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By GARY R. RASBERRYgrasberry@dailystandard.com

Forthethirdtimeinthespanofayear,ColdwaterandBishopHartleywillmeetonthefootballfield as the Cavaliers are set tohost theHawksonFridaynightfor round three of the competi-tiveseries. Last year’s first meeting inColumbus saw Coldwater rallyfrom being down 16-13 at half-time to score 28 unansweredpoints in the second half for a41-16win. ThesecondmeetingcameonDec.7inMassillonasColdwaterwonitssecondstraightDivisionVstatetitlewitha24-7winovertheHawks. ThekeyinbothwinswasBro-dyHoying.Thethen-juniorquar-terback rushed for 150 yardsandtwotouchdownsin thefirstwin and thenshowed why hewas named thestateDivisionVOffensive Play-er of the Yearwith 147 yardsrushing andthree touch-downs in thesecond. Hartleylosta number ofkeyplayersfromthe2013squad.The Hawks lost their openinggameonSaturday24-14toMichi-gan’s2013Division8statecham-pionMuskegonCatholicCentral. Replacing Jared Brandewie,sonofformerFortLoramieandOhio State basketball standoutTomBrandewie,atquarterbackisJakeRuby,whorushedfor100yards and passed for 178 yardswith an interception in Satur-day’sloss. “He’s good. Actually, I thinkhe’sbetterthanlastyear’squar-terback,” Otten said. “... Physi-cally,he’sbetterbecausehecanrun.That’samajorconcern.” Cam’Ron Culver added 80yardsrushingonSaturdaywhileRian Anderson snagged fivepassesfor83yardsasareceiver. “Theyhavealotofgoodplay-

ers,”Ottensaid.“Theiryoungerteams have been good the lastfewyears,sothey’removingguysupandputtingthemin.” Coldwaterlookedsharpinitsseason openeratKenton,beat-ingtheWildcats24-2, avenginglast year’s 22-2drubbing. Hoy-ing rushed for200 yards onjust 25 carriesand scored allthree Cavaliertouchdownswhile throw-ing for 114yardsonjust8-of-14passing. “It was about as you wouldhave scripted it,” Coldwatercoach Chip Otten said of thegame.“Wegotouttoafaststart.It was the reversal of last year.Now it’s our experienced quar-terbackandtheirinexperiencedquarterback.” The Cavalier defense shut-downtheKentonpassinggame,

holdingtheWildcatsto182yardsandpickedoffapairofpasses.Kenton had a negative 27 yardsrushing as Coldwater had eightquarterback sacks, four comingfromMitchFullenkamp. “We really took advantage ofour quickness on our defensivelinewithMitchFullenkampandMitchClune,”Ottensaid.“Theydidagreatjobwiththepassrushand the other guys containedand chased the quarterbackdown.”

The Cavaliers will have toadjusttheirdefensiveandoffen-sive philosophies as KentonrunsthespreadoffensewhereasHartley is a more traditional-styleteam. “Completely opposite gamefromKenton,”Ottensaid.“Ken-ton is stoutup front,aggressiveandtriestosmashyou.(Hartley)ismoreofareadstyleofdefense.Completely different style ofplayfromKenton.”

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GOAL LINEThe Weekly Area High School Football Preview Section

Cavaliers, Hawks ready for Round 3IMPACT GAME OF THE WEEK

All-Time Series:Coldwater, 2-0

Cavalier Stadium, Coldwater, 7:30 p.m.

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Coldwater’s Nick Clune, 62, and Mitch Fullenkamp, right will look to help the Cavaliers win a third straight meeting with Bishop Hartley when the Hawks come to Cavalier Stadium on Friday.

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Patrick Obringer, 27, was one of the backs who helped St. Marys rush for a school record 729 yards in last week’s win over Sidney.

