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Team PageColumbiana 4Clippers vs. Rebels 6Crestview 8East Palestine 12Leetonia 18Lisbon 20ITCL schedule 24Sebring 26South Range 30Southern Local 32Springfield Local 34United 36Wellsville 40Devils vs. Eagles 49

SECTION BTeam PageArea seniors 3Playoff schedule 4Beaver Local 6East Liverpool 10East Liverpool coach 12Minerva 14NBC schedule 162013 standings 172013 playoffs 18Oak Glen 22Salem 24Salem scholars 25West Branch 30

ClassificationDivision VI, Region 19

2013 Record3-7, including a 3-4 mark in the

Inter-Tri County League upper tier. It

was the Clippers’ first losing season in17 years. They have lost 10 of their last13 games.

Head CoachBob Spaite enters his 21st season as

head coach with a record of 137-76,three Tri-County League titles and ninestate playoff appearances. He also was13-33-4 in five seasons at SouthernLocal.

Assistant coachesKris Reash, co-offensive coordinator,

quarterbacks, outside linebackersJonathan Welsh, offensive line,

defensive lineMike Strohecker, wide receivers, free

safetiesBrian Pearl, defensive ends

Ryan Wolf, wide receivers, corner-backs

Randy Barker, running backs, freesafeties

Chris Canale, offensive line, defen-sive line

Rick Prescott, offensive line, defen-sive line

Returning lettermenTwelve, including four starters on

offense and three starters on defense.

Basic offensive formationMultiple formation spread.

Offensive outlookThe Clippers will build their attack

around top returnees in quarterbackMitch Davidson (the leading rusher and

passer) and receiver Dalton Miller (theleading receiver).

“Strengths are our returning quarter-back and depth at receiver,” Spaite said.“We have inexperience on the offensiveline and zero depth at tailback andoffensive line.”

Basic defensive formation4-4 pressure and 4-3.

Defensive outlookThe Clippers gave up an uncharacter-

istic 28.3 point per game last season,including at least 20 in eight of thegames.

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COLUMBIANA CLIPPERS

201 4 SC H E D U L EAll games start at 7 p.m.,

Aug. 28 Western ReserveSept. 5 LeetoniaSept. 12 at SouthernSept. 19 at UnitedSept. 26 SpringfieldOct. 3 Jackson-MiltonOct. 10 at LisbonOct. 17 at South RangeOct. 24 East PalestineOct. 31 at Crestview

Morning Journal/Wayne Maris

Members of the 2014 Columbiana football team are (front, from left) Drew Cyrus, Matt Weidner, Nick Nemick, manager Ray Erwin, Hunter Durbin, DylanFerraro, Kyle Hoffman, Logan Stilson, Austin Saverko, Connor Gilespie, Rocky Ritchie, head coach Bob Spaite; (second row, from left) coach Rick Prescott,Jacob Ward, Tanner Smith, Dylan Davin, Crystal Stone, Nate Armstrong, Cooper Smith, Dalton Miller, Zane Adkins, Ben Taylor, coach Jonathan Welch,coach Kris Reash; (third row, from left) coach Ryan Wolf, Mike Luchisan, Mitch Davidson, Tanner Pearl, Sean Congemi, Alex Peck, Tucker Cope, Tim Davin,Matt Fay, Keenan Green, David White, Conner Stacey, coach Mike Strohecker; (back, from left) student trainer Mandy Moreschi, student trainer Holly Got-thardt, James Hum, Jarrett Nemick, Jordan Johston, Zach Phillips, Logan Murphy, Brock Mellott, Frank Ruper, Devin Covert, Kyle Ferraro and CameronJohnson.

Clippers facing more hurdles

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ary,” Spaite said. “Weaknesses are verylittle experience up front and lost everylinebacker with any real game time.”

Returning offensive backsMitch Davidson (sophomore quarter-

back).

Incoming offensive backsDrew Cyrus (senior quarterback),

Dalton Miller (junior running back),Dillon Davin (junior running back).

Returning offensive endsNick Nemick (senior receiver), Dylan

Ferraro (senior receiver), Cooper Smith(junior receiver), Sean Congemi(sophomore tight end).

Incoming offensive endsHunter Durban (senior receiver),

Jacob Ward (junior receiver), ConnerStacy (sophomore receiver), NateArmstrong (junior tight end), FrankRupert (freshman tight end).

Returning offensive linemenNone.

Incoming offensive linemenAustin Saverko (senior center),

Keenan Green (sophomore), Kevin Fay(sophomore), Alex Peck (sophomore),Tucker Cope (sophomore), LoganStillson (senior), Connor Gillespie

(senior), Kyle Hoffman (senior), DevinCovert (freshman).

Returning defensive linemenDylan Ferraro (senior).

Incoming defensive linemenTim Davin (sophomore), Robbie

O’Malley (junior), James Hum (fresh-man).

Returning linebackersNone.

Incoming linebackersNate Armstrong (junior), Nick

Nemick (senior), Alex Peck (sopho-more), Sean Congemi (sophomore),Kevin Fay (sophomore), Tucker Cope(sophomore), Frank Rupert (freshman),Zac Witherow (freshman).

Returning defensive backsDrew Cyrus (senior), Hunter Durban

(senior), Matt Weidner (senior), DaltonMiller (junior), Cooper Smith (junior).

Incoming defensive backsDylan Davin (junior), Tim Rankin

(sophomore), Jacob Ward (junior),Tanner Smith (junior).

2013 Players honoredMike Buzzard (graduated), third-

team Division VII All-Ohio and first-team All-Area.Steve Kurilla (graduated), second-

team All-Area.Dillon Randolph, second-team All-

Area.Eamon Eavers, second-team All-

Area.

2013 LeadersRushing — Mitch Davidson, 715

yards and five touchdowns on 109 car-ries (6.6); John Cramer (graduated),671 yards and seven touchdowns on126 carries (5.3); Chris Durk, 302yards on 59 carries (5.1).


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Passing — Mitch Davidson complet-ed 94 of 172 passes (54 percent) for1,182 yards and 10 touchdowns; DrewCyrus completed eight of 18 passes for60 yards.Receiving —Dalton Miller, 30

catches for 480 yards (16.0) and seventouchdowns; Eamon Eavers (graduat-ed) 19 catches for 262 yards (13.8);Sean Congemi, 10 catches for 181yards (18.1) and two touchdowns.Tackles — Mike Buzzard (graduat-

ed) 90; Chris Durk 96; Steve Kurilla(graduated) 96; Eamon Eavers (gradu-ated) 80.Scoring — Dalton Miller 54 points;

John Cramer (graduated) 42; MitchDavidson 30; Nate Garofalo (graduat-ed) 27; Chris Durk 24.

2014 OutlookComing off their first losing season

in 17 years and fewest wins in a seasonsince 1995, the Clippers are trying toregroup.“In 40 years of coaching, I have

never had an offseason like this one,”Spaite said. “Call it a perfect storm ofunbelievable circumstances that have

left the Clippers depleted at many posi-tions and very young an inexperiencedat many others. We finished 2013 witha 48-man roster. Besides the normallosses to graduation (nine seniors), wehave now lost 14 others to bizarre setof circumstances.”The Clippers have to learn fast as

they open the season Aug. 26 by host-ing Western Reserve, which returns 14starters from last year’s Division VIIstate semifinalist team.“This will be our biggest challenge

this year,” Spait said. Couple that withwhat looks like, at least on paper, theupper tier of the ITCL being loaded. Springfield, United, South Range

and Lisbon all return very veteranteams. East Palestine, after one oneyear under new coach Tony Foster,should be much improved. Jackson-Milton is an unknown, but comes off agreat year last year. And what else canbe said about Crestview. Even thoughhurt by graduation, Coach Cusick hasestablished the Rebels as one of the top10 teams in the state in their division.”“Our non-league schedule is chal-

lenging to say the least,” Spait said.

“Week one is what my administrationhas called the ‘dumbest move I haveever made,’ opening with what maypeople feel is the top small school inthe area, Western Reserve. Some saythey may be one of the top two in thestate in Division VII. Coach Hake hascompletely transformed the culture ofWestern Reserve and they are now as

tough and as physical as any teamwe’ve ever faced, including all of ourpast playoff opponents. “Then we have traditional rival

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Columbiana senior receiver Dylan Ferraro

ClassificationDivision V, Region 15

2013 Record11-2, including a second-place finish

in the Inter-Tri County League uppertier with a 6-1 mark. Crestview wasranked 13th in the Division V state polland advanced to the state playoffs for a

sixth straight season. The Rebels havewon 28 of their last 29 league gamesand 37 of their last 39 regular-seasongames.

Head CoachPaul Cusick enters his 15th season as

head coach with a record of 124-45,nine league titles and 10 state playoffappearances. He has a career record of132-67, which includes three seasons atLeetonia.

Assistant coachesLowell Bacon, defensive coordinator,

defensive backsDom Perry, special teams coordina-

tor, offensive line, defensive lineEric Potts, running backs, inside line-

backersJess Leon, defensive backs, freshmenJed Campbell, outside linebackers,

freshmenMatt Evans, quarterbacks

Rich Ferris, offensive line, defensiveline, freshmenJustin Boyd, receivers, defensive line

Returning lettermenTwenty, including two starters on

offense and eight starters on defense.

Basic offensive formationSpread Zone Read.

Offensive outlookThe Rebels return only two starters

from an offense that averaged 41.2points and 7.8 yards per rush last sea-son. Gone are All-Ohioans CollinGilbert (who went 22-3 as the startingquarterback, Josh McDade and ClintLinhart.“Offensively, we will be very young

and have to replace nine starters,”Cusick said. “We will continue to runthe spread, no huddle, but our tempo

will depend on how quickly we mature.We should have great competition incamp for starting positions. We defi-nitely have a lack of experience on theoffensive side of the ball and need tolearn the system to be competitive.”

Basic defensive formation4-4.

Defensive outlookEight starters (including the leading

three tacklers) return to the Crestviewdefense that gave up at least 20 pointsin nine games last season, including thelast seven.“We have most of our experience

returning on the defensive side of theball,” Cusick said. “Our defense mustlead the way until we grow up offen-sively. The defense looks to be moreaggressive and must make plays for us.


CRESTVIEW REBELS

2 0 1 4 S C H E D U L EAll games start at 7 p.m.,

Aug. 29 at BeaverSept. 5 West BranchSept. 12 at LibertySept. 19 at East PalestineSept. 26 South RangeOct. 3 LisbonOct. 10 at Jackson-MiltonOct. 17 at SpringfieldOct. 24 UnitedOct. 31 Columbiana

Morning Journal/Brittney Sadler

Members of the 2014 Crestview football team are (front, from left) Ben Basinger, Nate Steltz, Zach Chuey, Derek Kozlowski, Jesse Best, Zach Marr, EvanBeachler, Jacob Henderson, Darrell Wooten; (second row, from left) Spencer DeSalvo, Zach Hicks, Tyler Hall, Cody Mackall, Dean Foster, Jared Hayden, JackWick, Tyler Stratton, Anthony DeSarro; (third row, from left) Gino Collins, Mason Crawford, Jarred Jones, Nick Finch, Andy Gorby, Tyler Phillips, Nick Mat-tern, Carmand Thompson, Brandon Sherrill; (fourth row, from left) Austin McIntosh, Brendan Mallo, Jesse Hughes, Hunter Cresanto, James Hall, Jack Davis,Elijah Weaver, Nate Lopez, BrandonWare; (fifth row, from left) Jeff Feo, Jacob Ricketts, Joel Fitzsimmons, Dakota Stratton, Jake Crawford, Jacob Scheller,Kade Meredith, Dawson Bennett, Jordan Murphy; (sixth row, from left) Andrew Hardenbrook, Dylan Schaefer, Tyler Fitzsimmons, Brandon Chuey, ChanceMustake, Dylan Dickey, Caleb Hill, Caleb Dew, Landon Talbert; (seventh row, from left) Dylan Baker, Jacob Baker, Danny Moore, Caleb Vogel, Donnie Corn-well; (back, from left) coach Dom Perry, coach Jess Leon, coach Eric Potts, head coach Paul Cusick, coach Justin Boyd, coach Jed Campbell, coach MattEvans and coach Lowell Bacon.

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Rebels reload for another run

We will have a great balance of experi-ence throughout the defensive unit. Wemust have our defense create turnoversand field position.”

Returning offensive backsJesse Best (senior quarterback),

Spencer DeSalvo (junior quarter-back/running back), Zach Hicks (juniorrunning back), Gino Collins (juniorhalfback).

Incoming offensive backsAndy Gorby (junior quarterback),

Tyler Stratton (junior halfback), DylanDickey (sophomore quarterback),Brandon Sherrill (sophomore halfback),Carmand Thompson (sophomore run-ning back), Brandon Chuey (sophomorehalfback), Caleb Hill (freshman quarter-back), Danny Moor (freshman quarter-back), Andrew Hardenbrook (freshmanhalfback), Dakota Stratton (freshmanhalfback).

Returning offensive endsEvan Beachler (senior split end),

Derek Kozlowski (senior tight end),Darrell Wooten (senior tight end),Austin McIntosh (junior flanker).

Incoming offensive endsJoel Fitzsimmons (junior flanker),

Jared Hayden (junior split end),Brendan Mallo (junior tight end), NickMattern (junior tight end), Jacob Wick(junior tight end), Hunter Cresanto(sophomore split end), TylerFitzsimmons (sophomore flanker),

Chance Mustake (sophomore tight end),Jacob Baker (freshman tight end), CalebDew (freshman flanker), Jeff Feo(freshman split end), Jacob Ricketts(freshman split end).

Returning offensive linemenBen Basinger (senior guard), Zach

Chuey (senior tackle), Tyler Hall(senior guard), Jacob Henderson (seniorcenter), Nate Stelts (senior guard),Mason Crawford (junior guard), JarredJones (junior tackle).

Incoming offensive linemenAnthony DeSarro (junior tackle),

Nick Finch (junior guard), Jesse Hughes(junior guard), Dawson Bennett (sopho-more guard), Jacob Crawford (sopho-more guard), James Hall (sophomorecenter), Kade Meredith (sophomorecenter), Jacob Schell (sophomore tack-le), Elijah Weaver (sophomore guard),Donnie Cornwell (freshman tackle),Nate Lopez (freshman guard), DylanSchaefer (freshman tackle), LandonTalbert (freshman tackle), Caleb Vogel(freshman center), Brandon Ware(freshman guard).

Returning defensive linemenBen Basinger (senior tackle), Dean

Foster (senior tackle), Jacob Henderson(senior tackle), Nate Stelts (senior end),Jarred Jones (junior end), Jack Davis(sophomore tackle), Jordan Murphy(sophomore end).

Incoming defensive linemenAnthony DeSarro (junior tackle),

Nick Finch (junior tackle), JesseHughes (junior end), Jacob Wick(junior end), Dawson Bennett (sopho-more end), James Hall (sophomoretackle), Kade Meredith (sophomoreend), Jacob Scheller (sophomore tack-le), Donnie Cornwell (freshman tackle),Nate Lopez (freshman end), LandonTalbert (freshman tackle), Caleb Vogel(freshman tackle), Brandon Ware(freshman end).

Returning linebackersDerek Kozlowski (senior inside),

Cody Mackall (senior inside), GinoCollins (senior inside), MasonCrawford (junior outside).

Incoming linebackersBrendan Mallo (junior inside), Nick

Mattern (junior outside), Tyler Stratton(junior outside), Jacob Crawford(sophomore inside), Chance Mustake(sophomore outside), Brandon Sherrill(sophomore outside), CarmandThompson (sophomore inside), JacobBaker (freshman outside), Jeff Feo(freshman outside), Jacob Ricketts(freshman outside), Dylan Schaefer(freshman inside), Dakota Stratton(freshman inside).

Returning defensive backsZach Marr (senior free safety),

Spencer DeSalvo (junior free safe-ty/cornerback), Austin McIntosh (juniorcornerback).

Incoming defensive backsJared Hayden (junior cornerback),

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36 Gino Collins ......................5-10.....162 ....Jr.40 Chance Mustake...............6-0.......192 ....Soph.50 Elijah Weaver ...................6-1.......300 ....Soph.51 Jake Wick .........................5-9.......170 ....Jr.52 Caleb Vogel ......................6-0.......275 ....Fr.53 Dylan Schaefer .................5-10.....146 ....Fr.54 Jake Crawford ..................5-9.......185 ....Soph.55 Jacob Henderson .............6-2.......298 ....Sr.56 Brandon Ware ..................5-8.......155 ....Fr.58 Jarred Jones.....................6-4.......260 ....Jr.59 Nick Finch.........................6-0.......240 ....Jr.60 Tyler Hall...........................5-9.......206 ....Sr.62 Kade Meredith ..................6-1.......226 ....Soph.64 Mason Crawford ...............5-11 .....179 ....Jr.65 Nate Lopez .......................5-10.....180 ....Fr.66 Zach Chuey ......................5-11 .....267 ....Sr.68 Anthony DeSarro ..............5-10.....228 ....Jr.70 Jack Davis ........................5-11 .....244 ....Soph.71 Jacob Scheller ..................6-6.......272 ....Soph.72 Donnie Cornewell .............5-7.......226 ....Fr.73 Dawson Bennett ...............5-10.....184 ....Soph.73 Jesse Hughes...................5-11 .....181 ....Jr.75 Nate Stelts ........................6-0.......197 ....Sr.76 Landon Talbert..................5-10.....207 ....Fr.77 Tyler Phillips .....................5-11 .....240 ....Jr.80 Nick Mattern .....................5-10.....162 ...Jr.81 Hunter Cresanto ...............5-11 .....147 ....Soph.82 Riley Mackall ....................5-7.......145 ....Jr.

Crestview Rebels


Crestview senior lineman NateStelts is a returning starter forthe Rebels.

Andy Gorby (junior cornerback), ZachHicks (junior cornerback), BrandonChuey (sophomore cornerback), HunterCresanto (sophomore cornerback),Tyler Fitzsimmons (sophomore freesafety), Caleb Dew (freshman corner-back), Andrew Hardenbrook (freshmancornerback), Caleb Hill (freshman cor-nerback), Danny Moore (freshman freesafety).

2013 Players honoredJosh McDade (graduated), second-

team Division V All-Ohio and MorningJournal All-Area Lineman of the year.Collin Gilbert (graduated), third-team

Division V All-Ohio and MorningJournal All-Area Back of the Year.Clint Linhart (graduated), special

mention Division V All-Ohio and first-team All-Area.Jake Ferris (graduated), first-team

All-Area.Caleb McGath (graduated), first-team

All-Area.John Davis (graduated), second-team

All-Area.

2013 LeadersRushing — Collin Gilbert (graduat-

ed) 1,904 yards and 22 touchdowns on202 carries (9.4); Trevor Cope (gradu-ated) 1,070 yards and 11 touchdownson 176 carries (6.1); Jake Ferris (grad-uated) 277 yards and seven touhdownson 36 carries (7.7); Josh McDade

(graduated) 252 yards and four touch-downs on 30 carries (8.4).Passing — Collin Gilbert (graduated)

completed 91 of 157 passes (58 per-cent) for 1,522 yards and 22 touch-downs with six interceptions; Jesse Bestcompleted six of eight passes for 76yards.Receiving — Josh McDade (graduat-

ed) 40 catches for 830 yards (20.8) and12 touchdowns, all school records;Evan Beachler, 16 catches for 277yards (17.3) and two touchdowns.Scoring— Collin Gilbert (graduated)

132 points, Josh McDade (graduated)102; Caleb McGath (graduated) 74,Trevor Cope (graduated) 66; Jake Ferris(graduated) 66.Tackles — Cody Mackall 117;

Spencer DeSalvo 112; DerekKozlowski 113; John Davis (graduated)98; Jake Ferris (graduated) 85.Interceptions — Collin Gilbert (grad-

uated) 2; Zack Hicks 2.

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ClassificationDivision V, Region 15

2013 Record0-10, including an 0-7 mark in the

Inter-Tri County League upper tier. The

Bulldogs have lost 11 straight homegames, five straight road games and 15of the last 17 league games.

Head CoachTony Foster enters his second season

as head coach. He served the previousthree years at South Range as a varsityassistant and head coach of the fresh-man team. He was an assistant atHilliard Darby from 1999-2005.

Assistant coachesJim Young, defensive coordinatorWill Franklin, offensive coordinatorEric Barone, assistant coachTrey McKim, assistant coachZach Sherry, assistant coachJosh Rankin, assistant coachDavid Horn, assistant coachJohn Jurjavcic, assistant coach

Returning lettermenSixteen, including nine starters on

offense and nine starters on defense.

Basic offensive formationSpread

Offensive outlookQuarterback Luke Cope returns after

missing most of his junior season with aninjury. He passed for more than 1,100yards in each of his first two years.“To have a two-year starter to have as

quarterback who played for half of lastyear, we were happy to have him,”Foster said. “It’s a nice thing to have.”The Bulldogs also have some speed

with big-play potential from runningback Nick Monteleone and receiverJosh Pickett.

Basic defensive formation4-3

Defensive outlookThe Bulldogs return nine starters

from a defense that gave up an averageof 43.3 points a game last season,which ranked last in the area.“We’re leaps and bounds ahead of

where we were from a year ago,” Fostersaid. “There’s still lots of areas thatneed improvement.”The Bulldogs gave up at least 54

points in five games last season and sixof the last 12.

Returning offensive backsLuke Cope (senior quarterback), Nick


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Aug. 29 McDonaldSept. 5 MathewsSept. 12 at BeaverSept. 19 CrestviewSept. 26 at LisbonOct. 3 at South RangeOct. 10 SpringfieldOct. 17 Jackson-MiltonOct. 24 at ColumbianaOct. 31 at United

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Members of the 2014 East Palestine football team are (front, from left) coach Eric Barone, head coach Tony Foster, Cody McGath, Tyler Townsend, TravisDowd, Nick Monteleone, Luke Cope, assistant coach Will Franklin, assistant coach John Jurjavcic; (second row, from left) Ryan Ross, Josh Pickett, BrandonKemp, Grant Wagner, Alex Guy, David Weaver, Randy Fegert, Trevor Kimmel; (third row, from left) Jarrod Figley, Clayton Gingher, Josh Mitchell, Reid Frye,Tyler Kaufman, Dillon Waller; (fourth row, from left) Zach Strickland, Tim Butler, Jakob Watkins, Seth Dowd, J.R. Davis, Aaron Proakis, Mike Loyd, DevanPudder; (fifth row, from left) Vinny Delarosa, Zack Baker-Stowe, Adam Klein, Preston Gum, Zach Taylor, Brandon Jackson, Joe Kugler; (sixth row, from left)Shane Hammer, Jeff Rhodes, Tyler Baird, John Mclaughlin, Zach Hilliard, Nate Beatty, Joey Monteleone, Nick Montgomery, Zach Townsend; (back, fromleft) manager J.J. Klein and manager Damien Becay.

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3 Luke Cope ........................5-11 .....185 ....Sr.5 Ryan Ross........................5-11 .....165 ....Jr.6 Josh Pickett ......................5-11 .....145 ....Jr.9 Nick Monteleone...............6-1.......185 ....Sr.12 Brandon Kemp..................6-1.......160 ....Fr.13 Grant Wagner ...................6-0.......175 ....Jr.14 Alex Guy ...........................6-1.......170 ....Soph.20 David Weaver ...................5-11 .....140 ....Jr.21 Trent Kunselman ..............5-10.....140 ....Sr.22 Randy Fegert....................5-9.......175 ....Jr.25 Jarrod Figley.....................5-10.....165 ....Jr.30 Clayton Gingher................5-10.....155 ....Soph.31 Josh Mitchell.....................6-2.......195 ....Jr.32 Reid Frye ..........................5-10.....170 ....Jr.33 Tyler Kaufman ..................5-6.......136 ....Soph.35 Robbie Hill ........................5-11 .....140 ....Fr.36 Travis Dowd......................6-1.......175 ....Sr.37 Dillon Waller......................5-10.....160 ....Soph.39 Zach Strickland.................6-3.......170 ....Fr.40 Tim Butler .........................6-1.......160 ....Jr.43 Seth Dowd........................6-0.......150 ....Jr.44 Eric Noel ...........................5-10.....175 ....Fr.45 J.R. Davis .........................5-8.......145 ....Soph.46 Owen Lipscomb................5-9.......130 ....Fr.

