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7/27/2009 3:10:00 AM
New CovCath football coach Dave Wirth sees better conditioning as the key to rebounding from back-to-back 5-7 seasons. "I can already see we're night-and-day different athletically," he said.
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7/30/2009 5:33:00 PM
Yet another Kentucky high school football player died Wednesday following practice. That's three in four years. Obviously, that's three too many. So, now what?
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8/3/2009 12:33:00 AM
After tearing his knee to shreds in a playoff victory over Ashland last year, Highlands football player Brandon Roller faced a long offseason of grueling rehab. Highlands coach Dale Mueller never doubted the return of his two-way senior standout.
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8/5/2009 1:54:00 AM
The Sept. 4 football game scheduled between Highlands and Beechwood has been moved to Nippert Stadium.
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8/6/2009 1:56:00 AM
Why does Holy Cross football coach Bruce Kozerski like his team this year? Let him count the ways. Four offensive linemen are back, plus most of the backfield and all of the receivers. It's going to come down to execution.
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8/8/2009 1:00:00 AM
After taking some lumps with underclassmen last season, Dixie Heights football coach Tom Spritzky has high hopes that the Colonels' experience will lead to a significant turnaround this season.
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8/16/2009 1:00:00 AM
The La Salle athletic department is making an all-out blitz to market of its home football games at Lancer Stadium.
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8/17/2009 12:52:00 AM
Another incarnation of the spread offense has hit Northern Kentucky high school football. It's called the pistol. And it's in place at Newport.
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8/20/2009 6:22:00 AM
This offseason in local high school football - which just happens to be prime recruiting season - superlatives were being slung around like spirals.
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8/20/2009 6:20:00 AM
When it comes to local football recruiting, few are tethered to the process like coaches at the area's only Division I college programs: Miami University and Cincinnati. One in every four players on the UC roster is from a Cincinnati or Northern Kentucky school. The figure is one in six at Miami.
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8/21/2009 9:19:00 AM
Highlands - yawn - is No. 1 again. When it comes to high school football, the Bluebirds are to The Enquirer coaches' poll what the Beatles were to Billboard Magazine. They're nearly always at the top.
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8/21/2009 8:53:00 AM
A look this weekend's Northern Kentucky high school football games.
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8/22/2009 2:53:00 AM
Walton-Verona opens its football season at home today against Gallatin County. No matter the outcome, it promises to be a bittersweet experience for the team and perhaps at least one Bearcats fan.
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8/21/2009 8:53:00 AM
A look this weekend's Northern Kentucky high school football games.
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8/23/2009 1:48:00 AM
Senior Corey Taylor rushed for 128 yards and two TDs on 21 carries to lead host Walton-Verona to a 13-7 season-opening victory over Gallatin County, plus high school soccer news.
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8/24/2009 12:26:00 PM
St. Xavier football coach came on at noon today to talk about the upcoming high school football season. Here's what he had to say.
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8/28/2009 7:52:00 AM
LOUISVILLE - After two-plus hours of practice, Pleasure Ridge Park football coach David Jason Stinson had seen enough of players goofing off.
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8/29/2009 8:56:00 PM
The Beechwood football team on Saturday suffered the kind of crowd-leaves-early, clock-runs-late beatdown it's used to dishing out.
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8/31/2009 5:40:00 PM
Elder (1-0) plays host to Colerain (0-1) at noon Sunday on ESPN. It is the first time Colerain has played a varsity football game at Elder.
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8/31/2009 5:20:00 PM
Elder is the new No. 1 and preseason favorite Colerain dropped to No. 4 in this week's Enquirer Division I area football coaches' poll. In Divisions II-VI, preseason favorite Winton Woods remained No. 1. Wyoming moved from seventh to No. 2 while Wyoming defeated visiting CHCA 39-3 last week.
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8/31/2009 6:11:00 PM
For the first time since October of 2006, the Highlands football team is not the unanimously-voted No. 1 team in The Enquirer Northern Kentucky coaches' poll. Simon Kenton received the other first-place vote and moved up from third to second.
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9/2/2009 3:12:00 PM
Vote on the Week 1 finalists for the Enquirer's Ultimate High School football fan. The winner could receive a Skyline Chili tailgate party! Think you're the Ultimate Fan? Post your photos to be entered into the contest.
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9/4/2009 1:00:00 AM
The rivalry between these two Cincinnati football powerhouses, who will square off on national TV Sunday, is short on history but long on quality.
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9/4/2009 1:00:00 AM
Previews of this weekend's top football games in Northern Kentucky:
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9/5/2009 2:19:00 AM
Tailback Dvontae Bradley did not play football for Cooper last season because he transferred from Ryle too late to be eligible for his sophomore year.
