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Stark Area Roundup

2011-10-03T14:41:00.000-04:00

BIG LOSS

It remains to be seen how serious Louisville quarterback Chad Neff’s left knee is injured. Neff left the Alliance game in the second quarter and did not return. He is a huge part of the Leopards’ offense. He’s a good kid, too. Hopefully Neff is on the mend and able to return this season.
Worstell grading high

Film review of GlenOak quarterback Reid Worstell indicates that the junior is playing better than maybe numbers say or with a first look through real time. Against Fitch, it appeared as though Worstell held the ball too long on a couple of sacks, but head coach Scott Garcia said Worstell played better than even he initially thought.

“We had some breakdowns in protection on the line at times,” Garcia said. “And there was one play where Reid stepped up to avoid pressure or one of our backs ran into him and knocked the ball loose.”

TAKING LEAD

Last spring when Worstell first enrolled at GlenOak High School, the football team didn’t have practice. However, there was offseason conditioning in the gym, and that was the first chance Worstell’s new teammates got to look at him.

The team was running “suicides” in the gym when an assistant coach offered the players a deal. If one of them stepped up and hit a 3-point shot, running would end early.

“No one raised their hand, so I raised mine,” said Worstell, who also plays basketball. “I wasn’t worried about missing the shot and making them mad at me. Actually, that never entered my mind.”

Worstell took the shot, and as the ball left his hand, he started walking off the floor before the ball went through the net. He won over his teammates that day.

GLENOAK'S SCHEDULE

While the final four games of the season will not be easy for GlenOak, the meat of the Golden Eagles’ schedule is out of the way. They went to Massillon, Fitch and McKinley and got wins in three of their first six games.

GlenOak wraps up the regular season with Lake, Boardman, Hoover and Perry.

Boardman will be a difficult game, another on the road. The Spartans started with losses to Benedictine and Mooney, but have won the last four against Hoover, Perry, Lake and Hoban.

Perry, Lake and Hoover do not have winning records and are a combined 6-12 with just three league wins between them.

JUST NASTY

GlenOak’s offensive line has played with a nasty streak just about all season and it was impressive what it did against McKinley, especially with starter Steve Mathie (6-foot-4, 275 pounds) out with an injury. One player who showed up well was Brenson Ennis, (6-4, 320). He dominated his man most of the night and had a couple of pancake blocks.

Head coach Scott Garcia recalled seeing Ennis at practice for the first time when he was a freshman. Ennis initially wanted to be a quarterback and went and worked out with the quarterbacks.

“He wanted to be a passer,” Garcia said laughing. “I’m like ‘are you serious?’ Then I introduced him to the offensive line coaches. He might be the most improved player I’ve ever coached. He gets better every day.”

TOUGH SCHEDULE

Akron Hoban, which lost to Massillon on Friday night, is 0-6. But the Knights have played a brutal schedule against Gonzaga (Washington D.C.), Benedictine, Boardman, Bishop Hartley, St. Vincent-St. Mary and Massillon. Those teams came into this week’s game with a combined 24-6 record.

TOUGHER SCHEDULE

Maybe no team in Northeast Ohio has had a tougher first-half schedule than Euclid, which got its first win of the season against Shaw. The Panthers’ first five opponents (Mentor, Brunswick, GlenOak, St. Vincent-St. Mary and Cleveland Heights) were a combined 25-0 in their first five games.

McKINLEY'S PLAYOFF CHANCES

McKinley’s loss to GlenOak need not be devastating. The Bulldogs came into that game in fifth place in Division I, Region 2. One feather in McKinley’s hat is Jackson’s win against Fitch. What the Pups need is for Huber Heights Wayne to win the rest of its games. The Warriors are 2-3 coming into this week’s games.

McKinley’s next three games are against Perry and Hoover on the road, and then the Pups have Boardman at home before playing Massillon at Fawcett Stadium. Winning all four could get McKinley a home playoff game. A loss and things will be iffy sneaking in.

GlenOak is in the driver’s seat. Jackson is making a strong push for the postseason, too. Stark County can get three teams in the playoffs from Region 2, but probably not four. Jackson, McKinley and Massillon most likely will have to scrap it out for two of the remaining three spots.

St. Xavier hands Elder its fourth consecutive loss

2011-10-03T14:39:00.001-04:00

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St. Xavier ran fewer plays on offense and held the ball for a shorter amount of time than did Elder, but the Bombers rallied for a 21-6 win over the Panthers Friday night at St. Xavier behind a sack-happy defense in a Greater Catholic League slugfest.

It was the 92nd football game between Elder and St. Xavier. Elder leads the series 48-38-6.

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Elder ran 70 plays to St. Xavier’s 48 and outgained the Bombers 237-227. The Panthers held a 26:45-21:15 advantage in time of possession. But that wasn’t enough.
“I’m not a big stat guy,” St. Xavier coach Steve Specht said. “I tell our kids the final score is the only stat that matters to us.”

One stat that did matter was the 11 sacks the Bombers defense recorded, stifling drive after drive with seven of those coming in the second half.

“That’s made possible by all 11 guys,” St. Xavier senior defensive lineman Bryson Albright said. “If someone gets a sack, it’s because everyone else did their job.”

St. Xavier took the lead for good with a three-yard touchdown run by senior quarterback Griffin Dolle with 3:57 to play in the second quarter after Elder controlled much of the first half.

The Bombers (4-2, 1-1 GCL South) then put the game away with a one-yard touchdown run by senior running back Conor Hundley with 8:36 to play in the fourth quarter and a 40-yard touchdown run by Hundley with 3:10 to play as St. Xavier snapped a two-game losing streak. Hundley finished with 131 yards on 23 carries and Dolle added 72 yards on 11 carries.

Elder (2-4, 0-1) has now lost four straight.

The Panthers opened the game with a 12-play, 65-yard drive and took the early lead on a two-yard run by Cody Fox, but Sam Williams’s point-after was blocked.

“They punched us right in the mouth,” Specht said. “I told our kids everybody has a plan until you get punched in the face and that’s what they did. It’s a test of character if you can bounce back from that and fortunately we were able to bounce back.”

The Panthers were stout on the ground in the early-going, rushing for 56 yards on 11 runs during the opening drive and converted two fourth-down plays to keep the drive alive. Elder held a 168-89 advantage in total yardage through the first half, including a 103-89 advantage on the ground. Fox ran for 65 yards on 17 carries in the first half and finished with 96 yards on 23 carries. White finished with 53 yards on six carries.

Gramke completed 14 of 25 passes for 139 yards.

“We always like to start with the run first and just build off that,” Fox said. “It really opens things up in the pass game most of the time.”

St. Xavier was forced to punt on its first possession and the Panthers started moving the ball again. A couple fortuitous events – a penalty on a punt that extended the drive and a first-down run after a fumble behind the line of scrimmage -- had Elder in position to take a two-score lead.

“Plays like that are back-breakers,” Albright said. “The key is to bounce back.”

The Bombers did bounce back and finally got the ball back when Gramke’s fourth-and-two pass from the St. X 26 fell incomplete.

“We had a bad sack and that kind of killed the drive,” Fox said. “We have to step up there and get a 13- or 14-point lead early.”

St. Xavier then went on a 14-play, 75-yard drive to take the lead on Dolle’s run.

“I thought the 14-play drive we put together in the second quarter was big for us,” Specht said. “It showed our guys we could pound the ball too and just trade punches.”

Elder (2-3) entered having dropped three straight games to defending state champions after a 2-0 start to the season with losses to Kentucky’s Louisville Trinity, Ohio’s Lakewood St. Edward and Miami, Florida’s Central.

St. Xavier had dropped two straight coming into the game to Trinity and Moeller.

Written by Tom Ramstetter (Enquirer contributor)

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Griffins beat Orangemen 20-13 in mud and rain

2011-10-03T13:36:00.001-04:00

Ellet tacklers Robert Schutte (1) and Dana Millirons (right) stop Buchtel running back Darren McGinnis (4) after a short gain during first-half action in their City Series football game at Kenmore High School on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, in Akron, Ohio. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)

The only thing more difficult than playing on Kenmore High School’s football field Saturday afternoon was finding compromise in Congress.

The Buchtel Griffins and Ellet Orangemen battled in the mud and muck in a soggy game that the Griffins (3-3, 3-0) won 20-13.

