Gallipolis (3-3) at Chillicothe (1-5) Week 7 Oct. 7

[pappy1]

Big congrats to the team and coaching staff tonight!!

This was the team I had been expecting to see most of the year. We dominated the line of scrimmage and time of possession. The post-game radio show said Chillicothe had a net 0 (zero) yards rushing for the night. Coach Hinton sounded incredibly frustrated in the post-game radio show saying that Gallia Academy played the kind of ball the he would like his team to play tonight. He said they lined up behind big #71 and ran right at us and we had no answer for it. High praise from a legendary High School coach.

Brandon Taylor had 180ish yards rushing running mostly behind Stephen Atkins and Aaron Guisinger. Cody Russell did a great job gaining significant yardage in the second half when Chillicothe started keying on Taylor. Zack Tackett was outstanding in his expanded role as FB. The coaching staff mixed in a couple of nice outside runs and play action passes out of running formations when Chillicothe got to stacking the box too much. The coaching staff shuffled the offensive line and I thought moving Briggs Shoemaker to guard paid big dividends in that he did a fantastic job picking up the blitz that we've struggled with most of the year. It was a nice win all around and the entire team and coaching staff performed well.

Congratulations on a good win. Fantastic game plan.
Moving some offensive linemen to different positions was a great move by the coaching staff.
It was a TEAM victory in every sense of the word.
I am going to miss seeing #10 on the field for GAHS next year, he is a warrior.

The compliment to #71 by coach Hinton should be remembered by that young man all of his life. The highest compliments are those that come from an opposing coach. The caliber of this coach makes it even more memorable. Its also good to see an interior lineman get such high recognition. Go blue.

[Blue_Steel]

I have 4 tickets together for the Steelers vs Jaguars game next Sunday 10-16 if anyone is interested.



Team effort was key in last nights game. I am sure some kids werent happy about their role changed roles, but it was the team concept that matters.

[GAHS83]

Hopsing,
Perhaps numbers are down due to economics. I'm pretty sure Gallia collects a student participation fee for each sport a student plays. I'm not sure how much it is, though. Does Chilli also have a fee?
Such fees will reduce the number of students since some low income households may not be able to afford to have their kids play.
Just a thought.
Good job by Gallia.
Good luck to Chilli the rest of the way.

Also, unlike some past years, I don't believe Gallia is dressing freshman for the games. Not positive about that though.

[GAHS83]

Congrats to Gallia...Your O line and D Line kicked butt tonite. Great adjustment by coaches to take Johnson out of game. Congrats to Gallia, excellent gameplan, well executed, good adjustments midgame, good win for the Devils. Pretty good assesment Hop. The thing I would add is what seemed to me that Gallia believed Chilly was soft, intended to prove Chilly was soft, and accomplished that task. The one thing I remeber from the '70 and early '80s was that OCC schools would hate playing Chilly because even though they would win the game, Chilly would beat the tar out of them physically. I do not see that kind of nastyness in Chilly football players right now. I am still a CAV, but I am a sad CAV, because I never thought I would see a Chilly team legitimately be labled soft. Hop, it takes heart, strength of character, passion, desire, and pride to play this game. It seems to be lacking in Chilly kids, and until that changes, you could bring Vince Lombardi in here and the story would be the same.

Buck, I don't think that GA thought the Cavs were soft. I think the coaching staff just finally woke up and realized that our line is the strength of our team. We should have been running that kind of offense all year!

[Mighty Mighty Devils]

The line play on offense an defense was great glad to see the coaches spread the ball around some last night letting teams know that if you key in on number#10 then the 3 headed monster is gonna bite ya !!!
good luck next week against portsmouth

[superblue]

Congrats to Gallia...Your O line and D Line kicked butt tonite. Great adjustment by coaches to take Johnson out of game. Congrats to Gallia, excellent gameplan, well executed, good adjustments midgame, good win for the Devils. Pretty good assesment Hop. The thing I would add is what seemed to me that Gallia believed Chilly was soft, intended to prove Chilly was soft, and accomplished that task. The one thing I remeber from the '70 and early '80s was that OCC schools would hate playing Chilly because even though they would win the game, Chilly would beat the tar out of them physically. I do not see that kind of nastyness in Chilly football players right now. I am still a CAV, but I am a sad CAV, because I never thought I would see a Chilly team legitimately be labled soft. Hop, it takes heart, strength of character, passion, desire, and pride to play this game. It seems to be lacking in Chilly kids, and until that changes, you could bring Vince Lombardi in here and the story would be the same.

Buck, I don't think that GA thought the Cavs were soft. I think the coaching staff just finally woke up and realized that our line is the strength of our team. We should have been running that kind of offense all year!

