Here is a look at some of the key games in Ohio high school football this coming weekend:
Fox Sports Net Ohio will televise a pair of games Thursday night. In northeast Ohio, FSN will have coverage of Medina at Wadsworth at 7 p.m. In southeast Ohio, FSN will have coverage of Indian Hill at Cincinnati Turpin at 7 p.m.
On Friday, Ohio News Network will have tape delay coverage of Solon at Mentor at 10 p.m. Mentor defeated Solon 27-0 last year.
On Friday, PressBoxProductions.com will have an audiocast of the game between Louisville and Akron Hoban at 7:30 p.m. That site will also have its weekly Talkin' Football show at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Here is the link to that site:
www.pressboxproductions.com
More key games on Friday: Indianapolis Cathedral at Cincinnati St. Xavier, Toledo St. John’s (St. John’s features OSU verbal OL Jack Mewhort) at Strongsville, Painesville Riverside at Painesville Harvey (with OSU verbal WR Chris Fields), Upper Arlington at Findlay, Sunbury Big Walnut at Lewis Center Olentangy, Cambridge at Newark Licking Valley (with OSU verbal LB Storm Klein), Coldwater (with OSU verbal RB-LB Adam Homan) at Versailles, Columbus Brookhaven at Dayton Chaminade-Julienne, Westerville South at Clayton Northmont (with OSU verbal CB C.J. Barnett), New Albany at Columbus DeSales (DeSales won 23-20 last year; this game will be part of the Chris Spielman Gridiron Classic) and Fostoria at Toledo Whitmer (Whitmer won 50-47 last year).
Also Friday: East Liverpool at Steubenville, Kettering Fairmont at West Chester Lakota West, Cincinnati Oak Hills at Cincinnati Elder, Uniontown Lake at Canton McKinley, Parma Normandy at Massillon Washington, Youngstown Chaney at Youngstown Boardman (with OSU verbal OL Corey Linsley), Lebanon at Trotwood-Madison, Cincinnati Anderson at Hamilton, Fort Thomas (Ky.) Highlands at Cincinnati Colerain, Westerville North at Pickerington Central (with OSU verbals DB Jamie Wood and LB Zach Boren), Elyria Catholic at Youngstown Mooney (with OSU verbal DT John Simon; game at YSU’s Stambaugh Stadium), Aurora (with OSU verbal DL Adam Bellamy) at Twinsburg, Bellbrook (with OSU verbal OL Sam Longo) at Xenia, Ashtabula Lakeside at Garfield Heights (with OSU verbal DL Melvin Fellows) and Worthington Kilbourne at Dublin Scioto (with OSU verbal DB Brad McDougald).
On Saturday: Cleveland Glenville (with OL Marcus Hall and OSU verbal DE-LB Jonathan Newsome) visits Gahanna Lincoln as part of the Chris Spielman Gridiron Classic. Also, Centerville at Cincinnati Moeller (at UC’s Nippert Stadium), Parma Padua Franciscan at Huber Heights Wayne and Cleveland St. Ignatius at Buffalo (N.Y.) Canisius.
OSU Verbals, Prospects Outside Ohio
Here is a look at where OSU verbals and prospects outside Ohio will be in action this weekend:
Louisville (Ky.) Trinity (with OSU verbal LB Jordan Whiting) opens Friday at Bowling Green, Ky.
Louisville (Ky.) Male (with OSU verbal DB Justin Green) hosts Christian County Friday.
Frederick (Md.) Tuscarora (with OSU verbal DB Dominic Clarke) opens Friday against Frederick, Md.
Naples, Fla., (with OSU verbal RB Carlos Hyde) hosts Miami Monsignor Pace Friday.
Monroeville (Pa.) Gateway (with OSU verbals LB Dorian Bell and DB Corey Brown) hosts Baldwin Friday.
Jeannette, Pa., (with OSU verbal RB Jordan Hall) visits Brownsville Friday.
Grosse Point (Mich.) South (with OSU verbal TE Reid Fragel)visits Grosse Point (Mich.) North Friday.
Grand Ledge, Mich., (with OSU verbal WR James Jackson) visits Okemos, Mich., Friday.
Scottsdale (Ariz.) Saguaro (with DT Corey Adams) is idle; Saguaro opens Sept. 12 against Sahuaro.
Miami (Fla.) Palmetto (with RB Jaamal Berry) visits Christopher Columbus Friday.
Here is Bill Kurelic’s Commitment Tracker with a recap of last weekend’s high school action:
http://www.bucknuts.com/news/articles/2008/9/1/buckeye-weekend-commitment-tracker-17
