by Dan Timmerman and Tom Sackett,

 

Game 19 – Thursday April 30 Loveland vs. CHCA at Dave Evans Field

CHCA took an early lead which the Tigers could never completely overcome losing to the Eagles 8-6.

The Eagles scored 1 run in the 1^st and 2 more in the 2^nd for a 3-0 lead. Loveland got on the board in the 3^rd on a single by Josh Mezaros and an RBI single by Luke Waddell. CHCA went back up a run in the 5^th, with Loveland narrowing the lead to 1 in their half of the inning after loading the bases on a walk to Adam Beran, a single by Meszaros and a single by Drew Steinbrunner.  Luke Bashardoust got Beran home on a fielder’s choice to right side of the infield and Meszaros scored on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Cal Conley. CHCA again went up 3 scoring 2 runs in the 6^th with the Tigers finally tying the score in their half on another single by Meszaros with Beran already on base, an RBI single by Steinbrunner to bring Beran home and a 2 RBI single by Waddell scoring Meszaros and Steinbrunner.  The Eagles scored 2 more runs in the top of the 7^th with the Tigers loading the bases in the bottom of the inning but unable to score.

Loveland resident Daniel Vezdos pitched a complete game for the Eagles for the win.

Loveland falls to 14-5 overall and remains 8-3 in the ECC,.

Hitting: Waddell 2-3, BB, 3 RBI; Meszaros 3-4, 3 R; Steinbrunner 2-4, R, RBI; Beran 2 BB, 2 R; Conley RBI; Bashardoust RBI.

 

Game 20 – Friday May 1 Loveland at Anderson HS

Jacob Albin (W) was masterful at Anderson Friday night taking a perfect game an out into the 5^th inning and finishing with a 5-1 complete game victory for the Tigers.

Scoreless through the first 3 innings Loveland got on the board in the 4^th on a single by Colton Lakes, a sacrifice bunt by Adam Beran, a single by Chris Sackett and a sacrifice fly by Drew Steinbrunner.  The Tigers scored 3 more in the 5^th beginning with a Luke Waddell hit, a walk to Jay Wilson and Josh Meszaros reaching on a fielder’s choice.  Waddell scored on a wild pitch with the ball getting far enough away Wilson was able to score too.  Lakes then double home Meszaros for a 4-0 lead.

With 1 out in the 5^th and Albin just cruising an Anderson batter laid down a perfect bunt for their first hit and base runner of the game. A single and a double later in the inning brought that runner home to make it a 4-1 game. The Tigers completed the scoring with a run in the 7^th on a Chris Sackett single scoring Wilson after he and Beran had singled.

Loveland improves to 9-3 in the ECC, 15-5 overall.

Pitching: Albin W, 2-1 Hitting: Lakes 3-4, 2B

 

 

 

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Symme’s Township, Ohio – On May 8, Mark Davis weighed in a 53-pound blue catfish. That morning, Davis came into the Lake Isabella boathouse, purchased his ticket, entered the contest for an extra $3 and then was out on a boat for the majority of the day. Upon his return later that afternoon, he said that it was a good day for him – he was able to catch seven catfish and there were also two or three big ones that got away. Davis had three fish in his basket to be weighed: one at 13 pounds, another at 32 pounds and his prize-winning fish totaling a whopping 53 pounds!

For the first week of the Colossal Fish Contest there were 23 entries, which equates to a Week 1 prize certificate worth $55.20.

 

 

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Selected To Host 2016 Midwest Junior Squash Championships

When Neal Tew of Loveland opened a 12,000 square foot Squash facility, in Fairfax in January 2013, he had a vision.  He wanted to create a viable model to introduce this new sport to youth throughout Cincinnati and to build a regional center of excellence for junior squash.

Fast-forward to 2015, and this Cincinnati native, a lifelong squash enthusiast, entrepreneur and former captain of the Harvard Squash Team, has done exactly what he set out to do.

