There was a nice write up in the Chronicle after the game on Friday regarding Tracy Sprinkle. I'm only going to post a small tidbit. The article was sent to me in an email so I can not provide the link to the whole article.
Elyria was burned for 249 passing yards and three touchdowns by the Comets, and Holley threw for 367 yards and four touchdowns in the Panthers’ opening win against Huron … so the Pioneers had to be nervous heading into the crosstown showdown.
But on Friday, Holley only completed 21 of 42 passes for 195 yards and one score.
“(Lewis) stepped up and solidified the defense,” Fell said.
One of the things that didn’t change for Elyria’s defense was the outstanding play of senior defensive lineman Tracy Sprinkle — an Ohio State recruit — as he had six of the Pioneers’ nine sacks, several quarterback hurries and knockdowns and a forced fumble, which teammate Paul Males recovered.
“We knew they had some great offensive linemen — we knew that Jeremy Holley was a great player, too,” Sprinkle said. “But we all came out and played hard tonight. I knew every down that I had to get in there and keep pressure on him.”
Sprinkle lined up over center, at defensive tackle and on the ends of the line throughout the course of the game.
“It was nice to be able to go against every one of their linemen,” he said.
He broke through double teams and managed to add a seventh tackle for loss on one of Elyria Catholic’s five runs in the game.
Thanks to the sacks, Elyria held the Panthers to minus-33 total rushing yards — a stat that can’t have opponents who rely on their running attack feeling good about their future matchup with the Pioneers.
“Tracy was a big factor in the first half,” Fell said. “The only thing that could slow Tracy down was I thought he had a collapsed lung at the end of the first half. He was running all over the place.”
He looks like hes got a hell of a work ethic, and might simply be a victim of underexposure nationally. He's a guy you cite when people bring up the "Urban doesn't focus on Ohio" garbage.
I think Urban is going to handpick the kids he wants from Ohio and then go national for the rest of his recruits. If it works, I don't care where he recruits.
This kid is soooooo underexposed, it is ridiculous! He is showing out big time and if all the recruiting sites pay attention, I would be surprised if he doesn't get at least a 4th star if he keeps this up for a couple more games.
Now I am curious who else is on this line because they are shutting it down. I know Tracy is dominating but there has to be at least 1 more stud on this line to do that!
He's playing against similiar competition that Jalin Marshall goes against, if these numbers keep up we might see Sprinkle in the top-300 by the end of the year
Was at the game last Friday vs Elyria Catholic
Elyria is division 1 - EC is division 4
Elyria's 1st game this season - (Amherst) is 0-2 and 1-11 going back to last year.
Elyria's 2nd game vs Elyria catholic - The coach had Sprinkle in the whole game in a 43-7 win.
Stats can be misleading
Kid is good, definitely the best player on the field.
Dark horse of this class and as I hate to compare to past Buckeyes...but I mentioned after viewing his jr highlights that he reminded me of Cam Heyward back when he committed. We'll see if I'll be correct on that comparison in the future. I know Elyria Catholic is not a strong football team this year, however 6 sacks or 5 1/2 is outstanding, especially splitting double teams.
"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you."
"I love football. I think it is most wonderful game in world and I despise to lose."
Woody Hayes 1913 - 1987
After the strongsville game there should be a better reading on how he does vs good competition, but then again, its a small sample size, still interested to see how he does against strongsville