CHAMPION — Entering his third season as head coach, Champion football coach Tom Conrad knows a change is necessary. For the past two seasons, Champion relied on the offensive tandem of Joey Fell and Nick Vesey as a source of the team’s scoring. Since the duo has graduated, Conrad is ...
LEAVITTSBURG — Evaluation + changes = anticipation. Following a season in which LaBrae finished with a 1-9 record, first-year coach Jon Elliot evaluated the program. The deep internal dive led to implementing several changes which have the players anticipating a much-improved ...
NILES — Coaches often suggest that games played in the late summer and fall are actually won in the weight room during the winter and spring months. The offseason conditioning and weight lifting sessions are not only physically beneficial, but they also provide an invaluable bonding ...
NEWTON FALLS — Jim Hogue is the latest to step up to the challenge of trying to restore the roar to the Newton Falls Tigers football program. Newton Falls hasn’t posted a winning season since 2004, which was the same season Hogue began his coaching career as an assistant after serving ...
BROOKFIELD — Anytime a football program loses several high-producing players, it could mean the next year or two are bound to be rough. In the eyes of head coach Randy Clark, the Brookfield Warriors are setting out to crush expectations. OFFENSE The offense, Clark said, is going to be ...
GIRARD — The 2022 campaign was a tale of two seasons, Girard coach Pat Pearson says. With a senior-laden and talented roster, the Indians surged out to an impressive 5-0 start, during which they outscored opponents 202-43, an average of 40.4-8.6 points per game. And then came the ...
