Best D3 Teams Next Year

[SCD_Fan]

Summit? Madeira? CHCA? Mariemont? Seven Hills? Who are the teams to beat and why?

[cincysoccer2006]

seven hills and summit
and why

[soccoachcincy]

I think it is too early to tell, but I believe all of the above mentioned teams could challenge for for a district championship. Throw in Reading, Dayton Christian, CCS, CCD and Fenwick to round out a top ten for the D3 tourney (again, WAY too early.)

[MVCSports09]

Summit will be one of the top teams for sure. They only had one senior this year and he didnt start. They have a really good junior class (will be seniors next year) that should really carry the team.

[Sdad]

Dayton Christian will be a team to watch. They lost a few good seniors, but they had a very solid freshman group who saw quite a bit of varsity playing time. The JV team had a great year 9-3-1 with 7 or 8 shutouts. There are some very good returning Juniors and Sophomores, so all-in-all DC should have a decent year next year.

[HSsoccerfan63]

DC didn't really have the best season this season, and I question whether or not they can score goals without Robbie Hadick, I saw them play a few times last year and he seemed to be their only threat.

Also I have to imagine Summit will start out as the team to watch with their strong Junior class this year.

[Sdad]

I'm sure Summit has a very solid team. Unfortunately I have not had the opportunity to see them play.

As far as goal scorers, DC has a very strong freshman, Hoppe. He started the whole season on varsity. With a little more experience and time he will be a very good player.

[soccoachcincy]

I believe that DC's success will depend on where the OHSAA places them in the tourney (Cincy or Dayton). As for teams to beat, Worthington Christian will be scary next year as well.

[oyeahbaby22]

Mariemont wont be ---- without hawk,shannon, and widmer next year

[soccoachcincy]

I still think that Mitch White is good enough to make them dangerous.

[patriot_soccer]

Worthington Christian.

[soccoachcincy]

As I said in an earlier post, they will be scary.

[Spartan52]

St. Thomas Aquinas Will Be tough although the are loosing alot of Fire power in Dalpra Donnelly norcia and Fernandez the are returning the entire back line and they have a great Head Coach in Damien....

Go KNIGHTS!!!

[marwar]

I still think that Mitch White is good enough to make them dangerous.

I couldn't agree more. Mitch White is an excellent player. Mariemont and Reading will be Public High School D3 teams to watch out for next year. I can never leave Madeira out of the running. Summit, Seven Hills are my top picks overall. CHCA will also be a top 5 or 6 team.

[soccoachcincy]

I agree. For someone who was Third Team All State as a sophomore, I was really surprised when he wasn't nominated again this past season. With Bascom, Templeton and Williams all graduating, White is arguably one of five best D3 players in Cincinnati and certainly among the top ten.

[cincysoccercoach]

I believe the reason Mitch didn't get into All State consideration was by accident. The difference in votes to be selected was very close and his name was left off a coach's ballot - I believe it was by mistake. Very unfortunate because Mitch White is one of the best players in D3 in Cincinnati.

[marwar]

Who are some of the top players in D3? Dwyer from Summit, Hoop from CCA, Fink from Seven Hills, White from Mariemont, George from CHCA. Simpson from Reading is a player to watch out for, he led the city in assist as a Freshman this past year and played very well against us during the season. I play against him in club soccer and he is a solid player.

[soccoachcincy]

You have most of the favorites. I also believe that Priede (Summit) should be included on that list, as well as Stevenson (Worthington Christian). As for sleepers: The goalkeeper from CCD and one of the outside mids for Seven Hills impressed me.

[floridafutboler08]

You have most of the favorites. I also believe that Priede (Summit) should be included on that list, as well as Stevenson (Worthington Christian). As for sleepers: The goalkeeper from CCD and one of the outside mids for Seven Hills impressed me.

the right outside mid for 7hills is an absolute stud...i was SHOCKED when he didn't get any awards (all league, city etc)

[marwar]

You're right, I forgot about Priede from Summit and some others. The right outside mid from Seven Hills is lightning fast, I can't remember his name either. He will be there next year as well.

[SirStanley]

I think you have to look hardest at the teams with the top individual players. Whether you're just looking at the Cincinnati area or even on a state-wide level, the teams with the best player on the field tend to go the furthest.

