Ohio Valley Hoops Classic

vs. Carmel

@ home 7:30

Mason Boys Basketball opened their 2019-20 season at the Ohio Valley Hoops Classic this past Friday night. The Comets fell in a close encounter by a score of 61-54. The contest was decided by a 4th quarter surge and long-range shooting by Carmel.

Mason was led by Jack Coopers' 18 points.

The Comets get right back at it, with an away game vs. Kings on Tuesday.

Mason Boys Bball earned their first win of the season on Tuesaday night with a 67-33 non-conference victory at Kings.

The Comets ran out to a 37-18 lead at the half and never looked back. Mitchel Greer and Alec Dardis led Mason with 21 and 17 points, respectively. Ben Stuart grabbed 11 rebounds.

Mason (1-1) opens GMC play at home this Friday when they entertain Hamilton. Varsity tip off is 7:15.

Mason Boys Bball fell to visiting Hamilton on Friday, 64-48. The Comets got out to an early 1st quarter lead (17-10) but allowed Big Blue to tie it up by halftime. Mason got out scored 34-18 in the 2nd half.

Leading scorers for Mason were Jack Cooper, 14 and Mitchell Greer 12.

The Comets will visit Lakota East (3-0) on Tuesday night.

Mason Boys bball fell at Lakota East 44-40 on Tuesday night in a tight, turnover plagued contest. The Comets trailed 23-19 at the half, but kept it close until the last minute of the game.

Mitch Greer led Mason with 21 points.

The Comets will play at Sycamore on Friday, Dec. 13th.

Mason Boys returned to their winning ways last Friday night with a 69-47 road win over Sycamore.

The Comets raced out to a 34-14 half time advantage and the Aves could not muster a 2nd half come-back.

Mason was led by Mitch Greers 17 and Jack Coopers 13 points. Alec Dardis provided the scores 9 assists on the night.

Next up, Mason will visit Princeton on Friday, Dec. 20th.

Below are results and updates for the varsity boys bball team over the recent Holiday break:

On Friday, Dec. 20th, the Comets could not overcome a first quarter deficient and fell at Princeton 75-49.

Holiday Tourney

vs. Springboro

@ Mason

Holiday Tourney

vs. Loveland

@ Mason

Mason got back to their winning ways on Friday, Jan. 3 with a 76-41 rout of visiting Colerain. Mtch Greer led the Comets with 19 points.

Next up, Mason boys will host Middletown tonight in another GMC matchup.

Mason Boys Bball stopped Middletown 57-37 on Tuesday tonight in a home game affair. The Comets got out to a 17-4 advantage early and added to their lead in the third quarter.

Mason was led by Mitch Greer's 14. Bryson King came off the bench and added 11. Alec Dardis dished out 4 assists along with Jack Cooper.

The Comets evened their record at 5-5 overall and 3-3 in the GMC. They go on the road this Friday to face Lakota West.

Mason took care of the Firebirds on Friday night with a 43-41 win. The Coments trailed by 6 at the half but turned it around in the 2nd half out-scoring West 22-14 in the final two frames.

Mitch Greer poured in 19 to lead Mason and Jack Cooer added 10 and 9 rebounds. The Comet defense did not allow West a single three-point basket the entrie evening (0-9).

Mason goes to 6-5 overall and 4-3 in the GMC. They will host Oak Hills on Tuesday.

Mason took down one of the GMC leaders last night defeating Oak Hills 45-38. The contest was tight throughout and not decided until the final seconds of the game. Mason led 22-17 at the half, then outscored OH 16-10 down the stretch to pull away.

Mitch Greer led Mason with 25 points. Ben Stuart snarred 8 rebounds.

Next up, Mason (7-5, 4-3) will visit Fairfield on Friday.

Mason Boys Bball defeated Fairfiled on the road last Friday, 62-42. The Comets raced out to a 21-10 first quarter lead but the Indians closed the gap by halftime 29-25. In the last two quarters Mason outscored Fairfield 33-17 to win the contest and make it 5 stratght wins.

Matt Smith and Mitch Greer led the Comets with 19 and 18 points, repectively. Matt had a double-double collecting 10 rebounds also.

Next up, Mason (8-5, 6-3) will be seeking to knock-off the GMC leader, Lakota East, at home this Friday.

SPECIAL NOTE:

Mason High School and the Boys Basketball Program is presenting a special award to Eddie Kelly for the 50th Anniversary of his record 51 points in a single game.  

The award will be presented at approximately 7:15 just prior to the start of Boys Varsity game vs. Sycamore on Friday, January 31st.

Hope to see a large number of alumni at the game!

GO COMETS!

Mason fell to visiting Lakota East on Friday, 61-48. The Comets trailed by 7 at the half. In the third and fourth quarters, Mason stayed in it with the league leading Hawks, but could not take advantage of opportunities to close the gap.

Mason scoring leaders: Jack Cooper 16 and Alec Dardis 12.

Next up, Mason (8-6, 6-4) will host Princeton on Tuesday.

Mason Boys Bball defeated one of the top teams in the GMC this year on Tuesaday night at home. Princeton fell to the Comets by a score of 61-58. The contest was very tight thru out with Mason getting the upper hand (14-11) in the fourth quarter to pull away.

Mtch Greer led Mason with 20 points. Jack Cooper and Payton Ramsey added 13 and 11, respectively.

The Comets jump into third place in the GMC behind East and Oak Hills and tied with the Vikings at 7-4 in the league.

Next up, Mason will host Sycamore on Friday, Jan. 31st.

Mason boys bball earned another GMC win on Friday, defeating visiting Sycamore 74-35. The Comets took control in the 2nd half outscoring the Aves 38-13. Mitch Greer led Mason with 23 points. Jack Cooper and Payton Ramsey added 10 each.

Next up, Mason (10-6, 8-4) will visit Colerain on Tuesday, Feb. 4th.

Mason boys bball notched another GMC win last night at Colerain, defeating the Cardinals 60-45. Matt Smith led the Comets with 19 points. Mitch Greer added 14 , while Payton Ramsey came off the bench and scored 10.

Mason (11-6, 9-4) will visit Hamilton on Friday.

Mason boys fell at Hamilton on Friday 53-40. The Comets got off to a slow start in the first quarter and played "catchup" the rest of the game. Unfortunately they could not close the scoring gap against Big Blue.

Matt Smith led Mason with 16 points while Mitch Greer added 11.

Next up, Mason will visit Middletown on Tuesday as they enter the last week of the regular season.

It took an extra period on Tuesday night, but the Comets were able to edge out another GMC win at Middeltown by a final of 59-49. In a game that saw 4 lead changes, the Middies sent the game to OT with no time on the clock.

The Comets outscored Middletown with special help from the free throw line in overtime. Mitch Greer led Mason in scoring with 21 points. Jack Cooper added 11.

Mason (12-7, 10-5) will play their final regular season game at home against Fairfield this Friday.

Mason Boys closed our their regular season last Friday with a commanding 75-58 win over Fairfield. The Comets jumped out to a 20-10 advantage in the first quarter to help their cause.

Matt Smith came off the bench for the Comets to lead them in scoring wit h14. Mitch Greer and Shameel Abid added 11 and 10 points, respectively.

The Comets have secured the #10 seed in the upcoming Sectional. They otained a first round bye and will play Lakota West on Tuesday, Feb. 25th, 6:00 pm at Hamilton. The Comets defeated the Firebirds 43-41 in their only meeting this season.

The winner will advance to the Sectional final on Friday, 7:00 pm vs. the winner of the Winton Woods/Princeton contest at Hamilton.

