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  • [Photos] Tiger Women bow out to #1 team in Ohio

    [Photos] Tiger Women bow out to #1 team in Ohio

    Loveland Senior Guard Josie Early

    Harrison, Ohio – The Loveland High School Women’s Basketball Team ended their season in the 3rd round of the Ohio Basketball Tournament with a loss to the #1 team in Ohio. The game on Tuesday afternoon was played at Harrison High School. The score was Mason 49, Loveland 22. Josie Early led the Tiger scoring with 8 and Olivia Raby scored 5. Grace Dressell scored 4.

    The Tigers (11-5, 17-8) finished in 3rd place in the ECC.

    Conference leader West Clermont went into their tournament game on Monday and saw their 24 and-no-loss season disappear. The Kings Knights (13-1, 21-5), # 2 in the ECC beat the Wolves 49-43. Kings continued their tourney journey by beatingt Centerville today 61-53.

    Meanwhile, the Tiger Men’s team lost their entry game in the State Tournament on Tuesday 73-47 against Princeton.

    Photos ©2023 by David Miller/Loveland Magazine.

  • [Game Photos] Loveland Tigers advance in State Tournament to face Mason Comets

    [Game Photos] Loveland Tigers advance in State Tournament to face Mason Comets

    Josie Early led all scorers

    by David Miller

    No 8 seed Loveland advanced in the State tournament Wednesday night in a game played at Lakota East High School by defeating #16 seed Oak Hills. Josie Early led all scorers in the 48-34 contest with 16 points. She was 7 for 9 from the charity stripe. Charity is a misnomer when it comes to Early. She more than earns those trips to the foul line almost never seeing a clear way to the rim as defenses double-team and collapse on her trips inside the circle. The Senior 5’7″ guard pulled down 5 rebounds and stole the ball from the Highlanders 4 times.

    Ten of Olivia Rabe’s 14 points were a result of her perfect 10-10 night at the foul line. Rabe is a 6’2″ Senior.

    Senior Forward Olivia Rabe also earns each of her trips to the foul line. She was 10 for 10 against Oak hills.

    Mason (15-1, 23-1) advanced after beating Anderson 60-27 on February 5 and this past Wednesday evening by beating Northwest 67-8. Mason’s only loss was on December 7th when they traveled to Lakota East, 52-48. The Comets are on a 17-game win streak. Mason won the GMC conference title. Mason’s top scorer is Sophmore guard #20, Madison Parrish who scored 28 in Mason’s 63-62 win at Princeton on January 11. She averages 13.3 points.

    The Tigers are 11-5, 17-5 for the season, and finished ECC competition # 3.

    The Tiger vs Comets game is on Tuesday, February 21 at 5 PM and will be played at Harrison High School.

  • [Game Photos] Tigers advance in State Tournament with win over Seton

    [Game Photos] Tigers advance in State Tournament with win over Seton

    Katy Wilber was 4 for 5 from the arc against Seton

    Harrison, Ohio – Freshman Katy Wilber with 12 points, led the Loveland Tigers Wednesday afternoon at Harrison High School in the first round of the Southwest 2 – Division I Sectional State Tournament. Wilber was 4 for 5 shooting, all three-pointers. In the 45-37 win, Olivia Raby contributed 11.

    A strong 3rd quarter allowed Seton to get back into the game and come to within 2 in the 4th, but strong shooting from the Tiger foul line protected their lead.

    The # 8 seeded Tigers next travel to Lakota East High School on February 15 at 6 PM to play # 16 seed Oak Hills.

    Below are game photos from the Seton, Walnut Hills, West Clermont, Springboro, and Kings competitions.

    All photos © David Miller/Loveland Magazine 2023

  • [Final-4 Bound] Tiger Women are Regional Lacrosse Champions

    [Final-4 Bound] Tiger Women are Regional Lacrosse Champions

    by Grace Nunn

    Loveland, Ohio – Thursday, May 27th the Loveland Tigers fought hard for the regional title against Mason High School, a very even match-up. The game could’ve gone either way, but the women fought hard and won 11-10.

    The game started and finished very back and forth. Just a few minutes into the game it was 2-1 Loveland. Then they were tied at 3. Every second of the game counted with Loveland and Mason constantly scoring a goal to tie or one-up the other team.

