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ECC: News Athletes of Week All Sports Trophy Academic Awards Commitments State Champions Coaching Positions Constitution News Spring Sports Updates NOTE: Any errors or misspelled names, email me at eccsportskevin@gmail.com. SPORT-BY-SPORT LOOK AT THE SPRING SEASON BASEBALL : Loveland (14-4) came away with the league championship, winning the title with a victory in the last game of the regular season! It is the Tigers’ first title since 2018. POSTSEASON UPDATES : Good luck to all of our baseball squads competing in the Sectional tournament which begins this week! SOFTBALL : Kings and Milford finished league play with 16-2 records and will share the ECC Championship. Lebanon (15-2) is still in the hunt as well with one game remaining against Winton Woods Tuesday. MILESTONE ALERT : Kings’ Izzy Noble cracked the 400-strikeout plateau in a May 2 victory over Turpin. A day earlier in a 6-0 win over Loveland, Izzy tossed a one-hitter with 16 strikeouts! Congratulations Izzy ! POSTSEASON UPDATES : The Sectional tournament continues Thursday with Kings still alive! The Lady Knights face Fairfield at Princeton HS at 5 pm. BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK : Turpin (boys) and Loveland (girls) captured ECC Championships by winning the Conference Meet May 8 and 10. Turpin outdistanced runner-up Loveland (110.5-91), while Loveland finished ahead of runner-up Milford (125-111). NEW RECORDS SET : Three new Conference Meet records were established this spring: Lebanon’s Calvin Kilgallon ran a 1:50.31 in the 800 meters and the Kings 4x100 relay of Vincent Santiago , Nate Lyman , Paul Kelly , and Brennan Johnson ran a 42.42 to set new standards for the boys. Turpin’s Claire Iaciofano tied the ECC record in the pole vault with a vault of 12-0. Complete results are HERE for the boys and HERE for the girls. POSTSEASON UPDATES : The District Meet (boys and girls) is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday at Mason HS for all teams except Winton Woods (at Ross HS) and Lebanon (at Bellbrook HS). Best of luck to all of our teams! BOYS TENNIS : Walnut Hills finished the regular season with a perfect 8-0 ECC record. The Lady Eagles also captured the ECC Tournament title, resulting in the team’s fourth straight overall ECC Championship. For complete ECC Tournament results, click HERE and for complete team standings, click HERE . POSTSEASON UPDATES : Shout out to a pair of ECC doubles teams who have advanced to the May 16 and 18 District Tournament at Mason HS - Milford’s Thomas Kennedy and Jack Bowsher and Walnut Hills’ Revanth Manchineella and Rapeegon Tangsantikul . BOYS LACROSSE : King finished the season atop the final conference standings with a perfect 8-0 mark, securing the Knights’ first league championship in boys lacrosse. MILESTONE ALERT : Congratulations to Kings’ goalie Ben Ewing for recording his 400th career save in the Knights’ contest against Beavercreek on March 22! POSTSEASON UPDATES : Good luck to all of our lacrosse teams competing in the Regional qualifying rounds May 14-23! GIRLS LACROSSE : Walnut Hills finished the spring with a perfect 7-0 record in conference match-ups to bring home the conference title. It is the Lady Eagles’ second straight ECC championship! Click HERE to see photos of the squad’s title-clinched match against Little Miami. MILESTONE ALERT : Shout out to Kings’ Sami Drew for picking up her 100th career goal in the Lady Knights’ win over Beavercreek March 18. Congratulations! MILESTONE ALERT : Congratulations to Kings Kenzie Beck for picking up her 200th career point for the Lady Knights! She topped the 200 mark in an April 15 match against Sycamore. MILESTONE ALERT : Shout out to Turpin’s Ellen Benintendi for notching her 100th career goal in an April 27 match-up with DeSales! Congratulations! MILESTONE ALERT : Congratulations to Lebanon’s Alexa Cool for picking up her 100th career goal against Kings on April 25! MILESTONE ALERT : Turpin’s Taylor Denning collected her 100th career point