SECTIONAL

vs. Lakota West

@ Hamilton 6:00

Mason Boys Basketball saw their season come to a conclusion on Tuesday night at Hamilton. The Comets could not overcome a Lakota West 4th quarter where they got outscored 23-17 and ended up losing 74-66.

West led by one heading into halftime, then by two heading into the final frame. The Comets were led by Mitch Greer's 20 points. Matt Smith and Jack Cooper added 14 and 11 points, respectively.

Mason finishes the year with an overall record of 13-8 and 11-5 in the GMC (tied for 3rd).

Mason Girls Basketball opened their season at Springboro on Monday and came up short, losing 56-53.

The Comets were led by Margo Mattes 19 points. Alanna Carter added 10.

Next up, Mason will visit Lakota East, TONIGHT, Dec. 4th.

Mason Girls Bball got back to their winning ways on Wednesday, swamping East 54-33. The team was led by Margo Mattes 15 points. Gabby Razzano added 12 for the Comets.

Next for Mason (1-1, 1-0)...they will host Hamilton on Saturday.

Mason Girls hoopsters took another GMC win on Saturday, defeating visitin Hamiltoin 68-40. The Comets held a 36-16 advantage at the half.

Mason was led by Margo Mattes 21 points. Gabby Razzano added 15.

Mason (2-1, 2-0) will host Colerain on Wednesday.

Mason Girls Basketball rolls to 3-1 overall and 3-0 in the GMC with a 61-35 defeat at Colerain on Wednesday.

The Comets were led by freshman Margo Mattes 21 points and Marilyn Popplewell's 10 points.

Next up, Mason will play a rare Friday night contest at Sycamore tonight, 6:00 pm tipoff. The Comets stay on the road Saturday when the visit Princeton.

Mason Girls Bball split a pair of weekend games. On Friday they visited Sycamore and came a way with their 4th GMC win, 58-44 over Sycamore.

Marilyn Popplewell and Mago Mattes led Mason with 19 and 16 points, respectively. Alanna Carter ripped 11 rebounds in the game.

The Comets took their first GMC loss of the season on Saturday, 57-47 at Princeton. Mason fell behind 28-24 to the Vikings at the hafl and were not able to gain ground in the 2nd half.

Alanna Carter led the Comets with 17 points, while Marilyn Popplewell scored 11.

Next up, Mason will host East on Tuesday.

Mason Girls Bball hosted East on Tuesday night and came away with a 58-49 win. The Comets raced out to a 19-6 lead then held the Hawks off the rest of the way.

Margo Mattes was the scoring leader with 21 points. Marilyn Popplewell added 16 to help the cause. Mattes finished with a double-double collecting 13 caroms. Catherine Cary added 6 assists to her teammates.

Next up for Mason (5-2, 5-1) is a home game vs. Fairmont on Thursday, Dec. 19th.

The Girls Bball team hosted Kettering Fairmont on Thursday and fell 64-36. The Comet offense struggled with no player reaching double figures.

Mason (5-3, 5-1) will compete at the Murfreeboro Tournament (TN) during winter break with games on Friday, Dec. 27th and Saturday, Dec. 28th.

The team returns to action Saturday, Jan 4th with a home game versus Oak Hills.

Murfreesboro Tourney (TN)

vs. Hamilton Heights

Below are recent results and updates for the girls bball team over Holiday Break:

On Friday, Dec. 27th Mason travel to Murfreesboro TN for a two-day holiday tourney. In the first round Mason fell to Hamilton Heights HS 53-39.

Murfreesboro Tourney (TN)

vs. Riverdale HS

Mason hosted Oak Hills on Saturday, Jan. 4th and came away with a 57-43 victory. Margo Mattes once again led the Comets with 22 points.

Mason Girls Bball kept pace in the GMC race with an away 45-35 win at Fairfield on Wednesday night. The ladies were able to pull away from the pesky Indians in the 2nd half to get the W.

Riley Cosimi came off the bench to lead Mason with 13 points. Margo Mattes also added 13.

The Comets (8-4, 7-1) are at Middletown on Saturday.

Mason smashed Middletown on Saturday, 68-34. Marilyn Popplewell led the team with 19 points. Margo Mattes added 14.

Next up, Mason (9-4, 8-1) will visit Hamilton on Wednesday, Jan. 15th. The Comets make their annual trek to Amish Country this coming weekend to compete in the prestigious Classic in the Country.

Mason Girls Bball bounced Hamilton on Wednesday, 57-32. The Comets held a 29-19 advantage after two quarters and expanded their lead in the 2nd half.

Freshman Margo Mattes led the Comets with 18 points (7-14 from the field).

Mason will play at the prestigious Classic in the Country the weekend.

Classic in Country

vs. Canton McKinley

Classic in the Country

vs. Newark

On Saturday, the Comets fell to Newark HS, 59-45. Mason played from behind most of the game. Mattes scored 12 to lead Mason.

Next up, Mason (11-5, 9-1) will travel to GMC co-leader Lakota West on Saturday, January 25th. Mason, Princeton and West are all tied at the top of the GMC with 9-1 records.

Mason girls lost to Lakota West 52-43 on Saturday, in a battle for league supremecy. The Comets found themselves down by only 2 at the half, but lost some ground in the third quarter and could not make up the difference.

Margo Mattes poured in 18 and Alanna Carter 10 to lead Mason.

Next up, Mason (11-6, 9-2) will host Princeton on Wednesday.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

In honor of Liz Lothrop and cancer research the Mason Basketball Programs are putting on a double header this coming Friday night against Sycamore. The girls will tip off at 6pm and boys to follow 730pm on January 31st.

The game is themed THIS IS OUR FIGHT and will raise money for cancer research in Liz name. Liz had a smile that would light up a room and a heart that loved unconditionally. She was a graduate of Mason High School and played on the varsity basketball team. As a 7th grader here at Mason she beat leukemia!! But those same treatments she had to get to beat leukemia ended up giving her brain cancer. Liz lost her battle on May 3rd, 2016. But before she died she made sure everyone knew that her story is one of millions of stories that are out there.

Mason girls bball 4th quarter come-back fell just short on Wednesday night. The Comets fell behind 42-33 after three quarters, but closed the gap to one in the final seconds, before losing by a 51-50 final.

Mason was led by Margo Mattes with 15 and Alanna Carter with 11 points. Carter had a double-double also collecting 11 rebounds and also adding 5 assists and 5 steals.

Next up, Mason (11-7, 9-3) will host Sycamore tonight with a 6:00 tip off at the Middle School Arena. On Saturday, Mason will host Middletown at the high school's new gym at 1:45 varsity tipoff.

Mason Girls suffered overatime 72-67 loss to visiting Sycamore on Firday night. The exciting contest went into 4 extra periods to be decided. The Comets fell behind in the first half, but caught up to Sycamore in the final two quarters of regulation to send the game to OT to be decided. Unfortunately , Msaon got outscored 9-4 in the fourth OT to fall to the Aves.

Megan Wagner led Mason with 22 points. Alanna Carter added 13. Marilyn Popplewell pulled down an amazing total of 23 rebounds in the game, also scoring 9.

On Saturday, the girls rebounded with a 64-39 win over Middletown at home. Alanna Carter had 18, Gabby Razzano 14, Marilyn Popplewell 13 and Riley Cosimi 11 in the game.

Mason (12-8, 9-4) will visit Colerain on Wednesday.

Mason Girls Bball completed their regular season schedule last week with two GMC wins.

On Wednesday, they defeated Colerain 53-34. The Comets were led in scoring by Riley Cosimi (14), Alanna Carter (13) and Megan Wagner (10).

