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  • [Video Interview] Loveland Girls Volleyball are ECC Champs for 3rd Consecutive Year

    [Video Interview] Loveland Girls Volleyball are ECC Champs for 3rd Consecutive Year

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School sports are continuing to collect big wins as regular season play comes to an end and tournament season begins! This year 5 Loveland High School Fall sports teams won an ECC title, which Loveland Magazine thinks is a HUGE deal! In saying that, we decided to head over to Loveland High School to chat with the Loveland High School Girls Volleyball Team, who just ended regular season play with their 3rd ECC title in a row and a 19-4 record! Head coach Brian Baugh along with the entire varsity squad let us in on their secret to success in a Loveland Magazine TV exclusive interview! Click below to watch!

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  • Loveland Tigers Sports Teams Continue Their Runs For ECC Titles!

    Loveland Tigers Sports Teams Continue Their Runs For ECC Titles!

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – As Fall quickly approaches so does ECC postseason tournaments! Loveland High School Tiger teams gave everything they had this week in order to improve their ECC standings and in saying that there were some very impressive league battles! Here’s the Loveland Sports 411 with Cassie Mattia for September 16th through the 22nd!

    Golf

    The Loveland Tigers Boys Golf Team competed in 3 golf meets this week proving that their swings are not to be messed with! Tuesday the 17th the boys went to Wyoming Golf Course where they won 167 to 168 and on Wednesday the 18th they traveled to Mason where the Tigers won 152 to 156. On Thursday the 19th the Tigers went to Friendly Meadows Golf Course to compete against West Clermont and grabbed another victory 154 to 208. The Boys Golf Team is currently in 2nd place in the ECC with a 4-1 record. The Tigers are 9-2 overall. The golf team will continue their successful season on Tuesday the 24th at Ivy Hills against Turpin and then will compete in the ECC Postseason Tournament at Glenview on Thursday the 26th.

    The Girls Tigers Golf Team competed at West Clermont on Tuesday the 17th and pulled out a victory, 192 to 228. The ladies had a great time swinging away the competition as pictured below in these tweets captured by fans of the Tigers!

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    The Girls Golf Team will be heading to Hickory Woods on Tuesday the 24th to face Turpin at 3:30 PM and then will turn around and travel to O’Bannon Creek Golf Club to compete against Lakota West and Ursuline at 4 PM. The Tigers are currently 2-3 in the ECC and 2-7 overall.

    Volleyball

    The Girls Volleyball Team had an unbelievable week of competition grabbing two wins, pushing their record to 7-1 in the ECC placing them in 1st place! The Tigers are 12-2 overall. On Tuesday the 17th the ladies played West Clermont in their home gym. The Tigers won all the sets at West Clermont 25-13, 25-21, and 25-12. On Thursday the 19th the ladies traveled to Anderson and claimed another victory again winning in 3 sets, 25-16, 25-21, and 25-21. 

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    The Girls Volleyball Team hopes to keep their number 1 spot in the ECC this week as they will be playing Kings on Tuesday the 24th at home at 6:30 PM and Walnut Hills on Wednesday the 25th at 6:30 PM at home.

    Tennis

    Another lady Tigers Team that had a really successful week of competition is the Girls Tennis Team who improved their record to 5-1 in the ECC and 15-2 overall. The Tigers now hold the 2nd place spot in the ECC. On Monday the 16th the Girls Tennis Team grabbed a win against Anderson sweeping them 5-0 then the ladies turned around on Tuesday the 17th and claimed another victory against West Clermont beating them 5-0. The Tigers continued their winning streak when they played CCD on Wednesday the 18th beating them 5-0. On Thursday the 19th and Saturday the 21st the Girls Tennis Team participated in the GCTCA Coaches Classic. Although they didn’t necessarily place at the top as a team there were some fantastic performances by the lady Tigers! Freshmen Babs Dwyer and Alex Hytree placed 3rd for Second Doubles and Freshman Maira Hodar placed 3rd in Singles. Below are some photos of this week’s competitions that Tiger friends and family captured.

