Back at home in the sports beat
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com It feels good to be home. Though to be fair, I never actually left. I started covering sports for The Community Press in August 2000 at the ripe old age of...
View ArticleFormer La Salle standout chosen as Prospect League All-Star
Former La Salle High School standout Elliott Ross (DePauw University) was named to the Prospect League All-Star team as a member of the Eastern squad. The Prospect Legaue is a summer collegiate wooden...
View ArticleRoundtable: Former preps stars doing well
With Scott Springer on a much-deserved vacation, Nick Dudukovich welcomes back Ben Walpole into the Community Press/Recorder sports department as they talk about stories they’ve been working on this...
View ArticleSummer success has Elder golf optimistic
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com If this summer is any indication, autumn will be kind to the Elder High School golf team. Several Panthers, led by seniors Daniel Schwarz and Tyler Smith,...
View ArticleCross country teams cross team lines at CHL camp
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Mariemont has won the last two boys cross country Cincinnati Hills League championships; Wyoming has twice been the runner-up. So it might seem odd that...
View ArticlePanthers golf poised for special season
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Elder High School last won a Greater Catholic League title in 1989. Head coach Mike Trimpe won’t make any bold predictions, but this year’s Panther squad...
View ArticleFirst-year coach inherits title contender at Taylor
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com The new Taylor High School boys golf team looks a lot like the old one. Except for one key difference – the head coach. Alex Miosi takes over the program...
View ArticleRoundtable: First look at golf, cross country
Community Press staff sports reporters Nick Dudukovich, Ben Walpole and Scott Springer discuss the golf and cross country teams to watch this fall, including Anderson, Ursuline, Elder, Taylor,...
View ArticleTaylor hosts alumni race
Taylor High School cross country’s annual alumni race is Sunday, Aug. 14, at the Cedar Bend picnic area at the end of Shawnee Park Road. The race begins at 10 a.m. and pits the current high school team...
View ArticleTaylor links to the past for future running success
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com The Taylor High School girls cross country state title runs are nearly a decade in the past. But those years just got a lot closer. Carrie Stecher (then...
View ArticleMercy loads up for run at success
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Scott Ridder hopes last year’s league meet was only the beginning for his Mother of Mercy High School cross country team. The Bobcats placed three runners...
View ArticleElder cross country alumni reunion Aug. 20
Elder High School is hosting its first cross country alumni reunion, from 7 to 11 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20 in the Elder cafeteria. All Elder cross country alumni and friends welcome. The cost is $15....
View ArticleRoundtable: Volleyball, tennis previews discussed
Community Press reporters Nick Dudukovich, Scott Springer and Ben Walpole talk about teams they’ll be looking at when they prepare the volleyball and girls tennis previews, which will hit the print...
View ArticleBobcats volleyball primed for big season
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Hope is not in short supply for the Mother of Mercy High School volleyball team. Not with five returning seniors from the starting rotation for last year’s...
View ArticleWiegman talks tactics for Mercy tennis
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com To hear Mary Beth Wiegman talk one might think she was Mercy High School’s new chess coach. She’s not. She’s the Bobcats’ new tennis coach. But her coaching...
View ArticleFirst look at other girls tennis teams
The following are first looks at other schools and teams in the Community Press coverage area not specifically featured in main girls tennis stories (click on blog tag: ohtennis11). Anderson The...
View ArticlePhoto blog: La Salle’s scrimmage at Centerville
I’m really looking forward to football. I’m so pumped I couldn’t wait another week for the season to start, so I ventured out to Centerville High School to watch the La Salle Lancers scrimmage the...
View ArticleStrong offseason has Taylor hopeful for success
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com The Taylor High School football team has improved in each of Dave Huffman’s three seasons as head coach. From two wins in 2008, to three in ’09, to last...
View ArticleOlder, wiser Panthers look to bounce back
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Last year’s 4-5 record isn’t particularly impressive. But Elder High School head football coach Doug Ramsey doesn’t think it tells the whole story. “We...
View ArticleLancers’ new seniors set to make mark
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com MONFORT HEIGHTS – La Salle High School’s 2010 football season will be hard to duplicate. It was a magical year for the Lancers, who went 9-2 and won...
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