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Post by Willard Fillmore on Aug 24, 2019 23:25:41 GMT -5
That's too bad to hear that the team is already beat up a bit. I was thinking if they could stay healthy that they would probably have some decent depth this season, at least with the skill positions. Cool to hear that they won all their scrimmages though.
Glad to hear the Indians won their scrimmage with Utica as well.
So in scrimmages and non league play Utica played/will play the entire KMAC except for Northmor and Danville. Thatβs called a signal. Signal = Utica in Highland out?
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Post by pirate80 on Aug 25, 2019 7:04:17 GMT -5
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Wouldn't be a bad candidate if true, but Cardington and MG both scrimmaged them last year as well I believe.
The Knox County schools have the old traditional MBC rivalry with Utica as well.
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Post by wallacefan on Aug 25, 2019 9:31:08 GMT -5
Nobodyβs in or out. Highland is at the geographic center of the conference, and frankly no one wants them to leave. I personally think no matter how many times the MOAC tries to pull Highland, it will be very hard to break ties.
That said, Utica is positioning itself very well in case something ever should happen. Because they are smart enough to know that there are others schools interested in the KMAC as well. You build bonds with the teams/schools so the transition is easy, whenever the day comes.
Just my opinion, but the KMAC is good as it is. Well-designed with everyone in close proximity. Nothing against Utica. Just saying they are ready if it ever happens.
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Post by stanley on Aug 25, 2019 11:59:09 GMT -5
KMAC Week 1 Bloom-Carroll @ Highland Cardington @ Plymouth Clear Fork @ Fredericktown Northridge @ East Knox Elgin @ Northmor Mount Gilead @ Colonel Crawford Lucas @ Danville Utica @ Centerburg
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Post by stanley on Aug 30, 2019 21:56:04 GMT -5
Bloom-Carroll 31 Highland 0 Centerburg 52 Utica 6 East Knox 41 Northridge 0 Plymouth 48 Cardington 18 Lucas 32 Danville 12 Clear Fork 56 Fredericktown 0 Northmor 43 Elgin 0 Colonel Crawford 31 Mt Gilead 0
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Post by galion on Aug 30, 2019 21:58:22 GMT -5
Rough night for the KMAC
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Post by stanley on Aug 30, 2019 23:45:04 GMT -5
^^^ Indeed it sure was
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Post by stanley on Aug 31, 2019 1:12:11 GMT -5
Scots obviously had a rough time tonight, however, it does appear evident that the boys worked extremely hard and made quite a few improvements. Keeping in mind that things looked very bad the past two scrimmages so improving from that alone does not necessarily mean a whole lot, but it's better then getting worse. I'm not trying to give them a medal or a cookie or claim they looked good, because that wouldn't be true, but certainly improved. I made a comment suggesting that this might be Highland's worse defense since 2012 and that might not have been entirely fair. Nowhere near as good of a defense as they had the past two seasons I will still stand behind that, fetching as far back as 2012 may be up for debate. The game started out disastrous being down 17-0 after the first quarter and to be completely honest going in to the game I thought that was how each quarter may go, but they worked hard throughout the game, did some things right in the second quarter and second half forced an interception with their backs against the endzone. Forced BC into attempting a field goal just outside the red zone which they missed and on another occasion forced a turnover on downs inside the red zone, showed some qualities of bending but not breaking. Obviously still gave up one score in the 2nd quarter and another in the fourth which isn't good, but looked better compared to first quarter and certainly much better from the Pleasant and Galion scrimmages. The Offense had their struggles, but with the exception of one interception at least took care of the football, no fumbles, and possessed the ball for 30 minutes of the game according to the digital scout website. Did not move the ball a whole lot, but had a few moments of doing so (looks like 230 yards total.) The passing game actually out gained the rushing attack so that contradicts another dumb comment I made suggesting that if Highland couldn't run the ball then they won't be moving the ball at all. Credit to Bloom-Carroll, obviously the better team, they played a great game, very good quarter back in #12 who shared the ball with many receivers, good ball carrier in #9, they took great care of the ball minus one interception. Played good defense. Wish them best of luck on the season. Do not want to seem like I'm sugar coating how the night went. Obviously a bad night 31-0 loss, running clock after the fourth quarter touchdown, and made a lot of mistakes. It was just good to see some improvements compared to the last two weeks, good to see the defense not fold and get worse after a bad first quarter, good to see the roof of the coverage not get blown off by long pass plays, good to see more guys getting to the ball against the run and plays that should be short to medium yard gains not get exploited for 20+ yard gains, good to see the offense take care of the ball for the most part and like I said it was apparent that they worked hard and got better throughout the week. Hopefully they continue to improve this week. Defensively improve off of their 2nd-4th quarter efforts and not start games off the way tonight started out, offensively continue to take care of the ball and maybe subtract that one turnover, find some better efficiency on first down instead of having to perform on 2nd and 3rd and long so often, and find a way to have better field position. Don't know anything about Ontario, but I assume the Scots have their work cut out for them. I just hope they continue to improve and put themselves in a competitive situation next week.
