Loveland, Ohio – On Sunday, March 10, Loveland High School Sophomore Elizabeth Madison (39-1) won her second straight Div I State Title in Wrestling at 170 pounds.
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Loveland High School’s Ty Harter and Elizabeth Madison get send off to State wrestling championships
Loveland, Ohio – “We would like to Congratulate Ty Harter and Elizabeth Madison for qualifying for DI OHSAA State Wrestling Championships in Columbus this weekend,” said Kristy Brulport, the Administrative Assistant to the Athletic Director at Loveland High School. “We are going to celebrate Ty and Elizabeth at 1:50 PM on Thursday afternoon right at the start of our 7th bell.”
Teachers, students, and staff will step out into the halls to cheer on Madison and Harter as they leave the building on their way to the Schottenstein Center at Ohio State University. The Pep Band will be accompanying Ty and Elizabeth through the building.
Madison will compete in the inaugural Women’s tournament and Harter will compete in the 86th annual State matches. Madison, who won the Harrison regional and is 38-0, is the #1 seed at 170 lbs. Madison is the first Loveland Female Wrestler to punch her ticket to the OHSAA Wrestling Championships.
Tickets, Gear, Programs and Photos
Women’s preview: https://ohsaa.org/news-media/articles/2023-girls-wrestling-state-tournament-preview…
Men’s preview: https://ohsaa.org/news-media/articles/2023-boys-wrestling-state-tournament-preview…
Brackets, pairings, media guide & more: https://ohsaa.org/sports/wrestling
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This morning Ty Harter wins the 100th match of his career
Loveland, Ohio – The Tiger wrestlers were at home today for the 34th Mahalik Duals. Ty Harter wins the 100th match of his career.
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OHSAA Adds Women’s Wrestling and Men’s Volleyball to Ohio’s High School’s Sports!
by Cassie Mattia
Loveland, Ohio – Times are a-changing in the sports world! History was made in Columbus last Thursday when the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Board of Directors voted to add Women’s Wrestling and Men’s Volleyball officially as “emerging sports” in the 2022-2023 school year.
“The OHSAA recognizing men’s volleyball is a huge win for the sport and for everyone that has worked so hard to get the boys game recognized on the big stage in Ohio,” former Loveland High School JV “A” Team Head Coach Matthew Ellis said, “There are a lot of people who have coached boys club and boys high school that deserve a ton of praise for getting the ball rolling on this. Volleyball is a game for everyone and this is a big step in showing that.”
Loveland Athletic Director Brian Conatser told Loveland Magazine on Friday, “That’s great. Obviously, we’ve had a very successful men’s volleyball program here at Loveland. We’re excited. What a great opportunity. I know that Head Coach Terri Swensen is super excited.”
Men’s volleyball is not currently an Eastern Cincinnati Conference sport according to Conatser. He said that the Conference will have to vote on it. “I’ll be the first one to bring it up,” added Conatser laughing.
The OHSAA Wrestling Coaches Association has held a Women’s wrestling tournament since 2020 and the OHSAA Men’s Volleyball Association has held its tournament since 1998 according to the OHSAA press release that was sent out on Thursday.
Terri Swensen current Men’s Volleyball Head Coach (Loveland Magazine 2018 File Photo) “The OHSAA has been talking with the boy’s volleyball and girls wrestling leaders for several years and we are now in the position to bring these two sports into the OHSAA,” said OHSAA Executive Director Doug Ute, “This move will help those sports continue to grow and allow those student-athletes to compete for an OHSAA state championship. It gives more kids opportunities and that is the mission of the OHSAA. We will look to keep a very similar format for the girls wrestling and boys volleyball tournaments as what the coaches associations have been doing,” Ute added, “The girls wrestling state tournament is held in mid-February and the boy’s volleyball state tournament is held in the spring. We have not yet developed tournament regulations, but we’ll start working on that so that those two sports hit the ground running next fall for the start of the 2022-23 school year.”
Conatser said that Loveland has not had any female wrestlers in the past and that the sport is currently configured where females compete in whatever weight classification, Varsity or JV, they fit into with the current traditional high school’s program. Conatser said, “It’s actually co-ed now in Ohio. At Loveland, we’ve had some interested females in the past but none competed. I’m sure now that it is an OHSAA sport we will probably, and hopefully, we will see some females that will want to come out and participate.”