On the final game of the regular season on Saturday, Mason girls defeated Fairfield at home 57-32. Senior Alanna Carter led the Comets with 16 followed by senior Megan Wagner's 14. Both Alanna, Megan and Hannah Carlin were honored in pre-game senior day recognitions.

The Comet girls finish with a 14-8 overall record and 12-4 in the GMC (3rd place) heading into postseason play.

Mason girls pulled the #7 seed in the upcoming Sectional. They will open play tonight against Ursuline at Lakota East at 6:00 pm.

SECTIONAL

vs. Ursuline

@ East 6:00 pm

Mason Girls Basketball held off Ursuline 39-36 on Wednesday in the 2nd round of the Sectional Tourney at East. UA was able to mount a serious come back effort in the fourth quarter that fell short allowing the Comets to advance in the postseason.

Riley Cosimi led the Comets with 17 points while Marilyn Popple well provide 8 rebounds and 8 points.

Mason (15-8) will advance to the Sectional final this Monday against 6th seeded Loveland, for a 7:30 pm tipoff at Lakota East.

SECTIONAL FINAL

vs. Loveland

7:30 at East

Mason Girls Bball fell to Loveland 55-41 in the Sectional Final at East on Monday. The Comets played "catch up" most of the game as the Tigers raced out to a 22-7 first quarter lead. Marilyn Popplewell led Mason with 10 points.

The Comets finish their 2019-20 campaign with an overall record of 15-9 and 12-4 in the GMC (3rd place).

Akron Firestone-Green/White

@ home

Saturday was the Mason Invitational. This was the 16th year we have run this invite! We hosted 15 teams & over 350 swimmers! 

The Boy’s team finished 2nd. It was a long day for everyone involved but seeing all our swimmers swimming so well throughout the day was well worth it!

Top 8 performers listed below:

Boys

200 Medley Relay – 2nd – JoJo Minezawa, Sahan Kansakar, Nick Conti, Kevin Wu

200 Freestyle – 5th – Oliver Soper

50 Freestyle – 3rd Kevin Wu, 7th Sean Huggins

100 Butterfly – 2nd Nick Conti, 8th Daiki Nishikawa

100 Freestyle – 3rd Kevin Wu, 7th Max Plumley, 8th Joel Steinbicker

500 Freestyle – 6th Joseph Tomlinson

200 Freestyle Relay – 2nd Daiki Nishikawa, Sahan Kansakar, Max Plumley, Sean Huggins

100 Backstroke – 4th JoJo Minezawa, 5th Sean Huggins, 6th Will Fox

100 Breaststroke – 5th Sahan Kansakar

400 Freestyle Relay – 2nd Kevin Wu, Max Plumley, Sean Huggins, JoJo Minezawa

Boys Swimmer of the meet was Kevin Wu.

Next up, Mason Swim/Dive will host a quad meet this Saturday with Lebanon, Kings and Princeton.

Quad vs. Lebanon/Kings/Princeton Green/White

@ home

This past Saturday Boys Swim plus our divers hosted Lebanon, Princeton, & Kings in a quad meet. The Comets showed amazing depth and also had some outstanding performances.

TEAM SCORES

Boy’s scores - Mason 115, Kings 97, Lebanon 48, Princeton 24

Relay & Individual winners were:

Boys

200 Freestyle & 100 Breaststroke - Kevin Wu

500 Freestyle & 100 Backstroke - Max Boho

200 Freestyle Relay – Kevin Wu, Steven Habra, Sahan Kansakar, Sean Huggins

Oliver Soper was named swimmer of the meet!

Next for the Mason Green is the Akron Firestone Invite on Friday and the Canton Invite on Saturday.

CHCA/Badin-Green/White

@ home

Akron Firestone-Green only

@ Akron

Akron Firestone Results: The boy’s team won 125-45, while the girls team lost 63-107:

Individual and relay wins were turned in by:

200 Medley Relay – Carl Bloebaum, Nicky Diangelo, Adam Chaney, Oliver Soper

200 Freestyle – Dennis Kuznetsov

50 Freestyle – Braden Osborn

100 Butterfly – Eli Devyak

100 Freestyle – Kevin Wu

500 Freestyle – Carl Bloebaum

200 Freestyle Relay – Steven Habra, Braden Osborn, Diego Fortson, Eli Devyak

100 Breaststroke – Braden Osborn

400 Freestyle Relay – JoJo Minezawa, Kevin Wu, Max Plumley, Alex Zhang

Boys Swimmer of the meet was Max Plumley

On Saturday, Dec. 21st the boys competed in the Christmas Invitational held at Canton McKinley High School. No team scores were kept, but at looking at the results the coaches felt we were second on the boy’s side to St. Xavier. We had many great swims during the day highlighted by Adam Chaney and Carl Bloebaum on the boy’s side.  Adam won the 200 Freestyle while setting a meet and school record! Carl won the 100 Butterfly against a very strong field! 

You can find the entire meet results on swimmeet.com. 

Top boy performances were turned in by the following:

200 Medley Relay – Adam Chaney, Nick Diangelo, Carl Bloebaum, Eli Devyak

200 Freestyle – 1st Adam Chaney

200 IM – 6th Braden Osborn

50 Freestyle – 10th Kevin Wu

100 Butterfly – 1st Carl Bloebaum, 7th Adam Chaney

500 Freestyle – 12th Max Boho

200 Freestyle Relay – 2nd Braden Osborn, Carl Bloebaum, Kevin Wu, Adam Chaney

100 Backstroke – 6th Carl Bloebaum

100 Breaststroke – 6th Nick Diangelo

400 Freestyle Relay – 3rd Eli Devyak, Alex Zhang, Kevin Wu, Braden Osborn             

Boys Swimmer of the meet was Eli Devyak

Friday night at home we hosted CHCA & Badin in a tri-meet. The boy’s team scores: Badin – 100, CHCA – 38, Mason -  38.

Top individual performances for the boys and girls teams were turned in by the following:

200 Freestyle – 2nd Evie Mendelsohn, 3rd Sofie White, 3rd Nischal Suhas

200 IM – 2nd Emily Zhang, 5th Scott Reckers

50 Freestyle – 3rd Lauren Kobalka, 3rd Brady Cadek

100 Butterfly – 4th Mia Adrian, 3rd Omar Mitiek 

100 Freestyle – 2nd Sofie White, 3rd Chloe Chien, 2nd Cole Scheidler, 3rd John Barker

500 Freestyle – 1st Evie Mendelsohn, 2nd Fabiola Godenzi, 3rd Lauren Kobalka, 4th Zach Grau

200 Freestyle Relay – 2nd Tobit Atkinson, John Barker, Brady Adkins, Dylan Adrian

100 Backstroke – 3rd Julie Krueger, 4th Michael Zuo

100 Breaststroke – 1st Emily Zhang, 3rd Chloe Chien, 4th Nischal Suhas

400 Freestyle Relay – 1st Evie Mendelsohn, Lauren Kobalka, Sofie White, Fabiola Godenzi

3rd Cole Scheidler, Brady Cadek, Michael Zuo, Joseph Tomlinson

Diving – 1st Langley Peterson, 3rd Lauren Lombardo

Boys Swimmer of the meet was ohn Barker

This past Saturday, Jan. 4th we took 56 swimmers up to Miami University to compete in the Brave Invite. Our boy’s team easily won outdistancing 2nd place Fenwick by over 130 points. The boys were led by Kevin Wu who was a double winner in the 50 Freestyle & 50 Breaststroke, Stephen Habra winning the 100 Freestyle, Dennis Kuznetsov winning the 50 Butterfly, & JoJo Minezawa winning the 50 Backstrok

There were over 12 teams throughout the SW District competing in this invite. 

