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A6 2014 PORTS PORTS HIGH I NDIAN ILL JOURNAL Editor: Melanie Laughman, 513-248-7573 INDIAN HILL When it came to replacing a veteran girls lacrosse oach, Indian Hill High School ent to Montgomery Road and hen north to the Sycamore Aviators. Katie Post had coached freshmen under head varsity coach Eddie Clark. She also played for Clark from 2006-2009, i ncluding his state championship teams in 2007 and 2009. Since oming to Indian Hill last fall, flashed her state title on occasion to for motivation. I do have them and have shown them maybe once or Post said.

Assistant varsity coach Rachel McLouth is also a a more disciple and the two former teammates guided the Lady Braves to a 13-3 season going into the Ohio Schoolgirls Lacrosse Association tournament. Indian Hill started slow, losing two of their first three to Summit Country Day and Mount Notre Dame. From there, they went 12-1 with the only blemish being a 141 2 loss to Ursuline on April 24. definitely try to instill a lot of mental Post said. A lot of the game is mental, especially playing a lot of games back- to-back during the week.

I try to eep them Captains this have been senior defender Emma Ackermann, enior mid Elena Horton and junior mid Mackenzie McMillan. orton has the endurance from her cross country experience and the toughness picked up rom playing competitive hockey. soon be on the ice at Dartmouth. very athletic across the Post said. hand-eye coordination is probably better than most college athletes because of the hockey Horton, junior Gabi Gibson and senior Katherine Murphy are a mong the Lady Braves who routinely find the net.

fairly even across the Post said. about four girls that score consistently for eniors Ackermann, Maddi Bennett and Abbey Froehlich lead a defense that surrounds econd-year goalie Allie Lachs. Part of the strategy of Post is sim- i lar to what Tim McKay does with Indian boys team. They control the pacing of the game. We really settle the ball Post said.

can maintain possession better than most teams we play. Against Loveland we maintained possession for the majority of the In the tournament opener in the Division II region, Indian Hill beat Cincinnati Country Day 15-2. That moved hem to a match against Columbus Academy May 20. Results of that and other matches a vailable by publishing deadlines. Look for scores on www.cincinnati.com/preps.

been an awesome Post said. Indian Gabi Gibson (12) and Catherine Sanders (2) surround the goal against Seven Hills May 6. Indian Hill won the game 17-6. THANKS TO KATHERINE POST Indian Hill girls lacrosse posts impressive record By Scott Springer Indian Hill gets ready to battle Seven Hills on May 6. The Lady Braves won the contest 17-6.

THANKS TO KATHERINE POST Baseball Cincinnati Country Day was scheduled to open Division IV sectional tournament play May 16 after deadlines against Aiken. The winner advanced to face either Riverview or New Miami in the sectional finals May 21. Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy was scheduled to open Division III sectional tour- ament play May 16 after dead- ines against East Clinton. The inner advanced to face either lermont Northeastern or Bethel-Tate in the sectional finals May 21. Indian Hill beat Mariemont 6-3 on May 9.

Sophomore Tanner Helms had the win and senior Henry Hardy drove in wo runs. In the Division I sect ional, Indian Hill lost to Nor- ood 5-0 on May 13. The Braves inish the season 8-10. Moeller beat St. Xavier 9-4 May 10.

Senior T.J. Storer got he win and junior Joe Vranesic as 2-4 with a home run and two runs batted in. For complete tournament results, please visit www.cin- innati.com/preps. Softball In the Division II sectional a New Richmond, Indian Hill got by the host Lady Lions 11-10 May 15. Sophomore Cassidy ang got the win.

Senior Johann a Wagner was 3-4 with a double a nd senior Ally Hermes was 2-4 ith a double and four runs batted in. After a first-round bye, CCD was scheduled to face Faye tteville in the second round of the Division IV sectional softball tournament May 16 after eadlines. The winner advanced to play either Cedarville or Felicity for the sectional title May 20. CHCA lost 10-0 to Waynesville in the Division III sectional tournament. The Eagles had a 6-9 record going into its last reg- lar season game May 16 at New iami.

Ursuline Academy beat ercy 3-0 in the first round of the Division I sectional tourna- ent May 12. The Lions adv anced to meet Colerain after deadlines May 16. The winner faced Glen Este for the sectional title May 19. Boys tennis Indian Hill beat Turpin 4-1 May 12. Sophomore Alex arstler and freshmen Milan Bhandari and Mrinal Singh The Braves blanked Finney- own 5-0 on May 13.

