T h e M o r n i n g J o u r n a l S ta f f H i g h S c h o o l F o o t b a l l p i c k s
Mike Perry
Colin WIlson
Anthony Rios
Todd Shapiro
Steve Walker
Scott Sommers
Jim Brady
Shaw @ King
Shaw
Shaw
King
Shaw
Shaw
Shaw
Shaw
Berea @ Amherst
Amherst
Amherst
Amherst
Amherst
Amherst
Amherst
Amherst
Cuyahoga Falls @Elyria
Elyria
Elyria
Elyria
Elyria
Cuy. Falls
Cuy. Falls
Elyria
Rocky River @ Midview
Midview
Rocky River
Rocky River
Rocky River
Rocky River
Rocky River
Rocky River
Vermilion @ Avon
Avon
Avon
Avon
Avon
Avon
Avon
Avon
Columbia @ Clearview
Clearview
Clearview
Clearview
Clearview
Clearview
Clearview
Clearview
Buckeye @ Brookside
Buckeye
Buckeye
Buckeye
Buckeye
Buckeye
Buckeye
Buckeye
Wellington @ Oberlin
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
Black River @ Keystone
Keystone
Black River
Keystone
Black River
Black River
Keystone
Black River
Monroeville @ W. Reserve
W. Reserve
W. Reserve
W. Reserve
W. Reserve
W. Reserve
W. Reserve
W. Reserve
North Ridgeville @ Bay
N. Ridgeville
N. Ridgeville
N. Ridgeville
N. Ridgeville
N. Ridgeville
N. Ridgeville
N. Ridgeville
Fairview @ Firelands
Firelands
Fairview
Firelands
Firelands
Fairview
Fairview
Fairview
Perkins @ Edison
Perkins
Perkins
Edison
Edison
Edison
Perkins
Edison
St. Mary @ Huron
Huron
Huron
Huron
Huron
Huron
Huron
Huron
Avon Lake @ Midpark
Avon Lake
Avon Lake
Avon Lake
Avon Lake
Avon Lake
Avon Lake
Avon Lake
Willard @ Norwalk
Norwalk
Willard
Willard
Willard
Willard
Willard
Willard
New London @ Crestview
Crestview
Crestview
Crestview
Crestview
Crestview
Crestview
Crestview
Lima Sr. @ Sandusky
Lima Sr.
Lima Sr.
Lima Sr.
Lima Sr.
Lima Sr.
Lima Sr.
Lima Sr.
North Olmsted @ Westlake
N. Olmsted
N. Olmsted
N. Olmsted
Westlake
N. Olmsted
N. Olmsted
N. Olmsted
Bedford
Southview
Southview
Southview
Bedford
Bedford
Bedford
EC
EC
EC
EC
EC
EC
EC
St. Paul
St. Paul
St. Paul
St. Paul
St. Paul
St. Paul
St. Paul
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S Bedford @ Southview S
VASJ @ EC
S South Central @ St. Paul
From Page 3 Bay’s Michael Brajdic. Hix and Brajdic finished fifth and sixth, respectively, at last year’s state meet behind Coolidge. EC head coach Chuck Lynch toughened up EC’s schedule to better prepare for this year’s state run. He replaced the Teaysville Valley, Bettsville and Worthington meets and has the team running the Boardman Spartan Invitational, the Wadsworth Grizzly Invitational and the Garaway Invitational — all of which have
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tougher competition. They will also be going for their third consecutive North Coast League title. “We’ve been running a lot of Division I races just to make sure that we are really running against the best competition we can out there,” said EC coach Chuck Lynch, who is in his 23rd year as head coach. “If you’re running against good people all the time, it makes you better. It wouldn’t do us any good to go into a weak race and have Marty out front running by himself every week. If we go in a stronger field, it gives him a chance to be pushed and all the guys are running with quality
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runners every week. We hope it makes us better.” Other top Panthers runners this season have been senior Bryce Steindl, juniors Matt Wiehe, Ryan Lynch, P.J. Foreman, Brian Koziel, along with sophomore Conner Budi and freshman Greg Nagy. “We’re going to make it to state I’m pretty sure, as long as everyone stays healthy,” Steindl said. “We’re working toward being in the best shape possible. This is the best shape I’ve been in. My goals this year is to get in the top 25 in the state and win a state championship. It would be the most amazing thing
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ever.” High expectations and state rankings don’t seem to faze Steindl or his Panther running mates. “It’s nice being up there,” Steindl said. “We finished ninth in the region my freshman year and after last year, we went to ninth in the state — that’s pretty cool!” We’re definitely better. I think last year everybody saw our potential. We only lost one runner so we knew coming into the season that we could be really good. We knew we could be one of the top teams in the state — and that team that everybody is shooting for.”
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