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Lady Barons will try to utilize guard skills BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

A senior-laden Amelia Lady Barons’ squad will take the floor in 2013-14 looking to exceed some preseason expectations in a very stout Southern Buckeye Conference American Division. Head coach Tara Kaiser fielded a roster that features five seniors, including three returning varsity players that she expects will mesh well with some younger players earning more experience at the varsity level. “The three returning players are

Elise Whitesell, Madison Terry and Lauren Nichols,” Kaiser said. “We expect a lot of good things out of them. And we have senior swing player Ainsley Pruss, who is a co-captain with (Terry) a n d (Whitesell). “ W e expect a lot from Elena McDonald and Kendall Tara Kaiser Kaiser, (who were both) swing players last year.” The Lady Barons will be a guard-oriented bunch, moreso than the 10-12 team from a year ago that finished fourth in the SBC-American. “We have great ball handlers and very hard workers,” Kaiser said. “They come to work every day with no animosity and just work hard the entire time.” Given their lack of height, Kaiser said that the Lady Barons will try to utilize their defensive team speed while remaining cognizant of staying out of foul trouble because of their short bench. On the offensive side of the ball, Amelia will try to create mismatches with their taller opponents by spreading the floor and using that space to create good

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The Lady Barons will try to use their speed and outside shooting ability to offset what they lack in height in the low post. The team returns three varsity starters.

shot opportunities. “Because we’re very guardstrong and good outside shooters, we’re going to work on taking care of the ball and getting good shots,” the coach said. The Lady Barons have been projected to finish in the same position in the league this year as they did last year given the strength and returning players that New Richmond, Norwood and Western Brown bring back, but Kaiser said her team is determined to rise up the ranks. “(The league) is going to be tough,” she said. “We hope to get higher than (fourth), but we’re going to have to work for it.”

Varsity Roster Year

Name

12 12 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 9 9

Ainsley Pruss Allison McDaniel Elise Whitesell Lauren Nichols Madison Terry Elena McDonald Kendall Kaiser Lexy Tucker MacKenzie Hultz Katie Murphy Lindsay Buten

Pos.

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Football success is trade off ‘Burg is willing to take BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

An exceptional end to the Williamsburg football season threw a wrench into the beginning of the Wildcats’ basketball preseason, keeping a handful of multisport athletes away from the court an extra week, but head coach Dan McKibben said the positives outweighed the negatives. “(The playoff appearance) lifted

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school spirit tremendously,” McKibben said. “Those guys had a blast and had some great accomplishments. That’s got the whole community excited about athletics. It put us behind a couple days, but that’s fine. We still have three weeks to prepare for our first game. It’s a trade off I’m willing to make, definitely.” Eight of the 12 players on Williamsburg’s varsity roster were on the football team, so they were a bit behind as they acclimated themselves from the gridiron to the hardwood. However, McKibben says the effort and enthusiasm they showed on the football field has translated to the first few practices that he has had with them. “They’ve come back and played hard, practiced hard since they’ve been back and I really like what I’m seeing from them,” McKibben said. Many of the returning players from last season’s Southern Buckeye Conference runner-up squad will have to fill in new roles as the Wildcats saw more than 75 percent of their scoring output graduate. “Colton Brown is a senior guard who started every game for us last

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Reigning league champs among favorites to repeat BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

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A successful football season leaked over into basketball season for the Wildcats as eight of their 12 varsity members were still playing football into November.

y e a r , ” McKibben said, running through his returning players. “He didn’t look to score very much for us last year, but he had a good offseaDan McKibben son and improved. He’s made himself a better athlete, so we’re looking to him for leadership.” McKibben also mentioned Nick Felts, a 6-3 forward, who has improved his post presence, along with Josh Wells and Austin Horn who started some games for Coach McKibben last year. Aside from those four, McKibben said that he is encouraged by his role players who will fill in as needed. “One through 12, this is by far the most competitive team I’ve ever had,” he said. “We don’t have a lot of drop off from top to bot-

Varsity Roster Year

Name

12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10

Colton Brown Dalton Smith Jordan Wright Nick Felts Austin Horn Blake Vize Evan Barge Jared Spurlock Josh Wells Dakota Lefker Kurt Meisberger Zack Ward

Pos.

G F F F G G G F G G G G

tom, so it’s making for some pretty competitive practices and that can only make us better.” In the conference this year, McKibben echoed what most have been saying: Georgetown is the team to beat, but the league should be pretty competitive if they can knock off the G-Men.

Wildcats Schedule Dec. 4 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 11 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 15

at Gamble Montessori at Batavia New Miami Clermont Northeastern Georgetown Fayetteville-Perry at Blanchester at Felicity-Franklin at Bethel-Tate Paint Valley Amelia at Ripley-Union at Norwood Reading at Goshen Batavia at Clermont Northeastern at Georgetown Blanchester Felicity-Franklin St. Bernard SBC Tournament

The defending Southern Buckeye Conference American Division champion Amelia Barons bring back a strong core of talent in hopes of capturing their second consecutive league title. “We were 18-5 last year and I got four returning players from that (team),” head coach Craig Mazzaro said. “Our JV team was 18-3, so we got three or four guys from there and those guys are going to have to step up and be our five, six, seven, eight, nine players. “We got some decent height, so that should be a big help for us. We need to continue working on defense, rebounding, handling the ball; all the little stuff.” Notably returning from that league championship team is the reigning SBC-American Player of the Year, Tommy Hacker. Hacker, one of the big guys Mazzaro mentioned, stands 6-foot-5, was third on the team in scoring last season, good for just under 10 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. While the Barons will be without Trevor Simon, the team’s leading scorer last year who transferred to Loveland, they will have

Garrett Weaver, the team’s second leading scorer last season, Keegan Carson, Jack Mickler and Brogan Crouch, all of whom saw significant varsity minutes last season. Mazzaro wants to utilize the Barons’ size to open up the offense. With three guys on the roster that Craig Mazzaro stand 6-5 or taller, Amelia will boast one of the biggest frontlines in the SBC. However, Mazzaro said his team won’t be a one-dimensional offensive threat. “We try to play (inside-out), but we also want to get our outside shots from the inside game,” the coach explained. “It’s not as easy as just throwing the ball inside, you’ve got to be able to play a little bit, but hopefully we can feed off that. (Size) is a good asset to have.” While opposing teams will have their hands full with the Barons dynamic offense, Mazzaro is still waiting for a shutdown defender to step up, put his offensive skills aside and dedicate his energy to shutting down the other team’s top scoring threat. The Barons also understand the bullseye that they sport as the defending league champions and

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Brogan Couch

Jack Mickler

Tommy Hacker

Brett Greenough

Chandler Hauke

Keegan Carson

Garrett Weaver

Mason Blankenship G

Sean Stewart

TJ Reed

Ryan Turner

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The defending Southern Buckeye Conference American Division champions are being pegged by many to be among the favorites to win the league again in 2013-14.

Mazzaro thinks his team can retain that trophy. “Hopefully, we’re at the top,” he said. “Every team is going to be a battle. We’re a big game for everybody, but if we slip up once or twice, we’re going to lose it. “Everybody is capable of beating anyone.”

Barons Schedule Dec. 2 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 7

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Lady Bulldogs’ strong core brings experience BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

First-year head coach Jason McElfresh inherits a Batavia Lady Bulldogs team that has four seniors among four returning varsity starters that he thinks should make his inaugural jaunt through the Southern Buckeye Conference a successful one. “We’ve got a good core coming back,” he said. “Erin O’Brien, Katie Taulbee, Allison Wagoner and Jordan Foster are our seniors and Sam McElfresh who’s a junior is a two-year starter returning for her third year starting. We also have a freshman who’s going to get a lot of time, Manhattan Miller; she’s probably a starter for us.” Sam McElfresh, the Lady Bulldogs’ leading scorer last year, will be the most potent offensive threat again as a junior on a team that her coach doesn’t think will go very deep on the bench.

