Lake Catholic 2024
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Struthersfan
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VASJ's coach is scum. Everyone knows about him...it was an embarrassment for VASJ that they hired him. Then again, VASJ is a Catholic School in name only at this point.
C'Town216
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What makes him a scum? Just because he may try and get kids to play for his programs makes him a scumbag? The fact that parents want their kids to play for him as these kids are getting a pathway to college? You make him seem like he kidnaps these kids and kicks them to the curb after or abuses animals . Is some of his methods questionable? sure but far from scum.
On that note, have your thread back
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James x2
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vikings4life
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You must be frail if you need air conditioning to prosper/survive. Do you need eggs benedict every morning as well?
perry1480
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That is impressive! Congrats! It reminds me of Massillon Perry and Canton Central Catholic being highly ranked in their own divisions and being less than a mile apart… the away band used to march to the away stadium!
Tim Holochner
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AP Champs won't get you a real playoff win. We will see how it goes when the playoffs begin in round 3.
Hurricane525
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Thanks for the input Tim. Always counted on to bring the insight and thoughtful, constructive conversation. Well done.
You must be a blast at parties.
Tim Holochner
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Glad I could help.
wrestling125
Active member
Take it easy on Tim Holochner guys. I know some people that knew him back in the day and he has some mental insufficiencies. Used to get bullied a lot. Say a prayer for him and move on.
Tim Holochner
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I'll come back to this thread after round 3 and you can make excuses for what happened. See you then.
So you're a troll...got it, but can you show us on the doll where LC hurt you?
Tim Holochner
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Typical Lake County cool guy. That's a great comment. Very, very witty. Did you yell up to the main level to ask your mommy's opinion before typing it?
All you have to do is win when it counts. Stop boasting about beating up teams on a concocted BS schedule.
See how you play when you're faced with real competition. There are three in your own region that might be better.
How many did you put up against that vaunted NDCL defense again?
Lake Catholic football: Jimmy Gibbons is the latest (and last) with his last name to star for Cougars
Peeling himself off the basement floor, young Jimmy Gibbons lined up to run another play on the family’s makeshift downstairs football field. Down, set, go…. “They had to play on their knees when we played tackle football in the basement,” Gibbons said with a laugh. “That was the only way to keep it even, but I still got destroyed.” Quite a few years have passed since Jimmy Gibbons was taking some good-natured football punishment from his brothers in basement football. A lot of years have passed since Jimmy sat in the stands and watched his big brothers lead the Lake Catholic football team to greatness on the REAL gridiron. But if everything goes to plan these next few weeks, the baby brother hopes to do something none of his brothers did. In fact, it’s something only one other person in his family tree has accomplished.
Jimmy hopes to lead Lake Catholic to a state championship as a player, something no one in his family has done since uncle Mike Gibbons helped Lake Catholic win the 2001 state championship. “Just my Uncle Mike has won one as a player,” said Gibbons, a two-way starter at running back and linebacker. “That would mean everything to me, for us to go get a championship and do it with my teammates. You know, go out with a bang.” To be sure, the Gibbons name has been synonymous with greatness on the Lake Catholic athletic fields over the past years, if not decades.
Family patriarch John Gibbons coached Lake Catholic to state titles in 1991 and 1992. His sons Tom (Class of 1988), Tim (Class of 1995), Mike (Class of 2002) and Marty (Class of 2011) all starred on their respective teams, as did Tom’s sons Jack (Class of 2018), Sean (Class of 2021) and T.J. (Class of 2023). Taking the family tree a step further, Anne Gibbons’ husband — Tom Lombardo — coached Lake Catholic to the 2021 state title with Mike Gibbons starring at fullback and linebacker. That’s a heck of a family lineage to follow. But Jimmy Gibbons can do something only Uncle Mike has done — win a state title as a player at Lake Catholic. “That,” he said, “would be special.”
Lake Catholic wrapped up a perfect 10-0 season on Oct. 25 with a 26-17 win over archrival Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin. It’s the team’s first 10-0 regular season since 1996, a season that ended with a regional final loss to Benedictine. The Cougars play a Division IV, Region 13 opener against Ravenna (4-6) on Nov. 1.
It’s no surprise that Gibbons has played an integral role for Lake Catholic, which is coached by his Uncle Marty on a staff that also includes his grandfather John and his father Tom as assistants. Heading into postseason play, Gibbons leads Lake Catholic in rushing (132 carries, 816 yards, nine touchdowns) to go with 17 receptions for 203 yards and a score. He is also among the team leaders on the defensive side of the ball with 72 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, an interception and a forced fumble. Loud numbers, indeed. He’s generally soft-spoken, but when he’s between those white lines, his play speaks volumes. “A man of very few words, but he’s explosive,” said his father, Tom. “He resembles my brother Mike in a lot of ways. He says very little. His actions do all the talking.”
The expanded role at running back this season was not expected. But when a few (non-related) assistant coaches prodded head coach Marty Gibbons to give his nephew a shot at being the lead back when last year’s 1,000-yard rusher Josh Styles graduated, Jimmy got his shot and — well — ran with it. “Originally, I thought I was just going to be a short-yardage guy on third downs,” he said. “I was doing pretty good, then they put me in there and I started to like it. I scored my first career touchdown this year!” Gibbons jokes about getting “destroyed” by his big brothers in basement football. He admits that sometimes he was probably a pain in the butt to his big brothers, nagging them to let him play backyard football with them and their friends. “But my brothers were good about keeping me involved and playing in games with them,” he said. “My brothers and my mom and dad have always been there for me. They’ve helped guide me to who I am today.” When Jimmy Gibbons walks off the field for last time this fall as a member of the Lake Catholic football team, it will mark the end of an era of sorts.
