Lorain's magical season continues

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Lorain vs.Dublin Jerome tonight

A pair of schools will make their first ever week 12 appearance tonight as Lorain and Dublin Jerome.  Both schools won their first ever playoff games last week.

The winner of tonight's game with advance in the Division 1, Region 2 bracket facing the winner of Olentangy Liberty and Medina.

Lorain L 26-29 @Midview (9-2) L 18-32 @Elyria (3-7) W 48-0 Scott (0-10) W 42-38 Garfield Heights (2-8) W 39-12 @Warrensville Heights (4-6) W 34-7 Shaw (4-6) W 24-23 @Sandusky (10-1) W 44-22 @Maple Heights (6-4) W 42-7 Bedford (7-4) W 14-13 @Cleveland Heights (6-4) W 34-14 # Olentangy (7-4) # Dublin Jerome (10-1)

Jerome W 58-0 @Logan (3-7) W 17-7 Lancaster (6-5) W 14-7 Olentangy Orange (6-5) W 28-14 Dublin Scioto (8-3) W 20-17 @Hilliard Darby (6-4) W 42-0 Thomas Worthington (0-10) W 43-7 @Delaware Hayes (4-6) L 28-31 Hilliard Bradley (9-2) W 40-24 @Hoover (5-5) W 25-10 Worthington Kilbourne (5-5) W 42-7 # Findlay (7-4) # Lorain (9-2) # - Ohio playoff game

STARTERS

Lorain Titans			Lorain Titans
Offense			Defense
QB	29	Justin Sturgill (5'11 175 Jr.)	DE	75	Gabe Larsosa (6'03 285 Jr.)
RB	33	Carlos Chavis (5'10 193 Sr.)	NG	8	James Corbin (5'11 213 Sr.)
RB	9	Aaron Huff (6'01 205 Sr.)	DE	51	Kelvin Torres (5'08 200 Jr.)
WR	21	Zion Cross (5'10 157 Jr.)	OLB	12	Brandin Sturgill (5'11 190 Sr.)
WR	17	Daesean Brooks (Sr.)	OLB	15	Naz Bohannon (6'06 218 Sr.)
WR	2	Davion Dower (6'02 200 Jr.)	ILB	9	Aaron Huff (6'01 205 Sr.)
LT	59	Myron Wilson (6'02 237 Jr.)	ILB	7	Quentin Pardon (6'01 190 Sr.)
LG	70	David Larson (6'04 310 Jr.)	CB	17	Daesean Brooks (Sr.)
C	55	Rashaun Rogers (Jr.)	CB	32	Savon Chavis (5'10 180 Fr.)
RG	79	Solomon Villarreal (Sr)	S	33	Carlos Chavis (5'10 193 Sr.)
RT	76	Sly Worthy (6'01 285 Sr.)	S	10	Daylin Dower (5'10 170 Fr.)
Dublin Jerome Celtics			Dublin Jerome Celtics
Defense			Offense
DE	52	Matthew Preininger (6'03 228 Sr.)	QB	29	Andrew Brim (5'08 143 So.)
DT	49	Josh Miller (5'08 185 Sr.)	RB	24	Austin Booth (5'05 165 Sr.)
DT	86	Tom Sonnanstine (186 Sr.)	RB	3	Robert Cope (5'10 181 Jr.)
DE	55	Johnathan Kacherski (6'02 204 Sr.)	WR	7	Ty Henderson (6'01 160 Sr.)
LB	43	Cade Kacherski (6'02 174 Jr.)	WR	5	Matt Nesbit (5'11 175 Sr.)
MLB	13	Nick Ernst (5'11 164 Sr.)	Slot	2	Thomas Henderson (5'11 172 Sr.)
LB	22	Collin Hannan (6'01 187 Sr.)	LT	55	Johnathan Kacherski (6'02 204 Sr.)
CB	6	Michael Flanagan (5'10 156 Sr.)	LG	61	Jackson Harris (6'01 191 Jr.)
CB	8	Shay Talton (5'09 145 Sr.)	C	63	Sam Neverov (6'04 290 Sr.)
S	3	Robert Cope (5'10 181 Jr.)	RG	70	Jason Gilliland (6'01 202 Sr.)
S	2	Thomas Henderson (5'11 172 Sr.)	RT	52	Matthew Preininger (6'03 228 Sr.)

STATS

Lorain Titans

Rushing

No.	Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
	Carlos Chavis (Sr.)	219	1331	6.1	15
	Aaron Huff (Sr.)	141	768	5.4	11
	Zion Cross (Jr.)	18	93	5.2	1
	Daylin Dower (Fr.)	3	85	28.3	1
	Totals	449	2588	5.8	32

Passing

No.	Player	Comp	Att	Yds	TD	Int
29	Justin Sturgill (Jr.)	35	69	656	9	2
2	Davion Dower (Jr.)	50	98	578	7	9
	Totals	89	176	1260	16	11

Receiving

No.	Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
17	Daesean Brooks (Sr.)	26	504	19.4	9
21	Zion Cross (Jr.)	27	412	15.3	6
15	Naz Bohannon (Sr.)	8	115	14.4	1
9	Aaron Huff (Sr.)	6	64	10.7	0
	Totals	67	1095	16.3	16

Dublin Jerome Celtics

Rushing

 

No.	Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
24	Austin Booth (Sr.)	134	875	6.5	10
3	Robert Cope (Jr.)	77	376	4.9	5
12	Joe Dunnan (Sr.)	26	126	4.8	2
16	Hayden Schell (So.)	9	50	5.6
44	Steven Tejeda (Jr.)	3	22	7.3
34	Will Rigby (So.)	9	62	6.9
7	Ty Henderson (Sr.)	8	120	15	2
21	Max Darrow (Jr.)	1	0	0
14	Hunter Schell (Sr.)	6	23	3.8	1
2	Thomas Henderson (Sr.)	3	6	2
10	Nate Dubois (Sr.)	1	0	0
11	Noah Heath (Sr.)
26	Totals	5	23	4.6	20

