Eligibility Reminder For All Fall Athletes
A reminder to all fall athletes that your 4th quarter grades will
determine eligibility for the fall of 2009-20010 season. All JH
students must pass 75% of their 4th quarter classes. High school
students must pass 5 1-credit classes in the 4th quarter, not
including PE class. Summer school classes will not make up for
failing 4th quarter grades. Any questions or concerns contact the
athletic department. Click
here for more information.
Golf News-Adding JH Team & Upgrading HS Teams
Everyone interested in golf, from incoming 7th graders to returning
seniors, both girls and boys, must email Tom Donnelly, the Athletic
Director, at donnelt@cps-k12.org
immediately.
He will email you back
about an exciting summer of practice, instruction from
professionals, clinics, tournaments, and the like; we are taking our
golf program into June and July, so you can upgrade your game in
time for tryouts in August.
We are also taking our golf program into
the JH. We intend to create a perennial Top 10 program for boys and
girls. So, email the AD right away. Check out the
sports web page in the next few weeks for
additional information.
Sports Physical July 21 at Walnut Hills
Save the date of July 21, from 6 to 8 pm, Walnut Hills Arts and
Sciences Building. Check the web page
(www.walnuthillseagles.com/Sports/) for more details as they become
available. Cost: $10. A Sports Physical is MANDATORY for all JH and
HS students wishing to play sports. You must have a sports physical
to hand your coach on the first day of tryouts. Tryout dates will be
posted on the web page as that information becomes available.
Click
here for all the paperwork you MUST complete.
Kids Summer Camps at Walnut Hills
(More details and registration materials will be found on the
athletic web page, www.walnuthillseagles.com/Sports/, as they become
available. All camps are taught by the very best - the Walnut Hills
high school and junior high coaching staffs.)
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Girls Soccer Camp for Current 6th - 8th Graders.
Tues, June 30 to Fri, July 3, 7:30-9:30am, on the turf at Walnut
Hills. Cost: $85 by June 22, $95 after June 22. For more
information, contact Coach Garrigan at
tgarrigan@cinci.rr.com.
Click
here for registration materials.
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Boys Soccer Camp for Current 4th - 8th Graders. Tues, July 7 to Fri, July 10, 7-9pm, on the turf at Walnut Hills.
Cost: $65. . For more information, contact Coach Rothwell at
Rothwell_e@oakhills.hccanet.org.
Click here for registration materials.
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George Kontsis Youth Football Camp for Current 2nd - 7th Graders.
Mon, June 15 to Thurs, June 18, 5:30-7:30pm, on the turf at Walnut
Hills. Cost: $55. For more information, contact Coach Kontsis at
KontsiG@cpsboe.k12.oh.us.
Click here for registration materials.
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Girls Volleyball Camp for Current 6th - 7th Graders.
Mon, July 27 to Fri, July 31, 9-11am, in the gym at Walnut Hills.
Cost: $40. For more information, contact Coach Reyes at
drey260728@aol.com.
Click here for registration materials.
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Boys Basketball Camp for Current 6th - 7th Graders. Mon, July 13 to Fri, July 17, 8-11:30am, in the gym at Walnut Hills.
Cost: $50. For more information, contact Coach Martin at
MartiJa@cpsboe.k12.oh.us. Click here for registration materials as
they become available.
Click here for registration materials
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Boys Basketball Camp for Current 2nd - 5th Graders. Tues, June 23 to Fri, June 26, 6:30-9:30pm, in the gym at Walnut
Hills. Cost: $50. For more information, contact Coach Moman at
coachmoman@hotmail.com.
Click here for registration materials.
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Beginners Boys & Girls Tennis Camp for Current 6th - 11th Graders.
Mon, June 22 to Fri, June 26, 5-6:30pm, at Walnut Hills tennis
courts. Cost: $65. For more information, contact Coach Lacey at
wlacey_ela@yahoo.com.
Click
here for registration materials.
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Intermediate/Advanced Boys & Girls Tennis Camp for Current 6th -
11th Graders.
Mon, June 22 to Fri, June 26, 10-11:30am, at Walnut Hills tennis
courts. Cost: $65. For more information, contact Coach Lacey at
wlacey_ela@yahoo.com.
Click
here for registration materials.
Contact Information for All Fall Sports and Basketball
Many of the fall teams and some of the basketball teams will be doing things in June and/or July - conditioning, weight lifting, leagues, open gyms/fields, instruction, and the like. Also, many of the fall teams will have tryouts before school starts. Here is who you should contact if you have any questions about a fall team or a basketball team.
