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Post by unc4life on Nov 15, 2017 19:30:24 GMT -5
The winner of this game will face the Stuebenville/Perry winner in the state semifinals. Are you sure? I thought the OHSAA determines the state semi-final matchups after the regional finals are complete. This is true. Ohsaa had a release today with the matchups. I think only 1 division had a wait and see. All others have been set. |
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Post by A no.1 on Nov 15, 2017 19:33:52 GMT -5
Are you sure? I thought the OHSAA determines the state semi-final matchups after the regional finals are complete. This is true. Ohsaa had a release today with the matchups. I think only 1 division had a wait and see. All others have been set. I just saw this and was about to come back and say disregard my previous post. |
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Post by xbellevueplayer on Nov 15, 2017 20:26:08 GMT -5
We also forget that all games are on Friday now. Also not sure how many people are driving to watch a game that is a rematch of a complete blowout. That is true |
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Nov 15, 2017 22:05:25 GMT -5
We apologize for lack of heat and hot water last week at Arlin. New Athletic Administration has no clue about playoffs. Probably had stadium winterized after the Madison game. No excuses because we have held playoff games for years! The Mansfield AD? In her first year in any position in an AD office, her only experience in high school sports was coaching girls softball for a few years at a DIII school over a decade ago. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2017 6:23:51 GMT -5
Good luck redmen nation tomorrow night !
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Post by gridiron58 on Nov 16, 2017 12:43:23 GMT -5
It took me almost 2 hours to get to Oak Harbor from my Parents place just south of town...Google maps does a poor job of factoring in traffic and stop lights...and Kids bladders.... And it was such a traumatic experience for Shelby that they only won by 49 points. One game there every two years... I think everyone would survive (after a few rounds of therapy). |
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Post by fanofthegame on Nov 16, 2017 12:50:57 GMT -5
It took me almost 2 hours to get to Oak Harbor from my Parents place just south of town...Google maps does a poor job of factoring in traffic and stop lights...and Kids bladders.... And it was such a traumatic experience for Shelby that they only won by 49 points. One game there every two years... I think everyone would survive (after a few rounds of therapy). It’s not Friday night football that’s an issue. It’s weekday games. Put freshman boys on a bus there during the week. That means getting home very late after a football game with school the next day. |
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Post by gridiron58 on Nov 16, 2017 12:56:16 GMT -5
And it was such a traumatic experience for Shelby that they only won by 49 points. One game there every two years... I think everyone would survive (after a few rounds of therapy). It’s not Friday night football that’s an issue. It’s weekday games. Put freshman boys on a bus there during the week. That means getting home very late after a football game with school the next day. They could on Saturday |
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Post by CrazyFast1 on Nov 16, 2017 15:04:28 GMT -5
Mansfield News Journal
Whippets on red alert: Shelby gets different Bellevue this time around
SHELBY — What does a coach say to his unbeaten football team to prepare it for a team it has already walloped 46-0?
In Erik Will's case, nothing. In advance of Friday night's Division IV regional championship game against old friend Bellevue, he and his Shelby staff can plop in tape of Bellevue's 21-13 win over Clear Fork last Friday at Arlin Field.
The 9-3 Redmen avenged a week two loss in the valley to the Colts. Bellevue will seek revenge again in this rematch, set for 7:30 p.m. at Ashland's Community Stadium.
"It's hard for 16-, 17-, 18-year-old minds ... it's hard enough for an adult ... to put that (earlier blowout win) on the shelf and say, 'This is a different Bellevue team than what you saw in week four," Will said. "If you look at their their three losses, they're to teams that were a combined 30-0 in the regular season (Clear Fork, Shelby, Sandusky). So you're talking about a good football team.
"From Bellevue's persective, they righted a wrong last week by beating Clear Fork. What better situation for Bellevue to be in? They're in the regional finals and have a program good enough to win this game and nobody's given them a chance."
