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Bogues Shines At US Olympic Trials
DAYTON – University of Dayton student athlete Casey Bogues competed this past weekend in the 2024 US Olympic trials in Oregon. Competing against the top American athletes in her field event, the junior set a personal best and showed that she belonged on the big stage. She placed fourth in qualifying after day one and eighth on the final day. Her new PR of 57.41 shattered her own previous school record.
Dragons take advantage of Captains’ miscues for 3-2 victory
Host Dayton took advantage of an error and a passed ball to beat the Captains, 3-2, on July 1. With the game tied at 1-1 in the fourth, the Dragons’ Jay Allen II walked, advanced to second base via an error on the next play, then scored on a single two batters later. Later in the inning, a passed ball plated another run for the Dragons to make it 3-1.
Dayton schools struggle to find coaches as new athletic season approaches
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) – Moving into the month of July, many school athletic programs are starting to make plans for upcoming seasons. The only problem is, several of these school districts are struggling to find coaches for their teams. The issue is that there are so many athletic positions...
Women’s Basketball Announces Transfers For 2024-25 Season
DAYTON – The University of Dayton women's basketball team and head coach Tamika Williams-Jeter have completed their roster for the upcoming 2024-25 season. The Flyers added five transfers to the three incoming freshmen that had already committed and the seven returning players from last year's squad. "The Dayton women's...
Meet #UDVB's Freshman Class
DAYTON – University of Dayton volleyball head coach Tim Horsmon would like to introduce four incoming freshman who have joined the Flyers' roster for the 2024 season. Corrie Anderson (Monument, Colo./Palmer Ridge), Sydney Barrett (Kings Mill, Ohio/Kings), Abbie Cresse (Fort Wayne, Ind./Blackhawk Christian) and Ella Joesting (Prior Lake, Minn./Prior Lake) have arrived on campus ahead of this fall's competition schedule.
Copperheads get walked-off at home in 25-run barnburner
Come to a baseball game, you never know what you might see. There might even be a walk-off in the top of the 11th. After scoring just four runs combined in the first two games of the weekend series, the bats started scoring for Southern Ohio but it ultimately wasn’t enough in a wild, 13-12 extra-innings barnburner classic at Bob Wren Stadium to the Hamilton Joes on Sunday evening. Winning...
PWBA Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year Races come down to final stop in August
ARLINGTON, Texas – — After six different locations and eight events, the 2024 Professional Women’s Bowling Association National Tour season has been full of highlights and intrigue as the PWBA Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year races heat up with PWBA Tour Championship Week in Detroit, the culminating event on the schedule in August.
SCRAPPERS COMEBACK BID FALLS SHORT
NILES OH- The Mahoning Valley Scrappers fell short of a comeback, losing 4-2 to the Trenton Thunder on Sunday afternoon in the concluding game of a three-game series. Jacob Remily started on the mound for Mahoning Valley, while the Thunder countered with Drew Christo. Britton Beeson got Trenton on the board first in the top of the second by drawing a bases-loaded walk. The next batter, Nathan Archer, delivered an RBI single, making it 2-0 Trenton after two innings.
Six local athletes receive SWDAB scholarships
DARKE COUNTY — The Southwest District Athletic Board honored 46 student-athletes on June 26 at the annual Scholarship Recognition Program in Dayton. Six graduating seniors from Darke County received scholarships during the event. Brooklyn Crickmore and Tucker Miller from Bradford and Lydia Hecht and Kaleb Petitjean from Versailles all...
PJ Hubert Named Associate Athletic Director for Executive Affairs
DAYTON -- The University of Dayton has appointed PJ Hubert as Associate Athletic Director for Executive Affairs, effective July 16, 2024. Hubert, 32, will report directly to Vice President and Director of Athletics Neil Sullivan and will serve as a member of the Athletics Division's executive team. He will support the cross-functional capability of the Vice-President and Director of Athletics office among the various direct reports, committees, constituents and functions with an intentional focus on basketball and high-impact sports.
Next set of Bellbrook gridiron greats unveiled
BELLBROOK — The Bellbrook Football Alumni Association will open the 2024 campaign on July 27 with its Kick-Off Dinner and Golden Eagle Gridiron Greats Induction Ceremony at Sugar Valley Golf Course. Festivities (cash bar, dinner and inductions) begin at 6 p.m. The guest speaker is University of Dayton football...
Copperheads' offense fizzles in series opening loss to Hamilton
HAMILTON — Momentum can dissipate just as quickly as it appears. Following a much-needed doubleheader sweep the day before to seemingly gain some steam just past the midway point in the season, Southern Ohio ran straight into the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League’s (GLSCL) best out in a road trip to Hamilton. Giving up a four-run inning in the latter stages of the contest, the Copperheads ultimately fell 5-2 to the Joes on Friday night. ...
Riverside tops Graham, Bellefontaine in Acme sectional baseball tournament
Riverside’s Acme baseball team won its first two Acme sectional tournament games over the weekend, defeating Graham 10-4 on Saturday and beating Bellefontaine 8-3 on Sunday. In the win over Graham, Landon Purtee earned the complete game victory on the mound for the Pirates. He allowed seven hits, struck out 11 and did not allow an earned run. Offensively for the the Pirates, Aiden Manning had three hits and three RBI and Gavin Orsborne had two hits, including a triple, and an RBI. Cooper Crouch added two hits and an RBI.
Moraine Country Club ready to host 2024 Western Amateur
MORAINE, OHIO (WKEF) - One of the most prestigious tournaments in amateur golf is coming to the Miami Valley this summer, with Moraine Country Club selected as the site for the 2024 Western Amateur, the 122nd edition of the competition. Those with both the country club and the Western Golf...
'Cheads fall by double-digits to drop series with Hamilton
HAMILTON — Sometimes it’s just simply not your night. Saturday just wasn’t Southern Ohio’s night. Allowing six runs in the first inning alone and being scored on in each of the first four innings, the Copperheads dropped its series with Hamilton with a 12-2 mercy rule loss in seven innings on Saturday. The Joes picked up double-digit hits in the beatdown. It was a tough start for Michael Little, who...
Summer fun and back to racing with Loveland’s Evagoras Papasavvas
LOVELAND, OH (July 2, 2024) – A Loveland teenager having some summer fun also happens to be an up and coming Indy Car racer in the USF-2000 Championship racing series. Evagoras Papasavvas shares his summer fun and is ready to get back to racing on another edition of Loveland Beacon Talks: Sports Special.
Walk-off field goal gives REDBLACKS narrow victory over Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Ottawa REDBLACKS were due for a win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and they got just that on Sunday night at TD Place Stadium. The REDBLACKS came out on top 24-22 in a hard-fought battle to keep the Ticats winless in 2024, and snap a 10-game losing streak against the Tabbies.
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