49 Hayden Foster ..................5-11 .....145 ....Fr.50 Aaron Proakis ...................5-11 .....230 ....Jr.51 Mike Loyd .........................5-10.....175 ....Jr.52 Trevor Kimmel ..................6-2.......185 ....Soph.54 Vinny Delarosa .................5-8.......155 ....Fr.56 Zack Baker-Stowe ............5-11 .....205 ....Jr.61 Preston Gum ....................6-2.......280 ....Jr.63 Zach Taylor .......................5-11 .....230 ....Jr.64 Brandon Jackson..............5-10.....190 ....Soph.66 Joe Kugler ........................5-10.....190 ....Soph.67 Shane Hamner .................5-10.....195 ....Soph.68 Jeff Rhodes ......................6-0.......280 ....Fr.70 Adam Klein ......................6-3.......240 ....Soph.71 Taylor Townsend...............6-0.......170 ....Sr.72 Tyler Baird ........................6-0.......160 ....Fr.73 Cody McGath....................6-3.......305 ....Sr.75 Devan Pudder...................6-0.......300 ....Jr.76 John Mclaughlin................5-11 .....305 ....Fr.78 Zach Hilliard......................6-0.......245 ....Jr.81 Nate Beatty.......................5-11 .....170 ....Fr.82 Joey Monteleone ..............5-10.....140 ....Fr.84 Nick Montgomery..............5-9.......145 ....Soph.85 Zach Townsend ...............5-9.......140 ....Soph.

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Ominous storm clouds roll over Reid Stadium in East Palestine before the Aug. 27, 2004 season opener against South Range. As the band finished its pregameshow, the officals called everyone off the field as lightning was spotted in the distance. Heavy dark clouds moved in, and after a downpour, the decision was madeto postpone the game to the next night. The storm dumped more than 7 inches of rain south of Salem and left areas around Lisbon flooded, causing millions ofdollars in damage. By the way, South Range went on to win 42-15. See page 15A for more on the flood.


FLOOD OF 2004

By RON FIRTHSports Editor

Ten years ago, the Lisbon footballteam was getting ready for an openingnight the Blue Devils will never forget.As the Blue Devils took the field at

War Memorial Stadium for a Fridaynight matchup against Martins Ferry,approaching storms forced both teamsback into the locker rooms.After an hour-and-a-half delay, rain

and lightning forced the game to bepostponed until noon Saturday. The rainwouldn’t stop. Many roads wereimpassable.Saturday morning revealed the

destruction.“It’s something none of us will ever

forget,” Lisbon coach Jim Tsilimos saidin the aftermath. “It’s something likethe JFK assassination or September11th, but on a local level.”There were 7.13 inches of rain

recorded south of Salem during theAug. 27-28, 2004 storm, which was a500- to 1,000-year flood according to aU.S Department of Interior U.S. geolog-ical survey.

Other areas nearby received 5 to 6inches, which was a 50- to 100-yearflood according to the survey.“We knew the game was called and I

was heading home,” Tsilimos said.“Areas were totally devastated. It tookus a while to get home.“No one had an idea. We were in the

locker room (during the delay). Iremember showing up early at schoolSaturday and it was canceled.”Football was no longer the most

important thing on the agenda. TheFederal Emergency ManagementAgency later visited the area, docu-menting eight homes that weredestroyed and 22 others that sufferedmajor damage.Nine games on the opening night

were moved to Saturday. Wellsville had

to make three trips to Strasburg beforecoming home with a 28-25 win onSunday afternoon.“We told (Martins Ferry) and they

were really nice,” Tsilimos said. “Theywanted us to keep everything. It wastwo or three thousand dollars.”The Columbiana County Emergency

Management Agency recorded $5.5million in damages by that Tuesday andGov. Bob Taft declared the county adisaster area. Presidential candidateJohn F. Kerry visited flood victims aweek later.School was out in Lisbon for a week.

Roads were eventually repaired and lifereturned to normal. Martins Ferry wenton to state semifinals before losing toYoungstown Mooney.Memories of the 2004 flood came

back after a storm blew through Lisbonat 5 p.m. June 11. A downburst reachedspeeds of 80 to 90 mph, which dam-aged at least 25 homes and uprootedmore than 100 trees.“The flood shut down the community

for two days,” Tsilimos said. “Peoplehad lost their homes. I know peoplewho lost homes this time, but there wasmore devastation in ’04.”A similar flooding event haunted the

southern part of the county later thatfootball season.Heavy rains played havoc with East

Liverpool’s Patterson Field followingflooding from a large rain event onSept. 17-19, 2004.The remnants of Hurricane Ivan

dumped 2-5 inches over the OhioValley and Patterson Field paid a priceas the floodwaters inundated the lowerbowl of the stadium.The water took several days to recede

and caused $350,000 damage. FEMAand insurance picked up most of thecosts for repairs and cleanup.East Liverpool had to play three

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JIM TSILIMOS,LISBON FOOTBALL COACH

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Incoming offensive backsSeth Dowd (junior running back),

Clayton Gingher (sophomore quarter-back), Jakob Watkins (sophomore run-ning back), Eric Noel (freshman run-ning back), Nate Beatty (freshman run-ning back)

Returning offensive endsJosh Pickett (junior wide receiver),

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Returning offensive linemenCody McGath (senior tackle), Aaron

Proakis (junior guard), Trevor Kimmel(sophomore guard), Jalihl Mixon(senior tackle).

Incoming offensive linemenMike Loyd (junior), Vinny Delarosa

(freshman), Zack Baker-Stowe (junior),Zach Taylor (junior), Brandon Jackson(freshman), Joe Kugler (sophomore),Shane Hamner (sophomore), JeffRhodes (freshman), Adam Klein(sophomore), Tyler Baird (freshman),John McLaughlin (freshman).

Returning defensive linemenDevan Pudder (junior), Trevor

Kimmel (sophomore), Aaron Proakis(junior).

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Delarosa (freshman), Zach Taylor(junior), Brandon Jackson (freshman),Joe Kugler (sophomore), Jeff Rhodes(freshman), Adam Klein (sophomore),Tyler Baird (freshman), JohnMcLaughlin (freshman), Zach Hilliard(sophomore).

Returning linebackersLuke Cope (senior), Randy Fegert

(junior), J.R. Davis (sophomore), JarrodFigley (junior).

Incoming linebackersClayton Gingher (sophomore), Josh

Mitchell (junior), Mike Loyd (junior).

Returning defensive backsNick Monteleone (senior), Grant

Wagner (junior), Josh Pickett (junior),Ryan Ross (junior), Alex Guy (sopho-more).

Incoming defensive backsBrandon Kemp (freshman), David

Weaver (junior), Trent Kunselman(senior), Tyler Kaufman (sophomore),

Robbie Hill (freshman), Dillon Waller(sophomore), Zach Strickland (fresh-man), Tim Butler (junior), JakobWatkins (sophomore), Owen Lipscomb(freshman), Hayden Foster (freshman),Joey Monteleone (freshman), NickMontgomery (sophomore), ZachTownsend (sophomore).

2013 Players honoredChris Raley (graduated), second-team

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2013 LeadersPassing — Grant Wagner completed

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2014 OutlookAfter with one winning season in the

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East Palestine’s Nick Monteleonetries to get around Columbianadefender Dalton Miller last season.


East Palestine’s Grant Wagner breaks into the open field as Columbiana’sDrew Cyrus gives chase last season.

ClassificationDivision VII, Region 23

2013 Record2-8, including an 0-7 mark in the

Inter-Tri County League lower tier. TheBears have lost nine straight leaguegames and six of their last seven gamesat home. They were 1-2 in games decid-ed by three points or less.

Head CoachMatt Altomare enters his eight season

as head coach with a record of 33-39and two state playoff appearances. Hewas the Leetonia defensive coordinatorthe previous eight seasons.

Assistant coachesBill Altenhof, offensive line, defen-

sive lineKeith Drewnoski, running backs,

defensive ends

Brian Palmer, wide receivers, defen-sive backsEd Ridgeway, quarterbacks, line-

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Returning lettermenSeventeen, including seven starters

on offense and six starters on defense.

Basic offensive formationWing-T.


LEETONIA BEARS


Aug. 28 LisbonSept. 5 at ColumbianaSept. 12 St. JohnSept. 19 SouthernSept. 26 WellsvilleOct. 3 at LowellvilleOct. 10 at Western ReserveOct. 17 McDonaldOct. 24 at Mineral RidgeOct. 31 at Sebring


Members of the 2014 Leetonia football team are (front, from left) Tanner Tullis, Devon Galvin, Dan Hasachk, Nate Inboden, Drew Turney, Dustin Hartzell,Colton Gudat, Brandon Smith; (second row, from left) Andrew Minehart, Devin Callahan, Seth Whittemore, Connor Mellinger, Cameron Hitchcock, BradyShepard, Quentin Van Giesen; (third row, from left) Jake Hupp, Derek Bell, Jim Knepper, Austin Keats, Danny McCool, Devon Champney, Gavin Liberty, JakeHenry; (fourth row, from left) Tyler Hephner, Jacob Wilson, Austin Possage, Mackenzie Garrett, Joey Suggett, Adam Barkley, Michael Buffone; (back, fromleft) coach Bill Altenhof, coach Ed Ridgeway, coach Joe Procick, head coach Matt Altomare, coach Dan Votaw, coach Brian Palmer, coach Keith Drewnoskiand manager Brett Weikart.

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Leetonia opens against rivals

By CHRIS RAMBOStaff Writer

LEETONIA—Bob McNea, DavePavlansky, Pat Mancuso and ChuckMather. Those four legendary coachesare all in the Ohio High School FootballCoaches Association Hall of Fame. Allcoached for Leetonia at one time oranother before moving on somewhereelse.Next June, there will be an inductee

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Members of the 2014 Lisbon football team are (front, from left) Michael Grim, Austin Laughlin, Austin Davis, Dougie Minor, Mcgwire Groubert, Seth Mar-riner. Justin Larkins; (second row, from left) Colin Sweeney, Cade Zimmermann, Frankie Morrell, David Toot, Alex Barnes, Nate Cook, Damian Hawkins;(third row, from left) Bailey McCullough, Jason Thompson, C.J. Reynolds, Danny Shultz, Cody Freeland, Seth Stokes, Isaac Wylie, Jaret Everett; (fourth row,from left) Jake Liberati, Jared White, Austin Rutecki, Kyle French, Seth Davis, Jake Liberati; (fifth row, from left) coach Todd Brammer, Bryar Scarabino, R.J.Egelhof, Danny Donohue, Anthony Rhodes, Colt Carlisle, Auston Dunnington, trainer Brenna Longo; (back, from left) coach Charles Bell, coach DaveRankin, coach Kyle Bing, coach Joe Wilson, head coach Jim Tsilimos, coach Mike Butream, coach Tom Thayer, coach Rich Joy and coach Bill Meek.



Inter-Tri County League upper tier. TheBlue Devils have lost 16 of their last 19games at home and 52 of their last 55league games.

Head CoachJim Tsilimos enters his fourth season

as head coach and 22nd overall atLisbon. He was 110-79 at Lisbon from1990-2007, including five Tri-CountyLeague League titles, five state playoffappearances and the 1995 Division Vstate championship, and 6-24 from2011-13. He has a career head coach-ing record of 141-128, including threeyears at Wilmington and two years atBenjamin Logan.

Assistant coachesBill Meek, offensive coordinator,

offensive line, linebackersKyle Bing, quarterbacks, defensive

backsCharles Bell, offensive line, defen-

sive lineDavid Rankin, defensive coordinator,

linebackers, running backsRich Joy, wide receivers, defensive

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See LISBON, Page 21A

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Joe Wilson, running backs, defensiveline

Todd Brammer, offensive line, line-backers

Mike Butream, assistant

Returning lettermenTwenty-two, including 14 players on

offense and 11 players on defense whostarted at some point last season.

Basic offensive formationI formation.

Offensive outlookThe Blue Devils return a lot of play-

ers with experience and it all starts withthe offensive line.

“We’ve played a lot of games withthese kids,” Tsilimos said. “It’s howwell we perform up front.


Defensive outlookThe Blue Devils are expecting to play

tougher defensively after giving up atleast 39 points in five of the last sixgames last season.

Offensive backsJosh Liberati (junior quarterback),

Frankie Morrell (junior fullback),Bailey McCullough (sophomore full-back), Austin Davis (junior tailback),Jason Thompson (sophomore tailback),Danny Shultz (junior tailback), ColinSweeney (sophomore quarter-back/receiver).


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Passing — Josh Liberati completed47 of 113 passes for 652 yards and fourtouchdowns.

Receiving —Shawn McKinnon(graduated) 17 catches for 248 yards(14.6) and two touchdowns.

Scoring — Josh Liberati 42 points;Jason Thompson 32.

Tackles —Austin Rutecki 98.

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“The big question will be if we can bephysical enough to compete. If we arephysical, it should be a fun year.”The Blue Devils will find out how

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gram that has nine wins in the pastseven seasons.

LISBON,Continued from Page 22A

“This year we are strong enough, athletic enoughand big enough to compete in the ITCL upper tier.

The big question will be if we can bephysical enough to compete. If we are physical,

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2014 INTER-TRI COUNTY LEAGUE SCHEDULE2014 INTER-TRI COUNTY LEAGUE SCHEDULEWEEK ONE

Thursday, Aug. 28Western Reserve at ColumbianaLisbon at LeetoniaSalem at Mineral RidgeFriday, Aug. 29Crestview at Beaver LocalMcDonald at East PalestineWarren JFK at South RangeBrookfield at SpringfieldUnited at MalvernWindham at SebringSouthern at WaterlooToronto at Wellsville

———WEEK TWOFriday, Sept. 5

Leetonia at ColumbianaWest Branch at CrestviewMathews at East PalestineLisbon at Mineral RidgeSalem at UnitedSouth Range at CampbellSpringfield at McDonaldSebring at SouthingtonStreetsboro at SouthernMalvern at Western Reserve

Saturday, Sept. 6Wellsville vs. Youngstown Christian

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WEEK THREEFriday, Sept. 12

Columbiana at SouthernCrestview at LibertyEast Palestine at Beaver LocalWellsville at LisbonWestern Reserve at South RangeSpringfield at LowellvilleNewcomerstown at UnitedSt. John at LeetoniaMalvern at Sebring

———WEEK FOURFriday, Sept. 19

Columbiana at UnitedCrestview at East PalestineSouth Range at LisbonJackson-Milton at SpringfieldLower TierSouthern at LeetoniaSebring at LowellvilleWestern Reserve at WellsvilleMineral Ridge at McDonald

———WEEK FIVEFriday, Sept. 26Upper Tier

Springfield at ColumbianaSouth Range at CrestviewEast Palestine at LisbonUnited at Jackson-Milton

Lower TierWellsville at LeetoniaMcDonald at SebringLowellville at SouthernWestern Reserve at Mineral Ridge

———WEEK SIXFriday, Oct. 3Upper Tier

Jackson-Milton at ColumbianaLisbon at CrestviewEast Palestine at South RangeUnited at Springfield

Lower TierLeetonia at LowellvilleSebring at Southern

Wellsville at Mineral RidgeMcDonald at Western Reserve

———WEEK SEVENFriday, Oct. 10Upper Tier

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———WEEK EIGHTFriday, Oct. 17Upper Tier

Columbiana at South RangeCrestview at SpringfieldLisbon at UnitedJackson-Milton at East Palestine

Lower TierMcDonald at LeetoniaSebring at WellsvilleSouthern at Mineral RidgeWestern Reserve at Lowellville

———WEEK NINEFriday, Oct. 24

Upper TierEast Palestine at ColumbianaUnited at CrestviewSpringfield at LisbonJackson-Milton at Springfield

Lower TierLeetonia at Mineral RidgeSebring at Western Reserve

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———WEEK TEN

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Lisbon’s Jason Thompson runs against United’s Colton Antram last season.

ITCL SCHEDULE,Continued from Page 24A

Lisbon junior Austin Rutecki



Inter-Tri County League lower tier. TheTrojans have lost 19 of their last 22games and 11 of their last 12 games athome.

Head CoachScott Springer enters his fourth sea-

son as coach with a record of 7-23. Hewas the defensive coordinator atSebring for two years after eing anassistant at Alliance for eight years.

Assistant coachesDoug Wilson, offensive coordinatorT.J. Yost, offensive line, defensive

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Returning lettermenFifteen, including seven starters on


Basic offensive formationSpread

Offensive outlookBalance is the key for the offense as

Sebring looks to improve its passinggame. While the Trojans ran for morethan 2,000 yards last season, they onlymanaged 288 yards passing.“We need to create space for our

skilled athletes,” Springer said. “Getthem the ball in space and let themmake a play.”

Basic defensive formation4-3/4-4.

Defensive outlookThe Trojans gave up an average of

38.3 points in their seven ITCL lowertier games last season.

“We need to become more assign-ment sound and defend the pass better,”Springer said. “We must create take-aways.”

Returning offensive backsCody Dennis (senior fullback), Nick

Rine (senior fullback), Nate Martin(sophomore tailback).

Incoming offensive backsDiamonte McMillan (senior tail-

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Returning offensive endsBrett Weekly (senior wide receiver),

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Members of the 2014 Sebring football team are (front, from left) Justin George, Christopher Clemens, Alexander Wheeler, Brett Weekly, Branton Alex,Cody Dennis, Nick Rine, Anthony Cranston, Diamonte McMulllen, Zane Twaddle, Logan Barnes; (second row, from left) Kayla Hubbs, Evyn Papic, TristenWeekly, Jack Clapper, Seth Hamby, Ty Wilson, Joshua Zmuda, Dalton Smith, Jarod Hunter, Robbie Rouse; (third row, from left) Holden Bennett, DanteSeruch, Adam Brady, Zachary Thomas, Nathan Martin, Brandon French, Ryan Fuller, Samson McIlduff, Ashdon Shuman; (back, from left) coachWaidSmith, coach Brandon French, coach DougWilson, head coach Scott Springer, coach Josh Venables, coach Robert Diery and coach Joel Szymanski.

Trojans look for more balance

See TROJANS, Page 27A

Incoming offensive endsJustin George (senior wide receiver),

Seth Hamby (junior wide receiver).

Returning offensive linemenChris Clemens (senior guard), Logan

Barnes (senior tackle), Zane Twaddle(senior guard/center), Tristen Weekly(sophomore guard/tackle).

Incoming offensive linemenJack Clapper (junior guard/tackle),

Dalton Smith (sophomore cen-ter/guard), Zach Thomas (freshmanguard).

Returning defensive linemenChris Clemens (senior tackle), Cody

Dennis (senior defensive end), ZaneTwaddle (senior nose guard), LoganBarnes (senior tackle), Tristen Weekly(sophomore defensive end).

Incoming defensive linemenJack Clapper (junior defensive

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Returning linebackersNick Rine (senior middle linebacker),

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Incoming linebackersJarrod Hunter (sophomore outside

linebacker), Nate Martin (sophomoreoutside linebacker).

Returning defensive backsBrett Weekly (senior defensive back),

Branton Alex (senior safety), JoshZmuda (junior safety).

Incoming defensive backsDiamonte McMillan (senior safety),

Rob Rouse (sophomore defensiveback).

2013 Players honoredDylan Mick (graduated), third-team

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Area.

2013 LeadersRushing — Dylan Mick (graduated)

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carries (6.3).Tackles — Nick Rine 68.

2014 OutlookWhile the Trojans have lost 15 of

their last 16 ITCL lower tier games,they have been more competitive lately.They have won 11 games overall in

the past four seasons, while it took themthe previous 16 seasons to win 11games.“We need to learn how to win,”

Springer said. “We’ve learned how tocompete, now we need to turn competi-tion into wins and finish the fourth quar-ter.”


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Sebring TrojansTROJANS,Continued from Page 26A


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Offensive outlookThe Bears are trying to replace

1,000-yard rusher Zack Van Giesen andtwo-year starting quarterback TrentFerry, who is not playing football afteran injury-filled junior season.

“We need to develop an identity onoffense and find playmakers,” Altomaresaid. “We need to not ‘leave any winson the field’ to be successful. We needto keep our penalties down and not turnthe ball over in order to have a success-ful year.”

The Bears scored 42 points in theirlast five games a year ago.

“We have to score more points thisyear,” Altomare said. “Many players

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Defensive outlookAfter a 2-1 start, the Bears were

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“Players have been in our system forsome time, so continuity is there,”Altomare said. “Our players are veryhard working with a desire to win, so itmakes it easy to coach.”

Returning offensive backsColton Gudat (senior fullback).

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1 Jim Knepper .....................6-2.......165 ....Soph.2 Devon Champney.............5-11 .....130 ....Soph.3 Michael Gamble ...............5-4.......125 ....Fr.8 Drew Turney .....................6-3.......165 ....Sr.9 Dustin Hartzell ..................5-8.......140 ....Sr.11 Mackenzie Garrett ............5-2.......115.....Fr.13 Colton Gudat ....................5-11 .....180 ....Sr.18 CoalTin Barcey .................6-0.......235 ....Fr.20 Danny McCool ..................5-7.......140 ....Soph.23 Devon Galvin ....................5-10.....135 ....Sr.24 Dan Hasachk ....................6-1.......170 ....Sr.28 Andrew Minehart...............5-9.......145 ....Jr.31 Joey Suggett.....................5-11 .....150 ....Soph.42 Brady Shepard..................5-10.....225 ....Jr.44 Tanner Tullis .....................5-7.......190 ....Jr.51 Tyler Burlingame...............5-8.......205 ....Soph.52 Connor Mellinger ..............5-11 .....240 ....Jr.

53 Adam Barkley ...................6-2.......210 ....Soph.55 Michael Buffone................5-8.......220 ....Soph.56 Gavin Liberty ....................6-0.......190 ....Soph.57 Brandon Smith..................6-0.......175 ....Jr.61 Derek Bell .........................5-11 .....350 ....Soph.63 Jake Henry .......................6-1.......215 ....Soph.64 Austin Keats......................5-11 .....240 ....Soph.65 Jake Hupp ........................6-2.......235 ....Jr.66 Quentin Van Giesen .........6-0.......190 ....Jr.71 Austin Possage.................5-7.......220 ....Fr.73 Nate Inboden ....................6-0.......300 ....Sr.76 Jacob Wilson ....................5-11 .....240 ....Fr.77 Seth Whittemore...............6-3.......225 ....Jr.81 Cameron Hitchcock ..........6-0.......200 ....Jr.86 Tyler Hephner ...................5-10.....140 ....Fr.88 Josh Faulkner ...................6-1.......165 ....Sr.86 Devin Wilson.....................5-9.......140 ....Sr.

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Leetonia senior running back Colton Gudat


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Devon Galvin (senior wingback),Tanner Tullis (junior fullback),Andrew Minehart (junior quarter-back/wingback), Danny McColl(sophomore running back), BradyShepard (junior fullback).

Returning offensive endsDustin Hartzell (senior wide

receiver).

Incoming offensive endsDan Hasachk (senior wide

receiver), Cameron Hitchcock(junior tight end), CoalTin Barcey(freshman tight end).

Returning off. linemenNate Inboden (senior tackle),

Connor Mellinger (junior center),Michael Buffone (sophomore tack-le), Quentin Van Giesen (juniorguard).

Incoming off. linemenDerek Bell (sophomore center),

Austin Keats (sophomore tackle),Jake Hupp (junior guard), JakeHenry (sophomore guard), SethWhittemore (junior tackle).

Returning def. linemenNate Inboden (senior tackle),

Derek Bell (sophomore tackle),Connor Mellinger (junior tackle).

Incoming defe. linemenCameron Hitchcock (junior

end), Brandon Smith (junior end),CoalTin Barcey (freshman end),Quentin Van Giesen (junior end),Austin Keats (sophomore tackle),Seth Whittemore (junior tackle),Michael Buffone (sophomore tack-le).

Returning linebackersColton Gudat (senior).

Incoming linebackersTanner Tullis (junior), Jake

Hupp (junior), Brady Shepard(junior).

Returning def. backsDrew Turney (senior safety),

Josh Faulkner (senior cornerback).

Incoming defensive backsDevon Galvin (senior), Dan

Hasaschk (senior), Dustin Hartzell(senior), Danny McCool (sopho-more), Andrew Minehart (junior),Devon Champney (sophomore),Joey Suggett (sophomore).

2013 Players honoredZack Van Giesen (graduated),

special mention Division VII All-Ohio and first-team All-Area.Colton Gudat, second-team All-

Area.Trent Ferry, second-team All-

Area.

