#PACtion™ 2024

thePITman said:
Did someone mention pastries?

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Do you think it is safe for Winnie to be on here....the weather has the combatants taking a scorched earth approach!
 
Fried chicken fever is sweeping PACtion™.

Is it the nearby Barberton influence? Or is it just a love of deep fried poultry?

You know what to order tonight.

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Meanwhile Koach is the consummate company man for BellStores. He's willing to help promote BellStores's food partner Hunt Brothers Pizza:

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Foreal83 said:
I'll make that drive. Never seen anything like that place Before. I spent some money lol 😂
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So many hidden gems in Greater Cincinnati. The Party Source is one of them. Also do a bourbon flight at the bar at New Riff Distillery which is right next to The Party Source.

While we're on the subject of Cincinnati.....this place!!!

American Sign Museum - Cincinnati, Ohio

The American Sign Museum, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, is dedicated to the art and history of commercial signs and sign making.
www.americansignmuseum.org www.americansignmuseum.org
 
Rich Kotite said:
So many hidden gems in Greater Cincinnati. The Party Source is one of them. Also do a bourbon flight at the bar at New Riff Distillery which is right next to The Party Source.

While we're on the subject of Cincinnati.....this place!!!

American Sign Museum - Cincinnati, Ohio

The American Sign Museum, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, is dedicated to the art and history of commercial signs and sign making.
www.americansignmuseum.org www.americansignmuseum.org
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Your in the food industry. I'm sure you been to Jungle Jim's
 
Not sure how it ties in but...
I knew a girl in 6th grade at Stinson elementary at Northwest. I later transfered to Manchester. But years later, I had forgotten about her until I went into the Barberton Kmart. She recognized me and got all excited. I took it as a sign I should ask her out. Got her number and called many times but she ghosted me. I felt like she was high quality but thought I had a shot since she worked in barberton. I was wrong.
 
SpeedSafety25 said:
Not sure how it ties in but...
I knew a girl in 6th grade at Stinson elementary at Northwest. I later transfered to Manchester. But years later, I had forgotten about her until I went into the Barberton Kmart. She recognized me and got all excited. I took it as a sign I should ask her out. Got her number and called many times but she ghosted me. I felt like she was high quality but thought I had a shot since she worked in barberton. I was wrong.
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Is Stinson Elementary named after Barney Stinson?
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the123kidz said:
This is absolutely inaccurate. CVCA's very existence in the PAC is due to Koach France. CVCA had been on the chopping block since the time the were admitted and Koach is the reason why they were allowed to stay. This fact is irrefutable to anyone who knows anything about the subject. It isn't a coincidence that when Koach retired the push to get CVCA out gained traction. The plans for CVCA to leave on its own were already in motion but the voices from Fairless/Tuslaw contingent moved it up. There may be some Panther faithful that didn't like CVCA being in the league but it wasn't the most important Panther.
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It is not inaccurate at all. CVCA was different than the other parochial schools. It took a while, but CVCA finally started to embrace its advantage and that did not go unnoticed in Pantherland. When CVCA backed off, things returned to normal. When it started up again. there were objections. That along with the travel is what prompted Fairless to do what it did. Fairless was out there on their own but a lot of other schools were supporting them from the sidelines. Otherwise the PAC would have told Fairless to leave. Who left?
 
Stizostedion said:
It is not inaccurate at all. CVCA was different than the other parochial schools. It took a while, but CVCA finally started to embrace its advantage and that did not go unnoticed in Pantherland. When CVCA backed off, things returned to normal. When it started up again. there were objections. That along with the travel is what prompted Fairless to do what it did. Fairless was out there on their own but a lot of other schools were supporting them from the sidelines. Otherwise the PAC would have told Fairless to leave. Who left?
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This is amazing, when a public school has an issue with the football talent in the halls it is a natural occurrence that happens occasionally in a community, when CVCA has a lack of football talent it's because they weren't embracing their advantage. When CVCA turns the corner and has talent and is competitive it's because they finally embraced their advantage again? CVCA has probably had about the same amount of football players play post high school as just about every school in the PAC. Only 2 have been D1. One was Tre Tucker and they other played D1 at Pitt because his uncle is a long time coach there. That player may have gotten on the field as a special teamer on senior day.

CVCA is competitive when they have good players in the building who are getting good coaching. When they struggle it's because they don't have very good players. I was involved with the program for many years. Some when we were very good and also during the worst teams in school history. The kids on the bad teams just weren't good football players, they weren't the hardest workers either. I know because I coached them. Once that 2016 class graduated The classes after all put in tremendous work to turn the program around along with the Larlham staff. The current staff has maintained the attitude of the former staff and they continue to be competitive.

