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  • [VIDEO] Class of 2018 Athletic Hall of Fame induction

    [VIDEO] Class of 2018 Athletic Hall of Fame induction

    Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School hosted the Class of 2018 Athletic Hall of Fame inductions on Friday, January 18, at half-time during the Tiger varsity basketball game vs. Anderson. LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV was there to record the event.

    Inducted in the Class of 2018 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).

    Watch the video and learn about their athletic achievements and see why they were honored.

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  • [1/17/19] Loveland High School Winter Sports update w/Photo Album

    [1/17/19] Loveland High School Winter Sports update w/Photo Album

    by Matt Huether

    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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  • Loveland High School Head Coaches Fred Cranford and Julie Plitt step down

    Loveland High School Head Coaches Fred Cranford and Julie Plitt step down

    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.

    Coach Fred Cranford (Loveland Magazine File Photo © 2019)

    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.

  • [Photo Album] It’s called a heartbreaker

    [Photo Album] It’s called a heartbreaker

    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.

    Matt Toigo with 19 and Jalen Greiser with 18 led the Loveland scoring. Jackson Ames scored 28 for the Wolves.

    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.

    The Tigers host Anderson (1-6, 2-10) on Friday for Hall of Fame Night.

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  • [Basketball Photo Albums] Loveland High School Winter Sports Update (1-3-19)

    [Basketball Photo Albums] Loveland High School Winter Sports Update (1-3-19)

    by Matt Huether

    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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  • [Photo Albums] Basketball teams look to bring home ECC Championships

    [Photo Albums] Basketball teams look to bring home ECC Championships

    by Matt Huether

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams have both started their seasons strong. Both teams are ranked in the top two of the ECC and look to bring home an ECC Championship to Loveland. Loveland has not yet won either the Men’s or Women’s Basketball Championships in the 7 years that the ECC has existed. Both teams are determined to change that this season.

    The Men’s team is at 4-0 (2-0 conference) and has impressive wins over Aiken and Kings. Leading the way for the Men’s team are Seniors, Jalen Greiser and Matthew Toigo as well as Junior, Brenton Foust. Jalen averages 17.0 points per on 50.0% shooting, 5.8 rebounds per game, and 3.5 assists per game. Matthew averages 13.3 points per game on 61.1% shooting, 5.0 rebounds per game, and 2.5 steals a game. Brenton averages 11.0 points per game on 48.4% shooting, 4.0 rebounds per game, 4.0 assists per game, and 2.8 steals per game.

    The Women’s team is 5-1 (3-1 conference) and has impressive wins over Wilmington and Kings. Leading the way for the Women’s team are Juniors, Jillian Hayes and Kate Garry. Jillian averages 17.7 points per game on 44.6% shooting and 8.3 rebounds a game. Kate averages 10.0 points per game on 38.0% shooting and 2.7 steals a game.

    These photo albums are from the Men’s 78 – 74 overtime win against Aiken and the Women’s 53 – 36 win over Turpin.

    Click on any image to see all of the photos full size.

    All photos are © 2018 Loveland Magazine/David Miller and must not be downloaded or otherwise shared or printed. Inquire about PRINTS or buying Digital Files.

     

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  • Loveland grad Drew Plitt earns Ray Louthen Award at Ball State

    Loveland grad Drew Plitt earns Ray Louthen Award at Ball State

    Loveland Graduate Drew Plitt was at Loveland High School on Wednesday to watch the Womens basketball game and his sister Marie help defeat Turpin.

    Cleveland, Ohio – Ball State Sophomore quarterback Drew Plitt came away with the Ray Louthen Award. This award, which honors the memory of the former Ball State head football coach (1962-67) and school’s athletics director (1970-81), is bestowed upon the team’s most improved player(s).

    Plitt was thrust into the team’s starting quarterback role in late October after an injury sidelined Riley Neal for the rest of the season. Plitt, a native of Loveland, Ohio, threw for a career-high 340 yards and a touchdown at Toledo on Oct. 31. He then led the Cardinals to an exciting 42-41 overtime win over Western Michigan on Nov. 13. Plitt was named MAC West Offensive Player of the Week after that win thanks to tossing three touchdown passes and completing 80.8 percent (21-of-26) of his pass attempts versus WMU.

    Read on at ballstatesports.com…

  • [Photo Album] Giving Thanks 5k donates 423,000 calories and $2,500 to Loveland food pantry

    [Photo Album] Giving Thanks 5k donates 423,000 calories and $2,500 to Loveland food pantry

    Loveland, Ohio – Considering the average person burns 480 calories running or walking a 5K, 272,640 calories were burned in the White Pillars neighborhood on Thanksgiving Day morning during the Giving Thanks 5k.

    But wait there’s more…

    The 568 participants donated 423,000 calories (2000 canned goods) to the L.I.F.E. Food Pantry and donated over $2,500 as well.

