HE COURIER PREP FOOBALL Wildcats Continued from page 28 are experienced juniors; and the fifth spot will feature an underclassman. After last season s two primary runners amassed 258 carries, J.J. will lead what is going to be another busy I-formation backfield for the Wildcats. Junior reg Price, the leader of the defense at inside linebacker, would spell Kline at running back last year and gained 42 yards on 80 carries. He will back up this season. Andrew Biller, a, 175-pound tight end a year ago, will be the quarterback. After passing for just a handful of yards per game last season, and with a completion percentage south of 40 percent, Vanlue figures to feature the ground game again this year. here is, however, a new face under center. I think (Biller) has grown in the first eight, nine days at practice. I think he s grown a long way, so it s looking bright in that part as far as passing the ball a little bit, Kloepfer said. But we need to shorten games. We don t have enough people. If the games are too long, we re going to run out of stamina. We just want our passing game to be effective for us. he defense wasn t any better for the Wildcats a year ago as Vanlue allowed 42 points per game, but experience and size across the front seven will help aid the turnaround. he front four features the same four experienced offensive linemen (Bonham, Kloepfer, Creager and Ward), while reg Price will be in charge of all of the defense, according to Kloepfer. We ll be leaning on (Price) a lot to make checks out there on the field for us. I think our front seven has a good amount of experience. But for Vanlue, which has just two wins in its last 50 games, the key each week is to give maximum effort and keep getting better. If it can do that week in and week out, the thought around the program is that it can erase last season s winless finish. My goal as a coach is the same as any other coach, win every game you play. Everybody knows the reality is sometimes that doesn t happen, but we just have to take it play by play, Kloepfer said. And get better. I think that s everybody s goal. And when we come down to Week 10, we better be playing our best football of the year or I m not doing my job. If we re not improving each and every week then that s on me. Northwest Ohio Football Schedule hursday, Aug. 25 NW Ohio ames Mansfield Madison at Shelby Norwalk Senior at Port Clinton Orrville at Wooster Senior Sandusky Senior at Sandusky Perkins oledo Waite at Sylvania Northview Friday, Aug. 26 NW Ohio ames Anna at Arlington Arcanum at Riverside Bellevue at Huron Black River at Western Reserve Bluffton at Cory-Rawson Bryan at Van Wert Buckeye Valley at Delaware Hayes Bucyrus at alion Senior Cardinal Stritch at oledo Woodward Cardington at Worthington Christian Centerburg at Utica Cin. Shroder at Marion Pleasant Coldwater at Kenton Colonel Crawford at Mount ilead Columbus Bishop Hartley at ol. Cent. Catholic Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit at oledo Whitmer Danville at Howard East Knox Defiance at Napoleon East Canton at Lucas Edison at Firelands Edon at Ayersville Elmwood at ibsonburg Evergreen at Otsego Fairbanks at Benjamin Logan Fairview at Wauseon Findlay at Anthony Wayne Fort Recovery at Sidney Lehman Fostoria Senior at Oak Harbor Fredericktown at Clear Fork Fremont Ross at Springfield alion Northmor at Ashland Crestview enoa at oledo Scott Hardin Northern at Leipsic Hicksville at Archbold Hillsdale at Ashland Mapleton Hilltop at Edgerton Hopewell-Loudon at iffin Calvert Jonathan Alder at Marysville Lake at Montpelier Lakota at Arcadia Lexington at Ontario Liberty-Benton at Wynford Lima Bath at Delphos St. John s Lima Perry at Antwerp Mansfield Senior at Sunbury Big Walnut Marion Local at Dayton Chaminade-Julienne Maumee at oledo Bowsher McComb at Carey Middletown at Lima Senior Minster at Fort Loramie Mississauga North Prep, Ont. at Ottawa-landorf Mohawk at Fremont St. Joseph Monroeville at Crestline Mount Vernon at Marion Harding New Bremen at Bradford North Baltimore at Holgate North Union at Marion Elgin Oberlin at New London Pandora-ilboa at Columbus rove Parkway at Convoy Crestview Patrick Henry at Spencerville Paulding at Wayne race Perrysburg at Oregon Clay Plymouth at Buckeye Central Reigning Sports Academy at St. Wendelin Ridgedale at Ridgemont Riverdale at Waynesfield-oshen Rossford at Bowling reen Sidney at St. Marys Memorial South Central at Seneca East Sparta Highland at Bloom-Carroll St. Henry at Covington Swanton at Ottawa Hills iffin Columbian at Clyde inora at Liberty Center oledo Christian at Delta oledo Rogers at Sylvania Southview oledo St. Francis at Bedford, Mich. oledo Start at Eastwood Upper Sandusky at River Valley Upper Scioto Valley at Ada Van Buren at Allen