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Friday, June 12, 2009
4 area state champs in Midwest meet
State champions Kevin Leland (Greenville), Laura Gehret (Anna), Christine Borchers (Versailles) and Kylie Kopp (Bethel) are among the area track and field athletes who will compete in the Midwest Meet of Champions today at Jackson, Mich.
Leland won the Division I pole vault, Gehret defended her D-III high jump title, Borchers won the D-III shot put and Kopp the D-III long jump.
Also on the Ohio boys team are Kyle Combs (Valley View, discus), Richard Hunt (Dunbar, hurdles), Tyrone Burnley (Dunbar, hurdles) and Javon Walker (Northmont, 400 meters). Also on the Ohio girls team is Alexis Thomas (Wayne, discus).
Eileen Grosse (Wilmington) is the Ohio girls coach. Boys assistants include Matt Somerlot (Centerville) and Mike Fernandez (Wayne) and Jenny Schoenberger (Miamisburg) for the girls.
The event features top state meet performers and recent graduates from Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.
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CJ girls hoop on probation, fined by OHSAA for out-of-state event violation
The Chaminade Julienne High School girls basketball program has been placed on probation for two years and fined $2,500 for violating an out-of-state competition rule, said the Ohio High School Athletic Association in a release Friday, June 12.
CJ also will have its available coaching days reduced by two from June 1 to July 31 and its allowed scrimmages will be reduced this coming preseason from five and a foundation game to one.
The Eagles violated OHSAA Bylaw 9-2-1 while participating in the Nike Tournament of Champions at Phoenix, Ariz., last Dec. 18-22. CJ split four games.
The bylaw states that athletic teams cannot participate in out-of-state competition while school remains in session. CJ officials and the OHSAA differed in their interpretations of the bylaw.
“The process took some time because there were questions regarding the interpretation of the bylaw that needed to be answered,” OHSAA Commissioner Dan Ross said in the release.
“Those questions have been resolved, the school’s administrative staff is to be praised for its cooperation and I’m glad we are bringing this situation to finality.”
CJ was contacted by the OHSAA prior to leaving for the event that it could violate OHSAA rules should the Eagles participate.
“It is important to know that CJ did not plan the tournament trip with disregard to OHSAA bylaws,” said Daniel J. Meixner, president of the school.
“When the difference of interpretation came to light, it was too late for CJ to withdraw from the tournament. We had made a commitment to the tournament organizers and to parents — and other family members — who had made travel arrangements. We believed we needed to find a solution that honored these commitments. That meant being prepared to accept possible sanctions prescribed by the OHSAA.”
Ross indicated the rule that CJ violated dates to when LeBron James starred at Akron St. Vincent/St. Mary. Like many high profile prep teams, the Irish toured the country James’ senior season, often playing in national tournaments and exhibitions.
That’s the latest in a series of legal off-the-court events for the CJ girls basketball program since last season:
• On May 28, former coach Marc Greenberg was indicted on 12 counts of using the Internet to transmit obscene materials to minors. Among his Internet postings were boasts that he had sexual contact with members of his teams.
According to an FBI investigation, no member of last season’s team or any other CJ team that Greenberg has been associated with has confirmed that.
• Last Jan. 14, a Montgomery County Common Pleas Court judge granted a permanent injunction that allowed Oakwood transfer Nicky Disbrow to be eligible to finish the season with CJ. Disbrow’s parents sued the OHSAA and CJ to allow the junior back on the court.
Disbrow’s transfer documents were not submitted to the OHSAA by CJ before the June 1, 2008 deadline. CJ had to forfeit its season-opening defeat of Centerville because Disbrow had played, then was declared ineligible. She sat out the next two games and played in the Nike events.
CJ was 17-7 last season and tied Alter at 9-1 for the GGCL North title. CJ hopes to name a new girls varsity hoop coach this summer.
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