    Watch this highlight video of the Loveland women’s lacrosse team in its game vs Mason 

    This proved true all the way to the final 5 minutes of the game with Carly Wilhoite (senior) scoring Loveland’s 10th goal and Mason scoring their 10th goal shortly after.

    Josey Storm (senior) shot the team’s winning goal after the team ran the clock down to 2 minutes. These final minutes afterward were extremely frantic with Mason pushing for a goal to tie the game and Loveland trying to run the ball until the time would run out.

    With just 12 seconds left, Mason’s goalie launched the ball to her teammates when Elly Steinbrunner (sophomore) jumped in from defense and intercepted the ball. Unfortunately, a time-out was called by Mason’s coach before Elly got the ball, so Mason still had the ball in their possession.

    At this point, there were 7 seconds left in the game, but the time was reset back to the 12 seconds before the goalie threw the ball. Loveland and Mason huddled up to devise their strategies for the final seconds of the game. Mason still had a chance to tie the game up.

    Mason ran straight to the goal, but unfortunately for them, shot the ball way too far. After being passed the ball, Maggie Nance (senior goalie) held it for the final 3 seconds. Thus, the Loveland Women’s Lacrosse Team beat Mason 11-10, winning regionals and moving on to the semi-finals.

    The Tigers will be playing the Dublin Coffman Shamrocks at Mason High School on Wednesday, June 2nd. Dublin beat Upper Arlington 11-9, a major upset for the 10-time state champions.

    Dublin Senior Ashleigh Rothe is on the MaxPreps State leaderboard in Goals in 8th position. She is followed by team mates, Seniors Avery Schwab in 9th and Amanda Bailey, 13th). Avery Swab is #4 in assists. Sophia Schwab is #19 on the leaderboard in assists.

    MaxPreps rates the Loveland Tigers the #7 team in Ohio and the Dublin Coffman Shamrocks #9.

    Ticket info, Final 4 bracket, and the Mason game stats are below these photos by Alex Eicher….

    Photos by Alex Eicher.

    TICKETS
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    Thursday, May 27, 2021

      Mason 10   Loveland 11
    Mason
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    Katie Bangs (Sr)002100
    Megan Carroll (Sr)221000
    Elle Cimini (Jr)004001
    Sammy Connors (Sr)002210
    Kate Cooper (Sr)101110
    Peyton Flynn (So)002100
    Lyla Glinski (So)322000
    Sara Grove (Sr)003000
    Jenna Harris (Sr)001000
    Julia LaSala (Sr)003000
    Ashlyn Lockhart (Jr)002000
    Ava Mahoney (So)011000
    Livy Ohler (Jr)104400
    Lauren Stone (Jr)313001
    Josie Young (Jr)000200
    Team106311122
    DEFENSESV 
    Sara Grove (Sr)10 
    Team10 
    Loveland
    OFFENSEGAGBDCCTINT
    Katie Beasley (Jr)030100
    Allie Despotakis (So)410000
    Bella Dillhoff (Jr)002000
    Amelia Macura (Fr)002010
    Skylar Mosconi (Sr)001010
    Maggie Nance (Sr)001000
    Alex Nunn (So)001000
    Elly Steinbrunner (So)001100
    Josey Storm (Sr)104411
    Hanna Wenger (Sr)420210
    Carly Wilhoite (Sr)220300
    Team118121141
    DEFENSESV 
    Maggie Nance (Sr)15 
    Team15 
  • [VIDEO] LHS pep rally for tournament bound athletes

    [VIDEO] LHS pep rally for tournament bound athletes

    Loveland, Ohio – LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV was live today around noontime at Loveland High School for the pep rally held for Tiger athletes competing in State tournaments.

