The varsity boys start the season with a solid 2nd place finish behind a very good Hilliard Davidson on the state meet course. Junior Tom Clark led the top 5 scorers for Mason finishing 5th, followed by Senior Alex Notton in 9th. Next was Sophomore Nick Grismer in 15th, Junior Zac Thompson in 17th and Joey Stimler in 31st. 

Mason Boys Top 7: Place Name Grade Time 5 Tom Clark 11 16:12 9 Alex Notton 12 16:25 15 Nick Grismer 10 16:35 17 Zac Thompson 11 16:38 31 Joey Stimler 12 16:49 32 Ryan Sanders 11 16:50 36 Ethan Valentine 11 16:59 46 Paul D’Hyver 12 17:11 49 Lucas Sagraves 11 17:14 69 Dylan McElhenny 11 17:31

Next up is the Sycamore Sunset Invitational on Monday, August 20th.

The Mason Varsity boys ran a split squad at Loveland and both teams took the first two spots out of 15 varsity teams. Junior Tom Clark took the individual title, beating Turpin's talented Alaedin Turba, and  he led the way for the Mason "A" team. Sophomore Nick Grismer led for the "B" team with a solid performance, finishing 3rd overall. Between both Mason teams, Mason runners took 7 of the top 10 places. The teams will become one again and put the best 7 on the starting line next weekend at the Mason Invitational.

1.    32  MASON HS B         
=====================================
  1      3  NICK GRISMER        10               16:53
  2      4  ALEX NOTTON         12               17:15
  3      7  DYLAN MCELHENNY     11               17:26
  4      8  JOEY STIMLER        12               17:34
  5     10  JESSE ZAHN          11               17:41
  6   ( 12) ETHAN VALENTINE     11               17:49
  7   ( 22) MICHAEL WAGGONER    10               18:23

  2.    65  MASON HS A       
=====================================
  1      1  TOM CLARK           11               16:35
  2      5  ZAC THOMPSON        11               17:17
  3     11  LUCAS SAGRAVES      11               17:43
  4     19  CONNOR VAN BLARICOM 12               18:17
  5     29  RYAN SANDERS        11               18:42
  6   ( 34) TOMMY STEWART       10               18:57
  7   ( 49) WILL MCGOWAN        10               19:53

3. Turpin A
4. Turpin B
5. Loveland
6. Mariemont

On a wet and muddy home course, the Mason Comets beat Lawrence North from Indiana to claim a first place finish at the prestigious Mason Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 89th. While the Lawrence North squad boasted some fast early season times, Mason's depth earned them the victory over 25+ other teams and 1123 boys competing in the annual event.

Mason runners Tom Clark and Dylan McElhenny (19th and 20th, respectfully) both finished ahead of Lawrence North's 4th and 5th runners. This, in addition to Alex Notton, Joey Stimler and Zac Thompson all finishing in front of their 3rd runner, giving Mason the 73-79 win.

Mason Finishes:

6 Alex Notton 12 17:08

13 Joey Stimler 12 17:20

15 Zac Thompson 11 17:25

19 Nick Grismer 10 17:29

20 Tom Clark 11 17:31

23 Dylan McElhenny 11 17:37

32 Jesse Zhan 11 17:57

34 Connor Van Blaricom 12 17:59

50 Lucas Sagraves 11 18:20

51 Ethan Valentine 11 18:22

The course featured straw-bale jumps, a creek crossing and the famous “mulch hill." Times were particularly slow in all races due to consistent rain on the course in days preceeding the race. The top runner at the event was Vandalia Butler's Jake Brumfield who finished with a time of 16:43.

Team Scores (top 5)

1. Mason 73

2. Lawrence North 76

3. Beavercreek 90

4. Spr Shawnee 144

5. Centerville 180

Complete results on Finishtiming.com. Next Saturday, the boy's participate in the Cedarville Invitational.

The Mason Comets traveled to one of the best cross country venues in the Midwest on Saturday at the Culver Inviitational. The Comets competed against the greatest of cross country programs in the Midwest, namely, Columbus North, Carmel, Miford, MI, St. Xavier.

Mason had it’s hands full and lacked some of the sharpness that will come as the season progresses finishing 11th as a team. Regardless, the Comets put all seven runners under the solid mark of 16:47, something that has never been done before. Tom Clark led the way for the Comets. Then the next 5 poured in within 10 seconds of each other. Conditions were wet and chilly but footing was decent. Individual times below:

39 Tom Clark 11 16:18 62 Nick Grismer 10 16:29 67 Zac Thompson 11 16:31 69 Joey Stimler 12 16:33 74 Alex Notton 12 16:38 88 Ryan Sanders 11 16:39 96 Dylan McElhenny 11 16:47

Next up Kings Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 25th.

The Mason Comets took another step forward against some of the strongest cross country teams in Ohio this past weekend at the Midwest Meet of Champions. A Mason tie with OH #3 ranked St. Ignatius gave the Comets a 2nd place finish overall based on the tiebreaker.

Five of the seven Mason varsity runners ran their fastest time of the season. Tom Clark finished under 16:00 minute mark (8th place, 15:59) for the first time ever, making himself 1 of the 4 Mason athletes to ever accomplish the feat. Alex Notton, Nick Grismer, Zac Thompson and Dylan McElhenny also ran seasonal best 5k times.

The Comets will focus on training for the next two weeks before the GMC Championships on October 13.

The Mason boy's and girl's cross country teams made it a "hat trick" at this weekends GMC meet. Both programs earned their third consecutive GMC Cross Country Championship to sweep the event at Sycamore High School on Saturday. The boy's team (30) topped second placce Oak Hills (73) by a 43 point margin while the Lady Comets (29) surged past Sycamore (87) by 58 points.

Senior Alex Notton (15:56) was the individual boy's champion and the first of three Mason runners to finish in the top three overall (1-2-3). Mason’s 2nd man across the line was junior Tom Clark in 16:01. Close behind was junior Zac Thompson in 16:03. Mason's 4th place finisher was sophomore Nick Grismer (16:35). Joey Stimler and Paul D'hyver were 15th and 17th, respectively. Mason piled in all 7 runners in the top 17 overall. Alex Notton was named the GMC Cross Country Athlete of the Year. Clark, Grismer, McElhenny, Notton and Thompson were all named 1st Team All-GMC.

For full results of the 2012 GMC Meet click here.  Both teams begin preparations for the OHSAA Southwest District Meet to be hosted by Mason next Saturday.  For information on the event click here.  The top 4 teams and top 16 runners advance to the Regional Meet on Saturday, October 27th at Troy. 

Mason CC Teams Sweep District

There were no surprises at the District Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Mason.  Both the Comet boy's and girls teams accomplished what they usually accomplish....win District Titles.  For the girls's it was their 4th straight District Championship, while the guys made it 5 in a row!  The top four teams advance to the Regional Meet next Saturday at Troy.

BOYS WIN 5TH STRAIGHT

The Mason  Comets boy's cc team just keeps rolling!  After last weeks 1st place at GMC, they win the District B race on Saturday with 33 points over 2nd place Lakota East. Mason poured in 5 runners in the top 15 overall and 7 in the top 20. It was a photo-finish for the individual champion and for the Comets.  Senior Alex Notton and junior Tom Clark crossed at virtually the same time, finishing just .06 seconds apart, taking the first two places overall. Their times put then 3rd and 4th fastest in Mason history! They were followed by junior Zac Thompson in 16:16, (6th),  junior Joey Stimler (9th) and junior Dylan McElhenny (15th) finishing out the top 5 scoring. Junior Ryan Sanders and Paul D’hyver finished as 6th and 7th men for Mason, both in the top 20 overall. Mason will face the best of the Southwest Region next Saturday at Troy, OH where the top 4 teams advance to the state meet on November 5th.  

Mason Boys CC Advance to State!

The Mason Boys Cross Country team advance to the State Cross Country Championship race for the 6th time in a row after finishing 2nd overall in a highly competitive Regional Championship!  The Comets finished behind 1st place St. Xavier.

Senior Connor Van Blaricom hoisted the runner up trophy as Mason’s 5th finisher in a career best of 16:29. Tom Clark and Alex Notton both ran excellent races, scoring only 12 points between them. Clark finished 5th and Notton, 7th. Junior Zac Thompson, senior Joey Stimler and senior Connor Van Blaricom all finished within 6 seconds of each other in 19th, 20th and 22nd place, rounding out the top 5 for Mason. Junior Dylan McElheeny and Sophomore Nick Grismer finished in 28th and 36th , respectively.

Click here for more information on all the team finishes.  These young men will proudly represent Mason for the 6th year in a row at the Ohio State Cross Country Championship this coming Saturday, November 3rd at National Trails Raceway.

Mason Boys State Runner up!

Saturday's 2nd place finish at National Trails was easily the best team performance of the season for the Mason boys distance runners. For the first time in Comet cross country history, all 7 finished the 5k course in under 16:30. The top 5 scorers all finished under 16:11. Mason finished 52 points behind the overall champion the St. Xavier Bombers and 16 points ahead of 3rd place Cleveland St. Ignatius.

Leading the way for the Comets was junior Tom Clark, finishing in 19th (15:47) in a personal best time. Clark earned All-Ohio for his performance on Saturday. Next was Alex Notton at 16:03, while Connor Van Blaricom finished 3rd with his personal best time of 16:06. After a rocky season, Van Blaricom rallied when it mattered with a firestorm of personal best performances in his last post season to help his team get to the state podium.
Finishing 4th for Mason was Joey Stimler in 16:10, also a personal best. Behind Stimler was junior Zac Thompson in 16:10, sophomore Nick Grismer at 16:15 (6th best underclassman in Ohio), and senior Dylan McElhenny in at 16:25. Both boys ran their peronal bests in their first ever state appearance.

Congratulations to all the Mason boys and girls runners who share a part of these State achievements. Mason High School and the Mason Community could not be prouder of each athlete and all your sacrifice and efforts.

The Mason ladies Cross Country team seemed to pick up where they loft off today at the first annual OHSAA state preview meet. It was a great event and the girls rolled the competition. With over 20+ teams in the race, the girls crushed thecompetition with a very low score, placing 4 girls in the top 15 places of a race with nearly 300 runners.

The team was led by LAUREN WOOD and then followed within 6 seconds by Emily Schlimm, Maegan Murphy and Tori Martin. These girls raced tightly together in a pack the whole race and were only separated by the competitive spirit of Lauren Wood as she pulled away in the end. Tori Blakeman, who was new to varsity this year, did great, placing fifth for the team and scoring in her varsity A debut. The team also had great production out of Emily Oliver, Bethany Angstadt and Annmarie Lake.

The Varsity B girls also did very well, crushing the competition in their race, with Nicole Steinbicker leadeing the way and Sara Hoanker not far behind. Freshman Audrey Adkins looked tough in her debut as did Mady Solimini and Leah Ford. Overall, the team did great winning both races and coming home with a lot of hardware. Next week is the Wilmington College XC Classic, so come out and cheer them on.

Next up is the Sycamore Sunset Invitational on Monday, August 20th.

This weekend at the Miamisuburg Invite the women of the Mason Cross Country team did very well. They were led into battle by #5 on our team, Emily Oliver. She was the top girl we ran on our team, in an effort to rest some of the others in the “four pack.”

