Centerville High School · Centerville, Ohio
Elks Athletics Weekly
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Six years ago, the Greater Western Ohio Conference eliminated its divisions and began crowning a single All-Sports champion. Centerville has won it every single time. Not most years. Not usually. Every. Single. Year.
The 2025–26 GWOC All-Sports Championship is the Elks' sixth consecutive title — and it wasn't close. 172.5 points. First place in the fall. First place in the winter. First place in the spring. A complete sweep across all three athletic seasons, from September to May, across every sport on the schedule.
Six years. Six championships. Zero exceptions. The Elks aren't just the best program in the GWOC — they run the conference. This is what sustained, across-the-board athletic excellence looks like.
The Lady Elks won the GWOC championship and made one of the program's deepest postseason runs, advancing all the way to the OHSAA Regional Final — the Elite 8 in the state of Ohio. Two goals, one standard: Centerville.
The boys program matched the girls step for step — GWOC title and an OHSAA Regional Final appearance. Two soccer programs, one school, both in the Elite 8. That doesn't happen by accident.
Boys golf won the conference title and traveled to Firestone Country Club for the OHSAA Division I State Championship — one of the most competitive fields in Ohio prep golf — finishing 8th in the state.
The fall wasn't built on one or two programs. Girls Tennis went undefeated in conference. Girls Cross Country won the GWOC title. Girls Volleyball captured the conference crown. Cheerleading shared the GWOC title, earning 7.5 points. Depth is the difference.
Coach Brook Cupps' squad went 13-1 in conference play — winning the GWOC championship for the eighth consecutive season and the sixth straight overall title since divisions were eliminated. The Elks earned a No. 1 seed in the OHSAA Division I tournament, beat Beavercreek 62-27 and Sycamore 49-28 to advance, and made it to the Regional Semifinal — the Sweet 16 of the state before falling to Pickerington Central 63-59. Eight straight. That belongs on a banner.
The Lady Elks have never lost a GWOC swimming championship. Not once. Not ever. Another title in 2025–26 extends the most untouchable streak in the conference. This program doesn't just win — it has redefined what winning looks like over an entire generation.
The boys program has won 24 of the 25 GWOC championships in conference history. One blemish in 25 years. The standard these two programs have set together is historic.
The Elks entered the OHSAA D-I State Tournament as the top qualifier with a team total of 4,236. Mason Parker placed 8th individually (679 series). Braden Ralston added a 12th-place individual finish (664). 5th in the state.
The Elks won the GWOC title going 13-1 in conference and led the league in every major offensive and pitching category. Natalie Carr hit .614 with 11 home runs — a single-season school record. Caitlyn Belcher led the conference in ERA, wins, and RBI. In the tournament opener, Belcher threw a complete game with 13 strikeouts and allowed just one hit in a 10-0 run-rule win over Walnut Hills.
The only unbeaten team in the GWOC, entering the postseason ranked #1 among all Division I teams in the state of Ohio. Ryan Sidwell's ERA: 0.32. Bronson Weng: 1.06 ERA, 6 wins. Lucas Clark: .455 average. This program is playing at a level few teams in Ohio can match.
30 GWOC championships in 51 years. Alianne Boehm swept the 800 and 1,600. Ellie Davenport broke the Seated 400 meet record. The 4×200 relay set another meet record. Eight individual event victories in one afternoon. Ethan Ireland set both a GWOC record and a stadium record in the pole vault on the boys side.
Boys Tennis won the GWOC at 7-0 and became Sectional Champions. Boys Lacrosse led the GWOC all season; Ryan Swanson broke Centerville's all-time career points record. Girls Lacrosse advanced in the tournament behind Lucia Christofano — who led the GWOC simultaneously in goals, assists, and draw controls.
| Number | What It Means |
|---|---|
| 6 | Consecutive GWOC All-Sports Championships — every year since single-division format began |
| 172.5 | Centerville's All-Sports point total — 21.5 points clear of 2nd-place Springboro |
| 8 | Consecutive Boys Basketball GWOC titles — the longest active streak in the conference |
| 30 | Girls Track GWOC championships in 51 years of competition |
| Never | Times Girls Swimming has lost a GWOC championship — an unbeaten all-time record |
| 24/25 | Boys Swimming GWOC titles in the 25-year history of the conference |
| #1 | Baseball's ranking among all Division I teams in the state of Ohio entering postseason |
| 5th | Boys Bowling at the OHSAA Division I State Tournament — entered as the top qualifier |
| 8th | Boys Golf at the OHSAA Division I State Championship at Firestone Country Club |
| 2 | Soccer programs — boys and girls — both reaching the OHSAA Regional Final (Elite 8) |
| 3 | Seasons swept — Fall, Winter, Spring — 1st place in all three in the same school year |
