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BY RICHARD CRAWFORDSun staff

A new team and a new headcoach are gathering at the barony.Rick McMullen, who had previ-

ously been the girls head cagetaskmaster at Amelia for severalyears, has now taken over as thehead of the boys program.“We have a little bit of speed

and shoot the ball pretty decent,”said McMullen, who will be seek-

ing the leadership of his fivereturning lettermen to help set thesquad through its paces. Seven let-termen are gone from last year’ssquad.“We have a lot of inexperienced

seniors and we don’t have a lot ofoverall size,” he said.The Blue and White will receive

leadership from senior number-two guard Austin Hounshell (5-feet, 9-inches tall), senior number-three guard Vernon Harris (5-10)

who is a “really good shooter,”and junior small forward TannerOwens (5-11).“I expect Wilmington to make a

run for the state from our leaguethis year and Walnut Hills shouldbe good, but after that there’ll be alump of the sum of the rest of us,”

McMullen said. “We’re hoping forgood things…We hope to be com-petitive.”

All-Stars ReturningThere are no FortAncient Valley

Conference Cardinal Division all-stars returning.

All-Stars LostForward Willie Tansey and cen-

ter Scott Diebel.

RosterJustin Andler (5-11) junior for-

ward, Brandon Cooper (5-11)junior guard, Kyle Delker (5-10)senior forward, Vernon Harris (5-10) senior guard, AustinHounshell (5-9) senior guard, ZacHultz (5-7) junior guard, MitchellLawson (6-3) senior forward,Kevin Morse (6-0) junior forward,Tanner Owens (5-11) junior for-ward, Jory Pruss (6-3) senior for-ward, Kieron Rodgers (5-7) seniorguard, Mike Stapleton (5-9) seniorguard, and Ted Wagner (5-11)junior forward.

McMullen’s assistant coachesare Brian Callahan, Eric Burger,and Stu Conrad.

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Tara Kaiser returns to her almamater to bring back the Ameliavarsity girls basketball program toits winning ways, which she expe-rienced during her hall of fameprep career at the barony fromwhere Tara Shepherd graduated in1987.

The former three-sport QueenCity Conference all-star, includingbasketball, welcomes the return offive players who lettered a yearago. A total of six seniors graduat-ed from last year’s contingent.

“The team has good speed andgood ball-handling talent,” saidKaiser, cautioning, “What we lackis size.”

Kaiser will be assisted with hercoaching duties by anotherAmeliaHigh Sports Hall of Fame mem-ber, Mark Crouse, a 1982 graduateofAHS where he was a three-sportall-star, including basketball.

A couple of standouts areexpected to put Amelia through itspaces – senior forward MorganSperry (5-feet, 8-inches tall) andsenior forward Caitlin Cammeresi(5-9).

Walnut Hills’ Eagles andWilmington’s Hurricanes are theteams Kaiser expects to be the bestof the teams in the Fort AncientValley Conference CardinalDivision chase.

“We expect to give a good effortall the time and to be in everygame,” Kaiser said.

All-Stars ReturningMorgan Sperry.

All-Stars LostForward Jacquelin Deatherage.

RosterBri Beasley (5-6) junior guard,

Beth Wilson (5-5) senior guard,Kelly Hart (5-8) junior forward,Brittany Broughton (5-10) seniorforward, Caitlin Cammersi (5-9)senior forward, Erin Hancock (5-6) junior guard and forward,Megan Mentzel (5-7) sophomoreguard, Danielle Lang (5-9) fresh-man forward, Kymmy Simon (5-6) sophomore guard, MakennaSchulz (5-8) junior forward, Jodi

Motley (6-0) junior center, andMorgan Sperry (5-8) senior for-ward.

Kaiser’s assistant coaches areMark Crouse, Jim Sperry, andMatt Wells.

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The 2009 Lady Barons varsity basketball squad.

AmeliaWrestlingNov. 25 at Western Brown, Nov.27 at Princeton, Dec. 4 atLebanon Tri, Dec. 16 at ClermontNortheastern (with Batavia), Dec.19 Southwest Ohio WrestlingCoaches Association Classic atHarrison, Dec. 20 Southwest OhioWrestling Coaches Classic atHarrison, Dec. 28 at Mt. HealthyDuals, Jan. 6 at Middletown Tri,Jan. 8 Fairfield Invitational, Jan. 9Fairfield Invitational, Jan. 15Sycamore Invitational, Jan. 16Sycamore Invitational, Jan. 23 atLoveland Duals, Jan. 27 SimonKenton (Senior Night), Feb. 13Fort Ancient Valley ConferenceTournament at Wilmington.

BowlingNov. 24 McNicholas, Nov. 30Anderson, Dec. 7 Kings, Dec. 10at Kings, Dec. 14 Wilmington,Dec. 16 at Wilmington, Jan. 4Glen Este, Jan. 5 Milford, Jan. 6Goshen, Jan. 9 Fort Ancient ValleyConference Meet at NorthwestLanes, Jan. 11 Walnut Hills, Jan.12 at Walnut Hills, Jan. 19 Turpin,Jan. 21 Turpin, Jan. 27 LittleMiami, Jan. 28 at Little Miami, andFeb. 1 at Goshen.All home games will be at CherryGrove Lanes.

BataviaWrestlingDec. 5 Bob Guy Invitational atWilliamsburg, Dec. 9 at GoshenQuad, Dec. 16 at ClermontNortheastern (with Amelia), Dec.19 Southwest Ohio WrestlingCoaches Association Classic atHarrison, Dec. 20 Southwest OhioWrestling Coaches AssociationClassic at Harrison, Jan. 6 at LittleMiami (with Bethel-Tate), Jan. 13New Richmond and Campbell Co.(Ky.), Jan. 16 at Valley View, Jan.20 at Hillsboro Tri, Jan. 29 EatonInvitational, Jan. 30 EatonInvitational, Feb. 6 Steve ShinkleInvitational at Batavia, and Feb.13 Southern Buckeye ConferenceTournament at Williamsburg.

Bethel-TateWrestlingDec. 5 at Middletown Fenwick,Dec. 12 at Trenton EdgewoodInvitational, Dec. 15 at Indian Hill(with Simon Kenton, Ky.), Jan. 6 atLittle Miami (with Batavia), Jan. 8Madeira Invitational, Jan. 9Madeira Invitational, Jan. 15Reading Invitational, Jan. 16Reading Invitational, Jan. 19 atWyoming (with Blanchester andWilmington), Jan. 23 LovelandDuals Invitational, Jan. 30 atFinneytown, Feb. 3 Triangular athome, and Feb. 13 SouthernBuckeye Conference Tournamentat Williamsburg.

Clermont NortheasternWrestlingDec. 5 Bob Guy Invitational (atWilliamsburg), Dec. 9 Bethel-Tate,Dec. 12 at Greenville Duals, Dec.16 Amelia and Batavia, Jan. 8Madeira Invitational, Jan. 9Madeira Invitational, Jan. 15Charlie Moore Invitational (atReading), Jan. 16 Charlie MooreInvitational (at Reading), Jan. 23Wyoming Duals, Feb. 6 SteveShinkle Invitational (at Batavia),and Feb. 13 Southern BuckeyeConference Tournament atWilliamsburg.

WilliamsburgWrestlingDec. 5 Bob Guy Invitational, Dec. 9at Bethel-Tate, Dec. 12 at Deer Park,Dec. 19 Withrow Invitational, Jan. 2at Norwood, Jan. 13 at Norwood,Jan. 15 Charlie Moore Invitational atReading, Jan. 16 Charlie MooreInvitational at Reading, Jan. 29Lockland Invitational, Jan. 30Lockland Invitational, Feb. 3 atBethel-Tate, Feb. 6 Steve ShinkleInvitational at Batavia, and Feb. 13Southern Buckeye ConferenceTournament.

FelicityAcademicJan. 12 at Clermont Northeastern,Jan. 14 at East Clinton, Jan. 19 atGeorgetown, Jan. 21 WesternBrown, Jan. 26 Batavia, Jan. 28 atBlanchester, Feb. 2 at Goshen,Feb. 9 New Richmond, Feb. 11Williamsburg, and Feb. 16 Bethel-Tate, and Southern BuckeyeConference Tournament.

AcademicJan. 12 East Clinton, Jan. 14 atGeorgetown, Jan. 19 WesternBrown, Jan. 21 at Batavia, Jan. 26Blanchester, Feb. 2 Felicity, Feb. 4at New Richmond, Feb. 9 atWilliamsburg, Feb. 11 Bethel-Tate,Feb. 16 Clermont Northeastern,and Feb. 27 Southern BuckeyeConference Tournament.

GoshenWrestlingDec. 8 at Reading (with Batavia),Dec. 12 at Miamisburg (withAnderson), Dec. 19 SouthwestOhio Wrestling CoachesAssociation Classic at Harrison,Dec. 20 Southwest Ohio WrestlingCoaches Association Tournamentat Harrison, Dec. 29 BrecksvilleHoliday Classic, Dec. 30Brecksville Holiday Classic, Jan. 8at Blanchester Tri, Jan. 13 atClinton-Massie (with PurcellMarian), Jan. 23 Hammer andAnvil Tournament at WesternBrown, Jan. 30 at Miami Trace,Feb. 6 Delaware HayesInvitational, Feb. 13 SouthernBuckeye Conference Tournamentat Williamsburg.

MilfordWrestlingDec. 5 Harrison Invitational, Dec.12 at Sycamore (with LaSalle andSt. Xavier), Dec. 19 SouthwestOhio Wrestling CoachesAssociation Classic at Harrison,Dec. 20 Southwest Ohio WrestliingCoaches Association Classic atHarrison, Dec. 28 KenstonInvitational, Dec. 29 KenstonInvitational, Jan. 6 TrentonEdgewood, Jan. 7 at Lebanon(with Lakota East and Princeton),Jan. 15 at Anderson (with Lebanonand Dayton Fairmount), Jan. 23 atJames Horning Invitational, Jan.29 Milford Invitational (with Amelia,Anderson, Deer Park, Hamilton,Hillsboro, Kings, LaSalle,Loveland, McNicholas, NewRichmond, Princeton, Reading,Sycamore, Turpin, WestCarrollton, Western Brown,Western Hills, Wilmington, WintonWoods, Withrow, Woodward, andXenia), Jan. 30 Milford Invitational,Feb. 5 at Loveland (with GlenEste), and Feb. 13 Fort AncientValley Conference Tournament atWilmington.

Boys and Girls Swimming andDivingDec. 10 at Lawrenceburg (Ind.),Dec. 15 Loveland, Dec. 19 ButlerInvitational, Jan 7 at Turpin, Jan. 9Milford Invitational, Jan. 16Southwest Ohio CoachesAssociation Classic (SwimmingFinals), Jan. 17 Southwest OhioCoaches Association Classic(Diving and Swimming Finals),Jan. 19 Lakota East and LakotaWest, Jan. 26 Glen Este andCincinnati Hills Christian (SeniorNight), and Feb. 6 at Fort AncientValley Conference Meet.

Boys and Girls BowlingNov. 11 Goshen and Little Miami,Nov. 30 at Wilmington, Dec. 2Goshen and Little Miami, Dec. 7Harrison, Dec. 9 at Harrison,Dec. 12 at Holiday Classic, Dec.14 Glen Este, Dec. 15 at GlenEste, Dec. 16 at Lakota West, Jan.5 at Amelia, Jan. 6 Turpin, Jan. 9Fort Ancient Valley ConferenceMeet, Jan. 11 at Winton Woods,

Glen EsteWrestlingDec. 5 Harrison Duals, Dec. 11 atNew Richmond, Dec. 19Southwest Ohio WrestlingCoaches Association Classic atHarrison, Dec. 20 Southwest OhioWrestling Coaches AssociationClassic at Harrison, Dec. 29Greater Miami Holiday Classic atVandalia Butler, Dec. 30 GreaterMiami Holiday Classic at VandaliaButler, Jan. 9 at Elder (withPrinceton), Jan. 15 SycamoreInvitational, Jan. 16 SycamoreInvitational, Jan. 22 Anderson,Jan. 23 Hammer and AnvilInvitational at Western Brown,Jan. 28 at Sycamore, Feb. 5Loveland and Milford, Feb. 13Fort Ancient Valley ConferenceTournament at Wilmington.

Boys and Girls Swimming andDivingDec. 2 at Norwood, Dec. 5 MasonInvitational, Dec. 12 at Loveland(Blue Ash YMCA), Dec. 17 atHamilton, Jan. 7 at NewRichmond, Jan. 9 MilfordInvitational, Jan. 12 at WalnutHills, Jan. 16 Southwest CoachesClassic at Milford, Jan. 17Southwest Coaches Classic atMilford, Jan. 21 at Norwood, Jan.26 at Milford Tri, Jan. 30 ClarkMontessori (at Xavier University),Feb. 6 Fort Ancient ValleyConference Meet (at MiamiUniversity).

Boys and Girls BowlingNov. 23 Turpin, Dec. 1 Wyoming,Dec. 4 Goshen, Dec. 5 Big BlueClassic (at Hamilton), Dec. 8Loveland, Dec. 10 at Loveland,Dec. 12 Holiday Classic (atWestern Bowl), Dec. 14 at Milford,Dec. 15 Milford, Dec. 21Northwest, Jan. 4 Amelia, Jan. 5Wimington, Jan. 6 at Wanut Hills,Jan. 9 Fort Ancient ValleyConference Meet (at NorthwestLanes), Jan. 11 at Anderson, Jan.14 Anderson, Jan. 18 Baker Bash(at Beaver Vu Bowl), Jan. 19Harrison, Jan. 21 at Harrison, Jan.26 Winton Woods, Jan. 28 atWinton Woods, and Feb. 1

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AcademicDec. 2 at Milford, Dec. 9 atEdgewood, Jan. 6 Amelia, Jan. 20Anderson, Jan. 27 at Harrison,Feb. 3 Winton Woods, and Feb.10 at Loveland.

Jan. 13 Winton Woods, Jan. 20Anderson, Jan. 21 at Anderson,Jan. 25 Loveland, Jan. 27 atLoveland, Feb. 3 at Lakota East,Feb. 4 at Sycamore, Feb. 8 atDeer Park, and Feb. 11 at Kings.

AcademicDec. 2 Glen Este, Dec. 9 atTalawanda, Jan. 6 Walnut Hills,Jan. 20 at Harrison, Jan. 27Loveland, Feb. 3 Anderson, andFeb. 10 at Wiinton Woods.

New RichmondWrestlingDec. 5 at Roger Bacon, Dec. 19Southwest Ohio WrestlingCoaches Association Classic atHarrison, Dec. 20 Southwest OhioWrestliing Coaches AssociationClassic at Harrison, Jan. 8Madeira Invitational, Jan. 9Madeira Invitational, Jan. 13 atBatavia (with Campbell County,Ky.), Jan. 19 at Madeira, Jan. 29Milford Invitational, Jan. 30 MilfordInvitational Feb. 4 at Wilmington,and Feb. 13 Southern BuckeyeConference Tournament atWilliamsburg.

