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Gilmour Academy 15th-year head varsity hockey coach John Malloy might have been feeling sorry for his players, including four seniors who punched their program’s first state final-four ticket since 2011.
Gilmour Academy must have had a holiday discount at Sherwin-Williams, because the Lancer cagers had no problem finding the paint during a boys hoops season opener against Cornerstone Christian Academy on Saturday night in Gates Mills.
Gilmour Academy varsity ice hockey coach John Malloy is already in the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall as an icon in the high school hockey ranks, and his most recent accomplishment solidifies his legendary status even more.
Gilmour Academy didn’t shy away from a formidable Division I opponent during the Lady Lancers’ season opener against Euclid on Saturday night at their home basketball court in Gates Mills.
The Gilmour Academy spikers owned a 16-12 lead in the fourth set with an opportunity to put their Division II state semifinal match away against Bishop Fenwick last Thursday night at Wright State University’s Nutter Center in Fairborn.
The Gilmour Academy girls cross-country team might not have had an all-Ohioan this season, but that didn’t stop the Lady Lancers from securing their 10th straight top-10 finish during the Division III state championship Saturday at the National Trail Raceway in Hebron.
For the first time in 11 years, a team not named Beaumont, Lake Catholic or Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin will represent Northeast Ohio in the state final four of high school volleyball out of the Division II Stow Region.
The University School gridders (5-4) surrendered just 148 yards, but a lack of complementary football resulted in a 30-14 road loss against fellow Division III foe Youngstown East (4-5) on Friday night at Rayen Stadium in Mahoning County.
One of the most aggressive serving programs in the state, Gilmour Academy volleyball should have a good handle on its serve receive with plenty of practice at its home gym.
Some funny guy started shouting, “Sixteenth. Sixteenth. You’re 16th,” as Gilmour Academy senior Bryson Simpson was on the final stretch to the finish line during the Division III region cross-country meet on Saturday in Boardman.
Game of the week: Mayfield at Kenston
Gilmour Academy ace Carly Cohen was the only senior making her state singles debut during the Division II tennis championship Friday and Saturday at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, just northeast of Cincinnati.
The defending district champion Solon volleyball team (15-9) wasted no time securing its fourth straight trip to the finals by disposing of Warren Howland (20-5) in three sets during semifinals play Tuesday night at the Lady Comets’ home floor.
The days of the Markel sisters and Katie Engle contending for individual district titles are over, but the stability of the Gilmour Academy girls cross-country program showed during the Division III meet on Saturday in Medina.
The Chagrin Falls girls soccer team defeated Gilmour Academy, 3-1, on Monday night at C.S. Harris Stadium to earn its first trip to a Division II district title game since a state runner-up campaign in 2016.
The defending state champion took fifth, and a player who was third at the previous week’s sectional tournament ended up with the title.
The Hawken School gridders (3-4) were clicking on all cylinders to score more points than they have in more than 20 seasons during a 63-26 home victory against Richmond Heights (0-7) on Friday night at Walton Stadium.
Game of the week: Orange at Chagrin Falls
Gilmour Academy (3-3) owned a 7-0 lead at the quarter mark as the host Lancers were fixing to defend their home gridiron against southern neighbor University School (4-2) on Saturday afternoon in Gates Mills.
Two years ago, the Gilmour Academy boys golf team finished third in their district, before going on to finish Division III state runner-up during the 2017 championships in Columbus.
Game of the week: Willoughby South at Kenston
After seven seasons without a shutout victory, the University School gridders (3-2) posted their second such triumph during a 35-0 road romping against Division IV Cleveland Central Catholic (0-5) on Saturday afternoon at Stefanski Stadium.
There was only one player on the links who could hang with Gilmour Academy during the Division III boys golf sectional last Wednesday at the Pine Hills par-72 course in Hinkley Township.
Bouncing back from two tough weeks on the road, University School (2-2) returned to the dub column during a 48-9 homecoming rout against fellow Division III foe Cleveland John Hay (0-4) on Saturday afternoon at Scovil Field in Hunting Valley.
Gilmour students build canopy
Hawken School moved the pigskin plenty, but it was the Gilmour Academy gridders (2-1) who were punching it in the end zone during a battle for the helmet on Saturday afternoon at Weber Stadium in Gates Mills.
Gilmour Academy 5-foot-7 outside hitter and defensive specialist Brooke Clair had been playing lights out for the Lady Lancers entering their home eight-team volleyball invitational on Saturday in Gates Mills.
(Editor’s note: Tony Lange went 7-0 last week and is 12-3 overall.)
The Gilmour Academy gridders liked their chances if they had a lead entering the fourth quarter of their home battle against Division IV Warrensville Heights on Saturday afternoon at Weber Stadium in Gates Mills.
University School posted its first shutout victory in eight years, 34-0, and it was no fluke when the Preppers hosted Division IV Warrensville Heights on Friday afternoon at Scovil Field in Hunting Valley.
Losing a week-one gridiron battle is what happens to football teams that are making plans for November when it’s still August.
When Lilly Kosar entered her freshman year at Gilmour Academy in 2017, everyone knew she had the genes of an athlete.
Going off pitch counts in the first two innings, Gilmour Academy was in big trouble during the Lancers’ Division II state championship game against Dayton Chaminade Julienne on Sunday evening at Canal Park in Akron.
Gilmour Academy owned a 1-0 lead, but 6-foot-5 sophomore righty Ben DeMell faced a bases-loaded jam in the top of the third against St. Clairsville (20-10) in the Division II state semifinals Saturday at Canal Park in Akron.
Gilmour Academy’s one-through-four batters didn’t knock in any runs, but the Lancers still plated a baker’s dozen thanks to the depth of their order to win their first Division II region championship Saturday in Hudson.
The Gilmour Academy girls didn’t score a ton of points, but they sure brought home a ton of hardware from the Division III state track and field meet Friday and Saturday at Jesse Owens Stadium in Columbus.
Advancing four relays to the state track and field meet is supposed to be a once-in-while thing, but the Gilmour Academy girls don’t know much different.
