Week 15 : #2 (13-1) West Liberty Salem vs #1 (13-1) Ironton

[artisgilmore]

Ironton wins easy Friday.Finals may not be a running clock,but I feel really confident about it.

[fielddaddy]

When Pendleton took over Ironton it was a mess shrinking roster players leaving the program and losses piling up.
They had a coach who was a good guy but wasn’t a hard guy.
Kids was undisciplined and out of shape.
The program was truly in a bad place that is why the got in the OVC.
Pendleton comes in turns it around with hard work and dedication from the young men.
Yes Ironton had transfers come in this because they was winning but a lot of players from Ironton is also there helping this team win.
This is a winning program once again by a man who works with passion to help this team be better by getting the best coaches he can.
Getting the OC from Burg has helped but Ironton did not poach him he was let go by Burg for reasons that shall not be talked about here.
Pendleton was smart to get him.
This is a special team that wants to win and through trials and tribulations this may be the year they win it all.
And erase the ghost of past championship games.
Go Ironton make SE Ohio proud.

[Ohio1979]

I don’t think Irontons defense gets enough credit. I played on the ‘99 team and I can truly say that this is the best Ironton Defense I have ever seen. And team i’ve ever seen. Including the offense. The last time i saw a better linebacker was Reid Carrico. I mean these Linebackers, D-Line, and Defense backs are just different animals right now. I believe the majority of teams that have scored on them this year was just based on the fact that they had the freshman or JV in. I can confidently say that the D-Line and linebackers are or should be looked at as one of the best ironton has had. This defense should go down in ironton history as on of the best. Including the offense.

I have been saying this. The talent on this Ironton team is out of this world. They are the most talented team Ironton has ever had. They can’t be the best until they win it all, but I think they should by a pretty healthy margin

[Amock0905]

Not sure if I overlooked this but any chance there is a stream for this game?

[SWOHT]

Any interested FB FAN’s out there who haven’t found this…


Evidentally, not part of the spectrum $10 PPV.


The video is through the Indian Lake youtube channel, so it looks like loosing team got approved for video rights, & tapped into “PIQUA” Neutral hosts loud SPEAKER…

Anyway, I’m viewing & at start of 2Q & WLS IS down 7-0.

Very “Vanilla” play so far both squads.

WLS Looks like they are fast to ball on D, but not much luck offensively yet.


End of game stats on maxpreps shows WLS -TD’s in 2Q, 3Q, & 4Q’s to get the get the 21-14 Win 2 advance.

I usually watch & compare with Roster I find on schools own Websites, or MaxPreps.com.

Maxpreps roster is all i can find on WLS & it does not match “PIQUA” announcer, who does an end of play loudspeaker recap each time.

His (ROSTER)player name/s for WLS DOES NOT MATCH MAX PREPS @ all- BUT DOES MATCH MAX PREPS ROSTER ON INDIAN LAKE.

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https://www.youtube.com/live/HZf-9_-8vZE?feature=shared



GoTigersGo
#GoTgo

https://ohcsports.com/fbTeamRoster.aspx ... &year=2024

[BigBlueNation]

After reading some of these comments it's kind of reminds me of the 02 semifinal. Ursaline with all their D-1 talent and extremely tough schedule was a heavy favorite against Portsmouth West. We know how that turned out, Ursaline got smacked in the mouth and got beat. Coach Jerod Pendleton was on that West team and knows all about it. If I'm not mistaken Trevon was on the sidelines as one of the ball boys.I hope the Ironton kids and coaches are not over looking their opponent this week. I'm sure their not but stranger things have happened. Good luck Tigers.

[gobucs20]

After reading some of these comments it's kind of reminds me of the 02 semifinal. Ursaline with all their D-1 talent and extremely tough schedule was a heavy favorite against Portsmouth West. We know how that turned out, Ursaline got smacked in the mouth and got beat. Coach Jerod Pendleton was on that West team and knows all about it. If I'm not mistaken Trevon was on the sidelines as one of the ball boys.I hope the Ironton kids and coaches are not over looking their opponent this week. I'm sure their not but stranger things have happened. Good luck Tigers.

Absolutely right. This is no longer region 19. If Ironton doesn't beat themselves I think they will win and move on but they will get this teams best shot.

[fbnut]

https://www.on3.com/high-school/news/vi ... t-scandal/

[teach1coach2]

That link should have its own thread.

Doesn't belong here.

[WinnerWinner]

Not sure if I overlooked this but any chance there is a stream for this game?

https://ohsaa.boxcast.com/#/broadcasts/ ... pgb8rpilyn

[fielddaddy]

That link should have its own thread.

Doesn't belong here.

I agree it does not belong on this forum.
Just something to stir the pot uncalled for.

[BigSpoon]

I agree. Ironton would have to have a complete meltdown to lose

Hard to predict seeing how weak our region was this year . 55-0 in a regional championship game is mind boggling:

Eh. Ironton putting up big numbers all
Year long and burg having come in with one starter out. Two that probably shouldn’t have played and one that got hurt during the game. Burg was limping a little in that game and they needed to be healthy to have any kind of chance at it.

Starting corner was out for Ironton their first game against burg 37-7 and he had a pick six against them in the regional final 55-0

[BigSpoon]

When Pendleton took over Ironton it was a mess shrinking roster players leaving the program and losses piling up.
They had a coach who was a good guy but wasn’t a hard guy.
Kids was undisciplined and out of shape.
The program was truly in a bad place that is why the got in the OVC.
Pendleton comes in turns it around with hard work and dedication from the young men.
Yes Ironton had transfers come in this because they was winning but a lot of players from Ironton is also there helping this team win.
This is a winning program once again by a man who works with passion to help this team be better by getting the best coaches he can.
Getting the OC from Burg has helped but Ironton did not poach him he was let go by Burg for reasons that shall not be talked about here.
Pendleton was smart to get him.
This is a special team that wants to win and through trials and tribulations this may be the year they win it all.
And erase the ghost of past championship games.
Go Ironton make SE Ohio proud.

The coaching staff before Pendleton took over was terrible. Its sad for the boys who had to play during that time because they had some great athletes.

[fielddaddy]

When Pendleton took over Ironton it was a mess shrinking roster players leaving the program and losses piling up.
They had a coach who was a good guy but wasn’t a hard guy.
Kids was undisciplined and out of shape.
The program was truly in a bad place that is why the got in the OVC.
Pendleton comes in turns it around with hard work and dedication from the young men.
Yes Ironton had transfers come in this because they was winning but a lot of players from Ironton is also there helping this team win.
This is a winning program once again by a man who works with passion to help this team be better by getting the best coaches he can.
Getting the OC from Burg has helped but Ironton did not poach him he was let go by Burg for reasons that shall not be talked about here.
Pendleton was smart to get him.
This is a special team that wants to win and through trials and tribulations this may be the year they win it all.
And erase the ghost of past championship games.
Go Ironton make SE Ohio proud.

The coaching staff before Pendleton took over was terrible. Its sad for the boys who had to play during that time because they had some great athletes.

I agree what is sadder is Pendleton wasn’t even their first choice.
I’m glad he is at Ironton he is truly building the young men there into great leaders and they do listen to him he is their coach not their best friend and that makes a great difference