Week 4 Cuyahoga Falls
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Game #4 • Friday , Sept 15, 2017 • Clifford Stadium • 7:00 PM kickoff 2017 SCHEDULE GAME DAY 360 COPLEY INDIANS W 34-14 Friday, August 25 Copley-Fairlawn Stadium SOLON COMETS L 21-26 Friday, September 1 Tiger Stadium AURORA GREENMEN W-OT 35-28 Friday, September 8 Veterans Stadium CUYAHOGA FALLS TIGERS 7:00 PM Friday, September 15 Clifford Stadium Twinsburg Cuyahoga Falls NORTH ROYALTON BEARS 7:00 PM TIGERS TIGERS Saturday, September 23 Tiger Stadium 2-1 Overall; 0-0 Suburban League 0-3 Overall; 0-0 Suburban League BRECKSVILLE BEES 7:00 PM Thursday, September 28 Tiger Stadium STOW BULLDOGS 7:00 PM THE OPENING DRIVE Friday, October 6 Bulldogs Stadium Twinsburg will be riding the emotion of a 35-28 overtime win against Aurora in Week 3 into another road game at Cuyahoga Falls on Sept. 15. WADSWORTH GRIZZLIES 7:00 PM Friday, October 13 Art Wright Stadium The Black Tigers are still seeking their first win of the season and are coming off a 47-20 loss to Barberton. HUDSON EXPLORERS 7:00 PM Cuyahoga Falls scored 20 unanswered points in the second against Barberton half thanks to the legs of running Friday, October 20 Tiger Stadium back Tyler Hitchings and quarterback Tyler Vassolotti. They combined for two rushing touchdowns in the second half and 83 rushing yards on the night. Saivon Davis is a returning all-district performer on defense for the Black Tigers (0-3). NORDONIA KNIGHTS 7:00 PM The Tigers are getting contributions from several players on both sides of the ball and in special teams during a 2-1 start Friday, October 27 Tiger Stadium to the season. On offense, Seth Grabowski and Adam Van de Motter have both been effective at quarterback. Cam’Ron McClain has been a consistent runner for Twinsburg, while Tre Radford and Chistian Edgerson have been dangerous weapons on the outside in the passing game. On defense, All-Ohio candidate James Grammens and standout linebacker Isaiah Savitt continue to lead the way. Rashad Land-Jones has been an impact player all year for the Tigers on the defensive line. PCE Twinsburg has won each of the last two meetings against Cuyahoga Falls. The three letters "PCE" is a cultural blueprint that Twinsburg coach Mike Bell wants his program to follow each day. BELL RINGING - Tigers Head Coach Mike Bell on the overtime win against the Aurora Greenmen PASSION Our win vs Aurora is definitely huge for the program and the direction we are attempting to take. I feel that this win may indicate P Playing the game with passion, being a great that the young men in our program have finally developed an understanding of how to win. Aurora is an excellent team and we teammate, doing everything with passion. faced some adversity in the game and were still able to win. Im not sure we could have done that in the previous 2 seasons. Im proud of the development, growth, and maturity our young men are showing at this early point in our season. COMMITMENT C We talk about it being an all-the-time thing, not when it is comfortable or convenient. What kind of player do you want to be? What kind of impact do you want to have on the program? TRACKING THE TIGERS EXECUTION E Everyone has dreams of being great, but to actually go Head Coach Mike Bell Follow and Friend Tigers Football out and make it happen through hard work is something @Coach_MikeBell Twinsburg Tiger Football we strive for. It has to do with effort. Twinsburg Tigers Football Webpage “The nice thing is individually we control all of those Twinsburg Athletic Department http://www.twinsburg.k12.oh.us/Football.aspx things in PCE,” Bell said. @TwinsburgTigers Twinsburg City School District Webpage http://www.twinsburg.k12.oh.us Game #4 • Friday , Sept 15, 2017 • Clifford Stadium • 7:00 PM kickoff TIGERS RECAP THE OPPONENT: CUYAHOGA FALLS Signature Win For the Tigers TIGERS 2017 TIGERS SCHEDULE (0-3) Twinsburg TIGERS 35 8/25 A Kent Roosevelt L 14-19 OT 0-3 overall 9/1 H Norton L 7-20 Aurora GREENMEN 28 0-0 SL-National 9/8 H Barberton L 20-47 If Twinsburg was looking for a signature win in 2017, the 9/15 H Twinsburg Tigers may have gotten it in Week 3 with a 35-28 overtime 9/22 A Brecksville victory over host Aurora. Location Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 9/29 H Wadsworth Enrollment 1,578 students 10/6 A