Lmbvolleyball
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Not really a sleeper pick as they were good last year, but I think Thomas Worthington is really strong this year. if I'm not wrong they didn't lose any players that played last year right?
2025 HS Season
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CincyVballGuru
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2025 Volleyball Roster - St. Xavier High School Athletics
The official 2025 Volleyball Roster for the ST. XAVIER BOMBERS ATHLETICS
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Elder and St X have rosters up. Moeller and LaSalle do not. Anyone else have info?
Projected starting lineup opinions?
MyNameIsDoug?
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Said this over in the Elder forum, but feels like the lineup could be something like:
2025 Volleyball Roster - St. Xavier High School Athletics
The official 2025 Volleyball Roster for the ST. XAVIER BOMBERS ATHLETICS
Elder and St X have rosters up. Moeller and LaSalle do not. Anyone else have info?
Projected starting lineup opinions?
OH - Tierney
OH - Brandt
MH - Sponaugle
MH - James
Opp - Lutz
S - Kelly
L - Brubaker/Wright
DS for Opp - Wright/Timmerman
Unless they decide on a 6-2 with Kelly and Albers and have Lutz and Tucker as the Opps
For X, I'd guess a 6-2 to start; could see them switching to a 5-1 with just Evans, but their setting situation is obviously taking a big hit from last year:
OH1 - Taggart
OH2 - Soloria
MH1 - Schulte
MH2 - Kane (6'9"!!!!!)
Opp1 - Romeo
Opp2 - Romeo/Adkins/Kreuzer
S1 - Evans
S2 - Fahey
L - Sorce/Stewart
Might not be a terrible idea to try Taggart at Opp in a 5-1 for his length on blocks and giving him quicks out of the back row over there and having Soloria and Sorce as 6 rotation OHs. Sorce is small, but he can get up very well.
I think the GCL as a whole is a lot more competitive this year with Elder, X or Moe all able to win it. Hell, could see a 3-way tie if they all split with each other and go 2-0 against LaSalle. Moe and X lost a lot while Elder didn't lose as much, but will have the same questions as last year. LaSalle lost A TON and right when they move back down to D2: 92% of their kills, 57% of their aces, 84% of their blocks, 50% of their digs and 92% of their assists.
Walnut Hills returns a lot of their team from a decent squad last year. I think all of these kids play club. They may have a couple other guys off the bench who could help a bit.
In the first year the ECC is officially sanctioning the sport, they will look to continue to be the best team in the conference. I think they could be the 4 seed in the south region behind the 3CL in D1.
OH - Emmett Corby
OH - Jacob Gillotti
MH - Jackson Helton
MH - Sam Wilkins
Opp - Peter Appino
S - Ben Smith
L - Luke Greiner
DS - Daniel Garcia
In the first year the ECC is officially sanctioning the sport, they will look to continue to be the best team in the conference. I think they could be the 4 seed in the south region behind the 3CL in D1.
OH - Emmett Corby
OH - Jacob Gillotti
MH - Jackson Helton
MH - Sam Wilkins
Opp - Peter Appino
S - Ben Smith
L - Luke Greiner
DS - Daniel Garcia
boothmark77
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Moe has all 3 levels of rosters now posted on their website.
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MyNameIsDoug?
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20 on the Varsity roster seems insane to meMoe has all 3 levels of rosters now posted on their website.
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The official Volleyball page for the Archbishop Moeller Crusaders Athletics Crusaders
Sheesh. That's really tough for a HS team to manage. If they had some JV swing players that counted on both I could maybe understand, but no, 20 full varsity players.
I hope they (and parents) understand playing time will be hard to come by.
MyNameIsDoug?
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Even in practice to a degree! That's a lot of standing around when you're scrimmaging, running wash drills, etc.
