Chl 2008

[lilbrave05]

Whats going on with the CHL so far? Who are the teams to beat?

[deerparkcoach]

Whats going on with the CHL so far? Who are the teams to beat?

I think Mariemont might be the team to beat this year.

[lilbrave05]

indian hill 11 deer park 0. ouch. is ih that good or is dp that bad?

[Whoknows]

deer park that bad. Most teams stop around 8

[lilbrave05]

ih has a short bench due to lack of numbers in the program. my brother is a junior who gets decent pt on varsity and i know that he had to play some jv games earlier to help fill out a team. meese was playing his boys all out of position by the end of the game though.

[jackhammer19]

deer park had a great soccer team about 3 yrs ago....& were awfully hard to beat. for the last 2 years though it's been pretty rough for them in the CHL. With the exception of the one short, stocky kid who was a 3 letter athlete (soccer, football & basketball) & who graduated last year, they've really had a hard go of it.

[bearcats1427]

Mariemont 7
Taylor 1

[titan32]

so....did Finneytown beat Madeira tonite??

[SirStanley]

so....did Finneytown beat Madeira tonite??

Finneytown 2
Madeira 0

1st goal was a tremendous strike from about 20 yards off the post (and in) from the foot of Michael R. Second was somewhat of an own goal off a hustling defender. Finneytown very much controlled play and hit the frame three other times. Well played, Finneytown.

[swohiosoccer07]

I think Mariemont might be the team to beat this year.

why is mariemont so good? i just read about them in the d3 thread being a great matchup with seven hills and i just don't kno how.

[cincyd3soccer]

Mariemont is returning a very strong senior class lead by Mitch white, cole miller, lee rogers, scott herkamp and defender evan rosson. with a slue of other supporters, this team is stronger than ever and it has shown through their scores. beating a good batavia team 6-0 then going to ccd and wining 4-0. They also just came back from beating taylor (in league) 7-1. However this doesn't prove a whole lot ... except mitch white can man dominate bad teams ... they're first true test will come this saturday against Seven Hills ... just a prediction but whoever can win this game may be the best team in city .. but maybe summit has somethin to say to that

[lilbrave05]

ih got worked by bexley 6-1 yesterday. it was clear that ih lacks ball skills essential to the ball control game that meese likes to play

[cincyd3soccer]

Today is a key day in the chl with matchups of Reading at Finneytown, Indian Hill at Madeira, and Mariemont at Wyoming. The indian hill maderia game should determine if these teams are as good as before without a strong returning class.

[SCD_Fan]

Mariemont is returning a very strong senior class lead by Mitch white, cole miller, lee rogers, scott herkamp and defender evan rosson. with a slue of other supporters, this team is stronger than ever and it has shown through their scores. beating a good batavia team 6-0 then going to ccd and wining 4-0. They also just came back from beating taylor (in league) 7-1. However this doesn't prove a whole lot ... except mitch white can man dominate bad teams ... they're first true test will come this saturday against Seven Hills ... just a prediction but whoever can win this game may be the best team in city .. but maybe summit has somethin to say to that

Batavia is horrible. Summit had them down 3-0 in the first 10 minutes last month in a scrimmage. Seven Hills beat them 5-0 before that. Mariemont is the only good team that they've played.

[cincyd3soccer]

Mariemont 3
Wyoming 0

Game called at half time due to thunder

[eplfan87]

Finneytown 3
Reading 0

Game called with 6 minutes left.
What a horrible referee.

[cincysoccer195]

hah the refs were embarrassing probably the worst officiating Ive ever seen. Both teams played well considering reading was also playing against the refs.
Finneytown is by far the dirtiest team in the CHL Ive saw more fouls in both The Madeira and Reading game then i saw most teams have all year

[Whoknows]

hah the refs were embarrassing probably the worst officiating Ive ever seen. Both teams played well considering reading was also playing against the refs.
Finneytown is by far the dirtiest team in the CHL Ive saw more fouls in both The Madeira and Reading game then i saw most teams have all year

Seriously?

[cincysoccer195]

Yes.

[acmilan13]

hah the refs were embarrassing probably the worst officiating Ive ever seen. Both teams played well considering reading was also playing against the refs.
Finneytown is by far the dirtiest team in the CHL Ive saw more fouls in both The Madeira and Reading game then i saw most teams have all year


Nobody needs to listen to this rubbish....you have posted twice on here in the last 2 years. The one thing you do say that I guess anyone should pay attention to is that the refs were embarrassing but welcome to CHL officiating. If you think the refs were against Reading then you obviously did not see the two pk's that were not called in favor of Finneytown. Dirty would be a Reading player putting a Finneytown player in a head-lock and jacking him in the face, although the player apologized to the team afterwards which is classy. What is not classy is Reading parents yelling at a Finneytown player to "get up" after two players collided and both are bleeding from the head. Reading parents are "dirty" if you want to make accusations. If you want to label a team, don't mistake physical for dirty.