Top 6 finishers were:

Boys

Max Plumley – 200 Free 4th, 100 Fly 4th

Max Boho – 200 IM 6th, Max Boho 4th

Kevin Wu – 50 Free 1st, 50 Breast 1st

Steven Habra – 50 Free 3rd, 100 Free 1st

Carter Deupree – 100 Fly 5th

Diego Fortson – 100 Fly 6th

Andrew Fox – 100 Back 2nd

Dennis Kuznetsov – 500 Free 3rd, 50 Fly 1st

Ethan Butler – 50 Breast 3rd

Dylan Adrian – 50 Breast 6th

JoJo Minezawa – 100 IM 2nd, 50 Backstroke 1st

Oliver Soper – 100 IM 5th, 6th 50 Fly

Omar Mitiek – 50 Fly 3rd

Nischal Suhas – 100 Breast 4th

Nick Conti – 100 Breast 5th

Will Fox – 50 Back 4th

Ian Burke – 50 Back 5th

Michael Zuo – 50 Back 6th

Boys swimmer of the meet was JoJo Minezawa

Next up the Mason Swim/Dive Teams compete at Upper Arlington on Friday, Jan. 10th.

Friday, Mason traveled to Columbus to take on Perennial Power, Upper Arlington. Both squads came up short! The boys lost 109-74.

The boy’s swam well but like the girl’s team could not hold up to UA’s depth. Mason boy’s won 8 out of the 11 swim events and were led by double winners:

Adam Chaney – 50 & 100 Freestyle

Braden Osborn – 200 IM & 500 Freestyle

Carl Bloebaum – 100 Butterfly & 100 Backstroke

**Swimmer of the meet- Carl Bloebaum

Saturday, we traveled to Princeton High School and competed in the 5th annual Princeton Invite. Overall the boy’s team finished 8th. All the swimmers competing swam very well with many lifetime best times. Top 8 performances were turned in by:

Max Plumley – 200 Free 6th & 500 Free 7th

The JV team in particular had a great meet with 22 of 28 best times turned in! 12 of the 14 JV swimmers had at least one best time!

This coming weekend, Mason Swim/Dive competes in the annual Southwest Coaches Classic to be held at Mason and Keating.

Southwest Classic-Gr/Wh

@ Mason/Keating

Mason Swimming and Diving hosted the annual Coaches Classic this past weekend. The Boys team finished 7th overall. See individual results below:

Boys:

50 Breaststroke – Kevin Wu - Team & Meet Record 

100 Freestyle - Adam Chaney - 43.74 – Meet & Pool Record **Previous pool record Joey Hudepohl – 1991

50 Butterfly – Eli Devyak – Team Record 

Team Records:

400 Medley Relay – Eli Devyak, Nicky Diangelo, Carl Bloebaum, Braden Osborn

200 Backstroke – Adam Chaney

Congratulations to all participants!

Next up, Mason hosts Laktoa East and West this Friday, January 24tgh. On Saturday the team competes at the St. Xavier Invite.

East/West-Green only

@ home

Mason Swimming and Diving competed at home against East and West this past Friday night. The boy’s team showed tremendous depth easily outdistancing both Lakota teams!

Boys Scores – Mason 106, Lakota East 41, Lakota West 39

Junior Braden Osborn led the team with 2 wins in the 50 Freestyle & 100 Backstroke. Other individual wins were turned in by:

Kevin Wu – 200 IM

Dennis Kuznetsov – 100 Butterfly

Ethan Butler – 100 Freestyle

Eli Devyak – 500 Freestyle

Sahan Kansakar – 100 Breaststroke

Adam Chaney – 50 Breaststroke

Carl Bloebaum – 50 Butterfly *School Record

Swimmers of the meet were Neha Patil, Lauren Fries & Stephen Habra.

Next up for Mason Swimming is the GMC Championships at Mason on Saturday, February 1st. Mason boys will be seeking their fourth consecutive league title, 6th in the past 7 years and 8th overall GMC Championship since joining the conference in 2007-08.

The Comets Swimming/Diving programs competed at the St. Xavier Invite on Saturday. Waiting on results.

GMC Diving

@ home

GMC Boys/Girls Swimming Championships

@ home

Congratulations to Boy’s Swimming Team for winning their fourth consecutive and 8th overall GMC title and Saturday's GMC Championship and Mason on Saturday. Mason finished ahead of runner-up Sycamore by almost 200 points! Final team standings below:

1. Mason 534

2. Sycamore 361.5
3. Oak Hills 261.5

4. Lakota West 234
5. Lakota East 202

6. Fairfield 181
7. Princeton 80

8. Middletown 75
9. Hamilton 70

10. Colerain 40 

The boys showed tremendous depth & were led by Braden Osborn, Carl Bloebaum,  Alex Zhang, & Kevin Wu . Braden won the 50 Freestyle and was runner-up in the 500 Freestyle. Carl Bloebaum was 2nd in the 100 Butterfly, Alex Zhang was 2nd in the 100 Backstroke & Kevin Wu was 2nd in the 50 Freestyle.

Also earning a league title in the 200 Freestyle Relay were Braden Osborn, Alex Zhang, Kevin Wu, & Carl Bloebaum.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HEAD COACH MARK SULLIVAN FOR BEING NAMED THE GMC BOYS COACH OF THE YEAR. This is the 6th time that he has either won or shared this prestigious honor.

Mason Boy Swimmer of the meet named by our coaching staff was Braden Osborn.

Next up for Mason Swimming and Diving is the OHSAA Sectionals. Girls and Boys Diving will be at Miami University on Wednesday and Thursday. Boys Swimming on Friday at Mason and Girls Swimming at home on Saturday.

Sectional Boys Diving

@ Miami U.

Sectional-Girls Diving

@ Miami U.

Sectional Boys Swimming

@ home

This past weekend the Mason Boys Swimming Team easily won over runner-up Sycamore for their 4th straight Sectional team title.

Congratulations to all of our district swimming qualifiers over the weekend. We qualified 18 boys (all but 2 swims) for the upcoming District Championships.

Individual & relay winners are below:

Boys

50 & 100 Freestyle – Adam Chaney

200 Freestyle Relay – Braden Osborn, Steven Habra, Sean Huggins, Kevin Wu

400 Freestyle Relay – Braden Osborn, Carl Bloebaum, Alex Zhang, Adam Chaney

The OHSAA District Championships will be held this Saturday at Miami University. District Diving will be held at Miami on Thursday.

The District Tournament will automatically qualify two (2) in each swimming event to the State Meet, with sixteen (16) at large qualifiers that will be selected on the basis of times recorded in the District Meet.

Five (5) divers will qualify to the State Meet to be held Feb. 21-23 (dive/swim) in Canton, Ohio.

Sectional Girls Swimming

@ home

District Boys/Girls Invite

@ St. Xavier

District-Boys Diviing

@ Miami U.

Districdt -Girls Diviing

@ Miami U.

District Boys Swimming

@ Miami U.

State Girls Diving

@ Canton

State Boys Diving

@ Canton

State Swimming Championships

@ Canton

The Mason Boys Swimming Team had their highest finish ever at the State meet this past weekend, finishing 3rd overall! This years team result eclipsed last years 4th place finish.

The Comet boys had an amazing meet and were led by senior Adam Chaney who successfully defended his state titles in the 50 and 100 freestyle.

Adam is now a 6x Individual State Champion in his illustrious high school career! His 50 yard Freestyle performance this year was a state record which he previously set last year, also tying the pool record! Adam, rightfully so, was named the boy's State Swimmer of the Meet for 2020!

