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Badin has little trouble dispatching Fenwick
By Rick CassanoStaff WriterMIDDLETOWN — The Badin-Fenwick prep girls basketball rivalry didn’t add a great chapter Wednesday night.The latest matchup was seemingly over soon after it started, with visiting Badin jumping to a 13-2 lead and coasting to a 61-28 triumph.“Fenwick is a young team that’s in a rebuilding phase,” ...
Heading in soccer linked to concussions, study says
Concussions to seven different players in 2010 caused Chaminade Julienne High School boys soccer coach Matt Money to limit head balls during practices this past season.Based on a new study, the CJ coach might consider reducing the number of hits to the head even more next season.The preliminary study found ...
Three Miami students tackle suspect accused in officer assault
OXFORD — When three Miami University students saw an Oxford police officer on the ground Friday night being punched in the face, they decided to act.The trio chased the suspect, an 18-year-old who was stopped for underage drinking, tackled him and restrained him just before midnight until other officers arrived, ...
Simple rules to stay safe this summer
Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer.With summer comes a lot more fun and play for the little ones, but also increased potential for injury.Each summer, about 2.7 million children visit the ER as a result of injuries around the pool or backyard. About 200,000 children under 14 wind ...
New bill focused on brain injuries
COLUMBUS — Young athletes who suffer concussions would not be allowed to return to the playing field until they are cleared by a licensed physician or athletic trainer, if a bill introduced Monday becomes Ohio law.The bill, introduced by House Democrats Mike Stinziano, D-Columbus, and Sean O’Brien, D-Brookfield, has the ...
Verity tutor’s injury not common, school official says
MIDDLETOWN — Severe injuries such as the skull fracture recently suffered by a Verity Middle School tutor are uncommon, logs of work-related injuries and illnesses provided to The Journal by Middletown City Schools show.Phyllis Cunningham, 61, also suffered a severe concussion and a moderate brain bruise after a 13-year-old student ...
Teacher suffers brain injuries after colliding with student running late
MIDDLETOWN — A Verity Middle School tutor is recovering from a fractured skull and a bruised brain after being knocked down in the hallway by a student running late for class.Phyllis Cunningham, 61, is being cared for by family members after being released Friday from Atrium Medical Center. Doctors told ...
Prep headlines: Fenwick falls to Oakwood
GIRLS BASKETBALLOAKWOOD 35, FENWICK 26: Fenwick was without leading scorer Chelsea Farrell for a third straight game on Monday night and for the third straight game, the Falcons lost. Farrell has been out since suffering a concussion against McAuley last week. Melanie Monahan scored seven points to lead the Falcons ...
Badin girls beat Fenwick again
HAMILTON — The dominance continues.Badin High School’s girls basketball team had to fend off a tenacious effort by visiting Fenwick on Saturday night, with the Rams winning for the 22nd time in the last 23 meetings with the Falcons.As usual, Badin did it with defense, forcing 34 turnovers and 14.0-percent ...
Turnovers costly for host Mohawks in Cook Classic
MADISON TWP. — The Madison High School boys basketball team will not have a chance to three-peat in its own Brian Cook Classic holiday tournament.Turnovers were costly for the Mohawks (4-2), who could not maintain a lead with four-plus minutes left Monday and lost 62-59 to Stivers in the MHS ...
Prep headlines: Late free throws doom Fenwick girls
GIRLS BASKETBALLMT. HEALTHY 38, FENWICK 37: The visiting Falcons had the lead in the final seconds Thursday, but the Owls’ Tracey Wallace was fouled on a stickback attempt and hit two free throws with three seconds remaining, and Fenwick couldn’t get off a shot at the buzzer. Maggie Pearce led ...
Monroe grad remains upbeat after open heart surgery
MONROE — Instead of celebrating the holidays on Dec. 24, 2009, Mark Miller had open heart surgery.Miller, an 18-year-old senior defensive lineman on the Monroe High School Hornets football team, suffered a concussion in the fifth week of the season against Bellbrook High School.After several doctor visits, he said it ...
Firefighter injured during storm
TRENTON — A four-year veteran of the Trenton Fire Department was injured at the fire station before responding to a fire Wednesday, June 2.The firefighter, who Trenton officials have not named because of an ongoing investigation into the incident, responded from his home to a fire call around 7 p.m. ...
Valley View's special teams, defense the difference over Carlisle
GERMANTOWN — The Valley View High School football team needed defense, special teams luck and a Lonesome Polecat offense that would’ve made Glenn “Tiger” Ellison proud Friday, Oct. 16, at Barker Field.Despite having starting quarterback Kyle Pohl (concussion) and senior running back Joe Kelly (leg) on the sidelines, Valley View ...
Carlisle, Valley View still in hunt for title, playoff berth
Count Carlisle High School, 6-1 and battling for its first playoff appearance since 2004, as one of the biggest surprises in the Southwestern Buckeye League.Toss Valley View into that mix, too. The Spartans, with just two returning starters, find themselves in the hunt for the Southwestern Division title.Those two teams ...
Plenty at stake in Carlisle, Valley View matchup
GERMANTOWN — The outcome of the high school football game between the visiting Carlisle Indians and Valley View Spartans tonight, Oct. 15, won’t affect either team’s bid for a conference title.Carlisle is in the Southwestern Buckeye League’s Buckeye Division and Valley View is in the SWBL Southwestern.But there is a ...
Student victim of hit-skip accident
An eighth-grader in the Kings school district is on the road to recovery following a hit-and-run accident over the weekend that sent him to the hospital with multiple injuries.Kings Superintendent Valerie Browning said Wednesday, Sept. 23, a group of junior high boys were crossing at the corner of Columbia Avenue ...
King shoulders load for Hornets offense
MONROE — Devin King scored in each extra period Friday night, Sept. 18, willing Monroe to a 28-21 double-overtime win over visiting Bellbrook.“This proved that we don’t give up,” King said. “It shows that you’ve got to execute and go out and do your job.”King did his part, carrying the ...
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