http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ Our writers provide live updates from sporting events and insider information on Butler and Warren county sports you can't get anywhere else. en-us jboyle@coxohio.com 2009-11-20T10:54:50-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/20/middletown_hosting_la_salle_in.html Middletown is hosting an Ohio High School Athletic Association Foundation Game (scrimmage) vs. La Salle on Saturday, Nov. 28, at Wade E. Miller Gym. The varsity game will start at 6 p.m., with freshmen and junior varsity games slated for... 15785903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-20T10:54:50-04:00 jboyle@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/20/lakota_wests_hicks_named_butku.html Lakota West High senior OLB Jordan Hicks is one of five finalists for the high school Butkus Award, which honors the nation’s top linebackers. Joining Hicks are: Khairi Fortt (Stamford, Conn.); Dakota Royer (Lancaster, Pa.); Hayes Pullard (Los Angeles, Calif.);... 15784603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-20T08:19:37-04:00 smatthews@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/19/lakota_west_boys_basketball_ro.html Although he hasn’t put together the official varsity roster yet, first-year Lakota West High boys basketball coach Sean Van Winkle has an idea of who will dress with the big club. They are: seniors Obi Nwankwo, Robert Cartwright, John Peters,... 15773703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-19T13:55:51-04:00 smatthews@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/19/college_options_for_masons_mel.html Mason High senior Hilliary Melnick is a two-sport standout in volleyball and basketball. In volleyball, Melnick was the GMC’s top setter with 677 assists, while on the hardwood, the 5-foot-8 guard is the Comets’ best 3-pointer shooter. That’s led her... 15767803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-19T10:49:20-04:00 smatthews@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/19/lakota_wests_cox_weighs_in_on.html With Greg Bailie resigning as head football coach at Lakota East on Tuesday, Nov. 17, that leaves Lakota West’s Larry Cox as the longest-tenured coach in the Greater Miami Conference. Bailie came to Lakota in 1993 and took over the... 15766803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-19T09:16:42-04:00 smatthews@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/18/fenwick_looking_for_girls_tenn.html Fenwick High School is now accepting applications for the position of girls tennis coach. The position is open because Mary Joseph has decided to step down after 14 years of coaching. Joseph, an FHS alumnus, also coached boy’s tennis and... 15763103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-18T18:42:16-04:00 sweaver@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/18/masons_eastham_collects_record.html Mason High senior soccer star Caleb Eastham broke the single-season school record for goals with 18 and career record for goals with 30. As a result, Eastham was named the Greater Miami Conference Player of the Year and a Division... 15754203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-18T11:18:17-04:00 smatthews@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/18/fairfield_boys_basketball_work.html New Fairfield boys basketball coach Tim Austing is putting his stamp on the program. Nearly two weeks into official preseason practice, Austing has 17 players — made up of sophomores, juniors and seniors — each day for varsity practice. Six of... 15754003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-18T10:52:18-04:00 smatthews@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/17/girls_basketball_preview_at_ma.html Madison Mohawks announce girls hoops preview MADISON TWP. — The third annual Jim Dabbelt Lady Mohawk Preview will be held Saturday, Nov. 21 at Madison High School. Eight high school scrimmages will take place. Each game will consist of two... 15749903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-17T23:45:30-04:00 jbombatch@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/17/middletowns_frazier_picks_up_o.html Rashad Frazier, a 6-foot-6, 225-pound defensive end for the Middletown High School football team, recently received a college scholarship offer from Kent State University. The offer is the third for Frazier, who also has offers from Bowling Green and Miami,... 15744903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-17T15:36:17-04:00 sweaver@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/17/lakota_east_football_resigns.html Greg Bailie has resigned as head football coach at Lakota East High School, the school announced today, Nov. 17. Bailie first came to Lakota High School in 1993, then became the head coach at Lakota East when the school split... 15742303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-17T13:14:20-04:00 smatthews@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/17/report_uc_no_longer_in_smiths.html As we reported earlier today on our twitter account (twitter.com/pulsesports), Lakota West senior TE Alex Smith will not announce his college decision today, as he previously was expected to. West coach Larry Cox said on Monday that Smith’s choices were... 15741903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-17T12:59:36-04:00 smatthews@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/17/mason_product_signs_first_pro.html Carl Richburg, a 2004 Mason High graduate, recently signed his first professional basketball contract with the Youngstown Swish, members of the American Basketball Association. The Swish’s season begins on Dec. 5, when they travel to the Pittsburgh Phantoms. Richburg played... 15739603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-17T11:27:20-04:00 smatthews@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/16/lakota_wests_krugler_to_swim_a.html Lakota West High senior Maegen Krugler will swim collegiately at the University of Toledo. At last season’s state meet, Krugler finished 11th in the 100-yard freestyle and 12th in the 200 free. “She is a good middle-distance freestyler and has... 15730003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-16T16:01:55-04:00 smatthews@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/entries/2009/11/16/fulcher_interested_in_mason_jo.html Former Cincinnati Bengal standout David Fulcher is interested in the head coaching vacancy at Mason High School. That’s what Fulcher told host Mark Schlemmer on Dayton radio station WONE-AM (980) on Friday evening. Dave Sedmak resigned last week after three... 15723503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/prepsplus/ 2009-11-16T11:23:14-04:00 jboyle@coxohio.com