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Seeking competitive balance OHSAA’s goal
A revised Competitive Balance proposal was narrowly defeated on Thursday. It was the third straight year that Ohio High School Athletic Association member principals just said no.But that isn’t the end of it.The crux of the issue is a disproportionate amount of state championships won by private schools, mainly Catholic. ...
Harden reverses Fairmont decision, will stay at Fairfield
Mark Harden has reversed his decision to accept the boys varsity basketball position at Fairmont High School and instead will remain as athletic director at Fairfield.Harden told Kettering officials on Friday that he would not leave Fairfield. Just this past Tuesday the Kettering Board of Education accepted the recommendations that ...
Can’t beat the ‘64 Belmont team for memories
Long before Belmont High School would win the 1964 boys state high school basketball championship, it was Middletown that ruled supreme. Playing the Middies meant beating a path to Wade E. Miller Gym. “The only way (coach) Paul Walker would play a young city school from Dayton is we had ...
Competitive Balance issue goes down again
A revised Competitive Balance Proposal was voted down by Ohio High School Athletic Association members for the third straight year on Thursday. The proposal would have adjusted a school’s numerical value based on students who reside outside its designated school district. That number would determine which divisions a school’s teams ...
Fairmont lands Harden, Romine as hoop coaches
A new era of basketball at Fairmont High School will take its direction today when the school board is expected to approve Mark Harden as its boys varsity basketball coach and Lacy Romine as its girls head coach. Harden has been the athletic director at Fairfield since 2009, but has ...
Harden to leave Fairfield to coach at Fairmont
It had to be just the right set of circumstances for Mark Harden to return to the coaching fraternity. He found it at Fairmont High School.“There have been other opportunities along the way, but this was just one that was too good from a facility and people standpoint,” said Harden, ...
Wayne’s Sondergelt is videographer of year
Erik Sondergelt has never been tabbed MVP of the Wayne High School football program. But he should be.Sondergelt has been the chief videographer of Warriors football teams for 30 seasons. As any head coach will tell you, that’s as valuable as a shut-down defense.He has been lauded as the next ...
Can’t beat Badin for being No. 1
The goal at Badin High School isn’t just to win a state championship this spring. It’s to win two.Both the Badin softball and baseball teams were voted No. 1 seeds in their respective upcoming postseason tournaments on Sunday.The single-elimination playoffs for both sports begin on Monday. The sectional, district and ...
Coulter, Holweger land Alter, Springboro positions
It was a given that whoever replaced longtime Alter High School basketball coach Joe Petrocelli would be under pressure to succeed. That’s what happens when the guy before you wins 800-plus games over 50 years. But not for Eric Coulter. “That’s how I look at it,” said Coulter, who was ...
Holweger takes over at Springboro, with assist from Byrne
It’s not as if Mike Holweger is the new guy to Springboro High School sports. But the title he was given Thursday night most certainly is a new fit.“I expect it to be a smooth transition,” said Helweger, who was approved as Springboro’s varsity boys basketball coach at a board ...
Lane returns home to Milton-Union
Returning home was easy for Mark Lane. It’s all the West Milton native wanted to do. That’s what Lane, a Bulldogs football and wrestling standout, indicated on a questionnaire prior to graduating from Milton-Union High School. Whenever Milton head football coach Bret Pearce was moving on, Lane wanted to move ...
Can’t beat Badin for being No. 1
The goal at Badin High School isn’t just to win a state championship this spring. It’s to win two. Both the Badin softball and baseball teams were voted No. 1 seeds in their respective upcoming postseason tournaments on Sunday. The single-elimination playoffs for both sports begin on Monday of next ...
Harrison “Spectacular” speaker
One of the more memorable moments of the 2012 Summer Olympics at London was Middletown’s own Kayla Harrison winning a gold medal in judo. It was the first time in U.S. Olympic team history that a member of the women’s team had placed first in the sport.Incredibly, she soon topped ...
Cranford leaves Fenwick for Loveland
Longtime Fenwick High School head football coach Fred Cranford confirmed Wednesday he has resigned to become the head coach at Loveland. Over the last 14 seasons, Cranford has steadily guided a program that initially was a bottom dweller in the Greater Catholic League North Division. Last fall Fenwick swept all ...
Fairborn boys relay squad team to beat
The Fairborn High School boys 4x400 relay put a special spin on its recent senior night during the Aukerman Relays. Then they did it again at last week’s Edwin Moses/Dayton Relays. “We were about as shocked as everyone else was,” admitted senior Matt Cline. State record holder Trotwood-Madison, Dunbar and ...
Revised Competitive Balance Proposal up for vote
A revised Competitive Balance Proposal that could affect a team’s postseason division based on how many of its students are enrolled from outside a school district will learn its fate by May 15. That’s the final day of voting — which begins today — by Ohio High School Athletic Association ...
Thurgood’s Alstork ‘flips’ to Ball State
Mark Alstork of Thurgood Marshall High School has confirmed that he will sign with Ball State University to play basketball. The senior had initially committed to Drake. The 6-foot-4 forward’s “flip” was just part of a series of events to impact the Cardinals program in the last few weeks. First, ...
Hormann proves he belongs with state’s best
Landon Hormann had his doubts about football; he didn’t even play as a freshman.There’s no doubt now that he’s among the state’s best players.“I didn’t think that I liked it enough,” the West Liberty-Salem High School senior said during Saturday’s North-South Classic at Welcome Stadium. “But I missed it so ...
Harding does it all for South
Corner, returner, wide out, running back; it’s all good to Heath Harding. Now it’s up to Miami University to make its call on the Dayton Christian High School speedster. “I don’t know what I’m going to be exactly, but they’ve hinted at corner,” Harding said during a break in the ...
Lebanon’s Wolf delivers with long Classic TD
At 6-feet-4 and 200 pounds and owning sprinter speed, receiver Austin Wolf of Lebanon High School has all the tools to make it at the next level.That’s what he was telling anyone who would listen during Saturday’s North-South Classic at Welcome Stadium.“We did. We talked about it a lot, telling ...
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