Cincinnati Hills League

Indian Hill's Magical Season Ends

Indian Hill girls' basketball has had a magical season this year. The Braves won the CHL for the 2nd straight year. They have a 27 game league win streak over two seasons. They won the first sectional championship in the school's history and followed that up with their first district championship. Their run for the Division II state championship ended in the regional semi-final game. Kettering Alter was too much for Indian Hill as they down the Braves 58-32. Indian Hill finishes the season with a 22-3 record.
Congratulations to coach Dr. Scott Rogers and his players for a record breaking season at Indian Hill!

Callan Martin Continues To Break Records At Wilmington

Callen Martin, Finneytown graduate, Continues to rewrite the track & field record book at Wilmington College and the Ohio Athletic Conference. The senior won the 55 meter dash at the OAC Indoor Championships with a time of 6.98. She is only the 3rd woman in NCAA Division III history to run under 7 seconds. She will be running at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship this weekend. The meet is being held at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Going into the meet, Callan has the fastest qualifying time in the 55 dash. Check out the story on Callen under In The News link.

Three CHL Wrestlers Get Top Eight Finishes At State Meet

Three league wrestlers achieved podium finishes at the state wrestling championships in Columbus. In Division II, senior Neal Williams of Wyoming ended a record breaking career at Wyoming by finishing 8th in the 160 pound weight class. Last year in Division III, Joe Bruewer of Deer Park defeated Johnny Carpenter of Madeira for 3rd place in the 130 pound weight class. This year, both wrestlers moved up weight classes. For the second straight year, Joe, a senior, was the highest place CHL wrestler. He finished 4th in the 140 pound class. Meanwhile, Johnny, a junior, was 5th in the 135 pound class. Junior Tyler Kelly (130) & senior Kirby Acus (171) from Reading did not place at the Division III championship. Congratulations to all five CHL wrestlers and their coaches for qualifying for the state meet.
Check out the state team scores and top eight placers under the Wrestling link, Conference Meet.

Indian Hill Girls' Basketball Moves On; Madeira, Wyoming End Season

Three league girls' basketball teams played in district finals. One will move on to the regional. In Division III, Madeira a tough challenge going against the #4 ranked team in the state in Division III, Middletown Madison. The Mohawks improved to 24-0 with a 49-25 win over Madeira. The Amazons finish the season 15-8. In Division II, Wyoming also had a tough challenge. The Cowboys went up against the #3 D2 team in the state, Kettering Alter. Wyoming got behind early and couldn't catch up as Alter won 57-36. The Cowboys finish the season 18-4. Indian Hill, ranked 7th in the state in Division II, took on #4 ranked Tipp City Tippecanoe. It was their first trip ever to a district finals. The Lady Red Devils came into the game with a 21 game win streak. The game was close most of the first half. The Braves' leading scorer, Nicole Bell got her first basketball towards the end of the 2nd quarter. The sophomore had a big basket right at the end of the half to put Indian Hill up by 7. The game stayed close most of the 3rd quarter, but in the 4th, the Braves started to pull away. They ended up winning 63-44. Senior Kelly Dunham joined Bell as the top scorer with 18 points. It was the 3rd time this season Dunham had score 18 in a game. Bell had 14 of her 18 points in the 2nd half, including 6 for 6 from the foul line. The Braves move on to the Division II Regional Semi-Finals for the first time in the school's history. Indian Hill (22-2) will meet Kettering Alter at Springfield High School on Tuesday, March 9th. The game will begin at 8:00.

Indian Hill Boys' Basketball Moves On, Madeira Loses A Heartbreaker

Two CHL teams played in sectional finals, with one moving on. Shroder Paideia for the second straight game handed a CHL team a heart breaking lost. The Jaguars edged Madeira 57-55 in the Division III sectional finals. Shroder is playing on an emotional high. Their coach, a Cincinnati police officer, is recovering from a gunshot wound suffered last week. Last year in the girl's sectional finals, McNicholas beat Indian Hill. McNick's girls' coach form last year, Tim Monahan, became the boys' coach this season. For the 2nd straight year, Monahan had to meet Indian Hill in a Division II sectional game. This time, the Braves dominated, winning easily 76-55. Indian Hill will now meet Dayton Dunbar, rank #2 in the state, in the Division II District Final. The game will be played at the University of Dayton arena on Wednesday, March 10th at 5:30.

New Way Of Listing Results

We have a new way of listing some of our results on the website. We can now copy results off of Baum's Page and other web links onto the CHL website. In wrestling, check under the Conference Meet link. Listed there will be the CHL league results from this year. Also listed are the sectional & district team scores and results for the top six places. We will have the state results listed over the weekend.
We went to swimmeet.com to get the league swimming & diving results. They are posted under the Conference Meet link for both boys' & girls' swimming.
This kind of posting will also be done with track & field and cross country.
We hope you enjoy this new update to the website.

