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Game Preview: Mogadore at Woodridge

September 16, 2011

Game: Mogadore (2-1) at Woodridge (2-1) Time: 7 p.m. What to look for: Mogadore has been winning on guts, guile and defense.  Though it’s still early in the season they havne’t shown the dominant streak that they’ve had in the past.  Led by quarterback Anthony Ricci, they’re looking for win No. 3 on the year [...]

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Playoff preview: Buckeye Central (9-1) at Mogadore (10-0)

November 5, 2010

Mogadore football is one of the great traditions in all of Ohio high school football. The Wildcats won their fourth state title in 2002 and visit the playoffs yearly now under coach Matt Adorni and for years with Scott Pollack. The Wildcats (10-0, 7-0) won the Portage Trail Conference County Division, finishing with a 17-7 win over [...]

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High School Playoff Pairings

October 31, 2010

Friday’s Games (all take place at 7:30 p.m.) Division II, Region V Kent Roosevelt at Tallmadge Warren Howland at Copley Aurora at Ashland Division II, Region VII Columbus St. Charles at Lake Division IV, Region XIII Perry at Manchester Garrettsville at Chagrin Falls Division IV, Region XIIII Triway at Orrville Division VI, Region XXI Dalton [...]

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Computer Rankings: Much on the Line

October 19, 2010

Division I, Region II Massillon, Twinsburg and Canton McKinley currently have a hold on the playoffs with two games left to go. Medina and Perry sit just outside at numbers nine and 10 respectively. Division II, Region V Copley, Tallmadge and Kent Roosevelt have spots in the top eight slots with a showdown between Copley [...]

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AP H.S. Football Top 10: A Quick Look

October 19, 2010

Division II The Copley Indians remain entrenched in the Top 10, moving up a spot to No. 8.  Fellow Suburban League undefeated Tallmadge sits just outside the Top 10 with the teams set to square off Friday. Division IV Manchester remains at No. 2. Division VI Mogadore moves up one slot to No. 2.

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Mogadore gets to stay home

October 18, 2010

According to joeeitel.com, a website that tracks computer football ratings that determine the state playoffs, the Mogadore football team has clinched a first round home game. The Wildcats, 8-0, are the No. 1 team in Division VI, Region 21.

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Computer Rankings: Rising and Falling

October 12, 2010

Div. I, Region 2 Massillon, Canton McKinley and Perry currently reside in the elite eight with Medina at No. 9 Div. II, Region 5 Copley and Tallmadge continue to hold spots, the big mover is Walsh Jesuit who make it in at No. 8 primarily because of their win over St. Vincent-St. Mary.  Kent Roosevelt [...]

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AP Releases High School Top 10: Not a Lot Locally

October 12, 2010

Div. I The only area team sniffing the Top 10 in D-I football: Massillon and they’re on the outside of it looking in. Div. II Copley holds a spot at No. 9 after beating up on Wadsworth last week.  Div. III Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary is out of the Top 10 after losing to Walsh Jesuit [...]

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Weekly High School Computer Rankings

October 5, 2010

Div. I, Region 2 Twinsburg, Perry, Massillon, Canton McKinley currently reside in the top eight in the region.  Medina and Hoover are within striking distance. Div. II, Region 5 Copley, Tallmadge, Ashland and Kent Roosevelt make the great eight with Walsh Jesuit an No. 9 and facing a big game against St. Vincent-St. Mary this [...]

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Surveying the AP’s Assorted Top 10s

October 5, 2010

Division II Copley remains at the No. 9 spot for another week, the only area team in the Top 10.  Division III Marlington moves up three notches to No. 4 while St. Vincent-St. Mary and Field are in the next batch. Division IV Manchester remains at No. 3 with Orrvile outside the Top 10, but [...]

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Surveying the AP’s High School Football Polls

September 28, 2010

Div. II Copley (5-0) remains at No. 9 after beating up on Barberton. Div. III Marlington (5-0) comes in at No. 7.  They will meet No. 9 Minerva this week. Div. IV Manchester (5-0) moves up two spots to No. 3. Div. VI Mogadore (5-0) jumps three notches to No. 7 and will face rival [...]

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Of Playoffs and Computer Points – First Report

September 21, 2010

The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its first set of computer rankings for post-season play Tuesday.  Here’s how things look so far for area teams: Div. I, Reg. 2 Perry (4-0), Medina (4-0) and Twinsburg (4-0) occupy the top three spots respectively.  Massillon (3-1) comes in at No. 8. On the bubble:  GlenOak, McKinley, [...]

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Polling Ohio High School Football

September 21, 2010

The AP released its weekly poll surveying the best programs in the state’s six divisions Tuesday.  Several area high schools have made the grade: Div. I: Massillon (4-0) checks in at No. 10, its first appearance in the rankings this year after trouncing North Canton Hoover 56-19 last week. Medina (4-0) didn’t make it into [...]

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Football preview: Rootstown (2-1) @ Mogadore (3-0)

September 16, 2010

Week four: Rootstown (2-1) @ Mogadore (3-0) 7.p.m Friday at Wildcat Stadium Storyline: Mogadore heads into week three undefeated and averaging nearly 30 points a conference. What else is new? Everything with the Wildcats do offensively is predicated on the running game, which is usually a two-headed monster. Senior Kodey Chance has been out with [...]

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East Canton goes to state in softball for first time

May 29, 2010

KENT – East Canton is headed to state. At the Kent Division IV regional softball final, the Hornets defeated  Mogadore 3-0, for the third time this season, but this victory sends them to state Final Four at Firestone Stadium on Thursday afternoon. Winning pitcher Letitia Bittinger threw a two-hitter and hit a two-run home run and [...]

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Mogadore’s Dawn Marie Krager wins national award

May 20, 2010

Mogadore High School senior Dawn Marie Krager has been selected as one of 10 MaxPreps Citizen Athletes throughout the country for the 2009-2010 school year. “The MaxPreps Citizen Athlete presented by the National Guard program was created to honor those student-athletes who excel both on and off the field,” company President Andy Beal said in [...]

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Football playoffs – anybody surprised?

November 9, 2009

After Week One of the five weeks of football playoffs, here are my observations looking back and moving ahead. *The Federal League rematch of Canton McKinley and Canton GlenOak will be a different game. The Bulldogs were the eight seed going into top seeded Toledo Whitmer and demolished the Glass City bunch, which did not surprise me, McKinley [...]

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Mogadore seeks home playoff game

October 30, 2009

Mogadore hosts East Canton tonight knowing it has a clinched a spot in the state playoffs. The Widlcats are currently fifth in the Division VI, Region 21 standings and are hoping to get into the top four spots and host a playoff game. Juniors Kodey Chance and Jake McAvinew each rushed for a touchdown to [...]

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Top 25 Ohio High School Nicknames

October 22, 2009

Hey everyone! This is my column that’s running in the Akron Beacon Journal Friday, but it’s posted on Ohio.com now, as you can see. Thanks to everyone who submitted votes for their favorite high school nicknames. If there are other crazy nicknames from out of state, post them so we can all get some laughs. [...]

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McAvinew and Simonetti pace Mogadore

October 16, 2009

Mogadore improved its record to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the Portage Trail Conference County Division with a 39-15 win at Streetsboro last week. Junior Jake McAvinew and rushed three touchdowns and senior Mike Simonetti rushed for one touchdown. The Wildcats host the Windham Bombers (0-7, 0-4) tonight.

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