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OHSAA Confirms Cancellation of Spring Sports

by Cassie Mattia

Loveland, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) informed member schools, including the Loveland City School District Monday, April 20th, that Spring sports would officially be canceled. This decision was made after Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced earlier the same day that school facilities would remain closed for the rest of the academic year due to the coronavirus COVID-19.

OHSAA Executive Director Jerry Snodgrass sent out a memo confirming to school administrators following Governor DeWine’s press conference about the Spring sports cancellation. For weeks, the OHSAA communicated that if schools remained closed for the year Spring sports would be canceled as well. Of course, there were several reasons that went into the final decision of Spring sports being canceled, one of the main reasons being that it would be nearly impossible to ensure the health and safety of all individuals and support personnel involved in practices and contests at all member schools.

“As we have stated in our previous communications, today’s announcement by Governor DeWine to close schools for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year also will now result in the cancellation of OHSAA-sponsored spring sports seasons including tournaments,” Snodgrass wrote Monday.

The OHSAA’s mandatory no-contact period for all interscholastic sports will remain in effect until at least May 3, and could in fact be extended until a later date. Coaches and school administrators have been encouraged to have non-mandatory electronic and online communications with their student-athletes during the no-contact period. The closure of school facilities includes all athletic facilities for any interscholastic training, practice, or competition.

In an interview Monday afternoon, Snodgrass reflected on the unprecedented times that the pandemic has brought to the nation and the impact it has had on schools and interscholastic athletics.

“I’ve heard from so many people who have said ‘You really need to understand what this means to our kids,’” Snodgrass said during the interview. “I’m a parent. I was a coach. I grew up every day as a player and a coach wanting to play high school sports and get to the state tournament. So I do think I understand that. I also have to go with the fact that my number one concern that I have, over everything, is the health and safety of everyone involved. It’s not just our student-athletes. It’s the parents, coaches, umpires, officials, the scorekeepers. All those things enter into this. It’s a tough decision and it’s one that I and all the other Executive Directors of the other states never thought we would have to do. Never did I think this would be the case, but I’ve tried to be as prepared as I could every step of the way.”

Snodgrass also addressed the Summer and the start of Fall sports in the interview

“July is a very physical month for our student-athletes entering fall sports, so we have already started looking at, if this continues through the summer, we’ll have the potential of having a lot of kids who haven’t had the physical activity that they would normally have going into a fall season. So for the health and safety of everyone, we have to look at the acclimation periods going into the fall, if that happens. We have to be prepared for that. We’re also talking about that if this does go through the summer, what is the likelihood that a student can get in to get a physical (annual medical exam). We have a sports medicine advisory group that is looking at that. They are looking at all aspects such as whether artificial surfaces need to be treated. We are relying on the advice of experts in our decision making.”

The OHSAA said that they will continue to communicate throughout the Spring and during the Summer regarding any adjustments to OHSAA’s off-season regulations, academic eligibility standards, sports medicine updates, and more. STAY TUNED!

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Raising Cane’s Partners with the OHSAA to Support Programs for Student-Athletes!

Apr 26, 2020

Raising Cane’s Partners with the OHSAA to Support Programs for Student-Athletes!

WHAT Raising Cane’s Ohio and the OHSAA partnership to provide funding for student-athletes.

WHERE All Raising Cane’s locations in Ohio, a full list of Ohio Raising Cane’s locations can be found here.

WHEN Thursday, April 30, 2020.

The nearest location is at 3901 Montgomery Road in Deerfield Township near Menards

by Cassie Mattia

Deerfield Township, Ohio – Restaurant chain Raising Cane’s Ohio is raising money for scholarships! The popular chicken establishment recently entered into a partnership with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) in order to provide funding for student-athlete scholarship programs and postseason tournaments.

The three-year partnership will kick off Thursday, April 30th, in which all Raising Cane’s restaurants across Ohio will donate 15 percent of their sales from 4 PM to close to the OHSAA scholarship project. Due to the current coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic that earlier this month canceled all of the OHSAA’s Winter State Tournaments as well as all Spring sports competitions, guests will have the ability to place their orders at the drive-thru.