Both teams fought through a quagmire while a light rain made conditions worse.

The teams virtually forgot about passing, relying on running games and special teams. In those areas, Buchtel had a decided advantage — despite the presence of talented, multidimensional Aaron Male on Ellet’s team.
Defensive back and kick returner Ernie Calhoun, who stands about 5-foot-7, provided the boost from the onset, taking the opening kickoff back 98 yards for a touchdown.

“I saw the outside open up clear as day and just ran,” Calhoun said of his run.
Ellet coach Joe Yost found his team down by seven points quickly.

“Certainly we were hoping to not let them have a touchdown on the opening kickoff. Our goal was to kick to the swamp and we did,” he said. “We didn’t cover very well. It’s probably stupid to give Buchtel a 7-zip lead with five seconds run off the clock.”

Calhoun, who also had an interception in the game, wasn’t done, in a game where field position proved invaluable. With over six minutes left in the first half, Calhoun caught the ball at his own 35, found a crease in the coverage team and dashed 48 yards to set up Buchtel at the Ellet 17-yard line.

Senior running back Darren McGinnis, who rushed for more than 100 yards in the game, ate up 13 yards on the first carry after the return. Two plays later, sophomore quarterback Chris Davis pushed his way to the end zone for the score.

McGinnis bulled his away around the field most of the afternoon, picking up acreage in chunks and converting crucial third downs.

“Running was pretty hard, the mud was pretty deep. I just had to lift my knees and stretch my legs [to get traction],” McGinnis said.

It probably didn’t hurt that McGinnis stands close to 6-feet tall and is carved from granite, size being something he was able to use.

“It was an advantage,” he said. “I just had to go out there, run hard and hit the corner as quick as I could.”
By the time the Griffins scored their third touchdown, the game seemed over. Credit Ellet for playing otherwise, finally getting on the scoreboard when Male broke free for a 40-yard touchdown run at the 1:02 mark in the third quarter.

The Orangemen weren’t done. Sparked by that effort, Ellet opened the fourth quarter by blocking a Buchtel punt, recovering the ball at the Griffins’ 11-yard line and eventually taking it into the end zone. A missed extra point made the score 20-13 with 8:34 left in the game. That was the closest Ellet got.

“We knew what it was going to be like mudwise,” Yost said. “We played here last week in the same conditions. I thought our kids hung in there and I thought they played hard. … Sometimes Mother Nature gets in the way. Buchtel played better than we did.”

In the end, the game showed the difference that one player can make, depending on the situation. On Saturday, that was the Griffins’ Calhoun.

“He kind of did it all, but we always believe it’s a team effort,” Buchtel coach Ricky Powers said. “Our team had to be doing something right for him to be able to do those things.”

George M. Thomas can be reached at sportswriterabj@sbcglobal.net. Read the high school blog at www.ohiomm.com/blogs/varsity_letters/.

St Vincent St Mary Outlasts Rival Hoban

2011-09-28T01:11:00.001-04:00

St. Vincent-St. Mary's Sae'Von Fitzgerald is hit and brought down by Archbishop Hoban's Jordan Cook (16) in the first half Friday at InfoCision Stadium. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)

The St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish and Archbishop Hoban Knights played true to an old cliché Friday night at InfoCision Stadium.

The Irish came into their annual grudge match undefeated and the Knights were winless.

It was clear, however, that the Irish were going to need more than luck as the two teams battled in a low-scoring defensive scrum that had the Irish (5-0) scrounging for every point in a 17-14 victory, their fifth consecutive win in the series.

An inspired Knights (0-5) defense throttled the Irish offense, usually led by an unstoppable passing game, that came into the contest averaging more than 50 points in its previous four victories. The Knights also forced four turnovers to slow the Irish.

“It’s the Hoban game,” Irish coach Dan Boarman said of his team’s offensive struggle. “I don’t care if you’re 0-4 or 4-0, it doesn’t matter.”

The Knights roughed up Irish quarterback Kevin Besser for most of the evening, causing three interceptions and a fumble that forced St. V-M to turn to a running game that previously hadn’t carried the load for the team.

Friday was different. The Irish rushed for 198 yards on 42 carries with running backs Matt Matuska (103 yards on 17 carries and a touchdown) and Sae’von Fitzgerald (78 yards on 13 carries) inflicting most of the damage on the ground.

On the fumble, Besser faced a thunderous rush from Hoban’s Jolewis Washington, who blindsided him on the play for the sack. The Knights recovered the ball to thwart an Irish drive.

That was typical of the hard-fought first half. Anytime the Irish discovered some rhythm on offense, the Knights came up with a play to throw them off.

It happened again before halftime. After marching down to the Hoban 4-yard line, Besser found himself with a second-and-goal with eight seconds to go before the half.

He dropped back to pass, hit Fitzgerald on the hands and the ball deflected into the air and was intercepted.
Trailing 7-3 at the half, and the passing game grounded, the Irish knew they had to adjust, Matuska said.
“We weren’t really sure why the passing game wasn’t working,” he said. “We made the adjustment at halftime. It worked and we stuck with it.”

Despite being behind, Matuska said, St. V-M didn’t panic.

“We knew that they were making us play their game, so we had to play our game,” he said.

The Irish took the ball first in the second half and practically rammed it down the Knights’ throats. The 10-play, 68-yard drive took more than five minutes and put the Irish ahead for the first time when Matuska crashed the goal line from 3 yards out.

That effort appeared to fire up the Irish defense. It forced the Knights to punt on their first possession of the second half, then gathered momentum as seconds ticked away.

The Irish took over at their 46 and Fitzgerald carried the ball three consecutive times, peeling off 27 yards. A keeper by Besser put the ball at the 15. On the next play, Besser hit Fitzgerald with a short pass for the winning score.

“The defender played to the inside,” Fitzgerald said, “and I just set up the block.”

The Knights had plenty of fight left, eventually scoring on a 16-play, 79-yard drive to trim St. V-M’s lead to 17-14, but were unable to mount another drive because the Irish milked the clock with their running game.

George M. Thomas can be reached at sportswriterabj@sbcglobal.net. Read the high school blog at www.ohiomm.com/blogs/varsity_letters/. Also on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ABJ_Varsity. Follow ABJ sports on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sports.abj.

Recruiting Update

2011-09-28T01:07:00.000-04:00

Lakewood St. Edward's Greg Kuhar

Jhalil-Nashid Croley - Bowling Green
PRINCETON HIGH SCHOOL - Class of 2012

Greg Kuhar - Northwestern
ST EDWARD HIGH SCHOOL - Class of 2012

Terry Davis - North Carolina State
WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL - Class of 2012

Kurt Laseak - Ohio
MENTOR HIGH SCHOOL - Class of 2012

Week 4 Games of the Week

2011-09-16T11:12:00.000-04:00

Canton McKinley vs Austintown Fitch

Trinity (Kentucky) vs St. Xavier

Lakewood St. Edward vs Cincinnati Elder

Youngstown Cardinal Mooney vs Mentor Lake Catholic

Mitch Trubisky's 553 yards of offense, five touchdowns lead Mentor past St. Ignatius

2011-09-12T16:44:00.000-04:00

Mentor's Cameron Kavan reacts after hauling in a pass against St. Ignatius in the second half. (Joshua Gunter/ The Plain Dealer)

MENTOR, Ohio — Ever watch a football game on tape and fast-forward between plays?

Watching Mentor is akin to watching the entire game on triple-speed fast-forward. Your eyes dart and your heart races like a caffeine addict, and don't even think about a bathroom break.

In a game that was a statistician's nightmare and a fantasy leaguer's, well, fantasy, No. 3 Mentor defeated visiting No. 4 St. Ignatius, 38-24, Friday night in front of 6,800 at Osborne Stadium.

Mentor's vaunted five-wide, no-back offense is living up to its hype, but is not without flaws.

Quarterback Mitch Trubisky had 553 combined yards passing and rushing, and five touchdowns.

The 6-3 senior completed 28 of 44 passes for 469 yards and three touchdowns, and had 84 yards rushing with two TDs rushing.

He also threw four interceptions, which led to 17 St. Ignatius points. Senior cornerback Adam North had three picks, and junior Thomas Fanning returned an interception for a touchdown.

"I'm more worried about the interceptions and improving next week. As long as we got the 'W,' it doesn't really matter," Trubisky said.

