ARETEFIRST CLASSTEAM ATTITUDETOUGHNESS
26 GCL CHAMPIONSHIPS
19 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS
8 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
5 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
2023-24 ARCHBISHOP MOELLER SCHEDULE/RESULTS (22-1,
Dec 1 Western Heights (AUS) W, 75-35
Dec 5 Princeton W, 56-46
Dec 9 at St. Vincent-St.Mary W, 56-51
Dec 15 at Withrow W, 41-37
Dec 16 Gamble Montessori W, 59-26
Dec 22 Turpin W, 68-46
Dec 27 Southeast (FL)! W, 58-21
Dec 28 Newsome (FL)! W, 61-37
Dec 29 Cardinal Mooney (FL)! W, 42-26
Jan 5 at Centerville L, 55-62
Jan 6 Hughes W, 63-28
Jan 12 Elder* W, 48-34
Jan 14 Highlands (KY)# W, 55-32
Jan 19 at St. Xavier* W, 56-46
Jan 21 Mentor$ W, 85-66
Jan 26 La Salle* W, 54-38
Jan 27 at Walnut Hills W, 46-28
Feb 2 at Elder* W, 44-28
Feb 3 Newport Cent.Catholic (KY)W, 56-34
Feb 6 at Mason W, 42-38
Feb 9 St. Xavier* W, 54-29
Feb 16 at La Salle* W, 72-48
Feb 22 Talawanda% W, 73-36
Feb 27 Walnut Hills% 6:00 PM
*- Greater Catholic League South Game
! - 2023 Ram Jam (Riverview HS, Sarasota, FL)
#- 2024 LaRosa’s Holiday Hoops Classic (Cintas Center) $ -2024 Battle at Berkey (Smithville HS, Smithville, OH)
% - 2024 OHSAA Division I, Sectional Tournament (Fairfield HS)
#1 ARCHBISHOP MOELLER CRUSADERS (22-1, 6-0 GCL SOUTH)
GAME 22-OHSAA
#31 WALNUT HILLS EAGLES (6-16, 3-13 ECC)
Sectional Semifinal
Tuesday, Feb, 27 @ 6:00 p.m. ET Fairfield Arena at Fairfield HS: Capacity 3,500 Series: Moeller leads 15-8
Last Meeting: Saturday, January 27th, 2024: Moeller 46, Walnut Hills 28
THE GAME: The Archbishop Moeller Crusaders take on the Walnut Hills Eagles in an OHSAA Sectional Semifinal. This will be the 24th meeting all-time between the Crusaders and the Eagles. The Crusaders radio call will be broadcasted on WMOE and the Moeller Broadcasting Network with Jeff Schnedl on play-by-play and on color commentary from Kent McKenzie.
POLL CHAMPIONS: The Crusaders were named Associated Press (AP) State Poll Champions for the 6th time in program history on Monday. The Crusaders also claimed the AP Poll State Championship in 2008, 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
TOURNEY TIME RECORD: Archbishop Moeller is 152-52 (.745) all-time in the OHSAA Tournament. The Crusaders have made eight apperances in the Final Four; winning five Division I State Championships and finishing as State Runner-Up twice.
ON THE AIR
RADIO
WMOE
Moeller Broadcasting Network
Play-by-Play: Jeff Schnedl
Color Commentary: Kent McKenzie
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GAME NOTES
KAZANECKI NAMED GCL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Junior, Alex Kazanecki was named the GCL Athlete of the Year for 2024 on Friday. Kazanecki becomes the 19th Crusader in program history to receive this award and is the 23rd time that a Crusader received this award (Brannen - ‘92, ‘93, ‘94;Monserez - ‘98, 99; Matt Sylvester - 2000, 2001)
HAVENS NAMED CO-GCL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Senior, Kyle Havens was named GCL Co-Defensive Player of the Year for 2024 on Friday. Havens becomes the 8th Crusader to receive this award in program history.
