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Wondering what to do for dinner this week before the big opening game? Here’s your answer - enjoy a ribeye steak sandwich complete with all the trimmings, chips, and an ice cold drink at the tailgate party before the Lumberjacks take the field against Versailles.
It all begins at 5:30 p.m. on Schantz Avenue just outside the Oakwood High School stadium. The cost for this meal deal is $6. The tailgate party is spon sored by the Oakwood Band Parents Association.
Come soak up the atmosphere, be with friends, and have a fantastic steak hot off the grill. See you there!
Last year, the team was strong and won the District Championship. Eight seniors graduated, but this season has twelve seniors on the team, and on paper the team may be even more powerful than last year. Coaches Jeremy Storost, Don Groff and Kyle Duwell return, as do seniors John Loftus, Michael Neal, Bob Fecher, and Matt Vail in addition to this year’s captains Scott Casebere, Josh Curley and Jessie Sellers. Other returnees include juniors Simon Gifford, John Harman, Brian Telek and Addison Wille, and returning sophomore Tristan Schnader. New varsity players include seniors Jordan Lee, Jonathan Liston, Colin Pierce, Shai Neiger, and Nicolo Vezzoso. Sophomore Andrew Morris and freshman goalie Scott Harman, who have been playing both varsity and JV, appear to be continuing on varsity as well. Unfortunately Sellers, Vail, Gifford and Vezzoso are all sidelined or injured at this time, though their returns are expected.
The preseason Ohio Cup Tournament saw Oakwood finish second in Division III.Individual scrimmages followed. Against Division I Vandalia-Butler, Oakwood won 2-0 with Oakwood generally dominating the field. Oakwood’s first goal came when Bob Fecher tore down the left wing and made a powerful shot which the goalie could only deflect weakly. Addison Wille one touched the ball for the first goal. The second goal came when Tristan Schnader lofted a soft pass at an angle which landed in front of Wille who completed a textbook finish on the ground to the lower left corner of the net. Although a Division I team, Vandalia-Butler were outclassed on the day.
Oakwood’s defensive third was rarely penetrated due to a strong performance by Josh Curley and Oakwood’s sparkling defense, and goalie Colin Pierce made a tremendous leaping, finger-tip save to preserve the shut out.
The second scrimmage was away to a strong Lemmon-Monroe side, which had won their respective Division III Championship last year. The Oakwood defense was strong with few lapses, and Curley, along with John Harman, Mike Neal and Simon Gifford, put in strong defensive performances against a talented Lemmon attack. Scott Casebere scored the first goal for Oakwood, unassisted on a free kick, which
came from the right side outside the box. Casebere exploited a small gap inLemmon’s wall with precision, nailing the ball through the gap to score at the near post. Lemmon came back with an indefensible shot just outside the box to tie the game. Thereafter the game seesawed with several chances for both sides, but in the waning minutes, Lemmon scored its final goal on a fast break which snatched the game 2-1 for Lemmon-Monroe.
In its third scrimmage, Oakwood faced Yellow Springs who scored early From the field and followed with a PK making the score 2-0. However, Casebere then made a 40 yard blazing run down the right wing and crossed an arcing ball which was headed into the net by Schnader, in traffic in front the goal. The rest of the game was nip and tuck with Oakwood playing harder and winning more balls. John Harman displayed strong physical presence in the back field with numerous defensive headers. In the second half, Scott Harman took over in goal and made several important saves. However, Springs won a corner kick, and it was Brian Telek, on the near post, who cleared the ball off the goaline for the save. Later, Mike Neal’s tenacity held off a Springs offensive and countered with a through pass to free Addison Wille streaking toward the goal, a good chance. Bob Fecher saved another off the goaline on a corner kick by Springs, but in the end Yellow Springs scored again for a final of 3-1.
The final game of the preseason came when 32 soccer alumni, many of the greatest soccer stars from Oakwood’s past from 1995-2006, came to play the varsity boys. In past years it was unusual for the varsity to win this encounter. The alumni had the advantage of using three platoons while the varsity had more limited subs. The alumni began with domination, but this changed in favor of the varsity as the game went on. Scott Harman had several important saves in the game, and the varsity defense again proved very difficult to break down. The break for the varsity came in the second half with a counter attack beginning with a clear from Colin Pierce, to John Harman, to Addison Wille who assisted Andrew Morris who sprinted with Two defenders on his heels to score from the right side past the goalie. Later, Caseberepassed to Schnader who sent a through ball to Wille who slammed The ball off the post, recovered by Morris to assist Schnader as he buried The ball into the upper right netting. Varsity won the historic victory, 2-0.