Mentor's 608 yards total offense is believed to be a school record, as is Trubisky's passing yards. Senior wideout Cameron Kavan caught 14 passes for 284 yards.

The Cardinals' defense came up with enough big plays to force three St. Ignatius field-goal attempts while holding running back Tim McVey (205 yards rushing) and quarterback Eric Williams (223 yards passing) to one touchdown each. Kicker Tim Shenk missed two 53-yarders and made a 22-yarder.

"In the beginning, too many people, including myself, were trying to make too many big plays," said Mentor defensive end Tom Strobel, who had 3 1/2 sacks. "Once we played as a team, there was nothing that could stop us."

St. Ignatius (2-1) overcame a 14-0 first quarter deficit and led, 21-17, in the second quarter. The Wildcats finished with 413 yards total offense, and four turnovers.

"We were getting yardage, but you don't get points for yardage," St. Ignatius coach Chuck Kyle said. "We were running the ball pretty well and we were saying, 'Let's keep the faith.' We had a couple turnovers in the second half that really hurt."

Trailing, 31-24, early in the fourth, St. Ignatius was driving for a potential tying touchdown, but McVey fumbled and Mentor linebacker Blase Chiappone recovered at the Mentor 8-yard line.

Trubisky engineered a 92-yard, nine-play drive and threw to a wide-open Conner Krizancic for a 12-yard TD with 6:11 remaining.

"We're going to play this game again, I guarantee that. That's a great football team, and we'll do it again in November," Mentor coach Steve Trivisonno said. In the first quarter, Mentor's 14-0 lead was the result of Kavan's 14-yard touchdown catch and Trubisky's 17-yard TD run.

North's first interception led to a 2-yard TD run by McVey, and Fanning's interception return tied it.

Mentor answered with a field goal drive, and each team followed with four-play, 80-yard drives. St. Ignatius' Williams threw a 45-yard TD pass to Jake Mooney. Trubisky countered with a 2-yard touchdown scamper after he completed a 58-yard bomb to Ashton. The Cardinals had 394 yards offense at halftime, and a 24-21 lead.

The fun was just beginning.

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Who's Hot

2011-09-12T16:31:00.000-04:00

Who's Hot and Who's Not?

Mentor's Mitch Trubisky runs on a quarterback keeper as St. Ignatius' Edward Cleveland closes in during the second half. - (Joshua Gunter, Cleveland Plain Dealer)

As we enter week four of the season, it's easy to see that some teams have began the season on a mission to make a statement. Below are the teams who are catching everyone's attention across the state of Ohio.

Mentor - Mentor is coming off of a huge win in which they dismantled perennial power St. Ignatius. Mentor has also beaten Youngstown Ursuline, another powerhouse.

Steubenville - The Big Red are off to a 3-0 start with big wins against Akron Buchtel, Morgantown (WV), and Bishop Ryan (Ontario)

Lakewood St. Edward - With wins against Ohio powers Cleveland Glenville and Youngstown Cardinal Mooney. St. Ed's is obviously one of the best teams in the state, it shows by being ranked in the top 10 of nearly every national poll.

Cincinnati St. Xavier - The Bombers stopped Colerain....at HOME. Enough said.

Akron St. Vincent - St. Mary - A lot of questions remained after losing Doran Grant and a ton of seniors, but behind speed and an explosive offense, the Fighting Irish have proven that they're a team to reckon with.

Middletown - The Middies are 3-0 with wins over Wayne, Cincinnati Winton Woods, and Troy. I'd say that's a pretty good start.

Marlington - Many thought it would be hard for Marlington to duplicate their Cinderella season from last year but they're doing a good job so far. Led by three Division I recruits. Marlington is poised to make an impact.

Team to look out for....

Toledo Whitmer - Whitmer is 3-0 with two wins coming against teams from Ontario, Canada. We'll see what happens as Whitmer gets into the meat of their schedule. Next Up? Toledo St. Francis DeSales

St. X snaps Colerain's Streak

2011-09-12T14:59:00.002-04:00

Dymonte Thomas Commits to Michigan

2011-09-12T14:46:00.004-04:00

Marlington junior running back Dymonte Thomas gave a verbal commitment to the University of Michigan this past weekend during a visit in which he attended the Michigan - Notre Dame game. Thomas rushed for over 1,600 yards as a sophomore and is averaging over 6 yards per carry this season while sharing the ball with University of Tennessee recruit, Alden Hill.

According to Thomas, he also had offers from Michigan State, Tennessee, Penn State, Notre Dame, Illinois, UCLA, and West Virginia.

Checkout this video of Dymonte Thomas as he was named The Fastest Man and Overall MVP of the National Underclassmen Combine (Cleveland area) this past spring

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2011-09-07T04:48:00.002-04:00

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St. Xavier beats Pickerington Central in Herbstreit Classic

2011-09-07T04:33:00.000-04:00

Article by Jarod Ulrey for MaxPreps

COLUMBUS, Ohio — St. Xavier (Cincinnati) coach Steve Specht is of the opinion that the college that decides to grab senior running back Connor Hundley will be getting a special player.

He got all the evidence he needed to support that belief during his team's 38-21 victory over Pickerington Central (Ohio) in the first game of the Kirk Herbstreit National Kickoff Classic Sunday at Ohio Stadium. Listed at 5-foot-11, 206 pounds, Hundley according to Specht has received interest from mostly Mid-American Conference schools.

Photo by Todd Shurtleff

St. Xavier's Brian Douglas celebrates a sack Sunday at the Kirk Herbstreit
Kickoff Classic.

Against Central, Hundley rushed for 156 yards and four touchdowns on 24 carries to help the Bombers overcome four turnovers. St. Xavier came in at No. 16 in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 National Football Rankings.

"He's as good as anybody I've ever coached," Specht said. "Somebody's going to get a great back."

St. Xavier used an experienced offensive line, a big passing play near the end of the third quarter and a defense that forced five turnovers to overcome a sloppy first half.

Pickerington Central took a 7-0 lead with 7 minutes, 12 seconds left in the opening quarter when Nick Jensen-Clagg hit Ohio State recruit Roger Lewis for a 43-yard touchdown on third-and-20. The score came after an interception by the Tigers' Addison Clopton on the preceding drive.

St. Xavier tied it at 7-all with 11:36 to go in the first half when Hundley ran in from 3 yards.

Central and St. Xavier then combined for four turnovers during the remainder of the second quarter and went into halftime tied at 7.

St. Xavier committed no second-half turnovers, however, and the result was an offense that was difficult for the Tigers to stop. St. Xavier finally seized control for good with 10 seconds to go in the third quarter when quarterback Griffin Dolle hit Evan Ballinger for a 60-yard touchdown pass to make it 24-21.

One interception apiece by Miami University-recruit Nate Gerbus and Sam Burchenal during the fourth quarter and a pair of late touchdowns by Hundley iced the victory.

"We fought and battled the entire game," Specht said. "When you still score 38 points and turn the ball over that many times, you have to feel pretty good. (Central has) a good football team."

Pickerington Central's coach felt his team still took some positives away.

"(The turnovers were) uncharacteristic for them and for us," Tigers coach Jay Sharrett said. "Most of them were unforced fumbles just because of being loose with the ball. We had a size disadvantage on them and they were very good run stoppers. We had three scores and we could have gotten a couple more, but we gave up two field-position scores. But we have nothing to hang our heads about."

On the second play of the third quarter, Billy Eakins broke for a 78-yard touchdown run to give Pickerington Central a 14-7 lead.

St. X responded on the ensuing drive, however, with a 2-yard run by Hundley to tie it at 14. St. Xavier made it 17-14 on a 37-yard field goal by Nick Roemer with 2:41 to go in the third quarter but Central answered on the next drive with a 39-yard touchdown reception by Lewis.

Pickerington Central was forced to wait through a 35-minute lightning delay for the extra point before taking a 21-17 lead.

St. Xavier then went back ahead on Ballinger's touchdown, a toss over the middle that he took the distance. Hundley added touchdown runs of 13 and 10 yards for the Bombers.

"At halftime we all just said that we believed in each other," said Hundley, who was a first-team all-state player in Division I last season. "I thought our offensive line did a great job and had a great push. It's every kid's dream to play in the 'Shoe.'"

Photo by Todd Shurtleff

Pickerington Central's Roger Lewis hauls in one of his two touchdown catches in a loss to St. Xavier.