Says Tew, “We recently entered into a long-term partnership with The Cincinnati Sports Club (CSC).  As our new operating partner, the CSC brings industry experience and expertise that will free our coaching staff to focus on what they do best: teaching the game of squash and the life lessons that go with it.   The T is an Academy focused on impacting young lives through engagement with a great life sport.  We’re thrilled to have the Sports Club’s strength and expertise behind us.”

He adds, “The relationship also expands our squash facilities.  The T has 5 squash courts, and the CSC has 3.  Combined, our 8 courts make us the largest squash facility in the Midwest, with space to add 4 more.  The arrangement positions us to be a leader as squash grows in the Cincinnati area.  In fact, The T has been selected to host the 2016 Midwest Junior Squash Championships, a further testament to our excellent reputation on both a regional and national level.”

In another milestone, The T recently received their 501(c)(3) status, which enables them to receive grants from local partners and reach a greater number of children and schools in our community.

“This will fuel the good growth that is already happening at The T.  In 2014, for example, our programming reached more than 130 boys and girls, from ages 5-16 from 15 area public and private schools, (including St. Margaret of York, St. Columban, Loveland Early Childhood Center, Walnut Hills, Sycamore and Indian Hill), as well as children from across the Mid-West.  Most children participate in weekly instructional clinics and league play, while others travel from outside of Cincinnati to compete in our regional tournaments.

Local children love the idea of spearheading a club squash team at their school. Walnut Hills and Indian Hill schools are good recent examples of the process: parent and child bring the idea to administrators, Tew and his team make a presentation, the school backs the idea of a parent led club team, kids enroll in The T and they are off to the races.  “The only way to make a club squash team happen is to ask!” Tew notes, “Lacrosse got its start in Cincinnati with small club teams.  With a facility like The T ready to welcome squash teams, we can follow the same pattern.”

Tew adds, “Regional tournaments are a different approach.  We want our children to know what squash at a higher level looks like.  We host regional tournaments on a quarterly basis so our more experienced players can observe and compete against the best players in the region.  This sparks their competitive spirit and fuels their drive to improve.”  Those who really catch the squash bug may join The T Spartans, a group of 15 students who compete in tournaments throughout the Midwest.   One of these students, Tew’s son John Paul (a rising 6^th grader at St. Margaret’s), won the 2014 Boys U11 National Championship, a major milestone for Cincinnati squash.

One of the things Tew loves most about squash is the relational dimension of the game.  “Squash is a life sport and a family sport,” he says, “something parents and kids can enjoy playing together for many years.   At a program like outs, it’s never too late to learn squash. We have something for just about every level.”

The T Squash Academy is located at 3917 Virginia Avenue. For hours of operation, or more information visit www.tsquashacademy.org or call 513-561-4900.

Engel leads the league in hits

Winston-Salem center-fielder Adam Engel pushed his hitting streak to seven games, the longest by a Dash player in 2015. It is also tied for the second-longest active streak in the Carolina League. The Loveland, Ohio, native, and Loveland High School standout is 11-for-27 (.407) with four RBIs and four runs scored during the run. Engel leads the league in hits (27), while he is tied for first in stolen bases (12), second in runs scored (17) and third in batting average (.321). He is one of three CL position players to have played in the field in every inning thus far this season, joining teammate Keenyn Walker and Myrtle Beach’s Jeimer Candelario.  Read on…

The Winston-Salem Dash is a minor league baseball team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. They are a Class High-A team in the Carolina League and have been a farm team of the Chicago White Sox since 1997. (Wikipedia)

Adam Engel Career Stats

 

 

Jay Wilson pitched 6 scoreless giving up only 1 hit while striking out 3 in the Tiger 6-1 victory over Anderson Tuesday. 

 

by Dan Timmerman and Tom Sackett,

Game 17 – Monday April 28 Loveland vs. Kings at Dave Evans Field

The Loveland Tigers scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 10^th  inning, capped by Cade Woolston racing home on a sacrifice fly by Cal Conley, to beat  Kings 6-5 Monday at Dave Evans Field.