The annual OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Program, which provides more than $175,000 to college-bound seniors including many Loveland High School Tigers, was canceled this Spring partly due to the OHSAA’s lack of revenue from the tournaments.

**Jerry Snodgrass, executive director of the OHSAA**

“We cannot begin to thank Raising Cane’s enough for stepping up during these unprecedented times to help give back to the student-athletes across Ohio,” said Jerry Snodgrass, Executive Director of the OHSAA. “Our mission at the OHSAA begins with ‘to serve’ and we will be able to continue to do just that with partners like Raising Cane’s, who are committed to both education and active lifestyles. We get to see firsthand how those two directly impact communities, schools, and students across Ohio. We’re really excited to kick off this three-year partnership and forge what will be a special effort to positively impact students statewide.”

“Active lifestyle and education are two of our pillars of community involvement, when we found out various programming and scholarships could be lessened or taken away due to cancellations of championships from the COVID-19 pandemic, we immediately reached out to the OHSAA to see how we could help,” said Matt Salts, Director of Marketing at Raising Cane’s Ohio. “We’re committed to team up with the OHSAA to help provide support for the next three years to help keep these key programs available to athletes across the state of Ohio.”

For the latest updates on Ohio’s sports world stay tuned to Loveland Sports 411 With Cassie Mattia!

Apr 26, 2020

LHS Principal Peggy Johnson to Class of 2020: You are the light of hope for school, community, and society

Loveland, Ohio – In honor of the Loveland High School Spring Athletes and Class of 2020, the lights of Tiger Stadium were turned on for 20 minutes last evening.

Watch this heartfelt video greeting that Principal Peggy Johnson recorded for the students about the tribute.

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— Loveland High School (@Loveland_HS) April 20, 2020

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In honor of our Spring Athletes and Class of 2020. These lights are on for you this evening. We appreciate all your dedication and commitment. We miss you ALL! Forever, Go Tigers!

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Apr 21, 2020

Important up-date on Loveland Athletic Boosters mulch sale

Loveland, Ohio – Due to the COVID-19 safety measures put in place, the student/athletes of the Loveland Schools will not be able to deliver bag purchases of mulch this year.

Full pallet orders will still be accepted and delivered.

All bag orders that were already submitted will be refunded in the coming weeks. If you have any questions, please contact Bob Gerstemeier at (513) 898-9973 or LAB@G-FG.com

The Boosters thank you for your patience and consideration as they work through this process.

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– Two kinds of high quality mulch are available to purchase by the bag or by the pallet

– Queen City Dark Hardwood – Triple processed (their biggest seller)
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Apr 1, 2020

Pre-game interview: LHS Tigers headed to District Finals

Loveland, Ohio – We wanted to let the community in on the excitement that is building as the Loveland High School Women’s Basketball team heads to the Division I District Finals tomorrow. Cassie Mattia went to the school Friday afternoon and interviewed Head Coach Darnell Parker and the team just before they were to begin their last practice before taking on Mount Notre Dame Saturday at 3 PM.

They have put themselves in the position to beat the #3 team in the nation. MND is also rated the top team in Ohio.

You will be needed as the 6th woman/man/girl/boy and that’s why we wanted you to meet the team. Both LHS and the community of Loveland encourage everyone to come out and show their support for the LHS Women’s Basketball team tomorrow as they continue to change school history!

Game time is 3 PM and it will be played at Princeton High School in what is predicted to be a jam packed gym. (MAP 100 Viking Way, Cincinnati, Ohio.)

Below is the exclusive interview with Coach Parker and the Tiger’s!

Feb 28, 2020

[Photo Album] Tiger women vie for District title on Saturday vs #3 team in nation

Junior Jenna Batsch (above) scored 17 on 7-9 shooting from the field. She had 5 rebounds, 3 assists. and blocked 2.