[cwballer82]

Nobody needs to listen to this rubbish....you have posted twice on here in the last 2 years. The one thing you do say that I guess anyone should pay attention to is that the refs were embarrassing but welcome to CHL officiating. If you think the refs were against Reading then you obviously did not see the two pk's that were not called in favor of Finneytown. Dirty would be a Reading player putting a Finneytown player in a head-lock and jacking him in the face, although the player apologized to the team afterwards which is classy. What is not classy is Reading parents yelling at a Finneytown player to "get up" after two players collided and both are bleeding from the head. Reading parents are "dirty" if you want to make accusations. If you want to label a team, don't mistake physical for dirty.

I was there and no parent was yelling for the player to get up. That was a 50/50 ball and the Reading player got carded. The ref yelled at a Reading player to get up after being jacked by a Finneytown player. Horrible ref'ing. By far the worse ref'ing I have seen in the many years of being a ref'ing family. AND I have no connection to either team. It's what I saw, and I saw very poor officiating.

[cincysoccer195]

Yeah i havnt posted in 2 years its an old account on an older computer why should that even matter to you or anyone else on this site and actually i did see both games and if you would have actually watched what happened when he put him in the headlock you would have saw the finneytown player about to swing on him, and if that would have happened to me i would have put him in one to, self defense? and the 2 missed pks were complete dives i dont even know what game you were watching.

[jackhammer19]

sounds like a pretty physical game no doubt. were any cards given out?

[cwballer82]

More than necessary.

[acmilan13]

Guess I need to get my hearing checked cause I clearly heard a Reading parent yell "get up" and I guess I also need to check my knowledge of the game too. If you want to talk about diving we should begin with Reading's # 5.

Yes, the officiating was awful and many cards were given with many for no reason.

[marwar]

I wasn't at the game. Finneytown is known league wide as being physical and dirty. CHL refs are pathetic and other than Rackozy, #5 for Reading is probably the next best player on the field last night. I'm sure he (#5 Simpson) and Rackozy got hacked a lot last night and they both probably had a dive or two.

[Whoknows]

In reply to everyone on this game. Some of you are letting your bias for your team get in front of your better judgement. Here are some things I noticed while taking my bias out of it.

First, the head to head collision. It was a head on head initiated by readings player, he obviously wasn't trying to injure the finneytown player, but head the ball. He missed and got the other player, accidents happen.

The headlock. Wow, gotta say he deserved that red. I didn't see the Finneytown player do anything that warranted even a yellow but maybe the ref heard something. He never did seem to go explain what happened, I figured he really didn't know. (judging by his performance throught the game, i really doubt he knew)

Now the dirty play. All I have to say about that is let's not confuse being physical with being dirty. There were some dirty plays in this game, there always will be. Just because Finneytown had the most fouls doesn't mean they were dirty.

On to the issue of pks. There was a missed pk on a hard foul in the box against rackozy that you can't argue at all. I could easily hear the clete hit his shin gaurd from the other side of the field. This should have been a pk. Not to mention he was going towards goal and had the last man beat, why would anyone dive then. The pk that was called in the second half should not have been. Yes it was a foul, yes it was in the box, but did the ref even notice which way the player was headed. He recieved the ball in a positon where he could not turn and started to dribble back to find an open man when he was tackled about 15 yards from the goal. Wouldn't most refs let that go? And the third missed pk when finneytowns number 10 appeared to be tripped from behind about 12 yards from the endline on the left of the box. Again I doubt he would purposefully dive when he was past all the defenders.

Now, diving. I kind of covered a couple of them in the pks. In my honest opinion Finneytown didn't really dive, I figure those two are what most were complaining about. Nobody had the same view including the ref who probably was blind (just kidding). Reading did have a couple dives, nothing really in their attacking third. They were all mainly in the midfield. Just a couple obvious ones. There were plenty of ticky tack fouls that they fell down on, but that's not the same as diving to create a call for a foul that didn't occur.

Finally for the fans comments. I did not hear the fans yell get up, but I wasn't really listening to them then. I did hear some personal attacks from the Reading fans which was not classy at all. Let the players talk the trash, parents should not. Both teams fans were yelling quite a bit at the ref, which he obviously deserved.

That about sums up that game other than the score. 3-0 Finneytown, called with 6 minutes left in the second half (after lighting had started about 5 minutes into the second half, if that says anything about the refs vision). I look forward to the next meeting of these two team in 2009. And marwar, don't assume that many things when you weren't there.

[cincysoccer195]

umm talk about being bias toward a team? Im pretty sure you didnt just say 1 bad thing about finneytown when clearly most people that stay with the chl know finneytown is dirty, theres nothing to it its just a known fact, im not saying thats why they won because they do have plenty of skill and maybe did deserve the win. But it would have been a totally different game without those refs and if you were there that night you would understand what im talking about.


and for the fans both reading and finneytown fans were yelling at players on the field i mean the ref let the game completely get out of hand and i understand why they would be yelling, Its REALLY not a big deal its part of the game deal with it.

