Chartiers Valley High School Soccer Hall of Fame

During the summer between his junior and senior years at Mt. Union, Jesse Tinney broke his ankle playing soccer in a pickup league. He spent six weeks in a walking boot, then tried to whip himself back into shape in order to be on the field with the Purple Raiders in the fall. But the ankle remained sore, and Tinney said he felt like he didn’t have the freedom of movement to play effectively. So he sat out the season and saved his final year of eligibility. Healthy again, the Chartiers Valley graduate hopes to be a major part of the Purple Raiders’ quest for an Ohio Athletic Conference title. They open OAC play Sept. 29 at home against defending conference champion Otterbein. “I think I was able to watch the game from a completely different angle,” Tinney said about his time on the sidelines last season. “I was able to see how things happened, see the flow of the game a little better. “Mentally, I never wanted to do anything more than get back out there and play with my te