2013 LeadersRushing — Zack Van Giesen

(graduated) 1,169 yards and 11touchdowns on 189 carries (6.2);Trent Ferry, 476 yards and seventouchdowns on 100 carries (4.8);Colton Gudat, 390 yards and twotouchdowns on 64 carries (6.1).Passing — Trent Ferry complet-

ed 42 of 89 passes (47 percent) for449 yards and four touchdowns;Drew Turney completed six of 15passes for 40 yards.Receiving — Zack Van Giesen

(graduated), 19 catches for 195yards (10.3) and one touchdown;Colton Gudat, 17 catches for 186yards (10.9).Scoring — Zack Van Giesen

(graduated) 74 points.Tackles — Colton Gudat 91;

Bryce Turney 84.

2014 OutlookLeetonia needs something good

to happen early in the season.“Though we return some starters

on both sides of the ball, we needsome leaders to step up,” Altomaresaid.“We need our inexperienced

players to step up and fill theirroles. We must stay healthy inorder to compete.”

Injuries did in the Bears last sea-son. It hurts even more at schoolslike Leetonia where if they loseone player, he is probably a two-way starter.“We would like to improve each

week and get better as the seasonprogresses,” Altomare said.“Another goal is to win our rivalrygames (Lisbon and Columbiana).”The Bears will open the season

against Lisbon and Columbiana.“Our tier in the ITCL should be

very competitive this year,”Altomare said. “Western Reservereturns some key players fromtheir team last year, and are thedefending champs. Our conferencewas extremely tough last year andI expect the same this year. Thereare great programs and greatcoaches in the lower tier.”

“I never thought I would stay in coaching as longas I did,” Altomare said. “I stayed because I enjoyedthe community and wanted to raise my family here.It’s a good place to live.”Altomare’s career got off to a humble start. He

was hired by Leetonia as an assistant in 1976 at theage of 28 after two years as the junior high coach atLisbon. The very next season, he was asked to stepinto the head coaching position.“I was a little in over my head,” Altomare said. “I

had a lot to learn.”Altomare leaned on coaching books to learn as

much as he could and also attended various clinics.Still, success came slowly. Altomare was an unspec-tacular 11-19 in his first three seasons.“The first couple of years were rough,” Altomare

said. “I thought I would be let go, but the schoolstayed behind me all the way.”In 1980, everything broke Leetonia’s way.

Altomare led the Bears to a share of the TCL crownwith United and Springfield Jefferson. It wasLeetonia’s first league title in 26 years.The season was highlighted by a 23-20 win over

Springfield Jefferson. The Bears drove 70 yards inthe last two minutes before running back Dan Guidoscored the game-winning touchdown as timeexpired.“Springfield Jefferson was always a game we cir-

cled on our schedule in those days,” Altomare said.“That was a great night to be in Leetonia.”Altomare was let go after the 1995 season, but

returned in 1999. He led the Bears to six straightwinning seasons and one last league championshipin 2000 before stepping down as head coach afterthe 2006 season. His son Matt—who had beenLeetonia’s defensive coordinator—took over ashead coach, with Artie serving on his staff.“Matt was with me on a football field since he was

about 8 years old,” Altomare said. “He used to callin the stats to the newspaper after the games. It wasnice to see him make his own way as a coach.”After seven seasons on Matt’s staff, Artie, 65,

retired from coaching for good following last season.“It was weird when practice rolled around,”

Altomare said. “It was the first time in almost 40years that I didn’t have two-a-days to go to. It wastime to step away though.”In addition to continuing to serve as Leetonia’s

mayor, Altomare plans to spend time tending to hisgarden and enjoying his family.“I’m looking forward to the down time,” Altomare

said. “It will be nice to get away for a while if I wantto.”This fall, Altomare plans on watching Matt coach

the Bears from the stands and looks forward to beinga fan for once.“I’m going to be up there hollering at the coach

along with everybody else,” Altomare laughed.


Leetonia senior Davon Galvinwill contribute in the backfieldand the secondary for theBears this season.


2013 Record11-1, including the Inter-Tri County

League upper tier title with a 7-0 mark.It was the Raiders first ITCL title since2008, when they shared it withCrestview. South Range was rankedthird in the Division VI state poll. TheRaiders were 6-0 at home as they havewon 10 straight games at home and 18of their last 21.

Head CoachDan Yeagley enters his 20th season

as head coach with a record of 153-53,including 13 state playoff appearancesand nine league titles.

Assistant coachesWayne Allegretto, quarterbacks,

defensive backsDon Allen, tight ends, defensive

backsJoe Brooks, offensive line, defensive

lineBart Dockry, offensive line, inside

linebackersKen Gabriel, offensive line, defen-

sive lineNick Haught, split ends, defensive

backsDavid Rach, split ends, outside line-

backersEd Rankin, offensive line, defensive

lineNed Rudloff, offensive line, defen-

sive line

Returning lettermenEighteen, including four starters on

offense and four starters on defense.


Offensive outlookThe Raiders will return their entire


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Members of the 2014 South Range football team are (front, from left) Dan Creed, David McCabe, Derek Fickes, Zane Kreider, Ben Baird, Jonah Wilson,Gary Miller, Zach Dolak, Evan Schaefer, Cole Durina, Travis Bernard; (second row, from left) head coach Dan Yeagley, J.R. Renforth, David Pecchia, Levi Tay-lor, Chase Taylor, Ryan Miller, Joe Alessi, Brennan Toy, Brian Robinson, Chase Taylor, coach Wayne Allegretto; (third row, from left) Nick Deal, A.J. Graffius,A.J. Baytos, Blake Sitch, Ray Janecko, Mitch Dolak, Peyton Remish, Neil Buzzacco, Ethan Dominguez, Nathan Daniszewski, coach Ed Rankin; (fourth row,from left) Ned Rudloff, Mario Buzzacco, Nick Stanton, Deven Fickes, Taymer Graham, Austin Kelly, Matt Brooks, Greg Dunham, Jake Plunkett, Tyler Patter-son, coach Don Allen; (back, from left) coach Nick Haught, coach Joe Brooks, Nathan Alessi, Chris Herubin, Zach Hodgson, Brandon Standley, Sean Hen-nessey, Ryan Sympson, Piece Baird, coach Bart Dockry and coach David Rach.

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Aug. 29 Warren JFKSept. 5 at CampbellSept. 12 Western ReserveSept. 19 at LisbonSept. 26 at CrestviewOct. 3 East PalestineOct. 10 at UnitedOct. 17 ColumbianaOct. 24 Jackson-MiltonOct. 31 at Springfield

Range willing and able to repeat

backfield, including All-Ohio tailbackJoe Alessi (who set South Range recordswith 1,721 yards rushing and 174points scored last year, fullback DavidMcCabe and quarterback Ryan Miller.“The Raiders will have some new

faces at the receiving positions withGary Miller, Zane Kreidler, GregDunham, and Nick Stanton,” Yeagleysaid “Up front center Evan Schaeferreturns to anchor the line with TravisBernard, Derek Fickes, Zach Dolak,Ryan Sympson, Pierce Baird, MarioBuzzacco and Mitch Dolak filling in theother positions.“Offensively, the Raiders need to

play as a team and execute every playproperly to be successful.”

Basic defensive formation50.

Defensive outlookThe Raiders gave up at least 28

points in six games last season, but heldtheir seven ITCL opponents to an aver-age of 16.0 points a game.“Up front the Raiders will have many

positions to fill. Zach Dolak, TravisBernard, Evan Schaefer, Pierce Baird,Brandon Standley, Jake Plunkett andTyler Patterson will be filling in thosespots,” Yeagley said. “At linebacker theRaiders return David McCabe and BenBaird along with J.R. Renforth, DerekFickes and Mario Buzzacco who saw alot of playing time last year. In the sec-ondary, the Raiders return Joe Alessiand Greg Dunham along with GaryMiller and Nick Stanton who saw sometime last year along with Zane Kreiderand Deven Fickes.

“The defense needs to play well everyweek for our team to be successful andwill be tested early with a very toughnon-league schedule.

Returning offensive backsJoe Alessi (senior tailback), David

McCabe (senior fullback), Ryan Miller(sernior unning back).

Incoming offensive backsJ.R. Renforth (junior running back),

Deven Fickes (junior quarterback).

Returning offensive endsNone.

Incoming offensive endsGary Miller (senior), Zane Kreidler

(senior), Greg Dunham (junior), NickStanton (junior).

Returning offensive linemenEvan Shaefer (senior center).

Incoming offensive linemenTravis Bernard (senior guard), Derek

Fickes (senior guard), Zach Dolak(senior tackle), Ryan Sympson (juniortackle), Pierce Baird (junior tight end),Mario Buzzacco (junior guard), MitchDolak (junior tackle).

Returning defensive linemenNone.

Incoming defensive linemenZach Dolak (senior), Travis Bernard

(senior), Evan Schaefer (senior), PierceBaird (junior), Brandon Standley

(junior), Jake Plunkett (junior), TylerPatterson (junior).

Returning linebackersDavid McCabe (senior inside), Ben

Baird (senior outside),

Incoming linebackersJ.R. Renforth (inside), Derek Fickes

(inside), Mario Buzzacco (outside).

Returning defensive backsJoe Alessi (senior cornerback), Greg

Dunham (junior cornerback).Incoming defensive backsGary Miller (senior safety) Nick

Stanton (junior safety), Zane Kreider(senior safety), Deven Fickes (seniorsafety).

2013 LeadersRushing — Joe Alessi, a school-

record 1,721 yards and 27 touchdownson 186 carries (9.3); Billy Goodall(graduated) 929 yards and 10 touch-downs on 139 carries (6.7); BryceAllen (graduated) 310 yards and fourtochdowns on 30 carries (10.3).Passing — Ryan Miller completed

76 of 131 passes (58 percent) for1,380 yards and 20 touchdowns.Receiving — Bryce Allen (graduat-

ed) 25 catches for 387 yards (15.5) andfive touchdowns; Zach Thorpe (gradu-ated) 23 catches for 554 yards (24.1)and seven touchdowns.Scoring —Joe Alessi, a school-


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44 Peyton Remish .................5-9.......170 ....Fr.50 Brandon Standley .............6-2.......245 ....Jr.51 Mario Buzzacco ................5-11 .....200 ....Jr.53 Zach Hodgson ..................6-1.......200 ....Jr.54 Matt Brooks ......................5-10.....200 ....Fr.55 Travis Bernard ..................5-5.......200 ....Sr.58 A.J. Graffius ......................5-8.......120 ....Fr.59 Ray Janecko.....................6-8.......175 ...Soph.62 Pierce Baird ......................6-2.......250 ....Jr.63 Zach Dolak .......................6-1.......265 ....Sr.64 Tyler Patterson .................5-9.......210 ....Jr.65 Ryan Sympson .................6-0.......230 ....Jr.68 Derek Fickes.....................5-10.....190 ....Sr.70 Jake Plunkett ....................5-10.....190 ....Jr.71 Chris Herubin....................5-10.....190 ....Soph.72 Levi Taylor .......................5-6.......185 ....Fr.76 Mitch Dolak.......................6-3.......255 ....Jr.77 Evan Schaefer ..................5-9.......220 ....Sr.78 Brian Robinson .................5-6.......170 ....Fr.79 A.J. Baytos........................5-8.......130 ....Fr.84 Austin Kelly .......................5-9.......145 ....Soph.85 Blake Sitch........................5-7.......150 ....Soph.89 Sean Hennessey ..............6-2.......195 ....Jr.

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Inter-Tri County League upper tier. TheIndians scored seven points or less inseven games, including three shutouts.They were 0-5 on the road.

Head CoachMike Skrinjar enters his fifth season

as head coach with a 25-16 record. Hewas an assistant coach at SouthernLocal for five years, including two asdefensive coordinator. He also coachedone season at Bethany College.

Assistant coachesStephen Mercer, offensive coordina-

torKen Chupa, co-defensive coordinatorDavid Allen, co-defensive coordina-

torEd Weidger, offensive line, defensive

lineRich Schilling, special teams, offen-

sive line, defensive lineAaron West, running backs, lineback-

ersRich Wright, wide receivers, defen-

sive backsCharlie Dahoisch, running backs,

defensive backs

Returning lettermenNine, including five starters on

offense and four starters on defense.

Basic offensive formationMultiple formation shotgun.

Offensive outlookGabe Richards and Michael Shope

both made starts last season at quarter-back and will be in the backfield as run-ning backs.“We want to utilize talent to the max

and be multi-dimensional,” Skrinjarsaid. “Focus on consistency and be fun-damentally sound in every offensiveposition.”

Basic defensive formationHybrid 3-4.

Defensive outlookThe Indians gave up at least 24 points

in each of their eight losses last season.“Relentless team pursuit and 11 fun-

damentally sound tacklers,” Skrinjarsaid. “We will be aggressive and men-tally tough. Team communication andplayers focused on position responsibil-ities.”

Returning offensive backsGabe Richards (junior running back),

Michael Shope (sophomore runningback), Garrett Coil (senior quarterback),Michael Oates (junior quarterback),Jesse McClurg (junior running back),Dakota Wetzel (sophomore runningback).

Incoming offensive backsTim Parrish (junior running back),


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Aug. 29 at WaterlooSept. 5 StreetsboroSept. 12 ColumbianaSept. 19 at LeetoniaSept. 26 LowellvilleOct. 3 SebringOct. 10 at McDonaldOct. 17 at Mineral RidgeOct. 24 WellsvilleOct. 31 at Western Reserve


Members of the 2014 Southern Local football team are (front, from left) Jesse Harris, Curtis Woodward, Ian Smith, Alex Aderhold, Joey Dickson, AlexSmith, Trevor Wintermantel, Terry Naylor, Larry Boals; (second row, from left) coach Anthony Saccoccia, coach Jimmy Malone, Paxston Cataldo, TristanFrank, Johnathan Cogar, Robert Frank, Zack Westover, Gabe Richards, Zack Almy, Andrew Aderhold, Jacob Pelley, Randy Keys, Anthony Abraham, coachKyler Woodward, coach Brian Spahlinger; (back, from left) Jakob Campbell, James Davisson, L.J. Baldwin, Chris Short, Garrett Coil, Dakota Wetzel, JesseMcClurg, head coach Mike Skrinjar, Tim Parrish, Michael Shope, Marcus Walter, Alec Smallridge, Joe Gibson and Chance Felton.

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Johnathan Cogar (sophomore runningback), Joey Dickson (freshman quarter-back), Zack Westover (sophomore run-ning back), Paxston Cataldo (freshmanrunning back).

Returning offensive endsLock Cole (senior tight end), Andrew

Aderhold (senior wide receiver).

Incoming offensive endsChance Felton (junior wide receiver),

Chris Short (junior wide receiver),Jakob Campbell (junior wide receiver),Randy Keys (senior wide receiver),Jesse Harris (sophomore wide receiver),Tristan Frank (junior wide receiver).

Returning offensive linemenMarcus Walter (senior), Jacob Pelley

(senior), Joe Gibson (junior).

Incoming offensive linemenAlec Smallridge (sophomore), Zack

Almy (sophomore), Alex Aderhold(junior), Anthony Abraham (freshman),Devon Little (sophomore), TrevorWintermantel (freshman), Robert Frank(freshman), L.J. Baldwin (freshman),James Davisson (senior), Ian Smith(freshman), Alex Smith (junior), AlanRoush (senior).

Returning defensive linemenJoe Gibson (junior), Marcus Walter

(senior), Alex Aderhold (junior)

Incoming defensive linemenZack Almy (sophomore), Jacob

Pelley (senior), Paxston Cataldo (fresh-man), Anthony Abraham (freshman),Devon Little (sophomore), TrevorWintermantel (freshman), Robert Frank(freshman), L.J. Baldwin (freshman),James Davisson (senior), Ian Smith(freshman), Alex Smith (junior), AlanRoush (senior), Lock Cole (senior).

Returning linebackersJesse McClurg (junior), Tim Parrish

(junior), Alec Smallridge (sophomore),Gabe Richards (junior).

Incoming linebackersDakota Wetzel (sophomore),

Johnathan Cogar (sophomore), JoeyDickson (freshman), Chris Short(junior), Chance Felton (junior).

Returning defensive backsAndrew Aderhold (senior), Garrett

Coil (senior), Michael Shope (sopho-more).

Incoming defensive backsJesse Harris (sophomore), Zack

Westover (sophomore), Tristan Frank(junior), Jakob Campbell (junior),Randy Keys (senior).

2013 Players honoredMike McKenzie (graduated), second-

team All-Area.

Jared Shilot (graduated), second-teamAll-Area.Jesse McClurg, honorable mention.Gabe Richards, honorable mention.

2013 LeadersRushing — Mike McKenzie (gradu-

ated), 915 yards and eight touchdownson 147 carries (6.2).Passing —Jared Shilot (graduated)

completed 12 of 42 passes (29 percent)for 98 yards.Receiving — Jared Shilot (graduat-

ed), 24 catches for 200 yards (8.3) andone touchdown.Scoring—Mike McKenzie (graduat-

ed) 49 points.Tackles— Jesse McClurg 124; Mike

McKenzie (graduated) 107; J.T.Bickley (graduated) 95; Jared Shilot

(graduated) 81.

2014 OutlookSouthern Local’s first year in the

ITCL upper tier was a rough one. Thisseason, the Indians return to the lowertier.“Rebirth of a new era in Indians foot-

ball,” Skrinjar said.It will not be easy with nine returning

lettermen. The Indians field a roster thatincludes eight seniors, 12 juniors andeight sophomores.Southern Local has to improve on

offense. The Indians ranked last in thearea a year ago after averaging 7.1points a game. They scored 31 points intheir two wins, but only 40 total pointsin their eight losses.


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1 Michael Shope..................5-10.....160 ....Soph.2 Jesse McClurg..................5-7.......165 ....Jr.3 Michael Oates ..................5-7.......170 ....Jr.4 Andrew Aderhold ..............6-0.......140 ....Sr.5 Paxston Cataldo ...............5-9.......155 ....Fr.6 Jesse Harris .....................5-6.......135 ....Soph.7 Gabe Richards .................5-10.....155 ....Jr.8 Alan Roush .......................6-3.......205 ....Sr.9 Tim Parrish .......................5-7.......165 ....Jr.

12 Randy Keys ......................5-5.......160 ....Sr.13 Chris Short........................5-10.....160 ....Jr.21 Garrett Coil .......................5-8.......145 ....Sr.22 Joey Dickson ....................5-7.......145 ....Fr.25 Johnathan Cogar ..............5-4.......135 ....Soph.26 Zack Westover..................5-8.......140 ....Soph.32 Tristan Frank.....................5-7.......115.....Jr.33 Dakota Wetzel ..................5-10.....185 ....Soph.34 Taylor Ballard....................5-10.....180 ....Jr.

37 Chance Felton ..................6-3.......180 ....Jr.44 Robert Frank.....................5-6.......155 ....Fr.47/55 Joe Gibson ..................6-2.......185 ....Jr.50 Anthony Abraham .............5-7.......260 ....Fr.51 Ian Smith ..........................6-0.......160 ....Fr.52 Alec Smallridge.................5-9.......190 ....Soph.61 Alex Smith.........................5-8.......220 ....Jr.64 Trevor Wintermantel .........5-4.......180 ....Fr.65 L.J. Baldwin ......................5-5.......200 ....Fr.68 Devon Little.......................5-9.......190 ....Soph.71 Jacob Pelley .....................5-9.......215 ....Sr.76/78 Marcus Walter..............6-0.......185 ....Sr.77 Alex Aderhold....................6-1.......190 ....Jr.79 Zack Almy .........................5-9.......255 ....Soph.82 Lock Cole..........................6-4.......235 ....Sr.84 Jakob Campbell................6-0.......145 ....Jr.85 James Davisson ...............6-2.......250 ....Sr.

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SPRINGFIELD TIGERS


Aug. 29 BrookfieldSept. 5 at McDonaldSept. 12 at LowellvilleSept. 19 Jackson-MiltonSept. 26 at ColumbianaOct. 3 UnitedOct. 10 at East PalestineOct. 17 CrestviewOct. 24 at LisbonOct. 31 South Range


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2013 Record7-3, including a third-place finish in

the Inter-Tri County League upper tierwith a 5-2 mark. The Tigers went 5-0 athome. The three losses were toBrookfield, Crestview and Brookfield,which had a combined 30-6 record.

Head CoachSean Guerriero enters his eighth sea-

son as head coach with a record of 34-37. He was an assistant at Girard forfour years and Gilmour Academy oneyear.

Assistant coachesAdam Slopek, defensive coordinator,

inside linebackers, offensive linePaul Butto, offensive line, defensive

lineMark D’Eramo, running backs,

defensive backsJoe Antonucci, tight ends, inside line-

backersBill Miller, wide receivers, outside

linebackersCarl DaVanzo, wide receivers, defen-

sive backs

Returning lettermenSixteen, including seven starters on


Basic offensive formationPower Spread.

Offensive outlookThe Tigers have seven starters back

from an offense that averaged 32.4points per game last season. The offen-sive attack features three of the topplayers in the ITCL, running back Ryan

Kohler, tight end Mark Schuler andquarterback Graham Mincher.


Defensive outlookSpringfield will score a lot of points,

but defense is what wins champi-onships.The numbers proved it last season as

Tigers gave up an average of 7.9 pointsin their seven wins, but 34.0 points intheir three losses.The Tigers have a good head start as

they have nine returning starters,including the top four tacklers, from the

area’s third-ranked defense a year ago.

Returning offensive backsRyan Kohler (senior tailback),

Graham Mincher (junior quarterback).

Incoming offensive backsCory Stouffer (senior fullback),

Randy Groves (senior tailback), FrankieCentofonti (sophomore tailback), JakeFord (sophomore quarterback).

Returning offensive endsMark Schuler (senior tight end),

Brandon Chamberlain (senior).

Incoming offensive endsNate Simboli (senior receiver), Ian

Grdina (senior receiver), JordanCapouellez (junior receiver), CodyAllen (junior receiver), Ryan Wilson(senior receiver).

Returning offensive linemenAustin Snyder (senior), Brian

Swansiger (senior), Russell Seymour(sophomore).

Incoming offensive linemenZach Fellows (junior), Tim Vinkler

(senior), Dom Washburn (junior), JohnLyda (junior).

Returning defensive linemenMark Schuler (senior), Brian

Swansiger (senior), Austin Snyder(senior), Zach Fellows (junior).

Incoming defensive linemenDennis Mansfield (senior), Dom

Washburn (junior), Grant Nezbeth(senior).

Returning linebackersCory Stouffer (senior), Tim Vinkler

(senior), Randy Groves (senior).

Incoming linebackersHunter Troggio (junior), Brandon

Chamberlain (senior), Luke Frye


1 Ian Grdina.........................5-10.....148 ....Sr.2 Frankie Centofonti ............5-8.......147 ....Soph.3 Jake Ford .........................5-7.......132 ....Soph.4 Cody Allen ........................5-6.......116.....Jr.6 Brandon Chamberlain ......6-2.......200 ....Sr.9 Zack Barber......................5-10.....151 ....Soph.

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47 Tyler Mileta .......................5-3.......126 ....Soph.49 Ryan Sel Signore .............5-10.....165 ....Soph.51 Alex Morlan.......................6-2.......210 ....Soph.54 Tim Vinkler........................5-9.......227 ....Sr.58 Zach Renaldy ...................5-6.......158 ....Soph.59 Brian Swansiger ...............6-1.......251 ....Sr.60 Dom Merlillo......................5-7.......201 ....Soph.61 Austin Snyder ...................5-8.......251 ....Sr.63 Chase Packard .................5-7.......200 ....Jr.64 Russell Seymour ..............6-0.......240 ....Soph.70 Zack Fellows.....................5-11 .....227 ....Jr.74 John Lyda .........................5-9.......275 ....Jr.75 Austin Lawson ..................5-6.......184 ....Jr.78 Dom Washburn.................6-2.......250 ....Jr.79 James Russo....................6-0.......173 ....Soph.80 Patrick Flara .....................6-3.......162 ....Soph.81 Luke Frye..........................5-7.......170 ....Sr.85 Dennis Mansfield ..............5-11 .....167 ....Sr.86 Mark Schuler ....................6-4.......235 ....Sr.88 Grant Nezbeth .................. 6-4......230 ....Sr.

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Inter-Tri County League upper tier. TheEagles were 1-3 at home. Four of theirlosses came to teams that won at leastseven games—Malvern, Springfield,South Range and Crestview.