East Vanlue at Danbury Vermilion at Lorain Clearview Versailles at Celina Wadsworth at Ashland Senior Wapakoneta at Bellefontaine West Holmes at Wooster riway West Salem Northwestern at Loudonville Willard at Castalia Margaretta Woodmore at Northwood Saturday, Aug. 27 NW Ohio ames Elida at Lima Cent. Cath. Lima Shawnee at Delphos Jefferson Norwalk St. Paul at Sandusky St. Mary s oledo St. John s at Mentor Lake Catholic Friday, Sept. 2 Buckeye Central at Mohawk Carey at Colonel Crawford Seneca East at Ridgedale Wynford at Bucyrus Celina at Elida Kenton at Defiance Lima Shawnee at Wapakoneta Ottawa-landorf at Lima Bath St. Marys Memorial at Van Wert Allen East at Lima Perry Arcadia at Ridgemont Archbold at Liberty-Benton Arlington at Ada Ashland Crestview at Hillsdale Athol Springs, N.Y. St. Francis at ol. Cent. Catholic Bluffton at Van Buren Bowling reen at Eastwood Brookville at Anna Buckeye Valley at Columbus Whetstone Canton McKinley at Mansfield Senior Castalia Margaretta at Western Reserve Clear Fork at Ontario Cleveland John Hay at Norwalk Senior Clyde at Ashland Senior Coldwater at Delphos Jefferson Columbus rove at Leipsic Convoy Crestview at Hicksville Cory-Rawson at Upper Scioto Valley Delphos St. John s at Lima Cent. Cath. Delta at inora Detroit Catholic Central at oledo Whitmer Eaton at St. Henry Edgerton at Edon Fairview Park Fairview at Vermilion Fairview at Paulding Fort Loramie at Fort Recovery Fostoria Senior at Wauseon Fredericktown at Danville alion Senior at Cardington ermantown Valley View at Versailles ibsonburg at Lakota rove City Christian at Crestline Hardin Northern at Fairfield Christian Harrison at Findlay Hilltop at Antwerp Holgate at New Bremen Hopewell-Loudon at Elmwood Howard East Knox at Utica Lima Senior at Marion Harding Lucas at Centerburg Magnolia Sandy Valley at Ashland Mapleton Marion Elgin at Upper Sandusky McComb at Marion Local Montpelier at Evergreen Mount ilead at Crooksville Napoleon at Liberty Center New London at Cuyahoga Heights New Philadelphia at West Holmes Northwood at Lake Oak Harbor at enoa Otsego at North Baltimore Ottawa Hills at Ayersville Pandora-ilboa at Marion Pleasant Perrysburg at oledo St. Francis Port Clinton at Rossford River Valley at Mansfield Madison Riverdale at Plymouth Riverside at Mechanicsburg Sandusky Perkins at Bellevue Sandusky Senior at Huron Shelby at Lexington Sidney Lehman at Minster South Central at Rittman Sparta Highland at Heath Spencerville at Parkway Sylvania Northview at Oregon Clay Sylvania Southview at Fremont Ross iffin Calvert at Swanton iffin Columbian at Bryan oledo Bowsher at Springfield oledo Christian at Woodmore oledo Scott at Struthers oledo St. John s at oledo Rogers oledo Start at Anthony Wayne oledo Waite at Maumee oledo Woodward at Danbury riad at North Union Wadsworth at Wooster Senior Wayne race at Patrick Henry Waynesfield-oshen at Fairbanks Willard at Edison Wooster riway at Loudonville Worthington Christian at alion Northmor Zanesville at Jonathan Alder Saturday, Sept. Fremont St. Joseph at Norwalk St. Paul Monroeville at Sandusky St. Mary s Vanlue at St. Wendelin Western Reserve Academy at Cardinal Stritch Friday, Sept. 9 Cory-Rawson at Arcadia Leipsic at Liberty-Benton McComb at Hopewell-Loudon Pandora-ilboa at Arlington Riverdale at North Baltimore Vanlue at Van Buren Carey at Upper Sandusky Colonel Crawford at Mohawk Ridgedale at Wynford Seneca East at Buckeye Central Elida at Defiance Lima Bath at Celina St. Marys Memorial at Lima Shawnee Van Wert at Ottawa-landorf Wapakoneta at Kenton Coldwater at Marion Local Minster at Delphos St. John s New Bremen at St. Henry Parkway at Fort Recovery Versailles at Anna Allen East at Waynesfield-oshen Amanda-Clearcreek at Jonathan Alder Anthony Wayne at oledo Rogers Antwerp at Paulding Ashland Mapleton at Rittman Ashland Senior at iffin Columbian Ayersville at Hilltop Bishop imon, N.Y. at ol. Cent. Catholic Buckeye Valley at Johnstown-Monroe Castalia Margaretta at Monroeville Centerburg at Danville Clyde at Bellevue Crestline at South Central Delphos Jefferson at Fairview Delta at Edgerton Eastwood at Oak Harbor Elmwood at oledo Christian Evergreen at Ottawa Hills Fairbanks at riad Findlay at Sylvania Southview Firelands at Vermilion Fort Loramie at Bluffton Fremont Ross at Sandusky Senior Fremont St. Joseph at ibsonburg alion Senior at Lagrange Keystone randview Heights at North Union Hardin Northern at Danbury Hicksville at Edon Hillsdale at Loudonville Holgate at Spencerville Huron at Streetsboro Indian Lake at Upper Scioto Valley Lake at Archbold Lakota at Cardinal Stritch Lucas at alion Northmor Mansfield Madison at oledo St. Francis Marion Elgin at Benjamin Logan Marion Harding at Newark Marion Pleasant at Bucyrus Maumee at oledo Start