region 15 div. 4, if playoffs started today.

[kantuckyII]

I think every team remaining on Ironton's schedule, with the probable exception of Fairbanks, has a very real chance of beating the Fighting Tigers. And I think Coach Lutz and the staff will certainly be operating under this assumption.

On the other hand, I think Ironton has the potential to go 10-0.

:aaaaa59

[AHM]

There seems to be a lot of room between the top of the region and the middle/bottom.

I see the top 8 in the end
Ironton
Hartley
Portsmouth West
Heath
Coshocton
Johnstown
Highland
Amanda Clearcreek

The winner of the Ironton-Hartley game will get the number one seed. There will be a lot of points to be had in that game. I still think Hartley is the best. Losing in overtime at Elyria Catholic does not diminish that at all. Ironton will be a force to be reconed with. Very impressive fashion over Ashland. I think Jon Alder and Hartley will be huge games and they could go either way. Portsmouth West also looks good, but they have yet to play anyone of signifigance. Two of those three look to play for the Region 15 title.

[LetsGoPSU]

playing as well as Hartley did at Elyria Catholic actually improves my thoughts on them.
AHM is correct about the dropoff from the top 8 or 9 to the rest of the region,it isnt a dropoff its like a huge cliff.
Ironton opened my eyes as to thier resurgence with a blowout over Ashland,which also opened my eyes as to the strength of Wheelersburg, although everyone knows Ironton in week 4 and deeper into the season is always much better than Ironton in week 1 and 2.
You may be right about Portsmouth West thus far ,they have only played one significant opponent, but that opponent was a huge rivalry game and West looked incredibly good.They will be a team that will step up each and every week threw out the playoffs.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

1 4-0 760 Ironton Ironton 8.6500 19.0 39.0 100
2 4-0 1270 West Portsmouth Portsmouth West 6.6500 18.0 21.5 100
3 3-1 218 Columbus Bishop Hartley 6.3250 13.5 29.5 100
4 3-1 706 Heath Heath 5.9750 13.5 26.0 100
5 2-2 1268 Portsmouth Portsmouth 5.7500 11.0 30.0 100
6 3-1 794 Johnstown Johnstown-Monroe 5.5000 14.0 20.0 100
7 3-1 114 Amanda Amanda-Clearcreek 5.1750 13.5 18.0 100
8 3-1 426 Coshocton Coshocton 4.7000 15.0 9.5 100
9 3-1 1256 Piketon Piketon 4.0000 14.0 5.0 100
10 2-2 1568 Chillicothe Unioto 3.9750 9.5 16.0 100
11 3-1 108 Albany Alexander 3.8500 11.0 11.0 100

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------just for the halibut. any predictions in the top 8 on losses, wins, or projected big moves up or down. top 8 only. as those are presently the playoff qualifiers.

[fuzzhead]

If Ironton beats both Alder and Hartley, talking about Region 15 becomes small talk. State Title talk will be the next order of business. Alder lost to Clinton-Massie by a point! Hartley lost to Elyria Catholic in OT!

[Gray Fighting Tiger]

Alder will most likely come to Ironton at 4-1. There's not a lot of discussion about this game on Yappi (in fact I haven't seen any) but I think this will be a good indicator of how Ironton might fare in the playoffs. Alder is a top 10 D IV team in several polls / rankings and a strong showing by the Fighting Tigers would be a good sign.

[fbfever9]

As of right now, there are only 3 teams in the top 10 standings whose opponents' winning percentage is greater than 60%.
They are:
1. Portsmouth 62.5%
2. Ironton 62%
3. B. Hartley 60%

Heath is the only other team whose opponents' winning percentage is above 50 (55%) right now.
P. West needs help from their OVC opponents to garner more 2nd level points.

Unless some things change on these three's schedules, they could gain huge chunks of points with each victory. A lot of the seeding will be determined by 5 games - three of them involving Portsmouth (P'town v. Jackson, v.Gallia Academy, v.Ironton). The fourth game would be the Ironton - Hartley match-up in week 8. The other is Heath v. Newark Catholic this week. They stand to gain a lot of 2nd level points with a W this week. Obviously, other games will determine outcomes here, but these are some of the "bigger" points games out there.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

thats neat information, thank ya'll.

[catfan4ever]

Heath did beat Newark Catholic in the Green Wave's home opener 40-7.

[carbon_dated]

how's come joe eitel's site isn't updated with week 5 results? in years past he's been updating as the weekend goes. maybe he's working or else i'm spoiled lol.

[a_c_m]

how's come joe eitel's site isn't updated with week 5 results? in years past he's been updating as the weekend goes. maybe he's working or else i'm spoiled lol.

I was wondering the same thing! Does anyone know? Thanks!

[fuzzhead]

Yeah this is ridiculous!

[tk421]

Ha ha, I think we've been spoiled.

[kantuckyII]

Maybe Joe's going to 'pay for view'???? :aaaaa8 We are spoiled though, no doubt!

[TheMalteseFalcon]

Maybe Joe's going to 'pay for view'???? :aaaaa8 We are spoiled though, no doubt!

I didn't think free advertising was allowed on here................... :122246 :122246

That isn't a link to anything.... it is a flat out AD.

I thought it was considered spam and was deleted.

Me and Paladin is going to start advertising next.....

[TheMalteseFalcon]

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[philthyphil]

Here's Joe Eitel's most recent update after week 5. It's still listed as INCOMPLETE

Rank W-L ID # City School Average Level 1 Level 2 L2 divisor
1 5-0 760 Ironton Ironton 12.7500 24.0 79.5 100
2 4-1 706 Heath Heath 8.4000 17.0 50.0 100
3 4-1 218 Columbus Bishop Hartley 8.1500 17.5 46.5 100
4 4-1 114 Amanda Amanda-Clearcreek 6.8000 18.5 31.0 100
5 5-0 1270 West Portsmouth Portsmouth West 6.5500 22.0 21.5 100
6 4-1 794 Johnstown Johnstown-Monroe 6.4500 18.0 28.5 100
7 4-1 426 Coshocton Coshocton 6.1500 19.5 22.5 100
8 2-3 1268 Portsmouth Portsmouth 5.7000 11.0 35.0 100
9 4-1 108 Albany Alexander 5.3000 15.5 22.0 100
10 3-2 1568 Chillicothe Unioto 4.7500 13.5 20.5 100

[Sports 101]

How did unioto go ahead of piketon?

[OZZIEOHIO]

West sched is hurting them and Portsmouth is 8th at 2-3. We need to win the rest of our games.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

if somehow ironton does go undefeated they may have the highest point total in the state. they nearly do now.