D6 THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012 /// THE ENQUIRER
WRESTLING ALL-STARS
SELECTED BY MIKE DYER BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AREA COACHES
DIVISION II WRESTLER
OF THE YEAR
Chaz Gresham, Goshen: The senior was dominant once again this season with a perfect, 32-0,
record. He was a league, sectional, and district
champion. Gresham also captured his second state
title this year at the state tournament, winning at
182 pounds.
DIVISION II
COACH OF THE
YEAR
Deron Shinkle, New Richmond: He led his team to a
conference and sectional title.
The Lions finished third at the
district tournament and qualified four to the state
tournament.
DIVISION III WRESTLER
OF THE YEAR
Travis Boyd, Blanchester: The junior was a
Southern Buckeye Conference champion, sectional
champion, and finished fifth at the state tournament. He finished the year with a record of 40-5.
Moeller's Joey Ward competes against Lakewood St. Edward's Edgar Bright during the
132-pound state final match March 3 in Columbus. THE COMMUNITY PRESS/NICK DUDUKOVICH
DIVISION I WRESTLER
OF THE YEAR
Joey Ward, Moeller: The senior was the
state champion at132 pounds. He was named the
Division I wrestler of the state meet. He was 47-3
this season and 89-12 over his two-year career at
Moeller. He has signed with North Carolina.
DIVISION I COACH
OF THE YEAR
Jeff Gaier, Moeller: He
led Moeller to a third-place finish at the state meet. The Crusaders were district champions
and sectional champions.
DIVISION I FIRST TEAM
106 pounds
Eddie Noble, Lebanon: The senior was a district champion and a sectional champion.
113 pounds
Anthony Milano, La Salle: The senior was
eighth at the state meet and had a 40-11 record.
120 pounds
Max Byrd, La Salle: The senior was a state
runner-up and had a 45-2 record.
126 pounds
Tyler Ziegler, Moeller: The senior was sixth
at state and had a 40-10 record.
132 pounds
Joey Ward, Moeller: The senior had a career
high school record of 182-21 overall.
138 pounds
Adam Sams, Fairfield: The junior was 22-4
and a district champion.
145 pounds
Jake Neyer, Fairfield: The senior was fourth
at the state meet. His season record was 33-5.
152 pounds
Dakota Sizemore, Moeller: The sophomore was third at state and had a 42-11 record.
160 pounds
Tyler Hardtke, Elder: The senior was district
champion and had a 36-4 record.
171 pounds
Michael Weber, Loveland: The sophomore
was seventh at state and had a 32-8 record.
182 pounds
Tegray Scales, Colerain: The sophomore
was fourth at state and had a 31-4 record.
195 pounds
Kylee Knabe, Loveland: The senior was seventh at state and had a 40-5 record.
220 pounds
Rahkim Johnson, Elder: The senior was
state runner-up and had a 39-3 record.
285 pounds
Jon Niehaus, Colerain: The senior was sixth
at state and had a 33-5 record.
HONORABLE MENTION
106 – Conner Ziegler, Moeller; Brandon Tucker,
Loveland; Patrick Kearney, Mason; DeMarco Davis, Fairfield; Caleb Ervin, Glen Este
113 – Greysun Barden, Fairfield; Austin Daley, Lakota East; Jacob Artrip, Mason; Matt Sicurella, Glen Este;
Thomas Fay, Harrison
120 – Jordan Puska, Edgewood; Andrew Mendel,
Moeller; Shane Smith, Elder; Brandon Selmon, Princeton; Austin Cox, Colerain
126 – Jorge Gonzalez, Mason; Kevin Leonhardt, Lakota West; Patrick Allen, Colerain; Austin Wesley, Loveland
132 – Nick Bloch, Lakota West; Drew Kearns, Glen
Este; Marquis Nash, Fairfield; Kaleb Miller, Oak Hills; A.J.
