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  • Revision to OHSAA General Sport Regulations regarding religious headwear

    Revision to OHSAA General Sport Regulations regarding religious headwear

    Columbus, Ohio – The following language was approved by the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Board of Directors in December 2019 to be included in the OHSAA General Sport Regulations. OHSAA General Sport Regulations apply to every OHSAA sport:

    Head Decorations and Headwear

    Approved by Board of Directors Dec. 5, 2019, as part of General Sports Regulation 17 – Athletic Uniforms

    Refer to the National Playing Rules of the particular sport to determine what head decorations or headwear are permissible.

    Exception: In the event a head coach represents to the referee in advance of the start of the competition that a player wishes not to expose his/her uncovered head, the referee shall approve a covering or wrap which shall not:

      1. Fundamentally alter the sport;
      2. Be abrasive, hard or dangerous to any other participant;
      3. Be attached in such a way that it is likely to come off during play, and
      4. Be deemed to be unsporting/offensive.

    For other exceptions not addressed above, school administrators and/or head coaches shall contact the OHSAA sport administrator via email well in advance of the competition date to discuss if a waiver is available and, if so, the details of the waiver process.

    Note: If there are any concerns about head decorations or headwear well in advance of the start of competition on that day, contest officials shall approach the head coach (or assistant coach if the head coach is not available) to address the issue.

  • Loveland High School’s Hanna Wenger and Zach Segal Grab Top Post-Season Awards

    Loveland High School’s Hanna Wenger and Zach Segal Grab Top Post-Season Awards

    Editor’s Note: The photos in the original version of this story were not of Hanna Wenger. The story was corrected on 6/12/19

    by Cassie Mattia

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Tigers have developed quite the reputation in the world of athletics this year, grabbing once again several post-season honors. Now Junior, Hanna Wenger, one of Loveland’s top Women’s Lacrosse players, received The OSLA Division 1 First Team All-State Honors and 2019 Loveland High School grad Zach Segal, a member of the Tigers Baseball Team, received Honorable Mention, SWOBCA All-City Honors. Below are a few tweets from the Eastern Cincinnati Conference congratulating Wenger and Segal on their honors.

    @ECC_Sports
    (1 of 2) POSTSEASON AWARDS: OSLA DI awards recipients in girls’ lacrosse: ALL-STATE: Loveland’s Hanna Wenger (1st Team)…
    @ECC_Sports
    (3 of 3) West Clermont’s Gavin Pitts (Second Team) and Bailey Bravo and Trevor Conley (Honorable Mention); and Loveland’s Zach Segal (Honorable Mention). Congratulations!

        Segal ended his senior season as a Loveland Tiger with a bang placing very high in the ECC with his individual statistics. Segal pitched 9 games with a 3 and 5 win-loss record, a 46.1 IP, which earned him 3rd place in the ECC, and a 1.5 ERA. Segal earned 3rd place in the ECC for strikeouts as well totaling out with 58 for the season. Segal also received First Team All ECC Honors. Other Tigers who grabbed awards were Carson Deer, who earned Second Team All ECC and Matt Westley, who received Honorable Mention Honors.

        Wenger had an incredible sophomore season as a Loveland Women’s Lacrosse player as the Tigers came in second in the ECC with a 4-1 record in ECC matches and a 13-3 record overall. On top of Wenger’s First Team All-State Honors, she grabbed ECC Player of the Year and OSLA Division I First Team All-Region Honors along with her teammate Carly Wilhoite. Wenger’s teammates Josey Storm earned All-Region Second Team Honors and Maggie Nance received All-Region Honorable Mention.

    Loveland Lacrosse head coach Ryan Hanson

        “Hanna is a phenomenal athlete and has a tremendous passion for the game. The number one thing that everyone always notices about Hanna is that she always has a smile on her face while playing lacrosse. This isn’t an I am goofing off smile, or I am just out here to have fun and not try hard smile. This is the most genuine I love this sport smile,” Loveland head coach Ryan Hanson told Loveland Magazine.

        Wenger was ranked among the top Women’s Lacrosse athletes in the ECC with her offensive statistics. Wenger totaled 44 goals and 26 assists for the season averaging 3.67 goals per game and 2.17 assists per game. Wenger ranked 3rd in the ECC in assists.

