Category: Sports

Divy Bose | Sports Writer On Wednesday, January 27, the Mason Girls Basketball team defeated the Sycamore Aviators 46-27. It was senior night for the league-leading and second-ranked team in the state. Prior to the game, the team celebrated seniors Marilyn Popplewell, CC Cary, Riley Cosimi, and Kate Cooper.  Mason came out of the gate hot going up 12-4 after […]

Divyana Bose | Sports Writer Cody Allgor | Sports Writer It was the ‘battle of the skies,’ ice version today at the South Metro Sports Arena in Dayton, Ohio.  The Mason Comets defeated rival Sycamore 3-1 in a game that was the complete opposite of a game played earlier this season when the two teams combined for 14 goals. A […]

Divyana Bose | Sports Writer The Mason Boys Bowling team continues to roll on.  Friday, January 22, the Mason Comets Boys Bowling team took on the Princeton Vikings at Mason Bowl. The Comets won with a combined score of 2,693 pins, over the Vikings who finished over 600 behind with 2,003 pins. Mason improved to 5-1 in Greater Miami Conference […]

Abby Waechter | Staff Writer The Mason Boys’ Swim team triumphed over Lakota East and West Friday night at the Mason High School Natatorium.  The team earned 301 points beating Lakota West by 125 points, and Lakota East by 195 points. Sophomore Max Plumley and senior Kevin Wu helped pave the way for the Comets with powerful contributing performances in […]

Cody Allgor | Staff Writer  If senior Max Johnson had to be described in one word, it would be competitor.  After one year away from basketball, the Indiana University baseball commit decided to return to the hardwood this winter for his senior season. Johnson had previously played basketball since intermediate school before deciding to take a step back his junior […]

Divyana Bose | Staff Writer One of the keys to a long lasting relationship is stability. With a combined 42 years as the head coaches of the Mason boys and girls basketball programs Greg Richards and Rob Matula are the models of stability in the basketball programs at Mason High School.   Richards is in his 26th year as the […]

Braden Osborn | Staff Writer & Chronicle Sports Staff Mason High School has finally pinned down equal opportunity on the wrestling mat. This winter marks the first year that MHS will field an entire girls’ wrestling team. Not only is this a year of firsts for the Mason program it is the first time wrestling for several young women who […]

Divy Bose | Staff Writer Fresh off a convincing win over Moeller earlier in the week, the Mason Comets wrestling team came out firing on all cylinders Saturday, December 12 against Western Brown.  The Comets won 64 to 10 over the visiting Broncos.  Mason, the defending Greater Miami Conference (GMC) champions and owners of 10 of the last 11 GMC […]

Kaelyn Rodrigues | Managing Editor While many seniors must wait patiently until next year to receive their college decisions, senior Jamie Kim is already Ivy-bound. In late July, Kim announced her commitment to continuing her tennis career at Yale University. Although she made this verbal commitment the summer before her senior year, she started communicating with Yale and other potential […]

Divyana Bose | Staff Writer For one set of twins, this swim season brings one last hurrah before they separate for the first time in 18 years. Twin sisters Reece and Ashley Lugbill will be looking to finish off their high school swim careers strong this winter. However, next year at this time, they will be doing something they´ve never […]

Cody Allgor | Staff Writer  Mason sophomore basketball player Margo Mattes is focused on putting academics before athletics. Mattes, considered one of the nation’s top sophomores, is known for making great decisions on the court, but on November 13 she made a decision that showed that she is focused on her future after basketball. Mattes announced her decision to verbally […]

Evan Ponstingle | Staff Writer  While the girls volleyball team has been bumping, setting, and spiking, Head Coach Tiann Myer has been serving up a legacy. Coach Myer is stepping away from 14 years of coaching the girls volleyball team, with her husband getting a new job at Emory University in Georgia. During her career at Mason, Myer won 268 […]

Matthew Smith | Sports Editor For most, finishing a race requires two healthy legs. However, October 31 during the 2020 regional cross country championships, sophomore Issac Schachleiter suffered a devastating leg injury in the home stretch of the race. Coming into the meet, Schachleiter was second on the team with a personal best time of 15:48.50, and was expected to […]

Cody Allgor | Staff Writer  The Mason girls tennis team is going to have to find a much larger trophy case. The Mason girls tennis team earned their fourth straight Ohio Tennis Coaches Association (OTCA) state championship with their win over Upper Arlington on Saturday, October 25th. This championship comes after the sixth straight Greater Miami Conference (GMC) title for […]

Cody Allgor | Staff Writer The Comets are still doing damage without Damge. After two straight GMC championship seasons, the Mason boys soccer team lost a historic class of seniors, including current University of Kentucky player Ben Damge. Damge was a key piece to Mason’s recent success and won back to back Conference Player of the Year awards. The loss […]

Matthew Smith | Sports Editor It’s time to dust off the record books thanks to the Mason boys golf team.  Heading into the Greater Miami Conference (GMC) tournament, the team felt good about their chances on the course. With Lakota East returning as the defending conference champions though, it would be a tall task to take them down. Fast forward […]