Coach McElfresh said that the Lady Bulldogs will dress nine fulltime varsity players and bring up a few players from JV as situations dictate. Despite the numbers, McElfresh has an athletic and wellconditioned group, many of whom have stepped off the soccer pitch and Jason McElfresh onto the basketball court, allowing Batavia to run an effective pressing defense. “Defense is the No. 1 thing,” McElfresh said of what he will bring schematically into the new position. “We don’t have a lot of double-digit scorers, so we’ll have to rely on defense. We’re going to try to create easy baskets in transition.” The Lady Bulldogs finished

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Young Lady Wildcats begin new era under Bogan BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

Hayley Bogan will be prowling the sidelines for the Williamsburg Lady Wildcats in 2013-14 and she will have the entire program at her disposal. Unlike years past, the Lady Wildcats will not field a junior varsity team, instead placing all five returners and six incoming freshmen on the varsity roster; a

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The Lady Bulldogs return four starters from last year’s team including preeminent leading scorer junior Sam McElfresh, center of the back row.

fourth in the SBC-National last season, but the turnover around the league has McElfresh confident that his team can make some noise. “I think you always look at Georgetown as the favorites,” McElfresh said, handicapping the league. “Bethel has the Jenike girls, Felicity lost (Arica) Stutz, but they have a nice group, Burg is young and I don’t know a lot about CNE and their new coach. “I think overall, I’m hoping that it’s going to be very competitive and I think we can hang in there and do some things this year.” Batavia began their conference schedule on Nov. 26 vs. Burg.

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Lady Bulldogs Schedule

Year

Name

Allison Wagoner

Nov. 22

Woodward

Erin O’Brien

Nov. 26

Williamsburg

Jordan Foster

Dec. 3

at Georgetown

Katie Taulbee

Dec. 5

Felicity-Franklin

Alister Nickley

Dec. 11

Gamble

Lexie Hebert

Sam McElfresh

Sofia Gipson

Taylor Bushman

Manhattan Miller

Montessori Dec. 12

at Clermont

Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 16 Dec. 19 Jan. 2 Jan. 7 Jan. 9 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 25

Northeastern Dec. 17

at Madeira

Dec. 19.

at Blanchester

Dec. 28

Milford

Jan. 3

at Western Brown

Jan. 4

at Hillsboro

Jan. 6

at Amelia

Jan. 9

New Richmond

Jan. 16

Bethel-Tate

Jan. 23

at Williamsburg

Jan. 25

Georgetown

Jan. 27

East Clinton

Jan. 30

at Felicity-Franklin

Feb. 1

Clermont Northeastern

Feb. 3

at North Adams

Feb. 6

at Blanchester

Feb. 8

SBC Tournament

Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

at Fayetteville at Batavia North Adams Clermont Northeastern Georgetown at Blanchester Peebles at Felicity-Franklin Amelia at St. Patrick at Norwood at Goshen Batavia at Clermont Northeastern at Georgetown Blanchester Felicity-Franklin SBC Tournament

move that B o g a n believes will help the future of the program, but also result in some growing pains this season. “We have one senior Hayley Bogan (Lauren Coon),” Bogan said. “She’s a smaller guard, but we’re counting on getting some leadership from her. She’s been a role model out there and helping the younger girls with some things. “We have two juniors (Dana Little and Kennedy Clark) who should be pretty strong for us as forwards and two sophomores (Savanna Rohn and Keely Ackerman) that we’re looking to make us a little stronger on the

floor.” Bogan, who came over to Burg by way of Western Brown, is planning to incorporate bits and pieces of strategy that she has picked up from her playing days through college and in her coaching experience. She said that her philosophy starts on the defensive end and goes from there. “We’re hoping to play tight defense and run with the ball after that,” she said. “I think it’s going to have to be adjusted according to our clientele because we are going to be younger. We’re going to run as much as we can and if we don’t have anything, we need to be disciplined and bring the ball back

out.” Bogan said that, again, depending on how her team matures, she would like to ramp up the defensive pressure, playing man-to-man if possible, but having the ability to change on the fly. The Lady Wildcats were fifth in the league last year and Bogan sees the defending champion Lady G-Men as the team to beat again in 2013-14. “Even against the big schools (when I was at Western Brown) Georgetown was competitive, so on this side, they’ll be the team to beat,” she said. “With us being so young, we just need to mature into some (basketball IQ).”

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

12 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9

Lauren Coon Dana Little Kennedy Clark Savanna Rohn Keely Ackerman Hope Schaljo Lexi Stephens Riley Clark Serena Wright Abby Bowling Calie Brown

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Bulldogs’ eclectic roster breeds high expectations

Lions hope to reverse recent trends in ‘13-14 BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

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The 2013-14 New Richmond Lions aren’t looking to be average, they’re expecting to be exceptional. Returning four starters from last year’s squad, including First Team All-Southern Buckeye Conference selections John Ernst and Josh Heiden, the Lions are looking to break a couple of streaks that have extended for far too long in the minds of the New Richmond faithful: eight years without a winning season and 19 years without a league title. “We have a good group of guys returning,” head coach Brian McMonigle said. “Our seniors are great leaders and have worked hard to improve their game. Our JV went 18-2 last season and many of those players will fill positions at the varsity level.” The newcomers will fill in the roles vacated by a solid group of five seniors and gel around the four returning players from last year’s team. Big man John Ernst (6-foot-3) will have some of the post pres-

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sure lifted from his shoulders as junior John Buckingham (6-foot5) will be the man in the middle this season. Heiden, the Lions leading scorer last year averaged 11.3 points per game to go along with Ernst’s 10.6. The added depth in the Brian McMonigle post as well as the line of guards the Lions have at their disposal will keep opponents constantly on their heels. Frankie Taulbee, a sophomore who saw significant time at the varsity level last season, along with Bryce Kroeger, a junior up from JV this season, will give McMonigle a number of possible guard rotations to run at opposing teams. Finishing last season at .500 in the league landed New Richmond in solo third place behind Goshen and league champion Amelia. With the Warriors uncertain of

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An experienced Lions’ team hopes to put an end to an eight-year drought in winning seasons as well as vie for the first league title since 1995.

where there offensive output is going to come from, New Richmond and Amelia have been the consensus picks as the top teams in the league. The Lions match up pretty well with the Barons who usually can dominate opponents with size. However, the emergence of Buckingham in the middle could free up Ernst to have a more active role at the forward position. The Lions open their season at Deer Park on Dec. 3 and play a pair of SBC-American games versus Goshen and at Bethel-Tate before the two favorites in the league square off on Dec. 13 at Amelia.

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

Caleb Hayward

Gary Crawford

John Ernst

Josh Heiden

CJ Grogan

Isiah Young

John Buckingham C

Frankie Taulbee

JD Durham

Bulldogs Schedule Nov. 30 Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 17

Lions Schedule Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 3

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An exciting mix of upperclassmen experience and underclassmen talent have Batavia head coach Mike Hatfield optimistic about what his 2013-14 Bulldogs can do this season. “We have six seniors, so we have experience. I think we have some depth and I think we’re going to shoot it better than we have in a while,” Hatfield said. “We’re not huge, but I think we’re going to be able to pressure people a little bit. I think we’re going to be competitive. I really do.” The Bulldogs will be headed up by senior, third-year starting point guard Kyle Schmitgen, an AllLeague soccer player, who has done a good job as the floor gener-

al of Hatfield’s squad. Returning starters and seniors Austin Sammons and Chris Bourque will play the two-guard and power forward spots, while freshman J a k e McElfresh will bring a fresh face to the Batavia offense as will classmate Garrett Kraus who at 6-foot-4 will Mike Hatfield bring some height to the frontline once he heals up from a soccer injury. Senior Nick Herron, also 6-4, will protect the paint giving Batavia some athleticism in their big guys that Hatfield hopes will allow them to be effective all over the court.

at Deer Park Goshen at Bethel-Tate at Amelia at Glen Este at Norwood Western Brown NR River Classic NR River Classic Clermont Northeastern at Mariemont Hughes at Batavia Ripley-Union Georgetown at Goshen Bethel-Tate Amelia Norwood at Western Brown at Felicity-Franklin SBC Tournament

Varsity Roster Year

Name

12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 9 9

Austin Conner Austin Sammons Chris Bourque Kyle Grant Kyle Schmitgen Nick Herron Kenny Artis KeShawn Foley Malek Christian Tyler Large Shawn Adams Jacob McElfresh Garrett Krauss

Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 8

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G G F G G C G F F F F G C

Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 22 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 14 Feb. 15

at St. Bernard Mariemont Williamsburg at Georgetown at Felicity-Franklin at Clermont Northeastern Blanchester Deer Park at Western Brown at Gamble Montessori New Richmond at Amelia Bethel-Tate Fayetteville-Perry at Williamsburg Georgetown Felicity-Franklin Clermont Northeastern at Blanchester at Hillsboro at Middletown Madison SBC Tournament

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Batavia will mix the experience of their six seniors with the talent of some underclassmen who are expected to not only play, but start games for Hatfield’s squad.

