Since leaving the old Fort Ancient Valley League for the GMC, the Comets have dominated: Ten years, 10 all-sports titles.
Mason again cruised to the all-sports title in the 2016-2017 school year, compiling 223.5 points. Lakota East was second with 174.5.
The title moved Mason within one of the conference record for consecutive titles, 11, set by Princeton over 20 years ago when there were six teams.
The Comets grabbed 13 of the 24 GMC individual sports titles and finished second in six other sports, recording top-two finishes in 19 sports contested.
Mason got off to a fast start in the fall, claiming titles in boys and girls cross-country, girls tennis and volleyball and finishing second in boys and girls golf and boys soccer.
The wrestling team cruised to its third consecutive conference title while the girls basketball team tied Lakota West for the title. The boys and girls swimming teams claimed titles as did the chess team. The boys basketball, boys bowling and academic teams all finished second.
The boys and girls track teams continued their perfect runs in the conference, each winning their 10th straight title, while the softball team finished perfect in GMC play to claim the championship and the boys tennis team held off Sycamore to regain the title.
The honors didn’t stop at winning the all-sports title for the Comets.
Mason was one of three Ohio high schools to receive the award of excellence from the Ohio High School Athletic Association and Ohio Interscholastic Administrators Association. The award recognizes schools that provide exemplary support and promotion of education-based athletic programming in their school and community.
Mason was ranked first in Ohio by MaxPreps and Lateral Sports studies for having the most former athletes playing collegiately in football, soccer and volleyball and was ranked eighth nationally.
NICHE, an analytical portal, also ranked Mason the top high school in the state based on the number of sports, number of participants and expenses per student.
Panthers reign: Five years after finishing sixth in the Southwestern Ohio Conference, Little Miami lifted the all-sports trophy.
The Panthers claimed their first all-sports title in the SWOC with 107.5 points to edge Talawanda by 3.5 points.
Little Miami was 2.5 points out of first after the fall season, getting titles from boys cross-country and girls soccer.
The volleyball team was second while the boys golf and girls tennis teams each finished third for the Panthers.
Little Miami had a strong winter, grabbing the lead by a half point over Talawanda and pushing fall leader Harrison to third by 2.5 points.
The academic team claimed the lone title in the winter, but the Panthers were third in boys and girls basketball and second in boys and girls swimming with the wrestling moving up to fourth in the conference race.
The softball team claimed the conference title in the spring with boys tennis finishing second and baseball third as the Panthers expanded their lead to claim the title.
Warriors third: Lebanon finished third in the Greater Western Ohio Conference National West all-sports standings with 56.5 points, a half point behind Miamisburg.
Springboro won the title with 81 points.
Lebanon got division titles from boys cross-country, softball and boys track while finishing second in football, girls cross-country, boys golf, boys soccer, girls soccer, girls tennis, girls basketball, girls bowling, wrestling and baseball.
Kings third: The Knights tallied 136.3 points to finish third in the ECC all-sports race with Loveland taking the title with 144.3.
The Knights claimed titles in boys cross-country, girls basketball, boys bowling and girls swimming, and claimed the conference’s first title in boys lacrosse.
Kings was second in football, girls cross-country, softball, boys track and girls track.
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