2019 Cleveland Heights Tigers Football Roster
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THREE OHSAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFF APPEARANCES (2011, 2013, and 2015) CLEVELAND HEIGHTS 2019 TIGERS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2019 Schedule & Results Gameday Storylines Game #5 • Friday, September 27, 2019 • Cleveland Hts Stadium • 7:00 PM kickoff MEDINA BEES L 10-21 Friday, August 30 Ken Dukes Stadium Walsh Jesuit 0-4 overall 0-0 NCL GLENVILLE TARBLOODERS W 17-0 WARRIORS Friday, September 6 Cleveland Heights High School Stadium Cleveland Heights 3-1 overall SHAKER HTS RED RAIDERS W 50-6 Saturday, September 14 TIGERS 0-0 LEL Russell H. Rupp Field Last Meeting between Cleveland Heights and Lake Catholic: LAKE CATHOLIC COUGARS W 28-23 September 21, 2018 (week 5); Cleveland Heights 51, Walsh Jesuit 14 Friday, September 20 Jerome T. Osborne Stadium Cleveland Heights Tigers in Week 4 games since 2000 The Cleveland Heights Tigers are 10-9 during week 5 games over the last 19 years. The Tigers WALSH JESUIT WARRIORS 7:00 PM Friday, September 27 defeated Walsh Jesuit last year in a week 5 matchup. Cleveland Heights has won 8 of the last 11 Cleveland Heights High School Stadium games played in week 5, including a six-game winning streak between 2008 and 2013. LORAIN TITANS 7:00 PM Friday, October 4 George Daniel Field Opening Drive BEDFORD BEARCATS 7:00 PM Cleveland Heights returns home in Week 5 to host Walsh Jesuit in its final non- Friday, October 11 Cleveland Heights High School Stadium conference game prior to LEL play. The Warriors are 0-4 on the season. Cameron Mayes is the senior QB. Walsh has WARRENSVILLE HTS TIGERS 7:00 PM Friday, October 18 a few standout receivers with Connor Bailey, Nick Reilman and Ben Ligan. Tiger Stadium Bailey is a Xavier baseball commit. Lineman Dave Wohlabaugh is the son of the SHAW CARDINALS 7:00 PM former Browns center. He's a junior and has D1 offers in the MAC, Pitt, Kentucky Friday, October 25 and Maryland. Cleveland Heights High School Stadium Heights has won three in a row and is coming off an impressive road win over MAPLE HTS MUSTANGS 7:00 PM Friday, November 1 Lake Catholic. Mustangs Memorial Stadium Quarterback Bay Harvey scored three touchdowns to lead the way. The Tigers have a variety of weapons including Cincinnati recruit Justin Wodtly as a two-way standout. Jaylen Benson, Diego Bremer and Nick McGhee have been reliable playmakers for Heights this fall. THREE OHSAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFF APPEARANCES (2011, 2013, and 2015) CLEVELAND HEIGHTS 2019 TIGERS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Tigers Rewind Opponent: Walsh Jesuit Warriors Overall Record 0-4 Tigers Run Their Winning Streak to 3 Games North Coast League - Blue Division 0-0 Cleveland Heights Plays Solid Game on Both Sides of Ball Cleveland Heights TIGERS 28 2019 Warriors Schedule Walsh Jesuit Quick Facts Lake Catholic COUGARS 23 8/30 A Mayfield L 21-45 Location Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Friday, September 20, 2019, Jerome T Osborne Stadium, Mentor, Ohio 9/6 H Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary L 7-34 Enrollment 1,100 students 9/13 H Columbus Bishop Watterson L 21-24 OHSAA Assignment Division II, Region 5 9/20 A Buffalo (NY) St. Francis L 7-35 Nickname Warriors 9/27 A Cleveland Heights Colors Burgundy and Gold 10/5 A Lake Catholic Stadium Conway Memorial Stadium 10/11 A Padua Surface Field Turf Cleveland Heights traveled to Mentor’s JTO Stadium 10/18 H Notre Dame Cathedral Latin Head Coach Nick Alexander on Sept. 20 and came hone with its third straight 10/25 A Akron Archbishop Hoban Overall Record 0-4 win. 11/1 H Benedictine Record at School 0-4 The Tigers, led by quarterback Bay Harvey and an 2018 Warriors Schedule Warriors New Head Coach opportunistic defense, held off host Lake Catholic, 28-23. (0-10 overall, 0-5 in NCL-Blue: Region 5 = T25th) John Carroll assistant coach Nick Alexander is the new 8/24 H 0-3 head football coach at Walsh Jesuit. Alexander spent the It was the third consecutive victory for Heights after Mayfield L 8/31 A Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary L 0-35 last two seasons as the Blue Streaks’ passing game a Week 1 loss. It also snapped a two-game winning coordinator and quarterbacks coach. 9/7 A Columbus Bishop Watterson L 20-25 streak for the Cougars. 9/14 H Buffalo (NY) St. Francis L 40-42 The Mayfield graduate also spent time on Coach Steve 9/21 H Cleveland Heights L 14-51 Luka Eller hit a field goal for Lake to open the Trivisonno’s staff at Mentor. In 2015 and 2016, he was the 9/28 H Lake Catholic L 7-35 Cardinals’ co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers scoring, but the Tigers answered with 14 straight 10/5 H Padua L 7-24 coach. The season before that, he was strictly Mentor’s points. 10/12 A Notre Dame Cathedral Latin L 3-53 receivers coach. 10/19 H Akron Archbishop Hoban L 6-51 Jaylen Benson got Heights on the board with a short Alexander will look to build up a struggling Walsh Jesuit 10/26 A Benedictine L 19-40 TD run for a 7-3 lead. Harvey scored the first of his program. The Warriors were 0-10 in 2018 as a Division II three rushing touchdowns to increase the lead to school, and since 2015 are 6-38. 