“We’re going to try to press and push it up and down,” he said. “That always sounds great, but to do that we need eight guys who can play. I think we have that, but we’ll find out fast enough.” Coming off of a third-place finish in the Southern Buckeye Conference’s National Division last season, Hatfield believes his team is among the tops in the league again this year. However, with Georgetown returning a good portion of their league championship team from last season, Hatfield still sees the G-Men as the team to beat. “I think Georgetown will still be the best with all those kids back,” Hatfield said. “I think we should be on their heels, though.” The Bulldogs begin their season on Nov. 30 at St. Bernard.

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‘District championship or bust’ for the Lady Lions

Lady Tigers have high hopes once team gets healthy BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

Coming off of back-to-back losing seasons, the 2013-14 BethelTate Lady Tigers have the talent and experience to reverse that trend. Moreover, head coach Dave Fallis believes that if the Lady Tigers get the right breaks, a Southern Buckeye Conference American Division title is not out of the question. “We have four returning starters, but we’re not a big team this year,” Fallis said. “We have three sophomores and three freshmen that will be a part of our varsity group.” When talking about Bethel’s team, one name invariably comes up: Jenike. As in junior Brooke

and sophomore Julia. The sisters combined for 27.2 of the Lady Cards’ 49.2 points per game last season, but Bethel will have to do w i t h o u t Dave Fallis Brooke for what Fallis said would be at least the first half of the season after the guard suffered a small tear in her elbow. Fallis is expecting the team to shoulder the burden as a whole rather than individually. “We’re going to do it by committee,” Fallis said. “Julia will take over Brooke’s spot (at point

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The Lady Tigers will begin the season down a key contributor as Brooke Jenike will miss time with a tear in her elbow. (MacKenzie Watson and Brooke Jenike were not at practice when picture was taken.)

guard) and then we have a freshman (Haylee Foster) who’s very talented, but just doesn’t have varsity experience. We’re throwing her into the fire right away, but she does all the little stuff really well, fundamentally sound. We’re really excited about her.” Abbie Shinkle, the lone senior on the roster, will also be asked to step up and take on a bigger role not only as a leader, but also as a scorer. Similarly, Allison Poe, the only other junior on the roster, will have to step up as well. Originally, Fallis wanted to press full-court more this year, but current situations have dictated that the Lady Cards fall back into

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more of a half-court defense, occasionally resorting to playing zone. Still, Fallis has seen “tremendous improvement” from the first few weeks of practice to the cusp of the season. He said his group is gelling well and playing with a purpose, giving him some optimism heading into the first week of the season. In the conference, Fallis admits that the Lady Tigers have some tough competition, but believes they can compete with anyone. “(The league)’s going to be tough because we’ll be playing against three teams that played for sectional championships,” he said. “There’s not going to be a night off, everyone is going to be strong, but if we play our game we can play with anyone.”

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With all five starters returning for head coach Brad Hatfield’s Lady Lions’ squad, expectations in New Richmond are sky high. “Really, it’s win the league or bust. And it’s district championship or bust,” Hatfield said. “We’ve worked at this for a long time and this is the culmination of a lot of hard work and we have very high expectations.” Looking at a Lady Lions roster, you’re eyes are immediately drawn to 6-foot-5 senior center

Lady Tigers Schedule Nov. 26 Nov. 30 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 16 Dec. 19 Dec. 27

Year

Name

Abbie Shinkle

Allison Poe

Brooke Jenike

Jan. 9

Alyssa Demaris

Julia Jenike

MacKenzie Watson F

Haylee Foster

Megan Morrow

Morgan Reinhart F

Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 18 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

Dec. 28 Jan. 2 Jan. 4

Norwood Ripley-Union Felicity-Franklin at New Richmond at Goshen at Western Brown at Indian Hill Amelia Clermont Northeastern BT Holiday Tourn. Georgetown Cincinnati Country Day at Clermont Northeastern Seton at Batavia New Richmond at Norwood Goshen Western Brown Fayetteville-Perry at Amelia SBC Tournament

Josie Buckingham. Buckingham’s game matches her size and Hatfield called her “simply the most dominating player in our league.” Coming off a junior season in which she scored just under 21 points a n i g h t , grabbed 13.6 rebounds and blocked 6.1 Brad Hatfield s h o t s , Buckingham officially signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of Minnesota. However, given her size in a league that doesn’t have much of it, Buckingham can only be as effective as the players that can get her the ball. Hatfield said he has been encouraged by the progress made by second-year starting point guard Maren Hance, the improve-

Lady Lions Schedule

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

Alexis Meyer

Bailey Workman

Hannah Hall

Josie Buckingham C

Madison Holdsworth F

Tayrn Rupp

Tina Lawrence

Ashley Gray

Maren Hance

Nov. 23 Nov. 26 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 9 Dec. 12 Dec. 17 Dec. 19 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 18 Jan. 21 Jan. 23 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

at Madeira at Goshen Bethel-Tate at Amelia Mariemont at Norwood at Taylor Western Brown Clermont Northeastern at Reading at Batavia at Roger Bacon at Ripley-Union Georgetown at Bethel-Tate Felicity-Franklin Goshen Deer Park Amelia Norwood at Western Brown SBC Tournament

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New Richmond returns all five starters from a team that won 17 games last season and lost in the sectional final to Talawanda.

ment of three-year starter Bailey Workman and the all-around games of Alexis Meyer and Tina Lawrence. Each of these players benefit from playing with Buckingham in the middle. When she draws double- and sometimes triple-teams, Hance, Workman, Meyers and Lawrence see their offensive effectiveness skyrocket given the attention paid to Buckingham. Even given the strength of New Richmond’s returning starting five, Hatfield wasn’t convinced that his team is the one to beat in the Southern Buckeye Conference American Division. “I don’t know how obviously we are the favorites,” he said. “Norwood returns four starters from a team that won 20 games last year. Bethel is probably the best perimeter team in the league with the Jenike sisters who are all but impossible to guard. Western Brown reloads every year; they’re always a threat and Amelia and Goshen have kids that can score. “The league is very deep. The league is very evenly balanced.” While the league championship is first and foremost in the minds of the Lady Lions, a potential state tournament run is not out of the question. Hatfield said that if New Richmond doesn’t advance past the district championship then the season would be a bust. Given the talent and determination of the team he puts on the court every night, that goal is not out of the realm of possibility.

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Eagles will deviate from usual style due to new personnel BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

The Milford Eagles are going to have to do things differently in 2013-14 than they have in years past as the size that has been their

staple has grown out of the program, being replaced by a younger, more guard-oriented squad this year. “I have three players back only,” head coach Joe Cambron said. “One of them was a starter —

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R y a n Gallimore. Austin Taylor and Trevor Bullock came off the bench. We have a whole mess of new kids coming up from JV and a kid new to the Joe Cambron school. “We’re not very experienced, but we have potential. We’re very different than we’ve been in the last few years. We’ve been pretty big, but we’re not that big this year.” Given the Eagles’ perimeter-oriented personnel, Cambron wants to get up and down the court more and implement a more hectic defensive style to speed up their opponents. “We had so much size the last few years that we felt we couldn’t

go out and guard the past few years, but we can now so I think our defense will be noticeably different.” Coming off a season in which the Eagles finished second to Walnut Hills in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference, Cambron

sees the league as up for grabs with so much turnover, but he gives the nod to Walnut given their pedigree. “I think we’re in the mix,” he said. “Any where from (second) to (fourth). We’re definitely in the mix.”