Loveland, Ohio – It will be the Loveland Tigers vs. #1 seed Mount Notre Dame Saturday, February 29 at 3 PM (at Princeton H.S.).

Mount Notre Dame defeated Edgewood 85-25 Monday night to get to the finals. MND is undefeated, ranked #1 in Ohio by MaxPreps, and has a #3 national ranking. The Tigers are the #6 seed and defeated Mason Monday night 55-41 to reach the District Finals. Loveland Tigers now 22-3 and Walnut Hills both from the ECC advanced Monday night.

A strong 22-7 1st quarter with shots coming from every part of the court was too much for Mason to overcome.

Senior Jillian Hayes led the Tigers with a game-high 20 points shooting 50% from the field. and 4-5 from the foul line. She had 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocked shots.

Junior Jenna Batsch scored 17 on 7-9 shooting from the field. She had 5 rebounds, 3 assists. and blocked 2.

Senior Kate Garry finished with 10 points, 6 coming from behind the 3-pt line, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists.

**A young Tiger high-5’s Jillian Hayes before she heads into the locker room after the win.**

MND is led by Sophomore 5’9″ forward K.K. Bransford who averages 20.2 points per game and scored 40 on the road against Lincoln Gahanna in October. Senior 5’6″ guard Makira Cook averages 17.6. and scored 27 against Huntington St. Joseph Academy on February 1.

Loveland’s Hayes scored 27 in a December win over Walnut Hills.

See Tiger vs Comets game stats below the photos…

Monday, February 24, 2020

	55
Loveland

	1	2	3	4	T
LVL	22	9	15	9	55
MAS	7	8	15	11	41

41
Mason

Loveland
PLAYERS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Tess Broermann	1-3	0-1	1-2	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	3	3
Jenna Batsch	7-9	1-1	2-4	1	4	5	3	2	2	3	1	17
Brooke Hatfield	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kate Garry	3-8	2-6	2-2	2	2	4	2	1	0	1	1	10
Jillian Hayes	8-16	0-0	4-5	4	3	7	2	2	3	2	3	20
Paige Broermann	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ella Nagel	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Sophia Kapszukiewicz	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Averee Martin	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Josie Early	0-1	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Sophia Raby	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	2	4	0	1	4	2
Olivia Raby	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Rachel Yeager	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOTALS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
	21-41	3-8	10-15	7	18	25	13	10	5	9	18	55
	51.2%	37.5%	66.7%

Mason
PLAYERS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
Carlin, Hannah	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wagner, Megan	2-9	1-4	2-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	7
Legault, Avery	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Cosimi, Riley	3-6	2-4	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	8
Carter, Alanna	2-11	0-6	1-2	2	1	3	3	1	0	4	0	5
Black, Payton	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ehlers, Lillian	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cary, Catherine	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Baird, Maddy	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	2
Razzano, Gabby	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	4
Popplewell, Marilyn	3-7	1-3	3-5	1	7	8	1	0	0	3	3	10
Johnson, Bradyn	0-2	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Barnes, Amanda	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

TOTALS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
	13-41	4-17	11-18	8	14	22	7	2	0	15	12	41
	31.7%	23.5%	61.1%

Feb 27, 2020

[Photo Album] Happy Holidays from Loveland Tiger/Milford Eagle Men’s Basketball Game

Loveland, Ohio – You can always count on students dressed for the season at the game before the holiday break. This year Milford fans came dressed for a Hawaiian get-away and Tiger fans were dressed for Christmas. Neither team brought much scoring to the game, but did fight hard for a win as these rivals always do. Milford defeated the Tigers 33 – 23.

Friday, December 20, 2019

	33
Milford

	1	2	3	4	T
MIL	6	9	7	11	33
LVL	8	4	11	0	23

23
Loveland

CLICK for complete game stats.

The Tigers have since beaten Little Miami 65 – 51 and Mason 51 – 46 in the Mason Holiday tournament held on December 27 and 28.

The Tiger’s first game of 2020 will be Saturday, January 4 at Sycamore at 7:15 PM. The Men are currently 2 -3 (4-4).