    “The White Pillar’s Giving Thanks 5K has become such an amazing tradition for the residents of Loveland,” said organizer, Jen Steiner.   “The first year we started the race we had 38 people enter and this being our 5th year, we had 568 participants.”

    The event was a great opportunity to start Thanksgiving Day off on a healthy note, all while giving back to the community and was one of the larger foot races in terms of participants in a town known for sponsoring charity races on the Loveland Bike Trail. This race however, was run entirely throughout the streets of a residential neighborhood.

    Steiner said, “Several local Loveland businesses graciously donated items for a raffle. We were blessed to have the following sponsors: Loveland Krogers, Chrissy Ward, and Loveland Magazine. This race wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of all the participants and volunteers.”

    You can make your own donation to the L.I.F.E Food Pantry HERE. Perhaps you will let them know your are donating on behalf of the “Giving Thanks 5k”.

    Medals were awarded to these finishers:

    Kids (under 16)
    1st Place- Brady Steiner
    2nd Place- Jack Moeller
    3rd Place- Will Mansfield
    Adults
    1st Place- Sam Moeller
    2nd Place- Ben Moeller
    3rd Place- Kandice Powell

    All photos are © 2018 Loveland Magazine/David Miller and must not be downloaded or otherwise shared or printed. Inquire about PRINTS or buying Digital Files.

  • [Preview] Loveland Women back after best season in program history

    [Preview] Loveland Women back after best season in program history

    Kate Garry who recently committed to Akron averaged 9.1 points per game last season. (file photo)

    by Matthew Huether

    Loveland, Ohio – This week’s Loveland winter sports preview will be on the Loveland Womens Basketball team. The team comes off of their best season in program history last year where they went 18-5 (10-4 conference).

    Senior Jillian Hayes averaged 15.7 points per game last year.

    Leading Loveland are Senior Marie Plitt, and Juniors Jillian Hayes and Kate Garry.

    Hayes was named First Team all ECC last year while Garry was named Second Team all ECC. Hayes averaged 15.7 points per game, 8.6 rebounds per game, 3.3 steals per game, and 1.4 blocks per game last season. Garry who who recently committed to Akron, averaged 9.1 points per game, 1.3 assists per game and 1.1 steals per game last season. Plitt who is committed to play Volleyball at Ball State averaged 6.8 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game, and 1.7 steals per game her sophomore year. Plitt missed almost all of last season with an injury and hopes to have a bounce back year.

    Loveland looks to start the season off right when they open up against Wilmington at Lakota West on Sunday, November 25th at 10 AM.

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  • MAC awards Drew Plitt Offensive Player of the Week

    MAC awards Drew Plitt Offensive Player of the Week

    Drew Plitt (9) playing for the Loveland Tigers in 2013 (Loveland Magazine file photo)

    MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES WEEK TWELVE
    FOOTBALL OFFENSIVE, DEFENSIVE, SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

     

    Offensive Player of the Week:  Ball State QB Drew Plitt

    Ball State sophomore quarterback Drew Plitt (Loveland, Ohio) threw a career-high three touchdown passes on 21-26 passing for 258 yards in a 42-41 (OT) win over Western Michigan on Nov. 13.  Plitt made his second start this season and completed 80.8 percent of his passes (21-of-26), the highest percentage by a Ball State starting quarterback since Keith Wenning completed 81.8 percent (27-of-33) of his passes against Miami (Ohio) on Nov. 29, 2013.  He notched a personal-best 22-yard run in the fourth quarter to set up a touchdown and threw a 2-yard touchdown pass in overtime to give the Cardinals a 42-35 lead. (From getsomemaction.com/news)

    More of the Plitt File

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    Drew Plitt quarterbacked the Loveland Tigers to a State Div. II Championship in 2013

    2017 (R-Fr.): Started the season as the team’s No. 4 quarterback … forced into action the final five games, with three starts, due to injuries at the quarterback position … made his collegiate debut in relief during the Toledo game on Oct. 26 … scored on a four-yard touchdown run in the third quarter against the Rockets … earned his first collegiate start at Eastern Michigan on Nov. 2 … threw for a season-high 169 yards and two touchdowns at EMU … led the Cardinals on a touchdown drive on their second possession at Northern Illinois on Nov. 9.

    2016 (Fr.): Took a redshirt season.

    HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters from coach Fred Cranford at Loveland High … team captain and honorable mention all-district as a senior … helped the Tigers win the 2013 state title … owns the school record for career passing touchdowns (42) … completed nearly 60 percent of his passes for more than 1,400 yards and 15 scores as a senior … also ran for three touchdowns in 2015 … two-time all-conference pick … team captain and MVP for the basketball team as well … first team all-conference as a junior … a member of the National Honor Society.

    PERSONAL: Son of Steve and Julie Plitt … born Jan. 9, 1998 … one sister and one brother … full name is Steven Andrew Plitt.

    This LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV video is of Plitt’s college signing day at Loveland High School. Watch as Athletic Director Julie Renner talks about his accomplishments.

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