Passing

No.	Player	Comp	Att	Yds	TD	Int
12	Joe Dunnan (Sr.)	110	188	2198	24	9
14	Hunter Schell (Sr.)	5	7	142	1	0
16	Hayden Schell (So.)	4	10	16	0	1

Receiving

No.	Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
7	Ty Henderson (Sr.)	57	1273	22.3	14
5	Matt Nesbit (Sr.)	31	550	17.7	6
2	Thomas Henderson (Sr.)	11	163	14.8	2
21	Max Darrow (Jr.)	14	245	17.5	3
8	Shay Talton (Sr.)	4	92	23
3	Robert Cope (Jr.)	1	14	14
14	Hunter Schell (Sr.)	1	4	4
44	Steven Tejeda (Jr.)	1	2	2
	Totals	120	2343	19.5	25

Lorain wins on a historic night

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Olentangy at Lorain tonight

Tonight will be the first high school football play-off game ever hosted by a Lorain city high school.  George Daniel Field will be the site of the historic event made possible by the Lorain Titans who finished the regular season at 8-2 and Lake Erie League Champions.

Lorain

Lorain High School was the result of the merger of Admiral King and Southview High Schools in 2010.  The Titans is their 7th year have reached the play-offs for the 2nd time in three seasons under Head Coach Dave McFarland - who was the head coach previously at Midpark, Oberlin and Elyria Catholic.

Lorain's season turned around when they rallied from a 15-point fourth-quarter hole to defeat previously unbeaten Sandusky 24-23 in week 7- that game started a streak of four straight wins over teams with winning records including a 14-13 win last week against Cleveland Heights.

Olentangy

The opposition for tonight's game are the Olentangy Braves who finished tied for 2nd in the Ohio Capital Conference.  Their Head Coach is Mark Solis who has been a high school football coach for 18 seasons including the last four with the Braves.  Solis' previously coaching stints include Ashland Crestview, Elyria, Twinsburg and was the Head Coach at Lorain in 2011 and 2012 compiling a 7-13 record.

The Braves are 7-3 (3-2 in the Ohio Capital Conference).  Their season highlight was a 52-51 victory in week 3 against Reynoldsburg in which Olentangy rallied from a 27 point 2nd half deficit to win.  More recently the Braves have won two straight.  Last week in a 28-21 win at Westerville Central, Olentangy jumped out to a 21-0 lead, gave up the lead, rallied late to win.

The winner of tonight's game with advance in the Division 1, Region 2 bracket facing the winner of Dublin Jerome and Findlay.

Olentangy Braves W 31-10 @Hilliard Darby (6-4) W 35-13 Grove City (0-10) W 52-51 Reynoldsburg (6-4) L 0-35 @Dublin Coffman (8-2) W 49-17 Marysville (3-7) W 31-0 Westerville South (1-9) L 14-17 @Olentangy Orange (6-4) L 0-31 @Olentangy Liberty (10-0) W 56-26 Westerville North (3-7) W 28-21 @Westerville Central (4-6) @ Lorain (8-2)

Lorain Titans L 26-29 @Midview (9-1) L 18-32 @Elyria (3-7) W 48-0 Scott (0-10) W 42-38 Garfield Heights (2-8) W 39-12 @Warrensville Heights (4-6) W 34-7 Shaw (4-6) W 24-23 @Sandusky (9-1) W 44-22 @Maple Heights (6-4) W 42-7 Bedford (7-3) W 14-13 @Cleveland Heights (6-4) Olentangy (7-3)

STARTERS

Olentangy			Olentangy
Offense			Defense
QB	17	Connor Haag ( 5’11” 175 So.)	DE	64	Jacob Slade ( 6’4” 260 Jr.)
TB	1	Ali Iverson ( 5’8” 165 Jr.)	DT	57	Trevor Tuvelle ( 6’2” 230 Sr.)
WR	5	Nathan Riedel ( 6’2” 170 Sr.)	DT	56	Rodas Johnson ( 6’3” 260 So.)
WR	10	Sam Durst ( 6’1” 185 Sr.)	DE	48	Zach Slade ( 6’4” 245 Jr.)
WR	28	Caden Kaiser ( 6’0” 175 So.)	LB	47	Xavier Harrison ( 5’9” 200 Jr.)
TE	46	Colin Wakefield ( 6’1” 190 Jr.)	LB	9	Justin Stewart ( 5’9” 180 Jr.)
LT	63	Matt Gray ( 6’2” 260 Sr.)	LB	44	Max Hall ( 5’9” 170 Sr.)
LG	75	Nathan Murphy ( 6’2” 280 Jr.)	CB	20	Kyler Severance ( 5’9” 175 Sr.)
C	60	Case McCoy ( 6’1” 220 Sr.)	CB	11	Deonta Mack ( 5’10” 170 Sr.)
RG	56	Rodas Johnson ( 6’3” 260 So.)	S	12	Braydon Chitty ( 5’10” 170 Jr.)
RT	74	Hayden Schmidt ( 6’4” 285 Sr.)	S	2	Braxtyn Baldwin ( 6’2” 180 Sr.)
Lorain			Lorain
Defense			Offense
DE	75	Gabe Larsosa (6'03 285 Jr.)	QB	29	Justin Sturgill (5'11 175 Jr.)
NG	8	James Corbin (5'11 213 Sr.)	RB	33	Carlos Chavis (5'10 193 Sr.)
DE	51	Kelvin Torres (5'08 200 Jr.)	RB	9	Aaron Huff (6'01 205 Sr.)
OLB	12	Brandin Sturgill (5'11 190 Sr.)	WR	21	Zion Cross (5'10 157 Jr.)
OLB	15	Naz Bohannon (6'06 218 Sr.)	WR	17	Daesean Brooks (Sr.)
ILB	9	Aaron Huff (6'01 205 Sr.)	WR	2	Davion Dower (6'02 200 Jr.)
ILB	7	Quentin Pardon (6'01 190 Sr.)	LT	59	Myron Wilson (6'02 237 Jr.)
CB	17	Daesean Brooks (Sr.)	LG	70	David Larson (6'04 310 Jr.)
CB	32	Savon Chavis (5'10 180 Fr.)	C	55	Rashaun Rogers (Jr.)
S	33	Carlos Chavis (5'10 193 Sr.)	RG	75	Gabe Larsosa (6'03 285 Jr.)
S	10	Daylin Dower (5'10 170 Fr.)	RT	76	Sly Worthy (6'01 285 Sr.)

