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Cincinnati Tennis Hall of Fame induct four Four of the region’s most respected individuals in tennis were inducted into the Cincinnati Tennis Hall of Fame at the Western and Southern Open. The inductees join 58 individuals who have helped shape Cincinnati tennis. This year’s honorees include a two-time All-American, a former ATP player, and the founders of Cincinnati’s Inner City Tennis Project. The inductees are Audra Falk Billmeyer, Doug Corn, Rachel Fair and Tony Pack. Audra Falk Billmeyer, from Kenwood, achieved a No. 14 national junior ranking and several top three finishes in singles, winning all major national doubles titles. She attended Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy where she achieved a 140-6 singles record and became the school’s first individual state champion, winning a combined six Ohio State Championships, three in singles and three in team. She attended Vanderbilt University where she was All-SEC all four years and a two-time All-American reaching the 2004 NCAA Sweet 16 in singles. She achieved a No. 5 singles ranking and helped lead her team to a Final Four appearance and a team ranking of No. 2. She works in the pharmaceutical industry and resides in Chicago with her husband, Peter, and 16-monthold son, Hunter. Doug Corn, from 1974-1977, was ranked No. 1 in Boys 16s and 18s in Cincinnati and ranked No. 6 and No. 2 in Boys 16s and Boys 18s in the Midwest, respectively. He attended Oak Hills High School, advancing to the finals in the Ohio State High School Tennis Tournament his senior year before going on to play at the University of Tennessee. After graduating from college, Corn enjoyed a two-year professional career with the ATP. Corn serves as a representative for the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network. He resides in Cincinnati with his wife, Ronda, and their three daughters. Rachel Fair began playing tennis at age 14 in Cleveland. She won the 16 and under Plain Dealer City Tournament when she was 15. The Forest City Tennis Club gave her opportunities to play tennis and compete with other America Tennis Associate (ATA) clubs and players. In 1957, Rachel met a young Arthur Ashe and was able to watch her hero, Althea
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Gibson play at an exhibition at the ATA Nationals at Central State University. In Cincinnati, Rachel began her career with the Cincinnati Recreation Commission (CRC), supervising a number of programs including the National Junior Tennis League. At the CRC, she helped found the Inner City Tennis Project, which aims to provide an affordable tennis experience to children. Tony Pack, a Cincinnati native, graduated from Woodward High School and the University of Cincinnati. In 1991, he was the Colonial Racquet Club Men’s 3.5 division champion. From 1991 to 2005, he was a USTA Certified Tennis Official and is a USPTR Certified Tennis Professional. He previously worked for the Cincinnati Recreation Commission (CRC) and retired after 34 years. His passion for bringing tennis to all, and introducing tennis to his daughter Casey, led to his founding the Inner City Tennis Project with Rachel Fair in 1986. Pack serves on the Greater Cincinnati Tennis Association Board of Directors and the Midwest Tennis Association Board of Directors. The Cincinnati Tennis Hall of Fame: » 2002 – Bill Talbert and Tony Trabert. » 2003 – Al Bunis, Nat Emerson, Paul Flory, Kathy Graeter,
Barry MacKay, Tom Price and Ruth Sanders Cordes. 2004 – J. Howard “Bumpy” Frazer, Bill Lofgren, Marty Wolf and Clara Louise Zinke. » 2005 – Jim Brockhoff, Andrea Farley, Jack Guggenheim, Reuben Holden and Caroline Kuhlman. » 2006 – Carol Brestel, Henry Bunis, Winona Closterman and Steve Contardi. » 2007 – Heather HairstonPropp, Joe O’Brien, Dave Power and Carol Tanner. » 2008 – Carl Lindner, Rich Lindner, Charles Thomas and Jeff Wolf. » 2009 – John Cook, Angela Farley Wilson, Lynn NaborsMcNally and John Peckskamp. » 2010 – Joe Leytze, Jim Meakin, Kara Molony-Hussey and Bill Pendl. » 2011 – Bobbie Farley, Jim Farley, Dan Kronauge and John Rauh. » 2012 – Bruce Flory, Phillip S. Smith, Joann “Jo” Frazer and George McCabe. » 2013 – Wallace “Wally” Holzman, Dr. Jerrold M. “Jerry” Levin, Tracy Barton Ramirez and Russell “Rusty” Schubert. » 2014 – John F. Barrett, Henry Truxtun Emerson, Jason Yeager and Linda Burrell Zulia. » 2015 – Emilia Anderson, Marshall Chambers, Brian Leshner and Eric Toth.