Kowal, Princeton
138 – LaTrell Davis, Middletown; Gage Asher, Hamilton; Matthew Lindsey, Moeller; Caleb Whitcomb-Dixon,
Sycamore; Evan Morgan, Elder
145 – Patrick Campbell, Anderson; Dean Meyer,
Moeller; Eric Sullivan, Lakota East; Max Davis, Glen Este
152 – Joe Heyob, St. Xavier; Jacob Globke, Middletown; Eoin Walden, Mason; James Caniglia, Loveland;
Dylan Lauffer, Fairfield
160 – DeTuan Smith, Colerain; Andrew Globke, Middletown; Kevin Reilly, St. Xavier; Wyatt Wilson, Moeller;
Brian McCrea, Mason
170 – Desmond Hall, Middletown; Michael Blum,
Moeller; Thomas Danis, Mason; Ryan Gaffney, Sycamore; Christian Estes, Lakota West
182 – Quinton Rosser, Moeller; Stephan Ludwig,
Fairfield; Jake Suess, Mason; Cole Jones, St. Xavier
195 – Jacob Burton, Lakota East; Ben Mather, Sycamore; Jerry Thornberry, Moeller; Nick Reeves, Middletown
220 – Chalmer Frueauf, Moeller; Jake Venable,
Hamilton; Nick Isaacs, Withrow; Truman Gutapfel, Harrison; Daniele Tedoldi, Mason
285 – Ameer Daniels, Northwest; Andrew Alten,
Loveland; Eric Lalley, Moeller; Tim Bowman, Lakota East;
Brady Vanover, Kings
BOWLING ALL-STARS
SELECTED BY MIKE DYER BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AREA COACHES
DIVISION III
COACH OF THE
YEAR
Dick Engel, Reading: He
led his team to their seventh
consecutive Cincinnati Hills
League title and to a sectional
title. The Blue Devils finished ninth at the district
tournament and qualified two wrestlers to the
state tournament.
DIVISIONS II-III FIRST TEAM
106 pounds
Brandon Kahlenbeck, Bethel Tate: The senior was the Southern Buckeye Conference Champion. He finished the year with a 33-4 record.
113 pounds
Brody Hooks, New Richmond: The senior
was a Southern Buckeye Conference, sectional, and
district champion. He finished fifth at state.
120 pounds
Austin Skaggs, New Richmond: The senior
was a Southern Buckeye Conference and sectional
champion. He was a state qualifier.
126 pounds
Cody Gableman, New Richmond: The senior
was a sectional champion and qualified for the
state tournament.
132 pounds
Cordell Byrd, Ross: The junior was a sectional
and district champion. He was also a two-time state
qualifier.
138 pounds
Joseph Jones, Ross: The junior was a Fort Ancient Valley Conference, sectional and district
champion. He was also a state qualifier.
145 pounds
Austin Siemon, Deer Park: The freshman was
a Cincinnati Hills League and sectional champion.
He was also a state qualifier.
New Richmond’s Travis Boyd competing
during this past season. PROVIDED PHOTO
Chaz Gresham celebrates another state
title. THE COMMUNITY PRESS/NICK DUDUKOVICH
152 pounds
Jamey Perdue, Reading: The senior was a
Cincinnati Hills League and sectional champion. He
was also a state qualifier.
160 pounds
Michael Burge, Wilmington: The senior was
a Fort Ancient Valley Conference and sectional
champion.
170 pounds
Aluor Nyamor, Wyoming: The senior was a
Cincinnati Hills League and sectional champion.
182 pounds
Gabe Archer, Batavia: The senior was a state
qualifier.
195 pounds
Tyler Bridwell, Ross: The junior was a Fort Ancient Valley Conference champion and a state qualifier.
220 pounds
Frank Heimkreiter, Ross: The senior was sixth
in the district tournament.
285 pounds
J.R. Forsee, New Richmond: The junior was a
league and sectional champion.