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12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10

Austin Hensley Austin Taylor Trevor Bullock Zach Bryant Ryan Gallimore Will Hannah Michael Cook

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F/C G/F F/C F/C G G/F G Grant Reisenberg G/F Justin Arnold G Brad Hall G Keenan Ferrall G Ben Greenwell G/F

Nov. 30 Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 3 Jan. 6 Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 14

at Sycamore Colerain Turpin at Anderson McNicholas at Loveland Kings Eaton Tournament Eaton Tournament Glen Este at Ryle at Walnut Hills at Turpin Anderson at Springboro Hamilton at Clark Montessori Loveland Northwest at Kings at Glen Este Walnut Hills

The Bethel-Tate Tigers will have new look on the court and on the sideline in 2013-14 as a relatively young Tigers squad will be under the direction of first-year head coach Reggie Hall. “For the most part, we’re going to be pretty young with not a lot of varsity experience,” Hall said. “We have three guys back from last year, Samuel Price and Blace Haviland. Sam started every game and Blace was out with some injuries from football. Adam Shinkle was (someone off the bench) as well.” Jake Robinson, a 6-foot-6 junior, also got some playing time towards the end of last season and will be one of Hall’s big targets on the block. Hall will try to incorporate a

Tigers Schedule Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 15

Cincinnati Country Day at Deer Park Norwood Ripley-Union New Richmond at Goshen at Ripley-Union Western Brown Amelia Williamsburg Georgetown at Felicity-Franklin Clermont Northeastern Fayetteville-Perry at Batavia at Norwood at New Richmond Goshen at Western Brown at Amelia Taylor SBC Tournament

system that encourages his players to get up and down the court quickly while staying sound fundamentally. “It doesn’t matter what you do if you Reggie Hall can’t pass it, dribble it, shoot it,” Hall said. “We need limit the other teams to one shot and hopefully we make more than they make.” Hall has been pleased how his preseason implementation has gone. A new coach taking over a young team has its advantages and disadvantages in that he can implement his new system with little to no pushback, but he also doesn’t have a plethora of experience among his upperclassmen. “The boys have been working very, very hard,” Hall said. “I’m really excited about that. They’ve bought in. Sometimes half the battle is getting them to buy in and we haven’t had any of that. We ask them to jump, they ask how high. We never have to fight with anyone, now we just have to continue to improve.” The Tigers finished last season with a 7-16 overall record and in the basement of the Southern

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Despite having nine upperclassmen on the Tigers’ roster, first-year head coach Reggie Hall will be relying on players with minimal varsity experience.

Buckeye Conference, but Hall doesn’t plan to stay there. “I don’t know a lot, but from what I’m hearing, people are telling me about Amelia,” Hall said. “I know (head coach) Craig (Mazzaro) very well and he has a solid program. I know Georgetown will be good. New Richmond has (John) Ernst and another big kid. There are some very good teams in the league and we’re excited to be a part of it. Hopefully, we can hold our own.” The Tigers start their season on Nov. 29 when they host Cincinnati Country Day.

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Lady Rockets hope to turn some heads in 13-14 BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

The Mark Short regime at Clermont Northeastern gets underway in 2013-14 as the longtime boys’ coach at Blanchester High School moved into the girls’ game in the offseason to take the place of Jason Kreimer. Short, who is in his 14th year as a head coach, inherits an upperclassmen-filled roster that, despite their age, lacks in much varsity experience. “We have one girl back who started last year, Rachel Ward, and she is currently injured,” Short said. “After that, we have very little experience. Even given the fact that we have six seniors, none of them have any experience. Two of

them are back from playing for the first time since they were freshmen or eighth graders. “It’s an inexperienced team who are trying to learn a whole new system, so we’re going to have to go through our growing pains for a while.” Short will look to those seniors as a calming pres- Mark Short ence and leaders even if they may lack in realtime know-how. Abbi Pritchard, Briana Simpson, Devin Chandler, Julia Kelley, Katelynn Holmes and Katie Phair will shoulder the senior load and the majority of the backcourt responsibilities with Phair being the only non-guard in the group. Jenna Mummert, a 6-foot-2 sophomore, will likely play down low with Phair and junior Jackie Sullivan and sophomore Lexie Walker could see some minutes as well. Short’s system implementation includes a more up-tempo style than CNE players and fans have grown accustomed to. “We’re going to try run a little bit,” he said. “I’ve got some athletes, but our basketball skills are not where they need to be and that’s what we have to work on.” In a conference that has been dominated by Georgetown in recent years, Short expects the Lady G-Men to be the cream of the crop, but believes the rest of the league should be pretty open. What he is not a fan of, however,

Finally healthy, Eagles look to make run at ECC BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

A young and inexperienced Lady Eagles roster last season has given way to a more experienced, healthier and celebrated team coming into 2013-14 with head coach Kristi McKenney at the helm for the third straight year. “I love my team’s hard work

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Clermont Northeastern returns one starter from last year’s team, but first-year head coach Mark Short hopes that his squad can surprise some teams this season.

is the early-season schedule. “Something I’m not real happy with is that we play our first three or four games against league opponents,” he said. “It shouldn’t be that way. You should have a few games under your belt before you go into league play. “The road goes through Georgetown,” he said. “I think we’re going to be picked to finish last or next to last, but I think we can change some minds along the way.” Short and the Lady Rockets can begin to change those minds right away, playing Felicity-Franklin, Williamsburg, Blanchester and Batavia all before the middle of December.

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00 2 3 4 10 11 14 15 20 21 23

Lexie Walker Briana Simpson Katelynn Holmes Jackie Sullivan Jenna Mummert Lindsay Wright Devin Chandler Katie Phair Abbi Pritchard Rachel Ward Julia Kelley

Year

10 12 12 11 10 10 12 12 12 11 12

Lady Rockets Schedule Nov. 26 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 14 Dec. 16 Dec. 19 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 13 Jan. 18 Jan. 20 Jan. 23 Jan. 25 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

at Felicity-Franklin at Williamsburg Blanchester Batavia Lynchburg-Clay at Goshen at Georgetown at Bethel-Tate BT Holiday Tourn. at New Richmond Glen Este Bethel-Tate at Amelia Ripley-Union CHCA Felicity-Franklin Williamsburg Reading at Blanchester at Batavia Georgetown SBC Tournament

Nov. 22 Nov. 26 Nov. 30 Dec. 4 Dec. 7 Dec. 11 Dec. 14 Dec. 18 Dec. 21 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 Jan. 2 Jan. 8 Jan. 11 Jan. 15 Jan. 18 Jan. 22 Jan. 27 Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 8

Talawanda Seton at McNicholas Loveland at Turpin Kings at Anderson Colerain at Hughes at Batavia Northwest at Oak Hills Glen Este at Walnut Hills Turpin Anderson at Loveland at Amelia at Kings at Glen Este Norwood Walnut Hills

and dedication in the offseason,” she said. “We were a team struck by injury last year and we were very young. Now, we have experience back and our point guard is back from an ACL injury. We’re hungry to win.” McKenney’s point guard, B r i d g e t Rheude, leads Kristi McKenney a senior class that includes four All-Eastern Cincinnati Conference selections from a season ago and nine total varsity returners. The injuries that depleted the Lady Eagles last year have healed

Varsity Roster Year

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12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10

Andrea Swensen Bridget McDonald Brooke McDonald Shayna Simmons Caroline Moore Erin Beurket

Pos.

