Any news on Manchester football

Cardinal70 · Post by **Cardinal70** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 10:57 am

Are they building a stadium? and are they playing varsity football this year?

OZZIEOHIO · Post by **OZZIEOHIO** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:52 am

I believe I seen that East has them on the sched for 08.

Cardinal70 · Post by **Cardinal70** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:22 pm

Where do they play at, all I saw was a hill for fans to sit on, is that where they intend to build the stadium, and are they getting lights.

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:50 pm

Hill to sit on--now where does that remind of

Tartanblue · Post by **Tartanblue** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:45 pm

From what I understand, Manchest will start Varsity football this coming season. I know they will play East and I believe maybe the rest of the SOC I schools possibly....

3 Step Drop · Post by **3 Step Drop** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:11 pm

I believe they have Southeastern on their schedule for '08 and '09.

california kid · Post by **california kid** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:39 pm

i think they play green too

Cardinal70 · Post by **Cardinal70** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:43 pm

Are they ready for that type of competition?

Kenraken Ahta · Post by **Kenraken Ahta** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:21 pm

I think they are ready. The program has been brought along slowly by Coach Mantel. You have to get started at the varsity level at some point. Best of luck to the kids from Adams County! Welcome back to "Varsity Football!

Cardinal70 · Post by **Cardinal70** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:39 pm

Mantel left last season and went to wellston, i think?

Kenraken Ahta · Post by **Kenraken Ahta** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:09 pm

That is too bad. Who is the head coach now?

d-5 · Post by **d-5** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:55 pm

Manchester Football Coach Nick Neria .Boys Class A (116)

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:58 pm

Will be keeping an eye on them--been a long time.

Does anyone know if anyother teams in that area are bring football back?

Cardinal70 · Post by **Cardinal70** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:11 pm

Did logan sell parts of their old stadium to manchester?

balding_mullet · Post by **balding_mullet** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:13 pm

I did hear that Logan sold lights and the visiting side bleachers to them. I have also heard that a lot of the people in the community are excited, and want help out with donations and labor.

Cardinal70 · Post by **Cardinal70** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:28 pm

Wow, when will construction start on this project? I know they are building a new elementary, will they have the stadium done before next season?

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:13 pm

My cousin sold them the land that the high school is on now.Maybe they can check to see if he has more land that they can buy.

Army · Post by **Army** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:05 am

Cardinal70 wrote:Mantel left last season and went to wellston, i think?

Cardinal70,
Yeah and he took Wellston from 7-3 and playing in back-to-back playoffs the previouis year under Hinton, who he had coached with at Wellston prior to starting the program at Manchester, as an assistant at Wellston. He led the Golden Rockets to a 0-10 season this year 2007.

Although Wellston lost all there games on the fiels, the Golden Rockets won a game due to the forfiet from N-Y over a student not being academic eligable. So Wellston was 1-9 in 2007. He took a young team that at least had the concept of Hintons offense and defense and changed everything around from a mid-line option to the spread. It killed our kids.

Word was, that Mantell took all the former team pictures and football memories placed by former head coaches in the Golden Rocket Locker-Room down that were placed there by former Wellston Head Coaches, Coach Michaels, Coach Fyffe, Coach Blankenship.

The coach after Blankenship that came from Eastern Meigs who was an assistant at Wahama this season. He was one that led Wellston to a 0-10 season too.

The football memories and records that were placed by Coach Blackstone, Coach Lucas the coach after Lucas, and Coach Hinton. I guess Mantell stated this was the new Wellston Golden Rocket era. Yeah it sure was.

He so far I guess is staying on.

Many Alumni are really surprised with the Wellston AD, and School Board. We all really know why, politics....

I can't get it on about here, but if you want to PM me, I will be glad to share mine and many other alumni views.

The last TWO 0-10 wonders hit the door after the year was up at Wellston. You just don't come into a program and change everything over-night. Especially, if you were a former assistant there and knew the kids had the former system down pat whom you coached the same program at Wellston as a prior assistant. Change a little but when there is not the talent to automatically take that offense from Mid-Line to the Spread, WHY

Didn't he play his H.S. ball at Wheelersburg

If the season starts out like last year, I see a change before it ends. If not, it could be the destruction of Wellston Football as we know it now.