STATS

Olentangy

Rushing

No.	Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Ali Iverson (Jr.)	120	563	4.7	4
4	Jaden Konadu (Jr.)	73	494	6.8	3
10	Sam Durst (Sr.)	58	482	8.3	6
16	Cam Kennedy (Sr.)	45	236	5.2	2
48	Zach Slade (Jr.)	30	167	5.6	5
41	Luke Riedel (So.)	7	69	9.9	1
49	Zach Shiblaq (So.)	8	40	5	0
28	Caden Kaiser (So.)	5	27	5.4	0
32	Trey Simpson (Jr.)	4	21	5.3	0
17	Connor Haag (So.)	30	-43	-1.4	1
	Totals	380	2056	5.4	22

Passing

No.	Player	Comp	Att	Yds	TD	Int
17	Connor Haag (So.)	134	220	1757	19	10
10	Sam Durst (Sr.)	2	4	10	0	1
	Totals	136	224	1767	19	11

Receiving

No.	Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
10	Sam Durst (Sr.)	34	625	18.4	7
28	Caden Kaiser (So.)	36	320	8.9	5
5	Nathan Riedel (Sr.)	22	306	13.9	3
41	Luke Riedel (So.)	11	134	12.2	1
48	Zach Slade (Jr.)	5	113	22.6
46	Colin Wakefield (Jr.)	11	89	8.1	2
16	Cam Kennedy (Sr.)	8	82	10.3
32	Trey Simpson (Jr.)	9	64	7.1
86	Ian Drummond (So.)	6	42	7	1
1	Josh Brinkman	1	6	6
	Totals	143	1781	12.5	19

Lorain

Rushing

No.	Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
33	Carlos Chavis (Sr.)	208	1289	6.2	14
9	Aaron Huff (Sr.)	126	702	5.6	10
21	Zion Cross (Jr.)	18	93	5.2	1
10	Daylin Dower (Fr.)	3	85	28.3	1

Passing

No.	Player	Comp	Att	Yds	TD	Int
29	Justin Sturgill (Jr.)	21	43	373	7	1
2	Davion Dower (Jr.)	50	98	578	7	9

Receiving

No.	Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Zion Cross (Jr.)	26	324	12.5	5
17	Daesean Brooks (Sr.)	18	367	20.4	8
15	Naz Bohannon (Sr.)	7	109	15.6	2
33	Carlos Chavis (Sr.)	4	42	10.5	0
9	Aaron Huff (Sr.)	3	30	10	0

Lorain squeaks by Cleveland Hts. 14-13

The Lorain High School held on to defeat Cleveland Hts. 14-13 to close out the 2016 regular season.

With the win, the Titans:

• First LEL title in school history - the first outright league championship in football for the city since the 1987 Admiral King team was the sole champion of the Erie Shore Conference
• An 8-game winning streak - 1st in school history, 1st in city history to close the season
• First home playoff game in school history in Division 1, Region 2

With the loss, Cleveland Heights find themselves out the post-season in Division 1, Region 1

After Lorain turned the ball over on downs at the Tigers 19 with 2:29,  Cleveland Hts. began their march for a potential game-winner.  Lorain appeared to have held but was called for roughing the passer on 3rd giving the Tigers a fresh set of downs at the Lorain 45.

The Titans defense came through against the Tiger offense including Nazihar Bohannon stopping Cleveland Heights QB Cam Searight for no gain on 4th and 1 at Lorain's 36 with 42 seconds left.

Lorain (8-2, 5-0 Lake Erie)	8	6	0	0	=14
Clev Hts (6-4, 3-1 Lake Erie)	0	6	7	0	=13

Scoring

Lorain	1	7:48	Carlos Chavis 4 run (Justin Sturgil run); 11 plays, 45 yards, 4:08; key play: Daesean Brooks 11 pass from Sturgil on 3rd and 7
Lorain	2	4:14	Naz Bohannon 35 blocked punt return (run failed)
Cleveland Hts.	2	2:39	Sir Summers 19 pass from Cam Searight (run failed); 4 plays, 65 yards, 1:35; key play: Xavier Pillar 26 run + Lorain facemask penalty
Cleveland Hts.	3	4:50	Reggie Harris 15 pass from Searight (kick good); 3 plays, 17 yards, :47; key play: Cleveland Hts. Recovery of Lorain fumble.

