Playoff fever in the air
Our Ohio teams open up the postseason tonight, while our West Virginia teams close the door on the regular season. One season is ending and another is just begininng. Alliance Marlington at Big Red Every year, Big Red plays for a home playoff game. Tonight, Steubenville realizes that goal when Marlington invades Harding Stadium for the first round of the Division III, Region 11 playoffs. Steubenville also sets out to win its region every season. That, too, will be realized. The road to Massillon will run through Steubenville. It’ll also run through the Dukes. The Dukes have athletes and have played some good football teams this season, but they haven’t played the caliber of competition they’ll face tonight. Big Red will shut down the running game which the Dukes live by. Marlington will have no other choice but to throw the football, and unless the Dukes can do it successfully, it’ll be a blowout at Harding. I think the Red will roll and roll big, winning 47-6.
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I received a text at 8:49 p.m. Friday from the youth pastor at Colonial Baptist Church, Scott Abercrombie, also a teacher at Follansbee Middle School, asking me if I had seen the Big East commercial during the West Virginia-South Florida game.
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This weekend, our Ohio teams wrap up the regular season. For some, a win in that 10th game is need to earn an 11th one. For others, this final week is a chance to go out with a bang.
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It’s a loss.
Nothing more.
Nothing less.
Yes, Inkster’s 36-29 win over Steubenville Big Red Friday night at Harding Stadium snapped 68-game regular season and 60-game home winning streaks, but so wha.
There is no talent involved in working hard
It has been said time and time again that playing hard takes no talent.
Hustle takes zero talent.
A good slate on Week 8
We’re now seven games deep into the football season and three of our area teams — Big Red, Brooke and Madonna — remain undefeated. This week, all three will be teste.
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