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Post by galion on Aug 31, 2019 1:39:52 GMT -5
It should be a toss up. Ontario is not good at stopping the run. We don't know much about their pass defense because Lex basically ran the same 3 running plays the entire game according to WMFD.
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Post by pirate80 on Aug 31, 2019 5:35:47 GMT -5
Pirates continue to be decimated by injuries.
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Post by oldno72 on Aug 31, 2019 7:19:19 GMT -5
Bloom-Carroll 31 Highland 0 Centerburg 52 Utica 6 East Knox 41 Northridge 0 Plymouth 48 Cardington 18 Lucas 32 Danville 12 Clear Fork 56 Fredericktown 0 Northmor 43 Elgin 0 Colonel Crawford 31 Mt Gilead 0 I am familiar with all those teams. Only one surprise, and that is the Blue Devils. However, I expect Danville to turn it around. Otherwise, the Devil Dog game will be ugly.
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Post by stanley on Aug 31, 2019 20:33:43 GMT -5
Bloom-Carroll 31 Highland 0 Centerburg 52 Utica 6 East Knox 41 Northridge 0 Plymouth 48 Cardington 18 Lucas 32 Danville 12 Clear Fork 56 Fredericktown 0 Northmor 43 Elgin 0 Colonel Crawford 31 Mt Gilead 0 I am familiar with all those teams. Only one surprise, and that is the Blue Devils. However, I expect Danville to turn it around. Otherwise, the Devil Dog game will be ugly. I can totally see why that result would surprise someone. With that being said they lost by 20 to Lucas to kick off last season as well. Now it is true they ended up going only 4-6 last season which compared to typical Danville is a down year, however 4 of those 6 losses came to playoff teams and the other 2 schools they lost to had a combined record of 15-5 and they lost both of them by a combined total of 8 points and they still managed to finish 13th in their region. For Danville standards that was a down year, but I think they had a team that many schools would love to have. Now this season I'm not sure what to expect, but I would certainly agree with you that I'm sure they will turn it around, improve and finish the season a much better team opposed to last night. They are clearly well coached and their kids work hard. I know they lost some good weapons to graduation. Some of them being their QB David who wasn't quite as good as the past two QBs they had in the Durbins, but still an incredible player and arguably the second best QB in the league last year, very tough and hard nosed ball carrier in Greenwault (sp?), Hazen was an incredible athlete who they mixed around at multiple spots in the game I witnessed. I think they graduated another receiver, but can't remember name or number. 4 maybe? They graduated a couple lineman as well I believe, I know they graduated at least one in Vernon I believe who was very helpful to the Blue Devils. On paper I would expect them to not be as good as they were last season, but they certainly have a program that you can't exactly sleep on. I don't really know anything about many of the guys that came back other then a good skill player in #23 and a good lineman in #68 who I'm pretty sure played in 2017 as well, but regardless I imagine they won't be "bad" and will finish better then how they started. As per the Devil-Dog game if I had to guess right now, I would guess East Knox in controlling fashion, but with that being a rivalry and week 10 on top of that who knows.
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Post by stanley on Sept 6, 2019 21:07:36 GMT -5
Scots lose 28-7. Did not take care of the ball. 4 turnovers, 3 on their own side of the 50. One of those around their own 30 leading to a Warrior TD, another around their own 10 leading to another Warrior TD. Went back to giving up the huge play again as well. One Warrior TD off of a 40 yard play and another score came a play or two after a 60 yard gain. Congrats to the Warriors on the victory!
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Post by stanley on Sept 6, 2019 21:14:06 GMT -5
Northmor 42 Worthington Christian 17 East Knox 68 Utica 15 Lucas 38 Centerburg 14 Loudonville 21 Danville 7 Ontario 28 Highland 7 Bucyrus 26 Cardington 7 Madison-Plains 40 Fredericktown 7 Upper Sandusky 41 Mt Gilead 21 (according to ScoreStream)
Once again another rough night on the KMAC excluding Northmor and East Knox
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Post by pirate80 on Sept 7, 2019 9:46:26 GMT -5
The Pirates are sooooo young right now with all of the injuries. They need to get healthy in a big way.