Looking at Cincinnati, there are a number of outstanding seniors who seem like they've been around forever. Danny Dwyer returns with his entire starting line-up (in addition to whatever excellent freshmen arrive) at Summit, and this could be one of Summit's best teams. These underclassmen competed well last season before being decimated by injuries, and a number of them were key players on the Regional Runner-up team from two seasons. Mariemont's Mitch White was a force last season, and he figures to lead the Warriors to more post-season success in 2008. That Mariemont was able to win its first District Championship last season overcoming the loss of so many key players through injury should put the rest of the district, if not the state on notice. The dangerous Scott Herkamp -- who missed practically the entire season -- returns to a line-up already full of returning starters. Michael Fink came back from injuries himself to help Seven Hills play some of the best soccer seen in Cincinnati at the end of last season. This two-time all-state player and his teammates will be heard from again next season. Dylan Hoop (sp?) is another great returning scorer at Cincinnati Christian, a team that showed signs of improvement last season, but I don't know much about the supporting cast. Andy George is the most acclaimed returning player at CHCA that had more gifted underclassmen than most people know about. A team to watch for next season that may not have an all-state player but could make a serious march in the state tournament is Reading. Improving every year under Coach Simpson, the Blue Devils -- like a few of the other teams above -- return a huge percentage of last year's starters. We may be watching a future pro at goalie for Cincinnati Country Day, and this team will be very difficult to score on over the next few years. Certainly, there will be another surprising team out there who will challenge the top tier teams. Keep in mind that Dayton Christian (a Cincinnati team for tournament purposes) was the only team to defeat State Champion Springfield Catholic Central last season (CHCA earning the lone tie against SCC). And there's usually a tough team coming from the GCL. As for my Mustangs from Madeira, we'll do what we can to be competitive. Not much scoring returns, and we'll have to scrap for any goal we can get next season.

One thing you can be sure of is that any team that manages to emerge from Cincinnati next season -- as in just about any season -- will have earned it.

[soccoachcincy]

Great synopsis, Sir Stanley! Cincinnati is - as always - an open field of contenders.

[MVCSports09]

brandon williams is the right outside mid for SH

[cincysoccer2006]

watch out for the new sophomore goalie for SH. He makes some of the most incredible saves that i have ever seen (and i have played against dalton, gilligan, filardo, eberle, stockum) my prediction is that he will be the best goalie to come through that program in its history! when you compare that to david schuh, eric crewe and dan filardo, that is almost frightening.

[08soccer]

another one to watch will be the sophomore goalie from ccd.. that kid is a beast

[SCD_Fan]

Watch out for Summit who just recently got an all state player transfer in december from another state and another transfer from Venezuela. Plus, I hear that they have some good freshman coming in - again.

[soccoachcincy]

I haven't seen either play. Transfers from other contries usually end up being mediocre at best. The way I see it, if you're truly a stud soccer player over there, you're probably not playing high school soccer. The lone exception is Nico Posada who started for us as a freshman two years ago, but was injured last season. I hope he has a great year for us next year.

Hopefully either/both of the new players can contribute right away.

[SK Revisited]

watch out for the new sophomore goalie for SH. He makes some of the most incredible saves that i have ever seen (and i have played against dalton, gilligan, filardo, eberle, stockum) my prediction is that he will be the best goalie to come through that program in its history! when you compare that to david schuh, eric crewe and dan filardo, that is almost frightening.
He can only stop so many shots he will need a decent d in front of him. If they can provide that mixed with their attacking play from the mid SH could be fairly dangerous. I like their chances.

I think summit will be injury plagued again this coming season, just a feeling there will be some issues again there. They have some good players for sure, but do they have good chemistry? Dwyer will need to step it up even more for them, but if they can avoid injuries, watch out for them.

Fenwick, I feel it is too early to throw them in. They seem to be still struggling to compensate for the players they lost 2 years ago and now they lost the last remnants of a very good era for them. They need to figure out their keeping situation and more than anything leadership will be necessary. They have a lot of young guys who have been forced to play up when they were inexperienced due to a lack of numbers. Can someone step up for them? If so they could either be the suprise of the season or the biggest let down. I'm hoping suprise for their sake.

Mariemont could be a pretty decent team. I actually am not the biggest fan of Mitch White, I've seen him play, played against him when he was younger in club and in HS, and I just think he is overrated. There is a lot of talk about him but not about his supporting cast, they are the ones who make him a good player and they lost quite a bit of that the last two years. He isn't a stand out star in my view, but rather a very good role player. Drop a midfielder back to man mark him, someone with atitude but who can also keep a level head, and I think you take him out of the game mentally.