While his cousin, Brady Moran, — son of Nora (Gibbons) and Matt Moran — is a member of Lake Catholic’s football team, the name “Gibbons” won’t be on the back of a Lake Catholic jersey in the foreseeable future. Mike Gibbons’ sons will play for him at Medina Highland. The only other area football players in the Gibbons family tree are at Kirtland — Ryan and Tommy Caimi, sons of Patty (Gibbons) and Chris Caimi. “Yeah, no more Gibbons names for a while,” Tom said with a laugh. But the last in line — Jimmy — is a good one. And if he and his teammates have anything to say about it, something special is about to happen.
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Peeling himself off the basement floor, young Jimmy Gibbons lined up to run another play on the family’s makeshift downstairs football field. Down, set, go…. “They had to play on their knees when we played tackle football in the basement,” Gibbons said with a laugh. “That was the only way to keep it even, but I still got destroyed.” Quite a few years have passed since Jimmy Gibbons was taking some good-natured football punishment from his brothers in basement football. A lot of years have passed since Jimmy sat in the stands and watched his big brothers lead the Lake Catholic football team to greatness on the REAL gridiron. But if everything goes to plan these next few weeks, the baby brother hopes to do something none of his brothers did. In fact, it’s something only one other person in his family tree has accomplished.
Jimmy hopes to lead Lake Catholic to a state championship as a player, something no one in his family has done since uncle Mike Gibbons helped Lake Catholic win the 2001 state championship. “Just my Uncle Mike has won one as a player,” said Gibbons, a two-way starter at running back and linebacker. “That would mean everything to me, for us to go get a championship and do it with my teammates. You know, go out with a bang.” To be sure, the Gibbons name has been synonymous with greatness on the Lake Catholic athletic fields over the past years, if not decades.
Family patriarch John Gibbons coached Lake Catholic to state titles in 1991 and 1992. His sons Tom (Class of 1988), Tim (Class of 1995), Mike (Class of 2002) and Marty (Class of 2011) all starred on their respective teams, as did Tom’s sons Jack (Class of 2018), Sean (Class of 2021) and T.J. (Class of 2023). Taking the family tree a step further, Anne Gibbons’ husband — Tom Lombardo — coached Lake Catholic to the 2021 state title with Mike Gibbons starring at fullback and linebacker. That’s a heck of a family lineage to follow. But Jimmy Gibbons can do something only Uncle Mike has done — win a state title as a player at Lake Catholic. “That,” he said, “would be special.”
Lake Catholic wrapped up a perfect 10-0 season on Oct. 25 with a 26-17 win over archrival Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin. It’s the team’s first 10-0 regular season since 1996, a season that ended with a regional final loss to Benedictine. The Cougars play a Division IV, Region 13 opener against Ravenna (4-6) on Nov. 1.
It’s no surprise that Gibbons has played an integral role for Lake Catholic, which is coached by his Uncle Marty on a staff that also includes his grandfather John and his father Tom as assistants. Heading into postseason play, Gibbons leads Lake Catholic in rushing (132 carries, 816 yards, nine touchdowns) to go with 17 receptions for 203 yards and a score. He is also among the team leaders on the defensive side of the ball with 72 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, an interception and a forced fumble. Loud numbers, indeed. He’s generally soft-spoken, but when he’s between those white lines, his play speaks volumes. “A man of very few words, but he’s explosive,” said his father, Tom. “He resembles my brother Mike in a lot of ways. He says very little. His actions do all the talking.”
The expanded role at running back this season was not expected. But when a few (non-related) assistant coaches prodded head coach Marty Gibbons to give his nephew a shot at being the lead back when last year’s 1,000-yard rusher Josh Styles graduated, Jimmy got his shot and — well — ran with it. “Originally, I thought I was just going to be a short-yardage guy on third downs,” he said. “I was doing pretty good, then they put me in there and I started to like it. I scored my first career touchdown this year!” Gibbons jokes about getting “destroyed” by his big brothers in basement football. He admits that sometimes he was probably a pain in the butt to his big brothers, nagging them to let him play backyard football with them and their friends. “But my brothers were good about keeping me involved and playing in games with them,” he said. “My brothers and my mom and dad have always been there for me. They’ve helped guide me to who I am today.” When Jimmy Gibbons walks off the field for last time this fall as a member of the Lake Catholic football team, it will mark the end of an era of sorts.
While his cousin, Brady Moran, — son of Nora (Gibbons) and Matt Moran — is a member of Lake Catholic’s football team, the name “Gibbons” won’t be on the back of a Lake Catholic jersey in the foreseeable future. Mike Gibbons’ sons will play for him at Medina Highland. The only other area football players in the Gibbons family tree are at Kirtland — Ryan and Tommy Caimi, sons of Patty (Gibbons) and Chris Caimi. “Yeah, no more Gibbons names for a while,” Tom said with a laugh. But the last in line — Jimmy — is a good one. And if he and his teammates have anything to say about it, something special is about to happen.
Lake Catholic football: Jimmy Gibbons is the latest (and last) with his last name to star for Cougars
Peeling himself off the basement floor, young Jimmy Gibbons lined up to run another play on the family’s makeshift downstairs football field. His three older brothers — Jack, Sean and T.J. — …
www.news-herald.com
wrestling125
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Tim who in this thread has said that Lake was definitively better than Glenville? No one will be shocked if Lake loses this game because Glenville is a very good team, but Lake fans are optimistic going into it. Also, no one in this thread has said that Lake's schedule was difficult. They took care of business, as they should have, during the season. I wish Lake still played Benedictine and Walsh but they simply don't. They beat the 10 teams that were put in front of them. So if Lake loses to Glenville next weekend have fun running to this thread to throw it in everyones face because it will clearly be the highlight of your year.
dude is just waiting for LC to lose so he can say I told you so. Really going out on a limb lol