Sports & recreation
Hilltop Press
March 2, 2011
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Ringside seat for boxing at Moeller By Scott Springer sspringer@communitypress.com
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McAuley High School seniors Chloe Caldwell and Jen Beck sign letters of intent to participate in athletics at the collegiate level next year. Caldwell signed to play soccer at Wright State University. She played soccer all four years at McAuley and will be a defender for the Wright State Raiders next year. Beck committed to run cross country/track at Northern Kentucky University. Her favorite track event in high school was the 4x800 relay.
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Terrell Houston, a senior from Winton Woods, boxes with Christian Henderson of Aquinas at the Feb. 13 match at Moeller High School.
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La Salle High School senior Kyle Taylor jumps rope Feb. 13 at Moeller High School preparing for his match. He defeated his opponent, Aquinas sophomore William Leonardo. nati High School boxing team were 13 fighters from Moeller, three from Lakota West, and one each from Winton Woods, Little Miami, La Salle, Mason and McAuley. They train at the Cincinnati Fitness and Boxing gym on Spring Grove Ave. For videos of this event, see the Press Preps blog at cincinnati.com/blogs/ presspreps.
Results from Feb. 13 boxing matches Moeller freshman Alec Pleatman defeated Aquinas freshman Jim Brennan Aquinas freshman Dominic Lioti defeated Moeller freshman Gus Schwartz Aquinas senior Alexis Cook defeated McAuley sophomore Cristi Farwick Moeller sophomore Johnny Kuprionis defeated Aquinas sophomore Daniel DeLaus Moeller freshman Norwin Adarve defeated Aquinas freshman Dominic Arieno Aquinas senior Thomas Fornarola defeated Lakota West senior Sam Wheatley Aquinas sophomore Mike Cappa defeated Little Miami junior Ryan Scanlan Aquinas junior Frank Insalaco defeated Moeller junior Greg Garland Aquinas senior Brandon Parker defeated Moeller junior Ryan Whitney Mason senior Seth Harrison defeated Aquinas senior June Ge
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Aquinas junior JonCarlo Gallea defeated Lakota West junior Andrew Zgoda Moeller senior John Lair defeated Aquinas junior Mark Zajac Aquinas junior Christian Henderson defeated Winton Woods senior Terrell Houston Aquinas sophomore Dillon Cup defeated Moeller sophomore Grant Kraushar Moeller sophomore Jim Breitenbach defeated Aquinas junior Marcus Mile Aquinas junior Christian DeJesus defeated Lakota West senior Derek Barry Aquinas freshman Ian Reynolds defeated Moeller freshman Aaron Webb Moeller senior Anthony Hall defeated Aquinas sophomore Jack Leonardo La Salle senior Kyle Taylor defeated Aquinas sophomore Williams Leonardo Moeller senior Sean Scott defeated Aquinas sophomore Michael Schiffhauer
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Chris Wolford, head coach of the Cincinnati Marlins swim team, was recently recognized by the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) as a Coach of Excellence for 2010. Each year ASCA honors coaches who guide swimmers to top-8 finishes at a USA Swimming nationallevel meet (or a USA collegiate championship meet). Wolford is certified as a level 5 ASCA coach, which is the highest level of certification. He had been coaching for more than 16 years. During that time he and his swimmers have had many accomplishments. Wolford has been the head coach and CEO of the Cincinnati Marlins since 2000. In his time with the Marlins he has led the Marlins through a major expansion of the program going from a single-site program to one that has four sites in the Cincinnati metro area including Northern Kentucky. The program has grown from 170 swimmers to more than 400. Some of his accomplishments during his tenure include coaching the 2005 Junior National Men's Champions, Dan Ketchum at 2003 Pam-American Games, and 12 swimmers at the 2008 Olympic trials. Some of his Marlin swimmers’ accomplishments include: Two Team USA National Youth Team members, seven Junior National titles, six Junior National meet records, three Ohio High School State records, over 70 All-American awards. Prior to coaching for the Marlins he coached the Toledo St. Francis High School swim team to a State Championship in 1998, runners up in 1997, 1999. Also, during his tenure as the coach there his team set the high school national record in the 400 free relay, $
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set four state records. Additionally, he coached the Greater Toledo Aquatic Club, where he coached nine Junior National Champions, his swimmers set six Junior National meet records and won the 2000 women’s title at Juniors. In addition to coaching for the Marlins, Wolford is the treasurer for Ohio Swimming. Wolford is a alumni of Miami University where he
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male suitors best be warned. "Most of them don't expect me to be a boxer because they have this image of girl boxers being big and tough looking," Cook said. Cook has been boxing for three years (two years more than most of the Cincinnati fighters). The outstanding boxers of the tournament were Moeller senior Sean Scott and Aquinas sophomore Michael Schiffhauer, who were saved for the last bout. (Video below) The two went toe-to-toe in a flurry down the stretch, with Scott being declared the winner, but both receiving plaques. Scott's friends wrongly think his sport is not that demanding. "They think it's a piece of cake," Scott said. "As many punches as we throw and the movement, it really gets you tired." Scott will go on and fight in the Cincinnati Gold Gloves competition (along with schoolmate Anthony Hall and La Salle's Kyle Taylor) in early April at the Western Hills Sports Mall. Featured on the Cincin-
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History shows the first heavyweight boxing match with gloves was held in Cincinnati on Aug. 29, 1885. Local boxing enthusiasts will also note that the area has had some champions including heavyweights Ezzard Charles and Tony Tubbs, junior welterweight Aaron Pryor and bantamweight Timmy Austin. Much of that is ancient history, particularly among the younger demographic that favors mixed martial arts. However, thanks to the efforts of the Cincinnati High School Boxing Club, boxing was alive and well Feb. 13 at Moeller High School. Since 2004, this local fight group has kept boxing in the mix at the high school level by taking on Aquinas Institute out of Rochester, N.Y. For one day, Moeller's gym became the Madison Square Garden of the Midwest as 24 bouts were held. Kenny Christo coached the Cincinnati club and observed each match carefully at ringside. "The kids have gotten exponentially better over the years," Christo said. "We make the match-ups as even as we can." Christo describes the style of the event as "oldschool" boxing. "It's all about scoring points, head movement and straight punches," Christo said. "The quickest way between two points is a straight line." For some, the setting was something new. Not all of the participants were experienced boxers. Moeller senior John Lair has been wearing the headgear for just three months. Lair was one of the nine Cincinnati boxers awarded a medal for winning. His reasons for trying the sport are similar to those of the other participants. "For the training, for the thrill of it," Lair said. "When you're in the ring, I've never had that feeling before. It's adrenalin, pure adrenalin." Smiling with his braces and standing maybe 5-6, Moeller sophomore Jim Breitenbach's size and lefthanded approach worked in his favor, as he easily dispatched his older Aquinas opponent. (Video below) "It could've even helped me," Breitenbach said of his appearance. "Maybe he underestimated me. It just comes down to execution. I felt I was in good shape for this fight and that helped me." Where Breitenbach was "sneaky good," Moeller senior Anthony Hall looked like a guy who will spar anyone. The 175-pounder is going to continue his career at Miami University. After playing football, basketball and baseball for the Crusaders, he's focusing on boxing now. "It stemmed from my dad," Hall said. "My mom and stuff didn't want me to." That makes one wonder what Alexis Cook's mother thinks? Alexis traveled from Rochester with Aquinas. At first glance, you may think she's a ring girl. During a bout, her knowledge and passion becomes evident. Alexis Cook is a boxer and
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