Swimming and DivingDec. 2 at Cincinnati Country Day,Dec. 10 Clark Montessori, Dec. 14Summit Country Day, Dec. 17 atMcClain, Jan. 5 Seven Hills, Jan.16 Milford Invitational, Jan. 17Milford Invitational, Jan. 19Summit Country Day, Jan. 21McClain, Jan. 26 Western Brown,Feb. 3 Southern Ohio Swimmingand Diving League at CincinnatiCountry Day, and Feb. 6 SouthernOhio Swimming and DivingLeague at Cincinnati Country Day.

AcademicJan. 12 at Bethel-Tate, Jan. 14Clermont Northeastern, Jan. 19 atEast Clinton, Jan, 21 Georgetown,Jan 26 Western Brown, Jan. 28 atBatavia, Feb. 2 Blanchester, Feb.4 Goshen, Feb. 9 at Felicity, Feb.16 Williamsburg, and Feb. 20Southern Buckeye ConferenceTournament at Felicity.

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BY RICHARD CRAWFORDSun staff

A lone starter is all Batavia canwelcome back from last season’svarsity girls basketball team.That veteran is sophomore

guard Holly Harris (5-feet, 7-inches tall).“Holly’s our only returning

starter so we are going to be avery inexperienced team,” saidBeth Wolfer, head coach of theGreen and White and a formerNew Richmond High School ath-letic letter earner.The Bulldogs’ mentor also

expects to receive some fine con-tributions from senior post playerCourtney Turner (5-10).“We’re going to be rebuilding.

If we can have a winning seasonit’ll be a very good thing for us,”said Wolfer.The viewpoint from deep in the

heart of Clermont County and theEast Fork Valley indicates thatGeorgetown’s G-Women,Goshen’s Warriors, and WesternBrown’s Broncos will be theclass of the contenders in theSouthern Buckeye Conference.“I think us, Blanchester, and

Williamsburg will be importantin helping decide the champion(of the National, small school,Division) in what is going to be abalanced race,” Wolfer said.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern

Buckeye Conference NationalDivision all-stars returning.

All-Stars LostForward Kayla Ernst, guard-

forward Emily Webb, and guardAbbey Jacob.

RosterAlyssa Gibson (5-6) junior

guard and forward, Holly Harris(5-7) sophomore guard, SarahGibson (5-7) junior guard andforward, Brooke Embry (5-6)sophomore guard, Rachel Baker(5-8) junior forward, Samm Ison(5-5) senior guard, Beth Turner(5-8) senior guard, CourtneyTurner (5-10) senior forward,Abby Hericks (5-8) sophomoreguard and forward, and MaggieGreen (5-11) sophomore for-ward.

Wolfer’s assistant coaches areAmber Kelly and RichieTrogden.

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Dan McKibben is on hand forhis first season as the head boysbasketball coach at his alma materwhere he was a Southern BuckeyeConference all-star on the hard-wood in the late 1980s.He has just a trio of players with

varsity experience around whomto build his team’s initial drive toreturning the program into a win-ner.“This team has more athletes

and more athleticism than its hadin recent years,” said McKibben.“Our weakness is that we have

one inexperienced senior, twofreshmen, and one sophomore onthe varsity roster.“What we’re going to be work-

ing a lot on is overcoming ourinexperience and losing attitude.It’s been so long since we’ve beena winner that it’s going to take awhile to redevelop a winning atti-tude, but these kids can do it.”The triumvirate around whom

McKibben expects to lead therebuilding process will be juniorguard Elliott Young (6-feet, 2-inches tall), junior number-fourwing man Matt Richardson (6-3),and senior guard Jacob Simpson(5-8).“We’re going to go seven or

eight deep and still be competi-tive.“Georgetown (National

Division of the SouthernBuckeye) and Bethel-Tate(American Division of theSouthern Buckeye) have a lot oftalent back. In our divisionBlanchester could be a surpriseand possibly Batavia.“Georgetown has tremendous

height and good point guards.Bethel has (Louie) Schaljo and(Tyler) Bullock back.“We want to be competitive in

every game. We could surprisesome teams along the way,”McKibben said.

All-Stars ReturningElliott Young and Matt

Richardson.

All-Stars LostThere were no Southern

Buckeye Conference NationalDivision all-stars lost.

RosterBrandon Boggs (5-8) junior

guard, Jacob Fishback (6-3) juniorforward and center, Kyle Jeffers

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In Clermont’s county seat, justtwo of the nine Bulldogs whoearned letters last year are amongthose Bulldogs back for anothervarsity boys basketball cam-paign.“We have decent size and some

decent shooters, but we’re inex-perienced. We have inexperi-enced seniors and we don’t han-dle the basketball really well,”said Mike Hatfield, head coachof the Green and White. “Weshould play very physically.”The former Glen Este High

School basketball standout hastwo experienced cagers on whomto rely – senior forward-centerCaleb Santel (6-feet, 4-inchestall) and junior center-forwardLuke Bradburn (6-3).Hatfield anticipates he will

also receive capable assistanceon the hardwood from NolanO’Brien, a 6-2 senior guard-for-ward.“I expect the league to be very

strong,” said Hatfield whoexpects Goshen’s Warriors,Bethel-Tate’s Tigers, andClermont Northeastern’s Rocketsto be the cream of the crop in theAmerican Division (big-school)chase of the Southern BuckeyeConference. He also believesWestern Brown’s Broncos “willbe down this year, but stillgood.”In his own National (small-

school) Division, a “better”Georgetown G-Men and FelicityCardinals will be in the thick ofthe race along withWilliamsburg’s Wildcats who“have a lot of good, young kids… I expect East Clinton to comealong this year, too.“I hope our inexperienced

older guys will help us out a lot,”Hatfield said.

All-Stars ReturningCaleb Santel.

All-Stars LostGuard-forward Zach Heber,

guard Eric Roberts, and centerKorey Eads.

RosterMatt Cook (6-1) senior guard,

Brandon Griffin (5-8) juniorguard, Sam Suttles (5-10) fresh-

man guard, Nolan O’Brien (6-0)senior forward, Brad Anstaett (5-10) senior guard, Caleb Santel(6-4) senior forward, Travis Hart(6-1) senior guard and forward,Jordan Rowland (6-3) senior for-ward, Kyle Dillinger (6-1) seniorguard and forward, LukeBradburn (6-3) junior center,Brian Hawk (5-9) sophomoreguard, Mike Musselman (6-1)junior guard and forward, andDavid Pelphrey (6-2) sophomore

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Hatfield’s assistant coachesEric Brose, Jon Nau, and VinceWoyan.

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Ken Lowe returns at the helm ofthe Williamsburg varsity girls bas-ketball program, a program that isdisplaying noticeable improve-ment each year.Helping the ‘Burg taskmaster

are five starters.“This team has good chemistry

and a good team mix of size andspeed,” said Lowe. “The team hasa better work ethic and a betterunderstanding of the game thisyear. The past years the kids havebeen working to improve theimage of girls basketball here atWilliamsburg.”The Wildcats’ leader has a total

of seven very experienced playersfrom whom to choose his startingline-up.The number of veterans include

senior center Darcy Little (5-feet,10-inches tall), junior forwardSamantha Davis (5-10), junior for-ward Rachel Meisberger (5-9),junior guard Molly Bruns (5-7),senior forward Amy Brown (5-10), sophomore forward TaraDennis (5-11), and sophomoreguard Heidi McManus (5-4). Thefirst five of that contingent allearned starting roles last year.“One of the girls’ goals this year

is to improve people’s outlooksand expectations and get respectabout the Williamsburg girls bas-ketball program,” Lowe conclud-ed.

All-Star ReturningDarcy Little.

All-Star LostGuard Danielle Stice.

RosterAmy Brown (5-10) senior for-

ward, Darcy Little (5-10) seniorcenter, Melanie Posey (5-6) seniorforward, Molly Bruns (5-7) juniorguard, Samantha Davis (5-10)junior forward, Ansley Guess (5-7) junior center, Jessica Meadors(5-8) junior forward, RachelMeisberger (5-9) junior forward,Tara Dennis (5-11) sophomoreforward, Ryan Gifford (5-7)sophomore forward, MeghinMcIntosh (5-4) sophomore guard,Heidi McManus (5-4) sophomoreguard, Becca Chase (5-3) fresh-man guard, Shannon Dewey (5-9)freshman forward, Emma Imbus(5-3) freshman guard, ElizabethMeisdberger (5-6) freshman

guard, Helaina Naehring (5-6)freshman forward, AmandaRogers (5-3) freshman guard, andSarah Wetzel (5-9) freshman cen-ter.

Lowe’s assistant coaches areTony Stidham and Tim Swart.

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Bethel-Tate head boys basket-ball coach Mike Arlinghaus hasfour seniors and six juniors aroundwhom to build the success of theFighting Tigers’ campaign.There were six seniors on last

year’s team.“This is a pretty experienced

team. We have our two leadingscorers and rebounders back fromlast year,” said Arlinghaus. “We’regoing to have a pretty balancedoffense and we’ll have good teamchemistry.“We need to work on taking bet-

ter care of the basketball. We tendto make too many unforcedturnovers.”The scoring and rebounding

leaders upon whom the Tigers’taskmaster is relying are seniorforward Louie Schaljo (6-feet, 3-inches tall), starting his fourth sea-son on the varsity, junior forwardTyler Bullock (6-3), and seniorforward Spencer Sutter (6-4). Hiscoach expects junior point guardGarrett Lang (5-9) to be“improved.” Also in the backcourtwill be senior guard Billy Sipos(5-9), a superb defenseman, andthe “versatile” senior forwardKevin Poe (6-1).“I know we can improve on our

assists to turnovers ratio this year,”said Arlinghaus.He said Goshen and his charges

should be in the forefront of theSouthern Buckeye ConferenceAmerican Division run for thetitle.“It should be a two-horse race,”

he said. “CNE could be a darkhorse and then we’ll also have towatch out for New Richmond andWestern Brown.“We’d like to win our side of the

league and win the sectional titleand get the opportunity to play in acollege arena.”

All-Stars ReturningLouie Schaljo and Tyler

Bullock.

All-Stars LostThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference American Divisionall-stars lost.

RosterLouie Schaljo (6-3) senior for-

ward, Spencer Sutter (6-4) seniorforward, Kevin Poe ((6-0) senior

forward, Billy Sipos (5-9) seniorguard, Tyler Bullock (6-3) juniorforward, Garrett Lang (5-9) juniorguard, Logan Stephens (5-9)junior guard, Jeremy Moss (5-9)junior guard, Dennis Sanker (6-5)junior center, Andy Courts (6-1)junior forward, Derrick Hennies(6-0) junior guard, David

Hammock (6-3) sophomore cen-ter, Robbie Wagner (6-3) sopho-more guard, and Matt Laws (5-9)

sophomore guard.Arlinghaus’ assistant coaches

are Jeff Essig and Dom Giordano.

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Brad Hatfield is beginning hissecond season as the head coachof the New Richmond varsity girlsbasketball team.The Red and Black is still in a

rebuilding process as the formerFelicity High School and SouthernState Community College basket-ball standout carefully guides theNRHS return to distaff basketballsuccess.New Richmond has just two let-

ter earners back from the 2008-09campaign. Seven of last year’sveterans are not returning.“We should be really good with

the talent of the players we have inthe post,” Hatfield said.“They’re playing really well as

a team and they’re ready to makethe sacrifices that will be needed.”He cautioned, “We have some

really young, inexperienced play-ers on the team.”The Lions’ head honcho pointed

out his top cagers in the post posi-tion will be junior Reno Frayne(5-feet, 10-inches tall) and juniorLindsey Blankenship (6-1), atransfer from McNicholas HighSchool.Hatfield expects his charges’

toughest competition in theSouthern Buckeye Conference tobe provided by Western Brown’sBroncos in the American Divisionand Georgetown’s G-Women inthe National Division. The Lionsare a member of the AmericanDivision of the Southern Buckeye.“We’re going to work hard on

gaining experience,” said the NewRichmond taskmaster. “I’d besuper pleased with breaking eventhis year,”

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference American Divisionall-stars returning.

All-Star LostGuard Michelle Sweet

RosterCatherine Bennett (5-5) sopho-

more guard, Lindsay Blankenship(6-0) junior center and forward,Georgia Buckingham (6-0) sopho-more forward, Veronica Burnam(5-5) junior guard, Reno Frayne(5-10) junior center and forward,Savannah Glenn (5-2) sophomoreguard, Carissa Gorth (5-7) senior

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Five of the nine girls whoearned varsity letters a year agoreturn for another season of hard-court action led by head coachDave Fallis.“We don’t have a lot of height

and size, but we have good teamspeed so we’re going to have torun with the ball to use that speedto our advantage,” Fallis said,adding, “Defense will be a teamstrength for us this year, too.”The Red and Gray has experi-

enced talent in the quartet ofjunior post player BrookeKenneda (5-foot, 9-inches tall),senior guard Emily Vanderpool(5-5), sophomore forward CyraJones (5-9), and sophomoreguard Carolin Baker (5-4).“These girls are hungry to

win,” said their coach. “We wonsix games last year and this teamis looking forward to winning adouble digit number of games.”From the Bethel-Tate perspec-

tive, Western Brown’s Broncosand Goshen’s Warriors areexpectd to be the best in theTigers’ American Division of theSouthern Buckeye Conferenceand in the National Division,Georgetown’s G-Women shouldbe the team to beat.

All-Star ReturningEmily Vanderpool.

All-Stars LostGuard Ali Wallace and guard-

forward Chelsea Allen.

RosterCarolin Baker (5-4) sophomore

guard, Shelby Church (5-5)senior guard and forward, AbbieCherry (5-5) senior guard,Morgan Gill (5-10) senior center,Cyra Jones (5-9) sophomore for-ward, Brooke Kenneda (5-9)junior center, Katie Kilgore (5-7)junior forward, Andi Lanigan (5-5) sophomore forward, ClareSchaljo (5-4) freshman guard,Whitney Schuster (5-5) freshmanforward, Blake Woodward (5-1)junior guard and forward, EmilyVanderpool (5-5) senior guard,and Kristen Brooks (5-9) juniorcenter.

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An exciting season should beahead for New Richmond’s varsityboys basketball squad.The new team welcomes a new

head coach, Brian McMonigle,one of the Lions’ and University ofCincinnati Clermont College’s all-time cage greats.He has five returning lettermen

with whom to pace the Red andBlack in their quest of theSouthern Buckeye ConferenceAmerican (big school) Divisiontitle. Four lettermen graduated.“This team has speed and some

size and I expect them to be goodrebounders and to be defensivelystrong,” said McMonigle. “We’regoing to have to get stronger andwork on our offensive fundamen-tals and transition game.”A tough twosome to lead the

Lions is expected to be senior postDylan Phillips (6-feet, 6-inchestall) and senior guard BrianMazzaro (5-10).“I hope to establish good prece-

dents with this team and bringsome of its outstanding past intothe present and future,”McMonigle said.He figures his toughest Southern

Buckeye Conference opposition inthe Lions’ American Division willbe Goshen’s Warriors and Bethel-Tate’s Tigers.“It’s been a lot of work and it has

been a lot of fun. I want to bringthis program to the best it can be assoon as I can,” McMonigle said.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

ConferenceAmerican Division all-stars returning.

All-Star LostGuard Justin Wilson.

