Thursday, April 30, 2009

Follow Up Question To Dan Bolden

WeAreColerain.com asked Athletic Director, Dan Bolden, if the Dupont Manuel game would be moved to Saturday following the Sunday Elder game. "We are discussing that with them".
In 2004 Colerain played a Sunday game at Paul Brown Stadium versus Anderson but was able to move it's week 3 GMC opener with Princeton to Saturday to allow for an extra day of rest between games.

We will update information regarding Colerain's schedule and unfolding news as it breaks.


WE ARE COLERAIN!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

2009 Football Schedule (updated 6/29)

With the news yesterday in regards to weeks one and two of the upcoming football season, below is the 2009 Colerain Cardinals Varsity Football Schedule:

Scrimmage - Fri - 08/14 - 7:00 PM - Harrison @ CHS
Scrimmage - Fri - 08/21 - 7:00 PM - Moeller @ CHS

Week 01 - Fri - 08/28 - 8:30 PM - St Xavier @ Nippert
Week 02 - Sun - 09/06 - 12:00 PM - Elder @ Elder HS
*** Game to be televised on ESPN Network ***
Week 03 - Fri - 09/11 - 7:30 PM - Dupont Manual @ CHS
Week 04 - Fri - 09/18 - 7:30 PM - Lakota East @ CHS
Week 05 - THUR - 09/24 - 7:05 PM - Hamilton @ Hamilton

*** Game to be televised on FSN Ohio ***
Week 06 - Fri - 10/02 - 7:30 PM - Princeton @CHS
Week 07 - Fri - 10/09 - 7:30 PM - Sycamore @ Sycamore
Week 08 - Fri - 10/16 - 7:30 PM - Mason @ Mason
Week 09 - SAT - 10/24 - TBD - Middletown @ CHS

*** Game to be televised on FOX 19 ***
Week 10 - Fri - 10/30 - 7:30 PM - Oak Hills @ Oak Hills


-Schedule details courtesy of HighSchoolSports.net
http://www.highschoolsports.net/defaultcal.cfm?schoolid=OH452517461&spt=4&lvl=1&division=-1&ct=s&year=2009


Interesting notes/comments on the 2009 Schedule:
- The Cardinals will face Moeller, St. Xavier and Elder in 3 consecutive weeks. Even though the Moeller game is only a scrimmage, anyone whose ever been to that scrimmage knows that it's well attended and is played with "real game" like intensity.
- The Cardinals will face St. Xavier in week 1 for the third time in a five year stretch ('05, '08 & '09) all as part of the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown.
- The Week 2 contest against Elder will be the first time the teams have met on either's home field during the regular season. Early indications are that the game may be televised within the ESPN family of networks.
- Week 3 brings a very good, Division I size, Louisville team to the Cage in Dupont Manual. Expect them to rate similar to a top-tier GMC team. Colerain heads to Louisville in 2010 for the return engagement.
- GMC "Can't Miss" Game of the Year:
Week 9 @ home vs. Middletown
The Cardinals will look to avenge their regular season loss from a year ago @ Middletown when the Cardinals fell in week 7, 42-39 ending their GMC winning streak at 61 games. It's the final home game of the year and Senior Recognition night so the Cage should be rocking!

It looks to be another great year for Colerain football. Clear your schedules now and plan to make as many games as you can as this season will be as good as any in highlighting the hard work and effort put in by the student-athletes and the coaching staff at Colerain.

WE ARE...COLERAIN! WE ARE...COLERAIN!!

Cardinal Receives Offer

Al Gabriel
WeAreColerain.com

As first reported by the Enquirer, Sophomore Colerain LB, Jarret Grace, has received a full ride scholarship offer to play football at the University of Cincinnati. "As long as I've been around this is the first time that I can remember a Sophomore getting a scholarship offer" said head coach Tom Bolden. Coach Bolden calls Grace a very bright kid who ranks near the top of his class academically and expects the UC offer to be the first of many. "I think when it is all said and done, Jarret will have the most offers of any player we've ever had".


Congratulations on the offer, Jarret.

WE ARE COLERAIN

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Colerain's 2009 Schedule Finalized!

