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  • Dave Spencer to be New LHS Principal

    Dave Spencer to be New LHS Principal

    Photo by Loveland District

    Loveland, Ohio – Dave Spencer will be Loveland High School’s next principal. He joins Loveland after 19 years in the Forest Hills School District.

    “Loveland High School is the flagship of our district, and I believe Dave Spencer will be a great person to lead LHS. He is a seasoned administrator, and a high-character, student-focused leader.” Superintendent Mike Broadwater said.

    Spencer comes to Loveland High School after eight years as the principal of Turpin High School and eleven years as the assistant principal at Turpin. He has been a high school administrator for 24 years, including five years in Bright Local Schools.

    “I’m excited to be a part of Tiger Nation! I’m looking forward to supporting the students and staff and contributing to the many great things that lie ahead for Loveland High School,” Dave Spencer said.

    Spencer’s hiring is pending approval by the Board of Education. He will lead Loveland High School beginning with the 23-24 school year.

    Current LHS principal Adam Reed will be taking a new role in the Central Office of Mount Healthy City Schools.

    “We thank Adam Reed for his hard work and dedication to our Loveland Tiger students and wish him the best as he takes on an exciting new challenge,” Superintendent Mike Broadwater said.

  • The Loveland High School Marching Band Takes “Rhapsody in New York” to Indianapolis on Friday

    The Loveland High School Marching Band Takes “Rhapsody in New York” to Indianapolis on Friday

    The photo above of the Loveland Marching Band’s Colorguard was taken at the LHS Homecoming halftime

    Loveland, Ohio – The Loveland High School (LHS) Marching Band recently competed at the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) State Marching Band Competition in Columbus with “Rhapsody in New York” – a show that has been a great success throughout the season. Now, by special invitation, the 140-member band will also perform at the Bands of America Grand Nationals in Indianapolis this Friday, November 15. The event will showcase high school marching bands from across the nation and exhibition performances by some of the most respected university marching bands.

    The band recently competed at a contest hosted by Turpin High School. The LHS band earned awards for, AA champs, best general effect, best visual,
    best color guard, best percussion, best, best music, and were “Grand Champions”.

    The event will showcase high school marching bands from across the nation and exhibition performances by some of the most respected university marching bands.

    “The Marching Band has a new life to it this year,” said Band Director Geoff Miller, who leads the band with LHS music and jazz teacher Alex McCoy. “The students have worked incredibly hard and are really performing at a high level. I think they understand how incredible the experience is going to be in Indianapolis and they are rising to the challenge. ‘Rhapsody in New York’ features music by George Gershwin, Billy Joel, and Alicia Keys. The music is fun to play, it has a groove and gets pretty powerful as it progresses.”

    Grand Nationals, which will be live-streamed on flomarching.com, is a three-day event including preliminaries, semi-finals, and finals held at Lucas Oil Stadium, a world-class indoor venue. 45 bands perform in two prelim contests; 30 bands advance to the semi-finals, and the 12 bands with the top scores continue on to the finals.

    The Loveland band is scheduled to play Friday at 3 PM

    Watch them HERE

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    This is the first time the LHS Marching Band participates at Grand Nationals. Last time Mr. Miller performed with a marching band at the event was in 1999 when his high school band from Plymouth-Canton Ed. Park in Michigan won the competition.

    In March the band will travel to New York City to march in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade has been a tradition in NYC since 1762.

  • Former Loveland grad shares her journey from athletic trainer to signing book deal

    Former Loveland grad shares her journey from athletic trainer to signing book deal

    Cassie Mattia is a resident of Historic Downtown Loveland, Ohio

    Loveland, Ohio – Laurie Stroup Smith joined the Loveland Magazine team for her first exclusive on-camera interview after signing a 3 book contract with Vinspire Publishing. She grew up in Loveland and graduated Loveland High School in 1994. She writes Amish and Contemporary Romance stories.

    Stroup Smith was a former athletic trainer at Turpin High School for a number of years before she discovered her writing talent. In LOVELAND MAGAZINE TV’s one on one interview with Laurie Stroup Smith, we take a look at just what inspired her to start writing and what other local published author mentored her along the way!

    Click below to watch Loveland Magazine TV’s sit down with Laurie Stroup Smith!

    Image may contain: 1 person, smiling, child, outdoor and closeupWant to know more about Laurie? Visit her website https://lauriestroupsmith.com/ or her Facebook page at Laurie Stroup Smith, Writer, and Laurie Stroup Smith on Pinterest

     

  • Eric Fry: New assistant athletic director to join Tiger team

    Eric Fry: New assistant athletic director to join Tiger team

    Loveland, Ohio – To assist newly named Loveland Athletic Director Brian Conatser, the Board of Education approved Eric Fry as assistant director of student athletics. Fry has been serving students as a coach since 2001 and as a teacher since 2002, and most recently served as the athletic director for Turpin High School in the Forest Hills School District (2012-2018).

    Fry earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Ohio University in 2002, he earned his master’s degree in education in sports administration from Xavier University in 2007, and his license in school leadership and administration from Xavier in 2014. He additionally attended the Alpaugh Scholar Leadership Program at the University of Cincinnati in 2016.