Jarrod Ulrey covers Central and Northern Ohio for MaxPreps.com. He has covered prep sports for ThisWeekSPORTS.com for 16 years and can be reached at julrey@thisweeknews.com.

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Upper Arlington beats Springfield

2011-09-07T04:28:00.001-04:00

Article by Jarod Ulrey for MaxPreps

In the second game Sunday in the Herbstreit Classic, Upper Arlington (Columbus, Ohio) — which resides five minutes from Ohio Stadium — used a series of big plays to get past Springfield 34-19.

Photo by Todd Shurtleff

Springfield quarterback Chris Wallace
lets loose with a pass Sunday.

Chris Frey returned an interception 39 yards for a touchdown with 9:37 to go in the third quarter to give Upper Arlington a 14-0 lead. A poor snap on a Springfield punt with 8:48 to go gave UA the ball at the Wildcats' 13, and Francis Wilamosky scored on the next play to make it 21-0.

On the second play of Springfield's next possession, Jared Drake returned an interception 23 yards to give his team a 28-0 lead. Wilamosky finished with 53 yards to lead UA, which was outgained 435-173 in total yards by the Wildcats.

Jarrod Ulrey covers Central and Northern Ohio for MaxPreps.com. He has covered prep sports for ThisWeekSPORTS.com for 16 years and can be reached at julrey@thisweeknews.com.
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FridayNightOhio.com Week Two

2011-09-06T11:53:00.002-04:00

The Road to Signing Day

2011-09-06T11:46:00.002-04:00

Although many recruits will continue to commit to schools throughout the season. September marks the beginning of the calendar year for recruiting according to the. Take a look at the NCAA recruiting calendar after the break. The road to signing day begins

Sept. 1 - Nov. 26: Evaluation period
Nov. 27 - Jan. 17: Contact period
Dec 18: Quiet Period
Dec 19 - Jan 3: Dead Period
Dec. 21 - Jan. 15: Junior college transfer
Jan 4 - Jan 7: Contact Period
Jan 8: Quiet Period
Jan 9 - Jan 12: Dead Period
Jan 13 - Jan 28: Contact Period
Jan 29: Quiet Period
Jan 30 - Feb 2: Dead Period
Feb. 1 - April 1: Signing period
Feb 3 - April 15: Quiet Period
April 16 - May 31: Evaluation period
June 1 - Aug. 31: Quiet period

Recruiting Update - Week 3

2011-09-06T11:33:00.000-04:00


Orville's WR Stewart Turner(Paul Tople/ Akron Beacon Journal)

Latest verbal commitments

Stewart Turner - Ball State
ORRVILLE HIGH SCHOOL - Class of 2012

Ryan Jackson - Central Michigan
CLEVELAND CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL - Class of 2012

Ohio Players in ESPNU Top 150

2011-09-06T11:21:00.001-04:00

Centerville's Ifeadi Odenigbo

Everyone knows that Ohio is a talent laden state when it comes to high school football. So it should be no surprise that there are four big time recruits in the class of 2012 that call Ohio their home.

Centerville's monster defensive end, Ifeadi Odenigbo (ranked #53), Cincinnati Taft's Adolphus Washington (#95), Canton McKinley defensive end Se'Von Pittman (#100) and Lakewood St. Edward's offensive tackle Kyle Kalis (#137) all made the list in what seems to be a big year for defensive and offensive linemen in Ohio.

Where are the skill players representing Ohio? Do you think that there are players in Ohio that may have slipped past ESPN's eye? I'd be willing to put some of our players against other top players across the country. What do you think?

Both players have been making a huge impact on the field this year and both have been featured as their teams have competed on ESPN during the first two weeks of the season.

