We dont have the defense we had last year but i feel our offense is more potent. And Versailles is the real deal and will be a load for anyone in
Yes Marion Local beat Versailles handily last year, especially the playoff game. It shouldn't be a surprise that Versailles made up ground on them this year, because of the key starters the Flyers had to replace this year. I was wondering myself how Perry turned the tables on Kirtland. That seemed more puzzling to me because Kirtland beat Perry by 20 last year and Kirtland has so many returning starters, particularly on defense. Marion Local started the year lacking experience but if somehow they can go undefeated this year, I would venture to say there will be a new state record winning streak set next year because they bring back a lot. I was impressed with both defenses tonight, even though they both did a lot of bending. I predicted a score of 35-21 so being a guy who prefers defense, this game was a pleasant surprise. I do anticipate Versailles vs Kirtland and Marion Local vs Dalton in the finals. It will add some intrigue because just as you were left with questions on how Versailles closed the gap on MSML, some of us were scratching our heads on the Dalton-Kirtland game. At this point in the season it's looking like these are just four very good teams I predict will all be in the finals.
Kirtland lost a bunch of talent on the oline. That’s where the struggle has been this year so far. And in Perry game two of them got hurt one had season ending surgery this week. Last night counted two freshman and 3 juniors on the line one being a starter from last year. It was also very very hard to replace tigers son #4 on defense that kid was in on every play. Perry has one of ML old coaches and there goal all of season was to beat us. They said on multiple occasions on how much film they watched on us in the offseason Pretty sure Goodwin passed along every piece of film he had. And Dalton they are good we had a bunch of mistakes so does every team week 1 if we played them week 2 I don’t think it would have been as close but will never know.
Yes, oline means a lot in football at all levels. Versailles had 4 srs. on the oline ML 4 jrs.. It showed during the game twice the Flyers had 4th and 1 couldn't pick it up. Marion Local has played 2 tough games Wapak and Versailles very fortunate to have won both games.
I would add McComb to your list, Panthers have been kicking but.
Yes it really sucks. I follow the MAC from across the state and I go to my game and then come home and watch MAC games on NFHS. It really sucks Marion Local doea this.
Which coach do they have? ML has had minimal turnover on their coaching staff for the last 2 decades.
so why does the steiners do this????
Bob Gecewich
Coldwater has a very tough path to get there. Great coach though so it’s definitely possible.
Versailles had 2 starters on the o line out though too. Not sure they had 4 seniors last night.
According to the roster in the program they did.
So other teams don't have films of all their games to watch over and over and over again. I get it but it sucks.
Any Kirtland game that is ever streamed will always be available. We have nothing to hide. I guarantee if any coaches wanted to get the film they could find it some how some way. Just a football fan here and wanted to watch the whole game that I paid for.
I don't disagree. I'm just telling you the reason. I will say this, ML is much more diverse in what they do systemically than a school like Kirtland. ML's offense can be very different from year to year. Maybe that's part of the reason. It certainly sucks as a fan though. They only do this for football
Basketball does it as well.