HONORABLE MENTION
106 – Taylor Bemerer, Reading; Tyler Goodpaster, Deer
Park; Dominick Butler, Mariemont ; A.J. Rostetter, New
Richmond; Zach Macella, Wilmington
113 – Zachary Alvarado, Cincinnati Hills Christian
Academy; Jake Macke , Deer Park; Adam Baca, McNicholas
120 – Joey Yerace, Ross; Kealii Cummings, Cincinnati
Hills Christian Academy; Trenton Macke, Deer Park; Aric
Peters of Bethel Tate; Chad Wendel, CNE
126 – Alvi Ibarra, Madeira; Christian Hensley, Ross; Brian Carter, Bethel Tate; Blake Silvis, Western Brown; Austin
Fitzhugh, Reading
132 – Chance Manzler, Madeira; Chip Ratcliff, Bethel
Tate; Corbin Guggenheim, Wyoming; Dylan Huston,
Blanchester; Trevor Andrews, Deer Park
138 – Jake Latham, Western Brown; Robbie Lemar,
New Richmond; Daniel Zimmerman, Wyoming; James Tecco, Mariemont; Vince Meinking, Purcell Marian
145 – Ryan Zawacki, New Richmond; Dalton Jones,
Ross; Mikey Gonzalez, Wyoming; Chris Collins, Reading;
Mike Almond, Batavia
152 – Anothny Carome, Goshen; Clay Loadman, New
Richmond; Jordan Dawson, Blanchester; Tyler Williamson,
Madiera; Ryan Strochinsky, Taylor; Josh Sagan, Wyoming
160 – Ray Day, Reading; Brandon Strochnisky, Taylor;
Austin Horwitz, Madeira; Ray Day, Reading; Tucker Morrow, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy; Cory English, New
Richmond
170 – Kevin Reid, New Richmond; Kalub Jones, Purcell
Marian; Brandon Breezley, Blanchester; Ryan Roberts,
Reading; Matthew Battaglia, McNicholas
182 – James White, New Richmond; Aaron Wilson,
NCH; Tyler Dixon, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, Andy
Wallace, Western Brown
195 – Joe Dilbert, Reading; Jon Ward, Bethel Tate; Tim
Lee, Blanchester; Payton Bailey, Western Brown
220 – David Quiambao, Mariemont; Tate Johnson,
Deer Park; Kevin Phelps, Wilmington
285 – Adam Blum, Wyoming; Jordan Smith, Williamsburg; Devon Thomas, Roger Bacon; Kody Bray, Reading;
Tyler Kirbabas, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy
GYMNASTICS ALL-STARS
SELECTED BY MIKE DYER BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AREA COACHES
GYMNAST OF THE YEAR
Sara Wesselkamper, Sycamore: The senior was ninth in the
all-around, third in the bars,10th in the floor event and tied for 22nd
in the vault at the state meet.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Kelly Wones, Mason: She led the Comets
to a fourth place finish at the state meet at Hilliard Bradley - the highest state finish in program history.
FIRST TEAM
Northwest’s Rickey Bender had a 300
game this year. THE ENQUIRER/TONY JONES
McAuley’s Alyssa Estep had a
201 average. ENQUIRER/TONY JONES
BOYS’ BOWLER
OF THE YEAR
GIRLS’ BOWLER
OF THE YEAR
Rickey Bender, Northwest: The senior
had a 219.5 overall average, 226.2 match average and a 206 postseason average. He was
the Fort Ancient Valley Conference West
bowler of the year as he averaged an 229.6
on his home lanes.
BOYS’ COACH
OF THE YEAR
Jason Shattuck, Oak
Hills: In his first year as
coach, his team won the
Greater Miami Conference
with a conference record
of 8-1 and had an overall
record of 12-3. The Highlanders won the Big
Blue, Holiday Classic at Western Bowl, Bearcat High School Classic and the Lancer Baker
tournaments.
FIRST TEAM
Drew Gay, Lakota West: The junior had
a 220.9 overall average, 224.4 match average
and a 197.3 postseason average. He was the
GMC bowler of the year.
Alex Obermeyer, Northwest: The senior had a 212.9 overall average, 217.9 match
average and a 214.3 postseason average.
Daniel Oehler, Moeller: The senior had
a 210.0 overall average, 215.8 match average
and a 200.3 postseason average. He was the
Greater Catholic League South division bowler of the year.
Kyle Centers, Edgewood: The junior
had a 211.8 overall average, 213.5 match average and a 206.5 postseason average.
HONORABLE MENTION
Anderson - Daniel Adams, Alex Sutter; Deer
Park - Ric McCormick; Elder - Ben Brauch; Fairfield
- Stephen Stephenson; La Salle - Brandon Merz;
Lebanon - Allen O’Connell; Mason - Andrew McDonald; Middletown - Nick Deaton, Dakota
Wood; Northwest - Jon Cunningham; Oak Hills Kyle Helmes, Ben Gourley, Jaron Hesse; St. Xavier Joey Bruns
Alyssa Estep, McAuley: The senior
had a 201overall average, 204.9 match
average and a 192.5 postseason average. She was named honorable mention all-state based on her 15th place
finish at the state tournament in the
individual competition.
