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by Barbara Kyles
Do you know?
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s.
Take a look at this story from Historical African American Images and welcome to Black history…
by Cassie Matttia
Loveland, Ohio – Anderson High School has a new mascot…a Raptor!
The new Anderson mascot was officially announced through a video on Facebook posted by the Forest Hills School District. Check out the video below!
Last July, the Forest Hills Board of Education held a vote to approve the retirement of the Anderson High School Redskins logo. The vote was in favor of changing the Redskin mascot, 4-1. The decision came to be made after years of discussion from the community about inclusivity and diversity across the Forest Hills District. The Anderson Redskin logo has been used for more than 8 decades so the District plans to phase out the Redskin mascot in stages.
In August of 2020, the AHS Brand & Logo Steering Committee was created, consisting of 30 individuals who represent current students, staff, alumni, parents, and community members. The committee’s main focus was to consider the re-branding of the school mascot. According to the Forest Hill School District, 1,600 people joined the committee and ultimately decided “that it was time to turn the page on being the ‘Redskins.”
So just how did the community and the Forest Hills School District decide on the Raptor to replace the Redskin? The District said that the new mascot name received by far the most votes from current and future students as well as staff.
“The Raptor is fast, intelligent, cunning, dangerous, social, cooperative, sleek, muscular, flexible, balanced, quick, and agile! Raptors coming this Fall,” the Forest Hills School District said on their Facebook page. The Raptor was the second most popular mascot option among Anderson alumni.
The Loveland Tigers, Anderson Raptors, Turpin Spartans, the Winton Woods Warriors, the Kings Knights, the Milford Eagles, the Lebanon Warriors, the West Clermont Wolves, the Little Miami Panthers, and the Walnut Hills Eagles are all members of the Eastern Cincinnati Conference.
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by Cassie Mattia
Loveland, Ohio – It’s that time of year again to honor the Loveland High School student-athlete Seniors as we send them on their way to play collegiate sports at the conclusion of this school year!
Although the 2020-2021 season for athletics was a bit more difficult due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, these particular LHS Seniors focused in and made sure to still dedicate all their time and energy into doing what it takes to get the opportunity to play their sport at the collegiate level. Despite all of the 2020 obstacles, the following Tigers are moving forward to play college athletics:
We would like to take the time to congratulate these OUTSTANDING Tiger student-athletes for getting the opportunity to fine-tune their crafts at the collegiate level! It has been a joy watching each and every one of you thrive as students and excel as athletes. We will be cheering all of you on as you take the next step in your athletic and education journey! LONG LIVE THE LOVELAND TIGERS! GOOD LUCK SENIORS!
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by Cassie Mattia
Loveland, Ohio – While weather seasons are finally changing so are Loveland’s sports seasons!
Winter Sports at Loveland High School (LHS) proved to be quite a success as several teams and individuals finished at the top of the ECC leaderboards. After both the Fall and Winter sports seasons, Loveland is sitting in 3rd place for the ECC All-Sports Trophy with 135.5 points (74 “Fall” points and 61.5 “Winter” points). The Tigers are only 3.3 points away from Turpin, who is currently in 2nd place for the All-Sports Trophy.
With Winter sports post-season here and Spring sports in preparation, we thought it would be great to give the community a L.H.S Winter sports wrap-up!
The Loveland Women’s Basketball team finished in 1st place in the ECC, winning the ECC Champs Title for the second year in a row! The Tigers ended their season with a 20-5 record overall.
Loveland fought hard in post-season play making it to the 3rd round where they lost to Lebanon on February 22nd, 49 – 44.
The Tigers definitely made a name for themselves in the ECC not only winning the 2020-2021 ECC Title but also leading the conference in several individual stat categories. Jenna Batsch finished 5th in the ECC for Scoring with 13.7 per game, 4th in Blocks with 1.5 per game, and 3rd in Steals with 3.1 per game. Olivia Raby finished 3rd in Blocks in the ECC with 1.6 per game. The ECC All-Conference teams have yet to be announced.
The Women’s OHSAA State Tournament will be held Thursday, March 11th, through Saturday, March 13th at the University of Dayton. The semifinals will be at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., and 8 p.m. and the championship games will tip-off at 10:45 a.m., 2 p.m., 5:15 p.m., and 8:30 p.m.