RK	PLAYER	POS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	STARS	GRADE	SCHOOL
1	Mario Edwards Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Denton, TX Billy Ryan High School	6'4''	270		90	Florida StateCommitted 03/15/2011
2	Eddie Goldman Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Washington, DC Collegiate Academy	6'4''	310		87	List
3	Dorial Green-Beckham Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Springfield, MO Hillcrest High School	6'5''	220		86	List
4	Noah Spence Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Harrisburg, PA Bishop McDevitt High School	6'4''	245		86	List
5	Eddie Williams Video \| Scouts Report	S	Panama City, FL Arnold High School	6'3''	205		85	AlabamaCommitted 08/24/2010
6	Keith Marshall Video \| Scouts Report	RB	Raleigh, NC Millbrook High School	5'11''	190		85	List
7	D.J. Humphries Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Charlotte, NC Mallard Creek High School	6'6''	275		85	FloridaCommitted
8	Johnathan Gray Video \| Scouts Report	RB	Aledo, TX Aledo High School	5'10''	190		85	TexasCommitted 04/22/2011
9	Stefon Diggs Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Olney, MD Our Lady of Good Counsel HS	6'0''	185		84	List
10	Chris Casher Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Mobile, AL Davidson High School	6'5''	236		84	Florida StateCommitted 01/05/2011
11	Jameis Winston Video \| Scouts Report	QB	Hueytown, AL Hueytown High School	6'3''	195		84	Florida StateCommitted
12	Travis Blanks Video \| Scouts Report	S	Tallahassee, FL North Florida Christian High School	6'1''	195		84	ClemsonCommitted 06/10/2011
13	Malcom Brown Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Brenham, TX Brenham High School	6'2''	280		83	TexasCommitted 04/03/2011
14	Arik Armstead Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Elk Grove, CA Pleasant Grove High School	6'7''	280		83	USCCommitted 06/19/2010
15	Kwon Alexander Video \| Scouts Report	OLB	Oxford, AL Oxford High School	6'2''	210		83	List
16	Andrus Peat Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Tempe, AZ Corona Del Sol High School	6'6''	280		83	List
17	Noor Davis Video \| Scouts Report	OLB	Leesburg, FL Leesburg High School	6'4''	225		83	StanfordCommitted 05/13/2011
18	Tracy Howard Video \| Scouts Report	CB	Miramar, FL Miramar High School	5'11''	175		83	List
19	Landon Collins Video \| Scouts Report	S	Geismar, LA Dutchtown High School	6'0''	210		83	List
20	Gunner Kiel Video \| Scouts Report	QB	Columbus, IN Columbus East High School	6'3''	215		83	IndianaCommitted
21	Cayleb Jones Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Austin, TX S. F. Austin High School	6'2''	195		83	TexasCommitted 02/27/2011
22	Shaq Thompson Video \| Scouts Report	S	Sacramento, CA Grant High School	6'1''	210		83	List
23	Josh Harvey-Clemons Video \| Scouts Report	OLB	Valdosta, GA Lowndes High School	6'4''	210		83	List
24	Rushel Shell Video \| Scouts Report	RB	Aliquippa, PA Hopewell High School	5'11''	215		83	List
25	Brandon Greene Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Ellenwood, GA Cedar Grove High School	6'5''	285		83	AlabamaCommitted 03/06/2011
26	Kyle Murphy Video \| Scouts Report	OT	San Clemente, CA San Clemente High School	6'6''	270		83	List
27	John Theus Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Jacksonville, FL The Bolles School	6'6''	295		83	GeorgiaCommitted
28	Davonte Neal Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Scottsdale, AZ Chaparral High School	5'10''	175		83	List
29	Chris Black Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Jacksonville, FL First Coast High School	5'11''	170		82	AlabamaCommitted
30	Jessamen Dunker Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Boynton Beach, FL Boynton Beach High School	6'6''	315		82	FloridaCommitted 03/22/2011
31	Geno Smith Video \| Scouts Report	CB	Atlanta, GA Saint Pius X Catholic High	5'11''	170		82	AlabamaCommitted
32	Ricardo Louis Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Miami Beach, FL Miami Beach Senior High School	6'1''	195		82	AuburnCommitted 05/31/2011
33	Quay Evans Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Morton, MS Morton High School	6'2''	312		82	List
34	Cyrus Jones Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Baltimore, MD Gilman School	5'10''	180		82	List
35	Connor Brewer Video \| Scouts Report	QB	Scottsdale, AZ Chaparral High School	6'2''	190		82	TexasCommitted 02/07/2011
36	Thomas Johnson Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Dallas, TX Skyline High School	6'0''	180		82	TexasCommitted 02/22/2011
37	Issac Gross Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Batesville, MS South Panola High School	6'2''	265		82	Ole MissCommitted 04/26/2011
38	Jabari Ruffin Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Downey, CA Downey High School	6'3''	225		82	USCCommitted 03/02/2011
39	Alex Ross Video \| Scouts Report	RB	Jenks, OK Jenks High School	6'1''	205		82	OklahomaCommitted 02/09/2011
40	Devin Fuller Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Old Tappen, NJ Northern Valley Regional High	6'1''	190		82	List
41	Yuri Wright Video \| Scouts Report	CB	Ramsey, NJ Don Bosco High School	6'1''	185		82	List
42	Nelson Agholor Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Tampa, FL Berkeley Prep School	6'1''	180		82	List
43	Avery Johnson Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Pompano Beach, FL Ely High School	6'1''	185		82	LSUCommitted 09/02/2010
44	Joshua Garnett Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Puyallup, WA Puyallup High School	6'5''	275		82	List
45	Jonathan Taylor Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Millen, GA Jenkins County High School	6'4''	315		82	GeorgiaCommitted 06/12/2011
46	Dominique Wheeler Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Crockett, TX Crockett High School	6'1''	180		82	Texas TechCommitted
47	Shaq Roland Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Lexington, SC Lexington High School	6'1''	180		82	South CarolinaCommitted
48	Angelo Jean-Louis Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Wellington, FL Palm Beach Central High School	6'0''	185		82	Miami (FL)Committed 04/28/2011
49	Mario Pender Video \| Scouts Report	RB	Cape Coral, FL Island Coast High School	5'11''	190		82	Florida StateCommitted 10/15/2010
50	Randy Johnson Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Miami, FL Miami Norland High School	5'9''	174		82	Miami (FL)Committed 09/17/2010
51	Kennedy Estelle Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Pearland, TX Glenda Dawson High School	6'6''	310		82	TexasCommitted 06/05/2011
52	Ifeadi Odenigbo Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Centerville, OH Centerville High School	6'3''	212		82	List
53	Ellis McCarthy Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Monrovia, CA Monrovia High School	6'4''	305		82	List
54	Evan Boehm Video \| Scouts Report	OG	Lee's Summit, MO Lee's Summit West High School	6'3''	290		81	MissouriCommitted 06/14/2011
55	Dillon Lee Video \| Scouts Report	OLB	Buford, GA Buford High School	6'4''	220		81	AlabamaCommitted 05/16/2011
56	Max Tuerk Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Santa Margarita Catholic High Schoo	6'5''	285		81	USCCommitted 05/25/2011
57	Peter Jinkens Video \| Scouts Report	OLB	Dallas, TX Skyline High School	6'1''	210		81	TexasCommitted 02/26/2011
58	Sterling Shepard Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Oklahoma City, OK Heritage Hall High School	5'10''	185		81	OklahomaCommitted 02/28/2011
59	Brock Stadnik Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Greensboro, NC Western Guilford High School	6'5''	290		81	South CarolinaCommitted 05/05/2011
60	Zach Kline Video \| Scouts Report	QB	Danville, CA San Ramon Valley High School	6'2''	205		81	CaliforniaCommitted 09/13/2010
61	Patrick Destefano Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Roebuck, SC Dorman High School	6'5''	275		81	ClemsonCommitted 05/23/2011
62	Durron Neal Video \| Scouts Report	WR	St. Louis, MO De Smet Jesuit High School	6'0''	190		81	OklahomaCommitted 06/08/2011
63	Jordan Jenkins Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Hamilton, GA Harris County High School	6'3''	235		81	List
64	Germone Hopper Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Charlotte, NC Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology	5'11''	170		81	ClemsonCommitted 04/01/2011
65	Isaac Seumalo Video \| Scouts Report	OG	Corvallis, OR Corvallis High School	6'3''	280		81	Oregon StateCommitted
66	Deon Bush Video \| Scouts Report	S	Miami, FL Christopher Columbus High School	6'1''	177		81	List
67	Darius Hamilton Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Ramsey, NJ Don Bosco High School	6'3''	245		81	List
68	Terry Richardson Video \| Scouts Report	CB	Detroit, MI Cass Technical High School	5'9''	160		81	MichiganCommitted 05/19/2011
69	Devonte Fields Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Arlington, TX James Martin High School	6'3''	225		81	TCUCommitted 04/29/2011
70	Ronald Darby Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Oxon Hill, MD Potomac High School	5'11''	176		81	Notre DameCommitted 04/16/2011
71	Torshiro Davis Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Shreveport, LA Woodlawn High School	6'3''	220		81	LSUCommitted 02/03/2011
72	Ricky Parks Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Hogansville, GA Callaway High School	6'4''	230		81	AuburnCommitted 06/10/2011
73	Dante Fowler Jr. Video \| Scouts Report	DE	St. Petersburg, FL Lakewood Senior High School	6'3''	236		81	Florida StateCommitted 12/05/2010
74	Vadal Alexander Video \| Scouts Report	OG	Buford, GA Buford High School	6'5''	320		81	List
75	Justin Ferguson Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Pembroke Pines, FL Flanagan High School	6'1''	205		81	Notre DameCommitted 05/02/2011
76	Caleb Peterson Video \| Scouts Report	OG	Auburn, AL Auburn High School	6'4''	300		81	Southern MissCommitted
77	Joshua Holsey Video \| Scouts Report	CB	Fairburn, GA Creekside High School	5'10''	175		81	AuburnCommitted 05/24/2011
78	Barry Sanders Video \| Scouts Report	RB	Oklahoma City, OK Heritage Hall High School	5'10''	190		81	List
79	Bryson Echols Video \| Scouts Report	CB	DeSoto, TX DeSoto High School	5'9''	165		81	TexasCommitted 02/26/2011
80	Joel Caleb Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Midlothian, VA Clover Hill High School	6'2''	205		81	List
81	Chad Kelly Video \| Scouts Report	QB	Buffalo, NY Saint Joseph's Collegiate Institute	6'2''	205		81	ClemsonCommitted
82	Jonathan Bullard Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Shelby, NC Crest High School	6'3''	255		81	List
83	Reginald Davis Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Tenaha, TX Tenaha High School	6'0''	185		81	Texas TechCommitted 03/28/2011
84	Colin Thompson Video \| Scouts Report	TE	Warminster, PA Archbishop Wood High School	6'4''	255		80	FloridaCommitted 05/05/2011
85	Darius Powe Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Lakewood, CA Lakewood High School	6'2''	190		80	List
86	Jordan Simmons Video \| Scouts Report	OG	Encino, CA Crespi Carmelite High School	6'5''	325		80	List
87	Alex Norman Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Dallas, TX Bishop Dunne High School	6'3''	280		80	TexasCommitted 02/12/2011
88	Jay Guillermo Video \| Scouts Report	OC	Maryville, TN Maryville High School	6'3''	292		80	ClemsonCommitted 02/08/2011
89	Tee Shepard Video \| Scouts Report	CB	Fresno, CA Central High School	6'0''	180		80	Notre DameCommitted 03/02/2011
90	Byron Marshall Video \| Scouts Report	RB	San Jose, CA Valley Christian High School	5'10''	195		80	List
91	T.J. Millweard Video \| Scouts Report	QB	Fort Worth, TX All Saints Episcopal School	6'4''	225		80	Arizona StateCommitted 02/23/2011
92	Dalton Santos Video \| Scouts Report	ILB	Van, TX Van High School	6'2''	240		80	TennesseeCommitted
93	Channing Ward Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Aberdeen, MS Aberdeen High School	6'3''	230		80	List
94	Amos Leggett Video \| Scouts Report	CB	Homestead, FL Homestead Senior High School	5'11''	175		80	Miami (FL)Committed 11/24/2010
95	Adolphus Washington Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Cincinnati, OH Robert A. Taft High School	6'4''	251		80	List
96	Jarron Jones Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Rochester, NY Aquinas Institute	6'6''	295		80	Notre DameCommitted 04/12/2011
97	Ty Darlington Video \| Scouts Report	OC	Apopka, FL Apopka High School	6'3''	275		80	OklahomaCommitted
98	Anthony Alford Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Petal, MS Petal High School	6'0''	210		80	List
99	Tyriq McCord Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Tampa, FL Jefferson Senior High School	6'3''	220		80	List
100	Se'Von Pittman Video \| Scouts Report	DE	Canton, OH McKinley High School	6'4''	230		80	Michigan StateCommitted
101	Drae Bowles Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Jackson, TN Jackson Christian School	6'1''	205		80	TennesseeCommitted
102	Jordan Diamond Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Chicago, IL Simeon High School	6'6''	291		80	List
103	Jordan Richmond Video \| Scouts Report	OLB	Denton, TX Billy Ryan High School	6'1''	220		80	Texas A&MCommitted 02/20/2011
104	Joey O'Connor Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Windsor, CO Windsor High School	6'4''	280		80	Penn StateCommitted
105	LaTroy Pittman Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Citra, FL North Marion High School	6'0''	195		80	FloridaCommitted 08/17/2010
106	Leonard Williams Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Daytona Beach, FL Mainland High School	6'4''	265		80	List
107	Matt Davis Video \| Scouts Report	QB	Houston, TX Klein Forest High School	6'1''	200		80	Texas A&MCommitted 04/16/2011
108	Korren Kirven Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Lynchburg, VA Brookville High School	6'3''	270		80	List
109	Marvin Bracy Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Orlando, FL Boone High School	5'9''	168		80	Florida StateCommitted
110	Reggie Ragland Video \| Scouts Report	ILB	Madison, AL Bob Jones High School	6'3''	245		80	AlabamaCommitted 12/30/2010
111	Omari Phillips Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Venice, FL Venice High School	6'5''	270		80	FloridaCommitted 10/26/2010
112	P.J. Williams Video \| Scouts Report	S	Ocala, FL Vanguard High School	6'0''	180		80	Florida StateCommitted 07/28/2010
113	Alex Carter Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Ashburn, VA Briar Woods High School	6'1''	190		80	StanfordCommitted 04/03/2011
114	Isaac Hayes Video \| Scouts Report	OG	Mendota Heights, MN Saint Thomas Academy	6'2''	270		80	MinnesotaCommitted
115	Royce Jenkins-Stone Video \| Scouts Report	OLB	Detroit, MI Cass Technical High School	6'2''	215		80	MichiganCommitted 04/16/2011
116	Justin Shanks Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Prattville, AL Prattville High School	6'3''	310		80	Florida StateCommitted
117	Avery Young Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Palm Beach Gardens, FL Palm Beach Gardens High School	6'5''	270		80	List
118	Ukeme Eligwe Video \| Scouts Report	ILB	Stone Mountain, GA Stone Mountain High School	6'2''	208		80	Florida StateCommitted 04/27/2011
119	T.J. Yeldon Video \| Scouts Report	RB	Daphne, AL Daphne High School	6'1''	205		80	AuburnCommitted 06/14/2011
120	Jalen Cope-Fitzpatrick Video \| Scouts Report	TE	Rocklin, CA Whitney High School	6'4''	261		80	USCCommitted
121	Jeremy Liggins Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Oxford, MS Lafayette High School	6'3''	270		80	List
122	John Atkins Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Thomson, GA Thomson High School	6'3''	305		80	GeorgiaCommitted
123	Zach Banner Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Lakewood, WA Lakes High School	6'8''	305		80	List
124	Tyler Hayes Video \| Scouts Report	OLB	Thomasville, AL Thomasville High School	6'2''	220		80	AlabamaCommitted 02/14/2011
125	Beniquez Brown Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Florence, AL Florence High School	6'1''	215		80	List
126	Amari Cooper Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Miami, FL Miami Northwestern High School	6'1''	185		80	List
127	Michael Starts Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Waco, TX La Vega High School	6'4''	280		80	Texas TechCommitted 06/02/2011
128	Eli Harold Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Virginia Beach, VA Ocean Lakes High School	6'4''	220		80	VirginiaCommitted
129	Ronnie Feist Video \| Scouts Report	OLB	Edgard, LA West Saint John High School	6'1''	215		80	LSUCommitted 02/06/2011
130	Dominic Ramacher Video \| Scouts Report	TE	Denton, TX John H. Guyer High School	6'3''	225		80	Oklahoma StateCommitted 05/14/2011
131	Trey Williams Video \| Scouts Report	RB	Houston, TX Andy Dekaney High School	5'8''	180		80	Texas A&MCommitted 04/16/2011
132	Tommy Schutt Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Glen Ellyn, IL Glenbard West High School	6'3''	305		80	Penn StateCommitted
133	Brian Poole Video \| Scouts Report	CB	Bradenton, FL Southeast High School	5'10''	192		80	FloridaCommitted 06/13/2011
134	Bralon Addison Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Missouri City, TX Hightower High School	5'10''	185		80	Texas A&MCommitted 05/14/2011
135	Preston Dewey Video \| Scouts Report	QB	Austin, TX St. Andrews High School	6'2''	200		80	Miami (FL)Committed 06/03/2011
136	Michael Rose Video \| Scouts Report	ILB	Kansas City, MO Rockhurst High School	6'0''	225		80	NebraskaCommitted 07/09/2010
137	Kyle Kalis Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Lakewood, OH Saint Edward High School	6'5''	305		80	MichiganCommitted 09/17/2010
138	Carlos Watkins Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Forest City, NC Chase High School	6'3''	275		80	List
139	Lorenzo Phillips Video \| Scouts Report	OLB	Patterson, LA Patterson High School	6'1''	200		80	FloridaCommitted
140	Lucas Thompson Video \| Scouts Report	S	Winter Garden, FL West Orange High School	6'1''	190		80	List
141	Derrick Woods Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Inglewood, CA Inglewood High School	5'11''	185		80	List
142	Ford Childress Video \| Scouts Report	QB	Houston, TX Kinkaid High School	6'4''	205		80	West VirginiaCommitted 04/09/2011
143	Sheldon Day Video \| Scouts Report	DT	Indianapolis, IN Warren Central High School	6'2''	275		80	Notre DameCommitted
144	Daje Johnson Video \| Scouts Report	ATH	Pflugerville, TX Hendrickson High School	5'9''	180		80	TCUCommitted 03/26/2011
145	Alphonse Taylor Video \| Scouts Report	OT	Mobile, AL Davidson High School	6'5''	334		80	Florida StateCommitted 04/25/2011
146	Malcolm Lewis Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Miramar, FL Miramar High School	5'11''	185		80	List
147	Kent Taylor Video \| Scouts Report	TE	Land O Lakes, FL Land O. Lakes High School	6'4''	220		80	List
148	Tanner Mangum Video \| Scouts Report	QB	Eagle, ID Eagle High School	6'2''	190		80	Brigham YoungCommitted 04/07/2011
149	Deontay Greenberry Video \| Scouts Report	WR	Fresno, CA Washington Union High School	6'2''	185		80	Notre DameCommitted 05/27/2011
150	Raphael Kirby Video \| Scouts Report	OLB	Stone Mountain, GA Stephenson High School	6'1''	215		80	Miami (FL)Committed 05/17/2011