Montpelier at Lima Perry Napoleon at Bryan Nelsonville-York at Liberty Center New London at Wellington Norwalk Senior at Lexington Ontario at Cardington Oregon Clay at oledo Waite Otsego at Bowling reen Patrick Henry at Columbus rove Plymouth at Willard Port Clinton at Fostoria Senior Ridgemont at Mount ilead River Valley at Sparta Highland Riverside at Cedarville Rossford at Northwood Sandusky Perkins at enoa Sandusky St. Mary s at Ashland Crestview Shelby at Clear Fork Sidney Lehman at St. Paris raham Springfield Senior at Lima Senior Strasburg-Franklin at Howard East Knox Swanton at Woodmore Sylvania Northview at oledo Bowsher oledo Scott at Lorain oledo St. John s at Mansfield Senior oledo Whitmer at Perrysburg oledo Woodward at Springfield Utica at Fredericktown Wauseon at inora Wayne race at Convoy Crestview West Holmes at Steubenville Western Reserve at Edison Wooster Senior at Mount Vernon Saturday, Sept. 10 Ada at Lima Cent. Cath. iffin Calvert at Norwalk St. Paul oledo Horizon Science at St. Wendelin Friday, Sept. 16 Arcadia at McComb Arlington at Cory-Rawson Hopewell-Loudon at Leipsic North Baltimore at Pandora-ilboa Van Buren at Liberty-Benton Vanlue at Riverdale Findlay at oledo St. Francis Lima Senior at oledo Whitmer Oregon Clay at ol. Cent. Catholic oledo St. John s at Fremont Ross Bucyrus at Seneca East Carey at Mohawk Upper Sandusky at Ridgedale Wynford at Colonel Crawford Fostoria Senior at Eastwood enoa at Elmwood Lake at Rossford Woodmore at Otsego Bluffton at Paulding Columbus rove at Convoy Crestview Delphos Jefferson at Allen East Spencerville at Ada Archbold at Swanton Bryan at Evergreen Delta at Wauseon Liberty Center at Patrick Henry iffin Calvert at Lakota Fort Loramie at Riverside Ridgemont at Lima Perry Upper Scioto Valley at Sidney Lehman Waynesfield-oshen at Hardin Northern Celina at Ottawa-landorf Defiance at Lima Bath Kenton at St. Marys Memorial Lima Shawnee at Van Wert Wapakoneta at Elida Oak Harbor at Edison Sandusky Perkins at Huron Vermilion at Port Clinton Sandusky Senior at Willard Shelby at Norwalk Senior iffin Columbian at Ontario Cardinal Stritch at Hilltop Danbury at Ottawa Hills ibsonburg at oledo Christian Northwood at Edon Ashland Mapleton at New London Monroeville at Plymouth Norwalk St. Paul at Western Reserve South Central at Ashland Crestview Antwerp at Wayne race Ayersville at inora Edgerton at Fairview Holgate at Hicksville Anna at New Bremen Delphos St. John s at Versailles Fort Recovery at Coldwater Marion Local at Minster St. Henry at Parkway Anthony Wayne at Sylvania Northview Bowling reen at Maumee Perrysburg at Springfield See SCHEDULE, Page 4
4 PREP FOOBALL HE COURIER Schedule Continued from page Sylvania Southview at Napoleon Lexington at Clear Fork West Holmes at Ashland Senior Wooster Senior at Mansfield Madison alion Senior at Buckeye Valley Marion Harding at Fairbanks Marion Pleasant at Jonathan Alder North Union at River Valley Cardington at Mount ilead Fredericktown at Marion Elgin alion Northmor at Centerburg Howard East Knox at Sparta Highland Bellevue at oledo Rogers Buckeye Central at Crestline Cincinnati Winton Woods at oledo Start Columbus Ready at Lima Cent. Cath. Ecorse, Mich. at oledo Waite Loudonville at Sandusky St. Mary s Lucas at West Jefferson Mansfield Senior at Delaware Hayes oledo Bowsher at Clyde oledo Scott at Middletown Christian oledo Woodward at Montpelier Urichsville Claymont at Danville Western Reserve Academy at St. Wendelin Saturday, Sept. 17 Castalia Margaretta at Fremont St. Joseph Friday, Sept. 2 Arcadia at Vanlue Hopewell-Loudon at Van Buren Leipsic at Pandora-ilboa Liberty-Benton at Riverdale McComb at Arlington North Baltimore at Cory-Rawson Lima Senior at Fremont Ross Oregon Clay at Findlay ol. Cent. Catholic at oledo Whitmer oledo St. John s at oledo St. Francis Colonel Crawford at Seneca East Mohawk at Bucyrus Upper Sandusky at Buckeye Central Wynford at Carey Fostoria Senior at Lake enoa at Woodmore Otsego at Eastwood Rossford at Elmwood Ada at Columbus rove Allen East at Bluffton Convoy Crestview at Spencerville Paulding at Delphos Jefferson Bryan at Swanton Evergreen at Liberty Center Patrick Henry at Delta Wauseon at Archbold Fort Loramie at Hardin Northern Lima Perry at Sidney Lehman Ridgemont at Riverside Waynesfield-oshen at Upper Scioto Valley Celina at Defiance Lima Bath at Wapakoneta Ottawa-landorf at Lima Shawnee St. Marys Memorial at Elida Van Wert at Kenton Clyde at Sandusky Perkins Edison at Vermilion Huron at Oak Harbor Ontario at Norwalk Senior Sandusky Senior at Shelby iffin Columbian at Bellevue Cardinal Stritch at Danbury Edon at Hilltop Montpelier at oledo Christian Ottawa Hills at Northwood Monroeville at Ashland Mapleton Plymouth at South Central Western Reserve at