[cincysoccer195]

oh yeah and about the headlock, like i said before if someone was gonna swing on you, you would probably do the same thing. They both deserved it everyone is trying to defend finneytowns player like he didnt do anything

[Whoknows]

Well if you'd like a biased post...
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I believe the scoreboard reads 3-0 in favor of Finneytown. I'm moving on.

[eplfan87]

Amen.

[cincysoccer195]

Actually I don't want one because I already got one from you, obviously that was what i was saying in my last post not to hard to understand

[cincysoccerguy]

all the reading & finneytown players need to just stop arguing cuz your game is over................let's talk about the mariemont @ indian hill game on tuesday comin up.

[cincysoccer195]

mariemont is looking solid i think they have this one

[Goalazo6565]

I agree mariemont by several, IH is way to direct.

[Whoknows]

I am done talking about it. Mariemont by 2 or 3. I don't think it will be much of a blow out.

[cincyd3soccer]

Mariemont has a really cool game on their schedule on saturday. They are playing at Crew Stadium against Columbus Academy. Hope they don't crack under the pressure at playing ar a high stage. should be a good game too.

[SirStanley]

Mariemont has a really cool game on their schedule on saturday. They are playing at Crew Stadium against Columbus Academy. Hope they don't crack under the pressure at playing ar a high stage. should be a good game too.

That's a great inter-regional Div III game. And you won't ever play on a better field. Best of luck up there. I know you'll represent Cincinnati well.

[natilax3]

I am done talking about it. Mariemont by 2 or 3. I don't think it will be much of a blow out.

HAHAHA good call there dick vital try it the other way around 3-1 and dont say that the last goal didnt matter because there were 2 seconds left. if mariemont would have scored with 2 seconds left you would have said it counted

[zro171]

Nobody needs to listen to this rubbish....you have posted twice on here in the last 2 years. The one thing you do say that I guess anyone should pay attention to is that the refs were embarrassing but welcome to CHL officiating. If you think the refs were against Reading then you obviously did not see the two pk's that were not called in favor of Finneytown. Dirty would be a Reading player putting a Finneytown player in a head-lock and jacking him in the face, although the player apologized to the team afterwards which is classy. What is not classy is Reading parents yelling at a Finneytown player to "get up" after two players collided and both are bleeding from the head. Reading parents are "dirty" if you want to make accusations. If you want to label a team, don't mistake physical for dirty.

Being a big Madeira soccer fan (note, I have never played soccer) I've had a chance to see them play all the CHL teams. Finneytown is consistently a physical team. That is a nice what of putting it though. This year I was disappointed with Indian Hill's sportsmanship as well, but the kid got a well deserved red card after knocking a Madeira player over, walking over him and then talking back to the ref.

Other than that, CHL is a very respectable league in all my viewings.

[soccerdad]

A good hard fought game always has a card or two.The color is just a matter
of opinion.A player hurting another player on purpose is weak.

[Whoknows]

HAHAHA good call there dick vital try it the other way around 3-1 and dont say that the last goal didnt matter because there were 2 seconds left. If mariemont would have scored with 2 seconds left you would have said it counted

Whoah buddy, don't make fun of my prediction when you didn't even make one yourself. Congrats on the win Mr. Indian Hill. And don't jump to conclusions, every goal matters.

[soccer11]

The way I read it was he was sayingt he score isnt indicative of how close the game was. We all know that any goal that is scored in with time on the clock counts.

[..socccer..]

HAHAHA good call there dick vital try it the other way around 3-1 and dont say that the last goal didnt matter because there were 2 seconds left. if mariemont would have scored with 2 seconds left you would have said it counted

Amen to that, so much for kicking Indian Hill's --- Mariemont.

[cincysoccerguy]

big game with the chl title on the line thursday night at indian hill. defending champs take on finnytown (#10 in the state???), both teams undefeated in the league. i'm going with indian hill 2-1. braves will repeat as league champions cuz this is there only hard game left in chl i think.

[generalballer]

game got canceled not sure when it will be made up indian hill doesnt have power

both teams are good should be a great game with title hopes on the line!

[acmilan13]

Finneytown had 2 key CHL matches postponed this week against Wyoming & now with Indian Hill. Looks like their next league match will be Tuesday vs Mariemont, which should be a great matchup.

[Cantrell]

Reading beat Little Miami 4-3 Saturday at Little Miami. Reading was up 4-1 and let the hillbilly's back in the game. Yes, I said Hillbilly's.They got all nasty during the comeback and with some help from there ref's made it a closer game than it should have been.

[cincysportsfan123456]

Tommorrow Mariemont v. Finneytown at Finneytown, should be an incredible game. Recently checked chlsports.com soccer statistics. In league play, Herkamp and Rakoczy lead CHL play with 11 points, and White leads the CHL all games with 31 points. Should be a great matchup with all those guys and Sam Gaines. Any thoughts?

[eplfan87]

Finneytown 2
Mariemont 0

Finneytown will score off a set piece.
They will also get the well deserved shutout.
Thats my prediction.

