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2017 GAME NOTES WEEK TWO: MENTOR
2017 GAME NOTES WEEK TWO:
MENTOR
2017 SAINT IGNATIUS GAME NOTES 2
September 1, 2017Jerome T. Osborne, Sr. Stadium
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
Team InformationSaint Ignatius High School: 1-0OHSAA Division I, Region 1Head Coach: Chuck Kyle ‘69Record at School: 335-85-1Overall Record: 335-85-1
Mentor High School: 1-0, 0-0OHSAA Division I, Region 1Head Coach: Steve TrivisonnoRecord at School: 165-61Overall Record: 165-61
Saint Ignatius WILDCATS
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CARDINALS
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Saint Ignatius ScheduleDate Opponent Time/Score8/24 @ Archbishop Hoban W, 17-39/1 @ Mentor 7:00 p.m.9/9 vs. Euclid 7:00 p.m.9/15 vs. Detroit Catholic Central 7:00 p.m.9/23 @ Cincinnati Elder 2:00 p.m.9/30 vs. Clarkson Canada North 7:00 p.m.10/7 vs. Canton GlenOak 7:00 p.m.10/13 vs. Archbishop Moeller (at Otterbein) 7:00 p.m.10/21 vs. St. Xavier 3:00 p.m.10/28 @ St. Edward 7:00 p.m.
THE MATCHUP
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Wildcats Storylines ...“NO-NAME” DEFENSIVE LINE: Entering the 2017 season, many called the Saint Ignatius defensive line “inexperienced” and a signficant point of weakness after graduation. Week One proved otherwise, as the Wildcats’ defensive line played a big role in the Football Cats only allowing 3 points to Arch-bishop Hoban. The Knights managed just 137 on 46 plays – 33 yards on the ground and 104 through the air. Aidan Gill, Zach McMahan, Brad Andrich, and Aidan Wells combined for 5.5 tackles, 2 sacks, and 2.5 tackles for loss in their first starts on the varsity level. The trio, plus rotating linemen Jack Jamie-son, Darian Kinnard, and Grant Abbott could form an under-rated group this season.
NOT A BAD DEBUT: Junior Tommy Eichenberg was as adver-tised in his first varsity contest. The outside linebacker racked up 7.5 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and a sack in the opening contest. Eichenberg showed off crisp tackling form, wrapping up defenders and stopping Hoban ballcarriers in their tracks. Eichenberg seems to combine well with middle backer Andrew Keirn and Logan Joyce in Chuck Kyle’s 3-3-5 scheme.
FINDING SNYDER: Senior quarterback Kyle Hall played well in his first start at QB, in part because of sure-handed Sammy Snyder. The senior wideout hauled in six of Hall’s 15 comple-tions in Week One, recording 112 receiving yards, including a 57-yard catch and run. Maxwell Pike also caught a perfect 34-yard touchdown catch for the first touchdown of the season. Senior Michael Drobnick also caught 3 passes for 40 yards, showing off his skills as a physical pass catcher who plays well in space. CAN YOU TOP HIM?: Cameron Toppin began his senior sea-son with a great game for the Saint Ignatius secondary. The team’s top corner intercepted Hoban’s freshman signalcaller twice, stopping the Knights’ offensive momentum in the opener. One of the interceptions came on a critical pass to the end zone, thwarting a potential touchdown. Toppin came up in the clutch again later on, catching a Knight from behind to prevent a potential lengthy touchdown.
KICK IT, TRICKETT!: Senior Matthew Trickett started off the season well, connecting on a 48-yard field goal, two extra points, and three touchbacks. In his spare time this year, Trickett, along with his fellow special teamers, will be raising money for cancer research through Kick-It for Cancer.
STUD SOPHOMORE: Sophomore Connor Cmiel enjoyed quite the game in the JV Cats’ 34-15 win over Hoban on Saturday. Cmiel turned a pick into six, with a 61-yard interception return. Cmiel then returned a kickoff 87 yards for a score before hauling in a touchdown pass to seal the win.
ABOUT THE WILDCATS ...Series HistoryMeetings ..........................................20First Meeting ......................8/25/1989Most Recent Meeting..........9/3/2016
Saint Ignatius Wins...........................12 Last Saint Ignatius Win......9/3/2016Mentor Wins........................................8Last Hoban Win....................9/4/2015Ties........................................................0
Longest Winning Streaks In SeriesSaint Ignatius.....4; 8/25/89-10/9/93 Mentor....................3; 11/23/13-9/4/15Current Streak..........Saint Ignatius, 1
Largest Margin of VictorySaint Ignatius.................42; 9/3/2016Mentor................31 points; 11/8/2003
For more information on Trickett’s Kick-It cause, see his Kick-It page:
https://www.kick-it.org/champ/2017/08/2017-st-ignatius-football-team
Previous Matchups9/3/16 W 49-7 H 9/4/15 L 56-63 A9/6/14 L 33-37 A11/23/13 L 3-26 N Reg. Semifinal9/6/13 W 26-6 A11/17/12 L 56-57 N Reg. Final (3OT) 9/8/12 W 48-21 H11/19/11 W 23-17 N Reg. Final 9/9/11 L 24-38 A10/2/10 L 7-18 H9/18/09 W 47-7 A9/13/08 W 28-14 H9/14/07 L 17-38 A9/16/06 W 27-14 H9/16/05 W 55-35 A11/8/03 L 0-31 N Reg. Semi 10/9/93 W 41-7 H11/21/92 W 38-13 N Reg. Final 8/25/90 W 38-7 H8/25/89 W 43-2 A
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ABOUT THE CARDINALS ...Mentor Schedule
Date Opponent Time/Score
8/25 vs. Massillon W, 49-14Paul Brown Tiger Stadium
9/1 vs. Saint Ignatius 7 pmJerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium
9/8 vs. Glenville 7 pmJerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium
9/15 @ Strongsville Mustangs 7 pmPat Catan Stadium
9/22 vs. Brunswick 7 pmJerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium
9/29 vs. Medina 7 pm Jerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium
10/7 @ Shaker Heights 7 pmRussell H. Hupp Field
10/13 @ Solon 7 pmStewart Field
10/20 vs. Euclid 7 pmJerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium
10/27 @ Elyria 7 pmEly Stadium
Learning about the Cardinals ...PASS FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER: Dating back to the days of Mitch Trubisky (and beyond), the Mentor Cardinals have utilized a spread offense designed to stretch oppos-ing defenses with the pass. With senior quarterback Tadas Tadarunas at the helm, the Cardinals will not stray from the strategy this season. Tadarunas notched 188 passing yards and 2 touchdowns in the opener, a 49-14 win over Massillon. Tadarunas has plenty of weapons, plus a 6’4” frame and an arm to get the job done. In addition, Tadarunas boasts a 3.9 GPA, so he has the smarts to be a commanding field general.
SHOOT TO THRILL: Tadarunas and the Cardinals will have plenty of weapons in the passing game. Logan Shea, Ste-ven Baird, and Derek Kleinhenz all return for their senior campaigns, giving Tadas options in the passing game. Shea and Kleinhenz caught touchdown passes of 11 and 35 yards, respectively, in last week’s win. Braeden Gefert Jr. will com-plete the Cardinals’ quartet of starters at wideout. Kleinhenz could be the most dangerous wideout to watch on Friday, standing at 6’3”, 190 pounds, 3 inches taller than Jett Elad and 4 inches taller than corner Cam Toppin.
MIXING IT UP: While the Cardinals rely heavily on the pass-ing game, Mentor has used the ground game to surprise opponents. The Cardinals have a solid rushing attack this season, headed by running back Chris Edmond. While Ed-mond did not start last season, the 5’9”, 175 pound back has plenty of potential. The senior scored the first touchdown of Mentor’s season with a 3-yard rushing touchdown, later add-ing a 56-yard scamper for a score. Edmond finished with 112 rushing yards in the opener.
GET UGLY: To stop the Wildcats’ offense, the Mentor de-fense will have to get help from its “big uglies.” The Cardi-nals will employ a 3-4 scheme, with end Noah Potter, nose tackle Dan Garcar, and end Dominic DiFranco likely starting. Potter will be the player to watch, as the junior has an im-posing size at end. Potter stands at 6’6”, 250 pounds, posing a challenge for the 6’7”, 330 pound Darian Kinnard at left tackle. Last season, the Wildcats rushed 48 times for 278 yards, wearing down the Cardinals. To prevent the same fate, a 49-7 loss, the Cardinals will need to stop the run.
