Taft Senators 2024 Varsity Football Team honored by City 

Story and photos by Michael MitchellVice Mayor Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney and Councilmember Scotty Johnson presented a Resolution in City Council on January 23, 2025 to honor the Taft High School Senators 2024 Varsity Football Team. The team was recognized for finishing as Regional Division lV state semifinalist on November 22, 2024, in Monroe, defeating the Archbishop Alter High School Knights team from Kettering by a score of 26-12. Taft was first Cincinnati Public school football team to win a regional championship since 1992. Taft finished the season 12-3. Their motto, “Earned, never given,” was echoed throughout the Monroe gymnasium following the state regional victory. 2024 Taft High School Football Team coaches attending the event: In front, from left, are Darrell Brockman Sr., Trammell Williams, head coach Tyler Williams, Athletic Director Austin Gullett and Jared Ward. In back row, from left, are James Bates, Danny Seafler and Tommie McBride.Robert A. Taft Information High School Principal Ceair Baggett also spoke at the event. On hand to witness the City Council event were family and friends, Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendent Shauna Murphy, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Alesia Smith, Cincinnati Public Schools Athletic Director Josh Hardin, Cincinnati Public Schools Board President Dr. Kareen Moncree Moffett, ...