RosterNate Allen (6-5) senior forward,

Jon Berwanger (6-0) senior guard,Steven Binder (6-2) junior for-ward, Jake Bostic (5-11) seniorguard, Shane Campbell (6-2)junior forward, Timmy Hall (6-0)junior guard, Brian Mazzaro (5-10) senior guard, Joey McCabe (6-2) junior forward, Dylan Phillips(6-6) senior center, WillShoemaker (6-0) senior guard, andNick Hall (5-7) sophomore guard.McMonigle’s assistant coaches

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Clermont Northeastern headboys basketball coach JerryDoerger welcomes the return ofjust three of the players he lettereda year ago.Six lettermen are not returning.The Blue and Gold is going to

be a team with not a whole lot ofexperience back in the fold.The Rockets’ head honcho is

going to have to work with a con-tingent that graduated “90-percentof its points, 90-percent of itsrebounds, and 90-percent of itsassists.”He is not discouraged, though.“We do have a good junior class

and they get along very welltogether. I expect from this groupbetter team work and togethernessthan we’ve had in recent years.”Doerger also pointed out his

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Clermont Northeastern’s girlsvarsity head basketball coachJason Kreimer appears confidentthat his charges will be competi-tive in the Southern BuckeyeConference American Divisionrace this campaign.He lettered 13 players a year

ago and seven of them are back foranother season of action.“We have a lot of team speed so

I expect our transition game to beimproved,” said the head honchoof the Blue and Gold. “We’ll needto adjust to a new offense espe-cially with our top three scorersgone, but we have a good corps ofleaders to help us out.”Kreimer pointed out a solid six

cagers he expects to be in the fore-front of his charges. ShelbyMoore, a 5-foot, 6-inch tall juniorguard, is an unexpected surprisetransferring from FayettevilleHigh School, Chelsey Chesser is a5-10 senior forward, JenniferWerring is a 5-9 senior guard and

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championship. Milford’s mainobstacles for the Fort Ancientcrown should be Winton Wood’sWarriors, Glen Este’s Trojans,and Anderson’s Redskins.Loveland’s Tigers and Harrison’sWildcats are darkhorse possibili-ties.

All-Stars ReturningZach Baker and Wes Minton.

All-Star LostForward Mark Bryant.

RosterJess Stankeveh (5-9) junior

guard, Robbie Kohler (5-9) seniorguard, Steven Canter (6-2) juniorguard, Zachary Baker (6-2) juniorguard, Callan Hughes (6-0) juniorguard, Joey Hammond (6-1)senior guard, Cody Diercks (6-0)junior forward, Nick Hittner (6-4)junior forward, Westley Minton(6-2) senior guard, RobertOverback (6-5) sophomore for-ward, and Alex Cummings (6-3)senior forward.Cambron’s assistant coaches

are Mark Edwards, Matt Folkerth,Chris Vollman, and Adam Weber.

Boys

He believes Anderson’sRedskins should be considered acontender, too.

All-Star ReturningMorgan Wolcott

All-Star LostGuard Allison Nagle

RosterMegan Knight (5-8) junior

guard, Morgan Wolcott (5-10)sophomore guard, Kelly Yee (5-10) sophomore forward, JoEppers (5-8) sophomore guard,Melissa Rosely (5-3) juniorguard, Amy Van Syoc (5-7)senior guard, Kristen Knight (5-9) sophomore guard, ChelseaGilman (5-9) senior forward,Taylor Riley (5-10) sophomoreforward, and Ines Vladislav (5-10) junior forward.Reichert’s assistant coaches

are Bill Marran, Geoff Wahl,Mark Behlert, and LisaHutzelman.

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“Our shooting should be astrength, but our rebounding is aquestion mark and so is ourdefense.”The CNE taskmaster has four

seniors around whom he placeshis hopes for good leadership.Seth Varner (6-feet, 3-inches) is

a senior captain whom his coachdescribes as “a swing man.”Senior Ryan Mullins (6-3) is a“pretty versatile” guard and anassistant captain. Seniors JordanSmith (6-3) and John Hahn (6-1)are also regarded by their mentoras important inside and wingplayers.From the view from

Owensville, Goshen’s Warriorsand Bethel-Tate’s Tigers should

be the toughest obstacles forNortheastern in the SouthernBuckeye Conference AmericanDivision.“We hope to be in contention,”

Doerger said.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference American Divisionall-stars returning.

All-Stars LostForward Justin Messinger,

guards Jake Terry and JoeDrusell, and center BradMummert.

RosterSeth Varner (6-3) senior post,

Ryan Mullins (6-3) senior offguard, Jordan Smith (6-3) seniorpost and wing, Josh Hahn (6-1)senior post and wing, Jake Hogue(6-3) junior post, Josh Hogue (6-1) junior two guard, BrandonCoon (5-8) junior point guard,John Tanner (6-3) junior post,

Ryan Mummert (6-3) junior postand wing, Troy Miller (6-1)junior wing and post, NoahSlusher (5-11) junior wing andtwo guard, Hunter Voshell (5-10)junior point guard, Jake Sydnor(5-10) junior two guard, AlexGilkerson (5-10) sophomorewing, and Tanner Sanders (5-10)sophomore wing.Doerger’s assistant coaches are

Steve Mummert, Nate Fishback,Donnie Donohoo, and JimmyJones.

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A total of four returning startersshould make Milford’s varsityboys basketball squad a seriouscontender for its first-ever FortAncient Valley ConferenceBuckeye Division title.“We have good team chemistry

and a good overall skill level,”said Joe Cambron, head mentor ofthe Eagles, adding, “The team hasgood defensive intensity, too.”The four experienced veterans

are among the quintet of notablesthe Red and White will be placeon the hardwood. The five includesenior forward Alex Cummings(6-feet, 3-inches tall), senior guardWes Minton (6-2), junior guardZach Baker (6-2), junior forwardNick Hittner (6-4), and juniorguard Jess Stankeveh (5-9).Cambron believes his team will

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“We have good youth and ath-leticism and we’re very quick,”said Eric Reichert, head coach ofthe Milford varsity girls basketballteam. “We have five sophomoreswho will speed up the team quite abit, but with so many underclass-men we will be inexperienced.”Morgan Wolcott (5-feet, 10-

inches tall), sophomore guard, isback to help lead the E-Gals. Shehas some talented teammates withwhom to work including seniorpoint guard or number-two guardAmy Van Syoc (5-7), senior postplayer Chelsea Gilman (5-9),sophomore guard Kelly Yee (5-10), and junior guard MeganKnight (5-8).“This is going to be an

improved team from last year. Welost a lot of good senior leader-ship, but we will be deep, benchwise, and we’ve gained a lot ofathleticism and speed over lastyear’s team.”Reichert feels that the defending

champion Winton Woods’Warriors will be the team to beatagain in the Fort Ancient ValleyConference Buckeye Division.

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Eagles will contend for SBC division title

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The 2009 Milford Eagles varsity squad.forward, Kelsey Stanton is a 5-3senior guard, Cydney Hill is a 5-3junior guard, and Alexis Schmidt isa 5-8 junior forward.“I think we can be successful. We

have the potential. We will be verycompetitive,” Kreimer said.He expects Western Brown’s

Broncos, Goshen’s Warriors, andBethel-Tate’s Tigers to be thetoughest teams to face in theSouthern Buckeye AmericanDivision.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference American Division all-stars returning.

All-Stars LostForwards Christie Connor and

Lindsey Huxel.

RosterChelsae Osborn (5-4) freshman

guard, Maggie Sullivan (5-5) juniorguard, Amanda Burdsall (5-8)sophomore forward, AudreySchmidt (5-11) junior forward,Kelsey Stanton (5-3) senior guard,Cydney Hill (5-3) junior guard,Emily White (5-3) senior guard,Alexis Schmidt (5-8) junior for-ward, Chelsea Meade (5-4) juniorguard, Chelsey Chesser (5-10)senior forward, Shelby Moore (5-6)junior guard, Sarah Mantel (5-5)sophomore guard, and JenniferWerring (5-9) senior guard and for-ward.Kreimer’s assistant coach is

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There will be a total of four var-sity basketball lettermen comingback for another season underFelicity boys basketball headcoach Damon Smith, himself, aformer Cardinal cage standoutfrom the early-mid 1970s.“We’re going to be rebuilding

this year. We graduated four of ourplayers from last year’s team sowe’re going to be lacking a lot ofexperience and experienced lead-ership,” Smith said. “We have noexperienced guards. We’re hopingfor soon to be developing someexperienced guards. We do have alot of height, though.”Experienced under the basket

will be senior forward ChrisShouse (6-feet, 3-inches tall) andsenior forward Tyler Carter (6-4).An inexperienced big man underthe board will be senior DustinGillam (6-5). Smith expects solidplay to come from senior guardand wing Dillon Smith (5-9) andjunior guard and wing MattO’Brien (6-2).Smith expects the cream of the

crop in the Southern BuckeyeConference championship chaseswill be Georgetown’s G-Men andpossibly beyond that, Batavia’sBulldogs, in the AmericanDivision, and Bethel-Tate’s Tigersand Goshen’s Warriors should bebest of the best in the AmericanDivision.“I don’t know where we’ll fit

yet in the league,” Smith said.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference National Division all-stars returning.

All-Star LostGuard Lenny Hinkston.

RosterAlex Baker (6-5) junior for-

ward, Tyler Carter (6-4) senior for-ward, Dustin Gilliam (6-4) seniorforward, Lonnie Gross (5-11)junior guard, Kyle Helton (6-4)junior forward, Shane Kabler (5-10) junior guard, Matt O’Brien (6-2) junior forward, AJ Schermbeck(5-9) junior guard, Chris Shouse(6-4) senior forward, TrevorShouse (5-7) sophomore guard,Christopher Smith (5-8) freshmanguard, Dillon Smith (5-10) seniorguard, and Devin Trammell (5-7)sophomore guard.Smith’s assistant coaches are

Bobby Sanker and Jerod Jodrey.

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Goshen head girls basketballcoach Shane Ferguson has a goodnucleus of five letter earners backto build his season around. Six aregone.“Defense should be one of our

strengths this year and the girlshave a good understanding of thegame,” said Ferguson.He pointed out his charges’ low

point is “we’re not very tall.”Leading the Warriors in their

quest for success will be seniorBrooke Catauro (5-feet, 7-inchestall), senior post player SynthiaShinkle (5-9), and sophomorepoint guard Kelsi Steele (5-3).“We have a good mix of upper

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Western Brown and Bethel-Tateshould be the best of the teams inour division of the league. We willbe competitive.”

All-Star ReturningBrooke Catauro

All-Stars LostGuard-forward Melanie

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RosterTiffany Dority (5-7) junior for-

ward, Brooke Catauro (5-7) seniorguard, Kelly Parriman (5-5)sophomore guard, Jade Morris (5-5) senior guard, Corrine Whitley(5-5) junior guard, Kim Atwood(5-4) senior guard, Kelsi Steele (5-3 sophomore guard, SynthiaShinkle (5-9) senior forward, AllieJeandrevin (5-7) sophomoreguard, Courtney Taylor (5-8)sophomore forward, Jenel Wyatt(56-5) junior guard, JessicaWilcher (5-9) sophomore forward,and Kelly Tucker (5-10) seniorforward.Ferguson’s assistant coaches are

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Toby Lewin is returning for hissecond season at the helm of theFelicity varsity girls basketballprogram.The former cross country state

qualifier from New RichmondHigh School has seven players“with some varsity experience.”Three letter earners are lost.“We have some speed and I

expect that we’ll be playing somegood team defense,” said Lewin.He cautioned that his team is

“still young.” The roster consistsof two seniors, two juniors, andsix sophomores.A foursome of Cardinals are

anticipated to be the leaders of thismomentum-building team –senior forward Amber McCann(5-feet, 11-inches tall), junior for-ward Alex Stevenson (5-10),sophomore guard Hillary White(5-0), and sophomore guardMegan Obermeyer (5-2).“We look to be improved,” said

the Cards’ coach. “I’d like to thinkwe can go 10-10. We are condi-tioning harder this year in orderthat we can play hard all fourquarters this year.”Lewin believes his team can

give Georgetown’s G-Women andWilliamsburg’s Wildcats a run forthe gold and that Blanchester’sWildcats, too, may be a factor inthe Southern Buckeye ConferenceNational Division distaff cagewar.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference National Division all-stars returning.

All-Star LostForward Maria Stutz.

RosterAmber Cann (5-11) senior for-

ward, Tracy Wheeler (6-1) seniorcenter, Alex Stevenson (5-10)junior forward, Sadie Mullins (6-1) junior center, Hillary White (5-0) sophomore guard, MeganObermeyer (5-2) sophomoreguard, Brittany Sowers (5-0)sophomore forward, Ashley Davis(5-5) sophomore guard, JordanWhite (5-4) sophomore guard, andShelby Lucas (5-2) sophomoreguard.

Lewin’s assistant coach isStephanie Napier.

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Scott Wake very happily wel-comes the return of nine of the 11Goshen varsity boys basketballplayers he lettered a year ago“We have four starters back

who are good upperclassmen withgood size. We’re also luckyenough to have five senior lead-ers,” said Wake. “We do havesome shooters, but we’re not superquick.”The Red and Gray has some

very good talent the likes of seniorforward Thomas Gibson (6-feet,1-inch tall), senior guard DerekBunnell (6-1), senior guard NateGodby (6-1), junior guard NickWake (5-8), the coach’s son, andjunior center Kody Lehman (6-11). Lehman is believed to be thetallest high school varsity basket-ball player in Clermont Countyhistory.“We can be pretty good. This

will be a good opportunity win theleague (Southern BuckeyeAmerican Division) champi-onship.Bethel-Tate, Clermont

Northeastern and New Richmondare Wake’s choices for whom hethinks will provide the toughestcompetition for his charges’ roadto the crown.“We’ll be very competitive. We

can beat anyone on our schedule,”he said.

All-Star ReturningNick Wake

All-Stars LostGuard Cody McClanahan and

center Jordan Poff.

RosterJames Ashcraft (5-9) junior

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BY RICHARD CRAWFORDSun staff

Dave Caldwell, Glen Este headboys basketball coach, is excitedabout his charges’ prospects forthe coming campaign. He has fiveof the eight cagers he lettered lastseason on hand to continue thework.“We have size, experience, and

depth,” Caldwell said. “We have alot of kids back who are familiarwith our program already.”Some of the tall, talented GE

veterans include senior forwardKurt Wesp (6-feet, 7-inches tall),junior forward Mike Bouley (6-7),junior guard Shane Seckman (6-4), and junior guard CoreyGoedde (6-2).There are nine juniors on the

Purple and White’s roster, andCaldwell says, “This is a reallygood class and really good kids.This is one of those years whereour size could take us to the (FortAncient Valley) conference(Cardinal Division) champi-onship.”The Trojan taskmaster believes

Winton Woods’ Warriors andMilford’s Eagles will be the majorheadaches in the Purple andWhite’s quest to be the FAVC-Cbest.“I’d like to think we have a

chance of having a really goodseason and a winning a champi-onship,” Caldwell said. “I am justso excited. I expect us to have anice year. I look forward to get-ting off to a good start.”