YOUNG CARDS: The secondary might be one of the Car-dinals’ most inexperienced units, with a sophomore and a junior occupying two of the starting spots. Senior Will Lag-anke (5’7”, 180 pounds) and junior Billy Gorka (5’9”, 165) will likely start at corner, with senior Mike Warren (5’7”, 170) and sophomore Jackson Paglio (5’10”, 165) getting the nod at safety. Gorka notched an intereception last week.
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55.8Average points per game in Mentor vs.
Saint Ignatius games
30-5Head Coach Chuck
Kyle’s record in 1st week of September
14.2Kyle Hall’s average
yards per completion last week
12Number of Mentor vs. Saint Ignatius games
decided by 20 or more points
10Tackles for loss
recorded by the Saint Ignatius defense in
Week One
WR/CB CONNOR KENNEDY ‘18
S JUSTIN SANDS ‘18While corner Cam Toppin stole the head-lines last week, safety Justin Sands recorded 2 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and a crucial late interception. Sands will be critical to the Wildcats’ success on Friday, as the senior will play a large role in attempting to slow down Mentor’s high flying passing attack led by Mentor’s vet-eran quarterback Tadas Tadarunas.
BY THE NUMBERS/WILDCAT WATCH
After sitting out the first week of the sea-son due to injury, Con-nor Kennedy is set to return on Friday. The wideout/cornerback will look to make a big difference on both sides of the ball. The multi-dimensional athlete can swing a game with big plays on both sides of the ball with his speed and agility.
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SAINT IGNATIUS ROSTER2 Matthew Trickett Sr. 6’0 185 K/P3 Samuel Snyder Sr. 5’9 155 WR 4 Louis Moliterno III Sr. 5’9 155 CB 4 Cameron Toppin Sr. 5’11 165 CB 5 Drew Alessandro Sr. 5’11 215 K/P5 Nasir Carter Sr. 5’9 165 CB 6 Connor Cmiel So. 6’0 161 WR 7 Nigel Drummond II Jr. 5’9 155 WR 8 Justin Sands Sr. 6’0 200 S 9 Xavier Curtis Sr. 5’9 165 DB 10 Andrew Chalhoub Sr. 6’2 190 DB 11 Connor Kennedy Sr. 6’0 180 WR/DB12 Kyle Hall Sr. 6’3 185 QB 13 Jacob Riedl Jr. 5’8 145 DB 14 Michael Sarko Jr. 6’1 160 QB 15 Killian Meehan Sr. 5’10 165 WR16 Ryan Coyne Jr. 5’10 155 DB 16 Maxwell Pike Sr. 6’2 180 WR/DB17 Patrick Delahunty Jr. 6’0 190 QB 18 Daniel Alexander Sr. 6’2 190 QB 19 Michael Drobnick Sr. 6’1 195 WR 20 Jahadge Floyd Jr. 5’9 160 RB 21 Najee Lockett So. 5’7 160 RB 22 Joshua Crayton Prioleau Sr. 5’10 165 RB 22 Robert Kunkle III Sr. 6’3 170 CB 23 Deonte Griffin Sr. 5’11 175 CB 24 John Kennedy Jr. 5’11 175 WR/ DB25 Mitchell Puhalsky Jr. 5’10 180 DB 26 Andrew Phillips, Jr. Sr. 5’7 158 RB 27 Reilly Casey Sr. 5’11 200 RB28 Maxwell Corrigan-Mook Sr. 5’10 170 CB 29 Declan Boldy Jr. 5’6 150 RB 30 Jett Elad Jr. 6’0 175 DB 31 Aidan Rechin Jr. 5’9 160 DB 32 Luke Cooper Jr. 5’10 155 WR 33 Aidan Gill Sr. 5’9 210 RB/DL34 Mark Bobinski Sr. 5’9 190 RB 35 Thomas Grosel Sr. 6’0 200 LB 36 Michael Mangan Jr. 5’9 175 RB/DB37 Daniel Scelza Jr. 5’11 208 WR 38 Owen Adler Jr. 6’0 180 DB 39 Scott Schuler Sr. 5’9 165 S 40 Jon Oebker Sr. 6’2 175 S 41 John Wetula Jr. 6’2 175 DB/WR42 John Stuhldreher Jr. 5’9 190 LB 43 Nathan Previts Jr. 5’10 175 DB 44 Christopher Velotta, Jr. Jr. 5’10 195 S 45 Thomas Eichenberg Jr. 6’3 216 LB/TE46 Jack Welcsh So. 5’10 172 DB/RB
47 Logan Joyce Sr. 6’1 210 LB 48 Matthew Viancourt Sr. 5’9 170 S/RB49 Luke Mooney Sr. 5’10 170 RB 50 Kyle Sullivan Jr. 6’0 205 LB 51 Connor Francz So. 6’1 195 LB 52 Anthony Gerace So. 6’1 219 DL/OL53 Jivan Meguerditchian Sr. 5’10 265 OL 54 Jonathan Ockunzzi Sr. 5’11 180 LB 55 Michael Volpe Sr. 6’2 210 LB 56 Andrew Boldy Sr. 5’8 205 LB 57 Griffin Sheehan Jr. 6’0 195 LB 58 Andrew Keirn Sr. 6’0 215 LB 59 Colin Burns Sr. 6’0 220 DL 60 Seamus McCarthy Jr. 5’11 265 DL 61 Zachary Sertz Jr. 6’2 215 OL 62 Ryan Drlik Jr. 6’0 225 OL 63 Zachary McMahan Jr. 6’1 240 DL 64 Grant Abbott Jr. 6’3 260 OL/DL65 John Jamieson Sr. 6’2 280 OL/DL66 Wrigley LaSpisa Sr. 5’10 175 OL 67 Ryan Borchert Sr. 6’3 235 OL 68 Tobias Engel Sr. 6’3 270 DL 70 Darian Kinnard Sr. 6’7 330 OL/DL71 Nicholas Schwitzgebel So. 6’2 265 OL/DL72 William McCormick Jr. 6’4 198 OL 73 William Corte Sr. 6’5 285 OL 74 Juan Pen Sr. 6’4 315 OL 75 Albert Vasek Sr. 5’11 225 OL 76 Xavier Everett Jr. 6’3 280 OL/DL77 Antoine Georges So. 6’3 258 OL/DL78 Seamus Cooney Jr. 6’1 235 OL/DL80 Samuel Daugstrup So. 6’5 225 DL/TE81 Benjamin Stankewicz Sr. 6’2 160 WR 82 Alexander Schum Sr. 6’1 175 TE 83 Nicholas Szubski Sr. 5’11 165 WR 84 Ethan Biacsi Jr. 6’2 182 WR 85 Joseph Spirnak Sr. 6’0 155 WR 86 Aidan Wells Jr. 6’4 265 DL 87 Owen Murphy Jr. 6’2 215 TE/DL88 John Cannon Jr. 6’0 208 TE/RB89 Zachary LaPorte Jr. 5’9 165 WR 90 Tyler Conner Jr. 6’0 205 LB 91 Caden Campolieti Jr. 6’1 200 LB 92 Alec Canzano Jr. 5’11 190 TE 94 Bradley Andrich Sr. 6’3 230 DL 95 Sean Wracher Jr. 6’3 185 LS 96 Patrick Otter Jr. 5’9 165 K/P97 Gabriel Liberatore Sr. 6’1 210 LB/DL98 Daniel Ruddy Sr. 5’11 187 DL
# Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Position # Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Position
