Austin Warden named McScholar Athlete

New Richmond junior Austin Warden has been selected this week's McScholar Athlete of the Week by McDonald's This Week in Football newspaper that will be available later this week at all area McDonald's locations.

Warden also will be featured on McScholar's web page.

Freshmen defeat Indian Hill, 8-6

The Freshman took on Indian Hill last night in what became a defensive battle with the Lions winning 8-6.

Big Luke Hoskins came up with a big QB sack late in the game as well as a tackle
for a loss.

Nose Tackle James White added defensive pressure on the QB all game
long as well.

The secondary was led by Tanner Wolfe, Jake Preston, Matt Forsee
and Colt Reese. These four help shut down Indian Hills spread offense.

On offense the Lions were led again by Fullback Kevin Reid who battle for the Lions only two scores. The Freshman Lions are now 4 and 1.

Concessions for Homecoming

The wrestling team is in charge of the visitors concession stand on 10/9/09. Parent should email Coach Shinkle at shinkle_d@nrschools.org or call 553-3191 ext. 10105 to sign-up.

Thank you

Deron Shinkle

A tough week over

Last week was a tough one for the boys. Two tough opponents back to back Monday and Tuesday, followed by a game on Thursday. Hopefully everyone recuperated over the weekend. We resume league play tomorrow at 5:00 against Felicity.

Lady Lions Soccer defeat the Lady Wildcats

The girls varsity soccer team defeated the Williamsburg Wildcats on Saturday, 4 - 0. Scoring the team's goals were Savannah Glenn and Cassie Grooms. Cassidy Martin had her 2nd shut-out for the season with the help of Noelle Schickling. The team's record has advanced to 4 - 4. The varsity team plays again on Tuesday at home against Felicity.

Cross Country: Boys Finish 7th, Girls 9th at Milford Invitational

The NRHS boys cross country team finished 7th and the girls 9th at the Milford Invitational at Miami Meadows Park this past Saturday. These were fantastic results for the lions considering the invitational had many of the top division I and division II teams in the city. Top runners included:

Boys

Timmy Hall (10th)
Sam Anderson (33rd)
Luke Gilday (51th)
Alex Ariapod (72nd)
Grant Gilman (80th)
Mickie Doane (84th)
Kal Meade (101th)

Girls

Veronica Burnam (30th)
Emily Erdman (32nd)
Andrea Belmont (40th)
Raisa Finch (66th)
Emily Smiddy (68th)
Mikeala Rupp (72nd)
Hannah Smiddy (73rd)

The lions cross country team has their home invitational next Saturday at New Richmond High School. This event will also include the first annual New Richmond High School Scholarship Run, which begins at 10:00 a.m. The cost is $5. Please get there by 8:45 to register for the run.

LADY LIONS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL

Congratulations to the Lady Lions who defeated Bethel in the Tri-Match Saturday 9/19/09,
25-8 and 25-14. The Lady Lions also took on East Clinton and lost 2 out of 3 games. After winning the 1st game 25-20 we struggled in the 2nd losing 14-25. The 3rd game was a long battle between the two teams in which we fell short 2 points and were defeated 25-23. The match was full of excitement from the stands supporting their teams as well as the players fighting for a victory on the court.