Ali Sami | The Chronicle The Mason High School Academic team is heading to nationals for the first time in school history. The Mason academic team has been coached by English teacher Thurman Allen since 2007. It is a “team jeopardy” style quiz bowl game where up to four members at a time compete and answer questions in ten different […]
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On Saturday, January 14, the Mason Boys Wrestling team hosted the annual Mason Invitational. They hosted nine teams from around the tri-state area including schools from Indiana, Northern Kentucky and Columbus. Over 100 athletes competed in the tournament. The Comets finished in sixth place with a score of 161.5.
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Sean Speidel | The Chronicle The Mason girls’ basketball team may have graduated an All-American, but their standard of success has not changed. The Comets returned all but one of their players from last season’s state runner-up team. Kyla Oldacre, now playing at the University of Miami, was the team’s lone graduating senior. The Comets have continued their reputation as […]
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Andrew Little | Sports Editor Senior Caden Graham is leading the charge for the GMC-leading boys’ bowling team to a hot start to their season. He leads the conference with a 218.8 average and is in the top three in total pins. The Comets are currently 6-0 and 3-0 in conference play. They are led by a talented senior class […]
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Andrew Little | The Chronicle Shockwaves were sent throughout the entire football community when Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after a collision and received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in front of over 65,000 fans and millions of television viewers. Debates over player safety due to concussions have dominated headlines over the past two decades, however Hamlin’s injury resonated with the […]
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Camden Paeltz | The Chronicle The Mason girls’ bowling team is placing a priority on team camaraderie, building relationships and personal growth, and letting success come to them. The team is in the midst of its best season since 2015 and is tied for third place in the Greater Miami Conference. Senior team captain Alexa Crociata said that the strong […]
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By Harper Stull On Friday, December 16, the Mason Comets fell to the Fairfield Indians in a Greater Miami Conference battle 68-66 that went all the way down to the buzzer. Heading into the game, the Indians were ranked first in the conference with a 6-0 record while the Comets were sixth at 4-2. The Comets overcame a double-digit halftime […]
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Andrew Little | Sports Editor Senior Ben Golan has taken on a major role early in the season for the Comets. Through five games, the forward leads the team in points, rebounds and blocks. His 10.4 rebounds per game are the most in the Greater Miami Conference. Last season, Golan operated off the bench playing 11.5 minutes per game. This […]
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Camden Paeltz | The Chronicle Southwest Ohio may not be a high school hockey hotbed but that has not stopped the Mason High School hockey team from getting creative in building their program and their own traditions. The Comets’ hockey team has a small roster consisting of six seniors and a cast of underclassmen. For several of the players, playing […]
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Ali Sami | The Chronicle New Mason boys basketball coach Adam Toohey knows he has big shoes to fill. Longtime head coach Greg Richards stepped down after 27 seasons leading the Comets. Richards won 399 games during his Mason tenure including a district championship in 2017. Toohey admits that is a tough act to follow, and said he cannot replace […]
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Andrew Little | Sports Editor Sean Speidel | The Chronicle As the college football bowl games approach over winter break, our sports writers Andrew and Sean challenged each other to a test of their expertise. The two each picked the full slate of bowl games and debated the highest-profile games of the slate including the College Football Playoff matchups. Andrew […]
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Ali Sami | The Chronicle With a sixth consecutive state tennis championship, the Mason Comets carved their legacy in the history of Mason athletics as one of the top teams to ever wear the Comets‘ uniform and cemented the program as one of the most dominant in the landscape of girls tennis in the state of Ohio. On October 23, […]
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Shyla Aggarwal Shyla Aggarwal capped off her historic Mason athletic career with a second consecutive individual state championship. Aggarwal is the only girl in Mason tennis history to have won an individual title and leaves a legacy as one of the greatest Comet athletes ever. Aggarwal, who was also state runner-up as a sophomore, became a back-to-back state champion by […]
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Sheer and utter domination. Both the Mason high school boys and girls cross country teams concluded dominant seasons with victories at the Ohio High School Athletic Association state championship meet in Obetz, Ohio. The boys won their second-consecutive state title and fourth all-time, while the girls won their first title since 2013 and third all-time. The boys won the 2021 […]
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Sean Speidel | The Chronicle Although they fell short of their goal to win a state championship, the Mason boys golf seniors capped off their historic careers with the highest OHSAA state tournament finish in school history. The team placed second, finishing just three strokes behind St. Ignatius. On the first day at the OHSAA State tournament, the team shot […]
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Carly Prows | The Chronicle Pickleball is taking over the nation, one tennis court at a time. According to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association, pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the nation. With a 40 percent increase in the number of players since 2020, five million Americans have fallen in love with the sport, and the numbers are only […]
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Camden Paeltz | The Chronicle Ryan Rogers is putting his jump rope abilities to the test around the country. Rogers, a sophomore, jumps for the Comet Skippers and participates in individual tournaments separate from the team. His most recent competition was the Jump Rope Throwdown, a global jump rope competition held in September in Leavenworth, Washington, where he placed second. […]
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Camden Paeltz | The Chronicle Name, image and likeness (NIL) deals have changed the game in college sports by al- lowing amateur athletes to get sponsorships with corporations and profit off of their personal brands. The deals can range from local restaurants to luxury car companies or billion-dollar apparel brands. They often come with additional perks like free food or […]
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