All-Star ReturningCurt WespAll-Star LostGuard Tyler McCalla

RosterAnthony Clark (6-0) junior

guard, Brandon Reed (6-1) juniorguard, Dan Shepherd (6-3) seniorforward, Trey Blank (6-5) junior

forward, Matt Grau (6-) juniorguard, Shane Seckman (6-4)junior guard, Alex Fultz (6-4)sophomore guard and forward,Curt Wesp (6-7) senior forward,Corey Goedde (6-2) junior guard,Austin Rieck (6-1) freshmanguard, Mike Bouley (6-7) juniorforward, Collin Pitman (5-10)junior guard, and WyntonOvercast (6-5) junior forward.Caldwell’s assistant coaches are

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Glen Este BoysDec. 4 Mt. Healthy, Dec. 5 Amelia(at University of Cincinnati), Dec. 8at Finneytown, Dec. 11 atLoveland, Dec. 18 Milford, Dec. 22at Talawanda, Jan. 5 Anderson,Jan. 8 Harrison, Jan. 12 atHughes, Jan. 15 at Winton Woods,Jan. 19 Lakota East, Jan. 22Loveland, Jan. 25 Purcell Marian,Jan. 28 at Milford, Feb. 2 Turpin,Feb. 5 at Anderson, Feb. 9Goshen, Feb. 12 at Harrison, Feb.16 at Western Brown, and Feb. 19Winton Woods.

Glen Este GirlsDec. 1 Seton, Dec. 5 Loveland,Dec. 12 Milford, Dec. 16Northwest, Dec. 19 at Anderson,Dec. 21 Amelia, Dec. 29 atUrsuline, Jan. 6 at Harrison, Jan. 9Winton Woods, Jan. 13 WesternHills, Jan. 16 at Lancaster, Jan. 20at Loveland, Jan. 23 at Milford,Jan. 28 at Turpin, Jan. 30Anderson, Feb. 1 Cincinnati HillsChristian, Feb. 3 at Kings, Feb. 6Harrison, Feb. 11 at Aiken, andFeb. 13 at Winton Woods.

BY RICHARD CRAWFORDSun staff

Glen Este’s Lady Trojans willbe led this season by head coachJeff Click.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Fort Ancient

Valley Conference BuckeyeDivision all-stars returning.

All-Stars LostGuards Jamie Hamlet and

Kendra Burchfield and forwardMoriah Hodge.

Roster

Katie Gaskill (5-9) freshmanforward, Megan Andres (5-7)senior guard, Lakin Louiso (5-7)junior guard, Tori Velten (5-7)senior forward, Molly Patrick (5-6) junior forward, SydneyStrohmeyer (5-10) freshman for-ward, Kaylin Hodge (5-10) seniorforward, Jackie Young (5-10)junior forward, Hannah Carson (5-6) freshman guard, Sarah Parrish(5-10) junior forward, JesseBrenes (5-7) freshman guard, andMandi Robinson (5-5) sophomoreguard.Click’s assisant coaches are

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Goshen BoysDec. 4 at McClain, Dec. 11 Bethel-Tate, Dec. 12 Western Brown,Dec. 15 Milford, Dec. 18 atClermont Northeastern, Dec. 22New Richmond, Dec. 29 at LittleMiami, Jan. 8 East Clinton, Jan. 12at Felicity, Jan. 15 Blanchester,Jan. 22 at Batavia, Jan. 23 atGeorgetown, Jan. 26 Amelia, Jan.29 Williamsburg, Feb. 2 at Bethel-Tate, Feb. 5 at Western, Feb. 9 atGlen Este, Feb. 12 ClermontNortheastern, Feb. 13 at NewRichmond, and Feb. 20 at Ross.

Felicity GirlsDec. 1 Batavia, Dec. 3 atBlanchester, Dec. 10 atWilliamsburg, Dec. 12 EastClinton, Dec. 17 Georgetown,Dec. 28 at Ripley, Jan. 4 WesternBrown, Jan, 7 Goshen, Jan. 11Cincinnati Country Day, Jan. 14 atBethel-Tate, Jan. 16 Peebles,Jan. 19 Clermont Northeastern,Jan. 21 Williamsburg, Jan. 23 atWhite Oak, Jan. 26 at Batavia,Jan. 30 Blanchester, Feb. 1 atNew Richmond, Feb. 6 at EastClinton, Feb. 8 at Fayetteville, andFeb. 11 at Georgetown.

Felicity BoysDec. 4 Georgetown, Dec. 11 EastClinton, Dec. 12 at Williamsburg,Dec. 22 Batavia, Dec. 29 RipleyInvitational, Dec. 30 RipleyInvitational, Jan. 5 at Blanchester,Jan. 8 Western Brown, Jan. 12Goshen, Jan. 15 Bethel-Tate, Jan.23 Clermont Northeastern, Jan. 29at New Richmond, Feb. 2 atFayetteville, Feb. 5 Williamsburg,Feb. 6 at East Clinton, Feb. 9 atAmelia, Feb. 12 at Georgetown,Feb. 13 at Batavia, Feb. 16 WhiteOak, and Feb. 19 Blanchester.

Goshen GirlsDec. 1 New Richmond, Dec. 3Wyoming, Dec. 7 Bethel-Tate,Dec. 10 at Western Brown, Dec.15 at Wilmington, Dec. 17 atClermont Northeastern, Dec. 22 atLittle Miami, Jan. 5 East Clinton,Jan. 7 at Felicity, Jan. 14Blanchester, Jan. 16 at Batavia,Jan. 19 at Georgetown, Jan. 23Williamsburg, Jan. 25 at Amelia,Jan. 26 at New Ridhmond, Feb. 1Badin, Feb. 4 at Bethel-Tate, Feb.6 Western Brown, Feb. 8 atMilford, and Feb. 11 ClermontNortheastern.

Milford BoysDec. 4 at Sycamore, Dec. 8 atMcNicholas, Dec. 11 at Harrison,Dec. 15 at Goshen, Dec. 18 atGlen Este, Dec. 21 at Northwest,Jan. 5 at Winton Woods, Jan. 8 atAnderson, Jan. 9 Indian Hill, Jan.15 Loveland, Jan. 19 Talawanda,Jan. 22 Harrison, Jan. 26 Taft,Jan. 28 Glen Este, Feb. 2 WesternHills, Feb. 5 Winton Woods, Feb.9 Turpin, Feb. 12 Anderson, Feb.16 at Kings, and Feb. 19 atLoveland.

Milford GirlsNov. 28 at Turpin, Dec. 2 at IndianHill, Dec. 7 at Harrison, Dec. 9 atAmelia, Dec. 12 at Glen Este, Dec.15 at Mariemont, Dec. 19 atWinton Woods, Jan. 2 atTalawanda, Jan. 5 Anderson, Jan.9 at Loveland, Jan. 16 Harrison,Jan. 20 Kings, Jan. 23 Glen Este,Jan. 25 Lakota East, Jan. 27Northwest, Feb. 1 Winton Woods,Feb. 3 New Richmond, Feb. 6 atAnderson, Feb. 8 Goshen, andFeb. 13 Loveland.

CNE BoysDec. 4 at Ripley, Dec. 11 atWestern Brown, Dec. 18 Goshen,Dec. 22 at Bethel-Tate, Jan. 5 NewRichmond, Jan. 8 at Williamsburg,Jan. 9 Turpin, Jan. 12 Blanchester,Jan. 15 at Batavia, Jan. 16 atAmelia, Jan. 22 East Clinton, Jan.23 at Felicity, Jan. 29 Georgetown,Feb. 2 Western Brown, Feb. 6McNicholas, Feb. 12 at Goshen,Feb. 13 Bethel-Tate, Feb. 16 atLittle Miami, Feb. 19 at NewRichmond, and Feb. 20 Anderson.

CNE GirlsNov. 28 Reading, Dec. 1 atBethel-Tate, Dec. 5 NewRichmond, Dec. 8 at WesternBrown, Dec. 14 Amelia, Dec. 17Goshen, Dec. 21 Ripley, Jan. 5 atWilliamsburg, Jan. 7 Blanchester,Jan. 14 at Batavia, Jan. 16 EastClinton, Jan. 19 at Felicity, Jan.21 Georgetown, Jan. 26 Bethel-Tate, Jan. 28 at Little Miami, Jan.30 at New Richmond, Feb. 4Western Brown, Feb. 9 at Turpin,Feb. 11 at Goshen, and Feb. 13 atSummit Country Day.

New Richmond BoysDec. 4 Deer Park, Dec. 5 atWestern Brown, Dec. 12 Bethel-Tate, Dec. 19 Turpin, Dec. 22 atGoshen, Jan. 5 at ClermontNortheastern, Jan. 8 at Batavia,Jan. 9 Norwood, Jan. 12 at EastClinton, Jan. 15 Williamsburg, Jan.16 at Manchester, Jan. 22Georgetown, Jan. 23 atBlanchester, Jan. 29 Felicity, Feb.5 at Bethel-Tate, Feb. 6 at ClarkMontessori, Feb. 12 WesternBrown, Feb. 13 Goshen, Feb. 16Cincinnati Country Day, and Feb.19 Clermont Northeastern.

Bethel GirlsNov. 28 Ripley, Dec. 1 ClermontNortheastern, Dec. 5 WesternBrown, Dec. 7 at Goshen, Dec. 10at New Richmond, Dec. 16Fayetteville, Dec. 21 at White Oak,Dec. 29 at Amelia, Jan. 4 atLynchburg-Clay, Jan. 7 Batavia,Jan. 9 at Georgetown, Jan. 14Felicity, Jan. 16 at Blanchester,Jan. 19 Williamsburg, Jan. 21 atEast Clinton, Jan. 26 at ClermontNortheastern, Jan. 28 NewRichmond, Jan. 30 at WesternBrown, Feb. 4 Goshen, and Feb. 8Deer Park.

New Richmond GirlsNov. 30 at Ripley, Dec. 1 atGoshen, Dec. 5 at ClermontNortheastern, Dec. 10 Bethel-Tate, Dec. 15 at Batavia, Dec. 17Western Brown, Dec. 21 at Taylor,Jan. 4 at Reading, Jan. 7 at EastClinton, Jan. 11 Georgetown, Jan.14 Williamsburg, Jan. 19 atBlanchester, Jan. 21 at Madeira,Jan. 26 Goshen, Jan. 28 at Bethel-Tate, Jan. 30 ClermontNortheastern, Feb. 1 Felicity, Feb.3 at Milford, Feb. 8 Amelia, andFeb. 11 at Western Brown.

Bethel BoysDec. 4 Cincinnati Country Day,Dec. 11 at Goshen, Dec. 12 atNew Richmond, Dec. 17 at DeerPark, Dec. 19 at Lynchburg-Clay,Dec. 22 Clermont Northeastern,Jan. 5 at Western Brown, Jan. 8 atGeorgetown, Jan. 12 Batavia,Jan. 15 at Felicity, Jan. 22 atBlanchester, Jan. 23Williamsburg, Jan. 26 at Ripley,Jan. 29 at East Clinton, Jan. 30Fayetteville, Feb. 2 Goshen, Feb.5 New Richmond (Homecoming),Feb. 13 at Clermont Northeastern,Feb. 16 Amelia, and Feb. 19Western Brown.

Batavia BoysDec. 4 at St. Bernard, Dec. 5Mariemont, Dec. 11 Blanchester,Dec. 12 at East Clinton, Dec. 18at Williamsburg, Dec. 22 atFelicity, Dec. 30 at Amelia, Jan. 5Georgetown, Jan. 8 NewRichmond, Jan. 12 at Bethel-Tate,Jan. 15 Clermont Northeastern,Jan. 19 Madeira, Jan. 22 Goshen,Jan. 26 at Fayetteville, Jan. 30 atWestern Brown, Feb. 2 atBlanchester, Feb. 5 East Clinton,Feb. 12 Williamsburg, Feb. 13Felicity, and Feb. 19 atGeorgetown.

Williamsburg GirlsNov. 28 at Paint Valley, Dec. 1 atBlanchester, Dec. 6 at EastClinton, Dec. 8 Georgetown, Dec.12 Felicity, Dec. 17 at Batavia,Jan. 5 Clermont Northeastern,Jan. 7 Amelia, Jan. 13 atFayetteville, Jan. 14 at NewRichmond, Jan. 16 WesternBrown, Jan. 19 at Bethel-Tate,Jan. 21 at Felicity, Jan. 23 atGoshen, Jan. 25 White Oak, Jan.26 Blanchester, Jan. 30 EastClinton, Feb. 4 at Georgetown,Feb. 6 at Cincinnati Country Day,and Feb. 11 Batavia.

Batavia GirlsDec. 1 at Felicity, Dec. 3 Madeira,Dec. 5 Georgetown, Dec. 8Blanchester, Dec. 10 at EastClinton, Dec. 15 New Richmond,Dec. 17 Williamsburg, Dec. 19Summit Country Day, Dec. 22 atFayetteville, Jan. 5 at Finneytown,Jan. 7 at Bethel-Tate, Jan. 14Clermont Northeastern, Jan. 16Goshen, Jan. 19 at WesternBrown, Jan. 21 at Amelia, Jan. 26Felicity, Jan. 30 at Georgetown,Feb. 4 at Blanchester, Feb. 8 EastClinton, and Feb. 11 atWilliamsburg.

Williamsburg BoysDec. 5 at White Oak, Dec. 9Fayetteville, Dec. 11 Georgetown,Dec. 12 Felicity, Dec. 18 Batavia,Dec. 22 Blanchester, Dec. 26Williamsburg Holiday Tournament,Dec. 28 Williamsburg HolidayTournament, Jan. 5 at East Clinton,Jan. 8 Clermont Northeastern, Jan.15 at New Richmond, Jan. 19Cincinnati Country Day, Jan. 22Western Brown, Jan. 23 at Bethel-Tate, Jan. 29 at Goshen, Feb. 2 atGeorgetown, Feb. 5 at Felicity, Feb.12 at Batavia, Feb. 13 atBlanchester, and Feb. 19 EastClinton.

Amelia GirlsDec. 1 Western Brown, Dec. 5Kings, Dec. 9 Milford, Dec. 12 atWilmington, Dec. 14 at ClermontNortheastern, Dec. 19 at WalnutHills, Dec. 21 at Glen Este, Dec.29 Bethel-Tate, Jan. 6 Turpin, Jan.7 at Williamsburg, Jan. 9 at LittleMiami, Jan. 14 at Mt. Healthy, Jan.16 at Kings, Jan. 21 Batavia, Jan.23 Wilmington, Jan. 25 Goshen,Jan. 30 Walnut Hills, Feb. 6 atTurpin, Feb. 8 at New Richmond,and Feb. 13 Little Miami.

Amelia BoysDec. 4 at Western Brown, Dec. 5Glen Este (at University ofCincinnati), Dec. 11 at Kings, Dec.15 at Mt. Healthy, Dec. 18Wilmington, Dec. 30 Batavia, Jan.5 Walnut Hills, Jan. 8 at Turpin,Jan. 15 Little Miami, Jan. 16Clermont Northeastern, Jan. 19 atClark Montessori, Jan. 22 Kings,Jan. 26 at Goshen, Jan. 29 atWilmington, Feb. 2 Anderson,Feb. 5 at Walnut Hills, Feb. 9Felicity, Feb. 12 Turpin, Feb. 16 atBethel-Tate, and Feb. 19 at LittleMiami.

