Red Rider81;963473 wrote:Great point 5k. Looking forward to seeing how norwayne handles a team with equal or greater speed.

OQB;963596 wrote:While Pitman is amazed at the crowd coordinating a color scheme to wear.....most fans will be watching the great game that will be played on the field!

Red Rum;963730 wrote:Since the Orr/Nor talk is basically starting to become a repeating loop.
Lets look at the rest of D4.

Although I think the Division is up for grabs, the favorites to win it all in my opinion come out of R14.

Columbus Bishop Hartley & Kenton.

#3 seed Hartley is the defending champ and have been looking more and more dominant as the season has progressed. They've female dog smacked some good teams in October (Coshocton & Ironton) not to mention taking care of business in round 1 of the playoffs (42-14 over #6 North Union)

#1 seed Kenton has all world QB Mauk and that 5 wide offense that most teams don't often see, so they are difficult to prepare for.

I would place these two as the favorites but anything can happen.


As far as this Saturdays game...my WCAL heart is with Norwayne but my money is on Orrville.

5knots;963115 wrote:No answer yet to my first question....I'll be patient.

Orrville has faced three very good dual threat QB's and offenses this year. I would say comparable to Adam Wallace.
Copley with Gigliotti and Argeros Turner (offers from Illinois and Tennessee) and Orville gave up 7 in Regulation
Ashland with an offense that Averaged 45 a game and we gave up 14
Wooster with Daugherty and Anderson and we gave up 7 in regulation.

So for this to occur I guess you are figuring on a shutout of the Riders this week. Not an impossible task. Teams have accomplished this before. But this is a pretty bold statement and I'm just thinking here....Just wondering how many times this year you have faced a team with a guy who runs 4.3 and has a vertical of 35+ inches and State medalist in multiple events on the track? How many backs your Defense has had to tackle who runs a 4.5 and is 220lbs and can rep 225lb bench press 19 times...or how many kids you face who have been so athletically gifted they can just step in when needed at QB and lead an offense to average 44 a game, who is also a multiple state medalist on the track. just thinking out loud here....

Orrville has their work cut out for them this week. No doubt about it. Just like week 12 should be. have to limit the big plays and mistakes. Teams that can do this will win in the playoffs. I don't care if it is by 1 point... just win baby.

5knots;963762 wrote:Stu turner posted a 4.3 something at toledo's camp thus summer. Wasn't our watches or coaches although he has ran similar times many instances here.

O-Trap;955449 wrote:Also, I'd like to point out that the fastest 40 time EVER at an NFL combine was Chris Johnson's 4.24 seconds. So you're telling me that a D5 high school's football team has a WR whose 40 time is only a quarter of a second slower than Chris Johnson's 40 time, the fastest in the history of the NFL combine?

A quarter of a second is a lot of time between like athletes (ie two people looking to enter the draft). It's unrealistically minute when it's between an NFL first-round RB setting a speed record and a D5 high school WR.

Current starting NFL running back Ryan Matthews ran it in 4.45 seconds.
Browns RB Montario Hardesty was a 4.49.
Ben Tate ran a 4.43.
RB James Starks ran a 4.5. This WR from Wynford is as fast as James Starks?
Dexter McCluster ran a 4.57.

These are all RBs from the 2010 combine, and all of them either start, or they see plenty of time in the NFL.

So either Wynford is chock full o' NFL-quality speed or someone doing the stopwatch owes the team a favor.


And for what it's worth, I doubt anyone on Smithville runs anything faster than a 4.7 40-yarder.

OQB;963789 wrote:There's a difference with 40 speed and game speed....I don't put much stock in the 40 times for the fact that you can't accurately determine with a stopwatch. Turner is the fastest player on the field every Friday/Saturday night.....nobody needs a stopwatch to see that.


Both teams will be flying around the field Saturday night and both teams will be tested to the limit.

THE4RINGZ;963631 wrote:University School is a fairly small school. The Preppers Lacrosse program is a pipeline to D1 college programs. They send prolly 5-6 kids a year to D1 schools on scholarships.

bobcat14;963878 wrote:I just heard that Orrville is home team but they are sitting on the visitor side......I have never been to Medina High....is visitor side bigger? just wondering....it doesnt make a difference for the game just curious.....anybody else hear this????

BRF;963869 wrote:I will put this "interesting" tidbit in the BRF The More You DON'T Want To Know file.

5knots;963750 wrote:As good as Mauk is..and he seems to be a dandy. A Maty Mauk led team has yet to even get of regionals. I see that trend continue. He has had gaudy numbers for years now but that has not translated to playoff success. In fact teams that sling the ball around don't fare well in State title games either. I will be surprised to see Kenton win region 14 and the only thing I am basing that on is history and a gut feeling. Both Hartely and Kenton have battled a tough schedule this year very well.

beverboy1;963917 wrote:kenton won 2 titles and a runner-up with his brother . (same offense)

OQB;963929 wrote:Correction:

They won 2 state titles with Ben Mauk 2001 and 2002 , and then was runner-up with I believe a kid named Davis in 2003

I was at all three of those games, they run a very interesting/exciting offense.