thoughts, can the Riders beat one of the top 3 in the league. the d will will have there hands full and so will the orrville o

Ashland is stout up front. Owens was taken out of the WH game, and Ashland will do the same. Ashland in an easy win.

Short answer, no. Ashland is the second best team in the conference behind Senior. But I think winning two of the last three puts the Riders in the playoffs. All three of those games are winnable, though none will be a cakewalk. Madison would be the easiest of the three, but they took it to Lexington last week. They run alot and have talented backs, it's just the coaching I think is suspect. Clear Fork will be a battle and Wooster..who knows with them. They'll likely be 2-7 going into that game, and knocking Orrville out of the playoffs would be their Super Bowl.

Another tough week for the Riders. Can they do it...with this team it is possible. One play away from beating WH that would have been huge! Ashland is going to bring a new problem...they like to throw it all over the place. Not sure if that will be good or bad for Orrville. I know this Orrville will show up. They have all year and have made it a fun season to be a fan and watch these kids grow up. Win Friday and you will be playing in Week 11. Lose and it is still there for the taking.

This should be a good game as always. It will be interesting to see how Ashland responds from the loss to Mansfield. The key for Ashland is pretty simple, they have to be effective on offense. This team revolves around being able to score points and when they have done that this year they have won. Ashland offense is good enough to put up big numbers and I expect them to do that this week!

They have an interesting short passing game, at least from what I saw at the Wadsworth game. They had two particular athletes, 24 and 28 (If I remember correctly and 28 was one tough kid, he played both ways) that they tried to get the ball to as often as possible. They spread it out on Wadsworth a good bit. Undersized fast LB's is how Wadsworth seemed to handle the pressure and running the all really well kept the Ashland defense on the field a long time!!! Could shape up to be a great game. Orrville D backs have to make them catch the ball in front of them and TACKLE WELL!!!

If you don't think you have a shot then why play the game, get there with bad intensions Riders!!!!

Mr. 300;1513990 wrote:Ashland is stout up front. Owens was taken out of the WH game, and Ashland will do the same. Ashland in an easy win.

Your WH team wasn't that good-what will be an easy win this week will be Senior over WH. I think at times Orrville could have stacked 11 in the box and the WH QB still wouldn't have hit an open receiver. Also slow linebackers and a secondary that can't stop a cold. If you do make the playoffs don't plan on a long run as you will lose early. That Stutzman kid is a real stud? Ya right!!!

Game day Riders! You can't ask for any better weather than today. This is a big game and would be huge for playoff implications. Go get it boys...

Lets go Riders! Prove the doubters wrong and go get that winning flavor back!

Pretty much the way you expected this would go. We will come back with a vengeance next week and hopefully take 2 of the next 3 and make the play offs again or at least be close. Couldn't quite match up with Ashland at enough positions to pull this out.