- Avon 10-1 (7-0 West Shore Conference) The Eagles had a 10-0 season for the 2nd time in three seasons. Unfortunately, they played their worst half of football in week 11 against Sandusky. Still a great year and coach Mike Elder has plenty of talent returning.
- Elyria Catholic 10-2 (4-1 North Coast League, White Division) The Panthers showed me something with their win over Huron in week 11. A team that throws the football all over the place had faced bad weather on a bad field. EC won the game with defense and running game. Unfortunately, the next week against Orville, the Panthers reverted to old form: too many mistakes, not enough defense and questionable play-calling. Still EC played their first home play-off game this year and won their first play-off game since 1992.
- Avon Lake 8-3 (6-1 in Southwestern Conference) Shoremen defeated Amherst to take a piece of Southwestern Conference title with Olmsted Falls. Lost to Maumee in the first round of the play-offs, a team Avon Lake ousted from the post-season a year ago.
- Amherst 8-2 (5-2 in SWC) The Comets have only themselves to blame for missing the post-season. After starting the year 8-0, they dropped their final two games to Olmsted Falls and Avon Lake. Their non-conference opponents were a combined 7-23.
- Columbia 9-2 (7-0 Patriot Athletic Conference, Stripes Division) 2010 record matches the best mark in school history (1973), their first PAC championship, and a return to the play-offs for the first time since 2002. Got hammered in the first round of the post-season.
- North Ridgeville 7-3 (5-2 WSC) All three losses came to Division 2, Region 6 teams (Westlake in week 1, Avon in week 5 and Rocky River in week 9). Losing their kicker in a soccer game cost the Rangers in the loss to the Pirates.
- Clearview 7-3 (5-2 PAC Stripes) Transition year for the Clippers. However, not winning the conference and qualifying for the play-offs are a big disappointment.
- Elyria 4-6 (3-2 Northeast Ohio Conference, River Division) Matched their win total from last season. The Pioneers lost the city battle to Elyria Catholic and were shut out twice.
- Keystone 4-6 (2-5 PAC Stars) Offense was a problem all year long. The Wildcats were 4-0 when scoring three touchdowns or more, 0-6 when they didn’t.
- Wellington 4-6 (4-3 PAC Stars Division) – The Dukes had low numbers (31 players) this year and lost a few to eligibility. Wellington also tried the spread formation on offense at the beginning of the year. Once they moved back to the Wing-T and settled on a QB, the Dukes played much better.
- Brookside 3-7 (1-6 PAC Stars) Five game losing streak to close the year who seemed like they were a couple of plays away from starting the year 5-1. The Cardinals suffered a lot of injuries to their offensive line.
- Lorain 2-8 (1-3 Lake Erie League, Erie Division) Rough year for the Titans. Expectations were unreasonably high this year. The good news was a combined high school and a larger talent pool. The bad news was the number of wins combined on the field for both Admiral King and Southview in 2009 was 3-7. Once again, Coach Todd Auvil was grasping at straws with the quarterback position at the end of the year.
- Midview 3-7 (2-5 WSC) Loss to Lorain at home in week 1 was an omen for things to come. Thankfully for the Middies, they play in the same conference as Firelands and Vermilion.
- Firelands 2-8 (1-6 WSC) Give interim head coach Mike Passerello and his kids credit. Good to see the hard work rewarded with the win over arch-rival Vermilion in week 10 that snapped a 17 game losing streak to the Sailors and a 24 game skid against West Shore Conference opponents.
- Vermilion 0-10 (0-7 WSC) Team played hard during this difficult season. Too bad it didn’t lead to a victory.
- Oberlin 0-10 (0-7 PAC Stripes) Coach Fred Howery has his work cut out for him with this team.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Final Lorain County High School Football Rankings
Here is the final Lorain County high school football power rankings:
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