Indiana U. bound Capobianco's 18: sets new mark at 1,408, in 45-50 loss to Wilmington
by David Miller
SYMMES TOWNSHIP, OHIO – A near capacity, excited, and tense crowd at Loveland High School last Tuesday witnessed history. It was Senior Winter Sports recognition night, the Kings Firecrackers jump rope team performed at halftime, and Senior Bobby Capobianco broke Kevin Schappell’s (1998-2002) all-time scoring mark.
Capobianco needed 14 going into the game and finished with a game high 18. Schappell's record was 1,403. The new record is now 1,408. Capobianco also pulled down 11 rebounds, made two 3-pointers, had 3 steals, 2 blocks, and shot 4 for 5 from the foul line. Capobianco has at least 5 more games to pad the new record.
After the game, Capobianco gave a nonchalant shrug about the record, and only slightly lamented that Loveland's 13 game win streak had come to an end with the 45-50 loss to Wilmington. “Thirteen in a row isn't bad though, is it?” he said. When play was stopped with about 5-minutes to go in the final quarter to announce Capobianco's record performance, Loveland Varsity Head Coach Tim Partin come to mid-court to congratulate him. Capobianco shook hands with Partin, who coached him since starting him as a Freshman, but quickly held his hand above his head and made circles with his index finger, pleading to the officials and the public address announcer to resume play. It was a reminder to all that Loveland was trailing, and Capobianco wanted a win, more than a record.
Loveland was behind the entire game until late in the final quarter, going up by two, when Wilmington regained the lead by breaking Loveland's full court defense, making several easy baskets inside the paint. With time running out, Loveland was forced to foul the usually poor, foul-shooting Hurricanes, however their good shooting from the line in the final seconds proved to be the advantage they needed.
Loveland's Wesley Kyles, came off the bench, scored 8 and was 3-4 from the field and 1-1 from 3-point range. Tony Hamann, also a non-starter, shot 3-4 from the field ending up with 6. Point guard Brian Wozniak sat out a good part of the game with early foul trouble, however finished with 7 points. Chris Stahl contributed 4, and Adam Engel 2.
For the #3 Division II team in Ohio, Wilmington's, Jordan Berlin scored a team high 17, had 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Quinten Rollins scored 15.
Loveland shot 37.8 per-cent from the field vs. Wilmington's 42.5 per-cent shooting. Loveland went to the foul line 11 times, making 7, for 63.6 per-cent. Wilmington went to the foul line 22 times and made 13, a 59.1 per-cent average.
Loveland, leader in the FAVC's elite Buckeye Division, was behind 9-16 at the end of the 1st quarter. However, out-scoring Wilmington for the rest of the game was not enough to overcome the early deficit.
Wilmington, the FAVC's Cardinal Division leader remains a perfect 8-0 in division competition, and 16-1 over-all. Loveland also remains perfect in division play at 7-0. Their over-all record now stands at 13-3. They host division rival, Winton Woods (4-4, 8-9) tonight (Jan. 14) at 7:30 PM. Loveland won at Winton Woods on January 9, 77-61.
Read here about Capobianco, and his 1,000th point at Loveland High.
Loveland Freshman Up-date
by Dan Timmerman
Game 14 vs Harrison
The Loveland Tigers Freshman boys basketball team played their first game in two weeks on Feb. 6, traveling to Harrison to face their conference rival, and won a thriller in overtime 41-39.
The game was very physical in the first half as 12 of the Tiger's 18-14 half time lead points came from the foul line. In the third quarter the Tiger's were able to increase their lead to 10 points before Harrison began their second half comeback which would have the Wildcats leading by 3 with under a minute to go in regulation. With 3 seconds remaining in the fourth period Joe Moran hit a 3 pointer to tie the game at 39 and send the game into overtime. In the overtime period neither team was able to score until, in the final second of the game, Jarron Talbot snared an errant shot and put the ball in the hoop to score the only points of the bonus period, giving Loveland the 41-39 victory.
Loveland was led in scoring by Joe Moran with 14, Anthony LaMacchia had 12, Jake DeGrace 8, Jarron Talbot 5 and Sam Timmerman 2.
With the win Loveland's record improved to 4-3 in the conference, 5-9 overall.
Game 15 vs Sycamore
The Loveland Tigers Freshman boys basketball team hosted Sycamore on Feb. 7, for their second game in two days and lost 37-28.
The Tigers came out strong with 5 different players scoring in the first quarter and taking an 11-8 lead. The game remained tight through the second quarter as the teams traded leads a couple of times with Loveland holding a 19-18 lead at the half. In the third quarter Sycamore began to take control of the game as the Tigers struggled to score falling behind 27-24 after three periods. Loveland's scoring difficulties continued in the fourth registering 9 points on 4 field goals for the half.
Loveland was led in scoring by Anthony LaMacchia with 9, Joe Moran 8, Caleb Cloud 4, Jake DeGrace, Jarron Talbot and Jon Treloar each scored 2, Eric Bryant had 1.
Loveland's overall record was now 5-10, 4-3 in the conference.
Game 16 vs Wilmington
The Loveland Tigers Freshman boys basketball team hosted Wilmington on Feb 10, and rolled to a 42-23 win.
Loveland jumped out to a quick 8-0 run on Wilmington before extending their lead to14-4 at the end of the first quarter. Into the second quarter Loveland Head Coach Marchal was using every available player on the roster as the Tigers ran away from the Hurricanes for a 27-8 halftime lead. In the second half the Tigers easily maintained control of the game as Marchal continued to substitute freely to the end of the game. A season high nine different players scored in the game for Loveland: Anthony LaMacchia 11, Joe Moran 7, Caleb Cloud 6, Jordan McNally and Sam Timmerman 4, Jake DeGrace and Jarron Talbot 3 and Jon Treloar and Eric Bryant 2. Jacob Meyer had 5 assists.
Loveland's overall record now stands at 6-10, 4-3 in the conference.
