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Lakota West senior Tiffany Weinheimer has verbally committed to continue her soccer career at Ball State. Firebirds’ teammates Brigit Reder and Maggie Brown committed to the Cardinals back in the summer.
Soccer players cannot sign until Feb. 4, 2009.
Also, senior swimmer Stephen Koch will compete at Ohio State as a recruited walk-on.
Chatted with Mason swimming coach Mark Sullivan this morning about the upcoming season.
Among several topics, he mentioned that senior Mary Wunderle has signed with Georgia Tech to continue her career there next season.
Wunderle qualified for state as a junior in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke, and also swam on the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. She was named All-American this past summer by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association in three events: 200 IM, 200 free relay and 400 free relay.
The Southwest Ohio Wrestling Coaches Association (SWOCA) is holding an all-star preview at 7 p.m. Saturday at Harrison High School.
All returning district qualifiers are invited to compete, and approximately 80 wrestlers have committed, including eight state qualifiers. There are 21 schools in Divisions I-III sending wrestlers.
The contestants will compete within their own weight class and will wrestle three one-minute periods.
Admission is $5, and all proceeds will go toward the SWOCA’s senior scholarships that will be awarded at the end of the year.
Lakota West High boys basketball program will participate in the Bill Brewer Memorial GMC-GCL Showcase on Saturday, Nov. 29.
Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students, with the money benefiting the Brewer Children Education Fund. The event will feature 12 games at four different sites.
West also will be conducting a food drive that will benefit Reach-Out Lakota. Collection bins will be at the doors when people arrive.
Here’s the slate of games at West. Varsity games are in the main gym, while the JV contests will be in the auxillary gym.
McNicholas vs. West - JV 11 a.m., varsity 1 p.m.; Carroll vs. Madeira - JV 12:45 p.m., varsity 3 p.m.; Purcell vs. Fairfield - JV 2:30 p.m., varsity 5 p.m.; and St. Xavier vs. Middletown - JV 4:15 p.m., varsity 7 p.m.
Lakota West senior left-hander Nathan Smith signed a national letter-of-intent with Furman University over the weekend.
As a junior, Smith went 11-1 with a 2.43 ERA — his lone loss coming in the state semifinals against Lakewood St. Edward.
Smith follows in the footsteps of West product Matt Klinker, who pitched at Furman and is now in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
Lakota West senior Michael Hart will continue his swimming career at Georgia Tech. He signed a national letter-of-intent on Monday, Nov. 17.
Hart also considered Louisville, Pittsburgh, Columbia, Ohio State and Calvin.
Hart will be a four-year starter for the Firebirds. His seventh-place finish at state in the 100 butterfly as a junior highlights his decorated high school career. He holds the school record in the 100 fly (50.89) and is a member of two school-record relay teams.
Hart plans to major in chemical engineering.
Just got word from Lakota district athletic director Stu Eversole that the proposal from Atrium Medical Center will be voted on by the school board at Monday night’s meeting.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Central Office.
Atrium has offered to give Lakota $48,500 each year for 20 years in order to place synthetic turf on its two high school football fields.
“I’ve got a good feeling about it,” Eversole said. “It would be a great thing for the community.”
At the Oct. 13 board meeting, the board wanted to wait until this Monday’s meeting in order to get a feel for how the community felt about it. There has been an online survey at Lakotaonline.com for the past month, and Eversole said that 95 to 97 percent are in favor of it.
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