Had 3 patients so far this week that have started their preseason training for High School soccer, so it got me thinking about what this year will look like.
Last year gave us some surprises.
Miamisburg tying Centerville and both going undefeated in GWOC play. Seton winning state after tying MND then getting crushed by MND then shut out vs Milford only to take down both in the playoffs. Alter moving to D3 and barely making it past a feckless Mariemont squad in the playoffs but making it a serious game vs D3 State Champ CCDS. Only 3 teams in the not so mighty GMC with winning records and Lakota East taking a share of the title. West Clermont making the ECC interesting after taking down Loveland and playing Milford very tough. Former D3 Waynesville moving to D2 and going undefeated including beating the GWOC champion on the way to State final game. Taylor taking their share of the CHL title for the first time ever. And lastly the SWOC playing poorly into the abyss and losing the last decent school they had with Ross leaving for the SWBL.
And a few expected results
MND, CCDS, Milford all dominated conference play. Centerville, Loveland and Summit all went deep in the playoffs.
Lots of quality girls with great results leaving their respective programs.
GGCL loses Kohls, Ott, Wampler, Hoog, Fields, Fredrich, Art, Smith, Burkey and Engelbrink
GMC loses Baird, Leinenkugel, Meinking, Kuerze, Cornett, Cox, Broadnax
CHL loses Fiore, Stokes, Cochran, Church, Vigran, Shoemaker, Tritch, Evans, Erickson, Bundy, and Vaughn
MVC loses Bortz, Seivering, Brock, Bello and DeBra
ECC loses Cook, Johnson, Riffle, James, Nagle and Harsha
SWBL loses Thompson, Freese, Almony, Neff, Miltenberger, and Armstrong
GWOC loses Gregory, Kunst, Walling, Cantor, Arnold, Sheets, Ford, Baker and Brooks
GCL loses Burger, and Kirkendall
Over half of those girls are moving on to play D1 soccer and a few more at other collegiate levels.
CHL losing some great players in Vigran and Fiore from Indian Hill who will leave a huge hole for the braves in the attack and Church and Erickson on the other end of the field. And the last of the impact makers at Mariemont are gone with losing Tritch. Cochran leaves Madeira but they retain their 2 top scorers from last year so perhaps not a huge loss for the zons.
CJ Moves to D1, Reading moves to D2 along with Alter. Bellbrook moves back to D2 and Seven Hills moves to D3.
I think Centerville's stout defense wins them the local D1 title this year. If Milford finds a keeper they could be the top team from SW Ohio D1. Seton could repeat if the refs can't figure out how to call offsides. Wyoming, Summit or Waynesville likely win D2. And CCDS will totally dominate D3 again.
CHL will have a very off year outside of Wyoming. Indian Hill and Mariemont will likely have their worst season in years. Taylor's Cinderella season will not repeat. Madeira could however surprise. Reading will do Reading things or worse in the playoffs, and Deer Park and Finneytown should just go ahead and join the MVC gray or SWOC to fit in better.
My guess is Cummings (Miamisburg) and Erbach (Waynesville) will have great senior seasons. Pennekamp in year 3 should have more success especially playing in the ever declining GMC but will losing Kuerze and Cornett have an impact on the Conferences leading scorer the last 2 seasons without their support and ability to draw teams attention away from her? Losing Kohl's will really hurt MND as they had nobody beside her score double digit goals each of the last two seasons. Milford has both top scorers and co-Coastal Carolina Commits Manning and Scanlon return, but lose their top assist maker and a quality keeper that had to make a lot of saves last year could put Milford on their heels and the ball away from their threats.
Just about 5 weeks away from the first summer showcases kicking off. I hope this year is as interesting as last.
Last year gave us some surprises.
Miamisburg tying Centerville and both going undefeated in GWOC play. Seton winning state after tying MND then getting crushed by MND then shut out vs Milford only to take down both in the playoffs. Alter moving to D3 and barely making it past a feckless Mariemont squad in the playoffs but making it a serious game vs D3 State Champ CCDS. Only 3 teams in the not so mighty GMC with winning records and Lakota East taking a share of the title. West Clermont making the ECC interesting after taking down Loveland and playing Milford very tough. Former D3 Waynesville moving to D2 and going undefeated including beating the GWOC champion on the way to State final game. Taylor taking their share of the CHL title for the first time ever. And lastly the SWOC playing poorly into the abyss and losing the last decent school they had with Ross leaving for the SWBL.
And a few expected results
MND, CCDS, Milford all dominated conference play. Centerville, Loveland and Summit all went deep in the playoffs.
Lots of quality girls with great results leaving their respective programs.
GGCL loses Kohls, Ott, Wampler, Hoog, Fields, Fredrich, Art, Smith, Burkey and Engelbrink
GMC loses Baird, Leinenkugel, Meinking, Kuerze, Cornett, Cox, Broadnax
CHL loses Fiore, Stokes, Cochran, Church, Vigran, Shoemaker, Tritch, Evans, Erickson, Bundy, and Vaughn
MVC loses Bortz, Seivering, Brock, Bello and DeBra
ECC loses Cook, Johnson, Riffle, James, Nagle and Harsha
SWBL loses Thompson, Freese, Almony, Neff, Miltenberger, and Armstrong
GWOC loses Gregory, Kunst, Walling, Cantor, Arnold, Sheets, Ford, Baker and Brooks
GCL loses Burger, and Kirkendall
Over half of those girls are moving on to play D1 soccer and a few more at other collegiate levels.
CHL losing some great players in Vigran and Fiore from Indian Hill who will leave a huge hole for the braves in the attack and Church and Erickson on the other end of the field. And the last of the impact makers at Mariemont are gone with losing Tritch. Cochran leaves Madeira but they retain their 2 top scorers from last year so perhaps not a huge loss for the zons.
CJ Moves to D1, Reading moves to D2 along with Alter. Bellbrook moves back to D2 and Seven Hills moves to D3.
I think Centerville's stout defense wins them the local D1 title this year. If Milford finds a keeper they could be the top team from SW Ohio D1. Seton could repeat if the refs can't figure out how to call offsides. Wyoming, Summit or Waynesville likely win D2. And CCDS will totally dominate D3 again.
CHL will have a very off year outside of Wyoming. Indian Hill and Mariemont will likely have their worst season in years. Taylor's Cinderella season will not repeat. Madeira could however surprise. Reading will do Reading things or worse in the playoffs, and Deer Park and Finneytown should just go ahead and join the MVC gray or SWOC to fit in better.
My guess is Cummings (Miamisburg) and Erbach (Waynesville) will have great senior seasons. Pennekamp in year 3 should have more success especially playing in the ever declining GMC but will losing Kuerze and Cornett have an impact on the Conferences leading scorer the last 2 seasons without their support and ability to draw teams attention away from her? Losing Kohl's will really hurt MND as they had nobody beside her score double digit goals each of the last two seasons. Milford has both top scorers and co-Coastal Carolina Commits Manning and Scanlon return, but lose their top assist maker and a quality keeper that had to make a lot of saves last year could put Milford on their heels and the ball away from their threats.
Just about 5 weeks away from the first summer showcases kicking off. I hope this year is as interesting as last.