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1 Matt Hartman WR Sr. 6’0 1752 Nick Saginario RB Jr. 5’7 1753 Derek Kleinhenz WR/P Sr. 6’3 1904 Charlie Hawley QB So. 5’10 1455 Charlie Gallo DB Jr. 5’8 1606 MaSo.n Trubisky WR Jr. 6’4 1907 Justin Luke WR So. 5’10 1508 Logan Shea WR Sr. 5’8 1809 Braeden Gefert WR Jr. 6’0 18010 Luke Floriea QB So. 5’9 17011 Steven Baird WR Sr. 6’0 17512 Tadas Tatarunas QB Sr. 6’4 21513 Chris Edmond RB Sr. 5’9 17514 So.nny Oddo WR So. 59 14515 Conor Mcintosh K Jr. 6’3 16516 Braeden Rosciszewski RB/WR Jr. 5’8 16517 Gage Tripodo LB Jr. 5’11 20518 Ian Kipp QB Fr. 6’2 18519 Hutch Baird QB Fr. 6’0 17020 Antonio BertoLami DB So. 5’10 14521 Mike Warren DB Sr. 5’7 17022 Elijah Mcdougall RB Sr. 5’10 18023 Brady Brown WR So. 5’7 16524 Andrew Brey DB Jr. 5’10 16025 Mike Brey DB Sr. 510 17526 Will Laganke DB Sr. 5’7 18027 Billy Gorka DB Jr. 5’9 15028 Nick O’Brien DB Jr. 5’8 15029 DJ Wolf DB Jr. 5’11 15530 Kyle Bischof LB So. 6’0 21031 Nyzier Fourqurean DB So. 5’10 15032 Ryan Randall DB Jr. 5’9 15533 Philip Degeorge DB So. 6’0 16534 Brady Benz DB Jr. 6’0 16535 Joey Uhlir DB So. 5’6 15536 Dan Adams LB Jr. 6’0 20037 Gregory Morris LB So. 6’1 15038 Dominic Milller RB So. 5’6 15539 Marco Toth DB So. 5’7 15540 Varney Spansel DB So. 5’8 17541 JackSo.n Paglio DB So. 5’10 16542 Josh Merinar LB Jr. 5’8 16543 James PeDLey DL Jr. 6’0 22544 Travis Fr.ame LB So. 5’`10 17045 Justin Satterfield LB So. 5’11 18546 Davon Kelly DB So. 5’10 16547 Dominic Shelley LB Sr. 5’9 195
# Name Position Yr. Ht. Wt. 48 Kyle Pettinger DB Jr. 5’7 16549 Sam Kirschner LB Sr. 6’0 20050 Tyler Schonauer OL Sr. 6’0 27051 Blake Harmon OL So. 6’4 19052 Javon Ruffin DL So. 5’8 23054 Dan Garcar DL Sr. 6’0 26555 Fr.ank Schmidt DL So. 6’1 24056 Sam Williams OL Jr. 6’1 19557 Josh Platt OL Jr. 6’2 27058 Nate Fr.imel LB Jr. 5’9 18059 Nick Samac OL Jr. 6’4 25560 Charlie Call OL Sr. 6’1 25061 Ryan Jacoby OL Jr. 6’5 24562 Jamir Dodson OL Sr. 6’2 26563 Dylan Squires OL Jr. 5’11 19564 Josh Amspaugh DL So. 5’9 26565 Byron Floyd OL So. 6’0 22566 Nick Paduano OL Jr. 5’7 20067 John Roe OL So. 5’9 19569 Brian Morris DL Jr. 5’10 29570 Trevor Young OL Jr. 5’10 21571 Brian Kaleal OL Jr. 6’0 21572 John Kidner OL Sr. 6’2 26573 Charlie Marshall OL Jr. 6’2 20575 Nathan Valeri OL So. 6’1 19578 Tyler Churney OL Sr. 6’3 25580 Noah Garrett K Jr. 6’0 15581 Jacob Schwalm WR So. 5’10 15082 Maegan Baranski K Jr. 5’2 13083 Sean Meinke WR So. 5’10 16584 Bobby Farley DB So. 5’9 13085 Rj Fulmer WR So. 6’0 17086 Landon Corey WR Jr. 5’8 13587 So.phie Kaplan K Jr. 5’2 11288 Alex Ehinger LB So. 5’11 15589 Nolan Vernon WR So. 6’0 16590 Zack Karaba DL So. 5’8 17591 Matt Romeo DL Jr. 6’2 17592 James Prunty DL Sr. 6’3 24093 Brain Trobel RB So. 5’7 15594 Dominic DiFranco DL Sr. 6’2 20595 Jakob Jepson DL Jr. 5’11 18596 Micheal Norris WR So. 6’3 17597 Noah Potter DL Jr. 6’6 25098 Jaden Jones DB So. 6’0 16099 Mike Sarkauskas LB So. 5’8 165
# Name Position Yr. Ht. Wt.
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SAINT IGNATIUS DEPTH CHART
QB 12 Kyle Hall 6’3” 185 lbs Sr. 18 Daniel Alexander 6’2” 190 lbs Jr. RB 34 Mark Bobinski 5’9” 190 lbs Sr. 20 Jahadge Floyd 5’9” 160 lbs Jr. 48 Matthew Viancourt 5’9” 170 lbs. Sr. FB 33 Aidan Gill 6’0” 165 lbs Sr. OR 88 John Cannon 6’0” 208 lbs. Jr.
TE 88 John Cannon 6’0” 208 lbs. Jr. OR 45 Thomas Eichenberg 6’3” 216 lbs Jr.
WR 11 Connor Kennedy 6’0” 180 lbs Sr. 7 Nigel Drummond II 5’9” 155 lbs Jr. WR 19 Michael Drobnick 6’1” 195 lbs Sr. 16 Max Pike 6’2” 180 lbs Sr.
Slot 3 Sam Snyder 5’9” 155 lbs Sr. 32 Luke Cooper 5’10” 155 lbs Jr. LT 70 Darian Kinnard 6’7” 330 lbs Sr. 64 Grant Abbott 6’3” 260 lbs Jr.
LG 74 Juan Pen 6’4” 315 lbs Sr. 76 Xavier Everett 6’3” 280 lbs Jr.
C 53 Jivan Meguerditchian 5’10” 265 lbs Sr. 64 Grant Abbott 6’3” 260 lbs Jr.
RG 65 John Jamieson 6’2” 280 lbs Sr. 76 Xavier Everett 6’3” 280 lbs Jr.
RT 73 William Corte 6’5” 285 lbs Sr. 64 Grant Abbott 6’3” 260 lbs Jr.
OFFENSE DEFENSE
SPECIAL TEAMS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE#5 Drew AL-eh-san-DRO#7 NYE-gel DRUM-mond#20 Ja-HODGE “Bo” Floyd#25 Mitchell Puh-HALL-ski#30 JET EE-lad#33 AY-den GILL#34 Mark BO-bin-ski#35 Thomas “Tommy” GROW-sell#37 Daniel SKEL-za#41 John WET-oo-la#45 Thomas EYE-ken-berg#48 Matthew Vy-an-COURT#50 Gee-vahn Meg-ur-DEE-chee-an
LE 86 Aidan Wells 6’4” 265 lbs Jr. OR 94 Bradley Andrich 6’3” 230 lbs Sr. NT 33 Aidan Gill 5’9” 210 lbs Sr. OR 64 Grant Abbott 6’3” 260 lbs Jr. OR 70 Darian Kinnard 6’7” 330 lbs Sr. OR 65 John Jamieson 6’2” 280 lbs Sr. RE 63 Zachary McMahan 6’1” 240 lbs Jr. OR 94 Bradley Andrich 6’3” 230 lbs Sr. OLB 45 Thomas Eichenberg 6’3” 216 lbs Jr. 50 Kyle Sullivan 6’0” 205 lbs Jr.
MLB 58 Andrew Keirn 6’0” 215 lbs Sr. 35 Thomas Grosel 6’0” 200 lbs Sr. OLB 47 Logan Joyce 6’1” 210 lbs Sr. 55 Michael Volpe 6’2” 210 lbs Sr.
CB 4 Cameron Toppin 5’11” 165 lbs Sr. 25 Mitchell Puhalsky 5’10” 180 lbs Jr. SS 25 Mitchell Puhalsky 5’10” 180 lbs Jr. 37 Daniel Scelza 5’11” 208 lbs Jr.
SS 48 Matthew Viancourt 5’9” 170 lbs. Sr. 44 Chris Velotta, Jr. 5’10” 195 lbs Jr.
FS 8 Justin Sands 6’0” 200 lbs Sr. 41 John Wetula 6’2” 175 lbs Jr.
CB 30 Jett Elad 6’0” 175 lbs Jr. 11 Connor Kennedy 6’0” 180 lbs Sr. 28 Max Corrigan-Mook 5’10” 170 lbs Sr.
K 2 Matthew Trickett 6’0” 185 lbs Sr. 5 Drew Alessandro 5’11” 215 lbs Sr. P 2 Matthew Trickett 6’0” 185 lbs Sr. 96 Patrick Otter 5’9” 165 lbs Jr.
