Sports
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Eastside Cardinals offer cost effective basketball alternative
By Chris Chaney Sun staff A growing and cost-effective answer to scholastic basketball landed in Clermont County in 2011 courtesy of Dwayne and Lisa Mack. Since then, the Eastside Cardinals have tripled in size and gained global appeal. “We are a non-profit organization,” Dwayne Mack, the president of the Eastside…
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Goshen Youth Soccer Association announces registration dates for 2014
The Goshen Youth Soccer Association is announcing that they are now taking sign up information for the spring session. The cost is $95.00 per child, but if you act quickly, you can take advantage of the early bird special and save yourself $10.00. Also, if your child will be reusing…
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Cold weather freezes the Trojans’ early momentum
By Chris Chaney Sun staff Reversing their fate on Jan. 13 at Little Miami, the Glen Este Trojans have thawed out from the polar vortex and got back to winning basketball games after a weather-induced losing streak derailed a promising start to the season. “We got off to a good…
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Rockets overcome early-season obstacles to peak at right time
By Chris Chaney Sun staff An up-and-down season for the Clermont Northeastern Rockets is starting to level out and head coach Scott Wells has been encouraged by the improvement and dedication those within the program are showing. “We have 13 wrestlers overall on the team and seven of those are…
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Amelia’s Mazzaro wins 200th game
By Chris Chaney Sun staff Amelia High School boys’ head basketball coach Craig Mazzaro reached the 200-win mark following the Barons’ 69-36 rout of interdivisional rival Williamsburg on Jan. 3. The milestone win was originally thought to have come on Tuesday, Jan. 7 against Clermont Northeastern, but after going back…
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Lady Eagles’ backs against the wall, fighting to contend in ECC
By Chris Chaney Sun staff The cold weather has seeped into the Milford Lady Eagles’ fingers as poor shooting has put head coach Kristi McKenney’s team’s backs against the wall 13 games into the season. “We were playing pretty well up until this week when we hit a cold spell…
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Ohio muzzleloader hunters bag more than 16,000 deer
Ohio hunters braved record-setting cold temperatures and howling winds to harvest 16,464 white-tailed deer during the state’s four-day muzzleloader season, Jan. 4-7, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The extreme cold that moved across the state during the final two days of the season did not deter…
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Halfway through season, Clermont hoops heating up
By Chris Chaney Sun staff As the calendar turns, local boys’ basketball teams are realigning themselves in their respective conference standings and licking any wounds that they may have accrued through the first half of the season. While weather has been much more of a factor than many anticipated, preseason…
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Lady Barons off to stellar start while the boys struggle
By Chris Chaney Sun staff The Amelia bowling teams are living a tale of two seasons; while the boys struggle to find their identity, their female counterparts are knocking opponents out like pins on a first frame roll. “The boys are struggling,” head coach Creed Cornett said. “They haven’t gotten…
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Milford and Glen Este open the New Year at a familiar invitational
By Chris Chaney Sun staff Two local swimming and diving teams kicked off the New Year at a familiar event as the Milford Eagles hosted 15 schools from around the state including Clermont County and Eastern Cincinnati Conference rivals Glen Este at the 20th annual Milford High School Swimming and…