Head CoachMike Ward enters his fifth consecu-

tive season and 14th overall at United.He has a 125-86 career record in 21years as a head coach — including 46-34 in eight years at Lisbon from 1980-87 and 58-32 in nine years at Unitedfrom 1989-97.

Assistant coachesFrank Baker, offensive line, defen-

sive lineKen Lewis, defensive coordinator,

linebackers, offensive lineJordan Phillips, offensive coordina-

tor, running backs, outside linebackersRyan Burd, quarterbacks, defensive

backsRyan Powell, wide receivers, defen-

sive backsJake Kilroy, offensive line, defensive

line

Returning lettermenSixteen, including nine starters on


Basic offensive formationMultiple I.

Offensive outlookThe Eagles can’t replace quarterback

Garrett Beech and running back MikeMartin, who combined for 3,803 of

United’s 4,011 total yards (95 percent)last season and scored 282 total points.“We return nine starters on offense,

which includes five offensive linemen,”Ward said. “We need to compensate forthe loss of 3,000 total yards throughgraduation.”


Defensive outlookThe Eagles gave up an average of

13.4 points in their five wins, but 40.6points in their five losses last season.“We return nine of 11 starters, which

includes all of the defensive linemenand linebackers,” Ward said. “We areinexperienced in the secondary.”

Returning offensive backsBryan Weyant (senior running back),

Caige Vincent (senior running back),Tyler Powers (junior running back),Colton Antram (junior runing back).

Incoming offensive backsCody Dickens (junior quarterback),

Colton Graham (sophomore quarter-back), Colton Bowen (sophomore quar-terback), J.D. Swords (senior wing-back), Cade Wood (freshman runningback), Nathan Mikell (freshman quar-terback), Cam Summers (freshman run-ning back).

Returning offensive endsBraden Davison (senior wide receiv-

er), Eric Blosser (senior tight end, JakeClark (sophomore wide receiver),Jordan Bailey (junior tight end).

Incoming offensive endsKaden Smith (freshman wide receiv-

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The Inter-Tri County Leaguewill be changing in 2015 andso will some of the top localrivalries.This year will be the last for

the Columbiana vs. Crestviewand Lisbon vs. United games tobe counted as league contests.“I don’t like it too much,”

United senior lineman LucasCooper said. “I don’t like the(new) league as a whole. But Istill think we’re going to playthem though, because they areour rivals.”The superintendents of the

ITCL schools voted 16-0 onApril 7 to realign the confer-ence into three tiers beginningwith the 2015-16 school year.The ITCL formed eight

years ago with the merger ofthe Tri-County League andInter-County League. Theteams are divided into two tiersaccording on enrollment.

League officials have saidthe new alignment is based pri-marily on geography in anattempt to reduce travel andboost gate receipts.But neighboring districts like

Lisbon and United and alsoColumbiana and Crestviewwill not be playing in the sametiers.“I’m sure there will be teams

not happy,” Lisbon coach JimTsilimos said. “A school mightlose a team they draw a goodgate. We’ll have wait and seewhat happens. You’re notgoing to please all 16 teams.”Lisbon and United have

played every year since 1963.The rivalry intensified whenUnited joined Lisbon in theTri-County League.“Uniteds always been our

big rival,” Lisbon senior DannyDonohue said. “We’ve just gotto see what happens.”Tsilimos said the Lisbon-

United game is tentativelyscheduled for third week next

season. Springfield will be theonly current upper tier oppo-nent the Blue Devils will notplay next season.“That middle tier is going to

be good for us,” Tsilimos said.“We’ve already got some rival-ries (with Columbiana,Leetonia, Southern Local andWellsville).”United will play its league

games against Crestview, EastPalestine, South Range andSpringfield.Columbiana and Crestview

has been one of the area’s bestrivalries since starting theannual showdown in 1991.“I think both schools will

want to play,” Crestview coachPaul Cusick said. “It makes nosense not to.”“Hopefully we get to play

them again becauseColumbiana is always a greatgame,” Crestview senior line-backer Derek Kozlowski said.“No matter what, Columbianaand Crestview always give

their best against each other. Soit’s always a great game.”Whether or not its a league

game, Columbiana senior line-backer Drew Cyrus saidCrestview will be the Clippers’biggest game.“Whenever we play them,

it’s still going to be the samegame,” Cyrus said. “It’s stillgoing to be the same guys thatwe’ve played against for yearsnow. No matter what time ofthe year, we’re ready to playthose guys.“There are a few games we

always look forward to. That’sdefinitely on our list.”

———ITCL TIERS 2014

Upper TierColumbianaCrestviewEast PalestineJackson-MiltonLisbonSouth RangeSpringfieldUnited

Lower TierLeetoniaLowellvilleMcDonaldMineral RidgeSebringSouthern LocalWellsvilleWestern Reserve

———ITCL TIERS 2015

Red TierCrestviewEast PalestineSouth RangeSpringfieldUnited

White TierColumbianaLeetoniaLisbonSouthernWellsville

Blue TierLowellvilleJackson-MiltonMcDonaldMineral RidgeSebringWestern Reserve

New rivalries coming for Inter-Tri County League

er), Tyler Humphreys (freshman tightend).

Returning offensive linemenLucas Cooper (senior tackle), Chase

Courtney (senior tackle), Roger Knizat(senior), Mike Gauding (senior),Charlie Smith (senior).

Incoming offensive linemenTom Combs (junior tackle), Josh

Good (freshman tackle), Brent Dustman(freshman center), Jake Blake (sopho-more guard), Joe McCoy (sophomoreguard).

Returning defensive linemenLucas Cooper (senior end), Chase

Courtney (senior tackle), Mike Gauding(senior tackle), Charlie Smith (seniortackle), Caige Vincent (senior tackle).

Incoming defensive linemenTom Combs (junior), Jake Blake

(sophomore).

Returning linebackersBryan Weyant (senior), Roger Knizat

(senior), Eric Blosser (senior), ColtonAntram (junior).

Incoming linebackersColton Bowen (sophomore), Josh

Good (freshman), Cam Summers(freshman).

Returning defensive backsBraden Davison (senior), Cody

Dickens (senior), Jake Clark (sopho-more), Tyler Powers (junior).

Incoming defensive backsColton Graham (sophomore), Cade

Wood (freshman).

2013 Players honoredGarrett Beech (graduated), second-

team Division V All-Ohio and first-team All-Area.Mike Martin (graduated), first-team

All-Area.Zach Maze (graduated), second-team

All-Area.

2013 LeadersRushing —Mike Martin (graduated)

a school-record 1,657 yards and 18touchdowns on 224 carries (7.4);Garrett Beech (graduated) 1,049 yardsand 17 touchdowns on 149 carries(7.0).Passing —Garrett Beech (graduated)

completed 79 of 174 passes (45 per-cent) for 1,097 yards and 10 touch-downs.Receiving — Tyler Lewis (graduat-

ed) 22 catches for 314 yards (14.3) andtwo touchdowns; Braden Davison, 16catches for 189 yards (11.8) and fourtouchdowns.Scoring —Garrett Beech (graduated)

162 points;MikeMartin (graduated) 120.Tackles —Bryan Weyant 10 per

game.Interceptions — Garrett Beech (grad-

uated) 5; Caleb Conser (graduated) 3;Braden Davison 3.

2014 OutlookThe Eagles return a lot of players, but

have huge holes to fill with the gradua-tion of 1,000-yard rushers Mike Martinand Garrett Beech.

“We return nine starters on bothoffense and defense,” Ward said. “Webelieve we can compete with everyteam on our schedule.”United hopes to have success early

because the schedule gets tougher as itgoes with a stretch beginning in thesixth week with Springfield, followed

by South Range, Lisbon and Crestview.“The ITCL is a very strong league

with very good coaching,” Ward said.“Crestview, South Range andSpringfield will be very good teams.Columbiana is always ready to play,while Lisbon and East Palestine returnmany players from last year.”


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40 Colton Antram...................6-0.......200 ....Jr.44 Bryan Weyant ...................6-1.......185 ....Sr.45 Colton Bowen ...................5-7.......170 ....Soph.51 Chase Courtney................6-0.......210 ....Sr.52 Jake Blake ........................5-10.....205 ....Soph.53 Ryan Skiba .......................5-10.....155 ....Fr.54 Andrew Dulak ...................5-9.......155 ....Fr.55 Josh Good ........................6-0.......180 ....Fr.56 Roger Knizat.....................5-10.....185 ....Sr.57 Nathan Mikell....................5-8.......145 ....Fr.58 Joe McCoy........................5-9.......230 ....Soph.64 Lucas Cooper ...................6-3.......225 ....Sr.65 Mike Gauding ...................6-0.......210 ....Sr.68 Gary Eichler......................5-7.......140 ....Fr.70 Toby Richmond.................6-1.......225 ....Fr.74 Thomas Combs ................6-3.......245 ....Jr.76 Dom DiBaggio ..................6-2.......260 ....Soph.77 Charlie Smith ....................6-0.......225 ....Sr.78 Brent Dustman..................6-0.......230 ....Fr.

United Golden EaglesEAGLES,Continued from Page 37A


2013 Record9-3, including a second-place finish

in the Inter-Tri County League lower

tier with a 5-2 mark. Wellsville wasranked 11th in the Division VII statepoll and advanced to the state playoffsfor the second time in three years. Theirthree losses were to Lowellville,Western Reserve and Norwalk St. Paul,which had a combined record of 30-8.

Head CoachRich Wright enters his second season

as head coach. He was the MorningJournal All-Area Coach of the Year. Hewas 83-66 at Beaver Local from 1998-2011, including six playoff appear-ances and three 10-0 regular seasons.

Assistant coachesDennis Bowers, running backs, line-

backersJoe Carr, offensive line, linebackers

Derrick Spann, tight ends, defensivetacklesRick Stanley, offensive line, defen-

sive lineRich Sloan, receivers, defensive

backsRon Bush, quarterbacks, defensive

backsNick DeSarro, strength and condi-

tioning

Returning lettermenThirteen, including three starters on

offense and five starters on defense.


Offensive outlookWellsville lost nine starters from last

year’s team that averaged 30 points agame, but they have several weaponsleft, including 1,000-yard rusher ZackMellott.“We look to continue where we left

off last season,” Wright said. “The sys-tem is in place and we are going toexpand on it.“We have some good senior leader-

ship on the whole, and we have somekids that people just don’t know aboutthat are going to make an impact.”

Basic defensive formation50.

Defensive outlookThe Tigers featured one of the area’s


WELLSVILLE TIGERS


Aug. 29 TorontoSept. 6 vs.Y.Christian at PolandSept. 12 at LisbonSept. 19 Western ReserveSept. 26 at LeetoniaOct. 3 at Mineral RidgeOct. 10 LowellvilleOct. 17 SebringOct. 24 at SouthernOct. 31 McDonald


Members of the 2014Wellsville football team are (front, from left) Brice Allen, Justin Miller, Ishmael Heard, Will Gradhaus, TyShawn Franklin, Frank Jack-son, Cameron Davis, Alik Bradford, Caleb Kountz; (second row, from left) Nick Huff, Hayden Jackson, Vinnie Giordano, Hayden Dalrymple, Brandon Ben-nett, Bradley Cline, Andre Sloan, Collin Cartevale, Zack Mellott, Branzen Gradhaus: (third row, from left) Seth Bloor, Skyler DeLauder, Austin Baker, JohnBell, Austin Phillips, Alexander Gunn, Kurt Rosenbaum, Xavier Washington, Austin Carter; (fourth row, from left) John Buckel, Matthew Rawson, RichardTice, Branden Patterson, Blayke McCloud,Eric Sullivan, Braden Valentine, Travis Furbee, Ryan Miller, Norman Rudder; (back, from left) coach Ron Busby,coach Dennis Bowers, coach Rick Stanley, head coach Rich Wright, coach Derrick Spann, coach Joe Carr and coach Rich Sloan.

See WELLSVILLE, Page 41A

Wellsville can bring it home

top defenses last season, when theyheld opponents to an average of 13.1points in their nine wins. The Tigersalso added Caleb Kountz, who was astarting linebacker at Beaver Local lastseason.“We went to a more aggressive

defensively,” Wright said. “We’ve hadmore time to work on it with not havingto put in a new system offensively.”

Returning offensive backsZack Mellott (senior running back),

Tyshawn Franklin (senior wingback),Vinnie Giordano (junior fullback).

Incoming offensive backsAlik Bradford (junior quarterback),

Justin Miller (sophomore quarterback),Andre Sloan (freshman running back).

Returning offensive endsNone.

Incoming offensive endsCaleb Kountz (senior receiver), Frank

Jackson (senior receiver).

Returning offensive linemenSeth Bloor (senior guard), Travis

Furbee (senior guard), BrandenValentine (senior tackle).

Incoming offensive linemenEric Sullivan (junior guard), Kurt

Rosenbaum (junior center), AustinBaker (junior tackle), Austin Phillips(junior guard), Hayden Dalrymple(sophomore center).

Returning defensive linemenSeth Bloor (senior end), Travis

Furbee (senior noseguard), BrandenValentine (senior tackle).

Incoming defensive linemenNorman Rudder (sophomore end),

Austin Baker (junior noseguard), EricSullivan (junior tackle).

Returning linebackersVinnie Giordano (junior), Frank

Jackson (senior).

Incoming linebackersCaleb Kountz (senior), Kurt

Rosenbaum (junior), Bradley Cline(sophomore).

Returning defensive backsZack Mellott (senior free safety),

Tyshawn Franklin (senior cornerback).

Incoming defensive backsAndre Sloan (freshman cornerback),

Collin Cartevale (junior safety), AlikBradford (junior cornerback), DevonSmith (senior cornerback).

2013 Players honoredMarcus Moxley (graduated), first-

team Division VII All-Ohio, first-teamAll-Area and first-team All-OVAC.Greg Beatty (graduated), special

mention Division VII All-Ohio, first-team All-Area and first-team All-OVAC.Seth Bradford (graduated), special

mention Division VII All-Ohio andfirst-team All-Area.Jordan Sloan (graduated), first-team

All-Area.Zack Mellott, second-team All-Area.

2013 LeadersRushing — Zack Mellott, 1,075

yards and 12 touchdowns on 119 car-ries (9.0); Jordan Sloan (graduated)606 yards and nine touchdowns on 87carries (7.0); Brendon Carr (graduated)602 yards and six touchdowns on 99carries (6.1); Marcus Moxley (graduat-ed) 567 yards and 13 touchdowns on97 carries (5.9).Passing — Jordan Sloan (graduated)

completed 67 of 122 passes (55 per-

cent) for 1,001 yards and 14 touch-downs with five interceptions; AlixBradford completed four of five passesfor 86 yards.Receiving — Seth Bradford (gradu-

ated) 17 catches for 427 yards (25.1)and seven touchdowns; Marcus Moxley(graduated) 18 catches for 259 yards(14.4) and seven touchdowns; ZackMellott, nine catches for 91 yards(10.1).

2014 OutlookWellsville is coming off a season the

Tigers had been building for. Theirnine wins were the most since going 9-1 in 1995.It will be tough to repeat that suc-

cess, but a lot of the players have beenwaiting to show what they can do.“We lost a great group of seniors, but

have a lot of players returning whogained valuable experience in lastyear’s playoff run,” Wright said. “Wewant to play at home in week 11again.”The Tigers seem to play their best at

Nicholson Stadium, where they went 6-0 last year along with a win in their firsthome playoff game. They will playthree of their last four games there thisseason.“Last year we were 6-0 at home, but

it is going to be evern more challengingthis season,” Wright said. “Our twobiggest goals are to compete for aleague title and to get these seniors intothe playoffs for the third time in fouryears.”


10 Caleb Kountz ....................6-1.......215 ....Sr.12 Alik Bradford .....................5-9.......170 ....Jr.13 Cameron Davis.................5-8.......155 ....Fr.14 Frank Jackson ..................5-11 .....215 ....Sr.15 TyShawn Franklin .............5-9.......175 ....Sr.16 Will Gradhaus ...................5-9.......165 ....Fr.17 Ishmael Heard ..................5-8.......130 ....Soph.18 Justin Miller.......................6-0.......155 ....Soph.19 Brice Allen.........................5-7.......120 ....Fr.21 Devon Smith .....................5-10.....150 ....Sr.22 Branzan Gradhaus ...........6-0.......185 ....Soph.23 Zack Mellott ......................5-9.......185 ....Sr.24 Collin Cartevale ................5-9.......150 ....Jr.25 Andre Sloan ......................6-0.......155 ....Fr.27 Bradley Cline ....................5-9.......165 ....Soph.30 Brandon Bennett...............5-8.......150 ....Fr.35 Hayden Dalrymple ............5-11 .....200 ....Soph.41 Vinnie Giordano................5-9.......200 ....Jr.44 Hayden Jackson ...............6-0.......190 ....Soph.45 Nick Huff ...........................5-8.......170 ....Sr.

52 Austin Carter.....................5-8.......170 ....Jr.54 Xavier Washington ...........5-11 .....215 ....Jr.55 Kurt Rosenbaum...............5-11 .....215 ....Jr.56 Alexander Gunn................5-8.......170 ....Jr.58 Austin Phillips ...................5-10.....195 ....Jr.60 John Bell...........................6-1.......225 ....Sr.61 Austin Baker .....................5-11 .....230 ....Jr.67 Skyler DeLauder...............5-9.......230 ....Soph.68 Seth Bloor.........................6-0.......230 ....Sr.72 Norman Rudder ................6-0.......210 ....Soph.74 Ryan Miller........................5-9.......195 ....Fr.75 Travis Furbee....................6-3.......180 ....Sr.76 Branden Valentine ............6-7.......290 ....Sr.77 Eric Sullivan......................6-0.......240 ....Jr.81 Blayke McCloud................5-10.....170 ....Fr.82 Branden Patterson............5-10.....170 ....Fr.83 Richard Tice......................5-10.....160 ....Fr.85 Matthew Rawson ..............5-11 .....150 ....Fr.88 John Buckel ......................5-11 .....175 ....Jr.

Wellsville TigersWELLSVILLE,Continued from Page 40A

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Here is a capsule look at the Wellsville Tigersʼ march tothe Division V state football championship game in 1994:

WEEK ONEWellsville 22, Gilmour Academy 0

———WEEK TWO

Wellsville 51, Southern 6———

WEEK THREEWellsville 33, Lisbon 0

———WEEK FOUR

Wellsville 18, Toronto 7———

WEEK FIVEWellsville 33, Conotton Valley 0

WEEK SIXWellsville 48, Buckeye Trail 6

———WEEK SEVEN

Wellsville 41, Shadyside 21———

WEEK EIGHTWellsville 16, Cadiz 0

———WEEK NINE

Wellsville 56, Beaver Local 14———

WEEK 10Wellsville 22, Wheeling Central 7

———FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF

Wellsville 22, Steubenville Catholic Central 13The atmosphere was charged as the Tigers took on the

defending Division V state champion Catholic CentralCrusaders. Before an estimated 7,200 fans at EastLiverpoolʼs Patterson Field, the Tigers led 14-13 until late inthe contest. Wright broke loose for a 50-yard run that set upa one-yard clinching score by Wolfe with just 2:26 lef.

———SECOND-ROUND PLAYOFF

Wellsville 21, Akron Manchester 0A scoreless tie into the fourth quarter was broken as the

Tigers erupted for a 21-0 triumph at Austintown Fitch andtheir fifth shutout of the season. Two interceptions byScarabino and one by Bo Carter set up the Tiger TDs.

———STATE SEMIFINAL

Wellsville 33, Buckeye Trail 21In a rematch of WEEK SIX teams, the Tigers found

themselves behind by eight, 14-6, which was their biggest

deficit to that point in the season. Wolfe brought the Tigerfans to their feet when he returned the second-half kickoff75 yards for a tally. Wolfeʼs run ignited the Tigers to a 27-point outburst over the final two quarters at St. Clairsville.

———STATE CHAMPIONSHIPVersailles 28, Wellsville 7

In a battle of Tiger teams in a Tiger stadium, theWellsville Tigers came up short to a talented VersaillesTigers team in front of 6,495 fans at Massillonʼs Paul BrownStadium. Versailles had won the Division IV crown in 1993.

Wellsville trailed 21-0 at intermission. Shawn Carter gotthe Tigers on the board with an 88-yard sprint in the thirdquarter. At that time, it was the second-longest run inOHSAA football playoff history.

Wellsville finished the season with a glittering 13-1record.


1994 was like never before in Wellsville

Special to the Journal

Members of Wellsville’s 1994 Division V state state runner-up football team included (front, from left) Justin Carter, Shawn Carter, Eric Wolfe, SteveBoley, Bo Carter, Paul DeSarro, Dan Talbott; (second row, from left) Dwane Rowley, Jim Lowe, Sean Wright, David Jackson, Jim Bailey, Joe Scarabino, AndyTravers, Andy Boso; (third row, from left) Corky Green, Jeff Jones, Jason Chrisman, Ryan Oliver, Ryan Ferrell, Nate Daniels, Mike Daniels; (fourth row,from left) Ed Grogg, Rick Stanley, Emit Daniels, Shaun Dotson, Scott Beadle, Doug Carr, Jeremy Miller, Dale Hanlon; (fifth row, from left) Dave Long, RyanGrimm, Pat Donovan, Rob Vincent, Chris Anderson, Justin Douglas, Mike Craig; (sixth row, from left) Nathan Bunfill, Mike Kerr, Kenny Moore; (back,from left) head coach Bob Thayer, coach Mark DeSarro, coach Jim Arcuragi and coach Alfred Johnson.

By CHUCK GREENWOODJournal Correspondent

WELLSVILLE — “A belief in oneanother,” “confidence,” “closeness,”“determination,” “family,” “talent” and“unbelievable community support” arewords and phrases used by members ofWellsville’s 1994 football team.The 1994 Wellsville team reached

the Ohio High School AthleticAssociation Division V state champi-onship game.While the 28-7 loss to Versailles in

the state final sometimes still bringsback haunting memories 20 years later,the overriding memories from the 13-1season are of accomplishments andfriendships.The Tigers finished 6-4 in 1993,

dropping the final four games as injuries

affected the final record.The resolve not to let that happen

again, prompted the “Revenge Tour1994” mindset. That determinationspearheaded the Tigers’ roar as theyrolled over 13 consecutive opponentson their way to the state final.“We went into the 1994 season with

tremendous confidence,” said BobThayer, who was Wellsville’s headcoach from 1992-1994. “Those guyshad played together for a long time. Weknew we had experience, talent andplenty of speed. We were hopeful thatwe could avoid serious injuries.”The attitude from the first meeting of

the year was that much was going to beexpected of them.“During our first preseason meeting,

we said that someone was going to winthe OVAC (Ohio Valley Athletic

Conference). Why not us?” Thayer said.“Someone was going to make the play-offs. Why not us? Someone was goingto be state champs. Why not us? Theplayers believed in us as coaches andwe believed in our players.“This team had literally played

together since they were 6 and 7 yearsold. They came up through JuniorTigers and then on to junior high andfinally high school. This was a team thathad truly been raised by the communityas they were so frequently in eachother’s homes, that their parents didn’tconsider them guests, but just anotherone of their kids.”“The town definitely raised the kids.