According to the OHSAA, “The divisional order of play this year is Division IV, III, II and I. Spectrum News 1 will televise the championship games, while the semifinals will be streamed live through OHSAA.TV.”
Here are the Girls Basketball Statewide Brackets: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Basketball-Girls/Girls-Basketball-2020-21/2021-Girls-Basketball-State-Tournament.
The Loveland Men’s Basketball Team finished their season with a respectable 6th place finish in the ECC with an 8-13 record overall. The Tigers lost in the first round of post-season play on February 19th against Milford. The game was a close battle ending with a 49 – 40 result.
Although the ECC All-Conference teams have yet to be released there were several Tigers who led the conference with their individual stats. Aaron Krabacher finished 5th in the ECC in Rebounds with 6.4 per game and Addison Hearn ended the season in 5th place in Assists with 2.9 per game.
Lebanon, Turpin, and Walnut Hills had a three-way tie for the 2020-2021 ECC Title.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Men’s Basketball State Tournament will be held Friday, March 19th, through Sunday, March 21st at the University of Dayton. The semifinals will be at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., and 8 p.m. and the championship games will tip-off at 10:45 a.m., 2 p.m., 5:15 p.m., and 8:30 p.m.
According to OHSAA, “The 2021 OHSAA men’s basketball state tournament was scheduled to be held at St. John Arena at The Ohio State University, but that facility is not available due to the pandemic.”
Here are the Boys Basketball Statewide Brackets: https://www.ohsaa.org/Sports-Tournaments/Basketball-Boys/Boys-Basketball-2020-21/2021-Boys-Basketball-State-Tournament.
The Loveland Men’s Wrestling team finished in 4th with 130 points at the ECC Championships at Milford High School on February 20th. Here are the full results of the ECC Championships: 2021 ECC Wrestling Championships.
Lebanon won the 2020-2021 ECC Title.
Below are Loveland’s individual stats for the 2020-2021 season.
| Stats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEIGHT | PLAYER | WINS | LOSSES | PINS |
| 106 | Ryne Webster (Jr) | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 113 | Brett Hogan (Jr) | 17 | 5 | 5 |
| 120 | Ty Harter (So) | 17 | 5 | 7 |
| 126 | Alex Harrison (So) | 14 | 5 | 7 |
| 132 | Jake Case (Jr) | 14 | 7 | 9 |
| 138 | Ryan Harden (So) | 8 | 11 | 5 |
| 138 | Cole Ray (Sr) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 145 | Parker Ashby (Jr) | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| 152 | Gavin Folzenlogan (Jr) | 18 | 4 | 12 |
| 160 | Brayden McCaleb (Fr) | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 160 | Jack McCaleb (Jr) | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 160 | Semi Ozarslan (Jr) | 14 | 3 | 8 |
| 170 | Jarod Mendoza (Sr) | 21 | 2 | 16 |
| 195 | Tristan Greatorex (So) | 14 | 4 | 9 |
| 220 | Vaughn Pence (Jr) | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| 285 | Sawyer Bowin (Jr) | 15 | 6 | 7 |
The Wrestling All-Conference teams are yet to be posted.
The OHSAA Wrestling State Tournament will be help at Hilliard Darby for Division I, Marengo Highland for Division II, and Marion Harding for Division III on March 13th and 14th.
The Loveland Men’s Swimming team finished in 6th place at the ECC Championships on January 23rd at Anderson High School. For the full results click the following link: 2021 ECC Swim Championships.
This year Kings grabbed the ECC 2020-2021 Title. The Coach of the Year was Sam Mizener from Kings and the Swimmer of the Year was Jake Young from Kings.
The Tigers had quite a few ECC top-performers that ended the season in the top 5 in their respective category. Loveland grabbed the 3rd place spot in the 200 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:51.93. Evan Lucas finished 3rd place in the ECC in the 100 Yard Butterfly with a time of 56.29. Colin Blackburn finished in 2nd place in the ECC in the 100 Yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:05.20.
The Loveland Women’s Swimming team finished in 6th place at the ECC Championships on January 23rd at Anderson High School with a score of 102. For the full meet, results click the following link: 2021 ECC Swim Championships.
Turpin collected the 2020-2021 ECC Women’s Swimming Title. The Coach of the Year went to Rene Contino from Turpin and the Swimmer of the Year ended up being a two-way tie between Erin Fentress of Milford and Katie Fisher of Lebanon.
