Recent content by JBaller

At this point, Sycamore and Mason have nearly identical demographic makeups, but Mason is twice the size. Mason should be really good in one of football or basketball most years and haven't been. Centerville has a similar demographic makeup as well, and has dominated basketball and been...

It must be nice to be a D1-caliber athlete in two different sports. Just committed to Dayton for baseball.

This year's senior class is very talented, so, yes, there was some hype around this class having a winning record and being a darkhorse contender for the league.

Hambrick is really good. They will be fine at running back.

I agree. Unfortunately, still a step below Moeller and probably St. X as well.

Mason hasn't always had a lot of top end talent, true, but the depth of the program has always been excellent with the exception of the last few years. They truly have backups they can count on to play while some of the other GMC schools are lucky to fill out complete starting lineups...

When COVID happened, a bunch of kids at Sycamore quit football and never came back. It was bad enough that Sycamore no longer fields a freshman team as it's hard to have one when only 15-18 kids come out for the team. He had one good committed class in 2023 (his son's class) and went 5-4 in...

A Cornelius is going to Elder instead of Oak Hills? That's a terrible sign for Oak Hills athletics.

Yea, I couldn't tell you all the different nuances since I didn't play football, but Sycamore's version used the slot backs much more as slot receivers and rarely put them into motion the same way that Colerain did, so it may not have even been triple option but rather just straight veer between...

Yes, Tom Adams and Coach Allison before him ran a spread version of Colerain's double slot veer triple option. They last ran that in 2005 though.

No, just a lot of outside zone read and jet midline read to go along with QB power and QB sweep. He certainly isn't afraid to just run the QB and have 10 blockers in front of him.

Going to guess they run the offense he ran at Sycamore, which was a power spread with the Elder passing game that also heavily features the QB run. Worked really well at Sycamore with Mitch Allen, Kyle Sess, Greg Simpson, and William Ingle at the QB position. I really think Birch has that kind...

I like the top 4 exactly as you have it. I expect Oak Hills to be a very tough out as well and a clear 5th. I think Sycamore takes a slight step back with maybe Hamilton and Mason being better than them. Despite returning 3 starters, not sure there is a go-to scorer in the program short of...

Oh wow. He will do very well in the Datillo offense at Mason. His game reminds me of Mitch Allen or Kyle Sess, both of whom were OPOY in the GMC under Datillo at Sycamore.

I think Birch the QB from Princeton has it in him to be a gamebreaker running the ball. Ryder Hooks at Lakota East is coming off a 1,400 yard season and, while he's not the biggest guy, he has big time speed. I like Braydon Johnson at Lakota West running the ball and catching it, but will he...