GMC News

Mason Wins All Sports Trophy Race

Again this year, Mason High School has had an outstanding sports season and won the GMC All Sports Trophy. Mason tallied 220 points followed by Sycamore with 166.5, Lakota West with 163 and Lakota East with 154. Mason earned a record nine GMC team titles; Boys' Cross Country, Girls' Cross Country, Chess, Girls' Swimming/Diving, Wrestling, Baseball, Boys' Track, Girls' Track and Boys' Tennis. Addtionally, the school finished second in eight other team sports; Boys' Golf, Girls Golf, Boys' Soccer, Girls' Soccer, Girls' Tennis, Academic Quiz Team, Boys' Swimming/Diving and Boys' Basketball. Mason finished first or second in seventeen of the league's twenty-four sports and has won the coveted All Sports Trophy every year since entering the GMC in 2007. Final points may be viewed on the All Sports Trophy section of this website.

GMC Tennis Tournament Results

This year’s GMC Tennis Tournament was held at Mason High School’s tennis courts on May 3 and was finished indoors at the Camargo Raquet Club. For the first time the Mason Comets won the conference championship with first place finishes in the regular season and the tournament. Leading up to this year's title, Mason had finished 2nd in 2008 (1st year in GMC) and 2011. Complete results and All Conference teams are now posted.

GMC Track Meet

The GMC Track and Field Meet was held at Mason on May 9 and 11, and again this year Mason's boys and girls captured the GMC titles. In girls' action, Mason scored an impressive 148.5 points to beat number two finisher Sycamore who had 128.5 points. Mason's 164 points easily out paced Sycamore's 97.5 in boys' competition. All results are now posted on the track pages.

Mason Baseball 2012 Greater Miami Conference Champions

The Mason High School Baseball Team clinched an outright GMC title with a 16-2 conference record; it is Mason's first league championship since entering the GMC five years ago. The Comets had finished second twice in the conference in 2008 and 2009. In the latest Division 1 baseball polls Mason is ranked 2nd in the city and 7th in the state. Their overall record stands at 18-7. All conference honors will not be posted until all GMC teams have been eliminated from the tournament - or we have a State Champion!

Lakota West Softball - Champions

Finishing with a conference record of 16-2 and currently a 23-5 overall record, Lakota West has won this year’s GMC Softball Championship. Lakota East, last year’s champion, finished in second place with a 15-3 record and Fairfield finished third at 14-4.

Lakota West Wins Boys' Volleyball

For the fourth consecutive year the boy’s volleyball team from Lakota West is the GMC champion. They become the first GMC team to claim more than three titles. (Sycamore and Lakota East had won three in years past). They completed the conference season with a 8-0 record over second place Fairfield who finished with a 7-1 mark. The Lakota West team was outright champions in 2009, 2010, and 2012, and were co-champions in 2011. They have now won 33 of their last 34 matches in league play in a stretch that goes back to 2008.

Winter All-Stars Announced

The following GMC athletes have been selected to the various Division I Enquirer All-Star teams:

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Co-Player of the Year: Geovonie McKnight (Middletown)

Coach of the Year: Tim Austing (Fairfield)

First Team: Vincent Edwards (Middletown), Monty Boykins (Lakota West), Darin Harris (Mason), Deion Isham (Princeton), James Turner (Fairfield).

Honorable Mention: Milt Davis (Colerain), Brandon Murphy, Keon Benjamin, Jeff Woods, Kyle Smith (Fairfield), Torrell Sutton (Hamilton), Robbie Harpring (Lakota East), Ali Barnes, Tyler Williams (Lakota West), JD Sprague, Michael Van Kleunen (Mason), Jalin Marshall (Middletown), Jake Richmond, Jake Pflum (Oak Hills), Dorian Jordan, De’Arius Young (Princeton).

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

Player of the Year: Kelsey Mitchell (Princeton)

Co-Coaches of the Year: Paula Hayden (Sycamore) and Rob Matula (Mason)

First Team: Chloe Pavlech (Sycamore), Raeshaun Gaffney (Fairfield), Jillian Spurlock (Hamilton), Brianna Glover (Mason), Sheaira Jones (Colerain), Kayla McDowell (Mason).

Honorable Mention: Shelly Harper, Abby Feuchter (Colerain), Desiree Ash (Hamilton), Molly Blomer, Alyssa Grevenkamp, Bernice Satterwhite (Lakota East), Lauren Cannatelli, Ali Zieverink (Lakota West), Jenna Gunn (Mason), Vada Edwards (Middletown), Lindsey Eckstein, Mackenzie Laumann, Olivia Kilgore (Oak Hills), Breanna Rucker, Chelsea Mitchell (Princeton), Alexis Newbolt, Keri Kleist (Sycamore).

