Varsity Volleyball

The lady lions were defeated by Batavia Saturday in two out of three games. We lost 26-24 and 25-18 and won 1 game 27-25. The second Match was played with Mariemont and we were defeated 25-22 and 25-16. The lady lions will play again at home on Tuesday 9/8 against Fayetteville.

New Richmond Girls CC Team Finishes 1st, Boys Finish 2nd at Hillsboro Invitational

The girls and boys cross country teams both had a great showing at the Hillsboro Invitational at Liberty Park this past Saturday, September 5th.  The girls team finished 1st, winning by a tiebreaker (6th runner).  The boys team finished 2nd overall with junior Timmy Hall winning the boys race with his closest competitor nearly 30 seconds behind him.  Top finishers for the lions included:

Girls

Veronica Burnam (5th)

Emily Erdman (6th)

Andrea Belmont (7th)

Raisa Finch (24th)

Krista Warren (28th)

Mikaela Rupp (30th)

Hannah Smiddy (31st)

Boys

Timmy Hall (1st)

Sam Anderson (5th)

Alex Ariapod (7th)

Luke Gilday (14th)

Grant Gilman (28th)

Tyler Behymer (30th)

Mitch Kramer (32nd)

All results for this meet can be found on www.baumspage.com under the Ohio Classic, Hillsboro 9/5/09

Lions defeat Mariemont, 31-7

Garrett Myers and Brian Mazzaro connected on two touchdown passes and Myers rushed for two more to lead the Lions to 31-7 win over Mariemont Friday night at New Richmond.

Myers threw touchdown passes of 31 and 32 yards to Mazzaro and rushed for 104 yards in 15 carries and two touchdowns to lead the Lions to their second straight win to open the 2009 season.

With the defense keying on Andrew Nealan, last week's WLWT player of the week, senior tailback Mike Maupin made the Warriors pay by rushing for 123 yards in 13 carries. Nealan managed 52 yards in 12 carries and a touchdown.

Senior Brandon Branson led the Lions on defense with six tackles, including three for losses. Sophomore Jake Gundler picked off two Mariemont passes. Andy Case recorded 5 tackles, Austin Warden 4 and Gundler and Michael Skaggs three each for the Lions.

Listen to the game replay on www.newrichmond.localsportsradio.com along with postgame interviews with head coach Dan Scholz, offensive coordinator Chuck Warden and players Brian Mazzaro, Brandon Branson and Andrew Nealan.

Girls soccer teams lose to Norwood

Both the jv and varsity teams had tough losses last night against Norwood. The jv score was 5-0 and the varsity score was 8-0. Even with the loss, both teams started off strong and managed to work on one-touch passing and communicating with their teammates. The Lady Lions play again on Tuesday at Bethel for another league game. JV will play at 5:00 with Varsity starting at 7:00.

LADY LIONS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

Congratulations to the Lady Lions on an awesome victory against CNE last night. After winning the first game in overtime (29-27)the girls were fired up and came back pounding CNE in the second game 25-10 and then took it home for a victory in the 3rd game 25-19. It was an exciting match.

Heart breaker against Amelia

The boys lost to Amelia 1-0 in the last 1:30 of the game. It was a very well played game by both teams. Playing against a good Amelia team was good preperation for a tough league game against Bethel next Tuesday at home.

NR Lions CC Teams Compete in Hillsboro Invitational this Saturday

The girls and boys cross country teams will be competing in the Hillsboro Invitational this Saturday, September 5th. The invitational will actually be held at Liberty Park, which is just north of Hillsboro on St. Rt. 62. CC runners need to be at the school at 9:15 a.m. ready to board the bus for the invitational.

Schedule (* NRHS Races)

10:00 a.m. H.S. Girls (Big Schools: No Limit on Runners)

10:40 a.m. H.S. Boys (Big Schools: Only Top 7 Run)

* 11:20 a.m. H.S. Boys JV (Big and Small Schools not in Varsity Race)

* 12:00 a.m. H.S. Girls (Small Schools, Run All)

* 12:40 a.m. H.S. Boys (Small Schools, Only Top 7 Run)