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  • [PHOTOS] LHS Men’s Cross Country Team Places 2nd at the 2021 Loveland Invitational!

    [PHOTOS] LHS Men’s Cross Country Team Places 2nd at the 2021 Loveland Invitational!

    by Cassie Mattia

    Symmes Township, Ohio – And the Tigers did it again! On Saturday, September 4th the Loveland High School Men’s Varsity Cross Country Team grabbed a 2nd place finish at their home course, the Home of the Brave Park in Symmes Township. The Tigers placed 2nd out of 17 teams with a score of 50 at the 2021 Loveland Cross Country Invitational.

    Senior Ryan Chevalier ran a season-best crossing the finish line in 2nd place with a time of 15:44.2, Junior Brady Steiner also ran a season-best time finishing in 5th with a time of 15:55.7, Junior Cayden Dyer finished in 8th place with a season-best time of 16:22.8, Freshman Nick Huff placed 17th with a season-best time of 16:45.2, Senior Sam Neiger finished right behind Huff running a season-best time of 16:48.2 placing 18th, Junior Grant Hanson placed 27th with a season-best time of 17:12.7, and Junior Alex Saletta rounded out the Tigers top 7 running another season-best time of 17:43.2 putting him in 39th.

    Not only did nearly every Tiger run a season-best on Saturday, now 6 of the men are officially in the top 10 in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference (ECC) for their performances!

    The LHS Men’s Cross Country Team is currently ranked #14 in the Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Division 1 Poll.

    A BIG Congratulations to the LHS Men’s Cross Country Team for placing 2nd at the Loveland Invitational on Saturday! We are so proud of you Tigers!

    If you missed all the Tiger action on Saturday click below to watch the Loveland Invitational footage brought to you by Loveland Magazine TV!

    Check out the Loveland Cross Country Invitational Final Team Scores as Well as the top 20 Individual Results Below!

    CLICK HERE for the Complete Loveland Invitational Results Including the Men’s Open.

    Want to watch the LHS Men’s Cross Country Team in action? The Tigers will be competing again on Saturday, September 11th at 9 AM at the Mason Invitational which will be held at Corwin Nixon Park.

    Click below to read and see photos of the LHS Women’s Cross Country Team at the Loveland Invitational

    [PHOTOS] LHS Women’s Cross Country Team Grabs Another 1st Place Finish!

    Cassie Mattia –  Sep 8, 2021

    For the latest LHS updates stay tuned to the Loveland Salad With ME, Cassie Mattia!

  • LHS Women’s Cross Country Team Grabs 1st Place at Season Opener!

    LHS Women’s Cross Country Team Grabs 1st Place at Season Opener!

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio- LHS Tiger Athletics kicked the Fall sports season off with a bang as the Women’s Cross Country Team collected their first 2021 victory on Saturday at the Ohio High School Athletics Association (OHSAA) Cross Country Season Opener!

    Both Loveland’s Women’s and Men’s Cross Country Teams competed Saturday against 43 (scored) teams from all across Ohio at Fortress Obetz in Columbus, Ohio, which is also where the OHSAA’s 2021 State Cross Country Meet will be run this year.

    Both Tiger teams are being looked at with high expectations this year as they have a squad full of veteran runners returning including 2020 Eastern Cincinnati Conference Runner of the Year Senior Ryan Chevalier and 1st Team All-ECC Jesse Gibbins and Emmy Sager.

    Loveland did not disappoint their supporters at the first meet of the 2021 season as the Women finished in 1st place out of 43 very talented teams and the Men finished in 3rd place. The Women finished with a score of 90 (11-12-18-20-29-108-130), a team time of 1:38:48, a runner average of 19:46, and a mile average of 6:22. The Men finished with a score of 185 (5-13-38-50-79-116-132), a team time of 1:26:04, a runner average of 17:13, and a mile average of 5:33.

    For LHS’s Women’s Cross Country Team, Junior Madison Conatser finished 11th with a time of 19:27.8, Senior Jesse Gibbins finished 12th with a time of 19:33.7, Senior Sarah Madix finished 18th with a time of 19:40.5, Senior Emmy Sager finished 20th with a time of 19:51.5, Junior Ally Colegate finished 29th with a time of 20:13.6, Senior Maaike Snider finished 108th with a time of 22:00.2, and Sophmore Lauren Gard finished 130th with a time of 22:24.8.