H 83 Nicholas Szubski 5’11” 165 lbs. Sr. LS 95 Sean Wracher 6’3” 185 lbs Jr. PR 3 Sam Snyder 5’9” 155 lbs Sr.KR 4 Cameron Toppin 5’11” 165 lbs Sr. 3 Sam Snyder 5’9” 155 lbs Sr.
#55 Michael VOL-pe#58 Andrew KER-nee#63 Zachary Mick-MAN#65 John JAY-mah-son#73 William “Billy” COURT#94 Bradley AHN-drich#96 Sean RAH-cher
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This Day in HistoryGames ..................................................6First Game .....................................1979Most Recent Game......................2007Saint Ignatius Wins.............................5Last Saint Ignatius Win..............2007Saint Ignatius Losses..........................1Last Saint Ignatius Loss..............1979Ties........................................................0Largest Margin of VictorySaint Ignatius...36, 2007 vs. JFKOpponents........12, 1979 vs. St. Joseph HS
Games on Sept. 1 (5-1):1979 vs. St. Joseph HS L 12-01984 vs. Holy Name W 31-71995 vs. Euclid HS W 27-02000 vs. Boardman HS W 26-72001 vs. Boardman HS W 47-272007 vs. John F. Kennedy HS W 36-0
RANKINGS / HISTORYCleveland.com Top 251. (1) Saint Ignatius (1-0)2. (2) St. Edward (1-0)3. (4) Hudson (1-0)4. (5) Avon (1-0)5. (6) Mentor (1-0)6. (3) Archbishop Hoban (0-1)7. (7) Canton McKinley (1-0)8. (8) Massillon Perry (1-0)9. (9) Stow (1-0)10. (10) Solon (1-0)11. (11) Euclid (1-0)12. (12) St. Vincent-St. Mary (1-0)13. (14) Barberton (1-0)14. (20) Bedford (1-0)15. (18) Olmsted Falls (1-0)16. (19) Midview (1-0)17. (15) Warren Harding (0-1)18. (13) Aurora (0-1)19. (–) Massillon Jackson (1-0)20. (–) Padua (1-0)21. (24) Chardon (1-0)22. (–)Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (1-0)23. (25) Perry (1-0)24. (16) Lorain (0-1)25. (–) Benedictine (1-0)
Joe Eitel, Division I, Region 1Rank W-L Mailing City School Avg Level 1 L2 L2 divisor1t 1-0 Lakewood St Edward 6.5000 6.5 0.0 1001t 1-0 Strongsville Strongsville 6.5000 6.5 0.0 1003t 1-0 Canton Canton McKinley 6.0000 6.0 0.0 1003t 1-0 Mentor Mentor 6.0000 6.0 0.0 1003t 1-0 Cleveland Saint Ignatius 6.0000 6.0 0.0 1003t 1-0 Stow Stow-Munroe Falls 6.0000 6.0 0.0 1007t 1-0 Euclid Euclid 5.5000 5.5 0.0 1007t 1-0 Massillon Jackson 5.5000 5.5 0.0 1007t 1-0 Massillon Perry 5.5000 5.5 0.0 1007t 1-0 Shaker Heights Shaker Heights 5.5000 5.5 0.0 1007t 1-0 Solon Solon 5.5000 5.5 0.0 10012 1-0 Cleveland Rhodes 4.0000 4.0 0.0 10013t 0-1 Austintown Austintown-Fitch 0.0000 0.0 0.0 10013t 0-1 Berea Berea-Midpark 0.0000 0.0 0.0 10013t 0-1 Cleveland Heights Cleveland Heights 0.0000 0.0 0.0 10013t 0-1 Canton GlenOak 0.0000 0.0 0.0 10013t 0-1 Cleveland John Marshall 0.0000 0.0 0.0 100
USA TODAY Super 25 Computer Regional Football Rankings
MIDWESTIllinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin
1. Saint Ignatius (Cleveland)2. Trinity (Louisville)3. Prairie Ridge (Crystal Lake, Ill.)4. Warren Central (Indianapolis)5. St. Xavier (Cincinnati)6. Ben Davis (Indianapolis)7. Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.)8. La Salle (Cincinnati)9. Park Ridge-Maine South (Park Ridge, Ill.)10. East St. Louis (Ill.)
Statewide AP PollDivision I Statewide AP rankings will be released after Week 3 of play is complete.
2017 SAINT IGNATIUS GAME NOTES 10
EDDIE DWYER’S PREVIEW
OHIO CITY - Saint Ignatius’ nationally acclaimed Head Coach Chuck Kyle ‘69 and Mentor’s highly successful and celebrated Head Coach Steve Trivisonno have a mutual respect that is evident every time the Wildcats and the Cardinals meet on the gridiron.
The love and respect both of these men have for the game of football is a major reason that Saint Ignatius versus Mentor has become one of the most anticipated encounters in Ohio every year, whether it’s the regular season, the postseason or both.
As the saying goes, the Wildcats and the Cardinals do it the right way.
“Steve and I have a very good relationship,” said Coach Kyle, whose ‘Cats lead their all-time series with Mentor, 12-8. “I spent a lot of my summer actually out in Mentor and various cities on the East Side helping develop a Rookie Tackle Pilot Program, one of the few in the country.
“Steve and I certainly enjoy good football and you know there is going to be a capacity crowd for this game,” Coach Kyle contin-ued, in reference to Friday’s 7 PM kickoff from Mentor’s tradition-rich Jerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium. “Early in the season to have kids experience that type of environment in a playoff caliber game is very valuable. We’ve won, they’ve won and I think both teams walk away knowing okay, that is what happens in a playoff caliber game. The intensity of it, that is what is so valuable, to have that on your schedule.”
Coach Kyle was quick to point out the mutual respect between the players every year that stems from them knowing that when Saint Ignatius and Mentor get together, there is “great football going on.”
The Wildcats and the Cardinals opened their new seasons in style, as Saint Ignatius traveled to Archbishop Hoban’s Dowed Field last Thursday night and, behind an outstanding performance by the defense, defeated the highly touted Knights, 17-3. Coach Kyle’s ‘Cats will enter the Mentor game ranked No. 1 in the area and No. 1 in USA Today’s Super 25 Midwest Regional Rankings.
Coach Trivisonno’s Cardinals, the area’s fifth-ranked program by Cleveland.com, traveled to Massillon’s Paul Brown Tiger Stadium last Friday night and tamed the Tigers, 49-14.
A SAINT IGNATIUS AND MENTOR NFL BOND: Former Wildcats football (quarterback) and basketball (guard) standout Dave Ra-gone ‘98 is currently coaching former Cardinals Ohio Mr. Football quarterback Mitch Trubisky, who was the second overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears out of North Carolina. Dave is the Bears’ Quarterback Coach.
“See, even in the generations that go by,” said Coach Kyle of the Cardinals-Wildcats football connection. “That’s a fun little relationship (Ragone and Trubisky) to watch, isn’t it?”
A WILDCATS-CARDINALS NEIGHBORHOOD TIE: Saint Igna-tius’ outstanding senior tailback/captain Mark Bobinski, the pride of St. Mary’s of Mentor, knows almost all of the Cardinals. Mark lives about 10 minutes from Jerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium.
COACH KYLE ON MENTOR’S OFFENSE FOR 2017: “Mentor is running the ball pretty well from what I’ve seen,” said Coach Kyle of the Cardinals’ 1-2 ground game leaders Chris Edmond and Nick Saginario. Edmond rushed for 111 yards on 16 carries at Massillon.
“They give you all of those spread-out formations and you have to cover it because he (Cardinals three-year mainstay at quarter-back Tadas Tatarunas) can get the ball there,” Coach Kyle said. “Edmond has been finding some seams, he did a nice job against Massillon. When the smoke cleared, he (Edmond) had a great game.”
By Eddie Dwyer
Tatarunas is no stranger to the Wildcats’ football faithful. In 2015 as just a sophomore, Tadas emerged on the area high school gridiron scene by helping engineer an offense that produced 823 yards in a 63-56 shootout victory over Saint Ignatius at Jerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium. Those 823 yards included 531 yards and four touchdowns through the air by Tatarunas.
Last season was a completely different story, however, as the Wildcats’ defensive front pressured Tatarunas all night and the ‘Cats’ secondary locked up the Cardinals’ receivers in what was a dominant 49-7 victory by Saint Ignatius on Byers Field in Parma’s Robert M. Boulton Stadium. Tadas was 7-for-16 that Sept. 3, 2016 night, totaling just 97 passing yards.
