Posts Tagged ‘football’

The Greenmen hung on to win their first state football championship this past week, edging Columbus Eastmoor Academy 21-10.
Three weeks into the season few would have predicted the Greenmen would have made it this far, but they steadily improved as the season went on. After a slow 1-2 start, Aurora found its stride and never [...]

The PD has some preview capsules of this weekend’s football games:
Aurora vs. Walsh Jesuit
What, when, where: Regional title game, 7 p.m., Solon’s Stewart Field, 33600 Inwood Road, Solon. Call 440-349-6244.
Records: Aurora, 10-2; Walsh Jesuit, 9-2.
What to watch: Top-seeded Walsh Jesuit has been living on the edge in the playoffs - some would say all season [...]

The Comets have dropped to No. 9 in Region 1 and will have to win out to make the playoffs.
The Comets also have to hope that No. 8 Brecksville-Broadview Heights loses to Steele this weekend. Steele is undefeated and would be worth a ton of playoff points for Brecksville-Broadview Heights. The Comets have on remaining [...]

Here is a rundown of what happened this week in the CVC. If you have additional news and notes, please send them in to either connect [at] patthorntonfiles [dot] com or leave a comment. Box scores would be much appreciated. If we could post box scores of every CVC game each week that would be [...]

I must say that I am genuinely shocked by some of the outcomes that happened in week 4 of Chagrin Valley Conference play.
There is no better place than to start with Chagrin Falls. Wow, this was a shocker.
Chagrin Falls defeats West G 25-0 — I thought this would be a good game, but I didn’t [...]

Whether or not Kenston wants to change its offense, it will have to.
Kenston had a record-setting season last year through the air, but the players that made that possible have graduated.
Quarterback Brett Tevepaugh set a school record with 1,619 yards passing with 16 touchdowns and just two interceptions. He also had a very impression 60.9% [...]

Solon’s Jim McQuaide sits down this week to discuss Solon’s upcoming football season and what his team must do to be successful.
Questions that McQuaide answsers:

You were accustomed to winning the WRC year in and year out. Last year, Brunswick won the division title. How do you get your division crown back?
You start the year off [...]

After four up-and-down seasons, Rick Adams departed Kenston for Rocky River on the West Side of Cleveland.
Adams liked to spread the ball around. Later in his tenure, he tried to run the ball more, but he could never quite find the offense he was looking for. Adams also instituted a 3-3 stack defense, which was [...]

We all know about Solon’s losses on offense, which include their entire offensive backfield, but what does Solon return?
Two-year returning starters:

Justin Woo (5-11, 260, Sr.) - Started as an offensive guard last season and was a starter at offensive tackle the year before. He brings experience, size and versatility to the Solon line.

One-year returning starters:

Sam [...]