Conatser said it will take some time to figure out how Loveland will handle coaching positions, etc. He said he assumed that females competing against males will continue until a transition to female-specific teams is organized. Currently, OHSAA has separate State tournaments for Women’s and Men’s wrestling competitions.
OHSAA sports, with the new additions, officially has grown to 28, distributed evenly between men and women.
OHSAA also announced on Thursday that they have plans to discuss providing an Esports tournament because gaming has grown exponentially in schools across the country over the last few years. OHSAA is actively looking to partner with a group that specializes in Esports.
Here at Loveland Magazine, we are overjoyed to hear the news about the addition of Women’s Wrestling and Men’s Volleyball to the OHSAA organization! Congratulations to all those who officially get to now compete within their high schools in these 2 new emerging OHSAA sports! We can’t wait to see our Loveland Tiger Women’s Wrestling and Men’s Volleyball teams compete in 2022-2023!
For the latest updates on local sports news stay tuned to the Loveland Salad With ME, Cassie Mattia!
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LHS Honors the top Winter Sport Student-Athletes!
by Cassie MattiaLoveland, Ohio – Over the past couple of months many Loveland High School student-athletes have been patiently waiting for an answer as to if and when school and sports would start back up. Unfortunately, it was announced last week by Governor Dewine that Ohio students would not be attending school for the remainder of the school year meaning there would be no continuation of sports for the time being as well.
Due to the Stay At Home Order stipulations LHS wasn’t able to host their annual Winter Athletics Awards Ceremony, where the top student-athletes are honored for their Winter sports achievements.
Here at Loveland Magazine, we couldn’t bear the thought of LHS student-athletes not being honored and recognized by the Loveland community for their fantastic sports seasons so we reached out to LHS’s Athletic Director, Brian Conatser to get a list of all the LHS Winter Sport Athletes that were recognized for their outstanding achievements.Without much further ado here are your 2019-2020 LHS Winter Athletics award winners! Please don’t hesitate to give these student-athletes a virtual pat on the back or congratulations for amazing achievements!
Eastern Cincinnati All-Conference Awards
Honorable Mention
– Men’s Basketball – Collin Hedgepeth
– Women’s Basketball – Sophia Raby
– Wrestling – Jarod Mendoza
– Men’s Swim 100 Yard Butterfly – Evan Lucas
– Women’s Swim 100 Yard Breaststroke – Sarah Lolli
– Men’s Bowling – Ben Westley
– Women’s Bowling – Annelise Dartnall
– Academic Team – Clare Daumeyer
Second Team
– Men’s Swim 200 Yard Medley Relay – Brandon Day, Colin Blackburn, Evan Lucas, and Cade Jenkins
– Men’s Swim 500 Yard Freestyle – Brandon Day
– Men’s Swim 100 Yard Breaststroke – Colin Blackburn
– Men’s Basketball – Brenton Foust– Academic Team – Ben Rupe
– Women’s Basketball – Tess Broermann and Kate Garry
– Wrestling – Michael Soupene, Kobi-D Milam, Jonah Rubio, and Semi Ozarslan
– Men’s Bowling – Alton French
– Women’s Bowling – Ashley George
– Dive – Riley Bullock
First Team
– Men’s Swim 200 Yard Freestyle – Brandon Day
– Men’s Basketball – Ian Cox
– Academic Team – Simon Grome and Alex Laman
– Women’s Basketball – Jenna Batsch and Jillian Hayes
– Wrestling – Brett Hogan and Jake Cotsonas
– Men’s Bowling – Matthew Rychlik and Jeffrey Scott
– Women’s Bowling – Ashley Gilker, Yanni Kahrs and Grady Pettit
4 YEAR VARSITY-WINTER SEASON 2019-2020
Men’s Basketball – Collin Hedgepeth and Alec Soth
Swim – Brandon Day, Nami Cannon, Audrey Lund, and Amy Deem
Women’s Basketball – Kate Garry and Jillian Hayes
Wrestling – Jacob Cotsonas and Kobi-D Milam
Dive – Riley Bullock
SPORTSPERSON OF THE SEASON-WINTER 2019-2020
“Every year one Varsity Student-Athlete from each Winter program is chosen as the Sportsperson of the Season by their Coach. This award goes to athletes who demonstrate respect and responsibility for their community, school, team, and above all their character.”
