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COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion Lake Catholic 2012 Schedule COUGARS and Results W 49-21 2-3 Overall; 0-0 in North Coast League (Blue) 8-23 Strongsville 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium 8-31 Brunswick L 10-38 Archbishop Hoban 7:30 - Judy Kirsch Field 9-7 Ursuline L 7-21 KNIGHTS 7:30 - Stambaugh Stadium 0-5 Overall; 0-0 in North Coast League (Blue) 9-15 Catherdral Prep L 6-37 THE MATCH-UP: Fri, Sept 28 7:00 PM Dowed Field 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium 9-21 Cardinal Mooney W (2OT) 24-21 11th meeting tonight - Cougars LEAD in series 8-2 (6-2 in regular season; 2-0 in postseason) 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium 9-28 Archbishop Hoban Knights THE COUGARS - KNIGHTS MATCH-UP 7:00 - Msgr. Richard A Dowed Field Don’t let the records for either team fool Defensively, Lake Catholic has been solid 10-6 Benedictine Bengals you. This is a traditionally competitive all season. Senior captain Justin 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium matchup between NCL Blue contenders. Kravchuck and Stepec anchor the line, 10-12 Padua Bruins while Anthony Christopher and Michael 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium Lake Catholic comes off an emotional 24- Robinson are part of an aggressive 21 double overtime win against Cardinal secondary. 10-19 Walsh Jesuit Warriors Mooney. In that game, senior John Stepec 7:00 - Conway Memorial Stadium rushed 30 times for 175 yards, scored two Archbishop Hoban has eight returning 10-26 NDCL Lions touchdowns and had a two-point starters on offense and seven on defense, 7:00 - Lions Stadium conversion. but a brutal schedule has the Knights still searching for their first win of the season. 11-3 Division III - Region 9 Playoffs Coach Mike Bell said the Cougars found 7:00 - Site To Be Determined their identity, so look for Stepec to get the Quarterback Dominick Orsini and running bulk of the carries again and follow a big, back Darshawn James are capable experienced offensive line, featuring All- playmakers that will test the Lake Catholic Ohioan Evan Grosel. defense. An experienced unit on defense for Hoban must be physically and Dylan Bell will once again start at mentally ready for the barrage of carries quarterback as Mark Baniewicz continues for the 6-foot-3, 245-pound Stepec (Toledo to recover from a strained MCL. recruit). 2012 NCL-Blue Standings School / Team Overall NCL COACH BELL SAYS . Benedictine 3-2 0-0 NDCL 3-2 0-0 “I think we discovered our identity, which is to put the big guy (Stepec) in the backfield, give him the ball and let him run down hill and be physical. At halftime, we told the guys, ‘This is how it is going to be and this Lake Catholic 2-3 0-0 is what we are going to do when we come back out in the second half.’ John had an outstanding game. He understands for us to have success he is going to have to do those kind of things.” Padua 2-3 0-0 Walsh Jesuit 0-4 0-0 “We know Coach Orsini does a great job and has a program that is year in and year out one of the best. We aren’t paying any attention at all to the record. We know what kind of team they are and what our Archbishop Hoban 0-5 0-0 challenges are going down to Akron to try to beat a very good football team.” COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion WEEKLY REWIND THE OPPONENT: ARCHBISHOP HOBAN KNIGHTS Lake Catholic Cougars KNIGHTS 2012 Knights Schedule 8/24 A Kent Roosevelt L 17-36 0-5 Overall 8/31 H Austintown-Fitch L 9-49 Cardinal Mooney Cardinals 21 9/7 A Boardman L 26-47 2OT 0-0 NCL - Blue 9/14 H Columbus Bishop Hartley L 10-42 Lake Catholic Cougars 24 9/21 A St Vincent-St Mary L 20-48 Week 5 - Saturday September 21 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium 9/28 H Lake Catholic Location Akron, Ohio 10/5 A Padua Franciscan Next man up. Find a way. Those are two philosophies Lake 10/12 H NDCL Catholic takes very seriously, and in a game the Cougars had Enrollment 829 (co-educational) to have last Friday, no player took the phrases to heart more Nickname Knights 10/19 H Benedictine than senior John Stepec. Colors Blue and Gold 10/26 A Walsh Jesuit Stadium Monsignor Richard A. Dowed Field Stepec stepped up, and a banged-up and desperate Lake Surface Field Turf Catholic squad manned-up in the second half against Head Coach Ralph Orsini (19th season) Cardinal Mooney to find a way to snap a three-game losing Record at School 129-75 streak and stay in the