It was a different time,” receiver JustinCarter said. ”If we did something wrongin another part of town, our parentswould know about it before we got

home.“Two of my cousins, Sean Wright

and Dwayne Rowley, were my team-mates. Joey Scarabino was my bestfriend all through school. Joey had 11interceptions that year. Growing up, wehad all played for ‘Big Joe’ Scarabino inJunior Tigers. I really miss him. He diedway too soon.”The success that can be achieved by

working together has remained with theplayers and the coaches throughout theirlives.“I think back on those days often,”

guard Ryan Ferrell said. “That was myfirst glimmer of being around other peo-ple who were all focused on one goal.“I have used those remembrances in

various leadership positions during my

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See 1994, Page 44A

career in the Air Force. We had suchcamaraderie and pride. It was amazinghow we felt about one another and howwe trusted each other.”Ferrell was the 2012 Non-

Commissioned Officer of the Year inthe United States Air Force. Currentlystationed at Robins Air Force Base inWarner Robins, Georgia, Ferrell hasexperienced numerous overseasdeployments in his 15 years in the AirForce.“The Revenge Tour 1994 fit right

with our mindset. To be successful, youhave to have self discipline,” insidelinebacker Eric “Icky” Wolfe said.“You have to respect one another andhave to love the game. The years haveflown by. It’s hard to believe that it’sbeen 20 years.”Wolfe earned All-Ohio first-team

honors, as did running back SeanWright. For Wright, this was the sec-ond consecutive year that he wasaccorded All-Ohio first-team laurels.“Eric Wolfe was the best high school

linebacker I have ever coached,” saidformer Wellsville assistant AlfredJohnson, who has coached for morethan 30 years. “He was unbelievable.When we moved Chris Anderson fromdefensive end to outside linebacker,that enabled us to put Doug Carr in atdefensive end. That made that side ofthe defense almost invincible.”“We had those seniors since they

were sophomores,” said formerWellsville assistant Jim Arcuragi. “Ascoaches, we had to get them to comeover to our side. They quickly boughtinto Bob’s system. They worked hardand did everything we asked of them.They were not only our players, butthey became our friends.”Arcuragi echoed Johnson’s senti-

ments on Wolfe saying, “The two besthigh school linebackers I have everbeen around were Bob Thayer at EastLiverpool and Icky Wolfe atWellsville. They were, by far, the best.”In 1993, Anderson had played guard

and Ferrell tight end. During the sum-mer of 1994, they flipped positions,which paid huge dividends forWellsville’s offense as both playersquickly fell in love with their new posi-

tions.“The team was what was important

to all of us,” Anderson said. “We werecommitted to each other. No one want-ed to let his teammates down. Thatmade us all work that much harder. Byfar, that was the most enjoyable time ofmy life. I look back on those days andsmile. It was so much fun.”Working in industrial construction,

Anderson has recently relocated backto Columbiana County after spending anumber of years in the Uniontown,Pennsylvania, area.“We came into the season with high

expectations. A lot of teams have highexpectations prior to the season, but weknew that expectations were very real-istic,” said Rick Stanley, a stalwart atboth offensive guard and defensivetackle. “I remember Ryan Ferrell and Italking during the summer about howcool it would be to not only get into theplayoffs, but to go deep into the play-offs. By going to the state finals, weplayed almost the equivalent of anotherhalf season.”Stanley went on to praise the work of

his teammates.“Rob Vincent really blossomed his

senior year at left defensive tackle. Hemade it much easier for me,” Stanleysaid. “Chris Anderson was so valuable.He could have played just about anyposition with maybe the exception ofquarterback. Joey Scarabino and BoCarter were excellent receivers. Joeycould have probably played quarter-back for any team in the county.”Anderson, Ferrell and Stanley

received All-Ohio special mention.Stanley was also special mention in1993.“My job was to get them into the

huddle and then up to the line,” saidquarterback Shawn Carter, who passedfor 1,179 yards during the regular sea-son. “We had so many speed burners.Icky could run people over. He liked tohit people. Sean Wright was outstand-ing as was Bo Carter and Justin Carter.We had so many weapons.“We would have put up even bigger

numbers than we did, but Coach Thayerdidn’t want to embarrass the otherteams by running up the scores. Also,by doing that, he built up the depth bygiving the younger guys some playingtime. Shaun Dotson was just a sopho-more, but he more than held his own atcenter going up against guys who weresometimes a 100 pounds heavier thanhim.”Limiting opponents to a mere 56

points in the regular season, the defensealso posted four shutouts in the regularseason.The 1994 team will be honored

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record 174 points; Billy Goodall (grad-uated) 86; Tyler Rothbauer (graduated)73.Interceptions — Billy Goodall (grad-

uated) 3, Greg Dunham 3.

2014 OutlookSouth Range lost a lot of talent to

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field from a year ago, when they scored511 points, an average of 42.6 pointsper game.“Throughout the 2013 season we

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The Raiders are favored to repeat inthe ITCL upper tier, but they are not asdeep as a year ago, so injuries are a con-cern.“The Raiders have worked very hard

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2014 OutlookThis looks like Springfield’s best

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EAST LIVERPOOL—For many highschool football players, their senior yearis the pinnacle of their athletic careers.For the vast majority who will not suitup in college, it represents the last timethey will be able to pull on a uniform.East Liverpool’ s Kade Reynolds,

Wellsville’ s Zack Mellott, BeaverLocal’ s Jason Sims and Oak Glen’ sChase Hartley all are looking forward totheir final season for different reasons.Reynolds will be looking forward to

playing with a new coach as well asadapting to a new position. He will bemoving from quarterback to runningback/receiver under first-year coachJosh Ludwig.“I’ m excited about it,” Reynolds

said. “It will make room for CurtisMayfield at quarterback who is a great

player. It will give me the freedom tocatch the ball out of the slot and run outof the backfield a little more. It shouldmake us a better team.”For Reynolds, his senior year also

represents the last chance he will haveto suit up with his cousin DylanReynolds, a junior receiver and outsidelinebacker.“We are pretty much like brothers,”

Kade Reynolds said. “We’ ve played onthe same team since I was in eighthgrade. Last year I got to throw him sometouchdown passes and this year we willbe sharing playing time at running backand receiver. It’ ll be nice to run ontoPatterson Field one more time with

him.”For Hartley—a senior quarterback for

Oak Glen—his final season represents ashot at a comeback.In 2013, Hartley was looking for-

ward to his first season at starting quar-terback, but barely had a chance to seethe field as he broke his right leg in theseason opener against Edison.“It was on a quarterback sneak,”

Hartley said. “I went to cut it outsideand my leg got rolled up on. I could hearthe bones cracking. I knew it was badright away.”Hartley was relegated to the sidelines

as the Golden Bears slogged through an0-10 season.

“I worked all year long to get pre-pared for just 10 games,” Hartley said.“When they get taken away from youit’ s rough.”Hartley recovered quicker than the

doctors expected and was walking in aboot after six weeks. He is looking for-ward to making up for lost time.“I’m really excited to be back play-

ing with my friends again,” Hartleysaid. “The leg hasn’ t given me anyproblems at all. I haven’ t felt any rust.”Hartley is most looking forward to

the game against Weir. Last year’ s con-test between the two schools wasmarred by a post-game fight involvingcoach Ian Whittington.“I was obviously on the sidelines

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“It’s something I’m ready for. It’s my last season andit’s time for me to step up and be the main guy.”

ZACK MELLOTT,WELLSVILLE RUNNING BACK


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crutches.”After splitting time in a crowded

backfield last year, Wellsville runningback Zack Mellott is looking forward tobeing the feature back in his last season.

“It’ s something I’ m ready for,”Mellott said. “It’ s my last season andit’ s time for me to step up and be themain guy.

Despite sharing carries with departedseniors Brendon Carr and MarcusMoxley, Mellott still led the Tigers inrushing last season with 850 yards andeight touchdowns. Wellsville finished9-3 and advanced to the second roundof the playoffs.

“We had a great team last year,”Mellott said “Teams win games notindividuals. I was glad just to play mypart. Hopefully we can have other guysstep up alongside me.”

To help fuel him this season, Mellotis hoping to draw inspiration fromWellsville’ s 1994 state-runner upteam, which will celebrate its 20thanniversary as part of the Tigers season-opener against Toronto. Mellot’ s unclewas a freshman on that team.

“We’ re hoping to set the tone foranother playoff season and put on agood show for those guys,” Mellottsaid. “My uncle’ s told me a little bitabout how great it was then. Hopefullywe can get the program back to thatlevel.”

Despite subpar records for BeaverLocal over the past three seasons, Simshas stood out as a dependable force atright tackle.

“He is a road grader,” Beaver Localhead coach Jeremy McElroy said.“Whenever we need a first down we go

right behind him.”The shining moment for Sims last

season came against Oak Glen, whensophomore running back RobertJohnston rumbled for 233 yards, manyof them behind Sims.

“It’ s the greatest feeling to have yourteam run behind you so many times,”Sims said. “My favorite memory fromlast season was against Oak Glen. Wedid 10 minutes straight of nothing butrunning.”

For his last season, Sims is itching for

October 24 when the Beavers travel to

East Liverpool. The Potters nipped the

Beavers 20-16 last year, cinching the

game on a fourth-and-one stop late in

the fourth quarter.

“I ran behind Jason six straight times

and I should have done it a seventh,”

McElroy said. “I’ ve thought about that

a lot this summer.”

“Week nine at Patterson Field,” Sims

said. “That’ s all I’ m thinking about.”

SENIORS,Continued from Page 3B

Players in Columbiana County history to rush and pass for 1,000 yards eachin a season:

Year Player (School) .................................Games Rush Pass2013 Collin Gilbert (Crestview).........................13 1,904 1,5222013 Garrett Beech (United) ...........................10 1,049 1,0972012 Collin Gilbert (Crestview)..........................12 1,098 1,0062012 Garrett Beech (United) ..............................10 1,427 1,0172011 Adam Coppock (Crestview) .......................13 1,016 1,1922011 Austin Barbato (Columbiana).....................11 1,335 1,0142010 Austin Barbato (Columbiana).....................10 1,098 1,0462010 Marky Thompkins (East Liverpool) ............11 1,018 1,2762010 Trent Toothman (Salem).............................11 1,407 1,5952010 Carter Hill (Crestview) ...............................11 1,104 1,6652010 Josh McLaughlin (United) ..........................11 1,065 2,6272009 Trent Toothman (Salem).............................12 1,091 2,0262009 Carter Hill (Crestview) ...............................12 1,116 1,5472009 Shane Peterson (East Palestine)...............10 1,058 1,0972008 Shane Peterson (East Palestine).................9 1,124 1,2072007 Tony Britton (Crestview).............................10 1,156 1,0632007 Ryan Williams (Columbiana)......................11 1,256 1,0012005 Mike Welce (Columbiana)..........................13 1,066 1,3652004 Drew Wagner (Columbiana) ......................10 1,008 1,1142003 Jay Yorty (Lisbon).......................................13 1,159 1,0292002 Smitty Kendrew (East Palestine) ...............12 1,031 1,0391994 Michael Winters (Columbiana)...................12 1,276 1,004

1,000-1,000 club

“I’m really excited to be back playingwith my friends again,”

CHASE HARTLEY,OAK GLEN QUARTERBACK

“Week nine at Patterson Field.That’s all I’m thinking about.”

JASON SIMS,BEAVER LOCAL LINEMAN


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Members of the 2014 Beaver Local football team are (front, from left) Chris Sigley, coach Rich Wright, coach Aaron West, coach Jeff Dixon, head coachJeremy McElroy, coach Stephen Mercer, coach Ed Weidger, coach Rich Shilling, coach Ken Chupa, Steven Wright; (second row, from left) Logan Bobby, KoleMcKenzie, Dalton Zellers, Chase Hillard, Austin Lawrence, Jason Sims, Cody Riddle, Davonte Gist, Hayden Grafton, Colton Beckwith, Seth Marshall.; (thirdrow, from left) Bryce McKenzie, Chandler Chafins, Justin Davis, Tyler Kelly, Devon Zellers, Dustin Martsolf, Justin Flowers, Mike Woodburn, Jason Johnston;(fourth row, from left) Chris Yanni, Michael Pinkerton, Terry Adkins, Trevor McLaughlin, Justin McNicol, Robert Johnston, Tristen Clendenning, AndrewGibson, Wyatt Abragbrite; (fifth row, from left) Hayden Wilson, Damien Emeritt, Hunter McVay, Dalton Baker, Josh Speelman, Cade O’Rourke, AlexO’Rourke, Torey Calio, Logan Hughes; (back, from left) Jacob Morgan, Shane Wright, Andrew Gibson, Chad Mays, Michael Clendenning, Zack Thomas,Oshea Vantilburg, Parker Sommers, Mike Bock, Luke Call and Noah West.

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2013 Record2-8, including a 1-5 mark at home.

The Beavers have lost 23 of their last27 home games.

Head CoachJeremy McElroy enters his third sea-

son as head coach with a 4-16 record.He was 1-29 in three seasons at Lisbonfrom 2008-10 and served as offensiveline coach at Beaver Local in 2011. Hewas an assistant coach at KetteringFairmont High School from 2004-07,at Piqua High School in 2004, atCalifornia University (Pa.) in 2002-03,at East Palestine High School in 2001and a student coach at Mount UnionCollege in 2000.

Assistant coachesStephen Mercer, offensive coordina-

torKen Chupa, co-defensive coordinatorDavid Allen, co-defensive coordinator

Ed Weidger, offensive line, defensivelineRich Schilling, special teams, offen-

sive line, defensive lineAaron West, running backs, lineback-

ersRich Wright, wide receivers, defen-

sive backsCharlie Dohoisch, running backs,

defensive backs

Returning lettermenNinteen, including eight starters on


Basic offensive formationPro-Style Pistol.

Offensive outlookThe Beavers scored one or fewer

touchdowns in six game last season—alllosses.“Offense looks to be balanced with

returnees at all but three positions,”McElroy said.“Trevore McLaughlin returns at

quarterback and has two receivers com-ing back in Hayden Grafton and BryceMcKenzie. Three returning offensivelinemen and top three returning rushersare back in Robbie Johnston, DustinMartsolf and Kole McKenzie.”

Basic defensive formationMultiple 50.

Defensive outlookThe Beavers gave up an average of

37.1 points in a seven-game losingstreak to end last season.“Defense looks to build upon experi-

ence from last year,” McElroy said.“Have two returning defensive linemen,three returning linebackers and threereturning defensive backs.”


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Incoming offensive backsJustin Flowers (junior running back),

Devan Zellers (junior running back).

Returning offensive endsHayden Grafton (senior wide receiv-

er), Bryce McKenzie (junior widereceiver), Chase Hilliard (senior widereceiver), Chris Sigley (senior widereceiver).

Incoming offensive endsJustin Davis (junior wide receiver).

Returning offensive linemenJason Simms (senior), Austin

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Incoming linebackersDevan Zellers (junior), Justin

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Returning defensive backsHayden Grafton (senior), Chris

Sigley (senior), Chase Hilliard (senior),Robbie Johnston (junior).

Incoming defensive backsJustin Davis (junior).

2013 Players honoredCody Marsolf (graduated), second-

team Division IV All-Ohio, first-teamAll-Area and first-team All-OVAC.Stefan Lucas (graduated), second-

team All-Area.

2013 LeadersRushing —Robbie Johnston ran for

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pleted 51 percent of his passes for 595yards and seven touchdowns.Receiving—Hayden Grafton, 17

catches for 210 yards (13.4).Tackles —Cody Martsolf (graduated)

85; Kole McKenzie 61; DustinMartsolf 58; Jason Keyes 57.Interceptions —Hayden Grafton 2.

2014 OutlookGetting out of the All-American

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the Beavers, who have seven wins in thelast five seasons.Beaver Local is pinning its hopes to

eight returning starters on each side ofthe ball.“We’ re looking forward to three

local games to start the season withCrestview, Oak Glen and EastPalestine,” McElroy said. “In the mid-dle of the season we get to play two newBuckeye 8 opponents in Indian Creekand Buckeye Local.“We finish up the season with East

Liverpool and Brookfield. In the middleof the season we also play Claymontand Cambridge, while also getting toplay All-American rival Niles.”


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1 Elliott Collins.....................5-9.......145 ......Sr.2 Justin Davis ......................5-8.......155 ......Jr.4 Hayden Grafton ................5-9.......155 ......Sr.5 Dalton Baker.....................5-8.......145 ......Sr.6 Bryce McKenzie ...............5-8.......160 ......Jr.9 Dustin Martsolf .................5-7.......155 ......Jr.10 Chandler Chafins..............5-8.......170 ......Jr.11 Kole McKenzie..................5-9.......195 ......Sr.20 Chris Sigley ......................5-8.......155 ......Sr.21 Robbie Johnston...............5-10.....150 ......Jr.22 Trevore McLaughlin...........5-10.....150 ......Jr.23 Connor Hall.......................5-11.....170 ......Sr.24 Chase Hilliard ...................6-1.......185 ......Sr.25 Devon Zellers....................5-10.....185 ......Jr.30 Cody Riddle ......................6-0.......220 ......Sr.32 Logan Bobby ....................5-9.......185 ......Sr.33 Justin Flowers...................5-8.......180 ......Jr.35 Seth Marshall....................5-9.......205 ......Sr.50 Tyler Kelly..........................5-10.....190 ......Jr.53 Justin McNichol ................6-1.......205 ......Jr.54 Jason Johnston ................5-10.....220 ......Soph.55 Terry Adkins......................6-2.......245 ......Soph.56 Dalton Zellers ...................6-2.......210 ......Sr.61 Trent Young .......................5-10.....225 ......Jr.62 Tristen Clendenning..........6-2.......235 ......Jr.63 Michael Pinkerton.............6-1.......250 ......Sr.68 Ben Smith .........................6-4.......275 ......Jr.70 Mike Woodburn.................6-0.......245 ......Jr.

72 Colton Beckwith................5-10.....295 ......Sr.76 Jason Sims .......................6-2.......285 ......Sr.79 Austin Lawrence ...............6-3.......275 ......Sr.81 Davonte Gist .....................6-1.......185 ......Sr.83 Zach Brahm......................5-9.......145 ......Soph.85 Steven Wright ...................5-10.....175 ......Sr.1 Shane Wright....................5-8.......140 ......Fr.3 Luke Call ..........................5-9.......175 ......Fr.4 Hayden Wilson .................5-7.......135 ......Fr.7 Chris Yanni........................5-6.......125 ......Fr.9 Josh Speelman.................5-8.......145 ......Fr.10 Isaac Ream ......................5-9.......155 ......Fr.12 Noah West ........................5-9.......175 ......Fr.15 Michael Clendenning ........5-10.....185 ......Fr.33 Hunter McVay ...................5-10.....170 ......Fr.34 Torey Calio........................5-8.......165 ......Fr.50 Chad Mays .......................5-11.....165 ......Fr.53 Jacob Morgan...................5-10.....220 ......Fr.55 Damien Emeritt.................5-7.......145 ......Fr.60 Logan Hughes ..................5-8.......165 ......Fr.61 Mike Bock .........................5-10.....205 ......Fr.62 Alex OáRourke .................5-8.......195 ......Fr.64 Zack Thomas ....................6-2.......245 ......Fr.72 Parker Sommers...............5-10.....220 ......Fr.75 Cade O’Rourke.................5-8.......195 ......Fr.77 Wyatt Abragbrite ...............5-9.......200 ......Fr.78 Andrew Gibson .................6-0.......300 ......Fr.82 Zak Kestner ......................6-1.......175 ......Fr.84 Oshea Vantilburg ..............5-11.....145 ......Fr.

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Members of the 2014 East Liverpool football team are (front, from left) Brent Waggle, Jullian Cowart, Noah Shaw,Ryan Bombich, Austin Mayfield, Dakota Ice, Raeqwon Eliam, Austyn Dozier, Kade Reynolds; (second row, from left)Michael Loy, Logan Bouscher, Damian Garcia, Jake Cornell, Xayvion Frederick, Cory Cotter, Jacon Blystone, DaShawnGolding, Dillan Reynolds; (third row, from left) Kyle Walker, Tim Veglia, Austin Vranesevich, Devin Streets, JordanWilson, Tyler Milhoan, Nathan Miscuk, Nick O’Hanlon, Zach Gill, Ryan Lilly, Jared Yanik; (fourth row, from left)David Locke, Andrew Schreffler, Dalton Cornman, Austin Morris, Ryan Tanner, Eddie Roberts, Caleb McHenry; (fifthrow, from left) Connor Nickell, Jason Todd, Nick Cotter, DannyWells, Travis Kidder, Charles Iacobucci, Nate Miller,Jacob Buckel; (sixth row, from left) coach Mike Crane, coach Alvan Thompson, coach Dylan Stickler, Jason Kutzner,Freddie Plum, coach Jeff Wright, coach Bill Potts, coach Eric McMahon; (back, from left) coach Jim Arcuragi, coachDave Skinner, head coach Josh Ludwig and coach Rick Davis.


2013 Record5-5. The Potters closed out last sea-

son with four straight victories, includ-ing three on the road. The Potters were2-2 in games decided by six points orless.

Head CoachJosh Ludwig enters his first season as

head coach.

Assistant coachesDavid SkinnerRichard DavisJim ArcuragiJeff WrightAlvan ThompsonDylan SticklerEric McMahonMike Crane

Returning lettermenFifteeen, including five starters on

offense and five starters on defense.

Basic offensive linemenSpread with variable formations.

Offensive outlookThe Potters scored an average of 30.5

points in their five wins, but 8.6 pointsin their five losses last season.Kade Reynolds, the Potters’ leading

passer the last two seasons, has beenmoved to running back.

“We are looking to drive the ball,”Ludwig said. “We want to control thetempo of the game.”


Defensive outlookThe Potters return five starters to a

defense that gave up an average of 21.3points a game last seasons, whichranked second in Columbiana County“We want to be tough and control the

line of scrimmage,” Ludwig said. “Wewant to make third down the mostimportant down.”

Returning offensive backsAustyn Dozier (junior fullback),

Kade Reynolds (senior running back).

Incoming offensive backsAustin Mayfield (sophomore quarter-

back), Logan Bouscher (sophomorequarterback), Dillan Reynolds (juniorrunning back), Michael Loy (freshmanquarterback), Jake Cornell (freshman

running back), Xayvion Frederick(freshman running back), DaShawnGolding (senior running back), KyleWalker (freshman running back),Jordan Wilson (freshman runningback).

Returning offensive endsRyan Bombich (junior wide receiv-

er), RaeQwan Eilam (junior widereceiver), Austin Vransevich (juniorwide receiver), Jason Kutzner (seniorwide receiver).

Incoming offensive endsJulian Cowart (junior wide receiver),

Noah Shaw (sophomore wide receiver),Dakota Ice (sophomore wide receiver),Damian Garcia (freshman wide receiv-er), Cory Cotter (sophomore tight end),Jacob Blystone (freshman wide receiv-er), Tim Veglia (freshman wide receiv-er), Devin Streets (junior wide receiv-er), Tyler Milhoan (freshman tight end),Nate Miller (senior wide receiver),Jacob Buckel (junior wide receiver),Freddie Plum (sophomore tight end).

Returning offensive linemenRyan Lilly (junior), Jared Yanik

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2 Julian Cowart....................5-9.......160 ....Jr.3 Noah Shaw.......................5-7.......125 ....Soph.4 Ryan Bombich ..................5-11.....165 ....Jr.5 Austin Mayfield .................6-2.......210 ....Soph.6 Dakota Ice ........................5-8.......120 ....Soph.7 RaeQwon Eilam ...............5-6.......130 ....Jr.8 Austyn Dozier ...................6-2.......235 ....Jr.9 Kade Reynolds .................5-10.....180 ....Sr.10 Michael Loy ......................5-8.......145 ....Fr.13 Logan Bouscher ...............6-1.......175 ....Soph.15 Damian Garcia..................5-10.....150 ....Fr.16 Jake Cornell......................5-10.....175 ....Fr.17 Xayvion Frederick .............5-7.......135 ....Fr.18 Cory Cotter .......................6-2.......180 ....Soph.20 Jacob Blystone .................5-9.......140 ....Fr.21 DaShawn Golding.............5-10.....170 ....Sr.22 Dillan Reynolds.................6-2.......195 ....Jr.24 Kyle Walker .......................6-2.......170 ....Fr.25 Tim Veglia .........................5-10.....135 ....Fr.26 Austin Vranesevich ...........6-2.......170 ....Jr.27 Devin Streets ....................5-10.....150 ....Jr.30 Jordan Wilson...................5-8.......135 ....Fr.44 Tyler Milhoan.....................5-9.......190 ....Fr.

51 Nathan Miscuk..................5-9.......175 ....Fr.52 Nick O’Hanlon...................6-0.......230 ....Jr.53 Zach Gill ...........................6-2.......215 ....Soph.54 Ryan Lilly ..........................6-0.......255 ....Jr.55 Jared Yanik .......................6-1.......215 ....Sr.57 David Locke ......................5-11.....205 ....Soph.58 Andrew Schreffler .............5-10.....190 ....Soph.62 Dalton Cornman ...............5-11.....205 ....Sr.64 Austin Morris.....................5-10.....240 ....Jr.66 Ryan Tanner .....................6-1.......275 ....Soph.68 Eddie Roberts...................5-11.....205 ....Sr.70 Caleb McHenry.................5-11.....265 ....Soph.71 Connor Nickell ..................5-11.....230 ....Fr.72 Jason Todd .......................6-0.......305 ....Soph.75 Nick Cotter........................6-4.......265 ....Sr.77 Danny Wells......................6-5.......275 ....Soph.78 Travis Kidder .....................6-0.......300 ....Fr.79 Charles Iacobucci .............6-1.......275 ....Jr.84 Nate Miller ........................6-1.......170 ....Sr.85 Jacob Buckel ....................5-7.......125 ....Jr.86 Jason Kutzner...................6-1.......200 ....Sr.87 Freddie Plum ....................6-3.......250 ....Soph.