Below are this years team results from State:

200 Medley Relay – 3rd – 1:31.53
Adam Chaney, Nicky Diangelo, Eli Devyak, Kevin Wu

200 IM
Nicky Diangelo – 10th – 1:51.86  **School Record

50 Freestyle
Adam Chaney – 1st – 19.62 **School, State, & Pool Record
Braden Osborn – 6th – 20.85

100 Butterfly
Carl Bloebaum – 2nd – 48.58
Braden Osborn – 7th – 49.72

100 Freestyle
Adam Chaney  - 1st – 43.93

200 Freestyle Relay – 2nd  – 1:21.11  **School Record  **Broke the existing State Meet Record
Braden Osborn, Carl Bloebaum, Kevin Wu, Adam Chaney

100 Backstroke
Carl Bloebaum – 8th – 50.41

100 Breaststroke
Nicky Diangelo – 20th – 58.37

400 Freestyle Relay – 7th – 3:07.31
Braden Osborn, Eli Devyak, Kevin Wu, Carl Bloebaum

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE SWIMMERS AND THE COACHES!

Akron Firestone-Green/White

@ home

Saturday was the Mason Invitational. This was the 16th year we have run the invite! We hosted 15 teams & over 350 swimmers! 

The Girl’s team finished 3rd overall! It was a long day for everyone involved but seeing all our swimmers swimming so well throughout the day was well worth it!

Top 8 performers listed below:      

Girls

200 Medley Relay – 4th – Avani Deshmukh, Advika Sumit, Kylie Dennison, Gabby Godenzi

100 IM – 3th Advika Sumit, 4th Emily Zhang, 8th Avani Deshmukh

100 Butterfly – 5th Kylie Dennison 

500 Freestyle – 5th Allison Fries

200 Freestyle Relay – 2nd Natasha Jha, Advika Sumit, Emily Zhang, Gabby Godenzi

100 Backstroke – 5th Avani Deshmukh, 8th Kylie Dennison

100 Breaststroke – 5th Advika Sumit, 7th Emily Zhang

400 Freestyle Relay – 5th Allison Fries, Avani Deshmukh, Kylie Dennison, Cynthia Shao

Girls Swimmer of the meet was Gabby Godenzi

Next up, Mason Swim/Dive will host a quad meet this Saturday with Lebanon, Kings and Princeton.

Quad vs. Lebanon/Kings/Princeton Green/White

@ home

This past Saturday Girls Swim plus our divers hosted Lebanon, Princeton, & Kings in a quad meet. The team showed amazing depth and also had some outstanding performances.

TEAM SCORES

Girl’s scores - Mason 105, Kings 91, Lebanon 89, Princeton 23

Relay & Individual winners were:

Girls

Diving – Greta Coyner

Ally Huber was named swimmer of the meet!

CHCA/Badin-Green/White

@ home

Akron Firestone-Green only

@ Akron

At Akron Firestone on 12/20 the girls swim team lost 63-107.

Girls wimmer of the meet was Abby Waechter

On Saturday, Dec. 20th the girls team competed in the Christmas Invitational held at Canton McKinley High School. No team scores were kept, but at looking at the results the coaches felt we were second on the girl’s side to North Canton Hoover.

On the girl’s side the team was led by Reese Lugbill, Ashley Lugbill, Kiara Anchrum. Reese finished 5th in the IM & 7th in the Breaststroke. Ashley was 2nd in the 500 Free while Kiara easily won the 100 Butterfly!

You can find the entire meet results on swimmeet.com. 

Top girl performances were turned in by the following:

                200 Medley Relay – 3rd Emma Dalton, Reese Lugbill, Kiara Anchrum, Tiana Achrum

                200 IM – 5th Reese Lugbill

                50 Freestyle – 7th Tiana Anchrum

                100 Butterfly – 1st Kiara Achrum, 6th Abby Waechter, 7th Lauren Nguyen

                100 Freestyle – 8th Maggie Hojnacki

                500 Freestyle – 2nd Ashley Lugbill

                200 Freestyle Relay – 2nd Tiana Anchrum, Maggie Hojnacki, Lauren Fries, Kiara Anchrum

                100 Backstroke – 7th Emma Dalton

                100 Breaststroke- 7th Reese Lugbill

                400 Freestyle Relay – 3rd Reese Lugbill, Maggie Hojnacki, Emma Dalton, Lauren Fries         

Girls Swimmer of the meet was Advika Sumit

Friday night at home we hosted CHCA & Badin in a tri-meet. The girl’s team scores: Mason – 78, Badin – 53, CHCA – 50.

Top individual performances for the boys and girls teams were turned in by the following:

200 Freestyle – 2nd Evie Mendelsohn, 3rd Sofie White, 3rd Nischal Suhas

200 IM – 2nd Emily Zhang, 5th Scott Reckers

50 Freestyle – 3rd Lauren Kobalka, 3rd Brady Cadek

100 Butterfly – 4th Mia Adrian, 3rd Omar Mitiek 

100 Freestyle – 2nd Sofie White, 3rd Chloe Chien, 2nd Cole Scheidler, 3rd John Barker

500 Freestyle – 1st Evie Mendelsohn, 2nd Fabiola Godenzi, 3rd Lauren Kobalka, 4th Zach Grau

200 Freestyle Relay – 2nd Tobit Atkinson, John Barker, Brady Adkins, Dylan Adrian

100 Backstroke – 3rd Julie Krueger, 4th Michael Zuo

100 Breaststroke – 1st Emily Zhang, 3rd Chloe Chien, 4th Nischal Suhas

400 Freestyle Relay – 1st Evie Mendelsohn, Lauren Kobalka, Sofie White, Fabiola Godenzi

                                       3rd Cole Scheidler, Brady Cadek, Michael Zuo, Joseph Tomlinson

Diving – 1st Langley Peterson, 3rd Lauren Lombardo

Girls Swimmer of the meet was Evie Mendelsohn

This past Saturday, Jan. 4th we took 56 swimmers up to Miami University to compete in the Brave Invite. The girls’ team finished 2nd to Springboro. Kylie Dennison was the girl’s lone winner in the 50 Butterfly.

There were over 12 teams throughout the SW District competing in this invite. 

Top 6 finishers were:

Girls

Evie Mendelsohn – 200 free 5th, 500 free 5th

Ashley Schoenlein – 200 IM 3rd, 100 Breast 3rd

Lauren Varga – 200 IM 5th, 50 Back 3rd

Abby Waechter – 200 IM 6th, 50 Back 2nd

Emily Zhang – 100 Fly 3rd, 100 Free 6th

Kylie Dennison – 100 Fly 4th, 50 Fly 1st

Gabby Godenzi – 100 Fly 6th

Veda Adusumalli – 100 Back 3rd, 100 IM 2nd

Lauren Nguyen – 100 Back 6th, 100 Breast 6th

Allison Fries – 200 Free 4th, 500 Free 3rd

Sydney Richards – 500 Free 4th

Sophie White – 50 Breast 2nd

Ella Stanton – 50 Breast 3rd

Julie Krueger – 100 IM 3rd

Lauren Kobalka – 100 IM 4th

Bela Karajagi – 50 Back 5th

Kaye Seastrom – 50 Back 4th

Girls Swimmer of the meet was Julie Krueger

Next up the Mason Swim/Dive Teams compete at Upper Arlington on Friday, Jan. 10th.

Friday, Mason traveled to Columbus to take on Perennial Power, Upper Arlington. Both squads came up short! The girls lost 102-83.

