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  • Loveland High School Senior, Andrew Sichak is finalist in Overture Awards competition

    Loveland High School Senior, Andrew Sichak is finalist in Overture Awards competition

    Loveland, Ohio – Congratulations to Loveland High School Senior, Andrew Sichak for being selected as Finalist in the 2025 Visual Arts category of the Overture Awards Competition. Finalists are awarded $1,000. Andrew will now compete for one of six $3,000 awards. Andrew is a Loveland Magazine Intern.

    Andrew Sichak

    The Overture Awards Competition is Greater Cincinnati’s largest solo arts competition and encourages art education as an integral part of the student’s academic experience. Andrew is one of only 4 finalists in the visual arts category.

    The Award Ceremony will be held at the Aronoff Center in the Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Saturday, March 15th at 1 PM. For more information or tickets to the event visit the The Overture Awards Site Here.

  • Loveland High School Students receive many regional scholastic art awards

    Loveland High School Students receive many regional scholastic art awards

    The “Gold Key” painting by Loveland Junior Ronan Wolfer

    Loveland, Ohio – Congratulations to the following LHS Art Students for their record amount of awards in the 2025 Scholastic Art Awards. All Gold Key Awarded artwork will now be judged at the National level.

    Receiving Gold Key Awards: Piper Schaeffer (Portfolio), Ronan Wolfer, David Lorek, Bella Rogers, Jackson Manly, and Andrew Sichak.

    Receiving Silver Key Awards: Andrew Sichak (Portfolio), David Lorek, Harrison Hentz, Sohani Gauniyal, Madeline Spencer, Jackson Manly, Logan Shiverski, and Ronan Wolfer.

    Receiving Honorable Mention: Cameran Cook, Chase Dahlke, Brooke Freytag, Harrison Hentz, Luke Jacobs, David Lorek, Jackson Manly, Cass McKnight, Brooke Morris, Bella Rogers, Norah Schmidt, Logan Shiverski, Andrew Sichak, Madeline Spencer, and Ronan Wolfer.

    The annual Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running recognition initiative for creative students (grades 7-12) and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers. The Art Academy of Cincinnati (AAC) is producing the Regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards of Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana on their urban campus in historic Over-the-Rhine.

    CLICK to view a slide show of the student’s art.

    The Exhibition Opening is Friday, February 7th from 5PM until – 8PM. The Exhibit is open to the public and continues thru February 16th, 9AM until 9PM at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, 1212 Jackson Street in  Cincinnati.

  • [Photo Album by Andrew Sichak] FC Cincinnati drop final regular season home match 3-1

    [Photo Album by Andrew Sichak] FC Cincinnati drop final regular season home match 3-1

    Loveland, Ohio – These photos by Andrew Sichak were taken at FC Cincinnati’s final regular season home match.

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    Recap provided by FC Cincinnati

    FC Cincinnati dropped a 3-1 result to Orlando City SC Saturday night at TQL Stadium.

    With one game remaining before the start of the Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs, the Orange and Blue are locked into third place in the Eastern Conference at 17-11-5 (56 points). Orlando are in fourth place at 15-11-7 (52 points).

    Orlando struck first at the 10-minute mark as Ramiro Enrique found the back of the net for his seventh goal of the season.

    Luciano Acosta brought the game level in the final moments of the first half with an extraordinary effort from just outside the Orlando box. Cincinnati’s captain tallied his 14th goal of the season and his second in as many matches after his midweek goal at New York City FC. Teenage Hadebe earned his first assist for the Orange and Blue in the process in his first home start.

    Iván Angulo would restore Orlando’s lead in the 66th minute followed by Enrique’s second goal of the evening six minutes later.

    FC Cincinnati close the 2024 MLS Regular Season on Saturday, October 19 at Philadelphia Union. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. ET for the Decision Day match.

    The Orange and Blue will host Game 1 of the Audi 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs Round One Best-of-3 Series on a date to-be-determined following Decision Day.

    GAME NOTES
    – Luciano Acosta recorded his fourth-straight game with a goal contribution, the second-longest streak of the season for FC Cincinnati behind Acosta’s club record nine-game streak from April 6 – May 25.
    – There have been seven streaks in club history of four-plus games with a goal contribution … Acosta accounts for six of them.
    – Saturday marked Lucho Acosta’s 250th career MLS Regular Season appearance.
    – Teenage Hadebe recorded his first assist for FC Cincinnati.

    FC Cincinnati ultimately outshot Orlando 17-6 and earned 54 percent possession. But they could not overcome the two second half goals. With the loss, FC Cincinnati finish their home regular season record 7-7-2.

    The Orange and Blue must now wait two weeks before their next match as the FIFA International Window opens with MLS Decision Day to follow on Saturday October 19. FC Cincinnati will travel to Philadelphia Union for the final match of the regular season at Subaru Park before kicking off the MLS Cup Playoffs Round One Best of 3 series at TQL Stadium.