Hudson Isaiah Savitt’s 5-yard TD run in overtime proved to be the OHSAA Assignment Division II, Region 5 10/13 A Nordonia game winner for Twinsburg. Nickname Tigers 10/20 H Stow Twinsburg (2-1) lost to the Greenmen, 38-15, in 2016. But Colors Black and Gold 10/27 A North Royalton this was a much different and favorable outcome for the Stadium Clifford Stadium Tigers. Surface Natural Grass Head Coach Shane Parker Aurora used a pair of kickoff returns for touchdowns by 2016 TIGERS SCHEDULE (1-9) Gavin Blunt to take a 14-7 lead. Record at School 0-3 8/26 HWKent Roosevelt 13-0 Blunt added a TD run to give the Greenmen a 21-7 second- 9/2 H Akron Garfield L 8-13 quarter advantage before Twinsburg responded with a 9/9 H L TIGERS NEW HEAD COACH Barberton 21-43 Cam’Ron McClain scoring run and a Christian Edgerson TD 9/16 H Brecksville L 7-41 reception from Seth Grabowski to tie the game at 21 at 9/23 A Wadsworth L 0-35 halftime. Shane Parker is a Black Tiger and darn proud of it. The Cuyahoga Falls head football coach was hired in May and makes no bones about his 9/30 HHudson L 6-37 love for his community. Another long touchdown pass from Grabowski to Edgerson 10/7 HNordonia L 20-37 gave the Tigers a 28-21 lead in the third quarter. Aurora “This is home. Being around the program as much as I have, I’ve wanted 10/14 A Stow L 0-37 sent the game to OT with a score in the fourth quarter. to be able to give back,” Parker said. “These kids deserve to have the 10/21 H North Royalton L 7-12 kind of experience I had when I was in high school. " 10/28 A Twinsburg L 22-35 Savitt ran for a touchdown in overtime and the Twinsburg Parker is a social studies/criminal justice teacher at the high school. defense made it stand up for the win. The new coach made it clear, while he wants to help his players, he also The Tigers ran 92 plays to just 49 for Aurora (0- wants to bring winning football back to Cuyahoga Falls. 2015 TIGERS SCHEDULE (0-10) 3). Twinsburg racked up almost 500 yards in the victory. “The school deserves it. The community deserves it. This town deserves Grabowski threw for two touchdowns and 216 yards for the it,” Parker said. “Black and gold runs through my veins, so I think I’m the 8/28 AKent Roosevelt L 34-51 Tigers. right guy to bring the program back to where it was. I’ve been there 9/4 HAkron Garfield L 7-35 through the high times and the low times at Cuyahoga Falls.” 9/11 A Barberton L 0-40 McClain rushed for 136 yards and a score. Parker experienced the high times at Falls during his playing career, as 9/18 A Brecksville L 7-51 he was a starting defensive tackle during Falls’ lone playoff game in Edgerson caught five passes for 127 yards and two school history in 2001. 9/25 H Wadsworth L 7-28 touchdowns, and Tre Radford had five grabs for 84 yards 10/2 AHudson L 0-45 and a TD for Twinsburg. After graduating from Cuyahoga Falls in 2004, Parker became a Division 10/9 A L 0-41 III All-American offensive tackle at Westminster College in New Nordonia Wilmington, Penn. 10/16 HStow L 0-34 10/23 A North Royalton L 0-37 TWINSBURG TIGERS Parker graduated from from Westminster in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He also graduated from Kent State University earlier 10/30 HTwinsburg L 35-46 Players of the Week this month with a master’s degree in career tech education. Parker’s high school coaching career began at Crestwood High School in 2008, before he spent four years as an assistant at Falls under head Seth Grabowski coach Mike Miller. Parker then served as Woodridge’s offensive 2014 TIGERS SCHEDULE (4-6) Senior / QB coordinator during the 2013 and 2014 seasons, before returning to Falls and serving as defensive coordinator in 2015 and 2016. 8/29 HBarberton W 28-6 9/5 H W Grabowski threw for 216 yards and 2 TD “It’s always been my goal to be the head coach of Cuyahoga Falls,” Akron Garfield 24-21 Parker said. “The fact I’ve been a coordinator on both sides of the ball, I 9/12 AKent Roosevelt L 21-35 James Grammens should be able to find nuances for our players to work with.” 9/19 ALStow 7-35 Senior / LB Defensively, Parker plans to keep Falls’ 4-2-5 base scheme in place this fall. He said he’s still working on Falls’ offensive scheme, which will 9/26 HHudson L 0-28 Grammens had six tackles, two for loss depend more on personnel. 10/2 A Normandy W 34-18 .