Varsity Spring Sports
Track photos by Mary Beth Young
Sports photography by Keith Neu
Jeff Brown, Rick Tesmond, Jasmine Cline-Bailey, Alex Ferree.
It was an outstanding spring sports season, despite seemingly constant rain, including league, sectional, district, and regional titles, broken school records, and the tennis team and a runner competing at state. City and state honors have not been announced.
BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY BLUE TENNIS Record of 6-4. Coach Amy Ilg MVP—Ben Sorscher; MIP—Deepak Kumar; Coach’s Awards—Shray Ambe, Jose Gonzalez Pastrana
BOYS VARSITY TENNIS The team captured the Miami Valley Conference (fifth consecutive year), the district and regional titles. Record of 15-3. Ranked #1 in the city from the start to the end of the season and #4 in the state. The team advanced to the Final Four in the state team tennis tournament, where they finished third. Joe Soonthornsawad and Mathew Cohen also qualified for state in the doubles tournament. Coach Tim Drew MVP—Mathew Cohen, Joe Soonthornsawad; MIP—Jonathan Tiao; Coach’s Award—Rick Tesmond Greater Cincinnati Tennis Coaches Association (GCTCA): Doubles Team of the Year—Rick Tesmond, Jonathan Tiao; First Team—Joe Soonthornsawad, Rick Tesmond, Jonathan Tiao; Second Team—Mathew Cohen, Henry Head, Alex Markovits, John Larkin All-League: Coach of the Year—Tim Drew; First Team—Joe Soonthornsawad, Rick Tesmond, Jonathan Tiao; Second Team—Henry Head, John Larkin, Alex Markovits; Honor able Mention—Michael Bain, Mathew Cohen, Jordan Klette- Cusher MVC Scholar-Athletes—Michael Bain, John Larkin, Alex Markovits, Joe Soonthornsawad, Jonathan Tiao
BOYS VARSITY BASEBALL Voted the #1 seed in the Southwest District Tournament, the varsity baseball team ended its season as district finalist with a loss to National Trail. The team captured the sectional championship for the second consecutive year and finished with a record of 18-4. Coach Brian Phelps, Assistant Coach Cary Daniel MVP—Ryan Ferrell; MIPs—Caleb Daniel, Ari Shifman; Coach’s Award—Harrison Addy All-City All-Star Game: Jack Nenninger All-League Scarlet Division: Coach of the Year—Brian Phelps; First Team—Harrison Addy, Ryan Ferrell; Second Team— Matthew Monteith, Jack Nenninger, Bryan Robinson; Honorable Mention—Kevin Pan, Ari Shifman MVC Scholar-Athletes—Harrison Addy, Matthew Monteith, Kevin Pan, Ari Shifman
BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY GOLD TENNIS GCTCA City Champion; 9-2 record. Coach John Krauss MVP—Michael Bain; MIP—Suhel Singh; Coach’s Awards— Zachary Abraham, Sam Ellis page 11
GIRLS VARSITY FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL Coach Betts said, “I love seeing the girls develop a passion for the game and all that it has to offer. It is very rewarding when something we talk about and work on comes to fruition in a ball game—when girls can see it and say to themselves ‘Yes, we did it!’ Our team is a work in progress and I look forward to next season.” Coach Tom Betts, Assistant Coach Doug Huff MVP—Bethany Buck; MIP—Beth Hickenlooper; Coach’s Awards—Monica Blanco, Amy Mauro All-League Scarlet Division: First Team—Monica Blanco, Bethany Buck; Second Team—Lauren Driskell; Honorable Mention—Lauren Gerhardt, Amy Mauro Continued next page