Girls Place 1st, Boys 3rd at the Felicity Early Bird Invitational

Congratulations to the girls and boys cross country teams on a great showing at the Early Bird Invitational in Felicity.  In the first meet of the year, the boys placed 3rd and the girls 1st!  Top runners for the boys included;

Bobby Bingham (8th)
Charlie Spicker (19th)
Stone Oliver (22nd)
Brian Lewis (25th)
Luke Glenn (26th)
Darik Page (29th)
Daniel Stoy (30th)
Caleb Hayward (31st)

Top runners for the girls included;

Claire Burns (1st)
Taryn Rupp (5th)
Olivia Behymer (9th)
Emily Belmont (10th)
Bailey Haas (12th)
Zoe Crabtree (14th)
Paige Anderson (15th)
Grace Hauserman (21st)

Congratulations to Claire Burns for setting a Felicity Early Bird Invitational meet record with a time of 19:48.

Boys Soccer Travels to Maderia

Boys soccer played a tough Maderia team to a 0-0 tie. The Lions started the season with 2 non conference games against 2 good teams and are now ready to start league play Thursday at New Richmond against Western Brown.

Lions Get Beaten By Barons After Tie

The Lion Linksters were beaten by Amelia on a fifth card tie breaker at Stillmeadows golf course last night. The final score was 185-185. Leading the Lions in scoring was Chris Mazzaro with a 3 over par 38 and Bryce Kroeger with a 4 over par 39. Also scoring for the Lions was Kyle Heidlage (47), Daman Abner (61), Chase Heflin (63), and Zack Grissom (63).

Varsity Volleyball Team Overpowers Lady G-Men

The New Richmond varsity volleyball team defeated the Lady G-men of Georgetown in an explosive match tonight.  After winning the first game the Lady Lions came up short in the second game.  The team then rallied to take the next two games.  Eleanor Wildey was powerful at the net with a possible record setting 21 kills in the match.  Setting her and the other attackers were Rachael Riffle and Jessica Nazareth who each had 13 assists.  Carrie Stapleton, Jessica Nazareth, and Eleanor Wildey all had double digit digs with 15, 14, and 13 respectively.  The ace club was lead by Carrie Stapleton with 5 aces in 17 serves.  Kandice Miller had 3 blocks to help stop the Lady G-men’s attacks.  The teams go on the road again on Thursday to play at Reading High School.

JV LADY LIONS VOLLEYBALL TEAM

The Lady Lions started the season with 1 win and 1 lost on Saturday. We lost to CNE 16-25 and 23-25. Then came back with a victory against Ripley, 25-5 and 25-12. A team effort was given by all.

Lady Lion's Varsity Volleyball Team Attacks Ripley.

The volleyball team's record stands at 1-1 at the end of the season opening tri-match.  After falling to CNE in the first match of the day, the girls pulled together and rallied to come out strong against Ripley.  The team's serving was started by Rachael Riffle who had 6 aces in 19 attempts.  After several different players in the back row (Rachael Riffle, Cortney Smith, Eleanor Wildey, Rachel Zawacki, Jessica Nazareth, and Wendy Appelmann) had multiple digs, the offense was lead by Eleanor Wildey with 7 kills.  Kandice Miller had the team's only block.  Everyone contributed to the successful team victory.  Monday the girls go on the road to take on Georgetown.

Lion Linksters Bulldog Batavia and Fry Roger Bacon

The Lion Linksters started their 2013 season with a sweep of Batavia and Roger Bacon at Elks Run Golf Course. Leading the Lions was Medalist Chris Mazzaro who shot a 39. Also scoring and playing well for the Lions were Bryce Kroeger 42, Daman Abner 46, Kyle Heidlage 49, Zack Grissom 61, and Chase Heflin 61. The Lion's record now stands at 2-0 on the season.