Three Washington football players at The Opening
Posted by | Posted on 05-07-2011
Zach Banner (Lakes), Cedric Dozier (Lakes) and Sawyer Powell (Richland) are spending this week at the Nike facilities in Beaverton, Ore. for The Opening.
Moeller Primetime Invitational cross country meet
Posted by | Posted on 05-07-2011
The Moeller Primetime Invitational cross country meet will be held Friday, Aug. 26 at the Kings Island Golf Center Bruin Course.
The event starts at 6:30 p.m. with the junior high competition. The varsity girls competition is at 9 p.m., while the varsity boys meet is at 9:30 p.m.
As of Wednesday, 15 schools have committed to the event, including 11 male teams and 13 female teams, according to Moeller coach Charlie Lytle.
Lytle credited the Golf Center for allowing the runners to compete on the golf course and also the Warren County Visitors Bureau for helping to organize the event.
The meet contains two out-of-area schools Sandusky and Eaton which will spend the night in the area and go to Kings Island for a team-building event. This helps out the local economy as well, Lytle said.
Lytle said the golf course will contain effective footing for the runners and good viewing for spectators.
Teams are very excited, Lytle said. Our guys
Baseball or football? Another prep star chooses
Posted by | Posted on 05-07-2011
The Associated Press produced an interesting story on Saturday afternoon about Bubba Starling, who apparently can do anything he wants to athletically.
The first sentence of the story by reporter Doug Tucker suggests that Starling, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound senior from the Kansas City suburb of Gardner, Kan., can hit home runs of up to 500 feet and toss a football 55 yards while on his knees.
Now, he has a decision coming up. He’s expected to be a high pick in the Major League Baseball draft that begins Monday. He has also signed a national letter of intent to play football for Nebraska.
He’ll soon have to choose between the two.
Starling is just the latest high school star to make a decision between playing two sports. In
David Fulcher Jr. commits to Ohio University
Posted by | Posted on 03-07-2011
Mason running back David Fulcher Jr., a member of the 2011 class, has committed to play football at Ohio University, according to Mason coach Brian Castner.
Fulcher, who is 5 feet 10 and 195 pounds, will be on scholarship by January 2012, according to Castner. Fulcher rushed for 1,290 yards and 21 touchdowns for the Comets last season. He had seven receptions for 82 yards and two touchdowns.
Fulcher is the son of former Bengals safety and current Cincinnati Christian head football coach David Fulcher.
Centerville boys two points shy of state track title
Posted by | Posted on 03-07-2011
COLUMBUS — Michael Bennett could have graduated early to kick start his promising football career at Ohio State.
“This is the reason I stayed,” said Bennett after super-charging Centerville’s Division I boys team runner-up effort at Saturday’s state track and field meet.
Bennett was clutch, winning the shot put on his final throw (63 feet, 11 inches) and placing second in the discus (185-4). Michael Melchor added a third in the 110 high hurdles (14.51), and Centerville’s 800-meter relay placed third from lane seven.
Benny McGowan added a seventh in the shot but couldn’t score in the discus. That left jus