Pictured above are the victorious alumnae and below are the varsity players after they partook in a shaving cream fight.
The Oakwood Dolphins capped off an undefeated regular season with their third consecutive Miami Valley Swimming Association (MVSA) league championship at the championship meet held on July 29th at Wittenberg University. Age group winners at the championship meet included the 7-8 Girls, 9-10 Girls, 9-10 Boys, and 11-12 Girls. The Dolphins had 11 individual event winners, won 9 relay events, and set two meet records.
During the regular dual meet season, the Dolphins went undefeated for the first time. In addition to this spectacular team performance, there were 14 individual and relay team records set this season. At the annual team picnic, the following swimmers were presented special awards:
The 6&Under Girls Most Valuable Player (MVP) was Emsley Spees, the Most Improved was Caroline Goeller, and the Coach’s Award went to Lainey Teeters. The 6&Under Boys MVP was Clay Goertemiller, the Most Improved was Garrett Spikes, and the Coach’s Award was shared by Paden Levy and John White.
The 7-8 Girls MVP was Megan Schmitz, the Most Improved was Abby Eifert, and the Coach’s Award went to Emmy Cobb. For the 7-8 Boys, Zachary Johnson was the MVP, the Most Improved was Noah Teeters, and the Coach’s Award was shared by Dutch Kipp and Max Williams.
For the 9-10 Girls, Cassidy Levy and Noelle Kipp shared the MVP, Abby Hamilton and Maggie Goeller shared the Most Improved, and Ellen Geiselman won the Coach’s Award. The 9-10 Boys co-sMVP were Brock Turner and Willingham, the Most Improved was Mike McGinnis, and Sam Kronour won the Coach’s Award.
The 11-12 Girls MVP was Kelsey McEvoy, the Most Improved was Savannah Pocisk, and the Coach’s Award went to Emily Kugel. For the 11-12 Boys, Ian McEvoy was the MVP, Aaren Shiffler won Most Improved, and Marcus Viereckl and Zachary Harmony shared the Coach’s Award.
For the 13-14 Girls, the MVP was Ellen Viereckl, the Most Improved was Molly Scott, and the Coach’s Award was shared by Maddie Hochwalt and Jami Montesano. The 13-14 Boys MVP was Taylor Rhodes, the Most Improved was Dan Pohlman, and the Coach’s Award went to Andrew Chapman and Daniel Schmitz.
The 15-18 Girls Coach’s Award went to Stephanie Williams. For the 15-18 Boys, the Most Improved was Michael Chapman and the Coach’s Award went to Max Olavarria.
Championship meet results by age group are shown below.
6&Under Girls: 25 MeterBackstroke-1st Paige Heyl, 5th Macleary Moran, 7th Lily Behnke, 9th Caroline Goeller, 11th Samantha Auditore, 14th Elizabeth Ordeman, 15th Erin Lane. 25 Meter Freestyle-2nd Paige Heyl,5th Lily Behnke, 6th Caroline Goeller, 9th Macleary Moran, 13th Erin Lane, 19th Elizabeth Ordeman, 20th Samantha Ordeman.
6&Under Boys: 25 Meter Backstroke-1st Clay Goertemiller (Meet Record), 7th Adam Neff, 9th Paden Levy. 25 Meter Freestyle-1st Clay Goertemiller, 8th Paden Levy, 13th Adam Neff.