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Big games, big scores and running clocks

By GARY R. RASBERRYgrasberry@dailystandard.com

The first week of the highschoolfootballseasoncansome-times be a work in progress.Players are becoming acclimat-ed to full-contact play. Officialsare looking to get into midsea-son form and sometimes forgetthat it’s a 10-yard penalty forholdinginsteadoffive,andmorethanafewofficialtimeoutswillbe called for players crampingupfromtheheat. For the Grand Lake area, itwas a relatively good first weekoffootball. Somehighlights: MAC on Track — After going3-7 in the first week ofthe 2013 season, MACteamswent7-3lastweek,including a solid 3-1against Western Buck-eyeLeagueschools. Thegoodstartshouldmean quality computerpoints when the MACteams start facing eachotherinWeekThree. In addition to Cold-water vs. Bishop Hart-ley and Marion’s gamein Michigan, St. Henryfaces Eaton in whatcould be a big pointsgame should the Redskins winand the Eagles have a goodremainderoftheseason. Run, run, run — Itwasnosur-prisethatSt.Marysrantheball,and ran it some more in DougFrye’s return to the sidelines.

Aschool-record729yardsrush-ingwastalliedbytheRoughrid-ers in a 71-21 drubbing of Sid-ney at Skip Baughman Stadiumlastweek.EricSpicerandIsaacFitzgerald combined for 557 ofthose yards on 40 carries andsix rushing touchdowns, withFitzgerald,whoplayedquarter-back last season before movingto fullback. He also threw foranother score on the only St.Marys’passcompletioninthreeattempts. Keep the clock moving— ThenewOHSAAruleallowingarun-ning game clock in the secondhalfwhenateamhasa30-pointorbettermarginwentintoeffectwithgameslastweek.

The area had severalgames that requried theclock at some point. St.Marys,MarionLocal,Min-sterandSt.Henryallhadrunning clocks duringtheirwins. WhileIhaveseengamesin the past where teamshaveagreedtohavearun-ning clock when gamesgotoutofhand,themovetomakeitmandatoryisagoodone.Havingplayedbasketball at Mendon-Union, I wished therehadbeenarunningclock

in basketball in some of thewhippings my beloved Piratesenduredduringmyplaying— Imeanbench-sitting— career. Whilemostoftheareateams

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THE DAILY STANDARD, Celina, Ohio 11AThursday evening, September 4, 2014

Games kick off at 7:30 p.m. except for Marion Local-Gabriel Richard

and Fort Recovery-Jay County, which start at 7 p.m.

BATH AT CELINACelina Stadium

Last season: Celina, 42-15. Bath shockedtheCelinadefensewitha74-yardpassplayonitsopeningseries,buttheBulldogstookcontrolandscoredthenext28points. About the Wildcats: Bath finished lastyear 4-6 overall, 4-5 in Western BuckeyeLeague play ... openedthe 2014 season with a26-21 loss to LCC on theroad. ... In the loss, Bathquarterback Cam Jenkinsfinished 16-for-26 for 133yardsandonetouchdown,butwaspickedofftwiceinthe fourth quarter. ... RBKadenSullivanadded133yards on 30 carries andonescore. About the Bulldogs:TheCelinadefensecametoplaylastweek,givingupjust112yardsonthe ground and allowing just three pointsin the victory. ... The offense started slowbutfinishedstrong,putting20pointsonthescoreboard during a five-minute stretch inthesecondhalftohelpputVersaillesaway....QBCalebHoyngfinishedWeek111-for-19for 199 yards. ... WR Jacob Stolly snaggedthreepassesfor116yards.

