Hey all. I reside in Portage County and will not be away for school this fall for the first time in years. I'm looking to find nearby high school football games that I should attend. I have my alma mater (nothing special) I'm planning on seeing St. V-Hoban at UA's campus, and Copley-Akron Firestone. I know Cleveland Heights is good with Laster and Gibson, but they're a bit too far.
Anybody know of Akron-based schools which have some great games scheduled this year? I'm hoping to see buckeye players/targets, but I'm open to anything
The Massillon/Canton-McKinley game is always good; this year it's in Massillon so it might be a little far to drive if you're in Portage County.
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Akron St. Vincent St. Mary has Dante Booker who is the number 1 2014 prospect in Ohio. And I think they play some pretty good competion. Maybe St. Vincent St. Mary against Akron Ursuline.
Mentor high school has Mitch Trubisky and is always a fun team to watch because they usually average 30+ points a game and throw the ball 30-40 times. Its about an hour out from Akron though
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
Isn't the Buchtel/Hoban game usually pretty good? I went to the University of Akron and it always seemed those games were huge. Hudson has Ben Gedeon and that's not far for any game you'd like to see them.
I'd recommend attending a Massilon game, and a McKinley game. If you happen to make it to the Massilon v. McKinley game all the better. Both rich in tradition, both established fan bases that won't seem like a HS game at all.
If you're around Portage, you'll find some good football in the Federal League, don't sleep on some of the smaller schools too though, especially Marlington and Dymonte Thomas
yeah marlington should be alright this year and should be pretty good to watch
@MJB15 Ursuline is Youngstown.
Unless you have a reason it's necessary, I'd skip Firestone-Copley. I went to Firestone, and have seen more than enough horrible games to reccommend against going. But in case you must, Firestone has Kevin Gladney, WR committed to Nebraska, and Eregeros (sp?) Turner goes to Copley.
By the way what is your hometown school im from portage county also
Louisville has a QB, Duckworth, that is getting some serious attention from some big time schools. They are a smaller school that has some good tradition and are in the same league as Marlington. I bet that will be a good game.
I went to field high school. Mogadore obviously king of portage county but I'm hoping for more than D6.
Thanks for the tips. I read Firestone should be good, so I chose the Copley game because of friends in the Copley area. I used to watch McKinley basketball when raymar Morgan was there, so I'd love to catch a football game. Hudson is also very close. Thanks all. Keep them coming if you think of any
What year did u graduate from field? I went to Mogadore and graduated in '07. My recommendation would be Louisville vs marlington. Went to it last year and it was one of the better games I've been to in awhile. Only downside is this year it should be at marlington. Nothing against their field but Louisville has one of the better stadiums n atmospheres around
come on down to stark county and watch. any stadium any friday is electric in stark especially a mck/mass game as several have stated above. also mckinley glenoak is a thursday night game and is the state featured game on sto or fso so that would be a good one to catch around mid season.
-dmcdougal, i played with raymar at mckinley, only on th 2nd state title team his sr yr, my jr yr
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stark county football
Catch a game at Fawcett Stadium (McKinley), Paul Brown Stadium (Massilon)..where ever that game is this year, go to it, Texas football has nothing on it.
Hahaha..heck maybe ask to see Massilon's indoor facility, bigger than the brownies I hear.
^true massilon does have a multi million dollar indoor facility much nicer than the browns in berea
O'Deez330
stark county football
I go to field to ur right our football sucks even when we do make the playoffs we get blown out.
the hoban st v and massilon mckinnley rivalrys are great games mooney always fields a good team too
Don't forget Travon Chapman at Kent Roosevelt....going to PITT next year
I've watched about 3 or 4 games where chapman was playing and he was fun to watch especially in the conference he plays in where there are not many guys who can come close to matching his talet
The Plain Dealer released its annual high school football preview today.
Among its Top 50 are:
1: Tracy Sprinkle (OSU DT) (Elyria)
2: Mitch Trubisky (UNC QB) (Mentor)
3: Ben Gedeon (TTUN LB) (Hudson)
4: Kareem Hunt (RB) (Willoughby South)
5: Tim McVey (Buffalo ATH) (St. Ignatius)
6: Shelton Gibson (WR) (Cleveland Heights)
7: Dante Booker (JR LB) (St. V) First Junior, only Junior in the top 10.
8: Tra'von Chapman (Pitt QB) (Kent Roosevelt)
15: Ross Douglas (TTUN CB) (Avon)
18: Donovan Munger (OL/DL) (Shaker Heights)
30: Kevin Gladney (Nebraska WR) (Akron Firestone)
36: Christopher Worley (LB/S) (Glenville)
To update earlier posts, given by bias to Field High School and Copley, and my desire to see nearby schools with top players, here is my current slate of games..
8/24: None, Browns preseason game
8/31: Southeast @ Field (close second is Firestone @ Copley, third is Aurora @ Kent)
9/7: Orrville @ Copley
9/8: Mentor-St. Ignatius at Byers Field in Parma
9/14: Tallmadge @ Copley (close second is Woodridge @ Mogadore)
9/21: St. V-Hoban @ Infocision Stadium in Akron (close second is Field @ Kent)
9/28: Norton @ Field (family ties, can't miss)
10/5: Stow @ Hudson
10/12: Copley @ Wadsworth or Kent @ Springfield
10/19: Elyria @ Hudson, Kent @ Norton, Lake Catholic @ Walsh Jesuit, St. V. @ Massilon
10/26: Copley @ Revere, Ravenna @ Kent
10/27: St. Eds-St. Ignatius @ Byers Field in Parma
What games are you all looking forward to? For all you Portage Countians, the Record Courier released its PTC preview on Wednesday, August 22.
Finally, tonight on FSO is going to be Buchtel against Massilon.
plain dealer sucks for covering high schol sports always has. they must of excluded stark county bec no stark county kids is a joke!!!!
O'Deez330
stark county football
mckinley vs walsh jesuit will be a good game this weekend. saturday fawcett stadium best high school stadium in america 2 big time programs if you want to see a good game.
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stark county football