todd Robinson,

After two solid ECC league wins, the Tigers went out of conference Tuesday and took on the Northwest Knights, the eighth ranked team in the Cincinnati based on the Cincinnati Enquirer Coach’s Poll.

Shooting over 52% from the field, the Knights took down the Tigers 60-48. Northwest is currently in first place in the Southwest Ohio Conference and they played like it Tuesday night, outshooting and and out rebounding the Tigers. Loveland never led in the game.

After getting fouled on a missed three pointer, the Knights hit 3 free throws two minutes into the game to go ahead 3-0 for their smallest lead of the night. Northwest stretched the lead to 12 points right before halftime, but on the only real highlight of the night for Loveland, Jacob Campbell knocked down a 30 foot three pointer as the horn went off to cut the Northwest lead to 32-23 going into the locker room.

The closest the Tigers could get it in the second half was to within 7 points. Senior Mitch Suder and Sophomore Jalen Greiser led the Tigers with 15 points apiece.

Loveland currently sports a 9-8 overall record. The Tigers have another challenging game on Friday night as they look to maintain second place in the ECC. Withrow, the 10^th ranked team in the city, will host Loveland at Cincinnati State College. Loveland won their first match-up in a home game on January 3, 62 – 56.

On Saturday night, the Tigers travel to Indian Hill to take on the Braves, the fourth ranked team in the Division 2 Coach’s Poll.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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by Todd Robinson

The Tigers were back in ECC play on Friday night, traveling to Turpin to take on the Spartans.  After Loveland senior Drew Kluender scored the opening bucket of the game, the Tigers never had the lead again and dropped a 58-52 decision to the Spartans.

Turpin kept expanding their lead though the first three quarters and led 45-35 going into the final quarter.  Tiger defensive pressure closed the gap in the final stanza, but Loveland never got the score closer than the final margin of 6 points.

Leading the way for the Tigers was Mitch Suder with 11 points,  Jacob Campbell with 10, and freshman Collin Hedgepeth with 8. The loss drops the Tigers to 4-4 in ECC play and 7-7 overall.

Next week, the Tigers take on rivals Milford on Tuesday and Kings on Friday. Both are home games at 7:30 PM.

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Friday, January 20, 2017
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Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Women are now 3 – 5, 5 – 8 after a narrow defeat by Turpin on December 14, 38 – 32. Next game is at Milford at 7 PM on Wednesday.

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