MARION LOCAL AT GABRIEL RICHARD

Gabriel Richard High School, Riverview, Michigan

First Meeting About the Flyers: The defending Divi-sion VII state champions looked sharp intheir 2014 debut, holdingShawnee to just 24 yardsof offense (minus-42 yardsrushing) in a 47-0 win. ...QB Dustin (Doc) Rethmanwas 6-of-7 passing for 154yardsandfourtouchdowns.... Hunter Wilker had fourcatches for 136 yards andthreereceivingtouchdownsandranbacka50-yardpuntreturnforascore. About the Pioneers:TylerLipetzke’s14-yardrunlatein the game gave Gabriel Richard a 28-21win over Flat Rock in their season openerlast Friday. ... The Pioneers were 5-4 lastseason, just missing the state playoffs, andplayintheDetroitCatholicLeagueIntersec-tionalDivision,whichincludesOurLadyoftheLakes,a familiarfoeforFortRecoveryin the 1990s. ... Coach Tom Michaelsen’ssquadalsofeaturesasolidbackfieldinTylerBlaszczak,DylanYeagerandTylerRiney.

FORT LORAMIE AT NEW BREMENCardinals Stadium

Last Season:FortLoramie,62-20.DelaunteThornton ran for three touchdowns andTylerKazmaierthrewfor272yardsandfourtouchdowns as the Redskins broke a 14-14firstquartertiewith48unansweredpoints. About the Redskins: Fort Loramie strug-gledagainstastrongMinsterdefense,beingheld to just 174 yards of offense in gettingshutout34-0. . ...TheRedskinsallowedJoshNixon to throw for 283 yards and threetouchdowns. ... Loramie QB Andy Grewethrew for150yardson9-of-25passingwithtwointerceptions. About the Cardinals:NewBremenallowed301 rushing yards against Allen East last

week,butdidrunfor232yardsofitsownanddidnotturntheballoverinthegame....RBBenSchwietermancarriedtheball23timesfor112yardsandascoreandQBTreyNaylorranfor81yardsandthreescores.

ARLINGTON AT PARKWAYPanthers Stadium

First Meeting About the Red Devils:All-OhioRBAustinRettigrushedfor230yardsandscoredthreetouchdowns as Arlingtonbeat East Cleveland Shaw26-0 on Saturday. Rettigrushedfor2,143yardsandscored43touchdownslastseason out of the Wing-Tformation....TheRedDev-iloffensivelineispacedbyAll-Ohio left tackleLoganGrieser, who stands 6-4and weighs 290 pounds.The Arlington O-Lineaverageis228.6pounds. About the Panthers:Parkwayallowed276rushingyardstoCrest-view last week in getting shut out for thesecondstraightseasonbytheKnightsintheteams’traditionalopener....Parkway’sbestchancetoscorecameonthefirstserieswhenJustin Barna ran the ball to the Knights’four-yard line, but a false start curtailedtheir scoring chances. ... Barna rushed for90yards,passedfor92,andwasinterceptedonce.

EATON AT ST. HENRYWally Post Athletic Complex

Last Season:Eaton,32-22.AdamSlemkerran for three touchdownsand119yardsinthewinfortheEagles. About the Eagles: DamonWillard rushed for 256yardsandthreetouchdownsin Eaton’s 34-28 win overGreenville. ... The Eaglesare3-2againstSt.Henryinthe Week Two series thatstartedin2009 About the Redskins:Jes-seNiekamphad190yardsandfourscoresinthe34-7winoverCovington....TheRedskinsare3-3in Week Two non-league games since theMACwentbacktoopeningtheseasonwithtwo weeks of non-league games in 2008. ...InSt.Henry’slastfourplayoffappearances(2012,2009,2006,2004),theteamhasstartedtheseason2-0.

