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Week 12 Coach's Letter

2008 Chillicothe Cavalier Football

“ It takes NO TALENT to play as hard as you are capable of playing…Just Desire  “

Week 11 of the 2008 football season saw our Cavalier football team play Canal Winchester at Herrnstein Field in Round 1 of the 2008 OHSAA division 3 playoffs. The Indians came to Herrnstein Field sporting a 9-1 record under the leadership of long time coach Phil Mauro. After a scoreless 1st half that played up and down for both teams our offense finally put together a 7 play, 71 yard scoring drive that saw Sr RB Eric Young go in from 4 yards out. Following a Drew Basil PAT and kickoff, Canal fumbled on its first play from scrimmage and Soph DB Isaac Beverly scooped up the fumble and returned it 39 yards for a 13 – 0 lead. Canal would score late in the game to make it 13-7 but ran out of time at mid field as the game ended. This win puts our Cavaliers into round 2 of the division 3 playoffs for the 2nd time in school history against the Braves of Logan Elm.

Our players of the game for Canal Winchester were as follows ;

Offense…Sr RB Eric Young and Sr center Danny Russell

Defense…Senior DT Jackque Wong

Special Teams… Soph Casey Oates

Scout Team…The 14 players who simulated Canal Winchester for us last week

            These players, along with coaches Jeff Metzler, Jimmy Pack, and Tom Sabo will appear on the Bill Davidson Show Tuesday thru Thursday at 6:50 AM on 1490 WBEX.

 This week our Cavaliers will travel to Teays Valley High School to play in the regional semi finals against 11-0 Logan Elm. The Braves defeated Canal Winchester 16-13 in overtime in week 10 for the Mid State Crown. Coach Scott Bartholomew has made his initial year at Logan Elm a very memorable one as he inherited a program that was 0-10 in 2007 and has them perfect ( 11-0 ) in the 2008 campaign. We expect a very well played, highly emotional game in week 12 as our Cavaliers attempt to “ MAKE HISTORY’’ and become the first football team ever at CHS to play in the regional finals.

Thanks for supporting OUR Cavaliers this season, and we hope to see you at Herrnstein Field this Saturday at 7:00 PM for a great High School football game with a very electric atmosphere.

 

As always

                     GO CAVS

Bill Davidson

Head Football Coach


Week 11 Coach's Letter

2008 Chillicothe Cavalier Football

“ It takes NO TALENT to play as hard as you are capable of playing…Just Desire  “

Week 10 of the 2008 football season saw our Cavalier football team play the Logan Chieftains for the 2008 SEOAL title. While our Cavaliers came up short, anyone who watched the game saw one great high school football game. And before I recap our plays and players I will congratulate Coach Dale Amyx and his football team for their undefeated 2008 season. I will also compliment them on their clean, hard play. We at Chillicothe wish you good luck and hope you go forward to win the D2 State Championship.

 Our players of the game for Logan were as follows ;

Offense…Jr O-Lineman J T Gray

Defense…Senior LB Jordan Benson; Senior DB Ron Smith; Soph DB Isaac Beverly;

                        Soph DB Casey Oates; and Jr LB Shay Netter

Special Teams…Sr Ron Smith and Soph Isaac Beverly

Scout Team…Sr Brice Clymer

 These players, along with coaches Brad Basil, Marcus McKillip, Trainer Mindy Smith, and Equipment Manager Dennis Murphy will appear on the Bill Davidson Show Tuesday thru Thursday at 6:50 AM on 1490 WBEX.

This week our Cavaliers will host Canal Winchester in the second playoff game ever to be held at Herrnstein Field. The Indians sport a 9-1 record with their only loss being a 16-13 thriller last week to Logan Elm. The Indians are coached by the legendary Phil Mauro and boast a defense that has only allowed 93 points scored for the entire season. This game will be a great match up of 2 very fine high school football teams. We hope all of our fans can attend and watch history in the making as this is only the 5th time in school history that a Chillicothe Football team has made the playoffs, and the first time in D3. With a record of 1-4 we have an opportunity to make history with only the second win in playoff history for our Cavaliers.