The LHS Women’s Swimming team did in fact place in the top 5 in the ECC in both team and individual stats. As a team, Loveland ended the season ranked 3rd in the 200 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 2:03.60 and in the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 4:14.62. Tiger Sarah Lolli had quite the 2020-2021 season as she was ranked 3rd in the ECC in the 200 Yard I.M with a time of 2:217.59 and ranked 2nd in the 100 Yard Butterfly with a time of 1:02.80.
The Loveland Women’s Dive team had a successful end to their season at the ECC 1 Meter Diving Championships, with three Tigers finishing in the top 10. Kali Egan finished 3rd with a score of 199.30 while Morgan Eversole finished in 6th with a score of 176.60, and Sara Mueller grabbed the 9th place spot with a score of 172.50.
The Loveland Men’s Bowling team had an unbelievable 2020-2021 season finishing in 3rd place in the ECC with a 14-5 overall record and a team average of 919.4. Below are each individual Tiger’s season stats.
| Individual Season Totals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | G | PINS | AVG | HIGH | SERIES HIGH | |
| Justin Dierling | 19 | 3376 | 177.7 | 236 | 385 | |
| Alton French | 38 | 7356 | 193.6 | 246 | 459 | |
| Joey Kapszukiewicz | 38 | 7723 | 203.2 | 267 | 479 | |
| Jacob Kim | 7 | 1078 | 154.0 | 191 | 358 | |
| Peyton Larrick | 1 | 169 | 169.0 | 169 | 0 | |
| Collin Mangan | 12 | 2049 | 170.8 | 231 | 385 | |
| Monty Noel | 32 | 6067 | 189.6 | 266 | 495 | |
| Sherron Peacock | 33 | 6076 | 184.1 | 246 | 459 | |
| Brayden Shepard | 26 | 4870 | 187.3 | 235 | 446 | |
| Bowler 1 Sub | 11 | 1496 | 136.0 | 158 | 266 | |
| Bowler 2 Sub | 6 | 834 | 139.0 | 160 | 287 | |
| Bowler 3 Sub | 2 | 279 | 139.5 | 166 | 0 |
West Clermont won the Men’s Bowling ECC Title this year. The Bowling All-Conference teams have yet to be announced.
Post-season ECC Men’s Bowling began on February 26th and 27th at Wayne Webb’s Columbus Bowl and will continue on March 5th.
The Loveland Women’s Bowling team ended their season in the middle of the ECC pack with a 9-9 overall record.
As a team, Loveland finished the 2020-2021 season with a team average of 699.0 putting them in 4th place in the ECC. Tiger Ashley Gilker placed 5th in the ECC with an individual average of 172.6. Below are Loveland’s individual bowling stats for the season.
| Individual Season Totals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | G | PINS | AVG | HIGH | SERIES HIGH | |
| Substitute 1 | 22 | 2566 | 116.6 | 152 | 272 | |
| Substitute 2 | 4 | 484 | 121.0 | 130 | 253 | |
| Avery Banasik | 29 | 3664 | 126.3 | 154 | 279 | |
| Annelise Dartnell | 20 | 2306 | 115.3 | 148 | 272 | |
| Patricia Garny | 35 | 4220 | 120.6 | 170 | 302 | |
| Ashley Gilker | 30 | 5178 | 172.6 | 245 | 404 | |
| Yanni Kahrs | 40 | 6559 | 164.0 | 218 | 411 | |
| Audrey Osman | 40 | 5780 | 144.5 | 210 | 351 |
On February 17th the Loveland Women’s Bowling team competed at the OHSAA’s Sectional tournament where they qualified for Districts. Here are the Match Details for the OHSAA’s Women’s Bowling Sectionals.
On February 25th the Tigers competed at Districts where they fought hard, but did not end up making it to the next round. No match details are available at this time.
West Clermont and Lebanon tied for the 2020-2021 ECC Women’s Bowling Title.
The Loveland Academic team ended their season with a winning record of 13-5-0, finishing 3rd in the ECC. Below are the results from the Tiger’s final 2020-2021 match-ups.
| Mon. 22 | Walnut Hills | L 84 – 76 | 11 – 4 – 0 (11 – 4 – 0) |
| Mon. 22 | at Walnut Hills | L 79 – 64 | 11 – 5 – 0 (11 – 5 – 0) |
| Wed. 24 | Turpin | W 87 – 32 | 12 – 5 – 0 (12 – 5 – 0) |
| Wed. 24 | at Turpin | W 90 – 32 | 13 – 5 – 0 (13 – 5 – 0) |
The Academic ECC Championships will be held on March 3rd at Turpin High School. The time is TBA.
