Who won MVP awards for GAHS last week?

[jottings]

Who won MVP honors during last week's GAHS Fall Sports Award event? Thanks.

[bettis]

Heard they did away with MVP awards to many parents complaining

[mancow09]

That is silly

[jottings]

Whose idea was that? That has been a standing award since 1944. Can't let outsiders run the show. I thought last year was a joke when they let the entire team be the MVPs.

[galliagrad89]

What's happening with the tradition at GA?

[BBallin fool]

best OL-DL DB RB-MVP-best soph-best rec-what else back in the day?

[91blue14]

there was a golden helmet player of the year also

[jottings]

Used to be we had 200 attend the annual "200 Club" banquet at the end of the season. Ths past Saturday, 32 people showed up. Don't think any of the coaches were on hand. Were they even invited?

[dewdrinker]

200 club ??? Never talked about what is it ? Booster club ?? Not sure tradition is a concern with new regime at the school.
Mvp?? Had game mvps last 3 years . Season ????

[dewdrinker]

[quote="BBallin fool"]best OL-DL DB RB-MVP-best soph-best rec-what else back in the day?[/quote

none given out last 3 years at least
golden helmet per game is all

[91blue14]

they used to print the mvp`s name in the programs they sold at the games

[BBallin fool]

take away!!! the line plays there heart out ok i have someone that can run like a deer," young" good coach me not ga

[jottings]

Someone should check with the GAHS Athletic Board and find out who suggested to do away with MVPs. I know soccer, volleyball, golf and cross country were started a lot later. Football MVPs was started in 1944 (during World War II) to keep interest up in sports, then the old Downtown Coaches Club (now GAHS Athletic Boosters) added blocking and tackling trophies, best offensive and defensive players and most outstanding sophomore along with the Jantzen Golden Helmet awards.

No matter who was picked for the honors, we've always had upset individuals. Part of the game.

This year, GAHS had three, maybe four who should have shared the honor--Wade Jarrell, Logan Allison, Reid Eastman and had he not been injured most of the year, Ty Warnimont. That's four of Gallia Academy's best football players in many years and officials ignored them all. Unbelieveable.

[jottings]

GAHS Grid Coaches
All-Time SEOAL Standings
Most Valuable Players
(Booster Presidents)
(1925-2013)
Year-Coach All Games Seoal Only Years
W-L-T W-L-T
1925-27-Isaac Cooper 14-12-4 10-6-1 3
1928-36-Lottie Myers-* 45-33-6 27-24-2 9
1937-40-Gar Griffith 21-12-5 14-9-5 4
1941-George Blackburn 4-5-0 3-4-0 1
1942-43-Woody Wills 9-7-0 5-6-1 1 ½.
1943-Marshall Boggs 1-2-0 2-2-0 ½
1944-45-Charles Swanson 6-11-2 5-8-1 2
1946-48-Jim Halderman-* 22-6-1 16-4-1 3
1949-Don Souder 3-5-1 1-5-1 1
1950-Wayne Gibson 5-3-1 5-1-1 1
1951-52-Hank Schroth 12-6-1 10-4-0 2
1953-56-Clarence Thompson 15-18-3 14-12-2 4
1957-59-Bob Sang 13-14-0 11-10-0 3
1960-Chuck Stobart-* 9-0-0 7-0-0 1
1961-62-Jack Olcott-* 14-5-1 11-3-0 2
1963-Karl Justus 5-2-3 4-1-2 1
1964-66-Terry Hansley 15-15-0 10-11-0 3
1967-68-Glenn Trout 10-10-0 8-6-0 2
1969-74-John Ecker-* 39-18-2 26-14-2 6
1975-77-Willard Moore 15-15-0 9-12-0 3
1978-80-Bill Trent 12-17-0 7-12-0 3
1981-82-Tom Korab 11-9-0 9-4-0 2
1983-97-Brent Saunders-* 90-60-2 49-28-1 15
1998-Mark Fenick 3-7-0 2-5-0 1
1999-2001-Brent Saunders 27-9-0 18-3-0 3
2002-08-Matt Bokovitz-* 48-27-0 29-15-0 8
2009-12-Mike Eddy-* 24-18-0 14-8-0 4
2013-Wade Bartholomew 5-5-0 1-3-0 1
*-Coached championship teams.
Totals 499-350-32 325-218-19 88