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BY RICHARD CRAWFORDSun staff

Dave Caldwell, Glen Este headboys basketball coach, is excitedabout his charges’ prospects forthe coming campaign. He has fiveof the eight cagers he lettered lastseason on hand to continue thework.“We have size, experience, and

depth,” Caldwell said. “We have alot of kids back who are familiarwith our program already.”Some of the tall, talented GE

veterans include senior forwardKurt Wesp (6-feet, 7-inches tall),junior forward Mike Bouley (6-7),junior guard Shane Seckman (6-4), and junior guard CoreyGoedde (6-2).There are nine juniors on the

Purple and White’s roster, andCaldwell says, “This is a reallygood class and really good kids.This is one of those years whereour size could take us to the (FortAncient Valley) conference(Cardinal Division) champi-onship.”The Trojan taskmaster believes

Winton Woods’ Warriors andMilford’s Eagles will be the majorheadaches in the Purple andWhite’s quest to be the FAVC-Cbest.“I’d like to think we have a

chance of having a really goodseason and a winning a champi-onship,” Caldwell said. “I am justso excited. I expect us to have anice year. I look forward to get-ting off to a good start.”

All-Star ReturningCurt WespAll-Star LostGuard Tyler McCalla

RosterAnthony Clark (6-0) junior

guard, Brandon Reed (6-1) juniorguard, Dan Shepherd (6-3) seniorforward, Trey Blank (6-5) junior

forward, Matt Grau (6-) juniorguard, Shane Seckman (6-4)junior guard, Alex Fultz (6-4)sophomore guard and forward,Curt Wesp (6-7) senior forward,Corey Goedde (6-2) junior guard,Austin Rieck (6-1) freshmanguard, Mike Bouley (6-7) juniorforward, Collin Pitman (5-10)junior guard, and WyntonOvercast (6-5) junior forward.Caldwell’s assistant coaches are

Scott Nelson and Mike Walls.

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Trojans have the size, experience for success

Lady Trojans lose all-stars

Glen Este BoysDec. 4 Mt. Healthy, Dec. 5 Amelia(at University of Cincinnati), Dec. 8at Finneytown, Dec. 11 atLoveland, Dec. 18 Milford, Dec. 22at Talawanda, Jan. 5 Anderson,Jan. 8 Harrison, Jan. 12 atHughes, Jan. 15 at Winton Woods,Jan. 19 Lakota East, Jan. 22Loveland, Jan. 25 Purcell Marian,Jan. 28 at Milford, Feb. 2 Turpin,Feb. 5 at Anderson, Feb. 9Goshen, Feb. 12 at Harrison, Feb.16 at Western Brown, and Feb. 19Winton Woods.

Glen Este GirlsDec. 1 Seton, Dec. 5 Loveland,Dec. 12 Milford, Dec. 16Northwest, Dec. 19 at Anderson,Dec. 21 Amelia, Dec. 29 atUrsuline, Jan. 6 at Harrison, Jan. 9Winton Woods, Jan. 13 WesternHills, Jan. 16 at Lancaster, Jan. 20at Loveland, Jan. 23 at Milford,Jan. 28 at Turpin, Jan. 30Anderson, Feb. 1 Cincinnati HillsChristian, Feb. 3 at Kings, Feb. 6Harrison, Feb. 11 at Aiken, andFeb. 13 at Winton Woods.

BY RICHARD CRAWFORDSun staff

Glen Este’s Lady Trojans willbe led this season by head coachJeff Click.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Fort Ancient

Valley Conference BuckeyeDivision all-stars returning.

All-Stars LostGuards Jamie Hamlet and

Kendra Burchfield and forwardMoriah Hodge.

Roster

Katie Gaskill (5-9) freshmanforward, Megan Andres (5-7)senior guard, Lakin Louiso (5-7)junior guard, Tori Velten (5-7)senior forward, Molly Patrick (5-6) junior forward, SydneyStrohmeyer (5-10) freshman for-ward, Kaylin Hodge (5-10) seniorforward, Jackie Young (5-10)junior forward, Hannah Carson (5-6) freshman guard, Sarah Parrish(5-10) junior forward, JesseBrenes (5-7) freshman guard, andMandi Robinson (5-5) sophomoreguard.Click’s assisant coaches are

Terry Maples and Paul McDonald.

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Goshen BoysDec. 4 at McClain, Dec. 11 Bethel-Tate, Dec. 12 Western Brown,Dec. 15 Milford, Dec. 18 atClermont Northeastern, Dec. 22New Richmond, Dec. 29 at LittleMiami, Jan. 8 East Clinton, Jan. 12at Felicity, Jan. 15 Blanchester,Jan. 22 at Batavia, Jan. 23 atGeorgetown, Jan. 26 Amelia, Jan.29 Williamsburg, Feb. 2 at Bethel-Tate, Feb. 5 at Western, Feb. 9 atGlen Este, Feb. 12 ClermontNortheastern, Feb. 13 at NewRichmond, and Feb. 20 at Ross.

Felicity GirlsDec. 1 Batavia, Dec. 3 atBlanchester, Dec. 10 atWilliamsburg, Dec. 12 EastClinton, Dec. 17 Georgetown,Dec. 28 at Ripley, Jan. 4 WesternBrown, Jan, 7 Goshen, Jan. 11Cincinnati Country Day, Jan. 14 atBethel-Tate, Jan. 16 Peebles,Jan. 19 Clermont Northeastern,Jan. 21 Williamsburg, Jan. 23 atWhite Oak, Jan. 26 at Batavia,Jan. 30 Blanchester, Feb. 1 atNew Richmond, Feb. 6 at EastClinton, Feb. 8 at Fayetteville, andFeb. 11 at Georgetown.

Felicity BoysDec. 4 Georgetown, Dec. 11 EastClinton, Dec. 12 at Williamsburg,Dec. 22 Batavia, Dec. 29 RipleyInvitational, Dec. 30 RipleyInvitational, Jan. 5 at Blanchester,Jan. 8 Western Brown, Jan. 12Goshen, Jan. 15 Bethel-Tate, Jan.23 Clermont Northeastern, Jan. 29at New Richmond, Feb. 2 atFayetteville, Feb. 5 Williamsburg,Feb. 6 at East Clinton, Feb. 9 atAmelia, Feb. 12 at Georgetown,Feb. 13 at Batavia, Feb. 16 WhiteOak, and Feb. 19 Blanchester.

Goshen GirlsDec. 1 New Richmond, Dec. 3Wyoming, Dec. 7 Bethel-Tate,Dec. 10 at Western Brown, Dec.15 at Wilmington, Dec. 17 atClermont Northeastern, Dec. 22 atLittle Miami, Jan. 5 East Clinton,Jan. 7 at Felicity, Jan. 14Blanchester, Jan. 16 at Batavia,Jan. 19 at Georgetown, Jan. 23Williamsburg, Jan. 25 at Amelia,Jan. 26 at New Ridhmond, Feb. 1Badin, Feb. 4 at Bethel-Tate, Feb.6 Western Brown, Feb. 8 atMilford, and Feb. 11 ClermontNortheastern.

Milford BoysDec. 4 at Sycamore, Dec. 8 atMcNicholas, Dec. 11 at Harrison,Dec. 15 at Goshen, Dec. 18 atGlen Este, Dec. 21 at Northwest,Jan. 5 at Winton Woods, Jan. 8 atAnderson, Jan. 9 Indian Hill, Jan.15 Loveland, Jan. 19 Talawanda,Jan. 22 Harrison, Jan. 26 Taft,Jan. 28 Glen Este, Feb. 2 WesternHills, Feb. 5 Winton Woods, Feb.9 Turpin, Feb. 12 Anderson, Feb.16 at Kings, and Feb. 19 atLoveland.

Milford GirlsNov. 28 at Turpin, Dec. 2 at IndianHill, Dec. 7 at Harrison, Dec. 9 atAmelia, Dec. 12 at Glen Este, Dec.15 at Mariemont, Dec. 19 atWinton Woods, Jan. 2 atTalawanda, Jan. 5 Anderson, Jan.9 at Loveland, Jan. 16 Harrison,Jan. 20 Kings, Jan. 23 Glen Este,Jan. 25 Lakota East, Jan. 27Northwest, Feb. 1 Winton Woods,Feb. 3 New Richmond, Feb. 6 atAnderson, Feb. 8 Goshen, andFeb. 13 Loveland.

CNE BoysDec. 4 at Ripley, Dec. 11 atWestern Brown, Dec. 18 Goshen,Dec. 22 at Bethel-Tate, Jan. 5 NewRichmond, Jan. 8 at Williamsburg,Jan. 9 Turpin, Jan. 12 Blanchester,Jan. 15 at Batavia, Jan. 16 atAmelia, Jan. 22 East Clinton, Jan.23 at Felicity, Jan. 29 Georgetown,Feb. 2 Western Brown, Feb. 6McNicholas, Feb. 12 at Goshen,Feb. 13 Bethel-Tate, Feb. 16 atLittle Miami, Feb. 19 at NewRichmond, and Feb. 20 Anderson.

CNE GirlsNov. 28 Reading, Dec. 1 atBethel-Tate, Dec. 5 NewRichmond, Dec. 8 at WesternBrown, Dec. 14 Amelia, Dec. 17Goshen, Dec. 21 Ripley, Jan. 5 atWilliamsburg, Jan. 7 Blanchester,Jan. 14 at Batavia, Jan. 16 EastClinton, Jan. 19 at Felicity, Jan.21 Georgetown, Jan. 26 Bethel-Tate, Jan. 28 at Little Miami, Jan.30 at New Richmond, Feb. 4Western Brown, Feb. 9 at Turpin,Feb. 11 at Goshen, and Feb. 13 atSummit Country Day.

New Richmond BoysDec. 4 Deer Park, Dec. 5 atWestern Brown, Dec. 12 Bethel-Tate, Dec. 19 Turpin, Dec. 22 atGoshen, Jan. 5 at ClermontNortheastern, Jan. 8 at Batavia,Jan. 9 Norwood, Jan. 12 at EastClinton, Jan. 15 Williamsburg, Jan.16 at Manchester, Jan. 22Georgetown, Jan. 23 atBlanchester, Jan. 29 Felicity, Feb.5 at Bethel-Tate, Feb. 6 at ClarkMontessori, Feb. 12 WesternBrown, Feb. 13 Goshen, Feb. 16Cincinnati Country Day, and Feb.19 Clermont Northeastern.

Bethel GirlsNov. 28 Ripley, Dec. 1 ClermontNortheastern, Dec. 5 WesternBrown, Dec. 7 at Goshen, Dec. 10at New Richmond, Dec. 16Fayetteville, Dec. 21 at White Oak,Dec. 29 at Amelia, Jan. 4 atLynchburg-Clay, Jan. 7 Batavia,Jan. 9 at Georgetown, Jan. 14Felicity, Jan. 16 at Blanchester,Jan. 19 Williamsburg, Jan. 21 atEast Clinton, Jan. 26 at ClermontNortheastern, Jan. 28 NewRichmond, Jan. 30 at WesternBrown, Feb. 4 Goshen, and Feb. 8Deer Park.

New Richmond GirlsNov. 30 at Ripley, Dec. 1 atGoshen, Dec. 5 at ClermontNortheastern, Dec. 10 Bethel-Tate, Dec. 15 at Batavia, Dec. 17Western Brown, Dec. 21 at Taylor,Jan. 4 at Reading, Jan. 7 at EastClinton, Jan. 11 Georgetown, Jan.14 Williamsburg, Jan. 19 atBlanchester, Jan. 21 at Madeira,Jan. 26 Goshen, Jan. 28 at Bethel-Tate, Jan. 30 ClermontNortheastern, Feb. 1 Felicity, Feb.3 at Milford, Feb. 8 Amelia, andFeb. 11 at Western Brown.

Bethel BoysDec. 4 Cincinnati Country Day,Dec. 11 at Goshen, Dec. 12 atNew Richmond, Dec. 17 at DeerPark, Dec. 19 at Lynchburg-Clay,Dec. 22 Clermont Northeastern,Jan. 5 at Western Brown, Jan. 8 atGeorgetown, Jan. 12 Batavia,Jan. 15 at Felicity, Jan. 22 atBlanchester, Jan. 23Williamsburg, Jan. 26 at Ripley,Jan. 29 at East Clinton, Jan. 30Fayetteville, Feb. 2 Goshen, Feb.5 New Richmond (Homecoming),Feb. 13 at Clermont Northeastern,Feb. 16 Amelia, and Feb. 19Western Brown.

Batavia BoysDec. 4 at St. Bernard, Dec. 5Mariemont, Dec. 11 Blanchester,Dec. 12 at East Clinton, Dec. 18at Williamsburg, Dec. 22 atFelicity, Dec. 30 at Amelia, Jan. 5Georgetown, Jan. 8 NewRichmond, Jan. 12 at Bethel-Tate,Jan. 15 Clermont Northeastern,Jan. 19 Madeira, Jan. 22 Goshen,Jan. 26 at Fayetteville, Jan. 30 atWestern Brown, Feb. 2 atBlanchester, Feb. 5 East Clinton,Feb. 12 Williamsburg, Feb. 13Felicity, and Feb. 19 atGeorgetown.

Williamsburg GirlsNov. 28 at Paint Valley, Dec. 1 atBlanchester, Dec. 6 at EastClinton, Dec. 8 Georgetown, Dec.12 Felicity, Dec. 17 at Batavia,Jan. 5 Clermont Northeastern,Jan. 7 Amelia, Jan. 13 atFayetteville, Jan. 14 at NewRichmond, Jan. 16 WesternBrown, Jan. 19 at Bethel-Tate,Jan. 21 at Felicity, Jan. 23 atGoshen, Jan. 25 White Oak, Jan.26 Blanchester, Jan. 30 EastClinton, Feb. 4 at Georgetown,Feb. 6 at Cincinnati Country Day,and Feb. 11 Batavia.

Batavia GirlsDec. 1 at Felicity, Dec. 3 Madeira,Dec. 5 Georgetown, Dec. 8Blanchester, Dec. 10 at EastClinton, Dec. 15 New Richmond,Dec. 17 Williamsburg, Dec. 19Summit Country Day, Dec. 22 atFayetteville, Jan. 5 at Finneytown,Jan. 7 at Bethel-Tate, Jan. 14Clermont Northeastern, Jan. 16Goshen, Jan. 19 at WesternBrown, Jan. 21 at Amelia, Jan. 26Felicity, Jan. 30 at Georgetown,Feb. 4 at Blanchester, Feb. 8 EastClinton, and Feb. 11 atWilliamsburg.

Williamsburg BoysDec. 5 at White Oak, Dec. 9Fayetteville, Dec. 11 Georgetown,Dec. 12 Felicity, Dec. 18 Batavia,Dec. 22 Blanchester, Dec. 26Williamsburg Holiday Tournament,Dec. 28 Williamsburg HolidayTournament, Jan. 5 at East Clinton,Jan. 8 Clermont Northeastern, Jan.15 at New Richmond, Jan. 19Cincinnati Country Day, Jan. 22Western Brown, Jan. 23 at Bethel-Tate, Jan. 29 at Goshen, Feb. 2 atGeorgetown, Feb. 5 at Felicity, Feb.12 at Batavia, Feb. 13 atBlanchester, and Feb. 19 EastClinton.