Hey 83.. Didn't most fans believe the offensive line would be our strength this year? Glad to hear the coach finally realized this....LOL

[jottings]

Gallipolis
Rushing
Player Tcb Yg Avg. Td
Taylor 25 177 7.1 2
Russell 17 66 3.9 1
Tackett 6 15 2.5 0
Young 2 5 2.5 0
Clagg 1 3 3.0 0
.Jarrell 3 2 0.6 0
Warnimont 1 -2 -2.0 0
Totals 55 266 4.8 3
Chillicothe
Player Tcb Yg Avg. Td
Beard 4 8 2.0 0
Barnes 1 3 3.0 0
Valentine 1 -3 -3.0 0
Jones 3 -6 -2.0 0
Marhis 7 -27 -3.8 0
Totals 16 -25 -1-7 0
Passing
Gallipolis
Player C-a I Yg Td
Jarrell 7-9 1 65 0
Totals 7-9 1 65 0
Chillicothe
Player C-a I Yg Td
Mathis 7-10 0 130 1
Johnson 0-1 0 0 0
Totals 7-11 0 130 1
Receiving
Gallipolis
Player C-a Yg Td I
Russell 5-5 44 0
Taylor 1-2 15 0
Tackett 1-1 6 0
Totals 7-8 65 0 1
Chillocothe
Player C-a Yg Td I
Johnson 4-6 86 1
Jones 1-2 37 0
Turley 1-1 4 0
Barnes 1-2 3 0
Totals 7-11 130 1 0
Scoring
Gallipolis
Player Td Ep Fg 2pt Tp
Taylor 2 1-2 0-1 0 13
Russell 1 0 0 0 6
Totals 3 1-2 0-1 0-1 19
Chillicothe
Player Td Ep Fg 2pt Tp
Johnson 1 0 0 0 6
Valentine 0 1-1 0 0 1
Totals 1 1-1 0-1 0 7
Kickoff Returns
Gallipolis
Player Kr Yg Td
Johnston 1 22 0
Russell 1 4 0
Totals 2 26 0
Chillicothe
Player Kr Yg Td
Barnes 3 60 0.
Valentine 1 0 0
Totals 4 60 0
Punt Returns
Gallipolis
Player Pr Yg Td
Bailey 1 6 0
Totals 1 6 0
Two rolled dead, one fair catch.
Chillicothe
Player Pr Yg Td
Barnes 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0
One fair catch.

Pass Interception Returns
Gallipolis
Player PI Yg Td
None 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0
Chillicothe
Player PI Yg Td
Jones 1 7 0
Totals 1 7 0
Fumble returns
Gallipolis
Player Fr Yg Td
None 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0
Chillicothe
None 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0

Recovered opponents fumbles—GAHS—None. Chillicothe None
Punts
Gallipolis
Player Pts Yds Avg. Blkd
Taylor 1 33 33.0 0
Totals 1 33 33.0 0
Chillicothe
Player Pts Yds Avg. Blkd
Valentine 4 144 36.0 0
Totals 4 144 36.0 0
Team Statistics
Department G C
First downs 19 4
Yards rushing 273 16
Lost rushing 7 41
Net rushing 268 -25
Pass attempts 9 11
Completions 7 7
Intercepted by 0 1
Yards passing 65 130
Total net yards 331 105
Plays 64 27
Return yards 6/32/0 6/66/0
Fumbles 2 0
Lost fumbles 0 0
Penalties 3/30 9/37
Punts 1/33/33.0 4/144/36.0
Score by quarters:
Gallipolis 13 0 0 6 -- 19
Chillicothe 7 0 0 0 -- 7

2011 Season Record
Aug. 26—Gallipolis 10 Athens 15
Sept. 2—Gallipolis 17 At Licking Hts. 7
Sept. 9—Gallipolis 14 At Wellston 12
Sept. 16—Gallipolis 31 Marietta 8
Sept. 23—Gallipolis 0 Ironton 6
Sept. 30—Gallipolis 3 Logan 14
Oct. 7—Gallipolis 19 At Chillicothe 7
Oct. 14—Gallipolis ? At Portsmouth ?
Totals 94 69
GAHS—Won 4. Lost 3.

[Old_Timer]

Good Job Blue way to get the W. Really good all around Win. Line played well, D played well, Coaches actually called a good game. This is what we should have been running all year. Run the ball down their throats till they stack the box and play action and sweep out of it.

[WitnessProtection]

Hopsing,
Perhaps numbers are down due to economics. I'm pretty sure Gallia collects a student participation fee for each sport a student plays. I'm not sure how much it is, though. Does Chilli also have a fee?
Such fees will reduce the number of students since some low income households may not be able to afford to have their kids play.
Just a thought.
Good job by Gallia.
Good luck to Chilli the rest of the way.

Also, unlike some past years, I don't believe Gallia is dressing freshman for the games. Not positive about that though.

Good point. That could make a difference.

[jottings]

GAHS has only 12 freshmen out this fall and some of them are injured. Some frosh have dressed with the varsity, but not many.

[jottings]

Moss top defensive player in Devils
19-6 triumph over Chillicothe Cavs

Dallas Moss, 190-pound and 6-1 senior defensive lineman was named top defensive player for the Gallipolis blue Devils in Gallia Academy’s 19-6 SEOAL triumph over host Chillicothe Friday evening.

