2025 Federal League Football Official Thread

Maybe this isn’t the exact example you are talking about, but I can think of two teams that because of their size and the top 5-6 teams in the league getting bigger and better, went from being competitive to bad every year. When Marlington and Fairless were in the Federal League in the 70’s, playing better competition did the more harm than good. Getting hammered 42-0 and 49-7 every week put those programs in a hole that took them a long time to recover from.
you are right Ed. A recent example is Louisville . People can act like clowns and its easy if you have 85 players on your team.
 
Maybe this isn’t the exact example you are talking about, but I can think of two teams that because of their size and the top 5-6 teams in the league getting bigger and better, went from being competitive to bad every year. When Marlington and Fairless were in the Federal League in the 70’s, playing better competition did the more harm than good. Getting hammered 42-0 and 49-7 every week put those programs in a hole that took them a long time to recover from.
Minerva
 
Maybe this isn’t the exact example you are talking about, but I can think of two teams that because of their size and the top 5-6 teams in the league getting bigger and better, went from being competitive to bad every year. When Marlington and Fairless were in the Federal League in the 70’s, playing better competition did the more harm than good. Getting hammered 42-0 and 49-7 every week put those programs in a hole that took them a long time to recover from.
Minerva is 4-95 since 2015....if I was Zak Slates I am not so sure...but to stay and teach at the school that just let you go as the head coach may have been worse
 
Minerva is 4-95 since 2015....if I was Zak Slates I am not so sure...but to stay and teach at the school that just let you go as the head coach may have been worse
thats unreal that Minerva is that bad . I meen St Thomas has a 26-62 record since 2015 and they have like 25 players every yr barely , There is no reason Minerva should be this bad NONE. Slates will fix it though i think .Starts with the yoots program
 
Wow. Perry has had an amazing Winter sports season, and it's not over yet.
The Wrestling team was State Runner-up in the OHSAA State Championships AND the OHSWCA State Dual Meet Championships .
They had 3 individual State Champions in Mason Rohr, Joseph Sanderfer, and Landen Johnson.
The Basketball team is in the State Finals and will play the winner of Westerville North and Toledo St Francis de Sales on Friday.
 
Wow. Perry has had an amazing Winter sports season, and it's not over yet.
The Wrestling team was State Runner-up in the OHSAA State Championships AND the OHSWCA State Dual Meet Championships .
They had 3 individual State Champions in Mason Rohr, Joseph Sanderfer, and Landen Johnson.
The Basketball team is in the State Finals and will play the winner of Westerville North and Toledo St Francis de Sales on Friday.
Let’s not forget about Carolyn Geckler winning her state title as a freshman. Also, Andrew Ramos won his weight class at Freshman States. Go Perry!
 
Yup, seems like a giggler. Acts like a kid.
Maybe tiger fan will laugh at this list of stark county sports programs that have more, or the same, amount of state championships as Massillon football

Perry softball, Perry wrestling, Jackson basketball, Jackson baseball, McKinley football, McKinley basketball, glenoak baseball, Hoover softball, Perry/ Hoover speech and debate, Louisville basketball, Minerva cross country, Louisville softball, central catholic football, central catholic baseball, st Thomas aquinas football.

Please add to the list if I am missing any.
 
Maybe tiger fan will laugh at this list of stark county sports programs that have more, or the same, amount of state championships as Massillon football

Perry softball, Perry wrestling, Jackson basketball, Jackson baseball, McKinley football, McKinley basketball, glenoak baseball, Hoover softball, Perry/ Hoover speech and debate, Louisville basketball, Minerva cross country, Louisville softball, central catholic football, central catholic baseball, st Thomas aquinas football.

Please add to the list if I am missing any.
Others that have won more than 1 OHSAA Team State Championships are McKinley Swimming, Girls Volleyball, Baseball; Aquinas Boys CC and Girls Track; East Canton Boys CC and Track; Alliance Boys Track; Canton Central Catholic Boys Golf; and Marlington Boys CC.