Thanks for supporting OUR Cavaliers this season, and we hope to see you at Herrnstein Field this Saturday at 7:00 PM for a great High School football game with a very electric atmosphere.

 As always

                     GO CAVS

Bill Davidson

Head Football Coach


Week 10 Coach's Letter

2008 Chillicothe Cavalier Football

“ It takes NO TALENT to play as hard as you are capable of playing…Just Desire  “

Week 9 of the 2008 football season saw our Cavalier football team win our sixth consecutive SEOAL game of the 2008 season as we hosted the Warren Warriors for the first time in Chillicothe football history. This was truly a team win as our defense held Warren at bay after the opening drive when Warren took the kick off and marched 80 yards for the first score of the game. After the opening drive our defense shut down their wing T offense, and even scored on an Alex Grow interception ; Our offense put 57 points and 550 yards on the scoreboard with RB Eric Young eclipsing the 1000 yard mark : and our special teams scored 16 points as they had a 37 yard FG by Drew Basil and a 96 yard punt return by Eric Young.

 Our players of the game for Warren were as follows ;

Offense…Receivers  Sr Jordan Benson , Sr Ron Smith , Sr James   VanVoorhis , Sr Alex Grow , Sr Kevin Scott, Jr Marty Dunn, and Jr Deon Collins

Defense…Senior NG Tyler Vest

Special Teams…Sr Isaiah Turner

Scout Team…Fr Marcus Dunn

JV Team…Soph RB/LB Brandon Whittaker

 These players, along with coaches Bobby Kennedy, Glen Rinehart, and Aaron Crabtree will appear on the Bill Davidson Show Tuesday thru Thursday at 6:50 AM on 1490 WBEX.

This week our Cavaliers will host undefeated and defending SEOAL champion Logan Chieftains. This match up will pit the 2 teams with perfect SEOAL records and promises to be a very good high school football team. We hope that ALL of our Chillicothe parents, fans, and supporters will attend and make for a very electric atmosphere at Herrnstein Field this week. We ask that all of our fans wear Blue as we attempt to BLUE OUT the Chieftains of Logan. We are also VERY PROUD to announce that all of the hard work and dedication of our staff and players have paid off as we have qualified for Division 3 Region 12 OHSAA playoffs. We hope all of you will continue to follow and support these young men as we prepare to play week 11 of the 2008 season.

As always, we hope you support our Cavs, and come to Herrnstein Field this week to enjoy what should be a classic High School football game.

 As always

  GO CAVS

Bill Davidson

Head Football Coach


Week 9 Coach's Letter

2008 Chillicothe Cavalier Football

“ It takes NO TALENT to play as hard as you are capable of playing…Just Desire  “

Week 8 of the 2008 football season saw our Cavalier football team win our fifth consecutive SEOAL game of the 2008 season as we traveled to Jackson Alumni Stadium and defeated The Jackson Ironmen 41-16. This was truly a team win as our defense held Jackson at bay all evening and even scored the first points on a Ron Smith interception return for a touchdown. Our special teams continued their stellar play with Drew Basil and the FG team setting a school record with a 50 yard field goal. Offensively we put together a solid night as Caleb Knights ran for 115 yards and passed for 119 more.

Our players of the game for Gallia were as follows ;

Offense…Senior QB Caleb Knights.

Defense…Senior DB Ron Smith ; Senior OLB Jordan Benson ; Sophomore  DB Isaac Beverly ; and Junior LB Shay Netter

            Special Teams…Our FG unit

            Scout Team…Senior Rec/DB Christian Cooper

            JV Team…Freshman Austin Valentine

            These players, along with coaches Tom Sabo, Jimmy Pack, and Jeff Metzler will appear on the Bill Davidson Show Tuesday thru Thursday at 6:50 AM on 1490 WBEX.

