Firelands vs. Brookside tonight

I will be covering high school football tonight from the sidelines of Brookside High School as the Cardinals host the Firelands Falcons. You can tune in to 1320 AM or listen online (replay will be available online as well). I'll be working with play-by-play announcer Bob Karlovec and color commentator Darryl Maynard.

The two teams have some history with each other.

• Conference rivals until 2004
• Firelands joined the West Shore Conference (WSC) and Brookside joined the Patriot Athletic Conference (PAC) in 2005. The teams met in week 1 every year since then as part of their non-conference schedule.
• Firelands will join Brookside in the PAC in 2011.
• Firelands have won the last two meetings – Brookside won the previous four contests.

Firelands

• Coach Todd Pooch starting his 3rd year; 4-16 record
• Won first two games in 2009 and lost the final eight games
• Have an 18-game losing streak in the WSC; last win was against Fairview on 9/28/07
• Returning stars include Nick Deichler RB/OLB, Joe DeWitt (TE/NT), and Brandon Filker (FB/ILB).

Brookside

• 2nd year head coach Keenan Leichty had a full summer to ready the team for the season. He took over in July 2009 after the sudden resignation of Keith Grabowski.
• Two wins in 2009 were against winless teams (Lutheran West and Woodward). After a winless 2008 season, the last winning team Brookside defeated was Wellington on 10/19/07.
• Returning stars include Luke Ackerman TE/FS, Austin Tackett FB/LB, and Gio Taw G/DE