Jones eager to start spring practice
I spent about an hour with Butch Jones this morning looking ahead to the start of spring practice next week. He’s fired up and eager to improve on last year’s 4-8 record, very excited about the work that Zach Collaros has done over the winter and expecting...
Posted: 3/24/2011 3:35 PM in UC Athletics Blog
CCD softballers ready for 2011
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com With the graduation of star pitcher Anna Lemen last spring, the Cincinnati Country Day School softball team will turn to junior Caitlin Hilberg and sophomore Caroline Gentile to lead the Indians through...
Posted: 3/24/2011 3:31 PM in Press Preps
Long gone Juan
Juan Francisco hit a ball about 400 feet yesterday for his second home run of the spring. “He didn’t even get all that,” Dusty Baker said. Francisco, 23, has as much power as anyone in the organization. But it remains to be seen if he’ll have a future...
Posted: 3/24/2011 3:22 PM in Cincinnati Reds
Fleming to be on LaSalle bench
LaSalle basketball coach Dan Fleming got the news he was hoping to hear Thursday morning when his doctor gave him the OK to sit on the Lancers’ bench for Friday’s Division I state semifinal game against Toledo Central Catholic. Interim head coach Pat...
Posted: 3/24/2011 3:14 PM in High School Sports Blog
Reds announce “Hide and Tweet” to win Opening Day tickets
From the Reds: The Cincinnati Reds have created a “Hide and Tweet” scavenger hunt where clues to locations of Opening Day tickets will be released on the popular social networking web site Twitter on Saturday and Sunday. The Reds will be giving away four...
Posted: 3/24/2011 3:08 PM in Cincinnati Reds
Youth + experience = Deer Park
By Scott Springer • sspringer@communitypress.com After back-to-back 13-9 seasons (8-6 in the Cincinnati Hills League in 2010) Deer Park softball coach Bill Newton has the luxury of returning all of his starters. Because of that and a great amount of team...
Posted: 3/24/2011 3:06 PM in Press Preps
McAuley’s Pfeifer 800 meter indoor champ
By Scott Springer•sspringer@communitypress.com McAuley High School junior Danielle Pfeifer has become the first Mohawk to win an indoor state track championship by winning the 800-meter title March 19 at the Division I state meet at the University of...
Posted: 3/24/2011 2:48 PM in Press Preps
Loveland hopes to recapture playoff magic
By Nick Dudukovich • ndudukovich@communitypress.com The Loveland High School’s softball team last made a strong playoff run during the 2005 season, when the Tiger’s advanced to the area’s regional tournament. While the program has seen some competitive...
Posted: 3/24/2011 2:47 PM in Press Preps