Shelby's entire body of work is a big reason why. The Whippets have steamrolled their way to the first 12-0 mark in school history, playing every second half this season with a running clock thanks to leads of 30 or more points.
But, as was the case last week for Clear Fork, the Whippets are game-planning for a different-looking Bellevue. Neither the Colts or Whippets had to face multi-threat Treston Francis the first time. He's hard to pigeonhole and even harder to tackle. Is he a running back? A receiver? A quarterback? He's all three.
Since returning mid-season from an ankle injury, he's been unstoppable. Francis had three touchdowns of over 50 yards in a playoff-clinching 33-14 win over Clyde. He followed up with 193 yards rushing and four TDs in a play-off opening win over Pepper Pike Orange. And it was his 58-yard TD run, after being bottled up the first half, that gave his team the lead for good over Clear Fork.
Clear Fork's commitment to the run enabled Bellevue to burn the Colts on an 87-yard touchdown pass from Riley Renwand to 6-foot-3 Dakota McPeak that made it a 21-7 game. McPeak also thwarted Clear Fork's comeback bid with an interception in the end zone.
Old rivals from their days together in the Northern Ohio League, Shelby and Bellevue are both members of the Sandusky Bay Conference, although they're in different divisions.
"We're telling our kids that Bellevue is worthy of being here and if we don't play at a high level, they will beat us," said Will, who has his team back in the regional finals for the second straight year. "It's not coach talk. There are only eight teams left. Any one of those teams is good enough to beat anybody on any given day."
Devon "Shorty" Brooks, the Whippets' 2,000-yard rusher in 2016, had 210 yards rushing and caught a TD pass in last week's 47-7 ouster of St. Marys Memorial, but he left with a gimpy ankle. Will said Brooks plans to play Friday night, but if not the team will turn to freshman Owen Fisher, as it did when Brooks was suspended for the first four games.
"People are like, 'Oh, no, Shorty ..., " Will said. "Understand, Shorty didn't play the first time we faced Bellevue."
The only adversity Shelby faced last week was self-inflicted. All-Ohio quarterback Brennan Armstrong threw two interceptions in the final five minutes of the first half, one of which led to an easy touchdown, cutting the Whippets' lead to 20-7. Armstrong responded by rushing for four touchdowns in the second half as Shelby racked up 411 yards on the ground.
"That's what makes Brennan special," Will said. "He's not a finished product, by any means, but each week he finds a way to get it done. His greatest asset is his leadership and the way he controls his emotions. After his interception, he came over to me and his eyes ... they were focused on the next play. That's so hard for athletes to do after a turnover.
"Turnovers are never good, but our mindset is we are who we are, no matter who we play. We want to be aggressive, we want to score as much as possible and we want to be as balanced as possible."
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Post by fanofthegame on Nov 16, 2017 16:37:12 GMT -5
It’s not Friday night football that’s an issue. It’s weekday games. Put freshman boys on a bus there during the week. That means getting home very late after a football game with school the next day. They could on Saturday That’s when JV plays. You very likely have some freshman that play a little of both. Can’t play both of those games at the same time. |
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Post by quiz on Nov 16, 2017 20:59:58 GMT -5
Any TV or radio for this very important game?
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Post by deathfromabove on Nov 16, 2017 21:00:50 GMT -5
In 2009 when St. Paul played Wynford there in the playoffs, Ashland did not have any portable seats St. Paul's brought a lot of fans to the game to where the visitors stands were packed to the brim. It didn't take us long to realize that Wynford was using only about half of the home side so the St. Paul's fans went over there and almost filled the rest of the home side.  I was at this game, great game, but my brother and I had about 10 rows to ourselves at the one end. It was no where close to full. The band will have their own bleachers on the track. That's how it is for all Ashland games. They wont take up any space in the stands. I watched highlights on WMFD from Shelby's game last week. They didn't fill up the stands in Marion WITH the band sitting in the stands. Don't forget there is room at commuintiy stadium to stand around the entire track, this site will have plenty of room for everyone that wants to attend this game. From where I was sitting, which was usually at the 50 yrd. ln. about halfway up, it looked full to me and St. Paul fans was taking about 1/3 of the home side. I just can't remember seeing any porta stands there at all but they could have and I just looked pass them. |
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Post by deathfromabove on Nov 16, 2017 21:05:22 GMT -5
Any TV or radio for this very important game? Quiz: K-96 FM will be at the game while WLKR 95.3 FM will be at the St. Paul's-Pandora-Gilboa game.  |
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Post by jmorgret07 on Nov 16, 2017 21:21:05 GMT -5
How is the press box at Ashland?