Amelia GirlsDec. 1 Western Brown, Dec. 5Kings, Dec. 9 Milford, Dec. 12 atWilmington, Dec. 14 at ClermontNortheastern, Dec. 19 at WalnutHills, Dec. 21 at Glen Este, Dec.29 Bethel-Tate, Jan. 6 Turpin, Jan.7 at Williamsburg, Jan. 9 at LittleMiami, Jan. 14 at Mt. Healthy, Jan.16 at Kings, Jan. 21 Batavia, Jan.23 Wilmington, Jan. 25 Goshen,Jan. 30 Walnut Hills, Feb. 6 atTurpin, Feb. 8 at New Richmond,and Feb. 13 Little Miami.

Amelia BoysDec. 4 at Western Brown, Dec. 5Glen Este (at University ofCincinnati), Dec. 11 at Kings, Dec.15 at Mt. Healthy, Dec. 18Wilmington, Dec. 30 Batavia, Jan.5 Walnut Hills, Jan. 8 at Turpin,Jan. 15 Little Miami, Jan. 16Clermont Northeastern, Jan. 19 atClark Montessori, Jan. 22 Kings,Jan. 26 at Goshen, Jan. 29 atWilmington, Feb. 2 Anderson,Feb. 5 at Walnut Hills, Feb. 9Felicity, Feb. 12 Turpin, Feb. 16 atBethel-Tate, and Feb. 19 at LittleMiami.

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Toby Lewin is returning for hissecond season at the helm of theFelicity varsity girls basketballprogram.The former cross country state

qualifier from New RichmondHigh School has seven players“with some varsity experience.”Three letter earners are lost.“We have some speed and I

expect that we’ll be playing somegood team defense,” said Lewin.He cautioned that his team is

“still young.” The roster consistsof two seniors, two juniors, andsix sophomores.A foursome of Cardinals are

anticipated to be the leaders of thismomentum-building team –senior forward Amber McCann(5-feet, 11-inches tall), junior for-ward Alex Stevenson (5-10),sophomore guard Hillary White(5-0), and sophomore guardMegan Obermeyer (5-2).“We look to be improved,” said

the Cards’ coach. “I’d like to thinkwe can go 10-10. We are condi-tioning harder this year in orderthat we can play hard all fourquarters this year.”Lewin believes his team can

give Georgetown’s G-Women andWilliamsburg’s Wildcats a run forthe gold and that Blanchester’sWildcats, too, may be a factor inthe Southern Buckeye ConferenceNational Division distaff cagewar.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference National Division all-stars returning.

All-Star LostForward Maria Stutz.

RosterAmber Cann (5-11) senior for-

ward, Tracy Wheeler (6-1) seniorcenter, Alex Stevenson (5-10)junior forward, Sadie Mullins (6-1) junior center, Hillary White (5-0) sophomore guard, MeganObermeyer (5-2) sophomoreguard, Brittany Sowers (5-0)sophomore forward, Ashley Davis(5-5) sophomore guard, JordanWhite (5-4) sophomore guard, andShelby Lucas (5-2) sophomoreguard.

Lewin’s assistant coach isStephanie Napier.

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Scott Wake very happily wel-comes the return of nine of the 11Goshen varsity boys basketballplayers he lettered a year ago“We have four starters back

who are good upperclassmen withgood size. We’re also luckyenough to have five senior lead-ers,” said Wake. “We do havesome shooters, but we’re not superquick.”The Red and Gray has some

very good talent the likes of seniorforward Thomas Gibson (6-feet,1-inch tall), senior guard DerekBunnell (6-1), senior guard NateGodby (6-1), junior guard NickWake (5-8), the coach’s son, andjunior center Kody Lehman (6-11). Lehman is believed to be thetallest high school varsity basket-ball player in Clermont Countyhistory.“We can be pretty good. This

will be a good opportunity win theleague (Southern BuckeyeAmerican Division) champi-onship.Bethel-Tate, Clermont

Northeastern and New Richmondare Wake’s choices for whom hethinks will provide the toughestcompetition for his charges’ roadto the crown.“We’ll be very competitive. We

can beat anyone on our schedule,”he said.

All-Star ReturningNick Wake

All-Stars LostGuard Cody McClanahan and

center Jordan Poff.

RosterJames Ashcraft (5-9) junior

guard, Nick Wake (5-8) juniorguard, Derek Bunnell (6-1) seniorguard, Tyler Stewart (6-0) seniorforward, Sean Bell (6-2) junior

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Returning varsity players to give Warriors a boost

The 2009 Goshen Warriors varsity squad.

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There will be a total of four var-sity basketball lettermen comingback for another season underFelicity boys basketball headcoach Damon Smith, himself, aformer Cardinal cage standoutfrom the early-mid 1970s.“We’re going to be rebuilding

this year. We graduated four of ourplayers from last year’s team sowe’re going to be lacking a lot ofexperience and experienced lead-ership,” Smith said. “We have noexperienced guards. We’re hopingfor soon to be developing someexperienced guards. We do have alot of height, though.”Experienced under the basket

will be senior forward ChrisShouse (6-feet, 3-inches tall) andsenior forward Tyler Carter (6-4).An inexperienced big man underthe board will be senior DustinGillam (6-5). Smith expects solidplay to come from senior guardand wing Dillon Smith (5-9) andjunior guard and wing MattO’Brien (6-2).Smith expects the cream of the

crop in the Southern BuckeyeConference championship chaseswill be Georgetown’s G-Men andpossibly beyond that, Batavia’sBulldogs, in the AmericanDivision, and Bethel-Tate’s Tigersand Goshen’s Warriors should bebest of the best in the AmericanDivision.“I don’t know where we’ll fit

yet in the league,” Smith said.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference National Division all-stars returning.

All-Star LostGuard Lenny Hinkston.

RosterAlex Baker (6-5) junior for-

ward, Tyler Carter (6-4) senior for-ward, Dustin Gilliam (6-4) seniorforward, Lonnie Gross (5-11)junior guard, Kyle Helton (6-4)junior forward, Shane Kabler (5-10) junior guard, Matt O’Brien (6-2) junior forward, AJ Schermbeck(5-9) junior guard, Chris Shouse(6-4) senior forward, TrevorShouse (5-7) sophomore guard,Christopher Smith (5-8) freshmanguard, Dillon Smith (5-10) seniorguard, and Devin Trammell (5-7)sophomore guard.Smith’s assistant coaches are

Bobby Sanker and Jerod Jodrey.

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Goshen head girls basketballcoach Shane Ferguson has a goodnucleus of five letter earners backto build his season around. Six aregone.“Defense should be one of our

strengths this year and the girlshave a good understanding of thegame,” said Ferguson.He pointed out his charges’ low

point is “we’re not very tall.”Leading the Warriors in their

quest for success will be seniorBrooke Catauro (5-feet, 7-inchestall), senior post player SynthiaShinkle (5-9), and sophomorepoint guard Kelsi Steele (5-3).“We have a good mix of upper

classmen and lower classmen onthis team,” said Ferguson. “We’llbe competitive every day and thisteam will play its best and do itsbest every day.“It’s going to be a tough league.

Western Brown and Bethel-Tateshould be the best of the teams inour division of the league. We willbe competitive.”

All-Star ReturningBrooke Catauro

All-Stars LostGuard-forward Melanie

Constable and guard JordanBuchanan.

RosterTiffany Dority (5-7) junior for-

ward, Brooke Catauro (5-7) seniorguard, Kelly Parriman (5-5)sophomore guard, Jade Morris (5-5) senior guard, Corrine Whitley(5-5) junior guard, Kim Atwood(5-4) senior guard, Kelsi Steele (5-3 sophomore guard, SynthiaShinkle (5-9) senior forward, AllieJeandrevin (5-7) sophomoreguard, Courtney Taylor (5-8)sophomore forward, Jenel Wyatt(56-5) junior guard, JessicaWilcher (5-9) sophomore forward,and Kelly Tucker (5-10) seniorforward.Ferguson’s assistant coaches are

Jayson Bruce, Jim Panko, LisaSmith, Bruce Goodwin, and EdWilliams.

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“Our shooting should be astrength, but our rebounding is aquestion mark and so is ourdefense.”The CNE taskmaster has four

seniors around whom he placeshis hopes for good leadership.Seth Varner (6-feet, 3-inches) is

a senior captain whom his coachdescribes as “a swing man.”Senior Ryan Mullins (6-3) is a“pretty versatile” guard and anassistant captain. Seniors JordanSmith (6-3) and John Hahn (6-1)are also regarded by their mentoras important inside and wingplayers.From the view from

Owensville, Goshen’s Warriorsand Bethel-Tate’s Tigers should

be the toughest obstacles forNortheastern in the SouthernBuckeye Conference AmericanDivision.“We hope to be in contention,”

Doerger said.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference American Divisionall-stars returning.

All-Stars LostForward Justin Messinger,

guards Jake Terry and JoeDrusell, and center BradMummert.

RosterSeth Varner (6-3) senior post,

Ryan Mullins (6-3) senior offguard, Jordan Smith (6-3) seniorpost and wing, Josh Hahn (6-1)senior post and wing, Jake Hogue(6-3) junior post, Josh Hogue (6-1) junior two guard, BrandonCoon (5-8) junior point guard,John Tanner (6-3) junior post,

Ryan Mummert (6-3) junior postand wing, Troy Miller (6-1)junior wing and post, NoahSlusher (5-11) junior wing andtwo guard, Hunter Voshell (5-10)junior point guard, Jake Sydnor(5-10) junior two guard, AlexGilkerson (5-10) sophomorewing, and Tanner Sanders (5-10)sophomore wing.Doerger’s assistant coaches are

Steve Mummert, Nate Fishback,Donnie Donohoo, and JimmyJones.

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A total of four returning startersshould make Milford’s varsityboys basketball squad a seriouscontender for its first-ever FortAncient Valley ConferenceBuckeye Division title.“We have good team chemistry

and a good overall skill level,”said Joe Cambron, head mentor ofthe Eagles, adding, “The team hasgood defensive intensity, too.”The four experienced veterans

are among the quintet of notablesthe Red and White will be placeon the hardwood. The five includesenior forward Alex Cummings(6-feet, 3-inches tall), senior guardWes Minton (6-2), junior guardZach Baker (6-2), junior forwardNick Hittner (6-4), and juniorguard Jess Stankeveh (5-9).Cambron believes his team will

be a the thick of a very tough bat-tle for the Buckeye Division

BY RICHARD CRAWFORDSun staff

“We have good youth and ath-leticism and we’re very quick,”said Eric Reichert, head coach ofthe Milford varsity girls basketballteam. “We have five sophomoreswho will speed up the team quite abit, but with so many underclass-men we will be inexperienced.”Morgan Wolcott (5-feet, 10-

inches tall), sophomore guard, isback to help lead the E-Gals. Shehas some talented teammates withwhom to work including seniorpoint guard or number-two guardAmy Van Syoc (5-7), senior postplayer Chelsea Gilman (5-9),sophomore guard Kelly Yee (5-10), and junior guard MeganKnight (5-8).“This is going to be an

improved team from last year. Welost a lot of good senior leader-ship, but we will be deep, benchwise, and we’ve gained a lot ofathleticism and speed over lastyear’s team.”Reichert feels that the defending

champion Winton Woods’Warriors will be the team to beatagain in the Fort Ancient ValleyConference Buckeye Division.

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Eagles will contend for SBC division title

Milford’s Lady Eagles will be a quick team

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The 2009 Milford Eagles varsity squad.forward, Kelsey Stanton is a 5-3senior guard, Cydney Hill is a 5-3junior guard, and Alexis Schmidt isa 5-8 junior forward.“I think we can be successful. We

have the potential. We will be verycompetitive,” Kreimer said.He expects Western Brown’s

Broncos, Goshen’s Warriors, andBethel-Tate’s Tigers to be thetoughest teams to face in theSouthern Buckeye AmericanDivision.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference American Division all-stars returning.

All-Stars LostForwards Christie Connor and

Lindsey Huxel.

RosterChelsae Osborn (5-4) freshman

guard, Maggie Sullivan (5-5) juniorguard, Amanda Burdsall (5-8)sophomore forward, AudreySchmidt (5-11) junior forward,Kelsey Stanton (5-3) senior guard,Cydney Hill (5-3) junior guard,Emily White (5-3) senior guard,Alexis Schmidt (5-8) junior for-ward, Chelsea Meade (5-4) juniorguard, Chelsey Chesser (5-10)senior forward, Shelby Moore (5-6)junior guard, Sarah Mantel (5-5)sophomore guard, and JenniferWerring (5-9) senior guard and for-ward.Kreimer’s assistant coach is

Megan Smith.

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Clermont Northeastern headboys basketball coach JerryDoerger welcomes the return ofjust three of the players he lettereda year ago.Six lettermen are not returning.The Blue and Gold is going to

be a team with not a whole lot ofexperience back in the fold.The Rockets’ head honcho is

going to have to work with a con-tingent that graduated “90-percentof its points, 90-percent of itsrebounds, and 90-percent of itsassists.”He is not discouraged, though.“We do have a good junior class

and they get along very welltogether. I expect from this groupbetter team work and togethernessthan we’ve had in recent years.”Doerger also pointed out his

charges have more overall talentand better depth this year. “I cango nine deep this year.

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Clermont Northeastern’s girlsvarsity head basketball coachJason Kreimer appears confidentthat his charges will be competi-tive in the Southern BuckeyeConference American Divisionrace this campaign.He lettered 13 players a year

ago and seven of them are back foranother season of action.“We have a lot of team speed so

I expect our transition game to beimproved,” said the head honchoof the Blue and Gold. “We’ll needto adjust to a new offense espe-cially with our top three scorersgone, but we have a good corps ofleaders to help us out.”Kreimer pointed out a solid six

cagers he expects to be in the fore-front of his charges. ShelbyMoore, a 5-foot, 6-inch tall juniorguard, is an unexpected surprisetransferring from FayettevilleHigh School, Chelsey Chesser is a5-10 senior forward, JenniferWerring is a 5-9 senior guard and

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championship. Milford’s mainobstacles for the Fort Ancientcrown should be Winton Wood’sWarriors, Glen Este’s Trojans,and Anderson’s Redskins.Loveland’s Tigers and Harrison’sWildcats are darkhorse possibili-ties.

All-Stars ReturningZach Baker and Wes Minton.

All-Star LostForward Mark Bryant.

RosterJess Stankeveh (5-9) junior

guard, Robbie Kohler (5-9) seniorguard, Steven Canter (6-2) juniorguard, Zachary Baker (6-2) juniorguard, Callan Hughes (6-0) juniorguard, Joey Hammond (6-1)senior guard, Cody Diercks (6-0)junior forward, Nick Hittner (6-4)junior forward, Westley Minton(6-2) senior guard, RobertOverback (6-5) sophomore for-ward, and Alex Cummings (6-3)senior forward.Cambron’s assistant coaches

are Mark Edwards, Matt Folkerth,Chris Vollman, and Adam Weber.

Boys

He believes Anderson’sRedskins should be considered acontender, too.

