CHL News

Fall Weekly Update 8/30 - 9/4

This is the first full week of fall sports. Check out stories on CHL teams under the In The News link. Although some sports have posted stats, it will be a couple of weeks before all of them are up & going.

FOOTBALL
In the first regular season week, the CHL split their 8 non-league games.
Wyoming got the season going Thursday night in one of the Crosstown Showdown games. The Cowboys, behind Kyle Seyfried's 3 TD passes, beat Edgewood 21-7. Max Kadish caught a 2 yard TD pass in the 1st quarter. Edgewood tied the game in the 2nd quarter. Jonathan Tighe caught a 41 yard touchdown to take the lead for good. He added a 30 yard TD catch in the 4th quarter. Wyoming's defense held a good offensive Edgewood team to one score. It was the 11th straight regular season victory for Wyoming.

Taylor ran up a 36-8 lead at half over Ludlow and finished with a 36-20 win. The Yellowjackets had five rushing touchdowns. Jason Sauer had TD runs of 2, 46, & 1 yards. Alex Haussler had 149 yards rushing including a 66 yard TD run. Jake Proffitt added a 9 yard TD. Taylor's defense caused Ludlow to throw three interceptions.

Madeira built up a 35-6 half time lead and went on to a 49-20 win over Batavia. The Mustangs had 311 yards rushing. Isaac Rupe opened the scoring for Madeira with a 25 yard TD run. In the 2nd quarter, QB Patrick McClanahan scored on a 2 yard run. But the 2nd quarter belonged to Joe Bodar. Bodar had two 3 yard touchdown runs and after Batavia had their 1st touchdown, Bodar had a 90 yard kickoff return for his 3rd TD of the quarter. In the 2nd half, McClanahan had a 59 yard fumble recovery and Rupe added his 2nd TD with a 53 yard run. Kicker Zach Janson was 7 for 7 in PAT's.

Mariemont had 464 yards of offense, most of it on the ground, as the Warriors downed Bethel-Tate 41-12. Mariemont had a 13-12 lead at half and then ran off 28 unanswered points. Jake Griffin had 159 yards rushing & 2 TD runs. Griffin Donnelly had 133 yards rushing and added two TD runs. Quarterback Eric Nerl had 3 TD passes to Donnelly, Tim Sattergren, & Chip Stewart.

Reading held a 14-13 lead at half, but could not hold on as North College Hill defeated the Blue Devils 27-14.
Rashid Kyte scored first for Reading with a 5 yard run. Quarterback Mason Antoun had an 88 yard TD run.

Indian Hill had a tough opening game against a good McNicholas team. The Rockets downed the Braves 34-10. Tommy McClure caught a Sam Voss pass for a 28 yard TD. Alex Thompson had a 37 yard field goal.

Zach Meyer scored on a 14 yard run in the 1st quarter to put Deer Park up 6-0 over New Richmond. But it was all Lions after that as they went on to down the Wildcats 48-13. QB Daniel Sporing made a 4th quarter TD on a 13 yard run.

Northwest beat Finneytown 40-19. We have limited information on the game. Finneytown did have 3 rushing TDs.

This week, seven of the eight teams have home games. Only Deer Park is on the road as the Wildcats travel across the river to meet Dixie. This is the 2nd week of non-league games. Three games are big match-ups. Turpin is at Wyoming, CHCA is at Madeira, & Valley View is at Indian Hill.

BOYS' GOLF
Wyoming is off to a fast start as the Cowboys are 14-0 overall & 7-0 in league play. Taylor, Indian Hill, & Mariemont all have winning records. Three CHL teams played in the Kings/Mason Invitational last week. The invite had mostly D1 teams. Taylor was 14th, Madeira 22nd, & Finneytown 25th. Stephen Beamer of Madeira was the top D2 golfer with a score of 79. Matt Nickoson of Taylor had an 82 and teammate Brad Rapking had an 83. Here are some of the other scores:
Indian Hill 166, Summit 171, Fenwick 172 Eddie Fink had a 39
Indian Hill 156, Madeira 191, Finneytown 243 Eddie Fink & Jesse Terbrueggen of Indian Hill were co-medalists with 37's on the front 9 at Carmargo
August 9th match - St. Xavier 327, Taylor 318
Taylor 164 Fenwick 179 Matt Nickoson was medalists with a 36 on the back 9 at Sharon Woods. Dylan Lee had a 39.
Wyoming 161, Seven Hills 165, Milford 183 Adam Crider was medalist with a 36. Joseph Dulemba had a 37.
Wyoming 167, McNicholas Green 172, Madeira 180, McNicholas Gold 189
Taylor 148 Mariemont 177 Brad Rapking of Taylor was medalist with a 36 on the front 9 of Shawnee Lookout.
Kaleb Sisson, Matt Nickoson, & Dyaln Lee of Taylor all had scores of 37. Taylor's 148 is the lowest CHL nine hole score so far this season.
Wyoming 159, Reading 186. Blake Durbin of Reading was medalist with a score of 36 on the front 9 at Sharon Woods. Colin Fogel of Wyoming had a 39.
Badin 171 Finneytown 210