    Girls Track

    4×800 – Madison Conatser, Jessie Gibbins, Sarah Madix, Emmy Sager, and Ally Colegate (alternate)
    Shot Put – Sophia Kapszukiwicz 
    Pole Vault – Nia Gruffydd 
    800 – Madison Conatser and Jessie Gibbins 
    3200 – Emmy Sager

    Boys Track

    4 x 800 – JP Tew, Brady Steiner, Ajay Stutz, Ryan Chevalier, and alternates Ethan Smith and Cayden Dyer)

    1600m run – Ryan Chevalier

    400m dash – JP Tew

    300m  Intermediate Hurdles – Aaron Schuetter

    4 x 400 – Aaron Schuetter, Dylan Schwinn, Ryan Chevalier, JP Tew, and alternates Trey Powell and Jesse Jenkins)

    Long Jump – Dylan Schwinn

    High Jump – Ryan Hetzel

    Men’s Volleyball

    Gavin Miller, Mason Mueller, Owen Huynh, Evan Miller, Ben Kirlin, Stone Thole, Thomas Dennedy, Daniel Westermeyer, Eric Keldsen, Tyler Miller-Bross, Ryan Griswold, Cole Ewert, Nathan Bayliff, and Andrew Klenke.

    Women’s Lacrosse

    Allie Despotakis, Abbie Miller, Skylar Mosconi, Olivia Powers, Babs Dwyer, Josey Storm, Alex Nunn, Carly Wilhoite, Skylar Lundeen, Alex Miller, Claire Zeigler, Katie Beasley, Grace Nunn, Julia Parker, Bella Dillhoff, Isabella Huff, Nicole Christian, Maggie Nance, Hanna Wenger, Amelia Macura, Abby Richardson, and Elly Steinbrunner.

  • [Matt Huether] Tiger Men by 2 over St. X on Saturday in State Tournament

    [Matt Huether] Tiger Men by 2 over St. X on Saturday in State Tournament

    Matt Huether studies stats to predict the outcome of Loveland High School sporting contests

    It’s Loveland vs. St. X in State Tournament on Saturday at 8 PM at Lakota West

    The Loveland Tigers (5-17, 3-11 conf) match up against the St. Xavier Bombers (15-7, 2-4 conf) in a winner take all game. Loveland looks to end their 9 game losing streak, while getting a big time win versus St. Xavier. St. Xavier looks to make a big tournament run and hopes to start off with a convincing win.

    Sophomore Guard Brenton Foust had 14 points on 5 of 5 shooting (2 of 2 from 3) as well as 3 assists recently against West Clermont.

    St Xavier lost to West Clermont by 3 (51 to 48) earlier in the season and Loveland just lost to West Clermont by 6 (61 to 55).

     

    In Loveland’s last game Sophomore Guard Brenton Foust had 14 points on 5 of 5 shooting (2 of 2 from 3) as well as 3 assists. In St Xavier’s last game Junior Guard Nathan Stockman had 13 points on 5 of 12 shooting (0 of 1 from 3). Nathan also had 7 rebounds (3 offensive) and 3 assists.

    For Loveland look for Junior Guard Jalen Greiser who averages 13.5 points per game on 40.2% shooting (37.0% from 3). Jalen also averages 5.2 rebounds (1.4 offensive) and 2.6 assists per game. For Loveland also look for Junior Guard Matthew Toigo who averages 9.5 points per game on 51.0% shooting (42.2% from 3). Matthew also averages 2.3 rebounds a game (1.0 offensive).

    Junior Guard Matthew Toigo who averages 9.5 points per game on 51.0% shooting (42.2% from 3).

    For St Xavier look for Junior Guard Nathan Stockman who averages 12.4 points per game on 40.3% shooting (30.8% from 3). Nathan also averages 3.7 rebounds (0.9 offensive) and 1.9 steals a game. For St Xavier also look for Senior Guard Chase Wolf who averages 11.1 points per game on 38.9% shooting (38.1% from 3). Chase also averages 2.1 assists per game and 1.4 steals a game. Lastly for St Xavier look for Senior Forward Bobby Jefferson who averages 8.0 points per game on 49.6% shooting. Bobby also averages 4.3 rebounds a game (1.7 offensive).

    Overall: Loveland by 2 points

    Estimated Score: 55 to 53 Loveland

    Jarvis Global Investments, LLC

    Jarvis Global is an investment advisory firm in Symmes Township, Ohio which offers private portfolio management and retirement services to high net worth individuals.

     

     

  • [Matt Huether] West Clermont over Tigers by 4 in State Tournament

    [Matt Huether] West Clermont over Tigers by 4 in State Tournament

    Forward Jillian Hayes averages 15.6 points per game on 46.9% shooting for the Tigers

    The Loveland Tigers (18-4, 10-4 conf) match up against the West Clermont Wolves (16-7, 11-3 conf) in a winner take all State tournament game on Thursday. Game time is 6 PM at Sycamore High School.