All-Star ReturningMorgan Wolcott

All-Star LostGuard Allison Nagle

RosterMegan Knight (5-8) junior

guard, Morgan Wolcott (5-10)sophomore guard, Kelly Yee (5-10) sophomore forward, JoEppers (5-8) sophomore guard,Melissa Rosely (5-3) juniorguard, Amy Van Syoc (5-7)senior guard, Kristen Knight (5-9) sophomore guard, ChelseaGilman (5-9) senior forward,Taylor Riley (5-10) sophomoreforward, and Ines Vladislav (5-10) junior forward.Reichert’s assistant coaches

are Bill Marran, Geoff Wahl,Mark Behlert, and LisaHutzelman.

Girls

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Five of the nine girls whoearned varsity letters a year agoreturn for another season of hard-court action led by head coachDave Fallis.“We don’t have a lot of height

and size, but we have good teamspeed so we’re going to have torun with the ball to use that speedto our advantage,” Fallis said,adding, “Defense will be a teamstrength for us this year, too.”The Red and Gray has experi-

enced talent in the quartet ofjunior post player BrookeKenneda (5-foot, 9-inches tall),senior guard Emily Vanderpool(5-5), sophomore forward CyraJones (5-9), and sophomoreguard Carolin Baker (5-4).“These girls are hungry to

win,” said their coach. “We wonsix games last year and this teamis looking forward to winning adouble digit number of games.”From the Bethel-Tate perspec-

tive, Western Brown’s Broncosand Goshen’s Warriors areexpectd to be the best in theTigers’ American Division of theSouthern Buckeye Conferenceand in the National Division,Georgetown’s G-Women shouldbe the team to beat.

All-Star ReturningEmily Vanderpool.

All-Stars LostGuard Ali Wallace and guard-

forward Chelsea Allen.

RosterCarolin Baker (5-4) sophomore

guard, Shelby Church (5-5)senior guard and forward, AbbieCherry (5-5) senior guard,Morgan Gill (5-10) senior center,Cyra Jones (5-9) sophomore for-ward, Brooke Kenneda (5-9)junior center, Katie Kilgore (5-7)junior forward, Andi Lanigan (5-5) sophomore forward, ClareSchaljo (5-4) freshman guard,Whitney Schuster (5-5) freshmanforward, Blake Woodward (5-1)junior guard and forward, EmilyVanderpool (5-5) senior guard,and Kristen Brooks (5-9) juniorcenter.

Bethel’s Lady Tigers to rely on team speed

Bethel-Tate’s 2009 Lady Tigers.

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An exciting season should beahead for New Richmond’s varsityboys basketball squad.The new team welcomes a new

head coach, Brian McMonigle,one of the Lions’ and University ofCincinnati Clermont College’s all-time cage greats.He has five returning lettermen

with whom to pace the Red andBlack in their quest of theSouthern Buckeye ConferenceAmerican (big school) Divisiontitle. Four lettermen graduated.“This team has speed and some

size and I expect them to be goodrebounders and to be defensivelystrong,” said McMonigle. “We’regoing to have to get stronger andwork on our offensive fundamen-tals and transition game.”A tough twosome to lead the

Lions is expected to be senior postDylan Phillips (6-feet, 6-inchestall) and senior guard BrianMazzaro (5-10).“I hope to establish good prece-

dents with this team and bringsome of its outstanding past intothe present and future,”McMonigle said.He figures his toughest Southern

Buckeye Conference opposition inthe Lions’ American Division willbe Goshen’s Warriors and Bethel-Tate’s Tigers.“It’s been a lot of work and it has

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All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

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All-Star LostGuard Justin Wilson.

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Bethel-Tate head boys basket-ball coach Mike Arlinghaus hasfour seniors and six juniors aroundwhom to build the success of theFighting Tigers’ campaign.There were six seniors on last

year’s team.“This is a pretty experienced

team. We have our two leadingscorers and rebounders back fromlast year,” said Arlinghaus. “We’regoing to have a pretty balancedoffense and we’ll have good teamchemistry.“We need to work on taking bet-

ter care of the basketball. We tendto make too many unforcedturnovers.”The scoring and rebounding

leaders upon whom the Tigers’taskmaster is relying are seniorforward Louie Schaljo (6-feet, 3-inches tall), starting his fourth sea-son on the varsity, junior forwardTyler Bullock (6-3), and seniorforward Spencer Sutter (6-4). Hiscoach expects junior point guardGarrett Lang (5-9) to be“improved.” Also in the backcourtwill be senior guard Billy Sipos(5-9), a superb defenseman, andthe “versatile” senior forwardKevin Poe (6-1).“I know we can improve on our

assists to turnovers ratio this year,”said Arlinghaus.He said Goshen and his charges

should be in the forefront of theSouthern Buckeye ConferenceAmerican Division run for thetitle.“It should be a two-horse race,”

he said. “CNE could be a darkhorse and then we’ll also have towatch out for New Richmond andWestern Brown.“We’d like to win our side of the

league and win the sectional titleand get the opportunity to play in acollege arena.”

All-Stars ReturningLouie Schaljo and Tyler

Bullock.

All-Stars LostThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference American Divisionall-stars lost.

RosterLouie Schaljo (6-3) senior for-

ward, Spencer Sutter (6-4) seniorforward, Kevin Poe ((6-0) senior

forward, Billy Sipos (5-9) seniorguard, Tyler Bullock (6-3) juniorforward, Garrett Lang (5-9) juniorguard, Logan Stephens (5-9)junior guard, Jeremy Moss (5-9)junior guard, Dennis Sanker (6-5)junior center, Andy Courts (6-1)junior forward, Derrick Hennies(6-0) junior guard, David

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sophomore guard.Arlinghaus’ assistant coaches

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Brad Hatfield is beginning hissecond season as the head coachof the New Richmond varsity girlsbasketball team.The Red and Black is still in a

rebuilding process as the formerFelicity High School and SouthernState Community College basket-ball standout carefully guides theNRHS return to distaff basketballsuccess.New Richmond has just two let-

ter earners back from the 2008-09campaign. Seven of last year’sveterans are not returning.“We should be really good with

the talent of the players we have inthe post,” Hatfield said.“They’re playing really well as

a team and they’re ready to makethe sacrifices that will be needed.”He cautioned, “We have some

really young, inexperienced play-ers on the team.”The Lions’ head honcho pointed

out his top cagers in the post posi-tion will be junior Reno Frayne(5-feet, 10-inches tall) and juniorLindsey Blankenship (6-1), atransfer from McNicholas HighSchool.Hatfield expects his charges’

toughest competition in theSouthern Buckeye Conference tobe provided by Western Brown’sBroncos in the American Divisionand Georgetown’s G-Women inthe National Division. The Lionsare a member of the AmericanDivision of the Southern Buckeye.“We’re going to work hard on

gaining experience,” said the NewRichmond taskmaster. “I’d besuper pleased with breaking eventhis year,”

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern Buckeye

Conference American Divisionall-stars returning.

All-Star LostGuard Michelle Sweet

RosterCatherine Bennett (5-5) sopho-

more guard, Lindsay Blankenship(6-0) junior center and forward,Georgia Buckingham (6-0) sopho-more forward, Veronica Burnam(5-5) junior guard, Reno Frayne(5-10) junior center and forward,Savannah Glenn (5-2) sophomoreguard, Carissa Gorth (5-7) senior

forward, Courtney Grogan (5-4)sophomore guard, Camie Keets(5-8) sophomore guard and for-ward, Brandi Riley (5-7) juniorforward, Mikaela Rupp (5-6)sophomore guard, Sarah

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In Clermont’s county seat, justtwo of the nine Bulldogs whoearned letters last year are amongthose Bulldogs back for anothervarsity boys basketball cam-paign.“We have decent size and some

decent shooters, but we’re inex-perienced. We have inexperi-enced seniors and we don’t han-dle the basketball really well,”said Mike Hatfield, head coachof the Green and White. “Weshould play very physically.”The former Glen Este High

School basketball standout hastwo experienced cagers on whomto rely – senior forward-centerCaleb Santel (6-feet, 4-inchestall) and junior center-forwardLuke Bradburn (6-3).Hatfield anticipates he will

also receive capable assistanceon the hardwood from NolanO’Brien, a 6-2 senior guard-for-ward.“I expect the league to be very

strong,” said Hatfield whoexpects Goshen’s Warriors,Bethel-Tate’s Tigers, andClermont Northeastern’s Rocketsto be the cream of the crop in theAmerican Division (big-school)chase of the Southern BuckeyeConference. He also believesWestern Brown’s Broncos “willbe down this year, but stillgood.”In his own National (small-

school) Division, a “better”Georgetown G-Men and FelicityCardinals will be in the thick ofthe race along withWilliamsburg’s Wildcats who“have a lot of good, young kids… I expect East Clinton to comealong this year, too.“I hope our inexperienced

older guys will help us out a lot,”Hatfield said.

All-Stars ReturningCaleb Santel.

All-Stars LostGuard-forward Zach Heber,

guard Eric Roberts, and centerKorey Eads.

RosterMatt Cook (6-1) senior guard,

Brandon Griffin (5-8) juniorguard, Sam Suttles (5-10) fresh-

man guard, Nolan O’Brien (6-0)senior forward, Brad Anstaett (5-10) senior guard, Caleb Santel(6-4) senior forward, Travis Hart(6-1) senior guard and forward,Jordan Rowland (6-3) senior for-ward, Kyle Dillinger (6-1) seniorguard and forward, LukeBradburn (6-3) junior center,Brian Hawk (5-9) sophomoreguard, Mike Musselman (6-1)junior guard and forward, andDavid Pelphrey (6-2) sophomore

center.

Hatfield’s assistant coachesEric Brose, Jon Nau, and VinceWoyan.

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Ken Lowe returns at the helm ofthe Williamsburg varsity girls bas-ketball program, a program that isdisplaying noticeable improve-ment each year.Helping the ‘Burg taskmaster

are five starters.“This team has good chemistry

and a good team mix of size andspeed,” said Lowe. “The team hasa better work ethic and a betterunderstanding of the game thisyear. The past years the kids havebeen working to improve theimage of girls basketball here atWilliamsburg.”The Wildcats’ leader has a total

of seven very experienced playersfrom whom to choose his startingline-up.The number of veterans include

senior center Darcy Little (5-feet,10-inches tall), junior forwardSamantha Davis (5-10), junior for-ward Rachel Meisberger (5-9),junior guard Molly Bruns (5-7),senior forward Amy Brown (5-10), sophomore forward TaraDennis (5-11), and sophomoreguard Heidi McManus (5-4). Thefirst five of that contingent allearned starting roles last year.“One of the girls’ goals this year

is to improve people’s outlooksand expectations and get respectabout the Williamsburg girls bas-ketball program,” Lowe conclud-ed.

All-Star ReturningDarcy Little.

All-Star LostGuard Danielle Stice.

RosterAmy Brown (5-10) senior for-

ward, Darcy Little (5-10) seniorcenter, Melanie Posey (5-6) seniorforward, Molly Bruns (5-7) juniorguard, Samantha Davis (5-10)junior forward, Ansley Guess (5-7) junior center, Jessica Meadors(5-8) junior forward, RachelMeisberger (5-9) junior forward,Tara Dennis (5-11) sophomoreforward, Ryan Gifford (5-7)sophomore forward, MeghinMcIntosh (5-4) sophomore guard,Heidi McManus (5-4) sophomoreguard, Becca Chase (5-3) fresh-man guard, Shannon Dewey (5-9)freshman forward, Emma Imbus(5-3) freshman guard, ElizabethMeisdberger (5-6) freshman

guard, Helaina Naehring (5-6)freshman forward, AmandaRogers (5-3) freshman guard, andSarah Wetzel (5-9) freshman cen-ter.

Lowe’s assistant coaches areTony Stidham and Tim Swart.

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A lone starter is all Batavia canwelcome back from last season’svarsity girls basketball team.That veteran is sophomore

guard Holly Harris (5-feet, 7-inches tall).“Holly’s our only returning

starter so we are going to be avery inexperienced team,” saidBeth Wolfer, head coach of theGreen and White and a formerNew Richmond High School ath-letic letter earner.The Bulldogs’ mentor also

expects to receive some fine con-tributions from senior post playerCourtney Turner (5-10).“We’re going to be rebuilding.

If we can have a winning seasonit’ll be a very good thing for us,”said Wolfer.The viewpoint from deep in the

heart of Clermont County and theEast Fork Valley indicates thatGeorgetown’s G-Women,Goshen’s Warriors, and WesternBrown’s Broncos will be theclass of the contenders in theSouthern Buckeye Conference.“I think us, Blanchester, and

Williamsburg will be importantin helping decide the champion(of the National, small school,Division) in what is going to be abalanced race,” Wolfer said.

All-Stars ReturningThere are no Southern

Buckeye Conference NationalDivision all-stars returning.

All-Stars LostForward Kayla Ernst, guard-

forward Emily Webb, and guardAbbey Jacob.

RosterAlyssa Gibson (5-6) junior

guard and forward, Holly Harris(5-7) sophomore guard, SarahGibson (5-7) junior guard andforward, Brooke Embry (5-6)sophomore guard, Rachel Baker(5-8) junior forward, Samm Ison(5-5) senior guard, Beth Turner(5-8) senior guard, CourtneyTurner (5-10) senior forward,Abby Hericks (5-8) sophomoreguard and forward, and MaggieGreen (5-11) sophomore for-ward.

Wolfer’s assistant coaches areAmber Kelly and RichieTrogden.

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Dan McKibben is on hand forhis first season as the head boysbasketball coach at his alma materwhere he was a Southern BuckeyeConference all-star on the hard-wood in the late 1980s.He has just a trio of players with

varsity experience around whomto build his team’s initial drive toreturning the program into a win-ner.“This team has more athletes

and more athleticism than its hadin recent years,” said McKibben.“Our weakness is that we have

one inexperienced senior, twofreshmen, and one sophomore onthe varsity roster.“What we’re going to be work-

ing a lot on is overcoming ourinexperience and losing attitude.It’s been so long since we’ve beena winner that it’s going to take awhile to redevelop a winning atti-tude, but these kids can do it.”The triumvirate around whom

McKibben expects to lead therebuilding process will be juniorguard Elliott Young (6-feet, 2-inches tall), junior number-fourwing man Matt Richardson (6-3),and senior guard Jacob Simpson(5-8).“We’re going to go seven or

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every game. We could surprisesome teams along the way,”McKibben said.

All-Stars ReturningElliott Young and Matt

Richardson.

All-Stars LostThere were no Southern

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RosterBrandon Boggs (5-8) junior

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Tara Kaiser returns to her almamater to bring back the Ameliavarsity girls basketball program toits winning ways, which she expe-rienced during her hall of fameprep career at the barony fromwhere Tara Shepherd graduated in1987.

The former three-sport QueenCity Conference all-star, includingbasketball, welcomes the return offive players who lettered a yearago. A total of six seniors graduat-ed from last year’s contingent.

“The team has good speed andgood ball-handling talent,” saidKaiser, cautioning, “What we lackis size.”

Kaiser will be assisted with hercoaching duties by anotherAmeliaHigh Sports Hall of Fame mem-ber, Mark Crouse, a 1982 graduateofAHS where he was a three-sportall-star, including basketball.