[acmilan13]

Mariemont @ Finneytown as well as Indian Hill @ Reading tonight should both be pretty good games.

[swohiosoccer07]

Finneytown 2
Mariemont 0

Finneytown will score off a set piece.
They will also get the well deserved shutout.
Thats my prediction.

mariemont hasn't been shut out this season and don't expect them to be tonight, or to lose.

[acmilan13]

Mariemont 3 Finneytown 2....

It was 1-1 at half. Mitch White got Mariemont ahead 1-0 with one of his only really good chances in the first half. He was able to create more in the second half but the Finneytown defense did a good job on him and Heurkamp in the first half for sure. Heurkamp deserves more credit than he gets as he is a good player. Finneytown evened the score before half on good buildup and a slotted ball from the outside.

Mariemont went up 3-1 on a goal off a long throw in and loose ball finish, as well as a gift by the referee. A pk was called when Mitch White stumbled by a defender and tripped over his own feet. Keeper saved the pk, but then White followed up and finished. Finneytown got one back with about 7 or 8 minutes left on a well deserved goal - loose ball in the box was eventually finished. Time eventually ran out and the final was 3-2 Mariemont.

Referees never determine the result, right? Wrong. In this case there were several very questionable calls and no-calls made that directly affected the match. Two penalties were not called in favor of Finneytown - one foul was called outside the box, and a yellow card was given when the player was going to goal. Could have been a red card and probably should have been since it was the last defender, right?. The foul was awfully close to being in the box and I can't wait to see the game film. Another trip in the box was called outside the box on another occasion. A third was not called at all. During the first half there was a foul called when Finneytown's forward was going to goal and the ref didn't let the advantage play out and it would have been a 1v1 with the keeper.
Another questionable call when Mitch White goes in studs up on the Finneytown keeper and received only a yellow card? I have seen red cards given for that more times than not. The keeper by the way, had 7 stitches under his eye after the game from that play.

Not using excuses, because I am not saying Finneytown should have won the game. They could have though. Mariemont had their chances too they are a good team. It is just frustrating to take the game out of the players control and have a bad call or missed calls determine the result of a game and quite possibly a league title. A fair result would have been a tie.

This is the first defeat in league for Finneytown in their last 18 matches. All because a referee decides to call one penalty and not a couple others? It's a hard one to take and I think Mariemont & Finneytown both deserved better.

I would encourage others to check out the replay of this one on Waycross when it is released and see for yourself...

[CakesYork]

Mariemont got the blunt of the calls on them. 7 yellows (2 derserved, 3 tops) and Finneytown got 2 right? Mariemont dominated the field at the start of the game until two big fouls Finneytown commited on Lee Rodgers and the ref wasn't watching!? Finneytown played dirty, and don't give me studs up the goalie nearly kicked Johnny Wirthlin in the face on a volley breakaway. And the "foul" you're talking about, if it's the one where Finneytown's number 6 or 17 was carrying it down the right side with one defender, the Finneytown player had his arm up in the defenders face, what do you expect him to do, if they weren't going to call it on the Finneytown striker, why would they call it on the Mariemont defender. Lastly, Finneytown didn't lose because of "one penalty" that doesn't decide the game. Mariemont wanted to win that game, Finneytown couldn't get a very many strikes on goal.

Edit: Acmilan13 your post is quite biased and in favor of Finneytown, I'm not saying mine isn't, but if you're going to review a game like that, do it as a neutral observer.

[acmilan13]

Mariemont got the blunt of the calls on them. 7 yellows (2 derserved, 3 tops) and Finneytown got 2 right? Mariemont dominated the field at the start of the game until two big fouls Finneytown commited on Lee Rodgers and the ref wasn't watching!? Finneytown played dirty, and don't give me studs up the goalie nearly kicked Johnny Wirthlin in the face on a volley breakaway. And the "foul" you're talking about, if it's the one where Finneytown's number 6 or 17 was carrying it down the right side with one defender, the Finneytown player had his arm up in the defenders face, what do you expect him to do, if they weren't going to call it on the Finneytown striker, why would they call it on the Mariemont defender. Lastly, Finneytown didn't lose because of "one penalty" that doesn't decide the game. Mariemont wanted to win that game, Finneytown couldn't get a very many strikes on goal.

Edit: Acmilan13 your post is quite biased and in favor of Finneytown, I'm not saying mine isn't, but if you're going to review a game like that, do it as a neutral observer.

Your post couldn't be more inaccurate. Mine is based on fact and yours is based on emotion. The difference between the keeper nearly kicking Wirthlin in the face is that the keeper has a right to that ball, and Wirthlin didn't have to have 7 stitches underneath his eye.