Jeffrey Scott (M Bowl)
Riley Bullock (Dive)
Kayla Adkins (Cheer)
Ashley Gilker (W Bowl)
Jacob Cotsonas (Wrestling)
Kate Garry (W Basketball)
Joey Jeffcott (Academic Team)
Collin Hedgepeth (M Basketball)
Cade Jenkins (Swim)
EDWARD JONES – COMMUNITY STUDENT-ATHLETE AWARD
“We have a business in our community who has partnered with LHS to honor not just the outstanding athletic contributions but also good character and leadership within their sports team and school. Edward Jones, located in the business district of Old Loveland and owner Jeff Atkinson is honoring student-athletes for the fall, winter, and spring seasons. The LHS Athletic Department submits accomplishments for many of LHS’s student-athletes based on the criteria of LHS’s 4 CORE VALUES. Those 4 CORE VALUES are Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, and PRIDE. 1 female and 1 male athlete are chosen to represent Loveland High School Athletics as the Outstanding Student-Athlete for the 2019-2020 Winter Season.”
Jaden Walton (Swim Team) and Emma Christian (W Basketball / Athletic Photography)
STUDENT-ATHLETES and Teams who were ECC Champs and STATE QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2019-2020 WINTER SEASON
Dive State Placers:
Riley Bullock – 5th place
Swim State Placers:
Brandon Day – 2nd in the 200 Freestyle and the 6th 100 Backstroke
Wrestling State Qualifier:
Liam Hamill
ECC 2019-2020 CHAMPIONS
Women’s Bowling Team
Women’s Basketball Team (OHSAA SECTIONAL CHAMPS)
2019-2020 ECC Women’s Basketball Athlete of the Year
Jillian Hayes
2019-2020 ECC Women’s Varsity Basketball Coach of the Year
Darnell Parker
Stay tuned for your latest Loveland Sports news with me, Cassie Mattia!
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LHS Winter Athletics Continue to Gain Big Victories!
by Cassie Mattia
Loveland, Ohio – It’s no surprise to the community of Loveland that LHS Winter Athletics is taking the ECC by storm! Over the past couple of months, several Tiger teams have not only won key ECC match-ups but have also been recognized for their stellar team and individual stats. So without further ado here is your Loveland Sports 411 with me, Cassie Mattia!
Men’s Basketball
Over Christmas break, the Men’s LHS Basketball team definitely did not let the holidays get in the way of some good old fashioned hard-nosed basketball! On December 27th the Tigers took on Little Miami and pulled out a victory with a score of 65-51. Loveland had 4 Tigers with points in the double digits! Ian Cox made 6 out of his 9 field goal attempts totaling him out at 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, while teammates Collin Hedgepeth and Aaron Krabacher had 12 points each. Brenton Foust also played quite the game scoring 11 points and grabbing 3 assists and 3 steals. Below are some action shots caught by a very loyal Tiger!
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On Saturday, December 28th the Tigers competed at Mason collecting another victory, 51-46. As a team, Loveland managed to create scoring opportunities for every Tiger as each team member contributed to the score. Here are the stats from Loveland/Mason match-up along with some action photos from the game!
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PLAYERS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS Aaron Krabacher 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 Brenton Foust 1-6 0-1 5-6 1 3 4 4 0 0 1 1 7 Sam Cox 2-2 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 6 Tripp Towle 1-1 0-0 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 Collin Hedgepeth 4-11 0-0 2-3 4 4 8 2 0 0 4 0 10 Alec Soth 0-3 0-3 1-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 Sean McElveen 3-4 0-0 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 7 Ian Cox 4-6 0-0 2-3 1 1 2 0 1 0 4 1 10 TOTALS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS 17-37 4-10 13-18 6 14 20 8 2 0 15 12 51 45.9% 40.0% 72.2% The Tiger’s competed on Saturday, January 4th at Sycamore where they pulled out another win with a nail-biting score of 45-41. Every Tiger played a key role in the win against Sycamore but there were a couple of Tigers that really stood out! Collin Hedgepeth tallied up 17 points for Loveland while teammate Ian Cox added 9 points and Brenton Foust put up 7 points and 4 assists. Ian Cox is in 5th place in the ECC for Field Goal percentage at 55.4 and Brenton Foust is placed 4th in the ECC in assists averaging 2.3 per game.