Week 3 Top Ten Overal Rankings

2011-09-04T19:33:00.000-04:00

1 Cincinnati St. Xavier
2 Lakewood St. Edward
3 Cincinnati Colerain
4 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney
5 Cincinnati Winton Woods
6 Cincinnati Elder
7 Hilliard Davidson
8 Middletown
9 Cleveland St. Ignatius
10 Trotwood Madison

Week 3 Power Rankings

2011-09-04T19:26:00.001-04:00

Week 3 Power Rankings by Division

Division I Power Rankings

1 Cincinnati St Xavier
2 Cleveland St Edward
3 Cincinnati Colerain
4 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller
5 Cincinnati Elder
6 Hilliard Davidson
7 Middletown
8 Cleveland St. Ignatius
9 Austintown Fitch
10 Cleveland Glenville

Division II Power Rankings

1 Cincinnati Winton Woods
2 Trotwood-Madison
3 Avon
4 Maple Heights
5 Kings Mills Kings
6 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit
7 Cincinnati Anderson
8 Aurora
9 Louisville
10 Piqua

Division III Power Rankings

1 Youngstown Cardinal Mooney
2 Steubenville
3 St Francis Desales
4 St Vincent St Mary
5 Kettering Archbishop Alter
6 Marlington
7 Columbus Bishop Watterson
8 Mentor Lake Catholic
9 Dover
10 Akron Buchtel

Division IV Power Rankings

1 Kenton
2 Clarksville Clinton-Massie
3 Columbus Bishop Hartley
4 Genoa Area
5 Orrville
6 Ironton
7 Ottawa-Glandorf
8 Bellville Clear Fork
9 Waynesville
10 Canton Central Catholic

Division V Power Rankings

1 Youngstown Ursuline
2 Coldwater
3 Anna
4 Lima Central Catholic
5 Kirtland
6 Covington
7 Versailles
8 Marion Pleasant
9 Cuyahoga Heights
10 Campbell Memorial

Division VI Power Rankings

1 Delphos St. Johns
2 Ada
3 Maria Stein Marion Local
4 Minster
5 St. Henry
6 Malvern
7 Mogadore
8 Norwalk St. Paul
9 Berlin Center Western Reserve
10 Shadyside

Se'Von Pittman Interview

2011-09-04T18:32:00.003-04:00

McKinley comes fighting back to top Wayne

2011-09-04T13:56:00.001-04:00

McKinley's Se’Von Pittman stiff-arms Huber Heights Wayne’s Jordan Morgan on a runback to the Wayne 32-yard line following a fumble recovery during the second quarter of Saturday’s game at Fawcett Stadium.