in an April 30 match against Ursuline Academy. Congratulations Taylor ! MILESTONE ALERT : Another ECC girls lacrosse player picked up her 100th career point on April 30! Congratulations to Kings’ Marin Bode for achieving the milestone against Milford! MILESTONE ALERT : Milford goalie Mandy Schneider reached a milestone May 2 against Cincinnati Country Day when she garnered her 100th career save! Congratulations Mandy! MILESTONE ALERT : MISSED ONE! Shout out to Lebanaon’s Rachel Kohlhorst for garnering her 100th career save for the Lady Warriors in a match against Lakota East on April 30! POSTSEASON UPDATES : Good luck to all of our lacrosse teams competing in the Regional qualifying rounds May 14-23! BOYS VOLLEYBALL : Although the ECC doesn’t officially sponsor boys volleyball, the conference has been successful in both regular season and postseason play. Nevertheless, the following players were voted to the All-ECC team: FIRST TEAM: Walnut Hills’ Emmett Corby (Player of the Year), Jonah Swift , and Ben Smith ; Loveland’s Carter Lucas ; West Clermont’s Jordan Gravett ; Lebanon’s Collin Williams ; and Milford’s Drew Ward . HONORABLE MENTION: Walnut Hills’ Jacob Gillotti and Sam Wilkins ; Loveland’s Daniel Westermeyer and Reid Niven ; Milford’s Duran Jewett and Bryce Fielman ; and Lebanon’s Brayden Crockett . The following players earned Ohio Boys Scholastic Volleyball Coaches Association Region 4 All-Star recognition: SECOND TEAM: Walnut Hills’ Jonah Swift and Emmett Corby . HONORABLE MENTION: Loveland’s Carter Lucas and Reid Niven ; Milford’s Drew Ward ; and Walnut Hills’ Ben Smith . MILESTONE ALERT : Shout out to West Clermont’s Jordan Gravett for eclipsing the 1000 career assist mark earlier this season in an April 15 match-up with Oak Hills! POSTSEASON UPDATES : Shout out to Loveland, Walnut Hills, and Milford for advancing deep into this spring’s OHSAA tournament! SPRING SEASON NEWS BRIEFS May 14 : POSTSEASON BOYS TENNIS UPDATES : Shout out to a pair of ECC doubles teams who have advanced to the May 16 and 18 District Tournament at Mason HS - Milford’s Thomas Kennedy and Jack Bowsher and Walnut Hills’ Revanth Manchineella and Rapeegon Tangsantikul . Congratulations and good luck! May 14 : Walnut Hills’ Ace Conklin (baseball) and Tyler Bowers (girls lacrosse); Kings’ Drew Burdine (baseball), Riley Platter (boys lacrosse), Sami Drew (girls lacrosse), and Natalia Brignoni-Marconi (softball); Anderson’s Jack Kuenning (baseball); Loveland’s Drew Oerther (baseball) and Zach Gleason (boys lacrosse); Little Miami’s Benjamin Jackson (baseball); Lebanon’s Holden Brewer (boys lacrosse), Emily Oatman (softball), Calvin Kilgallon (boys track and field), and Alynna Wilson (girls track and field); and Turpin’s Emily Carnahan (girls track and field) are among the week’s nominees for the Enquirer Athlete of the Week honor. Loveland baseball and Lebanon softball are in the running for the Ohio Team of the Week award, and Turpin boys track and field, Loveland girls track and field, and Walnut Hills girls lacrosse are up for the Spring Team of the Week award. Vote HERE . May 13 : Monday means the latest group of ECC Athletes of the Week are being posted to the conference website. Check them out HERE . May 12 : Click HERE to see photos from the Enquirer’s James Weber of Walnut Hills’ ECC title-clinching girls lacrosse match-up against Little Miami. May 11 : ECC TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONS : Turpin (boys) and Loveland (girls) captured ECC Championships by winning the Conference Meet which finished up last night at Anderson HS. Turpin outdistanced runner-up Loveland (110.5-91), while Loveland finished ahead of runner-up Milford (125-111). NEW RECORDS SET : Three new Conference Meet records were established this year: Lebanon’s Calvin Kilgallon ran a 1:50.31 in the 800 meters and the Kings 4x100 relay of Vincent Santiago , Nate Lyman , Paul Kelly , and Brennan Johnson ran a 42.42 to set new standards for the boys. Turpin’s Claire Iaciofano tied the ECC record in the girls pole vault...