Little Miami claimed the Academic team 2020-2021 ECC Title. The All-Conference teams have yet to be announced.
The Loveland Cheer Team finished in 4th place in the ECC for their 2020-2021 season. Below are the final ECC Cheer standings.
| Final Standings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL | SEASON | TOURNAMENT | TOTAL | |
| 1. | Milford | 181.5 | 0.0 | 181.5 |
| 2. | Lebanon | 169.4 | 0.0 | 169.4 |
| 3. | West Clermont | 160.9 | 0.0 | 160.9 |
| 4. | Loveland | 155.5 | 0.0 | 155.5 |
| 5. | Anderson | 148.2 | 0.0 | 148.2 |
| 6. | Winton Woods | 133.1 | 0.0 | 133.1 |
Recently the OHSAA released that the Ohio High School Spring Sports season is on schedule! Lacrosse, Baseball, Softball, and Track & Field officially began practices on February 22nd. Men’s Tennis is set to begin practices on March 8th.
OHSAA’s Board of Directors also announced that they have approved the tournament regulations in Softball, Baseball, Track & Field, and Men’s Tennis. The state tournament venues were also announced and are as follows:
We want to congratulate all the Loveland High School Winter Sport Student-Athletes and Coaches on a season well done! You overcame so many obstacles this year and we couldn’t be prouder of what you accomplished! We can’t wait to see what all of you talented Loveland Tigers can achieve this Spring Sports season! GOOD LUCK and GO TIGERS!
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by Barbara Kyles
Do you know about the black inventor of traffic lights, gas masks & more…?
The African History tells us that Garrett Morgan “was a groundbreaker for African American inventors with his patents, he invented many including hair straightening product, a breathing device, a revamped sewing machine and an excellent traffic signal.”
Take a look and welcome to Black history…
by Barbara Kyles
Do you know about the Cincinnati’s Black Brigade?
The Voice of Black Cincinnati writes:
A local judge, William Martin Dickson, visited the various regiments’ camps and removed the black men who had been seized. Organizing the men along military lines and christening them the Black Brigade.
Take a look and welcome to Black history…
Bella, Carly, and Morgan at one of their planning meetings earlier in the year.
by Cassie Mattia
Loveland, Ohio – Could our Loveland Tigers be any more impressive?! Loveland High School students, Carly Wilhoite (Junior), Bella Dillhoff (Junior), and Morgan Wheeler (Senior) announced this month that they will be competing in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) “Students Of The Year” campaign!
The “Students of the Year” campaign is a seven-week fundraising, leadership, and development program for high school students that focuses on developing young leaders in the community while they raise funds for LLS. This particular campaign began on February 17th and will end on April 9th.
During the seven-week program, Wilhoite, Dillhoff, and Wheeler will take on organizing events, as well as collecting items from restaurants and stores that will be auctioned off during “The Grand Finale” at the end of the campaign.
“We were not allowed to collect any money before the campaign starts, but we can get commitments,” Wilhoite said, “As of right now, we have been running around the whole city collecting commitments for donations, auction items, t-shirt sponsors, and Fund The Nights.”
The team of Tigers recently finalized their t-shirt design and they are now available for pre-order below.
The campaign has nearly twenty student team members and a group of adult helpers, which includes Katie Rose, Jen Ramage, and Molly Reboltz from The LLS.
Carly Wilhoite shared that she and her two campaign teammates in some way during their lives have had to deal with cancer, which is why this is so important to all of them.
“Morgan’s grandmother passed away due to lung cancer in the spring of 2016, and my grandfather passed away due to esophageal cancer when I was young,” Wilhoite said, “Bella and I have a friend and lacrosse teammate who was diagnosed with Leukemia a few years back and she thankfully won her fight. Supporting The LLS is my way of showing my support and love for those that have fought and are currently fighting the vicious battle against blood cancer, but the most important reason for our efforts in this campaign is Katie Rose and her family,” Wilhoite added, “Mrs. Rose is a teacher at the middle school and has been a mentor and friend to us throughout this whole thing. She lost her aunt to Leukemia in the summer of 2019. We love and appreciate Mrs. Rose for everything she has done for us, and there is simply nothing we wouldn’t be willing to do for her.”