        Head coach Hanson also said that Hanna Wenger is the ultimate competitor and whenever given the option at practice she wants to continue playing. He said that the coaching staff jokes that although the practice is “only” 2 hours a night, they don’t think Hanna would complain if they practiced four hours each night. He added that her love for the sport and desire to always want to improve herself shows every moment she steps on the field. “She isn’t just talented in one facet, Hanna is one of the most complete lacrosse players we have ever coached. She doesn’t work to be good in just one area, she wants to master every skill. When you have natural talent, a drive to be the best, and a passion for the game, you get Hanna Wenger.” He said it was no surprise that she was named ECC Women’s Lacrosse MVP, 1st Team All-Conference, 1st Team All-District, and 1st Team All-State both her Freshman and Sophomore years.

        Last December, Zach Segal, signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at the University of Cincinnati.

        Here are photos of Hanna Wenger in her game against Mason on May 20.

    If you would like to see just what the Loveland Tigers Baseball team is up to you can visit https://lovelandtigers.org/index.aspx?path=base or visit the team twitter page at https://twitter.com/LHSTigersBase.

     

    To learn how you can follow the Loveland Women’s Lacrosse team success visit https://lovelandtigers.org/archives.aspx?path=glax or visit the team twitter page at https://twitter.com/LovelandLax.

  • Loveland High School Athletic Department receives “Award of Excellence”

    Loveland High School Athletic Department receives “Award of Excellence”

    The Loveland High School Athletic Department is among three high school athletic departments in Ohio that have been selected to receive the Annual “Award of Excellence” recognition in 2019.

    Brian Conaster is the Loveland High School Athletic Director

    The award, a collaboration between the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) and the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (OIAAA), recognizes schools that provide exemplary support and promotion of education-based athletic programming in their school and community.

    Recipients of this year’s award are Findlay High School (Nate Weihrauch, athletic administrator), Loveland High School (Brian Conaster, athletic administrator) and Woodridge High School (Nick Mayer, athletic administrator).

    The focus of this award is to recognize on-going and consistent efforts on the part of Ohio interscholastic athletic departments that demonstrate best practice in the endorsement and promotion of education-based athletic programming. Specifically, this award recognizes schools that demonstrate intentional efforts to shift the culture of school-based sport programs on an on-going process.

    Recipients of the “Award of Excellence” will be honored at the Ohio Men’s State Basketball Championships, March 21-23, 2019 at the Schottenstein Center at The Ohio State University.

    The OHSAA and the OIAAA believe there are several benchmarks which identify quality, education-based athletic programs:

      • School athletic programs are inherently educational
      • School athletic programs compliment the educational experience
      • School athletic programs enhance the educational mission of the school
      • School athletic programs serve as an extension of the academic classroom
      • School athletic programs teach life lessons not regularly available in the academic classroom
      • School athletic programs have courts, fields, tracks, pools and courses as teaching classrooms
  • Loveland will be inducting 5 into the Athletic Hall of Fame

    Loveland will be inducting 5 into the Athletic Hall of Fame

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School will host the Class of 2018 Athletic Hall of Fame inductions on Friday, January 18, at half-time during the Tiger varsity basketball game vs. Anderson. The game start time is 7:30

    Members to be inducted include:  Nick Baker (LHS Class of 2008); Dave Hirsch (former Loveland athletic director, 1985-1995, and coach); Terry McCoy (LHS Class of ’65, and long-time freshmen and middle school football coach); Alison (Stier) Roscoe (LHS Class of 2003); Erin (Bauer) Sprague (LHS Class of 2008).

    “I congratulate all these accomplished individuals for being selected to the Loveland Athletic Hall of Fame,” said Kevin Taylor, program president. “Becoming a member is the highest honor that an athlete can achieve at the high school level.”

    Nick Baker graduated from Loveland High School in 2008. During his time as a Loveland student-athlete, Baker earned a total of eight varsity letters in cross country and track. He was a state qualifier in cross country four times and a four-time Fort Ancient Valley Conference (FAVC) Track Runner of the Year. He set two school records for 3200 meter run (9:29 minutes) and 4×800 meter relay (8:05 minutes). Baker went on to run cross country and track at Ohio Northern University.