That’s 20 different teams that have won more than 1 Team State Championship.
 
Others that have won more than 1 OHSAA Team State Championships are McKinley Swimming, Girls Volleyball, Baseball; Aquinas Boys CC and Girls Track; East Canton Boys CC and Track; Alliance Boys Track; Canton Central Catholic Boys Golf; and Marlington Boys CC.

That’s 20 different teams that have won more than 1 Team State Championship.
Which means there are 20 teams in stark county alone with a more rich history. Including 3 football teams by my calculation.
 
With the winter sports season coming to a close, here’s the updated list of OHSAA Team State Championships for the Federal League and Stark County teams:
(In parenthesis is the number of D1 titles)


Canton McKinley 27 (27)
Hoover 11 (10)
Canton Central Catholic 10 (0)
St Thomas Aquinas 10 (0)
East Canton 7 (0)
Glen Oak 5 (5)
Jackson 5 (5)
Perry 5 (5)
Louisville 4 (2)
Marlington 4 (0)
Alliance 3 (2)
Minerva 3 (0)
Lake 1 (1)
Green 1 (1)
Massillon 1 (0)
 
With the winter sports season coming to a close, here’s the updated list of OHSAA Team State Championships for the Federal League and Stark County teams:
(In parenthesis is the number of D1 titles)


Canton McKinley 27 (27)
Hoover 11 (10)
Canton Central Catholic 10 (0)
St Thomas Aquinas 10 (0)
East Canton 7 (0)
Glen Oak 5 (5)
Jackson 5 (5)
Perry 5 (5)
Louisville 4 (2)
Marlington 4 (0)
Alliance 3 (2)
Minerva 3 (0)
Lake 1 (1)
Green 1 (1)
Massillon 1 (0)
Mckinley looking pretty good. Go Bulldogs.🙌💪
 
Here’s the updated Federal League and Stark County list for OHSAA Individual State Chanpionships:

Canton McKinley 83
Perry 50
Hoover 42
Alliance 29
Glen Oak 26
St Thomas Aquinas 24
Massillon 20
Marlington 16
Jackson 15
Canton Central Catholic 15
East Canton 14
Green 13
Fairless 12
Lake 11
Sandy Valley 10
Louisville 8
Minerva 8
Northwest 7
Tuslaw 6
Canton South 3
 
Question-
Will the Federal League kick out McKinley now, or wait it out to see what happens…
It became apparent on how some fans of the other member schools feel about this over the last few months - does this trickle up to administrators?

Check out this article from The Repository:

'It's not about sports.' Canton City Schools to allow open-enrollment next school year

 
With the winter sports season coming to a close, here’s the updated list of OHSAA Team State Championships for the Federal League and Stark County teams:
(In parenthesis is the number of D1 titles)


Canton McKinley 27 (27)
Hoover 11 (10)
Canton Central Catholic 10 (0)
St Thomas Aquinas 10 (0)
East Canton 7 (0)
Glen Oak 5 (5)
Jackson 5 (5)
Perry 5 (5)
Louisville 4 (2)
Marlington 4 (0)
Alliance 3 (2)
Minerva 3 (0)
Lake 1 (1)
Green 1 (1)
Massillon 1 (0)
We gotta get our numbers up.
 
Maybe tiger fan will laugh at this list of stark county sports programs that have more, or the same, amount of state championships as Massillon football

Perry softball, Perry wrestling, Jackson basketball, Jackson baseball, McKinley football, McKinley basketball, glenoak baseball, Hoover softball, Perry/ Hoover speech and debate, Louisville basketball, Minerva cross country, Louisville softball, central catholic football, central catholic baseball, st Thomas aquinas football.

Please add to the list if I am missing any.
McKinley has won 2 or 3 state baseball championships, many years ago, but remain part of the Bulldogs 27 state team titles, as they should.
 
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