That said, Tatarunas had a solid preseason leading up to the Massillon game, as he directed scrimmage victories over Pennsyl-vania’s defending AAAA State Champion Erie Cathedral Prep and Massillon Jackson, a program Saint Ignatius defeated in the first round of the playoffs last season.
Tadas was 17-of-25 for 188 yards and two touchdowns in the Massillon opener and he also ran for a 12-yard touchdown that saw him overpower a Tiger at the goal line. Mentor entered this season with 24 returning lettermen.
COACH KYLE ON THE CARDINALS’ 2017 DEFENSIVE UNIT: “From what we’ve seen, they have blended in the 3-4,” Coach Kyle said. “They have been a 4-front for a long time, but they’ve gone to a 3-4 and that looks like their base. So we’re expecting more blitzing from them. They also jump into a bear defense, which has made a comeback. That gives them a little more strength up front.
“So they give you different fronts and our quarterback (senior Kyle Hall) and linemen have to get a read on what front we’re getting and what adjustments we have to make on the blocking schemes.”
Among Coach Trivisonno’s leaders on defense are senior linebacker Mike Brey and 6-foot-6, 250-pound junior end Noah Potter.
SOME NUMBERS TO CHEW ON: Mentor is 26-16 in 16 OHSAA playoff appearances, which includes Division 1 state runner-up finishes in 2006, 2007 and 2013.
Coach Kyle has led his Wildcats to 27 playoff appearances, 11 Division I State Championships, including a remarkable five in a row (from 1991 to 1995), two state runner-up finishes (1996 and 2016), three national titles (1989, 1993 and 1995) and a national runner-up in 2008. Under Coach Kyle, Saint Ignatius has an OHSAA postseason record of 70-16.
THE AIR WAVES: If you can’t make it out to Mentor on Friday night, the savvy football duo of senior Matt MacKenzie and junior Zack Strom will bring you the action live over the Saint Ignatius Broadcasting Network.
Have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend and we will see you at Jerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium on Friday night and at Wasmer Field on Saturday for the 10 AM Junior Varsity Football encounter with Mentor’s Jayvees.
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HOBAN RECAP
AKRON - Saint Ignatius Head Football Coach Chuck Kyle ‘69 has helped guide several outstanding defenses during his Hall of Fame career at his alma mater.
That said, the man who has led the Wildcats to a record 11 OHSAA Division I State Championships and three national titles, couldn’t say enough about the effort his 2017 defense put forth on Thursday night during the season opener at Archbishop Ho-ban.
The game, which matched the No. 1 and No. 3 teams in the area’s Top 25 rankings by Cleveland.com, saw Coach Kyle’s top-ranked ‘Cats come up with big plays on defense and timely efforts on offense in wearing down Archbishop Hoban, 17-3. The Knights’ offensive prowess led them to consecutive Division III State Football Championships in 2015 and 2016, and Archbishop Hoban has moved up to Division II this season under the OHSAA’s new competitive balance system.
“Honestly, we owe this win to the defense,” said Coach Kyle after he picked up his 335th career victory in starting what is his 35th season as the head of the football program at Cleveland’s Jesuit Preparatory School. “The offense did some great things, but defensively, wow. They (the Knights) had a chance to take the lead and we get a pick in the end zone, a beautiful play by Cameron Toppin. Cam had a great night. He took their passing attack away.
“In keeping field position, the defense was so good,” Coach Kyle continued. “We were getting the ball on our 40-yard line and the 50-yard line. With that situation in mind we got a chance to get some scores and we also buried a long field goal, which is always good.”
Along with his 48-yard field goal, which accounted for the game’s final points with just under three minutes left, and two extra-point kicks, Saint Ignatius’ outstanding senior kicker/punter Matthew Trickett was doing his part in the battle of field position with his steady punting.
“Credit to the defense,” Coach Kyle said. “They (the Knights’ offense) were giving us all kinds of unbalanced lines, motions and stuff like that. The first game of the year, you hope you just line up right But our kids had their heads into it and adjusted really well there. That’s why it’s 17-3.”
Coach Kyle emphasized that Thursday night’s game had a play-off atmosphere and that he was quite pleased with the perfor-mance of senior quarterback Kyle Hall, who was making his first start on the Varsity level.
“Kyle had to come out here and play against an excellent defen-sive football team,” said Coach Kyle. “By the time we got to the second quarter, the game was slowing down a bit for him. They were putting five and six players in the box, and sometimes as many as eight, and daring us to throw. And Kyle responded.”
Hall stood tall under heavy pressure and, after Archbishop Ho-ban took a 3-0 lead on a 37-yard field goal by Jack Branham with 6 minutes and 16 seconds remaining in the second quarter, di-rected a drive that saw him combine with underrated senior wide receiver Max Pike on a 34-yard touchdown strike. Trickett’s PAT extended the Wildcats’ lead to 7-3 with 3:39 left in the first half.
For the night, Hall completed 15 of 25 passes for 213 yards. ‘Cats’ gritty and gifted senior wide receiver Sammy Snyder had 6 receptions for 112 yards, including a 57-yard catch and run that gave Saint Ignatius a first-and goal at the 8-yard line on the first possession of the second half. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, they would fumble the ball away at the Knights’ 6-yard line two plays later.
Not protecting the football inside the opponent’s 10-yard line almost became a major issue again for Saint Ignatius, when the
By Eddie Dwyer ball squirted loose off a running play from the Archbishop Hoban 2-yard line.
However, Wildcats senior tackle Billy Corte pulled off a tre-mendous effort by diving after the ball and, outmuscling and out-willing three Knights, recovering the pigskin in the scoreboard end zone of Dowed Field for a touchdown. Trickett’s extra-point kick was high and true, and the ‘Cats led, 14-3, with 3:02 left in the third quarter.
It was a moment Billy, a first class young man and a tireless worker, will never forget as his teammates, who couldn’t be any happier if it was one of them, celebrated with Billy on the sideline. The smile on the face of Saint Ignatius’ veteran Offensive Line Coach Adam Rini ‘99 was priceless.
Saint Ignatius’ defense, which is under the direction of out-standing Coordinator/Linebackers Coach Ryan Franzinger ‘02, continued to make the going tough for Archbishop Hoban’s promising freshman quarterback Shane Hamm and Co.
Another highlight reel interception by Toppin saw Cam pick the ball off on the home sideline and return it nearly 40 yards to the Knights’ 27-yard line. Then it was the relentless pressure down the stretch from senior defensive linemen Jack Jamieson, Aidan Gill and Bradley Andrich, junior linemen Aidan Wells and Zach McMahan, the tough and talented linebacker trio of junior Tommy Eichenberg, senior Andrew Keirn and senior Logan Joyce, along with the passionate pursuit of senior safety Matt Viancourt. Sim-ply put, the Wildcats’ new front line on defense is creating its own identity. Jamieson also doubles as a mainstay on the offensive line and Gill contributes to Coach Terry Fergus’ running attack.
Also complementing Toppin in the secondary were senior safety Justin Sands, who will be furthering his education and foot-ball career at Penn, and savvy junior corners Jett Elad and Danny Scelza.
Sands, who also had an interception that left no doubt on Thursday night, joins talented and tough as nails senior tailback Mark Bobinski, Jamieson and senior wide receiver/defensive back Connor Kennedy, a Holy Cross recruit, as Coach Kyle’s Captains.
FROM COACH FRANZINGER ON HIS DEFENSE: “They (the Knights) kept it pretty vanilla in their scrimmages, so I told the kids that they were going to see new formations and things they hadn’t practiced against, that they just had to play fast. I think we did that pretty well.
“At the same time, I told our guys that we were going to do things that they hadn’t seen either. We had some (Varsity) rook-ies that really stepped up and played well and I thought we did a great job against their running game. Cam (Toppin), Justin (Sands) and Matt (Vinacourt) provided the leadership and really helped solidify things.
“They’re (Hoban) going to win a lot of games, I hope, and they have a lot of good players. They have a big and experienced of-fensive line and again, I thought our new (defensive) line played very well. I’m very pleased. They (the Knights) came right out in unbalanced formations and our kids stuck with it.
“We were in some tough situations because of turnovers, but we responded very well, kept it together and continued to play hard. This was definitely a big win.”
Note: Coach Franzinger’s comment on hoping the Knights win a lot of games applies to the OHSAA’s Harbin playoff qualifying system, in which teams are awarded points for each game they win and each game a defeated opponent wins.
