Thinking about the New Richmond Lions football team
I can’t wait for Friday, so I’m thinking to myself about the New Richmond Lions’ football team. The squad dropped back-to-back games against McNick and Simon Kenton and scored only six points. Maybe...
View ArticleGlen Este boys hoops rely on size, experience
By Mark Chalifoux mchalifoux@communitypress.com The Glen Este boys basketball team returns some of their best players from a team that went 15-5 a year ago, and the Trojans should be a team to keep an...
View ArticleLady Wildcats have hoops title in sight
By Nick Dudukovich ndudukovich@communitypress.com Williamsburg High School girls’ basketball coach Ken Lowe is ready for his team to compete for a Southern Buckeye Athletic and Academic Conference...
View ArticleOptimism surrounds New Richmond swimmers
By Nick Dudukovich ndudukovich@communitypress.com The New Richmond High School swimming program returns for the 2010-2011 season with high expectations for both the girls and boys squads. The Lady...
View ArticleLion wrestlers roar to success
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com With five regular season meets left in the 2010-2011 season, the New Richmond High School wrestling squad finds itself ranked No. 3 in the Enquirer’s...
View Article‘That’s My Boy’ awards to be held in downtown Cincinnati
(Provided) Don Treadwell to speak at NFF scholar-athlete award banquet Don Treadwell new Miami of Ohio head fooball coach, will be the keynote speaker at the 44th National Football Foundation’s “That’s...
View ArticleLions capture swim league title
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com Swimming is usually thought of as an individual sport. But while athletes are alone in the pool, they are represented collectively on the scoreboard....
View ArticleSBAAC crowns wrestling champs
The Southern Buckeye Athletic and Academic conference hosted its wrestling championships at Amelia High School, Feb. 12. The boys from New Richmond High School took home the title in the American...
View ArticlePhoto gallery: SBAAC wrestling
The Southern Buckeye Athletic and Academic conference hosted its wrestling championships at Amelia High School, Feb. 12. The boys from New Richmond High School took home the title in the American...
View Article’Burg, NR remain alive in south Clermont hoops
By Adam Turer • eastsports@communitypress.com When the dust settled after the first two rounds of the Southwest District girls basketball tournament, only two of five area teams were still playing....
View ArticlePondering prep prognostications
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com I shall now gaze into my crystal ball (which really is one of those cheap, plastic snow scenes) and project some boys high school basketball winners....
View ArticleLions wrestlers to be well represented at districts
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com The New Richmond High School wrestling squad qualified 11 team members for districts this weekend at Goshen High School. At 119 pounds, Austin...
View ArticleGlance at early local state wrestling results
Local wrestlers still moving through the state wrestling tournament after March 3 action include: Division I 103 – Ruben Victoria of Mason is set to wrestle Tommy Zeigler of Cleveland St. Ignatius...
View ArticleBlog of lists: Our unsung heroes for winter teams
Our goal with this week’s list is to shine a light on athletes who have made an impact on their teams, but might not be mentioned as much as their teammates or counterparts in larger schools. Again,...
View ArticleTaking a look around the preps baseball scene
Other area baseball teams, as compiled by Tony Meale, Nick Dudukovich and Scott Springer. Aiken The Falcons finished 7-16 overall last season and 5-7 in the Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference. They...
View ArticleA look at other softball teams
Other local softball teams covered by the Community Press include: Aiken In her second year, Aiken coach LaVette Grayson is hoping to get the Falcons in the win column. She returns senior Brittany...
View ArticleVideo Roundtable: Prep writers analyze La Salle’s state final win
Community Press sports writers Tony Meale, Nick Dudukovich and Scott Springer analyze La Salle’s 59-40 state championship win over Columbus Northland.
View ArticleAround the beat: Dudukovich’s top 5 wrestlers
I’ve been thinking to myself about who the top wrestlers on my beat were this past season. Here’s what I came up with: • Chaz Gresham, junior, Goshen With mile-high expectations on his shoulders all...
View ArticleLions look to serve up SBC success
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypres.com The New Richmond Lions and head coach Rylan Shebesta embark on the 2011 campaign with hopes of being one of the better teams in the Southern Buckeye...
View ArticleStrange season for New Richmond baseball so far
By Adam Turer • eastsports@communitypress.com NEW RICHMOND – It has been a strange season so far for the New Richmond High School baseball team. Through 10 games, the Lions are 4-6. The season started...
View ArticlePrecipitation limiting participation
Outside of constructing an all-purpose dome (which I’ve yet to achieve funding for) I don’t have an answer for local teams trying to get their games in around the Seattle-like weather that hovers over...