7-8 Girls: 25 MeterBackstroke- 3rd Katie Sickinger, 4th Jordan Morling, 5th Megan Schmitz, 6th Kylie Levy, 9th Cassidy Fry, 12th Mira Rhodes, 13th Abby Welch, 14th Elizabeth Gillingham, 16th Annie Rhodes, 17th Sydney Corbean, 23rd Mookie Pohlman, 25th Emmy Cobb, 27th Emma Gunnell, 28th Emily Reed, 39th Grace Dunker, 40th Kiandra Coon, 44th Katie Whitehair. 25 Meter Butterfly- 1st Katie Sickinger, 2nd Jordan Morling, 6th Kylie Levy. 25 Meter Breaststroke- 1st Megan Schmitz, 3rd Katie Sickinger, 10th Annie Rhodes. 25 Meter Freestyle- 2nd Megan Schmitz, 5th Jordan Morling, 6th Mira Rhodes, 9th Annie Rhodes, 13th Cassidy Fry, 14th Abby Welch, 15th Emmy Cobb, 21st Elizabeth Gillingham, 27th Mookie Pohlman, 29th Sydney Corbean, 31st Kylie Levy, 33rd Emma Gunnell, 34th Emily Reed, 43rd Grace Dunker, 44th Katie Whitehair, 48th Kiandra Coon. 100 Meter Medley Relay- 1st Katie Sickinger, Megan Schmitz, Jordan Morling, Mira Rhodes (Meet Record), 3rd Abby Welch, Cassidy Fry, Kylie Levy, Sydney Corbean. 100 Meter Freestyle Relay- 1st Katie Sickinger, Jordan Morling, Mira Rhodes, Megan
Schmitz, 5th Sydney Corbean, Elizabeth Gillingham, Cassidy Fry, Abby Welch, 6th Grace Dunker, Emmy Cobb, Annie Rhodes, Mookie Pohlman, 10th Emma Gunnell, Emily Reed, Kylie Levy, Katie Whitehair, 11th Caroline Goeller, Lily Behnke, Macleary Moran, Paige Heyl.
7-8 Boys: 25 Meter Backstroke- 2nd Zachary Johnson, 3rd Dutch Kipp, 8th Nick Hensley, 12th Sam Baker, 13th Walker Berwald, 24th Noah Teeters. 25 Meter Butterfly-3rd Zachary Johnson, 4th Max Williams, 5th Walker Berwald, 10th Adam Heyl. 25 Meter Breaststroke- 2nd Zachary Johnson, 4th Dutch Kipp, 6th Max Williams, 11th Noah Teeters. 25 Meter Freestyle- 2nd Max Williams, 4th Dutch Kipp, 11th Nick Hensley, 13th Adam Heyl, 14th Walker Berwald, 15th Noah Teeters, 17th Sam Baker, 100 Meter Medley Relay- 1st Clay Goertemiller, Zachary Johnson, Max Williams, Dutch Kipp. 100 Meter Freestyle Relay- 1st Zachary Johnson, Dutch Kipp, Clay Goertemiller, Max Williams, 4th Noah Teeters, Sam Baker, Adam Heyl, Nick Hensley.
9-10 Girls: 25 Meter Backstroke- 1st Ellen Geiselman, 2nd Lydia Pocisk, 3rd Noelle Kipp, 4th Cassidy Levy, 7th Alexandra Coon, 9th Janie Behnke, 10th Mimi Connelly, 11th Selina Williams, 14th Charlotte Berwald, 16th Georgie Murdock, 18th Leah Beyer, 20th Rachelle Cook, 26th Breana Ramus, 27th Rebekah Wilhoit, 31st Madison Dunker, 32nd Victoria Ordeman, 34th Madeline Heyl, 36th Madeline Welch, 38th Sydney Truax, 39th Abby Hamilton, 40th Madison Teeters, 41st Laura Walters, 43rd Kathleen Rieger 25 Meter Butterfly- 3rd Cassidy Levy, 4th Ellen Geiselman, 6th Alexandra Coon, 7th Noelle Kipp. 25 Meter Breaststroke2nd Lydia Pocisk, Nicole Edwards, 7th Kathleen Rieger, 10th Maggie Goeller. 25 Meter Freestyle-1st Lauren Marquis, 6th Ellen Geiselman, 7th Georgie Murdock, 8th Madison Dunker, 9th Laura Walters, 10th Alexandra Coon, 12th Mimi Connelly, 15th Leah Beyer, 16th Rachelle Cook, 18th Rebekah Wilhoit, 22nd Charlotte Berwald, 23rd Selina Williams, 25th Maggie Goeller, 28th Janie Behnke, 30th Madeline Welch, 31st Madison Teeters, 32nd Madeline Heyl, 33rd Breana Ramus, 37th Victoria Ordeman, 47th Abby Hamilton, 48th Kathleen Rieger, 49th Sydney Truax. 50 Meter Freestyle- 2nd Lauren Marquis, 3rd Nicole Edwards, 4th Cassidy Levy, 8th Georgie Murdock, 11th Leah Beyer, 12th Selina Williams, 13th Madison Dunker, 14th Rachelle Cook, 15th Charlotte Berwald, 16th Rebekah Wilhoit, 20th Laura Walters, 21st Mimi Connelly, 25th Maggie Goeller, 26th Madeline Welch, 27th Janie Behnke, 29th Breana Ramus, 32nd Madison Teeters, 35th Madeline Heyl, 37th Victoria Ordeman, 40th Abby Hamilton. 100 Meter Individual Medley- 2nd Nicole Edwards, 3rd Lauren Marquis, 4th Lydia Pocisk, 6th Noelle Kipp. 100 Meter Medley Relay-1st Nicole Edwards, Lydia Pocisk, Cassidy Levy, Lauren Marquis, 4th Noelle Kipp, Leah Beyer, Ellen Geiselman, Georgie Murdock, 9th Breana Ramus, Maggie Goeller, Alexandra Coon, Kathleen Rieger. 100 Meter Freestyle Relay- 1st Nicole Edwards, Cassidy Levy, Ellen Geiselman, Lauren Marquis, 5th Leah Beyer, Rebekah Wilhoit, Rachelle Cook, Laura Walters, 8th Kathleen Rieger, Lydia Pocisk, Noelle Kipp, Georgie Murdock.