The team won the meet with this A-/ B+ squad, who did quite well. The put 5 girls in the top 15 of the meet, and all 10 in the top 20. Next, behind Emily Oliver in a new season best of 20:05, was Bethany Angstadt. She ran well and placed just behind Emily, then came Leah Ford, a new rising star freshman who gets better and better each week. She looked great as she rolled a new season best, and the was Jen Center, the senior who is starting to really come into her own as well. The final scorer of the day, on this hot, humid day was Kara Wagner. The team also got great efforts from Katelyn Reckers and Loren Terry who ran to solid times, and placed high overall in the field as well.

Overall, it was a great team effort. The top girls got to rest some, and the others were able to step up and still win the meet in their absence. The team is shaping up quite well, and now boasting a new #1 in the State Ranking, they are brimming with confidence and ready to face all comers at next week’s Mason Invitational. The team should have some 80+ High School and Middle School teams, and we look for some of the best teams in 3 states to be ready to roll. Come out and cheer them on!

Top Five Teams:

1. Carmel 22

2. Mason 82

3. Beavercreek 117

4. Dublin Coffman 140

5. Sycamore 142

Saturday's girls meet was truly special. Torrential downpours the night before soaked the course, but parent teams worked tirelessly during the evening, and again starting at 5:30am to get the course ready. With 80 bags of pea gravel, hundreds of pounds of mulch, 1000s of feet of caution tape, the course was ready for the nearly 3086 runners participating at the event.

The race was loaded with talent including arch rival Beavercreek and solid teams from Sycamore, Dublin Scioto and Dublin Coffman. However, someone had the good idea to invite Carmel to town. The Mason girls ran well, but were defeated soundly by the Greyhounds from Indiana and finished 2nd overall. The Mason girl's battled from the gun, and did quite well beating the next closest team by over 30 points (BEAVERCREEK). The Lady Comets placed 3 girls in the top 15, and 4 and 5 were in the top 25 of this huge race.

The girls ran to slower than usual times, but the course was very challenging on this rainy, muddy day. Lauren Wood led the way with a solid time (19:40-9th place). After she crossed the line, the duo of Emily Schlimm and Maegan Murphy cross almost together (13th and 14th) with Tori Martin (22nd) a touch back, followed by Bethany Angstadt (24th). The girls also got good production out of Nicole Steinbicker, Tori Blakelman and Kinsey McBeath. Sydney Leiher of Beavercreek was the top ladies runner with a time of 19:02.

Top Five Teams:

1. Carmel 22

2. Mason 82

3. Beavercreek 117

4. Dublin Coffman 140

5. Sycamore 142

Overall it was a solid effort for the girls, and they look to continue the roll next week at the Cedarville Invitational.

Saturday the Lady Comet Cross Country team ran at the Cedarville Friendship Invitational. And...they ran great! The team scored a season low, (maybe an all time low) of only 16 points! This is 1 point off perfect and a very strong showing for such a large meet. The girls took 8 of the top 10 spots, and looked great doing it claiming 1st place overall at the event.

For the first time this year we had 2 girls under 19:00, Lauren Wood and Maegan Murphy, and one very close, Emily Schlimm. Tori Martin was our 4th finisher in a respectable 19:20, and Emily Oliver rounded out our scoring in a new personal best under 20:00 for the first time in her career.

The girls ran in a close pack for quite some time, and Kinsey McBeath also mixed it up with the top 5, showing her new found fitness and great racing strength. She ultimately finished 6th for us, in her highest placing ever as a Comet! Our 7th and final displacer was Leah Ford in a new personal best, also under 20:00.

We also had big days from many other runners including Erin Brush who is coming on like a house of fire, and Tori Blakeman who continues to do great as well. Overall, the girls are running great! In fact this is the 2nd fastest team average in the last 10 years that I am aware of, and they are still ranked #1 in the state. Look for us next week to take on the best that Indiana has to offer in the Culver Academy Invitational.

The girls ran this weekend at the Culver Academy Invitational. This is an epic meet with some of the top teams from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. The course is fast and beautiful, and the girls took advantage of the circumstances.

The team was led by Lauren Wood, and she ran to a new best time and a top 20 placing with Freshman Maegan Murphy not far behind. These two both ran new PRs and led the team to 3rd place finish behind the #2 in the country team from Carmel and the #22 team in the country, West Lafayette, IN. The team had a slew of personal bests times, and set a new Mason record with 6 girls under the 19:30 mark, and just missed our top team average time by mere tenths.

The team also had great production out of newcomer Emily Schlimm, and senior veteran Tori Martin, both of whom were in the top 35 runners overall. The big pleasant surprise of the week was from FRESHMAN, Leah Ford. Leah ran to a new PR (by 30+ seconds) and scored 5th for the Comets for the first time this year. Considering this is the #1 ranked team in Ohio, to score for this team is quite an accomplishment, and Leah just seems to get better and better each week.

Overall, the team ran great top to bottom and we even had lots of PRs in the JV race as well, with Bethany Angstadt running herself into a varsity position with a huge personal best time of 19:27!

The team moves on to the Midwest Meet of Champions next Saturday where they hope to bring home some more hardware before the Homecoming festivities.

The Girls Cross Country team went to battle this weekend at the annual Midwest Meet of Champions. This meet usually features some of the best teams in Ohio, and this year was no exception. The girls had to contend with 2011 State Champions in both the D2 and D1 realms, several other top 10 teams in Ohio, and a few good up and coming teams as well.

As usual this year, the girls did quite well finishing 2nd overall. However, it was not our best outing to date. The pack got a little broken up, the team became a little bit rattled early and we took our first loss to an Ohio team this year. The team was a D2 Team and the State Champion team of 2011, the home of Lebron, St. Vincent St. Marys. It was only a 5 point loss, but a loss none the less and one we don’t like. This marks only the 4th team in Ohio that we have loss to in the last 2 years, and about the 7th or 8th in the last 3 years. This is a great record, yes, but one would like to keep unblemished for a long time to come.

Lauren Wood led all Comets with a 3rd place finish and a new personal best time, she was followed by Maegan Murphy who also ran solidly, then came Emily Schlimm, Tori Martin and Emily Oliver was our 5th and final scorer for the day.

The girls received numerous awards at this meet, including nearly sweeping the field in the Fresh / Soph race, and the Jr / Sr. race with great efforts put forth by a number of athletes.

Mason CC Teams Sweep District

There were no surprises at the District Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Mason.  Both the Comet boy's and girls teams accomplished what they usually accomplish....win District Titles.  For the girls's it was their 4th straight District Championship, while the guys made it 5 in a row!  The top four teams advance to the Regional Meet next Saturday at Troy.  

GIRLS WIN FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TITLE

The Mason girls Cross Country team had a great outing on Saturday. It was a home meet for the Comets and the crowd was rocking!  The football team even came out to cheer on the Comets!    The girls ran awesome and produced some great times.  Mason scored a very low 30 points to second place St. Ursula's 73 points.  The team was led by Laruen Wood who battled to 3rd place overall and a new best time of 18:19.  Next was Maegan Murphy who also battled, for 4th place and a new best time as well.  Our Senior, Captain, Tori Martin was 3rd with a season best sub 19:00 effort and a  place of6th overall.   Emily Oliver and Leah Ford rounded out our scorers and put the finishing touches on a great day at Corwin Nixon Park.   The team continues to be ranked #1 in the State, and look very strong to defend their Regional Title next week at Troy.   Come out cheer the Lady Comets on next Saturday as they battle for their 6th Regional Title in 7 years and the opportunity to advance to State. 

Girls CC Defend Regional Title

Mason Girls Cross Country won another Regional Title on Saturday with an outstanding performance.  The Lady Comets finished 5 of their runners in the top 16 (previous best was three), each of whom received a regional medal and qualified for next Saturday’s State Meet.  As a team it marks the Comets 4th Regional Title in a row and sixth in the past seven years. The team was so dominate that they would have actually won the race if they hadn’t raced their first two girls and used our 6 and 7 girls as our #4 and #5 (or just scored all 7 of their runners). This is truly remarkable and something to be very proud of as a team unit.  The team did this all without their normal #4 / 5 runner, Emily Oliver, who has an injury at this time.  The other girls on the team took the challenge, stepped up, and did what needed to be done to win another title. 

The last Saturday in October at the Troy Cross Country course can be one of the best places you could ever be as an XC fan, coach or athlete.  The environment is truly electric and the course is one of the best for spectators.  The team’s scoring goal for the meet was under 60.  The Comets did much better scoring a very low 44, which is one of the best recorded at Troy in a long time for a girls Division 1 team.  Centerville (94) was second as a team followed by Springboro (134).  Click here for more information on all the team finishes.

Mason’s first scorer was Lauren Wood, who battled it out with the State’s best and placed 5th overall in a loaded field.  Next came freshman superstar Maegan Murphy who was not far behind in 8thplace.  Emily Schlimm was next for Mason, who in a huge breakout race, went sub 19:00 for the first time this year placing 13th.   Just behind Emily were Tori Martin and Leah Ford.   The team had their best-ever average team time, (18:50) and looked great doing it.  Mason’s two displacers in 6th and 7thwere Nicole Steinbicker and Bethany Angstadt, both of whom had great races, and did their part in this team effort.  

The Mason Girls were truly awesome! The teams is excited and primed for next Saturdays State Championships at National Trails Raceway.

Girls CC Leave No Doubt
They Are Ohio's Best!

Mason won its first girls cross country championship, taking home the Division I team trophy by a stunning 100 point margin over second place Centerville. The race was pretty much over after the first mile. After the 2 mile mark, the teams was in a great place with a significant lead. Mason's 5-7 runners were all in the top 40, which is very rare at a state meet. The team ran “lights out” with every girl on the team setting a new personal best, with some dropping as much as 25 seconds on a blazing fast course.

The Comets placed their top five runners in the top 26 overall and had an average time of 18:24. According to Ohio High School Athletic Association officials, that is the fastest average time for a state championship team. Mason’s 42 points is the fourth-lowest winning point total in the 35-year history of the girls’ state meet. Magnificat won the Division I title in 2009 with 28 points, while Upper Arlington (Class AAA, 1978) and Chardon (Class A-AA, 1979) each had 35 points in their championship runs. Mason was second two years ago and was third last year, missing a championship by five points and losing out on second place on a tiebreaker.
Mason was led by Lauren Wood (4th) with Maegan Murphy (13th) not far behind. After that came Tori Martin (17th ) and Emily Schilmm (23rd) then Mason's fifth and final scorer, Leah Ford (26th). Ford ran most the race with only one shoe. Wood, Murphy, Martin and Schlimm were each named All-Ohio. (top 25).

The Comets also had the best 6-7 racers with Emily Oliver and Nicole Steinbicker posting season best times. The duo was better than most team’s #2 or #3 girls. It was a display of total domination by the Comets.

"The girls ran with great passion and fire, and I could not be more proud of them," said Mason head coach Chip Dobson. "Being the favorite going in was fun, but scary."

Dobson becomes the first Cincinnati-area coach to lead two schools to a state championships; he coached Taylor to Division II titles in 2002 and 2004 and a runner-up finish in 2003.

