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I think Norwayne is the heavy favorite to completely dominate this league this year. Dalton is well coached and will have decent depth and a lot of upperclassmen playing. Smithville, Hillsdale, Chippewa, and Rittman will be good enough to win a decent amount of games. Northwestern & Waynedale...

I have heard some very troubling things coming from the parents of kids on the team. This seems to be a case of a coach and program that just do not mesh. Not sure what the answers are going forward. I do not see Orrville being relevant in basketball anytime soon.

I am hearing that Orrville might have some eligibility issues at the top of their roster. That could make their situation much worse. I think Orrville will be greatly improved provided they have a full roster at their disposal.

Norwayne challenging Dalton's secondary vertically will be like flipping a coin and living with the result. Dalton defensive backfield will be licking their chops........way too much depth back there to have much success like that with this year's Norwayne team IMO. This sucks for all of the...

I agree that Norwayne would have won two years ago if not for the repeated bad snaps from their center. Other than that, they were clearly the better team that night. Jake Gill was a beast that night. Surely it had a lot to do with Morlock being out last year, but Gill was better as a junior...

I never said Dalton's program is better than Mentor's. That would be a foolish thing to say. Mentor is a far cry from what they were in their peak years right now. There is nothing wrong with playing Jackson, Riverside, and Uniontown Lake, but those are clearly inferior teams when compared to...

Highly doubtful that Mentor's JVs would blast Dalton's varsity this year. These are not the Steve Trivisonno teams of past years. Back then, Mentor was regularly a top 10 football program in the state. They are not in the top 50 anymore. They will not even get on a field with top teams like St...

Give them about three weeks and they probably will. Hard to imagine Dalton not beating Norwayne by at least 3-4 TDs. With how potent Dalton is offensively, there is just so much pressure on their opponents to score early in the game to avoid getting run off the field. Dalton regularly kills...

That 8th grade class at Smithville is really talented, led by the running back that you mentioned. Is the Smithville program good enough to not waste the talent in a group like that? I am not convinced that Smithville has the program infrastructure and coaching to consistently knock off programs...

How many WCAL teams are playing JV games every week? I am sure that Dalton, Norwayne, and Hillsdale have plenty of players for a JV team. Do any of the other WCAL schools even have enough numbers to play JV every week? These participation issues are probably not going anywhere. It's really too...

Yeah right! If Dalton would not line up with Harvest Prep, they are surely not going to play Glenville.....especially week 10 with a league title game the week before at Norwayne. Dalton needed two weeks to recover from playing Kirtland. They might need a month off after a game against...

Smithville has a really good 8th grade team coming up too. Can that momentum continue when they get to high school? Or will the negative traits of the high school program turn kids away and/or stop their development?

Interesting that you bring up Norwayne. Seems like Norwayne is enjoying their role as the underhyped WCAL underdog early this season while Dalton gets all of the press clippings. This is the opposite of what has happened the last several years. Do not want to wish away the season, but week 9...

I could not agree more. A win over Mogadore this week will be a signature win for the Broc Dial led Bulldogs. Dalton is an up and coming program trying to gain respect on a statewide level. They are not a program that has earned respect across the state on a year in year out basis as of yet...

You cannot be serious. Richmond Heights is opening up the tournament in Florida against IMG Academy. Richmond Heights could play four games in that event against teams that are all better than anyone else in Ohio. Richmond Heights schedule will be as good or better than anyone else's schedule in...

You clearly did not watch Richmond Heights play much last year. They are extremely talented for sure, but they play really hard on defense and were as unselfish as any team I watched play all year. Everyone on the team knows their role and they play really well together. They switch defenses up...

Reading these posts makes you realize just how awesome the Kirtland program has been. They went to a really good opponent's home field and clawed out a tough win............and all anybody talks about is how good Dalton is to only lose by 7. That is an incredible testament to Kirtland's past...

I attended all four games. I loved the event. Naturally I would have liked to see stronger opponents for the Ohio teams on Saturday. I would rank the eight teams like this. St Eds Hoban Massillon Valdosta Glenville Center Grove Frederick Douglass Dinwiddie I love that all of the Ohio teams in...

I was just going to ask what happened to Field. I remembered that they were on Dalton's schedule for week 2 earlier this year.

Great point about leaving week 2 open when they could have easily filled it. It's like they are conceding that they cannot recover from what Kirtland hits them with before the game even starts. Kirtland 34 Dalton 21