There are 10 matches scheduled for this week, three of them league. Mariemont will be at Reading on Wednesday and a match-up of the 3rd & 4th place teams, Indian Hill & Mariemont, will be on Thursday.
The big match of the week will be on Monday. Taylor will be at Wyoming. The Cowboys won the league preview by 7 strokes over the Yellowjackets. Taylor is coming off a match last Wednesday in which they had a season low 148, with four players under 40.
Check out the story below on the CHL Preview tourney.

GIRLS' TENNIS
Early in the season, Indian Hill is 3-0 & Mariemont is 2-1
There are 16 matches scheduled this week. Four league matches, the first of the season, will be on Thursday. Monday, Wyoming had a home match against D1 Walnut Hills. Indian Hill has three matches this week against Division I schools. They are at home Monday against Mount Notre Dame and Wednesday against Mason. Tuesday they are at Loveland.

VOLLEYBALL
The CHL teams started the season going 8-2 against non-league teams. Madeira had won their invite with wins over Felicity-Franklin, Purcell-Marian, & Hamilton. Mariemont beat Bethel-Tate & Georgetown. Indian Hill split home games with Milford & McNicholas. Deer Park won their opener in four games over Norwood. Wyoming won a five game set against Fairfield.

There are 16 games scheduled for this week. There will be eight league games Tuesday & Thursday. Saturday, Reading will have a tri-match at Badin with Turpin.

GIRLS' SOCCER
In the first week, CHL teams were 8-6-3 against non-league opponents. Indian Hill had shut-out wins against Clark Montessori & Summit. Madeira shut-out Amelia and tied Fenwick. Wyoming shut out Princeton and tied McNicholas & Summit. Reading shut-out Purcell Marian & lost to Roger Bacon. Finneytown shut out Winton Woods. Mariemont shut out Roger Bacon, beat Cincinnati Country Day 3-1 and dropped a 1-0 decision to Badin.

There are 12 games on for this week. Four league games will be on Wednesday.

BOYS' SOCCER
Madeira started the season with 3 wins. The Mustangs beat Roger Bacon, Mt. Healthy, & Cincinnati Christian, out scoring them 23-1. Mariemont out scored Cincinnati Country Day & Batavia 11-0 to start the season. Reading won their first game 3-1 over Clark Montessori. Wyoming split their first two games, losing to to D1 Lebanon and blanking Roger Bacon 6-0. Finneytown has one of the hardest non-league schedules in the league. The Wildcats started the season with ties against Fairfield & Turpin. They lost 4-0 to Perrysburg (Toledo area).

There are 14 games scheduled for this week. Four league games will be on Tuesday. Four of the 10 non-league games are against Division I schools. On Saturday, Reading will have a home game at noon against Canterbury School from Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

BOYS' & GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY
The Henry Jacquez Invitational was hosted by Moeller and was held at the Voice of America Park (site of the cross country districts). In the girls' race, Wyoming was 2nd, only 8 points behind D1 Mercy. Emily Stites won the race with a time of 19:55. Wyoming had three other girls in the top 10. Amelia Irvine was 5th, Noel Demott 8th, & Sammy Schwartz 9th. Mariemont was 5th with Stacy Purcell the top Warrior runner.
In the boys' race Wyoming was 3rd & Mariemont 4th. Seth Gold of Wyoming was 4th overall. Brain Austin of Mariemont was 9th.

At the Brian Plasman Invitational hosted by Fairfield, Finneytown had three runners with top ten finishes. In the girls' race, Jaylah Howell was 6th. In the boys' race, TJ Leimbach was 6th & Marius Gehrke was 8th.

