Former OU coach reminisces over time spent with Bobcats
By Nick Robbe | Apr. 26, 2012Editor's Note: This story has been update to reflect a correction. Leon Williams was a forward for the Bobcats, not a guard.
Editor's Note: This story has been update to reflect a correction. Leon Williams was a forward for the Bobcats, not a guard.
After winning five of its last six games, including a season-high three straight, Ohio is set to begin its final stretch of road games with four Mid-American Conference contests at Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan this weekend.
Baseball teams sometimes rely on quirky symbols to spur a comeback when losing. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim turn to the rally monkey, and the St. Louis Cardinals use the rally squirrel.
At Ohio, receiver LaVon Brazill and linebacker Noah Keller worked to stand apart. This weekend, they hope to join about 250 other players who will have their names called during the NFL Draft.
Not unlike longtime Ohio coach Joe Carbone, Bill Toadvine dedicated a significant portion of his life to the Bobcat baseball program.
Since 2006, the Bobcats have traveled north to Michigan to compete in the two-day Hillsdale College “Gina” Relays. Today, they’ll travel up to the Wolverine State again with the breaking of a 24-year old record on their minds.
Spring action continues this weekend when the volleyball and soccer squads play matches away from home. Both teams are hoping to build off of recent success.
Sometimes the smallest adjustments make a world of difference, and for Ohio University sophomore Kara Brinkmann, those small changes have made a world of difference in her golf game.
Ohio guard Stevie Taylor dropped by The Convo Tuesday to offer a simple “Hi, coach!” to the man sitting in the men’s basketball coach’s office. But that space no longer belongs to John Groce, who recruited Taylor and the other 12 Bobcats to Athens.
Following a successful 2011 campaign that saw the Ohio men’s club rugby team reach the Midwest finals, the team will try to take its game to the next level when it moves up to the Division I-A club level this fall.
Ohio senior center fielder Ethan Newton hit a leadoff single to begin the Bobcats’ game against Eastern Kentucky Tuesday, and everything looked good for Ohio.
In the second game of a doubleheader against Dayton on Tuesday, the Bobcat bench launched into a rendition of LMFAO’s hit song, “Shots” when catcher Lauren Gellerman stepped up to the plate.
When Pam Spuehler expressed interest in joining Ohio’s field hockey coaching staff, she did not have to submit a scented resumé or a batch of cookies addressed to coach Neil Macmillan to gain an advantage over her colleagues.
With important conference games looming, the Bobcats are looking to polish their game before heading down the home stretch of Mid-American Conference play.
What a difference a week makes.
Amid a dip in April temperatures, the Bobcats will try to stay hot when Dayton visits the Ohio Softball Field on Tuesday.
The Bobcats were successful with both the soccer and the volleyball teams as the offseason spring schedule nears its final stretch.
Consistency was something coach Jodi Hermanek was striving for her team to achieve coming into the weekend. After three wins in four games against Mid-American Conference foes, she finally saw her team keep up the same intensity for multiple games.
Before Ohio’s Green and White spring game Saturday, redshirt freshman Grant Venham had not punted in an organized contest since his senior year of high school, where he played for Vincent Warren.
Because they maintain their own field, the Bobcats are used to breaking out the brooms after each game. But this weekend, Ohio had every reason to relish the extra legwork while cleaning up the diamond.