Week 6 : Strongsville (3-2) @ Cleveland Heights (4-1)

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Tigers came away with a OT 14-13 victory other Mentor last friday. And they take on a much improved Strongsville Mustang team. Cleveland Heights currently is in first place in their first year in the GCC they have yet to face the Medina Bees who will also visit Cedar& Lee. So far I’m still seeing too many penalties and undisciplined play. Junior Marquis Davis is now in the Mr Football conversation.

⦁ Marquise Davis, Cleveland Heights: A junior running back, Davis is Northeast Ohio’s leading Mr. Football candidate as a two-way standout and Power Five college recruit for the Tigers. He has 1,050 yards rushing and 12 TDs on 121 carries for the Tigers (4-1), who are in first place of the Greater Cleveland Conference and ranked sixth in the cleveland.com Top 25. And that’s not all Davis is doing. He made All-Ohio last year in Division I at safety and this year has played a hybrid role between the secondary and linebacker with 33 solo tackles, three tackles for loss, two interceptions, a sack and defensive score — which came on a pick-six in a 46-21 season-opening win at Berea-Midpark to establish his 2023 resume. Davis is a four-star recruit with scholarship offers from Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Miami and USC, to name a few.

per Matt Goul

But Heights IMO is still playing like they are still in the LEL. Coaches have to make the adjustment otherwise it won’t be a favorable outcome.
 
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Heights passing game was frustrating to watch against Mentor. It may not matter against Strongsville, but it definitely limits how far they can go in the postseason.
 
Per Matt Goul the 12th best game to. Watch in week 6.

12. — Strongsville (3-2) at No. 6 Cleveland Heights (4-1)​


When: 7 p.m. Friday



Where: Crawford Field at Cleveland Heights High School

Why: Cleveland Heights’ first year in the Greater Cleveland Conference continues with a familiar opponent. Strongsville has been a non-conference for the last two years, with the road team winning both times. History is on the side of Lou Cirino’s Mustangs in that respect. They also have won three of their last four games, including a 23-6 home win last Friday against Euclid. Xavier Belvin ran for 176 yards and a TD on 35 carries with Harsh Patel in at quarterback for Nolan Beard. Strongsville could continue to focus on the run considering Cleveland Heights used three interceptions to edge Mentor, 14-13 in overtime, with John Gordon Jr.’s touchdown and E’mere Atkins’ 2-point conversion to lift the Tigers in the extra session. They ended a 20-game losing streak against Mentor and are now 2-0 in the GCC. Strongsville also is 2-0 in conference play.
 
I think best case for Strongsville is that this goes like the Cleveland Heights-Brunswick game where Strongsville can somehow try to get a score or two early lead and try to hang on and hope the clock hits 0 before Heights can put things together enough to pull it out. For Strongsville to win it will have to be another very low scoring game, something Heights now has been used to the past two weeks.

If Heights gets out early it will be a long night because Strongsville is still playing pretty good defense outside of the Berea-Midpark game where they jumped on Strongsville early and it was a wrap from there. The offense is a struggle ... 23 points against Euclid (even with a backup QB) is putrid. I'm not sure they will score more than 21 points in a game the rest of the season barring garbage time.

Still a solid team because of the defense, but that unit is backed into a corner having to hold opponents under 20 to have a chance to win.
 
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