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Erlanger Recorder
July 22, 2010
HIGH SCHOOL | YOUTH | Editor Melanie Laughman | mlaughman@communitypress.com | 513-248-7573
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Fuldner wins amateur golf title By James Weber jweber@nky.com
Eric Fuldner dominated the field to win the Northern Kentucky Men’s Amateur golf championship July 15 at Hickory Sticks in California. Fuldner shot 133 to win by seven shots in the championship finals over Mark Krahe’s 140. Fuldner is a graduate of Campbell County High School and Northern Kentucky University. Krahe is also a former NKU golfer and is an Edgewood native. Ryle graduate and University of Cincinnati golfer Andrew Desmarais finished in third place. St.
Henry graduate Sean O’Daniel was fourth to earn the last championship trophy. Doug Danner of Florence was fifth, tied with Sy Mandle of Union. Florence native Jerod Cahill was seventh and Nick Niehaus of Taylor Mill eighth. Contestants played one round for score, then two rounds of match play to get to the final eight for the final medal-play round. Brandon Allender won the first flight championship over Justin Jolly. Championship flight: Eric Fuldner 133, Mark Krahe 140, Andrew Desmarais 143, Sean O’Daniel 145, Doug Danner 146,
Sy Mandle 146, Jerod Cahill 154, Nick Niehaus 156. Second-round match play losers: Brook Reeves, Charlie Nieman, Joe Ruzick, Brandon Kramer, Andrew Kinman, Lance Lucas, Rob Flanigan, Jason Cahill. First flight: Brandon Allender 74, Justin Jolly 74, Bradley Kohls 75, Steve Rickels 77, Kevin Flynn 78, Greg Schuh 79, Mark McFadden 79, Adam Carroll 79, Alex Vaught 84, Ben Kroger 87. Second-round match play losers: Curtis Bihl, Mark Collett, Trevor Cockayne, Randy Keegan, Mickey Sutton, Todd Brandenburg, Ron Miller, John Hester, Norb Baute, Skip Goley.
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St. Henry graduate Sean O’Daniel finished fourth in the Northern Kentucky Mens’ Amateur golf tournament.
Knothole city finals start July 24 By James Weber jweber@nky.com
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New Cincinnati Marlins Head Coach Sue House, on left, celebrates her new position with Head Marlin Coach Chris Wolford and Assistant Marlin Coach Jerri Freimuth.
Marlins hire coach, seek swimmers Former Cincinnati Marlin, Sue (Hartman) House will take over head coaching duties at the Cincinnati Marlins South location, which practices at Northern Kentucky University. House comes to the Marlins after 29 years as the head coach of East Central High School swim team in Indiana. During her career, House coached swimmers to three individual high school state titles and more than 20 swimmers to Indiana agegroup state titles. Sue was named Coach of the Year by the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference
20 times for the girls and 22 times for the boys. She was also named the Indiana High School Coach of the year in 2002. In addition to her coaching accomplishments, Sue has been the swim lesson coordinator for the East Central Community for the last 30 years. This program teaches 200-300 swimmers each year. She is a Red Cross instructor for water safety, lifeguarding, and CPR. The Cincinnati Marlins will have an open house at the Northern Kentucky University location from 6:30-8 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 3, and again from 6:30-8 p.m.,
Wednesday, Sept. 15, for any swimmer interested in joining the Marlins. Assistant Coach Jerri Freimuth, along with several other Marlins coaches, will have a swim clinic for any swimmer in the Northern Kentucky area looking to improve their strokes, turns, and swim faster at Cherry Hill Swim Club from 9:30-11 a.m., Friday, July 23. The cost of the clinic is free. Cherry Hill Swim Club is located at 705 Peachtree Lane, Erlanger. Visit wwwcincy-marlins.com or call 513-761-3320.
The Greater Cincinnati Knothole city tournament in Division 2 reaches its peak in the next week. The final four teams in all six classes will decide the ultimate championship beginning Saturday, July 24. All games will be at the Blue Ash/Crosley Field complex in Cincinnati. The Northern Kentucky champions in all six classes have been decided this week and they will enter play with three other teams from the Ohio side of the river. First-round games will be Saturday, then barring rain, play will continue July 27 and 29 with the championship games on Saturday, July 31. Kenton County had two of the six regional champions.
Here is a list of all the Northern Kentucky finalists. The Recorder will have more info on the winning teams next week. A: The Gold Star Chili Tigers from Boone County beat the KC Wildcats from Kenton County. They will take on the North Region champs at 11:45 a.m. Saturday, July 24, in a firstround game. B: The Rockets from Union in Boone County and Mark’s Garage Dragons from Fort Thomas in Campbell County were set to finish their regional final Wednesday at the Bill Cappel Youth Sports Complex. They were suspended by rain Monday night, July 19, with the Dragons leading 10-5 in the fifth inning. The winner plays 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 24. B-Jr.: The KC Tornadoes of Kenton County District 28 defeated district rival Hut
AC to win the title. The Tornadoes will play 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 24. C: American Legion from Campbell County District 22 won by defeating the Bucks from District 23/rural Campbell County. The Legion will play at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. The Legion won last year as well in another class. C-Jr.: The Gators from Boone County beat the Bellevue Vets Seminoles from Campbell County to advance. The Gators, a repeat champion from 2009, will play at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. D: The NKY Reds from District 28 Kenton County beat Victory Community Bank from Boone. They will play 11:30 a.m. Saturday. In Division I, the Bellevue Vets/NKY Wildcats from Campbell County won the city tournament July 16 in Mason, Ohio.
SIDELINES Swim clinic
Cherry Hill Swim Club is having a free competitive swim clinic from 9:30-11 a.m., Friday, July 23, at
Cherry Hill Swim Club, 705 Peach Tree Lane, Erlanger. Swimmers can brush up on their racing skills before the All-Stars and
NKSL Champ Meet. Contact Jerri Freimuth, Cincinnati Marlins South, at jfreimuth@cincymarlins.com, or call 761-3320.
Camping out
Fifth- and-sixth-graders from various grade schools enjoy volleyball camp at St. Henry District High School from June 21-24. A total 160 campers attended the camp which ranged from kindergarten through eighth grade.
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BRIEFLY New softball league
Kenton County Parks and Recreation will offer a new Thursday Men’s Wooden Bat Recreational Softball League, beginning play on Thursday, July 29. This will be an eight-game round-robin league with all
games played on Thursdays at Pioneer Park, beginning at 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. Everything to do with the season will be handled from www.quickscores.com/Kenton. The first nine teams to pay the league fee will play in this league. Fees for an eight-
game season will be $225 per team. One dozen U.S.S.S.A.approved softballs will be included in the league fee. Entry fees will be accepted until Monday, July 26, or until nine teams are registered. Teams will be responsible for their own wooden softball bats; hardball bats will not be
acceptable. Umpire fees are $15 per team and are not included in your league fee. Each team will pay the Umpire directly before each game. A few words regarding Umpires ~ Without an Umpire, there is no game. Respect the Umpire.
Teams may list as many as 15 players on their rosters at any given time. Teams will play for a league champion team trophy and T-shirts. There will be no games scheduled for the weekend of Labor Day. The league offers recreational softball for men. If
most of the members of a team also play in another organized, competitive softball league, consider not joining this league. For questions, call Steve Trauger at 525-PLAY or e-mail him at steve.trauger@kentoncounty.org.