Currently, LHS Men’s Basketball is 5th in the ECC sitting at 2-3 in the conference and 5-4 overall. The Tigers’ competed Tuesday at Withrow in which we will bring you results in the next Loveland Sports 411! The Tigers will play again on Friday at home against West Clermont at 7:30 PM.
Women’s Basketball
The Loveland Women’s Basketball team is continuing one of their best seasons in school history with an undefeated record in the ECC of 7-0! The Lady Tigers faced St. Ursula on December 30th collecting a great win, 73-57. Senior Jillian Hayes was the Tigers top performer with 25 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, and 4 blocks. Jenna Batsch completed 4 out of 10 of her field goals racking up 12 points and 3 steals while Kate Garry added 14 points. Below are some photos from the game!
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On Saturday, January 4th the Tigers competed against Mercy McAuley at home losing in a hard-fought battle, 58-41. Jenna Batsch had one of her best games to date scoring 20 points. Batsch went 3 for 5 from the 3 point line and 7 for 13 in overall field goals attempted! Jillian Hayes added 10 points to the final score and grabbed an impressive 13 rebounds.
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In the ECC several Lady Tigers are at the top of the league for their individual stats! Jillian Hayes is in 4th place for points scored averaging 16.6 per game, 2nd in rebounds averaging 10.1 per game, 2nd in blocks averaging 2 per game and 5th in steals averaging 2.8 per game. Fellow Tiger, Tess Broermann, is in 3rd place for assists grabbing 3.4 a game while teammate Kate Garry sits in 5th place averaging 2.4 assists per game. Olivia Raby is in 4th place in the ECC for blocks collecting 1.5 per game and is 5th place for Field Goal Percentage averaging 51.6. Jenna Batsch is in 3rd place for steals averaging 2.9 per game.
The Loveland Women’s Basketball teams’ next matchup will be against Ursuline Academy today at 7:30 PM on the Tigers home court. Check out some of the awesome shots taken by Loveland Magazine TV of some incredible Lady Tiger Basketball moments!
Watch this slide show of Jillian Hayes squeezing through the double-team…
Here are some additional photos from the Mercy McAuley game:
Wrestling
The Loveland Wrestling team competed several times over Christmas break and had great success! On December 21st and 22nd, the Tigers competed in the SWOWCA Coaches Classic at Harrison High School. Jake Cotsonas got to see the podium as he placed 2nd while teammate Brett Hogan also competed at a very high level placing 8th. Below is a photo of the two top Tigers’ finishing poses!
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On December 27th and 28th, the Loveland Wrestling team traveled to Wheeling Park, WV to compete in the Wheeling Park Duals and on January 4th suited up again for the Beavercreek Classic. After both meets, the results the Tigers produced placed several individuals at the top spot in the ECC for their weight class. Currently, Brett Hogan is in 1st place in the 106 weight class coming in at 10-9 with 4 pins, Ty Harter is in 2nd in the 113 weight class coming in at 10-7 with 5 pins, Michael Soupene is in 1st place in the 120 weight class with a 10-6 record and 5 pins, Jake Cotsonas is in 1st in the 126 weight class coming in at 15-3 with 5 pins, Parker Ashby is in 1st in the 132 weight class with a 6-10 record and 4 pins, Kobi-D Milamis in 1st place in the 138 weight class with an 11-4 record and 7 pins, Jake Case is in 1st for the 145 weight class coming in at 12-9 with 12 pins, Jarod Mendoza is in 1st in the 152 weight class with a 12-7 record and 11 pins, Tristan Greatorex is sitting in 1st in the 160 weight class with a 9-7 record and 6 pins, Liam Hamill is in 1st in the 170 weight class with a 14-2 record and 8 pins, Angel Loza is in 1st place in the 182 weight class with a 7-3 record and 6 pins, Vaughn Pence is in 1st in the 195 weight class coming in at 8-8 with 6 pins, and last but not least Austin Beamer is in 1st place in the 220 weight class with a 15-10 record and 11 pins.
The Tigers Wrestling team will compete again on Friday, January 10th at the Perrysburg Invitational.
