Fairmont JV head coach Ron Fernandez has joined a club that few high school coaches are in. With a 2-1 victory over Sidney on Tuesday night, Fernandez now has 200 JV head coaching wins for his career. Last year’s JV team could not manage the elusive number 200 for Fernandez as he finished the season one shy at 199. "It’s just mind boggling how many wins 200 is” said Fernandez.

Since joining Fairmont in 2001 Fernandez has amassed an overall JV record of 53-23-18. Previous coaching stints at Carroll, Centerville, and Wayne are included in the total career numbers. Past players have been a big part of this accomplishment. “During one practice, the senior captains said they wanted to be part of the celebrations and wanted to play with JV to be part of the 200” said Fernandez. “Senior captain Brad Bamberger wanted to get an assist on the winning goal.”

“Personally the wins total is just a number, but as long as my former players learn and enjoy the game that surpasses any victory totals.”

Congrats to Coach Fern!

Fernandez Coaching Career By The Numbers:

Box Score: Tim Weissman (Unassisted), Kyle Phibbs (PK)

Recap: GK 1st half played by Nick Braun and Alex Fantaci played second keeping the nets clean. Coach Fern notches his 200th career win as the Firebirds start season off on the right foot.

Box Score: Starr (Wilson) FM; Beigel S; Bias (Householder) FM; Bamberger (Wilson) FM

Recap: The Firebirds got their first win of the season, and first win on the road to go to 1-0 on the season.

Box Score: Taiyo Rabenstein (Tim Weissman), Taiyo Rabenstein (Tim Weissman)

Recap: Taiyo Rabenstein scored in each half with Tim Weissman getting the assist. Zach Jeckering recorded the shutout as the keeper.

Box Score: Conlon (F) (Darnell); Fiehrer (A) (McCarthy); Starr (F) (Conlon); McCarthy (A); Starr (F) (Darnell)

Recap: After getting behind 1-0 in the match the Firebirds had a halftime lead of 2-1, and held on to a 3-2 final score to get their second win of the season.

Box Score:

Recap:The Fairmont JV team struggle to score a goal vs Lebanon which resulted in a 1-0 loss. Fairmont JV (2-1-0) will now attempt for their third victory vs West Carrollton Saturday.

Box Score: Bias (F) (Berlon)

Recap: Fairmont goes to 3-0 with their third road win of the season.

Box Score: Hinkle (T), Conlon (Wilson) (FM), Hinkle (T), Bamberger (F) (pk), Bamberger (Wilson), Long (Spangler)

Recap: Fairmont extended it's unbeaten streak to 4 with a 4-2 win over Troy at Fairmont Park. Brad Bamberger scored a double, and Allyn Wilson had two assists on the night. The Firebirds are off to a 4-0 start this season.

Box Score: Bias (Darnell), Darnell (Long), Starr (Hartje), Bamberger (Wilson), Conlon (Hartje)

Recap: Five different players scored on the night as Fairmont went to 5-0-0 on the season with a convincing 5-0 home win over West Carrollton.

Box Score: Shots - Fairmont: 15, Springboro 11
Shutout: Monnin (F), Hegwood (S)
Saves: Monnin: 4, Hegwood 10

Recap: An inspired Springboro defense combined with some poor finishing by Fairmont resulted in a 0-0 draw. Fairmont remains unbeaten at 5-0-1.

Box Score: Householder (Starr), Darnell (Stempson), Householder (Spangler), Starr (Stempson), Starr (Bias), Bias (Starr), Long (Stempson) Shutout: Monnin/Jeckering

Recap: Fairmont continued its unbeaten run with a 7-0 win over Piqua. Highlighting the night was Austen Starr's 2 goals and 2 assists, while Andrew Householder scored a double, and Cory Stempson added 3 assists. Caleb Monnin and Zach Jeckering along with the Firebirds defense kept a clean sheet.

Shutout - Monnin (Fairmont)

Recap: Neither team could break open the match as the game finished scoreless. Fairmont outshot the Bolts 12-5 on the night. The Firebirds remain unbeaten on the season as the defense led by Bamberger, Lane, Fannin, Wilson, and Monnin in net kept the clean sheet for the fourth straight game.

Recap: Despite the poor field conditions (about 1/2 the field had standing water) the Firebirds jumped out to a 1-0 lead. After failing to finish multiple opportunities to close out the match, Reynoldsburg leveled the score on free kick with 7 mintutes to play. The Firebirds remain unbeaten on the season.