9-10 Boys: 25 Meter Backstroke- 5th Will Gillingham, 6th Mike McGinnis, 16th Sam Kronour. 25 Meter Butterfly- 1st Brock Turner, 6th Will Gillingham, 14th sam Kronour. 25 Meter Breaststroke- 5th Ryan Kugel, 12th Mike McGinnis, 16th casey Kronour. 25 Meter Freestyle- 4th Ryan Kugel, 12th Mike McGinnis, 16th Sam Kronour. 50 Meter Freestyle- 2nd Brock Turner, 5th Will Gillingham, 9th Casey Kronour. 100 Meter Individual Medley- 2nd Brock Turner, 4th Ryan Kugel, 7th Casey Kronour. 100 Meter Medley Relay- 1st Will Gillingham, Ryan Kugel, Brock Turner, Casey Kronour. 100 Meter Freestyle Relay- Will Gillingham, Casey Kronour, Ryan Kugel, Brock Turner.
11-12 Girls: 50 Meter Backstroke- 3rd Eleanore Hong, 4th Jennifer Schmitz, 17th Lauren Yu, 19th Paige McDonald, 23rd Savannah Pocisk, 28th Kelsey Rieger, 29th Hadley Smith. 50 Meter Butterfly-3rd Kelsey McEvoy, 6th Eleanore Hong, 7th Emily Kugel, 11th Olivia Gillingham. 50 Meter Breaststroke- 2nd Gretchen Pocisk, 6th Jennifer Schmitz, 8th Anne Connelly, 9th Kelsey Rieger. 50 Meter Freestyle- 2nd Emily Kugel, Olivia Gillingham, 5th Jennifer Schmitz, 9th Savannah Pocisk, 19th Lauren Yu, 20th Paige McDonald, 33rd Hadley Smith. 100 Meter Freestyle- 5th Kelsey McEvoy, 6th Emily Kugel, 7th Eleanore Hong, 8th Anne Connelly, 9th Gretchen Pocisk, 16th Savannah Pocisk, 18th Lauren Yu, 20th Paige McDonald, 23rd Kelsey Rieger, 31st Hadley Smith. 100 Meter Individual Medley Relay- 5th Kelsey McEvoy, 7th Gretchen Pocisk, 8th Anne Connelly, 12th Olivia Gillingham. 200 Meter Medley Relay- 1st Eleanore Hong, Gretchen Pocisk, Kelsey McEvoy, Emily Kugel, 4th Jennifer Schmitz, Kelsey Rieger, Anne Connelly, Olivai Gillingham. 200 Meter Freestyle Relay- 3rd Kelsey McEvoy, Emily Kugel, Eleanore Hong, Olivai Gillingham, 4th Jennifer Schmitz, Savannah Pocisk, Gretchen Pocisk, Anne Connelly, 8th Paige McDonald, Kelsey Rieger, Lauren Yu, Hadley Smith.
