April 27, 2021
Thank you Highlander Nation for so many of you voting for Highlanders last week in the Enquirer poll!
OH Baseball was voted as the Top Ohio Boys' Spring Team of the Week, OH Softball as the Top Ohio Girls' Spring Team of the Week, and Blake Erskine as the Top Ohio Big School Baseball Player of the Week!
We need your votes again as a great week of spring season for OHHS teams means another big group of Highlanders nominated for Enquirer Athletes of the Week! Please VOTE until 5p on Friday! Thank you!
Top Ohio Big School Baseball Player of the Week
Austin Dennis, Oak Hills – The senior went 6-for-9 with 8 runs scored for the first-place Highlanders in 2 wins last week over Greater Miami Conference rivals Sycamore, 9-3, April 19, and Lakota East, 10-4, April 23, as well as loss to Middletown.
Top Ohio Big School Softball Player of the Week
Nicole Bode, Oak Hills – The sophomore went 3-for-3 with a double and 2 RBI in Oak Hills’ 11-1 win over Princeton.
Top Doubles Tennis Team of the Week
Owen Ziebro-Nick Cantrell, Oak Hills – The doubles team beat their Fairfield opponent, giving them a 5-1 record on the season and helping the Highlanders to a 4-1 win (10-5 on the season).
Top Ohio Boys' Track and Field Athlete of the Week
James Schmidt, Oak Hills – At the Jason Lindsey Invitational at Lakota East, Schmidt ran in a competitive 3200-meter race, taking first with a 9:17.66. Spltezer also won the 800-meter at the Lakota West Invitational.
Top Ohio Girls' Track and Field Athlete of the Week
Chloe Amlin, Oak Hills – In the Lakota East meet, Amlin chopped one-third of a second from her prelim time to win the 100-meter hurdles.