Men’s Swim and Dive Team
The Loveland Men’s Swim and Dive Team dove headfirst into some incredible meets over break! On Tuesday, December 17th the Tigers traveled to New Richmond to compete in a swimming event. Loveland’s top performer was Senior Brandon Day who won the 500-meter freestyle and the 100-meter backstroke. Day not only grabbed two wins but also broke two pool records! On Saturday, December 21st, the Men’s Diving team traveled to Sycamore to compete while the Men’s Swim team traveled to Mariemont High School to compete. Brandon Day grabbed two big wins at Mariemont in the 200-meter freestyle and the 100-meter backstroke earning him ECC Athlete of the Week!
The Men’s Swim Team will swim again on Saturday at 11 AM at Princeton High School while the Men’s Dive Team will dive on Saturday at 2:45 PM at Sycamore High School.
Women’s Swim and Dive Team
The Lady Tiger Swim team also competed at New Richmond on December 17th where several Tigers gained some fantastic accolades! Junior Sarah Lolli won the 200-meter Individual Medley and the 100-meter breaststroke. The Tigers Diving team traveled on December 21st to Sycamore to compete while the swim team traveled to Mariemont High School. Loveland had several individual successes at Mariemont! Lolli again grabbed two wins, one being in the 200-meter freestyle and the other being in the 100-meter butterfly. Lolli’s wins earned her ECC Athlete of the Week. Riley Bullock took 1st place overall at Mariemont with a score of 392.05, Sydney Keil placed 9th with a score of 250.60, and Shelby Cline placed 10th with a score of 250.10. Check out below the impressive dive from one of our very own Loveland Tigers!
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The Women’s Swim Team will swim again on Saturday at 11 AM at Princeton High School and the Women’s Dive Team will dive on Saturday at 2:45 PM at Sycamore High School.
Men’s Bowling
The Loveland Men’s Bowling team is having a great season as they are currently in 2nd place in the ECC with 900.8 points. The bowling team is 6-1 in the ECC and 9-1 overall. Saturday, January 4th the Men’s Bowling team competed at the ECC/SWOC Challenge at Northwest Lanes. Below are the results from the game as well as a video from the competition!
Loveland REGULAR GAMES 1 2 3 4 5 6 PINS AVG Ben Westley 224 203 159 586 195.3 Jeffrey Scott 160 213 373 186.5 Alton French 159 210 369 184.5 Joey Kapszukiewicz 180 182 362 181.0 Sherron Peacock 150 190 340 170.0 Matthew Rychlik 170 163 333 166.5 Sub Bowler 1 199 199 199.0 Anthony Jerdack 189 189 189.0 REGULAR GAMES TOTAL 893 887 971 2751 917.0 BAKER GAMES 1 2 3 4 5 6 PINS AVG 157 201 173 186 215 179 1111 185.2 175 194 184 176 159 160 1048 174.7 TOTALS PINS 4910 https://twitter.com/LovTigers_AD/status/1213112536226156547
The Tigers competed again on Monday, January 6th at Cherry Grove Lanes where they took the win against Turpin with a score of 2460 to 2240. Below is a photo of the results from the match!
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The Men’s Bowling team competed Wednesday, January 8th at 4 PM at Crossgate Lanes against Turpin in which the results have yet to be reported. The Men’s next bowl will be on Saturday at Northwest Lanes for the Lancer Baker Bash.
Women’s Bowling
The Women’s Bowling team is also having quite the season sitting at 8-0 in the ECC and 10-0 overall! On Saturday, January 4th the Tigers bowled at the ECC/SWOC Challenge at Northwest Lanes and captured the winning title! Below are the results from the match-up along with some action footage from the game!
REGULAR GAMES 1 2 3 4 5 6 PINS AVG Grady Pettit 181 218 178 577 192.3 Ashley George 160 147 149 456 152.0 Avery Banasik 113 147 111 371 123.7 Ashley Gilker 161 160 321 160.5 Substitute 1 84 90 174 87.0 Sydney Bodenstein 126 126 126.0 Annelise Dartnell 107 107 107.0 REGULAR GAMES TOTAL 645 799 688 2132 710.7 TOTALS PINS 2132 https://twitter.com/LovTigers_AD/status/1213610158896635904
On January 6th and 8th, the Loveland Women’s Bowling Team faced Turpin where they collected two more wins! On Monday Loveland won with a score of 2251-2191 and on Wednesday won with a score of 1938-1836. Following the most recent competitions, Lady Tiger Grady Pettit is in 3rd place in the ECC for her bowling skills with an average score of 175.4. The Loveland Women’s Bowling team will compete again on Saturday at Northwest Lanes in the Lancer Baker Bash.