Four of the seven Mason girls earned Academic All Ohio. In addition, Tori Marin and Lauren Wood, will most likely be selected to the prestigious Mid East Championship team, a showcase of the best Ohio seniors racing against 4 other states from around the region.

W/L

Score

Overall
Record

GMC
Record

Mason fell to Springboro by a score of 10-7 in their season opener on Friday evening. A 37-yard field goal by Springboro with 4:16 left in the 3rd quarter was all the scoring needed in the 2nd half.

The Comets tied the score at the end of the first half on a 31 yard pass from Joey Thomas to Rodney Hutchinson. That was all the points the Comet offence generated (201 total yards). Darryl Johnson had a good night, rushing 101 yards on 24 carries. Hutchinson was 8-15 passing for 88 yards.

Mason will travel to Lancaster next Friday, August 31st.

The Comet Football team traveled to Lancaster on Friday, Au. 31 and returned home their first "W" of the season. The Gales fell to the Comets by a score of 20-6 as the Mason offense rolled up 321 yards of total offense and help Lancaster to just 200.

Mason senior RB Darryl Johnson had a big night rushing for 202 yards (31 carries) and scoring all three of the Comet TD's. Mason QB Rodney Hutchinson was 4-8 passing for 91 yards. The Comet defense kept Lancaster out of the end zone allowing only 2 field goals.

Next up for Mason is Glen Este, Friday night Sept. 8th.

game stats

season stats

The Comets (1-1) welcomed the Glen Este (0-2) to Atrium Stadium on Friday, Sept., 7th. Mason was playing, in their final non-conference affair of the young season. Thanks to inclement weather it took the Comets two nights to notch a smashing 27-3 victory over the Trojans.

With less than 6 minutes left in the first quarter and no score a lengthy lightening delay sent both teams to the locker rooms. Athletic and game officials determined to postpone the game to Saturday evening at 6:30 pm.

Approximately 22 hours later the game resumed with 5:48 left in the first quarter and Glen Este in possession of the ball on their own 44 yard line. The first quarter ended with neither team able to score.

The second quarter had a lot more offense from both teams. Mason got on the board with 5:35 left in the 1st half when QB Rodney Hutchinson hit Joseph Thomas with a 42-yard TD pass putting the Comets in front 7-0. The Mason defense stopped a Glen Este drive deep in their own territory late in the second quarter. With 38 seconds remaining senior Darryl Johnson raced 66 yards into the end zone giving Mason a 13-0 lead. After a long kickoff return, Glen Este managed a 43 yard field goal to end the half (13-3).

Johnson ran for his second TD of the evening on a 22-yard scamper with 3:35 left in the 3rd quarter (20-3). He made it a "hat trick" on the night with a 42 yard jaunt with less than 3 minutes gone in the 4th quarter (27-3).

The Mason offense rolled up 325 yards of total offense with Johnson rushing for 209 yards by himself along with his three touchdowns.
Next week the Comets start their GMC schedule when they visit the Lakota West Firebirds.

game stats

season stats

Mason fell to Lakota West last Friday in their GMC opener by a final score of 30-13. The Comets were held to just four first downs through the first three quarters. Mason committed three turnovers plus had one punt blocked and a bad snap on another punt that led directly to 23 points for Lakota West. 

Lakota West led just 10-0 at halftime despite its decided advantages in turnovers and field position. Darryl Johnson was leading the GMC with 543 yards rushing coming into the game but was held to 98 yards on 24 carries.

Next up Mason hosts Hamilton on Friday, Sept. 21st.

game stats

season stats

Comets Down Big Blue

In another two-day affair the Comets completed a 35-14 victory over Hamilton this past Friday and Saturday. For the second time this season inclement weather forced a suspension of Friday's game that was completed on Saturday morning. Mason led 35-7 at the early morning restart.

The Comets rushed for 241 yards with Darryl Johnson gaining 182 on 32 carries. Sophomore quarterback Rodney Hutchinson also had a big night for the Comets. Hutchinson completed 15 of 17 passing attempts for 260 yards and two touchdowns.  Adam Osika was on the receiving end of the two Hutchinson touchdown throws.

Next Friday night is Homecoming when the Comets clash with the Colerain Cardinals. Mason will attempt to move on its 3-2 season record. The Cardinals enter the match with a 5-0 record after their 28-21 league win over Sycamore.

game stats

season stats

The Comets fell to powerful Colerain last Friday night by a score of 35-0. Mason trailed 14-0 at the half. A costly turnover early in the third quarter kept the Comets out of the end zone and staying in the contest wtih the Cardinals. Junior QB Jensen Harris passed for 100 yards, while senior RB Darryl Johnson rushed for 78 yards on 19 carries.

Mason goes to 3-3 on the season and 1-2 in the GMC. They will visit Fairfield next Friday.

game stats

season stats

The Comets traveled to Fairfield last Friday where they wallopped the Indians by a final score of 55-13. With the win Mason's goes to 2-2 in the GMC and 4-3 overall with three games remaining in the regular season (East, Princeton, Sycamore). Junior Cameron Gunnels put Mason on the board early in the first quarter returning a Fairfield punt 90 yards for a TD and a 7-0 Comet lead. Gunnels punt return ties Jeff Long's 1973 90-yard mark.

The offense generated 434 total yards while the defense held Fairfield to 233. The score was 35-6 at the half. Individual highlights included; QB Jensen Harris completed 6/8 passes for 204 yards and 3 TD's, Darryl Johnson rushed for 144 yards and 1 TD.

Next up Mason hosts Lakota East for their final home game of 2012.

game stats

The Mason Football team defeated Lakota East last Friday by a score of 28-13. the Comets rolled up 429 yards of total offense on senior night at Atrium Stadium. The defense shut out the high powered Thunderhawk defense in the 2nd half while the offense put two TD's on the scoreboard.

Senior RB Darryl Johnson rushed for 229 yards on 33 carries and scored a couple of TD's. Junior QB Jensen Harris was 12-16 passing for 174 yards and two touchdowns. Receiver Adam Osika caught 7 passes for 97 yards and TD. Mason's Jalen Mayo also added a receiving TD on a 12-yard pass from Harris in the 1st half.

While East's standout runner Will Mahone rushed for 138 yards, the Comet defense allowed a total of only 22 yards to the rest of the East offense. Mason is now 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the GMC. They travel to Princeton this coming Friday night.

game stats

season stats

game stats

season stats

game stats

season stats

The team followed up their Warrior victory with a 1st place finish at the Anderson Invitational on Thursday. The Comets shot a team score of 305 at Legendary Run Golf Course. Mason scores; Bryan King 75, Scott Purvis 75, PJ Green 76, Alex Ebel 79 and Mike Kingsolver 79.

Next up the Comets play in the Alter Invitational on Monday, August 20th

Another solid round from Mason White @ the Alter Invitational held at the historic and difficult Moraine Country Club on Monday, Aug. 20th.

 
The team tied for 3rd shooting a 311. They finished one shot behind Bishop Watterson, from Columbus, who posted a 310 and 5 behind St. Xavier with a 305. 

Mason White's Alex Ebel held the low round for the team with a 76. He was followed by senior PJ Greene and sophomore Scott Purvis with 78's. Bryan King posted a 79. 

Boys Golf Wins Own Invite!

The Mason Boy's Golf Team were not very friendly hosts on Tuesday, winning their own event, (Mason Invitational) over a field of talented teams. Mason scored a team total of 331 versus runnerup, Springboro, score of 336. St. Xavier (337)was third overall and Lakota East fourth (344).

Alex Ebel led the Comets with a 78. Other Mason scores: Bryan King (80), Scott Purvis (85) and Eric Swayer (88).

Next Event is Saturday @ Weatherwax both A & B will be playing Middletown Invitational.

Boys Golf Team earned another win at the Middletown Invitational! on Saturday at Weatherwx. The Comets totaled a team score of 304. PJ Greene was the overall medalist with a 71. See scores below:

PJ Greene: 71 *Medalist 
Alex Ebel: 76 *5th lowest 
Scott Purvis: 78
Bryan King: 79
Brandon Hack: 79

Next up Mason plays LaSalle at Clovernook on Monday, Aug. 27th.

What a great day for Mason Golf!

Mason White had another impressive day at the "rain delayed" LaSalle
Invitational on Monday, held at the enchanting and tricky Clovernook CC. The team
totaled 303 and took second place out of twelve teams. Fantastic
rounds from Alex Ebel with a 72 and Brandon Hack 75, Eric Swoyer 77 &
PJ Greene with a 79 positioned the Comets into a strong finish!

TOP 5 Teams:
1: Xavier 296
2:MASON 303
3:LaSalle 312.
4:Moeller 317
5:Springboro 318
__________________________________________________________

Mason Green vs Lakota East @ Shaker Run Golf Club
Mason: 159
Lakota East: 170
Mason top performers:
Senior Austin Hilbrnads with a 38, Junior Jack Walters with a 39,
Junior Justin Wise 40 & Sophomore Dylan Bryan with a 42!

Tecumseh Invitational Saturday, Aug. 25th @ Windy Knoll
(Mix of Varsity B and JV) Freshman Zach Rudy and Jr. Justin Wise both with 81!
We took 3rd out of 22 teams!

Next up Mason White is at Shaker Run for a match with St. Xavier on Tuesday, Sept. 4th.

Mason 161

Lakota West 172

Turpin 178

The Mason Varsity White Golf team earned a Thursday night win over Turpin and Lakota West. Scott Purvis posted the low score with at 38 followed by PJ Greene with a 39 on Shaker Run Golf Club Lakeside! Way. Team scores below:

Mason 161
Lakota West 172
Turpin 178

Next up Mason will play St. Xavier HS at Shaker Run on Tuesday, Sept. 4th.

Mason 153

St. X 157

The Comet Boy's Golf team defeated St. Xavier on Tuesday by a score of 153-157 at Shaker Run Golf Course. Leading the way for Mason was PJ Greene with a 36. Other Comet scores below:

PJ Greene...............36
Eric Swoyer.............42
Bryan King...............36
Brandon Hack.........42
Scott Purvis.............39
Michael Kingsolver.43

Next up Mason participates in the Steve Flesch Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 8th.

Mason 171

Hamilton 212

Mason defeated Hamilton on Tuesday, Sept. 11th shooting 171 vs. 212 on Shaker Run Meadows from the tips. Jake Waugh had the low 9 with a 42.

Tomorrow Mason white plays Lakota East and Mason Green plays Fairfield.

MASON 146

Lakota East 159

Lakota West 162

Good work by the COMETS shooting a 2 overpar total of (146) in their victory over both Lakota East (159) and Lakota West (162) on Wednesday afternoon! GREAT rounds by Scott Purvis (35) Brandon Hack (36) and Bryan King (37). Congrats to PJ Greene (38) for earning the #1 spot for the GMC Championships scheduled for next Wednesday and Friday at Weatherwax.

PJ...............38
Alex............44
Scott...........35
Bryan..........37
Eric.............41
Brandon......36

Next up Mason partcipates in the Hadley Invite on Saturday, Sept. 15th.

The Comets win the Hadliey Invitaitonal on Saturday with a team score of 311 on a very tough course setup at Weatherwax Golf Course Mason was first out of 35 Division 1 teams at the event. No other info available at time of publication.