In closing if you knew the names of some of kids who have been extremely good players at other schools both public and private in Summit county who didn't get past the admissions office at CVCA your mind would be blown. In some of those kids had gotten in I would be on board with what you are saying. The fact that they didn't get accepted shows me that yes CVCA has an advantage but they don't use it like you imply.
 
cuyahogacuse said:
PAC Game of the Year - 2004 | Tuslaw (2-1, 0-0 PAC) at Manchester (2-0, 0-0 PAC) | Week 4 | September 17, 2004
This is the sixth in an ongoing series, highlighting the PAC Game of the Year in each season, from 1999 through 2023, which will lead up to the start of the 2024 high school football season. For a look back at prior summaries, click here for 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.
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When they rolled out the 2004 schedules, it's safe to say, nobody anticipated the PAC Game of the Year to be the conference opener at James R. France Stadium in Week 4. In fact, in looking at the game stories for September 17, 2004, the featured PAC game of the week that week was a battle of unbeatens. CVCA, coming off that 9-1 regular season campaign and first playoff appearance the prior year, picked up where they left off and took a 3-0 record on the road to Coventry. The Comets - winless the prior year - had opened the season with three straight convincing wins over Norton, Norwayne and Cloverleaf. And on this Friday night, The Akron Beacon Journal dedicated a third of a page to this showdown on the opening night of conference play. The host Comets cruised to a surprisingly easy 31-14 victory behind four touchdowns from Joe Slabaugh to move to 4-0.

But while CVCA and Coventry got top billing on the third Friday in September of 2004, neither was a factor at the end of the season. The Royals fell back to 6-4 (2-4) to finish fifth in a 7-team PAC. Coventry posted a very good rebound season, but finished 3-3 down the stretch to wrap up the season 7-3 (3-3) and finish third in the standings.

So while most eyes were on the matchup at Coventry's Veterans Memorial Stadium, the true PAC Game of the Year was happening 4.9 miles south, just off Route 93. Of course it was at James R. France Stadium. And of course, it involved Manchester. The conference unbeaten streak was now at eight full seasons, and this time, it was Tuslaw who came into Manchester, with hopes of knocking off the Panthers.

Manchester opened the season with a 33-0 shutout of Mogadore. Week 2 saw the Panthers defeat something called the Columbus Crusaders in a game that did not count toward OHSAA playoff standings, and then the Panthers turned aside Smithville 42-28 in Week 3. The Tuslaw game was the fourth straight home game to start the season. Tuslaw had endured a trio of mediocre seasons by turn of the century Mustangs' standards (7-3 in 2000, 3-7 in 2001 and 6-4 in 2002). But this was a community that did not have to harken back too far to remember three straight 9-1 seasons from 1998-2000. And rest assured that no one had to remind the Mustangs that the "1" in each of those great years was ... Manchester.

There is no doubt that the Tuslaw had the 2004 PAC season opener circled on their calendar, after opening with three straight WCAL matchups (wins over Rittman and Chippewa sandwiched around a one-score defeat to Dalton.

What we do know about that Week 4 Friday night is field conditions - always fair in the best of times - had to be most challenging that night in New Franklin. Up the road at Coventry, The Beacon Journal described the challenge that befell the players in Northeast Ohio on that early fall night. "With standing water serving as mini-pools along the home sideline, leftover from an all-day rain, players splish-spashed their way through the chilly evening."

Naturally, on a night like that, ground and pound should have been the order of the day. And for the most part it was. Manchester ran 40 times for 183 yards on the night, while the Mustangs slogged out 139 yards on the soggy Manchester turf on 28 rushing attempts of their own.

But it was the Panthers' Travis Gregory who opened the scoring in the first quarter, when he tossed a 17-yard touchdown pass to junior Phil Parton to put the hosts up 7-0. After a 3-yard run by junior fullback Greg Hooper in the second quarter, Manchester doubled its lead to 14-0.

But then the game took a turn. Tuslaw didn't fold. They didn't buckle. The Mustangs punched back. A 28-yard scoring run got the Mustangs on the board before the half. Tuslaw tied it on a 48-yard run by quarterback Brian Williams in the third quarter, and when Jeremy Triner found paydirt on a 10-yard touchdown run early in the fourth, the long Panthers conference win streak appeared to be in jeopardy.

Choose your own metaphor. There was still time on the clock. The last nail was not yet in the coffin. The Panthers' heart was still beating. And like Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football, this act had been seen before - just two years earlier in fact. Here's an excerpt from the 2002 Game of the Year Post:


Looking at a one-score deficit on a sloppy and chilly night, Koach dialed up the same play. This time, the protagonists were quarterback Travis Gregory, receiver Keith Carrier and Josh Fagen. The three connected - again - on The Hook and Ladder for a 33-yard scoring strike and Manchester drew even with 4:42 to play.

