It was an impressive spring sports season at Seven Hills! The following reports were submitted to The Buzz by the coaches. For a complete list of spring athletic awards, click Spring Athletic Awards.
“The Seven Hills tennis program had another banner year with a strong leadership core of seniors,” said Coach Michael Bain Tim Drew. “The players worked hard off season to ensure the team would be successful during the season. The varsity team finished 15-5 after competing against the top teams in the state. The team finished first in MVC league, second in the city and third in the state. Five players advanced to districts and three—John Larkin in singles and the doubles team of Henry Head and Sam Ellis—advanced to the state competition.” “The JV Gold tennis team was a dominant force in Greater Cincinnati this season,” said Coach John Krauss. “With a schedule mix against both jv and varsity teams, they posted a record of 14-3. A trademark of the team’s success is the players’ ability to play well at both singles and doubles. Another calling card of this team is the academic standard that they maintain. Books are never far from their hands before or after a match. Team awards included Most Improved to sophomore Henry Chavez, Most Valuable to junior Armand Ghazi, and Coach’s Award to junior Mason Duncan.” page 8
“The JV Blue tennis team finished with a winning record, with wins against St. X, Loveland and Talawanda,” said Coach Amy Ilg. “We finished third in the St. X doubles tournament and fifth in the GCTCA. We had a great year and were led by seniors Shray Ambe, Kyle Patel, and Adeline Sawyer.” “The varsity baseball team finished the regular season 7-13 before losing in the tournament to Riverview East,” said Coach Cary Daniel. “Led by a strong group of seniors—Caleb Daniel (First Team All-League), Brandon Malofsky (Second Team All-League), and Ian Hillenbrand—we finished third in our division and had a lot of good games vs. the top teams in our league. We look forward to a great season next year.”
Sports photography by Keith Neu
Varsity Spring Sports
Emily Lambert
“With three fourth-year seniors, one second-year sophomore, and one senior who joined the sottball team mid-season last year, we had some holes to fill in our lineup this year,” said Coach Tom Betts. “Our ‘rookies’ came through, and with the leadership of our senior co-captains—Bethany Buck, Lauren Gerhardt, and Lauren Driskell—we made it to the sectional championship game before ending our season at 8-11.” “The boys lacrosse team had an excellent year,” said Coach Nick Greiwe. “We found new ground this season by having the first home playoff game in program
history. Senior Brian Collette was named Second Team All-Region for attack, and sophomore George Karamanoukian was named Second Team All-Region as a goalie. We were led heavily by our sophomore class who accounted for most of our starting positions. The lacrosse team laid a foundation for incredible success in the years to come. Go Stingers!”
Stefan Antonsson
“2013 ended up as a rebuilding season for girls lacrosse,” said Coach Stewart Lewis. “The players greatly improved their skills as the season progressed, but the results did not meet our expectations. Keys for this year were the continued excellence in goal of Hadiya Harrigan, the fantastic development of Maggie Gosiger’s skills, and the strength and leadership of the duo of Allison Hills and Sara Johnson at defense. The greatest addition was the play of first-year teammate Claire Stewart. When we review the growth of Corie Kirkwood, Emily Addy, Kate Hickenlooper, Ellie Wilson and Mollie Rouan, we see nothing but great opportunities for the team in the next year.” Coach Tana Luckie said, “The track and field team had two district champions—Alayna Choo (long jump) and Jeff Maggio (long jump). We had two district runnersup—Kyle McKibben in the 200m and Laura Gonzalez in the 3200m. Nia Page (400m), Sarah Williamson (high jump), Terrance Webb (4x200 relay), and Ben Chung (4x200 relay) make up the remaining regional qualifiers. Jeff Maggio jumped a personal best of 19’ 10.5” to finish sixth in the long jump. Congratulations to all of our eight regional qualifiers! Great finish to the season!”