The Loveland Women play again on Saturday, January 4 at home against Mercy McAuley at 2 PM. They currently are on an 8 game winning streak and are 8-1 overall and 7-0 in the ECC. Follow the Women HERE.

[Video/Photos] Tiger basketball star Jillian Hayes reaches 1,000 points

Jan 1, 2020

[w/photo album] Loveland Magazine Presents Loveland High School’s 2019 Fall Sports Awards!

by Cassie Mattia

Loveland, Ohio – On Wednesday, November 13th, several Tigers were recognized for both their minds and their athletic abilities at the 2019 Annual Fall Sports Awards at Loveland High School! LHS Athletic Director, Brian Conatser invited friends, families, and Fall Tiger student-athletes to celebrate their 2019 sports seasons.

**Loveland High School Athletic Director, Brian Conaster**

Conatser began the heartfelt evening with a tradition of this ceremony at LHS…the senior athletes are announced and led into the gym by their head coach. Conatser invited LHS’s Site Manager and Facilities Coordinator, Jake Elfers to announce the 2019 Fall senior athletes and their coaches.

Next Conatser took the opportunity to thank everyone who made the athletes and coaches seasons so special! “Thank you, Seniors, for your leadership and laying the groundwork within our programs,” Conatser said, “This evening I would like to introduce the administration and members from the athletic department that have joined me in this celebration. Principal, Peggy Johnson, Assistant Director of Student Athletics, Eric Fry, Site Manager & Facilities Coordinator, Jake Elfers. And Finally…our Administrative Assistant in the Athletic Department, Kristy Brulport. A special thanks to all the individuals who support and assist the athletic department and our student-athletes on a daily basis. Parents, Student-Athletes please give your parents a round of applause for their support, feeding you, driving you to and from practices, and always being a part of your games and competition,” Conatser added, “LAB Team Liaisons please stand and be recognized. We appreciate your time commitment and efforts…as you are the link between our Boosters and our Athletic Programs. Thank you for all you do. Coaches, thank you for the tremendous amount of time you spend with our student-athletes. We appreciate you mentoring our young men and women and teaching them the life skills necessary to be successful both now and in their future. Thank you! We are “Extremely Proud” of our teams and programs this Fall season. You have all been Very enjoyable to Watch and Cheer on,” Conatser said.

The Tigers’ 2019 Fall Sports Season marked one of the most successful Fall sports seasons in school history with 5 ECC Champions, 4 ECC Coaches of the Year and 2 ECC Athletes of the Year. With all of these accolades, this puts the Loveland Tigers in the number one spot in running for the All-Sports Trophy. Conatser was sure to give praise to both the coaches and athletes for their designated seasons as he shared the “Coaches Highlights of the Fall Season” told through the coaches’ own words during the ceremony.

Next on the Fall Sports Awards agenda was the recognition of all of the Fall sports athletes who received top ECC honors. You can read about which Tigers received ECC accolades in the Loveland Sports 411 With Cassie Mattia HERE.

Next in the ceremony, each student-athlete who participated in a Fall varsity sport for all 4 years were honored. Conatser announced the following Tigers to receive this particular honor.

Men’s Cross Country

Sam Dippold, Alex Ditchen, Kyle Griffin and Brady Jeffcott

Women’s Cross Country

Sofia Dillhoff, Lexi Duff, Alexi Funk, Sarah Hallock, and Kirstin Thomas

Women’s Golf

Allison Rountree

Women’s Soccer

Maria Bashardoust and Claire Massey

Women’s Tennis

Anna Svitkovich

Following the announcement of the athletes who played all 4 years varsity in their designated sport, was the presentation of the 2019 Fall “Sportsperson of the Season,” and shortly after the presentation of the “Edward Jones Community Student-Athlete Award.” Loveland Magazine plans on featuring these two very special awards and its winners in a separate article coming soon!

