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By Kim Byrum SkinnerContributing WriterBrian Kindell’s well-guarded secret - the return of flame-thrower Tara Trainer - remained highly classified until just minutes before game time.By penciling the sophomore ace into the “flex” position on his Division I, regional-final lineup card, Lebanon High School’s veteran softball coach was hoping to rattle ...
Last year was a breakout season for Lebanon High School softball. As the wins mounted, so did the pinch-me giddiness that accompanies a historic run.This season? The Warriors used workman-like play to win their final game.Lebanon passed yet another postseason test in its march to achieve that goal on Wednesday, ...
Dayton H.S. baseball Vandalia 2, Tippecanoe 1: Jake Larger pitched a complete game to improve to 2-0 and Logan Mann singled in both runs for Vandalia (3-0). Ben Hughes went 3-for-3 for the Tippecanoe (2-1). Chaminade Julienne 3, Xenia 0: Kyle Shoup struck out four in a two-hit shutout, ...
Exiting the bus at the Stebbins Softball Complex in Greenville it’s one of the first things opponents see: the huge green scoreboard 28 feet wide and 13 feet tall towering in left field. Then Lady Wave Stadium comes into full view. It’s an impressive home-field advantage: a brick press box, ...
As the team’s No. 3 hitter and an all-league selection at designated hitter, Lebanon High School senior Casie Hutchinson isn’t one to hesitate or hold back with her powerful swing. But when asked if she and No. 4 hitter and best friend Vanessa Lay try to outdo each other, say ...
If there’s a program first-year Monroe coach Harry Phillips would pattern his team after, it’s the Bellbrook Golden Eagles. The Hornets got a good look at what that level of play takes on Thursday. Bellbrook, the top-seeded team and ranked No. 8 in the state, ended No. 13 Monroe’s season ...
After dropping their first two games by double digits and seeing their slim lead disappear Friday, the Lebanon Warriors decided they’d had enough. The Troy Trojans, who entered winless in their first three games, hope to get there soon. A key second-quarter surge gave Lebanon a cushion, then the Warriors ...
Luke Morgan of Lebanon High School had a 12-yard touchdown run in overtime, but couldn’t score on the two-point attempt to take the lead as the Warriors fell 27-26 to Miamisburg on Friday night.Zach Kruer of Miamisburg (6-3) carried 38 times for 201 yards and one touchdown. Lance Brockman was ...
The showdown Monday night for the Greater Western Ohio Conference South Division title between Lebanon and Springboro came down to one big play.The Panthers provided it.Lebanon’s six-year stranglehold on the GWOC South came to an end when Boro’s Kelly Williams got on the other end of a corner kick from ...
Battling more than the usual bumps and bruises this early in the high school football season, the beat-up Centerville Elks delivered some punishment of their own Friday night.Centerville used an Elks-esque drive for the decisive points in a 28-19 win over Lebanon at James VanDeGrift Stadium. After the Warriors pulled ...
By John Cummings Contributing Writer With the Centerville boys soccer team sitting atop the first area coaches poll in Division I, it didn’t take the Elks long to get a ringing endorsement. Centerville out-shot Lebanon (4-1-1) 19-1 in taking a 3-1 win in a showdown between two of the heavyweights ...
Until last week, it was easier for Austin Wolf to separate from a five-star cornerback recruit than define what grayshirting meant. Not now. A gifted receiver equipped with newly developed jets, Wolf agreed on Sunday to accept a grayshirt scholarship offer to play football at the University of Cincinnati. That ...
AKRON — Lebanon High School senior Ana Walter choked back tears moments after the Warriors’ first run to the state tournament ended in a tough 2-0 loss to North Canton Hoover on Saturday. “I couldn’t think of any better way to go out,” Walter said softly after the Division I ...
AKRON — Lebanon senior Ana Walter could see the nerves in pregame.Walter watched as the jitters crept out during the same routine the squad had done 31 times before its Division I state softball semifinal against Elyria at Akron Firestone Stadium.Of course, being stuck in a hotel all day watching ...
The Lebanon High School softball team lost its first game of the season, falling to Poland Seminary 2-1 on Saturday.Lebanon was playing in a four-team tournament at North Canton Hoover.Lebanon is the No. 2 ranked team in the Division I state poll.Poland Seminary was ranked No. 2 in the Division ...
MIAMISBURG — Lebanon softball coach Brian Kindell is quick to offer a disclaimer about his squad.The Warriors entered their Greater Western Ohio Conference South Division showdown with co-leader Miamisburg on Monday hitting .450 as a team and outscoring opponents 183-23.With a strong wind blowing out at Miamisburg, the hits kept ...
FAIRFIELD — Lebanon High School senior Eddie Noble returned to the scene of the crime and came away redeemed.Noble had qualified for the state tournament last season but was disqualified following his consolation finals match when officials ruled he had thrown his headgear. The Warriors appealed, but Noble was left ...
Lebanon High School pulled off the first major shocker of the boys basketball postseason on Saturday afternoon.The No. 16 seeded Warriors (3-18) knocked off No. 3 Northmont, 81-77, in overtime to open the Division I sectionals at Trotwood-Madison High School.Warriors freshman Alex Stotts hit three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, ...
In 1997, the Lebanon High School football team brought a 12-0 record into a Division II state semifinal against Defiance. The Warriors suffered their first loss within sight of a state title.The next season, the Warriors lost a regular-season game, then went on to earn the D-II state championship at ...
SPRINGBORO — From their worst came the best of Lebanon’s football team.After opening Greater Western Ohio Conference South Division action with a lackluster loss to Xenia on Sept. 30, the Warriors rebounded to capture a piece of the division title with their fourth straight win Friday night, 46-31 over Springboro.“The ...
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