Versatile Hormann commits to Witt

If basketball doesn’t work out for Landon Hormann at Wittenberg University, there’s always football.The 6-foot-6 senior has committed to play basketball for the Tigers. He averaged 18.6 points and 9.6 rebounds in leading West Liberty-Salem High School (20-6) to a Division III district final last season.He collected third-team All-Southwest District ...

• 4:55 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013

Elks have it on the line

Over the past three years, no high school in Ohio has churned out more interior lineman then Centerville. Since 2011, the Elks have sent Michael Bennett (Ohio State), Brant Gressel (Iowa), Evan Lisle (Ohio State), Benny McGowan (Michigan State), Ifeadi Odenigbo (Northwestern), Jake Replogle (Purdue), Mike Replogle (Indiana) and Kyle ...

• 5:52 p.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013

Second Thoughts: Fairmont has great arena, but can it win?

The news coming out of Washington never ceases to amaze. The Benghazi scandal. The IRS scandal. Bryce Harper trying to run through an outfield wall. Not to be outdone, the Redskins plan to sign Tim Tebow to play quarterback and move RG3 to cornerback. And for the coup de grace, ...

• 12:05 a.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013

Seeking competitive balance OHSAA’s goal

A revised Competitive Balance proposal was narrowly defeated on Thursday. It was the third straight year that Ohio High School Athletic Association member principals just said no.But that isn’t the end of it.The crux of the issue is a disproportionate amount of state championships won by private schools, mainly Catholic. ...

• 12:05 a.m. Sunday, May 19, 2013

Pfeffer’s walk-off lead Bolts over Greenville

SoftballNorthmont 4, Greenville 3: Northmont won this regular season battle of local heavyweights when Libby Pfeffer drove in Kassi Crawford with a double in the bottom of the seventh. Pfeffer finished with three RBIs while Jordan Stoltz had a home run. Stoltz pitched a complete game, striking out five and ...

• 9:55 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013

High School sports tournament schedule

BaseballSECTIONAL TOURNAMENTMonday’s GamesDIVISION IAt LebanonLebanon vs. West Carrollton, 4:30 p.m.DIVISION IICarroll at Monroe, 5 p.m.Wednesday’s Sectional FinalsDIVISION IIIAt KingsRoger Bacon vs. Cin. HIlls, 5 p.m.At Deer ParkMadeira vs. Summit Ctry Day, 5 p.m.At MadisonBadin vs. Carlisle, 5 p.m.At CarlisleFenwick vs. Waynesville, 5 p.m.At Howell Field, TippecanoeVersailles vs. West Liberty-Salem, 5 ...

• 9:28 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013

High School sports results for Saturday, May 18

BaseballSECTIONAL TOURNAMENTDIVISION ISt. Xavier 3, Talawanda 2Lakota East 5, Glen Este 4Centerville 5, Fairmont 1SoftballSECTIONAL TOURNAMENTDIVISION IIFranklin 21, Alter 0, 5 inn.Boys VolleyballSaturday’s ResultsD-I Regional Finals at CentervilleNorthmont def. Fairmont, 25-22, 25-13, 23-25, 25-19.Beavercreek def. Centerville, 22-25, 25-16, 23-25, 25-22, 15-12.D-II Regional Finals at CentervilleFenwick def. Alter, 25-22, 26-28, 25-17, ...

• 9:24 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013

Fenwick defeats Alter in regional volleyball final

Fenwick boys volleyball coach Yoon Ha’s biggest fear became reality Saturday.“I was worried about how we’d handle it mentally,” Ha said about the Falcons’ first regional final. “We didn’t handle it well. We played tight and we had to grind it out the rest of the way.”Fenwick pushed through to ...

• 7:50 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013

Harden reverses Fairmont decision, will stay at Fairfield

Mark Harden has reversed his decision to accept the boys varsity basketball position at Fairmont High School and instead will remain as athletic director at Fairfield.Harden told Kettering officials on Friday that he would not leave Fairfield. Just this past Tuesday the Kettering Board of Education accepted the recommendations that ...

