Aves, Braves &.Moe play ~~~ItJ~~t Hadley The Moeller Crusaders golf team got off to a solid start for the week on Monday as they defeated Elder 17 5-182. Tom Yost was medalist with a five-over par 41 on the front nine at Crest Hills Country Club. The Crusaders next traveled to Oakwood on Tuesday and came away with a 163-178 victory. Yost again was medalist with a three-over par 39 on the front nine at Moraine Country Club. The Crusaders annual match with Sycamore proved to be a very close match as Moeller came out on top 158-164 at Kenwood Country Club. Moell~r·s Starks and
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Sycamore's Adam Dumas were co-medalists with three-over par 38s on the front nine of the Kenvlew Course. Indian Hill Improved its record to 13-2 on Monday with a 176-181 win over Bethel Tate. Jason Kreitzer was medalist with a five-over· par 40 on the front nine of the Kenvlew Course at Kenwood Country Club. Country Day picked up a Miami Valley Conference win on Monday over Seven Hills 179185 as Matt Hassan was medalist with an eight-over par 43 on the front nine at the Camargo Club. The Indians also disposed of . Lockland 189-196 on Tuesday as Adam Levin led the team with
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a six·over par 42 on the front nine at Crest Hills Country Club. The Madeira Mustangs got'off to a good start on Monday as they knocked off Taylor 192204. Jeff Hern was medalist with a 10-over par 45 on the front nine at the Camargo Club. The Dick hadley Fall Classic concluded the busy week at Weatherwax Golf Course In Middletown. Sycamore placed fourth with a 324 score and Moeller placed fifth with 327 In Division 1. In Division II and III, Indian Hill placed sixth with a score of 339. . Cincinnati Division I Sectional (AI Glenview Golf Course, par 72) Top three teams advance to Regional 1. Moeacr (Tom Yost 37·36-73, Mike Caddity 35-4176, Mike Stark 37-42-79, Andy Dunlap 39-39-78) 306. 2. Milford (Jeff Kassen 35-44-79, Brad Loomis 3438-72, Donnie Raines 43-39-82, Andy Dearth 39-42-81) 314. 3. Sycamore (Jason Greiner 43-42-85, Adam Oum:ls 36-38-74, Erik Harpsoe 39-41-80, Brian Chambless 3939-781 Erik Wickert 41-44-85) 317. Others: 4. (tiel Lakota, Walnut Hills 321. 6. (tiel Turpin, Princeton 330. 8. Norwood 339. 9. Anderson 347. 10. Glen Este 363. 11. Winton Woods 383. 12. Amelia 431. Individual Regional Qualifiers: I. Jason Dingmilrl (Princeton) 70. 2. ltie) John Fischer (Walnut Hills), Jason Harter (Lakota) 76.
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Winton Woods
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Kenton Hobbs
Lakota West
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Brent Hubert
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Jeff Papania Steve Montgomery Kevin Burhlage Drew Isaac Derek Garrison
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HONORABLE MENTION: Steve Montgomery, Elder: Bob Moeller, Moeller; iJosh Rockey. St. Xavier: Marty Miller, Middletown: Eddie Baker, Hamilton; Brad Mitchell. 1 Fairfield; Ryan Williams, Lakota West; Roddy Stleger, Lakota West.
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Hank Alexander
Seven Hills
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Indian Hill Sr. Mark Zanotti Jr. Mariemont MattAmls • GOLFER OF THE YEAR: Wes Homan. Su.mmit Country Day· • COACH OF THE YEAR: Bob Juenke, Summit Count~ Da;t
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After the Moeller golf team played poorly in the Troy Invitational on Sept. 21, coach Rick Bohne could see that his players were pressing. "It seemed like the kids were trying to be too perfect and were putting too much pressure on themselves," Bohne said. "I told them not to focus so much on results, just play your best and the scores will come.'' The Crusaders evidently used that advice Wednesday and won the Cincinnati East Division I sectional tournament at Glenview Golf Course. Moeller shot 306, eight strokes better than second-place Milford and 11 ahead of Sycamore, which earned the third and final qualifying spot for next Friday's district tournament at Weatherwax Golf Course in Middletown. All four Moeller scorers shot in the 70s, paced by junior Tom Yost's l-over 73. Sycamore was led by Adam Dumes, who had a hole-in-one on the 127-yard, par-3 14th hole in his round of 74. Princeton senior Jason Dingman shot 70 to win the medal. It's the fourth straight year in which he's qualified as an individual from a non-qualifying team. Also qualifying as individuals were Lakota's Jason Harter and PATRICK REDDY /The Cincinnati Post Walnut Hills' John Fischer. Junior Tom Yost, who led Moeller to the sectional championship with a They finished at 76 with Glen 1-over 73, takes aim at the cup on the 1Oth green at Glenview. · Este's Mike Heppner, who was
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Division II golf Indian Hill was declared, champion on a tiebreaker with Loveland after both teams shot 323 at Glenview. In the tiebreak-~ er - the score of each team's · fifth man - Indian Hill's Andy~ Boehm shot 88 compared to 93 · for Loveland's Craig Dickey. The' sectional title was the fourth' straight for Indian Hill. Hamilton Badin, headed by' medalist Jim Zettler's l-over 73, was the third and final qualify-• ing team, at 329., ·· Qualifying individually were Purcell Marian's Paul Snyder; (74), Bethel-Tate's Bronell Partin (75) and New Richmond's" Craig Fisher (76).
Moeller's Rocawich turns to golf BY DAVE SCHUTTE Enquirer Contributor
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In Division II, the pressure will be on jim Zettler to carry a Badin team that qualified for the state tournament last season. Summit Country Day has led the way among Division III schools this season, while Cincinnati Country Day could prove to be a spoiler .