The girl’s team swam very well but could not hold up to UA’s overall depth. Individual wins were turned in by:

Reese Lugbill – 100 Breaststroke

Kiara Anchrum - 100 Butterfly

Ashley Lugbill - 500 Freestyle

Our girl’s diving team had an outstanding meet finishing 2nd, 3rd, & 4th. Freshman Langley Petersen finished 2nd,

Karina Ashton 3rd, & Lauren Lombardo finished 4th.

**Swimmer of the meet-Emma Dalton

Saturday, we traveled to Princeton High School and competed in the 5th annual Princeton Invite. Overall the girl’s team finished 6th out of 15 teams. All the swimmers competing swam very well with many lifetime best times. Top 8 performances were turned in by:

Evie Mendelsohn – 500 Free 8th

The JV team in particular had a great meet with 22 of 28 best times turned in! 12 of the 14 JV swimmers had at least one best time!

This coming weekend, Mason Swim/Dive competes in the annual Southwest Coaches Classic to be held at Mason and Keating.

Southwest Classic-Gr/Wh

@ Mason/Keating

Mason Swimming and Diving hosted the annual Coaches Classic this past weekend. The Girls finished as overall runnerup at the event (2nd). See individual highlights below:

Girls:

400 Medley Relay – Team & Meet Record – Emma Dalton, Reese Lugbill, Kiara Anchrum, Tiana Anchrum

200 Freestyle Relay – Tiana Anchrum, Emma Dalton, Maggie Hojnacki, Kiara Anchrum

200 Medley Relay – Meet Record - Emma Dalton, Reese Lugbill, Kiara Anchrum, Tiana Anchrum

100 Butterfly – Kiara Anchrum – Meet Record  **Mason Pool record during prelims

50 Breaststroke – Maggie Hojnacki & 50 Butterfly – Team Record

1650 Freestyle – Ashley Lugbill

Diving results from the weekend:

Freshman Langley Petersen finished 5th

Junior Karina Ashton finished 10th

Congratulations to all participants!

Next up, Mason hosts Laktoa East and West this Friday, January 24tgh. On Saturday the team competes at the St. Xavier Invite.

East/West-Green only

@ home

Mason Swimming and Diving competed at home against East and West this past Friday night. The Girl’s team showed tremendous depth as the boys team had done!

Girls Scores – Mason 98, Lakota West 61, Lakota East 27

Junior Reese Lugbill led the team with 2 wins in the 200 Freestyle & 50 Breaststroke. Other individual wins were turned in by:

Ashley Lugbill – 200 IM

Maggie Hojnacki – 100 Butterfly

Gabby Godenzi – 500 Freestyle

Emma Dalton – 50 Backstroke

Divers had a great meet!

Langley Peterson won with a score of 285.10 followed by Karina Ashton. Colleen Gorski finished 4th, while Grace Brossart finished 5th.

Swimmers of the meet were Neha Patil, Lauren Fries & Stephen Habra.

Next up for Mason Swimming is the GMC Championships at Mason on Saturday (Diving on Friday), February 1st. Mason girls have won the league every year (12 straight) since entering the GMC in 2007-08.

The Comets Swimming/Diving programs competed at the St. Xavier Invite on Saturday. Waiting on results.

GMC Diving

@ home

GMC Boys/Girls Swimming Championships

@ home

Congratulations to the Girl’s Swimming & Diving team for defending their GMC team title over the weekend, winning their 13th consecutive league championship. See team scores below:

1. Mason 537.5

2. Lakota West 386.5
3. Sycamore 366.5

4. Lakota East 304
5. Oak Hills 165

6. Fairfield 98
7. Colerain 89.5

8. Hamilton 77
9. Princeton 70

10. Middletown 52

The girl’s team showed tremendous depth & were led by Junior’s Reese Lugbill & Kiara Anchrum. Reese won the 200 IM & 100 Breaststroke, while Kiara won the 100 Butterfly. Kiara also set a new league record which was set back in 2009. This is the girl’s 13th straight league title! They easily outdistanced runner-up Lakota West. 

Also winning were our 200 Medley Relay & 200 Freestyle Relays.

200 Medley Relay – Emma Dalton, Reese Lugbill, Kiara Anchrum, & Tiana Anchrum

200 Freestyle Relay – Maggie Hojnacki, Emma Dalton, Lauren Fries, & Tiana Anchrum

Our GMC girls divers performed very well Friday night. Langely Petersen won & was named “League Diver of the Year”, while Karina Ashton finished runner-up. Colleen Gorski finished 4th. 

Swimmer of the meet named by our coaching staff was Reese Lugbill.

Next up for Mason Swimming and Diving is the OHSAA Sectionals. Girls and Boys Diving will be at Miami University on Wednesday and Thursday. Boys Swimming on Friday at Mason and Girls Swimming at home on Saturday.

Sectional Boys Diving

@ Miami U.

Sectional-Girls Diving

@ Miami U.

Sectional Boys Swimming

@ home

Sectional Girls Swimming

@ home

This past weekend the Mason Girls Diving and Swimming Team easily won their 8th Sectional Title in a row.

Congratulations to all of our district swimming qualifiers over the weekend. We qualified 18 girls total for the District Championships.

Individual & relay winners are below:

Girls

200 Medley Relay – Emma Dalton, Reese Lugbill, Kiara Anchrum, Tiana Anchrum

200 Freestyle Relay – Maggie Hojnacki, Emma Dalton, Tiana Anchrum, Lauren Fries

400 Freestyle Relay – Maggie Hojnacki, Kiara Anchrum, Reese Lugbill, Tiana Anchrum

50 Freestyle – Tiana Anchrum

100 Backstroke – Emma Dalton

100 Breaststroke – Reese Lugbill

100 Butterfly – Kiara Anchrum

500 Freestyle – Ashley Lugbill

Divers Langley Petersen & Karina Ashton both moved onto Districts.

The OHSAA District Championships will be held this Saturday at Miami University. District Diving will be held at Miami on Thursday.

The District Tournament will automatically qualify two (2) in each swimming event to the State Meet, with sixteen (16) at large qualifiers that will be selected on the basis of times recorded in the District Meet.

Five (5) divers will qualify to the State Meet to be held Feb. 21-23 (dive/swim) in Canton, Ohio.

District Boys/Girls Invite

@ St. Xavier

District-Boys Diviing

@ Miami U.

Districdt -Girls Diviing

@ Miami U.

District Girls Swimming

@ Miami U.

State Girls Diving

@ Canton

State Boys Diving

@ Canton

State Swimming Championships

@ Canton

The Mason Girls Swim and Dive team had an outstanding State Meet finishing 4th overall. This is the 14th year in a row the team has finished in the top 10! Nine Comet girls represented the state team this year and were led by Kiara Anchrum's State Championship performance in the 100 yd. Butterfly!

Below are the girl’s final results from the State Meet this past weekend.:

200 Medley Relay – 2nd  – 1:42.21
Emma Dalton, Reese Lugbill, Kiara Anchrum, Tiana Anchrum

200 IM
Reese Lugbill – 4th – 2:03.61

50 Freestyle
Tiana Anchrum – 14th – 24.01

1 Meter Diving
Langely Petersen – 9th – 358.25
Karina Ashton – 21st – 147.90

100 Butterfly
Kiara Anchrum – 1st – 54.48 *School Record

500 Freestyle
Ashley Lugbill – 9th – 4:57.16

200 Freestyle Relay – 5th – 1:35.53
Kiara Anchrum, Emma Dalton, Maggie Hojnacki, Tiana Anchrum

100 Backstroke
Emma Dalton – 23rd – 58.65

100 Breaststroke
Reese Lugbill – 6th – 1:03.92
Ashley Lugbill – 15th – 1:05.81

400 Freestyle Relay – 6th – 3:30.63
Ashley Lugbill, Tiana Anchrum, Reese Lugbill, Kiara Anchrum           

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE MASON GIRLS AND THEIR COACHES!