C G C G G F Meghan Swearington G Shelby Mayleben F Taylor Roof G Hannah Woody G Kelly Noll G Taylor Foster G

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A young Lady Eagles squad from a year ago returns this season much more experienced and at full strength after a number of injuries hit them last year. (Shelby Mayleben not pictured.)

up and McKenney expects to see the production that the team’s potential promised a year ago. Despite such a deep roster returning, the coach said that she doesn’t have one go-to scorer on the team. Anyone could lead the team in scoring on any given night and she expects to see a number of girls hold high-scoring marks

throughout the year. Coming off of a sixth-place finish last year in the ECC, McKenney said her team has as good of a chance as any at getting a piece of the title. “It’s wide open,” she said. “Every team is basically the same.” The Lady Eagles’ mettle was

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Inexperienced Warriors will rely on tough defense as offense comes around BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

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The Goshen Warriors are trying to skip over the rebuilding stage and jump straight into reloading in 2013-14 as head coach Scott Wake’s squad graduated three AllConference performers and returns just one varsity player. “Primarily Austin Smith, a senior guard for us, is the only one who’s back,” Wake said. “We had a couple of juniors who dressed varsity, but didn’t play a lot. We’re pretty inexperienced. We lost four seniors last year who did most everything for us.” Smith was the third-leading scorer last season, good for 10 points a night, but he will have to pick up some production during his senior season to keep the Warriors near the top of the Southern Buckeye Conference

American Division. Smith will have four other seniors playing alongside him this season — A u s t i n Parker, Bo B a l d r i c k , Scott Wake Michael Pigman and Noah Knuckles — who will have to gain their experience and become leaders on the fly. Juniors Cody Schock and Nick Brown, sophomore Chase Bellamy and freshman Ryan Wake round out the roster and will make up the majority of the reserve players for Goshen. What the team may have lost in offensive output can be counter-

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Coming off of a second-place finish in the Southern Buckeye Conference American Division, head coach Scott Wake said his team will need to mature on the fly in 2013-14.

acted by a stingy defense, Coach Wake said. “Expectations are that if we can play some defense and keep working on our shooting, like everybody else, we’ll be okay,” he said. “Defense is the key. If we can play defense, we’ll be in it because our offense is going to take a while.” Wake said he expects to keep it simple with his inexperienced team, not asking too much from them on the defensive side of the ball playing a majority of halfcourt zone. After finishing in second place to Amelia last year in the league,

Wake sees the Barons as the team to beat again in 2013-14. “(Amelia) has most of their kids back,” he said. “They have the two big kids, Weaver and Hacker. I think New Richmond is going to be next with their two big kids and from there on out, I think it’ll be a toss up.” The Warriors will be able to get two regular season games under their belts before they run the first of two gauntlet stretches where they play all five of their American Division opponents within a twoweek window. Goshen opens with Ross on Nov. 29 and then hosts Little Miami on Dec. before playing their first SBC game at New Richmond on Dec. 6.

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Warriors Schedule Nov. 29 Dec. 2 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 28 Jan. 3 Jan. 6 Jan. 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 21 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 10 Feb. 13 Feb. 15

Ross Little Miami at New Richmond at Western Brown Bethel-Tate at Amelia at Norwood at Madeira at Felicity-Franklin at Loveland Blanchester Williamsburg at Georgetown New Richmond Western Brown at Bethel-Tate at Mariemont Amelia Norwood at Indian Hill Hillsboro SBC Tournament

An experienced roster returns for Clermont Northeastern in 2013-14 to usher in the Darnell Parker era as the Rockets look to build upon the knowledge gained by much of the lineup who played as underclassmen. “A lot of these guys are coming back after playing some extensive minutes on varsity as sophomores,” Parker explained. “Guys coming back haven’t had a ton of success, but they’ve been through it and we’re ready to get going again.” The Rockets are led by senior guard and First Team All-Southern Buckeye Conference selection Jay Teaney. Teaney scored 16.3 points per game as a junior for the Rockets and he will have a host of upperclassmen to round out a formidable Rocket offense.

Rockets Schedule Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec.

2 6 10 13 14 17 20 27

Dec. 28 Jan. 3 Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 15 Jan. 22 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 12 Feb. 15

Lockland at Felicity-Franklin at Williamsburg Blanchester Lynchburg-Clay Batavia at Georgetown at Zane Trace Hillsboro Shootout at Southeastern Hillsboro Shootout at New Richmond at Amelia at Bethel-Tate Ripley-Union Little Miami Felicity-Franklin Williamsburg at Blanchester at Batavia Georgetown DePaul Cristo Rey at Glen Este SBC Tournament

“Darian Bullock, Brandon Mullins, P a t r i c k Kelley and Nick Ernst are coming back, along with my s e n i o r s C h a s e Darnell Parker Johnson and Zach Murray who round us out as well as a returning point guard in Trey Amann,” Parker said, running through his experienced team. Parker’s guys have taken well to the new coach’s system, working hard in conditioning during the offseason and getting after it during the preseason scrimmage season. “We’re going to change things up a little bit and go with more of a motion-style offense to open it up and let these guys to use what I think is one of their strengths, which is their athleticism,” the coach said. “We want to get up and down the court a bit. We’re going to take care of the basketball and we’re going to dictate to the defense what we want to do. Just because we want to speed up the tempo doesn’t mean we’re going to shoot a thousand shots a game. We’re going to get the shots that we want while putting pressure on

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The Rockets return a good chunk of their squad from a year ago, including leading scorer senior Jay Teaney, back right, who averaged 16.3 points per game.

the defense.” Defensively for CNE, Parker said that the Rockets are going to mix things up as well, showing some pressure at different spots on the court. “We’re going to make life uncomfortable for other teams,” he said. “We’re not going to let them set up and do what they want to. We want to dictate on defense the same way we dictate on offense. We want to do it our way.” In the SBC-National, in which the Rockets finished 4-6 last year and in solo fourth, Parker believes his team can contend for a title. “Obviously, until someone knocks off Georgetown, they’re the team to beat,” he said. “But honestly, I don’t see us behind anyone else in the conference.”

Varsity Roster Year

Name

12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10

Alex Thompson Chase Johnson Jay Teaney Tramaine Smith Zach Murray Andrew Braley Brandon Mullins Darian Bullock Patrick Kelley Trey Amann Donald Hahn Nick Ernst

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Healthy Lady Warriors have high expectations

Lady Cards to use athleticism, speed to offset lack of height BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

The Felicity-Franklin Lady Cardinals have high expectations heading into the 2013-14 season as eight varsity players return from a team that went 14-8 in 2012-13, including leading scorer Ashley Moore. “We lost two seniors, both starters, but we do have a lot coming back,” head coach Kerry Stamper said. “We don’t have a lot of height, but we never have, so we’re working with (what we have). We have a lot of speed and play with a lot of intensity, so we’re banking on that.” Of the two seniors that the Lady Cards lost, Arica Stutz was their most well-rounded player, averaging just under 13 points, 10 rebounds and 6 blocks a night.

Stamper said that while they won’t be able to duplicate Stutz’s presence down low, they still have enough weapons to offset her loss. Kerry Stamper “Ashley Moore is going to be one of our big scorers,” Stamper said. “Brooke Corbin, when she’s on, she hits well. We have a few that will have bring on their offensive game and they’re working that way. “Kelsey Arkenau should be a little better in her offensive game and Brittany Drake, another sophomore, should help.”

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Felicity-Franklin brings back the same roster as last year, save for two graduated seniors. What the Lady Cardinals lack in size, they hope to mask with pressure defense and quick transition points.

On the defensive end, Stamper wants to use her team’s speed and athleticism to make things difficult for the opposing team’s guards and turn those mistakes into easy buckets. “We want to get some quick steals, but we are mostly man-toman unless we have a lot of height to contend with and we have to double team,” she said. Undoubtedly, Felicity will come up against some taller teams this season, but Stamper said that if the fast-break points aren’t there, she’s working with her team to develop discipline and run the offense. “I preach patience and to let the offense work,” the coach said. “When they’re patient, the offense usually pulls through and gets us an easy basket.” Finishing as runners-up last year in the Southern Buckeye

Conference’s National Division, Stamper predicted that her team will once again be among the best teams in the league. “I think we’re going to be pretty strong, especially in our smaller (division),” Stamper said. “Georgetown is usually our biggest competition, but I’m looking forward to it and I think we should be pretty strong this year.” Like Stamper said, Georgetown was the Lady Cardinals’ bugaboo last year, handing Felicity their only two losses of the season in conference play as well as acting as their ticket out of the postseason in the Division III sectional final game. The Lady Cardinals will get right into conference play, hosting CNE in their season opener and will play five of their first six games against divisional opponents.

