Friday, June 09, 2000
East-West All-Star Football Game
West boasts talented, deep offense
By Dave Schutte
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The history of the annual East-West All-Star football series favors the team with quarterbacks who can throw the ball. If this holds true, the West should dominate Saturday's game at 7:30 p.m. at Lockland's Roettger Stadium.
Coached by Edgewood's Steve Channell, the West will feature Mason's Adam Livingston, The Cincinnati Enquirer's first-team All City quarterback, along with Finneytown's Jason Gardner.
Add running backs Ryan King from Hamilton (1,148 rushing yards last season), Waynesville's Joe Bradley (1,530 yards), David Dupee from Wyoming (1,654) and Edgewood's Danny Beiser (856) and the West has a solid offensive team.
“It's hard in two weeks to put together a cohesive offense,” Channell said. “Although the defense is limited (no blitzing and only three different sets allowed), the scores are usually low because of this.
The West's major strength will be an overall size advantage, especially on the lines that average nearly 260 pounds.
On defense, look for Mike Holzinger from Oak Hills (255 pounds), Andre Frazier from Hughes (210), Taft's Robert Richardson (260), Kevin Johnson from Lakota West (260) and Northwest's Dante Walker (295) to dominate in the trenches.
“I've been most impressed with the Frazier kid on defense,” Channell said. “His father (Guy Frazier) played for the Bengals and Andre plans to walk on at UC this year. Don't be surprised if he makes the team.”
The linebacker positions are also strong behind Edgewood's Danny Beiser, Charles Newton from Western Hills, Ray Meeker from North College Hill and Lockland's Mike McKinney.
Although Channell is optimistic about the outcome, he's also disappointed.
“Some of the kids never reported and others haven't shown up for all of the practices,” Channell said. “We've told the kids that the ones who attend practices will be the ones who play the most.”
West roster and uniform number
1. Jason Heard, Finneytown
2. Dan Fry, Summit Country Day
3. Jason Nichols, Reading
4. Lorenzo Engleman, Hughes
5. Ben Arinsmier, Oak Hills
6. Andy Ransick, Oak Hills
7. Brett Mezger, Elder
8. David Huff, Hamilton
9. Jason Fryer, Landmark Christian
10. Doyle Johnson, Mount Healthy
11. Adam Livingston, Mason
12. Jason Gardner, Finneytown
14. Aaron York, Lakota West
16. Mike McKinney, Lockland
17. Michael Klotz, Colerain
20. Ryan King, Hamilton
21. Jeff Betscher, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy
22. Joe Bradley, Waynesville
24. Dante Flanigan, Winton Woods
25. Robert Doerflein, Harrison
26. Robert Green, Aiken
31. David Dupee, Wyoming
35. Charles Newton, Western Hills
36. Corey Jones, Winton Woods
44. Danny Beiser, Edgewood
45. Bobby Gardner, Hamilton
47. Joel Wainscott, Elder
49. Dante Walker, Northwest
53. Kevin Smith, Ross
54. Kevin Johnson, Lakota West
55. Jeremy Smith, St. Xavier
63. Luke Scarborough, Winton Woods
64. Travis Veser, Finneytown
65. Ray Meeker, North College Hill
68. Jeff Ramsey, Fairfield
71. Robert Richardson, Taft
72. Justin Belarski, Fairfield
74. Eric Deutsch, Wyoming
76. Nick Brown, Lakota West
77. Travis Saylor, Mason
78. Adam Fights, Colerain
88. Andre Frazier, Hughes
98. Mike Holzinger, Oak Hills.
Sports Stories
Reds-Indians: No more mismatch
Reds-Indians Scouting report
Reds close Castro deal
RB deals: Keaton done, buster next
Mickeal eager to prove NBA value
