The girls' basketball season starts Friday, with about a dozen games in the Cincinnati area on the schedule.
Madison Senior (Middletown), a Division III state finalist last season, opens at the Bill Yike Kettering Klassic.
Also, on Saturday, it's the third annual LaRosa's GMC/GGCL Girls' Basketball Shootout at Princeton High School. The marquee game is
Princeton (Cincinnati) vs.
Mother of Mercy (Cincinnati) at 5:15 p.m. Princeton is ranked No. 1 in The Enquirer Division I preseason coaches' poll. Mercy coach Mary Jo Huismann will be going for her 600th career win.
RECRUITING NEWS* Middletown Bishop Fenwick senior outside hitter
Ally Beck has committed to play volleyball at Cleveland State. She was a Division III first-team all-state selection this season as the Falcons won the state title.
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Hughes Center (Cincinnati) senior Brielle Newton has committed to play basketball at Kentucky State.
RANDOM THOUGHTSLakota West senior
Lexi Dannemiller (Michigan commit) and Ursuline senior
Kori Moster (Michigan State commit) have been named first-team All-Americans, according to the fifth annual Under Armour all-star list. … The Mason Invitational swim meet is 8:45 a.m. Dec. 4. The open invitational invites several southwest Ohio teams. Last season, the meet had more than 400 swimmers in the competition. …
St. Ursula Academy (Cincinnati) coach Sarah Catlin has been named the Southwest Ohio Field Hockey League coach of the year. Catlin led St. Ursula to the school's first state title in field hockey this fall. ... Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy senior Kassie Faugno has committed to play tennis at Northern Kentucky University.
