Record-Breaking Fall ‘Rap’-Up

By Connor Bergman | Managing Editor and Josie Griesser | Sports Editor

November 13, 2024

As the season begins to turn, Anderson High School is wrapping up one of its most successful fall sports seasons in recent history. With five Eastern Cincinnati Conference championship teams, the 2024-2025 fall season is the single most successful season since Anderson joined the ECC in 2012. Additionally, this fall season tied the Anderson record for the most championships won in a singular season. Many fall athletes even made the conference honor roll as an honorable mention, 2nd team member, or 1st team member. A select few even made citywide, state, and national honors. On top of conference success, many teams followed the regular season with a record-setting run in their respective OHSAA state tournaments, especially after the statewide division changes last year. Not to mention, two teams qualified for Division One state championships. The 2024-2025 fall season was a record-breaking season that will remain a legacy engraved in Anderson High School forever. Read more below on each of the five teams' journey to a conference championship and more postseason success.

Football 

Anderson Football has built a remarkable legacy this season to remembered for generations. For the first time since 2009, The AHS Football Team finished the regular season undefeated with a perfect record of 9-0. With that perfect record, the Raptors plowed through the ECC, taking the conference title for the first time since 2017.

The team advanced to the Division II State Championship match at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio, where they fell to the Avon Eagles in a heartbreaking 20-13 loss.

The last time an AHS Football team finished the regular season undefeated was when the current senior class of 2025 were just two years old. The last time the Raptors clenched an ECC title was when the current seniors were in 5th grade.  

Women's Volleyball- 

After three losses early on in the regular season, the team battled and won the next eighteen matches straight. They finished the season with a conference record of 16-2 and an overall record of 19-4. These lady Raptors won the ECC for the first time since 2014. On top of that, this was the first season since 2013 where the Raptors beat Bartels Road twice in a singular season. The team ultimately fell to Loveland in the district semifinals.

Similar to football, the current seniors were in 2nd grade the last time Anderson took a women's volleyball ECC title.

Women's Soccer- 

After starting the season with strong wins over Mount Notre Dame and Seton, these Lady Raptors continued to dominate competition competition, finishing the regular season 16-0-0 for the first time in Anderson High School history. With that, the team brought back the ECC title for only the 2nd time in school history, the first time being in 2019. Additionally, head coach Andy Boyd reached his 100th win after the league win against West Clermont. 

Using their momentum to propel into the postseason, the team clinched the District Championship, for the first time since 2010, after their win over Miamisburg. Their season ended against Loveland in double overtime of the Regional Finals.

Men's Golf-

After winning the ECC Preview and simultaneously setting the Anderson low team score record with a 284, these men continued fighting through the regular season, where they rose as ECC champions. Fishing the regular season 8-1 allowed the boys to clinch the first-ever Anderson ECC golf title. Additionally, the team won King of the Hill for the first time in years.

The success continued into the postseason as the team advanced through the sectional and district tournaments and into the State Championship Tournament. The 2024-2025 team was only the 2nd team in Anderson history that qualified for state. At the state tournament, the team finished 8th, earning the title of the eighth best division one men's golf team in the state of Ohio.

The first team to qualify for the golf state tournament was in 2002, a time in which no current players were even born.

Women's Golf- 

This team fought to win both the ECC and districts. This was the first time in history that Anderson's women's golf team has ever won districts. During their season, this team broke the school record for both nine and eighteen holes. They made their way to state and finished 9th. Along with a great season, this team tied an ECC record for the lowest team score of 309 in the postseason. 

The AHS Women's Golf Team had an unbelievable year and made history, just as the other teams did.