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    The Girls Tennis Team will represent Loveland in the ECC Tournament this week on Tuesday the 24th beginning at 9 AM at Lunken.

    Soccer

    The Boys Soccer Team grabbed both a loss and a win this week. The Tigers still remain number 1 in the ECC with a 4-0 record and an 8-3 record overall! On Wednesday the 18th the Boys Soccer Team went to Centerville to compete unfortunately losing a hard-fought battle 3-1. On Thursday the 19th the Boys answered back with a big win at Withrow beating them 9-0. Out of those 9 goals Emmett Webb pulled off a hat trick (3 goals) all in the first half! The Tigers will face Walnut Hills at their home field on Wednesday the 25th at 7 PM and on Saturday the 28th will play Mason on the Tigers home field at noon.

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    The Girls Soccer Team, who currently holds the 2nd spot in the ECC with a 2-1 league record and 5-3 overall record, hosted the 1st Annual LOMO Event Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd. Both Loveland and Mason Girls Soccer Teams came together for this 2-day 10 game event! Below is a tweet sent out by Loveland Girls Soccer Team that explains the LOMO Event and what all the 2-day tourney entailed.

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    The LOMO event started for the Girls Soccer Team at 7 PM on Saturday the 21st when they faced West Jessamine, a 2 time Kentucky State Champion Soccer Team. To get the Tiger Fans and youth soccer team programs involved Loveland declared an “Orange Out,” which was explained more in-depth in the following tweet.

    https://twitter.com/LHSWsoccer/status/1173701298467803136

    The Girls Soccer Team was surrounded by quite the crowd as they claimed a HUGE victory against West Jessamine winning 5-0! Shraya Smolenski was the leading scorer for the Tigers kicking in 2 goals making her now 6th in the ECC as an Offensive Leader. Many action shots were caught on Twitter at the Orange Out!

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    The Girls Soccer Team took on Notre Dame Academy Kentucky, another premier Kentucky soccer team, on Sunday the 22nd at 3 PM at the Tiger Stadium and pulled out yet another big win, beating Notre Dame 2-0! The Tigers victory was captured on Instagram by Loveland Athletics below!

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    The lady Tigers hope to continue their winning streak against Walnut Hills on Tuesday the 24th at 7 PM.

    Football

    The Loveland Tigers Football Team battled Friday night at Withrow but unfortunately ended the game with a loss, 39-0. 

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    After Friday’s game, Tiger Calvin Cloud claimed the 5th spot in the ECC with 518 Offensive Passing Yards! The Tigers will be apart of a very special game on Friday the 27th as it is Loveland’s Homecoming. To check out the schedule of events for Homecoming 2019 go to https://lovelandmagazine.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-2019-lhs-homecoming-festivities/.

    Cheer

    In Loveland Cheer news the team will be holding winter cheer mascot tryouts on Wednesday, November 6th from 6 PM to 9 PM and then again on Thursday, November 7th beginning at 6:30 PM. The tryouts will be held at Loveland High School. 

    Cross Country

    The Girls and Boys Cross Country Team put on some great performances on Saturday the 21st at one of the top meets in Ohio, Centerville’s Saturday Night Lights Meet. Leading the way for the girls was Sarah Madix (3rd), followed by Ellie Carr (5th), Jessie Gibbins (6th), Ansley Richards (7th), and Nami Cannon (10th). Rounding out the top 7 were Ally Colegate (16th) and Bella Dillhoff (17th). Below are photos captured from the meet Saturday!

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    The Boys Cross Country Team had just as much success at Centerville’s Saturday Night Lights Meet finishing 11th out 23 teams with 335 points! The first finisher for the Tigers was sophomore Ryan Chevalier crossing the finish line for the 40th spot running a 16:35. Chevalier still holds the 4th best time in the ECC after running a 16:28 at the Loveland Invitational. Next Tiger to finish the race was freshman Brady Steiner placing 61st with a 16:52. Steiner ran his personal best time for the year placing him 8th in the ECC with his time! The next Loveland Boys to cross the finish line were senior Kyle Griffin taking the 72nd spot running a 16:59, junior Ajay Stutz in 78th place with a 17:03, senior Alex Ditchen placing 84th with a 17:07, sophomore Sam Neiger placing 89th with a time of 17:08, and rounding up the top 7 Tiger finishers was sophomore Sam Dippold placing 112th with a 17:24. 6 of the Loveland Boys ran seasonal best times placing them in the top 20 in the ECC for their 5k times! 