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Today's Events
Athletics 2008-09: A Year in Review.
- 67 teams in 18 sports.
- New administration in the Athletic Department.
- Added JH baseball, JH swimming, JH diving, HS diving this year.
- Freshman football team for 1st time in 6 years.
- Adding JH golf and fencing next year. Working on JH softball.
- Added pole vault and throws coaches in track and field.
- Added a professional, year-round weight and conditioning coach.
- 1 State Champion-Academic Team
- 8 League Champions-nearly 3 times as many league champs as last year.
Men's soccer, girls' 7th grade volleyball, boys' 8th grade basketball,
women's basketball, men's basketball, academic team, girl's JH track, men's
track.
- 5 teams finish in the city's Top 10 in Division I. Men's soccer, men's
bowling, women's basketball, men's basketball, women's track.
- No. 1 in entire League/FAVC (18 teams) in all-sports points for this
winter sports season - Walnut Hills had the most successful winter sports
program in the league.
- 66 First Team All-League Performers.
- 6 League Players of the Year. Men's soccer, women's basketball, men's
basketball, academic team, Female Runner of the Year, Female Field Athlete
of the Year.
- 5 League Coaches of the Year. Men's soccer, women's basketball, men's
basketball, academic team, men's track.
- 1 All-American. Men's swimming.
- 3 First Team All-City. Men's soccer, women's basketball, men's
basketball, with spring All-City not yet named.
- 12 Honorable Mention All-City. Men's soccer, women's soccer, volleyball,
women's basketball, men's swimming, with spring All-City not yet named.
- 3 East-West Senior All-Stars. Football, women's basketball, men's
basketball.
- High School Player of the Year, Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky
Women's Sports Association, women's 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams.
- 50 Senior Academic Award winners - seniors earning a varsity letter with
a 7-semester GPA of 3.5 or higher.
- 73 All-Conference Academic Award winners in Fall and Winter seasons,
spring yet to be named.
- At least 16 seniors will be playing in college.
- Nut House student cheering section begun. Germaine Henderson, Miami U's
top men's basketball recruiter, called it the best high school atmosphere
he's experienced in years.
- Instituted formal Academic Monitoring system for athletics.
- Increased the seating capacity of the gym with the addition of student
cheering section under visitor's basket.
- Planning 22,000-25,000 square feet second gym and locker room/office
complex near stadium.
- Established internship program in sports administration with local
universities.
- Established Athletic Hot Line for daily schedule.
- Revamped the seasonal award ceremonies.
- Varsity football won, was named Channel 9 Team of the Week Football, and
held 2nd annual football sports stag.
- 8th and 9th grade football teams had winning records.
- Girl's JH cross country team won the All-City Championship and the
Milford Invitational.
- Men's golf won the League's Shootout Tournament.
- Women's tennis won the doubles championship at the Coaches' Classic.
- Girl's JH soccer was undefeated and won the CHCA Eagle Invitational for
the 2nd year in a row.
- Men's soccer 12-2-2 this year.
- Men's JV soccer team went 14-1-1 this year.
- More than half of the first team all-league performers in men's soccer
were from Walnut Hills.
- Academic Team was 14-0 in league this year and League Champions 4th
consecutive year.
- Women's basketball undefeated league champs 2 years in a row, winner of
23 straight league games, 16-5 this season.
- 4 of the 5 starters on the women's basketball team made 1st or 2nd team
all-league.
- Men's varsity basketball was 17-4, 9-1 in league and JV team was 16-3,
10-0 in league.
- All 5 starters on the men's basketball team made 1st or 2nd team
all-league.
- Varsity swim team undefeated in 8 dual meets and set 13 school time
records.
- Girl's and boy's JH swimming, as a first year program, was the largest
in SW Ohio.
- Men's bowling team was 13-4 and 7-3 in league.
- 8th grade boys basketball team went 31-0 over the last 2 years, winning
the league and the league tournament 2 years in a row.
- Women's track team broke 3 league records in the League Championship.
100 dash, 200 dash, and the 400 dash.
- Women's track team won the Kick-Off Classic and the Mt. Healthy Owl's
Classic this year.
- Girl's and boy's JH track teams won 7 of their last 8 meets and in the
8th meet finished 2nd.
- Men's baseball team won the inaugural Brandon Phillips Classic and won
more league games this year than in last 4 years combined.
Tom Donnelly 363-8602
donnelt@cps-k12-org
Steve Castator 363-8601
Castats@cpsboe.k12.oh.us
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