East Liverpool Potters

By CHUCK GREENWOODJournal Correspondent

EAST LIVERPOOL —This has beena very busy summer for East LiverpoolHigh School head football coach JoshLudwig. But then, the 2000 EastLiverpool graduate wouldn’ t have itany other way.“When I see something that is not

going correctly, I like being able tojump in and fix it,” said Ludwig whowas hired in January as the Potters’head coach. ‘When I was an assistant, Iunderstood my role and I didn’ t want tostep on anyone’ s toes. Being the headcoach, I don’ t have to wait if I seesomething is wrong. However, it doesput more pressure on me, as I had betterbe right when I make a move.”Well-versed in the Potter tradition as

both a player and then as an assistantPat McNicol and Rick Prescott’ s staffs,Ludwig has found the transition to be asmooth one.

“Being on the teaching and coachingstaff, I already knew the players and theparents,” Ludwig said. “Growing uphere, going to school here, working hereand living here, I understand the goalsand traditions of Potter football. I wantto continue that tradition. Potter footballmeans a lot to me.”Ludwig was quick to praise the work

of his assistant coaches, saying, “Theyhave really stepped up and helped. They

have willingly been putting in the timenecessary for us to be winners. Thecoaches have bought into the systemthat I hope to build on. I couldn’ t askfor anything more from them.”An extremely organized person,

Ludwig stresses accountability andresponsibility to his players.“The accountability has to be there,”

he said. “We are not only building foot-ball players, but we are building young

men and helping to shape their lives forwhen they are done playing football.We are getting them ready to begrownups. I am a big believer in disci-pline, especially in terms of beingwhere you are supposed to be, andbeing there on time.”After graduating from high school,

Ludwig went on to be a starting defen-sive tackle on Mount Union’ s NCAADivision III national championshipteam.Ludwig and his wife Mallory were

blessed during the offseason with thearrival of their first child, Teryn, abright-eyed bundle of joy.“No matter what type of day I have

had or how long it has been, my wifeand my daughter both brighten my daywhen I get home,” said the grid mentor.“They help me to appreciate how fortu-nate I am.”Ludwig is the eighth East Liverpool

High School graduate to serve as headfootball coach, joining a select groupthat includes Arthur “Frick” Wallover(1910), Edwin Wells (1914), ErnestBucher (1922), George “Pop” Kidder(1926), Bob Thayer (1996-2004), PatMcNicol (2005-2008) and AlfredJohnson (interim 2008).



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2013 Record6-4, including a third-place finish in

the Northeastern Buckeye Conference.The Lions went 4-1 on the road. Theirfour losses were to Louisville St.Thomas Aquinas, Marlington,Louisville and Canton South, whichcombined for a 33-11 record.

Head CoachMike Hall enters his second season as

head coach. He was offensive coordina-tor at Division I Massillon Perry theprevious eight season. He also served atWickliffe from 1992-2003, serving the

last five years as head coach, and oneseason at Howland in 2004.

Assistant coachesJason Lutz, offensive coordinatorJim Jenkins, defensive ends, defen-

sive backsJoe Watts, offensive line, defensive

lineTodd Sutton, running backs, defen-

sive backsBrian Costea, tight ends, linebackers

Returning lettermenThirteen, including six starters on

offense and seven on defense.

Basic offensive formationHybrid Wing-T.

Offensive outlookThe Lions return 1,000-yard rusher

Dalton Hartshorn.“We have some experience at the

skill positions,” Hall said. “DaltonHartshorn is a huge part of our offenseand receiver Billy Eyer is a huge rush-ing and receiving threat. We will bevery young up front, so we must mature


MINERVA LIONS

2 0 1 4 S C H E D U L E

All games start at 7 p.m.,Aug. 29 FieldSept. 5 St. ThomasSept. 12 at Canton CentralSept. 19 AllianceSept. 26 at MarlingtonOct. 3 SalemOct. 10 at LouisvilleOct. 17 at Canton SouthOct. 24 West BranchOct. 31 at Carrollton

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Members of the 2014 Minerva football team are (front, from left) Ben Zbasnik, Joe Lettrich, Joe Arnold, Joey Gill, Dalton Hartshorn, Storm Angione, MitchCroston, Billy Eyer, Wylie Brown and Dylan Stoffer; (second row) Shem Haas, Tim Hoagland, Logan Fritz, Lucas VanMeter, Ruger Miller, Tristan Keller, JacobRoss, Dominic Crowe, Jake Preston, Luke Walter and Kyle Gulling; (third row, from left) Reggie Hancock, Coy Mullins, Dakota Romano, Adam Gross, PadenHartong, Bryan Inscoe, Anthony Canestraro, Brett Russell, Noe Gonzales and Tony Berry; (back, from left) head coach Mike Hall, coach Todd Sutton, coachLance Williamson, coach Jim Rittenhouse, coach Joe Watts, coach Brian Costea, coach Jim Jenkins and coach Jason Lutz.

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quickly.”

Basic defensive formation3-3-5.

Defensive outlook“We have an experienced core at

linebacker and in the secondary,” Hallsaid. “We must play fast and physical.Our defensive line is smaller than lastyear, but they are quick. As always, thebig key will be to stay healthy.”

Returning offensive backsDalton Hartshorn (senior running

back).

Incoming offensive backsStorm Angione (senior quarterback),

Adam Cross (sophomore running back),Coy Mullins (sophomore running back)

Returning offensive endsBilly Eyer (senior tight end/slot),

Mitch Croston (senior tight end), KyleGulling (junior split end), Joe Lettrich(senior split end).

Incoming offensive endsJoey Gill (senior split end), Dylan

Stoffer (senior split end)

Returning offensive linemenWylie Brown (senior tackle), Luke

Walter (junior guard), Jake Preston(junior center).

Incoming offensive linemenBryan Inscoe (junior guard), Joe

Arnold (senior guard), Logan Fritz(junior tackle), Dominic Crowe (juniortackle).

Returning defensive linemenWylie Brown (junior end).

Incoming defensive linemenLuke Walter (junior end), Jake

Preston (junior tackle), Bryan Inscoe(junior tackle).

Returning linebackersMitch Croston (senior middle), Lucas

Van Meter (senior outside), RugerMiller (senior outside).

Incoming linebackersBen Zbsnik (senior), Joe Arnold

(senior).

Returning defensive backsKyle Gulling (junior), Joey Gill

(senior), Joe Lettrich (senior), StormAngione (senior).

Incoming defensive backsAdam Gross (sophomore), Coy

Mullins (sophomore).

2013 Players honoredHarrison Hoppel (graduated), special

mention Division IV All-Ohio and first-team All-NBC.

Mason Butler (graduated), specialmention Division IV All-Ohio and first-team All-NBC.Dalton Hartshorn, special mention

Division IV All-Ohio and first-teamAll-NBC.Cody Parrish (graduated), first-team

All-NBC.Jacob Smith (graduated), second-

team All-NBC.Wiley Brown, second-team All-NBC.Billy Eyer, second-team All-NBC.

2013 LeadersRushing —Dalton Hartshorn ran for

1,121 yards and 12 touchdowns.Receiving —Billy Eyer, eight catches

for 121 yards (15.1) and one touch-down.Tackles —Lucas Van Meter 92;

Mitch Croston 85.Interceptions —Dalton Hartshorn 5.Sacks —Lucas Van Meter 4.

2014 OutlookMinerva just missed a playoff berth

last season with a 6-4 record, whichcould have been better or worse,depending on a few plays. The Lionswere 4-3 in games decided by sevenpoints or less, including a pair of one-point losses.Health will be the biggest concern

this season as the Lions have 33 play-ers in the upper three grades to getthrough a tough Northeastern BuckeyeConference schedule, although 14 ofthem are seniors.“We have a small roster with good

competitors,” Hall said. “But if injuriespile up we’ ll have a tough time.”Minerva will be going for its sixth

winning season in seven years, but it isalways a tough task as a member of theNortheastern Buckeye Conference..Louisville is the defending NBC

champion, and Hall sees them as thefavorite again.“The league title runs through them

for sure,” he said.

LIONS,Continued from Page 14B

2 Adam Gross .....................6-0.......165 ....Soph.3 Joey Gill............................5-8.......150 ....Sr.4 Storm Angione .................6-1.......180 ....Sr.5 Billy Eyer ..........................6-3.......215 ....Sr.6 Dylan Stoffer.....................6-0.......170 ....Sr.9 Kyle Gulling ......................6-0.......170 ....Jr.10 Shem Haas.......................6-0.......160 ....Jr.14 Dalton Hartshorn ..............5-9.......180 ....Sr.15 Reggie Hancock ...............5-10.....145 ....Soph.16 Brett Russell .....................5-10.....140 ....Soph.18 Drew Soliday.....................5-10.....180 ....Soph.19 Jacob Ross.......................5-6.......140 ....Sr.21 Coy Mullins .......................5-8.......155 ....Soph.22 Joe Letttich .......................5-9.......155 ....Sr.30 Ruger Miller ......................6-1.......185 ....Sr.32 Ben Zbasnik......................5-8.......160 ....Sr.33 Tim Hoagland ...................6-2.......175 ....Jr.

34 Mitch Croston ...................6-1.......225 ....Sr.35 Tony Berry.........................5-7.......155 ....Soph.40 Dakota Romano................5-9.......175 ....Soph.49 Lucas VanMeter................5-10.....180 ....Sr.51 Bryan Inscoe.....................5-10.....205 ....Jr.52 Noe Gonzales...................5-8.......185 ....Soph.54 Joe Arnold ........................5-8.......185 ....Sr.55 Luke Walter.......................6-2.......195 ....Jr.58 Jake Preston.....................6-1.......220 ....Jr.60 Tristan Keller .....................5-11.....215 ....Sr.66 Paden Hartong .................5-10.....185 ....Jr.68 Wylie Brown......................6-4.......235 ....Sr.76 Dominic Crowe .................6-1.......250 ....Jr.77 Brant Allen ........................6-0.......160 ....Soph.78 Logan Fritz........................6-3.......225 ....Jr.86 Anthony Canestraro..........5-5.......125 ....Jr.

Minerva Lions“We have a small rosterwith good competitors.But if injuries pile up we’llhave a tough time.”

MIKE HALL,MINERVA HEAD COACH

WEEK ONEThursday, Aug. 28

Salem at Mineral RidgePoland at Marlington

Friday, Aug. 29Crestwood at West BranchField at MinervaCanton South at CoventryRavenna Southeast at AllianceCarrollton at East LiverpoolLouisville at Canfield

———WEEK TWOFriday, Sept. 5

Salem at UnitedWest Branch at CrestviewSt. Thomas Aquinas at MinervaCanfield at AllianceCanton South at Olmstead FallsEdison at CarrolltonLouisville at North Canton HooverMarlington at Crestwood

———WEEK THREEFriday, Sept. 12

East Liverpool at SalemNiles at West BranchMinerva at Canton CentralAlliance at BarbertonChardon at Canton SouthClaymont at CarrolltonRavenna at LouisvilleMarlington at St. Thomas Aquinas

———WEEK FOURFriday, Sept. 19

Louisville at SalemWest Branch at MarlingtonAlliance at MinervaCarrollton at Canton South

———WEEK FIVEFriday, Sept. 26

Alliance at SalemCanton South at West Branch

Minerva at MarlingtonLouisville at Carrollton

———WEEK SIXFriday, Oct. 3

Salem at MinervaWest Branch at LouisvilleCarrollton at AllianceMarlington at Canton South

———WEEK SEVENFriday, Oct. 10

Marlington at Salem

West Branch at CarrolltonMinerva at LouisvilleCanton South at Alliance

———WEEK EIGHTFriday, Oct. 17

Carrollton at SalemAlliance at West BranchMinerva at Canton SouthLouisville at Marlington

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WEEK NINEFriday, Oct. 24

Salem at Canton SouthWest Branch at MinervaAlliance at LouisvilleCarrollton at Marlington

———WEEK TENFriday, Oct. 31

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SCORING OFFENSETeam Avg.1. Crestview..............................................45.22. South Range ........................................43.43. Western Reserve..................................34.84. Springfield ............................................32.45. Wellsville...............................................32.16. United...................................................32.07. Salem ...................................................30.28. Minerva ................................................25.49. Columbiana ..........................................22.710. East Liverpool.......................................19.411. Lisbon...................................................17.612. West Branch .........................................16.013. Sebring .................................................15.014. Leetonia................................................14.615. East Palestine.......................................11.816. Beaver Local.........................................11.517. Oak Glen ..............................................10.318. Southern Local .......................................7.1

SCORING DEFENSETeam Avg.1. Western Reserve..................................13.92. Wellsville...............................................14.93. Springfield ............................................15.74. South Range ........................................17.75. East Liverpool ......................................21.36. Crestview..............................................21.87. Oak Glen ..............................................22.98. Leetonia................................................26.29. United...................................................27.010. Columbiana ..........................................28.311. Beaver Local.........................................30.312. Lisbon...................................................30.813. Southern Local .....................................33.114. Sebring .................................................35.015. Salem ...................................................39.016. Oak Glen ..............................................39.517. West Branch .........................................41.818. East Palestine.......................................43.3

SCORING MARGINTeam Avg.1. South Range ......................................+25.72. Crestview ...........................................+23.43. Western Reserve ...............................+20.94. Wellsville ............................................+17.25. Springfield ..........................................+16.76. United...................................................+5.07. Minerva ................................................+2.58. East Liverpool .......................................-1.99. Columbiana...........................................-5.610. Salem ....................................................-8.811. Leetonia...............................................-11.612. Lisbon..................................................-13.213. Beaver Local .......................................-18.814. Sebring................................................-20.015. West Branch........................................-25.816. Southern Local ....................................-26.017. Oak Glen .............................................-29.218. East Palestine .....................................-31.5

2013 Area standingsINTER-TRI COUNTY LEAGUE

Upper TierTeam League Overall• South Range ............................7-0 11-1• Crestview .................................6-1 11-2Springfield ..................................5-2 7-3United .........................................4-3 5-5Columbiana ................................3-4 3-7Lisbon.........................................2-5 3-7Southern Local ...........................1-6 2-8East Palestine ............................0-7 0-10

Lower Tier• Western Reserve .....................7-0 13-1• Wellsville ..................................5-2 9-3McDonald ...................................5-2 7-3Jackson-Milton............................4-3 6-4Lowellville ...................................4-3 6-4Mineral Ridge .............................2-5 5-5Sebring .......................................1-6 3-7Leetonia......................................0-7 2-8

NORTHEASTERN BUCKEYE CONFERENCE• Louisville ..................................7-0 10-1• Marlington ................................6-1 8-3Minerva.......................................4-3 6-4Alliance.......................................4-3 6-4Canton South .............................3-4 6-4Carrollton....................................2-5 4-6Salem .........................................1-6 3-7West Branch...............................1-6 1-9

ALL-AMERICAN CONFERENCEAmerican Division

• Hubbard ...................................5-0 12-1• Poland ......................................4-1 10-2• Struthers ..................................3-2 9-3Canfield ......................................2-3 3-7Niles ...........................................1-4 5-5Howland .....................................0-5 4-6

National Division• Lakeview ..................................7-0 7-4• Liberty ......................................6-1 7-4Girard .........................................5-2 6-4LaBrae........................................4-3 5-5Campbell ....................................3-3 3-7Jefferson Area ............................2-5 3-7Champion ...................................1-6 3-7Newton Falls...............................0-7 1-9

OTHERSEast Liverpool.................................. 5-5Beaver Local.................................... 2-8Oak Glen ......................................... 0-10• — playoff qualifier

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———DIVISION III

at Canton Fawcett StadiumNo. 1 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 24, No. 14 Trot-

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DIVISION VIat Canton Fawcett Stadium

No. 1 Kirtland 44, No. 10 Haviland Wayne Trace16

———DIVISION IV

at Massillon Paul Brown StadiumNo. 5 Clarksville Clinton-Massie 27, Youngstown

Cardinal Mooney 21———

DIVISION V

at Massillon Paul Brown StadiumNo. 6 Coldwater 24, No. 4 Columbus Bishop

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STATE SEMIFINALSDIVISION I

Cin. Moeller 13, Hilliard Davidson 11Mentor 41, Lakewood St. Edward 38

DIVISION IIGlenville 41, Medina Highland 13Loveland 38, Zanesville 35 OT

DIVISION IIIAkron St. Vincent-St. Mary 17, Marion-Franklin

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DIVISION IVYoungstown Mooney 37, Steubenville 7Clinton-Massie 21, Kenton 20

DIVISION VColdwater 35, W. Jefferson 10

Cols. Hartley 49, Akron Manchester 22DIVISION VI

Kirtland 10, Ready 7Wayne Trace 57, Mechanicsburg 10

DIVISION VIIGlouster Trimble 14, Berlin Center Western

Reserve 10Maria Stein Marion Local 35, Delphos St. John’ s

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WEEK 13REGIONAL FINALS

DIVISION ICin. Moeller 35, Cin. Colerain 26Hilliard Davidson 37, Huber Hts. Wayne 7Lakewood St. Edward 28, Austintown Fitch 0Mentor 26, Cle. St. Ignatius 3

DIVISION IICle. Glenville 40, Madison 7Loveland 35, Cin. Mt. Healthy 28Medina Highland 24, Avon 21Zanesville 35, New Albany 28

DIVISION IIIAkron St. Vincent-St. Mary 40, Hubbard 7Clyde 42, Tol. Cent. Cath. 41Cols. Marion-Franklin 38, Athens 7Trotwood-Madison 25, Tipp City Tippecanoe 7

DIVISION IVClarksville Clinton-Massie 21, Kettering Alter 14Kenton 46, Bryan 43Steubenville 17, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 14Youngs. Mooney 28, Cle. Benedictine 21

DIVISION VAkron Manchester 69, Columbiana Crestview 21Coldwater 60, Huron 13Cols. Hartley 42, Wheelersburg 20W. Jefferson 17, Hamilton Badin 6

DIVISION VICols. Ready 48, Newark Cath. 21Haviland Wayne Trace 68, Ada 14Kirtland 45, Mogadore 7Mechanicsburg 34, W. Liberty-Salem 28, 2OT

DIVISION VIIBerlin Center Western Reserve 22, Norwalk St.

Paul 2Delphos St. John’ s 33, Arlington 0Glouster Trimble 21, Shadyside 14Maria Stein Marion Local 50, N. Lewisburg Triad

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DIVISION IAustintown Fitch 40, Westerville Cent. 24Cin. Colerain 38, Pickerington Cent. 20Cin. Moeller 24, Cin. Elder 0Cle. St. Ignatius 28, Hudson 17Hilliard Davidson 20, Pickerington N. 7Huber Hts. Wayne 31, Dublin Coffman 10Lakewood St. Edward 42, Cle. Hts. 7Mentor 43, Stow-Munroe Falls 0

DIVISION IIAvon 24, Perrysburg 21Cin. Mt. Healthy 13, Cin. Winton Woods 10Cle. Glenville 26, Bedford 12Loveland 45, Cin. NW 14Madison 22, Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 21Medina Highland 17, Massillon Washington 14New Albany 26, Mansfield Sr. 22Zanesville 36, Worthington Kilbourne 0

DIVISION IIIAkron St. Vincent-St. Mary 35, Poland 7Athens 55, Dresden Tri-Valley 52, OTClyde 19, Sandusky Perkins 6Cols. Marion-Franklin 20, Cols. Brookhaven 19Hubbard 49, Aurora 19Tipp City Tippecanoe 30, Day. Thurgood Marshall

13Tol. Cent. Cath. 42, Tiffin Columbian 13Trotwood-Madison 44, Spring. Shawnee 7

DIVISION IVSteubenville 22, Zanesville Maysville 20Bryan 49, Caledonia River Valley 19Clarksville Clinton-Massie 52, Cin. McNicholas 14Cle. Benedictine 52, Chagrin Falls 35Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 7, Philo 3Kenton 46, Wooster Triway 6Kettering Alter 28, Germantown Valley View 0

DIVISION VAkr. Manchester 35, Navarre Fairless 7Coldwater 49, Doylestown Chippewa 21Cols. Hartley 14, Baltimore Liberty Union 7Columbiana Crestview 27, Gates Mills Gilmour 26Hamilton Badin 31, Cin. Hills Christian Academy

17Huron 17, Loudonville 13W. Jefferson 37, Richwood N. Union 20Wheelersburg 45, Martins Ferry 0Youngs. Mooney 42, Struthers 14

DIVISION VIAda 35, Convoy Crestview 0Cols. Ready 45, Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 14Haviland Wayne Trace 40, Defiance Tinora 7Kirtland 49, Louisville Aquinas 21Mechanicsburg 31, Casstown Miami E. 14Mogadore 35, South Range 28Newark Cath. 35, Lucasville Valley 21W. Liberty-Salem21, Cin. Summit Country Day 13

DIVISION VIIArlington 54, Hicksville 14Berlin Center Western Reserve 31, Danville 26Delphos St. John’ s 42, Tiffin Calvert 10Glouster Trimble 27, Steubenville Cath. Cent. 22Maria Stein Marion Local 35, Covington 28N. Lewisburg Triad 14, Sidney Lehman 7Norwalk St. Paul 24, Wellsville 0Shadyside 30, Caldwell 6

———WEEK 11

REGIONAL QUARTERFINALSDIVISION I

Austintown Fitch 31, Marysville 21Cin. Colerain 41, Springboro 14Cin. Elder 16, Clayton Northmont 7Cin. Moeller 42, Cin. St. Xavier 17Cle. Hts. 35, Wadsworth 7Cle. St. Ignatius 38, Can. McKinley 14

Dublin Coffman 42, Centerville 14Hilliard Davidson 48, Miamisburg 7Huber Hts. Wayne 37, Hilliard Darby 7Hudson 31, Tol. Whitmer 7Lakewood St. Edward 49, Shaker Hts. 0Mentor 42, Brunswick 0Pickerington Cent. 38, W. Chester LakotaW. 28Pickerington N. 20, Fairfield 10Stow-Munroe Falls 16, Elyria 15Westerville Cent. 55, Solon 7

DIVISION IIAvon 38, Tol. St. Francis 14Bedford 21, Kent Roosevelt 14Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 53, Painesville River-

side 35Cin. Mt. Healthy 40, Cin. Withrow 19Cin. NW 56, Harrison 35Cin. Winton Woods 40, Kings Mills Kings 14Cle. Glenville 35, Lyndhurst Brush 0Loveland 54, Vandalia Butler 0Madison 42, Willoughby S. 14Mansfield Sr. 24, Pataskala Licking Hts. 0MassillonWashington 33,MacedoniaNordonia 17Medina Highland 28, Avon Lake 21New Albany 35, Cols. Northland 21Perrysburg 28, Akr. Ellet 21Worthington Kilbourne 38, Dublin Scioto 3Zanesville 38, Cols. St. Charles 0

DIVISION IIIAkron SVSM 52, Chagrin Falls Kenston 7Athens 74, Circleville Logan Elm 55Aurora 24, Louisville 21Clyde 62, Medina Buckeye 12Cols. Brookhaven 29, Chillicothe 27Cols. Marion-Franklin 34, Dover 14Day. Thurgood Marshall 76, Mt. Orab Western

Brown 40Dresden Tri-Valley 47, New Philadelphia 21Hubbard 42, Alliance Marlington 14Poland 29, Chesterland W. Geauga 28, OTSandusky Perkins 35, Napoleon 11Spring. Shawnee 41, Wapakoneta 34, OTTiffin Columbian 34, Norwalk 28, 2OTTipp City Tippecanoe 42, Spring. Kenton Ridge 7Tol. Cent. Cath. 69, Defiance 14Trotwood-Madison 42, Franklin 7

DIVISION IVBryan 43, Genoa Area 36Caledonia River Valley 36, Millbury Lake 25Chagrin Falls 26, Cle. Cent. Cath. 20Clarksville Clinton-Massie 35, Washington C.H.