Moss had eight defensive plays. He was credited with two solo tackles, three assists, one tackle for a loss and two quarterback hurry-ups.

Sophomore linebacker Ty Marnimont was next with five defensive plays. Warnimont was credited with one solo tackle, two assists, one sack and one quarterback hurry-up.

Senior Bryant Bokovitz and junior Austin Gragg were next with four defensive plays apiece. Bokovitz had two solo tackles, one assist a one tackle for a loss/ Gragg had one solo tackle and three assists.

Overall, the Blue Devils had 18 solo tackles, 15 assists, four quarterback hurry-ups, four sacks, three tackles for a loss, and one pass breakup.

After seven games, here are the team’s total defensive player totals for 2011:

Initial or solo hits—Warnimont, 29, Young, 25, Taylor, 18, Clagg, 16, Bailey, 15, Bokovitz, 15, Gragg, 15, Guisinger, 15, Moss, 14, Craft, 7, Williams, 7, Tackett, 4, Saunders, 4 Atkins, 3, Eutsler, 2, Russell, 2, Campbell, 1, Shoemaker, 1, Eastman, 1, Johnston, 1, Goff, 1, Jarvis, 1, Allen. 1. Totals—195.

Assists—Bokovitz, 23, Warnimont, 21, Gragg, 20, Moss, 20, Guisinger, 18, Tackett, 18, Taylor, 16, Craft, 15, Young, 15, Bailey, 10, Clagg, 9, Williams, 6, Russell. 3, Barr, 2, Campbell, 2, Saunders, 2, Eastman, 2, Atkins, 1, Allen, 1. Totals—211.

Tackles for loss— Warnimont, 7, Young, 5, Moss, 4, Tackett, 3, Craft, 3, Saunders, 1, Gragg, 1, Atkins, 1, Taylor, 1, Bokovitz, 1, Guisinger, 1. Totals—28

Pass breakups— Clagg, 4, Taylor, 3, Young, 3, Russell, 2, Bailey, 2. Warnimont, 1, Craft, 1, Russell, 1, Tackett, 1. Totals—18.

QB hurryups—Moss, 4, Warnimont, 2. Taylor, 1, Williams, 1, Tackett, 1, Young, 1, Totals—10

Recovered opponents fumbles—Moss, 2, Bokovitz 2, Guisinger, 1, Williams, 2, Totals—7.

Caused fumbles—Bokovitz, 2. Warnimont, 2, Moss, 1, Atkins, 1, Totals—6.

Pass interceptions—Bailey, 2, Warnimont, 1, Craft, 1, Taylor, 1, Bokovitz, 1, Young, 1. Totals—7.

Sacks— Warnimont, 3, Tackett, 2, Young, 2, Gragg, 2, Williams, 2, Moss, 1, Atkins, 1, Craft, 1. Totals—14.

Blocked extra point—Moss, 1.

[radioman]

Jottings, this is becoming a standing
Joke, young had a interception last week
Against Logan , what's it going to take for
You to get it right !!!! Hahaha, love ya hobie
Just ribbing you. See you Friday

[jottings]

Wrote it in last week. Missed it again today. Getting too old for this hobby. It's now corrected on Sunday's stuff.

[jottings]

Radioman...Need your memory...Saw in last week's paper where golf team has been to the state around six times...If I remember last time they went, I did a story on that subject. Seems like they have been there at least 10 times, starting with the 1939 team that included HOF Bill smith. What ye say?

[bdubya]

Radioman...Need your memory...Saw in last week's paper where golf team has been to the state around six times...If I remember last time they went, I did a story on that subject. Seems like they have been there at least 10 times, starting with the 1939 team that included HOF Bill smith. What ye say?

Golf history provided by the school for that story.

Way to get back in the win column Friday night, Blue Devils!

[jottings]

I'll check with John Milhoan, former GAHS golf coach who took a few teams to the state. His memory is lots better than mine. Of course he's a few years younger.

[jottings]

Just talked to former GAHS golf coach John Milhoan. Here's what he had.

1939
1963
1971
1974
1976
1977
1978
Talked to this year's assistant coach Rusty Saunders. Here's what he had. But will check back tomorrow for sure.
1997
1998
1999
2011

That would be 11 times GAHS has reached the state golf tourney.

Coach Milhoan said his best team finish and score was in 1971 when GAHS placed 8th in the finals with a 686 score. Rusty thinks we finished sixth one year, but will let me know Tuesday.

Congrats Big Blue.

[jottings]

Hobart - Per our phone call last night I have looked through the GAHS golf records that I have from Coach Milhoan and Coach Pope, here are the team results for the state tournament appearances.

Spring Golf Season
1939 ?
1963 9th
1964 13th
1971 8th
1974 11th

Fall Golf Season
1976 9th
1977 12th
1978 11th
1996 9th
1997 5th
1998 ??? Could not find results for other team scores
2011 Columbus here we come!



Rusty Saunders