Ashland Crestview Antwerp at Ayersville Hicksville at Edgerton inora at Holgate Wayne race at Fairview Coldwater at St. Henry Minster at Fort Recovery New Bremen at Parkway Versailles at Marion Local Anthony Wayne at Maumee Bowling reen at Perrysburg Springfield at Sylvania Southview Sylvania Northview at Napoleon Ashland Senior at Wooster Senior Mansfield Madison at West Holmes Mansfield Senior at Clear Fork Fairbanks at Buckeye Valley Jonathan Alder at alion Senior North Union at Marion Harding River Valley at Marion Pleasant Centerburg at Cardington alion Northmor at Howard East Knox Mount ilead at Fredericktown Sparta Highland at Marion Elgin ibsonburg at iffin Calvert Lima Cent. Cath. at oledo Rogers Lucas at Waterloo Mogadore at Loudonville Mount Vernon at Lexington Port Clinton at Willard Ridgedale at Crestline Sandusky St. Mary s at Columbus Ready oledo Bowsher at Massillon Washington oledo Start at Cleveland Heights oledo Waite at Castalia Margaretta oledo Woodward at Lakota Saturday, Sept. 24 New London at Norwalk St. Paul Anna at Delphos St. John s Danville at Fremont St. Joseph abriel Richard Catholic (Mich.) at oledo Scott oledo Horizon Science at St. Wendelin hursday, Sept. 29 oledo Waite at oledo Start Friday, Sept. 0 Arlington at Hopewell-Loudon Cory-Rawson at Riverdale Liberty-Benton at Arcadia McComb at Leipsic North Baltimore at Van Buren Pandora-ilboa at Vanlue Fremont Ross at ol. Cent. Catholic Lima Senior at oledo St. Francis oledo St. John s at Findlay oledo Whitmer at Oregon Clay Buckeye Central at Ridgedale Bucyrus at Colonel Crawford Mohawk at Wynford Seneca East at Upper Sandusky Eastwood at Woodmore Elmwood at Fostoria Senior Lake at Otsego Rossford at enoa Bluffton at Delphos Jefferson Columbus rove at Spencerville Convoy Crestview at Ada Paulding at Allen East Archbold at Patrick Henry Liberty Center at Delta Swanton at Evergreen Wauseon at Bryan iffin Calvert at Fremont St. Joseph Hardin Northern at Ridgemont Riverside at Sidney Lehman Upper Scioto Valley at Lima Perry Waynesfield-oshen at Fort Loramie Elida at Van Wert Kenton at Lima Shawnee Ottawa-landorf at Defiance St. Marys Memorial at Lima Bath Wapakoneta at Celina Oak Harbor at Clyde Sandusky Perkins at Port Clinton Vermilion at Huron Bellevue at Sandusky Senior Norwalk Senior at iffin Columbian Shelby at Willard Edon at Cardinal Stritch Hilltop at oledo Christian Northwood at ibsonburg Ottawa Hills at Montpelier Ashland Mapleton at Ashland Crestview Norwalk St. Paul at Plymouth South Central at Monroeville Western Reserve at New London Ayersville at Wayne race Edgerton at inora Fairview at Hicksville Holgate at Antwerp Delphos St. John s at New Bremen Fort Recovery at Versailles Marion Local at Anna Parkway at Coldwater St. Henry at Minster Maumee at Sylvania Southview Napoleon at Springfield Perrysburg at Anthony Wayne Sylvania Northview at Bowling reen Ashland Senior at Mansfield Senior Clear Fork at Wooster Senior Mansfield Madison at Lexington oledo Woodward at oledo Scott Danville at Crestline Lucas at Loudonville Buckeye Valley at Jonathan Alder Marion Harding at alion Senior Marion Pleasant at North Union River Valley at Fairbanks Cardington at alion Northmor Centerburg at Sparta Highland Howard East Knox at Fredericktown Marion Elgin at Mount ilead Castalia Margaretta at Columbus Ready Danbury at Lakota Lima Cent. Cath. at Woodlan, Ind. Ontario at Carey Sandusky St. Mary s at Edison West Holmes at Barberton Saturday, Oct. 1 Nonconference Stryker at St. Wendelin oledo Rogers at oledo Bowsher hursday, Oct. 6 oledo Rogers at oledo Waite Friday, Oct. 7 Arcadia at Hopewell-Loudon Arlington at North Baltimore Pandora-ilboa at Liberty-Benton Riverdale at McComb Van Buren at Cory-Rawson Vanlue at Leipsic Findlay at Lima Senior Oregon Clay at oledo St. John s ol. Cent. Catholic at oledo St. Francis oledo Whitmer at Fremont Ross Bucyrus at Upper Sandusky Carey at Buckeye Central Ridgedale at Colonel Crawford Seneca East at Mohawk Fostoria Senior at Rossford enoa at Eastwood Otsego at Elmwood Woodmore at Lake Ada at Paulding Allen East at Convoy Crestview Delphos Jefferson at Columbus rove Spencerville at Bluffton Bryan at Archbold Delta at Evergreen Liberty Center at Wauseon Patrick Henry at Swanton Lima Perry at Waynesfield-oshen Ridgemont at Fort Loramie Riverside at Upper Scioto Valley Sidney Lehman at Hardin Northern Celina at St. Marys Memorial Defiance at Wapakoneta Kenton at Ottawa-landorf Lima Shawnee at Elida Van Wert at Lima Bath Edison at Clyde Huron at Port Clinton Sandusky Perkins at Vermilion Bellevue at Norwalk Senior iffin Columbian at Shelby Willard at Ontario Danbury at Northwood Hilltop at Ottawa Hills Montpelier at ibsonburg oledo Christian at Edon Ashland Mapleton at South Central