At the conclusion of the 2019 Fall Sports Awards ceremony, Conatser recognized individual student-athletes that received awards “beyond” the Eastern Cincinnati Conference. Below are the student-athletes who were recognized for these very prestigious awards.

Women’s Tennis

All-City (GCTCA) Greater Cincinnati Tennis Coaches Association Award

- - Anna Svitkovich – 1st Team Singles
  - Tess Broermann and Hannah Wenger – Honorable Mention for Doubles
  - The Women’s Volleyball Team were ranked 6th in the city

Men’s Golf

District Academic Honors

Matt Rychlik and Luke Sence

Men’s and Women’s Cross Country

Both teams participated in OHSAA Regionals

Women’s Cross Country placed 6th at the State Meet

Jessie Gibbins was named All-Ohio Runner

Women’s Volleyball

All-District Recognition

Jillian Hayes – 2nd Team All-district

Men’s Soccer

All-Southwest City

Cole Harter and Connor Patton

1st Team All-State

Cole Harter

All-Southwest City Coach of the Year

Mike Dunlap

Women’s Soccer

All-Southwest Ohio and All-City

Kaitlyn Andrews, Lauren Donovan, and Clair Massey

2nd-Team All-State

Kaitlyn Andrews

Women’s Golf

Adopt-A-Team winner

Below are the Fall sports teams that received accolades within the ECC and in post-season play.

Women’s Soccer

OHSAA District Champions and OHSAA Regional Runner-ups (Elite 8)

Men’s Golf

2019 ECC Champs

Women’s Volleyball

2019 ECC Champs

2019 Coach of the Year – Brian Baugh

Women’s Cross Country

2019 ECC Champs

OHSAA District Runner-ups

Placed 6th at the State Meet

2019 Coach of the Year – Steve Nester

Men’s Soccer

2019 ECC Champs

2019 Coach of the Year – Mike Dunlap

2019 ECC Player of the Year – Cole Harter

Women’s Tennis

ECC Champs

2019 ECC Coach of the Year – Dara Hudson

2019 ECC Player of the Year – Anna Svitkovich

Loveland Magazine would like to take the opportunity to congratulate all of the Tiger coaches, student-athletes and their families for all the rightly deserved awards they received for the 2019 Fall sports season. I can say as former high school and collegiate student-athlete that your efforts have not gone unnoticed! The hard work, dedication, and motivation that all of you have put in during the season and off-season have paid off and for that, we are very proud to cheer loud and proud throughout the community of Loveland…..GO TIGERS!!!!

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LHS Tiger and Loveland Native Giovanni Ricci on John Mackey Award Watch List

In 2013 Gio Ricci catches a pass for a touchdown late in the 4th quarter against the Zanesville Blue Devils. The Tiger win sent them to the State Championship. (Loveland Magazine File Photo by David Burig)

by Cassie Mattia

New York, N.Y. – A talented LHS graduate joined the ranks of 8 semi-finalists for the 2019 John Mackey Award. The candidates are as follows: Harrison Bryant (SR, Florida Atlantic), Hunter Bryant (JR, Washington), Brycen Hopkins (SR, Purdue), Brevin Jordan (SO, Miami), Charlie Kolar (SO, Iowa St), Albert Okwuegbunam (JR, Missouri), Colby Parkinson (JR, Stanford) and Giovanni Ricci (SR, Western Michigan and Loveland High School). The 8 semi-finalists were selected by the John Mackey Award Selection Committee through confidential balloting. The recipient will be announced on December 11th and presented live December 12th at The Home Depot Red Carpet Show at 6 PM ET on ESPNU.

The Western Michigan Football program recently spoke about Ricci’s impressive sports resume.

Among tight ends nationally, Ricci enters this week tied for the lead in receiving touchdowns with eight, tied for third in receptions with 45 and third in receiving yards with 611.

A native of Loveland, Ohio, Ricci ranks third within the Mid-American Conference in third-down receptions (15) and third in catches resulting in a first down (29). Ricci’s team-high 611 receiving yards are the third most in the MAC.