On Saturday, September 4th, Deer Park, Finneytown, Mariemont, & Taylor will be at the Lebanon Invitational. Wyoming will travel to Greenville, Ohio, for the Treaty City Invitational.

Non-League Update 8/30

There are two non-league fall sports. For those who don't know, the CHL requires at least five schools to have a particular sport team to be a recognized league sport. There are four schools that have girls' golf: Indian Hill, Mariemont, Taylor, & Wyoming. All four schools are Division II.

Indian Hill is the only CHL school that has girls' field hockey. There are fewer than 40 schools in Ohio that have field hockey teams. Indian Hill field hockey played their 1st game of the season, winning 4-1 over Summit. Laura Sloneker had 2 goals. Emily Rentschler & Kelly Hilmer had one goal each. Coach Paula Childs is excited about this season. She has 20 girls on varsity (including 10 seniors) & 21 on junior varsity. They play in the Southwest Ohio Field Hockey league that includes teams from Cincinnati & Dayton. Indian Hill has a home game with Magnificat on Saturday, September 4th.

Several girls' golf matches have taken place. Here are the scores that we have:
McNicholas 185 Taylor 210
Taylor 196 Cincinnati Country Day 239 Sara Reatherford was medalist with 47 on the front 9 at Shawnee Lookout.
Taylor 201 Mariemont 223 Medalist was Sara Reatherford with a 48 on the front 9 at Shawnee Lookout.
Milford 213 Taylor 226 Wyoming 243
Mercy 200 Wyoming 212 Levy Wyoming was co-medalist with a 46 on the back 9 at Miami Whitewater.
Little Miami 206 Mariemont 234
Seton 172 Wyoming 222
Mt. Notre Dame 178 Indian Hill 194 Pari Keller was medalist with a 42 on the front 9 at Eagles Nest.
Indian Hill 206 Loveland 215 McKenna Kornman was medalist with a 45 on the back 9 at Carmargo.
Mercy 204 Indian Hill 213 Pari Keller was medalist on the front 9 at Kenwood.
Indian Hill 185 Mariemont 200 Pari Keller was medalist on the front 9 at Little Miami.
Taylor 215 Indian Hill 217 McKenna Kornman (Indian Hill) was medalist with a 48 at Terrace Park.
Indian Hill 209 Wyoming 231 McKenna Kornman was medalist with a 47.

Indian Hill has matches with Cincinnati Country Day/Milford (8/30), Kings (9/1), and Mariemont (9/2).
Mariemont has matches with Wyoming (8/30), McNicholas (8/31), & Indian Hill.
Taylor has a match with Seton (9/1).
Wyoming has matches with Mariemont, Kings (9/1), & McAuley (9/2).

Wyoming Takes Golf Preview, Rapking Medalist

Wyoming won the CHL Golf Preview, held at Weatherwax Golf Course in Middletown. The Cowboys had a score of 323. The teams combined the scores of their top four golfers, with each golfer playing 18 holes. Wyoming placed five golfers in the top ten individuals. Colin Fogel was 2nd overall (77), Patrick Schuholz was tied for 6th (81), Adam Crider was 8th (82), and Brian Spitzig & Sam Meyers tied for 9th (83). Taylor, last year's CHL champ, was 2nd with a score of 330. Brad Rapking was the medalist for the tourney with a score of 75. Matt Nickoson was tied for 3rd with a 78. Indian Hill was 3rd with a score of 333. Jesse Terbrueggen was tied for 3rd (78) & Eddie Fink was tied for 6th (81). Madeira's Stephen Beamer was 5th, shooting a 79.

This counts for six league matches for each school. All schools will play each other during the regular season for 6 more matches. The league tourney, scheduled for Sharon Woods on September 25th, will also count as six league matches.
Check out the compete team scores and the top 20 individual scorers under the boys' tennis link, Preview.

Another Record Breaking Year For The Website

Once again, we have set a record for visits to the CHL Website. At the end of our 2009-2010 year (our year is August 1 - July 31), we had 656,711 website visits.
Since the website was started four years ago, we have gone up in "hits" every year:
2006-2007 - 161,991
2007-2008 - 417,105
2008-2009 - 626,937

Now that we are entering our 5th season, we hope to continue to go up in visits. As always, we appreciate your support of the website.

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!

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Cable Television Links

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ICRC - icrctv.com or 772-4272
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