Agree, doesn’t make much sense dropping South Range and picking up Mansfield
Only reason that I can think of is that they were scared of losing and having kids jump ship to SR
Canfield already loses kids to South Range as it is, South Range has a great new school and facilities, Canfield has all old outdated buildings and facilities etc. I was just talking to someone the other day that lives on or off of SR 46 in Canfield school district but close to the border, and they send their kids to SR for a variety of reasons.
Figured as much
The GCC added Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights and Solon is playing one final year before leaving for the Suburban League, so the GCC is back up to 8 members this year.
Gotcha. Makes sense for not being able to keep Fitch on the schedule for this year.
When they signed, the GCC was at six so all the league members had two open dates late in the year. Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights got out of the LEL a year earlier than expected and Solon was forced to stay in the league for an additional year, so all of those open dates the GCC schools had vanished.
That’s not surprising
Good thing Canfield has a decent turnout for kids wanting to play sports. If the ones who are studs leave, y’all have kids waiting in the back to get a shot. From what I’ve seen/heard it’s brutal out there.
Canfield has been losing kids to other schools since at least the 90's. I mean I had friends/classmates (or their kids) go to WRA, US, GA, SR, Mooney, Ursuline, WR, Girard, et al.
I believe it, the kids my son played aau with are from Canfield. One dad was telling me they were going to switch to south range, the other was telling me how hard it is if you aren’t from there or don’t have a name in the city when it comes to extracurricular activities. Even with people leaving you guys still have talent waiting in the wings that’s all I’m saying.
State Championship winning coach. Fixed it for you. The bottom line is Fitch folks are mad because they got curb stomped the last time out and want a shot at redemption which Pav won't give them. The kids, fans and some of the coaching staff ran their mouth incessantly before that game. Their salty tears will sustain the Canfield faithful for years to come.
To be fair, he only wants to play them when he knows that he’ll win
That can't be the case he was the coach when Canfield played Fitch in 2003 and we got the ball pounded down our throats and Fitch set several rushing/offensive records that stand to this day.
I think it is more accurate to say that he felt he had the horses at the time to run with them. Even the biggest Canfield homer wouldn't have dreamed of hanging 45 on them.
In 2003 Canfield scored 40 against Fitch all be it by dumb luck (Jamie McNally threw a bunch of hail mary passes, many of the balls were 50/50 at best). Fitch scored 7 TDs against us and we couldn't stop them even once, they just pounded the rock right down our throats and we had no answer all night even after we walked up both safeties in run support to put 9 men in the box.
Well this is somewhat of a skewed thought. In 2021 when Canfield beat Fitch the game turned into a route and snowballed on Fitch. Maybe the weeks leading up to that it appeared Canfield had a good chance to win that game, but a lot of that was due to Fitch's injuries. Would Canfield have won that game if Fitch was 100% healthy possibly, but not by the score they did. Going into the 2021 season, I think a lot of people looked forward to the game, but I don't believe Canfield was favored to win that game. Fitch had guys out all over the field, that can happen any year to any team.
Spot on
Who is this coach they "took:?
Fitch will average 6'4 300 lbs. across the o-line, yet be quick as cats!
That's Hoban.Fitch will average 6'4 300 lbs. across the o-line, yet be quick as cats!