Blake Poteet winning a match in the ECC Tournament
by Matt Huether
2/27/19
Loveland, Ohio – As the Winter Sports season at Loveland High School comes to a close we look at some tremendous postseason runs. Some teams are still active in postseason competition and Loveland Magazine would like to wish them the best with these endeavors and reaching their goals.
Brandon Day had an exceptional meet at the Boys Swimming OHSAA State Tournament earning 7th place in the 100 meter Backstroke as well as 7th place in the 200 Free. This was Brandon’s 2nd consecutive year making it to the State Tournament and he is only a Junior.
The Loveland Women’s Basketball team had a great win against Kings, 49-37 in the first round. In the second round, another stellar win, defeating Winton Woods 66-44 earning them a place in the Sectional Finals where they played the number 6 seed, Mercy Mcauley. After a valiant effort by the Tigers, Loveland came up short falling to Mercy Mcauley 51-39.
Congratulations to Loveland’s Wrestling team. The team is sending 6 members who qualified for Districts: Jacob Cotsonas (120), Richard Mendoza (126), Caelan Quigley (132), Kobi D Milam (145), Blake Poteet (160), and Brock Erdman (220) will represent Loveland. All 6 will compete at the District Tournament on Friday, March 1st and Saturday, March 2nd at Kettering Fairmont High School. Good luck to all.
Columnist Cassie Mattia lives in Historic Downtown Loveland.
Loveland, Ohio – Loveland Magazine would like to officially welcome Head Football Coach Andy Cruse to the Loveland High School football program. Andy visited the LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV studio last Thursday to talk about why he’s so passionate about football, coaching, and making sure the Loveland football team are true student athletes.
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Loveland, Ohio – The #15 seed Loveland High School Mens basketball team begins State tournament play on Saturday, February 23 against #14 seed Mount Healthy.
See their records and stats: Loveland (7-7, 12-10) – Mt. Healthy (11 – 1, 15-7).
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Loveland, Ohio – Winter National Signing Day took place on Wednesday, February 6, in the Loveland High School gym. Here are the Loveland High School student/athletes, who have committed to play their sport at the collegiate level:
Andrew Hartman – Soccer (Wilmington College)
Kyle Beasley – Lacrosse (University of Utah)
J.T. Popp – Football (Grand Valley State University)
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Loveland, Ohio – Junior Kate Garry was with her parents, Brian and Kathy, along with Coach Darnell Parker and Athletic Director Brian Conaster at center-court when Kate was honored last Thursday.
Kate received the game ball that she used to break the record of career three-pointers on December 1st.
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Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Men’s and Women’s High School Bowling teams are having memorable seasons. Both teams are in the Top 3 in the ECC and have been led by a mix of experience and newcomers. Both look to continue their success that they have had this season and turn it into a potential ECC Championship.
The Loveland Men’s Bowling team currently sits at 10-4 overall (7-3 Conference) and is in 3rd place in the ECC behind West Clermont (7-0) and Kings (5-2). Loveland is led by Freshman, Alton French, who is averaging 189.4 Pins per game. Alton has a Game High of 242 Pins and a series high of 441. The team has no Seniors this year, so they are led by the experience of Junior, Matthew Rychlik, who is averaging 180.6 Pins per game. Matthew has a game high of 217 pins and a series high of 406.
The Loveland Women’s Bowling team currently sits at 10-4 overall (8-2 Conference) and is in 2nd place in the ECC behind West Clermont (7-0). Loveland is led by Senior Maria Reich, and Junior, Grady Pettit. Maria is having a great season and leading the Loveland team by averaging 154.2 pins per game. Maria has a game high of 182 pins and a series high of 346. Grady is averaging 152.5 pins per game, Grady has a game high of 200 pins and a series high of 386.
Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland High School Winter Sports season has been very productive for the Loveland Tigers. Loveland currently has all of their Winter Sports teams ranked in the top half of the ECC Conference standings. Loveland looks to bring home their First Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Boys Swimming, Girls Swimming, Academic and Girl’s Bowling ECC Championships.
The Loveland Men’s Basketball team currently is 9-4 (5-2 conference) and is one game behind Turpin at the halfway mark in their conference schedule. They are tied for second in the ECC with Walnut Hills and West Clermont.
The Loveland Women’s Basketball team currently is 10-4 (5-3 conference) and is 3 games behind Walnut Hills just after the halfway point of the ECC Competition. They are currently fourth in the ECC behind Walnut Hills (8-0), West Clermont (6-2), and Kings (6-3).
The Loveland Academic team is 5-1 (5-1 conference) and tied with Walnut Hills for 1st Place in the ECC at the halfway mark in their conference schedule.
