COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion Strongsville 2012 Schedule MUSTANGS and Results 0-0 Overall; 0-0 in Northeast Ohio Conference (Valley) 8-23 Strongsville Mustangs 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium 8-31 Brunswick Blue Devils Lake Catholic 7:00 - Judy Kirsch Field 9-7 Ursuline Fighting Irish COUGARS 7:30 - Stambaugh Stadium 0-0 Overall; 0-0 in North Coast League (Blue) 9-15 Erie (PA) Catherdral Prep THE MATCH-UP: Thursday, August 23 7:00 PM Jerome T Osborne Stadium 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium 9-21 Cardinal Mooney Cardinals THE MUSTANGS - COUGARS MATCH-UP 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium 9-28 Akron Hoban Knights Lake Catholic is trying for a home-and-home Justin Kravchuck and A.J. Marinucci are other key 7:00 - Dowed Field sweep of Strongsville.The Cougars traveled to Pat members of the 4-2-5 base defense. Catan Stadium last year for a Week 1 match-up 10-6 Benedictine Bengals with the Mustangs and left with a 21-15 victory. Strongsville is trying to rebound from a 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium disappointing 1-9 season in 2011. Veteran coach Lake Catholic returns six starters on offense and five Russ Jacques will rely heavily on his talented 10-12 Padua Bruins on defense from a team that went 10-2 and offensive and defensive lines. 7:00 - Jerome T Osborne Stadium advanced to the Division III regional semifinals. Al Kamczyk, Brandon Bailey and Quay Williams 10-19 Walsh Jesuit Warriors 7:00 - Conway Memorial Stadium Senior quarterback Mark Baniewicz - a dual threat have size, strength and experience as returning to run or pass - is running a slightly revamped starters on the offensive line. Clay Caruso is a junior 10-26 NDCL Lions offense. The offensive line is a definite strength for defensive end who has started since his freshman 7:00 - Lions Stadium the Cougars, anchored by All-Ohioan Evan Grosel season. and Sean Wynne. 11-3 Division III - Region 9 Playoffs The Mustangs have made 11 playoff appearances 7:00 - Site To Be Determined Toledo recruit John Stepec is a physical specimen and have won 11 conference titles so it could be at 6-foot-3, 255 pounds, and will have a major expected to see a resurgence after last year’s 1- impact on the game both as a tight end and win season. fullback on offense and as a defensive end on the other side of the ball. COACH BELL'S KEYS TO THE GAME "Strongsville seems to be better this year than they were last year from a talent 2012 NCL-Blue Standings standpoint, and they have a very good junior linebacker that we have to be aware of on every play." School / Team Overall NCL Akron Hoban 0-0 0-0 "We have to win the physical battle. Period. We have to come out and be more physical than Strongsville is." Benedictine 0-0 0-0 "We have to play with discipline. Most teams are not at their pinnacle early in the Lake Catholic 0-0 0-0 season, so we need to eliminate mistakes and play smart football." NDCL 0-0 0-0 Padua 0-0 0-0 Walsh Jesuit 0-0 0-0 COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion WEEKLY REWIND THE OPPONENT: STRONGSVILLE MUSTANGE Lake Catholic Cougars MUSTANGS 2012 Mustangs Schedule 8/23 A Lake Catholic 0-0 overall 8/31 H Gahanna Lincoln Akron St Vincent-St Mary Irish 31 9/7 H Padua 0-0 NEO-Valley 9/14 A Elyria Lake Catholic Cougars 14 9/21 H Valley Forge Week 12 - November 11, 2011 9/28 A Twinsburg Bedford Bearcat Stadium - Bedford, Ohio Location Strongsville, Ohio 10/5 A Medina Enrollment 2,540 (co-ed) 10/12 H Brunswick The number 11 was wild on a late fall night in Nickname Mustanges 10/19 A Mentor Northeast Ohio, but Lake Catholic wasn’t wild Colors Forest Green and White 10/26 H Solon Stadium Pat Catan Stadium about how Nov. 11, 2011 finished up. Surface Grass Head Coach Russ Jacques Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary senior QB Kevin Record at School (20th Season) 2011 Mustangs Schedule (1-9) Besser completed 15 of 24 passes for 287 yards Career Record 8/26 H Lake Catholic L 15-21 and two touchdowns - both to Jordan 9/2 A Gahanna-Lincoln L 0-31 Hargrove in the first half - to lead the Fighting 9/9 A Padua L 7-21 9/18 H Elyria L 21-38 Irish to a 31-14 win over Lake Catholic in a NEO - Valley 9/23 A Valley Forge W 35-0 Division III regional semifinal at Bedford Bearcat 9/30 H Twinsburg L 9-35 Stadium. Brunswick 0-0, 0-0 10/7 H Medina (5 ot) L 27-30 10/14 A Brunswick 14-31 Medina 0-0, 0-0 L Hargrove caught five passes for 143 yards, 10/21 H Mentor L 7-38 10/28 A Solon 14-38 including touchdowns of 63 and seven yards Mentor 0-0, 0-0 L that gave the Fighting Irish a 14-0 halftime lead. The lead grew to 21-0 in the third quarter. John Solon 0-0, 0-0 Stepec had a TD run to give the Cougars life in 2010 Mustangs Schedule (6-4) the third quarter, but an interception return for Strongsville 0-0, 0-0 8/27 A Euclid L 5-9 9/3 H Mentor 17-38 a touchdown and a field goal by SVSM were Twinsburg 0-0, 0-0 L too much to overcome. 