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Post by unc4life on Nov 17, 2017 9:19:33 GMT -5
How is the press box at Ashland? I would say it is larger than the average high school press box. |
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Post by bigboy97 on Nov 17, 2017 9:23:22 GMT -5
Hoping for a good one tonight but making to trip to watch Shelby regardless
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Post by SportsNut on Nov 17, 2017 10:35:12 GMT -5
I will be at this game and provide scoring updates
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Post by BellevueBuckeye on Nov 17, 2017 10:49:07 GMT -5
Current forecast for Ashland says it'll be dry and about 40 during the game, with rain not moving in until after midnight. Hopefully that holds.
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Post by ptangzoot on Nov 17, 2017 11:21:35 GMT -5
It took me almost 2 hours to get to Oak Harbor from my Parents place just south of town...Google maps does a poor job of factoring in traffic and stop lights...and Kids bladders.... And it was such a traumatic experience for Shelby that they only won by 49 points. One game there every two years... I think everyone would survive (after a few rounds of therapy). Sorry to hit a tender spot in your genitalia. |
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Post by ptangzoot on Nov 17, 2017 11:22:49 GMT -5
Current forecast for Ashland says it'll be dry and about 40 during the game, with rain not moving in until after midnight. Hopefully that holds. Sounds like a good night or football! Good luck Whippets! |
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Post by Willard Fillmore on Nov 17, 2017 15:11:02 GMT -5
I've been told by a fan of Shelby football that starters on the O-line and D-line were caught vaping. He asked the head coach if they would be punished or play tonight, as he wasn't buying tickets if they weren't playing. The head coach said they would play tonight.
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Post by 4 on Nov 17, 2017 15:37:40 GMT -5
Im sure there is more to worry about then vaping lol. Shelby will roll again. Was gonna come to this game. Hitting the pick central pick North game instead.
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Post by SportsNut on Nov 17, 2017 18:01:35 GMT -5
I've been told by a fan of Shelby football that starters on the O-line and D-line were caught vaping. He asked the head coach if they would be punished or play tonight, as he wasn't buying tickets if they weren't playing. The head coach said they would play tonight. Rumor mill is alive and well...I was told this is a false statement |
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Post by BellevueBuckeye on Nov 17, 2017 18:16:47 GMT -5
Here's what the Shelby side looks like 15 mins after the gate opened  |
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Post by jmorgret07 on Nov 17, 2017 18:59:20 GMT -5
I'm going to go ahead and confirm that this site is too small. Terrible choice by OHSAA (unless no other site would host?).
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Post by CrazyFast1 on Nov 17, 2017 19:22:38 GMT -5
Full houze
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Post by BellevueBuckeye on Nov 17, 2017 19:39:31 GMT -5
Bellevue just had a Francis Td called back for holding
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Post by SportsNut on Nov 17, 2017 19:45:17 GMT -5
Shelby 7 Bellevue 0...5:39 1st
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Post by unc4life on Nov 17, 2017 19:53:29 GMT -5
Great atmosphere tonight. Weather really helped the neutral fans come out.
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Post by BellevueBuckeye on Nov 17, 2017 19:57:35 GMT -5
Bellevue just drove about 70 yards but turns it over on downs at the 10, and had a sure Td dropped
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