Cassie Mattia is a resident of Historic Downtown Loveland and the Associate Editor of Loveland Magazine

by Cassie Mattia

Loveland, Ohio – This Loveland Tiger Homecoming was one for the history books! Although many locals pray to never have to orchestrate a “COVID-19” Homecoming again here at Loveland Magazine we felt as though we should still celebrate and document the memorable event for those who were not able to get a glimpse of what it was like.

Loveland High School and the Loveland Athletic Boosters tried their best to make the 2020 Homecoming Game as normal as possible despite COVID 19 restrictions that “Ruled Sovereign” over the evening that had no crowning of a Queen or King. Loveland’s Principal Peggy Johnson after the Homecoming event assured families, students, friends, and Tiger fans that she hopes to make up for students missing the traditional Homecoming experience and would like to hold the Homecoming Saturday night dance this winter if the pandemic restrictions ease.

Even though there wasn’t a tradition Homecoming Saturday night dance Loveland Magazine’s David Miller did catch the Tiger Band busting a move for a few seconds at the Homecoming game against Little Miami!

The “non-traditional” Homecoming  Parade consisted of cheerleaders and players escorted to the High School upon the red chariot of a local fire truck provided by the Loveland-Symmes Fire Department! Luckily we captured the impromptu Homecoming parade on video for you our loyal readers as it left Historic Downtown and crossed over the Little Miami River.

The tradition of delivering the game ball via helicopter did continue as Grand Marshall Otto Huber, the Loveland-Symmes Fire Chief, landed mid-field to hand off the ball to the officiating crew.

In the video below Loveland Magazine’s David Miller captured the Marching Band and Color Guard during the opening ceremony playing the fight song and the National Anthem. The video also includes some action clips from the game including the opening kick-off and the traditional pre-game fireworks as the Loveland Tigers ran onto the field!

The visiting Little Miami Panthers ruled the field of play, beating our Tigers 55-20.

Our Tigers traveled to Covington, Kentucky on Friday, September 25th to play the Holmes Bulldogs. Loveland grabbed their first win of the season, 48-14! The Tigers are now 1-3 overall and 0-3 in the ECC. The Loveland Football team will play again on Friday, October 2nd at Kings at 7 p.m.


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Little Miami
    1 2 3 4 T  
  LM 42 0 6 7 55  
  LVL 20  

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Loveland

Scoring Summary
Team Stat Comparison
  LM LVL
1st Downs 0 0
Total Yards 547 267
Passing Completions 14 16
Passing Attempts 24 35
Passing Yards 336 214
Passing Average 14.0 6.1
Rushing Attempts 36 18
Rushing Yards 211 53
Rushing Average 5.9 2.9
3rd Down Efficiency 0-0 0-0
4th Down Efficiency 0-0 0-0
Penalties 0-0 0-0
Turnovers 0 3
Possession N/A 22:54
 
Little Miami Stats
PASSING
  CP/AT YDS AVG TD INT
Aidan JONES 13/24 328 13.7 5 0
Colton BLANKENSHIP 1/1 13 13.0 0 0
Team 14/25 341 13.6 5 0
Loveland Stats
PASSING
  CP/AT YDS AVG TD INT
Calvin Cloud 16/35 214 6.1 3 1
 
RUSHING
  ATT YDS AVG LG TD
Riley PRINGLE 16 107 6.7 0 2
Aidan JONES 4 31 7.8 0 0
Colton BLANKENSHIP 4 28 7.0 0 1
Ashton MIDDLEKAMP 4 34 8.5 0 0
Jack COOPER 3 2 0.7 0 0
Nathan REBMAN 3 1 0.3 0 0
Reis STOCKSDALE 2 2 1.0 0 0
Chandler OTT 1 5 5.0 0 0
Team 37 210 5.7 0 3
RUSHING
  ATT YDS AVG LG TD
Calvin Cloud 10 22 2.2 0 0
Mason Moore 3 18 6.0 0 0
Aaron Morton 2 6 3.0 0 0
D’Marqo Johnson 2 9 4.5 0 0
Jack Bergman 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
Team 18 53 2.9 0 0
 
RECEIVING
  REC YDS AVG LG TD
Reis STOCKSDALE 5 125 25.0 0 2
Trey WILLIAMS 3 58 19.3 0 0
Ty WILLIAMS 2 70 35.0 0 2
Riley PRINGLE 1 11 11.0 0 0
Ashton MIDDLEKAMP 1 20 20.0 0 0
Dylan FRITH 1 13 13.0 0 0
Brayden BISCHOFF 1 44 44.0 0 1
Team 14 341 24.4 0 5
RECEIVING
  REC YDS AVG LG TD
Aaron Morton 4 95 23.8 0 0
Ethan Lund 3 29 9.7 0 0
Jack Bergman 3 52 17.3 0 0
Austin Lodor 2 24 12.0 0 0
Reece Hatfield 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
Luca Aquilino 1 5 5.0 0 0
D’Marqo Johnson 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
Tyler Lake 1 14 14.0 0 0
Team 16 214 13.4 0 3
 
KICKING
  FG PCT LNG XP PTS
Colton BLANKENSHIP 0/0 0.0 0 2/2 2
Wyatt ALBERS 0/0 0.0 0 1/1 1
Team 0/0 0.0 0 3/3 3
KICKING
  FG PCT LNG XP PTS
Adam Koscielicki 0/0 0.0 0 2/2 2
 
PUNTING
  NO YDS AVG TB -20 LNG
Ty WILLIAMS 1 41 41.0 0 0 41
PUNTING
  NO YDS AVG TB -20 LNG
Ethan Lund 2 75 37.5 0 1 0
 
PUNT RETURNS
  NO YDS AVG LNG TD
PUNT RETURNS
  NO YDS AVG LNG TD
Aaron Morton 2 14 7.0 0 0
 
KICKOFF RETURNS
  NO YDS AVG LNG TD
Ben GAST 1 1 1.0 0 0
Reis STOCKSDALE 1 17 17.0 0 0
Nathan REBMAN 1 22 22.0 0 0
Team 3 40 13.3 0 0
KICKOFF RETURNS
  NO YDS AVG LNG TD
  3 66 22.0 0 0
Luca Aquilino 2 16 8.0 0 0
Ethan Lund 1 7 7.0 0 0
Aaron Morton 1 18 18.0 0 0
Sean O’Donnell 1 1 1.0 0 0
D’Marqo Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 0
Team 9 108 12.0 0 0
 
DEFENSE
  SCK FF FR TD INT YDS TD
Nathan GORDON 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Collin STREUER 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick GREENWELL 0.0 0 0 0 1 5 0
KC DUNCAN 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Brentan SIMMERMAN 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joey BECK 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dom SITEK 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Team 3.0 2 2 0 1 5 0

No Defense Stats Available for Loveland

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