Watch the game back on tape, then if you feel the same way about it fair enough. There were more than 3 cards that were warranted, and ones that were not issued. How can you argue that when the last defender takes a player down going to goal that it isn't a red card? Your team got lucky to be playing with 11 men at that point. Have you never seen a player red carded for going in studs up at the keeper? I didn't say Mitch White meant to do it, but the fact that he did it is what I am debating. How about the advantage that was taken away from the striker in the first half when he was going to goal? The ref lets the advantage play out like he should and there is a 1v1 with your keeper. I am not biased I will be the first to admit flaw & defeat however your attempt to refute my facts makes no sense. The "foul" that you bring up I have no idea what you are talking about. Quit making stuff up and please watch the game on Waycross.

I am not taking anything away from Mariemont. I am simply saying the refs changed the game completely. I don't think you can dispute that. The CHL deserves better officiating consistently, especially when a league title is on the line and you have the 7th ranked team in the state in D3 playing the top D2 team in the city and formerly state ranked team.

[CakesYork]

Wirthlin has a right to the ball just as much as the goalie. And you're first post was absolutely not based on fact, it was from the view of a Finneytown fan and yours is just as much emotion as mine. I don't need to watch the game again on Waycross. The ref's called a bad game, yes, but you can't base the loss on just the ref's. Finneytown hadn't played Mariemont so you can't assume that with proper reffing Finneytown would win. That's the attitude I'm recieving from your posts.

[VarsitySoccerGuy]

I am not biased I will be the first to admit flaw & defeat

I had to come back... i could not let this one go... ac maybe you should try to read your other posts... f-town lost to walnut bc they didn't settle into their game(accepting defeat? nice try) You are the most finneytown biased person in the world and you should prolly try to avoid posting cause it makes your school look bad... you lost a game...get over it... if your team was so much better than Mariemont, then refs cannot have an effect. If your team had made it 3-0, the two pks are irrelevant, so since your team can't handle the pressure and there is a "good" excuse for every loss, i guess everyone should just bow down now and give you the CHL championship trophy...FINNEYTOWN '08 CHAMPS!!

[CakesYork]

I had to come back... i could not let this one go... ac maybe you should try to read your other posts... f-town lost to walnut bc they didn't settle into their game(accepting defeat? nice try) You are the most finneytown biased person in the world and you should prolly try to avoid posting cause it makes your school look bad... you lost a game...get over it... if your team was so much better than Mariemont, then refs cannot have an effect. If your team had made it 3-0, the two pks are irrelevant, so since your team can't handle the pressure and there is a "good" excuse for every loss, i guess everyone should just bow down now and give you the CHL championship trophy...FINNEYTOWN '08 CHAMPS!!

Quoted for the truth.

[manchester]

AC Milan ...You cannot say that you are not biased towards finneytown. You are obviously a finneytown fan if you know that the goalie had 7 stitches after the game. Mariemont only had one pk to clear that up, and he was taken down by the keeper ...who is the last defender on that one? Watch your game film. He didn't " trip over his feet." The refs were terrible, but the refs were mostly terrible in finneytowns favor. As for your claim that mariemont did not dominate the game entirely, and that white only had one good opportunity in the first half, I suggest you review your game film. Finneytown's second goal came off of what could be considered a lucky loose ball play. There was no cross, no one beat a defender, and there were no passes strung together. The ball was knocked around and then luckily finished by finneytown. As for Mariemont's goals, aside from the pk they came off of possession of the ball and both were crosses into the middle and then finished. I think that anyone who saw the game would be quick to tell you that finneytowns style of soccer could be defined as "kick, hack, and run."......that is all.

[generalballer]

If you think those two tackles on lee rogers were fouls than you know absolutely nothing about soccer thos were clean, just because someone falls doesnt mean its a foul. And for you guys who complain about finneytown being hacks they had 2 cards to marimonts 7. and i dont no where milan ever says were so much better than marimont the game was even he was jus saying the refs had the final call and they were in favor of marimont. and hes absolutely right there is no way marimont dominated the game..yes i do beleive they deserved to win but to say they dominated is a load of crap

[akfhs1]

I wouldn't say controlling the ball, beating a man, and putting the ball upper ninety far post is a lucky goal. (In reference to Finneytown's second goal).

[acmilan13]

I had to come back... i could not let this one go... ac maybe you should try to read your other posts... f-town lost to walnut bc they didn't settle into their game(accepting defeat? nice try) You are the most finneytown biased person in the world and you should prolly try to avoid posting cause it makes your school look bad... you lost a game...get over it... if your team was so much better than Mariemont, then refs cannot have an effect. If your team had made it 3-0, the two pks are irrelevant, so since your team can't handle the pressure and there is a "good" excuse for every loss, i guess everyone should just bow down now and give you the CHL championship trophy...FINNEYTOWN '08 CHAMPS!!

Wow, classy guy you are and thanks for gracing us with your presence....if you re-read what I wrote about the Walnut Hills game I said Walnut deserved to win the game and Finneytown didn't play well. I think that is basically admitting defeat.

I NEVER said Finneytown was so much better than Mariemont or should have won the game either, I said they could have, and that a fair result would have been a tie.

There is a difference between bias and telling it like it is.

You are making yourself look bad...