Madeira always has a good program and the reason for that is coaching. They are drilled and drilled to get the foundation in and from there they develop a good team. Under Madeira's program good players become excellent players. Defense is again the key for them. I think if they stick to their defensive based focus and work on quick counterattacks they will do just fine and the goals will come. They don't have a number one man up top but role players might get the job done hitting the back of the net.

CHCA I wasn't all that impressed watching them play a couple of times this last season. They were rated well but again chemistry is key and it seemed to me they stooped to opponents levels too much and played kick ball at times. All the games I saw them play they struggled to put balls in the back of the net against what looked like sloppy defense. They have a pretty good core group of players and they have George, but again I'm unconvinced by him. They need to be able to consistently put pressure on the ball and push the attack when its open.

Reading, I have only seen the play once and it wasn't a good showing. I don't know that much about them if I am to be honest.

[xbombersoccerx]

fenwick has a very solid goalie whos a sophomore coming up and he will hold his own next year.
i think your hyping the kid from ccd yes he is huge but hes slow and needs to work on footwork and such before you starting hyping him as a future pro.

[SK Revisited]

Who is the sophmore coming up for fenwick between the posts?

[xbombersoccerx]

his name is drew miller
he plays for cup red u15 i believe
did some odp state team and is a deutsch camp regular
solid keeper who in my opinion is the best in his grade in the city if you consider fenwick part of the city.

[SK Revisited]

Alright that is who I thought but he did not play varsity last year for fenwick for some reason. I believe he was on their JV team was he not?

[xbombersoccerx]

yeah im pretty sure he started jv and saw some varsity time late in the year...not positive though.

[bighitZ08]

great kid

[cincysoccer2006]

I believe the reason Mitch didn't get into All State consideration was by accident. The difference in votes to be selected was very close and his name was left off a coach's ballot - I believe it was by mistake. Very unfortunate because Mitch White is one of the best players in D3 in Cincinnati.


mitch is good, but he is definitely not better than anyone that is above him on the all district list, that is for sure.

[liveforthis]

Madeira always has a good program. Their coach is a good guy who definitely pushes the boys to be their best. They did lose a lot in Bascom and Templeton (and many other seniors-Wilson..great player), but they've got a solid core returning. Guess we'll have to see how things turn out.

[cincysoccer2006]

^^^ive said the 'they did lose a lot' line 4 years in a row now for them... 4 district championships in a row now...

[phenom_2006]

^^^ive said the 'they did lose a lot' line 4 years in a row now for them... 4 district championships in a row now...

After Springfield Catholic lambasted them, it's safe to say that there are some kinks in the armour.

[cincysoccer2006]

^^^to be honest, that game must have been a fluke. im not saying that springfield wasnt better than them (they probably were), but they were not 6 goals better. if you look at scores vs similar teams, that game shoul have been much closer than it was. and that game was regional semi's- madeira still earns everyones respect for getting that far. so in summation, it was one game and it was still far into the tourney.

[soccoachcincy]

Until they fall, Madeira should always be held in high regard. OhioPrepsFan always gets the most out of his players. They've owned Cincinnati D3 soccer for a long, long time now.

[oyeahbaby22]

mitch is good, but he is definitely not better than anyone that is above him on the all district list, that is for sure.

mitch white definitely should have been all state hes been a top scorer since his freshman year

[cincysoccer2006]

mitch white definitely should have been all state hes been a top scorer since his freshman year

what i said is that he is not as good a player as the people that made all state before him. austin berry only scored 8 goals his senior year and was all region. are you going to argue that because mitch white probably scored more goals than him that year that mitch should have been all state over austin?

[USntlteam23]

his name is drew miller
he plays for cup red u15 i believe
did some odp state team and is a deutsch camp regular
solid keeper who in my opinion is the best in his grade in the city if you consider fenwick part of the city.

whoa whoa whoa. i don't think your considering the OTHER keeper for that cup red u15 team if your saying drew miller is the best. honestly, ryan galloway i believe his name is the huge kid that plays for CCD is the other keeper on that team. that kid is a monster, watched him play in so many games and played against him and drew before, also i have watched drew play. Ryan i believe is much better but Drew is still quality and will be good for Fenwick and CUP. if i'm not mistaken Ryan went perfect on PK's in high school last year something like he saved 5 out of 5. thats impressive. i dont really know for sure though don't quote me on his name either haha

[soccoachcincy]

Ryan Galloway is VERY good. I've seen him keep CCD in matches on his own. With a little bit of help, he could make CCD very competive in the MVC.