	Lorain	Clev Hts
Plays	66	49
Total Yards	223	135
Time	30:34	17:26
First Downs	14	8
3rd Down Conversions	9-18	3-14
4th Down Conversions	0-2	0-3
Penalties	6-75	4-20
Rushing	Carlos Chavis 22/83 TD, Aaron Huff 18/84, Justin Sturgill 4/11, Zion Cross 1/(-5), Team 3/6	Xavier Pillar 11/72, Cam Searight 7/5, Rahmon Davis-Smith 4/0
Passing	Justin Sturgill 5-17-0-0-44, Carlos Chavis 0-1-0-0-0	Cam Searight 8-27-2-0-58
Receiving	Daesean Brooks 3-28, Davion Dower 1-8, Carlos Chavis 1-8	Reggie Harris 2-21 TD, Jaylen Harris 2-14, Xavier Pillar 2-5, Sir Summers 1-19 TD, Rahmon Davis-Smith 1-(-1)
Turnovers forced	0	1
Points Off Turnovers	0	7
Red Zone Efficiency	1-2	2-2

Lake Erie League Lorain (8-2, 5-0) Cleveland Hts (6-4, 3-1) Bedford (7-3, 3-2) Maple Hts (6-4, 2-3) Shaw (4-6, 1-4) Warrensville Hts (4-6, 0-4)
Lorain Titans L 26-29 @Midview (9-1) L 18-32 @Elyria (3-7) W 48-0 Scott (0-10) W 42-38 Garfield Heights (2-8) W 39-12 @Warrensville Heights (4-6) W 34-7 Shaw (4-6) W 24-23 @Sandusky (9-1) W 44-22 @Maple Heights (6-4) W 42-7 Bedford (7-3) W 14-13 @Cleveland Heights (6-4)	Cleveland Hts. L 6-42 @Cardinal Mooney (7-2) L 6-40 @Warren G Harding (9-1) W 47-40 Benedictine (3-7) W 28-17 Lake Catholic (5-5) W 44-14 Start (5-5) W 34-30 Maple Heights (6-4) W 34-26 @Bedford (7-3) L 0-28 @St Vincent-St Mary (6-4) W 15-10 @Shaw (4-6) L 13-14 Lorain (8-2)

Lorain vs. Cleveland Hts tonight

The 2016 Lake Erie League title will be decided tonight when Lorain faces Cleveland Hts.

Lorain has a lot at stake - a victory would give the Titans:

• First LEL title in school history - the first outright league championship in football for the city since the 1987 Admiral King team was the sole champion of the Erie Shore Conference
• An 8-game winning streak - 1st in school history, 1st in city history
• First home playoff game in school history in Division 1, Region 2

The Tigers are looking for their first LEL crown since 2013 and are battling for the 8th and final spot in Division 1, Region 1 - both would be firsts for coach Mac Stephens.

Lorain won their 7th game in a row last week destroying Bedford 42-7.  The running back duo of Carlos Chavis (178 rushing, TD) and Aaron Huff (108 rushing, 3 TDs) led the way on offense while the defense created six Bedford turnovers.

Cleveland Heights got back in the win column defeating Shaw 15-10. Senior quarterback Reggie Harris threw a TD pass while sophomore running back Xavier Pullar rushed for 133 yards on 16 carries including a 68-yard touchdown run.

Cleveland Hts. has won 4 of 5 meetings between the two schools. Lorain’s only win was in 2014.

Lake Erie League Lorain (7-2, 4-0) Cleveland Hts (6-3, 3-0) Bedford (7-2, 3-2) Maple Hts (5-4, 2-3) Warrensville Hts (4-5, 0-3) Shaw (3-6, 0-4)	Week 10 schedule Bedford (7-2) at Copley (7-2) * Lorain (7-2) at Cleveland Hts. (6-3) Maple Hts. (5-4) at University School (7-2) * Shaw (3-6) at Warrensville Hts. (4-5) Week 9 results Cleveland Hts. 15, Shaw 10 Lorain High 42, Bedford 7 Maple 13, Warrensville Heights 6
Lorain Titans L 26-29 @Midview (8-1) L 18-32 @Elyria (3-6) W 48-0 Scott (0-9) W 42-38 Garfield Heights (2-7) W 39-12 @Warrensville Heights (4-5) W 34-7 Shaw (3-6) W 24-23 @Sandusky (8-1) W 44-22 @Maple Heights (5-4) W 42-7 Bedford (7-2) @Cleveland Heights (6-3) * NonConference	Cleveland Hts. L 6-42 @Cardinal Mooney (6-2) L 6-40 @Warren G Harding (8-1) W 47-40 Benedictine (3-6) W 28-17 Lake Catholic (4-5) W 44-14 Start (4-5) W 34-30 Maple Heights (5-4) W 34-26 @Bedford (7-2) L 0-28 @St Vincent-St Mary (5-4) W 15-10 @Shaw (3-6) Lorain (7-2)

Lorain County High School Football Results: 2012

Amherst

Week 1: Lost 63-28 at Elyria
Game story | 2nd story | 3rd story

Lorain County Football Team Rankings

Three weeks of high school football are complete. Six schools are looking for their first win while only two are still undefeated.

Get your updated school schedules and standings. Here are my team rankings with their overall and conference records:

1. Midview 3-0, 0-0 – The Middies have came up huge against Elyria last week. Cody Callaway-to-Eric Lauer is the most lethal passing combination in the county.
   
   
2. Avon Lake 2-1, 0-0 – When was the last time a Dave Dlugosz team blew a 24-point halftime lead in losing in double overtime against Massillon Jackson. North Olmsted is next. Be very afraid Eagles.
   
   
3. Elyria 2-1, 0-0 – Loss to Midview will bring the Pioneers back to earth. Still a lot of talent at the skills positions and defense to not have a successful season.

Top Players of 2011

This week is a series of stories recapping the 2011 high school football season in Lorain county Ohio.