All-Time SEOAL Standings
Southeastern Ohio Athletic League
Football Standings 1925-2013
Team W-L-T Titles Years
Ironton(1925)……….123-29-4 14 29 (1)
Portsmouth(1925)…..30-28-0 1 11 (2)
Logan(1925)…………348-180-18 26 88
Jackson(1925)……….329-207-20 22 88
Gallipolis(1925)……..325-218-19 17 88
Athens(1925)………..254-247-18 18 80 (3)
Meigs(1967)………… 53-47-2 1 16 (4)
Chillicothe (2006)……23-19-0 0 7 (14)
Pt. Pleasant(1996)…. 26-28-0 0 8 (13)
Warren Local(1986)…59-101-0 1 28
New Boston(1927)……20-21-5 0 10 (5)
Pomeroy(1926)……..107-133-21 1 40 (6)
Middleport(1929)…..108-134-10 9 38 (7)
Wellston(1925)……..140-223-20 6 57 (8)
Marietta(1985)…….. 52-98-0 3 26 (16)
River Valley(1994)… 11-43-0 0 8 (12)
Nelsonville(1925)….. 44-220-12 0 42 (9)
Waverly(1970)…….. 15-72-1 0 12 (10)
Nels-York-(1967)….. 1-19-0 0 3 (11)
Totals 2063-2063- 152 88

. (1)-Left league from 1930 to 1967, rejoined league in 1968, but left league again following 1984 season. Rejoined the league in 2006. Left the league in 2009.
(2)-Left league following 1927 season, rejoined league in 2006. Will leave league in 2014.
(3)-Left league from 1928 to 1930, rejoined league in 1931. Left league in 2007.
(4)-Left league following the 1982 season.
(5)-Left league following the 1936 season.
(6 and 7)-Last season in league was 1966. Consolidated with non-league Rutland to form Meigs.
(8)-Left league following 1981 season.
(9)-Last season in league was 1966. Consolidated with non-league member York to form Nelsonville-York.
(10)-Left league following the 1982 season.
(11)-Left league following the 1969 season.
(12)-Left League following 2001 season.
(13)-Left league following 2003 season.
(14)-Joined SEOAL in 2006. Left league in 2013.
(15)-Joined league in 1985.
(16)-Left league in 2011 spring season.
Year in parentheses after team indicates first season in league.

Previous SEOAL grid champions
(1925-2013)
Year Champion
1925…………………..Athens, (5-0)
1926…………………..Portsmouth, (6-0)
1927…………………..Jackson, (6-0-1)
1928…………………..Wellston, (5-0-1)
1929…………………..Jackson, (5-0-2)-Ironton, (3-0-1)-Middleport, (5-0-1)
1930…………………..Middleport, (6-0-0)
1931…………………..Gallipolis, (7-0-0)
1932…………………..Gallipolis, (6-0-0)-Jackson, (5-0-0)
1933…………………..Middleport, (5-0-0)
1934…………………..Middleport, (6-0-0)-Logan, (5-0-0)
1935…………………..Middleport, (6-0-0)
1936…………………..Wellston, (5-0-0)
1937…………………..Wellston, (6-0-0)
1938…………………..Jackson, (6-0-1)
1939…………………..Jackson, (6-1-0)-Middleport, (6-1-0)-Logan (6-1-0)
1940…………………..Jackson, (6-0-1)
1941…………………..Logan, (7-0-0)
1942…………………..Middleport, (6-0-1)
1943…………………..Athens, (7-0-0)
1944…………………..Athens, (7-0-0)
1945…………………..Middleport, (7-0-0)
1946…………………..Athens, (7-0-0)
1947…………………..Gallipolis, (7-0-0)
1948…………………..Gallipolis, (7-0-0)
1949…………………..Athens, (5-1-1)-Middleport, (5-1-1)
1950…………………..Athens, (7-0-0)
1951…………………..Wellston, (7-0-0)
1952…………………..Logan, (5-0-1)
1953…………………..Jackson, (7-0-0)
1954…………………..Jackson, (7-0-0)
1955…………………..Jackson, (6-1-0)-Pomeroy, (6-1-0)
1956…………………..Jackson, (6-1-0)
1957…………………..Wellston, (7-0-0)
1958…………………..Wellston, (6-1-0)-Logan, 6-1-0)
1959…………………..Jackson, (6-1-0)
1960…………………..Gallipolis, (7-0-0)
1961…………………..Jackson, (7-0-0)
1962…………………..Gallipolis, (7-0-0)
1963…………………..Logan, (7-0-0)
1964…………………..Logan, (7-0-0)
1965…………………..Athens, (7-0-0)
1966…………………..Athens, (6-1-0)
1967…………………..Meigs, (6-0-0)
1968…………………..Athens, (6-0-1)
1969…………………..Jackson, (7-0-0)
1970…………………..Gallipolis, (7-0-0)
1971…………………..Athens, (6-1-0)-Ironton, (6-1-0)
1972…………………..Ironton, (7-0-0)
1973…………………..Ironton, (7-0-0)
1974…………………..Ironton, (7-0-0)
1975…………………..Ironton, (7-0-0)
1976…………………..Ironton, (6-1-0)-Logan, (6-1-0)
1977…………………..Logan, (7-0-0)
1978…………………..Ironton, (6-0-0)
1979…………………..Ironton, (6-0-0)
1980…………………..Ironton, (6-0-1)-Jackson, (6-0-1)
1981…………………..Ironton, (7-0-0)
1982…………………..Ironton, (6-0-0)
1983…………………..Ironton, (4-0-0)
1984…………………..Ironton, (3-1-0)
1985…………………..Gallipolis, (4-0-0)
1986…………………..Gallipolis, (5-0-0)
1987…………………..Logan, (5-0-0)
1988…………………..Logan, (5-0-0)
1989…………………..Logan, (4-1-0)-Athens, (4-1-0)
1990…………………..Gallipolis, (3-2-0), Athens, (3-2-0),
Marietta, (3-2-0), Jackson, (3-2-0)
1991…………………..Logan, (4-1-0)-Marietta, (4-1-0)
1992…………………..Gallipolis, (4-1-0)-Jackson, (4-1-0)-Logan, (4-1-0)
1993…………………..Gallipolis, (5-0-0)
1994…………………..Logan, (6-0-0)
1995…………………..Gallipolis, (5-1-0)-Jackson, (5-1-0)-Warren Local,(5-1-0)
1996…………………..Jackson, (7-0-0)
1997…………………..Jackson, (7-0-0)
1998…………………..Jackson, (6-1-0)-Logan, (6-1-0)
1999…………………..Logan, (7-0-0)
2000………………….Logan, (7-0-0)
2001………………….Logan, (7-0-0)
2002………………….Gallipolis, (5-1-0)-Marietta, (5-1-0)
2003………………….Gallipolis, (6-0-0)
2004………………….Gallipolis, (4-1-0), Logan, (4-1-0)
2005………………….Logan, (5-1-0)
2006………………….,Logan, (7-0-0)
2007………………….Logan, (7-0-0)
2008………………….Logan, (5-0-0)
2009………………….Logan, (5-0-0)
2010………………….Jackson, (6-0-0)
2011………………….Jackson, 5-0-0
2012…………………Gallipolis 5-0-0
2013…………………Logan 4-0-0