Buckeye235
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Just for fun, here are my predictions for a couple of leagues around Cinci:
GCL South:
1. Moeller
2. St X
3. Elder
4. LaSalle
GCL Coed
1. McNich
2. Fenwick
3. Badin
4. Chaminade
5. Alter
6. Carroll
GMC
1. Sycamore
2. Lakota East
3. Mason
4. Fairfield
5. Oak Hills
6. Lakota West
7. Princeton
8. Middletown
9. Hamilton
ECC
1. Walnut Hills
2. Loveland
3. Milford
4. West Clermont
5. Lebanon
6. Kings
7. Anderson
8. Turpin
GWOC
1. Centerville
2. Beavercreek
3. Fairmont
4. Wayne
5. Northmont
CHL
1. Taylor
2. Wyoming
3. Indian Hill
4. Finneytown
GCL South:
1. Moeller
2. St X
3. Elder
4. LaSalle
GCL Coed
1. McNich
2. Fenwick
3. Badin
4. Chaminade
5. Alter
6. Carroll
GMC
1. Sycamore
2. Lakota East
3. Mason
4. Fairfield
5. Oak Hills
6. Lakota West
7. Princeton
8. Middletown
9. Hamilton
ECC
1. Walnut Hills
2. Loveland
3. Milford
4. West Clermont
5. Lebanon
6. Kings
7. Anderson
8. Turpin
GWOC
1. Centerville
2. Beavercreek
3. Fairmont
4. Wayne
5. Northmont
CHL
1. Taylor
2. Wyoming
3. Indian Hill
4. Finneytown
CincyVballGuru
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Have heard Moeller is pay to play so they could just be collecting the $ but yea that’s absurd. Can only dress 15 in the post season
Edit: Yikes 17 on JV as well. 12 on Freshman.
MyNameIsDoug?
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Is pay to play a new thing? I can’t recall them ever having rosters this big at any level
boothmark77
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I understand a ‘bigger’ number at the freshman level. They have done this in the past, so as not to miss a young player still developing. I cannot explain a varsity team that big—or JV.
IIRC this was implemented with the new coaching staff after Meyer, so this is just the 2nd year seeing the large rosters.
bigvolleyballkiller02
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Another 16 on jv and 12 freshman too. Seems a little excessive. There must of been some talent they couldn't cut
bigvolleyballkiller02
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Pay to play as in the normal fee thats collected for any sport at the high school level? Or is it pay to play as in people are paying more for their kids to get a spot on the team?
MyNameIsDoug?
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I honestly don't know. To me, it sounds like if you pay, you're on a team. If so, not a fan whatsoever and sends a bad message
CincyVballGuru
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Pay to play as in anyone who makes a team pays a fee is what I’ve been told.
MatchPoint
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Is that not normal? I thought every team had $100 or so dues per player. Or are Moeller players paying significantly more?
MyNameIsDoug?
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Oh, then this isn't abnormal at all. Unless it's being done in a way where if a kid pays and it's non-refundable, so they essentially can't cut them. In my experience, parents usually pay fees after they know their kid has made a team
Lmbvolleyball
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Ignatius 3-0 sweep vs Stow-Munroe falls 25-16 25-13 25-12
CincyVballGuru
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I’ve heard Moellers fees are at least a few hundred per season to play compared to X where I’ve heard all they have to pay for is the price of their warmup shirt. I could be off a bit in either example but I trust my sources with ties from both schools that I’m in the ballpark.
It also doesn’t appear Moeller cuts anyone anymore. Or at least I’d be surprised if they do considering their roster sizes. While most schools probably have fees for kids to play, What I meant in my original post is that it appears that Moeller no longer cuts those that don’t meet their standard in order to bring in more $ rather than cutting kids that don’t meet the standard.
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Lmbvolleyball
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Ignatius sweep Moeller 25-17 25-16 25-23
Lmbvolleyball
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Thomas Worthington falls to Elder 22-25 26-24 15-25 20-25
MatchPoint
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Lmbvolleyball
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Huh?? Just checked and your right. When I checked earlier they were the ones I posted. That's weird. I screenshoted them though when I was looking
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CincyVballGuru
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Tough day for the Panthers
MyNameIsDoug?
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They struggled to terminate balls, partly because their serve receive was mostly poor. Brandt and Tierney are extremely athletic, but they’re still small and they got blocked a good amount. Gotta figure out the libero/passing situation and work to open the net up for their hitters
Walnut with a nice 3-2 win @ Fenwick who OhioVB Talk has ranked as #2 in D2 in the State.
Looks like Sam Wilkins is actually going to play OPP (where he lead the team in kills). And Appino/Williams will be M2.
MyNameIsDoug?
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Having Fenwick ranked 2nd with all of the pieces they lost seemed a little uninformed to me lol