Monroeville at New London Plymouth at Western Reserve Antwerp at Edgerton Ayersville at Fairview inora at Hicksville Wayne race at Holgate Coldwater at Minster Fort Recovery at Delphos St. John s New Bremen at Marion Local Parkway at Versailles St. Henry at Anna Anthony Wayne at Bowling reen Napoleon at Maumee Springfield at Sylvania Northview Sylvania Southview at Perrysburg Clear Fork at Mansfield Madison Lexington at Wooster Senior Mansfield Senior at West Holmes oledo Bowsher at oledo Woodward oledo Start at oledo Scott Crestline at Lucas Buckeye Valley at Marion Pleasant Fairbanks at North Union alion Senior at River Valley Jonathan Alder at Marion Harding Fredericktown at Centerburg Marion Elgin at Cardington Mount ilead at Howard East Knox Sparta Highland at alion Northmor Cardinal Stritch at Castalia Margaretta Danville at Crooksville Fremont St. Joseph at Oak Harbor Lima Cent. Cath. at Wynford Lorain at Sandusky Senior Loudonville at Canton Central Catholic Mount Vernon at Ashland Senior St. Wendelin at iffin Calvert Saturday, Oct. 8 Lakota at Sandusky St. Mary s Ashland Crestview at Norwalk St. Paul hursday, Oct. 1 oledo Waite at oledo Bowsher Friday, Oct. 14 Cory-Rawson at Vanlue Hopewell-Loudon at Pandora-ilboa Leipsic at North Baltimore Liberty-Benton at Arlington Riverdale at Arcadia Van Buren at McComb Fremont Ross at Oregon Clay Lima Senior at oledo St. John s ol. Cent. Catholic at Findlay oledo St. Francis at oledo Whitmer Buckeye Central at Bucyrus Carey at Ridgedale Upper Sandusky at Mohawk Wynford at Seneca East Eastwood at Lake enoa at Fostoria Senior Otsego at Rossford Woodmore at Elmwood Ada at Bluffton Columbus rove at Allen East Convoy Crestview at Delphos Jefferson Spencerville at Paulding Archbold at Liberty Center Bryan at Delta Evergreen at Patrick Henry Wauseon at Swanton Lakota at Castalia Margaretta Fort Loramie at Sidney Lehman Hardin Northern at Upper Scioto Valley Lima Perry at Riverside Waynesfield-oshen at Ridgemont Elida at Kenton Lima Bath at Lima Shawnee Ottawa-landorf at Wapakoneta St. Marys Memorial at Defiance Van Wert at Celina Clyde at Port Clinton Edison at Huron Oak Harbor at Sandusky Perkins Sandusky Senior at iffin Columbian Shelby at Ontario Willard at Bellevue ibsonburg at Danbury Montpelier at Hilltop Northwood at Cardinal Stritch Ottawa Hills at Edon Ashland Crestview at Monroeville New London at Plymouth South Central at Western Reserve Edgerton at Wayne race Fairview at inora Hicksville at Antwerp Holgate at Ayersville Anna at Parkway Delphos St. John s at St. Henry Marion Local at Fort Recovery Minster at New Bremen Versailles at Coldwater Anthony Wayne at Napoleon Bowling reen at Sylvania Southview Springfield at Maumee Sylvania Northview at Perrysburg Ashland Senior at Clear Fork West Holmes at Lexington Wooster Senior at Mansfield Senior oledo Woodward at oledo Start Loudonville at Danville Fairbanks at alion Senior Marion Harding at Marion Pleasant North Union at Jonathan Alder River Valley at Buckeye Valley Cardington at Howard East Knox Centerburg at Marion Elgin alion Northmor at Mount ilead Sparta Highland at Fredericktown Bluffton, Ind. at Lima Cent. Cath. Canal Fulton Northwest at Mansfield Madison Colonel Crawford at Lucas Columbus East at Norwalk Senior Crestline at Fremont St. Joseph Vermilion at Bay Village Saturday, Oct. 15 Sandusky St. Mary s at iffin Calvert Ashland Mapleton at Norwalk St. Paul oledo Rogers at oledo Scott oledo Christian at St. Wendelin hursday, Oct. 20 oledo Woodward at oledo Rogers Friday, Oct. 21 Arlington at Vanlue Cory-Rawson at Leipsic Hopewell-Loudon at Liberty-Benton McComb at Pandora-ilboa North Baltimore at Arcadia Van Buren at Riverdale Fremont Ross at oledo St. Francis Oregon Clay at Lima Senior oledo St. John s at ol. Cent. Catholic See SCHEDULE, Page 5 FREE IRE ROAION
HE COURIER PREP FOOBALL 5 Schedule Continued from page 4 oledo Whitmer at Findlay Bucyrus at Carey Colonel Crawford at Buckeye Central Mohawk at Ridgedale Wynford at Upper Sandusky Elmwood at Eastwood Fostoria Senior at Otsego Lake at enoa Rossford at Woodmore Allen East at Spencerville Bluffton at Convoy Crestview Delphos Jefferson at Ada Paulding at Columbus rove Delta at Archbold Evergreen at Wauseon Patrick Henry at Bryan Swanton at Liberty Center Fremont St. Joseph at Lakota Hardin Northern at Lima Perry Riverside at Waynesfield-oshen Sidney Lehman at Ridgemont Upper Scioto Valley at Fort Loramie Defiance at Van Wert Elida at Ottawa-landorf Kenton at Lima Bath Lima Shawnee at Celina Wapakoneta at St. Marys Memorial Huron at Clyde Oak Harbor at Vermilion Port Clinton at Edison Bellevue at Shelby Norwalk Senior at Willard Ontario at Sandusky Senior Cardinal Stritch at ibsonburg Edon at Montpelier Blanchard McComb 5 0 12 2 