9/10 H Padua W 28-14 9/17 A Hudson W 42-14 9/24 H Lakewood W 42-3 Lake Catholic’s final points of 2011 came on a NEO - River 10/1 A Medina W 34-14 50-yard TD run by Aaron Phillips. Lake Catholic Cuyahoga Falls 0-0, 0-0 10/8 A Mayfield W 28-0 finished a fantastic season at 10-2. Elyria 0-0, 0-0 10/15 H Brunswick L 33-36 Hudson 0-0, 0-0 10/22 A Nordonia W 55-41 Mayfield 0-0, 0-0 10/29 H Solon (ot) L 28-31 North Royalton 0-0, 0-0 Stow-Munroe Falls 0-0, 0-0 Strongsville Mustangs Head Coach: Russ Jacques Veteran Strongsville coach Strongsville Mustangs 14 NEO - Lake Russ Jacques also coached on the college level at West Brush 0-0, 0-0 Solon Comets 38 Virginia, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin Garfield Heights 0-0, 0-0 and Northwestern. As NU's Week 10, October 28, 2011 Normandy 0-0, 0-0 offensive coordinator (1987-89), Stewart Field, Solon Ohio Parma 0-0, 0-0 Jacques coached three 1,000- Shaker Heights 0-0, 0-0 yard passers and two 1,000- Strongsville concluded one of the toughest Valley Forge 0-0, 0-0 yard rushers. His offenses set 14 Northwestern seasons in the schools history with a 38-14 loss to school records. the Solon Comets at Stewart Field. Spent two years at Pittsburgh (1985-86) and The Mustangs were trailing, 14-0, after the first served five seasons (1980-84) as offensive quarter and 24-0 at the half. With the loss, coordinator at West Virginia. Coached in four bowl games for Mountaineers. A legendary Strongsville finished with a 1-9 record. quarterback at Parma Senior High School (class of 1962) and led Bowling Green to MAC championships in 1964 and 1965. COUGARS 2012 Football Game Notes 19-time OHSAA Playoff Qualifier 3-time State Champion HEAD COACH MIKE BELL Div III - Region 9 JV Schedule Mike Bell is entering his 11th year as the head coach 8/25 A Strongsville Final Standing 2011 at Lake Catholic. In 10 seasons, the Cougars are 9/1 H Brunswick 86-38 and have won 6 NCL Championships, qualified 9/8 H Youngstown Ursuline 1 Chagrin Falls 28.700 9/17 A for the state playoffs 8 times (playoff record of 16-8) Erie (PA) Cathedral 2 LAKE CATHOLIC 27.866 9/22 A Youngstown Mooney with 5 Regional Title appearances (2003, 2006, 2007, 3 University School 24.900 9/29 H Akron Hoban 2009, 2010) and 3 State Semi-Final appearances 4 Ravenna 22.500 10/8 A Benedictine (2007, 2009, and 2010). 5 Ravenna Southeast 21.650 10/13 A Padua 6 Akron St Vincent St Mary 20.762 10/20 H Walsh Jesuit Prior to 2002 Bell served as the Cougars' defensive 7 Benedictine 20.181 10/25 H NDCL coordinator for three seasons, winning the Division III State Championship in 2001. 8 Oberlin Firelands 19.500 Prior to coaching at Lake Catholic, Bell spent three years at Willoughby South as a 9 CVCA 16.650 position coach and defensive coordinator, four years at Maple Heights, and two 10 Jefferson 14.713 seasons at Pymatuning Valley. 11 Akron Buchtel 14.600 Frosh Schedule 12 NDCL 13.911 8/22 A Strongsville 13 Cleveland John Hay 13.754 8/30 H Brunswick Coach Bell's Coaching Record - Year-By-Year 14 Hubbard 13.4500 9/6 H Youngstown Ursuline 15 Holy Name 13.300 9/13 A Erie (PA) Cathedral YEAR W L T Perc% Results 16 Niles McKinley 12.095 9/20 A Youngstown Mooney 17 Field 10.650 9/27 H Akron Hoban 18 Woodridge 9.400 10/4 A Benedictine 1 2002 2 8 0 0.200 did not make the post season 19 Orange 8.300 10/11 A Padua 20 Bay 5.400 10/18 H Walsh Jesuit 22003 10 3 0 0.769 Lost in Regional Final 10/24 H NDCL 3 2004 9 3 0 0.750 Lost in Regional Semi Final 4 2005 10 2 0 0.833 Lost in Regional Semi Final 5 2006 8 5 0 0.615 Lost in Regional Final JEROME T OSBORNE, SR STADIUM 6 2007 9 5 0 0.643 Lost in State Semi Final Address: 6477 Center Street, Mentor, Ohio Built: 1965 (renovated 2006) 7 2008 4 6 0 0.400 did not make the post season Surface: Turf Capacity 7,333 8 2009 12 2 0 0.857 Lost in State Semi Final 9 2010 12 2 0 0.857 Lost in State Semi Final The facility was originally built in 1965, in conjunction with the newly constructed 10 2011 10 2 0 0.833 Lost in Regional Semi Final Mentor High School.