Mrs. Rose, who has volunteered for The LLS for many years helping both the Pennies for Patients/Hero Squad and the Student of the Year campaigns, said she definitely has a personal stake in this type of work because she lost her 53-year-old aunt to AML a couple of years ago.
“I am always awed by how engaged my students become when asked to serve the greater good,” Rose said, “The Student of the Year campaign is the equivalent of a Master’s level class in philanthropy whereby students learn valuable skills that translate into their educational and career paths while doing such meaningful and important work. I am so proud of this team and the teams on whose shoulders they stand. We hope the Loveland community will support them in their journey!”
Morgan Wheeler shared what her experience was like her sophomore year participating in her first campaign.
“I had such a great opportunity first hand to see what an impact that the LLS has had not only on the patients it supports but the candidates it develops into amazing leaders in their community,” Wheeler said, “I hope that by accepting the nomination as a Student of the Year candidate that I can honor those who have lost their battle to cancer, like my grandmother, and help those who are currently fighting.”
Wheeler said that the biggest part of the campaign is “The Grand Finale,” which is set to be held on April 9th.
“It is truly an exciting and memorable moment that I remember very well from participating on the team last year,” Wheeler explained, “Candidates are recognized for all of their hard work and there is a commemoration for those who are fighting their battle or have lost their battle to cancer. At the Grand Finale, there is also a silent auction that offers teams one last way to raise funds that will go towards their teams total.”
“Our team is in the works of collecting auction items so that we can put baskets together to be sold at the auction,” Wheeler said, “At the end of the night, the winning team is announced and the title, ‘Students of the Year,’ is handed to the candidates of that team.”
To learn more about The LLS, Team CUREage 2.0, and how you can donate to the team today click the following link: https://events.lls.org/soh/TriStateSOY21/tcureage20.
If you or your business would like to contact Team CUREage 2.0 to help with their campaign email the team at lovelandllsteamcureage@gmail.com.
The LLS is uniquely able to report on the many advances and accomplishments that have occurred since their founding in 1949. From cutting-edge research and precision medicine innovations to legislative victories that improve access to therapies for cancer patients, LLS plays a leading- and often pioneering- role in the fight against blood cancers. Since 2000, approximately 40 percent of all U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved cancer drugs were for blood cancer, and some are now used to treat other forms of cancer and non-malignant diseases. A “win” for blood cancers, therefore, is a win for the cancer community overall.
by Barbara Kyles
Do you know?
Below is a question posed in an exhibit at the Jim Crow Museum of racist artifacts in Big Rapids, Michigan.
Somebody told me that whites used to pay to throw balls at blacks at the circus. Is this true?
–Stephanie S. – Columbia, Missouri
At the end, thirty feet or so from the counter that closed the entrance, a grinning Negro face bobbed and grimaced through a hole in the back curtain painted to represent a jungle river. The Negro’s head came right out of the spread terrific jaws of a crocodile. “Hit the nigger in the head, get a good ten cent seegar,” the barker said. “Three balls for a dime, folks. Try your skill and accuracy. Hit the nigger baby on the head get a handsome cane and pennant” (Stegner, 1957, p. 47).
The exhibit goes on to explain:
This was a common chant at numerous carnivals, fairs, and circuses across the United States throughout the late 19th century until the mid 1940s, as Americans took part in one of their favorite pastimes, “African Dodger.”
The African Dodger, also known as “Hit the Nigger Baby” or “Hit the Coon” was as commonplace in local fairs, carnivals, and circuses as Ferris wheels and roller coasters are today.
Take a look and welcome to Black history…
by Barbara Kyles
Do you know that when you turn your lights on, you can thank DLewis Latimer who is responsible for the incandescent version of the light bulb we still use today?
Lewis Latimer was the child of, slaves, a sailor in the Civil War and an Assistant to Alexander Graham Bell.,
We are still using the patented design today.
Please read and learn more about DLewis Latimer…
Take a look and welcome to Black history…
by Barbara Kyles
Do you know, Sarah Boon who was born into slavery designed the modern tapered ironing board and was one of the first Black Americans to be issued a patent? Her design is still used today.
Read and learn more about Sara Boone…
Take a look and welcome to Black history…