GIRLS COACH
OF THE
YEAR
Regan Walden, Anderson: The junior was tied for 15th in the
all-around, third in the floor and tied for 16th in the bars at the
state meet.
Amythest Gauthier, Mason: The senior was 21st in the allaround, sixth in the floor, 29th in the beam and 36th in the vault at
the state meet.
Audrey Harpen, Mason: The sophomore was 26th in the allaround, tied for 20th in the vault and 22nd in the floor at the state
meet.
Lauren Terry, Summit Country Day: The senior was 14th in
the bars and 37th in the beam at the state meet.
Leah Dolch, Oak Hills: The senior was 20th in the floor and 31st
in the beam at the state meet.
HONORABLE MENTION
Anderson – Kendall Benassi, Emily Caggiano, Bayley Gambill; Badin –
Leslie Roosa; Bethel-Tate – Dakota Sicurella; Cincinnati Country Day –
Kaitlin Harden; Fairfield – Danielle Harding, Maegan McCarthy; Hamil- Senior Sara Wesselkamper BY TONY JONES
ton – Tessa Woodbury; Indian Hill – Keely Gardner; Kings – Meghan Partin; Lakota East – Alexa Brownfield, Lanie Owens, Jennifer Shafer; Lakota West – Kassi Sturgill; Loveland – Tara Spencer; Mason –
Jenna Bovenzi, Rachel Hawthorne, Brooke Middleton, Lindsay Woehrmyer; Oak Hills – Susan Moore; Seven Hills – Amy Mauro,
Reena SenGupta; Sycamore – Molly Gaerin, Lisa Kohmescher; Turpin – Katie Collier, Dora Gudmundsdottir
HOCKEY ALL-STARS
SELECTED BY MIKE DYER BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AREA COACHES
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Nick Glomb, Fairfield: He led the In-
dians to an 18-0 season including the
Greater Miami Conference title. Fairfield finished second
in the sectional, first at district and was
ninth at state.
Michael Bond, Sycamore: The senior forward/center led
the Aviators with 35 goals and 20 assists.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Adam Tramonte, St. Xavier: He led the
Bombers (20-9-1) to an undefeated Southwest Ohio High School Hockey League South
division championship for the first time in the
history of the school’s program.
FIRST TEAM
Heather Scott, Fairfield: The senior
had a 199.4 overall average, 203.9
match average and a 188.9 postseason
average.
Jessica Homer, McAuley: The senior
had a 195.7 overall average, 200.2
match average and a 188.1 postseason
average.
Amy Feie, Mercy: The senior had a
194.8 overall average, 202.1 match average and a 185.6 postseason average.
Alexis Baker, McAuley: The sophomore had a 190.5 overall average,
193.9 match average and a 178.9 postseason average.
FIRST TEAM
Mitch Blank, St. Xavier: The junior forward finished with
the most points in the SWOHSHL. He had 20 goals and 21 assists
for a total of 41 points.
Brandon Tafelski, Talawanda: The junior forward played
in 28 games. He had 19 goals and 14 assists.
AJ Harvey, Elder: The sophomore forward had19 goals and
19 assists.
Neil Capeci, St. Xavier: The senior captain led his team to
the South division title. He had eight goals and 24 assists.
Zach Sens, Talawanda: The senior played in 28 games and
finished with 13 goals and 10 assists for 33 points.
Matt Thornley, St. Xavier: The junior goalie ended the
season with a 17-6-1 record and a save percentage of 89 percent.
HONORABLE MENTION
Badin - Hannah Morris, Susa Gillespie; Colerain - Jenna Coldiron; Fairfield
- Kristin Nelson; Lebanon - Emily Temple; Loveland - Toni Gardner; Mason Emily Harrison; Mercy - Sabrina Weibel; Middletown - Taylor Harris; Winton
Woods- Jasmine Daniels.
HONORABLE MENTION
Sycamore’s Michael Bond BY TONY JONES
Elder – Charles Squeri; Dominic Marsala; Nick Kollman; Nick Spicker;
Joel Martini; Peter Aguilera; St. Xavier – Robby Thomas; Will Foote; Zach
Pfeil; Will Rinaldi; Aaron Cramer. Sycamore – Jacob Howell; Michael Demaio. Talawanda – Mitch Poetter; Thomas Clayton; Ross Gann