[acmilan13]

AC Milan ...You cannot say that you are not biased towards finneytown. You are obviously a finneytown fan if you know that the goalie had 7 stitches after the game. Mariemont only had one pk to clear that up, and he was taken down by the keeper ...who is the last defender on that one? Watch your game film. He didn't " trip over his feet." The refs were terrible, but the refs were mostly terrible in finneytowns favor. As for your claim that mariemont did not dominate the game entirely, and that white only had one good opportunity in the first half, I suggest you review your game film. Finneytown's second goal came off of what could be considered a lucky loose ball play. There was no cross, no one beat a defender, and there were no passes strung together. The ball was knocked around and then luckily finished by finneytown. As for Mariemont's goals, aside from the pk they came off of possession of the ball and both were crosses into the middle and then finished. I think that anyone who saw the game would be quick to tell you that finneytowns style of soccer could be defined as "kick, hack, and run."......that is all.

I never said Mariemont had more than 1 pk so I am not sure what you are clearing up. White only had 1 really good opportunity in the first half and he finished it. I felt Hurkamp was the bigger threat in the first half. It was a different story in the 2nd as White got more chances. Perhaps you misunderstood me saying that was White's only chance of the game?

I don't think Mariemont's 2nd goal was off possession. It was a loose ball that came off a deflection and a poor clearance.

Seriously, get the facts straight people if you are going to start bashing teams and people on here at least know the facts. Of course I am a Finneytown fan. Wow, you got me.....but at least I am stating the facts correctly.

"Kick, hack, & run" LOL You really think that is Finneytown's style of play?

[cincysportsfan123456]

review your game film acmilan. Mariemont's second goal came when Goheen played an overlapping Herkamp on the left flank, he beat a man, crossed in the middle to arkeilpane who finished up top

[CakesYork]

Finneytown played with little to no possesion at all. The last defender for Finneytown booted it up field every time, he had no direction or purpose, he just kicked it even without a man on him and thats where most of the Finneytown offense got their opportunities. You can't beat good teams like that. Anyone who is at that game and isn't blind could defiantly state that; YES Finneytown's style of play was "Kick, Hack, Run". That is exactly what it was.

[Whoknows]

Finneytown played with little to no possesion at all. The last defender for Finneytown booted it up field every time, he had no direction or purpose, he just kicked it even without a man on him and thats where most of the Finneytown offense got their opportunities. You can't beat good teams like that. Anyone who is at that game and isn't blind could defiantly state that; YES Finneytown's style of play was "Kick, Hack, Run". That is exactly what it was.

Okay let me clear this up. Obviously you remember the last 20 minutes of the game more than the rest. And it was kick boot run for Finneytown during that time period and boot and regroup for Mariemont. Neither is a pretty style of play, but it worked out well for Finneytown on a good finish from the forward. As for the rest of the game Mariemont scored it's two goals on their best and really only bits of possesion. They were the more kick and run team. As a Finneytowner I thought we possesed the ball very well. Unbiased opinion on this one, Finneytown controlled possesion much better. And another thing on the "Kick, Hack, Run." The hack definitely was not there, 7 to 2 yellows and a majority of fouls for Mariemont..? And strategically with a flat back four you have two options. The first, which was to play the ball over the top and run on was executed pretty well and is probably why you came to the conclusion of KHR. This led to the missed pk/red card, very obvious missed call. The other which they stuck to in the first half and did very well was to posses and dribble through the defenders. That's about all I have to say.

[manchester]

hey guess what ...mariemont 3 finneytown 2...thats all i have to say

[cincyd3soccer]

After that Mariemont victory who is going to win the CHL?
Clearly if IH goes undefeated in league than they win but what if IH loses to Finneytown? Would it be a 3 way tie? Mariemont/IH/Finneytown

[acmilan13]

There is no goal differential tie-breaker so it would be a co-championship between the 3 teams. There are still some decisive matches to be played though with Finneytown vs Wyoming, Finneytown vs IH, IH vs Wyoming, Mariemont vs Reading, & Mariemont vs Madeira. Guess it will play itself out in a week.

[titan32]

Score from last night...

Finneytown 2
Wyoming 0


when is the Indian Hill vs Finneytown game scheduled to be played?

[SoccerDad2006]

when is the Indian Hill vs Finneytown game scheduled to be played?

Tuesday September 30 at 6:30p.m. at Indian Hill. A Finneytown win sets up a 3-way tie in the CHL. A loss or tie and Indian Hill is in the driver's seat.

[cincysoccerguy]

the indian hill - ft game is 6:15 tuesday. it's an early start for some reason but the jv's play at 4:30 and varsity is 6:15 (not 6:30). playing for back to back titles!

[soccerfan40]

It amazes me year after year that it is mostly the officials fault when someone loses or doesn't beat someone as badly as expected. Most of you who watch soccer should know that soccer is a finesse game and not a game of who can push, shove, or manhandle the opponent. There is a sport for that and it is football, american style.