This week our Cavaliers will return home to face the Warren Warriors. This will be our first meeting with Warren in football and we expect another good SEOAL team to take the field at Herrnstein this Friday night. Warren is 4-4 and will feature an offense we have not faced this year as they run the wing T offense. This offense involves a great deal of mis-direction and fakes. Defensively the Warriors will employ a 4-3 defense and try and crowd the box.

For all of you who helped bring food to the fish fry last week ( special thanks to Equipment Manager / fish fryer extraordinaire Dennis Murphy and Community liaison Napoleon Cross for frying the fish and providing the chicken) we thank you . Also thanks to the many fans who traveled to Jackson, as we had a very large crowd behind us.

As always, we hope you support our Cavs, and come to Herrnstein Field this week to enjoy what should be a classic High School football game. 

As always

                    GO CAVS

Bill Davidson

Head Football Coach


Week 8 Coach's Letter

2008 Chillicothe Cavalier Football

“ It takes NO TALENT to play as hard as you are capable of playing…Just Desire  “

Week 7 of the 2008 football season saw our Cavalier football team win our fourth consecutive SEOAL game of the 2008 season as we defeated one of the original SEOAL members, The Blue Devils of Gallia Academy, 41-0 in our Homecoming Game.  Our defense continues to play outstanding football as they held Gallia to under 200 yards of offense. Our offense also started to show flashes of what we can do with over 300 yards rushing and over 400 total yards of offense.

 Our players of the game for Gallia were as follows ;

Offense…Our offensive line…Seniors Tyler Dunkle, Danny Russell, Kent Parker, and Brice Clymer. And Juniors Tyler Holz and J T Gray.

            Defense…Our entire defensive unit as we recorded a shut out…Seniors Alex Grow, Caleb Knights, Ronnie Smith, Jordan Benson, Kyle Ramsey, Eric Young, Chris Sopher, Curt Smith, Danny Russell, Jackque Wong, Tyler Dunkle, Tyler Vest, and Isaiah Turner. Juniors Shay Netter, Marty Dunn, and Danny Demick, and Sophomores Casey Oates and Isaac Beverly

            Special Teams…Junior K/P Drew Basil

            Scout Team…Senior O-Lineman Kent Parker

            JV Team…Sophomore RB/LB/DE Dylan Osborne

             These players, along with coaches Tom Sabo, Brad Basil, and Trainer Mindy Smith will appear on the Bill Davidson Show Tuesday thru Thursday at 6:50 AM on 1490 WBEX.

This week our Cavaliers will make our final road trip of the year to face the Jackson Ironmen. Our last trip to Jackson in 2006 was a very disappointing and humbling loss to a very fired up Ironmen team. Jackson is currently 5-2 overall and 2-2 in the SEOAL with wins over Wellston, Waverly, Vinton County, Portsmouth, and Marietta with losses to Gallia Academy and Ironton. Jackson will feature a strong running game and a perennially strong defense.

A special Thank You to all of the Chillicothe Football Alumni . who came to Herrnstein Field and participated in our football Alunmi Homecoming weekend. Over 100 former Cavalier players and coaches gathered to tell old war stories and support the 2008 edition of OUR Chillicothe Cavalier Football team. It was a pleasure and a thrill to be able to be a part of that before the game. And I know our players and coaches greatly appreciated the extra lift you gave our team as you formed the tunnel before the game. A very special Thank You to former Cavalier Chris Crawford for the pregame thoughts and memories he gave to the team before the game

. As always, we hope you support our Cavs, and come to Herrnstein Field this week to enjoy what should be a classic High School football game.

 

As always

                      GO CAVS

Bill Davidson

Head Football Coach


Week 7 Coach's Letter

2008 Chillicothe Cavalier Football

“ It takes NO TALENT to play as hard as you are capable of playing…Just Desire  “

Week 6 of the 2008 football season saw our Cavalier football team win our third consecutive SEOAL game of the 2008 season as we defeated one of the storied High School Football programs in the state of Ohio by a 17-9 score.  Our defense continues to play outstanding football as they held Ironton to our lowest point total of the year. Our special teams also continued their outstanding play as we made a 29 yard FG, blocked an extra point, and had a KO return of 76 yards to set up our go ahead TD to open the 2nd half. Our offense also played well while running up 317 rushing yards and 356 total yards.