WRESTLING

First Team: 138 – Adam Sams (Fairfield), 182 – Tegray Scales (Colerain), 285 – Jon Niehaus (Colerain)

Honorable Mention: 106 – Patrick Kearney (Mason), DeMarco Davis (Fairfield); 113 – Greysun Barden (Fairfield), Austin Daley (Lakota East), Jacob Artrip (Mason); 120 – Brandon Selmon (Princeton), Austin Cox (Colerain); 126 – Jorge Gonzales (Mason), Kevin Leonhardt (Lakota West), Patrick Allen (Colerain); 132 – Nick Bloch (Lakota West), Marquis Nash (Fairfield), Kaleb Miller (Oak Hills), A.J. Kowal (Princeton); 138 – LaTrell Davis (Middletown), Gage Asher (Hamilton), Caleb Whitcomb-Dixon (Sycamore); 145 – Eric Sullivan (Lakota East); 152 – Jacob Globke (Middletown), Eoin Walden (Mason), Dyan Lauffer (Fairfield); 160 – DeTuan Smith (Colerain), Andrew Globke (Middletown), Brian McCrea (Mason); 170 – Desmond Hall (Middletown), Thomas Danis (Mason), Ryan Gaffney (Sycamore), Christian Estes (Lakota West); 182 – Stephen Ludwig (Fairfield), Jake Suess (Mason), 195 – Jacob Burton (Lakota East), Nick Reeves (Middletown); 220 – Jake Venable (Hamilton), Daniele Tedoldi (Mason); 285 – Tim Bowman (Lakota East).

BOYS’ BOWLING

Coach of the Year: Jason Shattuck (Oak Hills)

First Team: Drew Gray (Lakota West)

Honorable Mention: Stephen Stephenson (Fairfield), Andrew McDonald (Mason), Nick Deaton, Dakota Wood (Middletown), Kyle Helmes, Ben Gourley, Jaron Hesse (Oak Hills)

GIRLS’ BOWLING

Coach of the Year: Nick Glomb (Fairfield)

First Team: Heather Scott (Fairfield)

Honorable Mention: Jenna Coldiron (Colerain), Kristin Nelson (Fairfield),Emily Harrison (Mason), Taylor Harris (Middleton).

BOY’S SWIMMING

First Team: Thomas Norris (Sycamore), Brad Lebling (Mason), Sean Sargent (Mason)

Honorable Mention: 200 Freestyle - Charlie Fry (Sycamore), Bryan McNamara (Lakota West), Ross Westrick (Fairfield); 500 Freestyle – Thomas Norris (Sycamore), Cahrlie Fry (Sycamore), Bryan McNamara (Lakota West), Robert VanKirk (Lakota East); 200 Freestyle Relay – Sycamore (Thomas Norris, Venkaat Naresh, Mark Hancher, Charlie Fry), Mason (Eric Chen, Justin Kolwyck, Mpoki Mwalupindi, Brad Lebling); 400 Freestyle Relay – Sycamore (Thomas Norris, Patrick Aguilar, Mark Hancher, Charlie Fry), Mason (Eric Chen, Justin Kolwyck, Nick Gess, Brad Lebling); Diving – Khayman Jones (Hamilton)

GIRLS’ SWIMMING

First Team: Zoe Thatcher (Mason)

Honorable Mention: Diving – Megan Helwagen (Mason), Madeline Sewell (Mason), Andrianna DiMasso (Sycamore); 200 Medley Relay – Sycamore (Nikki Bookwalter, Charlotte Harris, Sarah May, Cara Norris), Mason (Maureen Sullivan, Morgan Emter, Alicia Moreno, Julia Volpenhein); 200 Frestyle – Cara Norris (Sycamore), Holly Grender (Princeton); 200 IM – Jessika Hall (Lakota East), Breanna Keenan (Mason); 100 Butterfly – Cara Norris (Sycamore), Sarah May (Sycamore); 500 Freestyle – Autumn Carter (Mason); 200 Freestyle Relay - Mason (Brittany Shaw, Maureen Sullivan, Breanne Keenan, Zoe Thatcher); 100 Breaststroke – Charlotte Harris (Sycamore); 400 Freestyle Relay - Mason (Elizabeth Troy, Julia Volpenhein , Breanne Keenan, Zoe Thatcher), Sycamore (Cara Norris, Samantha Wolkoff, Sarah May, Charlotte Harris).