Konkoly, Lacewell perform at state
By Tony Meale • tmeale@communitypress.com The Oak Hills High School track team had a pair of first-time state qualifiers perform at the OHSAA Division I State Track and Field Championships at Jesse...
View ArticleRusso guides Lancers to state title
By Tony Meale • tmeale@communitypress.com Frank Russo did it again. The La Salle High School track team has won its second state title in program history and its first since 1994. “We felt like we had...
View ArticleDan Fleming at full strength
La Salle head basketball coach Dan Fleming, who suffered a heart attack in March, is back at full strength. “I went to see the doctor on June 3,” Fleming said. “I was there for about two hours, and...
View ArticleLa Salle’s Trey Casey has team-first philosophy
By Tony Meale • tmeale@communitypress.com At a recent summer camp session, La Salle High School basketball coach Dan Fleming invoked the name of Trey Casey. Fleming has known Casey for as long as he...
View ArticleSeton’s Katie Phillips a success in, outside lines
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com To say Seton High School’s Katie Phillips had a lot on her plate during her prep years is an understatement. The future Tennessee Tech University...
View ArticleElder’s Nathan Sexton excels in all areas
By Tony Meale • tmeale@communitypress.com If you’d like to get an idea of Nathan Sexton’s work ethic, look no further than the following facts. As a freshman, the recent Elder High School graduate...
View ArticleHard work, humility keys for Mercy’s Amy Feie
By Tony Meale • tmeale@communitypress.com By all accounts, it was supposed to be a down year. Well, Amy Feie didn’t get the memo. The Mother of Mercy High school softball team had graduated six seniors...
View ArticleErika Leonard named LaRosa’s MVP finalist
By Tony Meale • tmeale@communitypress.com Erika Leonard, perhaps the top softball player in Mother of Mercy High School history, was named a finalist for the 25th Annual LaRosa’s MVP of the Year award...
View ArticleBack at home in the sports beat
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com It feels good to be home. Though to be fair, I never actually left. I started covering sports for The Community Press in August 2000 at the ripe old age of...
View ArticleSummer success has Elder golf optimistic
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com If this summer is any indication, autumn will be kind to the Elder High School golf team. Several Panthers, led by seniors Daniel Schwarz and Tyler Smith,...
View ArticlePanthers golf poised for special season
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Elder High School last won a Greater Catholic League title in 1989. Head coach Mike Trimpe won’t make any bold predictions, but this year’s Panther squad...
View ArticleSeniors, Saints optimistic for new season
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com There is an optimism surrounding the Seton High School golf team as it begins the new fall season. Seniors Molly Arnold and Sarah Banfill return from a...
View ArticleRoundtable: First look at golf, cross country
Community Press staff sports reporters Nick Dudukovich, Ben Walpole and Scott Springer discuss the golf and cross country teams to watch this fall, including Anderson, Ursuline, Elder, Taylor,...
View ArticleMercy loads up for run at success
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Scott Ridder hopes last year’s league meet was only the beginning for his Mother of Mercy High School cross country team. The Bobcats placed three runners...
View ArticleA first glance at other cross country teams in the area
The following are first looks at other schools and teams in the Community Press coverage area not specifically featured in main cross country stories. Amelia boys The Barons are coming off a...
View ArticleElder cross country alumni reunion Aug. 20
Elder High School is hosting its first cross country alumni reunion, from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20 in the Elder cafeteria. All Elder cross country alumni and friends welcome. The cost is $15....
View ArticleRoundtable: Volleyball, tennis previews discussed
Community Press reporters Nick Dudukovich, Scott Springer and Ben Walpole talk about teams they’ll be looking at when they prepare the volleyball and girls tennis previews, which will hit the print...
View ArticleBobcats volleyball primed for big season
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Hope is not in short supply for the Mother of Mercy High School volleyball team. Not with five returning seniors from the starting rotation for last year’s...
View ArticleMustangs prep for new gym, run at league title
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com School fields around the city are full of sports teams getting ready for the fall. Soccer teams, football teams… volleyball teams. Volleyball teams? Yes,...
View ArticleWiegman talks tactics for Mercy tennis
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com To hear Mary Beth Wiegman talk one might think she was Mercy High School’s new chess coach. She’s not. She’s the Bobcats’ new tennis coach. But her coaching...
View ArticleGamble Gators begin inaugural football season
By Jason Hoffman • jhoffman312@communitypress.com The Gamble Montessori High School Gators take the field this week to begin their inaugural season in Division VI football after a split with their...
View ArticleSize, skill, experience a winning formula at West High
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com It is fair to call this a “big” season for the Western Hills High School football team. With a starting lineup featuring three players 275 pounds and...
View ArticleOlder, wiser Panthers look to bounce back
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Last year’s 4-5 record isn’t particularly impressive. But Elder High School head football coach Doug Ramsey doesn’t think it tells the whole story. “We...
View ArticleLancers’ new seniors set to make mark
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com MONFORT HEIGHTS – La Salle High School’s 2010 football season will be hard to duplicate. It was a magical year for the Lancers, who went 9-2 and won...
View ArticleCrosstown Showdown predictions
The Community Press and Recorder reporters give their two cents about which teams they think will come away with wins this week in the Crosstown Showdown games, which start tonight (Aug. 24) as Wyoming...