• Part 1: WOBL Radio Games
• Part 2: Final High School Football Regular Season Standings
• Part 3: Final Team Power Rankings
• Part 4: Top Players of 2011
• Part 5: Top Stories of 2011

First Team
QB: Dustin Stolarkski, Sr., Elyria
RB: Clay Wright, Sr., Wellington
RB: Dontez Smith, Sr., Avon Lake
WR: Matt Eckhardt, Sr., Avon
WR: Demetrius Walton, Sr., Elyria
TE: Greg Harrison, Sr., Avon
OL: Matt Cox, Sr., Lorain
OL: Doug Church, Sr., Black River
OL: Tad France, Sr., Elyria
OL: Marshall Mayhugh, Sr., Black River
OL: Alex Neilsen, Sr., Elyria Catholic

DL: John Guilford, Sr., Black River
DL: Arlington McClinton, Sr., Midview
DL: Tracy Sprinkle, Jr., Elyria
DL: Jared Williams, Sr., Elyria
LB: Joe Dempsey, Sr., Elyria Catholic
LB: Austin Jones, Sr., Black River
LB: Matt Tomlin, Sr., Avon
DB: Brett Bass, Sr., Avon Lake
DB: Jacob Mullins, Sr., Avon
DB: Alonso Southard, Sr., Clearview
DB: Christian Watkins, Sr., North Ridgeville
Kicker: Brad Young, Sr., Avon
Punter: Adam Horrocks, Sr., Avon

Second Team
QB: Justin O’Rourke, Sr., Avon
RB: Nick Deichler, Sr., Firelands
RB: Ross Douglas, Jr., Avon
WR: Jordan Altpater, Jr., Elyria Catholic
WR: Shane Lambert, Sr., Columbia
WR: Eric Lauer, Jr., Midview
OL: Ryan Byrne, Sr., Avon
OL: Frank Estep, Jr., Vermilion
OL: Dakota Tallman, So., Elyria Catholic
OL: David Gilchrist, Sr., Midview
OL: Foster Tucker, Jr., Columbia

DL: Jeremiah Burris, Jr., Avon
DL: Joe DeWitt, Sr., Firelands
DL: Cedric Peyton, Sr., Lorain
DL: Cody Sheets, Sr., Amherst
LB: Brandon Heidinger, Sr., Columbia
LB: Zack Hofecker, Jr., Firelands
LB: Collin Lucas, So., Avon Lake
LB: Matt Morgan, Sr., Elyria Catholic
DB: Zach Gilbert, Sr., Wellington
DB: Jason Moore, Jr., Oberlin
DB: Kyle Smith, Sr., Firelands
Kicker: Vincent Faraji, Sr., Elyria Catholic
Punter: Brad Bellman, So., Brookside

Receiving Consideration:
Chad Anderson, Clearview; Jason Anthony, Vermilion; Ryan Alspach, Wellington; James Baker, Elyria Catholic; John Banyasz, Columbia; Brad Brill, Avon Lake; Collin Bryant, Lorain; P.J. Bunevich, North Ridgeville; OL: T.K. Burk, Avon Lake; Cody Callaway, Midview; Brandon Davis, Lorain; Justin Dylan, Lorain; Holden Fasur, Elyria; Keyonte Francis, Brookside; Nathan Gray, Wellington; Tom Gula, Jr., Amherst; Jeremy Holley, Elyria Catholic; Quentin Horton, Clearview; Devin Hill, Lorain; Matt Jordan, Sr., Clearview; Joe Kudella, Sr., Firelands; Alec Medina, Lorain; Chad Metcalf, Brookside; Christian Nogueras, Lorain; Austin Phillips, Black River; Arin Pruitt, Brookside; Drew Randleman, Oberlin; Raeshaun Smith, Lorain; Nick Sutherland, Wellington; Gio Taw, Brookside; Andrew Vaughn, Black River; Holden Vazur, Elyria; Luke Williams, Elyria Catholic;

Coach of the Year: Kevin Fell, Elyria
Others: Mike Elder, Avon; Mike Passerello, Firelands; Matt Stoll, Wellington

Northeast Lakes All-District football teams | Northeastern Inland All-District football teams
All-Morning Journal Football Team

All-Ohio Football Honors:

• Divisions I and II  
• Divisions III and IV 
• Divisions V and VI

Final Lorain County Football Power Rankings

This week is a series of stories recapping the 2011 high school football season in Lorain county Ohio.

• Part 1: WOBL Radio Games
• Part 2: Final High School Football Regular Season Standings
• Part 3: Final Team Power Rankings
• Part 4: Top Players of 2011
• Part 5: Top Stories of 2011

Here are my team rankings with their records, pre-season and mid-season rankings:

1. Avon 13-2, (6-0 West Shore Conference), (1, 1) – The best school in Lorain County. The Eagles became the first Lorain-County school to play in a state championship game since 2004. The team used a 2010 week 11 loss to Sandusky and a 2011 week 10 loss to Lake Catholic as focus and motivation as they went through play-offs. Although the season ended in disappointment (42-28 loss to Trotwood-Madison), this Eagles team represented the city, county, and Northeast Ohio well.
   
   
2. Avon Lake 8-2, (7-0 in Southwestern Conference), (2, 6) – Tough to put a non-playoff qualifer as the #2 team in this ranking but Avon Lake deserves it. The Shoremen were bumped up to Division I status by one student (494 boys) and thus had to compete in the perennially strong Region 2.. They still earned 23 computer which would been enough to get in the post-season in regions 1, 3 and 4. This year Shoremen team did have some solid players like Dontez Smith, Collin Lucas and Brett Bass but no superstars. They accomplished in 2011 what they always do -  win the SWC, their 17th conference title in 20 years under head coach Dave Dlugosz.
   
   
3. Firelands 10-1, (7-0 in Patriot Athletic Conference, Stars Division), (14, 5) – The Falcons were by far the biggest feel-good story of the year. A team that won nine games over the previous seven years goes undefeated in the regular season and makes their first play-off appearance in school history. With nine seniors starting on offense and defense, several Falcon players such as QB Kyle Smith, RB Nick Deichler, WB Joe Kudela, DT Joe DeWitt, WR Cody Northeim, WR Jake Myers and TE Steve Bajcer had big seasons. The season ended abruptly in week 11 losing 66-14 at Chagrin Falls.

