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As of August 13 most fall sports have begun.
More information and all emergency medical forms can be found at oakwoodschools.org.
Click below for this fall's schedule of games:
Oakwood High School
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Oakwood Junior High School
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Phil Wille, who had a hat trick against Lemon-Monroe, on the attack with (to his right) Addison Wille and Tristan Schnader.
After an exhausting week of preseason conditioning in high temperatures and 95 percent humidity, the Jacks began to gel as a new team after its loss of 8 starters. Against Miamisburg, in conditions of extreme heat and humidity, the Jacks dominated for the first 20 to 30 minutes but then lost as they appeared to run out of gas. Against Tipp City, on a rough field with high humidity, heat and clouds of gnats, the Jacks lost 3-0, but they seemed to have more energy.
On Aug. 14, the Soccer Jacks went to Lemon-Monroe to play a wide open, up and back game. While the Jacks started slowly, Monroe started hard, winning two corner kicks early, converting one into a goal after only two minutes. For the rest of the game, Brian Telek stepped up with key defensive headers, thwarting Lemon’s drives. At three minutes, Simon Gifford sparked a fast break to Phil Wille who ripped toward the goal on the right side and scored a low grounder to the left corner netting to tie the score 1-1. At 11 minutes, Kyle Rieger had several headers, and Telek had blocked a Lemon shot just off the line. But as Lemon continued to press their attack, Tristan Schnader stole the ball in the middle of the field, sparking an Oakwood counter. As Lemon swept back, Simon Gifford stole the ball in a crunching slide tackle in the Oakwood defensive third. At 36 minutes, Andrew Morris tore down the left side of the field on a counter, attempting a chip over the onrushing Monroe keeper. But as he slid, the keeper reached up and grabbed the ball for the save. One minute later, Philip Willie was up-ended in a ferocious tackle in the offensive third resulting in a corner kick, ending in missed chances. The first half ended with even possession and Oakwood outshooting Lemon 13-11.
The second half began with a fluke handball in the box, appearing more like ball to hand than hand to ball. Lemon converted the resulting penalty kick for a score of 2-1. Then, one minute later, a defensive error allowed Lemon to score again, making it 3-1. But Oakwood came storming back as Liam Jackson, on an offensive thrust, was knocked down by a Lemon player in the box. But the ensuing penalty kick was saved by the Lemon keeper.
But still, Oakwood pressed the attack. Schnader fed Addison Wille who found Phil Wille for the one touch shot into the right lower corner netting at 12 yards, making it 3-2. At twenty minutes, Gifford sent a through pass to Addison Wille who broke down the left side, dribbling to goal. But the Lemon keeper came out, snatching the ball off Addison’s foot. Another long drive, this time by Schnader, found Morris on the wing who passed it centrally to Phil Wille for the shot which glanced wide of the post. Three minutes later, a defensive Oakwood header went backwards, which was snagged by a Lemon striker, who popped it in at short range, making it 4-2.
But Oakwood wasn’t finished. From the Oakwood defensive half, Schnader threaded a long through ball, timed to Phil Wille’s breaking run. Wille controlled the ball on the run and slotted it home, into the back corner netting, making it 4-3. Oakwood continued to press, and the defense kept Lemon at bay with headers from Rieger and Telek. Although a loss, Oakwood outshot Monroe 25 to 21. Scott Harman had eight saves.
On Aug. 18, the Oakwood Alumni, with a squad of 30 men and coached by Kyle Duwell, came to play the Varsity at Mack Hummon Field. At five minutes, a 40 yard drive was begun by Schnader, slotting a through pass to Morris, speeding down the wing. He found Addison for the hard shot at three yards, saved by Alumni keeper Brian Duncan. Two minutes later, a corner kick by Schnader found Addison’s head at the far post. After the ball bounced dangerously in front of goal, Duncan again saved the Alums.
Varsity initially dominated with combinations from the midfield by Schnader, Morris, Jackson, Zach Rodabaugh, Kyle Kissock, Marcel Georgin and Graham Roberts. The Alum’s first shot was a dangerous break-away, ending with a blast at the eight yard line, only to be swallowed up by Scott Harman. At 21 minutes, Schnader blasted a shot from the 18, on frame just to the inside of the post, but Duncan dove for the fingertip save. One minute later, Alum Nick Waite thundered a shot just wide from 20 yards out. Within minutes, Morris broke in a counter with the defense bearing down on him. At the 20 yard line, he found Addison for the explosive shot at 20 yards. With fresh legs and their third platoon, the Alumni stormed back with a series of passes, ending as Varsity keeper Harman snatched the ball off the instep of an Alumni shooter at two yards off the goal line.
A break in the action came when the referee found that the Alumni accidentally, in their excitement, had 13 men on the field—two Alumni were politely told to get off the pitch. Also, the 2nd Alum keeper handled the ball on a backpass, a PK offense in modern-day FIFA rules; however, this infringement was forgiven as this keeper had graduated in 1984—too old to know about the newer rule changes prohibiting this, created since his playing days.
The Varsity’s final combination of the half came off a Telek header, landing to Schnader, who did a give-and-go with Morris and then a pass to David Shepherd who, at the 18, took the shot just wide. The first half found the Varsity leading in shots 17-7. There were three dramatic saves by Duncan, one by Harman, with the score tied, 0-0.