Soccer is a sport that has players exposed for many types of injuries from serious to not so serious. As an official for the state of ohio ,and I do many games in the CHL as well as the other leagues, the number one priority is SAFETY. Remember this is not USSF, even though MOST of the rules are the same the game is to be officiated differently.

I very rarely hear anyone say that a game was officiated great. It is either ok or the officiating was absolutely horrible. I as an official I try to find out from other officials about the teams that I am about to officiate. If I was to referee the center of the IH and Finneytown game, it would be the tightest game ever. I have had both teams this year and in the past and they both stretch the laws of the game and the center official. They both bark at the officials on just about every call good or bad. The fans are the same way. Officials are right only 50% of the time. The players, coaches, and fans need to RESPECT THE GAME of soccer and the last time I checked the officials are a part of the game and very, very rarely do the garner the respect of the participants. I know that some of the barking from the players and coaches comes with the territory, but in the past few years it has become more and more prevalent and happeing way to often in games.

The players have to adjust to the way the game is officiated not the other way around and that my friends is not going to change. Referees use the yellow cards to try to get or keep the game under control. Fans, players and coaches don't always see that both players are grabbing, pullings, shoving, etc. If they call the game to close it is let them play. If we start to allow them to "play" then it is get the game under control.

Officials hold a pre-game meeting with the coaches and captains. How many times do these people go back and tell the team what was said? I am an official who will not tolerate much dissent from the players. If I give a card for dissent then everybody goes nuts. My job is to referee the game within the laws of the game. The whole game is subject to my opinion on the field. I might let something go because it is what is called trifling. There are many fouls that do go uncalled because they disrupt the flow of the game and didn't have much impact on that particular play. A lot of it is advantage and disadvantage. If a player on offense has a hold of the defender and the defender has hold of the offense which way should the call go? If the game starts to get more and more physical, more and more fouls are going to be called.

As for officials being biased, if that occurs it is not correct. I go into every game with the mindset that I am going to hustle and try to make the right call, but I know that is impossible. No referee ever gets every call correct. I do not care who wins the game, I referee because I love the game and it keeps me in great shape. I try to be consistent in my calls from start to finish.

If everyone is so upset with the officiating in the CHL, then become an official, we do not have the numbers at this time. Once you go thru the class and learn what they are trying to teach, maybe you will have a better understanding.

The game has changed, in my opinion, for the worse. It has become way to physical in nature and the sportsmanship on the field is declining. It is suppose to be a game of finesse, as I stated earlier and not a game of braun.

[Amo fútbol]

way to write a novel. might want to get it published.

[Whoknows]

The Wyoming Finneytown game was officiated great. The best one this season. It was not a typical CHL ref either, unfortunately.

[cwballer82]

Anybody know the Mariemont/Reading reschedule date?

[jackhammer19]

the indian hill - ft game is 6:15 tuesday. playing for back to back titles!

just made a call to one of my buddies who's there watching the game...

Indian Hill 3
Finneytown 0

there's still about 30 minutes left to go in the game.

[soccerfan40]

Mariemont vs. Reading is Saturday 10/4 at 8:00pm at Mariemont.

[soccerfan40]

Final Score

Indian Hill 3
Finneytown 0

Indian Hill was clearly the better team this evening. Finneytown's #9 got injured in the first half after score was 1-0, and he didn't return. Hopefully it is not serious because without him Finneytown will struggle to score.

[Cantrell]

Taylor 3, Wyoming 2. How did this happen. Wyoming beat Reading 1-0 and Reading killed Taylor 4-1. Did Wyoming get the west side Ref treatment?

[karatekid]

Taylor 3, Wyoming 2. How did this happen. Wyoming beat Reading 1-0 and Reading killed Taylor 4-1. Did Wyoming get the west side Ref treatment?

i guess Reading caught Taylor on a bad night

[okguys]

Finneytown did not string together 3 passes vs Walnut Hills, just kicked and ran

[acmilan13]

Finneytown did not string together 3 passes vs Walnut Hills, just kicked and ran

What's your point? I mean, to which post or comment are you replying? This is a true statement.....this was Finneytown's worst possession of the season but this match was 2 weeks ago and you are just now posting? LOL

[okguys]

point is they ain't too good mayne

[acmilan13]

Congrats to Indian Hill for going unbeaten & untied (7-0-0) to win league. Anytime a team goes unbeaten & untied in the CHL it is impressive (Finneytown did this in 2006 & 2004). Best small school conference in the state in my opinion...good luck to CHL teams in the tourney.

[chlkyle]

johnny wirthlin of mariemont is an absolute beast. hes going to play professionally for sure. probably in europe

[Whoknows]

johnny wirthlin of mariemont is an absolute beast. hes going to play professionally for sure. probably in europe

Then why have I never heard his name until now?

[cincysportsfan123456]

Now that the league is decided, thoughts on All-League?