In 43 career games as a Bronco, Ricci has totaled 92 receptions for 1,083 yards and 11 touchdowns. His 2019 season has been highlighted by a career-high 105 receiving yards on eight catches at Syracuse and two-touchdown performances against Monmouth in the season opener and at Ohio last week. Ricci has topped the 50-yard receiving plateau six times in 11 games this fall.

Read the 411 on Bronco, Ricci

About the John Mackey Award

NFL Hall of Fame member John Mackey is considered to be one of the best that has ever played the tight end position. A tight end by whom all others are measured, Mackey was a role model on and off the field as demonstrated by his Super Bowl Championship, his commitment to the community and his place in history as the first President of the NFLPA.

The John Mackey Award was first presented in 2000 and since has recognized seventeen NFL alumni. Some of the previous recipients include two-time Super Bowl Champion Daniel Graham (‘01), 2006 Super Bowl Champion Dallas Clark (‘02), Kellen Winslow II (‘03), two-time Super Bowl Champion Heath Miller (‘04), Marcedes Lewis (‘05) of the Green Bay Packers, 2008 Super Bowl Champion Matt Spaeth (‘06), Fred Davis (‘07), Chase Coffman (‘08), D.J. Williams (‘10), Dwayne Allen (’11), Tyler Eifert (’12) of the Cincinnati Bengals, Austin Seferian-Jenkins (’13), Nick O’Leary (’14), Hunter Henry (’15) of the Los Angeles Chargers, Jake Butt (‘16) of the Denver Broncos, Mark Andrews (’17) of the Baltimore Ravens and 2018 John Mackey Award recipient T.J. Hockenson of the Detroit Lions.

The John Mackey Award is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA), which encompasses the most prestigious awards in college football. Founded in 1997, the NCFAA and its 25 awards now boast over 800 recipients, dating back to 1935. If you would like to learn more about the NCFAA visit NCFAA.org.

Nov 22, 2019

In their own words: LHS head coaches share about the Fall season

by Cassie Mattia

Loveland, Ohio – The Tigers’ 2019 Fall Sports Season marked one of the most successful Fall Sports Seasons in school history with 5 ECC Champions, 4 ECC Coaches of the Year and 2 ECC Athletes of the Year. With all of these accolades, this puts the Loveland Tigers in the number one spot in running for the All-Sports Trophy.

At the Fall Sports Awards ceremony on Wednesday, November 13 Athletic Director, Brian Conatser was sure to give praise to both the coaches and athletes for their designated seasons as he shared what each coach had written with the near-capacity crowd in the high school gym.

Coaches Highlights of the Fall Season – “Told through their own words…”

Cheer Team Accolades by Coach Emily Christman

Our cheer team had a fun, spirited, and successful season that all started at our annual summer camp. All three teams took home awards in the cheer, chant, band dance, and Game Day competition categories. We also had nine athletes selected for the honor of UCA All- American (Shelby Cline, Hannah Powers, Amy Keyser, Emma Scott, Caroline Staley, Courtney Keyser, Ellie Steinbrunner, and Anya Winfield. In addition to these awards, the entire program took home the coveted “Top Banana!” Although the name sounds silly, the award is given to the team or program who demonstrated exceptional skill, spirit, leadership, and enthusiasm throughout the entire 3-day camp.

During the season, the girls on all three teams demonstrated pride and commitment to this program all season long. Led by our seniors, the girls embraced the idea of being an ambassador for their school and that being a cheerleader is about more than just cheering on the sidelines. The vision statement of our program is to: Be a good cheerleader, but a great person. And the coaches this year believe these young ladies, especially our seniors, really demonstrated that this year!

Men’s Cross Country Accolades by Coach Steve Nester

The boys cross country team had a nice season filled with many accomplishments that hadn’t been done in the past decade or so.

Overall season record of 116-45 and 21-7 against ECC opponents.

Second largest roster in school history at 70 strong.

Highest Finish at the ECC Championships while finishing as Runner-up.

Placed Third at District Championships and posted the fastest time average in school history with all scorers running 16:59 or faster.

