I know when playing DSJ their kids are well coached! They don’t have the numbers to compete in the MAC anymore but I think in most other small school leagues they would be 8-2/7-3 most years. I wonder what LCC would look like if he moved over?
Using this philosophy maybe Schmidt should be higher??
He took a program that was literally hanging from a thread and, well, they're doing swell!
Schulte and Goodwin came into the MAC the same year, 1999. From 1999-2013 (DSJ one winning season since 2013) DSJ was 11-10 vs Marion Local and 3-3 in the playoffs. 11 of those games were 3-7 point games. ML was always DSJ's biggest rival then. Likely each team cost the other at least one state title. ML has dominated since 2014 but we're not the only one.
Like almost all other MAC schools, No Pee-wee football! I had a few Linton fans ask me how ML does it year in and year out. After mentioning a few of your very good points above... I asked if Linton has pee-wee football, which one gentleman replied "of course". When I told him ML doesn't play a down of organized football until the 7th grade, he was shocked to say the least! LOL. They are hungry as hell to put on those pads by the 7th grade!
Loved those matchups. 2011 was a classic!
100% accurate. They also have a culture and an expectation that is instilled in those kids since birth… they see all these titles.. they know they have to work hard to not be the team there that doesn’t win the title…not sure we may ever see anything like this again after coach Goodwin retires.
Yeah but that 1 tremendous class was top 10 all-time MAC according to some here. So that's worth extra points.
Or will the madness continue after his retirement??
2010 was the classic. At ML. DSJ scored with a couple minutes left to go up 17-13. ML got down to about the DSJ 20 in the final seconds but a 4th down pass was long. Somewhere there's a Press Pros video of highlights of this game. ML was upset by Minster in round 2 of the playoffs so there was no rematch.
I was referring to the 2011 playoff game being a classic but youre right in all aspects. I believe ML had to convert a 4th and 20 at the end of that game. Hard to believe that game and the terrible tragedy that preceded the game has been 13 years ago already.
Why was it the toughest?
Goodwin is still a youngish coach. He could literally win 500 football games as a coach if he sticks around another 12-15 years. If he did that he’d still be under 70.
Wednesday before the Saturday game DSJ's starting center went home after practice and shot himself.
DSJ led 14-13 and was driving to run out the clock. The RB fought for an extra yard and fumbled. ML recovered. ML scored easily in 4-5 plays to win 21-14. I'll never forget that game.
I remember DSJ going to ML on a Sunday morning for a game after some students/players were killed in a car accident. We worked it out to get the game in and get back to Delphos to cook 3,000-4,000 chicken/beef dinners for our parish festival.
Idk if I could see him being the main whistle that much longer. However I don't see him fully leaving the sideline like Hetrick did. He might do what his dad did. Couldn't see him just giving it up that easily.
Hetrick left the sidelines at Versailles and went to Brookville and helped his son who was/is the head football coach.
Rest in peace Kent!
I remember hearing that and thinking how the h*** would anyone be able to play a football game after that…
In 2004, ML starting QB was injured early in the game and rb Curtis Moeller took every snap from the wild cat formation.
Minster vs. Anna is the one game in question. I think that one goes either way by a TD.
Flyers won 3 state titles with Bertke at QB probably one of a very select group of QBs to do so in Ohio, I would imagine. But an excellent synopsis.
Did the Versailles Qb win 3 back in the 90's ? I think his last name was Turner.
Yes he did… lost his first start week 1 as a sophomore to Marion Local and then rattled off all wins after
that boy was a player!!
