ST. LOUIS • Ezekiel Elliott fought back the tears the best he could.
The John Burroughs standout senior running back had done everything he could in the Missouri Class 3 championship game on Friday afternoon, and it still wasn’t enough to prevent a heartbreaking 35-22 loss to Maryville at the Edward Jones Dome.
“You put in so many hours with your boys, your brothers, all season for the past four years, and you aren’t able to accomplish what you wanted to,” Elliott said. “So it hurts a lot. But you have to be strong. I have to be strong for my boys back in the locker room. I can’t be moping around. I have to show them that it’s not over, it’s not over. I believe in them. I believe they can come back next year. They are going to win a state championship.”
The Ohio State recruit broke the championship game record for all-purpose yards with 419, eclipsing the 365 former University of Missouri running back Derrick Washington racked up in Raymore-Peculiar’s 42-32 win against Kirkwood in the Class 5 title game in 2006.
The 6-foot senior rushed 18 times for 218 yards and two touchdowns, including a 79-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and a 1-yard scoring surge late in the third that cut the deficit to 28-22. He caught five passes for 72 yards and returned four kicks for another 129 yards, including a 84-yard return for a touchdown in the third quarter.
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Mentor's Mitch Trubisky wins Ohio Mr. Football award for 2012 before heading to North Carolina
Mentor, Ohio - Perhaps no Ohio football team and quarterback played at a more frenetic pace and in more frantic games than Mentor and senior Mitch Trubisky this fall. The Cardinals seemed to score points by the dozen and considered a three-touchdown deficit a gimme putt.
Surrounded by youth while calmly leading the charge, Trubisky took Mentor further than it perhaps should have gone in a way few others have played the game.
Trubisky's record-setting season and, at times, astounding play was recognized Wednesday when he was named Ohio's Mr. Football by the Associated Press, an annual award given to the top high school player regardless of division.
Trubisky received the news while out to dinner at a Mentor steakhouse with his family and coaches.
“It's incredible right now,'' Trubisky said in a phone interview. "I'm pacing back and forth and I really can't believe it. It's a very prestigious honor. I'm incredibly proud. I'm out to dinner with the people I love and I could not have done it without them.''
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CHICAGO (November 29, 2012) — In its 28th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced James Quick of Trinity High School as its 2012-13 Gatorade Kentucky Football Player of the Year. Quick is the second Gatorade Kentucky Football Player of the Year to be chosen from Trinity High School.
The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Quick as Kentucky’s best high school football player. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Football Player of the Year award announced in December, Quick joins an elite alumni association of past state award-winners in 12 sports, including Mark Sanchez (2004-05, Mission Viejo HS, Calif.), Wes Welker (1999-00, Heritage Hall HS, Okla.), Terrell Suggs (1999-00, Hamilton HS, Ariz.), Anquan Boldin (1998-99, Pahokee HS, Fla.) and Jerome Bettis (1989-90, Mackenzie HS, Mich.).
The 6-foot-1, 185-pound senior wide receiver has led the Shamrocks to a 12-1 record and a berth in the Class 6A state final against Pleasure Ridge Park, scheduled for Dec. 1. Quick caught 82 passes for 1,333 yards and 14 touchdowns through 13 games and broke the state record for career receptions, with 277. A two-time First Team All-State selection, he has been chosen to play in the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
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Dawson Sets Official Visits
Detroit Cass Tech (Mich.) four-star offensive lineman David Dawson knows three he will head to.
Detroit Cass Tech offensive lineman David Dawson, a four-star guard formerly committed to Michigan, has set three of his official visits.
"Ohio State on December 7-9, January 11th to Alabama and January 18th to Michigan State," he reported to Scout.
The 6'4, 290-lb Dawson helped Cass Tech win a state title this year. He is also considering Florida, Wisconsin, and others.
Meyer visited Darron Lee at New Albany today. Per the hundreds of Facebook statuses I saw when I logged in this afternoon.
I read were Kyle Meadows of West Chester was offerd by Okaholma. Didn't have the grades to be a buckeye he could go to Lousiville.
Or simply not good enough for a Buckeye offer? See Timmons, Ryan. The coaching staff is very peculiar.
I think the word you are looking for is particular not peculiar.
Either works really. I chose it because of the "strange" or "mysterious" connotation.
Interesting TSUN didnt pull Conleys scholly offer......
Just cause momma says so doesn't make it true water boy.
you're wrong col. sanders, mamma's right.....reaaaaaaaaaaaaa
All the games of the season are just practices for that glorious saturday in November when we get to jack Shoelace's invisible cereal bowl and drink our fill of delicious skunkweasel tears ...Michigan Still Sucks!!
Also read in that BuckNuts article that Gareon's mom said they did not leave early. They stayed for the entire game, visited the Recruit Room, and left probably an hour after the game. Said they didn't talk to the coaches because they were tied up.
That Turbisky fellow must be pretty good...
Nothing close to A Braxton Miller.
gene is there anything out there with reuben foster? i knew at one time he was going to auburn too... is he with bama?
mark may wins douchebag of the year... again
Trusisky could decomit if the North Carolina head coach gets the Temnessee Job. 247 said Trusisky is 87 best player in the country.
Would love to see Trusisky here and only take one QB next year.
Michigan is going after a lineman at both Ucla and Cal who are commits. They Are both coming to Ann Arbor for a visit. There looking T. Safety wr and rb.
Urbz on an in-home visit? Work your magic.
