Delphos St. John's Blue Jays Team News

Leader of Columbus’ bid for OHSAA football finals used to work for Stark County
COLUMBUS  More than a week has passed since Jeffrey John made a proposal to the Ohio High School Athletic Association to bring the state football championships to Columbus.

Stark County makes bid to keep state title games
CANTON One day off in 31⁄2 months. That’s it.

Rob Steinberg is the 32-year-old sports promotion manager for the Canton-Stark County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau. He was responsible for putting together Stark County’s proposal to keep the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s state football championship games here.

Late drive hands title to St. Paul
MASSILLON  Eric Schwieterman and the Norwalk St. Paul offense had a long way to go and a short time to get there.

The best route was for the senior quarterback to retrace the footsteps of a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback.

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State finals: History points to Delphos St. John's
The first order of business for Delphos St. John’s? Like most high school football teams, it is to win a league title.

Nothing, though, comes easy in the Midwest Athletic Conference. Not to a St. John’s team that won the Division VI state title last year but had not won the MAC since 2000.

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Help from the TV guys

Delphos St. John’s coach Todd Schulte would like to thank Hopewell-Loudon’s friends ... at SportsTime Ohio.

An analyst for the television network that is airing this weekend’s championship games opined last week something along the lines of how Hopewell’s prolific offense was going to run roughshod over St. John’s.

That became some good bulletin-board material for the Blue Jays.

Delphos St. John's wins fifth title

BY SCOTT BROWN

SCOTT.BROWN@CANTONREP.COM

MASSILLON Wes Ulm’s Delphos St. John’s teammates were celebrating in the end zone, having just scored their fourth unanswered touchdown to assure themselves the Division VI state football championship.

Ulm, the quarterback, wasn’t in the scrum. He was 60 yards away, laid out flat on his own 40 after absorbing a big hit while lofting what would become a 53-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Leininger.

Division VI preview: Hopewell-Loudon vs. St. John's

Hopewell-Loudon Chieftains
RECORD 14-0
LEAGUE Midland Atlantic
HEAD COACH Brian Colatruglio, fifth season, 64-5
PLAYOFF HISTORY The Chieftains are in their second straight in state title game, losing to Newark Catholic, 28-14 ,last year. Hopewell-Loudon is 14-7 in eight tournament appearances.

Hopewell-Loudon battles back to title game

CANTON The wind chill was in single digits. It was blowing and snowing. The stadium turf was slick.

But the conditions did nothing to hamper Hopewell-Loudon quarterback Tyler Brown in a 55-20 win over Malvern last Friday in a Division VI state semifinal.

Brown was 18-of-22 for 269 yards in beating the Hornets to bring his team back to Stark County. Hopewell-Loudon’s celebration was short-lived though. There is one big step yet to take, one the Chieftains couldn’t take in 2007.