LEHMAN AT MINSTERMemorial Field

Last season: Lehman, 33-18. Though theWildcats had the ball inside Lehman’s35-yard line seven times, they failed to putuppointsonfiveofthoseoccasions,andtheCavaliers took advantage. The game fea-

turedtwostellarquarterbackperformancesasMinster’sJoshNixonthrewfor368yardsandLehman’sNickRourkecompleted 30-of-45 passesfor454yards—includinga77-yard touchdown to GregSpearman which put theCavaliers up nine pointsmidway through the thirdquarter. About the Cavaliers: TheCavaliers are coming off a40-14losstoAnnainWeek1. About the Wildcats: Min-stersettledonescorefromlastyearwithahuge34-0victoryoverFortLoramie last week. Now the Wildcats willtrytodoitagainthisweekagainsttheCavs....Nixonisbackinthesaddleatquarterbackandcomingoffabigweek.Hethrewfor283yardsandthreescoresinlastweek’svictorywhilereceiverEliWolfcaughtsevenpassesfor127yards.

FORT RECOVERY AT JAY COUNTYHarold E. Schutz Stadium

First meeting About the Patriots: Jay County recentlyjoined the Allen CountyAthleticConference,whichfeatures Leo, Heritage,Bluffton, South Adams,Woodlan and Adams Cen-tral. ... The Pats lost 48-6to Delta in their openerand rebounded to defeatBlackford 21-14 last week.... Coach Tim Millspaughwent7-4inhisfirstseasonwith the team in 2013. ...JayCounty,whichreturnsmost of its offensive line,runsaWing-Toffenseanda3-5formationondefense. About the Indians: Fort Recovery pickedup a big victory over a good North Unionteaminthefirstweekof theseason.Itwasthefifthconsecutive time the Indianshavewon their season opener. ... Running backCole Hull scored a pair of touchdowns fortheIndiansinthewin—hissecondcomingfromnineyardsoutandsealingthe26-19vic-toryoverNU....SophomoreQBCalebMartinopened strong, connecting on 14-of-22 passattemptsfor154yardsandatouchdown.

ST. MARYS AT SHAWNEEShawnee Field

Last season:Shawnee,14-13.AngeloFox’s67-yard touchdownrunandsuccessful two-point conversion with 10 minutes to go inthethirdquarterputShawneeup14-7.The‘Riders scored late in the third but missedthe extra point and Shawnee held on fromthere.ItwasoneoffourSt.Maryslossesbyatouchdownorlesslastseason. About the Indians:Shawneeiscomingoffa2-8campaignin2013andmostrecentlysuf-fereda47-0losstoMarionLocaltostarttheseason....TheIndians,ateamwith14return-ing letterwinners, were completely shut-down by the Flyers, tallying only 24 yardsof total offense. ... Marion also did what itwantedtoagainsttheShawneedefense,put-tingup40pointsinthefirst15minutesofthegame. About the Roughriders:Onegameisallittook Doug Frye and his team to break the21-game losing skid. Now the ‘Riders willlook to start a winning streak. ... St. Marysset a school-record with 729 yards of totaloffense in Week 1 against Sidney en routeto a 71-21 victory. ... Sophomore RB EricSpicerbecamethethirdRoughriderevertorushformorethan300yardsinagameandseniorfullbackIsaacFitzgeraldranfor249yardson27carries....The’Rideroffensewillpickupwhereit leftoffagainstaShawneedefensethatlookedalittleleakyincertainareaslastweek.

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Area Preview Capsules

Wilker

Wolf

J. Niekamp

Barna

Stolly

C. Hull

Players of the Week

Eric Spicer, WBSt. Marys

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13carriesfor308yardsandthree

touchdownsintheRoughriders’

71-21winoverSidney

OFFENSE DEFENSE

Zack Marks, DB Celina

———Nine tackles, three sacks, oneforcedfumblethatledtoatouch-down in the Bulldogs’ 26-3 winoverVersailles

Top Stat StarsIsaac Fitzgerald, St. Marys: 27 carries for 249 yards, 3 TDs vs. Sidney.

Brody Hoying, Cold-water: 25 carries for 200 yards, 3 TDs vs. Kenton.

Jesse Niekamp, St. Henry 10 carries for 190 yards, 4 TDs vs. Covington.

RushingEli Wolf, Minster: 7 catch-es for 127 yards vs. Fort Loramie.