Academic Team
The Loveland Academic team is really making a name for themselves in the ECC as they are in 3rd place with a 3-1 record! On Wednesday, January 8th the Tigers competed at Milford, but the score has yet to be reported. The Loveland Tigers will compete again on January 15th at home against Kings High School.
And that wraps up your Loveland Sports 411! Stay tuned for more local Loveland sports news coming soon!
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Winter sports season impressive
by Matt Huether Loveland, Ohio – Loveland High School wraps up a special Winter Sports Season. Loveland teams had many great accomplishments that were earned by the great individual and team efforts.
Final ECC Standings for all teams include:
- Men’s Basketball, tied 4th (with Milford)
- Women’s Basketball, tied 3rd (with Kings)
- Wrestling, 2nd
- Men’s Swimming, 5th
- Women’s Swimming, 4th
- Men’s Bowling, 4th
- Women’s Bowling, tied 2nd (with Milford)
- Academic, 2nd
- Cheer, 3rd
- Dance, 6th.
The updated All-Sports trophy standings are as follows:
- Loveland (112.5)
- Turpin (110.5)
- Kings (106.5)
- Milford (100)
- Walnut Hills (87)
- West Clermont (83)
- Anderson (82)
- Withrow (10.5)
Loveland has won the All-Sports trophy 4 out of the 6 years that the ECC has existed and looks to make it 5 out of 7 with a win this year.
Jillian Hayes was named AP All Southwest Ohio 2nd Team in basketball.
Winter ECC All-Conference Honors
BOYS BASKETBALL:
1st Team Jalen Greiser Matt Toigo 2nd Team Tripp Willis Honorable Mention Ian Cox GIRLS BASKETBALL:
1st Team Jillian Hayes 2nd Team Kate Garry Honorable Mention Marie Plitt BOYS BOWLING:
1st Team Alton French 2nd Team Matthew Rychlik Honorable Mention Jeffrey Scott GIRLS BOWLING:
1st Team Grady Pettit Maria Reich 2nd Team Caitlyn Campbell Maria Eha Yanni Kahrs Honorable Mention Destiny Pelfrey BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING:
1st Team Brandon Day – 200 Yd. Freestyle 2nd Team Brandon Day – 200 Yd. Medley Relay Colin Blackburn Evan Lucas Trey Stutz Honorable Mention Colin Blackburn – 100 Yd. Breaststroke GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING:
Honorable Mention Nami Cannon WRESTLING:
1st Team Jake Cotsonas Richard Mendoza Kobi Milam Jarod Mendoza 2nd Team Brett Hogan Michael Soupene Blake Poteet Brock Erman AJ Bailey ACADEMIC TEAM:
Coach of the Year Jennifer Chast 1st Team Hannah Ackley Simon Grome 2nd Team Sophia Muir
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Andrew Alten Named G-MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Alten earned just about every possible award a football player could receive during his senior season with the Oilers
Findlay, Ohio – Senior football player Andrew Alten was named the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Male Scholar Athlete of the Year, which was announced on July 10 by the league office.
Alten, a native of Loveland, Ohio, earned just about every possible award a football player could receive during his senior season with the Oilers and helped the team to their very first appearance in the NCAA Division II National Playoffs.
Alten secured All-American honors from D2Football.com, the Associated Press, the Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association (D2CCA) and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). He also picked up all-region accolades from the D2CCA and AFCA during his final year at Findlay.
The 2017 Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Offensive Lineman of the Year, Alten was voted first team all-league as well.
While Alten had much success on the field, he was equally as impressive in the classroom. Alten carried a 3.91 grade point average and majored in computer science and math applied computer science. He also had a minor in information processing and is now a graduate student.
Re-print with the permission of University of Findlay Athletics.