 Our players of the game for Ironton were as follows ;

Offense…Senior RB Eric Young

            Defense…Senior DB Caleb Knights

            Special Teams…Our KOR team

            Scout Team…Sophomore RB/LB Ronnie Mango

            JV Team…Freshman K Noah Valentine

            These players, along with coaches Glen Rinehart, Marcus McKillip, and Jimmy Pack will appear on the Bill Davidson Show Tuesday thru Thursday at 6:50 AM on 1490 WBEX.

This week our Cavaliers will remain at home as Homecoming rolls around, to face another long time rival, The Blue Devils of Gallia Academy. The Blue Devils are 4-2 with a 2-1 record in the SEOAL. Their wins are over Athens ( 31-22 ) , Point Pleasant ( 28-21 ) Jackson ( 36-28 ) Portsmouth ( 7-0 ) and their losses are to Ironton ( 42-6 ) and Logan ( 40-7 ). We know the Blue Devils  will play very hard and with a great deal of intensity, as they are fighting to stay in SEOAL contention as well as earn a playoff berth ( they are currently # 4 in D4, Region 15 ).

A special request this week is to all of the Chillicothe Football Alumni . Our Touchdown Club will have a pep rally and bonfire on Thursday night behind the high school in the City Park beginning at 6:30 PM. On Friday night we are asking for all alumni to wear blue and white and we will have a hospitality tent set up beginning at 5:30 PM in the parking area between the Field House and Worthington Elementary. We hope many of our Cavalier Alumni will return this week and help make this homecoming a very special evening.

As always, we hope you support our Cavs, and come to Herrnstein Field this week to enjoy what should be a classic High School football game.

 As always

GO CAVS

Bill Davidson

Head Football Coach


Week 6 Coach's Letter

2008 Chillicothe Cavalier Football

“ It takes NO TALENT to play as hard as you are capable of playing…Just Desire  “

Week 5 of the 2008 football season saw our Cavalier football team win our second SEOAL game of the 2008 season as we defeated long time rival, The Trojans of Portsmouth High School by a score of 34-14. Our fans who made the trip saw what was perhaps our best overall game as our offense, defense, and special teams all combined to play a very solid game. On defense we shut the high powered Trojan offense down until the 4th quarter; on offense we were steady, if not spectacular, in scoring 27 unanswered points through the first 36 minutes; and our special teams blocked a punt, scored on 2 FG’s, and returned a kick off 80 yards for a TD. 

Our players of the game for Portsmouth were as follows ;

Offense…Junior offensive lineman J. T. Gray

            Defense…Senior DE Chris Sopher

            Special Teams…Sophomore Kick Returner Casey Oates

            Scout Team…Junior Offensive Lineman Tyler Holz

            JV Team…TBA as we play Portsmouth at Chillicothe on Monday

             These players, along with 7th grade coaches Bill Bonner, Harold Price, and Chris Mathis will appear on the Bill Davidson Show Tuesday thru Thursday at 6:50 AM on 1490 WBEX.

            This week our Cavaliers will return home to face perennial Southeastern power Ironton. The Tigers are 3-2 and will travel to Herrnstein Field with an attitude as they lost last Friday to Logan by a score of 34-10. The Tigers are 3-2 with a 1-1 record in the SEOAL. Their wins are over Our Lady Of Mount Carmel ( Ontario Canada ) 54-6 , Asland (  Kty ) 18-6 , and Gallia 42-6. Their other loss was to Wheelersburg 23-22. We know the Tigers will play very hard and with a great deal of intensity, as they are coached by one of the High School Legends, Bob Lutz.

             As always, we hope you support our Cavs, and come to Herrnstein Field this week to enjoy what should be a classic High School football game.