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9/11/2009 3:38:00 AM
No. 6 Boone County plays at Anderson, CovCath faces No. 8 Campbell County, No. 1 Highlands plays at Withrow to lead an action-packed night of high school football.
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9/12/2009 8:37:00 AM
Elder coach Doug Ramsey got the customary Gatorade shower for a milestone win Friday night, but Ramsey's postgame thoughts were hardly all football.
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9/13/2009 1:18:00 AM
Northwest football coach Jeff Neal hasn't been surprised by the strong start of senior linebacker/running back Preston Brown.
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9/17/2009 9:46:00 AM
Bishop Brossart school officials on Wednesday cancelled Friday's downstate football game at Elizabethtown after a Brossart player came down with a confirmed case of the H1N1 flu. Other players on the team have similar symptoms.
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9/17/2009 12:59:00 AM
Three football games are on the Thursday schedule, including Wyoming at league rival Reading, plus other high school sports news.
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The Star Beacon; Ashtabula, Ohio--Sports
For 22 years, Bill Lipps had moved around to various football programs in Ashtabula and Trumbull counties as an assistant coach. It had almost reached the point where he had become content with being a career assistant.
Back in June, Jim Timonere was confident the SS. John and Paul Heralds would be fielding a varsity football team this fall.
Paying a college football coaching visit to the variety store...Gator guyComing off a second BCS National Championship in three years at the University of Florida with a 24-14 win against Oklahoma, Urban Meyer is about to begin the 2009 season not only as the coach of the team favored to win it all again, but also with a lot more green headed his way.
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP — One of the mandates Tony Chiacchiero gave himself when he took over as head football coach at Ashtabula High School in 1958 was to develop a powerful offensive line.
The news came and went quickly... way too quickly, in fact. The headline was to the point and succinct, if not a bit blunt, even cold — “SJP cancels football for ’09.”
CONNEAUT1985 (coach Jeff Whittaker)Division II regional semifinal n Cardinal Mooney 45, Conneaut 0
Scrimmages are under way, lineups are being formulated as the Buckeye State gears up for the 2009 high school football season.
It’s time to add two more gentleman to our area college football coaching preview that appeared in our Saturday edition.
Believe it or not, the 2009 high school football season kicks off two weeks and a day from today.
Paying a visit to the variety store...On displayIt’s going to be a busy weekend for the area’s high school football teams, which like the rest of the squads across the Buckeye State, will conduct their first scrimmages.
FRIDAY, AUG. 14n Chaney at Lakeside, 10 a.m.n Jefferson at PV, 6 p.m.n Mathews at Conneaut, 7 p.m.
Paying another visit to the variety store...Magic momentsWe’ve received several submissions in regards to what makes high school football special already.
The fireworks are about to begin, literally, for Jefferson High School football. There’s plenty of excitement brewing around Conneaut, too.
Paying another visit to the variety store...Football frenzyThe opening of a new facility is always a big deal.
Paying another visit to the variety store...Zach attackThe list of area products who are coaching football at the collegiate level continues to grow.
Paying yet another visit to the variety store...In demandThe Conneaut Spartans are one popular high school football team.And that’s no bull.
Geneva’s new Gridiron Club is excited about the upcoming hgh school football season and launching the club’s endeavors in an effort to contribute to Geneva’s rich tradition of football success.
n Our annual high school football preview section, ‘Kickoff ’09’
Paying another visit to the variety store...Radio wavesMedia One Group continues to expand its horizons when it comes to the local sports scene.
Grand River Academy has not had football at the school in 71 seasons. SS. John and Paul — and St. John as the school was once named — has played football in every season except one since 1955, up until this year, that is.
Scrimmages are completed and two-a-days are a thankfully distant memory. Depth charts can now be set in ink and playbooks are set in memory.
CHAMPION — The tones of the ageless ritual of the National Anthem could be heard throughout the skies, signaling the beginning of another football season under the Friday night lights.
Two Ashtabula County high school football coaches made some history with their respective teams kicking off their 2009 seasons last night.
JEFFERSON — Jefferson football coach Jimmy Henson knows just what takes the heart from an opponent’s chest. And he makes no apologies in loving to do so.
CONNEAUT — The theme for the Conneaut Spartan football team this year is, "Finish it."
MADISON – One would expect to see a few mistakes during the opening week of the football season.
NON-CONFERENCEJefferson 32, Grand Valley 14at Falcon Pride Stadium
With the 2009 high school football season finally upon us, let’s take a bit of a historical look at each of the Week 1 matchups involving area teams:
Austin Kinter scored two touchdowns and Nick Such had another to lead the Andover Cowboys to an 18-0 victory over the Ashtabula Browns in Ashtabula Midget Football League action Saturday at Smith Field.