    Stay tuned for Loveland Magazine’s next Loveland Sports 411 with Cassie Mattia!

    Have some Loveland High School sports scores or incredible performances you want to share? Email cassiemattia@lovelandmagazine.com so we can share these amazing sports stories with the Loveland community!

  • Former Loveland Baseball Stand-Out Luke Waddell Drafted by the Diamondbacks

    Former Loveland Baseball Stand-Out Luke Waddell Drafted by the Diamondbacks

    Loveland Magazine file photo of Luke Waddell playing for the Loveland Tigers – ©2017 by David Miller

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – It’s no secret that here in Loveland there is no shortage of phenomenal athletes. A 2017 Loveland High School grad and nationally recognized baseball player, Luke Waddell, received the news on June 5th that he was drafted in the 32nd round of the MLB Draft to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Many celebrated the news voicing how excited they were for Waddell on twitter and facebook, but no one celebrated more than the Loveland Tiger supporters! Below were some of the tweets posted after the 32nd round draft results were released.

    The Assistant Principal at Loveland High School said…

    Matthew Buis

    @LHS_MrBuis

    Congrats Luke! @lucas_wadd07

    The Georgia Tech Baseball Team said…

    Georgia Tech Baseball

    @GTBaseball

    DRAFTED! Congratulations on Luke Waddell hearing his name in the 32nd round of the @MLBDraft by the @Dbacks

    The Loveland High School Tigers Baseball Team said…

    LHSTigersBaseball

    @LHSTigersBase

    Always knew this day was coming since he was 8, but bigger and better things always on Luke’s horizon.

    Luke Waddell as a Loveland Tiger in 2017. Loveland Magazine © File Photo by David Miller

    Waddell, who was born and raised in Loveland, excelled in baseball, football, and basketball at Loveland High School. Waddell racked up a number of accolades with the Tigers some of the most prominent being baseball honors. In 2017, Perfect Game rated Waddell as the number 3 shortstop and the number 11 overall prospect in Ohio. Waddell also received an All-American Honorable Mention nod in 2017 in addition to becoming the ECC Baseball Athlete of the Year. Waddell, a 4 time ECC first team all-conference selection and 2-time all-state selection, still holds the Loveland High School Baseball record for career games played, hits and doubles.

    Waddell did not shy away from other sports in high school just because he was so gifted in one sport, which in his case was baseball. He also lettered in football and basketball at Loveland. In 2013 when the Loveland Tigers Football team grabbed the state championship title, district title, and the ECC conference title, Waddell aided in the Tiger’s success tremendously setting records in career rushing yards, receiving yards, touchdowns, points scored, and the most rushing yards and touchdowns in a single season. In fact the day Waddell broke Loveland High School’s 49-year-old, single-game rushing record he didn’t even realize he did it until record keeper and facilities manager, Kevin Taylor told him after the game. He told Loveland Magazine at the time, “I was honestly shocked. I knew I had a good game, but didn’t know I broke any records. So, it was pretty exciting.” 

    Luke Waddell as a Loveland Football Tiger. Photo by David Burig © 2015

    Waddell was also named by MaxPreps, second-team freshman All-American in 2013 and first team all-conference by the ECC for all for 4 years of his high school football career. 

    The Midland Redskins summer baseball team got the pleasure of having Waddell for 3 seasons before he took off to play collegiate baseball at Georiga Tech. In Waddell’s freshman season with GT in 2018 he played in 42 games starting in 31 of those games. Waddell had quite the impressive stat sheet as a freshman hitting a .283 batting average and posting an on-base percentage of .348. In 2019 Waddell had an even more successful year playing in 57 games hitting a .328 batting average. Waddell’s on-base percentage also improved to a .442. The 2019 results Waddell brought in for the Yellow Jackets earned him 20th best batting average in the entire ACC. 

