Wednesday, March 19, 2008

It's Ohio State!


Months and months of speculation ended Wednesday when Jeannette High's Terrelle Pryor chose Ohio State.

The nation's top recruit, who is the only Pennsylvania high school football player to ever run for 4,000 yards and pass for 4,000 yards, chose the Buckeyes over Michigan. To read more about Pryor's highly anticipated decision, click here.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Seven Starters From Jeannette Football Team Lead Jayhawks to State Basketball Championship


The nation's top high school football recruit Terrelle Pryor has another Pennsylvania state championship gold medal to hang around his next.

Saturday, Pryor and six of his football teammates led Jeannette to a 76-72 overtime victory over Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion and the PIAA Class 2A state basketball championship.

Pryor scored 23 points in the victory for the Jayhawks, who became the first school in the very powerful WPIAL to ever win state football and basketball championships in the same year. Jeannette (25-4) used only seven players in the game, and all seven were starters on the football team.

To read about the game, please click here.

Next up for Pryor...a decision on where to play his college football!

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Still No Decision...But Terrelle Pryor Playing For Another State Championship Today


The Year of Terrelle Pryor continues rolling along at breakneck speed today when the nation's number one recruit plays for his second state championship during the current school year.

Pryor and his Jeannette (24-4) teammates will play Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion (23-5) at Penn State's Bryce Jordan Center for the PIAA Class AA state title. Of course in December, the still undecided football recruit, led his Jayhawks to a state football title.

Maybe his appearance in Happy Valley this weekend, will help Pryor decide where he will play college football. Penn State is considered one of the four finalists for his services...with Ohio State, Michigan and Oregon still in the running.

Pryor delayed his decision beyond the National Letter of Intent signing day and has kept all of the recruiting websites buzzing about his final decision.

April 1st is the cut-off date for his decision.

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Hawaii Letter of Intent Day



Former University of Hawaii head coach June Jones is off the island and that may have kept some of Hawaii's top talent on the island. Click here for a nice video montage from several Hawaiian television stations that wraps-up national signing day

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Pryor Delays Decision


Terrelle Pryor will hold a news conference today, but only to say, he's delaying his decision where to play his college ball.

Click here to read the full story from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Signing Day Is Here!!


After taking some time off to recover from an amazing 2007, it's time to get back into the swing off things with National Letter of Intent Signing Day.

For the first time in years, there is some excitement about Wednesday because the nation'#1 recruit Jeannette's (PA) Terrelle Pryor still hasn't made his announcement. Today, the all-purpose quarterback told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that he's 80% sure he'll make his choice tomorrow.

Still considered in the running...three Big 10 schools...Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State.

Most "experts" say Ohio State has won the Battle Royale for the western Pennsylvania quarterback that is the only Keystone State schoolboy to run and pass for over 4,000 yards in his career.

Come back often tomorrow to find out, who signed where.

Jeff

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Ohio Roster Announced for Big 33 Classic



Big 33 Classic officials have announced the roster for the June 14th all-star high school football game between Ohio and Pennsylvania in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

The Big 33 Classic is considered one of the best all-star high school football games in America, because every Super Bowl played has included a player that has played in the mid-summer classic in Chocolatetown USA.

Here's the Ohio roster....

Disi Alexander, WR/LB, Canton McKinley, Toledo
Frank Becker, DL, Cincinnati Moeller, Cincinnati
Eugene Clifford, WR/DB, Cincinnati Colerain, Ohio State
Zach Collaros, QB, Steubenville, Cincinnati
Zak Crum, OL, Westerville South, Toledo
B.J. Cunningham, WR, Westerville South, Michigan State
Bruce Davis, LB, Cleveland Glenville, Iowa
Brady Demell, OL/DL, Mentor, Navy
Frank Edmonds, RB, Lakewood St. Edward, Ball State
Debo Elias, FB/DL, Lakewood St. Edward, Ohio Dominican
Perci Garner, QB, Dover, Undecided
Kyle Jefferson, WR, Cleveland Glenville, Wisconsin
Will Johnson, WR/DB, Centerville, West Virginia
Kevin Koncelik, OL, Cleveland St. Ignatius, Miami (Ohio)
Kevin Kowalski, OL/DL, Macedonia Nordonia, Toledo
John Hughes, TE/DL, Gahanna, Cincinnati
Daniel Ifft, WR, Dover, Ball State
Cale Lipsey, DL, Cincinnati Sycamore, Undecided
Chris Littleton, OL, Harrison, Undecided
Jordan Mabin, RB/DB, Macedonia Nordonia, Northwestern
Matt Merletti, RB/DB, Cleveland St. Ignatius, North Carolina
Otis Merrill, DB, Cleveland Glenville, Undecided
Julian Miller, TE/LB, Beechcroft, West Virginia
Diaunte Morrow, DB, Lakewood St. Edward, Iowa
C.J. Peake, LB, Trotwood-Madison, Wisconsin
Chris Rucker, WR/DB, Marion Harding, Michigan State
Jon Saelinger, DB, Cincinnati St. Xavier, Pennsylvania
Jeremy Shrieves, OL, Huber Heights Wayne, Eastern Michigan
Nick Spadafore, K/P, Gahanna, Concordia-St. Paul
Kenny Staudinger, OL, Hoover, Miami (Ohio)
J.B. Strahler, TE/LB, Hilliard Davidson, Ashland
George Tabron, FB/LB, Canton McKinley, Undecided
Anthony Wright, QB/CB, Maple Heights, Air Force
Lorren Womack, LB, Huber Heights Wayne, Ball State