I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.
JACK TATUM
OSU has offered 2013 OT Kenny Lacy from Arizona. He's currently committed to UCLA. Interestingly, Lacy is a "soft" verbal to UCLA and was recently offered by the Wolverines from Up North.
I'll pass on Lacy. With the UM offer, I've watched a decent amount of tape on him recently, and he looks really passive
Can any of these OL that Michigan is offering catch or run with the football? I'm not in the habit of helping them with their recruiting class, but they seem to be set at O-line, even as they're losing playmakers like Conley.
I'm feeling a grey box for Conley.
Neb just a break for 2013 they were to travel to S Miss. They will now have a home game pay S Miss 2.1 million for the game.
I don't like our chances with Dawson now. With us being the first visit followed by Alabama and MSU, if we don't close the deal in person I think he commits to Michigan State.
The South will NOT rise again!
The good think I see about Dawson, he is spending the most time at OSU, gotta think distance will kick Bama out in the end, and it will come down to us, and MSU. I like our chances myself.
Dawson seems a lot like Johnson and Pitt. I think he just wants to be close to home. Would very much like to be wrong.
Looks like Gibson will commit on his visit if he is allowed.
I was hoping Munger would visit in late January so we could know where we stand with other recruits and if we are able to take him or not.
Dawson must be torn between playing with friends @MSU or competing for Big Ten & National titles @tOSU. If you wanna go 6-6 and shoot yourself in the foot for 4 years, go green. If you wanna wear Championship rings & raise glass footballs in the air, go scarlet n gray! The Urban Train is in full motion, you either get on board or give your ticket to someone else. The same can go for Mr Quick as well!
Michigan just reoffered Dawson and he's visiting Dec. 14
Interesting to see where his recruitment goes from here.
I don't see how he could do anything but recommit to Michigan, eventually. On twitter a couple weeks ago he basically seemed to be begging other Michigan commits to get in touch with him so he could get back on the list so-to-speak. If I had to guess, he left Michigan because Florida seemed like a better possibility at the time, then when he visited Florida and realized it wasn't going to happen, he desperately wanted back with Michigan but felt like that ship had sailed.
MAYBE Urban can pull something out (I put nothing past him), but even when Michigan didn't seem like a possibility, I still got the sense that for him it was:
1. Michigan (he's created a lot of friendships with recruits there, was his 1st choice for quite a long time)
2. Michigan State (friends from school)
3. Ohio State (no one he knows that well, but had started to talk to Billy Price and a couple of others)
Just my 2 cents. I naturally hope my inclinations are wrong.
The good thing about Dawson visiting next weekend, they're having a huge party at St. John's Arena to celebrate going 12-OH... I'm sure they'll be trying to get a few commits (like Zeke on his OV) to get in the ears of the recruits coming that weekend (Dawson, V. Bell, and Mitchell). Could be a recruiting tool to lock down a couple guys undecided between two schools.
December 7th shaping up for a huge day for osu football. Get em urb go bucks
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stark county football
tJust saw on instagram shelton gibson posted a pic of him pointing to o st flag saying shout out to my set all buckeye
O'Deez330
stark county football
Stupid Question: Is RB Wilbon the PTI Wilbon's kid?
"The revolution will be televised."
No, but some relation may be possible. For some reason, no palpable ties have been drawn that I've seen, but speculation continues.
Heard that on 11/28 Timmons had visits from Ohio State Cincinnati Air Force Toledo Illinois Western Ky. Many more coaches from SEC and other BCS scheduling as well. Someone asked once before about grades and I didnt know for sure but I found out tonite he is 4.0.
Gareon Conley after tonight's in-home with Meyer and Vrabel: "The visit with Coach Meyer and @CoachVrabel50 today >>>>"
Coaches visited with Timmons last night, set up his OV for Jan 11th.
Demarre Kitt & Myles Autry also paid visits today.
Updated and should be Final
Don't understand why somebody would downvote you for posting this.
I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault.
JACK TATUM
I know Steensn is the culprit of one, but it doesn't bother me.
I believe it should cost you 2 stickers to cast a downvote.
There comes a point in time when you realize the worthlessness of downvotes and helmet stickers and understand they are only there to prevent super trolls and to stroke your Internet ego. And remember, talking about downvotes will get you downvotes.
for some lulz, go check out the Conley threads. If you don't like hysterical trolling, stay away from them
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
Sooo, wasn't Herman supposed to visit Barker and watch his basketball practice yesterday? Did that get changed/moved to another date?
I think so, haven't heard anything tho, they were in Kentucky yesterday cuz I know they stopped to see Ryan Timmons.
Nov 29th thread... old news. It's Nov 30th...
Gene and Steensn are pulling off one of the best troll nights 11warriors ever seen. Laughing my ass off. The downvote a just further prove my point. I drink to you tonight gentlemen
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
I'm thinking I'm about to have a glass of whiskey to toast.
Don't forget Buck I.8 :)
GOLLY GEE NO FOOLIN'?
A drink for you too! This is why I love 11W, and also why many people who can't handle humor hate the internet
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
Yeah. people need a sense of humor
What's the over/under on threads about Michigan's recruiting policy if either Dawson or Conley end up re-committed?
Those who stay will be CHAMPIONS!
~Bo Schembechler
How long do they have to stay to be champions this time around?
I hope and pray to sweet baby Jesus Timmons gets an offer, it will be like a sweet salve on one person's soul
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