Boys High School Basketball Results: 2011-2012

Thursday June 7, 2012
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Girls High School Basketball Results: 2011-2012

Playoff Brackets

DIVISION I

Elyria Catholic District includes Amherst, Avon, Avon Lake, Elyria, Lorain, Midview and North Ridgeville

Wednesday February 29, 2012
Westlake 51, Lorain 31 | 2nd Story | Listen

Magnificat 64, Avon Lake 30

Saturday February 25, 2012
Avon Lake 51, Avon 49 | Listen
Avon Lake (12-10), (9 9 16 17--51): Disbrow 1-0-2, Kollias 2-0-5, LeDuc 10-4-25, LeDuc 2-0-5, Nicholas 1-5-7, Zelonis 2-2-6
Avon (12-7), (9 8 19 13--49): Conroy 3-2-8, Davidson 3-2-8, Janollari 0-1-1, Julius 7-4-19, Neumann 2-0-4, Smith 2-0-4, Wilden 1-2-5

Lorain-Westlake Matchup

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Lorain 64, Olmsted Falls 49 | 2nd story | Listen
Olmsted Falls (12-11), (13 13 10 13--49): Fossen 7-20, Gasper 4-8, Gerycz 4-11, Koch 2-4, S 3-6
Lorain (17-3), (17 20 9 18--64): Arnold 1-2, Farris 1-2-4, Fields 1-2, Flores 1-3, Fortney 6-15, Harris 8-2-18, Hawthorne 3-6, Stoyka 6-1-14

Monday February 20, 2012
Avon Lake 52, Elyria 51 | 2nd story
Elyria (11-11), (14 8 9 15 5--51): Christian 2-3-12, Darden 1-1-4, Mary Jones 10-4-27, Middlebrooks 3-1-7, Read 2-0-5
Avon Lake (11-10), (7 8 15 16 6--52): Disbrow 3-0-6, Kollias 1-0-2, Lacy LeDuc 6-12-24, LeDuc 2-1-5, Nicholas 3-0-6, Kim Zelonis 4-1-9

Saturday February 18, 2012
Westlake 71, Midview 24 | 2nd story
Midview (3-17), (0 10 8 6--24): Benetto 1-2, Dobbins 1-2, Eichenlaub 1-0-2, House 3-1-7, Linn 3-6, Reith 1-2, bowman 1-1, russ 1-2
Westlake (18-3), (25 14 22 10--71): Bronikowski 1-1, COLLINSA 2-5, Carroll 2-4, CollinsR 1-2-5, Furci 2-5, Kobe 1-2, Labroo 1-2, Trujillo 11-1-25, Wichman 1-4-6, Zimmerman 6-16

Olmsted Falls 41, North Ridgeville 25 | 2nd story
North Ridgeville (9-12), (8 10 0 7--25): Daveant 1-0-2, Kovach 1-1-3, Montgomery 3-3-9, Pecchia 4-8, Riley 1-3
Olmsted Falls (11-10), (17 8 8 8--41): Black 1-2, Duber 1-1, Fossen 2-1-5, Gasper 3-1-8, Gerycz 5-1-13, Jacobs 2-4, Koch 3-6, S 1-2

Lorain Preview 

DIVISION II

Elyria District includes Brookside, Clearview, Firelands, Keystone & Vermilion

Thursday March 1, 2012
Keystone 44, Holy Name 42, 2 OT | 2nd Story | Listen
Holy Name (16-7), (4 8 11 7 4 8--42): Corrigan 2-4-8, Erica Davis 7-2-17, Day 2-1-7, Kucharczyk 1-0-2, Pineiro 2-0-5
Keystone (22-1), (9 5 6 10 4 10--44): Conrad 2-0-4, Kolar 2-2-6, Nagy 0-1-1, Emily Nagy 4-5-15 (8 in Ots), Silva 3-2-8, Wilmoth 5-0-10
Last year, Keystone and Holy Name went into overtime before Keystone pulled off a 48-36 win, advancing the Wildcats to the regional semifinal, where they lost to Lima Bath, 40-33.

Saturday February 26, 2012
Keystone 51, Cleveland Central Catholic 16 | Listen
Keystone (21-1), (16 13 16 6--51): Conrad 3-0-7, Kolar 2-0-6, Nagy 5-3-16, Nagy 3-4-8, Peters 1-0-2, Silva 2-1-6, Wilmoth 3-0-6
Cleveland Central Catholic (12-9), (5 4 2 5--16): Freely 1-0-2, Fuller 1-4-6, Holmes 3-0-8

Holy Name 64, Firelands 29
Holy Name (16-6), (20 13 17 14--64): Adams 1-0-2, Bode 3-0-6, Corrigan 3-2-8, Davis 6-2-14, Day 4-0-10, Day 1-0-2, DiGeronimo 2-0-4, Kucharczyk 3-2-11, Pineiro 2-1-5, Verba 1-0-2
Firelands (15-7), (9 8 6 6--29): Bari 1-2-4, Holowecky 2-2-7, Kelley 1-0-2, Lahetta 0-2-2, Melendez 2-0-4, Morrissette 3-0-6, Muniga 0-1-1, Samples 1-1-3

Thursday February 24, 2012
Bay 57, Clearview 31 | 2nd Story
Bay (14-8), (18 17 14 8--57): Grubach 1-0-2, Passalacqua 1-0-3, Taylor Seton 5-1-11, Kaleigh Sima 3-1-9, Steyns 1-0-2, Werblak 1-2-5, White 3-0-6, Williams 1-1-3, Claire Wilson 7-2-16
Clearview (16-5), (8 9 11 3--31): Blakely 2-1-5, Kokinda 1-1-3, Tamara McCoy 5-3-13, Mielcarek 0-2-2, Ray 3-0-6, Younkin 1-0-2

