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Mckinley Bulldogs Team News

Stark QBs show plenty of star power in Week 1

All across Stark County — from Fairless to GlenOak and Massillon to McKinley — quarterbacks were on display in the first week of the high school football season.

McKinley-Walsh JV game tonight moved to Fawcett

CANTON  This evening’s McKinley-Walsh Jesuit junior varsity football game has been moved to Fawcett Stadium, with kickoff set for 5.

The game had been scheduled for 4:30 this afternoon at Walsh Jesuit, but has been moved because of inclement weather and sloppy field conditions.

McKinley begins Filtz era with win over Walsh Jesuit

CANTON  Call him “Instant.”

Whatever a high school football fan could want — instant offense, instant momentum, instant excitement — Eric Glover-Williams will provide, right now.

Elite 11: Marlington's Dymonte Thomas leads the pack

1, Dymonte Thomas, Marlington RB-LB-S

Week 1 preview: Walsh Jesuit at McKinley

Walsh Jesuit at McKinley

TIME  7 p.m. (Saturday)

SITE  Fawcett Stadium

2011 RECORDS  Walsh 10-2; McKinley 9-3

LAST MEETING  Walsh won 19-0 in a 1993 playoff opener.

McKinley, Filtz working to get better before opener

CANTON  Just days from pulling the cover back and unveiling his McKinley High School football team like a classic restored car, new Bulldogs coach Todd Filtz still wants to tinker with the engine and polish the exterior.

STARK'S STARS: Fans vote for their best in Stark County high school football

FridayNightOhio.com readers voted on who they thought was the best in Stark County in five categories — best player, best quarterback, best rising star, best coach and best team. Here are the results. Scroll down for our season previews of each Stark County-area team.

BEST PLAYER

McKINLEY 2012: What to know about the Bulldogs

Key information on the McKinley Bulldogs entering the 2012 season:

STARK'S RISING STAR: McKinley's Glover-Williams ready for closeup

CANTON  The star of Eric Glover-Williams most definitely is rising. New McKinley High School head coach Todd Filtz is doing nothing to shade its luster.

SUNDAY SPECIAL: Massillon winning battle of the fans vs. McKinley

There is a great disparity in season-ticket sales between Stark County’s two major high school football programs. At McKinley High School, where athletic director Greg Malone is working feverishly and against a deadline to fill out the Bulldogs’ schedule, fans bought just 984 season tickets in 2011.