Next up are the boy's GMC Championships back at Weatherwax this Wednesday and Friday.

It was All-Mason at this years GMC Championships that concluded at Weatherwax Golf Course on Friday, Sept. 21st. The Comets boys captured their first GMC Golf title.

The boy's shot a team score of 614 topping second place Oak Hills and Lakota West by 23 strokes. Lakota East and Sycamore rounded out the tourney top 5 teams. Mason's win broke a string of three consecutive seasons of second place finishes at the event (2011, 2010 and 2009).

Mason was led by senior Alex Ebel's two-day total of 149 (74-75). Alex was one stroke shy of senior Lakota West medalist, Marshal Stretch's 148. Other Comet scores below:

Brandon Hack 151, Scott Purvis 158, Bryan King 161, Eric Swoyer 161, and PJ Greene 165.

Mason is back in action on Saturday, Sept. 25th at the Bishop Waterson Invite. Upcoming are the OHSAA Sectional Championships on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd.

M-153

L-161

P-218

On Tuesday, Mason participated in a tri-meet with LaSalle and Purcell. See scores below:

M-153

L-161

P-218

Individual scoring below:

Medalist: Alex Ebel....36
Scott Purvis..............41
Brian King................38
Brandon Hack..........38
Eric Swoyer..............46
Michael Kingsolver....47

Mason is back in action on Saturday, Sept. 29th at the Bishop Waterson Invite. Upcoming are the OHSAA Sectional Championships on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd.

The Mason boy's golf team fiinished 3rd overall (299) at the Bishop Watterson Invitational this past Saturday. Centerville (287) won the event followed by Upper Arlingtion (288). Mason scores below:

Alex...............78
PG.................75
Scott..............70
Bryan.............81
Brandon.........76
Eric................82

"I am very happy with this showing," said head coach Tim Lambert." Thrid out of 26 teams in a strong field is wonderful."

Next up for the Comets is the OHSAA Sectionals at Glenview on Tuesday, October 2nd.

2nd place

1 Moeller*** 291 District Qualifier

2 Mason*** 302 District Qualifier

3 Lakota East*** 306 District Qualifier

4 Loveland*** 308 District Qualifier

The Mason boy's golf team finished 2nd at Tuesday's OHSAA Southwest Sectional tournament at Glenviewl. The Comets fiinshed with a team score of 302. Moeller was the overall winner with a team score of 291. Lakota East (306) and Loveland (308) rounded out the top four. Below are individual Mason scores from yesterday's competition:

Alex Ebel Sr 36 38 74

P J Greene Sr 39 41 80

Scott Purvis So 34 39 73 (5th overall)

Bryan King Sr 41 39 80

Brandon Hack Sr 38 37 75

The top four teams advance to the Division 1 Soutwest District Championships to be held at Weatherwax Golf Course on Thursday, October 11th. District will qualify three (3) teams and the three (3) individual low scorers not on a qualifying team to the State Tournament, October 19-20, 2012.

M-165

S-170

The Comet Lady linksters won the Middletown Invitational on Wednesday, Aug. 15th with a team score of 313. Macy was 3rd place overall with a 76 (including an eagle), Miranda was 4th place with a 77, and Tara was 6th place with a 79. Katie rounded up the top 10 with her 81

Mason B Team--Congrats to Carson for her first birdie and to happen in her first high school tournament

The Mason girls golf team finished 4th overall at the Pickerington North Golf Invitational on Aug. 17th. See individual scoring below:

Tara Leibert   74  Macy Hubbard   82 Morgan Schaffer   81    Katie Tomassoni   90 Miranda Dubler  83    Rachel Vossman     85

Next up Mason is at Walden Ponds on Aug. 27th.

Mason 166

St. Ursula 167

CHCA 286

Mason (166) defeated St. Ursula (167) and CHCA (245) at the TPC meet on Tuesday, August 21st. Tara Liebert led the Lady Comets with a 38.

Next match is at Walden Ponds on Monday, August 27th, against Princeton, Fairfield, and MND.

Mason had a quad match with Fairfield, Mt. Notre Dame, and Princeton on August 27th. Mason won with a score of 154, their best team scored of the year so far.

Mason-154
MND-172
Fairfield-181
Princeton 239

The medalist was senior Tara Liebert with a two under round of 34. Quinn Atkinson shot a 38 to be runner up medalist. Next up Mason will play Middletown on Wednesday, Aug. 29th.

On August 29th Mason played Middletown at Weatherwax and won with a score of 159 -- Middletown 254. Tara Liebert was the medalist of the match with a 2 over round of 38. Macy Hubbard was runner-up with a 39. The Comets match record is 7-0.

Next up Mason plays a dual match at Four Bridges on Thursday, Sept. 6.

Mason 150

East 184

West 209

On September 6, Mason played against Lakota East and West at Four Bridges Country Club. It was a fun day of golf. Mason won with an overall score of 150 while East was 184 and West 209. Tara Liebert led the comets with a 3-under par round of 33. This was a personal best for Tara. Miranda Dubler was runner-up with a one-over par round of 37. Rachel Vossman also posted a solid round of 39. This team score was a season best for the Comets.

Next up Mason plays at the Dublin Jerome Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 8th.

Mason Girls competed in the Dublin Jerome Celtic Invitational on September 8th in Columbus. The Comets finished in a tie for 2nd place, but by taking the 5th score, Mason finished 2nd with a score of 329. Dublin Jerome was first by two shots with a 327.

Tara Liebert led the comets with a top 5 finish of 78. Morgan Schaffer was second for the team with an 81. Mason competes today against Kings and Oak Hills at Walden Ponds.

Mason 149

Kings 177

Oak Hills 179

On Monday September 10th, Mason defeated Kings and Oak Hills at Walden Ponds by shooting a season best score of 149. Kings finished 2nd with a 177 and Oak Hills 3rd with a 179. Tara Liebert earned another medalist award by shooting another 33 (3-under par). Quinn Atkinson was runner-up with a one-over round of 37. Congratulations to Quinn for having her first eagle by holing out a 108 yard shot. Hannah Bennie shot a very solid round of 39 to help with the Comets win.

Next up Mason plays Ursuline on Wednesday, Sept. 12th.

Mason 160

Ursuline 177

Mason ended their regular season with a win over undefeated Ursuline Academy on Wednesday. Mason shot a 160 and Ursuline had a 177 at Heritage. Tara Liebert led the Comets with an even-par round of 36. The Comets ended their regular season with a 12-0 record.

The GMC Tournament is next week on the 18th and 21st at Weatherwax.

After Tuesdays first round of play, the Comet ladies are currently in first place going into todays final round at the GMC Championships at Weatherwax.

Next up Mason will play St. Angela Merici at Walden Ponds on Saturday, Sept. 22nd.

The Lady Comets earned a fourth conference championship (6 seasons in GMC) with a 1st place finsih at the GMC Championships on Saturday.

For the Lady Comets the margin of victory was 36 strokes over 2nd place Sycamore (last years defending champion). East, Oak Hills and Fairfield completed the top 5. Senior Tara Liebert led the girls with a combined two-day score of 148. Mason had five girls finish in the top 10. Other scores below:

Quinn Atkinson 160, Morgan Schaffer 165, Miranda Dubler 165, Rachel Vossman 170 and Macy Hubbard 173.

Upcoming are the OHSAA Sectional Championships on Monday, Oct. 1st.

Lady Comet Golf Team Advances in the Post Season

The Mason Girl's Golf Team added another championship trophy to their 2012 collection, winning the OHSAA Southwest District Sectional on Monday at Walden Ponds Golf Course.  The Lady Comets (312) bested second place St. Ursula (345) by 33 shots.  Seton (355) finished third, followed by Lakota East (359).  Mason finished third overall at last years sectional event.  The top four teams earn the privilege of advancing to the District Championships..  In addition to their recent GMC Championship, the team has placed first at the Sycamore and Middletown Invitationals.  Individual Sectional scores below:

Tara Liebert  74

Miranda Dubler 75

Macy Hubbard 79

Quinn Atkinson 84

Morgan Schaffer 86

Mason will play in the District Championships at Weatherwax Golf Course on Thursday, October 11th. The District will qualify three (3) teams and the three (3) individual low scorers not on a qualifying team to the State Tournament, October 19-20, 2012.

The Mason girls golf team finished 5th overall at this past weekends State Championships.

The Comets shot a 323 the first day and a 328 the second day. The girls played 2 steady rounds of golf. "The second day’s conditions were much tougher so I am very proud of the girls and their efforts to play well," said head coach Karen Binzel.

Miranda Dubler shot a 78 the first day which was team best for the day. Tara Liebert shot a 78 the second day. All season, the girls played consistently well and continued this at State.

"While we did not have very low scores, we didn’t have high scores either," said Binzel. "We are looking forward to returning to State in 2013."
The Girls Division I overall champion was Dublin Jerome High School. This was Mason's fifth girls OHSAA State Tournament Team appearance in the history of the program.

For complete results of the tournament click here.

W/L

Score

Overall
Record

GMC
Record

The 2012 Comet boy's soccer team opened their season with a solid 3-0 shutout effort against Springboro on Thursday, August 23rd. See below for stats:

Goals: Jack Clark 2, Connor Bauer
Assists: Connor Bauer 2, Eric Liddell
Shutout: Pedro Diaz 3 saves, Spencer Parrish 3 saves

Next up Mason visits Loveland on Saturday, Aug. 25th.

Mason shutout one of Cincy's top teams on Tuesday, Sept. 4th with a 3-0 defeat of St. Xavier. Less than two minutes into the first half Mason got on the board with a goal from Jack Clark. Later Noah Zelkind and Sam Conkwright added goals. Assists were dished out by Michael Marino and Connor Bauer. Pedro Diaz played flawlessly in goal with 7 saves.

Next up Mason is home against Hamilton on Thursday, August 6rh.

The boy's soccer team opened GMC play on Thursday with a 9-0 blasting of visiting Hamilton. See scoring details below:

Goals: Jack Clark, Sam Conkwright, John Gast, Noah Zelkind, Michael Marino, Connor Bauer, Brady Daulton, Zach Lust, Rob Bramwell.
Shutout: Pedro Diaz 1 save, Spencer Parrish 1 save.

Next up Mason hosts Centerville at 2:00 pm on Saturday, Sept. 8th.

The Boy's Soccer team dropped a hard fought match on Saturday to the State's #2 ranked tea, the Centerville Elks, by a final score of 1-0. The Elks what proved to be the only score of the game at the 20 minute mark in the first half. The Comets were held to very few offiensive opportunites during the half, but also displayed a tough stingy defense of their own.

Next up Mason is at Sycamore on Tuesday, Sept. 11.

The boys soccer team got a big 1-0 win over Sycamore on Tuesday, Sept. 11. Jack Clark scored the lone goal while keeper Pedro Diaz kept the Aves out of the net with 7 saves. Noah Zelkind assisted on Clark's goal.

Next up the Comets visit Princeton on Thursday.