• 2:25 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2013

Relay a fitting finale at GWOC boys meet

Fairborn senior Matt Cline’s smile beamed as he pointed to teammate Jeremy Bridges. “He’s an animal,” Cline said after Bridges out-leaned Miamisburg’s Andrew Denlinger at the tape to win the 4x400-meter relay title at the Greater Western Ohio Conference track meet at Centerville High School Friday night. “It’s a man’s ...

• 11:27 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013

Madison becoming girls hoops recruiting hotbed

Heading into the 2009-2010 season, his sixth as Madison’s girls basketball coach, John Rossi hadn’t had a single player go on to play beyond the junior college level — not surprising given the school’s small enrollment, which includes only around 200 girls. But a sudden movement began that season at ...

• 6:46 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2013

Competitive Balance issue goes down again

A revised Competitive Balance Proposal was voted down by Ohio High School Athletic Association members for the third straight year on Thursday. The proposal would have adjusted a school’s numerical value based on students who reside outside its designated school district. That number would determine which divisions a school’s teams ...

• 12:05 a.m. Friday, May 17, 2013

Banke, Ireland lead Oakwood in sectional

BaseballOakwood 5, CJ 1: Patrick Ireland struck out nine over five innings to lead Oakwood in this D-II sectional. Ireland won his fourth while Max Banke hit a two-run home run.Troy 1, Sidney 0: Troy’s Nick Sanders drove in the game’s only run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth ...

• 11:11 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

OHSAA competitive balance proposal fails

By Marc PendletonStaff WriterMembers of the Ohio High School Athletic Association on Thursday voted down a revised Competitive Balance Proposal that would have factored in a higher numerical count for students who reside outside a school district. That could possibly have affected a school’s division status for selected sports.The proposal ...

• 2:11 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

Arch: Northmont's Brown deserved better

Everybody involved in Jim Brown’s unexpected ouster as the basketball coach at Northmont High has a little different interpretation of the events that took place.

Waynesville wins in walkoff fashion

BaseballNoah McGillivary hit a walk-off two-run single in the bottom of the seventh to help Waynesville (22-2) knock off Dixie in Division III sectional baseball.Pitcher Wyatt Myers moved to 5-0 on the mound with the relief win.The Spartans (22-2) advance to the sectional final against Fenwick on Wednesday at Kings.Carlisle ...

• 11:31 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013

High School Sports results for Wednesday, May 15

BaseballSECTIONAL TOURNAMENTWednesday’s ResultsDIVISION IIIBadin 11, East Clinton 0, 5 inn.Carlisle 10, Dayton Christian 1Fenwick 5, Madison 3Miami East 10, Northwestern 0, 5 inn.Triad 5, Northridge 2Versailles 7, Anna 0Waynesville 5, Dixie 4West Liberty-Salem 13, National Trail 8DIVISION IVArcanum 5, Troy Christian 1Cedarville 11, Tri-Village 7Cin. Christian 12, St. Bernard 0, ...

• 10:22 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Brown out at Northmont after 16 seasons

What seemed a perfect basketball marriage for 16 years is ending in a nasty divorce at Northmont High School. Jim Brown, one of the best-known and most successful coaches in the Miami Valley, will not be the T-Bolts’ head coach after June 30. Northmont — for absolutely no reasons of ...

• 7:51 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Troy’s McGraw lifts Trojans with 11th inning single

BaseballTroy 5, Piqua 4, 11 innings: Kevin McGraw singled in Ian Nadolny from second base in the bottom of the 11th for the walk-off win for Troy in this D-I sectional. Dylan Cascaden homered for the Trojans earlier in the game.Sidney 9, Beavercreek 3: Sidney’s Conner Echols won on the ...

• 10:52 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Cougars bury Springfield 15-0 in sectional opener

The bats were blazing Tuesday, just in time for the most important stretch of Edgewood High School’s baseball season.The Cougars began the Division I sectional tournament by uncorking a 12-run inning and demolishing Springfield 15-0, earning a sectional semifinal matchup at fourth-seeded Vandalia Butler on Thursday.Adding to the week’s importance ...

• 8:24 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013