Here is our post-game report from our road-trip to the finals of the State Div I Soccer Tournament for the Loveland Tigers on Friday, November 13. The Tigers finished runners-up with a defeat by Walsh Jesuit, 1-0.
These still photos were shot shot for Loveland Magazine by David Burig. Click on the photos to see a larger view.
Scroll down to watch the LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV video highlights from the match. The other is the post-game awards ceremony and an interview with Loveland head coach, Todd Kelly.
Loveland High School Athletic Director Julie Renner sent these comments about the game via an e-mail:
The support at the DI Girls Soccer State Finals Game was wonderful and we can’t thank everyone enough for the Support and Love. At the awards ceremony after the game, the Ohio High School Athletic Association even commented on Tiger Nation and the support of the Loveland Community!
Congratulations to our Girls Soccer Team for such a successful season! We are all extremely proud. The support by the community as well as the girls’ families was tremendous and heart-warming.
After the game, Kelly also thanked the Loveland community which turned out thousands of fans, perhaps triple the number of Walsh fans. Loveland took ten “spirit buses to the game in Columbus at MAPFRE Stadium, home to the Columbus Crew. Kelly said, “We played hard and we played like we wanted to win, but I’m disappointed for my kids. They played their hearts out.”