Ironman Invite

@ Walsh Jesuit HS

Mason Wrestling took care of business versus Moeller on Wednesday, defeating the Crusaders in a dual match 50-24. See highlights below:

113: Najdusak -- Forfeit

The Comets will compete in the annual Coaches Classic this Saturday and Sunday at Harrison HS. Over break the team competes at the Powerade Tourney on Dec. 27 and 28.

Coaches Classic

@ Harrison

Mason Wrestling competed in the annual Coaches Classic Tourney on Dec. 21-22nd. The team finished third overall. See individual highlights below:

2nd: 
106: Pacey Najdusak
126: Dominic DiTullio
195: Owen Amburgy

3rd:
120: Noah Lippeatt

5th:
132: Dante DiTullio

On Dec. 27-28 during Holiday Break, the Comets competed at the Powerade Tourney. See individual highlites below:

Next up for Mason wrestling is a home tri-match with Legacy Christian and Miami Trace HS on Wednesday.

Tri-Match vs. Legacy Christian/ Miami Trace

@ Mason HS

Wednesday night Mason hosted a tri-meet with Legacy Christian and Miami Trace HS. See team results below:

Mason over Miami Trace 51-24

Next up, Mason Wrestling participates in the Graham HS Quad on Saturday.

This past Friday, Mason Varsity A competed at Graham HS for a tri between Graham and Union County (KY). See results below:

Colerain/Talawanda (Varsity B)

"Senior Night"

@ Mason HS

Wrestling swept a tri-meet on Wednesday at home against Colerain and Talawanda. No other details available.

This Saturday, Mason Wrestling will host the annual Mason Invitational (James Horning Invite) at the Middle School Arena. Wrestling begins for the 10 teams competing at 10:00 AM.

JVH Invite

@ Mason Middle School Arena

Mason Wrestling hosted the JVH Invite this past Saturday. Waiting on results and details.

Next up, Mason heads to Wadsworth, Ohio this Saturday for the Grizzly Invite.

Grizzly Invite

@ Wadsworth HS

Mason Wrestling competed at the Wadsworth Grizzly Invitational Tournament this past Saturday. See individual results below:

Mason wrestled at Fairfiield last Friday and defeated the Indians, 45-23. See results below:

Next up, the Comets will wrestle Lakota East in a dual match on Wednesday, Feb. 5th.

The wrestling team fell to East last Wednesday in a dual meet 39-31. See results below:

106: Pickens fall Gibson

Next up for Mason Wrestling is the GMC Championships at Oak Hills HS on Saturday, Feb. 22nd. The Comets were the GMC runnerup in 2018-19 to defending champion Fairfield.

State Duals

@ St. John Arena

GMC Championships

@ Oak Hills

GMC CHAMPIONS!

Mason Wrestling is the 2019-20 GMC Champions! Of the 14 weight classes, Mason had 10 wrestlers competing for 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th place. After trailing Lakota East by 7 points heading into the final round, the Comets were able to win 8 of their 10 matches and finish 12 points ahead of the Thunderhawks. This is the program's 10th GMC title in the past 11 years, since entering the league in 2007-08.

It was as big weekend for three Comets. Pacey Najdusak became a 4 X GMC Champion winning the 113 weight class. Dominic Ditullio was a GMC Champion winning the 120 lb. weight class. Owen Amburgy was 1st and crowned GMC champ of the 195 lb. class.

All three of these Comets earned 1st Team All GMC honors. Noah Lippeatt, (126-2nd place) earned 2nd Team All GMC. Ethan Pickens (106), Dante DiTullio (132), Nolan Fitz (145) and Skylar Horn (285) were 3rd Team All GMC.

First-year head coach, Nicholas Maffey was named the GMC Coach of the Year.

Below is a recap from the GMC meet held this past Saturday at Oak Hills:

Congratulations to all the Mason Wrestlers and Coaches!

Next up for Mason Wrestling is the OHSAA Sectional Tourney, Friday and Saturday at Lebanon HS. Each sectional will qualify the top four (4) wrestlers in each weight class to the district tournament to be held at Fairmont HS on March 6-7.

Mason Wrestling finished an impressive 2nd at this past weekends Sectional Tourney at Lebanon. The Comets advanced a strong group of wrestlers on to the District Championships and a chance to qualify for State. Mason had 8 District Qualifiers and 11 placers at the event. Pacey Najdusak, Dominic DiTullio, Dante DiTullio, and Owen Amburgy were all Sectional Champions.

See the results listed below:

The District Wrestling Championships are this Friday and Saturday at Kettering Fairmont HS. Only the top four wrestlers in each weight class move on to the OHSAA State Championships at OSU on March 13-15 at the Jerome Schottenstein Center.

District Tourney

@ Kettering Fairmont

Mason Wrestling Sends Two to State!

The results of the Distict Championships are in and Mason has two wrestlers who have secured state berths. Owen Amburgy finished 2nd in the 195 lb weight class and has earned his spot at State! Dominic DiTullio finished 3rd at 120 lbs and also has punched his ticket to State! His brother Dante was a District Placer and finished 6th overall in the 126 lb weight class.

Amburgy and Ditullio will compete for state titles this Friday-Sunday at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio.

GOOD LUCK AT STATE AND GO COMETS!

State Tourney

@ OSU

Highlights

Girls Bowling fell at Middletown 1879-1734 on Wednesday. No other info provided.

Next, Mason girls bowl at Hamilton on Tuesady, Dec. 10th.

The Comet girls fell at Hamilton on Tuesday, 2213-1958. No info on the match supplied.

Next up, Mason participates in the Holiday Classic at Western Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 14th.

The girls bowling team competed in the Holiday Classic at Western Bowl on Saturday. They found some success and were able to win the consolation tournament beating 4 different teams in bracketed play. See scores below:

Amy Bergset 108, 148, total 256

Next up, the team is off until after Winter Break. They will compete in the Back-to-School Bash on Saturday, Jan. 4th.

Back To School Bash (Girls)

The girls bowlers competed over break at the annual Back To School Bash. Mason was 15th out of 28 schools competing. See results below:

Mason girls bowling fell to Fairfield on Monday, 2280-1974. No details available.

Next up, Mason (2-3, 1-3) will compete in the Lancer Baker Bash on Sunday, Jan. 12th.

Crusader Challenge

@ Crossgate Lanes

Girls Bowling competed at the Crusader Challenge on Friday. Kyliegh Dahlgren had  one terrific game and bowled her first 200 as a varsity member. No other details available.

Next up for the girls is a visit to Colerain today.

Mason visited Princeton on Wednesday and came away with a 1907-1718 victory. See scores below:

Next up, Mason (3-4, 2-4) will host Oak Hills on Friday.

Mason girls almost pulled off the upset of Oak HIlls last Friday, falling by a mere 17 pins, 1942-1925.

Mason girls were suppose to bowl at Sycamore last night. No results reported.

Next, the Comets host Lakota West on Monday, Feb. 3rd.

Mason Girls defeated Lakota West on Monday night, 1865-1754. The Comets were led by Paige Poloha and her 304.

The girls bowlers were to play at Seton last night. Waiting on a report.

The Comets girls will host Ursuline on Monday, Feb. 10th.

Next up for Mason Girls Bowling is senior night at home vs. Kings on Tuesday, Feb. 18th.

Mason Girls ended their regular season with a 1835-1772 win over Kings on Tuesday night. No other details provided.

The Girls head to the postseason on Thursday at Crossgate Lanes for the Sectional Championships.

