Just when the tallest player on Harrison High School’s 2020-2021 basketball team was putting his best feet forward in his senior season, those feet betrayed him. Brady Robertson, a 6-foot-8-inch center, scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds in Harrison’s first two games before his season came to a sudden halt.
Harrison High School golfer Abbey Coyle won the Greater Cincinnati Golf Association Tournament’s Lebanon Shootout at Harmon Golf Course June 11. Coyle, who will enter her senior season at Harrison later this summer, shot a nine-over-par 81, the low score in the girls 13-18 age group, and had birdies on the fourth and 18th holes.
Pitcher/outfielders Cam Hering and Carter Daniel, catcher/infielder Cade Combs and first baseman Braeden Zuber were named to the Southwest Ohio Baseball Coaches Association all-star team for 2021. Hering and Daniel were selected to the first-team; Combs and Zuber were honorable mention. Hering, Daniel and Zuber are seniors; Combs is a junior.
The American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation recently recognized agency owner Doris Gibbons of Harrison as a Community Impact Award recipient. These award winners are recognized by American Family peers, staff and leadership for dedication to their community through fundraising, volunteerism, board service and advocacy.
Butch Muddiman, passed away on June 17, 2021. at the age of 72. Everyone that knew him was forever touched by his friendliness and his ability to make you laugh and feel loved. He was a great friend and will be missed by many.
Charles “Pocky” William Moak, 80, Naples, Florida joined his wife in heaven on June 18, 2021. Charles was born in the small town of Mt.
Peggy E. (Gaskins) Cummins, of Harrison, passed away on June 15, 2021, at the age of 58.
Amber Garrett will be a name the city of Harrison remembers for years to come. After her murder near the end of 1991, her classmates planted a tree at Harrison Elementary in her honor. Now, almost 30 years later, they came together to save the tree.
A tree planted in 1992 in memory of 10-year-old Amber Garrett, who was taken from her Harrison, Ohio, home in 1991 and murdered, will remain rooted in place as demolition of the former Harrison Elementary School looms.
When Donna Engel bought her home on Bond Road in October 2019, she knew about the nearby landfill but was told nothing extreme would happen at the site. Just over a year later she joins her neighbors and other nearby residents in an effort to stop a future expansion of the Bond Road Landfill.