Head coach: Dan Ifft (Dover)
Assistant coaches: Brian White (Hilliard Davidson), Steve Specht (Cincinnati St. Xavier), Ron Lewis (Rocky River), Bob Mihalik (Aurora), Justin Buttermore (Tri-Valley)

Monday, January 14, 2008

Pennsylvania Big 33 Roster Announced


Officials have announced the Pennsylvania roster for the 51st Big 33 Classic that will be played in Hershey, Pennsylvania on June 14th. The game, which many consider the best all-star game in America, pits stars from Pennsylvania against stars from Ohio.

One of the footnotes of the game is the fact that there's never been a Super Bowl played without a Big 33 alum involved.

This year the PA stars will be led by Parkland High School's Jim Morgans. The nation's top recruit Terrelle Pryor of Jeannette has been chosen, but there's no word on whether he will play in the game. In the past he has said he won't play.

Here's the Keystone State roster...

A.J. Alexander - Altoona ATH 5-11, 185 (TBA)
Jonathan Baldwin- Aliquippa WR 6-6, 215 (Pitt)
Vaughn Carraway - Muhlenberg WR 6-3, 170 (TBA)
R.J. Dill - Camp Hill Trinity OL/DL 6-6, 285 (Maryland)
Nate Eachus - Hazleton LB 5-11, 195 (TBA)
Jewhan Edwards - Roman Catholic DE 6-3, 210 (Minnesota)
Austin Fedell - North Allegheny OL/DL 6-2, 270 (TBA)
Hubie Graham - West Scranton OL/DL 6-4, 230 (Illinois)
Robbie Gumbita - Mount Pleasant OL/DL 6-5, 300 (TBA)
Shayne Hale - Gateway LB 6-3, 235 (Pitt)
Jarred Holley - Easton DB 5-9, 165 (TBA)
John Jackson - Central Bucks South TE 6-4, 240 (TBA)
Chris Johnson - Roman Catholic DB 6-0, 200 (TBA)
Mike Jones - Bishop McDevitt RB 6-1, 225 (Syracuse)
Nick Moody - Roman Catholic DB 6-1, 220 (Florida State)
Lucas Nix - Thomas Jefferson OL/DL 6-6, 290 (Pitt)
Joshua Potts - Harrisburg DB 6-0, 175 (TBA)
Terrelle Pryor - Jeannette QB 6-6, 220 (TBA)
Eric Reynolds - Central Bucks South RB 5-10, 195 (Boston College)
Adrian Robinson - Harrisburg DE 6-2, 225 (TBA)
Cameron Saddler - Gateway ATH 5-7, 160 (Pitt)
Tyler Sands - Boyertown OL/DL 6-5, 290 (Illinois)
Mike Shanahan - Norwin WR 6-5, 195 (Pitt)
David Soldner - Manheim Twp. K 6-1, 175 (TBA)
Matt Stankiewitch - Blue Mountain OL/DL 6-4, 295 (Penn State)
Tino Sunseri - Pittsburgh Central Catholic QB 6-0, 180 (Pitt)
Andrew Taglianetti - Pittsburgh Central Catholic DB 5-11, 175 (TBA)
Wayne Luis Tribue - Central York OL/DL 6-4, 285 (Temple)
Brandon Ware - Harrisburg OL/DL 6-5, 340 (TBA)
Brandon Weaver - Trinity DE 6-2, 217 (Ohio)
Mark Wedderburn - Cardinal O'Hara DE 6-5, 235 (Penn State)
Quentin Williams - Pittsburgh Central Catholic TE 6-3, 235 (TBA)
Christian Wilson - Montour RB 6-3, 235 (Michigan)
Mike Yancich - Trinity LB 6-2, 220 (Penn State)