Miami Trace 21Cin. McNicholas 28, Urbana 14Cle. Benedictine 28, Peninsula Woodridge 0Germantown Valley View 46, Circleville 14Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 25, Bloom-Carroll 21Kenton 58, Galion 14

Kettering Alter 35, Cin. Wyoming 21Philo 30, New Concord John Glenn 7Steubenville 21, Newark Licking Valley 14Struthers 14, Cortland Lakeview 3Wooster Triway 26, Wauseon 21Youngs. Mooney 45, Cle. Hay 20Zanesville Maysville 35, Cols. Bexley 14

DIVISION VAkr. Manchester 19, Youngs. Ursuline 16Baltimore Liberty Union 31, St. Clairsville 0Cin. Hills Christian Academy 19, Cin. Madeira 0Coldwater 42, Pemberville Eastwood 16Cols. Hartley 64, Chillicothe Zane Trace 7Columbiana Crestview 35, Youngs. Liberty 26Doylestown Chippewa 62, Columbia Station

Columbia 28Gates Mills Gilmour 57, Beachwood 14Hamilton Badin 37, Cin. Mariemont 13Huron 28, Findlay Liberty-Benton 14Loudonville 20, W. Salem NW 8Martins Ferry 30, Williamsport Westfall 28Navarre Fairless 51, Sullivan Black River 42Richwood N. Union 56, Day. Chaminade Julienne

28W. Jefferson 42, Waynesville 38Wheelersburg 40, Proctorville Fairland 21

DIVISION VIAda 27, Delphos Jefferson 22South Range 49, Cuyahoga Hts. 42Casstown Miami E. 38, Lewisburg Tri-County N.

14Cin. Summit Country Day 55, Cin. Country Day

28Cols. Ready 48, Oak Hill 6Convoy Crestview 48, Lima Cent. Cath. 35Defiance Tinora 34, Northwood 6Haviland Wayne Trace 52, N. Robinson Col.

Crawford 28Kirtland 57, McDonald 0Louisville Aquinas 47, Brookfield 14Lucasville Valley 52, Beverly Ft. Frye 14Mechanicsburg 50, New Paris National Trail 13Mogadore 41, Cle. VASJ 27Newark Cath. 29, Bellaire 0W. Liberty-Salem 27, Williamsburg 20Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 15, Centerburg 9

———DIVISION VII

Arlington 14, Fremont St. Joseph 0Berlin Center Western Reserve 45, Garfield Hts.

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ClassificationWest Virginia Class AA.

2013 Record0-10. The Golden Bears have lost

nine straight home games and 13 in arow overall.

Head CoachIan Whittington enters his third sea-

son as head coach. He served the previ-ous three years as an assistant at OakGlen.

Assistant coachesMike Domsler, defensive coordina-

tor, assistant head coach, running backs,defensive backs

Patrick McGillian, offensive line,

defensive lineFrank Crain, fullbacks, linebackersRyan Wells, special teams, offensive

line, defensive endsJustin Lipps-Watson, special teams,

wide receivers, defensive ends

Returning lettermenSeventeen, including seven starters

on offense and nine starters on defense.

Basic offensive formationSpread.

Offensive outlookThe Bears averaged 10.0 points a

game last season, but can build around anumber of skilled players who arereturning starters.

“We are returning seven starters onoffense,” Whittington said. “SeniorChase Hartley is returning at quarter-back after suffering a season-endingbroken leg in the first game last year.Also returning three-year starter atguard, senior Noah Mills, and returningAll-OVAC running back, junior AlecSwiger. We are looking for big thingsout of wide receiver, senior MicahSwiger, who does everthing. Players towatch are junior Clye Perez and seniorNate Bebout.”


OAK GLEN GOLDEN BEARS


All games start at 7 p.m.,unless noted

Aug. 30vs. Edison at Weir, 4 p.m.Sept. 5 Beaver LocalSept. 12 Indian CreekSept. 19 at WilliamstownSept. 26 Steubenville CentralOct. 3 at WeirOct. 10 East LiverpoolOct. 17 at John MarshallOct. 24 FrankfortNov. 7 at Tyler Consolidated


Members of the 2014 Oak Glen football team are (front, from left) trainer Haley Martin, trainer Hannah Jacobs, manager Max Van Fossen, trainer MollyWilliams, trainer Marissa Duranti; (second row, from left) Michael Campbell, David Devaux, Nate Bebout, Micah Swiger, Chayce Lemley, Shawn Troutman,Chase Hartley, Colin Williams, Chase Crago; (third row, from left) Lance Collins, Zach Mynes, Dakota Price, Stevie Cool, Devon Chadwick, Zack O’Brien, NicRowland, Alec Swiger; (fourth row, from left) Brayden Taylor, Patrick Areault, Cyle Perez, Ryan Cunningham, Noah Mills, Chance Staley, Richard Bowen,Noah Flowers, Gus Weekly; (fifth row, from left) Ty Bella, Mathias Cook, Joe Wells, Ron Moore, Logan Kranis, Joe Duranti, Tony Minnis, Isaac Rosohac;(sixth row, from left) Solan Mueller, Aaron Gray, Colin Stanley, Patrick Morris, Taylor Edgell, Austin Andrews, William Straight; (back, from left) coachRyanWells, coach Patrick McGillian, coach Michael Demster, head coach IanWhittington, coach Justin Lipps-Watson, coach Frank Crane and head trainerMegan Campbell.

Oak Glen plans to turn it around

See OAK GLEN, Page 23B

Basic defensive formation4-2-5.

Defensive outlookThe Bears gave up an average of 37.9

points per game last season.“We are returning nine starters on D,

highlighting junior linebaccer RyanCunningham, who is a three-yearstarter, and sophomore defensive endDakota Price, who had 12 sacks lastyear as a freshman,” Whittington said.“Also three-year starter at corner, seniorNate Bebout.”

Returning offensive backsChase Hartley (senior quarterback),

Alec Swiger (junior running back),Ryan Cunningham (junior fullback),Dakota Price (sophomore runningback), Patrick Arneault (senior runningback).

Incoming offensive backsStevie Cool (sophomore running

back), Shawn Troutman (junior runningback), Nic Rowland (freshman full-back), Lance Collins (sophomore quar-terback), Chayce Lemley (freshmanquarterback).

Returning offensive endsMicah Swiger (senior wide receiver),

Nate Bebout (senior wide receiver),Aaron Gray (junior tight end), CylePerez (junior wide receiver).

Incoming offensive endsZach Mynes (junior wide receiver),

Zack O’Brien (junior wide receiver),Michael Campbell (junior tight end).

Returning offensive linemenNoah Mills (senior guard), Isaac

Rohosac (sophomore guard).

Incoming offensive linemenNoah Flowers (junior center), Joe

Wells (senior guard/tackle), ChanceStaley (senior tackle), Richard Bowen(sophomore guard/tackle), Ron Moore(junior guard/tackle).

Returning defensive linemenDakota Price (sophomore end), Noah

Mills (senior tackle).

Incoming defensive linemenIsaac Rohosac (sophomore tackle),

Aaron Gray (junior end), Chance Staley(senior end), Joe Wells (senior tackle),Richard Bowen (sophomore tackle).

Returning linebackersRyan Cunningham (junior middle),

Alec Swiger (junior middle), ChaseHartley (senior outside), MichaelCampbell (junior outside).

Incoming linebackersStevie Cool (sophomore outside).

Returning defensive backsNate Bebout (senior cornerback),

Micah Swiger (senior cornerback),Lance Collins (sophomore free safety).

Incoming defensive backsZach Mynes (junior cornerback),

Zack O’ Brien (junior cornerback),Shawn Troutman (junior safety).

2013 Players honoredMicah Swiger, first-team All-OVAC.

2013 LeadersTackles —Alec Swiger.Interceptions —Micah Swiger.Sacks —Dakota Price.

2014 OutlookA young Oak Glen squad took its

lumps last season and the Golden Bearsare hoping their experience pays divi-dends year.“We feel good about our 17 returning

lettermen and feel the experience theyoung players got last year will helpthem with the upcoming season,”Whittington said. “Having four guyswith big-play capability on offenseshould equate to points on the board.Also with nine returning starters ondefense, it should created a lot of teamchemistry on that side of the ball.”Eight of the 10 losses last season

were by at least 21 points.“Our football players have come

together closer as a team than they everhave been before, which is taking themone step closer to becoming a successfulfootball team in 2014,” Whittingtonsaid.


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2013 Record3-7, including 1-6 mark in the

Northeastern Buckeye Conference. TheQuakers were 3-2 at home and 0-5 onthe road. They have lost 13 straightroad games and 13 of their last 14league games.

Head CoachRon Johnson enters his third season

as head coach with a record of 3-17. Hewas head coach at Canton McKinley theprevious four seasons, going 31-16 andmaking the playoffs all four years. Healso was head coach at Yellow Springs(13-17), Westlake (16-24) andMiddletown (13-17). From 1991-2000, he was a running backs coach

and assistant head coach at Miami(Ohio) University.

Assistant coachesJason Swiger, offensive lineCorey Wonner, running backLogan Waltman, wide receiversCharlie Ellington, defensive coordinatorJason Luge, defensive lineMike Maietta, linebackersMike DeBarr, defensive backs

Returning lettermenThirty, including seven starters on

offense and seven starters on defense.

Basic offensive formationMultiple spread.

Offensive outlookThe Quakers had plenty of offense

last season and return quarterbackMatthew Weingart, who passed for1,572 yards and 18 touchdowns overhis last seven games as a sophomore.“We have a couple three-year starters

returning,” Johnson said. “We havedepth, especially with our wide receiv-er, and we have our quarterback return-ing as a junior.”


Defensive outlookThe Quakers have to play better


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Members of the 2014 Salem football team are (front, from left) Cooper Bezeredi, Levi Maenz, Ross Barnett, Blake Hochadel, Jake Bezon, Zain Rogers, CodyTonkinson, Chase Graham, Chase Graham, Matt Shrontz; (second row, from left) Colton Herr-Burden, Jerod Carner, Daemin Robinson, Trace Jenkins,Cameron McConville, Josh Cannon, Corey Griffith, Ethan Bailey, Kade Byland; (third row, from left) Jesse Slocum, Dylan Spencer, Andrew Irwin, AnthonyWynyard, Cameron Turney, Ross Armeni, Mike Ciotti, Josh Campbell, Scott Jimenez, Tony Maniscalco; (fourth row, from left) Tyler McCoy, Lex Murray, ZachCusick, Blade Kemats, Kobe Leininger, Logan Joy, DrewWilson, Jake Baker, George Hall, Chase Perkins, James Monigold, Willie Wilson, Ken Blake; (back,from left) Keaton Turney, Alex Sosbe, Nick Blackburn, Chase Conzett, Jake Humeniuk, Forrest Huff and Andrew Pasco.

See QUAKERS, Page 28B

Quakers will spread it around


Quakers make the gradeBy CHRIS RAMBO

Staff Writer

SALEM—Visitors to the office of Salem coach RonJohnson might notice a handsome Ohio High SchoolAthletic Association plaque standing out amidst a vari-ety of other mementoes.The award is not for anything accomplished on the

field, but rather in the classroom.The Quakers were recognized as an academic All-

Ohio team in 2013 and had the second-highest teamgrade-point average in the state, just behind AnthonyWayne and ahead of Cincinnati Moeller and Toledo St.Johns.“We’ ve really tried to emphasize academics during

my three seasons here,” Johnson said. “We are trying todevelop guys who are well-rounded and take moreaway from their high school experience than just foot-ball.”Last season, the Quakers total team grade-pont aver-

age was 3.2, with the cumulative GPA of the top 22players being a 3.8. Salem boasted 12 students on itsroster with a GPA of 4.0 or higher.“It’ s something all the players are proud of,” said

senior offensive lineman Logan Joy, who boasts a 4.2GPA. “We feel, if you are smart in the classroom, thenyou will be smarter on the football field. If you can ana-lyze a math problem, then you can analyze a play.”Joy, along with fellow seniors Jake Bezon (safety),

Trace Jenkins (wide receiver) and Jesse Slocum (defen-sive end) have all stood out for the Quakers both on thefield and in the classroom during their high schoolcareers.Bezon is right behind Joy with a 4.1 GPA while

Jenkins has a 3.8. Slocum is the low man—relativelyspeaking—with a 3.6.“It shows that we are taking things pretty seriously,”

Slocum said. “Not only in the classroom, but also inother areas like the weight room and practice field.We’ re not here to just go through the motions.”Since taking over as head coach in 2012, Johnson

has seen to it that his players expend just as much effortin the classroom as on the football field. Players who dopoorly on midterm exams have to do extra condition-ing.“Coach Johnson keeps a list of how we are doing in

school, he talks a lot about achieving our whole poten-tial as people, not just players,” Jenkins said. “He is


Salem seniors (front, from left) Logan Joy, Jake Bezon; (back, from left) Trace Jenkins and JesseSlocum have been studying their football playbooks, as well as their school books.

“We feel, if you are smart in the classroom, then you will be smarter on thefootball field. If you can analyze a math problem, then you can analyze a play.”

LOGAN JOY,SALEM SENIOR LINEMAN

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always there to help us out if we haveany questions with our schoolwork.”

“The biggest thing we emphasize iseffort,” Johnson said. “As long as wefeel a player is giving as much effort asthey can in the classroom, it doesn’ tmatter as much what the final grade is.”

Last school year, Johnson took pic-tures of the team’ s plaque and gavecopies to all the teachers at Salem HighSchool, to thank them for their role inthe team academic success.

“It’ s a total school district award,”Johnson said. “Our teachers do atremendous job of giving these kidsopportunities to succeed.”

Each player was quick to give creditto their parents for stressing strong aca-demic performance at an early age.

“It’ s always been a part of my life,”Jenkins said. “I remember if I broughthome a B on my report card, I’ d begrounded for a week. I’ d definitelyhave to thank my parents for giving mea strong work ethic.”

The good grades, however, have notyet translated to on-field success for theQuakers, who have gone 3-17 over thepast two seasons. With 14 returningstarters this season, they hope that is

about to change.“Getting good grades has definitely

helped us as far as analyzing plays andunderstanding what needs to be done,”Bezon said. “Now we just need to trans-late it into some wins.”

Despite the team’ s struggles,Johnson and the players both said theyhave heard positive feedback.

“Our superintendent has been verysatisfied with how we’ ve done things,”Johnson said. I think the communitytakes a great deal of pride in it as well.”

“We have a lot of teachers saythey’ re proud of us,” Joy said. “A lot ofpeople think jocks are always stupid,but we’ re proving that wrong.”

Still, would any of the Quakers betempted to trade the academic award fora winning season this year?

“If it means we go undefeated Imight,” laughed Jenkins. “It would begreat to win a few more games, but Ithink we’ re building things the rightway.”

“I don’ t see any reason why we can’ tdo both,” Johnson said. “I don’ t thinkthere is any need to sacrifice academicfor athletic performance. The academicshere have been strong from day one.

“Since I’ ve gotten here, we’ ve triedto beef up the offseason program so wecan be as strong in the field as we are inthe classroom. I think we’ re on ourway.”

The Quakers will find out when theyopen the season at Mineral Ridge onThursday, Aug. 28.

Class notes¯All four of the seniors fall on the

left-brain side of the spectrum, witheach of them listing either math or sci-

ence as their favorite courses.Bezon, Jenkins and Slocum are con-

sidering careers in the engineering field,while Joy plans to double major inchemistry and biology.

¯As far as college choices are con-cerned, Jenkins is hoping to play foot-ball at Dividion II Rose-Hulman inTerre Haute, Indiana, one of the topengineering schools in the country.

Joy, meanwhile, is consideringWhittenberg or Denison, while Bezon isintrigued by Cincinnati and Slocum isleaning toward Mount Union.



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QUAKERS,Continued from Page 24B 2 Cooper Bezeredi ..............6-1.......159 ....Soph.

3 Levi Maenz .......................5-8.......162 ....Soph.4 Ross Barnett ....................6-0.......180 ....Soph.5 Blake Hochadel ................6-2.......188 ....Sr.6 Jake Bezon.......................5-6.......148 ....Sr.7 Zain Rogers......................5-8.......152 ....Soph.8 Cody Tonkinson ................5-8.......137 ....Soph.9 Chase Graham.................5-9.......146 ....Soph.10 Matt Weingart ...................5-10.....164 ....Jr.12 Matt Shrontz .....................6-2.......189 ....Sr.13 Colton Herr-Burden ..........5-6.......137 ....Soph.14 Jarod Carner.....................5-10.....144 ....Soph.15 Daemin Robinson .............5-11.....260 ....Sr.16 Trace Jenkins....................6-0.......176 ....Sr.17 Cameron McConville ........5-10.....164 ....Jr.18 Josh Gannon ....................5-8.......144 ....Soph.19 Corey Griffith ....................5-6.......135 ....Soph.20 Ethan Bailey .....................6-2.......192 ....Soph.21 Kade Byland .....................6-0.......163 ....Jr.22 Jesse Slocum ...................5-11.....191 ....Sr.23 Dylan Spencer ..................5-6.......143 ....Jr.24 Andrew Irwin.....................5-10.....178 ....Soph.25 Anthony Wynyard..............6-1.......218 ....Soph.26 Cameron Turney ...............6-0.......152 ....Sr.30 Ross Armeni .....................5-10.....163 ....Jr.31 Mike Ciotti .........................6-0.......209 ....Sr.32 Josh Campbell..................6-1.......215 ....Jr.33 Scott Jimenez ...................5-10.....198 ....Sr.

34 Tony Maniscalco ...............5-11.....184 ....Jr.35 Tyler McCoy ......................5-8.......164 ....Jr.36 Lex Murray........................5-11.....139 ....Soph.40 Josh Kisner.......................5-8.......135 ....Soph.41 Austin Crouse ...................5-8.......145 ....Soph.42 Tyler Holenchick................5-9.......198 ....Sr.43 Damian Cope....................5-9.......151 ....Jr.44 Zach Cusick......................5-7.......234 ....Jr.51 Blade Kemats ...................5-8.......145 ....Soph.52 Kobe Leininger..................5-8.......165 ....Soph.53 Logan Joy .........................6-1.......197 ....Sr.54 Drew Wilson......................5-11.....218 ....Jr.55 Jake Baker........................6-0.......209 ....Sr.58 George Hall ......................6-0.......245 ....Sr.61 Chase Perkins ..................5-11.....259 ....Jr.62 James Monigold ...............6-0.......230 ....Soph.63 Willie Wilson .....................5-9.......209 ....Jr.64 Anthony Zubay..................5-8.......164 ....Soph.67 Ken Blake .........................5-10.....274 ....Sr.69 James Crites.....................6-2.......220 ....Jr.71 Keaton Turney...................6-2.......220 ....Jr.75 Alex Sosbe .......................6-0.......289 ....Jr.78 Nick Blackburn..................5-10.....255 ....Jr.79 Chase Conzett..................5-10.....184 ....Soph.81 Jake Humeniuk.................6-2.......204 ....Soph.82 Forrest Huff.......................5-7.......186 ....Sr.84 Noah Richards..................5-8.......155 ....Sr.89 Andrew Pasco...................5-6.......155 ....Jr.

Salem Quakers

See QUAKERS, Page 29B

Returning defensive backsJake Bezon (senior), Ross Armeni

(junior).

Incoming defensive backsScott Jimenez (senior), Noah

Richards (senior), Cameron McConville(junior), Cody Tonkinson (sophomore),Chase Graham (sophomore), ColtonHerr-Burder (sophomore), Lex Murray(sophomore).

2013 Players honoredLogan Taylor (graduated), special

mention Division IV All-Ohio, first-team All-Area and first-team All-NBC.Marcus Crittenden (graduated), first-

team All-Area and first-team All-NBC.Haedan Panezott (graduated), sec-

ond-team All-Area and second-teamAll-NBC.Nick Larson (graduated), second-

team All-Area and second-team All-

NBC.Mike Ciotti, second-team All-Area

and second-team All-NBC.

2013 LeadersRushing—Haedan Panezott (graduat-

ed) 1,105 yards and four touchdownson 192 carries (5.8); MarcusCrittenden (graduated) 522 yards andfive touchdowns on 53 carries (9.8).Passing —Matt Weingart completed

109 of 211 passes (53 percent) for1,576 yards and 18 touchdowns; TraceJenkins completed 25 of 45 passes (56percent) for 262 yards and three touch-downs.Receiving — Marcus Crittenden

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for 362 yards (18.1) and six touch-downs.Scoring —Haedan Panezott (graduat-

ed) 54 points; Marcus Crittenden(graduated) 54; Dan Rumsey (graduat-ed) 42.Tackles —Logan Taylor (graduated)

141.

2014 OutlookThe Quakers exceeded expectations

with three wins last season and it couldhave been more had the Quakers notgiven up an average of 39.0 per game.Salem opens the season against

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champion Louisville.“It’ s a great conference,” Johnson

said. “They (Louisville) are the team toknock off. There are no easy games onthe schedule this year.”It has been roughing going for Salem

since in the NBC.The Quakers were oustcored an aver-

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“We expect to compete for the title. We’ve done thenecessary work regarding the fundamentals, and

we’re anxious to get started.”RON JOHNSON,

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WEST BRANCH WARRIORS


All games start at 7 p.m.,Aug. 29 CrestwoodSept. 5 at CrestviewSept. 12 NilesSept. 19 at MarlingtonSept. 26 Canton SouthOct. 3 at LouisvilleOct. 10 at CarrolltonOct. 17 AllianceOct. 24 at MinervaOct. 31 Salem


Members of the 2014West Branch football team are (front, from left) Chuckie Ketler, Jake Zinni, Kip DeShields, Bryce Butcher, Mason Hughes, LoganNagy, Charles Cuthbertson, Nick King, Matt Blake, Michael Trent; (second row, from left) John Yoho, Colton Ruggles, Mickey Ormiston, Justin Stowe, AdamWilke, Jerian Thomas, Corey Snyder, Jeremy Gorby, Austin Smith, Michael Edie, Jake Koneval; (third row, from left) Nick Gainor, Tyler Goode, Shawn Dick-son, Hunter Steele, Logan Berger, Trae Hillyer, Michael Page, Aaron Mohr, Jeff Butcher, MatthewManley, Ian Sharp; (fourth row, from left) CameronThorn, Ethan Griffith, Robert Lozier, Nick Zinni, Jacob Ice, Colton Brown, Ryan Cuthbertson, Mitch Craig, Carl Bates, Anthony Ginnetti, Brett Butcher;(back, from left) coach Ken Harris, coach Chris Tucker, coach Frank Edie, coach Shawn Alazaus, head coach D.J. Dota, coach Mike Sigler, coach Scott Manu-akis, coach Tom Priesse and coach Mike Painter.



Northeastern Buckeye Conference.West Branch lost its first six games andwent 0-5 on the road.

Head CoachD.J. Dota enters his fourth season as

head coach with a record of 11-19. Hewas head coach at Warren Harding theprevious four seasons with a record of23-17-1 and a Division I state playoffappearance in 2010. He was a defen-sive coordinator at Warren Harding fouryears and at Struthers two years.

Assistant coachesMike Sigler, offensive coordinator,

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sive lineShawn Alazaus, running backs, LBsFrank Edie, freshmenTom Priesse, freshmen

Returning lettermenTwenty, including nine starters on

West Branch returns 18 starters

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Basic offensive formationMultiple formations.

Offensive outlookWest Branch was outscored 17.9 to

42.0 in seven NBC games last season.The returning nine starters look toimprove as they become familiar withthe offense.“Our development is where we need

to be,” Dota said. “Having nine return-ing starters really helps us.”

Basic defensive formationMultiple 4-3.

Defensive outlookThe Warriors gave up an average of

41.8 points a game last season, includ-ing at least 48 points in six games. TheWarriors look to switch up their defenseas the players take different positions onthe field, and the players surely are get-ting used to it.“Right now we just need to under-

stand where we need to go,” Dota said.“I think we’ re fitting our personnel bet-ter, but it’ s still new to them.”

Returning offensive backsLogan Nagy (senior running back),

Corey Snyder (senior quarterback),Mason Hughes (senior running back),Trae Hillyer (junior running back).

Incoming offensive backsJustin Lowe (junior running back),

Rob Lozier (sophomore running back).

Returning offensive endsKip DeShields (senior wide receiver),

Jeremy Gorby (junior tight end).

Incoming offensive endsAustin Smith (junior wide receiver).

Returning offensive linemenJake Zinni (senior), Colton Ruggles

(junior).