 As always

 GO CAVS

Bill Davidson

Head Football Coach


Week 5 Coach's Letter

2008 Chillicothe Cavalier Football

“ It takes NO TALENT to play as hard as you are capable of playing…Just Desire  “

Week 4 of the 2008 football season saw our Cavalier football team win our first SEOAL game of the 2008 season as we defeated the Zanesville Blue Devils 24-21 in a thrilling comeback victory. Our fans who made the trip saw a game of 2 halves as Zanesville controlled the first half taking a 21-7 lead into the locker room at half-time. In the second half though our Cavaliers shut out the Blue Devils and scored 17 unanswered points to go to 2-2 for the season and 1-0 in the SEOAL. On Saturday morning our JV team also defeated Zanesville 20-18 to make their record 2-2 and 1-0 in the SEOAL.

 Our players of the game for Zanesville were as follows ;

Offense…Senior QB Caleb Knights

            Defense…Junior LBer Shay Netter

            Special Teams…Junior K/P Drew Basil

            Scout Team…Junior Michael Dodge

            JV Team…Sophomore LB/RB Brandon Whittaker

  These players, along with defensive coaches Jeff Metzler, Aaron Crabtree, and Bob Kennedy will appear on the Bill Davidson show at 6:50 AM on WBEX 1490 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings.

             While this win is very important, it is even more important that our players understand that it will mean little unless we continue to improve and make ourselves as good as we can possibly become. My kudo’s go out to our Senior class and Junior’s JT Gray and Tyler Holz for charging up our football team before we came back out to play the 2nd half.

             This week our Cavaliers will travel to long time SEOAL foe Portsmouth to take on the Trojans in historic ( one of the original NFL stadiums ) Trojan stadium. This match up has been very competitive over the last 2 seasons with the Cavaliers pulling a 1 point win at Portsmouth 2 years ago and losing in Chillicothe by 7 points last year. We expect this game to be exciting as Portsmouth will have their usual array of athletes and will feature Florida State recruit John Prior ( 6’7” 295 LB and Penn State recruit Nate Cadogan ( 6’7” 265 LB ) anchoring their offensive and defensive lines. As always, we appreciate all of our parents and supporters who have encouraged and supported our Chillicothe Cavaliers.

As always

GO CAVS

Bill Davidson

Head Football Coach


Week 4 Coach's Letter

2008 Chillicothe Cavalier Football

“ It takes NO TALENT to play as hard as you are capable of playing…Just Desire  “

Week 3 of the 2008 football season saw our Cavalier football team fall to undefeated Thornville Sheridan 34-14. My compliments to Sheridan on their well coached, hard nosed style of football. This is a team capable of many more wins this football season.

 Our players of the game for Sheridan were as follows ;

Offense…Senior Running Back Eric Young

            Defense…Senior LBer Jordan Benson

            Special Teams…Senior Holder/Returner Alex Grow

            Scout Team…Senior DE Isaiah Turner

            JV Team…Sophomore QB/DB Walter Schauseil

             These players, along with 8th grade coaches Jamie Norris, Brian Netter, and Sam Beeler will appear on the Bill Davidson show at 6:50 AM on WBEX 1490 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings.

             While this loss was painful, it will not be devastating IF our players realize that our 3 non league opponents have prepared us to play to the best of our ability in the league as we open SEOAL play this upcoming week. While we certainly would like to be undefeated we know we have competed with 3 exceptional football teams, all of which will win a minimum of 7-8 games this year.

             This week our Cavaliers will travel to SEOAL foe Zanesville to take on the Blue Devils on their brand new synthetic surface at their remodeled stadium. We realize that when league play begins everyone is 0-0 at this point. One of our team goals was to win the SEOAL so this week we MUST take the first step. This week we are challenging the seniors, especially our captains, to look into their own hearts and determine how hard and with much passion they wish to play with for the rest of the season. We are challenging them to bring the rest of their team mates to the level that we need to play for us to win the SEOAL. As always, we appreciate all of our parents and supporters who have encouraged and supported our Chillicothe Cavaliers.