Qualified for the Regional Championships for the second year in a row. The first time that this has happened in over a decade.Â

The boys finish at the Regional Championships was their highest team finish in this meet since 2007.

Women’s Cross Country Accolades by Coach Steve Nester

The girls posted the best year of Cross Country in school history. Highlights include:

Season Record of 154-17. They were 27-0 against ECC opponents.

They won their first Conference Championship in school history.

Eight girls named All ECC.

The JV won their second straight ECC Open Championship in dominating fashion.

Finished as the District Runner-up for only the second time ever. 2005 was the first time.

Qualified for the Regional Championships for the second year in the row with their highest finish ever at 3rd place, fastest time average, and lowest regional point total in history.

Defeated power program Mason for the first time this century.

Qualified for the State Championships for only the second time in school history and the first time since 2007.

6th best team in the state out of 175 total.

Three girls were named Academic All Ohio – Ellie Carr, Jessie Gibbins, and Ansley Richards

Jessie Gibbins was named All Ohio Runner

Football Accolades by Coach Andy Cruse

Our Football program had success despite the season record. 2 players were all ECC and 1 was honorable mention. Many players 9-12 got
valuable varsity experience to help build for the future. They threw for over 2,000 yards and 17 different players touched the ball on offense this season. The teams played with relentless efforts and represented Loveland High School the right way.

Men’s Soccer Accolades by Coach Mike Dunlap

The Men’s soccer team finished the season 13-5. During the 16 game regular season the Tigers played 11 teams that were at one time ranked in the top 10 in either Cincinnati, Dayton or Kentucky during the 2019 season. The 13 wins also included an undefeated run through the conference. During conference play the Tigers outscored their opponents by a score of 25 to 2 on the way to
securing another ECC championship. This is the first back to back league titles since 2009 and 2010. During the 18 game season they outscored their opponents 45-16 with 8 clean sheets (shutouts). The foundation of the ECC championship was laid down when the then #4 ranked Milford Eagles brought their undefeated team to Tiger Stadium to face the #6 ranked Tigers in mid September. The 2 teams battled for a scoreless 76 minutes before the Tigers were able to score with 3 minutes left to play and then cling to a 1-0 victory. The Tigers finished the regular season ranked #3 in the city and 15th in the state in Division 1.

Women’s Soccer Accolades by Coach Todd Kelly

The Loveland Women’s soccer team finished the season with a 16-4 record overall and a 5-1 record in the ECC. They won the Sectional Title and District Title and battled all the way to the Elite 8 finishing as the Regional Runner-up losing to the eventual State Champion.

The girls were ranked as high as 2nd in the city during the season. Our four senior captains, Kaitlyn Andrews, Maria Bashardoust, Georgia Early, and Claire Massey led the program to an overall record of 72-8-4 record or an average of 18 wins per season despite soccer having a 16 game schedule meaning they have more wins than what is actually scheduled and have in effect played an extra high school season.

The 72 wins is the most for any Division I High School in Ohio over the past 4 years. They amassed an ECC record of 24-1-1- losing just one game in their 4 year career. Their 72 wins are the second most in program history over 4 years and their 8 losses are tied for the fewest in 4 years. They finish a remarkable four year run that saw go 22-1 in 2017 to win The Division I Ohio State Championship, make 3 Elite 8 Appearances with one Regional Title, 4 District Titles, 4 Sectional Titles, 3 ECC titles, and 3 City Championships finishing the year ranked #1 in the City in three of their four years. They were ranked #1 in Cincinnati for 25 of the 36 weeks there was a poll during their 4 seasons. Offensively they scored 242 goals over 4 years and were shutout just 5 times in 4 years, the fewest times over 4 years in Loveland history. Defensively, they surrendered just 39 goals or 9.75 per year despite averaging playing 21 games per year. In the 84 games played during their 4 years, they recorded 57 shutouts or almost 70% of the games they played.

