CANTON Not everything went right for the Steubenville High School football team Friday night at Fawcett Stadium. Big Red had lots of trouble on special teams.
But once the kicking units left the field, boy could the Steubenville control the line of scrimmage.
Division III, Region 11 final SITE Fawcett Stadium, Friday, 7:30 p.m. RECORDS Dover 11-1, Steubenville 11-1. LAST WEEK Dover 28, Northwest 21, OT; Steubenville 34, Salem 10. LAST MEETING Steubenville won, 33-30, in a 2006 regional final.
DOVER Marcus Mamarella knows what playing in a Dover-Steubenville football playoff game is like.
He saw action at linebacker three years ago when the Tornadoes faced Big Red in a regional final at Fawcett Stadium. A handful of other freshmen also dressed for Dover that day.
Dover coach Dan Ifft had these words for his Tornadoes about Steubenville Big Red moments after their 28-21 regional semifinal win overtime over Northwest last Friday night.
“You are going to get their best,” declared Ifft.
“But that’s OK,” the Dover coach added with a pause. “Because they are going to get our best.”
Dover coach Dan Ifft and his staff are busily preparing their game plan for Steubenville in Friday night’s Division III regional football championship game at Fawcett Stadium in Canton.
In a game where it seemed the last team to have the ball might be in the best position to win, it was the Dover defense that ultimately proved key in Friday’s Division III regional semifinal against Northwest at Fawcett Stadium.