Oberholzer Repeats As State Champ

Celia Oberholzer won the state Division II 100 Backstroke for the second year in a row and her Cowboy teammates had their fourth straight top ten finish. Wyoming tied for 7th at the state championship meet in Canton. Mariemont was 11th and Indian Hill tied for 13th. Oberholzer, a junior, won the 100 Backstroke with a time of 56.64. She also finished 7th in the 50 Freestyle (24.83). The 200 Medley Team of Oberholzer, sophomore Rachael Theiler, junior Mariah Akinbi, & sophomore Abby Gibons had a 4th place finish with a time of 1:50.58. Hannah Vester of Indian Hill had a 7th place finish (1:55.13) in the 200 Freestyle. The sophomore follow that up with a 6th place finish (5:06.06) in the 500 Freestyle. Teammate Elizabeth Heinbach was 8th in the 200 IM (2:11.32). Mariemont had two relay teams that finished well. The 200 Medley team of junior Jordon Walter, senior Emily Richards, freshman Claire Mongenas, & sophomore Rebecca Adams placed 7th with a time of 1:51.13. The 200 Freestyle Relay team of Mongenas, Adams, senior Bridget Mahorney, & sophomore Mackenzie Shelley finished 4th with a time of 1:39.13.
Congratulations to all the swimmers & divers and their coaches on a great season and making it to the state championship!

Hines And Two Wyoming Relay Teams State Champs

CHL boys' had a strong showing at the Division II State Swimming Championships. When the evening was done, the league had three state champions and several other swimmers with great performances. This is the second year that Ohio had a state Division II swim & dive meet. For the second year in a row, Wyoming finished runner-up. The Cowboys had 250 points, 48 less than state champ University. Mariemont finished 10th. Indian Hill & Taylor tied for 15th & Madeira was 47th. Tow Wyoming relay teams finished 1st and the third relay team was a close 2nd. The 200 Freestyle relay of junior Owen Dunbar, sophomore Pat Dierker, junior AJ Burt, & senior Michael Murphy won with a time of 1:26.19. The team had a 1:26.18 in the prelims. The 400 Freestyle team of Dierker, Dunbar, sophomore Eric Lethander, & senior Zach Fischer were also champs. Their time was 3:09.65. Fiiishing runner-up nwas the 200 Medley team of Fischer, Murphy, Burt, & senior Jonathan Profitt. Their time of 1:35.32 was under last year's state record and only .47 behind 1st place University. profitt, last year's state champ in the 100 Breaststroke, was 4th this year with a time of 58.68. Teammate AJ Burt was 6th in 1:00.37. Michael Murphy was 3rd in the 100 Butterfly (50.77) and 6th in the 100 Freestyle (47.21). Zach Fischer was 4th in the 500 Freestyle (21.53) and 2nd in the 100 Backstroke (52.07). The only swimmer to beat him in the 100 Backstroke was Brad Hines. The senior from Taylor had a time of 51.80 becoming his school's first state swim champ since 2006. Hines also had a 6th place finish in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 21.64. Sophomore Mack Rice of Indian Hill was runner-up in the 200 IM (1:53.75) & 6th in the 100 Butterfly (51.18). Mariemont's 200 Freestyle Relay team of sophomore Nate Wagner, senior Steven Helmrich, senior Michael Carrigan, & junior Andy Gorman was 5th with a time of 1:30.53.
Congratulations to all of the swimmers & divers and their coaches on a great season and making it to the state meet!
Check out stories under the In The News link about Brad Hines & the Wyoming team.

Three CHL Divers Top Ten State Finishes

In the state Division II diving championships in Canton, three CHL boys' had top ten finishes. Cameron Merten of Wyoming was the highest place finisher of all of the CHL divers. The senior had a 5th place finish. Sophomore Connor Von Korff of Indian Hill was 7th and Sophomore Nate Meyer of Taylor was 9th. Junior Anna Shuller of Indian Hill was the highest place CHL finisher for the girls. She was 16th.

Information Is Complete For CHL State Champs

All of the individual and team state champs are now entered. The list is as complete as I can find. If anyone else knows any state champs to add, or corrections to be made, let me know. You can email the SID at the address below. Meanwhile, go to the State Champions link and check out all of our league state champs!

CHL In Its 25th Season

The Cincinnati Hills League will be celebrating its 25th year as a league during the 2009-2010 season. Look for some special articles this coming year to celebrate the 25 years of the league.

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Cable Television Links

Two public access studios, ICRC TV and Waycross Community Media, will at various times during the season cover CHL teams. We will update the Website with any broadcasts. Instead of putting the playback schedule each time, you can get the schedule through the access websites or call the studios. ICRC will also televise sports events on their website.
ICRC - icrctv.com or 772-4272
Waycross - waycross.org or 825-2429