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Heather Collins

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Kelsey Arkenau

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Clermont Northeastern at Bethel-Tate at Blanchester at Batavia Georgetown Williamsburg Ripley-Union Goshen Cincinnati Country Day Amelia at Whiteoak at Norwood Mariemont at New Richmond at Clermont Northeastern Blanchester at CHCA Batavia at Georgetown at Williamsburg SBC Tournament

Familiarity and health are the two aspects of the Goshen Lady Warriors’ recipe that haven’t meshed in previous seasons, but heading into the 2013-14 campaign, head coach Dave Mason is excited about what he’s seen in the preseason. “First of all, (Hannah) Owens and (Becca) Davidson, my two senior post players, are healthy at the same time,” Mason explained. “Last year, I didn’t have Davidson at the beginning, we got one game, then Owens went down, so having that senior leadership and post presence, I’m looking forward to that. “The junior class, a lot of them have had varsity experience all three years that they’ve been here, so there is a familiarity where they know what I want. “If nothing else, I’ve seen the

Lady Warriors Schedule Nov. 22 Nov. 26 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 9 Dec. 12 Dec. 16 Dec. 19 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 16 Jan. 18 Jan. 23 Jan. 25 Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

Ross New Richmond at Indian Hill at Western Brown Bethel-Tate at Little Miami at Amelia Clermont Northeastern at Norwood at Felicity-Franklin Loveland Blanchester Georgetown Williamsburg Loveland at New Richmond Western Brown at Bethel-Tate Amelia Hillsboro Norwood SBC Tournament

maturity level grow. As far as anything changing, I’m hoping it’s something to do with our decisionmaking and that they’re able to adjust to what we need.” The Lady Wa r r i o r s have eight of their nine leading scor- Dave Mason ers returning of which Davidson and Owens were two, but juniors Courtney Turner, Brittany Clark, Katarina Blumentritt, Sheilelah Pittman, Megan Allen and sophomore Kelsie Jeandrevin were seasonlong contributors. Despite such a strong returning cast, Mason isn’t going to count his chickens before they hatch due in large part to the strength of the Southern Buckeye Conference last season and the volume of returning talent around the division. “We’re going into the season in a great frame of mind, but the league is still strong,” he said. “I think it was evident in the tournament last year how far a lot of our teams went. Norwood has their players back. Bethel-Tate has their players back, the Jenike sisters. Western Brown probably had the biggest loss, but their program is so deep. Amelia has their top two

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

Becca Davidson

Hannah Owens

Taylor Wells

Brittany Clark

Courtney Turner

Katatina Blumentritt G

Kayla Miller

Megan Allen

Sheilelah Pittman

Jackie Brown

Kelsie Jeandrevin G

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Goshen brings back eight of their nine leading scorers from last season and will have their low-post one-two punch of Hannah Owens and Becca Davidson both healthy to start the season

or three scorers back. “The league is just very sound, so for us to think we have everyone back, it’s like ‘yeah but.’ I would still put Norwood and New Richmond at the top of the class.” That’s not to sell his team short. Mason is excited about the prospect of what the Lady Warriors can do. “To me, this is the time,” he said. “This is the year we need to start putting up.” Mason said his team is going to try to combine a strong guard game with size and run the floor when the opportunity presents itself, but also utilize their flexibility defensively, pressuring fullcourt at times and dropping back to zone at others.

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Felicity-Franklin working hard under new coach, installing new system

Glen Este gears up for long-awaited year BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

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There is no better time than the present for the Glen Este Trojans as coach Dave Caldwell’s squad returns four varsity starters who have been playing at the highest level since their sophomore season. “We don’t have a lot new,” Caldwell said. “We have those four returning starters — Tyler Burdick, Tyler Flanigan, Kyle Keszei and Logan Harris — so this is the year we’ve been looking towards for a while and hopefully with the rest of the league not being as tall as they have been the last couple years, we’re hoping to make some noise in the league.” All four of those returning starters were among the top seven scorers last season and Caldwell expects junior Zach Jones to step

up into one of the spots vacated by one of the four seniors who graduated last year. Playing in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference, the Trojans go up against some of the best talent in the area, but with such a strong season last year thanks to many upperc l a s s m e n Dave Caldwell who have since moved on, Caldwell expects his squad to move its way up the standings from their seventh-place finish last year. “I’d like to think we’re one of the top three (teams in the ECC),” Caldwell said. “It’s going to be a

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Glen Este hopes to take advantage of an Eastern Cincinnati Conference that does not boast the height of year’s past and the Trojans plan to use their strong guard play to speed up opponents.

dogfight. Kings returns a ton of people, Loveland returns a ton of people, Milford has a few good guys back, Turpin has the best player in the league (Zach McCormick), Anderson’s got a really good sophomore class and Walnut Hills has acquired quite a few new players, so it’ll be wide open, I think.” The good news for the Trojans in such a deep league is that while they may not have the most height around, they didn’t necessary lose any trees to graduation. As such, Glen Este can continue to build

upon what they’ve been working on in recent years schematically. “We’re not going to do much different from the past,” Caldwell said. “Our big goal this year is to cut down our turnovers. That’s been an Achilles heel for us the past few seasons. We’re a lot older and wiser and at the same time stronger physically, so I look for us to get a lot more shot attempts.” The Trojans will begin their season on Nov. 30 at Mariemont and get right into conference play the following week when they host defending conference champions Walnut Hills.

Varsity Roster

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Year

Name

Ht.

Chris Keating

5-10

Gage Rowan

6-6

Kyle Keszei

6-0

Logan Harris

6-0

Tyler Burdick

6-2

Tyler Flanigan

6-3

Aatur Shah

6-0

Andrew Bingham 6-2

Austin Bryant

Jackson Madden 6-3

Peyton Burdick 5-11

Tyler Creel

5-10

Zach Jones

5-11

Colin Fryman

5-10

Tyler Pilcher

6-2

5-10

Trojans Schedule Nov. 30 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 20 Jan. 3 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Feb. 3 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 14

at Mariemont Walnut Hills at Turpin Anderson New Richmond Loveland at Milford at Little Miami Northwest Kings at Walnut Hills Turpin at Anderson Bellevue at Winton Woods Amelia Mount Healthy at Loveland Milford Clermont Northeastern at Kings

Felicity-Franklin was among three of the six teams in the Southern Buckeye Conference’s National Division to change coaches in the offseason, introducing Bobby Sandker as the head man for the Cardinals, replacing Damon Smith. Sandker got in with his team and began to implement his system and has been impressed with the work ethic shown by his young team in the preseason. “We’ve gotten the hard work and the effort down and I think the execution is coming,” he said. “They’re blending well together, but I knew the hard work would have to come before the execution, so it’s good to get that out of the way and that way it’s always there.” Sandker has demanded a lot of

Cardinals Schedule Nov. 29 Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 15

at Whiteoak at Fayetteville Clermont Northeastern Blanchester Batavia Georgetown Williamsburg at Ripley Classic at Ripley Classic Goshen Bethel-Tate at Amelia St. Bernard at Norwood Mariemont at Clermont Northeastern Blanchester at Batavia at Georgetown at Williamsburg at New Richmond SBC Tournament

his team in the preseason, warming them up at the beginning of practice by circling the Cardinals’ court running two miles while dribbling. A program that won six games last season returns just three Bobby Sandker players from a roster that lost six seniors to graduation. Jordan Utter, Trevor Barrons and Louis Quiles will lead the way for the Cardinals and Sandker is hoping one, two or all three can step into some leadership roles and take the team under their wing as they get their regular season underway. While Sandker hopes for the three returning guys to take the reigns, everyone on the squad is trying to learn Sandker’s new system. “I like to play an aggressive, fast-paced defensive style and they’ve bought into it,” Sandker said. “If we can get the execution part down, we’re going to be a tough team.” The coach said that he can see a “dramatic difference” from the start of the preseason up until now, but that he expected to. He said the next step is to fully grasp and

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The Cardinals enter the 2013-14 season with a new coach and a new system to implement, but Sandker believes on any night, his team in the one to beat in the SBC-National.

implement the system so that the execution in flawless. As for the SBC and how he views his team’s chances, Sandker was not bashful in his expectations. “I think on any given night, we’re going to be the team to beat,” he said. The Cardinals start their season on Friday, Nov. 29 at Whiteoak and then travel to FayettevillePerry on Tuesday, Dec. 3 before opening up conference play at home against fellow first-year head coach Darnell Parker and Clermont Northeastern on Dec. 6.

