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  • OHSAA Announces Shortened HS Football Season Proposal

    OHSAA Announces Shortened HS Football Season Proposal

    OHSAA adjusts high school season if football is approved by Governor

     

    by Cassie Mattia

    COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Governor’s recommendation to shorten Ohio’s High School Football seasons has been approved! The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) announced Friday that due to concerns COVID-19 may spike in the early winter, all Ohio HS football teams will enter into the playoffs on October 9th. The HS State Championship games would be played no later than November 21st. This is only in the event that the Governor’s Office approves Ohio HS Football being played this year.

    The proposal for a shorter football regular season was approved by the OHSAA Board of Directors with a 9-0 vote. OHSAA released a press release after the vote saying that they considered the proposal a win-win situation for all schools because it would then not matter how many games each team played leading up to the playoffs.

    So how will it be determined which HS football teams qualify for the playoffs you may be asking yourself? Well, instead of using the traditional computer ratings system, coaches in each region will conduct a tournament seed meeting the week of September 28th in order to form the regional brackets. This is very similar to how several other team sports within the OHSAA determine which teams qualify for playoffs.

    Loveland High School is apart of the Eastern Cincinnati Conference.

    The shortened football season guidelines state that schools may keep their first six previously scheduled games, but all regular-season football contracts will be now voidable by either school. This is especially important in the event that conferences redo their league schedules so that games will fit into the first six weeks. The OHSAA will also determine new playoff regions in September. Teams that are eliminated from the playoffs may continue to schedule regular-season games up until November 14.

    MAC Announces Postponement of Fall Sports

    The Mid-American Conference (MAC) has announced the postponement of all scheduled fall contests, as well as MAC championships, due to continuing concerns related to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Read on…

    The Big 10 is expected to announce the cancelation of the Fall football season on Tuesday.

    Those schools that have paused sports due to COVID-19 are still able to begin their season in September or early October as well as compete in the playoffs. If a school finds that they would rather play regular-season games up until November 14th and not compete in playoffs they are able to do so.

    “To both ensure we can offer students the opportunity to participate in education-based athletics but do so with their best interests in mind, we believe this modified plan offers a positive solution by addressing many of the concerns of our member schools,” President of the OHSAA Board of Directors and Athletic Administrator at Mentor High School, Jeff Cassella said, “Those that are able to start their seasons on time will be able to do so. Those that are starting later can still have a season. Add in the option of all schools entering the playoffs and the possibility of schools still being able to play 10 regular-season contests, and this plan is helpful to virtually all of our schools.”

    Here are the most important details in regards to the OHSAA’s modified Ohio HS Football season and changes to the Playoffs process:

    • Regular-season games will begin the week of August 24 (same regular-season starting date).
    • All teams are eligible to enter the OHSAA playoffs. New regions will be determined in September.
    • The number of playoff rounds is dependent upon the number of schools entering the playoffs in each division. Coaches in each region will seed all playoff teams in the region to form a bracket, similar to other OHSAA sports.
    • Schools eliminated from the OHSAA playoffs or those schools that choose not to enter the OHSAA playoffs have the option to schedule additional regular-season contests through Saturday, November 14 (maximum of 10 regular season contests permitted).
    • Playoff seeding will be determined via a vote of the coaches the week of September 28 (Harbin Ratings is suspended for the 2020 season).
    • All playoff contests through the regional semifinals (and possibly the regional finals) will be hosted by the higher-seeded team.
    • Schools must commit to participating in the playoffs by 11:59 PM on Thursday, September 17.
    • Playoff regions will be drawn on Friday, September 18.
    • Schools may withdraw from the playoffs without a penalty until Thursday, September 24.

    Below is what the new modified Ohio HS Football season will look like:

    • Regular season Week 1:  Week of August 24
    • Regular season Week 2:  Week of August 31
    • Regular season Week 3:  Week of September 7
    • Regular season Week 4:  Week of September 14
    • Regular season Week 5:  Week of September 21
    • Regular season Week 6:  Week of September 28
    • Playoffs begin Friday, October 9
    • State Finals end no later than Saturday, Nov. 21

    Still, have questions on OHSAA’s modified football season and the new Playoffs process? Click HERE for all of the Q&A’s!