Wednesday February 22, 2012
Firelands 41, Fairview 38, OT
Fairview (12-9, 8-8), (10 0 7 19 2--38): Bilak 0-2-2, Coyne 2-1-5, King 1-2-5, Morrison 4-0-9, Smith 6-2-17
Firelands (15-6, 12-4), (10 8 4 14 5--41): Holowecky 1-2-4, Kudela 3-1-7, Lahetta 1-0-2, Melendez 2-0-4, Morrissette 3-6-12, Samples 4-4-12

Monday February 20, 2012
Keystone 72, Vermilion 31 | 2nd story
Vermilion (6-14), (3 12 9 7--31): Bartlome 2-0-6, Bonner 2-0-5, Cunningham 3-0-6, Dillon 1-0-2, Kowal 1-0-2, LaForce 2-0-6, Stainbrook 1-2-4
Keystone (20-1), (16 20 11 24--71): Mackenzie Conrad 4-3-11, Emily Kolar 4-1-11, Emily Nagy 8-5-26 (five 3-pointers), Nagy 1-2-5, Peters 1-0-2, Schaffer 1-1-3, Silva 1-1-3, Danielle Wilmoth 5-0-10

Rocky River 48, Brookside 23
Brookside, (4 11 6 2--23): Andorka 0-1-1, Elias 1-0-2, Gerding 1-2-5, Musall 4-1-9, O'Neal 0-1-1, Piwowar 1-0-3, Sanchez 1-0-2
Rocky River (14-6), (11 21 8 8--48): Helleis 1-2-4, Ciarra Kessler 6-2-14, Kocher 1-0-2, Krajcer 0-1-1, Hannah McCue 6-5-18, McNally 4-0-9

DIVISION III

Barberton District includes Black River, Columbia, Elyria Catholic, Oberlin & Wellington

Thursday March 1, 2012
Rootstown 54, Columbia 32: Listen

Saturday February 26, 2012
Columbia 42, Elyria Catholic 38

DIVISION IV

Norwayne District includes Open Door

Lorain County Football Power Rankings

Six weeks of high school football are complete and six Lorain County teams have more wins in 2011 then all of last year.

Here are my team rankings with their records and pre-season rankings:

1. Avon 6-0, 3-0 (1) – The best school in Lorain County. The Eagles have dominated the competition including a 42-7 win last week vs. Rocky River. Senior quarterback Justin O’Rourke has 906 passing yards and 13 touchdowns.
   
   
2. Elyria 5-1, 2-1 (10) – If the season ended today, head coach Kevin Fell is coach-of-the-year. Dustin Stolarski has every school passing record this year.
   
   
3. North Ridgeville 5-1, 2-1 (6) – Only loss was to Avon. Have a shot at their 2nd ever post-season appearance despite moving up to Division 1 for the first time this season.

Lorain County Football Preseason Team Rankings

Here are my pre-season rankings with their predicted final records:

1. Avon 10-0, 6-0 – The Eagles graduated several players from last year's 10-0 team. There's still a lot of talent remaining. Will finish 2011 with 22 regular season wins.
   
   
2. Avon Lake 8-2, 7-0 – Meet the new Shoremen superstars: QB/P Chris Jedlicka, RB Dontez Smith, FB/LB Nick Skuggen, TE/DT Jake Young, OT T.K. Burk, OG/NT Nick Stueber, C/DE Ryan Pivcevich and CB Brett Bass. Avon Lake will make it 13 play-off appearances in 14 years despite moving up to Division 1 in 2011.
   
   
3. Elyria Catholic 8-2, 5-1 – Another team that will re-load after graduating several superstars. They should make an easy transition to a new offense and a new conference. Jeremy Holley replaces record-setting QB Danny Reaser. Panthers fans don't worry. Holley is 6-5 and has an arm every bit as strong as Reaser.

Avon Lake, North Ridgeville and Brookside moving up

Ohio High School Athletic Association released its divisional changes for football last year. In Lorain county, there were three teams affected. Avon Lake and North Ridgeville were moved from Division 2 to Division 1. Brookside moved from Division 4 to Division 3. All Ohio High School Regions (.pdf)