    Dave Hirsch served as athletic director at Loveland High School from 1985 to 1995, and as coach and assistant coach for numerous sports over the years, including football, golf, basketball, baseball and softball. Hirsch instituted the full-time trainer program at LHS in 1992, as well as the Loveland Athletic Hall of Fame with a committee of former Loveland athletic directors in 1990. He earned the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) State Award for Exemplary Contribution and Service twice, in 1999 and 2006 respectively.

    Terry McCoy graduated from LHS in 1965.  He served as Loveland Middle School and freshmen football coach for 33 years, and as statistician and record keeper for the Loveland football program for more than 30 years. In addition, McCoy served as track coach at both the middle school and high school, including as LHS varsity coach, and was selected as FAVC Varsity Track Coach of the Year in 2003. During his time as coach, Loveland brought home 15 league championships in football and track.

    Alison (Stier) Roscoe graduated from Loveland as part of the Class of 2003. She played varsity soccer at the high school 1999-2003, serving as captain all four years. She was selected as best offensive player and most valuable player each year and as FAVC Player of the Year three times. She set Loveland records for girls soccer career assists (44) and career goals (46). Roscoe also had a highly successful career on the varsity basketball team, as well as the varsity track team. She went on to play soccer at Eastern Michigan University.

    Erin (Bauer) Sprague earned a total of eight varsity letters in cross country and track. As a cross country runner, Sprague was a state qualifier four times, with a best finish of 26th. She set the school record for 4×800 meter relay in track. Sprague earned the Team Tiger Award and was selected as the Edward Jones Athlete of the Year in 2006. After graduating from Loveland in 2008, she went on to run cross country for Malone University in Canton, Ohio.

  • Loveland women’s soccer defeat Springboro; advances to final 4 tomorrow, Tuesday 11/7 [with video]

    Loveland women’s soccer defeat Springboro; advances to final 4 tomorrow, Tuesday 11/7 [with video]

    On Saturday, October 28th, Loveland Varsity Women’s soccer defeated Springboro in what was essentially a rematch of their fall from victory last year. In overtime with 1:19 remaining, senior Sarah Harter scored the only goal of the game, earning Loveland the regional title. Tomorrow, Tuesday 11/7, the team will take on Powell Olentangy Liberty at Centerville Alumni Stadium at 7PM. Loveland’s Division I team will compete with the hopes of advancing to state finals at the MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus.

    Girls Soccer State Final Four game information

    “The minutes leading up to the goal were a complete grind-out by the team. It was a well fought game by both teams, and it came down to who wanted it more and who was going to dig deeper to put one in the back of the net. I am so proud to be a part of this team. We are truly a family and I think that each one of us sold out for each other and that’s what won the game,” senior and player, Sarah Harter, told Loveland Magazine.

    Watch Coach Todd Kelly speak after Loveland claimed the regional title:

    “This team has been working hard since the beginning of June and we have invested so much into season, it’s impossible not to sell out for each other. I absolutely love this team and when I had the opportunity to step on that field during over time, I knew I had to make the moments matters (as my dad always tells me to do). There are people who played all 94 minutes of that game who made that moment possible for us and for me who really deserve the credit for the goal and ultimately the game,” Harter told Loveland, reflecting on her winning goal.

    Video by Loveland Senior, Sam Russo:

    While the team has seen success, the game against Olentangy Liberty will no doubt be a challenge. Olentangy Liberty holds a comparatively lower record (13-5-3 win-loss-tie to Loveland’s 20-1-0), but the teams are from different regions with contrasting overall levels of skill.

    “I’m anticipating winning the game and heading back to MAPFRE stadium to finish what we started two years ago,” Senior and goalie, Lauren Parker told Loveland Magazine.

    If the team wins, they will compete at MAPFRE Stadium (where professional soccer team Columbus Crew plays) this Friday, 11/10.

    Click for larger/complete view

    On Tuesday 11/7, the team will take on Powell Olentangy Liberty at Centerville Alumni Stadium at 7PM. 

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