GAHS vs. SEOAL Opponents
(1925-2013)
Team W L T
Nelsonville-York… 3 0 0
Waverly………….. 10 3 0
Nelsonville………. 33 4 3
Wellston…………. 40 15 2
Middleport……….. 22 15 0
Pomeroy…………. 22 16 5
Logan……………. 38 41 1
Athens…………… 41 33 3
Jackson………….. 41 38 5
Marietta…………. 20 4 0
Warren Local……. 21 5 0
River Valley……… 7 1 0
Pt. Pleasant……….. 5 3 0
Portsmouth………… 6 3 0
Chillicothe…………. 3 4 0
New Boston………. 4 4 0
Meigs……………… 7 8 0
Ironton…………….. 5 19 0
Totals 325 218 19


Most Valuable Players
(1944-2013)
Year Honoree
1944……… Homer Burton
1945……… Vance Johnson-*
1946……… Jim Simms
1947……… Bill Johnson-*
1948……… Bob Marchi-*
1949……… Bill Hogan
1950……… Jackie Jackson
1951……… Jackie Jackson
1952……… James Holley
1953……… Dan Beabout
1954……… Jack Simms-*
1955……… Carl Jenkins-*
1956……… Bert Smith-*
1957………. Ron Carr-*
1958………. Jay Simms
1959………. Tom Hogan
1960………. Dick Roderick
1961………. Andy Gilmore
1962………. Dan Howard-*
1963………. Larry Fraley
1964………. Bill Wamsley
1965……….. Pete Anderson
1966……….. Dan Davies-*
1967……….. Jim Gilmore
1968……….. Rick Mosley
1969……….. Tim Hemsworth
1970……….. Dave Burnett
1971……….. Pete Neal
1972……….. Mike Wolfe-*
1973……….. Mike Berridge
1974……….. Jim Niday
1975……….. Brett Wilson
1976……….. Brian Mink-*
1977……….. Mike Staggs
1978……….. Greg Harrington
1979……….. Rob Goble-Dan Staggs
1980……….. Bob Foster-Mike Hemphill
1981……….. Phil King-Jerry Eustler
1982……….. Scott Korab
1983……….. Steve Patterson
1984……….. Todd Slone
1985……….. Andy Howard
1986……….. Andy Howard
1987……….. Tim Neville
1988……….. Scott Marchi
1989………. David Crisenbery-*
1990………. Robby Skidmore
1991………. Jason Kopack
1992………. Bryan Hall
1993………. Chad Barnes
1994………. Heath Hutchinson
1995………. Andy Betz
1996………. Rob Woodward
1997………. Josh Bodimer
1998………. Jared Bryan
1999………. Jared Bryan-Cody Lane-Jeremy Payton
2000………. Ike Simmons
2001………. Bobby Jones
2002………. Ty Simmons
2003………. Donnie Johnson
2004……….. Tom Saunders
2005………..Dustin Winters
2006………..Shaphen Robinson
2007………..Phil Bokovitz, Jeff Golden, Jamie Haggerty
2008………..Jared Gravely
2009………..Nate Allison
2010………..Austin Wilson
2011………..Brandon Taylor
2012……….Entire Team
2013……….None
*-Deceased.