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The uniform isn't exactly what Mike Rocawich had in mind, but the 15-year-old Moeller sophomore isn't complaining. Instead of putting on shoulder
. Prep sports pads underneath a Crusader football jersey on Friday, Rocawich will be wearing a Moeller golf shirt at Weatherwax Golf Course for the Division I district tournament. The Crusaders, along with 11 other Cincinnati-area teams, will : compete in the District Tournament, with the top three teams in each division earning a berth in the state golf tournament. Besides Moeller, Sycamore, St. Xavier. Fairfield, Milford (Division 1), Badin, Loveland and Indian Hill (Division II) and Cincinnati Country Day and Summit Country Day (Division III) will compete for the trip to Columbus. "When Dad (Mike Sr.) was transfered to Cincinnati in july, he looked for a home in the Moeller school district," Rocawich said. i "He wanted me to play football at ' Moeller." A starter for the reserve team at Dublin last year as a freshman, Rocawich immediately attended tryouts at Moeller, hoping to make it as a linebacker. "They wanted me to play the offensive line," Rocawich, a sixfoot, 190 pounder, said. "I was told I wasn't quick enough to play linebacker." Rather than fight the issue, Rocawich contacted Moeller golf
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Mike Rocawich, above, came to Moeller hoping to play football, but he's settled nicely instead for a prominent role on the golf team.
coach Rick Bohne about playing golf. "One of the first questions I asked Mike was how long he had been playing golf," Bohne said. "When he told me about three months, I didn't hold much hope for him." Bohne told Rocawich that team tryout consisted of playing in the Cincinnati Recreation Commission junior Golf Tournament. Rocawich finished a respectable eighth in the tourney. "Mike also told me that he had never played any competitive golf before the tournament," Bohne said. ''When I saw him play in the
city tournament, I couldn't believe it." On three occasions this season, Rocawich earned medaiist honors as the Crusaders compiled an 8-6 record. "We don't have a senior on the team," Bohne said. "Other than St. Xavier, I think this tournament is as wide open as I've seen it in eight years of coaching." City champion St. Xavier, a balanced and deep team, will be led by Pete Kelly, Mike Isaac, Matt Thiemann and Steve Kline. But Milford, Fairfield, Colerain and Sycamore have the capability to run away \vith the top prize.
The jack Nicklaus Tennis Center will be the site of the Division I district girls tennis tournament Friday and Saturday. Cincinnati's Division II district qualifiers will play at Thomas Cloud Park in Dayton in an attempt to earn a berth in the state meet in Columbus on Oct. 17-18. The outlook for Cincinnati Division I players isn't bright because of the presence of the entire Centerville team, which has dominated Southwestern Ohio recently. Cincinnati's best chances in doubles rests with the Ursuline team of ]eni Becker and Tara Hardin along with Sycamore's duos of Joan Marshall-Meta Rascov and Lauren Casper-Jill Korach. Talawanda's Julie Peirson, Ursuline's Cindy Kroth and Anderson's Amy Hathaway could advance in singles. In Division II, Donna Thomas of CCD along with Margie Spray and Arlie Eiseman of Summit should advance in the singles competition while the CCD's doubles team of Paige Heimann and Cindy jeffers appears to be a lock. The top four players advance to the state tournament in Division I while the top five advance in the Division II tournament.
:Crusaders grab sectional BY DAVE SCHUTTE Enquirer Contributor
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The comforting smile of Mary Yost, visable on the fairways and for the Moeller golf team. The near the greens at Glenview Golf Crusaders, who have no seniors on Course on Wednesday, was all the the team, pulled off several upsets motivation that her son, Moeller but faltered badly in the league tournament Monday at Dayton, finjunior Tom Yost, needed. "I became concerned several ishing third. "We held a team meeting two weeks ago because my husband weeks ago because I felt there was Oohn) seemed to make Tom nervous on the course," Mary said. too much tension," Bohne said. "Although I knew little about golf, "All I asked the kids today was to I decided to attend Tom's match- give it their best effort, and they came through." es." Sycamore also advanced to the Since Mary started attenaing every match, Tom has played with District meet, along with Moeller vengeance, leading the Crusaders and Milford. A hole-in-one by to several victories during the final Adam Dumes on the 125-yard, par-3, 14th hole was the catalyst two weeks of the season. At the Division I Sectional Golf Sycamore needed. "l was 4-over-par on the first Tournament on Wednesday, Yost's l-over-par 73 'led Moeller to the four holes," said Dumes, who championship with a team score of played the back nine first. "I used a pitching wedge, and the ball hit 306, eight better than Milford. "My average has come down six on the green took a big bounce." However, Dumes admitted that or seven strokes since mom started coming to the matches," Yost everyone in the foursome thought said. "She's always smiling, and the ball had gone over the green. "When I got to the green, I that seems to do something for walked up and peaked in the hole," me." John Yost is Moeller's reserve Dumes said. Following the hole-in-one, coach; his wife has been taking vacation days from work to support Dumes played the final 13 holes even-par, recording a 7 4. her son on the course. And Tom Yost wasn't the only Crusader who rose to the occasion. Three other jun.iors, Mike Caddity (76), Mike Stark (79) and Andy Dunlap (78), contributed to Moeller's first-ever sectional title. "We're kind of a well-kept secret," Crusaders coach Rick Bohne said. "Maybe it's because of that other sport (football) that is played at Moeller." It's been an up-and-down season Neil Lykins
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Moeller's Lykins . mim~d top golfer ¡ Neil Lykins, the Division I state medalist, closed out a brilliant career that included setting every record at Moeller and being hamed : 17ze Cincinnati .Enquirer's Division I Golfer of the Year.D4