FROM TOMMY EICHENBERG, WHOSE DRIVE AND DETERMI-NATION ARE EVIDENT FROM THE OPENING KICKOFF UNTIL THE FINAL SECOND TICKS OFF THE CLOCK: “It’s Mentor Week,” Tommy said, referring to the ‘Cats’ next challenge, which comes on Friday night, September 1, versus the Mentor Cardinals.
The kickoff from Mentor’s Jerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium will be 7 PM.
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HOBAN STATS / THE “JTO”
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalSaint Ignatius 0 7 7 3 17Archbishop Hoban 0 3 0 0 3
2nd Quarter06:16 AH - Branham 37 yd field goal03:39 SIHS - Pike 34 yd pass from Hall (Trickett kick)3rd Quarter 03:02 SIHS - Corte 0 yd fumble recovery (Trickett kick)4th Quarter02:57 SIHS - Trickett 48 yd field goal
SIHS AHFIRST DOWNS 13 8RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 36-47 29-33PASSING YDS (NET) 213 104Passes Att-Comp-Int 25-15-2 17-9-3TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 61-260 46-137Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-22 1-24Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-20 2-6Interception Returns-Yards 3-20 2-6Punts (Number-Avg) 4-34.0 5-31.6Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0Penalties-Yards 10-110 3-25Possession Time 25:06 22:54Third-Down Conversions 8 of 16 2 of 12Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 1-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-22 2-3
RUSHING: Sain Ignatius- Bobinski 25-42; Hall 8-9; TEAM 3(-4); Corte 0-0 Hoban- Dickerson 10-21; Trayanum 7-10; Hamm 11-2; TEAM 1-0PASSING: Saint Ignatius- Hall 15-25-2-213 Hoban- Hamm 9-17-3-104RECEIVING: Saint Ignatius- Snyder 6-112; Drobnick 3-40; Bobinski 3-5; Drummond 2-22; Pike 1-34 Hoban- Dickerson 3-36; Saus 2-16; Bauer 2-(-1); Houser 1-51; Tipton 1-2INTERCEPTIONS: Saint Ignatius-T oppin 2-29; Sands 1-8 Hoban- Dickerson 2-6. FUMBLES: Saint Ignatius- Bobinski 3-1 Hoban- Hamm 1-0
Kickoff time: 7 PM • End of Game: 9:25 PM • Total elapsed time: 2:25
6477 Center St., Mentor, OHBuilt: 1983Renovated: 2006Playing Surface: Field TurfSeating Capacity: 7,333 While Mentor High School was built on its cur-rent site in 1965, the field now called Jerome T. Osborne Stadium was not constructed until the early 1980’s. For 20 years, the facility was named Cardinal Stadium. In 2006, the stadium received a major renovation. New field turf and a video scoreboard were installed as part of the renovation. The origi-nal field turf was replaced before the start of the 2014 season, with a new 60-foot wide Cardinal logo emblazoned at midfield. The Osborne Family financed the original renovations with a $1 million donation. The Cardinals have a record of 52-6 at home since the upgrades were made to the stadium adecade ago. Mentor football has a tradition of excellence, which is on full, permanent display at the top of the home bleachers at The JTO. Two coaches, eight players and six teams are remembered with signs on the back of the top row of bleachers un-der the pressbox on the home side of the stadium. Dick Crum, who notched a record of 50-9-1 from 1963-1968, and Dr. Lee Tressel, who was 44-9 from 1950-1955, are in the coaches section. Dan Ryczek, Rick Galbos, Paul Ryczek, Don Martin, Tom Barndt, Bob Hallen, Bart Tanksi and Mitch Trubisky are honored with painted replicas of their jerseys in the players’ section. The six teams included in the initial ring of honor at the JTO in-clude the 1955 team (10-0), 1968 (10-0), 2003 (12-1), 2006 (13-2, state runner-up), 2007 (11-3, state runner-up) and 2012 (12-2, state semifinalist).Photo from Ohio Stadiums
JEROME T. OSBORNE, SR. STADIUMat Mentor
Quick Stats vs. Archbishop HobanThursday, August 24
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Week Two: Saint Ignatius: 49 Mentor: 7 Saturday, September 3, 2016Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 TotalMentor 0 7 0 0 7Saint Ignatius 0 14 21 14 49
2nd Quarter11:56 SIHS - Bobinski 2 yd run (Trickett kick)02:17 SIHS - Bobinski 2 yd run (Trickett kick)00:52 Ment - Kleinhenz 47 yd pass from Tatarunas (Knapp kick)3rd Quarter 09:10 SIHS - Andrews 3 yd run (Trickett kick)06:02 SIHS - Ryan 21 yd run (Trickett kick)01:43 SIHS - Andrews 30 yd run (Trickett kick)4th Quarter06:23 SIHS - Bobinski 7 yd run (Trickett kick)02:40 SIHS - Perpar 43 yd interception return (Trickett kick)
MENT SIHSFIRST DOWNS 7 26RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 23-50 48-278PASSING YDS (NET) 97 165Passes Att-Comp-Int 18-7-3 24-14-0TOTAL OFF. PLAYS-YARDS 41-147 72-443Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-14Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-45 2-32Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 3-43Punts (Number-Avg) 6-37.7 0-0.0Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2Penalties-Yards 4-41 7-71Possession Time 18:21 29:39Third-Down Conversions 1 of 8 10 of 13Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 4-4Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-6 1-2
RUSHING: Saint Ignatius- Bobinski 18-148; Andrews 16-82; Ryan 12-42; Stowers 2-6. Mentor- Gullick 9-25; Floriea 3-19; Keary 1-7; Saginario 1-3; Edmond 3-1; Baird 1-(-2); Tatarunas 5-(-3).PASSING: Saint Ignatius- Ryan 14-24-0-165. Mentor- Tatarunas 7-16-2-97; Floriea 0-2-1-0.RECEIVING: Saint Ignatius- Pot 3-38; Leyden 2-44; Kennedy 2-30; Cook 2-26; Andrews 2-10; Daugenti 1-7; Baker 1-5; Bobinski 1-5. Mentor- Baird 2-24; Trubisky 2-15; Kleinhenz 1-47; Gullick 1-7; Tatarunas 1-4.INTERCEPTIONS: Saint Ignatius- Wiegandt 1-0, Ringfield 1-0, Perpar 1-43 (TD). Mentor- None. FUMBLES: Saint Ignatius-Ryan 1-1, Bobinski 1-1. Mentor-Gullick 1-1.
Wildcats dominate Mentor on both sides of the ball in huge win
Parma, Ohio - As Saint Ignatius’ outstanding senior linebacker and captain Adam Shibley said more than once late Saturday night, This is a different Saint Ignatius defense.
And unlike last season, when the Mentor Cardinals racked up 823 yards of offense in a 63-56 shootout victory over the Wildcats in Mentor, that different defense was more than Coach Steve Trivisonno’s Cardinals could deal with.
Saint Ignatius, with its Hall of Fame Head Football Coach Chuck Kyle ‘69 describing his team’s performance as a true team victory, with the highest mark going to the defense, dominated Mentor in the second half and went on to a resounding 49-7 victory on Byers Field in Parma’s Robert M. Boulton Stadium.
In outscoring Mentor, 35-0, in the second half, the Wildcats snapped a three-game losing streak to the Cardinals and improved to 2-0 on the young season.
Mentor, which was coming off a 57-point performance in a one-sided vic-tory over the Massillon Tigers, now stands 1-1.
Coach Trivisonno’s Cardinals entered Saturday night’s headliner as the ninth-ranked team in cleveland. com’s Super 25 state poll, 11 spots higher than Saint Ignatius. What is it they say about polls?
This has been the goal since freshman year, to come out here and beat these guys, said Shibley, referring to the three-game losing streak to Men-tor. All offseason this was in our minds, this is the one we had to win. Our defense brought it, just like we always do. Last year, wasn’t us. Look out for a new defense, we’re here.
That new defense, combined with an offense that featured the leadership and athleticism of senior quarterback Patrick Ryan, an authoritative ground game led by the 1-2 punch of junior tailback Mark Bobinski and senior tail-back Jimmy Andrews, a deep receiving corps, and one of the top offensive lines in all of Ohio, sent a large chunk of the Mentor faithful heading for the highway after the third quarter.
Just hard work in the offseason, getting stronger, said Shibley of a 2016 front seven on defense that made things miserable for Mentor’s talented junior quarterback Tadas Tatarunas for almost the entire game. Yes, the same young man who passed for 531 yards and four touchdowns versus Saint Ignatius last season.