Past Downtown Coaches/
Blue Devil Boosters/
Athletic Boosters Presidents
(1944-2013)

Year President
1944….. F. C. Ghrist-*
1945….. Carl Smith-*
1946….. John E. Halliday-*
1947….. Homer Beckett-*
1948….. Bill Janes-*
1949….. Rev. L. H. Stebbins-*
1950….. Elmer Caldwell-*
1951….. Mike Rathburn-*
1952….. Carl Nibert-*
1953….. Lou Preston-*
Jim Porter-*
1954….. Russ Smith-*
1955….. Jim Porter-*
1956….. Dr. Harry King -*
1957….. John Epling-*
1958….. Jim Saxton-*
1959….. Bob Marchi-*
1960….. Lonnie Thompson-*
1961….. Dick Roderick, Sr.-*
1962….. Garland Lanier-*
1963….. Dick Hurwitz-*
Bob Condee
1964….. Bob Condee
1965….. Jack Brown-*
(Name changed from Downtown Coaches to Gallipolis Blue Devil Boosters)
1966….. Odie O’Donnell-*
1967….. Lester Plymale
1968….. Bud McGhee-*
1969….. Loy Pauley
1970….. B. B. Matthews-*
1971….. C. K. Snowden
1972….. Ed New-*
1973….. Fred Burdette-*
1974….. Dick MacKenzie-*
1975….. Bill Eachus
1976….. Ike Wiseman-*
1977….. Jay Simms
1978….. Gene Moore
1979….. Jay Simms
1980….. W. R. (Dick) Brown
1981….. W. R. (Dick) Brown
Odie O’Donnell-*
1982….. Dave Tawney
1983….. Dave Tawney
(Name changed to GAHS Athletic Boosters Club)
1984….. Dave Tawney
1985….. Dave Tawney
1986….. Newt Jones
Bill Todd
1987….. Bill Todd
1988….. Bill Todd
1989….. Bill Todd
1990….. Dr. David Carman
1991….. Dr. David Carman
1992….. Bill Davis
1993….. Bill Davis
1994….. Bill Davis
1995….. Robin Lane
1996….. Robin Lane
1997….. Patty Schmidt
1998….. Jim Mullins
1999….. Randy Finney
2000….. Randy Finney
2001….. Jerry Frazier
2002….. Jerry Frazier
2003….. Jerry Frazier
2004…. Jerry Frazier
2005…. Jerry Frazier
2006…. Jerry Frazier
2009…. Jerry Frazier
2010…. Jerry Frazier
2011….. Jerry Frazier
2012….. Jennifer Edelmann
2013….. Jennifer Edelmann
*-Deceased.

[jottings]

Note the number of football players who have been named MVPs that were later named into the school's Hall of Fame. Will they be stopping this in the future?

[dewdrinker]

They gave out game mvp's No season mvp. New coach new ideas I guess. Game mvps went to seniors, each one got one, so not sure how much went in to that. Its always nice to have a tradition of a mvp of the season. Regardless of who gets mad or wished there kid deserved it more. Sometimes even 2 can be deserving. Todays society doesn't like to leave anyone out of a trophy, or maybe they didn't think anyone deserved it since they weren't 10-0 or 9-1. Not sure I could pick one myself, but I could agree that wade, reid and logan all had a good season. a few unders had a decent season as well but not sure worthy of an mvp. the line always gets left out of the mvp stuff. just my 2.

[dewdrinker]

Wonder if the team stats and records are still being kept.?? the website is no longer up that used to show them and other game stuff.

[BBallin fool]

I just think all players line d-backs all play a big part. cutting them out jmo !!! is wrong .my kid had 2or3 mvp in bball made them work alot harder.

[jottings]

When the school let Mike Brace go, that was the end of its sports website

[91blue14]

if you look back at the mvp`s they have been very kind to the lineman