WK4 Villa Angela-St Joseph @ Wheelersburg

[mattash]

Thoughts?

[Mad-Dogg]

calpreps prediction:

burg 35
vasj 27

i just wish them a safe trip down. 5 hours is a LONG DRIVE for a regular season game. i'm gonna say burg by 21. to all the vasj viking fans makin the trip. have a safe trip to and from

[seasick80]

34-27, hogwash!! VASJ will have their legs beneath them and show us down south what speed is!! We must be on our A GAME!!

[seasick80]

calpreps prediction:

burg 34
vasj 17

i just wish them a safe trip down. 5 hours is a LONG DRIVE for a regular season game. i'm gonna say burg by 21. to all the vasj viking fans makin the trip. have a safe trip to and from

Love you man!!

[Mad-Dogg]

calpreps prediction:

burg 34
vasj 17

i just wish them a safe trip down. 5 hours is a LONG DRIVE for a regular season game. i'm gonna say burg by 21. to all the vasj viking fans makin the trip. have a safe trip to and from

Love you man!!

whats that for

[trojanbacker97]

I don't know anything about Villa Angela-St Joseph but after what I saw from the Burg tonight they better look out because the Pirates are for real.

[The Flying Dutchman]

Unless Desmond Howard, Elvis Grbac and Clark Kellogg are still playing for VASJ the Burg wins.

[a_c_m]

Villa Angela-St Joseph Vikings

Cleveland, OH
Cuyahoga County
OHSAA Division 5, Region 17






Most Recent Game 9/5/2009 - Final ( ot ) T
University School (0-2) 33
Villa Angela-St Joseph (1-1) 34

Next Game 9-12-2009
Villa Angela-St Joseph (1-1)
Shaker Heights (0-2)



Villa Angela-St Joseph 2009
8/29 H Lake Catholic (2-0) [2:5] L 21-44
9/5 H University School (0-2) [3:9] W 34-33 ot
9/12 A Shaker Heights (0-2) [1:1]
9/19 A Wheelersburg (1-1) [5:19]
9/25 A South (1-1) [1:1]
10/3 H Elyria Catholic (2-0) [4:14]
10/10 A Cleveland Central Catholic (2-0) [4:13]
10/16 A Padua Franciscan (2-0) [3:9]
10/24 H St Peter Chanel (1-1) [6:21]
10/31 H Trinity (1-1) [5:17]

Unofficial Region 17 Standings


Official OHSAA Standings

[blue devil]

Very hard game to predict, but one of the most intriguing match-up the Burg has had in some time. VASJ plays in the North Coast Catholic League and plays some Division I schools in their independent schedule. Their school enrollment continues to go down (D 5) because of their location which is in a rough section of E. Cleveland, but many of their athletes are from the inner city and are going to the school their through the state voucher program.

As for the football team, they hung in their with always tough Lake Catholic for the first quarter and a half, (Lake Catholic defeated D. 5 state champ Y-town Ursaline pretty handily this week). They also defeated University Heights (D 3) in overtime last week scoring 34 points on them. They play at D 1 Shaker Heights today whom is down and VASJ has a shot at beating. Hopefully VASJ can win against Shaker, and if the Burg can beat VASJ, they can get a lot of computer points to solidify a good seed come playoff time.

Here is a scouting report I got from the Cleveland Plain Dealer this past August on VASJ. I know Libertini has thrown for several yards based on box scores from the newspaper with Tucker and Johnson being his targets.

Villa Angela-St. Joseph

Last year: 5-5, 4-1.

Coach: John Storey (starting second stint as VASJ's coach; went 10-20 from 1991-93).

Key players: Jamal Chatman, DT/DE/OT, Sr., 6-3, 240; Kyle Johnson, WR/DB, Sr., 5-11, 170; Darryl Jones, QB/DB, Jr., 6-4, 205; Kevin Koehl, OL/DL, Jr., 6-3, 240; Anthony Libertini, QB/WR/DB/LB, Sr., 6-2, 180; Tony Rini, DT/OT, Sr., 6-3, 245; Kawmae Sawyer, TE/LB, Jr., 6-1, 195; Ronnel Spates, RB/WR/DB, Sr., 5-9, 165; Phil Tucker, WR/DB, Sr., 6-4, 185.

Scout report

Strengths: Quarterbacks Libertini and Jones are skilled, as are the Vikings' receivers.

Concerns: Vikings need running backs, and the offensive and defensive lines have several young starters. VASJ lost 22 seniors from last season.

[4thgoal]

Just from looking at VASJ scores last year and so far this year, it looks like they do not play much defence, but can put some points on the board.

I am taking Burg 42-28

GO PIRATES!!!!!

[all-time athlete]

I am super impressed with burg this year they will win the S.O.C then make a playoff run until they run into a buzzsaw which happens every year for teams down here.....but anyhow i'll take VA-SJ 28-7 over burg, even though burg is a very good team when you get into to these larger schools from up north The SOC, SVC, and most of the SEOAL just cannot compete with these larger, faster, and more athletic kids.

[Neutron Man]

From my friends in Cleveland, VASJ is a Basketball school not a football school and this wont be close.
I hope he's right. But Burg best learn how to throw the ball if they are going anywhere come playoff time!
Running is great and is working now, but it didnt against Ironton and it won't once they hit another team than can stop the run game. Then what do u have? another early dep. in the playoffs.

Burg 35- VASJ 10

[bball fan123]

I will go with my Pirates in this one by a couple TD's. The way we are playing right now we can't be stopped. I wish we could have played Ironton the way we played Portsmouth last night! For the Villa Angela St Joseph fans have a safe trip to the game.

GO PIRATES!!!!!!

[Burg_Grad_77]

Good luck to the Pirates. I'm sure VASJ will be a very fast team and will be a good opponent for the Burg before heading into SOC play in week #6.

[d-5]

Villa Angela-St. Joseph @ Shaker Heights
Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th T
Villa Angela-St. Joseph 7 7 0 0 14
Shaker Heights 0 7 0 0 7

[blue devil]

VASJ defeated D1 Shaker Heights today, here's the box score;

Villa Angela-St. Joseph @ Shaker Heights

Final 1 2 3 4 T
Villa Angela-St. Joseph 7 7 0 0 14
Shaker Heights 0 7 0 0 7

1st Quarter
VASJ - Spates 66 run (Petratis kick)
2nd Quarter
VASJ - Spates 2 run (Petratis kick)
SH - Castleberry 1 run fumble recovery (Redline kick)

[seasick80]

calpreps prediction:

burg 34
vasj 17

i just wish them a safe trip down. 5 hours is a LONG DRIVE for a regular season game. i'm gonna say burg by 21. to all the vasj viking fans makin the trip. have a safe trip to and from

Love you man!!

Cause ur so dang adorable from what Burg_Grad_ 77 says!! LOL!! And u always take care to think of the team comin all this way to play the Burg! Enuff said. I did mess up on ur Calpreps score, but i really think Burgs defense will be more disciplined but we cant match their speed. We need to string it out on defense better than we have and look out for the Spates kid. he is quick and shifty and has long runs for td.

[seasick80]

By the way, calpreps has Burg beating Shaker Heights 22-14. Hmmm, VASJ beat em 14-7?

[pbuck]

I feel this could be a test for da burg but I think there good enough to get the win

[NICKNEVADA]

burg 42-20