Tatarunas was 7-for-16 for just 97 yards on Saturday night.We play with pride and passion, I just love these guys, added Shibley.After Saint Ignatius moved to a 14-0 lead on a pair of 2-yard touchdown
runs by Bobinski and two extra-point kick by multi-skilled junior Matthew Trickett, who also excels for the Wildcats’ state and nationally acclaimed soccer program, Mentor got back in the game on a 47-yard touchdown pass from Tatarunas to junior wide receiver Derek Kleinhenz with 52 seconds left in the first half.
Following a fumble recovery at the Wildcats’ 29-yard line with 35.7 sec-onds on the first-half clock, the Cardinals were threatening again.
But up stepped ‘Cats’ senior defensive back Matt Wiegandt, who inter-cepted a pass in the left corner of the jumbo screen scoreboard end zone. Matt’s clutch effort came after Tatarunas was flushed from the pocket and had to throw on the run. Matt is a rare two-sport captain for this school year - football and hockey.
Coach Kyle was very pleased not only with his defense, but the balance the Wildcats displayed on offense in the second half.
Clinging to that seven-point halftime lead, Saint Ignatius came out for the third quarter and began to play as flawless as the perfect thumbnail moon that made itself comfortable over the visiting side of Byers Field.
With Andrews picking up tough, second-effort yards and Ryan, a first-year starter, running the offense like a savvy veteran, the Wildcats outscored the Cardinals, 21-0, in the third quarter. Saint Ignatius’ take-charge attitude in the third quarter featured touchdown runs of 2 and 30 yards by Andrews and sandwiched in between Andrews’ TDs was a 21-yard touchdown sweep over the left side by Ryan off a keeper that displayed Patrick’s speed and vision.
It was Katy Bar the Door after Bobinski powered his way into the jumbo scoreboard end zone from 7 yards out and, following the PAT by Trickett, the OHSAA deficit rule of a running clock came into play with 6 minutes and 23 seconds remaining in the game.
LAST SEASON’S GAME
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#58MILESTOCANTON
On September 17, 1920, seven men, including the legendary Jim Thorpe met in Canton, Ohio to form the American Professional Football Association (APFA), a precursor to today’s National Football League.An early hotbed of football, Canton was selected
as the site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which opened its doors on September 7, 1963. Before the Hall of Fame came into existence, Faw-
cett Stadium was erected in 1938. The facility housed the successful McKinley Bulldogs.After the Hall of Fame was built in Fawcett’s back-
yard, the stadium hosted the Hall of Fame Game be-ginning in 1962. The first two Hall of Fame enshrine-ments took place in Fawcett Stadium, too.For a period of time in the 1990’s and 2000’s, Faw-
cett Stadium hosted the OHSAA’s Division I State Championship games. Saint Ignatius football fans be-came well-acquainted during this time, as the Wild-cats played six state title games at Fawcett Stadium.The Wildcats’ third state title in 1991 was played at
Fawcett, as the Football Cats defeated Centerville,
24-21. The Wildcats also won titles in 1992, 1999, 2001, 2008, and 2011 in front of adoring Wildcats fans in the historical stadium.During years in which the Wildcats played at
Fawcett, the football program adopted the phrase 58 Miles to Fawcett. The team’s 2017 hashtag plays off that theme.The stadium was renamed Tom Benson Hall of
Fame Stadium after its most recent renovation, completed in August 2017. So, the Wildcats retired the phrase 58 Miles to Fawcett.With the return of the OHSAA State Champion-
ship to Canton, the theme #58MilesToCanton has been adopted. The theme will be used on social media, apparel, and other items. After falling short of a state title in 2016, the Wildcats will look to retun to Canton in 2017 and claim the program’s state record 12th state title.
Top: The Wildcats’ captains (including current Defensive Coordinator Ryan Franzinger, right) line up before the 2001 state title game. Left: Eric Haddad ‘94 was a key playmaking running back in the 1990s. Right: DE John Day attacks the QB in the 1992 State Championship.
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#58MILESTOCANTON 2017 TEAM STATSTeam Statistics (Final)
2017 Saint Ignatius Varsity FootballSt Ignatius Wildcats vs Archbishop Hoban (Aug 24, 2017 at Akron, Ohio)
SIHS HOBANFIRST DOWNS 13 8 R u s h i n g 4 2 P a s s i n g 9 3 P e n a l t y 0 3NET YARDS RUSHING 47 33 Rushing Attempts 36 29 Average Per Rush 1.3 1.1 Rushing Touchdowns 1 0 Yards Gained Rushing 72 68 Yards Lost Rushing 25 35NET YARDS PASSING 213 104 C o m p l e t i o n s - A t t e m p t s - I n t 15-25-2 9-17-3 Average Per Attempt 8.5 6.1 Average Per Completion 14.2 11.6 Passing Touchdowns 1 0TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 260 137 Total offense plays 61 46 Average Gain Per Play 4.3 3.0Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-1 1-0Penalties: Number-Yards 10-110 3-25PUNTS-YARDS 4-136 5-158 Average Yards Per Punt 34.0 31.6 Net Yards Per Punt 34.0 31.2 Inside 20 0 1 50+ Yards 0 0 T o u c h b a c k s 0 0 Fair catch 3 2KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-239 2-101 Average Yards Per Kickoff 59.8 50.5 Net Yards Per Kickoff 38.8 39.5 T o u c h b a c k s 3 0Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-2-0 1-0-0 Average Per Return 2.0 0.0Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-22-0 1-24-0 Average Per Return 11.0 24.0Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 3-20-0 2-6-0Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0Miscellaneous Yards 0 0Possession Time 25:06 22:54 1st Quarter 3 : 5 7 8 : 0 3 2nd Quarter 4 : 4 8 7 : 1 2 3rd Quarter 7 : 5 6 4 : 0 4 4th Quarter 8 : 2 5 3 : 3 5Third-Down Conversions 8 of 16 2 of 12Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 1-2 T o u c h d o w n s 1-3 0-2 Field goals 1-3 1-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-22 2-3PAT Kicks 2-2 0-0Field Goals 1-1 1-1Points off turnovers 0 0
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2017 INDIVIDUAL STATSIndividual Statistics (Final)2017 Saint Ignatius Varsity Football
St Ignatius Wildcats vs Archbishop Hoban (Aug 24, 2017 at Akron, Ohio)
St Ignatius Wildcats Archbishop Hoban
Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgMark Bobinski 25 60 18 42 0 12 1.7Kyle Hall 8 12 3 9 0 4 1.1TEAM 3 0 4 -4 0 0 -1.3William Corte 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0Totals 36 72 25 47 1 12 1.3
Rushing No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg AvgTyris Dickerson 10 23 2 21 0 6 2.1D. Trayanum 7 12 2 10 0 6 1.4Shane Hamm 11 33 31 2 0 9 0.2TEAM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0Totals 29 68 35 33 0 9 1.1
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long SackKyle Hall 15-25-2 213 1 57 2Totals 15-25-2 213 1 57 2
Passing C-A-I Yds TD Long SackShane Hamm 9-17-3 104 0 51 3Totals 9-17-3 104 0 51 3
Receiving No. Yards TD LongSamuel Snyder 6 112 0 57M. Drobnick 3 40 0 19Mark Bobinski 3 5 0 12N. Drummond II 2 22 0 11Maxwell Pike 1 34 1 34Totals 15 213 1 57
Receiving No. Yards TD LongTyris Dickerson 3 36 0 30Jake Saus 2 16 0 9Nate Bauer 2 -1 0 0Garrett Houser 1 51 0 51Mason Tipton 1 2 0 2Totals 9 104 0 51
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TBM. Trickett 4 136 34.0 37 0 0Totals 4 136 34.0 37 0 0
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TBJacob Branham 5 158 31.6 38 1 0Totals 5 158 31.6 38 1 0
Punt Kickoff InterceptReturns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds LgSamuel Snyder 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0Justin Sands 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -9 0A. Phillips, Jr 0 0 0 1 13 13 0 0 0Luke Cooper 0 0 0 1 9 9 0 0 0Cameron Toppin 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29 29Totals 1 2 2 2 22 13 3 20 29
Punt Kickoff InterceptReturns No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds LgMatt Salopek 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Garrett Houser 0 0 0 1 24 24 0 0 0Tyris Dickerson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 6Totals 1 0 0 1 24 24 2 6 6
Field goals Qtr Time Dist ResultM. Trickett 4th 02:57 48 yards Good
Field goals Qtr Time Dist ResultJacob Branham 2nd 06:16 37 yards Good
Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OBM. Trickett 4 239 59.8 3 0
Kickoffs No. Yards Avg TB OBJacob Branham 2 101 50.5 0 0
All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR TotalSamuel Snyder 0 112 0 2 0 114Mark Bobinski 42 5 0 0 0 47M. Drobnick 0 40 0 0 0 40Maxwell Pike 0 34 0 0 0 34
All-purpose Run Rcv KR PR IR TotalGarrett Houser 0 51 24 0 0 75Tyris Dickerson 21 36 0 0 6 63Jake Saus 0 16 0 0 0 16D. Trayanum 10 0 0 0 0 10
FUMBLES: St Ignatius Wildcats-Mark Bobinski 3-1. Archbishop Hoban-Shane Hamm 1-0.