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Post by pirate80 on Sept 13, 2019 23:58:53 GMT -5
Pirates lose again. Lacking upperclassman leadership right now. Future looks bright though.
For the first time since 2016, Mount Gilead has won a football game.
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Post by stanley on Sept 16, 2019 16:39:27 GMT -5
Too bad to hear about the Pirates.
Very happy for the Indians. Not sure if that W would have happened under the last head coach.
Highland looks like a circus and to add to the embarrassment their 2 new coaches did their best to show up the officials for the entire second half. Your losing by 42 points, the officials had nothing to do with that, shut up and coach your kids. Apparently you didn't do enough of that through the week. Maybe that's a sign of why things are so bad, apparently taking responsibility for oneself went out the door with Coach Carpenter. To think I gave Pirate80 a hard time two years ago for what I considered was "making excuses." Guess the Scots football program are the kings of that now. To think I called Galion a "crayon eater", yet Highland thought it would be a good idea to take a bunch of kids who have been running a man to man 4-3 their whole life and all of a sudden now run a zone 3-4. Change is good, but have your middle school do it, JV do it, and in two seasons your varsity can do it. Yanking the rug out from under your kids is a terrible idea. Not to mention they graduated 6 DBs who had been the varsity DBs from the past two seasons, the two linebackers that returned platooned for each other last season, however, Highland did return 5 letterman on the defensive line. Perfect time to start the 3-4 right? As if their young DBs didn't struggle enough they insist on helping them out by only bringing 3 guys to rush the QB time after time. Nothing against the 3-4, I peronally prefer it over the 4-3, but this was just a terrible way and time to install it. Someone had to be eating crayons laced with acid to think it was a good idea.
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Post by stanley on Sept 16, 2019 17:19:36 GMT -5
Week 3 Results River Valley 42 Highland 2 East Knox 33 River View 14 Fredericktown 42 Utica 20 Colonel Crawford 46 Cardington 14 Worthington Christian 33 Danville 26 Northmor 14 Lucas 13 Mount Gilead 41 Elgin 40 Centerburg 7 Northridge 6
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Post by pirate80 on Sept 16, 2019 18:43:25 GMT -5
Too bad to hear about the Pirates. Very happy for the Indians. Not sure if that W would have happened under the last head coach. Highland looks like a circus and to add to the embarrassment their 2 new coaches did their best to show up the officials for the entire second half. Your losing by 42 points, the officials had nothing to do with that, shut up and coach your kids. Apparently you didn't do enough of that through the week. Maybe that's a sign of why things are so bad, apparently taking responsibility for oneself went out the door with Coach Carpenter. To think I gave Pirate80 a hard time two years ago for what I considered was "making excuses." Guess the Scots football program are the kings of that now. To think I called Galion a "crayon eater", yet Highland thought it would be a good idea to take a bunch of kids who have been running a man to man 4-3 their whole life and all of a sudden now run a zone 3-4. Change is good, but have your middle school do it, JV do it, and in two seasons your varsity can do it. Yanking the rug out from under your kids is a terrible idea. Not to mention they graduated 6 DBs who had been the varsity DBs from the past two seasons, the two linebackers that returned platooned for each other last season, however, Highland did return 5 letterman on the defensive line. Perfect time to start the 3-4 right? As if their young DBs didn't struggle enough they insist on helping them out by only bringing 3 guys to rush the QB time after time. Nothing against the 3-4, I peronally prefer it over the 4-3, but this was just a terrible way and time to install it. Someone had to be eating crayons laced with acid to think it was a good idea. Tell us how you really feel? π
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Post by stanley on Sept 16, 2019 19:11:17 GMT -5
Week 4 (Week 1 of League Play)
Highland @ East Knox - Don't think it would be very realistic for me to say anything other than East Knox in controlling fashion. East Knox will probably have a huge speed advantage and will probably give Highland trouble through the air and on the ground. When the Scots have the ball I assume they will struggle putting points on the board. One touchdown on the season so far. Obviously hope I'm wrong, and wanna see the Scots turn things around. I have been very negative about the program this season, but I wanna be clear and say I know the kids are trying and I know the coaches are doing their best to do what is best by the kids. I don't want to appear like I am attributing any form of negative motive. I simply wish to not see the officials used as scapegoats for a rough night too often anymore, and I thought the timing of the new defense was silly. Obviously I know the coaches were with those kids all offseason and saw something that lead to those decisions. At the end of the day they certainy know a lot better than I do and I hope when the season comes to an end that I get proven wrong. Fantastic 50 East Knox by 12 CalPreps East Knox 38 Highland12 Fredericktown @ Cardington - Originally I would have leaned towards Cardington, but now we know that Cardington is struggling to maintain health and therefore has alot of underclassmen on the field. Fantastic 50 Fredericktown by 9 CalPreps Fredericktown 31 Cardington 24 Danville @ Mount Gilead - Indians got that first win in awhile last friday! Energy and enthusiasm must be high, but with that being said despite being 0-3 I imagine that Danville will be too much. I do think this is an interesting matchup though to get a better feel for where both teams are currently. Fantastic 50 Danville by 8 CalPreps Danville 38 Mt Gilead 14 Centerburg @ Northmor - Centerburg has had good success to start the season, but Northmor I think will be far too much in just about every aspect. Fantastic 50 Northmor by 17 CalPreps Northmor 28 Centerburg 3
Good luck to all teams!
