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Monday, March 16, 2009
Trotwood-Madison fan protests district title loss to the Centerville Elks (plus Fort Loramie fever & Welcome Stadium face-lift)
Saying the team was robbed by a referee’s whistle, a Trotwood-Madison High School fan is protesting the Rams’ 52-51 loss to Centerville in a Division I district championship game at UD Arena on Saturday, March 14.
The fan complained to the Ohio High School Athletic Association on Monday, asking the governing body to rescind Centerville’s victory and replay the game before the Elks face Cincinnati La Salle in a regional semifinal at Xavier University’s Cintas Center on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Centerville’s Matt Kavanaugh sank the winning free throw with eight-tenths of a second to go after Rams guard Marcus Graham was called for a foul.
Roslyn Thornton, a technology support aide for Trotwood-Madison City Schools, included her letter of protest to OHSAA Commissioner Daniel B. Ross in an E-mail to all Trotwood personnel. The Dayton Daily News obtained the E-mail on Monday night.
“We need to all stand up for the boys basketball team,” wrote Thornton, who asked for “everyone that witnessed the game to write” to the OHSAA, the Southwest District Athletic Board and politicians. “Don’t wait until (today) because it may be to late. Send it NOW! We cannot stand for our students to be treated this way. This is the strongest way to fight back.
“I recommend the (OHSAA) bring justice to these tournaments and recall this game before Centerville plays again. I urge that Trotwood boycott these tournaments until justice is done.”
Fort Loramie fever
What’s in the water in Fort Loramie? And what do they feed the boys basketball players?
It must be something good because the Redskins (16-8) are tall, strong and ready to face Lockland (16-7) in a Division IV regional semifinal today at 6:15 p.m. at Kettering’s Trent Arena.
“It’s just a lot of passion, a lot of hard work and a lot of tradition,” Fort Loramie AD Chad Wells said. “A lot of things those kids saw growing up, their dads, uncles and cousins all did before them. So they’re just following in line.”
First-year head coach Karl Ratermann wasn’t hired until August because of the late resignation of Eric Gabriel.
“I didn’t have any time with the kids in the summer,” Ratermann said. “Everything was new.”
Now the Redskins are four victories away from adding a fourth state championship (1977, ‘87, ‘93) to the trophy case.
“We have a rotation of about nine guys and they all give 100 percent,” Ratermann said. “It starts with our effort on defense. That’s kept us in all the games. Now we’re really starting to jell offensively.”
Welcome face-lift
The old 50-foot, single-level press box at Welcome Stadium has been torn down. A new two-tier, 70-foot press box is expected to be in place for the Dayton Relays on April 24.
Whitley Manufacturing Co, Inc. — which specializes in modular buildings — is constructing the press box at its South Whitley, Ind., headquarters and is scheduled to ship the structure to Dayton on March 23.
“Our goal is to have it up and running for the Dayton Relays,” Dayton Public Schools AD Jonas Smith said. “We’ve got to have it in place by then.”
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Stebbins’ Carter keeps rolin’, rollin’, rollin’
STEBBINS’ PIN PUNISHER
SMASHES ALL BARRIERS
Congratulations to Stebbins High School’s Chase Carter, who was named the 2009 Ohio Magazine High School Bowler of the Year.
The honor came after he captured the boys individual title at the state bowling championships with a 723 series.
Did you know …
He’s diabetic, forced to give himself at least seven insulin injections a day.
He’s hearing impaired with 100 percent hearing loss in his right ear.
Chase Carter is also the 2009 Boys State Bowling champion.
The Stebbins High School junior smashed through every obstacle on Saturday, March 7, when he rolled games of 223, 243 and 257 for a 723 series and the boys individual title at the OHSAA State Bowling Championships at Tiki Lanes in Lancaster.
“He got a standing ovation at the awards ceremony,” Stebbins coach Don Brown said. “That’s how much he’s respected.”
The first of Carter’s three ear surgeries came when he was in the fifth grade. He had surgery again in sixth grade, and another three days after his freshman bowling season. He was diagnosed with diabetes in the sixth grade.
“It was one thing after another,” he said. “It was a big life change. Now I’ve dealt with it and just live life the best I can.”
Carter said collegiate bowling “has been a goal since my freshman year. Bowling is so much fun. I love the atmosphere. I love the cheering. I love being part of a team that’s real competitive.”
Wright State, Urbana and Pikeville (Ky.) College are among the suitors that are lining up.
CHASE CARTER JUST KEEPS ROLLIN’-ROLLIN”ROLLIN’
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