58 141 Liberty-Benton 4 1 6 4 2 177 Arlington 2 5 6 146 21 Cory-Rawson 2 4 6 171 27 Riverdale 1 4 2 8 166 28 Arcadia 0 5 1 9 15 42 Valley Van Buren 5 0 9 4 7 24 Leipsic 4 1 6 6 274 279 Hopewell-Loudon 2 6 4 252 208 Pandora-ilboa 2 5 5 199 North Baltimore 1 4 5 5 264 25 Vanlue 0 5 0 10 52 420 ol. Cent. Catholic 7 0 12 58 285 oledo Whitmer 6 1 9 444 266 Lima Senior 5 2 9 494 66 oledo St. John s 4 6 4 59 250 Findlay 4 6 4 16 214 Fremont Ross 2 5 4 6 266 41 oledo St. Francis 1 6 2 8 84 91 Oregon Clay 0 7 1 9 156 61 Wynford 8 0 9 2 42 10 Colonel Crawford 7 1 10 2 464 Seneca East 6 2 8 62 277 Mohawk 5 7 06 18 Buckeye Central 5 5 5 28 261 Carey 5 4 6 222 244 Upper Sandusky 5 7 18 212 Bucyrus 1 7 2 8 96 401 Ridgedale 0 8 0 10 54 494 Lake 7 0 10 1 516 10 Rossford 6 1 9 469 265 enoa 5 2 5 5 169 27 Eastwood 4 4 6 278 199 Woodmore 4 4 6 20 65 Elmwood 1 6 2 8 145 7 Fostoria Senior 1 6 2 8 144 66 Otsego 1 6 1 9 17 18 Delphos Jefferson 7 0 10 2 418 142 Spencerville 6 1 9 2 49 188 Bluffton 4 7 262 225 Ada 4 6 5 257 25 Allen East 4 6 4 296 Columbus rove 2 5 5 5 22 214 Convoy Crestview 2 5 4 7 257 4 Paulding 0 7 0 10 94 95 Hilltop at Danbury Ottawa Hills at oledo Christian Ashland Crestview at New London Norwalk St. Paul at South Central Plymouth at Ashland Mapleton Western Reserve at Monroeville Antwerp at inora Ayersville at Edgerton Holgate at Fairview Wayne race at Hicksville Coldwater at Anna Minster at Versailles New Bremen at Fort Recovery Parkway at Delphos St. John s St. Henry at Marion Local Bowling reen at Springfield Maumee at Sylvania Northview Perrysburg at Napoleon Sylvania Southview at Anthony Wayne Ashland Senior at Mansfield Madison Lexington at Mansfield Senior Wooster Senior at West Holmes oledo Bowsher at oledo Start oledo Scott at oledo Waite Crestline at Loudonville Danville at Lucas Buckeye Valley at Marion Harding alion Senior at North Union Jonathan Alder at River Valley Marion Pleasant at Fairbanks Cardington at Sparta Highland Fredericktown at alion Northmor Marion Elgin at Howard East Knox Mount ilead at Centerburg Bradford at Northwood Clear Fork at Mount Vernon Sandusky Perkins at iffin Columbian Zanesville Rosecrans at St. Wendelin Saturday, Oct. 22 Castalia Margaretta at Sandusky St. Mary s Columbus Bishop Hartley at Lima Cent. Cath. 2015 Football Standings Swanton 6 1 10 2 466 207 Wauseon 6 1 9 2 00 127 Liberty Center 5 2 6 4 259 181 Delta 4 7 5 09 221 Patrick Henry 4 5 5 266 247 Evergreen 2 5 5 5 225 15 Archbold 2 5 4 6 157 271 Bryan 0 7 0 10 61 292 Riverside 6 1 10 2 458 14 Fort Loramie 6 1 6 5 257 208 Sidney Lehman 5 2 7 5 20 264 Upper Scioto Valley 5 2 6 4 28 221 Hardin Northern 2 5 4 6 218 255 Ridgemont 2 5 7 100 405 Lima Perry 2 5 2 8 155 29 Waynesfield-oshen 0 7 0 10 10 40 Sandusky River League Sandusky St. Mary s 2 0 6 5 60 26 Lakota 1 1 4 6 25 285 Fremont St. Joseph 0 2 0 10 101 48 Wapakoneta 9 0 12 1 407 161 Celina 7 2 7 4 279 264 Elida 6 7 40 251 Ottawa-landorf 6 8 4 291 209 Lima Bath 5 4 6 4 268 15 St. Marys Memorial 5 4 6 4 251 226 Van Wert 4 5 5 5 18 202 Kenton 2 7 2 8 18 00 Defiance 1 8 2 8 164 70 Lima Shawnee 0 9 0 10 58 62 Sandusky Bay Conference Milan Edison 4 1 12 2 507 288 Clyde 4 1 10 2 91 206 Sandusky Perkins 2 8 27 142 Port Clinton 2 7 45 196 Oak Harbor 1 4 5 5 26 226 Huron 0 5 7 199 27 Bellevue 6 0 10 452 198 Sandusky Senior 5 1 6 188 Shelby 4 2 5 5 24 22 iffin Columbian 4 6 196 Ontario 2 4 2 8 184 26 Willard 1 5 1 9 106 42 Norwalk Senior 0 6 2 8 165 287 ibsonburg 6 0 10 1 452 18 Seneca East at iffin Calvert hursday, Oct. 27 oledo Scott at oledo Bowsher Friday, Oct. 28 Arcadia at Van Buren Leipsic at Arlington Liberty-Benton at McComb North Baltimore at Vanlue Pandora-ilboa at Cory-Rawson Riverdale at Hopewell-Loudon Findlay at Fremont Ross ol. Cent. Catholic at Lima Senior oledo St. Francis at Oregon Clay oledo Whitmer at oledo St. John s Buckeye Central at Wynford Ridgedale at Bucyrus Seneca East at Carey Upper Sandusky at Colonel Crawford Eastwood at Rossford Elmwood at Lake Otsego at enoa Woodmore at Fostoria Senior Ada at Allen East Columbus rove at Bluffton Convoy Crestview at Paulding Spencerville at Delphos Jefferson Archbold at Evergreen Liberty Center at Bryan Swanton at Delta Wauseon at Patrick Henry iffin Calvert at Castalia Margaretta Lima Perry at Fort Loramie Ridgemont at Upper Scioto Valley Riverside at Hardin Northern Sidney Lehman at Waynesfield-oshen Celina at Kenton Defiance at Lima Shawnee Lima Bath at Elida Ottawa-landorf at St. Marys Memorial Van Wert at Wapakoneta Clyde at Vermilion Edison at Sandusky Perkins Northwood 5 1 6 4 285 266 iffin Calvert 4 2 6 6 422 55 Hilltop 6 5 27 0 Ottawa Hills 4 6 214 221 oledo Christian 7 18 56 Danbury 2 5 7 224 57 Edon 1 5 1 9 187 416 Cardinal Stritch 1 6 2 8 11 27 Norwalk St. Paul 7 0 10 2 450 