Kaitlyn Andrews was named Second-Team All-State, and Kaitlyn, Lauren Donovan, and Claire Massey were named All-SW Ohio. Kaitlyn, Maria, Georgie, and Claire have left this program better than when they entered and the coaches are extremely proud of the 2019 team for just being the best they can be.

Men’s Golf Accolades by Coach David Allan

The 2019 boys golf team had another thrilling and decorated season. In dual matches the team had a record of 10-2, going 5-1 in league play, two of those wins coming down to just 1 shot. They claimed the ECC season long title by winning the preview tournament at Glenview with a sizzling score of 302 and finished off the regular season at the ECC Championship with a 307 to claim the league title.

Individually, Jeffrey Main, Tyler Vallee and Joe Jankowski were all named first team ECC and honorable mention All District. Tyler finished with the team’s lowest stroke average at 39.07, taking medalist honors at the ECC preview tournament.

In the post season the Tigers advanced out of sectionals shooting a 308 at Sharon Woods on a tough, baked out and windy day, securing a birth to Districts. Unfortunately the season ended with a 6th place finish at Districts and no trip to the State tournament.

The future is strong though, and the tradition of excellence on the course will continue. The outgoing group of senior leaders will be sorely missed, but the team will return a solid core of players next year including Tyler, Joe and Aiden Callahan. It will be great to see what these men and the team can do to represent Loveland next season and beyond.

Women’s Golf Accolades by Coach Barb Orsinelli

In a very competitive ECC the girls golf team finished 5th in the league. We had a very young group of golfers with 2 sophomores and 7 freshman making up the JV and Varsity Teams.The lady tigers were led by Senior Allison Rountree, who earned medalist honors in 5 matches, named to 2nd team all conference, and honorable mention All City. Allsion signed today to play college golf at Ohio Northern University. Throughout the year we made big strides in our individual and team scoring. We had tremendous leadership from our seniors and look forward to seeing the development of our underclassmen next year.

Women’s Tennis – Accolades by Coach Dara Hudson

Girls tennis had an excellent year in 2019. These athletes worked hard all summer in Open Courts and clinics at Harpers and it paid off. All 3 teams competed well all year with JV A finishing the season with a 17-3 record. Varsity girls were co-champs in the ECC this year by winning the ECC tournament with all 5 courts winning medals at 1st or 2nd place. Congratulations to our Anna Svitkovich who is ECC Player of the Year!!

Other ECC honors included 1st Team All-Conference for Anna Svitkovich in singles and 1st Team All Conference for the doubles team of Hanna Wenger and Tess Broermann. Freshman Grace Haught was voted to Second Team Doubles for Singles and Alex Hytree took the Honorable Mention award. With a 15-2 record to cap off the year, Varsity is ranked 6th in the city.

The Greater Cincinnati Tennis Coaches Association also honored our team by voting Anna Svitkovich to First Team singles in Cincinnati and Tess Broerman and Hanna Wenger were voted to the city Honorable Mention Team. We ended the year with our doubles team of Tess and Hanna finishing 3rd in sectionals, qualifying for districts and winning the first round there. A great year for the Loveland Lady Tiger Tennis team!

Women’s volleyball – Accolades by Coach Brian Baugh

The girls volleyball team finished the season with a record of 20-5 (12-2) and were ECC co-champions and reached the sectional finals. This is the third straight (4th overall) ECC title for the girls volleyball team. This also marks the 4th straight season the girls have reached 20 wins in a season.

This season featured many great wins including defeating Lakota East, Turpin, Anderson (2x), Kings (3x) and Milford. The girls volleyball team had four girls recognized on All-ECC teams, and one individual was All-District.

We had a few players make their way into the record books. Jillian Hayes is now second all-time in blocks, broke the school record for blocks in a match (9), and is sixth all-time for career kills and efficiency. Audrey Planner is now 6th all-time in career aces. Diana Clark is third all-time for serve receive in a season. Abbie Miller is second all-time in career assists.

Overall it was another great season for the Lady Tigers!

Here are photos from the Fall Sports Awards ceremony.

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