  • Loveland Art Festival draws 4,000 visitors

    Loveland Art Festival draws 4,000 visitors

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Art Festival was held on Saturday, September 7 at Whistle Stop Clay Works in Loveland, Ohio. The show drew an estimated 4,000 people and highlighted local artists from a wide variety of genres, including pottery, fiber art, photographs, jewelry, paintings, wood working, charcoal drawing, water colors, and mixed media.

    The show featured two non-profits: Angels by the Trail and the Loveland Legacy Foundation, that had educational material to educate show goers about their organizations’ missions. In addition, the show had eleven high school art students who displayed, talked about and sold their work.

    “The Loveland Art Festival has partnered with Loveland High School for five years and is pleased to facilitate this real world experience for art students looking to sell their work,” said Festival organizer, Bonnie McNett the owner of Whistle Stop Clay Works.

    “It was an amazing show. The weather was nearly perfect and we had a record number of people attend the art show. Shoppers browsed over seventy artists, listened to live music and got a bite to eat from the El Vaquero food truck,” commented Patricia Franklin, one of the show organizers. “We were truly humbled by the community’s support of the artists, high school students and the two non-profits,” she added.

    The Loveland Art Festival awarded $1,000 in prize money for the winning artists. Amy Noffsinger won first place ($500), Kate Albert took second place ($250), Clinton Wood III was awarded third place ($100) and Kate Irwin-Rutter was awarded honorable mention.

    The People’s Choice winners, who were voted on by the public, were Helen Atkins and Jennifer Kaplan, each receiving $75.

    The 2025 Loveland Art Festival will be held at Whistle Stop Clay Works on Saturday, September 6th, so mark your calendars. Artist applications will open in January. Visit lovelandartfestival.com for additional information.

    These photos of the Festival were taken by Loveland Magazine Intern Andrew Sichak © Andrew Sichak.

  • Photo Slideshow by Andrew Sichak: FC Cincinnati Wins 4-3 over the Philadelphia Union

    Photo Slideshow by Andrew Sichak: FC Cincinnati Wins 4-3 over the Philadelphia Union

    by Chris Ball

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Magazine photographer Andrew Sichak was on the sideline for FC Cincinnati’s thrilling 4-3 win over the Philadelphia Union last Wednesday. He snapped some amazing photos of the squad as they improved to 12-3-3 (39 points) on the season after the win.

    The game itself was one of the best of the year for FCC as it was a back and forth tilt with some amazing goals on both sides. For FCC Luca Orellano launched a 60-yard beauty that beat the Union keeper Oliver Semmle.

    After the Union tied it up in stoppage time in the second half, Cincinnati’s Luciano Acosta came through like the all-star he is and took it upon himself to win it all for FCC.

    Loveland Magazine photographer Andrew Sichak

    After checking out the amazing videos of FC Cincinnati’s win, please take a look at the wonderful photographic work of Andrew Sichak and look out for much more from him in the future.

    (All photos © 2024 Andrew Sichak/Loveland Magazine)

    As of now, FC Cincinnati sits at 12-4-3 with 39 points and trail Inter Miami by just 2 points in the Eastern Conference. They face Dallas at Toyota Stadium in Texas on June 29 where they will look to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to New England this past Saturday.

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    Christopher Ball is a longtime Loveland resident and an attorney. He graduated from Loveland High School in 2003 and was a member of the football team before going on to become a coach’s assistant at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. He has been following and rooting for the Reds and Bengals since the early 1990s and has been through the many ups and downs that fandom has wrought over the years.

  • Watch and Listen to Loveland’s Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade

    Watch and Listen to Loveland’s Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade

    by Andrew Sichak and David Miller,

    Loveland, Ohio – The City of Loveland’s Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony was on Monday, May 27. The event started with a parade an ended with a ceremony at the Loveland Veterans’ Memorial in the West Loveland Historic District.

    The ceremony featured a speech by Colonel J Scott Calder, a Loveland High School grad with a long career in the US Air Force Medical Services.

    The things Col. Calder highlighted were:

    • Not all combat injuries are readily apparent.

    • Tales of his most rewarding military experiences.

    • During his 2009 tour his unit cared for over 300 combat casualties a month.

    • He honored the incredible strength of Gold Star and military families that have endured an unimaginable sacrifice and loss.

    • When the injured he cared for were first able to speak, the first thing they asked was not about themselves, but of their friends. “Did anyone else get hurt?” Too often, he had to be the first one to tell the wounded soldier that their friend had died.

    • Over 80% of the deaths are non-battlefield deaths.

    • How to talk with the many current and former veterans that never openly speak about the pain and struggles that haunt them. Their injuries extend far beyond the battlefield. You must do the hard thing beyond just asking, “How are you? Persist! Your efforts will not be wasted and you may send them on a path to healing.

    • We owe a special debt to the Gold Star Families. Thank the families who gave so much.

    The photos in this slide show were taken by Intern Andrew Sichak and Loveland Magazine Managing Editor David Miller. Andrew produced this video.

    Intern, photographer, and video editor Andrew Sichak is a Junior at Loveland High School