11-12 Boys: 50 Meter Backstroke- 2nd Guido Saccaggi, 6th Sawyer Day, Michael Scott, 12th Marcus Viereckl, 13th Zachary Harmony, 14th Jacob Langhorne, 19th Chris Sneeder, 28th Jacob Hamilton. 50 Meter Butterfly- 6th Guido Saccaggi, 8th Ian McEvoy, 9th Marcus Viereckl. 50 Meter Breaststroke- 2nd Ian McEvoy, 4th Micah Rhodes, 10th Jacob Langhorne, 15th Michael Scott. 50 Meter Freestyle- 4th Cliff Goertemiller, 8th Marcus Viereckl, 10th Zachary Harmony, 14th Sawyer Day, 22nd Michael Scott, 24th Chris Sneeder, 39th Jacob Hamilton. 100 Meter Freestyle- 4th Cliff Goertemiller, 13th Sawyer Day, 15th Jacob Langhorne, 17th Zachary Harmony, 20th Chris Sneeder, 29th Jacob Hamilton. 100 Meter Individual Medley- 4th Ian McEvoy, 6th Guido Saccaggi, 8th Micah Rhodes. 200 Meter Medley Relay- 2nd Guido Saccaggi, Ian McEvoy, Marcus Viereckl, Cliff Goertemiller, 5th Sawyer Day, Micah Rhodes, Zachary Harmony, Jobob Langhorne. 200 Meter Freestyle Relay- 2nd Ian McEvoy, marcus Viereckl, Micah Rhodes, Cliff Goertemiller, 6th Zachary Harmony, Jacob Langhorne, Sawyer Day, Guido Saccaggi.
13-14 Girls: 50 Meter Backstroke- 7th Hilary Beyer, 8th Sarah Wilhoit, 11th Madeleine Gillingham. 50 Meter Butterfly- 2nd Natasha Wahl, 11th Ellen Viereckl, 14th Molly Scott, 21st Erin Johnson. 50 Meter Breaststroke- 7th Hilary Beyer, 9th Molly Scott, 16th Jami Montesano, 20th erin Johnson. 50 Meter Freestyle- 2nd Ellen Viereckl, 10th Madeleine Gillingham, 11th Sarah Wilhoit, 31st Molly Scott. 100 Meter Freestyle- 1st Natasha Wahl, 5th Ellen Viereckl, 7th Hilary Beyer, 22nd jami Montesano. 100 Meter Individual Medley- 5th Natasha Wahl, 10th Sarah Wilhoit, 14th Madeleine Gillingham, 18th Erin Johnson. 200 Meter Medley Relay- 3rd Sarah Wilhoit, Hilary Beyer, Natasha Wahl, Ellen Viereckl, 10th Madeleine Gillingham, Erin Johnson, Molly Scott, Jami Montesano. 200 Meter Freestyle Relay- 2nd Ellen Viereckl, Sarah Wilhoit, Hilary Beyer, Natasha Wahl, 11th Madeleine Gillingham, Erin Johnson, Jami Montesano, Molly Scott.
13-14 Boys: 50 Meter Backstroke- 1st Sean Mooney, 9th Andrew Chapman. 50 Meter Butterfly- Daniel Schmitz, 12th Andrew Chapman. 50 Meter Breaststroke- 3rd Taylor Rhodes, 7th Dan Pohlman. 50 Meter Freestyle- 1st Daniel Schmitz, 5th Sean Mooney, 15th Andrew Chapman. 100 Meter Freestyle- 2nd Daniel Schmitz, 6th Taylor Rhodes, 7th Sean Mooney, 12th Dan Pohlman. 100 Meter Individual Medley- 4th Taylor Rhodes, 10th Dan Pohlman. 200 Meter Medley Relay- 2nd Sean Mooney, Dan Pohlman, Daniel Schmitz, Taylor Rhodes. 200 Meter Freestyle Relay- 3rd Taylor Rhodes, Dan Pohlman, Sean Mooney, Daniel Schmitz.
15-18 Girls: 50 Meter Backstroke- 4th Rachel Wilhoit , 21st Stephanie Williams. 50 Meter Butterfly- 10th Alexandra Harmony. 50 Meter Breaststroke- 5th Alexandra Harmony. 50 Meter Freestyle- 25th Stephanie Williams. 100 Meter Freestyle- 7th Rachel Wilhoit, 21st Stephanie Williams. 100 Meter Individual Medley- 7th Rachel Wilhoit, 13th Alexandra Harmony
15-18 Boys: 50 Meter Backstroke- 4th Chase Doman, 22nd Michael Chapman. 50 Meter Butterfly- 13th Brent Turner, 16th Max Olavarria. 50 Meter Breaststroke- 8th Brent Turner, 17th Max Olavarria. 50 Meter Freestyle- 15th Brent Turner, 30th Michael Chapman. 100 Meter Freestyle- 6th Chase Doman, 21st Max Olavarria. 100 Meter Individual Medley- 7th Chase Doman, 13th Michael Chapman. 200 Meter Medley Relay- 6th Chase Doman, Brent Turner, Max Olavarria, Michael Chapman. 200 Meter Freestyle Relay- 6th Brent Turner, Michael Chapman, Max Olavarria, Chase Doman.
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