CANTON Coming off an emotionally draining loss in which they lost a big lead, McKinley High School’s season might have been at a crossroads Saturday night at Fawcett Stadium.

The Bulldogs dug themselves a 14-0 deficit halfway through the first quarter.

One way or another they were going to find what they were made of.

There was a lot of fight left in those dogs.

McKinley erased a two-score deficit with gutsy offense and a huge defensive score to beat Huber Heights Wayne, 32-21, in front of about 7,000. Wayne was the Division I state runner-up last season.
See more photos from McKinley's victory.

“We got down early, but we kept fighting because we don’t quit,” said quarterback Tyler Foster, who ran for 100 yards and threw for 102 and had a hand in three scores. “The minute we first scored I knew we had a chance.”

After Wayne scored with ease on its first two possessions, something finally went McKinley’s way.

Early in the second quarter, Se’Von Pittman, who didn’t start the game, picked up a fumble and returned it to the Wayne 32. Bulldog wide receiver Malcolm Robinson ran a stop-and-go route for an easy 34-yard TD pass from Foster. With kicker Austin Shaheen’s transfer still not approved by the OHSAA, McKinley had to go for two, and Sa’Veon Holloway converted to cut the deficit to 14-8.

After its best defensive series, Christian Thompson returned a punt 50 yards to the Wayne 23. Foster was workmanlike on the drive and gained 17 yards on the ground, including a 1-yard QB sneak that tied the game at 14.

McKinley crushed a chance to take the lead before halftime but put together it’s best drive of the season that started on its own 23 with 4:18 left. Foster converted a third-down with a 15-yard pass to Zach Sweat, who made a pretty sliding catch. Eventually, the Pups got inside the Wayne 10, but fumbled away a likely TD with 22 seconds left before halftime.

“We have to clean some things up,” McKinley head coach Ron Johnson said. “But this team isn’t going to quit. This is a very proud football team and a good football team. We knew it was a long game. You’ve got to play until the end.”

Wayne could have taken control of the game in the third quarter, but a 15-play drive went awry on the 15th play. On third-and-goal from the McKinley 3, Harrison was picked off by Jermaine Edmondson, who returned the pick 100 yards for a touchdown. That was potentially a two-score swing.

“Infinitely big,” Johnson said of the pick-six. “When one of your key defensive players goes 100-plus yards, it’s huge.”

The interception was ruined by an excessive celebration penalty. One of Edmondson’s teammates took a knee in the end zone and pretended to snap pictures of Edmondson. McKinley had to attempt a 2-point conversion from the 18. It failed, but McKinley led 20-14, its first lead of the game.

“Absolutely inexcusable,” Johnson said. “In a championship game, that can be the difference. That’s a family matter and we’ll handle that internally. But I’d be surprised if you see it again.”

McKinley’s defense was bend, but not break. Pittman was moved alongside fellow defensive end Antoine Miles to create a push off one side. Also, the Pups went to a 3-4 defense as well. Still, Wayne QB Javon Harrison completed 24-of-51 passes for 319 yards.

Return specialist Jeff Richardson set the offense up with great field position early in the fourth. The Pups nailed the coffin shut when Foster scored from the 1. That TD was set up by Holloway, who finished with 103 yards. Holloway sealed the deal with 1:24 left when he broke tackles and scored on a 13-yard run.

“This doesn’t really take the pressure off,” Foster said. “We still have McKinley stamped across our chests. There’s a lot of tradition with that, and pressure.”

Article by Todd Porter

Todd.Porter@cantonrep.com

http://fridaynightohio.com/news/mckinley-comes-fighting-back-top-wayne

Cleveland Area Roundup

2011-09-04T13:51:00.002-04:00

Junior quarterback Mitch Trubinsky was close to perfection as host Mentor topped defending Division V state champion Youngstown Ursuline, 38-27, in a nonleague football game Friday night.
Trubinsky connected on 31 of 46 passes for 345 yards and three touchdowns, and also ran for 79 yards and two touchdowns.

Conner Krizancic was on the receiving end of two of those scoring passes, finishing with four receptions for 48 yards for the unbeaten Cardinals, ranked third in The Plain Dealer Top 25. He also rushed for 47 yards.
Jesse Curry gained 162 yards and scored a touchdown to pace Ursuline.

Wadsworth 42, Wooster 35 The 23rd-ranked Grizzlies got 284 yards and four touchdowns from senior tailback Jack Snowball while quarterback Jon Kus was 6-for-8 for 134 yards and touchdown.

Brunswick 42, Euclid 37: Junior tailback Nick Roberts gained 249 yards on 19 carries and scored four touchdowns, including a 14-yard fourth-quarter clincher, as visiting Brunswick edged winless Euclid in a nonleague game.

Senior quarterback Benny Walker completed 17 of 25 passes for 285 yards and two touchdowns for the Panthers, ranked 24th in The Plain Dealer Top 25. No. 17th-ranked Brunswick (2-0) was outgained, 463 yards to 406.

Madison 42, Brush 35 The No. 21-ranked Blue Streaks stayed unbeaten, thanks to Mark Murray's 95 yards rushing and three touchdowns and quarterback Andy Karlson's 232 passing yards and two touchdowns.

Aurora 42, Crestwood 0 Senior Blake Calcei threw an 8-yard touchdown pass and ran in another score to move the 12th-ranked Greenmen to 2-0.

Hudson 14, Uniontown Lake 6 Leighton Antonio gave the host Explorers the lead for good on a 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter. Ben Gedeon capped the scoring in the third on a 2-yard run.

Solon 34, Worthington Kilbourne 0 Patrick Kramer threw two 11-yard touchdown passes in the nonleague rout as the No. 2-ranked Comets remained unbeaten.

Brunswick 42, Euclid 37 Junior tailback Nick Roberts gained 249 yards on 19 carries and scored four touchdowns, including a 14-yard fourth-quarter clincher, as visiting Brunswick edged winless Euclid in a nonleague game.

Senior quarterback Benny Walker completed 17 of 25 passes for 285 yards and two touchdowns for the Panthers, ranked 24th in The Plain Dealer Top 25. No. 17th-ranked Brunswick (2-0) was outgained, 463 yards to 406.

Avon 35, Wellington 14 Quarterback Justin O'Rourke passed for three touchdowns as 10th-ranked Avon sprinted to a 28-0 lead and never looked back in the nonleague road win.

North Ridgeville 21, Lakewood 14 Senior quarterback PJ Bunevich threw a fourth-down completion to Christian Watkins, who pitched the ball to David Bowden for a 27-yard touchdown with 1:13 left in the fourth quarter, propelling the visiting Rangers to victory.

Unbeatern North Ridgeville, which trailed after the first quarter, 14-13, had touchdown runs by senior David Riley (1 yard) and Bowden (74). Lakewood had an early lead on scoring runs by senior quarterback Aturo Morgan (1 yard) and senior Ben Fitchwell (3).

Columbia 32, South Central 8 Senior quarterback John Banyasz scored on runs of 6 and 5 yards for the nonleague road win.

Midview 17, Amherst 6 Sophomore quarterback Cody Callaway gave the host Middies the lead for good on a 29-yard touchdown pass.

Port Clinton 18, John Marshall 12 John Marshall had a 12-0 lead in the fourth quarter but was unable to hold on, as the Redskins forced overtime and won it on a 3-yard run. Marshall got the ball first in overtime but was unable to score. Lawyers senior Dominique Dickerson had 16 rushes for 60 yards and a touchdown.