ALL-GCL TEAMS: Five Crusaders were named to the All-GCL Teams on Friday. Seniors, Noah George and Eric Mahaffey and Junior, Alex Kazanecki were named First-Team All-GCL. Seniors, Kyle Havens and AJ McBride were named Second-Team All-GCL.
THE BROTHERHOOD: With Senior, Eric Mahaffey being named to the ALL-GCL Team, this marked the 11th time a set/trio of brothers have both been named to the ALL-GCL Team.
Family Brothers (Year(s) named to All-GCL Team)
Luhan Ken (‘65) & John (‘65)
Daniel Mark (‘68) & Mike (‘69)
Sylvester Mike (‘70) & Steve (‘70)
Bell Mike (‘93) & Rick (‘97)
Monserez Mike (‘98, ‘99) & Nick (‘01)
Tabler Tyler (‘00) & Troy (‘05, ‘06, ‘07)
Davenport Michael (‘08), Josh (‘12, ‘13) & Jeremiah (‘18)
McDowell Quinn (‘06, ‘07, ‘08) & Keegan (‘16, ‘17)
McBride Trey (‘15, ‘16) & Miles (‘17, 19)
McCracken Sam (‘16) & Will (‘20)
Mahaffey Evan (‘21, ‘22) & Eric (‘24)
FLOURISHING IN FAIRFIELD: The Crusaders will be returning to Fairfield Arena to play their sectional games for the fourth time since 2015. The Crusaders are a perfect 9-0 in sectional games in their three previous times playing at Fairfield and have made it to at least the Regional Semifinals in each of the three previous tournaments in which they started at Fairfield.
Date Round Opponent Score
2/27/15 Sectional Qtrs Sycamore W, 54-19
3/3/15 Sectional Semi Ross W, 72-24
3/6/15 District Semi Walnut Hills W, 48-40
2/23/16 Sectional Semi Winton Woods W, 66-38
2/26/16 District Semi Oak Hills W, 61-58 (OT)
2/22/19
2/26/19
Sectional Qtrs Middletown W, 60-32
Sectional Semi Talwanda W, 58-17
3/1/19 District Semi Colerain W, 67-51
2/22/24
Sectional Qtrs Talawanda W, 73-36
ARCHBISHOP MOELLER BASKETBALL
Location
Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 950
Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1958
Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greater Catholic (South)
Colors Navy Blue & Gold
Nickname Crusaders
President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr . J . Marshall Hyzdu
Principal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mr . Carl Kremer
Athletic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr . Jonathan Hayes Superintendent Mrs Kathy Kane
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Regional Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
State Runner-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (2010 & 2017)
State Championships .5 (1999, 2003, 2007, 2018 & 2019)
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Kremer
Alma Mater Eastern Kentucky University, 1982
TOP DOG AGAIN: The Crusaders enter the OHSAA Tournament as a #1 seed for the 8th time since 2010 and are 43-4 (.914) in the those eight tournaments. Additionally, the Crusaders have made it to at least the Regional Final in all previous tournaments as a #1 seed and have played for the State Championship in three of those years
LEADING ASSISTANTS: Junior, Roman Mason and senior, Eric Mahaffey rank one and two for the most assists per game. Mason leads the league with 3.0 apg and 63 assists for the season, Mahaffey is second with 2.7 apg and also 63 for the season.
LOCKDOWN DEFENSE: The Crusaders win over Talawanda marked the 16th time this season that Crusaders have allowed fewer than 40 points in a game. The Crusaders are a perfect 16-0 in these games.
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BASKETBALL INFORMATION First Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1962-63 All-Time Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .962-468 ( .672) All-Time GCL Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378-253 ( .599) GCL Championships 26 District Championships . . . .
Career Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .679-178 ( .792) Moeller Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679-178 (35th) Assistant Coaches . . Mike Sussli, Fred Hesse,
Demarco Johnson, Joe
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Ryan Gulley
Kremer
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