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Post by stanley on Sept 16, 2019 19:19:45 GMT -5
Too bad to hear about the Pirates. Very happy for the Indians. Not sure if that W would have happened under the last head coach. Highland looks like a circus and to add to the embarrassment their 2 new coaches did their best to show up the officials for the entire second half. Your losing by 42 points, the officials had nothing to do with that, shut up and coach your kids. Apparently you didn't do enough of that through the week. Maybe that's a sign of why things are so bad, apparently taking responsibility for oneself went out the door with Coach Carpenter. To think I gave Pirate80 a hard time two years ago for what I considered was "making excuses." Guess the Scots football program are the kings of that now. To think I called Galion a "crayon eater", yet Highland thought it would be a good idea to take a bunch of kids who have been running a man to man 4-3 their whole life and all of a sudden now run a zone 3-4. Change is good, but have your middle school do it, JV do it, and in two seasons your varsity can do it. Yanking the rug out from under your kids is a terrible idea. Not to mention they graduated 6 DBs who had been the varsity DBs from the past two seasons, the two linebackers that returned platooned for each other last season, however, Highland did return 5 letterman on the defensive line. Perfect time to start the 3-4 right? As if their young DBs didn't struggle enough they insist on helping them out by only bringing 3 guys to rush the QB time after time. Nothing against the 3-4, I peronally prefer it over the 4-3, but this was just a terrible way and time to install it. Someone had to be eating crayons laced with acid to think it was a good idea. Tell us how you really feel? π Yeah I often forget that nobody can hear tone when reading. So things that are said and are meant to be more of a lighthearted "friendly banter" end up looking like an attempt to be as insulting as humanly possible. Oh well, everyone knows that I'm the forum community equivalent of the village idiot so nobody oughta be taking me seriously anyways
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Post by pirate80 on Sept 16, 2019 20:45:51 GMT -5
Trust me, I'm equally frustrated!
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Post by pirate80 on Sept 20, 2019 20:59:17 GMT -5
Very odd and interesting night in the KMAC...
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Post by stanley on Sept 20, 2019 22:26:13 GMT -5
Interesting night for sure. Good night for the Morrow County schools! For most of them anyways.
East Knox 40 Highland 9
Unfortunately about as expected
Cardington 13 Fredericktown 7
Poor health and the many underclassmen on the field couldn't stop the Pirates from getting the W tonight.
Mt Gilead 24 Danville 7
Turns out Danville would not be too much for Mount Gilead as the Indians post their second W on the season
Northmor 27 Centerburg 21
Did not think for a second that Northmor would have any issues in this one, let alone possibly not get the W
3 very competitive and fun games, hopefully the rest of league play remains just as exciting.
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Sept 27, 2019 21:06:29 GMT -5
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Post by BellevueBuckeye on Oct 12, 2019 7:36:14 GMT -5
7-0, 4-0 East Knox 6-1, 3-1 Northmor 3-4, 3-1 Highland 4-3, 2-2 Centerburg 2-5, 2-2 Danville 2-5, 1-3 Mount Gilead 1-6, 1-3 Cardington 1-6, 0-4 Fredericktown
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Post by pirate80 on Oct 18, 2019 21:41:32 GMT -5
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Post by usa70pp on Oct 18, 2019 22:05:59 GMT -5
Is this how you will be feeling after "The Battle of 42"? Two weeks from tonight. This could be the year the trophy goes north.
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