hunt for a postseason berth. Overall Record 129-75 2011 Knights Schedule (1-9) Stepec - a Toledo recruit - was dominant on both sides of the ball, but particularly on offense where he rushed for 175 yards 8/27 H Gonzaga (DC) L 2-21 on 30 carries, scored two touchdowns and ran for a 2-point 9/2 A Benedictine L 14-21 conversion. The standout senior’s performance helped his team 9/9 H Boardman L 6-35 TRYING TO BREAK THE STREAK rally from a two-touchdown deficit, and Joe Korb kicked an 18- 9/16 A Columbus Bishop Hartley L 21-45 yard field in the second overtime to lift the Cougars to a 9/23 H St Vincent-St Mary L 14-17 dramatic and much-needed 24-21 win over defending Division Dating back to 2010, Archbishop Hoban has lost 9/30 H Massillon Washington L 16-38 III state champion Cardinal Mooney at Jerome T. Osborne Sr. 16 of the last 17 games played, including games 10/7 H Walsh Jesuit L 14-41 Stadium. in 2010 and 2011 to Lake Catholic 10/14 A NDCL W 7-3 Stepec scored on a 3-yard TD run in the third quarter to cut the 10/21 A Lake Catholic L 6-28 Cardinal Mooney lead to 14-6. After an interception by Michael NO EASY ROAD TO START 10/28 H Padua Franciscan L 3-7 Robinson early in the fourth quarter, Stepec keyed a 9:50 drive that ate up the entire frame. A fake punt was converted when Archbishop Hoban is 0-5, but a deeper look at QB Dylan Bell hit Malcolm Reho for 14 yards on fourth-and-13 the schedule reveals a valid reason why. during the drive, but the majority of the march was owned by Stepec. The Knights have lost to Kent Roosevelt, With 2:06 left in the game, Stepec scored on a 1-yard Austintown Fitch, Youngstown Boardman, touchdown plunge, and then he tied the game on a 2-point Columbus Bishop Hartley and Akron SVSM. Those conversion run. five teams have a combined record of 21-4, and Austintown Fitch and Bishop Hartley are still The defense certainly did its part as well, blanking Cardinal 2010 Knights Schedule (4-6) unbeaten. Mooney (2-3) for the final quarter-and-a-half of regulation. 8/26 H Garfield W 30-13 9/3 A Walsh Jesuit L 6-26 Korb missed a potential game-winning field goal with 20 9/10 A Boardman L 10-14 seconds left in regulation, but came through in double HEAD COACH RALPH ORSINI overtime to secure the win. Next man up. Korb was. Find a 9/17 H North W 55-0 way. The Cougars did. 9/25 A St Vincent-St Mary L 0-20 Ralph Orsini is in his 19th year as Archbishop 10/1 H St Peter Chanel W 45-6 Hoban's head football coach with a win-loss 10/8 A Holy Name L 7-13 record of 129-80. Archbishop Hoban Knights 10/15 H NDCL W 14-0 10/22 H Lake Catholic L 3-24 Archbishop Hoban Knights 20 His teams won regional championships in 2002 10/29 A Padua Franciscan L 6-10 and 2008 and the North Coast League St Vincent-St Mary Irish 48 championship in 2006. Orsini earned his bachelor of science degree in education from Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary dominated Archbishop Hoban, 48-20, Youngstown State University. before a crowd of 6,073 at InfoCision Stadium on the campus of the University of Akron. SVSM retains the Shillelagh Trophy, He has been a teacher at Hoban for 20 years, which is presented by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, for the teaching U.S. History and Government.He has sixth year in a row after Hoban won the previous nine matchups. been married to Kathy for 23 years. They have three children: Erin '07, Emily '11 and Dominick Hoban senior defensive lineman Jolewis Washington forced a '13. Dominick Orsini is the current starting fumble and then recovered the ball on SVSM's first play from quarterback for the Knights. scrimmage, but the Knights were unable to capitalize and turn it into points. The Knights fell to 0-5 on the season. COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion HEAD COACH MIKE BELL Frosh Schedule JV Schedule Mike Bell is entering his 11th year as the head coach 8/22 A Strongsville L, 18-208/25 A Strongsville L, 7-24 at Lake Catholic. In 10 seasons, the Cougars are 8/30 H Brunswick W, 24-20 9/1 H Brunswick W, 21-14 88-41 and have won 6 NCL Championships, qualified 9/6 H Ursuline L, 12-34 9/8 H Ursuline W, 9-6 9/13 W, 8-14 9/17 W, 22-19 for the state playoffs 8 times (playoff record of 16-8) A Cathedral Prep A Cathedral Prep 9/20 A Cardinal Mooney W, 28-219/22 A Cardinal Mooney L, 6-21 with 5 Regional Title appearances (2003, 2006, 2007, 9/27 H Archbishop Hoban9/29 H Archbishop Hoban 2009, 2010) and 3 State Semi-Final appearances 10/4 A Benedictine 10/8 A Benedictine (2007, 2009, and 2010).