    The Men’s Cross Country Team also had some impressive finishes with Senior Ryan Chevalier finishing in 5th with a time of 16:13.6, Junior Brady Steiner finishing in 13th with a time of 16:44.9, Senior Sam Neiger finishing in 38th with a time of 17:26.1, Freshman Nick Huff finishing in 50th with a time of 17:38.1, Junior Grant Hanson finishing in 79th with a time of 18:00.4, Senior Andrew Waple finishing 116th with a time of 18:21.8, and Junior Alex Saletta finishing in 132nd with a time of 18:32.7.

    For the full meet results click here.

    Congratulations to LHS’s Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Team’s on their 1st and 3rd place finishes in their first meet of the 2021 season! We are looking forward to seeing all the Tiger success this year! Thank you to LHS Cross Country parent Paul Madix for providing us with both the stats and photos from the opening meet!

    The Tigers will compete again on Friday, August 27th at Christ Church for the Moeller Prime Time Invitational at 8:45 P.M.

    Tentative 2021 LHS Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Schedule

    8/24 Sat, OHSAA Season Opener, 10:00 a.m. at Fortress Obetz

    8/27 Fri, Moeller Prime Time Invitational, 8:45 p.m. at Christ Church

    9/4 Sat, Loveland Invitational 8:45 a.m. at Home of the Brave

    9/11 Sat, Mason Invitational 9:00 a.m. at Corwin Nixon Park

    9/18 Sat, Asics Woodbridge XC Classic TBD at Irvine, California

    (Top 7 Times from the OHSAA Season Opener & possible wildcard. Pending approval from OHSAA & Loveland Schools)

    9/25 Sat, Loveland Sunset Invite 6:00 p.m. at Loveland High School

    10/2 Sat, Saturday Nights Lights TBA at Centerville HS

    10/16 Sat, ECC Championships TBD at Home of the Brave

    10/21 Thur, Southwest Ohio Championships 5:45 p.m. at Site TBD

    (Based on the ECC Championship results, all remaining non-Top 7 will compete)

    10/23 Sat, District Championships TBD at Voice of America

    (Top Seven will compete)

    10/30 Sat, Regional Championships ** TBD at Troy, Ohio

    11/6 Sat, Ohio State Championships ** TBD at Fortress Obetz

    ** Team or Individuals must qualify for the Regional & State Championships

    *** Start Times will vary due to our participation in multiple races.

    For more LHS sports updates stay tuned to the Sports 411 With ME, Cassie Mattia!

  • Former Loveland Magazine Contributor Begins new Journey Reporting on the Bengals!

    Former Loveland Magazine Contributor Begins new Journey Reporting on the Bengals!

     Willie Lutz reporting for Loveland Magazine from Tiger Stadium in 2014

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Magazine throughout the years has had many opportunities to both meet and mold journalism interns into talented multi-dimensional professional journalists. Many have gone on to be very successful writers, broadcasters, reporters, and filmmakers; recently one previous Loveland Magazine intern and former Loveland High School grad announced he just landed a new writing gig!

    Willie Lutz was a paid intern at Loveland Magazine during his Junior and Senior years at LHS, his primary role being to write about LHS sports and to do on-air post-game reports. Lutz has since been a frequent contributor to Loveland Magazine.

    Lutz recently released the news that he accepted a position at Last Word on Sports where he will be responsible for reporting all things NFL, primarily the Cincinnati Bengals.

    Willie Lutz file photo from when he reported sports for Loveland Magazine

    “I’m excited to join the team at Last Word On Sports,” Lutz announced on his Facebook page, “I’ve greatly missed sports writing and I found a perfect landing spot! To kick things off, I wrote about Joe Burrow’s desire to keep Zac Taylor in Cincinnati and what that means for the Bengals.”

    To check out Lutz’s first article with Last Word on Sports that was released in December of 2020 click the following link: Joe Burrow Wants Zac Taylor to Stay With Cincinnati Bengals. His latest released just today is Cincinnati Bengals Slot Cornerback Options This Off-season.

    Loveland Magazine’s Editor in Chief David Miller was estatic about Lutz’s new opportunity!

    “I’m not the biggest Bengal’s fan but if I was I would certainly be keeping up with what Willie is writing! He’s very, very good at what he does. I read what Willie writes and follow him and he’s now got me following the Bengals,” Miller said.

    LastWordOnSports.com is essentially a network of sports-related entities encompassing type media and radio. The site was established in August 2011 with a focus on the major professional leagues.

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    We would like to take the opportunity to congratulate Willie Lutz for obtaining such an awesome journalism position! Thank you so much Willie for providing Loveland Magazine with your outstanding articles! We hope that you will continue to succeed and thrive in the world of Sports Journalism! Good Luck!

    Stay tuned for more of your Sports 411 With Me, Cassie Mattia!