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“Football is something we do, not who we are.”

The young man in white, #5, is an opponent. He tore his ACL the previous week. He is probably dealing with disappointment, pain, uncertainty, and the reality that his season—and maybe a big part of what he had planned for himself—just changed.

And the young man in blue, sees him.

He doesn’t see an opponent.

He sees a kid who is hurting.

And instead of talking trash, celebrating the matchup, or simply walking away after the game, he asks him:

“Can I pray for you?”

That’s leadership.

That’s character.

That’s the kind of thing you can’t put on a stat sheet.

Nobody told him to do it. No coach instructed him to do it. There wasn’t a camera crew standing there asking him to make a statement.

He simply recognized another young man was hurting and decided to do something about it.

And sports have a funny way of teaching us that the person standing across from us isn’t necessarily our enemy. Competition can be fierce while still allowing us to have tremendous respect and compassion for the person we’re competing against. Sportsmanship is fundamentally about treating opponents with dignity and respect, including showing concern when they are injured.

The CHL Fall Sports Season still has seven undefeated teams:

Football:   Wyoming and Deer Park   3-0

Girls Tennis:   Mariemont   10-0

Girls Golf:   Madeira   9-0

Boys Golf:   Indian Hill   5-0

Volleyball:   Wyoming  6-0

Girls Soccer:   Indian Hill   5-0-0

This Week’s Top CHL Performers:

Football:

David Dupee, Wyoming QB  14-18 for 223 yards and 3 TDs. In 3 games this season David is 53-69 (76.8%) for 772 yards, 11 TDS and 0 INTs.

Jonas Whalen, Wyoming RB  17 carries for 160 yards and 2 TDS.

Brylan Miltenberger, Wyoming WR  5 catches for 125 yards and a TD.

Devlan Daniel, Indian Hill QB  9-13 for 115 yards and a TD along with 6 carries for 105 yards and 2 more TDs.

Jacob Alexander, Indian Hill RB  13 carries for 132 yards and 4 TDS.

Tink Sellers, Deer Park QB  4-6 83 yards and 2 TDs along with 6 carries for 47 yards and another TD.

Morgan Brown, Deer Park RB  17 carries for 190 yards and 2 TDs.

Volleyball: Three girls are already in triple digits in statistical categories.

Kylie Stutzman, Taylor   100 kills

Ava Allen, Reading    103 digs

Elle Seichter, Mariemont    156 assists

Boys Soccer:  it is early but two CHL goalies already have 3 shutouts.

Trey Mu’Min, Finneytown and Michael O’Cull, Mariemont.

Girls Soccer:  Piper Shull, Wyoming leads the CHL with 17 points (7 goals) an two CHL goalies already have 4 shutouts on the season:

Gsbriella Brennan, Taylor and Hayden Cushman, Indian Hill.

Boys and Girls Golf:  Lowest Nine Hole Averages:

Boys-Austin Marty, Wyoming Freshman:  38.1

Girls-Ellie Hartung, Madeira Junior:  34.7

Girls Volleyball:  Kylie Stutzman, Taylor Senior and returning CHL Player of the Year has 81 Kills in 5 matches.

Girls Tennis:  Mariemont 7-0, Wyoming 7-1, Taylor 5-1

Boys Soccer:  Madeira 4-1, Mariemont 3-1, Finneytown 3-1-1

Girls Soccer:  Indian Hill 4-0, Mariemont 3-1, Reading 2-1-1

Field Hockey:  Indian Hill 2-0

Football:  Year of the QB in the CHL:  David Dupee, Wyoming has thrown for 549 yards in 2 games.  Devlan Daniel, Indian Hill has amassed 341 all purpose yards in 2 games.  Other top CHL QB's are Tink Sellers, Deer Park, Charlie Kantz, Taylor and Cooper Blackburn, Madeira.