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Loveland Herald
August 18, 2010
Sports & recreation
St. Ursula golf looks strong for ’10
By Mark Chalifoux
mchalifoux@communitypress.com
The St. Ursula Academy golf team was one of the best Division I teams in the state in 2009 and not much will change this fall. “I think we should be good,” head coach Mark Hannahan said. “We return
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three of the girls who played in the state tournament for us last year so we have some good, experienced players.” Leading the way for the Bulldogs is senior Katie Wooliver (Anderson Township), who had a 39.33 average in 2009. Ellen Reinhold (Loveland) is another senior standout who averaged a 40.9 in 2009. Junior Madeline Meiners (Evendale) is the third returning state player, as the junior averaged a 41 in 2009. The varsity team returns two more strong players in senior Emily Nimrock (Loveland) and junior Chloe Williams (Indian Hill). “They have the potential to be one of the best teams St. Ursula has ever had,” Hannahan said. “All five of those girls are very competitive and talented. All the girls have worked hard in the offseason and played in a lot of tournaments so there’s no reason to doubt that they can be just as good as the team last year.” The Bulldogs finished third in the state in 2009, one stroke behind secondplace finisher Lakota West.
Mason was the 2009 state champion. “Both of those teams return a lot of the players who helped them accomplish those feats,” Hannahan said. “I know Ursuline will be strong this year and that Sycamore has a very good team as well.” He said the key for the Bulldogs would be in the mental part of the game. “All of these girls have good golf swings and have worked hard on their games for many years. They are all capable of shooting in the mid-to-low 70s on any course on any given day so the focus and mental toughness is what’s important,” Hannahan said. Hannahan also said he’s looking forward to the start of the 2010 golf season. “We have a great group of girls who get along and have fun together. It’s an honor and a pleasure to coach them,” he said. “They play good golf but also know how to relax and have fun, because it is a game after all. It’s a great group of parents as well and I’m very excited and looking forward to the start of the season eagerly.”
City champs
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The St. Gertrude eighth-grade boys celebrate winning the CYO Division I Baseball Championship, May 30 defeating St. Veronica 6-4. The Bulldogs have won the Championship two years in a row. Team members are Jamie Rieger of Montgomery, Steven Koesterman of Montgomery, Matt Ballweg of Madeira, Zak Handel of Madeira, Ryan Gallenstein of Madeira, Max Suddendorf of Symmes Township, Nicholas Geraci of Kenwood, Andrew Racadio of Madeira, Jared Beitman of Loveland, R. J. Bradley of Loveland, Gage Goodwin of Milford, Sam Holtmeier of Madeira. Coaches are Steve Koesterman, head coach; coaches Dave Ballweg, John Ricadio and Paul Rieger and team scorekeeper is Leslie Miller.
Fox brings back game of week Fox Sports Ohio will bring Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky high school football action home to fans with a schedule of nine exclusive, local games on evenings this fall in the return of the Emmy-award-winning High School Football Game of the Week. The season will open with the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown doubleheader on Thursday, Aug. 26, when the Loveland Tigers take on the Turpin Spartans at Mason High School at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Edgewood Cougars vs. the
Wyoming Cowboys game at 8 p.m. The complete schedule of the network’s High School Football Game of the Week • Loveland vs. Turpin at Mason High School, 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 26. • Edgewood vs. Wyoming at Mason High School, 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 26. • LaSalle at Lakota East, 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 9. • Middletown at Lakota West, 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 16. • Glen Este at Kings, 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 23.
• McNicholas vs. Roger Bacon at Turpin High School, 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 7. • Colerain at Princeton, 11 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 14. • Anderson at Winton Woods, 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 21. • Highlands at Ryle, 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 28. The Colerain at Princeton game will air in its entirety at 11 p.m. High School Football Live, presented by Grange Insurance, will kick off the action each week, providing fans with commentary, features, and in-depth pre-game coverage. The show will air at 5 p.m. for the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown doubleheader on Aug. 26 and will air 30 minutes before kick-off for the remainder of the schedule. Jeff Piecoro and Ray Crawford return as the pregame shows’ co- hosts. Piecoro is in his 13th season with Fox Sports Ohio and 12th season as host of the Emmy-award-winning Reds Live. Crawford is in his third season with Fox Sports Ohio and joined the network as host of Buckeye State Tailgate. He currently serves as host of Blue Jackets Live, the pre- and post-game show of Fox Sports Ohio’s Columbus Blue Jackets telecasts. In addition to his pregame duties, Piecoro will also serve as sideline reporter during the games. For their fourth consecutive season, Brad Johansen and Dave Lapham will team up to call the games. Johansen, who is in his 11th season as the radio play-byplay voice of the Cincinnati Bengals, is also sports anchor for Cincinnati’s WKRC-TV (CBS/Channel 12) and the play-by-play voice of Xavier basketball on Fox Sports Ohio. Color analyst, Lapham, was a Bengals offensive lineman from 1974-83 and is in his 25th consecutive season as the analyst on Bengals radio broadcasts. He also works as a reporter/analyst for Cincinnati’s WLWT-TV (NBC/Ch. 5) and is an analyst for Big 12 college games on FSN. Lapham has additionally done NFL games for NBC and Fox and has worked NFL Europe’s World Bowl game on Sporting News Radio. “High school football is a way of life in Southern Ohio,” said Henry Ford, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Fox Sports Ohio. “We are proud to feature some of the area’s best high school football programs as we bring the quality of a full Fox Sports Ohio production when we visit their communities this fall.”