14-3. The Cougars cut the deficit to 14-9, but Harvey again found the end zone to push the edge out to 21-9 at halftime. Lake Catholic again clawed to within 5 at 21-16 before Harvey punched it in for the third time to give the Tigers some breathing room. The Cougars responded yet again, but Heights held on by recovering an onside kick and converting a big fourth down. “Bay Harvey played big in dual threat role at QB. He made some decisions and called audibles that led to big play gains,” Heights coach Mac Stephens said. “Once again minus a a couple of mistakes defensively we played well. We were able to pressure their QB and Nick McGhee made several big plays in our run defense and pass defense.” THREE OHSAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFF APPEARANCES (2011, 2013, and 2015) CLEVELAND HEIGHTS 2019 TIGERS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2019 Tigers Facts Head Coach: Mac Stephens Hired: March 13, 2015 GENERAL INFORMATION Cleveland Heights head coach Mac Stephens enters his fifth season on the Location 13263 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, Ohio sidelines for the Tigers. Stephens is 21-19 in his previous four seasons Founded / Established 1901 at Cedar and Lee. Enrollment 1,555 students (grades 9-12) District Cleveland Heights-University Heights City Schools Stephens spent 11 seasons as an assistant coach at three local schools Superintendent Elizabeth Kirby before being named the head coach of the Tigers on March 13, 2015. Principal Byron Hopkins Director of Athletics Joe D'Amato Stephens graduated from Akron Firestone High School in 1986 and attended the OHSAA Assignment - Football Division I, Region 1 University of Minnesota. Stephens spent two seasons in the NFL, playing linebacker for the New York Jets in Conference Lake Erie League 1990 and the Minnesota Vikings in 1991. Nickname Tigers Colors Black and Gold Stephens served as the head coach for the Lutheran East Falcons in 2003. He has spent 11 seasons (2004-2014) Stadium Complex Cleveland Heights HS Stadium as an assistant coach at Euclid, Villa Angela-St, Joseph and Glenville before being named head coach for Capacity 2,500 Playing Surface Field Turf Cleveland Heights. Year Stadium Opened 1952 Renovations Completed 2014 Coach Stephens currently resides in Euclid with his wife Belinda. They have two sons Linden, a defensive back for the Denver Broncos and Collin a recent graduate of Bowling Green State University. Stephens serves as the Director of Recreation for the city of Euclid as well as the owner of Coach Mac’s Speed, Power and Fitness, FOOTBALL INFORMATION located at the Euclid Sports Plant. Head Coach Mac Stephens High School Akron Firestone Chalk Talk with Coach Stephens College University of Minnesota Tigers Head Coach Mac Stephens discusses his team and the upcoming game Seasons 5th season Career Record (6 seasons) 24-28 “Bay Harvey played big in dual threat role at QB. He made some decisions and called audibles that led to big play gains.” Record at Cleveland Heights (5 seasons) 24-20 Offensive Set Flexbone / Triple Option “Once again minus a a couple of mistakes defensively we played well. We were able to pressure their QB and Nick McGhee Defensive Set Odd Front / 3-4 made several big plays in our run defense and pass defense.” 2018 Record 7-3 2018 Lake Erie League Record 4-1 Cleveland Hts OHSAA Playoff Appearances 3 Cleveland Hts OHSAA Playoff Record 1-3 2019 Cleveland Hts Tigers Assistant Coaches ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Kahari Hicks - Offensive Coordinator, Rob Bisker - Assistant Coach, 5th Year at Cleveland Heights HS 1st Year at Cleveland Heights HS Football Contact Joe D'Amato Office Phone 216-320-3015 Scott Wodtly - Defensive Coordinator, Javar Green, Offensive Line Coach E-mail Address [email protected] 5th Year at Cleveland Heights HS 1st Year at Cleveland Heights HS Athletic Director Joe D'Amato Germaine Smith - Wide Receivers Coach, Athletics Web Address www.heightstigers.com Darryl Buckley, Assistant Coach, 5th Year at Cleveland Heights HS Athletics Twitter Handle @GoHeightsTigers 5th Year at Cleveland Heights HS High School Twitter Handle @CHUHSchools Damon Williams - Defensive Line Coach, Howard Little, Inside Linebacker Coach Head Coach Twitter Handle @MacStephens 2nd Year at Cleveland Heights HS 1st Year at Cleveland Heights HS Brandon Biggom - Defensive Backs Coach, Willie Newtown, Freshman Coach / Varsity 4th Yeat at Cleveland Heights HS Assistant 5th Year at Cleveland Heights HS Andre Cliff - Running Backs and Linebackers Rondale Reid, Freshman Coach / Varsity Coach, Assistant 2nd Year at Cleveland Heights HS 2nd Year at Cleveland Heights HS Willie Smith - Special Teams Coordinator, Eric Piechowski, Freshman Coach / Varsity 15th Yeat at Cleveland Heights HS Assistant 5th Year at Cleveland Heights HS Tom DeSalvo - Offensive Line Coach, 1st Year at Cleveland Heights HS THREE OHSAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFF APPEARANCES (2011, 2013, and 2015) CLEVELAND HEIGHTS 2019 TIGERS FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Polls & Rankings 2019 Lake Erie League Standings CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER / CLEVELAND.COM POLL 2019 CURRENT AND EXPANDED LAKE ERIE LEAGUE STANDINGS Poll as of September 23, 2019 SCHOOLDiv/Reg LELPct.