Lion Linksters Finish Seventh at Sectionals as Kroeger Shops for Districts

The Lion Linksters completed a successful season with a strong seventh place finish at Sharon Woods Golf Course on Thursday. Junior Bryce Kroeger shot an 83 and went six sudden death holes to claim a spot in next weeks Districts at Weatherwax. Also competing and playing well for the Lions were Chris Mazzaro (83), Kyle Heidlage (88), Daman Abner (97), and Zack Grissom (114). The Lions finish with a 47-14 record on the season.

Boys Soccer Defeats Western Brown

The boys soccer team traveled to Western Brown Thursday afternoon for the first of five consecutive conference games.

After 80 minutes of soccer the Lions finished with a win with a score of 2-0. Scoring the Lions goals were Michael Huber and Noah Chaney. Will Hayden recorded the shut out.

The boys are currently in first followed closely by Amelia, Next up is Norwood followed by Goshen on senior night.

Varsity Volleyball improves to 9-8

Congratulations to the varsity volleyball team on their victory over Seven Hills last night.  The match went back and forth until the 5th game when the lady lions mounted a 15-12 victory.  Eleanor Wildey lead the team with 16 kills and 31 digs.  Cortney Smith had 27 digs and Kandice Miller had 5 blocks.  Jessica Nazareth was the setting leader with 14 assists.  Rachael Riffle and Emily Carter each had 2 aces.  The varsity volleyball record is now 9-8.  Tomorrow the team's take on league rival Norwood.

Boys Soccer Travels to CNE

The boys soccer team traveled to CNE Tuesday afternoon and posted a 7-0 victory. Scoring the Lion's goals where Noah Chaney and Tyler Klein with 2 each, CJ Grogan, Michael Huber and Cody Biehle scored 1 each.
The boys are currently in first place and finish the season with 5 straight games against conference opponents.

Cross Country: GirlsTeam Finishes 1st, Boys Team Claims 2nd At Our Home CC Invitational

The New Richmond girls cross country team easily won our home (mudd run) invitational this past weekend placing 6 girls in the top 25.  Top runners for the girls included;

Claire Burns (2nd)
Taryn Rupp (5th)
Bailey Haas (14th)
Grace Hauserman (15th)
Emily Belmont (16th)
Shelbi Simpson (23rd)
Zoe Crabtree (34th)

The boys team finished 2nd missing out on first place by only 8 points.  Top Runners for the boys team included;

Bobby Bingham (1st)
Stone Oliver (23rd)
Darik Page (32nd)
Lyle Hawkins (38th)
Luke Glenn (41st)
Charlie Spicker (47th)
Brian Lewis (48th)

A special thanks goes out to Mr. Foote for his help in keeping the meet organized, the middle school and high school parent volunteers, the student volunteers, and Rufus for getting the gator out of the woods after Coach Shebesta managed to get it stuck after the meet had ended.

Lion Golfers Complete Three-Peat at S.B.A.A.C. League Tournament

Nothing is as sweet as a Three-Peat which the Lion Golfers completed at rainy Cedar Trace Golf Course on Saturday. Going in to the final 18 holes the Lions held a 33 stroke lead over Amelia and finished the day winning the League by 64 strokes. The Lions were led by Medalist and 2013 Player of the Year Junior Chris Mazzaro who fired a three over par 74 on the par 71 course. Juniors Kyle Heidlage and Bryce Kroeger were also named First Team All-League. Junior Daman Abner was named Second Team All-League. Sophomores Chase Heflin and Zack Grissom had a helping hand in  delivering the Lions third consecutive  S.B.A.A.C. Title and winning the low team score, for the second year in a row,with a 339 to out distance the team from Georgetown who shot a 351. Coach Heflin was also named Coach of the Year for the fourth consecutive year. The Lions will tee it up on Tuesday against Anderson before they travel to Sharon Woods on Thursday to begin post-season play. The Lions record now stands at 38-8 on the season.