96 Western Reserve 5 2 5 5 204 265 Monroeville 4 6 5 199 229 South Central 4 4 6 194 06 New London 4 4 6 26 Mapleton 2 5 7 212 06 Ashland Crestview 2 5 7 201 268 Plymouth 1 6 2 8 15 10 inora 6 0 11 2 480 168 Hicksville 5 1 8 5 25 Ayersville 4 2 8 289 21 Wayne race 4 6 01 29 Edgerton 2 4 4 5 08 244 Fairview 1 5 7 167 286 Holgate 0 6 1 9 161 426 Coldwater 8 0 15 0 569 99 Marion Local 7 1 1 2 522 154 Minster 6 2 10 8 221 Fort Recovery 6 2 1 2 428 179 St. Henry 4 4 6 4 150 Versailles 5 4 6 209 21 Anna 5 7 184 224 Parkway 2 6 2 8 1 294 Delphos St. John s 1 7 1 9 168 44 New Bremen 0 8 1 9 60 80 Perrysburg 7 0 1 1 608 29 Springfield 6 1 9 2 49 08 Bowling reen 5 2 8 15 261 Napoleon 4 6 4 18 155 Anthony Wayne 4 4 6 252 270 Sylvania Northview 2 5 5 5 188 279 Sylvania Southview 1 6 2 8 242 25 Maumee 0 7 1 9 2 47 Other Northwest Ohio Lucas 0 0 10 2 482 164 Lima Cent. Cath. 0 0 5 5 272 292 Montpelier 0 0 4 6 244 284 Vermilion 0 0 4 6 182 287 Crestline 0 0 7 201 95 Castalia Margaretta 0 0 7 159 51 Port Clinton at Oak Harbor Norwalk Senior at Sandusky Senior Ontario at Bellevue Willard at iffin Columbian Cardinal Stritch at Ottawa Hills Danbury at oledo Christian ibsonburg at Hilltop Northwood at Montpelier Ashland Crestview at Plymouth New London at South Central Norwalk St. Paul at Monroeville Western Reserve at Ashland Mapleton Edgerton at Holgate Fairview at Antwerp Hicksville at Ayersville inora at Wayne race Anna at Minster Delphos St. John s at Coldwater Fort Recovery at St. Henry Marion Local at Parkway Versailles at New Bremen Maumee at Perrysburg Napoleon at Bowling reen Springfield at Anthony Wayne Sylvania Southview at Sylvania Northview Clear Fork at West Holmes Lexington at Ashland Senior Mansfield Senior at Mansfield Madison oledo Start at oledo Rogers oledo Woodward at oledo Waite Jonathan Alder at Fairbanks Marion Harding at River Valley Marion Pleasant at alion Senior North Union at Buckeye Valley Cardington at Fredericktown alion Northmor at Marion Elgin Howard East Knox at Centerburg Mount ilead at Sparta Highland Edon at Mohawk Lakota at Lucas Lima Cent. Cath. at Huron Loudonville at Shelby Wooster Senior at homas Worthington Saturday, Oct. 29 Sandusky St. Mary s at Fremont St. Joseph Bradford at Danville Crestline at St. Wendelin
8 FINDL AY HE COURIER rojans have 8 starters back on defense KEY O HE SEASON QUICK FACS By DAVE HANNEMAN SAFF IER Kovaleski O FFE N S E According to quarterback re : We have to be balanced. We have to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball, especially with our short routes. D E FE N S E According to defensive end Sam Kovaleski: We have to stop the run and we have to put pressure on the quarterback. I think the strength of our defense is our experience. We ll rely on that at the beginning of the year while the offense gains confidence. 2015 LEARS PASSIN A COMP YDS 198 104 1,414 D 12 RUSHIN Mogolu Stinson A YDS AV 171 1,148 6.7 111 689 6.2 80 250.1 D 1 7 RECEIVIN Stillings Mogolu Berry Nunn REC 27 2 19 18 D 1 4 YDS 287 440 272 198 AV 10.6 19.1 14. 11.0 IN 5 Mark Ritzler gets defensive when he talks about his Findlay High football team. He s just telling it like it is. With eight starters back, defense is going to be our strength, said Ritzler, beginning his 11th season as Findlay High s head coach and his 0th year, including time as a player and an assistant, with the program. Every starter on defense is a senior except one (outside linebacker Cam Dillon) and he started as a sophomore. hose guys know what they re doing and defense has to be what carries us, especially early in the season. A year ago, it was a veteran offense that helped the rojans get off to a 5-0 start. But a young defense was gaining valuable experience as well, pitching two shutouts and holding four of Findlay s first five opponents to a touchdown or less. he big boys in the hree Rivers Athletic Conference Division III state runner-up oledo Central Catholic (12-) and playoff teams oledo Whitmer (9-) and Lima Senior (9-) flexed their offensive muscles MAHIAS LEUIRE / for he Courier FINDLAY S ANHONY ONZALES stretches to haul in a pass against Bowling reen during a July 7-on-7 scrimmage. against Findlay, but the rojans still allowed the fewest points (214) of any team in the league. Findlay s defensive experience is evident from the trenches to the defensive backfield. Senior defensive ends Sam Kovaleski (5 tackles, 10 for losses, 1/2 sacks) and Aaron Kupferberg (51/2 tackles, 61/2 for loss, 1/2 sacks) are returning starters, along with 284pound tackle age Watson (81/2 tackles, 11/2 sacks in seven games). See ROJANS, Page 55 PH CHAR OFFENSIVE UNI FENSIVE UNI RB C K 145 201 250 196 265 20 RB C 220 160 165 250 218 00 20 225 D D FS P re D on Stinson Adam utting Mitchell Hucke