SECTIONAL

@ Crossgate Lanes

On Thursday the Mason Girls Bowling team battled the odds to earn a place in the District Championships. They made their way into 7th place but could not hold on, falling in the last game to lose their hold on 7th place and chance to advance in the postseason.

One player however earned a spot as an individual. Kyleigh Dahlgren punched her tiicket to Districts as her score placed her as a top individual bowler at sectionals. 

CONGRATULATIONS KYLEIGH!

The OHSAA District Bowling Championships will be held Thursday, Feb. 27th in Dayton, Ohio.

DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dayton, Ohio

Kyleigh Dahlgren bowled as an individual qualifier in the OHSAA District Championships at Beaver-Vu. Her scores did not qualify her for state, but Kyleigh had a great season!

Congratulations Kyleigh on all your accomplishments in 2019-20!

Highlights

The boys participated in the big blue on Sunday and did well. The boys had a very good third game and moved into 5th place overall. A very good baker series moved them from 5th to 4th by the end of the day.

The Mason boys bowling team had a tough match with Middletown at Eastern lanes on Wednesday.  After a rough start the boys bowled very well. They scored a team second game of 1012 which would have been good enough to make up ground on any other day.

However James Prater bowled a near perfect game of 298 cancelling out any chance to catch up. They also bowled very well in the team round, making up over 100 pins but still fell short of a complete comeback. Middletown won 2737 to mason's 2646.

Mason falls to 0-3 and will visit Hamilton on Tuesday. Dec. 10th.

Mason Boys bowl defeated Hamilton on Tuesday, 2743-2433. No details of the match were provided.

Next up, Mason boys play Raider HS at Beaver-Vu Bowl on Saturday. The Comets then participate in the Holiday Classic at Western Bowl on Sunday, Dec. 15th.

Holiday Classic (boys)

@ Western Bowl

The Mason boys had a very tough matchup Monday the 16th. Lasalle has been very tough in the past and they love bowling at Mason. Some of their best scores have come from Mason Bowl. Mason senior Damian Sauer posted a high for the year with a phenomenal 504 2 game series, followed by junior, Zach Belegrin's terrific 435. 

On most days that would be enough to clobber anyone but Nolan Blessing from Lasalle managed to throw a perfect game and a 278 for a 578 series.

Mason also bowled their best match of the season with a terrific 2914. However, Lasalle produced a 3030, which just so happens is their high for the season. It was a tremendous day even though Mason ended up on the wrong side of the ledger. 

The Boys Bowlers will be off until after the winter break when they compete at the Back-to-School Bash on Jan. 5th.

Mason competed vs Fairfield on Monday, Jan. 6th. No results available.

Next, Mason boys (1-4, 1-2) compete at the Lancer Baker Bash on Saturday, Jan. 11th.

Crusader Challenge

@ Crossgate Lanes

On Monday the team competed at the Baker Challenge at Beaver-Vu Lanes. The team struggled and finished 16th overall.

Next up, Mason boys visit Colerain today, Jan. 21st.

The Comet boys continued their winning ways with a 2648-2149 win at Princeton on Wednesday. No other details were available.

Next up, Mason boys (5-4, 4-2) will host Oak Hills on Friday.

Congratulations to the Comets boys bowling team! Mason handed Oak Hills their first loss of the season, upsetting the league leader 2745-2583 on Friday at home.

Mason boys were suppose to bowl at Sycamore last night. No results reported.

Next, the Comets host Lakota West on Monday, Feb. 3rd.

Mason visited Elder last night. No scores reported.

Next up, Mason will be at Kings on Monday, Feb. 17th.

BOYS BOWLING WINS SHARE OF GMC TITLE!

The GMC Boys Bowling regular season came to an end on Tuesday and the final standing have our Comet Boys earning a share of the 2019-20 GMC title. It makes the second year in a row that the Highlanders and Comets have shared the league. Mason and Oak Hills both finished this season with identical league records of 7-2.

This is the third time Mason boys bowling has either shared the GMC title or won it outright (shared 2020 and 2019, won byself 2009).

"I was actually surprised that it has only been the third time we tied or won outright. We have had such great competitive teams that I thought it would be more," said Mason boys head coach Joe Riestenberg.

"It has been a good year and we are hoping that we are peaking at the right time."

Members of the GMC champions boys are listed below:

Next up for Mason Boys Bowling {8-5) is senior night at home vs. Kings on Monday, Feb. 18th.

Mason Boys Bowling defeated Kings on their final regular season match on Tuesday. Final score 2510-2323. No other details provided.

The boys will now set their sights on the postseason with the Sectional Tourney coming up on Thursday, Feb. 20th at Crossgate Lanes.

The team format for the Sectional Championships will consist of three (3) games of regular bowling followed by six (6) games of Baker format bowling. The sum total of all team scores will determine teams that advance to the District Championship.

SECTIONAL

@ Crossgate Lanes

Mason Boys Bowler Team

SECTIONAL CHAMPS!

Sauer Wins Sectional Bowling Title!

The Comet Boys Bowling Team had a "marque day" at the Sectional Championships on Thursday. Mason boys entered the day as a longshot to win, with moving on in the top 7 seemed to be a sure thing.

Going into the competition, the Mason boy's were ranked 4th out of the field of 18 teams. Jonathon Davis led the boys off with a terrific 263 game, best in the house.

The second game was led by Damian Sauers' 248. Then Ogden Nijikowski led the Mason boys with a 226.

It was a tremendous start putting the Mason boys solidly in first place, well ahead of the closest challenger.

Team bowling started up after the lunch break and West Clermont took on the challenge of making up 170 pins. Mason struggled and was actually down going into the final Baker game. Mason surged back into the lead with a solid 218, just enough to finish 5 pins above the West Clermont Wolves.

The Comets finished in first place and Damian Sauer took home the title of number 1 bowler in the tourney, beating out over 100 other bowlers.  This makes the 4th straight year that Mason has won Sectionals at Crossgate.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PLAYERS AND COACHES!

The OHSAA District Bowling Championships will be held Thursday, Feb. 27th in Dayton, Ohio.

DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dayton, Ohio

Holiday Cheer Event

@ Beavercreek HS

Memorial Spirit Series

@ Dublin Jerome HS

Mason Competition Cheer competed at the Memorial Spirit Event at Dublin Jerome on Sunday. The team did awesome finishing first overall.

Next up for Mason Comp Cheer is the Buckeye Cheer Open Nationals in Columbus, Ohio Convention Center on Sunday, Jan. 19th.

Buckeye Cheer Open Nationals

@ Columbus Convention Center

Comp Cheer traveled to Columbus this weekend for the Buckeye Cheer Open. No details or results avaialable.

The Comp Cheer team is at the OASSA Regional Qualifier on Sunday, Feb. 2nd.

OASSA Regional Qualifier

@ Miamisburg HS

Mason Comp Cheer competed at the OASSA Regional Qualifier this past Sunday. The team earned State Qualification at the event. The State Fianls will be held March 1st at St. John Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Next up, Mason Comp Cheer is at the Cheermax event at Great Wolf Lodge on Sunday, Feb. 9th.

Cheermax

@ Great Wolfe Lodge

The Comp Cheer Team competed at Cheermax at Great Wolf on Sunday and won first place and were crowned Grand Champions!

Next up, Mason Cheer competes at the Cheer For A Cure Event on Sunday at Centerville HS.

Cheer For A Cure

@ Centerville HS

OASSA State Finals

@ St. John Arena Columbus, OH

Mason Competition Cheer ended their 2019-20 season at the OASSA State Finals at St. John Arena on Sunday. The Comets finished fourth overall in the I-A division.

Congratulations on a great season!