The Amazons open with three straight on the road at Lehman Catholic Aug. 20, CHCA Aug. 23 and Seven Hills Aug. 27. Madeira’s home opener is Aug. 30 against Dayton Christian. In her second year as varsity girls coach at Deer Park, Valerie Tabar will try to get the Lady Wildcats over the .500 hump. The team just missed in 2015 at 6-8-2 (2-5 Cincinnati Hills League) for the best record in school history. The results were a dramatic turnaround from the previous season as Tabar pulled Deer Park out of the cellar Returning starters are seniors Ashlee Moore, Ashley Mapes, Kenzie Dallas, Sarah Wood and Sami Stevens, plus sophomores Torey Macke, Bailey Weaver, Maddie Hinton and Sam Schreibeis. Wood made CHL first team last season, with Macke making second team and Schreibeis honorable mention. “We’re looking to to building on the expectations and successes from last year,” Tabar said. “The girls have worked really hard in the offseason and are committed to improving and gaining respect. They know the respect must be earned and they’re willing to give more in order to get it.” The Deer Park opener is Aug. 19 against North College Hill. They play Little Miami Aug. 23 and Clark Montessori Aug. 27. Last year’s Indian Hill High School girls soccer team didn’t lose a game until mid-October and finished 17-2-3 as a Division II semifinalist. Expectations are equally high this year as the Lady Braves have won or shared four of the last five Cincinnati Hills League championships under defending league Coach of the Year, Amy Dunlap. Several key players return
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Cameron McCullough, who graduated. “Defensively we’ll be very good and we will possess the ball like we always do,” Ripberger said. “We expect the defense to be even better this year.” The Mustangs start the season at home Aug. 23 against Kings. Deer Park was 4-11-2 (1-5 Cincinnati Hills League) in 2015. Returning for the Wildcats is senior CHL first teamer Sean Satterfield and junior second team selection Jake Blackburn. Deer Park plays three of their first four at home starting with North College Hill Aug. 19. The first road game is at Little Miami Aug. 25. Bill Mees has coached the Indian Hill High School boys soccer team for 28 years now, dating back to when he was 25 years old. There’s been a string of league titles during his tenure, but none since the Braves shared the crown with Madeira in 2011.
from that group including senior goalkeeper Ellie Schaub, senior defender Lily Lance, junior striker/defender Morgan Jackson, junior midfielder Bea Fries, junior defender Maddie Cech, sophomore midfielder Claire deHamel, sophomore midfielder Brittany Duncan and sophomore striker Anna Podojil. CHL first team selections last season were Brittany Duncan, Morgan Jackson and Anna Podojil. Lance and Schaub were second team and current junior Maddie Cech was honorable mention. “We return experience on defense with Ellie Schaub (14 shutouts), Lily Lance, Maddie Cech and Claire deHamel in back,” Dunlap said. “We return Bea Fries and Brittany Duncan in the midfield and offensively, Morgan Jackson and Anna Podojil had 20 goals each last season.” Indian Hill starts with Lakota West on Aug. 19. Their first CHL match is at Wyoming Aug. 31. “We’re excited about our new players and growth we’ve seen this summer in many of our other returning players,” Dunlap said. “It should be a great year for all of Cincinnati.” This season, among other goals, Ursuline Academy’s soccer team will look to make it an even two decades of consecutive winning seasons. To do so, the Lions will need their mix of young players and returning veterans to gel. “They are young, positive and hard-working,” coach Colleen Dehring said. “But we have a lot of returning players, too.” A couple returning seniors, Annabelle Hopper and Kateri Schoettinger, have made their plans for the next level: Evansville and Radford, respectively. The Lions will also look for contributions from Ellie King, Molly Shannon, Sydney Strunk and Annie Longo. UA opens up the regular season Aug. 20 against Walnut Hills.
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Deer Park High School participated in the Mason Preseason Classic July 15-17. Wildcats seniors from left are: Justin Nhun, Jordan Foley, Kevin York, Troy Bosse, Ryan Anderson, and Sean Satterfield.
Justin Nhun of Deer Park dives over the Hamilton keeper at the Mason Preseason Classic.
The veteran coach hopes another schedule full of formidable opponents will prepare Indian Hill come tournament time. Last year, the Braves had an uncharacteristic 7-9-3 mark, but were 3-2-2 in the very competitive Cincinnati Hills League. This season, the same philosophy exists. “We didn’t think it was hard enough so we ended up picking up St. Francis DeSales, who’s the defending state champion (Division II),” Mees said. “We open with Dayton Carroll and our last game of the year is St. Francis DeSales.”
return CHL second teamer Peter Bansil and honorable mention selections Tommy Lundberg and Brady Swallow. Other key players will be senior forward Matteo Fiore and senior defender Charlie Klekamp. Senior midfielder Alex David is injured, but Mees hopes to have him back by the middle of the season. Freshmen Luke Lundberg and Krew Berrati have also been impressive and should see substantial playing time. After the opener with Carroll Aug. 27, Indian Hill hosts Wyoming to start the CHL Aug. 30.
Last season, Indian Hill played Milford, Carroll, Oak Hills, Fenwick, Turpin, Anderson, Alter and Loveland out of conference before heading to the postseason. “You may take it on the chin once or twice, but I like competing against those quality teams,” Mees said. “Some years at a school our size you have the personnel to be able to do that pretty well and some years you fall a little bit short. I certainly believe in it as a means to get ready for the tournament.” The Braves graduated several all-league players, but do
» The Indian Hill Hall of Fame committee is now accepting nominations for the IHHOF Induction class of 2017. The deadline for nominations is Oct. 1. New Hall of Fame inductees will be announced to the public on Dec. 1. The IHHOF induction ceremony will be Friday, Jan. 27, during the Indian Hill homecoming boys basketball game. Anyone may make a nomination by completing a nomination form, available at the IHHS Athletic Department office or online at www.ihbraves.org. Just click “Boosters” on the top right of the web page, and then on the left, click “View our history” under Athletic Hall of Fame, and finally, next to “Download the nomination guildlines,” click on the blue hyperlink “clicking here” to find the form. Email IHHOFM@gmail.com with questions.