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The Mason Baseball Team defeated Fairfield 6-0 on Monday evening, concluding their regular season with an undefeated 23-0 record.  This amazing accomplishment establishes the first time a Comet baseball team has gone undefeated in the regular season.  It also marks the first time any GMC team has finished conference play with an unblemished 18-0 record.  

Mason has dominated their opponents since play began in late March with a solid balance of great pitching, defense and hitting.  Offensively the Comets have outscored their opponents by a 211-36 margin.  Outstanding pitching and tight defense has held the opposition to a .164 batting average while the Comets hit .371 as a team.  Mason hurlers have tossed 6 shutouts and produced an incredible 1.38 ERA as a staff.  

The Comets are a senior laden team with 15 graduates on their 25-man roster.  Mason is currently ranked #17 in National polls and No. 1 in both the state and city polls.  The two-time GMC Champion Comets will begin their postseason journey on Thursday, May 16th when they host the winner of the Northwest/Walnut Hills contest.  Mason is the #1 seed in the upcoming Sectional Tourney. 

For the sixth consecutive year Mason’s boys’ and girls’ track teams captured GMC championships.  The boys tallied 190 points to second place Sycamore’s 93.  The Mason girls’ team had 183 points to second place Sycamore’s 149.  Results are posted on the track web pages.

For the second year in a row, Mason boys' tennis team has captured the GMC Championship.  All conference teams are now posted.  Complete results are on the tennis web site.

Oak Hills wins this year’s boys’ volleyball championships with an impressive 8-0 conference record; they are currently 16-3 overall.  The all conference teams will be posted after the conclusion on the tournament.  All sports points will be added once Lakota East and Middletown complete the regular season.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has announced the following GMC athletes have achieved Winter Prep All-Star status:

Boys’ Basketball

FIRST TEAM

VINCENT EDWARDS, MIDDLETOWN;  STEDMAN LOWRY, LAKOTA EAST; JAKE RICHMOND, OAK HILLS;  ALI BARNES, LAKOTA WEST; DORIAN JORDAN, PRINCETON; MILTON DAVIS, COLERAIN

Honorable Mention

Fairfield – Tim Fleming, Herman Brunis; Lakota East – Alex White, Rob Harpring; Lakota West – Tyler Williams; Mason – Connor McVey; Middletown – Jalin Marshall; Sycamore – Joey Gruden.

Girls’ Basketball

DIVISION I PLAYER OF THE YEAR - KELSEY MITCHELL, PRINCETON

FIRST TEAM

KAYLA MCDOWELL, MASON;  JENNA GUNN, MASON; JILLIAN SPURLOCK, HAMILTON;  VADA EDWARDS, MIDDLETOWN;  LAUREN CANNATELLI, LAKOTA WEST

HONORABLE MENTION

Colerain – Kaylee Allen; Lakota West – Nia Staples; Oak Hills – Lindsey Eckstein; Princeton – Carlie Pogue, Chelsea Mitchell, Emily Roper; Sycamore – Imani Outlaw, Hannah Locke

Boys’ Swimming

FIRST TEAM

SEAN SARGENT, MASON; CHARLIE FRY, SYCAMORE

HONORABLE MENTION

200 medley relay – Sycamore (Xavier Jimenez, Jonathan Seger, Mark Hancher, Venkaat Naresh)

200 freestyle – Charlie Fry, Sycamore; Bryan McNamara, Lakota West

200 IM –Matthew McDonald, Lakota East; Mark Andrew, Middletown

100 butterfly – Mark Hancher, Sycamore

100 freestyle – Eric Chen, Mason

500 freestyle – Bryan McNamara, Lakota West; Mark Andrew, Middletown; Matthew McDonald, Lakota East

200 freestyle relay – Sycamore (Charlie Fry, Mark Hancher, Jonathan Seger, Venkaat Naresh);  Mason (Eric Chen, Drew Siekmann, Peter He, Justin Hove)

400 freestyle relay – Sycamore (Mark Hancher, Venkaat Naresh, Isaac Goldstein, Charlie Fry)

Girls’ Swimming

DIVISION I Co-SWIMMER OF THE YEAR - ZOE THATCHER, MASON

FIRST TEAM

MADELINE SEWELL, MASON

HONORABLE MENTION

Diving – Abby McConnell, Lakota East; Andrianna DiMasso, Sycamore; Sydney Carr, Mason

200 medley relay – Mason (Maureen Sullivan, Jordan Decker, Abbey Esler, Julia Volpenhein)

200 freestyle – Cara Norris, Sycamore

200 IM – Casey Frazier, Lakota West

100 butterfly – Cara Norris, Sycamore

100 freestyle – Gabby Marinelli, Mason; Elizabeth Troy, Mason

200 freestyle relay – Mason (Zoe Thatcher, Maureen Sullivan, Gabby Marinelli, Julia Volpenhein); Sycamore (Samantha Wolkoff, Lisa Kobayashi, Annie Moreno, Cara Norris)

100 breaststroke – Casey Frazier, Lakota West

400 freestyle relay – Mason (Elizabeth Troy, Gabby Marinelli, Jordan Decker, Zoe Thatcher); Sycamore (Samantha Wolkoff, Sarah May, Mary Fry, Cara Norris)

Wrestling

FIRST TEAM

106 POUNDS - ANTHONY JAGEL, MIDDLETOWN;  120 POUNDS - AUSTIN DALY, LAKOTA EAST; 126 POUNDS - BRANDON SELMON, PRINCETON; 138 POUNDS - ADAM SAMS, FAIRFIELD;  145 POUNDS - A.J. KOWAL, PRINCETON; 152 POUNDS - LATRELL DAVIS, MIDDLETOWN; 182 POUNDS  - THOMAS DANIS, MASON; 195 POUNDS - TEGRAY SCALES, COLERAIN

HONORABLE MENTION

106 – Dylan Roth, Lakota East; Patrick Kearney, Mason

120 – Grey Barden, Fairfield

132 – Austin Bryant, Fairfield; Justin Brown, Lakota East

138 – Andy Cress, Lakota West

145 – Kevin Leonhardt, Lakota West; Brad Huber, Sycamore; Dillon Leneave, Fairfield

152 – Dylan Lauffer, Fairfield; Brian McCrea, Mason

160 – Detuan Smith, Colerain; Jacob Globke, Middletown

170 – Douglas Davenport, Lakota East

195 – Tinashe Bere, Sycamore; Stephen Ludwig, Fairfield

220 – Eli McBurrows, Lakota West; Kelvin Jordan, Colerain

285 – Jacob Burton, Lakota East; Adam Quick, Mason

Boys’ Bowling

BOWLER OF THE YEAR - KYLE HELMES, OAK HILLS

COACH OF THE YEAR -  KURT FRANCISCO, OAK HILLS

FIRST TEAM

DAVID SORRELL, MIDDLETOWN; NICK DEATON, MIDDLETOWN

HONORABLE MENTION

Fairfield – Austin Williams; Lakota West – Drew Gay; Middletown – Michael Rinehart, Brandon Wood; Oak Hills – Brandon Combs, Dillon Meece, Cole Weisbrod

Girls’ Bowling

COACH OF THE YEAR - CONNIE SMITH,MASON

FIRST TEAM

EMILY HARRISON, MASON; TAYLOR HARRIS, MIDDLETOWN

HONORABLE MENTION

Colerain – Jenna Coldiron; Hamilton – Darian Arminio; Mason – Emily Turjanica; Middletown – Olivia Harbin, Jacey McIntosh