Kyle Nunn Cameron Crotinger Justin Hudson Alex Dewey Lee Matthew Lichtinger Steven erdemann Chase Wilcox he linebacking corps is a veteran group that includes Jeremiah ate, Dillon and Bryce Burrows, who was limited to two games because of an injury. ate led the rojans with 551/2 tackles, including 51/2 for losses, while Dillon had 521/2 tackles, broke up seven passes and recovered two fumbles. Kyle Nunn, a second-team all-ohio selection who has made a verbal com- 7? DB?:1>C Hackenberg, Beutler, Rasmussen & Feighner, LLC 14 W. Crawford Street, Suite A Findlay, OH 419.422.4014 Brayton Rader anner Rickle Aaron Kupferberg Matt Pochard Marlon Collins Cam Dillon Anthony onzalez Jordan Foster Jonathon Arthur Devin Zimmerman Johnny Armstrong Wyatt Deem Ȉ Ȉ Ȉ Ȉ Ȉ Ȉ + *>FK 0Q /B>O #FKAI>V,%?>KPEBBDCU#>LI @LJ >OQ />ABO,KBO Sam Kovaleski Aaron Kupferberg age Watson Loren Charles Avery Wirt Jeremiah ate Cam Dillon Bryce Burrows Brandon Armstrong Josh Shuck Kyle Nunn Avery Wirt 181 220 284 211 211 150 175 D D FS P 175 288 190 150 170 165 *2 752-$16 Matthew Lichtinger Caden Spradlin Wes VanAtta Robert Hammond Sami Salama Caleb Peltier Will Kiffmeyer Cam Armstrong Ryan Nunn Caleb McCaskey Chase Wilcox +DYH D *UHDW 6HDVRQ *2 752-$16 ZZZ RKLRORJLVWLFV FRP COACH: Mark Ritzler (11th year, 55-46). LAS YEAR: 6-4 overall, -4. LAS RAC ILE: 2011. OFFENSIVE SCHEME: Spread. FENSIVE SCHEME: 4-4. SRENHS: Findlay allowed the fewest points (214) of any team in the R AC last season, and it s on defense where the rojans are deepest and most experienced with as many as eight starters returning. hree of the team s top Ritzler tacklers return at defensive end (Aaron Kupferberg, Sam Kovaleski) and linebacker (Jeremiah ate). WEAKNESSES: Four of last year s starters on the offensive line graduated and most of them were two- and three-year lettermen. he top three receivers also graduated, but the biggest loss will be the absence of break-away talent Manny Mogolu, who had 2,016 yards of total offense and scored 17 touchdowns his senior year. RIDIRON URU Findlay will lean on its defensein 2016. With eight starters returning on that side of the ball, the defense will be called on to shoulder the load, especially early in the season. Just two full-time starters are back on offense and four of the five offensive linemen are new. But quarterback re is coming off a solid year, D on Stinson had almost 700 yards as the No. 2 option in the run game and the rojans receiving corps has excellent size and athleticism. Clean he Field rojans! *RR /XFN IURP Nadine s Cleaning Ltd. 6 0DLQ 6W 6XLWH ' )LQOD\ Because the Details Matter
HE COURIER FINDLAY 9 Cam Armstrong (2), Ryan Nunn (4), Willie Breitigam (6), Will Kiffmeyer (8), Matt Pochard (9), Brayton Rader (10), re (11), anner Rickle (12), Sami Salama (1), Adam utting (14), Marlon Collins (15), Mitchell Hucke (16), Marquis Landers (18), Kyle Nunn (19), Elisha Hensley (20), Brandon Armstrong (21), Jarrett Bartson (22), D on Stinson (2), rant Morman (24), Caleb Peltier (25), Sam Kovaleski (26), Josh Shuck (27), Cade McCaskey (28), Mitchell aylor (29), Cam Dillon (0), Avery Wirt (1), Jaquez Hamilton (2), Dawson Brunner (), Brandon Weyer (4), Bryce Burrows (5), Jake Shaw (6), Nick ibson (7), Brady Butler (8), Logan Caskey (40), Khail Stokes (44), Aaron Kupferberg (47), Jeremiah ate (48), Jose Barrientos (49), Robert Fletcher (50), age Watson (51), Dewey Lee (52), rey Judy (5), Jordan Foster (54), Justin Hudson (55), Alex (56), J.D. Spiceland (57), Jacob Radabaugh (59), Seth Leonard (60), Steven erdemann (61), Jonathon Arthur (62), Wyatt Deem (6), Matthew Lichtinger (64), Loren Charles (67), Kaydin Bailey (69), Devin Zimmerman (71), Wes VanAtta (75), Johnny Armstrong (77), Robert Hammond (78), Ben Baldridge (79), Chase Wilcox (80), Adam ilbert (81), Josh Short (82), Anthony onzalez (84), Caden Spradlin (86), Cameron Crotinger (87), ristin Crotinger (88). HEAD COACH Mark Ritzler. ASSISAN COACHES odd Armstrong, Brad Burrrows, Cory Echelberry, Dave Sprouse, Phil under, Chris Ireland, Ryan Brooks, Collin Stoffel, im Opp, odd Richards, yler Curlis, Matt Spragg. 2016 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Home/Away August 26 Anthony Wayne A September Harrison (7:0 p.m.) H 9 Sylvania Southview A 16 oledo St. Francis* A 2 Oregon Clay* H 0 oledo St. John s* H October 7 Lima Senior* A 14 oledo Central Catholic* H 21 oledo Whitmer* H 28 Fremont Ross* A All games 7 p.m. unless noted * game Findlay Anthony Wayne 41-0 Hamilton 7-27 Sylvania Southview 8-7 oledo St. Francis 5-0 Oregon Clay 41-7 ROJANS 2015 RESULS RECORD BOOK oledo St. John s 7-21 Lima Senior 4-41 oledo Central Catholic 0-5 oledo Whitmer 24-41 Fremont Ross 59-5 2015 6-4 2014 6-4 201 2-8 2012 8-2 2011 9-2 2010 5-5 9 5-5 8 6-4 7-7 6 4-6