After the Panthers defense forced a punt, Parton rumbled 34 yards for the winning score. The conversion failed but Manchester tacked on a safety for the final margin. The Panthers streak continued. Tuslaw was foiled again. Final Score: Manchester 29 Tuslaw 21.

The Postscript

Tuslaw rebounded from the Manchester setback and reeled off six straight wins to finish the regular season at 8-2 (5-1) for their best showing in the PAC since 2000. The season ended in Week 11, when the Mustangs dropped a 28-6 decision as a 7-seed in the Division 4 Region 13 Regional Quarterfinal at Chagrin Falls.

Manchester was not as defensively dominant as in prior years. They had one-score games with Tusky Valley, CVCA and Fairless. But they won them all and were a perfect 9-0 heading into the postseason - again as the 1-seed in Division 4 Region 13. But history has a way of repeating itself, and the season ended in another Week 11 "upset" at the hands of Youngstown Ursuline, who again came to New Franklin - just as they had two years earlier - and left with a 21-3 victory. Manchester had no reason to hang their heads. It was another undefeated regular season and nine straight years without tasting defeat in a PAC contest.

A Bonus

Sometimes, when researching for these recaps, you find something that is just too good not to share. Tuslaw's Jeremy Triner got a brief mention in the story above, when his touchdown run gave the Mustangs a short-lived lead. Do yourself a favor and read about his homecoming from Afghanistan in 2011. The Mustangs may not have won on the field back in Week 4 of 2004, but we are all winners because of the bravery and service of Marines like this Mustangs Alum. Oorah!
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Here's a look back at the short game recap and box score from the ABJ on the Saturday following the game:

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Like always I felt the chill of the rainy day...but gosh darn it...you picked a week where Phil Here Today Gone To Mauro at Jackson beat my Blue Streaks again. We were 10 and 3 that year...played McKinley week 2 for the first time beating them 14 to 7, beat Hoover, Wooster, Copley, Boardman, GlenOak, got smashed by Fitch, ended the regular season beating Perry and Timken..not sure if they were in the PAC then..went into the playoffs opening at Carrollton for their first ever home playoff game...beat them 27 to 14, set up meeting Louisville at Fawcett..beat them 24 to 0...but in the process lost our starting QB...the Regional Final was held at Arlin Field against Columbus Brookhaven..not having our QB hurt ...but they were very good and lost to the eventual State Champions 35 to 14...They had a player named Dominic Jones who for his size was one of the strongest football players I had seen..this team had 4 D 1 players...they beat Avon Lake in the state final
 
SpeedSafety25 said:
Not sure how it ties in but...
I knew a girl in 6th grade at Stinson elementary at Northwest. I later transfered to Manchester. But years later, I had forgotten about her until I went into the Barberton Kmart. She recognized me and got all excited. I took it as a sign I should ask her out. Got her number and called many times but she ghosted me. I felt like she was high quality but thought I had a shot since she worked in barberton. I was wrong.
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Sounds like you were lucky...now we may need to adjust your definition of high quality...say this out loud...Barberton Kmart...say it again...Barberton Kmart...is it sinking in yet...no...lets focus.....say it again Barberton Kmart...lol
 
Stizostedion said:
It is not inaccurate at all. CVCA was different than the other parochial schools. It took a while, but CVCA finally started to embrace its advantage and that did not go unnoticed in Pantherland. When CVCA backed off, things returned to normal. When it started up again. there were objections. That along with the travel is what prompted Fairless to do what it did. Fairless was out there on their own but a lot of other schools were supporting them from the sidelines. Otherwise the PAC would have told Fairless to leave. Who left?
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So, let’s unpack this: Koach wanted CVCA, then got mad because they were good, then we’re happy when they were bad. Is that what you’re saying?

Koach kept Orrville out of the league for a long time but he also kept CVCA in it. Pretty sure the Fairless AD & Supe wouldn’t have pulled their “CVCA is so mean b/c they recruit & it’s so far away” sob story if Koach was actually in the room.

Oh well, it is what it is. Earthquake today, eclipse Monday, per Stiz PACtion2024™ is coming to an end. Guess that means it’s time to drink up, fellas. I’ll offer the first toast ->Here’s to women, beer and song, may none of them be flat.
 
CasualFan24 said:
Tell ya what. Let Fairless go. Let Manchester go.

Canton South, Northwest, Tuslaw, Orrville, Triway, Marlington, Minerva, Alliance. Boom. Pow. The new Pac-7(8)
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Three hour long trips for Triway and Orrville, they're gonna love that. And poor little Tuslaw gets to add 3 more schools with 100-200 more boys in the halls than them
 
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