Incoming offensive linemenCharles Ketler (senior), Nick King

(senior), Matt Blake (senior), JakeKoneval (junior), Mitch Craig (sopho-more), Nick Zinni (sophomore).

Returning defensive linemenCharles Ketler (senior), Jake Zinni

(senior), Nick King (senior), JakeKoneval (junior).

Incoming defensive linemenMichael Page (junior), John Yoho

(junior), Nick Zinni (sophomore), MitchCraig (sophomore).

Returning linebackersMason Hughes (senior), Justin Stowe

(junior).

Incoming linebackersAaron Mohr (junior), Colton Brown

(sophomore).

Returning defensive backsBryce Butcher (senior), Logan Nagy

WEST BRANCH,Continued from Page 32B


West Branch senior lineman Jake Zinni has verbally committed to contin-ue his academic and football careers at Youngstown State University in2015.See WEST BRANCH, Page 32B

(senior), Austin Smith (junior), TraeHillyer (junior), Logan Berger (junior).

Incoming defensive backsCharlie Cuthbertson (senior),

Cameron Thorn (sophomore), EthanGriffith (sophomore).

2013 Players honoredLogan Sharp (graduated), first-team

All-Area and first-team All-NBC.Mason Hughes, second-team All-

Area and second-team All-NBC.Jake Zinni, second-team All-NBC.Stephen Sosnick (graduated), second-

team All-NBC.

2013 LeadersRushing —Logan Nagy, 736 yards

and one touchdown on 208 carries(3.6); Mason Hughes, 363 yards andtwo touchdowns on 66 carries (5.5).Passing —Corey Snyder, completed

37 of 79 passes (47 percent) for 478yards and six touchdowns.Receiving—Kip DeShields, 36 catch-

es for 456 yards (12.7) and three touch-downs; Bryce Butcher, 10 catches for150 yards (15.0) and two TDs.Scoring —Kip DeShields 30 points;

Mason Hughes 24; Bryce Butcher 24.Interceptions —Kip DeShields 2;

Bryce Butcher 2.

2014 OutlookTimes have changed at West Branch,

where the Warriors have had one win-ning season in six years.“We need a good start to the season

and focus on getting better each week,”Dota said. “Since I’ ve been here westarted 0-2 every single year, and itwould be good to start out the season ina different scenario.”Led by returning senior starters Kip

DeShields, Mason Hughes and BryceButcher—the Warriors’ top three scores

last year —the Wariors aim for improve-ment.“We’ ve made advancements from

last year, but we’ re still not yet wherewe need to be,” Dota said. “If we holdon to those fundamentals and under-standing, every quarter we play, everygame we play, we’ re improving. That isour major goal.”The Warriors also know it will be a

tough season in the NBC. Just like rivalSalem, the Warriors managed just oneleague win last season.“Louisville’ s got a lot of their guys

coming back, Marlington’ s got a lotcoming back,” Dota said. “There’ s nottoo many NBC games you see are easy.You better bring your A game whenyou’ re playing an NBC team, or you’ renot going to win.”


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40 Tyler Goode.........................5-4 .......160.....Jr.43 Aaron Mohr .........................5-8 .......200.....Jr.44 Mason Hughes....................5-9 .......190.....Sr.50 Adam Wilke.........................5-10 .....190.....Sr.52 Nick King.............................5-8 .......205.....Sr.54 Nick Zinni ............................6-0 .......215.....Soph.56 Anthony Ginnetti .................5-7 .......162 ....Soph.58 Carl Bates ...........................5-10 .....183.....Soph.60 Chuckie Ketler.....................6-2 .......225.....Sr.61 Michael Trent.......................6-3 .......218.....Sr.62 Colton Ruggles ...................6-0 .......252.....Jr.63 Jake Koneval.......................5-10 .....236.....Jr.70 Matt Blake...........................6-0 .......270.....Sr.71 John Yoho ...........................5-10 .....236.....Jr.72 Mickey Ormiston .................6-2 .......180.....Jr.73 Michael Page ......................5-9 .......230.....Jr.74 Ian Sharp ............................6-6 .......255.....Soph.75 Nick Gainor .........................6-3 .......309.....Soph.77 Jake Zinni............................6-4 .......292.....Sr.78 Mitch Craig..........................6-0 .......235.....Soph.84 Jeremy Gorby .....................6-4 .......218.....Jr.

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(senior), Charles Iacobucci (junior).

Incoming offensive linemenNathan Miscuk (freshman), Nick

O’Hanlon (junior), Zach Gill (sopho-more), David Locke (sophomore),Andrew Schreffler (sophomore), AustinMorris (junior), Ryan Tanner (sopho-more), Caleb McHenry (sophomore),Connor Nickell (freshman), Jason Todd(sophomore), Danny Wells (sopho-more), Travis Kidder (freshman).

Returning defensive linemenRyan Lilly (junior), Jared Yanik

(senior), Dalton Cornman (senior),

Eddie Roberts (senior), Nick Cotter(senior), Charles Iacobucci (junior).

Incoming defensive linemenNathan Miscuk (freshman), Nick

O’Hanlon (junior), Zach Gill (sopho-more), David Locke (sophomore),Andrew Schreffler (sophomore), AustinMorris (junior), Ryan Tanner (sopho-more), Caleb McHenry (sophomore),Connor Nickell (freshman), Jason Todd(sophomore), Danny Wells (sopho-more), Travis Kidder (freshman),Freddie Plum (sophomore).

Returning linebackersAustin Mayfield (sophomore),

Austyn Dozier (junior), DillanReynolds (junior).

Incoming linebackersJake Cornell (freshman), Xayvion

Frederick (freshman), Cory Cotter

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Returning defensive backsRyan Bombich (junior), RaeQwon

Eilam (junior), Kade Reynolds (senior),Logan Bouscher (sophomore), AustinVranesevich (junior), Jason Kutzner(senior).

Incoming defensive backsJulian Cowart (junior), Noah Shaw

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2013 Players honoredZack English (graduated), special

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All-Area and first-team All-OVAC.John Rickerd (graduated), first-team

All-Area.Jacob Michael (graduated), second-

team All-Area.

2013 LeadersRushing —Zack English (graduated),

1,286 yards on 198 carries (6.5).Passing —Kade Reynolds completed

67 of 124 passes (54 percent percent)for 935 yards and three touchdowns.Receiving —Zack English (graduat-

ed) 210 yards.Tackles —John Miscuk (graduated)

108; John Rickerd (graduated) 89.Interceptions —Zack English 5.

2014 OutlookThe Potters have won eight of their

last 13 games and look to keep themomentum going under new headcoach Josh Ludwig.Ludwig wants to make sure players

do what they need to do to win.“Maintain discipline and take care of

roles and responsibilities,” Ludwigsaid. “We want to have discipline andintegrity throughout our program.”Ludwig expects the Potters to contin-

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1. South Range ......................................112-27 .8062. Crestview............................................109-30 .7843. Columbiana ..........................................96-42 .6964. Springfield ............................................80-60 .5715. Leetonia ...............................................78-61 .5626. West Branch......................................72-67-1 .5187. Beaver Local ........................................72-68 .5147. United...................................................72-68 .5149. Minerva ................................................68-72 .4869. Wellsville ..............................................68-72 .486

11. East Liverpool.......................................60-80 .42912. Southern Local .....................................57-82 .41013. Salem ...................................................52-88 .37114. East Palestine.......................................51-89 .36415. Oak Glen ..............................................49-90 .35316. Lisbon...................................................47-92 .33817. Sebring ...............................................16-123 .115

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BELOIT—Several members of the1994 West Branch football team woreT-shirts during the season with thephrase “Speed Kills” spread across thefront. No two words could better sumup that squad.Twenty years ago, West Branch

blazed its way to the Division III statechampionship, stomping Clyde 28-11in the title game at Paul Brown Stadiumin Massillon, to complete a 14-0 sea-son.“We weren’ t very big, but that team

was built on speed,” said LukeWilliams a senior wingback/outsidelinebacker. “Everybody could run, eventhe linemen.”Williams was an alternate on the

Warriors’ 400-meter relay team of sen-iors Jeremy Stephens, Bernie Bergerand twins Joe and John Lisi. The groupplaced fourth at the state track meet atthe end of the school year, the highestfinish ever by a West Branch boysentry.

All of them would play vital roles onthe football team. Stephens was a 160-pound burner at running back, Berger(Division III special mention All-Ohio)was a lethal threat at tight end and asideline-to-sideline inside linebacker.The Lisi twins, meanwhile, lockeddown both cornerback positions, withJohn serving as backup running back.“Track improved us as football play-

ers,” Stephens said. “It gave us morequickness.”It wasn’ t just the 400 relay team

though; the team’ s core of 16 seniorsboasted a number of stellar athletes.Quarterback Jeff Morris was a dual

threat with his arm and his legs. Hethrew to a deep stable of receivers, ledby Kyle Doak and Jeff Grove.To better take advantage of the

team’ s speed, Laut installed the run-and-shoot offense—which featured fourwideouts—during the offseason. In anera when many teams leaned predomi-nantly on the running game, it was anoutside-the-box move.“My main coaching philosophy was

to build a system that fit whatever talentwe had,” Laut said. “We ran several dif-ferent offenses during my time as headcoach. For that particular team, weneeded something that was going tospread the field.”

“Nobody else around the area wasrunning the run-and-shoot offensethen,” Doak said. “Coach Laut wasahead of his time. We had so muchspeed, that it was almost impossible tocover everybody when we spread thefield.”In 1994 nobody figured out how to

stop it. The Warriors unleashed theiroffense on teams used to stoppingpower rushing attacks. They averaged38 points a game and outscored theirfour playoff opponents 136-58.

“Teams were unfamiliar with it andthey only had a couple of days to pre-pare during the week,” Laut said.“There was only so much they could do.We had very smart players who pickedup the scheme quickly. Their confi-dence grew week by week.”The Warriors finished the regular

season at 10-0; highlighted by an over-time win at Salem in week one and a26-21 win over Louisville in week nineto clinch the Northeastern BuckeyeConference title and a playoff berth.The win came at a price, however.

Late in the third quarter, Stephens—theteam’ s leading rusher—had his footstepped on by a Louisville player,breaking it in three places. He would beout of action for at least four weeks.“I was devastated,” Stephens said.

“You work so hard for your whole lifeto get a chance like that and to have towatch was very discouraging.”The injury gave the Warriors a

chance to showcase their depth, asStephens’ 400 relay teammate JohnLisi stepped into the void and per-formed superbly. During the four play-off games he rushed for 242 yards on18 carries.“I hadn’ t really played offense that

much,” Lisi said. “I had a week to learnthe plays. That just shows you howmany fast guys we had. I was able tostep in and the offense didn’ t miss abeat.”While the offense shined for much of

the season, the defense stole the show inthe regional championship game againstTwinsburg Chamberlin.

The Tigers were powered by theblazing speed of quarterback KellyHerndon and running back AnthonyWhite, both of whom would play in theNFL.“Those were the two fastest players I

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The year the Warriors won it allWEST BRANCH’S 1994 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

See 1994, Page 38B

“Nobody else around the area was running therun-and-shoot offense then. Coach Laut was ahead

of his time. We had so much speed, that it wasalmost impossible to cover everybody when

we spread the field.”KYLE DOAK,

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Members of West Branch’s 1994 Division III state championship footballteam included (front, from left) Luke Williams, Terry Grove, Kenny Vernon,Bryan Stowe, Chris Tucker, Jason Lane, John Lisi, Kyle Doak, JeremyStephens; (second row, from left) coach Gary Andreani, Mike smith,Anthony Slimon, Dominic Panezott, Bernie Berger, Todd Schoeni, JeffGrove, Josh Reed, Jeff Morris, Joe Lisi, coach Bob Shepherd, head coach JimLaut; (third row, from left) coach Chris Adams, Shawn Woolf, Shilo Brown,Steve Riesen, Dave Meir, Jim Ballard, Doug Stryffeler, Curtis Knoch, ShawnWright, Ted Lisi, Matt Doran, coach Dale Morckel; (fourth row, from left)coach Bob Altenhof, Brett Griffith, John Yaggi, Ryan Martig, Kevin Smith,Chad Smith, Rick Carpenter, Heath Buchs, Mike Thorne, Sam Phillips, ChrisZion; (back, from left) Adam Romigh, Adam Kurena, Chad Kilmer, EthanCameron, T.J. Jones, Wayne Coffield, Kim Nezbeth, Tony Bolen, Jon Timpe,Steve Frank, Mike Fritch and Rob Wayland.


the Tigers. Twinsburg was held with-out an offensive touchdown, and mus-tered just 43 total yards in the secondhalf as the Warriors ground out a 21-7 win.“That was the game, I’ m most

proud of,” Altenhof said. “Our defen-sive philosophy all year was 11 hatson the football and we swarmedeverywhere in that game. After it wasover, a couple of Twinsburg playerssaid we were the fastest white guysthey’ d ever seen.”Next up was the team’ s toughest

test of all, a date in the state semifinalswith Steubenville Big Red.Steubenville spent the entire season

ranked No.1 in the Division III statepoll, while the Warriors were rankedNo. 2.At running back for Big Red was

University of Akron recruit NateJohnson, who rushed for 1,484 yardsduring the season and was on his wayto being named the Associated PressDivision III defensive player of theyear as an inside linebacker.“I looked at the film and I won-

dered how in the heck we were goingto stop them,” Laut said. “Their play-ers were always so fundamentallysound and so mentally tough. Theywere like a machine.”The Big Red backed up its reputa-

tion, storming to a 21-0 lead 14 min-utes into the contest.“I remember people from our side

leaving,” Williams said. “I rememberwalking into the locker room at half-time and their fans were rubbing itin.”The Warriors had finally found a

team faster than them. To win thisone, they needed a little magic. Aftercutting the lead to 28-17 late in thefourth quarter, West Branch scoredtwo touchdowns in the final 3:08 topull ahead 31-28. Steubenville kickerMike Perlosky narrowly missed a 27-yard field goal as time expired to givethe Warriors a pulsating win.The key play came when unherald-

ed West Branch special-teamer CurtisKnoch recovered Chris Zion’ s onsidekick, which set up the go-ahead score.Curiously, Steubenville did not haveits hands team on the field.“I don’ t know why they weren’ t ready for the

1994,Continued from Page 36B


BELOIT—Members of the 1994 West Branchstate championship football squad agree that theheart and soul of the team was the man pulling thetrigger —senior quarterback Jeff Morris.“Jeff was the one that made the team go,” head

coach Jim Laut said. “He had good speed, a greatarm and a lot of football smarts. He was also reallytough, he never let anyone know he was hurt. Nomatter how hard he was hit, he bounced right up. Hehad a linebacker’ s mentality.”Morris showed a single-minded devotion to foot-

ball from an early age. While growing up in Beloit,Morris would spend hours in his driveway peltingthe garage door with football after football.“It started leaning after a while,” Morris laughed.

“My mom eventually got a new one.”“I remember when we were little kids, Jeff would

want to play catch until my arm was ready to falloff,” running back Jeremy Stephens said. “Hebreathed nothing but football.”Morris put it all together during the 1994 season

at the helm of the team’ s run-and-shoot offense. Hewas named the Associated Press Division III offen-sive player of the year in Ohio, while setting a sin-

gle-season school record with 34 touchdown passes.“Prior to 1994 we were a power running team,”

Morris said. “But my senior year we probably threwit 60 percent of the time. The run-and-shoot was alot of fun to operate because it fit perfectly with ourteam speed.”Ironically, one of Morris’ biggest plays of the

season came on defense, in the season opener againstarchrival Salem.Despite only having won one game the year

before, the Quakers gave West Branch everything itcould handle. In overtime, with his team clinging toa 28-21 lead, Morris came to the rescue. Though hewas rarely used on defense that season, Morrischecked in at outside linebacker for the final driveand made the game-winning interception.“I had played linebacker as a junior, so I knew the

position,” Morris said. “In critical situations theywould put me in every now and then. It felt good toescape with a win.”The Warriors had to keep winning, because in

those days, only four teams from each region madethe playoffs. The big showdown came in week nineat 7-1 Louisville.West Branch had gone 9-1 in both 1992 and

1993, but fell short of the postseason each time.Both losses came to the Leopards.

“Everybody on the team and in the town was sofired up,” Morris said “That was the game we werewaiting for. They had ruined our season two years ina row.”Midway through the third quarter, Louisville held

a 14-12 lead and drove to a first and goal at the WestBranch 7-yard line. The Warrior defense respondedwith a stirring goal-line stand, giving the ball back tothe offense at its own five.Morris proceeded to drive his team 95 yards in

12 plays for the go-ahead touchdown. West Branchwould not trail the rest of the game on its way to a26-21 win, which clinched both the NBC title and aplayoff berth.“It was after that game, that guys really started

believing we could go deep in the playoffs,” Lautsaid.No one felt more vindicated than Morris, who

burned to atone for the previous two losses. All weekduring practice he wore a powder-blue Louisvilleshirt underneath his pads. After the clock hit zero,Morris removed the shirt and—in view of someLouisville players—tore it to shreds. His year-longmission was accomplished.“Looking back, it probably wasn’ t the best thing

to do,” Morris said. “But it expressed the emotion Iwas feeling at the time. Our senior class wanted towin that game and get the playoffs so badly.”“Jeff wearing that shirt symbolized the personal

challenge he took to beat Louisville,” Laut said.“When he ripped it apart, it symbolized his personaltriumph.”Morris saved his best for the epic state semifinal

comeback against top-ranked Steubenville.With the Warriors down 21-0 in the second quar-

ter, Morris stuck it in the end zone from 5 yards outto make it 21-7 at the half.“Jeff never doubted we were going to win the

game,” Laut said. “He looked at every player in thelocker room at the half and asked if they were goingto accept this. He then went out and led us in the sec-ond half.”Morris put a charge in his men early in the third

quarter with a 55-yard touchdown run to draw theWarriors within seven. In the final three minutes heran for another score and threw the game-winningpass. In the second half, Morris accounted for 178yards of total offense and three touchdowns.“If we played Steubenville 10 times, they proba-

bly win nine,” Morris said. “But we got the one thatcounted. That win was a credit to our whole seniorclass. We did not want the ride to end. It was unlikeanything I’ ve ever experienced.”The state title game against Clyde was icing on

the cake as Morris connected for three long touch-down passes in the first half to put the Fliers awayearly.“After the game, I remember everybody asking

Coach Laut if we could play St. Ignatius (theDivision I state champion),” Morris said. “That’ show confident we were. We thought we could scoreon anybody.”Morris —who went on to be the starting quarter-

back at Muskingum College —said nothing couldcompare to those three months in the fall of 1994.“We had a really unique group of guys that grew

up with each other through football,” Morris said.“The seniors did everything together. We still havethat same bond whenever we get together.” See 1994 Page 39B

Morris threw West Branch intostate championship contention

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BELOIT—The 1994 West Branchstate championship football team expe-rienced both extreme triumph and pro-found tragedy during their title run.In the early morning hours of Sunday,

September 11—hours after the Warriorsbeat Ravenna Southeast—senior line-backer Dominic Panezott’ s fatherpassed away in his sleep due to a mas-sive heart attack.“To have something like that happen

during your senior football season isunimaginable,” Panezott said. “It wasan incredibly rough period of time.”“Doc” Panezott was a beloved mem-

ber of the West Branch community. Heserved as president of the booster club,ran the concession stand on Fridaynight’ s and coached several membersof the state championship team in pee-wee football.“The whole team was crushed,” cor-

nerback John Lisi said. “Everybodyknew and loved Doc. We all tried to bethere for Dominic as much as wecould.”

It was during the ensuing week thatthe team’ s true character shonethrough.“Everybody on the team attended my

dad’ s calling hours,” Panezott said.“The coaches told me to take as muchtime off as I needed. Everybody could-n’ t have been more supportive.”Seeking a sanctuary, Panezott quick-

ly rejoined the team. On the field, hewas a sideline-to-sideline force at insidelinebacker and became the emotionalleader of the defense as the Warriorsmade their title run.“Dominic was just 185 pounds, but

he played linebacker like someone who

weighed 210,” head coach Jim Lautsaid. “His leadership was so valuable tous that season. He showed a lot ofresilience.”For the rest of the season, Panezott

pointed to the sky after each big play hemade. At the end of every game, hewould linger on the field for a fewmoments by himself.“That was my way for talking to my

dad alone for a few minutes after thegame,” Panezott said. “I could feel himwith me all season.”Perhaps the season’ s most touching

moment came in the state championshipgame.

The Warriors were leading Clyde 21-3 late in the second quarter when line-backer Luke Williams laid a jarring hiton Clyde All-Ohioan Chad Long, whowas trying to haul in a pass. The ballbounced off Long’ s pads, right into thewaiting arms of Panezott, who streaked20 yards for a touchdown as the sea ofWarrior fans went delirious. It was theteam’ s final score of the season.“The hair on my arm is standing up

talking about it,” Panezott said. “What away to end the season.”“I remember that play like it was yes-

terday,” Williams said. “Dominic hadbecome our emotional leader. Youcouldn’ t have a more perfect ending.”These days, Panezott finds himself

thinking often about that season.“My son is seven, and he is just get-

ting into football,” Panezott said. “He’ sstarting to ask about when I played. Irecently was in the Cleveland area forwork and a man recognized me. He sentme DVD copies of all our playoffgames. I’ ll be watching those togetherwith my son, telling him what it waslike.”

1994,Continued from Page 38B

onside kick,” Laut said. “If you ask a lot of peopledown there, I bet they would say Reno (Saccoccia)lost the game for them. Still, we executed that kickperfectly, you couldn’ t have drawn it up any bet-ter.”

Awaiting West Branch in the title game was aClyde team that lacked the talent of Steubenville,but was monstrous in size. The Fliers were led byAll-Ohio tight end Ryan Carter, who was 6-foot-8and 260 pounds.

“Good god they were huge,” Laut said. “Theymight have been the biggest high school team I’ veever seen. They had an NFL type of line.”

It didn’ t matter. The Warriors were brimmingwith confidence after the Steubenville win and therun-and-shoot was operating at peak efficiency.”

“By that point, our confidence was running sohigh,” Morris said. “Clyde was big, but they werealso a little slow. We didn’ t think they could hangwith our speed.”

On a perfect Saturday afternoon in front of aDivision III state championship record crowd of12,711 at Massillon’ s Paul Brown Tiger Stadium,Morris struck early and often.

In the first half, he connected on touchdownpasses of 75, 70 and 60 yards (two of them toDoak) as the Warriors built a commanding 28-3halftime lead on their way to a comfortable 28-11win. Doak had three receptions for 160 yards andone interception.

“I played with a few of the Clyde guys in collegeat Findlay,” Doak said. “They told me they hadn’ t

seen anything like our offense the whole year. Theysaid we were the fastest team they had seen.”

For all their speed, the Warriors’ ride home afterthe championship was a slow one. Starting inAlliance and extending all the way back to Beloit,the streets were jammed with well-wishers. The buswas stopped once, so the players could acknowl-edge the appreciation.

“You had to have been there to really compre-hend it,” Laut said. “I have never seen anything likethat support in my entire life.”

The starters from that team still get together onceor twice a year to play golf and watch college foot-ball. How do they think they would fare againsttoday’ s teams?

“We talk about that every now and then,” Lisisaid. “We are confident we would do well if youdropped us in the NBC today. Teams would havereal a hard time dealing with our quickness.”

Warrior notes

¯ West Branch became the first MahoningCounty public school to win a state title in football.Poland has since won one in 1999.

¯The West Branch defense scored more touch-downs in the playoffs (five) than it gave up (four)

¯The Warriors faced 11 1,000 yard rushers dur-ing the season. Only two gained over 100 yardsagainst them.

¯ During the state championship week, a localfarmer painted his cows green.

“Oh man, the cows really stick out to me,”laughed Luke Williams, a senior wingback. “Thosepeople were all football. It’ s hard to describe howmuch support everybody gave us.”

¯Nose tackle/guard Anthony Slimon received a

scholarship to Akron. He was the only Warrior toget a Division I offer.

¯ The 1994 season ended a five-year run inwhich the Warriors went 47-3 in the regular seasonand 52-5 overall.

Panezott’s season one of tragedy and triumph“The whole teamwas crushed. Everybody knew and loved Doc.We all tried to be there for Dominic as much as we could.”

JOHN LISI,WEST BRANCH CORNERBACK

“The hair onmy arm is standing up talking about it.What a way to end the season.”

DOMINIC PANEZOTT,WEST BRANCH LINEBACKER

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