Austen Bias (1 goal, 1 assist), Wil Bishop (2 goals, 1 assist), AJ Jeckering (1 goal), Taiyo Rabenstein (2 goals, 2 assists), Kyle Phibbs (1 goal), Faid Afram (1 goal, 2 assists), Evan Jones (1 goal), Ian Litz (1 goal), Ian Weaver (1 assist), GK times: Alex Fantaci 36:00, Ian Litz 36:00

Box Score: Bamberger, Bamberger (Householder), Long (Darnell), Darnell (Lane), Hartje (Lane), Starr (Darnell), Bamberger (Starr), Bamberger (Hartje), Bias (Berlon), Wilson
Shutout: Monnin/Jeckering

Recap: The Firebirds extended their unbeaten run and got their 7th win of the season. Brad Bamberger notched 4 goals on the night while the defense helped get the team their 6th clean sheet of the season.

Box Score: Bias (Wilson), Bias (Starr), Starr (Unassisted), Darnell (Berlon), Bamberger (Householder), Spangler (Householder), Slifko (Bamberger), Starr (Bias), Long (Spangler), Long (Spangler) Shutout: Monnin/Jeckering

Recap: Fairmont continued its unbeaten run with a home win. Several players recorded multiple goals and assists, while Monnin/Jeckering kept a clean sheet in goal.

Box Score:

Box Score: Weissman(Afram), AJ Jeckering (Weissman)

Box Score: Burrowes(Newsome) Shutout: Arnold

Recap: The Firebirds suffered their first loss of the season with a 1-0 setback against Wayne. Fairmont was unable to come out on top despite outshooting the Warriors 13-3.

Box Score: Slifko(Phibbs), A. Woods (unassisted)

Box Score: Conlon (Bias) F, Starr (Wilson) F, Conlon (Stempson) F, Unknown Player VB, Bamberger (Hartje) F, Hartje (Spangler) F

Recap: Fairmont notched a convincing win on senior night over Vandalia Butler 5-1. Adam Conlon scored a double, while multiple players figured into the scoring. Seniors Brad Bamberger, Allyn Wilson, WIl Weissman, Trevor Hartje, and Andrew Householder played their final regular season game at Fairmont Park.

Box Score: Hagerty (Kercher), Kercher (Unassisted)

Recap: Centerville got the go-ahead-goal with 10 minutes left to play and got a late insurance goal in winning a highly competitive match 2-0.

Box Score: Conlon (Householder), No data on Beavercreek scores

Recap: Beavercreek erased a 1-0 deficit at half time with 4 goals in the second half to win 4-1.

Box Score: Rabenstein, Afram

Recap: JV notch their 11th win of the season to go 11-2-2.

Box Score: Patterson M, Eifert M, Grant M, Long (Bamberger) F, Bamberger (PK) F

Recap: Mason scored early on a corner kick and doubled their lead 10 minutes later before scoring with 14 seconds left in the first half. The Firebirds came up short in the end after pulling back two goals in the second half for a 3-2 final.

Box Score: Bamberger (Householder) F, Bamberger (Darnell) F, Starr (Householder) F, Beigel S , Beigel (PK) S, Schlagetter (Beigel) S, Starr (Householder) F

Recap: Austen Starr scored the winning goal in overtime as the Firebirds moved on to the sectional final. Sidney got themselves back into the match after going down 3-0 in the second half with two unassisted goals by Andy Beigel including one from the penalty spot. Starr and Brad Bamberger each notched 2 goals, while Andrew Householder provided 3 assists. Fairmont advances to play Miamisburg at Northmont High School on Tuesday night 8:00pm. The winner will advance to the district final to face a the winner of Mason/St. Xavier.

Box Score: Bias (Bamberger) F, Wright (Downing) M, Conlon (Householder) F

Recap: Fairmont took an early lead on a Nathan Bias goal only to see Miamisburg equalize. Adam Conlon scored what proved to be the game winner with 2 minutes until the half. The 2-1 score line held despite chances by both teams in the second half as the game opened up. Fairmont advances to the district final to play St. Xavier at Princeton HS - 5:00pm kick off. The game will be followed by Springboro/Milford at 7:30.

Recap: St. Xavier's win streak continued as the Firebirds could not manage to finish some early chances in the match. In a highly contested 1st half with Fairmont hitting the post and crossbar with the score 0-0.

St X took advantage of a loose ball in the box which was then slotted across to take a 1-0 lead into the break. Early in the second half St X capitalized on a collision between Fairmont GK Monnin and one of the St X forwards. The play resulted in both players on the ground and a crashing St X forward scoring on an open net. St X kept a clean sheet the rest of the way as Fairmont managed only a few quality chances in the final 10 minutes. Fairmont finishes the season 11-5-3 & District Runners-Up.

This was the final game for seniors: Trevor Hartje, Wil Weissman, Andrew Householder, Brad Bamberger, and Allyn WIlson. Good luck seniors and thanks for all your hard work and efforts.

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