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2017 DEFENSIVE STATSDefensive Statistics (Final)2017 Saint Ignatius Varsity Football
St Ignatius Wildcats vs Archbishop Hoban (Aug 24, 2017 at Akron, Ohio)
# St Ignatius Wildcat Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH45 T. Eichenberg 4 7 7.5 1.0-7 2.5-17 - - - - - -48 M. Viancourt 3 4 5.0 - 0.5-1 - - - - - -4 Cameron Toppin 2 3 3.5 - - - - 2-29 - - -58 Andrew Keirn 2 3 3.5 - 1.0-1 - - - - - 147 Logan Joyce 1 5 3.5 - 1.5-2 - - - - - 133 Aidan Gill 2 2 3.0 1.5-13 1.5-13 - - - - - -35 Tommy Grosel 2 0 2.0 - - - - - - - -30 Jett Elad 2 0 2.0 - - - - - - - -28 M Corrigan-Mook 2 0 2.0 - - - - - - - -8 Justin Sands 0 4 2.0 - 0.5-1 - - 1--9 - - -63 Zachary McMahan 1 1 1.5 - 0.5-0 - - - - - -7 N. Drummond II 1 0 1.0 - - - - - - - -T TEAM 1 0 1.0 - 1.0-4 1 - - - - -37 Daniel Scelza 0 2 1.0 - 0.5-0 - - - - - -86 Aidan Wells 0 1 0.5 0.5-2 0.5-2 - - - - - -70 Darian Kinnard 0 1 0.5 - - - - - - - -25 M. Puhalsky 0 1 0.5 - - - - - - - -94 Bradley Andrich 0 1 0.5 - - - - - - - -65 John Jamieson 0 1 0.5 - - - - - - - -
Totals 23 36 41.0 3.0-22 10.0-41 1 0-0 3-20 0 0 2
# Archbishop Hoban Solo Ast Total Sacks-Yds TFL-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blks QBH9 Marcus Saahir 7 1 7.5 - 3.0-9 - - - - - -27 D. Fitzpatrick 7 0 7.0 - 1.0-5 - - - - - -44 J. Michalowicz 5 0 5.0 1.0-1 3.0-5 - - - - - -99 Daviaun Pete 4 1 4.5 1.0-2 1.0-2 - - - - - -17 Daeshon Martin 4 0 4.0 - 2.0-2 - - - - - -13 Donny Swain 3 0 3.0 - - - - - - - -25 Tyris Dickerson 3 0 3.0 - - - - 2-6 1 - -2 Matt Salopek 3 0 3.0 - - 1 - - - - -20 D. Trayanum 3 0 3.0 - - 1 - - 1 - -8 Mason Tipton 2 0 2.0 - - - - - - - -11 Kentrell Dragg 2 0 2.0 - - - - - - - -T TEAM 2 0 2.0 - 2.0-7 1 1-0 - - - -19 Ja'Sean Cogburn 1 0 1.0 - - - - - - - -54 Jacob Petit 1 0 1.0 - - - - - - - -24 Cordell Cobb 1 0 1.0 - - - - - - - -10 Shane Hamm 1 0 1.0 - - - - - - - -5 Nate Bauer 1 0 1.0 - - - - - - - -
Totals 50 2 51.0 2.0-3 12.0-30 3 1-0 2-6 2 0 0
2017 SAINT IGNATIUS GAME NOTES
2017 COMPOSITE SCHEDULEOpponent Aug 24/25/26 Sept 1/2 Sept 5/8/9 Sept 15/16/17 Sept 22/23/24 Sept 29 / 30 Oct 6/7 Oct 13/14/15 Oct 20/21/22 Oct 27/28/29
Cathedral (IN) FIGHTING
IRISH
Hinsdale (IL) RED DEVILS
W, 43-14
Erie McDowell TROJANS W, 40-10
Glenville TARBLOODERS
Washington, D.C. Woodson WARRIORS
Cincinnati Elder
PANTHERS
Buchtel GRIFFINS
Naperville (IL) Central
REDHAWKS
Cincinnati Archbishop
Moeller CRUSADERS
Cincinnati Elder
PANTHERS
Cincinnati LaSalle
LANCERS
Louisville (KY) St. Xavier
Tigers
Massillon Perry PANTHERS
Hamilton BIG BLUE W, 42-7
Louisville Trinity (KY)
SHAMROCKS
Scott County (KY)
CARDINALS
Lexington Lafayette (KY)
GENERALS
Cincinnati St. Xavier
BOMBERS
Cincinnati LaSalle
LANCERS
St. Edward EAGLES
Jackson POLAR BEARS
Lorain TITANS
OPENSt. Xavier
BOMBERS
Cheshire Academy (CT)
CATS
Lake BLUE
STREAKS
McKinley BULLDOGS
Warren G. Harding
RAIDERS
Toledo Whitmer
PANTHERS L, 38-24
Massillon Washington
TIGERS
St. Thomas More (ONT,
CAN)
Hoover VIKINGS
Green BULLDOGS
Lakota West FIREBIRDS
W, 21-7
Oak Hill HIGHLANDERS
Gahanna Lincoln
GOLDEN LIONS
Cincinnati St. Xavier
BOMBERS
Cincinnati Archbishop
Moeller CRUSADERS
Winton Woods WARRIORS
International School of
Broward (FL) PUMAS
Cincinnati LaSalle
LANCERS
Brunswick BLUE DEVILS
Mentor CARDINALS
Shaker Hts RED RAIDERS
Sterling Heights (MI)
Stevenson TITANS W, 36-0
Toledo Whitmer
PANTHERS
Bloomfield Hills (MI)
Brother Rice WARRIORS
Dayton Dunbar WOLVERINES
Orchard Lake (MI) Saint
Mary’s Prep EAGLES
Warren (MI) De La Salle
PILOTS
Walsh Jesuit WARRIORS
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin
LIONS
Benedictine BENGALS
Glenville TARBLOODERS
Strongsville MUSTANGS
Brunswick BLUE DEVILS
Medina BEES
Shaker Hts RED RAIDERS
Solon COMETS
Euclid PANTHERS
Archbishop Hoban KNIGHTS
St. Edward EAGLES
West Toronto Prep
St. Vincent-St. Mary
FIGHTING IRISH
Lake Catholic COUGARS
Padua BRUINS
Medina BEES
Elyria PIONEERS
Strongsville MUSTANGS
Solon COMETS
Canada Prep Academy RAIDERS
Cincinnati Archbishop
Moeller CRUSADERS
Glenville TARBLOODERS
W, 39-21
Mentor CARDINALS
Euclid PANTHERS
Elder PANTHERS
Clarkson FOOTBALL NORTH
Canton GlenOak EAGLES
Elyria PIONEERS
Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller CRUSADERS
Cincinnati Elder
PANTHERS
Winton Woods WARRIORS
Cincinnati St. Xavier BOMBERS
Clarkson (ONT, CA)
FOOTBALL NORTH
Cincinnati Colerain
CARDINALS
Walnut Hills EAGLES
Indianapolis (IN) Cathedral
FIGHTING IRISH
Novi (MI) Detroit Catholic Central SHAMROCKS
University of Detroit Jesuit
CUBS
St. Edward EAGLES
Pickerintgon North
PANTHERS L, 40-7
Cleveland Heights TIGERS
Huber Heights Wayne
WARRIORS
Erie McDowell TROJANS
Cardinal Mooney
CARDINALS
Ursuline FIGHTING
IRISH
Massillon Washington
TIGERS W, 49-14
Aurora GREENMEN