Mason boys soccer defeated Princeton on Thursday night by a score of 6-0. See summary below:

Goals: Noah Zelkind 2, Connor Bauer, Sam Conkwright, Jack Clark, Marcin Zubrowski
Assists: Jack Clark 2, Josh Greenfield 2, Sam Conkwright
Shutout: Pedro Diaz 1 save, Spencer Parrish 2 saves

The Comets record goes to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in the GMC. Next up they will host Fairmont on Saturday, Sept. 15th.

The boys soccer team continued their winning ways with a 7-1 rout of Kettering Fairmont on Saturday. See summary below:

Goals: Connor Bauer 2, Jack Clark, Sam Conkright, Conner Couchot, Chris Roman, David Matthias

The Comets advance to 6-2 overall and host Colerain on Tuesday, Sept. 18th.

The Mason boy's soccer team stays undefeated with a 4-1 win over Colerain on Tuesday night. The Comets are 4-0 in the conference, tied with Lakota West. Mason is 7-2 overall. See summary below:

Goals: Jack Clark 2, Josh Grant, Connor Bauer
Assists: Connor Bauer, Josh Greenfield, Caleb Griffith, Michael Marino

Next up the Comets visit Middletown on Thursday, Sept. 20th.

Mason sits on top of the GMC standings at 5-0 (8-2 overall) after a 8-0 drubbing of Middletown on Thursday evening. Lakota West is close behind with a 4-0-1 conference mark. See summary below:

Goals: Chris Roman 2, Jack Clark, Connor Bauer, Josh Greenfield, J.J. Iroh, Harry Taylor, David Matthias
Shutout: Pedro Diaz 1 save, Spencer Parrish 1 save

Next up the Comets visit Milford on Saturday, Sept. 22nd.

Mason shutout Milford on Saturday by a score of 6-0. Next up they have a big GMC match at Fairfield on Thursday, Sept. 27th. The Comets are 5-0 in the GMC and 9-2 overall.

Goals: Jack Clark 3, Connor Bauer, Josh Grant, Noah Zelkind
Assists: Noah Zelkind, Michael Marino, Conner Couchot
Shutout: Pedro Diaz 1 save, Spencer Parrish 2 saves

Boys Soccer Stays On Top in GMC Race

Thursday night the Mason boy's soccer team got a big GMC win against Fairfield by a score of 2-0. The win keeps them undefeated in the conference (6-0) with a 10-2 overall record. See scoring summary below:

Goals: Jack Clark, Noah Zelkind
Assists: Harry Taylor, Brady Daulton
Shutout: Pedro Diaz 6 saves

Next up Mason hosts Oak Hills on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd.

The Comet boy's soccer team took another important step in the GMC last night with a tough 3-0 win over visiting Oak Hills. All of Mason's goals came in the 2nd half. See scoring below:

Goals: Michael Marino, Noah Zelkind, Jack Clark
Assists: Noah Zelkind 2, Michael Marino, Josh Greenfield
Shutout: Pedro Diaz 5 saves

Next up Mason has a GMC matchup with Lakota West (11-2, 5-0-1 GMC) at home on Thursday evening. The Firebirds are currently in second place in the conference behind the 7-0 Comets. Come out and support the team in this crucial GMC contest. JV 5:00 pm Varsity 7:00 pm.

Mason gets a goal in the last three minutes of the game to defeat Lakota East on Tuesday by a score of 1-0. Jack Clark dribbled the ball over 60 yards to beat the Thunderhawk keeper and score the only goal of the game. Senior Pedro Diaz made five saves to get the shutout.

Mason finishes GMC play undefeated in the league at 9-0. They will finish the regualr season at Lebanon tomorrow. The Comets are the #1 seed in the upcoming OHSAA Sectional. Their first match is against the winner of the Oak Hills/Glen Este game on Thursday, Oct. 18th at 7:00 pm at Mason.

SECTIONAL

Mason (#1) vs. OH or Glen Este

7:00 @ Mason

The boy's soccer team advanced in the postseason with a Sectional 2-0 victory over Oak Hills last night. Michael Marino scored both of the Comet goals off assists by Noah Zelkind and Connor Bauer. Pedro Diaz notched his 12th shutout of the season with 5 saves.

Mason (#1 seed) advances to the Sectional Final to face Turpin (#8 seed) at Lakota West on Monday, Oct. 22nd at 7:00 pm.

SECTIONAL FINAL

vs. Turpin

@ Lakota East 7:00

The Boys Soccer team advanced in the postseason with a 2-1 Sectional Final victory over Turpin on Monday evening. Noah Zelkind and Josh Grant scored Mason's goals. Caleb Griffith and Josh Greenfield provided assists. The Comets will face Centerville in a District Championship match at 7:30 pm on Thursday at Lakota East High School (Turf field). The Elks are currently the No. 5 ranked team in the State while Mason is ranked #10. Centerville got an early season1-0 win over the Comets back on Sept. 8th. Both teams are #1 seeds. The winner will advance to the Regional Semi-Finals next week.

District Championship

vs. Centerville (#1 seed)

7:30 at Lakota East

Mason Boys Soccer Claims District Title

Comets Advance With 4-1 Elk Upset

The Mason Boy's Soccer Team put it all together last night, offensively and defensively, to stun #5 ranked Centerville and earn their 3rd Southwest District Championship.  The Comets put 4 goals in the net and allowed just one to advance to the OHSAA Regional Semi-Finals.  Ironically, the last time Mason defeated Centerville was in the 2009 District Title match on the same field by a similar score.  The Elks had won the three previous meetings between the two schools by a combined total of 5 goals.  

The contest was a tough physical match up between two powerful programs.  Mason took control early when senior forward Noah Zelkind blasted a shot off a rebound to put the Comets up 1-0.  Six minutes later Zelkind scored again off an assist from junior Jack Clark to give the Comets a 2-0 advantage going into the half.  

Mason's third and fourth goals came early in the second half off the foot of Clark, one on an assist from Chris Roman.  The Elks managed the final goal of the match with 3:51 remaining and the game well in the hands of the victorious Comets.  

Mason has made two previous appearances in the regional semi's, both overtime loses to Lakota West (2009) and Elder (2007). It will be a Halloween regional semi-final matchup when Mason and St. Xavier (#3 in the city polls) meet on Wednesday, October 31 at 7:00 pm (location still to be determined).   The Bombers knocked off Beavercreek 4-2  on Thursday to advance. Mason defeated St. Xavier earlier this season by a score of 3-0.  The Comets are ranked #1 in the city and #5 in the state polls with an overall record of 16-2-1.

Regional Semi-Final

vs. St. Xavier

7:00 pm @ Lakota East

Mason Shocks St. X in Overtime

Advances to the State Great Eight

The Mason Boy's Soccer team achieved a program first on Wednesday night when they defeated St. Xavier 2-1 in a thrilling overtime win. The "third time was the charm" for the Comets in their attempt to advance to the Regional Finals. Mason had lost in two previous attempts in 2007 and 2009. At one point on Wednesday it looked like another opportunity would be lost.

St. Xavier took a 1-0 lead with 26:09 left in regulation when a St. Xavier midfielder took a shot from 25 yards away and it found a home in the upper part of the net just past the outstretched arm of goalie Pedro Diaz. Mason pressed forward following the goal and got the equalizer with 13:46 remaining when senior midfielder Joshua Greenfield chipped a shot over the Bomber keeper for his second goal of the season.

Neither team could score in the final minutes of regulation and the game headed to overtime. Jack Clark ended it when he powered a pass from senior midfielder Michael Marino into the upper left corner of the net four minutes, 13 seconds into sudden victory over­time to give the Comets a 2-1 win in the Division I regional semifinals. It was the second victory of the season over the No. 3 ranked Bombers who came into the game with 7 consecutive shutouts.

Mason (#1 city, #10 state) improves their overall record to 17-2-1 and will play a familar foe in Lakota West on Saturday for a Regional Championship and trip to the State Final Four. West defeated Wayne on Wednesday by a score of 4-0 to advance. Mason defeated Lakota West 4-2 back on Oct. 4th to win a GMC championship. The Firebirds are ranked No. 2 in the city polls and No. 4 in the state. Game time at Lakota East on Saturday is 11:00 am.

Regional Final

vs. West

11:00 at East

Mason Keeper Pedro Diaz
Stops the Firebirds

After 80 minutes of regulation and two 15-minute sudden death overtime periods, Mason senior goalie Pedro Diaz put the team on his back, stopping 4 Lakota West penalty kicks to help the Comets streak to a 2-1 Regional Title. The contest went to PK’s after neither team could score during regulation and OT. Five players from each team had an opportunity to score against the opposing teams keeper. The teams alternate kickers until a winner is determined by who scores the most goals. Diaz did almost the impossible stopping 4 Firebird attempts, while the Comets had their own problems scoring, getting three of their five chances blocked. Mason junior Connor Couchot was the fourth kicker of five in the PK shootout. With both teams having already scored one goal, Couchot’s shot hit the far post and dribbled into the net giving the Comets a 2-1 advantage and the win.

The Comets (18-2-1) handed West (17-2-1) their only two loses in 2012, but had a much more difficult time on Saturday. The defense of both teams controlled the game throughout the 110 minutes of play, turning away numerous scoring opportunities. It’s been a historic season for the boy’s team setting a new record for wins in a season (18) topping the 2007 Comets record of 17-1-2. Of note, Lakota West (2004) was the last GMC team to advance to a boy’s State Final Four.

State Semi-Final

vs. Olentangy Liberty

7:00 Bellbrook

The Mason Boys "season-to-remember" came to a conclusion on Wednesday night in the State Semi-Finals with a 1-0 loss to Olentangy Liberty.

The Comets (18-3-1) were playing in their first-ever State Final Four at Bellbrook High School vs. last years State Runnerup. The Patriots entered the game as the No. 2 ranked team in the state after defeating Dublin Coffman in the Regional final. Mason (advanced after defeating Lakota West in a shoot out to win their first Regional Championship.

The first half Olentangy applied constant pressure on the Mason defense. The Patriots demonstrated an array of technical ability the Comets had not seen from other teams they had competed against in the regular and/or postseason. The Mason offense struggled to put together any serious scoring threat spending most of the first half turning away their opponents offensive attempts. The Comets fortunately escaped to half time after playing on their heels most of the first 40 minutes.

In the second half the match evened up with wide open play by both teams. The Comet defense tightened, but still experienced constant threats by a talented Patriot squad. Mason's luck ran out with less than 5 minutes remaining when a loose ball in the box found its way to an Olentangy forward who buried it into the back of the goal. The only goal of the game by the Patriots stood to send them to the State Final at Crew Stadium.

It was a historic season for the boys program in 2012 as the team earned GMC, Sectional, District and Regional Championships. The Comets 18 wins was a school record along with a first-ever appearance in the State Tournament. Congratulations to all the players and coaches on a tremendous season.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

@ Columbus Crew Stadium 7:00 pm

W/L

Score

Overall
Record

GMC
Record

The Girls Soccer team got their 2012 season off to a good start with a 3-0 shutout victory at Lebanon. Goals were scored by Madi Melnick. Jami Pfeifer. and Emily Calvani. Shutout by Toni Bizarro and Kelsey Harris. 

Next up Mason visits St. Ursula on Tuesday, August 21st.