[eplfan87]

All- League

Mitchell White (Mariemont)
Scott Herkamp (Mariemont)

Charlie Brinn (Indian Hill)
Larry Drehs (Indian Hill)

Jason Krummen (Taylor)

Luke Anderson (Wyoming)
David Carter (Wyoming)

Bernard Pastor (Reading)
Dennis Pastor (Reading)
Kyle Simpson (Reading)

Bryan Barthelmas (Deer Park)

Robby Tudor (Madeira)
Sam Bishop (Madeira)

Ben Steinnecker (Finneytown) * Led the CHL in shutouts
Nathan Bryson (Finneytown)
Michael Rakoczy (Finneytown)
Kevin Siegle (Finneytown)
Samuel Gaines (Finneytown)

Player of the Year

Mitchell White (Mariemont)
Michael Rakoczy (Finneytown)

Not sure which it will be...

[dutchkeep]

The all league selections don't look right to me. How does Finneytown get 5 selections, Reading 3 and Indian Hill only gets 2? Indian Hill went 7-0 in the league and beat Finneytown by multiple goals. I know Finneytown has some quality players, but the Indian Hill players should receive more recognition for what they were able to do as a team.

[lilbrave05]

ih's coach is weird about nominating players for all league. i think he does it by class(srs for 1st, jrs for 2nd..etc). i know this is speculation but how does the best team in the league only get 2 1st team?

[eplfan87]

Those selections were based on players that impressed me. I may have not gotten to everyone, but these players stood out when I watched them play. If they are not on this list, then they did nothing special IN THE GAMES I WATCHED.

[marwar]

eplfan, I agree with your picks - they are all good players, but I know the list will be slightly different based on how the teams finished in the league.

[eplfan87]

That list is not meant to be everyone that will be picked. All I am saying is that I can almost guarantee that everyone on that list will be All-Conference. If there is anyone that is on my list that doesn't make it, I will be very shocked. Of course the list will have more names than mine does.

[Cantrell]

Nice win for Taylor. 5th place team in the CHL knocks off a one loss Batavia team.

[Clobber]

According to the MHS website

[jackhammer19]

According to the MHS website

good call I'd say.

[jackhammer19]

any thoughts or comments about the Finneytown...Wilmington game tomorrow night? Word has it that Rakoczy (sp?) for FT is out with a knee injury. Wilmington has a kid named Spirk that seems to score quite frequently.

Who gets the nod in this one???

[game-youlose]

eplfan if people don't know who you are by now than they are flat out stupid. you are so biased it is obvious. o and before you say, "Look how many posts you have." I have been posting on this site for a while and just changed my username. I'm glad mitch white won chl player of the year because he deserved it more than anyone.

[eplfan87]

eplfan if people don't know who you are by now than they are flat out stupid. you are so biased it is obvious. o and before you say, "Look how many posts you have." I have been posting on this site for a while and just changed my username. I'm glad mitch white won chl player of the year because he deserved it more than anyone.

I'm just wondering where this came from. I am glad that Mitch White won the player of the year as well. However, if you indeed know who I am, thats fine. I would rather be who I am than be one of Mitch White's "hop-on-it" groupies. So there really isn't any need for this, just click your way back to the wrestling forums and call it a day Mr. MictchWhiteisthebestsoccerplayerevertoliveonthisea rth. Normally I would not respond to such an immature post that has no relevance to anything because you just made yourself look like an idiot. So this is me not responding, and hence, making you look like an idiot.

[acmilan13]

eplfan if people don't know who you are by now than they are flat out stupid. you are so biased it is obvious. o and before you say, "Look how many posts you have." I have been posting on this site for a while and just changed my username. I'm glad mitch white won chl player of the year because he deserved it more than anyone.

It's not hard to figure out who many people are on here....no need to call them out for no reason. There is also a difference between bias and pride so ease up on bein a hater. Why did you change your SN anyway?

Congratulations to Mitch White. He has had a great season and I hear that Ohio State is looking at him? I think he is a good player but I don't know if he is D1 material for a program like OSU. It's not a knock on him I just don't think he is in the same league as someone like Matt Bahner for example (who plays for UC).

[wii_man_jack]

congratulations on Mariemont making it to the Elite Eight!

[Redhawks09]

I know the season just ended, but what are your predictions for the standings in the CHL next year???

[OSU1015]

Mariemont will not be a very bad team next year. Mariemont will win the chl next year.

[eplfan87]

Of course, I predict that Finneytown will take the title next year. They return all but three starters. The juniors this year were the core of that team, and I believe that they can go far. They will not get many goals scored on them with all-city players Kevin Siegle, Nate Bryson, and Ben Steinecker holding up the back. They will have a problem scoring at first, but Zach Bedinghaus seems to have hit a good streak. he ended with as many goals at Rakoczy did, and he was coming off the bench till the end of the season due to Rakoczy's injury.

[chlkyle]

OSU, im not sure Mariemont will win the league next year, but I do believe they have lots of good players that were overshadowed by this years seniors. they will neeed to find a keeper though.

[OSU1015]

I agree with that but, its either Finneytown or Mariemont CHL champs next year

[soccerdad]

Let's just all wait and see.