Division I regional track finals
Fenwick graduation 2012
Ponitz graduation 2012
Home > Blogs > High School Huddle > Archives > 2010 > November > 17
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
There’s no place like Princeton for Trotwood
Trotwood-Madison (10-2) had the choice of playing Kings (11-1) in Friday’s Division II, Region 8 high school football final at Princeton or Centerville high schools.
Rams coach Maurice Douglass chose the suburban Cincinnati locale rather than the more closer home of the Elks.
“It was a no-brainer,” he said. “We wanted Princeton.
“It would have been closer (at Centerville), but it ain’t home. Princeton’s like home to us. Our guys have responded to that type of atmosphere every time we’ve been there. Plus, Kings is 0-3 there.”
The Rams are 2-1 in playoff games at Princeton, including last week’s 42-23 thumping of defending D-II state champ Winton Woods.
T-M’s only playoff loss was 35-12 to Edgewood in the first round of the 2006 playoffs.
This is the second straight season that T-M has gone three games deep into the postseason.
Permalink | Comments (2) | Post your comment | Categories: Football playoffs
Tweet6-5, 235-pound QB caused offensive change for Eaton opponent McNicholas
In 39 previous years of coaching football, Steve Klonne had never run a triple option offense.
Then, before last season, the McNicholas High School football coach realized that his 6-foot-5, 235-pound quarterback Matt Staubach was the biggest player on his entire team. Between Staubach’s skill and the team’s smallish offensive line, the offensive philosophy required a change.
“Me and the staff, we never had more fun,” Klonne said. “We studied (the triple option) every day during that summer, talked to coaches around the area. It was fun to try something new.”
It has worked brilliantly. After finishing 5-5 last season while creaking through the new offense, McNicholas (10-2) has advanced to the Division III, Region 12 final against Eaton (12-0) at 7 p.m. Saturday at Mason High School.
It just took some time for the players to learn the system, said Klonne, the former longtime Moeller coach who earned his 200th career win in McNicholas’ first-round victory against Dunbar.
Staubach, a senior, has particularly flourished. He enters Saturday’s game with 1,041 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns, and he has passed for 752 yards and 8 scores. Senior Rob Rice is the top option at running back (865 yards, 4 TDs), and senior Ryan Haynes has come on strong with 165 yards in the two playoff games.
Klonne said his offensive line averages about 200 pounds per player, which helped move the team toward the offensive philosophy that has turned its fate.
“We just can’t line up and base block,” Klonne said. “But we’ve found something we can do successfully.”
Klonne and McNicholas, a Greater Catholic League Central Division member that lost only to Fenwick (42-35 in Week 4) and Alter (42-14 in 6), hope the offense can help them control time of possession against Eaton’s explosive offense.
“We just have to keep the ball,” Klonne said. “They can make things happen in a hurry.”
Permalink | Comments (0) | Post your comment | Categories: Football
Tweet