Final High School Basketball stats

GIRLS SCORING
Player, school	g	pts	avg
Ashley Montgomery, North Ridgeville	19	433	22.8
Lacy LeDuc, Avon Lake	20	369	18.5
Shanique Ogle, Lorain	19	343	18.1
Emily Julius, Avon	17	241	14.2
Ashley Shuster, Elyria Catholic	18	235	13.1
REBOUNDING
Player, school	g	pts	avg
Ashley Shuster, Elyria Catholic	18	209	11.6
Alexis McGhee, North Ridgeville	19	213	11.2
Emily Julius, Avon	17	183	10.8
Shanique Ogle, Lorain	19	202	10.6
Alexandria Harris, Lorain	19	156	8.2
Christine Lyzen, Columbia	19	148	7.8
ASSISTS
Player, school	g	pts	avg
Emily Taylor, Elyria Catholic	18	125	6.9
Hailey Schroeder, North Ridgeville	19	86	4.5
Martha Thompson, Lake Ridge	17	70	4.1
Natalie Wilden, Avon	18	72	4
Danielle Riolo, Columbia	17	58	3.4
STEALS
Player, school	g	pts	avg
Briana Rogers, Open Door	13	86	6.6
Ashley Montgomery, North Ridgeville	19	97	5.1
Lacy LeDuc, Avon Lake	20	96	4.8
Martha Thompson, Lake Ridge	17	68	4
Shanique Ogle, Lorain	19	63	3.3
Emily Taylor, Elyria Catholic	18	55	3.1
BLOCKS
Player, school	g	pts	avg
Alexis McGhee, North Ridgeville	19	68	3.6
Alexandria Harris, Lorain	19	63	3.3
Ashley Shuster, Elyria Catholic	18	58	3.2
BOYS SCORING
Player, school	g	pts	avg
Ron Willoughby, Avon Lake	18	324	18
R.J. Kauffman, Avon	20	325	16.3
Kody Bender, Elyria	20	320	16
Shakeem Jones, Amherst	19	304	16
Marvin Coleman, Avon	20	278	13.9
Chase Farris, Elyria	18	250	13.9
Michael Davila, Lorain	18	239	13.3
REBOUNDING
Player, school	g	pts	avg
Chase Farris, Elyria	18	184	10.2
Jerome Golson, Lorain	20	185	9.3
Claude Gray, Avon	20	173	8.7
Cody Northeim, Firelands	19	156	8.2
ASSISTS
Player, school	g	pts	avg
Brandon Murway, Avon Lake	18	83	4.6
R.J. Kauffman, Avon	20	85	4.3
Garrett Klekota, Amherst	19	76	4
STEALS
Player, school	g	pts	avg
Kyle Smith, Firelands	19	80	4.2

Elyria's Fell, Lorain's Solis and Firelands' Passarello named new football head coaches

February is here and January was a big month for Lorain County high school football coaching changes. Here's a recap.

Mark Solis, Lorain

This hire is a big win for the city of Lorain. Coach Solis has been a winner everywhere he has been including Ashland Crestview from 1999-2004 (42-11, two play-off appearances), Elyria from 2005-2007 (20-12, one trip to play-offs) and Twinsburg from 2008-2010 (32-14, three appearances). If Solis can win at Elyria, he can win at Lorain.

Holiday Basketball Tournament recaps

High School Basketball Tourneys have come and gone. Here are some of the results involving Lorain County schools.

Lorain County Holiday Tournament (Dec. 27 & 28) at Vermilion

Championship Game
Elyria 62, Sandusky 59 | 2nd recap | Listen
Sandusky (3-4) (11 15 22 11—59): Jefferies 4-1-9, Johnson 2-0-5, Smith 2-2-6, Stickland 5-0-11, Stovall 2-1-5, Turner 1-0-2, Turner 8-3-19, Williams 1-0-2
Elyria (6-1) (11 16 17 18—62): Bender 5-2-14, Dickerson 8-3-20, Horton 3-5-11, Latees 1-0-2, Swidecki 2-0-4, Walton 3-0-6, Zinimon 0-5-5

Consolation Game
Lorain 64, Vermilion 43 - Listen

First round games
Sandusky 64, Vermilion 61

Boys High School Basketball Results: 2010-2011

Saturday March 12
Berea 64, Lorain 59 | 2nd story
Lorain hungry for more

(6) Lorain (15-9) (19 9 11 20--59): Cheers 3-0-6, Craighead 3-0-6, Mike Davila 7-6-23, Davis 3-0-7, Jerome Golson 4-3-11 (18 rebounds), Wilson 0-1-1, Winbush 2-1-5
(9) Berea (16-8) (12 16 21 15--64): Bates 1-0-2, Javon Cook 2-12-16 (12-14 FT, 4 steals, 5 assists), Hayes 2-5-9, Jared Paster 6-2-20 (18 pts. on 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, 2 steals), Perry 5-0-13, Swinnerton 1-0-2, Wade 1-0-2

Girls High School Basketball Results: 2010-2011

Girls Hoops Co-Players of the year
Westlake's Kalpana Beach and Lorain's Shanique Ogle
Girls Hoops Coach of the Year, Scott Terry
All Morning Journal Girls Basketball Teams
3 area players All-Ohio for girls basketball
Lorain's Shanique Ogle & Alexandria Harris; Avon's Emily Julius


Friday March 18
Oak Hill 53, Elyria Catholic 49 | 2nd story | 3rd story | 4th story
Elyria Catholic seniors finish excellent careers at state

Elyria Catholic vs. Oak Hill preview
EC's Rothgery is coaching girls because of daughters
Eight seniors look to go out as state champions
Shining stars: Schuster and Taylor
EC's Emily Taylor tough to deal with
EC should stay calm, play basketball
EC scouting report
EC coach Eric Rothgery's Panther pride has pedigree
Praise, support for EC girls hoops
Pep rally


Saturday March 12
Elyria Catholic 50, Youngstown Ursline 41 | 2nd story | 3rd story
Elyria Catholic heading to state | EC bench makes difference in win | EC seniors came together early

Youngstown Ursuline (17-8) (9 9 11 12--41): Beasley 3-1-8, Curd 1-0-2, Irizzary 7-0-18, Powell 1-3-5, Whitehead 2-4-8
Elyria Catholic (24-2) (10 8 15 17--50): Flowers 1-0-2, McGrath 4-0-8, McNamara 2-2-7, O'Malley 1-3-5, Schuster 4-4-12, Taylor 4-6-14, Tremont 1-0-2


Elyria Catholic eager for shot at state
EC is trying to become the first team in school history to play in the state tournament and the first in Lorain County since Amy Manco's Avon Lake Shoregals won it all in 1994. Other than Avon Lake's back-to-back appearances in 1993-94, the 1979 Elyria Pioneers are the only other county team to make state.

Area claims district basketball awards
Eric Rothgery, Emily Taylor, Shanique Ogle, Ashley Schuster, Kourtni Taylor

A season to remember
Lorain, Avon Lake, Amherst, North Ridgeville, Keystone, Avon, Elyria Catholic, Lake Ridge Academy