Steele wins state title

We have a new girls' tennis state champion today.

Summit Country Day junior Gabby Steele won the Division II state singles title today with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 over Dayton Oakwood senior Kelsey Haviland.

Steele defeated Haviland 6-3, 6-1 in the district final at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason Oct. 13.

Also Saturday, Moeller was second in the Division I boys’ golf state tournament. St. Xavier was fourth, while La Salle was eighth.

Mason was runner-up in the girls’ state tournament at Ohio State’s Gray Course. Lakota West, which won the 2006 state tournament, was third.

Lakota East-West Football Game

Just got this e-mail from Dan Hilen at Lakota East:

LAKOTA EAST-WEST FOOTBALL TICKET INFORMATION

The Lakota East-West football game is scheduled for Friday, October 26th at Lakota East High School. Gates will open at 5:00 with kickoff slated for 7:30 PM.

A sellout crowd of 8,000 is expected to attend. Pre-sale tickets go on sale at both East and West athletic offices beginning Monday, October 22, 8:00AM to 3:00PM (thru Thursday) and 8:00AM to 12:00 noon on Friday.

Ticket prices are $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for students K–12 ($6 at gate for students 7-12). Senior Citizens and children five and under are admitted free. Only Lakota East, GMC and Corporate passes will be accepted for admission.

No food or drink may be brought into the stadium. Due to the large crowd that is expected to attend the public is strongly encouraged to purchase advance tickets for this event.

Lakota School District employees desiring to attend the East-West football game on October 26th at Lakota East High School will not need an exchange ticket in order to gain admittance. The employee and one guest will be admitted with their 07/08 Lakota School District ID badge.

Submitted,
Dan Hilen
East Sports Information

Is 16-0 in soccer bad for the sport?

It seems like every year there is a team somewhere across America that crushes their opponent in a high school sport.

The typical argument breaks out as to whether or not it is bad for the sport and wrong to do that to a group of kids or if a coach shouldn't be expected to "call off the dogs".

In the game of soccer, beating another team 16-0 can be seen as inexcusable. It would be like beating someone by 100 points in football or basketball, yet in soccer it can be even worse.

Milford's win over Amelia on Tuesday night may have proved more about lack of sportsmanship by Milford than how good they are.

That kind of score isn't good for the players, fans, parents, schools or the sport in general. There should never be a 16-0 score in soccer.

Final regular-season state polls

The postseason has a full slate of games this week with Ohio sectional volleyball and soccer with a busy schedule.

In reviewing the final coaches' state polls in volleyball and soccer here's what we find with area teams.

In volleyball, Mercy (21-1) was ranked No. 1 in the Division I poll with 23 first-place votes. McAuley (15-7) is sixth, followed by Ursuline (15-7) at seventh.

In boys' soccer, Mason (14-0-2) finished fourth in Division I. Finneytown (10-1-5) was seventh in Division II.

Madeira (13-1-2) was first in the Division III poll. CHCA (11-1-3) was ninth.

In the girls' poll, Sycamore (15-1-0) was second in Division I. Ursuline (14-1-1) was third and St. Ursula (13-1-2) fourth respectively.

In Division II, Madeira (12-2-2) was third, followed by Fenwick (sixth), Badin (ninth) and Indian Hill (tenth).