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Beat reporter for Miami University athletics.
Rick grew up on the west side of Hamilton, Ohio. He spent a little over 13 months working for the Watertown Daily Times in upstate New York after graduating from Ohio University in 1986.
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Despite shaky defense, Badin wins another district title
Brion Treadway called it “a weird day.”Badin High School’s baseball team made a late arrival at Kenton Ridge on Friday afternoon after its bus blew out a tire, and the Rams looked sketchy right from the start against Triad in a Division III district final.Yet Badin found a way to ...
Badin dispatches Carlisle for sectional title
Carlisle High School’s baseball team was left with its No. 2 state ranking and not much else Thursday evening.The Indians took a 1-0 lead into the fourth inning before perennial postseason power Badin — keyed by a four-hitter from Michael Davis — claimed a Division III sectional championship with a ...
Miami coach optimistic about MAC tourney
Dan Simonds feels good about Miami University’s chances in the Mid-American Conference baseball tournament, even though the RedHawks have failed to win a title since he took over the program in 2006. “I might be the eternal optimist, but I’ve got a good feeling,” said Simonds, whose fifth-seeded squad will ...
Ross buries Braves, earns sectional softball title
Ross High School’s softball team brought the whole package Tuesday and unleashed it on Indian Hill.Katie Carroll tossed a two-hitter and the top-seeded Rams pounded out 10 hits en route to a Division II sectional championship, whacking the Braves 11-0 in a run-rule rout at Kings.“I’m sure glad we showed ...
Carlisle rallies, tops Rams for sectional title
The resurgence of Carlisle High School’s softball program claimed another victim Monday.The Indians captured their first Division III sectional championship since 2009 by knocking off top-seeded Badin 10-8 at Monroe, rallying from a 4-0 deficit with 10 runs in the last four innings.“If you had told me that we were ...
RedHawks drop regular-season finale, look toward MAC tourney
The opportunity to complete a momentum-building sweep came and went Saturday afternoon. Miami University’s baseball team committed four errors and was sporadic offensively against visiting Ohio, suffering a 7-3 defeat in the regular-season finale at McKie Field. The RedHawks fell to 25-28 overall on Senior Day and finished third in ...
West survives tense finish, ousts Big Blue 5-3
Close games have been so unkind to Lakota West High School’s baseball squad this season that the Firebirds couldn’t have felt sturdy in the bottom of the seventh inning Friday night.But the job got done, and suddenly West is a team to be reckoned with.Hamilton had the bases loaded and ...
Harwell no longer with Miami
Nick Harwell’s Miami University football career is over. Harwell, who was arrested in March after an incident involving a former girlfriend, is no longer a student at the school after going through the on-campus Office of Ethics & Student Conflict Resolution. He has departed as one of the top wide ...
Cruse relishes opportunity with Texans
Andy Cruse missed his Miami University graduation last weekend for a pretty good reason.The Cincinnati native took his first step toward a National Football League career by working out at the Houston Texans’ rookie minicamp, having signed a three-year contract as an undrafted free agent.“I was kind of bummed out ...
Cougars bury Springfield 15-0 in sectional opener
The bats were blazing Tuesday, just in time for the most important stretch of Edgewood High School’s baseball season.The Cougars began the Division I sectional tournament by uncorking a 12-run inning and demolishing Springfield 15-0, earning a sectional semifinal matchup at fourth-seeded Vandalia Butler on Thursday.Adding to the week’s importance ...
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