    After years of hard work and dedication to improving his craft, Luke Waddell was selected last Wednesday in the 32nd round of the MLB draft to join the Arizona Diamondbacks.

    Although Waddell is thrilled with being drafted he has made the decision to return to Georgia Tech for his junior year season. Waddell’s former coaches, teammates, and classmates are still very excited to hear about Waddell being drafted. Included below are thoughts from Brian Conaster, Loveland High School Athletic Director, and Ken Reed, Waddell’s former high school baseball coach, about Luke Waddell.

    “Luke is an incredibly talented player who was a pleasure to coach at LHS. Not only was he one of the most productive players in the state of Ohio, but he was also a great teammate. The Loveland community should be very proud of how well Luke has represented the town,” Ken Reed said.

    “Luke Waddell was not only a record-breaking high school stand out multiple sport athlete, but a person of high character in and out of the classroom. Luke always embodies the Loveland core values of respect, responsibility, integrity,  and pride,” Brian Conaster said.

    If you would like to follow Luke Waddell’s journey with the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets you can go to the Georgia Tech’s baseball twitter page at https://twitter.com/GTBaseball, their website at https://ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-basebl/, their FB page or Loveland Athletic’s twitter page at https://twitter.com/LovTigers_AD. The Loveland Magazine team will also be following Waddell’s progress if you would like to check out our Facebook page or Twitter page at https://twitter.com/lovelandmagazin.

  • Loveland High School Spring Sports update

    Loveland High School Spring Sports update

    by Matt Huether

    Loveland, Ohio – Men’s Varsity Tennis clinched the ECC Conference Title with their win in the ECC Conference tournament, Baseball currently sits in 7th at 3-7 in the ECC, Softball currently sits in 6th at 3-8 in the ECC, Men’s Lacrosse currently sits in 4th at 2-2 in the ECC, and Women’s Lacrosse currently sits at 2nd at 3-1 in the ECC.

    All Sports Trophy

    Men’s Tennis leads the charge in retaining the All Sports Trophy for Loveland. Loveland has won the All Sports Trophy 4 of the 6 years that the ECC has been in existence and looks to make it 5 out of 7 years as they have the lead with just the spring sports to go.

    Loveland Men’s Tennis ends Turpin’s reign on the tennis courts

    Turpin has won the last 5 ECC Championships in Men’s Tennis leading up to this season. They have also won the last 4 ECC Championships on the Women’s side. Loveland has worked their way up the conference charts over the course of the last four years going from 1-5 in 2016 and finishing in 6th to back to back 4-2 seasons in 2017/2018. After being in the top half of the league both seasons and working hard off-season, Loveland looked to make their move this season. The team started off strong beating Anderson and Milford but then played rival and runner up, Kings. In a great match, Loveland won 4-1 over Kings and carried that momentum to their following ECC matches beating Walnut Hills 4-1, West Clermont 5-0, and 5-time defending champions Turpin 4-1.

    Loveland’s Men’s Tennis team currently sit at 13-3 and this years ECC Champions.

  • [1/17/19] Loveland High School Winter Sports update w/Photo Album

    [1/17/19] Loveland High School Winter Sports update w/Photo Album

    by Matt Huether

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland High School Winter Sports season has been very productive for the Loveland Tigers.  Loveland currently has all of their Winter Sports teams ranked in the top half of the ECC Conference standings. Loveland looks to bring home their First Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Boys Swimming, Girls Swimming, Academic and Girl’s Bowling ECC Championships.

    The Loveland Men’s Basketball team currently is 9-4 (5-2 conference) and is one game behind Turpin at the halfway mark in their conference schedule. They are tied for second in the ECC with Walnut Hills and West Clermont.

    The Loveland Women’s Basketball team currently is 10-4 (5-3 conference) and is 3 games behind Walnut Hills just after the halfway point of the ECC Competition. They are currently fourth in the ECC behind Walnut Hills (8-0), West Clermont (6-2), and Kings (6-3).

    The Loveland Academic team is 5-1 (5-1 conference) and tied with Walnut Hills for 1st Place in the ECC at the halfway mark in their conference schedule.