    Thus far the decision on whether or not spectators will be allowed to be present at contact sports this year has not been made yet. The OHSAA stated that “At a minimum, parents should be permitted to attend.”

    Luckily four of the OHSAA’s Fall sports, golf, tennis, volleyball, and cross country, have been determined to be low-contact by the Governor’s Office which means these particular sports will be permitted to have contests with other schools. The remaining Fall sports, field hockey, soccer, and football, have been determined to be high-contact, so the OHSAA, the Governor’s Office and the Ohio Department of Health are working together to create a safe game plan so that these three sports may participate in contests with other schools as well.

    To get the latest 411 on which of Ohio’s High School sports will be competing this year and the most up to date COVID-19 sports safety protocols stay tuned to the Sports 411 With me, Cassie Mattia!

  • Looking at golf and tennis at Loveland High School

    Looking at golf and tennis at Loveland High School

    by Matt Huether

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School’s Fall sports are upon us and this week we will be previewing Mens Golf, Womens Golf, and Womens Tennis. All three of the teams had successful fall seasons last year with men and women’s golf teams bringing home an ECC championship and Womens Tennis finishing as conference runner-up.

    Womens Golf will look to rebuild this year after losing two first team all-conference athletes, Alejandra Bonet and Lindsay Bachmann, due to graduation. The team has a strong upperclassmen presence with Allison Roundtree and Samantha Skarda leading the way this season. Roundtree was First Team all ECC last year and Skarda was Second Team all ECC last season. During the preseason tournament Loveland (395) finished 4th behind Kings (341), Milford (351), and Turpin (378). The team’s next match is at Kings tomorrow at River’s Bend country club at 3:50 PM.

    Mens Golf also lost many players due to graduation and will also look to rebuild. Juniors Jeffery Main and Scott Henke look to lead the team this season. Main was Second Team all ECC last season and has started this season off strong shooting rounds of 70, 71, 73, and 37. Main was Medalist at the ECC preview and Anderson dual match, second at the Anderson Invitational, and sixth at the Lakota East Invitational. Main’s strong start has him at a 35.85 stroke average for the season. During the preseason tournament Loveland (322) finished 4th behind Milford (305), Turpin (320), and Kings (321). The team’s next match is tomorrow versus St. Xavier at O’Bannon golf course at 4:00 PM.

    Womens Tennis is off to a strong start this season. After finishing tied for conference runner-up last year the Loveland Womens Tennis team looks to knock off Turpin who is going for their 4th straight ECC championship this fall. The team has won their first two matches and upset CHCA, who is ranked #9 in the state. The team returns most of their starters from last season with the exception of Andrea Wittekind who graduated. Some big matches coming up are Walnut Hills on September 4th, Turpin on September 11th and St. Ursula on August 29th. Lastly, the ECC conference tournament will be held on September 25th at Lunken.

  • 9/30/17 Loveland HS sports update

    9/30/17 Loveland HS sports update

    by Sam Smith
    Loveland Magazine file photo © 2017

    Football

    Last Friday, Loveland fell to Anderson in a narrow 28-27 loss. This puts Loveland in the middle of the Eastern Cincinnati Conference with 1-2 win-loss. Overall, the team is now 1-5.

