Latest High School Sports
Latest High School Sports
Braves just short in race for All-Sports Trophy
OXFORD — Talawanda High School fell just short in the race for the first Southwest Ohio Conference All-Sports Trophy, announced last week following the conclusion of the spring sports schedules.Talawanda finished second overall in the SWOC standings, just 1.5 points behind Harrison (128 to 126.5).The trophy was decided by Harrison’s ...
Sports physicals being held at 2 locations
OXFORD — McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital and Indian Creek Family Health Center are teaming up with Talawanda High School to provide sports physicals for the upcoming school year with a combined three dates being offered for the required annual physicals.McCullough-Hyde will offer athlete physicals from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, ...
THS relay team sets school record at regionals
OXFORD — None of the Talawanda High School track team entries in last week’s regional meet advanced to the state meet this week, but there are plenty positive highlights from the 2013 season. “As a coaching staff we are extremely proud of the effort everyone gave this year. We emphasize ...
Talawanda Hall of Fame committee needs nominations
OXFORD — A call has gone out for recognition of outstanding athletic accomplishments in the Talawanda School District with the committee asking for help from residents.The Talawanda Athletic Hall of Fame is asking for nominations of athletes and coaches with outstanding contributions to the athletic history of the district — ...
14 THS track athletes reach regionals
OXFORD — Talawanda High School’s track team qualified 14 athletes to this week’s regional meet after their performances in last week’s district competition at Winton Woods.That number might have been even higher if a couple of close finishes had gone the Braves’ way.The boys team, which tied its best finish ...
New Talawanda AD has ‘big shoes to fill’
State Route 73 connects Talawanda and Edgewood high schools and now there is another connection.John Thomas, the new athletic director at THS, is a former Cougar athlete who is leaving the AD post at Edgewood to take on the same duties at Talawanda.Thomas is familiar with Talawanda at least from ...
Talawanda girls win SWOC track championship
OXFORD — Make it two in a row league championships for the Talawanda High School girls track team as it now reigns as the Southwest Ohio Conference winners in the league’s first year of existence.The girls also captured a league title in 2012 in the final year of the Fort ...
Progress made during rebuilding year for THS softball team
OXFORD — “Rebuilding year” is a term applied to many sports seasons and is a phrase used several times by Talawanda High School softball coach Christina Beckett in looking back at the 2013 season.The phrase is inescapable for a team that finished 7-19. When the season began, though, this is ...
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 ...
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 ...
Braves ride Smith’s arm, hot bats to first-round tourney win
OXFORD — A seven-run first inning got the Talawanda High School baseball team off to strong start in its Division I sectional tournament game Tuesday.The Braves won 12-2, using a bases-loaded walk in the sixth inning to end the game with a mercy-rule finish. The win sets up a Thursday ...
THS ready to host first SWOC track championships
OXFORD — Talawanda High School’s new track will host the first-ever Southwest Ohio Conference track championships on Tuesday and Thursday with the Braves having a solid chance to win the girls’ title.Talawanda coach Paul Stiver said he does not want to point to specific athletes or performances for this season, ...
Braves prepping for postseason baseball tourney
OXFORD — Talawanda High School’s baseball team will open postseason tournament play Tuesday with a home game against Princeton at 5 p.m.The Braves will host Princeton in a first-round sectional game in the Cincinnati I baseball Division I tournament. The winner will play Thursday at 5 p.m. against the winner ...
12 THS athletes making the jump to college
OXFORD — A dozen Talawanda High School senior athletes will continue their athletic careers in college, playing for a variety of Division III schools. Interim Athletic Director Denise Zimmerman, herself a college athlete in D-III, said the 12 seniors should be proud of the opportunity to continue in their sports ...
THS searching for 3 new coaches
OXFORD — Three coaching positions are now open at Talawanda High School, just as the search has begun to fill the athletic director’s position.Before leaving the district this week to take an assistant men’s basketball coaching position at Ball State University, Athletic Director Jason Grunkemeyer announced that the high school ...
Talawanda AD exits, will coach at Ball State
OXFORD — Lured back into college coaching when the right situation arose, Jason Grunkemeyer stepped down this week as Talawanda High School Athletic Director.He moves now to Muncie, Indiana where he will be an assistant on the staff of Ball State University men’s basketball coach James Whitford, who was named ...
Braves looking for timely hits
After a strong start to this season, the Talawanda High School softball team has run into a string of losses lately, but its coach is optimistic improvement is near.“It’s OK. We hit a rough spot,” coach Christina Beckett said. “I think it will prepare us for the postseason. I like ...
Braves reload, take aim at another tennis title
OXFORD — Six league championships in a row have not dampened the enthusiasm of the Talawanda High School boys’ tennis team as it tries to make it seven in a row this spring.Optimism is high among the varsity players and coach Pete Thomas.“Last year we lost four seniors. We just ...
Senior-laden Braves in sync early
OXFORD — Senior leadership is a valuable commodity for any high school coach in any sport and Talawanda baseball coach Pete Maus has plenty of places to look for it this spring.His roster has 11 seniors among the 19 currently listed players and most are back from last year’s 18-9 ...
New conference, new challenges for THS track
OXFORD — Talawanda’s track team is gearing up for a big season and did some preparation with an indoor season that saw two of its top athletes make it to the state championships.Coach Paul Stiver is hoping that the trip to state is just a sign of bigger things to ...
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