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

Dillon Utter

Trendon Young

Austin May

Chris White

Dylan Foster

Louis Quiles

Trevor Barrons

Clinton Liming

Jeremy Collins

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Lady Trojans reloading, not rebuilding in 2013-14 BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

Losing three First Team AllLeague players could be a virtual death sentence for many programs, but head coach Jeff Click, in his 17th year at the helm of the Glen Este Lady Trojans, continues to churn out competitive teams year after year. “We have a good nucleus back,”

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he said. “We’ll have nine players in our rotation — four sophomores, two seniors and three juniors. We really won’t have a go-to player. I think seven or eight could get double figures on any night.” Even with seven or eight who can go for 10-plus every night, Kelly Simon and Payton Funk Continued on Page 13

PHOTO / CHRIS CHANEY

Despite losing three First Team All-Conference players to graduation, Glen Este still believes they can contend for a conference championship with a young core of talent.

Lady Trojans Schedule Nov. 22 Nov. 26 Dec. 2 Dec. 7 Dec. 9 Dec. 12 Dec. 14 Dec. 16 Dec. 18 Dec. 21 Jan. 4 Jan. 6 Jan. 8 Jan. 11 Jan. 13 Jan. 15 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

Amelia Eastern at CHCA Walnut Hills Northwest at Winton Woods at Turpin at Western Brown Anderson Seton Loveland at Clermont Northeastern at Milford Kings at Georgetown at Walnut Hills Turpin at Anderson at Loveland Milford St. Ursula at Kings

project to be the most consistent options to fill it up for the Lady Trojans. Both sophomores, Simon and Funk both averaged around five points a game last year. Given GE’s balance and depth, opponents will be in for a tough night whenever the come up against the Lady Trojans. “We think that we have decent skills, so we’ll try to do what we always have,” Click explained. “We’re going to spread the floor and play to our Jeff Click strengths. We won’t be able to expect one person just to score on their own, we’re going to have to create our own opportunities. “Defensively, we’re deep, so we want to play fast and wear teams down, but we have to be under control.” Click said he’s not too good at predicting the outcome of a season before it starts, but given the year Anderson had running the table, the talent that Walnut Hills returns and the potential of a young Milford team, his squad has their work cut out for them and he said they are still in the prove-people wrong stage.

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Varsity Roster No.

Name

4 5 11 12 13 21 22 24 42

Lindsey Singleton Kelly Simon Whitney Brand Alexis McKinley Payton Funk Ashley Keith Courtney Vespie Kenzie Hall Brooklyn Reese

Year

11 10 11 10 10 12 10 12 11

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Lady Trojans reloading, not rebuilding in 2013-14 BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

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PHOTO / CHRIS CHANEY

Despite losing three First Team All-Conference players to graduation, Glen Este still believes they can contend for a conference championship with a young core of talent.

Lady Trojans Schedule Nov. 22 Nov. 26 Dec. 2 Dec. 7 Dec. 9 Dec. 12 Dec. 14 Dec. 16 Dec. 18 Dec. 21 Jan. 4 Jan. 6 Jan. 8 Jan. 11 Jan. 13 Jan. 15 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

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Varsity Roster No.

Name

4 5 11 12 13 21 22 24 42

Lindsey Singleton Kelly Simon Whitney Brand Alexis McKinley Payton Funk Ashley Keith Courtney Vespie Kenzie Hall Brooklyn Reese

Year

11 10 11 10 10 12 10 12 11

GLEN ESTE GIRLS

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Felicity-Franklin working hard under new coach, installing new system

Glen Este gears up for long-awaited year BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

O D D

P A G E S

BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

PHOTO / CHRIS CHANEY

Glen Este hopes to take advantage of an Eastern Cincinnati Conference that does not boast the height of year’s past and the Trojans plan to use their strong guard play to speed up opponents.

Varsity Roster

CMYK

Year

Name

Ht.

Chris Keating

5-10

Gage Rowan

6-6

Kyle Keszei

6-0

Logan Harris

6-0

Tyler Burdick

6-2

Tyler Flanigan

6-3

Aatur Shah

6-0

Andrew Bingham 6-2

Austin Bryant

Jackson Madden 6-3

Peyton Burdick 5-11

Tyler Creel

5-10

Zach Jones

5-11

Colin Fryman

5-10

Tyler Pilcher

6-2

5-10

Trojans Schedule Nov. 30 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 20 Jan. 3 Jan. 7 Jan. 8 Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Feb. 3 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 14

Cardinals Schedule Nov. 29 Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 15

PHOTO / CHRIS CHANEY

The Cardinals enter the 2013-14 season with a new coach and a new system to implement, but Sandker believes on any night, his team in the one to beat in the SBC-National.

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

Dillon Utter

Trendon Young

Austin May

Chris White

Dylan Foster

Louis Quiles

Trevor Barrons

Clinton Liming

Jeremy Collins

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Healthy Lady Warriors have high expectations

Lady Cards to use athleticism, speed to offset lack of height BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

PHOTO / CHRIS CHANEY

Felicity-Franklin brings back the same roster as last year, save for two graduated seniors. What the Lady Cardinals lack in size, they hope to mask with pressure defense and quick transition points.

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

Brooke Corbin

G/F

Heather Collins

G/F

Kelsey Arkenau

Serena Spaulding F/C

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Lady Cardinals Schedule Nov. 26 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 Dec. 30 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan.

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Jan. 25 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

Lady Warriors Schedule Nov. 22 Nov. 26 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 9 Dec. 12 Dec. 16 Dec. 19 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 16 Jan. 18 Jan. 23 Jan. 25 Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

Becca Davidson

Hannah Owens

Taylor Wells

Brittany Clark

Courtney Turner

Katatina Blumentritt G

Kayla Miller

Megan Allen

Sheilelah Pittman

Jackie Brown

Kelsie Jeandrevin G

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Goshen brings back eight of their nine leading scorers from last season and will have their low-post one-two punch of Hannah Owens and Becca Davidson both healthy to start the season

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Inexperienced Warriors will rely on tough defense as offense comes around BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

O D D

P A G E S

Rockets implementing new system under first-year coach Parker BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

PHOTO / CHRIS CHANEY

Coming off of a second-place finish in the Southern Buckeye Conference American Division, head coach Scott Wake said his team will need to mature on the fly in 2013-14.

Varsity Roster

CMYK

Year

Name

Austin Parker

Austin Smith

Bo Baldrick

Michael Pigman

Noah Knuckles

Cody Schock

Nick Brown

Chase Bellamy

Ryan Wake

Warriors Schedule Nov. 29 Dec. 2 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 28 Jan. 3 Jan. 6 Jan. 10 Jan. 17 Jan. 21 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 1 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 10 Feb. 13 Feb. 15

Rockets Schedule Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec.

2 6 10 13 14 17 20 27

Dec. 28 Jan. 3 Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 15 Jan. 22 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 12 Feb. 15

PHOTO / CHRIS CHANEY

The Rockets return a good chunk of their squad from a year ago, including leading scorer senior Jay Teaney, back right, who averaged 16.3 points per game.

Varsity Roster Year

Name

12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10

Alex Thompson Chase Johnson Jay Teaney Tramaine Smith Zach Murray Andrew Braley Brandon Mullins Darian Bullock Patrick Kelley Trey Amann Donald Hahn Nick Ernst

Pos.

G F G F F G G F C G C G

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Lady Rockets hope to turn some heads in 13-14 BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

Finally healthy, Eagles look to make run at ECC BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

Lady Eagles Schedule PHOTO / CHRIS CHANEY

Clermont Northeastern returns one starter from last year’s team, but first-year head coach Mark Short hopes that his squad can surprise some teams this season.

