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By Kyle Nagel, Staff Writer 1:56 AM Saturday, October 3, 2009

HUBER HEIGHTS — Few Northmont High School football players completely avoided the flu bug this week.

“The guys we can count on,” said coach Lance Schneider, “came to the top this week.”

Two of them are named Ringer. With two interceptions from sophomore Kaleb and 128 rushing yards and two touchdowns by senior Korey, Northmont survived a second-half Wayne rally and won 27-14 on Friday, Oct. 2.

More than 30 Northmont players missed practice this week with flu-like symptoms, and Wayne faced its own injury problems, as star junior quarterback Braxton Miller missed his second straight game with a thigh bruise. In Miller’s place, Wayne started freshman Javon Harrison, who completed 17-of-45 passes for 177 yards but threw five interceptions.

Wayne (3-3) faced a series of misfortunes in the first half, and Northmont (4-2) capitalized. On the opening drive, Kaleb Ringer intercepted and returned 52 yards for a touchdown. Two Warriors possessions later, Wayne failed to score after taking shots from the 2- and 1-yard lines.

Northmont responded with Korey Ringer’s 1-yard score to make it 14-0 with 45 seconds left in the first quarter.

Wayne then drove 15 plays before missing a field goal, and Northmont came back with an 80-yard drive capped by a 13-yard Korey Ringer touchdown. With that, it was 21-0 with 7:22 left in the second quarter.

Wayne scored on a 6-yard run from Harrison on its opening possession of the second half, and Harrison passed 10 yards to Caleb Elkins following a Northmont fumble to climb to within 21-14 with 4:36 left in the third quarter.

The fourth quarter included four combined turnovers, but Northmont held on with an 8-yard touchdown run by Quintin Cooper with 1:33 left to maintain the victory.

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Northmont is not that tough this year, and Wayne is nothing but a bunch of fat lineman without their QB.

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1:45 PM, 10/4/2009

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Javon Harrison was pressing hard to make it happen on his own. The team has to learn to play together. Too many indivduals relying on someone esle to get it done. I can.t wait to see Harrison as he matures. The kid has an arm.

Super Fan
3:29 PM, 10/3/2009

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Wayne has more problems than Braxton Miller. They are not a team, one unit like they should be and it shows on game night. The sidelines always looks dead and there appears to be no team unity amongst the players. They always look like they are trying to catch up instead of being the team to beat. They could very easily go 5-5 or 6-4. Playoff dreams are pretty shattered. There is a lot of talent but too many individuals. Teams win championships, individuals go home after week 10!!

football fan
3:21 PM, 10/3/2009

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That's what happens when you base your entire team on the QB. If he goes down, your whole season is shot.

Hal
11:32 AM, 10/3/2009

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Isn't it kind of pathetic to call Wayne, Nmont, and cville the "big3" when they cant even advance past the second round of th playoffs? Can the dayton media please know their role and shut their mouth?

get real
10:52 AM, 10/3/2009

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