To keep up to date on all Loveland Tiger High School sports and know when the next competition is, visit http://eccsports.com.
These photos are from the home game against West Clermont on Saturday, January 5th. Loveland lost this game 60 – 53.
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Coach Julie Plitt after the Tigers won the District Volleyball Championship in 2016
by Matt Huether,
Loveland, Ohio – This past Fall Loveland High School Athletics lost two of its distinguished Varsity Head Coaches. Coaches Julie Plitt and Fred Cranford both resigned after their respective Fall sports season due to family reasons. Both have been an integral part of Loveland Athletics since their arrival.
Coach Plitt led Loveland to a 22-2 record and their second straight ECC Conference Championship this season. Coach Plitt also reached a coaching milestone this season winning her 400th career game as Head Coach. This came in her 21st coaching season against Lakota East with a score of 24-26, 25-23, 25-15, 25-13. Coach Plitt’s coaching career includes 10 years with Reading, 7 years with Wyoming and 4 years with Loveland. In Coach Plitt’s four years with Loveland, she had much success with a 78-20 record.
Coach Cranford led the Loveland Tigers Varsity Football team for 6 seasons. During his first season as Head Coach, Loveland won the OHSAA Division II State Title as well as the ECC Conference Championship. This was Loveland’s first Division 2 State Title in the school’s history. During Coach Cranford’s 6 seasons at the helm for Loveland, he held a 33-32 record.
When asked what their impacts were on their respective Programs Loveland Athletic Director Brian Conatser said both were great leaders and were well-respected coaches making big impacts on their team’s success and the Loveland Athletic Department.
Principal Peggy Johnson said that Cranford stepped down because of the age of his children and because his wife travels for business. He told Johnson, “My kids are of the age, I need to be there for them.” Cranford has three school-age children.
Two of Plitt’s children will be attending Ball State next year. Marie Plitt will play volleyball and Drew is already playing football there. Johnson said that for Plitt to continue coaching volleyball at the high school level she would miss her daughter’s college career. “It’s very exciting to have children playing college sports, and I understand her choice.”
Brice, Julie, Marie, Steve, and Drew Plitt on the occasion of Marie’s Volleyball Senior Night on October 11, 2018.
Johnson said a timeline for hiring will be established; the positions will be posted and a committee will be put together to evaluate candidates comprised of parents, Athletic Boosters members, Constater, and other coaches outside of the respective sport. Conaster will make a final recommendation to the Board of Education.
Conaster described both Plitt and Cranford as outstanding leaders of young men and women. “On the court, on the field, they had high expectations of the student-athletes and held them accountable, and obviously with a lot of success.” Conaster mentioned Cranford coaching a State Championship football team and said that no-one can have a conversation about southwest Ohio volleyball without including Loveland and Julie Plitt in the conversation. “We owe both a lot of gratitude for setting the culture in making Loveland High School Better.”
Cranford will continue teaching physical education at Loveland High School. Plitt teaches health and physical education at Wyoming City Schools.
On behalf of Loveland Magazine, we would like to thank both coaches for their efforts and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors.
These photos were taken on Friday, January 11 when the Loveland men’s basketball team traveled to West Clermont High School. The Tigers lost in a 2X overtime heartbreaker, in a very hard-fought game by both the Wolves and Tigers.
Turpin (6-1, 10-2) remains in 1st place in the ECC, with Loveland 2nd, followed by Walnut Hills and West Clermont; all three with idential 5-2, 9-4 records.
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Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School has started and continued to have a great winter sports season.
Loveland Men’s Basketball is currently 6-2 (3-1 conference) for the season, which places them 2nd in the ECC. Loveland Women’s Basketball is currently 9-1 (5-1 conference), which also places them 2nd in the ECC.
Loveland Men’s Bowling is 5-3 (4-2 conference), 3rd in the ECC. Loveland Women’s Bowling is 6-2 (6-0 conference), 1st in the ECC.
Loveland Academic team is 3-1 (3-1 conference) and shares 1st place in the ECC with Walnut Hills.
All teams look to bring home ECC Championships this season.
The ECC meet for Loveland Men’s Wrestling will be held on February 16th at Loveland High School , Loveland looks to bring home the ECC Title for the 3rd straight season.
The ECC Dive Championships are being held on January 24th at 5 PM at Milford High School.
The ECC Swim Championships will be held on January 26th at 6 PM at Milford High School. Both teams look to bring home the first ECC Conference Championship.
Women vs. Walnut Hills December 8th
Men vs. Mason December 28th
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