    Friday, September 29, 2017
    27
    Loveland
        1 2 3 4 T  
      LVL 0 14 7 6 27  
      AND 0 14 7 7 28  
    28
    Anderson
    Scoring Summary
      2ND QUARTER LVL AND
    LVL TD 08:29 Kyle Whitaker 35 YD RUN (Evan Highland KICK) 7 0
    AND TD 06:44 Austin Watt 17 YD PASS FROM Jay Volpenhein (Willie Johnson KICK) 7 7
    LVL TD 01:53 Remi George 18 YD RUN (Evan Highland KICK) 14 7
    AND TD 00:27 Kyle Blaha 8 YD RUN (Willie Johnson KICK) 14 14
      3RD QUARTER LVL AND
    AND TD 05:49 Kyle Blaha 30 YD RUN (Willie Johnson KICK) 14 21
    LVL TD 00:44 Ryan Batsch 5 YD RUN (Evan Highland KICK) 21 21
      4TH QUARTER LVL AND
    AND TD 08:22 Joey Newton 28 YD PASS FROM Jay Volpenhein (Willie Johnson KICK) 21 28
    LVL TD 00:13 Kyle Whitaker 2 YD RUN (PASS FAILED) 27 28
    Team Stat Comparison
    LVL AND
    1st Downs 22 20
    Total Yards 332 406
    Passing Completions 5 23
    Passing Attempts 8 39
    Passing Yards 54 279
    Passing Average 6.8 7.2
    Rushing Attempts 65 22
    Rushing Yards 278 127
    Rushing Average 4.3 5.8
    3rd Down Efficiency 8-17 6-10
    4th Down Efficiency 4-6 0-2
    Penalties 3-25 8-67
    Turnovers 0 1
    Possession 34:36 13:24
    Schedule
    OCT. 2017 OPPONENT TIME LOCATION
     Fri. 6 West Clermont 7:00 PM  Loveland
    Loveland Magazine file photo © 2017

    Women’s volleyball

    Loveland continued their undefeated conference season last week, beating Kings 25-13, 23-25, 25-15 and 27-25 along with Milford 25-22, 25-20 and 25-12. The team remains in first in the ECC with a 10-0 win-loss conference season and 15-1 overall.

    OCT. 2017 OPPONENT TIME LOCATION
     Tue. 3 Withrow 7:00 PM  Loveland
     Wed. 4 Anderson 7:00 PM  Anderson
     Tue. 10 Walnut Hills 7:00 PM  Loveland

    Men’s soccer:

    Loveland Varsity men’s soccer remains towards the middle/bottom of the ECC, with a 1-3-0 conference win-loss-tie and 5-5-1 overall. Last week, the team defeated Lebanon 3-0 and Lakota East 2-1.

    SEP. 2017 OPPONENT RESULT RECORD
    Thu. 7 Turpin L 2 – 1 1 – 3 – 1 (0 – 2 – 0)
    Sat. 9 at Sycamore W 1 – 0 2 – 3 – 1 (0 – 2 – 0)
    Thu. 14 at Walnut Hills W 1 – 0 3 – 3 – 1 (1 – 2 – 0)
    Sat. 16 at Mason L 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 1 (1 – 2 – 0)
    Thu. 21 Anderson L 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1 (1 – 3 – 0)
    Sat. 23 Lakota East W 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1 (1 – 3 – 0)
    Thu. 28 at Lebanon W 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 1 (1 – 3 – 0)
    Sat. 30 at Moeller Webcast score not reported 5 – 5 – 1 (1 – 3 – 0)
    OCT. 2017 OPPONENT TIME LOCATION
     Wed. 4 West Clermont 7:00 PM  West Clermont
    Loveland Magazine file photo © 2017

    Women’s Soccer

    Loveland Varsity women’s soccer continued their undefeated season, defeating Withrow and Ross with decisive 7-0 victories last week. The team is 5-0-0 win-loss-tie in conference and 12-0-0 overall.

    SEP. 2017 OPPONENT RESULT RECORD
    Sat. 2 Ryle W 4 – 0 5 – 0 – 0 (1 – 0 – 0)
    Tue. 5 at Turpin W 1 – 0 6 – 0 – 0 (2 – 0 – 0)
    Sat. 9 Mason W 5 – 0 7 – 0 – 0 (2 – 0 – 0)
    Tue. 12 Walnut Hills W 6 – 0 8 – 0 – 0 (3 – 0 – 0)
    Sat. 16 at Mount Notre Dame W 2 – 0 9 – 0 – 0 (3 – 0 – 0)
    Wed. 20 at Anderson W 3 – 0 10 – 0 – 0 (4 – 0 – 0)
    Sat. 23 Ross W 7 – 0 11 – 0 – 0 (4 – 0 – 0)
    Tue. 26 Withrow W 7 – 0 12 – 0 – 0 (5 – 0 – 0)
    OCT. 2017 OPPONENT TIME LOCATION
     Tue. 3 West Clermont 7:00 PM  Loveland
     Sat. 7 Sycamore 1:00 PM  Sycamore

    Men’s golf

    Loveland Varsity men’s golf ended their season with a win in the ECC tournament (Loveland 156, Anderson 162, Sycamore 163). Loveland is tied with Turpin for first in the ECC with 5-1 win-loss in conference. Loveland leads with a 9-1 record.

