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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Flu sacks football, weekend events
The flu has hit Tippecanoe High School hard this week, leading school officials to postpone the football game with Bellefontaine on Friday, Oct. 9, and other weekend activities.
The following announcement is posted on Tipp’s school website:
“All evening activities have been canceled for both Tippecanoe High School and Tippecanoe Middle School for tonight, October 8, 2009. Sporting events and the band competition have been canceled for Friday, October 9, and Saturday, October 10.”
Tipp is 5-1 and No. 6 in the Division III, Region 10 computer rankings. Bellefontaine is 6-0 and No. 5 in Region 10. There’s no word yet on when the game will be played.
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TweetWayne’s Miller improving, could play Friday
HUBER HEIGHTS — Braxton Miller, the Wayne High School star junior quarterback who has missed two games with a thigh bruise, practiced on Wednesday, Oct. 7, and is significantly improving, coach Jay Minton said.
“I don’t know that he’s 100 percent, but he participated in some scrimmage yesterday,” Minton said. “It’s what he can tolerate now. The injury is not totally cleared up but it’s getting there.
“He looks good, a lot better than he did this time last week.”
Miller suffered the injury against Trotwood-Madison in Week 4, and Wayne has lost two straight without Miller, against Troy and Northmont. The Warriors travel to Fairmont on Friday.
At 3-3, Wayne is desperate for a win, but the Warriors were closer against Northmont. With freshman Javon Harrison subbing for the second game, Wayne lost 27-14 but had several offensive close calls. Two sure touchdown passes were dropped — one a long, impressive pass down the sideline and another a short toss into the end zone — and Northmont used a strong goal line stand at the 1-yard line on fourth down to prevent another possible score.
Harrison is a skilled backup. Against Northmont, he threw 45 passes, taking many snaps from the shotgun and dropping back with significant arm strength.
Minton said Miller will be evaluated today for his possible participation on Friday.
“It depends on how he recovers from yesterday, what his mindset is,” Minton said. “We’ll see what the trainer and the doctor say, but he’s definitely looking better.”
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TweetXenia coach: Northmont front four is one of best around
I mentioned during a conversation with Xenia football coach Bob DeLong this week that I had covered Northmont’s past two games, wins against Fairborn and Wayne.
I said I liked the look of the Northmont defense, and DeLong went a step further.
“Their front four and (middle) linebacker are the best I’ve seen, and that includes the teams they’ve played,” DeLong said.
DeLong’s Buccaneers lost to Northmont 30-0 in Week 3, which started the Thunderbolts’ rally from a 1-2 start to their 4-2 record heading into Friday’s game against Springfield, also 4-2.
One of Northmont’s key strengths has been its rush defense, which ranks second in the Greater Western Ohio Conference in allowing 108.8 rushing yards per game.
The past three games have been better, as opponents have gained just 203 total yards rushing, an average of 67.7 per game.
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TweetCJ lineman, receiver getting BCS attention
I had just arrived to Chaminade Julienne High School on Wednesday to visit with coach Andy Helms about his team when Helms’ cell phone rang. It was a coach from the University of Cincinnati football team.
It was the second call he had taken that day, in fact, about offensive lineman Andy Jomantas, and the coach also wanted to hear about Chaminade wide receiver Laron Brown.
Jomantas, a 6-foot-8, 259-pounder, is also getting heavy attention from Kansas and some feelers from Michigan State, Maryland, Kentucky and Indiana. Ohio State has also called, although the Buckeyes are mostly keeping tabs on who else is interested in Jomantas, Helms said.
Brown is a 6-4 receiver who can run 4.4 seconds in the 40-yard dash, and he’s getting plenty of Division I attention as well, Helms said.
The good players are helping. CJ is 5-1 (granted, with the help of a forfeit from Marshall), and the Eagles’ only loss came in overtime against McNicholas. In that game, CJ scored on its possession, but the extra point was called wide. McNicholas then scored and kicked the extra point to win.
CJ travels to Carroll this weekend, but if the Eagles and Alter keep winning, the season’s final week could give us 8-1 CJ against 9-0 Alter, which would potentially be one of the best games of the season.
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