View ArticleCoombs keeps ‘Cats in Cincinnati
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com Since joining then-coach Brian Kelly’s UC staff in late 2006 from Colerain High School, Kerry Coombs has concentrated on scouring the I-275 belt and...
View ArticlePanthers eye improvement on soccer field
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com PRICE HILL – Keith Schaeper is convinced his Elder High School soccer team will be better this year. The only question is how much. “The kids are definitely...
View ArticleSaints soccer optimistic despite heavy losses
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com PRICE HILL – At first glance, it would seem Ron Quinn needs his head examined. He’s optimistic? The Seton High School soccer team graduated five seniors who...
View ArticleMSJ football sees changes for 2011-12
By Adam Turer • presspreps@gmail.com DELHI TWP. – Which College of Mount St. Joseph football team is going to show up in 2011? The Lions have alternately toyed with mediocrity and success since...
View ArticleCov Cath/La Salle football game moved to 10 a.m. Saturday
The football game between Covington Catholic and La Salle in Park Hills has been moved to 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 at Cov Cath. The move from 1 p.m. was for potential heat index concerns.
View ArticleTMC Saints football looks for 4-peat
By Adam Turer • presspreps@gmail.com CRESTVIEW HILLS – The Thomas More Saints return 16 starters in their quest to repeat as Presidents’ Athletic Conference champions for the fourth straight season....
View ArticleSteeped in tradition, Panther cross country reloads
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com PRICE HILL – The tradition speaks for itself. Steve Spencer took over the Elder High School cross country program in 1976. In 35 seasons as head coach, his...
View ArticleSaints riding excitement of fast start
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com PRICE HILL – Seton High School head tennis coach Margo Jokovich can’t schedule an off day. She tries. Her players protest. “I’ve been asked to run practices...
View ArticleWestern Hills returns to West Side with big win
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com WESTERN HILLS – Every football team has a homecoming game each season. But this was a whole different kind of homecoming. The Western Hills High School...
View ArticleNKU men’s soccer ready to defend national title
By Adam Turer • presspreps@gmail.com Despite winning the 2010 Division II National Championship, Northern Kentucky University’s men’s soccer team entered the 2011 season hungry for success. The seniors...
View ArticleMercy, Seton flash potential for second-half success
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com This week marks the halfway point for the high school volleyball season. Last Tuesday night’s volleyball match between Mother of Mercy and Seton, Sept. 20,...
View ArticleBobcats rewrite school records in golf
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com WESTWOOD – Rick Niklas showed his Mother of Mercy High School golfers the school record book before the season started. “I wanted to put something out there...
View ArticlePass rush, key plays lift Bombers past Elder
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com The box score did not tell the whole story. The Elder High School football team outgained St. Xavier 235-227 in total yards. The Panthers had possession of...
View ArticleRoundtable: Writers discuss weeks 6, 7 in football
The Community Press sports writers Nick Dudukovich, Scott Springer and Ben Walpole discuss Ohio high school football happenings in week 6 and look ahead to week 7. They discuss schools that include...
View ArticleMoeller/Elder football to promote breast cancer awareness
(Provided) CINCINNATI – One in eight women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. At Archbishop Moeller High School, many mothers of football players have recently been diagnosed with this...
View ArticleSeton’s Arnold overcomes back pain to advance
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com A sore back mixed with early-morning golf is a disaster waiting to happen. So it wasn’t surprising when Seton High School senior Molly Arnold struggled on...
View ArticleDulle leads Elder into district tourney
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com This result was good enough to flap even the most unflappable. Elder High School senior Cory Dulle, known by his coach for his even-keeled temperament on...
View ArticleLast-minute good news sends Elder to state golf tournament
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com It just goes to show you should never believe the rumor mill. The Elder High School golf team had just finished its round at the Division I district...
View ArticleSaints bow out at districts
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com The ride ended at the round of districts for three Seton High School athletes still competing last week. Senior golfer Molly Arnold closed her Seton career...
View ArticleSeton runner sets Pace despite illness
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com The timing is almost poetic. Seton High School cross country senior Anne Pace the week after the district meet getting ready to compete at regionals. Two...
View ArticleVolleyball dreams realized for Mercy senior
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com WESTWOOD – It all started with a modest goal. Marissa Prinzbach was a fifth-grader on the St. James School volleyball team. She wanted to be a team manager...
View ArticleMichel GCL South’s top runner
La Salle High School senior Drew Michel was named the Greater Catholic League South Division’s Athlete of the Year for cross country. Michel qualified for the Division I state cross country...
View ArticleCatching up with college athletes
The Community Press and Recorder newspapers are seeking submissions from parents of college athletes to let their hometown communities know how the student-athletes are doing. We’re looking for...
View ArticlePress Preps Roundtable: Talking girls, boys basketball
In this week’s Press Preps Roundtable videos, James Weber, Nick Dudukovich, Scott Springer and Tom Skeen discuss Ohio and Kentucky high school boys and girls basketball. For the girls, team discussed...
View ArticleBluegrass-Buckeye charity basketball tournament on Saturday
(Provided) Five games between boys’ high school basketball teams from Kentucky and Ohio make up the schedule for the 10th annual Bluegrass-Buckeye Charity Classic on Jan. 7 at two local high schools....
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