The Andrew Alten File
Height: 6-2 Weight: 308 Year: Sr. Hometown: Loveland, Ohio High School: Loveland Position: OL 2017 – Appeared and started in nine games…Named G-MAC Offensive Lineman of the Year…Named first team all-G-MAC…Named first team all-American by AFCA…Named second team all-American by the D2CCA…Named second team all-American by the Associated Press…Named first team all-region by D2CCA…Named Don Hansen first team all-region…Anchored an offensive line that, prior to his injury in week nine, protected its quarterback better than any o-line in the country, allowing just 0.33 sacks per game at that time…In Alten’s nine games, Findlay rushed for 292.3 yards per game (fourth in the country), scored 47.7 points per game (third in the country), and picked up 248 first downs (second in the country). His efforts helped lead an Oilers offense that was one of just two teams in the country in any division to post 250+ yards of rushing offense and passing offense (the other was Ohio State).
2016 – Appeared and started in ten games…Named first team all-GLIAC…Named second team all-region by Don Hansen’s Football Gazette..Helped pave the way for an offense that, for the first time in school hisory, featured a quarterback with 2,500+ passing yards, a receiver with 1,000+ receiving yards, and a tailback with 1,000+ rushing yards in the same season.
2015 – Apperaed and started in all 11 games…Blocked for an offense that put up 36.1 points per game and 477.5 yards per game.
2014 – Appeared in eight games…Made seven starts…Played center, right guard and left guard for the Oilers during the year…Helped pave the way for the Oilers to average 448.4 yards per game and 35.3 points per contest.
Prep – Lettered in football, wrestling and track…Named all-Ohio in football…Was a first team all-conference pick…Earned all-city honors…Named all-conference in wrestling…Was the Ohio 2014 Wrestling State Champion in the heavyweight division. Andrew as a senior was on the 2013 Loveland High School Div. II championship team as an OL.
Personal – Born Andrew Devin Alten…Son of Ed and Leah Alten…Has two brothers, Jacob and David.
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Loveland HS wrestling wins at duals
by Sam Smith Out of fourteen weight classes, Loveland leads ten
Loveland, Ohio – On Saturday, January 20 Loveland hosted the Tom Mihalik Duals, an annual five-school wrestling competition in the Loveland High School gymnasium. The wrestlers won all matches, earning a 5-0 win-loss. Loveland took down Ross 40-25, St. Xavier 56-15, New Richmond 57-12, Dayton Stebbins 58-19, and Winton Woods 58-22. The team is 19-1 on the year for duals. Loveland has won fifteen out of the past twenty-eight Tom Mihalik Duals.
Senior, Ian Knabe received the award for most pins and was named the most valuable wrestler at the meet. Knabe received the John Herdtner Memorial Award in memory of 1971 Loveland graduate and volunteer for his performance. He holds second in the 160-pound weight class in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference.The Tom Mihalik Duals are held in memory of the Loveland educator and coach who began Loveland’s wrestling program in 1963 and served as Loveland’s football, basketball, golf, baseball, and athletic director during his 22 years in the district.
Coach Fred Switzer reacts to a referee’s call against Loveland 
The Mihalik Duals also took time to honor Loveland senior wrestlers with posters, photographs and recognition speeches during Senior Day ceremonies. Wrestlers stood with family, peers and friends as they received praise for their time in the Loveland school district.
In the 106 pound weight category of the Eastern Cincinnati Conference (ECC), Jacob Cotsonas holds first with 22 wins and 5 losses. In 113, Richard Mendoza also holds first with 23 wins and 9 losses. In 132, Kobi Milam is first with 20 wins and 11 losses. Jacob Heyob leads the 138 category with 12 wins and 14 loses. Blake Poteet in 145, Kian Palmer in 152, Drew Vanderhorst in 160, Cade Smeller in 170, Blake Machesky in 182, Jeremy Beamer in 195, and Brock Erdman in 220 all hold first. Out of fourteen weight classes, Loveland leads ten.
A Saint Xavier player is reprimanded in their match against Dayton Stebbins 
Senior Cade Smeller pins a wrestler 
A New Richmond wrestler reacts to Cade Smeller’s swift reversal and win 
Loveland will wrestle at the Loveland High School gymnasium again on Wednesday, January 24 at 5 PM. Loveland will host the first round of the State Team Duals. This dual action will take place in the auxiliary gymnasium.
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