Chieftains-Flyers and Josh Falk
OK here Is a bonus blog for Saturday.
First order of business, last night’s St. Paul-Hopewell-Loudon game.
think if Hopewell-Loudon would have had 10 or 15 more seconds they would have probably been able to beat the Flyers. Instead, a gusty call to go for a 2-point conversion after a touchdown with 29 seconds to go allowed St. Paul to come away with a 29-28 win over the Chieftains in the Division VI Region 22 regional finals in Fremont.
St. Paul coach John Livengood probably would have had Wes Stein kick the PAT if holder Joe Graziani wouldn’t have been injured.
I even asked Fremont Ross coach Derek Kidwell, who was standing on the sideline, if he would have gone for two in the situation St. Paul was in. He said no way kick it and give yourself another chance in overtime. He also added if you make it you’ll look like a genius and if you don’t everyone will ask all kinds of questions.
St. Paul quarterback Brad Frank rolled right and found Dominic Dellisanti wide open in the front corner of the endzone. It was the exact same play that the Flyers scored their touchdown on the previous play.
Anyway I’ve gotten to see a lot of great high school football games over the years and last night’s contest was one of the best.
Second order of business.
Bluffton senior Josh Falk took advantage of the fall early signing period to sign a letter of intent to wrestle at the University of Findlay beginning next season.
The Roughnecks are probably the most underrated program at the University of Findlay. They’ve had more All-Americans than any other program at UF since joining Division II. The only other program with as much or maybe a little more success is the UF basketball program which is ranked nationally each year.
Not only is Falk an outstanding wrestler who was recruited by several Big Ten and Mid American Conference schools (Incluing Ohio State). He’s a nice kid and a smart one too. His research paper this year is whether or not the new hydration testing adopted by the OHSAA for the upcoming high school wrestling season is a good idea.
He is a small-town kid and wants to stay close to home and his family at a small school. He can still wrestle a very competitive schedule at UF and Coach Shawn Nelson is excellent at developing talent in the wrestling room.
He told me a story about wrestling at UF in the junior high district when he was in middle school and his Grandma Lil struck up a conversation with Nelson and she told him to watch out for my grandson because he’s going to be a good one. Nelson told her he’d probably be too good and wouldn’t end up coming to Findlay.
Who knew four or five years letter Falk would be coming to UF.
On a side note, the Roughnecks have plenty of Northwest Ohio talent on the team. NCAA champ Tony Guerra (Toledo Waite), heavyweights Travis Clark (McComb) and Cody Ruffer (Archbold) are at Findlay along with Bluffton graduated Justin Shannon and Alex Schumaker.
It’s good to see wrestling programs at UF and Heidelberg, which is coached by Hopewell-Loudon graduate and Berg All-American Jason Miller thriving.
First order of business, last night’s St. Paul-Hopewell-Loudon game.
think if Hopewell-Loudon would have had 10 or 15 more seconds they would have probably been able to beat the Flyers. Instead, a gusty call to go for a 2-point conversion after a touchdown with 29 seconds to go allowed St. Paul to come away with a 29-28 win over the Chieftains in the Division VI Region 22 regional finals in Fremont.
St. Paul coach John Livengood probably would have had Wes Stein kick the PAT if holder Joe Graziani wouldn’t have been injured.
I even asked Fremont Ross coach Derek Kidwell, who was standing on the sideline, if he would have gone for two in the situation St. Paul was in. He said no way kick it and give yourself another chance in overtime. He also added if you make it you’ll look like a genius and if you don’t everyone will ask all kinds of questions.
St. Paul quarterback Brad Frank rolled right and found Dominic Dellisanti wide open in the front corner of the endzone. It was the exact same play that the Flyers scored their touchdown on the previous play.
Anyway I’ve gotten to see a lot of great high school football games over the years and last night’s contest was one of the best.
Second order of business.
Bluffton senior Josh Falk took advantage of the fall early signing period to sign a letter of intent to wrestle at the University of Findlay beginning next season.
The Roughnecks are probably the most underrated program at the University of Findlay. They’ve had more All-Americans than any other program at UF since joining Division II. The only other program with as much or maybe a little more success is the UF basketball program which is ranked nationally each year.
Not only is Falk an outstanding wrestler who was recruited by several Big Ten and Mid American Conference schools (Incluing Ohio State). He’s a nice kid and a smart one too. His research paper this year is whether or not the new hydration testing adopted by the OHSAA for the upcoming high school wrestling season is a good idea.
He is a small-town kid and wants to stay close to home and his family at a small school. He can still wrestle a very competitive schedule at UF and Coach Shawn Nelson is excellent at developing talent in the wrestling room.
He told me a story about wrestling at UF in the junior high district when he was in middle school and his Grandma Lil struck up a conversation with Nelson and she told him to watch out for my grandson because he’s going to be a good one. Nelson told her he’d probably be too good and wouldn’t end up coming to Findlay.
Who knew four or five years letter Falk would be coming to UF.
On a side note, the Roughnecks have plenty of Northwest Ohio talent on the team. NCAA champ Tony Guerra (Toledo Waite), heavyweights Travis Clark (McComb) and Cody Ruffer (Archbold) are at Findlay along with Bluffton graduated Justin Shannon and Alex Schumaker.
It’s good to see wrestling programs at UF and Heidelberg, which is coached by Hopewell-Loudon graduate and Berg All-American Jason Miller thriving.
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