Al Gabriel
WeAreColerain.com

Athletic Director Dan Bolden has confirmed that the Colerain Cardinals will open the 2009 season with a familiar foe and a long time playoff nemesis. Colerain will square off with St. Xavier in the Skyline Event for the third time in five years. The game time and day has not been finalized but it is believed the game will be played at UC’s Nippert Stadium on Friday August 28, @ 8:30 PM.

The rumors that have grabbed the most attention this off season have been about Colerain’s first ever trip to Elder to play in the famous ‘Pit’. While WeAreColerain.com confirmed the game in March, no official word had come from either Colerain AD Dan Bolden or Elder AD Dave Dabbelt until today. “We have a game 2” said Bolden this morning after the Northwest Local School Board approved the contract. How the game came about was a cause of internet debate and speculation. Bolden set the record straight regarding those rumors. “Once we decided not to return to the Herbstriet event it was a natural fit because Moeller and St. Xavier had already dropped the event months earlier and had already lined up opponents for week 2.” Elder will return the game to Colerain in 2010 when the Panthers make their first regular season trek to The Cage. (Elder played at Colerain in Week 1 of the 2004 playoffs)

There have also been rumors about the game being played on ESPN but Bolden couldn’t comment much about that right now other than to say “there is a very good reason we are playing on a Sunday at noon.”

Bolden said the main reason for the delay in the announcement of this game was “the contract for this event is different than regularly established games in part because a third party is involved.”

Colerain will play Harrison and Moeller in preseason scrimmages this season. Head Coach Tom Bolden said it would be unlikely that Colerain would add a third scrimmage per the new OHSAA rule allowing such a game. “there just isn’t enough time and with us playing Moeller, X and Elder out of the gate its probably for the best (that we don’t add another game)”

WeAreColerain.com will be updating this story and adding comments and reaction from players and head coach Tom Bolden through out the week. Please check back.

-Chris Himonidis contributed to this story.



Go Cards…WE ARE COLERAIN!

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Cardinals visit the Buckeyes!

Coach Tom Bolden confirmed yesterday that four players in the 2011 class went to Columbus to take in the Ohio State Scarlet & Gray Spring Game.
The players are:

LB Jarret Grace
DB Chris Dukes
RB Tyler Williams
FB Trayion Durham

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Article on Girls Basketball Coach Christi Mack in Dayton Daily News

There is a nice article about Colerain Girls Basketball coach Christi Mack in a recent issue of the Dayton Daily News.

Check it out here!

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Baseball Update: Colerain pitcher throws a no-hitter!

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Colerain Baseball



On 4/16, TJ Seger, a senior pitcher from Colerain, threw a complete game no-hitter to lead Colerain to a 2-1 victory over Hamilton . He struckout 5 and walked 5. With Colerain leading 2-0 heading into the top of the 7th, Seger walked the first two batters. After a throwing error by Seger, Hamilton had runners at second and third with no outs. Seger then struck out Castator and then got the next two hitters to ground out to second to end the game. Seger improves to 2-0 on the season.

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Results from 4/8/09

The Baseball team suffered its first defeat of the year as they were beaten soundly by the Mason Comets, 17-3.

The Softball team continued its winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Oak Hills.
Schwaeble struck out 17. Hope to have game stats/line scores tomorrow.

Go Cards!

Monday, April 06, 2009

Link to Softball Photos

The link to Mike Noyes Photography is on the left. He has over 100 pictures up from the softball game this weekend. Be sure to check them out!

Go Cards!

Pics from Softball vs. McCauley





Here are a few pics our photographer took this past weekend for the doubleheader vs. McCauley.

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Colerain Sweeps Two from Mohawks!

Al Gabriel
WeAreColerain.com

Olympian Club-

Colerain's offense exploded for 12 runs in game one as Emily Schwaeble pitched 4 innings and struck out ten McAuley hitters. Schwaeble also added an RBI double and triple before giving way to Andrea Amrein. Amrein also contributed 2 doubles to an offense that also saw a 2 run home run by Jessica Cobb and three RBI from Brandi Terry.

In the second game Schwaeble was even better in going the full seven innings allowing one hit, one walk and striking out a whopping twenty Mohawks to earn her fourth win of the season. Megan LeFary led the Cardinal offense with a single, a triple and a home run while driving in four as Colerain rolled 8-0.

