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Coldwater, Marion Local top state poll
Coldwater coach John Reed didn’t need a state poll to tell him what he already knew: His high school football team’s schedule is brutal.
Four of the Cavaliers’ next five games are against teams ranked in the first state poll, which was released Monday, Sept. 8 It starts Friday when Coldwater, ranked No. 1 in Division IV, hosts the top-ranked D-V team in Marion Local. In all, five Midwest Athletic Conference schools are ranked.
For Reed, though, it’s not about where you start. It’s where you finish.
“(It doesn’t matter) until the last one. If you’re still on top in the last one that means you probably went undefeated,” Reed said. “So that one is always nice.”
The Miami Valley fared well in the first poll with 10 teams. Six area teams were ranked in 2007.
• In Division I, Wayne shared No. 6 with Dublin Coffman.
• In Division II, Tecumseh was the lone representative at No. 10.
• Division III is loaded with No. 5 Tippecanoe, No. 6 St. Marys Memorial and No. 7 Valley View.
• Coldwater tops D-IV with Alter at No. 2.
• The MAC placed three teams in D-V with No. 1 Marion Local, No. 3 St. Henry and No. 9 Anna.
• Mechanicsburg is No. 3 in D-VI.
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By observer
September 9, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this
Northmont is the Ohio State of high school football, real good against local teams but against top schools they look slow and confused.By John
September 9, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this
It’s kind of odd that the Marion Local vs. Coldwater game isn’t this weeks game of the week. I guess the Trotwood vs. Wayne game will be a much better contest? I seriously doubt this, though.By null
September 9, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this
if you are not wayne, trotwood, centerville, oakwood, or alter, you play second fiddle to high school media coverage around here.By Stuart Padaso
September 9, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this
Come on, quit complaining about schools close to Dayton getting game of the week. Coldwater? Marion Local? Palleze.By blueandgoldblues
September 9, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this
Marion Local has always been considered by many as “the team to beat.” Coldwater and versailles as well…even over thirty years ago when I was in high school,those hard working farm kids from Marion Township and Maria Stein has always been the team that rocks…you cannot beat the strong work ethic and faith in God that drives these young guys to excel!By kurt
September 9, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this
Hey Stuart—-now you know why the Lima News sells more papers up here.Dayton football,for its size,is insulated from the real world.By null
September 9, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this
will the coldwater/marion local game be hard to get into??By rj
September 9, 2008 10:30 PM | Link to this
null, come early for a good seat. The only time the DDN considers any MAC team part of the “Miami Valley” is during the playoffs after the Dayton sweethearts are sitting at home.By Phil
September 9, 2008 11:21 PM | Link to this
Observer, all the DI Dayton schools are that way, except Wayne. None of them come within 35 pts of the Cinci schools in the 2nd round of the playoffs. But, they all have turf. haBy WayneALum
September 10, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this
The Wayne Trootwood game is going to be horrible Wayne will kill Trootwood. I hear people talking about Marion Local and Coldwater I know them guys work hard, but if you put them on the same feild as Wayne or some other D1 schools they would get killed hard work will only take you soo far you have to have skills and across the board they wouldnt be able to hang. GO WAYNE!!!By null
September 10, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
Wayne is not that GREAT. There was a MAc team that beat a team in the STATE FINALS last year that spanked a handful of D1 schools and that was also ranked up in the top 10 in the US Today poolBy null
September 10, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
Wayne is not that GREAT. There was a MAc team that beat a team in the STATE FINALS last year that spanked a handful of D1 schools and that was also ranked up in the top 10 in the US Today poolBy Morrey
September 10, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
Wayne is not that GREAT. There was a MAc team that beat a team in the STATE FINALS last year that spanked a handful of D1 schools and that was also ranked up in the top 10 in the US Today pool