Fall Sports Looks Promising as Seasons Continue
Moeller football D-Line lines up against Lasalle
photo submitted by Converse Kennedy ‘23
Football
Starting off so far this season the football team opened with a 34-17 victory against Bishop Hartley. In that game, T.J Rotello rushed for three touchdowns and both Danny Dunlop and Jordan Marshall rushed for one touchdown each. Since then the Crusaders have lost five straight coming against East Central (21-6), Trinity (44-7), Elder (35-22), St. Xavier (43-14), and Lasalle (27-25).
In an interview with outside linebacker coach Charles Boyd, he said, “The teams biggest strength this year is the senior leadership. The challenge of a coaching change along with the health crisis requires a strong leadership which these seniors have provided.” The team took a step forward in the last week and is preparing for Hamilton who is 3-3 with tough losses against Princeton, Lakota West, and Colerain.
The team is very positive looking forward to their next game against Hamilton. Their regular season record does not count in the playoffs, because of Covid 19 all teams will make the playoffs. The team has been able to move the ball racking up over 1,600 yards in their first six games combined. For the remainder of the season the team is going to remain motivated and plan on winning their next game which is the beginning of the playoffs.
Soccer
Moeller soccer has started off their season with an away opener at Sycamore High School that ended in a 2-2 tie. The two goals in that game came from Christian Ohmer and Brock Kiper. Since then the soccer team has gone 2-2-1 with wins against Lakota West and Lasalle. The two losses came against Mason and St. Xavier. The other tie was against Elder with a score of 1-1. In an interview with Head Coach Mike Welker he said, “The team’s biggest strength so far this year has been our ability to keep good vibes after things don’t go our way.”
The Crusaders have sustained two big season ending injuries with Casey Welage and Charlie Niehaus who were two projected starters in the beginning of the season. The team is motivated to get more wins throughout the rest of the season and has plenty of potential to do so. Their only other loss besides St. Xavier was to a tough Mason team with a score of 2-1.
In the Lasalle game, Moeller overcame a 3-1 deficit in the in the second half and went on to win 4-3 with a goal from Trevor Morrison and three goals from Brock Kiper to give Big Moe the win.
Moeller poses after winning the Jim Murray invitational
Photo via @MoeCrossCountry
Cross Country
The cross-country team has already had four meets including The Moeller Primetime Invitational, Lebanon Warrior Invitational, Mason Invitational, and the Milford Eagle CC Invitational.
In the opening race Moeller was under the lights on a Friday night and finished 9th out of 11 teams with 233 points. Our best runner in this race was Jameson Maynes with a time of 18.06 finishing in 43rd place. The Varsity B team came in fifth out of 9 teams finishing with 139 points. The top finisher for that race was Freshman Colin Swallender in 35th place out of 114 runners with a time of 19:49.
In the Lebanon Warriors Invitational the varsity team came in 5th out of 18 teams. Then they finished 11th out of 14 teams in the mason invitational with our senior captain leading the pack by coming in 33rd place out of 137 runners.
In the most recent meet at Milford the varsity team came in 7th out of 18 teams with our fastest runner being Jameson Maynes in 13th place out of 138 runners with a time of 16:28. Most recently the team won the Jim Murray invitational. They finished 1st out of 11 teams Top finisher for Moeller was Jameson Maynes '22 in 2nd place with a time of 17:03.
In an interview with Senior Paul Pavloff , when asked how the team is physically at the moment, he said “The team is physically healthy as the season continues and everyone is running 20-25 miles a week.”
Johnny Makris tee’s off
photo via @moellerGolf on twitter
Golf
The Moeller golf team has had an exciting start to the season with Kevin Quin hitting a hole in one on a par 3. So far this season, the team has one tournament win. They also have multiple top 5 finishes. Wins are hard to come by because there are over 15 teams in each tournament they play. The Moeller Golf Team is looking forward to their sectionals on Wednesday at Kings Island. They tee off at 9:30 A.M. IN the sectionals they will be playing with west Clermont, Mason, and Goshen.
In an interview with Junior John Hicks he said, “The team’s biggest strength this year is friendship.” He also stated that the team always has a positive attitude and a smile on their face when they approach the next tee box.