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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: Kaleb Miller, Madison Football

Senior carried the ball 25 times for 196 yards and six TDs in a 56-34 win over Oakwood. Also went over 1,000-yards rushing for the season in the game. Currently ranks second in the SWBL with 1,080 yards rushing and 14 TDs on 148 carries (averages 108 yards per game). Earned All-SWBL honors last season.

Girls: Sophie Davis, Bellbrook Volleyball

Senior and two-time Southwestern Division Player of the Year led the Eagles to a fifth straight SWBL title this season and set numerous records in the process, including career kills (1,054), single-season kills (444), single-game kills (27) and kills per game (4.77). Has committed to East Tennessee State.

Waynesville outlasted Oakwood 5-4 in OT on Saturday to win a Division IV district title. It is the second straight for Waynesville, which won a D-III district title last season en route to making the state tournament.

Brookville won its 19th straight match on Saturday and as a result captured a Division IV district title with a 3-0 (25-16, 26-24, 25-15) win over Cincinnati Christian.

Oakwood’s girls cross country team dominated the competition on Saturday to claim the Division II Troy Regional Meet title with a 53-92 victory over runner-up Waynesville. Both teams qualified for the state meet, while Brookville finished fifth and one spot out. Valley View was 10th. VV junior Addy Abner, who finished seventh, was the highest placing SWBL runner. Waynesville’s Kendal Erbach was 8th. Oakwood’s Elizabeth Erwin, Brookville’s Daylin Ballin and Oakwood’s Katherine Erwin were 9th, 10th and 11th, respectively. The Top 16 qualify for state. The Oakwood boys, paced by fourth place finisher Cameron Lindsey, finished fourth as a team in D-II at Troy to earn berth in the state meet. Brookville finished 12th. Bellbrook’s Allison High finished 13th in D-I at Troy to earn a berth in the state meet. 

Thanks in part to a suffocating defense, Belbrook claimed its fifth straight SWBL divisional title on Friday with a 14-7 win over visiting Ross. Junior Noah Barrios' kickoff return for a TD at the end of the second quarter was the difference. Neither team scored in the second half. Bellbrook finishes the season 4-0 in the Southwestern Division. The Eagles allowed 17 total points in league play and 69 points in all games (four shutouts). Bellbrook is riding a nine-game win streak heading into the Division III postseason. Expect the Eagles to be a top 4 seed in Region 12.