As always

GO CAVS

Bill Davidson

Head Football Coach


FROM THE CHEAP SEATS - 3rd Edition

 - by Professor Noe Itall

We are less than 24 hours away from the Sheridan Thornville Generals taking the field against our Cavaliers.  I know its kind of late but I've been busy basking in the glow of last week's victory and contemplating the Generals.

First just a couple of comments about last week's game.  The bottom line - it was AWESOME!!   Last Friday night opportunity knocked and our big men opened the door.  Our Cavaliers made some mistakes early but keep fighting and ended with a sweet victory in Sunbury.

This week we face another perennial football power.   After exhaustive research (exhaustive being a relative term of course) I am absolutely and totally convinced that opportunity will be knocking again.  And I believe it will the be hogs on both sides of the ball that will open the door again!!  This is a game that is ours to win.  Limit the penalties, take care of the football and play aggressive and physical and the celebrating will go on a long time past when the lights at Herrnstein Field are turned off.

Let's pack Herrnstein and scream for the blue & white.

From the cheap seats - GO CAVS!


Week 3 Coach's Letter

2008 Chillicothe Cavalier Football

“ It takes NO TALENT to play as hard as you are capable of playing…Just Desire  “

Week 2 of the 2008 football season saw our Cavalier football team defeat the defending State Champion Big Walnut Golden Eagles 24-20. In a game where the lead changed hand 7 times  our Cavaliers were able to overcome early penalty yardage to win one of the better High School football games I have ever been a part of. It is a tribute to our players, seniors, captains, and Coaching staff to be able to withstand the highs and lows of this game and be capable of pulling out this victory.

 Our players of the game for Big Walnut were as follows ;

            Offense…Senior Offensive Linemen Brice Clymer, Danny Russell, Kent Parker,        Tyler Vest: Junior Offensive Linemen JT Gray and Tyler Holz : Senior TE’s Kyle Ramsey and Jared Chaney : and Senior Fullbacks David Dere and Curt Smith and Junior Fullback Danny Demick

            Defense…Senior DT Curt Smith

            Special Teams…Sophomore Isaac Beverly

            Scout Team…Sophomore Chris Wemer

            JV Team…Sophomore OL/DT Skyler Mallow

 These players, along with Coach Marcus McKillip, Equipment Manager Dennis Murphy, and Trainer Mindy Smith will appear on the Bill Davidson show at 6:50 AM on WBEX 1490 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings.

             While a victory at Big Walnut certainly has uplifted our program we will stress this week that while we should enjoy and savor this win, we cannot be satisfied. Our team MUST realize the importance of continuing to improve both individually and collectively and we also must continue to play with the passion and intensity shown at Big Walnut this past Friday.

             This week our Cavaliers will host perennial power Thornville Sheridan in our 1st home game in 2008. Sheridan will greatly test our team once again with a powerful running game and a very stingy defense. We hope the entire community will show up, and I challenge all of our football family alumni to travel to Herrnstein Field and help us defend our house. We greatly appreciate the fans that traveled to Big Walnut and the atmosphere you helped create on our side of the field. Lets really pump it up this week and help lead our Blue and White to another victory.

As always

 GO CAVS

Bill Davidson

Head Football Coach


FROM THE CHEAP SEATS - 2nd Edition

 - by Professor Noe Itall

There's no beating around the bush - I'm disappointed.  I really thought we could beat Brookhaven.  We had our chances but just couldn't put 48 minutes of football together.  And the task doesn't get any easier.

On the bright side the kids get to suit up again in just a few days.  Week 2 and they get to the opportunity to take on defending Div III State Champs Sunbury Big Walnut.  I think Friday should be an exciting time and I know that our Cavaliers will play hard and will be competitive.