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  • [Matt Huether] Prediction: Loveland 41-30 over Turpin

    [Matt Huether] Prediction: Loveland 41-30 over Turpin

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

     

    The Loveland Women are due to go into battle in a home court contest against the Turpin Spartans on Wednesday at 7:30 PM. Loveland won their first ECC go-around W 39 – 27 on December 2.

    6’2 Junior Center Courtney Henthorne

    For the Tigers (8-2, 15-2) from Loveland look for 6’2 Junior Center Courtney Henthorne to be an impact player. Courtney averages 6.5 points per game on 54.4% shooting. Courtney has put up 49 points in her last 5 games (9.8 a game).

    Look for Sophomore Forward Jillian Hayes, Jillian is shooting 50.3% from the field and is averaging 16.3 points a game.

    For the Spartans (4-6, 10-8), look for Junior Guard Ellie Holt, Ellie averages 13.1 points per game on 39.5% shooting. Look for Senior Guard Savanna Hazenfield who averages 8.2 points per game on 35.2 percent shooting. The first time these friendly conference foes played each other Savanna dropped 12 points on 5 of 14 shooting. 

    Overall Score Prediction: 41-30 Loveland

    Loveland is now second in the ECC, still behind Walnut Hills who are still undefeated in ECC competition.

    All stats are as of (1/29/18)

  • [Photo Album] Tigers chase down Wolves for come from behind win

    [Photo Album] Tigers chase down Wolves for come from behind win

    Loveland, Ohio -The Tiger women came from an 8 point 3rd quarter deficit on Saturday for a 1-point win over then, 2nd place West Clermont. Loveland moved up a spot in ECC standings with the win. The Conference leader is still Walnut Hills (6-0, 11-1). Loveland is now 6-1 and 11-1. West Clermont is now 5-1, 9-4 and moved down to 3rd place with the loss.

    Loveland led after one quarter by 6 but relinquished the lead when the Wolves scored 25, giving them a 3 point advantage going into the locker room. West Clermont added to their lead to make it an 8-point lead outscoring the Tigers by 4 in the 3rd period. A 20-12 scoring advantage in the final quarter gave Loveland the come from behind win in the final seconds of play.

    Jasmine Hale scored 18 and Dakota Reeves scored 16 to lead the Wolves. Reves put down 4 three-pointers.

    The Tiger scoring was led by Jillian Hayes with her game-high 19 and 10 rebounds. Madi McDermott scored 17, including 2-2 from the 3-point arc. Kate Garry ended the game with 11, including 2 three-pointers.

    The women Tigers take to the court next on Saturday at 2 PM when they travel to Turpin High School (3-1, 8-5).

    Saturday, January 6, 2018
     

    67
    West Clermont
        1 2 3 4 T  
      WC 13 25 17 12 67  
      LVL 19 16 13 20 68  

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    Loveland
    West Clermont
    PLAYERS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
    Alexis Starks 1-4 1-3 4-4 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 5 7
    Kendall Hale 4-9 0-4 5-7 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 5 13
    Kaylin Burdick 2-6 0-2 4-4 2 2 4 1 2 0 3 4 8
    Jasmine Hale 6-10 2-2 4-8 1 2 3 3 1 0 4 3 18
    Marissa Jenike 0-2 0-1 3-4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
    Kirsten Click 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 2
    Jenna Simon 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 0
    Dakota Reeves 5-8 4-5 2-3 5 2 7 0 1 0 2 0 16
    TOTALS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
    19-42 7-17 22-30 9 12 21 9 11 2 15 22 67
    45.2% 41.2% 73.3%
    Loveland
    PLAYERS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
    Courtney Henthorn 3-9 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 5 8
    Jenna Stanton 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 3 2 0 2 4 2
    Kate Garry 2-7 2-6 5-6 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 11
    Madi McDermott 6-8 2-2 3-4 3 2 5 3 1 0 2 3 17
    Jillian Hayes 7-14 0-1 5-10 5 5 10 1 4 1 6 3 19
    Taylor Thole 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    Anna Cooper 2-3 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 4
    Tess Broermann 2-5 1-3 2-2 0 2 2 2 0 0 7 1 7
    TOTALS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
    23-48 5-13 17-26 12 13 25 13 10 1 20 21 68
    47.9% 38.5% 65.4%

     

    ECC Standings  
      CONFERENCE OVERALL
    TEAMS W-L PCT PF PA W-L PCT PF PA STRK
    Walnut Hills 6 – 0 1.000 65.2 32.0 11 – 1 .917 61.8 32.2 W4
    Loveland 6 – 1 .857 55.0 43.3 11 – 1 .917 56.8 38.6 W1
    West Clermont 5 – 1 .833 65.0 38.5 9 – 4 .692 57.6 45.8 L1
    Anderson 4 – 3 .571 36.7 45.1 5 – 8 .385 34.7 44.8 L1
    Turpin 3 – 4 .429 36.0 36.0 8 – 5 .615 38.5 35.5 W1
    Kings 2 – 5 .286 40.3 49.4 4 – 8 .333 42.9 48.8 L2
    Milford 1 – 6 .143 29.3 48.4 4 – 8 .333 35.1 46.3 W1
    Withrow 0 – 7 .000 32.7 58.9 1 – 9 .100 31.6 53.7 L9

     

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