The second half saw the Alumni more on the attack with Nick Waite, Tom and Mike Whalen, Jonathan Schnader, Adam Klosterman, Chris Reed, Rubin Miller and Brandon Pierce. Ryan Ervin, in center mid for the Alums, delighted the crowd with sparkling footwork. Early, the Varsity dominated, continuing to string together passes, moving the ball into the offensive third. Schnader, Gifford, Shepherd and Jackson moved the ball forward to Phil and Addison Willie for shots. Addison came alive with several raging attacks, driving and shooting at goal.
The defense continued to stop Alumni drives with headers from Telek, Rieger, and John Harman, now in the line up after recovering from prior injury. Harman made thundering slide tackle, and then a steal by Schnader in mid-field led to a threaded pass to Addison who made the hard shot missing the right post by a yard. Kissock also found Addison for two shots, missing the mark. Rodabaugh threaded a ball in the offensive third, cutting apart the defense and finding Jackson on the right, speeding towards goal. But Alum keeper Greg Bertliff snatched the ball off of Jackson’s toe. Klosterman, Waite, Ervin and the Whalens pressed the attack.
Jon Schnader made several defensive headers for the Alumni and made a tearing, 30 yard run for a blistering shot from 35 yards out, just inches wide of the post. Roberts stole the ball in midfield, and shot. Shephard found Tristan Schnader, who threaded the ball to Phil Wille going shoulder to shoulder with the defense until Bertliff again snatched the ball off his toe at the six yard line. Rieger stole the ball on an Alum counter, feeding Georgin who tore down the sideline and made the inch-perfect cross in front of the net for a shot by Wille.
By now, Zach Hood and Troy Gould joined the defense to thwart the Alumni offense. Again, Roberts fought Mike Whalen for the ball. And Gould, with tremendous acceleration, was able to catch up to an Alumni counterattack to contain the ball. During the second half, Ryan McFarland subbed in as Varsity keeper and had three crucial saves from hard driving shots from the Alumni. Nick Waite’s hard shot to the low right corner found McFarland diving with a one handed save to hold the game at a 0-0 tie. The Varsity had 30 shots, and the Alumni had 20. Fun and sportsmanship marked the game, which the crowd thoroughly enjoyed.
Group photo of the OHS alumni soccer team.
After game handshake lineup after women's varsity-alumni game.
Champion bowler Kaila Ryan.
Kaila Ryan, an Oakwood Junior High School eighth grader, received an award at the Ohio State USBC (United States Bowling Congress) Awards Banquet on Saturday, Aug. 11 in Columbus, Ohio. Kaila bowled the highest single game score of any “Junior” girl (ages 12-14) in the state of Ohio for the 2006-07 season.
She rolled a 279 game on Nov. 18 in the traveling league at Poelking Wilmington Lanes in Dayton. She had strikes in the first six frames, left a ten pin in the seventh frame, and then rolled five more strikes. She credits a lot of her success to her dad/coach, Bill Ryan, who is a member of the Dayton Bowling Hall of Fame.
Kaila is the daughter of Bill and Ann Ryan of Aberdeen Avenue.
The Oakwood Jr. High sports program is underway but according to some of the coaches, there is currently a shortage of athletes in three sports. OJHS boys and girls soccer teams are looking for more players on both teams. Also needed are more girls to join the OJHS cross country team.
Those interested in joining are asked to contact the Athletic Department at 297-5342 for more information.
The 1997 Oakwood High School State Championship Baseball Team will be recognized on Friday, Aug. 31 during the halftime of the Oakwood vs. Stebbins football game. Team members and families are invited to meet in the teacher/community room at 6:30 p.m. to reunite and remember the tournament run of 10 years ago.
Please call Mark Hughes, director of athletics at 294-5342 to RSVP.
Oakwood Pee Wee cheerleader signups will be held on Monday, Aug. 27 at the Wright Library in the Conference Room from 6 to 7 p.m.
For more information contact Mary Kehner at mkehner@donet.com or 395-1749.
The Patterson Park 12U All Stars.
The Patterson Park Major’s (12U) summer All Star team came within one inning of a return trip to the state in this year’s Little League All Star Tournament. The initial round of District competition was in the form of a “pool” of teams, and the top two teams in each of the three pools went on to the second phase of District play where a single elimination schedule decided the district champ who went onto North Canton and the State Tournament.
It appeared that the biggest obstacles to success would be trips to traditional powerhouse teams in Eaton and Englewood, and yet Patterson Park prevailed in both games, winning 12-3 at Eaton and 13-1 at Englewood. The real nail biter in pool play turned out to be Huber Heights “National”. Our local team found themselves down 3-0 in the bottom of the sixth (the last inning) but suddenly came to life, stringing together five hits and four runs for the walk off 4-3 win. They completed pool play undefeated with a win over Jamestown and after a first round bye dispatched the Huber Heights “American” team to reach the District Finals against Washington Court House. Patterson Park led early but the seesaw battle found the teams tied in the sixth at 3-3. Unfortunately Washington Court House scored three late runs on only two hits and Patterson Park could not counter this time, so fell 6-3.
Fortunately the squad used their free time the next weekend for a good cause, and won first place in the Monroe end of summer tournament. This double elimination format tourney featured 12 teams and Patterson Park won seven games to capture the crown.
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