Football Memories As A Kid And Favorite Players...

[fhsalum1991]

Watching Kevin Rose and the dragons run over Coal Grove and Chesapeake.

I also remember the stories of Glen Stapleton, Allen/Wayne Hager and the Dragons of Jim Mayo winning OVC Championships and running over people.

[moonshine]

The 1970 Gallia Academy Blue Devils going 10-0, winning the championship against Logan at home, tearing down the old H-shaped goalpost, going up 2nd Ave. to the Shakeshoppe after the game.

Chuck and Pete Neal, and Kenny Wamsley to name a few...

Grad78 I was on that logan team and i think the year was 1969, of course i was knock simple by one of them Neal boy's

[NY BUCKS]

I remember the first high school game i went to..It was NY crooksville..That was in 1981..Didnt miss a game that year..Went to 13 off them..yep Statetitle..for the first year of FOOTBALL..Not bad..for benningers...LOL..by the way since that first game I was HOOKED BIG TIME..THANK YOU ..Bill nickeles.....



My favorite player...ALL THAT DAWNS THE BROWN WHITE ORANGE...

Also remember the police escorting NY ALL THE WAY BACK HOME..

[FANOSPORTS]

The 1970 Gallia Academy Blue Devils going 10-0, winning the championship against Logan at home, tearing down the old H-shaped goalpost, going up 2nd Ave. to the Shakeshoppe after the game.

Chuck and Pete Neal, and Kenny Wamsley to name a few...

Gallipolis beat Meigs 12-6 that year @ Pomeroy. It was a hard fought game with a lot of defense and big plays but little scoring on offense. After the game everyone was milling around outside the gate in the small parking lots (Old Pomeroy H.S. was still standing at the time and was used as the Jr. High) and a lot of pushing and shoving started brewing after the game. I remember a bunch of kids started heckling the Gallipolis band while they were trying to get on their busses just outside the gate. A couple fist fights between various groups were quelled pretty quickly by the Pomeroy police. It was a raucous atmosphere that night. There was no place to park back then (everyone walked from downtown or parked along the highway) and there was always a friday night dance after the game @ the old Pomeroy H.S. back then (till 11-11:30) and a lot of kids and adults from both schools were milling around so that didn't help matters any after this big game. Meigs competed and won a lot of football games in the SEOAL back at that time in the late 60's, early 70's. They had a good group of player's in those days that kids could look up to and admire and most of them I know became very good and productive citizen's later. Those Meigs teams from 1967-1972 were some of my favorites as a kid.