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Class of 2025 SWBL senior athletes are invited to apply for the league's annual Fred Durkle Scholarships. Four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to SWBL athletes in June. Athletes receiving athletic scholarship money at NCAA Division I and II schools are not eligible to apply. Click here for the scholarship application.

Previous Winners:

2024: Cruz Allen (Franklin), Caroline Stupp (Waynesville), Kensington Black (Franklin) and Mikuya Ford (Bellbrook)

2023: Bella Butler (Oakwood), Jason Purks (Oakwood), Olivia Baumann (Eaton) and Beau Miller (Eaton)

The 2025 All-SWBL Girls Basketball Teams were released today. The SWBL Southwestern Division Player and Coach of the Year are Ross' Lanie Lipps and Bellbrook's Jason Tincher, respectively. Waynesville swept the Buckeye Division honors with Katie Berrey being named Player of the Year and Tim Gabbard earning Coach of the Year. The teams are selected by league coaches. For a complete list of first, second and honorable mention selections, click here: Southwestern | Buckeye

The Southwestern Buckeye League is proud to continue the SWBL Athlete of the Week program for the 2024-25 school year. The SWBL AOW is sponsored by Gameday Grille & Patio. This is Year 2 for the AOW campaign. Each Tuesday during the school year, a male and female scholar-athlete will be selected Athletes of the Week and announced on site. Winners will receive an award patch for their varsity jacket, a $25 gift card to Gameday and an SWBL AOW T-Shirt. An athlete may win the award once per season. Nominations will come from athletic directors, coaches and data (stats, results) entered on the SWBL website. Individuals may also submit nominations to swblsid@yahoo.com.

Boys: Tucker Campbell, Franklin Wrestling

Senior earned SWBL Most Outstanding Wrestler Honors after claiming a fourth straight SWBL championship with a title at 144 pounds via pin (3:01 in the final). Also won via pin in the semis (2:10), quarterfinals (1:53) and first round (0:23). Previous SWBL titles came at 132 (junior), 138 (sophomore) and 120 (freshman).

Girls: Isabelle Davis, Ross Swimming

Sophomore was a part of the Rams 200 medley and 400 free relays that set new school records at the Division I Southwest District Meet with times of 1:57.84 and 3:52.58, respectively. Earlier this season she finished runner-up in the 200 free at the D-I Powel Crosley Sectional. Was fourth in the 100 free at the sectional. Won the SWBL 50 free title and was runner-up in the 100 free at the league championships.

Franklin’s wrestling program competed for 20 years in the Southwestern Buckeye League before winning a team title. The wait for a second championship wasn’t nearly as long. Rising to the occasion on Saturday at Carlisle High School, the Wildcats outlasted Brookville at the SWBL wrestling championships en route to their second straight title. Franklin won the overall and Southwestern Division title, while Brookville captured its sixth straight divisional title (Buckeye) with a second place overall finish. Franklin had 219.5 points to the Blue Devils’ 216.5. Edgewood (Southwestern) and Waynesville (Buckeye) were third and fourth overall with 147.5 and 144.5 points, respectively. Both were divisional runner-ups. Franklin senior Tucker Campbell (right) was the SWBL Most Outstanding Wrestler. The SWBL Coach of the Year award was given to Franklin's Hunter Bray and Brookville's Shawn Harris. Click the following link for complete results and photos of all the placers. Championship results are below. 

Oakwood continued its recent mastery of SWBL boys basketball by wrapping up its fourth straight divisional title and second under second-year head coach Braden Short on Friday with a 67-57 win over visiting Brookville. The Jacks own seven SWBL titles since 2003. Oakwood (17-5 overall) won the highly-competitive Buckeye Division with a 10-2 record. Carlisle, which has won nine straight after starting 6-7, finished second (9-3 in the Buckeye) with a 63-62 win over Valley View (7-4) on Friday. Waynesville (8-4) is third. A Valley View win over Brookville tonight will force a third-place tie with Waynesville.