The Mason girls soccer team got another early seson win against a top opponent on Tuesday, Aug. 21st when the shut out St. Ursula 1-0. Highlights: Mason goal by Alex neihoff assisted by Demi Moses Shutout by kelsey Harris 5 saves and Toni bizarro with 7 saves.

Next up the Lady Comets host Loveland on Saturday, Aug. 25th.

The Mason girls start the season 3-0 with a 3-0 win over Loveland on Saturday night.

Both Mason goals scored in the first half by Alex Niehoff and Sami Rutowski scored the second half goal. Assists in the game by Jami Pfiefer, Jill Vetere and Rachel Holloway. The shutout was earned by Kelsey Harris (2 saves) and Toni Bizzarro (3 saves).

Mason will play Seton at home tonight at 7 pm at Mason.

The Lady Comets Soccer team got GMC play underway last night with a 6-0 shutout of Hamilton. Mason goals by Jami Pfeifer (2), Jennifer Williams, Dani Meyer, Jill Vetere and Alex Neihoff. Shutout shared by Kelsey Harris and Toni Bizzarro with 2 combined saves.

Mason is now 5-0 and 1-0 in the GMC with their next match versus Sycamore at home on Tuesday night.

On Tuesday night, Mason (6-0, 2-0) defeated Sycamore (1-5, 1-2) at home by a score of 4-0 to notch it's second conference win of the season.

After a hard fought first half, Mason was up by a score of 1-0 on Sycamore. The lone goal of the first half was scored on a header at the far post by sophomore Rachel Holloway off of a cross by senior Jamie Pfeifer about 23 minutes into the half. The second half started much as the first half ended. The game was broken open about 15 minutes into the second half when Mason scored three goals in a little more than three minutes, including 2 goals by sophomore Jill Vetere, one an unassisted corner kick. Junior Alex Niehoff scored the other goal during this two minute scoring frenzy, with the assist coming off of the foot of Vetere.

Mason played tough team defense throughout the game enabling the goalkeeping tandem of junior Kelsey Harris and freshman Toni Bizzarro to earn their sixth combined shutout of the season with a combined six saves.

Mason has it's next conference challenge this Thursday, 9/13, as they host Princeton at home.

On Thursday night, Mason (7-0, 3-0) remained undefeated by beating Princeton (3-5, 1-3) at home by a score of 7-2. Mason gave up it's first goals of the season, one each in the first and second halves of the game.


Mason senior Jami Pfeifer and sophomore Rachel Holloway each scored two goals, one each in the first and second halves of the game. First half goals were added by sophomore Jill Vetere and an own goal off of a Holloway cross, resulting in Mason being up 4-1 at the half.

The other second half goal was scored by sophomore Dani Meyer on a shot from about 22 yards out that finished in the upper 90 of the near post, just over the outstretched fingers of the Princeton keeper. Mason had 27 shots on goal during the contest as compared to Princeton with 2.

Mason has it's next game and conference challenge on Tuesday, 9/18, at Colerain.

Sophomore Jill Vetere scored three first half goals to lead Mason (9-0, 5-0) to a conference victory over visiting Middletown (0-4-1, 4-5-2) Thursday night by a final score of 7-0.

Vetere scored two of her three goals in a span of less than 2 minutes about 25 minutes into the first half to give Mason a commanding 3-0 lead. Her third goal came on a penalty kick after she was taken down in the box after breaking free with just over two minutes left in the first half. First half scoring was started by senior Jamie Pfeifer, scoring her conference leading 9th goal of the season. Senior Sami Rutowski also added a goal in the first half.

Senior Madison Melnick and junior Cloe Knue rounded out the scoring with second half goals. Pfeifer and Knue had an assist each as well. Seniors Kathy Connor and Jenn Wiliams and junior Alex Niehoff also had assists in the game.

Mason continues to play stifling team defense, limiting Middletown to one shot on goal the entire game, thus earning the team's eighth shutout of the season.

Mason will face a tough nonconference challenge next when they play ECC leading Milford (3-0-0, 8-0-2) Saturday, 9/22, night on the road.

Comets Stay Perfect!

Lead by two goals and an assist from senior Madison Melnick, Mason (10-0, 5-0) used a four goal second half to win a tough nonconference match against Milford (8-1-2, 3-0-0) Saturday night with a final score of 5-1.

Melnick scored about 16 minutes into the first half, but Milford quickly answered a little over a minute later to leave the game tied at the half 1-1. Melnick added a goal less than 2 minutes into the second half and Mason never looked back, scoring three more goals before the half was over. Sophomore Rachel Holloway scored on a cross from fellow sophomore Jill Vetere, one of two assist for Vetere in the game. Senior Jami Pfeifer added a goal and an assist and junior Alex Niehoff a goal in the second half. Seniors Demi Moses and Sami Rutowski both had assists in the second half.

Milford pressed hard for much of the second half, but the Mason defense, lead by freshman keeper Toni Bizzarro with 6 saves, were up to the task, not surrendering a second half goal.

Conference foe Fairfield (5-1-4, 3-1-1) will visit Mason Thursday, 9/27, and provide the Comet's next challenge.

Senior Jamie Pfeifer scored the lone goal for either team, as Mason (11-0, 6-0) prevailed at home in a physical, defensive struggle against conference foe Fairfield (5-2-4, 3-2-1) by a final score of 1-0 Thursday night.

Pfeifer scored an unassisted goal with just under 6 minutes remaining in the first half. The game was a defensive struggle throughout, as both teams managed only four shots on goal each, with Pfiefer having two of those, including the game winner.

Mason's goal keeping tandem of junior Kelsey Harris and freshman Toni Bizzarro, supported by aggressive team defense, recorded their ninth combined shutout of the season.

Mason will face another tough nonconference test this Saturday, 9/29, at home vs. Ursuline Academy (6-2-2, 1-1-1).

Senior Jami Pfeifer scored two first half goals to lead Mason (14-1-1, 8-0-1) to a 2-1 victory over Anderson (4-11-0, 3-3-0) on the road Thursday night in a nonconference battle.

On Senior Night at Anderson, Mason found themselves in unusual territory, being outshot by Anderson nine shots on goal to only six for Mason. About 3 minutes into the contest, Pfeifer scored on an assist from fellow senior Sami Rutowski. Anderson scored the equalizer on a shot just over the outstretched fingers of Mason junior goalkeeper Kelsey Harris about 23 minutes into the first half. Pfeifer scored her second goal of the half with about two and a half minutes remaining to give Mason a 2-1 lead going into the half.

Both teams had quality opportunities in the second half, but failed to convert, as the Anderson goalkeeper and Mason's freshman goalkeeper Toni Bizzarro were up to the task, with Bizzarro stopping five shots on goal.

Next up:  The Comets are the #1 seed in the upcoming OHSAA Sectional tournament.  They will host Princeton (#24 seed) on Saturday, October 20th at 2:00 pm.

Sectional

Mason (#1) vs. Princeton

2:00 @ Mason

In their first game of the 2012 postseason, Mason (15-1-1) defeated Princeton (5-12-1) at Mason by a score of 8-0.

Mason had a very balanced scoring attack, with eight different players accounting for their eight goals. Mason senior Jami Pfeifer scored one of the Comets' two first half goals just over five minutes into the match. Sophomore Rachel Holloway added a goal at about the half way point of the first half and Mason took a 2-0 lead into the half.

The second half saw Mason score 5 goals in the first 15 minutes of the half, with goals scored by senior Madison Melnick, sophomore Jill Vetere, senior Demi Moses, junior Alex Niehoff and sophomore Dani Meyer. Senior Carolyn Springsteen scored the final goal of the match with just over 23 minutes remaining. Mason tallied 23 shots on goal during the contest as compared to Princeton with 3.

Mason's goalkeeping tandem of freshman Toni Bizzarro and junior Kelsey Harris, aided by solid team defense, combined for their 11th shutout of the season.

Mason will next play on Tuesday, October 23rd, at 7:00pm at Winton Woods against the winner of today's McCauley vs Mercy postseason match.

Sectional

vs. Mercy

7:00 pm Winton Woods

In their Sectional Final match on Wednesday, Mason (16-1-1) defeated Mercy (10-4-4) at Winton Woods by a score of 3-0.

Mason scored two quick goals to start the match, played solid team defense and maintained ball possession throughout and added an early second half goal to secure the win.

Junior Alex Neihoff scored the game's first goal off of a throw-in into the box by senior Madison Melnick about two and a half minutes into the first half. About 40 seconds later, sophomore Jill Vetere scored with the assist going to senior Sami Rutowski, the first of two assists for Rutowski on the night. Three and a half minutes into the second half, senior Jami Pfeifer scored after receiving a near perfect through ball from Rutowski, shooting the ball past the charging Mercy keeper and into the far corner of the net.

Mason's freshman goalkeeper, Toni Bizzarro, called on to play the entire game for the first time this season, stopped all nine shots faced on the night as the Mason defense recorded their 12th shutout of the season.

Mason advances to the District Championship on Saturday, October 27th, at Lakota East against Troy, who defeated Springboro 1-0 in overtime in their District Semi-Final match. Game time 2:00 pm.

District Championship

vs. Troy

3:00 pm @ Lakota East

Mason Girls Soccer Captures District Championship

The Lady Comet Soccer Team defeated Troy (16-3) on Saturday by a score of 3-0 to earn a Southwest District Championship and advance in the postseason. The district title was Mason’s third overall (2001, 2010, 2012) in the history of the girl’s soccer program.
“I am really proud of the girls for the all the hard work they have put in to achieve this goal,” said Mason head coach Andy Schur. “Our team deserves a ton of credit for handling all the pressure they have faced as the overall #1 seed in SW Ohio. They wanted to get back to the regional round as they did 2 years ago and they have made that happen.”
Junior Alex Neihoff scored the game's first goal about 30 minutes into the match and Mason took a 1-0 lead to halftime. With the wind at their backs for the second half, Mason scored quickly. Senior Jami Pfeifer put one in the back of the net about 5 minutes into the half followed by senior Sami Rutowski’s goal about 6 minutes later.
Mason played solid team defense throughout and maintained ball possession much of the second half to secure the win. Mason's freshman goalkeeper, Toni Bizzarro, stopped four shots, all in the first half. Bizzarro, junior keeper Kelsey Harris and the Mason defense combined to record their 13th shutout of the season.
“We are looking forward to a great regional semifinal match-up against Centerville,” said Schur. Mason may have some “unfinished business” as last year they fell to the Lady Elks by penalty kicks in District Championship game.
Mason (17-1-1) advances to the Regional Semi-finals on Thursdayy, November 1st against Centerville. The contest will be played at Bellbrook High School with a game time of 7:00 pm. The Elks defeated Walnut Hills, 3-1 on Saturday afternoon to also advance.

Regional Semi-Finals

vs. Centerville

7:00 pm @ Bellbrook

Mason Girls Advance With Tough Win Over Elks

Nothing is ever easy when there you get to this point in season as the Mason Girls Soccer team learned last night.  The Lady Comets overcame some early missed opportunities to advance to the State Great Eight with a 2-0 win over Centerville (#7 in state) at Bellbrook. The Comets were able to push across two, second half goals, giving Centerville its third loss of the season and sending the Comets to the Regional Final for the second time three years (2010 lost to Anderson in OT 1-0).
Senior Jami Pfeifer had a role in both of Mason’s scoring efforts. Neither team could find the back of the net in the first half. With just 3 minutes into the second half, Pfeifer passed the ball into the box from the right corner to fellow senior Sami Rutowski.  Sami shot the ball past the Centerville keeper for the games first goal.  The Comets held off an aggressive Elk offense the rest of the way.  Mason added an “insurance” goal with just 3 minutes remaining in the game when Pfeifer scored on a penalty kick awarded after being taken down in the box.

