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After tough start, Tallmadge football coach happy with season

November 20, 2011

Tallmadge football coach Joe Vassalotti will look on the 2011 season as one that saw his team overcome an 0-2 start and win a league championship outright before making it to Week 12. Tallmadge (9-3) lost to Aurora 34-14 in the Division II regional semifinals Nov. 11 at Solon. But, Vassalotti said Tallmadge gave a [...]

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Game Preview: Garfield Rams at Tallmadge Blue Devils

September 9, 2011

Game: Garfield Rams (0-2) at the Tallmadge Blue Devils (0-2) Time:  7 p.m. What to look for:  You can expect two desperate teams scrounging to get back into the race for the playoffs. So far this season:  The Garfield Rams are still gelling as a team, but they need to get to it quick.  You [...]

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Playoff preview: No. 8 Kent Roosevelt (8-2) at No. 1 Tallmadge (10-0)

November 3, 2010

No. 8 Kent Roosevelt (8-2) at No. 1 Tallmadge (10-0) Division II, region 5 Where: 7:30 p.m. Friday at Tallmadge Stadium STORYLINE: A lot of people ignored Tallmadge when the season started. No one can ignore them now that they are undefeated and the top seed in Division II, region 5. After a one-year hiatus, The [...]

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Tallmadge moving forward

September 23, 2009

The excuse of being a youthful team simply doesn’t apply to Tallmadge anymore. “Its midway through the season now. You can’t say you’re a young team anymore,’’ Tallmadge coach Joe Vassalotti said. “Now we have to learn how to win.’’ Easier said than done. Tallmadge led Highland last week until the Hornets rattled off 24 [...]

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Tallmadge strong on D-Line

August 31, 2009

Although the Blue Devils fell to Nordonia 34-19, they found out their run defense is something they can rely on. Tallmadge kept the Knights to negative yardage on the ground and sophomores Tucker Linder and Heath Thomas were a big reason why. Thomas took up a few blockers every time, Tallmadge coach Joe Vassalotti said. [...]

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Suburban League: week one rewind

August 31, 2009

Fans were able to get a double dose of high school football in the opening weekend. Everyone can thank Mother Nature for that. Storms, featuring heavy lightning, forced teams across northeast Ohio to split its games over two days this weekend, a rarity to many of the high school coaches. “I don’t think I have [...]

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A lot of new faces at Tallmadge

August 23, 2009

Things were quite simple for the Tallmadge Blue Devils’ offense last season. Hand the ball off to Tyler Fortner the majority of the time, and let him go to work. This year Fortner is gone, along with 23 other seniors from last year’s the team. “We’ll definitely be more balanced than last year, we ran [...]

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