    To keep up to date on all Loveland Tiger High School sports and know when the next competition is, visit http://eccsports.com.

    These photos are from the home game against West Clermont on Saturday, January 5th. Loveland lost this game 60 – 53.

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  • Tiger Cross Country up-date

    Tiger Cross Country up-date

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland men and women’s Cross Country teams had strong showings at the ECC Conference meet this past Saturday held at West Clermont. Both teams placed 3rd overall behind Kings and Turpin. Kings and Turpin are ranked Top 20 in the state for both Mens and Womens Cross Country.

    The Loveland men’s Cross Country team placed 3rd (85) at the ECC Conference Championships behind Turpin (41) and Kings (39). The Tigers had arguably their best  “team” race of the season. Team times include:

    Senior, Greg Ballman, 9th overall, time of 16:59.10

    Freshman, Ryan Chevalier, 14th overall, time of 17:06.30

    Sophomore, Ajay Stutz, 19th overall, time of 17:20.91

    Junior, Alex Ditchen, 21st overall, with a time of 17:22.57

    Senior, Thomas Gear, 22nd overall, time of 17:23.18

    Senior, Matt Huether, 24th overall, time of 17:25.50

    Junior, Kyle Griffin, 26th overall, time of 17:27.14

    Their next meet, Districts, will be held at Voice of America Park on Saturday October 20th at 11:30 AM.

    The Loveland Womens Cross Country team placed 3rd (84) at the ECC Conference Championships behind Kings (54) and Turpin (48). Team times include:

    Freshman, Jessie Gibbins, 9th overall, time of 19:38.39

    Sophomore, Ansley Richards, 13th overall, time of 19:51.27

    Sophomore, Ellie Carr, 14th overall, time of 19:51.53

    Senior, Sydney Cree, 23rd overall, time of 20:35.00

    Senior, Grace Moriarty, 25th overall, time of 20:41.29

    Freshman, Kristina Feighery, 31st overall, time of 21:04.15

    Junior, Lexi Duff, 36th overall, time of 21:53.10

    Their next meet, Districts, will be held at Voice of America Park on Saturday October 20th at 10:30 AM.

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  • Loveland High School tennis and soccer up-date

    Loveland High School tennis and soccer up-date

    Leading the way for Loveland is Senior, Brooke Harden, who has 8 goals and 8 assists in 13 games.

    by Matt Huether

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Womens Soccer team sits at 10-0-3 (5-0-1 conference) and has a big game coming up on October 9th at Turpin. Turpin sits at 5-1 in conference and 6-6-0 overall. Leading the way for Loveland is Senior, Brooke Harden, who has 8 goals and 8 assists in 13 games. Another strong leader for Loveland is Junior, Kaitlyn Andrews, who has 3 goals and 7 assists in 13 games. Loveland plays at home against Mount Norte Dame on Saturday October 6th at 7 PM.

    The Loveland Mens Soccer team sits at 9-4 (4-1 conference). Loveland is a half game behind Turpin in conference and looks to take over the conference lead when they play Turpin on October 11th at 7 PM. Leading the way for Loveland is Senior, Aiden Kopek, who has 7 goals and 2 assists in 7 games this season. Loveland is Sophomore, Helga Harris, another leader, has 8 goals in 7 games played. Loveland plays at West Clermont tomorrow night (October 4th) at 7:00 PM.

    The Loveland Womens Tennis team sits at 13-3 (5-1 conference). Loveland had a strong showing at the ECC Conference Championships taking second with 33 points. Loveland Senior, Peyton Beller, leads the way with a 13-6 overall (5-1 conference) record. Peyton was awarded the 3rd seed in the Cincinnati Sectional for her strong play this season. Peyton will start her postseason taking on Eichorn of Oak Hills. Loveland Junior, Anna Svitkovich, also a leader, sits at 11-6 (5-1 conference) on the season. Anna was awarded the 4th seed in the Cincinnati Sectional and will start off against Ramirez of Harrison. Loveland has their Sectionals Tomorrow (October 4th) at the Lindner Family Tennis Center at 8:30 AM.

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