As usual, Mason played solid team defense throughout the contest.  The Lady Comets continued their streak of not allowing a goal in the postseason, posting their 14th shutout of the year.  Freshman goalkeeper, Toni Bizzarro, stopped all seven shots she faced, most coming in the second half. 

Thursday’s victory tied the 2010 Comets for most wins in a season (18-1-1).  Mason is ranked No. 1 the city polls and will play Ursuline Academy (16-2-2) at 2:00 on Saturday at East in the Regional Final.  The Lions defeated Seton last Tuesday by a score of 1-0 to advance. 

Regional Final

vs. Ursuline

2:00 at East

Lady Comets Snatch Victory From
the Jaws of Defeat Against Lions

Things didn’t look good for the Mason Girl’s Soccer team on Saturday, when after 68 minutes of scoreless play, Ursuline scored on a corner kick to lead 1-0 with 12 minutes remaining. But after a Comet player was taken down in the box with 8:13 left, senior Madison Melnick scored on a PK opportunity to even the game at 1-1. The Comets had new life, but it looked like the contest was headed to overtime. But with 1:43 remaining another Mason senior, Sami Rutowski, smashed a 25 yard shot past the UA keeper pushing Mason ahead 2-1 and on to their first Regional Title.

As in the boy’s game the defenses of both teams managed to limit offensive opportunities. Freshman Toni Bizzarro was tremendous in goal, especially in the second half, stopping 7 shots to keep the game scoreless. The Lions (16-3-2), shutout the Comets 2-0 earlier in the season. The Lady Comets have also had a “season for the record books” setting a new mark for wins (19) topping the previous high of 18 in the 2010 season.

"I am incredibly proud of my girls for their effort today," said Mason head coach Andy Schur. "Playing from behind for the first time in the post season in a regional final is a tough thing to do. The girls believed in each other and made something happen in the last 10 minutes. It was a joy to watch and we are looking forward to the challenge the state semi-final match is sure to bring."

Never in the history of the State Soccer Tournament has a boy’s and girl’s team from the same high school played in the Final Four. Congratulations to all the players and coaches and good Luck at State!

STATE SEMI-FINALS

vs. Pickerington North

7:00 Bellbrook

Lady Comets To Play For State Title On Friday Night

The Mason Girls Soccer Team continued their magical run in the OHSAA State Tournament on Tuesday night. Senior forward Jami Pfeifer scored one minute, 38 seconds into the first sudden victory overtime period to give the Comets a 1-0 win against Pickerington North at Miami Valley South Stadium and send their team to the Division I state soccer finals for the first time in school history.
After four weeks of tournament action that included sectional, district and regional play, the Mason Comets and Pickerington Panther girls soccer teams hooked up at Bellbrook for the opportunity to advance and play for a state title. The postseason began with 169 Division 1 teams and only four teams remained on a cold Tuesday evening at Bellbrook.

Pickerington (19-1-2) had plenty of state playoff experience after trips to the state finals three times in the past six years (2012, 10, 07). The Lady Comets were making their first appearance in the State Tournament. The Panthers advanced out of Region 3 after beating Dublin Jerome 1-0 in double overtime. The Comets (region 4 ) came from behind on Saturday to defeat Ursuline 2-1.
The first 40 minutes went scoreless as play was typical of two strong, defensive minded teams. Each team had only given up one goal in the tournament. The first half ended with neither the Comets or Panthers having scoring opportunities that should have produced goals.
The first 20 minutes of the se

cond half Pickerington had several scoring chances, but the Mason defense and freshman keeper Toni Bizzarro were solid. With 13 minutes remaining in the game Mason had their best chance of scoring when Madison Melnicks 15-yard shot to the near post was picked off on a saving play by the Panther keeper. There was plenty of action in the remaining minutes of regulation, but none that resulted in a goal as the game moved to sudden-death overtime.

Thirty seconds into OT Jill Vetere missed on a point blank attempt in front of the goal. That was quickly forgotten when at 13:23 Pfeifer drilled a shot into the upper corner of the net sending Mason to a 1-0 win and on to the State Finals. The shutout was Mason's 15th of the season.

Mason will take its 20-1-1 record into Friday’s 7 p.m. state championship game at Columbus Crew Stadium against No. 1-ranked Perrysburg (22-0). The Comets were unranked in the final state coaches’ poll but in this tournament they have now beaten three ranked teams (No. 11 Troy, No. 7 Centerville, No. 5 Pickerington North) and avenged their lone loss of the season against Ursuline in the regional final.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

vs. Perrysville (22-0)

@ Columbus Crew Stadium 7:00 pm

Girls Soccer Finishes Season As Division 1 State Runner Up

The Mason Girls Soccer team feil to Perrysburg in the Division 1 Championship game last Friday by a score of 1-0. The Lady Comets and Perrysburg Yellow Jackets were making their first-ever trips to the state finals. Mason sent a barage of shots against the Perrysburg keeper throughout the contest, but none found the back of the net. Two first half and two second half shots clanked off the bar of the goal. Mason out shot their opponent 26-6 on the evening.

The first 40 minutes the Lady Comets dominated and had numerous scoring opportunities against the Yellow Jacket defense. Unfortunately, as it often happens in soccer, the team in control doesn't finish and the opposing team finds a way to score. That's exactly what happened when a Perrysburg player was fouled in front of the Mason goal with 15.25 remaining the first half. The Yellow Jackets were awarded a penalty kick that went just out of the reach of Toni Bizzarro's diving block attempt (0-1). Mason missed shots from just about every angle to give the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 lead as the game went to half-time.

Not a whole lot changed in the second half; Perrysburg was limited to very few shots while the Comets had many attempts to even the score. Mason had several shots hit the bar in the final 20 minutes but none found their way into the Yellow Jacket net. The Lady Comets played tremendously against the state's best team, but lady luck just wasn't with the girls on Friday night. Perrysburg made their first half PK standup to defeat the Comets 1-0.

Mason ends their historic season as the State Runner-Up and a 20-2-1 season record. A young, talented and well experienced squad will return for Coach Schur in 2013 with high expectations of another run at the state title.

The Mason girls tennis team blasted Centerville in the first round of the State Team Tourney on Monday by a score of 4-1. Results below:

Cepeda d. Holcombe 61 60
Kelly d Sewall 62 62
Kumar suspended with Mohr 46 62
Pandit/Hopkins d. G Roesch/E Sewall 63, 64
Huser/Shurtleff d. A Roesch/Bashir 64 63

Next up Mason hosts Wyoming on Aug. 22nd.

Mason tennis picked up a couple of wins on Wednesday with a 3-2 defeat of Wyoming and 5-0 win over Colerain. See scores below:

Mason d. Wyoming

Cepeda d. Thoreson 64 60
Kelly d. Bourbon 61 61
A. Berg (W) d. Shah 62 75
Boster/Hennessey (W) d. Pandit/Hopkins 26 61 60
Sexton/Heydt d. R Berg/Koesterman 64 63

Mason d. Colerain 5-0

Kumar d. Brandie 62 60
King d. Graff 60 61
Malhotra d. Steinbeck 60 60
Huser/Shurtleff d. Curtis/Hoehn 60 62
Chanatry/Li d. Lowery/Fox 62 61

The Comets (4-1) dropped their first match of the season to Sycamore by a score of 4-1. The doubles team of Pandit/Hopkins were Mason's lone winners.

Abele d. Cepeda 60 62
Skwara d. Kelly 61 63
Hura d. Shah 26 62 61
Pandit/Hopkins d. Southard/Pescovitz 76(4) 26 64
Kays/Gao d. Shurtleff/Huser 76(4) 26 64

Next up Mason host Springboro on Monday, Aug. 27th.

STATE TEAM TOURNEY

vs. St. Ursula

Mason advances to third round of the State Team Tournament with a 4-1 victory over St. Ursula on Monday. See results below:

Fitzpatrick (St. U) d. Cepeda 6-1, 6-3
Kelly (M) d. Bernard 6-0, 6-3
Kumar (M) d. Bisher 6-3, 6-2
Hopkins/Pandit (M) d. Sowar/Rohde 6-4, 6-2
Huser/Shurtleff (M) d. Sullivan/Gerwin 6-1, 6-3

Mason defeated Princeton in speedy fashion on Tuesday 5-0. See details below:

Cepeda def. Yahel Mitchell 6-0 6-2
Kelly def. jasmine Smith 6-0 6-3
King def. Michaela Smith 6-1 6-0

Hopkins and Pandit def. Alyah Brown and Ashley Spiller 6-1 6-2
Shurtleff and Huser def. Trana Gorrasi and Ryah Harrison 6-0 6-0

Next up the Lady Comets host CHCA today (Wednesday).

The Mason Tennis team earned another win on Wednesday with a 4-1 defeat of CHCA. Scores below:

Cepeda d. Reed 61, 61
Kelly d. Orner 61, 60
Kumar d. Martin 63, 64
Pandit/Hopkins d. Harker/Bolsinger 63, 36, 60
Venters/Kabdin/Venters (CHCA) d. Shurtleff/Huser 62, 26, 62

Next the Comets visit Middletown on Tuesday, Sept. 4th.

Mason Tennis shut out Middletown on Tuesday by a score of 5-0. See scoring below:

Kelly d Habash 6-0, 6-0
Kumar d Ferguson 6-1, 6-2
King d McNally 6-0, 6-0
Pandit/Hopkins d Kroger//Hiler 6-0, 6-0
Shurtleff/Huser d McQueen/Thomas 6-0, 6-0

Next up Mason hosts Alter on Wednesday, Sept. 5th.

Mason tennis defeatd Fairfield on Thursday, Sept. 6th by a scoreo f 5-0. See scoring summary below:

Cepeda d. Reed 6-0, 6-0
Kelly d. Brown 6-1, 6-0
Shah d. Pharo 6-0, 6-0
Pandit-Hopkins d. Hartman-Wray 6-4, 6-2
Shurtleff-Huser d. Neiss-Fowler 6-0, 6-0

Next up the Lady Comets host Indian Hill on Friday, Sept. 7th.

Mason tennis shut out Oak Hills 5-0 on Tuesday. See results below:

Kumar d. Wilhelmus 6-2, 6-3
Shah d. Thomas 6-2, 6-0
King d. Rembold 6-4, 6-1
Pandit/Hopkins d. Ryan-MacArthur 6-1, 6-1
Shurtleff-Huser d. Patel-Johnson 6-3,6-0

Next up the Lady Comets host Lakota West on Thursday.

The Mason tennis team fell to Lakota West on Thursday by a score of 3-2. See summary below:

Turner (L) d. Cepeda 6-1, 6-3
Soutar (L) d. Kelly 6-0, 6-3
Capovila (L) d. 7-6 (1), 6-1
Pandit-Hopkins (M) d. Dunlap-Sheffner 6-1, 6-3
Huser-Shurtleff (M) d. Clarke-Strent 6-2, 7-5

Next up Mason hosts Mount Notre Dame on Monday, Sept. 17th.