A nail biter the entire game Kings took a 1-0 lead in the 2nd on a double and an RBI single.  The Tigers tied it at 1-1 in the 3rd with a Luke Waddell single and an RBI double by Jay Wilson. Kings went back on top in the 4th, 2-1, on 2 singles with a sacrifice bunt sandwiched in between.  Loveland tied the game in the 5th on another Waddell single, a double by Cal Conley and a ground out by Wilson which brought Waddell home.  The score remained tied from there through the regulation 7 innings sending the game into extra innings.

In the 8th the Knight’s pushed a run across on a walk and 3 singles.  In the bottom of the inning the Tigers again tied the score on a single by Adam Beran, a wild pitch and an RBI single by Josh Meszaros. After a scoreless 9th, which saw the Tigers load the bases but fail to score, the 10th brought the game to it’s exciting finish.

Kings opened with a lead-off single. 2 sacrifice bunts and a single later the Knights again took a 1 run lead. A stolen base put the runner on 2nd followed by what looked like a routine, although hard hit, ground ball toward the shortstop for the final out.  But that ball hit the lip of the infield grass which deflected it over Waddell’s head for a bad hop single, allowing a second run to score for a 6-4 Kings lead.

With their work cut out for them the Tiger’s came to the plate needing 2 to tie, 3 to win, or go home with a loss.  Meszaros opened with a single followed by an HBP to Drew Steinbrunner and a walk to Cade Woolston. With the Kings infield playing in Waddell hit a one hopper to first which was fielded and thrown home for the force at the plate.  But the throw was in the dirt, skipping by the catcher allowing Meszaros to score.  In the ensuing scramble to retrieve the throw Steinbrunner was able to score all the way from 2^nd  upending the Kings pitcher who was covering the plate with Woolston moving to 3rd.  Cal Conley then hit a line drive on which the Kings centerfielder made a nice sliding catch and came up throwing to home.  The throw and Woolston arrived at the plate simultaneously with Woolston able to get under the tag for the winning run setting off a wild celebration by the Tigers.

Drew Steinbrunner started for Loveland going 4 innings while keeping his Tigers in the game.  Trent Spikes(W) pitched the final 6 innings for the win.

Loveland is now 7-3 in the ECC, 13-4 overall.

Pitching:  Steinbrunner 4 IP, Spikes W, 2-1, 6 IP. Hitting: Waddell 3-6, 2 R; Conley 3-5, 2B, RBI; Wilson 2-3, 2 BB, 2B, 2 RBI; Meszaros 3-5, RBI.

 

Game 18 – Tuesday April 29 Loveland vs. Anderson at Dave Evans Field

Loveland continued their win steak with a 6-1 victory over Anderson Tuesday.  Neither team scored until the Loveland half of the 5th when Drew Steinbrunner walked and advanced to third when Luke Waddell reached base on an error.  Cal Conley hit into a fielders choice with Wadddel forced at 2nd but Steinbrunner scoring for the lead.  Jay Wilson then hit a home run over the right field fence, scoring Conley ahead of him, for a 3-0 lead.  In the 6th Loveland plated 3 more runs beginning when Josh Meszaros was hit by a pitch and Zack Roberts came in to run for him.  Steinbrunner singled and both runners moved up a base on a groundout by Cade Woolston.  Waddell then drove in both with a single, going to 2nd on the throw home.  Conley then singled in Waddell to complete the Tiger scoring.

Anderson scored their run on an RBI single in the 7th.

Jay Wilson (W) pitched 6 scoreless giving up only 1 hit while striking out 3.

Loveland improves to 8-3 in the ECC, 14-4 overall.

Pitching: Wilson W, 3-2, 6 IP. Meszaros 1 IP. Hitting: Waddell 1-4, R, 2 RBI; Conley 2 RBI; Wilson 1-2, BB, HR, R, 2 RBI; Steinbrunner 1-2, BB, 2 R; Meszaros 1-2; Roberts R (running for Meszaros).