A couple of standouts areexpected to put Amelia through itspaces – senior forward MorganSperry (5-feet, 8-inches tall) andsenior forward Caitlin Cammeresi(5-9).

Walnut Hills’ Eagles andWilmington’s Hurricanes are theteams Kaiser expects to be the bestof the teams in the Fort AncientValley Conference CardinalDivision chase.

“We expect to give a good effortall the time and to be in everygame,” Kaiser said.

All-Stars ReturningMorgan Sperry.

All-Stars LostForward Jacquelin Deatherage.

RosterBri Beasley (5-6) junior guard,

Beth Wilson (5-5) senior guard,Kelly Hart (5-8) junior forward,Brittany Broughton (5-10) seniorforward, Caitlin Cammersi (5-9)senior forward, Erin Hancock (5-6) junior guard and forward,Megan Mentzel (5-7) sophomoreguard, Danielle Lang (5-9) fresh-man forward, Kymmy Simon (5-6) sophomore guard, MakennaSchulz (5-8) junior forward, Jodi

Motley (6-0) junior center, andMorgan Sperry (5-8) senior for-ward.

Kaiser’s assistant coaches areMark Crouse, Jim Sperry, andMatt Wells.

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AmeliaWrestlingNov. 25 at Western Brown, Nov.27 at Princeton, Dec. 4 atLebanon Tri, Dec. 16 at ClermontNortheastern (with Batavia), Dec.19 Southwest Ohio WrestlingCoaches Association Classic atHarrison, Dec. 20 Southwest OhioWrestling Coaches Classic atHarrison, Dec. 28 at Mt. HealthyDuals, Jan. 6 at Middletown Tri,Jan. 8 Fairfield Invitational, Jan. 9Fairfield Invitational, Jan. 15Sycamore Invitational, Jan. 16Sycamore Invitational, Jan. 23 atLoveland Duals, Jan. 27 SimonKenton (Senior Night), Feb. 13Fort Ancient Valley ConferenceTournament at Wilmington.

BowlingNov. 24 McNicholas, Nov. 30Anderson, Dec. 7 Kings, Dec. 10at Kings, Dec. 14 Wilmington,Dec. 16 at Wilmington, Jan. 4Glen Este, Jan. 5 Milford, Jan. 6Goshen, Jan. 9 Fort Ancient ValleyConference Meet at NorthwestLanes, Jan. 11 Walnut Hills, Jan.12 at Walnut Hills, Jan. 19 Turpin,Jan. 21 Turpin, Jan. 27 LittleMiami, Jan. 28 at Little Miami, andFeb. 1 at Goshen.All home games will be at CherryGrove Lanes.

BataviaWrestlingDec. 5 Bob Guy Invitational atWilliamsburg, Dec. 9 at GoshenQuad, Dec. 16 at ClermontNortheastern (with Amelia), Dec.19 Southwest Ohio WrestlingCoaches Association Classic atHarrison, Dec. 20 Southwest OhioWrestling Coaches AssociationClassic at Harrison, Jan. 6 at LittleMiami (with Bethel-Tate), Jan. 13New Richmond and Campbell Co.(Ky.), Jan. 16 at Valley View, Jan.20 at Hillsboro Tri, Jan. 29 EatonInvitational, Jan. 30 EatonInvitational, Feb. 6 Steve ShinkleInvitational at Batavia, and Feb.13 Southern Buckeye ConferenceTournament at Williamsburg.

Bethel-TateWrestlingDec. 5 at Middletown Fenwick,Dec. 12 at Trenton EdgewoodInvitational, Dec. 15 at Indian Hill(with Simon Kenton, Ky.), Jan. 6 atLittle Miami (with Batavia), Jan. 8Madeira Invitational, Jan. 9Madeira Invitational, Jan. 15Reading Invitational, Jan. 16Reading Invitational, Jan. 19 atWyoming (with Blanchester andWilmington), Jan. 23 LovelandDuals Invitational, Jan. 30 atFinneytown, Feb. 3 Triangular athome, and Feb. 13 SouthernBuckeye Conference Tournamentat Williamsburg.

Clermont NortheasternWrestlingDec. 5 Bob Guy Invitational (atWilliamsburg), Dec. 9 Bethel-Tate,Dec. 12 at Greenville Duals, Dec.16 Amelia and Batavia, Jan. 8Madeira Invitational, Jan. 9Madeira Invitational, Jan. 15Charlie Moore Invitational (atReading), Jan. 16 Charlie MooreInvitational (at Reading), Jan. 23Wyoming Duals, Feb. 6 SteveShinkle Invitational (at Batavia),and Feb. 13 Southern BuckeyeConference Tournament atWilliamsburg.

WilliamsburgWrestlingDec. 5 Bob Guy Invitational, Dec. 9at Bethel-Tate, Dec. 12 at Deer Park,Dec. 19 Withrow Invitational, Jan. 2at Norwood, Jan. 13 at Norwood,Jan. 15 Charlie Moore Invitational atReading, Jan. 16 Charlie MooreInvitational at Reading, Jan. 29Lockland Invitational, Jan. 30Lockland Invitational, Feb. 3 atBethel-Tate, Feb. 6 Steve ShinkleInvitational at Batavia, and Feb. 13Southern Buckeye ConferenceTournament.

FelicityAcademicJan. 12 at Clermont Northeastern,Jan. 14 at East Clinton, Jan. 19 atGeorgetown, Jan. 21 WesternBrown, Jan. 26 Batavia, Jan. 28 atBlanchester, Feb. 2 at Goshen,Feb. 9 New Richmond, Feb. 11Williamsburg, and Feb. 16 Bethel-Tate, and Southern BuckeyeConference Tournament.

AcademicJan. 12 East Clinton, Jan. 14 atGeorgetown, Jan. 19 WesternBrown, Jan. 21 at Batavia, Jan. 26Blanchester, Feb. 2 Felicity, Feb. 4at New Richmond, Feb. 9 atWilliamsburg, Feb. 11 Bethel-Tate,Feb. 16 Clermont Northeastern,and Feb. 27 Southern BuckeyeConference Tournament.

GoshenWrestlingDec. 8 at Reading (with Batavia),Dec. 12 at Miamisburg (withAnderson), Dec. 19 SouthwestOhio Wrestling CoachesAssociation Classic at Harrison,Dec. 20 Southwest Ohio WrestlingCoaches Association Tournamentat Harrison, Dec. 29 BrecksvilleHoliday Classic, Dec. 30Brecksville Holiday Classic, Jan. 8at Blanchester Tri, Jan. 13 atClinton-Massie (with PurcellMarian), Jan. 23 Hammer andAnvil Tournament at WesternBrown, Jan. 30 at Miami Trace,Feb. 6 Delaware HayesInvitational, Feb. 13 SouthernBuckeye Conference Tournamentat Williamsburg.

MilfordWrestlingDec. 5 Harrison Invitational, Dec.12 at Sycamore (with LaSalle andSt. Xavier), Dec. 19 SouthwestOhio Wrestling CoachesAssociation Classic at Harrison,Dec. 20 Southwest Ohio WrestliingCoaches Association Classic atHarrison, Dec. 28 KenstonInvitational, Dec. 29 KenstonInvitational, Jan. 6 TrentonEdgewood, Jan. 7 at Lebanon(with Lakota East and Princeton),Jan. 15 at Anderson (with Lebanonand Dayton Fairmount), Jan. 23 atJames Horning Invitational, Jan.29 Milford Invitational (with Amelia,Anderson, Deer Park, Hamilton,Hillsboro, Kings, LaSalle,Loveland, McNicholas, NewRichmond, Princeton, Reading,Sycamore, Turpin, WestCarrollton, Western Brown,Western Hills, Wilmington, WintonWoods, Withrow, Woodward, andXenia), Jan. 30 Milford Invitational,Feb. 5 at Loveland (with GlenEste), and Feb. 13 Fort AncientValley Conference Tournament atWilmington.

Boys and Girls Swimming andDivingDec. 10 at Lawrenceburg (Ind.),Dec. 15 Loveland, Dec. 19 ButlerInvitational, Jan 7 at Turpin, Jan. 9Milford Invitational, Jan. 16Southwest Ohio CoachesAssociation Classic (SwimmingFinals), Jan. 17 Southwest OhioCoaches Association Classic(Diving and Swimming Finals),Jan. 19 Lakota East and LakotaWest, Jan. 26 Glen Este andCincinnati Hills Christian (SeniorNight), and Feb. 6 at Fort AncientValley Conference Meet.

Boys and Girls BowlingNov. 11 Goshen and Little Miami,Nov. 30 at Wilmington, Dec. 2Goshen and Little Miami, Dec. 7Harrison, Dec. 9 at Harrison,Dec. 12 at Holiday Classic, Dec.14 Glen Este, Dec. 15 at GlenEste, Dec. 16 at Lakota West, Jan.5 at Amelia, Jan. 6 Turpin, Jan. 9Fort Ancient Valley ConferenceMeet, Jan. 11 at Winton Woods,

Glen EsteWrestlingDec. 5 Harrison Duals, Dec. 11 atNew Richmond, Dec. 19Southwest Ohio WrestlingCoaches Association Classic atHarrison, Dec. 20 Southwest OhioWrestling Coaches AssociationClassic at Harrison, Dec. 29Greater Miami Holiday Classic atVandalia Butler, Dec. 30 GreaterMiami Holiday Classic at VandaliaButler, Jan. 9 at Elder (withPrinceton), Jan. 15 SycamoreInvitational, Jan. 16 SycamoreInvitational, Jan. 22 Anderson,Jan. 23 Hammer and AnvilInvitational at Western Brown,Jan. 28 at Sycamore, Feb. 5Loveland and Milford, Feb. 13Fort Ancient Valley ConferenceTournament at Wilmington.

Boys and Girls Swimming andDivingDec. 2 at Norwood, Dec. 5 MasonInvitational, Dec. 12 at Loveland(Blue Ash YMCA), Dec. 17 atHamilton, Jan. 7 at NewRichmond, Jan. 9 MilfordInvitational, Jan. 12 at WalnutHills, Jan. 16 Southwest CoachesClassic at Milford, Jan. 17Southwest Coaches Classic atMilford, Jan. 21 at Norwood, Jan.26 at Milford Tri, Jan. 30 ClarkMontessori (at Xavier University),Feb. 6 Fort Ancient ValleyConference Meet (at MiamiUniversity).

Boys and Girls BowlingNov. 23 Turpin, Dec. 1 Wyoming,Dec. 4 Goshen, Dec. 5 Big BlueClassic (at Hamilton), Dec. 8Loveland, Dec. 10 at Loveland,Dec. 12 Holiday Classic (atWestern Bowl), Dec. 14 at Milford,Dec. 15 Milford, Dec. 21Northwest, Jan. 4 Amelia, Jan. 5Wimington, Jan. 6 at Wanut Hills,Jan. 9 Fort Ancient ValleyConference Meet (at NorthwestLanes), Jan. 11 at Anderson, Jan.14 Anderson, Jan. 18 Baker Bash(at Beaver Vu Bowl), Jan. 19Harrison, Jan. 21 at Harrison, Jan.26 Winton Woods, Jan. 28 atWinton Woods, and Feb. 1

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AcademicDec. 2 at Milford, Dec. 9 atEdgewood, Jan. 6 Amelia, Jan. 20Anderson, Jan. 27 at Harrison,Feb. 3 Winton Woods, and Feb.10 at Loveland.

Jan. 13 Winton Woods, Jan. 20Anderson, Jan. 21 at Anderson,Jan. 25 Loveland, Jan. 27 atLoveland, Feb. 3 at Lakota East,Feb. 4 at Sycamore, Feb. 8 atDeer Park, and Feb. 11 at Kings.

AcademicDec. 2 Glen Este, Dec. 9 atTalawanda, Jan. 6 Walnut Hills,Jan. 20 at Harrison, Jan. 27Loveland, Feb. 3 Anderson, andFeb. 10 at Wiinton Woods.

New RichmondWrestlingDec. 5 at Roger Bacon, Dec. 19Southwest Ohio WrestlingCoaches Association Classic atHarrison, Dec. 20 Southwest OhioWrestliing Coaches AssociationClassic at Harrison, Jan. 8Madeira Invitational, Jan. 9Madeira Invitational, Jan. 13 atBatavia (with Campbell County,Ky.), Jan. 19 at Madeira, Jan. 29Milford Invitational, Jan. 30 MilfordInvitational Feb. 4 at Wilmington,and Feb. 13 Southern BuckeyeConference Tournament atWilliamsburg.

Swimming and DivingDec. 2 at Cincinnati Country Day,Dec. 10 Clark Montessori, Dec. 14Summit Country Day, Dec. 17 atMcClain, Jan. 5 Seven Hills, Jan.16 Milford Invitational, Jan. 17Milford Invitational, Jan. 19Summit Country Day, Jan. 21McClain, Jan. 26 Western Brown,Feb. 3 Southern Ohio Swimmingand Diving League at CincinnatiCountry Day, and Feb. 6 SouthernOhio Swimming and DivingLeague at Cincinnati Country Day.

AcademicJan. 12 at Bethel-Tate, Jan. 14Clermont Northeastern, Jan. 19 atEast Clinton, Jan, 21 Georgetown,Jan 26 Western Brown, Jan. 28 atBatavia, Feb. 2 Blanchester, Feb.4 Goshen, Feb. 9 at Felicity, Feb.16 Williamsburg, and Feb. 20Southern Buckeye ConferenceTournament at Felicity.

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A new team and a new headcoach are gathering at the barony.Rick McMullen, who had previ-

ously been the girls head cagetaskmaster at Amelia for severalyears, has now taken over as thehead of the boys program.“We have a little bit of speed

and shoot the ball pretty decent,”said McMullen, who will be seek-

ing the leadership of his fivereturning lettermen to help set thesquad through its paces. Seven let-termen are gone from last year’ssquad.“We have a lot of inexperienced

seniors and we don’t have a lot ofoverall size,” he said.The Blue and White will receive

leadership from senior number-two guard Austin Hounshell (5-feet, 9-inches tall), senior number-three guard Vernon Harris (5-10)

who is a “really good shooter,”and junior small forward TannerOwens (5-11).“I expect Wilmington to make a

run for the state from our leaguethis year and Walnut Hills shouldbe good, but after that there’ll be alump of the sum of the rest of us,”

McMullen said. “We’re hoping forgood things…We hope to be com-petitive.”

All-Stars ReturningThere are no FortAncient Valley

Conference Cardinal Division all-stars returning.

All-Stars LostForward Willie Tansey and cen-

ter Scott Diebel.

RosterJustin Andler (5-11) junior for-

ward, Brandon Cooper (5-11)junior guard, Kyle Delker (5-10)senior forward, Vernon Harris (5-10) senior guard, AustinHounshell (5-9) senior guard, ZacHultz (5-7) junior guard, MitchellLawson (6-3) senior forward,Kevin Morse (6-0) junior forward,Tanner Owens (5-11) junior for-ward, Jory Pruss (6-3) senior for-ward, Kieron Rodgers (5-7) seniorguard, Mike Stapleton (5-9) seniorguard, and Ted Wagner (5-11)junior forward.

McMullen’s assistant coachesare Brian Callahan, Eric Burger,and Stu Conrad.

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