    In the first game Loveland got the best of West Clermont with a 68 to 67 win at home. In the second game West Clermont got the better of Loveland with a score of 65 to 55.

    In the second game West Clermont out shot the tigers shooting 54.8% to Loveland’s 42.2%. For Loveland Sophomore Forward Jillian Hayes had 26 points on 8 of 16 shooting (10-13 from the line). Jillian also had 15 rebounds ( 8 offensive) in that game. For West Clermont Senior Guard Jasmine Hale had 15 points on 6 of 9 shooting.

    To get to this second round tournament game West Clermont beat Hamilton 72 to 34. For West Clermont Senior Guard Jasmine Hale had 15 points on 6 of 13 shooting (1 of 4 from 3). Jasmine also had 9 rebounds (7 offensive), 3 steals, and 3 assists. This game is the tie breaker of the series and serves as a winner take all game.

    6’2 Junior Center Courtney averages 6.3 points per game on 56.0% shooting for the Tigers

    For Loveland look for Sophomore Forward Jillian Hayes who averages 15.6 points per game on 46.9% shooting. Jillian also averages 8.7 rebounds a game (4.1 offensive), 3.4 steals a game, and 1.5 blocks a game. For Loveland also look for 6’2 Junior Center Courtney Henthorn. Courtney averages 6.3 points per game on 56.0% shooting.Courtney also averages 3.7 rebounds a game (1.6 offensive).

    For West Clermont look for Senior Guard Jasmine Hale who averages 12.8 points per game on 49.2% shooting (38.9% from 3). Jasmine also averages 2.9 assists per game and 1.8 steals a game. For West Clermont also look for Senior Forward Alexis Starks who averages 10.9 points per game on 54.7% shooting. Alexis also averages 5.8 rebounds a game (1.7 offensive), 2.2 assists a game and 1.0 blocks a game.

    Overall: West Clermont by 4

    Estimated Score: 66 to 62 West Clermont

    Jarvis Global Investments, LLC

    Jarvis Global is an investment advisory firm in Symmes Township, Ohio which offers private portfolio management and retirement services to high net worth individuals.
  • Women have rubber match with West Clermont to open post-season play

    Women have rubber match with West Clermont to open post-season play

    Madi McDermott scored 17 against West Clermont on January 6

    Loveland, Ohio – After a first-round bye, the Loveland Women will enter the State basketball tournament on February 22 with a #4 seed to face ECC opponent and #7 seed, West Clermont. The game is at Sycamore High School at 6 PM.

    Walnut Hills finished on top of the conference with a perfect record of 14-0 (22-1). West Clermont finished second with a record of 11-3 (16 – 7). Loveland rounded out the top three with a record of 10-4 (18 – 4).

    The Tigers lost two games to Walnut Hills and a game against fourth-place finisher, Kings. Loveland defeated West Clermont on January 6, 68-67 and lost to them on February 10, 65-55.

    In their first game of the tournament, West Clermont easily handled Hamilton 72-34, which advanced them to the Loveland game.

    Jarvis Global Investments, LLC

    Jarvis Global is an investment advisory firm in Symmes Township, Ohio which offers private portfolio management and retirement services to high net worth individuals.
  • [Photo Album] Tiger Volleyball

    [Photo Album] Tiger Volleyball

    Loveland, Ohio – These © 2017 Loveland Magazine photos were taken at the womens varsity volleyball game on Saturday, September 30 in the Tiger Gym against Mount Notre Dame.

    The Tigers finished the regular season 14-0 in the ECC and 20-2 overall with a win Saturday, October 14 by beating Oak Hills 25-12, 25-23, 25-16. They won the ECC Championship for the second time in the last six years.

    Postseason play begins on October 21 for the Tigers after a first-round bye. They will play either Fairfield (13-7) or Edgewood (9-10) at Lakota West High School at 1:30 PM. View the Vandalia 1 District bracket at the bottom of this story.

    Click on a photo to view a larger image.

    Jarvis Global Investments, LLC

    Jarvis Global is an investment advisory firm in Symmes Township, Ohio which offers private portfolio management and retirement services to high net worth individuals.