And for what it is worth Benedictine at the level they were playing at against Walsh and Cleveland Heights shows their true strength and ability. The results against Boardman, Buchtel and Brecksville are not truly representative of their actual strength or lack thereof. Based on Drew Pasteur's rankings they probably had the strength to be ranked roughly 70-80 in the state of Ohio, Drew has them ranked as #171 after they gave up on the season.
I think this is well put.
I agree with this.Good Response.Good luck to all the region 10 teams,and safety to all the players.
I think Clyde-Norton is factoring style of play. I can see that being a first to 20 wins type game.
These all seem to be about right. If I was to differ, and it's just for the sake of keeping the discussion going, I'd:
Style of play? Not sure I follow. Lightly follow Norton (saw them play this year) because they are in the Akron area but I know nothing of Clyde.
Maple City Fan,
Holy Name over LW by a couple scores 28-14 HN has the better schedule and beating Elyria Catholic gave them the confidence they need to make a run.
Think HN-Mansfield will be at Cloverleaf.
I have to give a shout out to Tiffin. First , to the Tiffin people who were terrific hosts. I met a bunch of Tiffin supporters while buying raffle tickets and concessions, waiting for the restroom to be swept when a toilet wouldn't shut off, and several public defenders and fans entering and exiting. Everyone was friendly and welcoming. Great venue on a beautiful night. Credit to their really good band, too....my wife specifically loved their Color Guard uniforms (sorry for the band reference, but with no sons, our band girls get us to the games).
Cleveland.com game recap said Padua had 357 yards rushing. With two running backs over 100 and 3 running backs scoring. I would say that was the difference in the game.
Fair point. I didn't realize that Padua had that much on the ground probably because at least half that was on two 70-90 yard runs, not in sustained drives. Those big plays and quick scores also kept Padua's defense on the field longer. But, to your point, the rushing yardage probably offset (or more) the 4-5 bombs that Tiffin threw and connected on.
Per cleveland.com
Congrats to Padua.I believe they won the region last night.Watched some of the game.The Padua offense should be to much for the remaining teams in R10 to handle.Their defense gets gashed quite a bit,but should be enough to get by.
The Norton game should be a favorable match up. But I wouldn’t say the same about the following match up against two very well coached, game opponents in either Holy Name or Mansfield. Both teams easily can derail the Padua season if they play their best games.
Should have beat HName the 1st time.The Padua coach got to cute on offense.Should have just kept running the ball.
I’d say Mansfield or HN are the favorites at this point.
After having watched Padua lose to Salem after holding a 21-0 halftime lead, Padua can't look beyond anyone and shouldn't consider Norton an easy win. That said, just looking at records and SoS, I'd pick Norton as my preferred opponent compared to HN or Mansfield. I bet Norton would say the same about Padua, too. Makes sense....this is a 6-10 matchup while HN vs. Mansfield is 1-5.
Defiance D was pretty good too for being undersized, with their offense being inefficient, and Senior having all them dudes don't you think? And they are very young! Good luck to the teams left in the region this year, Defiance will continue to make noise in this region for at least the next two years.
What can you do? I think only Parma (Byers), North Royalton and Brunswick put in to host.
Guessing Highland didn't want to host since their tram is playing the same night. Don't understand Brecksville or Revere not offering but there seems to be a lot of that going around. Happy to get NoRo for Padua vs. Norton. It's not a bad ride for the Norton fans. I commuted for work from NoRo to Norton for a couple of years. I do agree, though, it's a small advantage for Padua who gets a lot of students from the community.