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Varsity Roster No.

Name

00 2 3 4 10 11 14 15 20 21 23

Lexie Walker Briana Simpson Katelynn Holmes Jackie Sullivan Jenna Mummert Lindsay Wright Devin Chandler Katie Phair Abbi Pritchard Rachel Ward Julia Kelley

Year

10 12 12 11 10 10 12 12 12 11 12

Lady Rockets Schedule Nov. 26 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 14 Dec. 16 Dec. 19 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 13 Jan. 18 Jan. 20 Jan. 23 Jan. 25 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

Nov. 22 Nov. 26 Nov. 30 Dec. 4 Dec. 7 Dec. 11 Dec. 14 Dec. 18 Dec. 21 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 Jan. 2 Jan. 8 Jan. 11 Jan. 15 Jan. 18 Jan. 22 Jan. 27 Jan. 29 Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 8

Varsity Roster Year

Name

12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10

Andrea Swensen Bridget McDonald Brooke McDonald Shayna Simmons Caroline Moore Erin Beurket

Pos.

C G C G G F Meghan Swearington G Shelby Mayleben F Taylor Roof G Hannah Woody G Kelly Noll G Taylor Foster G

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A young Lady Eagles squad from a year ago returns this season much more experienced and at full strength after a number of injuries hit them last year. (Shelby Mayleben not pictured.)

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Eagles will deviate from usual style due to new personnel BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

The Milford Eagles are going to have to do things differently in 2013-14 than they have in years past as the size that has been their

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The Eagles will have to play a more outside-in offense this season as their usual height graduated out of the program last year.

Varsity Roster

Eagles Schedule

Year

Name

12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10

Austin Hensley Austin Taylor Trevor Bullock Zach Bryant Ryan Gallimore Will Hannah Michael Cook

Pos.

F/C G/F F/C F/C G G/F G Grant Reisenberg G/F Justin Arnold G Brad Hall G Keenan Ferrall G Ben Greenwell G/F

Nov. 30 Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 3 Jan. 6 Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 14

Tigers Schedule Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 25 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 15

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Despite having nine upperclassmen on the Tigers’ roster, first-year head coach Reggie Hall will be relying on players with minimal varsity experience.

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Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

Blace Haviland

Jadon West

Jason Lee

Samuel Price

TJ Boyd

Adam Shinkle

Cody Hodge

Jake Robinson

Kody Curless

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‘District championship or bust’ for the Lady Lions

Lady Tigers have high hopes once team gets healthy BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

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Lady Tigers Schedule Nov. 26 Nov. 30 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 16 Dec. 19 Dec. 27

Year

Name

Abbie Shinkle

Allison Poe

Brooke Jenike

Jan. 9

Alyssa Demaris

Julia Jenike

MacKenzie Watson F

Haylee Foster

Megan Morrow

Morgan Reinhart F

Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 18 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

Dec. 28 Jan. 2 Jan. 4

Lady Lions Schedule

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

Alexis Meyer

Bailey Workman

Hannah Hall

Josie Buckingham C

Madison Holdsworth F

Tayrn Rupp

Tina Lawrence

Ashley Gray

Maren Hance

Nov. 23 Nov. 26 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 9 Dec. 12 Dec. 17 Dec. 19 Jan. 2 Jan. 6 Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 13 Jan. 16 Jan. 18 Jan. 21 Jan. 23 Jan. 27 Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

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New Richmond returns all five starters from a team that won 17 games last season and lost in the sectional final to Talawanda.

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Bulldogs’ eclectic roster breeds high expectations

Lions hope to reverse recent trends in ‘13-14 BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

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An experienced Lions’ team hopes to put an end to an eight-year drought in winning seasons as well as vie for the first league title since 1995.

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

Caleb Hayward

Gary Crawford

John Ernst

Josh Heiden

CJ Grogan

Isiah Young

John Buckingham C

Frankie Taulbee

JD Durham

Bulldogs Schedule Nov. 30 Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 17

Lions Schedule Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Dec. 28 Jan. 3

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Varsity Roster Year

Name

12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 9 9

Austin Conner Austin Sammons Chris Bourque Kyle Grant Kyle Schmitgen Nick Herron Kenny Artis KeShawn Foley Malek Christian Tyler Large Shawn Adams Jacob McElfresh Garrett Krauss

Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 8

Pos.

G G F G G C G F F F F G C

Jan. 10 Jan. 14 Jan. 17 Jan. 22 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 14 Feb. 15

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Batavia will mix the experience of their six seniors with the talent of some underclassmen who are expected to not only play, but start games for Hatfield’s squad.

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Lady Bulldogs’ strong core brings experience BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

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The Lady Bulldogs return four starters from last year’s team including preeminent leading scorer junior Sam McElfresh, center of the back row.

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Lady Bulldogs Schedule

Year

Name

Allison Wagoner

Nov. 22

Woodward

Erin O’Brien

Nov. 26

Williamsburg

Jordan Foster

Dec. 3

at Georgetown

Katie Taulbee

Dec. 5

Felicity-Franklin

Alister Nickley

Dec. 11

Gamble

Lexie Hebert

Sam McElfresh

Sofia Gipson

Taylor Bushman

Manhattan Miller

Montessori Dec. 12

at Clermont

Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 16 Dec. 19 Jan. 2 Jan. 7 Jan. 9 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 25

Northeastern Dec. 17

at Madeira

Dec. 19.

at Blanchester

Dec. 28

Milford

Jan. 3

at Western Brown

Jan. 4

at Hillsboro

Jan. 6

at Amelia

Jan. 9

New Richmond

Jan. 16

Bethel-Tate

Jan. 23

at Williamsburg

Jan. 25

Georgetown

Jan. 27

East Clinton

Jan. 30

at Felicity-Franklin

Feb. 1

Clermont Northeastern

Feb. 3

at North Adams

Feb. 6

at Blanchester

Feb. 8

SBC Tournament

Jan. 30 Feb. 1 Feb. 6 Feb. 8

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Pos.

12 11 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9

Lauren Coon Dana Little Kennedy Clark Savanna Rohn Keely Ackerman Hope Schaljo Lexi Stephens Riley Clark Serena Wright Abby Bowling Calie Brown

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A relatively inexperienced Williamsburg team expects to play the role of spoiler as they gain the experience they need to become a force once again in the SBC.

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A successful football season leaked over into basketball season for the Wildcats as eight of their 12 varsity members were still playing football into November.

Varsity Roster Year

Name

12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10

Colton Brown Dalton Smith Jordan Wright Nick Felts Austin Horn Blake Vize Evan Barge Jared Spurlock Josh Wells Dakota Lefker Kurt Meisberger Zack Ward

Pos.

G F F F G G G F G G G G

Wildcats Schedule Dec. 4 Dec. 6 Dec. 7 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 14 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 11 Jan. 17 Jan. 24 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 15

Varsity Roster Year

Name

Brogan Couch

Jack Mickler

Tommy Hacker

Brett Greenough

Chandler Hauke

Keegan Carson

Garrett Weaver

Mason Blankenship G

Sean Stewart

TJ Reed

Ryan Turner

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The defending Southern Buckeye Conference American Division champions are being pegged by many to be among the favorites to win the league again in 2013-14.

Barons Schedule Dec. 2 Dec. 6 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 17 Dec. 20 Dec. 28 Dec. 30 Jan. 3 Jan. 7

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Lady Barons will try to utilize guard skills BY CHRIS CHANEY Sun staff

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513-797-4500 www.cahallbros.com

1845 EAST OHIO PIKE, AMELIA

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PHOTO / CHRIS CHANEY

The Lady Barons will try to use their speed and outside shooting ability to offset what they lack in height in the low post. The team returns three varsity starters.

Varsity Roster Year

Name

12 12 12 12 12 11 10 10 10 9 9

Ainsley Pruss Allison McDaniel Elise Whitesell Lauren Nichols Madison Terry Elena McDonald Kendall Kaiser Lexy Tucker MacKenzie Hultz Katie Murphy Lindsay Buten

Pos.

F G G F G F F F G F G

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