    Results
    AUG. 2017 RESULT  
     Thu. 10 Loveland 159, Kings 163         
     Mon. 14 Lakota East Invitational 0, Loveland 0         
     Mon. 21 LaSalle Invitational 0, Loveland 0         
     Wed. 23 Loveland 151, Turpin 161         
     Thu. 24 Loveland 165, Walnut Hills 184         
     Mon. 28 Loveland 168, McNicholas 177         
     Thu. 31 Anderson 149, Loveland 155         
    SEP. 2017 RESULT  
     Tue. 5 Loveland 161, Mason 175         
     Tue. 12 Loveland 163, Milford 174         
     Thu. 14 Loveland 157, West Clermont 177         
     Sat. 16 Springboro Invitational 0, Loveland 0         
     Tue. 26 Loveland 156, Anderson 162, Sycamore 163

    Women’s golf

    Loveland women’s golf also ended their season tied for first in the ECC with 5-1 in conference. The team leads with a 12-2 overall record. Last week Loveland beat Milford 180-186 and Turpin 178-190.

    AUG. 2017 RESULT  
     Fri. 4 Loveland 182, Mt Notre Dame 197         
     Tue. 15 Loveland 186, Kings 191         
     Wed. 16 Loveland 176, Anderson 197         
     Tue. 22 Turpin 188, Loveland 193         
     Wed. 23 Loveland 184, Milford 196         
     Thu. 31 Loveland 177, Bishop Fenwick 210         
    SEP. 2017 RESULT  
     Tue. 5 Loveland 191, Anderson 228         
     Wed. 6 Loveland 182, Lakota West 205         
     Thu. 7 Loveland 180, Little Miami 224         
     Thu. 14 Kings 178, Loveland 196         
     Mon. 18 Loveland 179, Walnut Hills 193         
     Tue. 19 Loveland 191, West Clermont 251         
     Mon. 25 Loveland 178, Turpin 190         
     Tue. 26 Loveland 180, Milford 186

    Women’s tennis

    Loveland Magazine file photo © 2017

    Loveland sits in third in the ECC with a 4-2 win-loss record in conference and 9-8 overall. Last week, Loveland defeated Fairfield 3-2, fell to Sycamore 3-2 and fell to Mason 4-1. The team will play their last game this season on Tuesday the 3rd.

    SEP. 2017 OPPONENT RESULT RECORD
    Wed. 6 Lakota West W 3 – 0       6 – 5 (2 – 1)
    Thu. 7 at West Clermont W 5 – 0       7 – 5 (3 – 1)
    Fri. 8 at Milford W 5 – 0       8 – 5 (4 – 1)
    Mon. 11 at Walnut Hills L 4 – 1       8 – 6 (4 – 2)
    Thu. 14 at Coaches Classic score not reported       postseason 8 – 6 (4 – 2)
    Sat. 16 at Coaches Classic score not reported       postseason 8 – 6 (4 – 2)
    Mon. 18 at Fairfield W 3 – 2       9 – 6 (4 – 2)
    Thu. 21 at Sycamore B L 3 – 2       9 – 7 (4 – 2)
    Tue. 26 at Mason B L 4 – 1       9 – 8 (4 – 2)
    OCT. 2017 OPPONENT TIME LOCATION  
     Tue. 3 at Indian Hill    4:00 PM Indian Hill  

    Check back next week for another update on Tiger athletics, and stay up-to-date with the ECC website and Athletic Director Julian Renner’s twitter @renner_ad.

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