By Chris Chaney Sun staff The inaugural season of boys’ basketball in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference for Milford and Glen Este was an exercise in differentiation as the Eagles contended for the top spot with state semi-finalists Walnut Hills, while the Trojans went 0-fer in the league and 4-19 overall. Despite the opposite season paths, [ Read More ]

By Chris Chaney Sun staff “At Cincinnati the first game is always played there. This is because the citizens of this Ohio city do not consider Opening Day just as Opening Day. They consider it one small notch below Christmas.” Author Fred Schwed, Jr. wrote those words more than 60 years ago in his book, [ Read More ]

By Chris Chaney Sun staff The unusual and adverse weather conditions that all Clermont County spring sports teams have had to deal is wreaking exceptional havoc on Williamsburg softball head coach Rick Healey and his inexperienced team heading into the 2013 season. “Gym and gym and gym,” Healey said of how he and his team [ Read More ]

By Chris Chaney Sun staff For the three-time defending Southern Buckeye Conference National Division champion Batavia Bulldogs’ baseball team, expectations have only been ratcheted up heading into the 2013 season as Coach Geoff Carter’s squad returns nine seniors from last season’s sectional semifinal team. “We have high expectations, higher than I think what these kids [ Read More ]

By Chris Chaney Sun staff The Williamsburg Wildcats’ bid to earn a third straight Southern Buckeye Conference title has begun unlike any other head coach Chris Rolph can remember: running through the halls. “I’ve coached close to 30 years and never seen anything like this year,” Rolph said of the weather’s impact on preseason training. [ Read More ]

By Chris Chaney Sun staff When it came to making a decision on where Bethel-Tate senior defenseman Nick Taggert would continue his education and soccer career, he chose a place that had already seemed like a home away from home. Taggert signed his National Letter of Intent to attend and compete at Kentucky Christian University [ Read More ]

By Chris Chaney Sun staff Winning at least a share of the Southern Buckeye Conference title each of the past two seasons and returning a stellar group of seniors in 2013 has the New Richmond Lions and head coach Rylan Shebesta expecting big things this spring. “My expectations and goals this year would be to [ Read More ]

By Chris Chaney Sun staff One step further. That’s what Clermont Northeastern softball coach Bill Goldfuss has been preaching since the end of last May when the Lady Rockets’ bid to reach the Final Four of the state tournament came to the end at the hands of Southern Buckeye Conference foe Felicity-Franklin. One step further [ Read More ]

The Williamsburg 7th grade boys’ basketball team finished the season on a high note, winning the Southern Buckeye Conference Southern Division Championship with a 38-24 victory over Hammersville in the championship game. The Wildcats ran through the regular season at an impressive clip, not dropping a game and going on to an 18-0 perfect season. [ Read More ]

By Chris Chaney Sun staff The Clermont Northeastern Sports Hall of Fame has selected their Class of 2013 and will induct them along with a special dinner on April 20, 2013 at Clermont Northeastern Middle School. The seven-person class includes athletes whose careers span 40 years, from Joseph G. Bauer and Dwight “Butch” Mitchell, graduates [ Read More ]