WeAreColerain.com will have plenty of pictures from the game posted later this week so be sure to check back!

Colerain moves to 4-0 and next plays host to Lakota East at Colerain on Monday.

Go Cards!

Friday, April 03, 2009

From the AD...

The Colerain High School Athletic Department is pleased to release two news items from Friday, April 3, 2009:


The Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Women’s Sports Association has announced that Colerain’s Emily Schwaeble has been selected as the recipient of the High School Player of the Year Award for Softball. Emily and her parents will be the guest of the association at an awards dinner and ceremony on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at the Drawbridge Inn, Ft. Mitchell , Kentucky beginning at 6:15 p.m. This award automatically makes her a nominee for the Sportswoman of the Year Award which will be given at the ceremony that night. We are excited for Emily, her family, her team, and coaches. Congratulations Emily.

Colerain High School is pleased to announce that Dawn Ostertag has been named the new Head Cheerleading Coach. Dawn will bring enthusiasm, experience, and a wealth of community connections to her new position. She was a cheerleader for Cincinnati State University . Dawn works in the Athletic Office at Colerain High School and is married to Rob Ostertag and has two children, Andrew and Jessica, who attend Colerain Middle School and Colerain Elementary. Congratulations Dawn.

Field Turf Loan Paid Off

As was reported in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Monday, March 30, the
Colerain Boosters have indeed made its final payment on the $500,000
loan for the stadium's Field Turf. As a result of the vision put forth
by Coach Kerry Coombs and presented to the organization by Skip MacKay,
Booster President Warren Schulte provided the necessary leadership and
willingness to sign a loan document on behalf of the Boosters. But the
project didn't end with the installation of the field in August 2004.
To reach the point where the loan could be retired, the Boosters relied
on the Field Turf Committee, parents, community members, and alumni to
raise the funds and honor pledges so monthly payments could be met.
This project was in addition to the regular support the Boosters provide
to students in all extracurricular activities at the high school and its
two middle schools.

To everyone who supported this project through contributions or
attendance at one of the many Booster events, the Boosters sincerely
thank you!

Key Facts About The Project
- 1,074 individuals contributed $386,000 with contributions ranging from
$5 to $50,000.
- 87% of the individual contributions came from within the Colerain High
School attendance area.
- Alumni contributed 40% of the funds.
- Contributions were received from Florida to Washington and California
to Vermont and points in between.
- 65 Corporate Partners contributed $216,000.
- It was expected that the loan would be retired in 5 years and was
actually paid off after 57 payments - 3 1/4 years ahead of schedule.
- The Boosters continued to support all extracurricular activities with
other major projects completed at the same time, i.e. Soccer and
Softball storage buildings, Cardinal Village, Concession Stand
renovations, Wrestling Mats at the two middle schools, student
scholarships, etc.

The anticipated benefits of installing Field Turf have been realized:
- Consistent, safe playing surface for football
- All students are able to use the field for PE classes
- Middle Schools play all of their home games at the high school
- The Band has a safe place to practice and perform
- Soccer can use the field if the Soccer field is deemed unplayable
- Baseball & Softball can use the field for practice when necessary
- Community use - Lacrosse, Youth Football

A Vision became Reality as a result of a carefully crafted plan. It
clearly wasn't easy and there were some on the outside who thought we
would fail expecting that we would be looking for a bailout. But that
wasn't about to happen because.....................'We Are Colerain!'

Thursday, April 02, 2009

Baseball/Softball results from 4/1

Baseball:
Colerain 10, Lakota East 8

W -Jones (1-0). L -Wills (0-1). Leaders: C -Depoe 2-3; Bolden 2-4;
Findley 2 RBI; Blust 2 RBI; Fields 2B. L -Dusold 3-3, 3 RBI; Whetsel
2-3; Willging 2-3. Records: C 2-0, L 0-2.


Softball:

Colerain 13, Sycamore 1

WP -Schwable (2-0, 18 K's); LP -Pohl (1-1). Leaders: C -Cobb 3-5, 2B,
3B; Schwable 2B; Amrein 3-4, 2 2B, 3B; Terry 2B; Lafary 3-4, 2B.
Records: C 2-0, S 1-1.