Bhandari, unior Daniel Harder and fresh- an Pablo Guzman won singles. A the Division II sectional at the ATP Lindner Tennis Center, seniors Trevor Chaudry made it to the doubles inals with wins over Bethel- Tate, CHCA and Felicity-Franklin on May 15. Senior Ian Mand Graydon Cowan also made the finals with a first round bye and wins over Batavia and Bethel-Tate. Warstler, Bhandari and Harder all won first round matches. Top seed Asher Hirsch, second-seeded JJ Wolf and ishaal Nalagatla of Cincinnati ountry Day all advanced to the ivision II sectional singles emifinals and qualified for district competition.

The doubles eams of Wildman-Yu and holke-Mitra also advanced. The semifinals and finals were scheduled for May 16 after deadlines. Justin Sikkema on his first match in the sect ional tournamentr before fall- i ng to Hirsch in the sec- nd round. Nathaniel Hipsley won his opener before falling against Milan Bhandari of India Hill. John Wells won his pener, but fell in the second ound to Nalagatla.

Ea- les doubles teams of Bolsinger and Breeze-Stringfellow, as well as Humphrey and had first-round byes, but lost to eams from Indian Hill and Goshen, respectively. Track and field Junior Wells Coalfleet of Indian Hill was the Cincinnati Hills League champion in the 800 meters at the league meet in Deer Park with a time of 2:04.04. Senior Drake Stimson took the high jump with a season-high eap of 6-foot-6. CCD won the girls Miami alley Conference meet title ay 15. The Indians also had individual boys titles from Coope Ebersbach (800 meters), antero Moreno-Cheek (shot put and discus) and the 4x100 relay.

Ursuline won the 4x800 re- ay on the first day of the Girls reater Catholic League meet ay 14. Day two of the event as scheduled for May 16 after eadlines. Boys volleyball Moeller beat Fairfield in PRESS PREPS HIGHLIGHTS By Scott Springer and Mark D. Motz Cincinnati Country Darryn ordan holds off North College Meki Sams in the final leg of he 4x100 relay at the Miami alley Conference meet at CHCA May 15. SCOTT THE COMMUNITY PRESS ZANESVILLE The question in the commercial is backward.

It ought to be what can he do for Brown? incinnati Country Day enior Elijah Engelke is putt ing the finishing touches on his prep rowing career with the Indians before heading to the Ivy League to study engineering at Brown University next school ear. kicked off the last ew major competitions of his high school season with arepeat victory in the single sculls at the Midwest cholastic Championships i Zanesville May 10 and 11. I wanted to defend my title from last Engelke said. was really the motivation since I ave anything I needed to for college or anything. I ust wanted to go out and row a good race.

I got off the block well and just kept going. time you can never really pay attention to. The onditions are so different on every course, I usually really watch the clock. more about getting off to a good start and staying in CD junior Kailas Menon won his qualifying heat a nd finished as runner-up in the singles event. Engelke said he enjoyed racing a gainst a teammate.

raced head- to-head before the he said. think it was a good thing for me because I know what capable of doing. With other teams, other rowers you seen, you know what they can unior Celia Macrae won the girls single sculls competition, while senior team- ate Hanna Gottschalk finished third. Macrae teamed with classmate Isabelle udson to take second in the doubles. he freshman duo of Holly Jacobs and Liz Keller laced fourth in doubles ompetition.

CD was scheduled to compete in the Midwest Junior Championships at Harsha Lake in East Fork State Park May 17 and 18. After that, Engelke as well as enon, Macrae and Hudson compete at Princeton niversity in the Scholastic Nationals Memorial Day weekend. Engelke and Macrae also qualified for outh Nationals in California in June. I was 12th in the Scholastic Nationals last Engelke said. have a very good showing there.

I really want to medal there. I was 15th or 16th in the Youth Nationals last year. Medal- ing at both of those is my main goal for those. changed so much in the last year as a rower, gotten bigger and stronger, become a much better rower a nd I want to show that on the national Engelke said he has only ne regret about his rowing career that he start focusing on singles racing CCD senior wraps up rowing career with key wins By Mark D. Motz Cincinnati Country Day senior lijah Engelke displays his first-place plaque after winning the solo race at the idwest Scholastic Championships regatta May 10 and 11in Zanesville, Ohio.

THANKS TO THE ENGELKE FAMILY.