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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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  • Tigers sweep their own XC Invitational

    Tigers sweep their own XC Invitational

    Jessie Gibbins (above) placed 1st with a time of 19:33

    by Matt Huether

    Greg Ballman placed 1st with a time of 16:39.

    Symmes Township, Ohio – On September 1st Loveland held its first cross country invitational meet in four years. The event took place at the Home of the Brave Park in Symmes Township and was coordinated by Jim and Cindy Daumeyer. As a member of the cross country team myself, I would like to say thank you to the Daumeyers for their hard work and for bringing back a home invitational to Loveland.

    The Loveland Cross Country teams completed a sweep of all Middle School and High School events. The Loveland High School men were led by Greg Ballman who placed 1st with a time of 16:39. Loveland took three of the top five spots on the 3.2 mile course, with Ryan Chevalier coming in 3rd with a time of 17:27 and Matt Huether coming in 5th with a time of 17:55.

    The Loveland High School women were led by Jessie Gibbins who placed 1st with a time of 19:33 on the 3.2 mile course. Loveland put all 7 of their runners in the top 15. Ellie Carr placed 3rd with a time of 20:12 and Maaike Snider placed 4th with a time of 20:21.

    For the Middle School women, Ellie Zicka and Allison Colegate led the way running 13:16 and 13:25, placing 2nd and 3rd respectively on the 2 mile course.

    For the Middle School men, Brady Steiner and William Mansfield led the way running 12:02 and 12:15, placing 1st and 3rd respectively on the 2 mile course.

    Click on Photos to enlarge. All Photos © 2018 Loveland Magazine/David Miller.

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  • Loveland High School Sports Updates

    Loveland High School Sports Updates

    by Matt Huether

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Womens Soccer team sits at 6-0-1 (2-0-1 conference) after tying 2-2 in a game versus Milford. Leading the way for Loveland are Seniors Brooke Harden and Lauren Williams. Harden has 4 goals and 5 assists in 7 games this season while Williams has 3 goals and 3 assists this season in 7 games. Their next game is on
    Tuesday September 18th at home versus Withrow at 7 PM. With the tie, they fell to 2nd in conference standings to #1 Turpin (3-0, 4-4). The team is now #3 in the country in the USA Today Super 25 Expert Rankings. This was before the tie with Milford.

    Loveland Forward Lauren Williams had her header blocked early in the match against Milford.

    The Loveland Mens Soccer team sits at 6-2 (2-1 conference). Leading the way for Loveland are Seniors Andrew Hartman and Aiden Kopek. Hartman has 2 goals and 5 assists in 5 games while Kopek has 4 goals in 3 games this season. Their next game is Thursday September 20th at Withrow (0-2, 2-3) at 7 PM.

    The Loveland Womens Cross Country team placed 3rd out of 18 teams at the Mason meet on September 8, beating out Ursuline, Springboro and many others. Leading the way for the Tigers are Freshman, Jessie Gibbins, who ran a 19:47.0 at the meet and Sophomore, Ellie Carr, ran a 19:52.0 at the meet. Their next meet is at Centerville on Saturday September 22nd.

    The Loveland Mens Cross Country team placed 10th out of 27 teams at the Mason meet. They placed higher than Centerville, St.Xavier (B), to name a few. Leading the way for Loveland are Senior Greg Ballman who ran a 16:46.4 at the meet. Also for Loveland Freshman, Ryan Chevalier, ran a 17:32.8 at the meet. Their next meet is Saturday September 15th at Milford at 9 AM.

    Freshman Leiah Goeddef scored on this header against Milford.
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  • Tiger Men XC Preview

    Tiger Men XC Preview

    by Matt Huether

    Loveland, Ohio – With the Fall sports season starting this past week we will be previewing some teams’ seasons starting this week with Mens Cross Country. Last year the Loveland Mens Cross Country team finished 4th (93) in the ECC behind Kings (29), Turpin (48), and Anderson (86). Kings has won 4 of the last 6 ECC championships with Turpin and Anderson both winning one as well. With Kings and Anderson both losing 2 of their top 7 runners due to graduation this past year, the ECC is up for grabs.

    Loveland returns the conference’s top runner, Senior Greg Ballman. Ballman ran a personal best of 16:06.60 last year. Loveland also returns Sophomore Ajay Stutz who placed 9th at the ECC conference meet last year as a freshman and ran a personal best of 16:45.12 last year. Last year both Ballman and Stutz qualified for Regionals but failed to advance to state. With the addition of a talented Loveland freshman class and the addition of a couple of first time runners Loveland looks like a contender to win the ECC.

    When asked what his goals for the season were Coach Mike Smith said, “to win the ECC. To send a team to regionals and to hopefully advance a team to state”. Loveland has not won the ECC since the mid 2000’s but looks to break the streak this year.

    Loveland starts the season off at the preseason state meet in Columbus on August 18th, then follows that with the Moeller Under the Lights, Invitational on August 24th at Moeller.

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