[dubayuw]

i guarentee that 7hills' sophmore keeper will be the best goalie in the MVC next year, by senior year he may be the best in the city or even state, he only started playing soccer seriously in 8th grade, he played football before that(so he is tough), that also means he is getting better at a faster pace than the keepers that have been playing since they were little

[shs_soccaholic]

agreed. Ian McNamara will be amazing in goal for SHS the next three years.

[cincysoccer2006]

ian will be great, and may look better than galloway ebcause of his defence, which will help him out. the kid can fly like filardo already, which is AMAZING. i cant wait to see this team play

[SirStanley]

Interesting to see how pre-season predictions compare with actuality.

Cincy Div III has three truly outstanding state championship caliber teams. I can't remember a season where the top three teams split games with each other. Should be another exciting post-season!

[american football]

I believe he is at Milford.
Does not play for CHCA anymore


Who are some of the top players in D3? Dwyer from Summit, Hoop from CCA, Fink from Seven Hills, White from Mariemont, George from CHCA. Simpson from Reading is a player to watch out for, he led the city in assist as a Freshman this past year and played very well against us during the season. I play against him in club soccer and he is a solid player.

[soccerdad]

IF what I think is coming true next year,Reading is getting a forward
(top3easy)senior.That should greatly improve there chances,GREATLY!The midfielder mentioned should also get some non HS playing time with him.My heart pounding so fast i can't finish the thread.

[soccerdad]

Hey now,someone got my PW.We're not sure yet.

[futbol10]

He can only stop so many shots he will need a decent d in front of him. If they can provide that mixed with their attacking play from the mid SH could be fairly dangerous. I like their chances.

I think summit will be injury plagued again this coming season, just a feeling there will be some issues again there. They have some good players for sure, but do they have good chemistry? Dwyer will need to step it up even more for them, but if they can avoid injuries, watch out for them.

Fenwick, I feel it is too early to throw them in. They seem to be still struggling to compensate for the players they lost 2 years ago and now they lost the last remnants of a very good era for them. They need to figure out their keeping situation and more than anything leadership will be necessary. They have a lot of young guys who have been forced to play up when they were inexperienced due to a lack of numbers. Can someone step up for them? If so they could either be the suprise of the season or the biggest let down. I'm hoping suprise for their sake.

Mariemont could be a pretty decent team. I actually am not the biggest fan of Mitch White, I've seen him play, played against him when he was younger in club and in HS, and I just think he is overrated. There is a lot of talk about him but not about his supporting cast, they are the ones who make him a good player and they lost quite a bit of that the last two years. He isn't a stand out star in my view, but rather a very good role player. Drop a midfielder back to man mark him, someone with atitude but who can also keep a level head, and I think you take him out of the game mentally.

Madeira always has a good program and the reason for that is coaching. They are drilled and drilled to get the foundation in and from there they develop a good team. Under Madeira's program good players become excellent players. Defense is again the key for them. I think if they stick to their defensive based focus and work on quick counterattacks they will do just fine and the goals will come. They don't have a number one man up top but role players might get the job done hitting the back of the net.

CHCA I wasn't all that impressed watching them play a couple of times this last season. They were rated well but again chemistry is key and it seemed to me they stooped to opponents levels too much and played kick ball at times. All the games I saw them play they struggled to put balls in the back of the net against what looked like sloppy defense. They have a pretty good core group of players and they have George, but again I'm unconvinced by him. They need to be able to consistently put pressure on the ball and push the attack when its open.

Reading, I have only seen the play once and it wasn't a good showing. I don't know that much about them if I am to be honest.

what you said about Fenwick's era coming to an end makes no sense. when they had that great season, they hadnt yet entered the gcl. Junior Brian Benhase has scored against multiple strong squads and has some speed(ask summit, moeller, and even elder or any other defense, he has been able to create chances). so far this year, he has 17 points with 3 games remaining(two of them against not strong teams, so more is expected.) Another player with 17 points is freshman Tanner Coffman. The defense is young, but at the same time strong, only allowing 15 goals in the Gcl. They do not have young players due to lack of numbers, multiple upper classmen were cut in tryouts. If anything, they are coming up. Saying they are struggling to compensate for lost players makes no sense because this years team is doing better then the team did two years ago. As far as leadership, Fenwick has 3 junior captains who the players have seemed to rally around(Mackey, Popson, Benhase).They beat LaSalle 3-1, tied Alter 0-0 and tied McNick 0-0(who are ranked 1 in DII Cincinnati) Lost to Moeller 2-1 and only lost to Summit 1-0. Fenwick is only improving, and only one starting senior is graduating this year, they will be strong.