Streetsboro 30, Garrettsville 3 Junior Dorian Williams scored two of the Rockets' four rushing touchdowns in the Portage Trail Conference crossover game. Williams scored on runs of 23 and 15 yards.

Kent Roosevelt 55, Stow 28 TraVon Chapman and Ronnie Jones led the Rough Riders in the nonleague home victory. Chapman rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns; Jones returned two interceptions for touchdowns.

Kirtland 49, Harvey 7 The legs of Christian Hauber, Scott Eilerman's arm and Damon Washington's hands resulted in the Chagrin Valley Conference crossover victory for the Hornets. Hauber rushed for 33 yards and two touchdowns, Eilerman connected on 4 of 6 passes for 146 yards and a touchdown and Washington had two receptions for 93 yards and a touchdown.

Steubenville 22, Buchtel 6 Buchtel scored first on Chris Davis' 10 pass to Elijah Bell, but the Big Red scored 22 straight points for the nonleague victory.

Barberton 22, Springfield 21 Two touchdown runs by quarterback Vern Rowe, including a 4-yard, fourth-quarter scamper, provided the clincher for the Magics.

Hawken 34, Lutheran West 7 Senior Jeremy Simmons carried 28 times for 180 yards and two touchdowns and also had a 74-yard scoring reception as the Hawks cruised to the nonleague win.

Garfield Heights 41, Warrensville Heights 40 Craig Sloan's three touchdowns, including a 9-yarder in overtime, helped the Bulldogs edge visiting Warrensville Heights.

Vermilion 21, Clearview 14 The Sailors scored all their points in the fourth quarter on touchdown runs of 2, 6 and 8 yards by Jason Anthony in the nonleague victory.

Medina 43, Cloverleaf 6 Medina scored three first-quarter touchdowns in first-year head coach Ray Hradek's home debut and led, 43-0, at halftime during the nonleague victory.

Tailback Laterian Brown ran for 99 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carries while fullback Conner Rupert had 92 yards and a TD on just six touches. Quarterback/Buffalo recruit Mason Schreck was 5-for-12 for 111 yards and accounted for two touchdowns, one through the air to Kenny Kaminski and another on a bootleg keeper.

The stifling Medina defense forced three first-half turnovers and held winless Cloverleaf scoreless until the game's final minute.

Avon Lake 27, Shaker Heights 20 Dontez Smith's 217 yards rushing and three touchdowns, including a 2-yard, third-quarter run, provided the margin of victory for the Shoremen.

North Royalton 31, Revere 12 Carl Lint rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns for the 11th-ranked Bears, while the defense held Revere to 98 yards of total offense in the first half in building a 24-6 halftime lead.

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Latroy Lewis Suffers Season Ending Injury

2011-09-04T13:43:00.001-04:00

Archbishop Hoban senior defensive end LaTroy Lewis suffered a broken bone in his right foot Friday night against Benedictine and will miss the rest of the football season.

Lewis, who has made an oral commitment to play at Tennessee, did not return phone calls to The Plain Dealer. Hoban coach Ralph Orsini said the injury occurred late in the third quarter when Lewis recovered a Benedictine fumble to set up a touchdown drive for the Knights.

"It's unfortunate," said Orsini. "But it's the type of injury that will not hamper him at the next level. It's going to need time to heal so he is done for the season."
The Bengals rallied to defeat the Knights, 21-14.

NE Ohio Week 2 Scoreboard

2011-09-04T13:31:00.003-04:00

Alliance 44, Fairless 14
Aurora 42, Crestwood 0
Barberton 22, Springfield 21
Black River 55, Northwestern 19
Brunswick 42, Euclid 37
Canfield 41, Canton South 14
Canton Timken 36, Waterloo 16
Claymont 40, Indian Valley 18
Cleveland Benedictine 21, Archbishop Hoban 14
Copley 24, Firestone 14
Coshocton 49, Tusky Valley 14
Coventry 21, North 6
Cuyahoga Falls 28, Eastlake North 21
Ellet 23, Tallmadge 20
Elyria Catholic 31, Buckeye 0
Hudson 14, Lake 6
Jackson 41, Green 27
Kenmore 39, Norton 6
Kent Roosevelt 55, Stow 28
Louisville 50, North Canton Hoover 7
Madison 42, Brush 35
Malvern 46, Lowellville 0
Manchester 49, Woodridge 28
Marlington 42, Garfield 6
Medina 43, Cloverleaf 6
Minerva 29, St. Thomas Aquinas 26
New Philadelphia 28, West Branch 14
North Ridgeville 21, Lakewood 14
North Royalton 31, Revere 12
Northwest 45, Cleveland John Hay 7
Norwayne 40, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy 7
Perry 22, Canton Central Catholic 16
Orrville 52, Triway 7
Rootstown 26, Jackson-Milton 0
Salem 24, Hanoverton United Local 7
Sandy Valley 36, East Canton 32
Smithville 30, Mogadore 28
Steubenville 22, Buchtel 6
Streetsboro 30, Garrettsville 3
St. Vincent-St. Mary 48, Walsh Jesuit 46
Tuslaw 35, Dalton 14
Twinsburg 38, Nordonia 7
Vienna Mathews 45, Windham 12
West Lafayette Ridgewood 28, Waynedale 14
Wadsworth 42, Wooster 35
Warren Harding 9, Youngstown East 2

St.V-M Withstands Heat, Walsh Jesuit

2011-09-04T13:29:00.004-04:00

St. Vincent-St. Mary's Franshon Bickley (4) has a second quarter pass broken up in the end zone by Walsh Jesuit's Mitch Puckett (29) on Friday. (Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)

The makers of Gatorade and Vitamin Water should have a big smile after Friday night.
Mother Nature converted Walsh Jesuit High School’s Conway Memorial Stadium into an urban sauna, and the play on the field took things to a boiling point as St. Vincent-St. Mary and Walsh Jesuit lighted up the scoreboard, with the Irish finally winning 48-46.

“Wow! Wow!” Irish coach Dan Boarman said after his team survived the scare. “It was a good day to be a spectator.”

He was right, considering the two teams combined for close to 800 yards of total offense and 94 points.
The Irish nearly blew a 28-10 halftime lead when it looked as if everything was in hand on their way to a win.
Despite the fact that it faced what looked like an insurmountable lead, Walsh clawed its way back as the Warriors made one remarkable play after another.

Down 25 points with about 30 seconds left to play in the first half, the Warriors gave the Irish an inkling that things were not over.

Quarterback Nick Wargo threw a touchdown to wide receiver Crissean Caver to give the Warriors some much-needed momentum.

Wide receiver Doug Lewis took the opening kickoff and raced 95 yards for the score. Game on.
“We were down by 18 at half. We told the kids, ‘So what?’ ” Walsh coach Gerry Rardin said. “We came out and played like we needed to.”

That momentum continued as the Warriors made the score 28-17.
After the Irish turned the ball over on an interception that Walsh returned to its 40, the Warriors took advantage and went on a 10-play, 60-yard drive that culminated with a 17-yard touchdown strike to Caver on a third-and-8.

It brought the Warriors within striking distance at 28-24.

“I give Walsh a heck of a lot of credit for coming back the way they did,” Boarman said.
Yes, but his team answered each and every threat, never allowing the Warriors to come closer than two points, well within the range of Warriors kicker Ross Martin.

Running back Matt Matuska had a huge game for the Irish with 169 yards rushing and four touchdowns.
He put the weight of the win on his shoulders with time ticking away. On a third-and-3 with about two minutes left in the game, he took the ball from quarterback Kevin Besser and raced 77 yards to seemingly put the game out of reach.

Matuska was able to shine despite the heat. At the half, he said that he and his teammates were ringing sweat from their socks.

Besser completed 14-of-18 pass attempts for 322 yards and three touchdowns.

Receiver Jordan Hargrove caught six passes for 160 yards.

Caver caught five passes for 156 yards and three scores from Wargo, who was 11-of-16 for 248 yards.
As for the Irish?

After scoring 109 points in two games thus far, it’s clear the offense is under control after struggling last year.
“Sometimes you have to know what you have before you know what you can do,” Boarman said.

Article by By George M. Thomas
Beacon Journal sports writer
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