Since the Brookhaven game I've been asked over and over again what I think the Cavs need to to do to be successful this season.  Fortunately I'm an expert (at least in my own mind) and the formula has not changed and is pretty simple - BLOCK and TACKLE (and that means everyone including receivers and DB's).  We have demonstrated that we have enough speed to run the football.  We know that  we have one of the best passers in the state.  The only thing left is to give the backs a hole to run through (and they hit the hole quickly!) and give Caleb some time.   Defensively Coach Metzler's schemes are right on - we just need to fill and tackle better (easy for me to say).

I know that our kids work hard.  I also know that we have a very hard working coaching staff who have done their homework for Big Walnut.  We've got a couple of more days to get healthy, tighten the game plan and then travel north to clip the wings of the high flying Golden Eagles!!

From the Cheap Seats - GO CAVS!

 


Week 2 Coach's Letter

2008 Chillicothe Cavalier Football

“ It takes NO TALENT to play as hard as you are capable of playing…Just Desire  “

Week 1 of the 2008 football season saw our Cavalier football team defeated 14-7 at Brookhaven High School against a very talented Bearcat football team. While we came up short there were several bright spots that we will use to build on as we continue the 2008 non-league portion of our schedule. Those bright spots include : our defense producing 4 turnovers : Caleb Knights rushing for over 100 yards ; our defense making a late game goal line stand ; and our offense running our no huddle offense to a late score.

 Our players of the game for Brookhaven were as follows ;

            Offense…Senior QB Caleb Knights

            Defense…Senior NG Tyler Vest

            Special Teams…Junior K/P Drew Basil

            Scout Team…Sr RB/DB Eric Young

            JV Team…Soph RB/Rec/DB Casey Oates

    These players, along with Seniors Steven Cahill and Brice Clymer, along with Coaches Marcus McKillip, Aaron Crabtree, and Bobby Kennedy will appear on the Bill Davidson show at 6:50 AM on WBEX 1490 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings.

             Another bright spot appeared Saturday morning as our JV Team rallied from a 21 – 0 deficit to beat Brookhaven on the last play of the game 25-21 as Freshman QB Nathan Gibson hit Soph Casey Oates for a 68 yard strike as time expired. This set off a very well earned, emotional celebration for our JV players and coaches.

             This week our Cavaliers will travel to defending Division 3 State Champion Sunbury Big Walnut to take on the Golden Eagles. Big Walnut has replaced 20 seniors from that championship season and has begun the 2008 campaign with a 31-2 win over Westerville Central. Our football team will play with passion and enthusiasm and our football staff hopes all of our fans and parents continue to support and encourage these young men in our program as they represent our community.

As always

 GO CAVS

Bill Davidson

Head Football Coach

 


FROM THE CHEAP SEATS

by Professor Noe Itall

I'm baaaack....  Of course most, if not all, of you never knew I existed.  Let's just say I haven't commented (publicly at least) on a Cavalier football season since 2005.  Where have I been?  Well lets say that I've been around - haven't missed a game.  So why  comment now?   Because I want too!!

The 2008 season opens with perennial powerhouse, Brookhaven.   With a non-conference schedule second to none this has the makings of a historic season.  I am sure all of those connected to the team, emotionally and/or physically, are as excited as I am.  I cannot speak for anyone else but I'm excited for two major reasons.

First off we have an experienced, seasoned senior class.  Championships are won on the backs of senior leadership and there is no doubt that this year's Cavaliers have one of the finest senior classes in several years.  We know that this group of seniors have the potential to lead.  The only question is whether or not will choose to step up and lead this team in every facet of the game.

Next to leadership the second most important quality of a championship football team is excellent line play (defensive & offensive).  Again the 2008 Chillicothe Cavaliers sport experience and potential.  Now they have to block and control their gaps.  A tall order against a very strong schedule of opponents.

In addition to the excitement of our football Cavaliers we have a group of Marching Cavaliers ready to take the field.  We should see 4  quaterters of football excitement with an equally exciting half-time show.

That's all for this week...

From the Cheap Seats - GO CAVS!!!