View ArticleUpdate: Clermont softballers navigate through postseason
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com WILLIAMSBURG – Williamsburg High School head softball coach Richard Healey can easily explain the softball team’s success down the stretch. “We...
View ArticleDespite McNick loss, Lions finish season on a strong note
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com NEW RICHMOND – The New Richmond High School baseball team made an impressive run during the 2011 campaign. The Lions were on the brink of playing for...
View ArticleTrack wrap: Williamsburg athletes advance to state
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com WILLIAMSBURG – The track teams of Wiliamsburg and New Richmond high schools competed in regional track competition throughout southwest Ohio during...
View ArticleBack 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 ArticleTop Midland baseball club promotes Madeira’s Benintendi
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com He is the prototypical “baby-faced assassin.” Already with two varsity baseball seasons under his belt including a state title appearance as a...
View ArticleLions hope to hunt for SBC crown
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com One might be a little surprised at how excited New Richmond High School boys golf head coach Phillip Heflin is for the new season. After all his Lions...
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 ArticleLions ready for repeat run
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com It’s going to be a difficult encore. The 2010 season was just that good for the New Richmond High School boys cross country team. First league title in more...
View ArticleNew Richmond reloads for run at league crown
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com NEW RICHMOND – The New Richmond High School football team is riding a streak of four straight winning seasons. The key to a fifth straight might be...
View ArticleCoombs keeps ‘Cats in Cincinnati
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com Since joining then-coach Brian Kelly’s UC staff in late 2006 from Colerain High School, Kerry Coombs has concentrated on scouring the I-275 belt and...
View ArticleMSJ football sees changes for 2011-12
By Adam Turer • presspreps@gmail.com DELHI TWP. – Which College of Mount St. Joseph football team is going to show up in 2011? The Lions have alternately toyed with mediocrity and success since...
View ArticleNew Richmond tennis doubling up on success
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com NEW RICHMOND – One plus one does not always equal two. Not in tennis at least. Two good singles players do not necessarily make a good doubles team. Doubles...
View ArticleUC Clermont sponsors Volley for a Cure
BATAVIA – The UC Clermont volleyball team will host its second Volley for a Cure as part of the annual Cougar Classic tri-match, Sunday, Sept. 18. The team has this annual event as a way of promoting...
View ArticleRoundtable: Reporters talk football weeks 4, 5
The Community Press sports reporters discuss their Ohio high school predictions from week 4 and discuss what’s ahead for football week 5, including St. X/Moeller, Colerain/Middletown and Walnut...
View ArticleHill, seniors lead New Richmond out of tough start
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com The football season did not start quite like the New Richmond High School seniors had in mind. First, a heartbreaking 20-18 loss to Indian Hill. Then, a...
View ArticleWilliamsburg pulls out overtime thriller
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Low on scoring, high on drama. The Williamsburg High School football team eked out a 7-0 overtime win against rival Batavia, Friday, Sept. 30. “It was a...
View ArticleNew Richmond, Williamsburg win big
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com Maybe it was the weather. A week after winning ugly in cold, rainy conditions, the New Richmond and Williamsburg High School football teams scored early and...
View ArticleNew Richmond golf makes history
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com New Richmond High School golf coach Phil Heflin called it his “Hoosiers moment,” referencing the famously inspiring movie about a high school basketball...
View ArticleNew Richmond clinches SBC American title
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com “Control what you can control” is a frequent coach’s axiom. The New Richmond High School football team did just that, winning its sixth straight game, 34-14...
View ArticleTeam-first leadership boosts Lions
By Ben Walpole • bwalpole@communitypress.com New Richmond Coaches often have enough trouble getting their athletes to buy into the program for the short term. Alex Ariapad is a coach’s dream then,...
View ArticleNew Richmond seeks Hall of Fame nominations
New Richmond High School is accepting nominations for its athletic Hall of Fame. The deadline to have the nominations in is Dec. 7. Nomination forms are available at the high school or the New Richmond...
View ArticleThinking about the Coaches’ Classic
Area wrestlers headed into winter break by competing in the Glen Sample Coaches’ Classic at Harrison High School Dec. 17-18. • Moeller’s Joey Ward looked ready to defend his state title. He’s wrestling...
View ArticleBethel-Tate holiday wrestling results
(Provided) Bethel-Tate participated in the SWOWCA Glenn Sample Holiday Classic Dec. 17-18, finishing 20th overall out of 39 teams and third out of the DII and DIII schools – behind New Richmond and...
View ArticleMy year-end Top 10
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com Seeing as it’s the end of the year (and I’m big Dave Letterman fan) I decided to whip up a little year-end top 10 for you. The recipe is completely...
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