State Team Tournament (quarter finals)

vs. Springboro

Masoon advanced in the Girls Tennis State Team Tourney last Friday with a 4-1 win over Springboro. See summary below:

Busse (S) d. Cepeda 6-4, 6-3
Kelly (M) d. Brockman 6-3, 6-1
Kumar (M) d. Phillips 6-4, 6-7 (1) 10-4
Pandit-Hopkins (M) d. Davis-Riddle 6-0, 6-3
Huser-Shurtleff (M) d. Brent-Rose 6-2, 6-4

Mason advances to semifinals of the SW District. Next up they will host Mount Notre Dame on Monday, Sept. 17th.

Mason completed regular season conference play with a 3-2 defeat of Lakota East on Wednesday afternoon. The Lady Comets are 7-2 in the GMC and 12-2 overall. See summary below:

Mueck (L) d. Cepeda (M) 6-4, 7-5
Kelly (M) d. Silverberg 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Kumar (M) d. Faxon 6-1, 6-2
Harrison-Floyd (L) d. Hopkins-Pandit 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Shurtleff-Huser (M) d. Williams-Zins 6-3, 6-4

Next up....Coaches Classic Tourney finals on Saturday, Sept. 22nd. The GMC Championships are scheduled for next Thursday and Saturday, Sept. 29th.

State Team Tourney

vs. Sycamore

Mason fell to Sycamore in the Semi-Finals of the State Team Tourney on Monday by a score of 4-1. See summary below:

Abele (S) d. Cepeda 6-4, 6-2
Skwara (S) d. Kelly 6-2, 6-2
Hura (S) d. Kumar 6-3, 6-0
Pescovitz-Southard (S) d. Hopkins-Pandit 6-4, 6-4
Huser-Shurtleff (M) d. Gao-Kays 6-4, 4-6, 10-6

Upcoming are the GMC Championships at Colerain on Thursday and Saturday.

The GMC Championships concluded on Saturday at Mason. The Comets finished 3rd overall. Scycamore and Lakota West finished 1-2. See individual resutlts below:

#1 Singles – Nina Cepeda placed fifth
#2 Singles – Lynn Kelly placed third
#3 Singles – Aarti Kumar placed fourth
#1 Doubles – Haley Hopkins and Radhika Pandit placed third
#2 Doubles – Nicole Huser and Bailey Shurtleff placed second

Next up Mason will host and compete in the OHSAA Sectionals on Wednesday and Saturday this week.

OHSAA Sectionals

@ Mason

The Mason tennins doubles teams of Nina Cepeda-Lynn Kelly and Haley Hopkins and Radhika Pandit advanced to Thursday's District Championships after Sectional play this past Saturday.

Qualifiers from District to State Meet will be four (4) singles and four (4) doubles. The State Meet will be held on October 19-20, 2012. Congratulatioins and good luck Lady Comets!

Districts

@ ATP Tennis Center, Mason

Cepeda and Kelly finished in the top four doubles team at District and will qualify for next Friday and Saturday's OHSAA State Tennis Championships at Ohio State University.

The Mason duo fell in the doubles semi finals to Lakota East by a score of 6-1, 6-2. The top four doubles teams qualify for State.

Congratulation and good Luck at State!

W/L

Score

Overall
Record

 GMC
Record

Tri Match @

Loveland, Lebanon

The Volleyball team fell to St. Ursula on Tuesday by scores of  29-27, 25-14, 25-18.

Next they will host Roger Bacon on Thursday, Aug. 30th.

The Mason Varsity Volleyball team defeated Roger Bacon in 3 set on Thursday: 25-18, 25-19, 25-17. Junior Molly Tucker had a solid game with 18 defensive digs, 6 service aces and 10 kills. Senior Bonnie Huesing had a strong performance with 17 setting assists and 4 service aces.

The Comets travel to McAuley on Tuesday.

The Varsity Volleyball team was defeated by McAuley in 4 tough sets on Tuesday, Sept. 4th. The Comets were on fire in set one pulling out a 25-22 win and then falling short the next 3 sets 23-25, 18-25, 18-25.

Junior Molly Tucker led the team in kills with 15 and Senior Brittany Dodson added 11. Mason’s defense put on a great performance with Senior Brittany Dodson and Sophomore Katie Puisis each earning 15 digs.

The Comets host Hamilton this Thursday at 7:00pm.

The Varsity Volleyball team tromped Hamilton last evening 25-10, 25-7, 25-19. Senior Brittany Dodson led the team with 13 kills, zero errors and Sophomore Ally King pounded down 7 kills! The setting duo of Senior Bonnie Huesing and Sophomore Katie Puisis tallied 11 service aces, 7 and 4 respectively and dished out a tptal of 29 assists. Sophomore Olivia Holzmacher added 7 digs and Senior Kristin McArthur added 4 digs.

The Comets travel to Wyoming tomorrow to take on Chaminade Julianne and Wyoming.

Tri Match @

Wyoming/Chaminade

lost

lost

25, 25-23, 19-25

18-25, 18-25.

Mason lost a close game to Wyoming, seeded #1 in the City-D2, 23-25, 25-23, 19-25. The Comets put on a great performance in defense totaling 55 digs. Senior Bonnie Huesing and Sophomore Katie Puisis totaled 40 setting assists.

The second game of the day was lost to Chaminade Julienne – 18-25, 18-25.

The next game is tomorrow at Sycamore starting at 6:30. Please come and support breast cancer awareness as it is the VOLLEY FOR THE CURE!

The Mason Comets Varsity Volleyball team defeated the Sycamore Aves in the Volley for the Cure game last evening! The Comets came out on fire and put away the Aves in 3 games: 25-23, 25-22, 25-22.

Senior Brittany Dodson led the Comets with 16 kills and 11 digs. Sophomore Katie Puisis led our serving with 4 aces while Junior Alex Marquardt came off the bench to serve at 2 critical points of sets 2 and 3. Sophomore Ally King had an all-around great performance with 6 kills, 8 digs and 2 blocks.

The Comets are 2-0 in the GMC and will travel to Princeton tomorrow evening.

The Varsity Volleyball team put on a solid TEAM performance last evening by defeating Princeton 25-16, 25-3, 25-19. Sophomore Katie Puisis went on a serving hiatus serving the first 19 points of set 2 and totaling 5 service aces. She also dished out 18 setting assists. Sophomore Ally King dominated the game with 9 kills, 8 digs and 3 service aces. Senior Brittany Dodson added 5 kills and 7 digs.

The Comets will play home this Monday against Fenwick starting at 7pm.

The Varsity Volleyball team defeated Colerain 25-6, 25-19, 25-20 on Tuesday night. Senior Brittany Dodson led the team with 7 kills and 8 digs; Junior Molly Tucker had 6 kills; Sophomores Ally King and Paige Meyer each had 4 kills.

The Comets are 4-0 in the GMC and in a three way tie for 1st in the GMC with Lakota East and West. Mason will travel to Middletown tomorrow for a 7pm start.

The Varsity Volleyball team swept Middletown last evening 25-16, 25-7, 25-15. Junior Molly Tucker led the team with 10 service aces, 11 kills and 11 digs! Sophomore Ally King contributed 5 service aces, 7 kills and 8 digs.

The Lady Comets are 5-0 in the GMC and will travel to Ursuline Academy tomorrow for a 1pm start.

The Varsity Volleyball team was defeated by #5 in the state Ursuline Academy 17-25, 20-25, 13-25 on Saturday. The Comets started off strong in both the first and second sets leading 10-3 in the second set before UA served themselves back into the game. The Comets were led by Senior Brittany Dodson with 11 kills and 8 digs and Junior Molly Tucker with 9 kills.

The Comets will host Kettering Fairmount tonight at 7pm.

The Varsity volleyball team was defeated by Kettering Fairmont 24-26, 25-6, 26-28, 25-23, 15-17 on Monday evening. Senior Brittany Dodson had 20 kills and 12 digs and Senior Kayleigh Monahan had 12 digs and 3 service aces.

The Lady Comets (5-0 GMC) travel to Fairfield on Thursday.

Girls Volleyball Still Undefeated in Conference

The Varsity Volleyball team defeated Fairfield 25-17, 25-18, 25-23 on Thursday night. Junior Molly Tucker and Senior Brittany Dodson led the offense with a total of 20 kills. Sophomore Paige Meyer had 5 kills and 4 block assists. Sophomore Katie Puisis had 15 setting assists.

The Comets are 6-0 in the GMC and will host Seton and Beavercreek tomorrow starting at 10am.

Beavercreek

The Varsity Volleyball came away from the weekend with two WINS over Beavercreek and Seton. The Comets defeated Beavercreek 25-20, 17-25, 25-12. Senior Brittany Dodson led the Comets with 13 kills and 12 digs. Senior Kayleigh Monahan had 5 service aces. For the second game, the Comets defeated Seton 25-23, 25-18. Senior Kayleigh Monahan had 6 service aces and 5 digs and sophomore Ally King had 5 blocks, 4 kills and 4 digs.

The Comets are back in action on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd versus Oak Hillls at Mason.

The Varsity Volleyball defeated Oak Hills 25-12, 25-15, 24-26, 25-17 on Tuesday night. Senior Brittany Dodson had an outstanding game leading the Comets with 16 kills and 14 digs and Sophomore Paige Meyer had 9 kills and 6 blocks. Sophomore Katie Puisis had 17 setting assists and 6 service aces.

The Lady Comets will host Lakota West tomorrow night in a GMC battle of the league unbeatens. Come out and support our Mason Comets!

Mason lost their first GMC game of the season to undefeated Lakota West on Thursday evening. The Comets snatched their first game 25-23 but then lost successive games of 25-17, 25-16, 25-16 to the Firebirds.

Mason concludes their GMC schedule on Tuesday at Lakota East. The Comets are 11-9 overall and 7-1 in the league.

The volleyball team concluded their GMC schedule on Tuesday with a loss to Lakota East by scores of 25-15, 25-13, 25-15. Mason finishes in third place in the league with a record of 7-2.

The Comets conclude their 2012 regular season on Thursday at home against Turpin. Mason is the #8 seed in the upcoming OHSAA Sectional and will play Anderson at Lakota East on Wednesday, Oct. 17th at 7:30 pm.

The Varsity Volleyball team ended their regular season with a loss to Turpin-20-25,25-19,31-29,19-25,8-15 last Wednesday. Sophomore Ally King led the Comets with 16 kills and 24 digs and Sophomore Katie Puisis had 29 setting assists and 15 digs.

The Comets finish the season 11-11. Mason is the #8 seed in the upcoming OHSAA Sectional and will play Anderson at Lakota East on Wednesday, Oct. 17th at 7:30 pm.

Sectional

Mason (#8) vs. Anderson (#16)

7:30 @ Lakota East

The girl's volleyball team concluded their 2012 season on Wednesday with a sectional loss to Anderson by scores of 25-21, 16-25, 25-23, 25-18.

The Lady Comets finish with an overall record of 11-12 and 7-2 (3rd place) in the GMC.