Making a return to the variety store...What a rush!The first night of high school football did not produce a ton of monster individual performances by area players, but four young men did surpass the 100-yard mark on the ground, including a pair of Geneva Eagles in their 32-23 victory against visiting Kirtland on Friday night:
INDIVIDUALRUSHING (100 or more yards) RK PLAYER TEAM DATE OPPONENT YARDS
Paying another visit to the variety store...Another branchThe coaching tree for college football from former area products has yet another limb.
Paying another visit to the variety store...Keeping trackFive former Ashtabula County head football coaches had a mixed bag of results in Game 1 of the 2009 season last weekend.
Paying another visit to the variety store...Stat attackAttention, high school football coaches... and respective team statisticians.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 4Footballn Conneaut at Lakeside (7:30, WFUN, WWOW)n Edgewood at Berkshire (7)n Madison at Geneva (7)n Fairport at GV (7)n Kirtland at Jefferson (7)n Cardinal at PV (7)n Perry at Harvey (7:30)n West Geauga at Riverside (7:30)
Many people are passionate about football.
NDIVIDUALRUSHING (100 or more yards) RK PLAYER TEAM DATE OPPONENT YARDSn 1. Derrell McCaleb Lakeside 9/4 Conneaut 211
Paced by touchdowns from Devonte Norman, Jordan Paxton and Deonte Rogers and a stellar defensive effort, the Ashtabula Steelers handed the Ashtabula Jets their first loss of the season Saturday in Ashtabula Midget Football League action at Smith Field.
The following high schools are have yet to submit their up-to-date season football statistics:
Is two weeks into the 2009 high school football season too early to even begin thinking about what has become the end all, be all for pretty much every program in the modern era of the sport — the playoffs?Naw.
Paying another visit to the variety store...Keeping tabsThe four former Ashtabula County head varsity football coaches we know of who are still active as head coaches elsewhere have had varying degrees of success through this early portion of the 2009 season.
Paying another visit to the variety store...Kicking it offIt’s full steam ahead and all systems go for the collaboration of SS. John and Paul High School and Grand River Academy on the gridiron.The first portion of the schedule for the club football squad — which will be known as the Ashtabula Heralds — was released the other day by GRA Athletic Director Scott McNevan.
Friday’s 30-14 victory over Madison was a huge moment for the Geneva football team, ending a 12-year dry spell. Much of that was because of the efforts of senior wide receiver-defensive back Jimmy Haines.
FRIDAY NIGHT'S SCORESPerry 31, Madison, 2 OT
You can call Dave Melaragno a lot of things, and as a former head varsity football coach, you can bet he’s heard pretty much all of them.
The scheduling process for a major-college football program is always a double-edged sword.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12Footballn Lakeside at Edgewood (7)Volleyballn Edgewood, Harvey at GVn Jefferson, Lakeside at Chardon Inv. (9)n SJP at Windham Tournament
Paying a football Friday visit to the variety store...Seventh heavenThrough the first two weeks of the 2009 season, the seven Ashtabula County football teams have posted a collective record of 8-6 (.571).
For the second consecutive week, football teams in the coverage area went 5-5, with a 3-3 record against schools from the outside.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11Footballn Champion at Conneaut (7, WWOW, WYBL)n Geneva at Lakeview (7)n GV at Jackson-Milton (7)n Jefferson at Brookfield (7)n Garrestville Garfield at PV (7)n Madison at Perry (7:30)n Riverside at Fitch (7:30)
SATURDAY'S SCORESLakeside 36, Edgewood 7
Modesto Lebron tallied 65 yards and two scores as the Jets ran for 220 yards in a 27-0 victory over the Browns in Ashtabula Midget Football League action.
Paying a Monday morning visit to the variety store...Playoff stuffIf the high school football playoffs began this week, only one area team would be participating — the Perry Pirates — according to Ohio high school football computer-points main man Joe Eitel.
INDIVIDUALRUSHING (100 or more yards) RK PLAYER TEAM DATE OPPONENT YARDSn 1. Miles Iverson Madison 9/11 at Perry 245n 2. Derrell McCaleb Lakeside 9/4 Conneaut 211n 3. Tommy Padavack Geneva 8/28 Kirtland 131n 4. Josh Simon Jefferson 8/28 Grand Valley 126
Paying another visit to the variety store...Still topsDespite posting a collective 3-4 record in their Week 3 games, the seven active Ashtabula County high school football teams are still off to their best start in the decade.
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