Division IV Region 13 - Top 8 Teams

[Yappi]

Beaver Local (East Liverpool)
Buchtel (Akron)
Canton South (Canton)
Cardinal Mooney (Youngstown)
Coventry (Akron)
East Liverpool (East Liverpool)
Edgewood (Ashtabula)
Field (Mogadore)
Girard (Girard)
Holy Name (Parma Heights)
Hubbard (Hubbard)
Jefferson Area (Jefferson)
Lake Catholic (Mentor)
Lutheran East (Cleveland Heights)
Minerva (Minerva)
Niles McKinley (Niles)
Northwest (Canal Fulton)
Orange (Pepper Pike)
Poland Seminary (Poland)
Ravenna (Ravenna)
Salem (Salem)
Springfield (Akron)
Streetsboro (Streetsboro)
Struthers (Struthers)
Warrensville Heights (Warrensville Heights)
West Branch (Beloit)
Woodridge (Peninsula)
Youngstown East (Youngstown)

 

[gusterboy]

Canton South and Buchtel return accomplished QB's. Woodridge has great skill and experince back at QB as well. The Mahoning Valley group of Teams (Poland, Hubbard, Girard, West Branch) are in reload mode. Holy Name and Mooney have tough schedules but talents back.

 

[olschoolreddev]

Canton South and Buchtel return accomplished QB's. Woodridge has great skill and experince back at QB as well. The Mahoning Valley group of Teams (Poland, Hubbard, Girard, West Branch) are in reload mode. Holy Name and Mooney have tough schedules but talents back.

Don't sleep on Struthers.

 

[oldpolecat]

Don't sleep on Struthers.

Girard and West Branch return some talent, too.

 

[gusterboy]

Struthers scrimmages West Branch at WB this year.

 

[xhscoach]

What did WB lose overall? If you’re referring simply to the QB graduating, they will be just fine. Maybe not to the level of DeShields, but they have capable underclassmen.

 

[xhscoach]

They lost some lineman, replacing deshields is a lot harder than people think. They’ll rely on the RB more this year even tho the new Qb is pretty good he’s not deshields respectfully

I didn’t mean to insinuate there will be no drop off from DeShields, but rather that WB is in a better position than most schools looking to replace their QB.

 

[A better day for all]

With Tim Cooper's offense, West Branch will be explosive again. The QB taking over for DeShields is 6-5 with a rifle for an arm (he's a big-time pitcher in baseball and will likely have both baseball and football offers) . West Branch returns 4,000 yards of offense and five of its top seven receivers, along with a 1,300-yard running back. I'll be surprised if they don't average around 45 points per game. Many of their new linemen played a lot last season because most of their games were over by halftime and those linemen played a lot in the second half of many of their games. Cooper is one of the brightest young coaches in Ohio high school football — he's a tremendous play caller and his offense is very difficult to defend because they use so many constantly changing sets and formations. His kids are well-schooled in their version of the Air Raid offense. If you make one mistake on defense, that offense can make you pay, as many teams have discovered.

 

[Spread All Day]

With Tim Cooper's offense, West Branch will be explosive again. The QB taking over for DeShields is 6-5 with a rifle for an arm (he's a big-time pitcher in baseball and will likely have both baseball and football offers) . West Branch returns 4,000 yards of offense and five of its top seven receivers, along with a 1,300-yard running back. I'll be surprised if they don't average around 45 points per game. Many of their new linemen played a lot last season because most of their games were over by halftime and those linemen played a lot in the second half of many of their games. Cooper is one of the brightest young coaches in Ohio high school football — he's a tremendous play caller and his offense is very difficult to defend because they use so many constantly changing sets and formations. His kids are well-schooled in their version of the Air Raid offense. If you make one mistake on defense, that offense can make you pay, as many teams have discovered.

With deshields at qb*****

 

[olschoolreddev]

A lot of this is true but he’s not deshields that’s all I got

WB has a good program with hard noses kids. Deshields not being 100% hurt them against Jefferson in the regional final.

 

[xhscoach]

With deshields at qb*****

Let the kids play!

 

[Spread All Day]

Let the kids play!

Correct but that’s like saying the patriots won six Super Bowls recently, but not including Tom Brady doesn’t play there anymore. It’s not that extreme but it’s just an example.

 

[Yappi]

Buchtel's big second half can push it in 2023​

 

[FirestoneFan]

Preseason

1-Holy Name
2-West Branch
3-Struthers
4-Cardinal Mooney
5-Jefferson Area
6-Girard
7-Buchtel
8-Poland Seminary
9-Lake Catholic
10-Canton South
11-Beaver Local
12-Hubbard
13-Woodridge
14-Northwest (Canal Fulton)
15-Salem
16-Streetsboro
17-Niles McKinley
18-Ashtabula Edgewood
19-Coventry
20-Field
21-Ravenna
22-Youngstown East
23-East Liverpool
24-Lutheran East
25-Warrensville Hts
26-Orange
27-Minerva
28-Akron Springfield