Jacob Stolly, Celina: 3 catches for 116 yards, 1 TD vs. Versailles.

Hunter Wilker, Marion Local: 4 catches for 136 yards, 3 TDs vs. Shawnee.

ReceivingPassingJosh Nixon, Minster: 17-24 for 283 yards, 3 TD/0 INT vs. Fort Loramie.

Caleb Hoyng, Celina: 11-19 for 199 yards 1 TD/1 INT vs. Versailles. Dustin Rethman, Marion Local: 6-7 for 154 yards, 4 TD/0 INT vs. Shawnee.

MAC Standings MAC OverallAnna 0-0 1-0Coldwater 0-0 1-0Fort Recovery 0-0 1-0Marion Local 0-0 1-0Minster 0-0 1-0St. Henry 0-0 1-0St. John’s 0-0 1-0New Bremen 0-0 0-1Parkway 0-0 0-1Versailles 0-0 0-1

Friday’s Games Bishop Hartley at Coldwater Marion Local at Gabriel Rich-ard Catholic (Mich.) Fort Recovery at Jay County Lehman at Minster Fort Loramie at New Bremen Arlington at Parkway Eaton at St. Henry Brookville at Anna Delphos St. John’s at Lima Central Catholic Valley View at Versailles

WBL Standings

WBL OverallCelina 0-0 1-0Ottawa-Glandorf 0-0 1-0St. Marys 0-0 1-0Wapakoneta 0-0 1-0Bath 0-0 0-1Defiance 0-0 0-1Elida 0-0 0-1Kenton 0-0 0-1Shawnee 0-0 0-1Van Wert 0-0 0-1

Friday’s Schedule Bath at Celina St. Marys at Shawnee Wapakoneta at Kenton Elida at Defiance Ottawa-Glandorf at Van Wert

Minster’s Josh Nixon threw for 283 yards and three touchdowns in the Wildcats’ shutout win over Fort Loramie.

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send in the reserves when thegameisoutofreachonaregularbasis,theyoungstersshouldstillgetachancetoshineunderthelights. Laundry on the field —  Oneof the most notable stat lineslastweekwasintheVersailles-Celinagame.TheBulldogswereflaggedseventimesfor70yards.Versailles,though,wentpenalty-lessinthecontest. BulldogscoachTrentTemplewasn’ttooconcerned. “You know what? I don’tworry about penalties,” Templesaid. “We’re going to get some.When we play as aggressive aswe teach thekids toplay, that’sgoingtohappen.” Lastyear,Celinahad50pen-alties for 545 yards. Only Elidaand Kenton had more penaltyyards while the 50 flags werefifthmostintheleague. Brody Being Brody — Cold-water quarterback Brody Hoy-ing started the season in style,rushingfor200yardsandthreetouchdowns in the Cavaliers’24-2winatKenton. Inhislastsixgames, thesea-son opener and the five play-

off games from 2013, Hoyinghas rushed for 1,049 yards and18 touchdowns (174.8 yards pergame) with three 200-plus yardgames. Last Friday’s effort setthe school record for consecu-tive games with 100 or moreyardsrushing. A different kind of football —AmongthebigcheersintheCeli-na game last week was that forGerman exchange student MaxSiemon (pronounced See-mon),who is doing the kickoff choresforCelinawhileSeanKirkhan-dledpoint-afterattempts When Siemon booted a kickoff after Celina’s second touch-down into the end zone for atouchback, the Celina studentswentcrazy. Nothing Tricky About Nixon —  Minster QB Josh Nixon hadthe best throwing game of thearea QBs, completing 17-of-24passes for 284 yards and threetouchdowns (no interceptions)in the Wildcats’ win over FortLoramie. Last season, Nixon, a leftypasser, came within 280 yardsof tying the school record forpassingyardsinaseasonheldbycurrentOhioStatepitcherAdamNiemeyer.

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