Sunday, September 24, 2000
Prep Football Notebook
Fairfield relieved about Haynes' injury
By Dave Schutte
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The results of X-rays taken Saturday of tailback Earl Haynes' right ankle had to make fourth-year Fairfield football coach Tom Grippa happy.
“There is no fracture and only a bad sprain,” Fairfield trainer Diana Ivkovich said. “Earl will probably miss next week, and we're thinking he'll be back for Colerain (Oct.6).”
Fairfield's career leading rusher (3,979 yards) and scorer (279 points), Haynes was injured in the first half Friday against Sycamore. For the season, Haynes has carried 103 times for 443 yards and seven TDs.
With quarterback Brett Pogozalski throwing for 842 yards, Haynes hasn't been the Indians' major offensive weapon as in the past two seasons.
Junior James Minor, a 6-foot-1, 190-pounder, will take over for Haynes. Minor has carried 23 times for 106 yards this season.
“James is a different-style back who's fast and runs like a fullback,” Grippa said. “He runs straight ahead and through tackles. I have confidence we can win with him.”
In a three-way tie at 3-0 with Colerain and Princeton in the Greater Miami Conference, Fairfield plays at Milford on Friday.
TWO-SPORT STAR: Ian McCoy's first love is soccer.
But the Winton Woods football team would love to have McCoy full time, especially after the 6-1, 200-pound senior booted a 35-yard field goal in overtime to beat Mason.
“We lost in overtime to Purcell Marian when Ian had a soccer game,” Winton Woods coach Troy Everhart said.
After McCoy's field goal, defensive coach Chris Willertz decided to have defensive back Ian Ruth cover Mason's top receiver, Todd Breiner, during the overtime.
“They were picking on our young cornerback, who was getting hurt by Breiner,” Everhart said.
“Ian (Ruth) is normally a free safety, and on the first pass, Breiner was called for pushing off, which resulted in a 15-yard penalty and the loss of down.”
The penalty nullified a Mason touchdown, and a long field goal attempt was short.
SIX-WAY TIE: The race for the Greater Catholic League North championship is wide open following Friday's upsets.
Just when it appeared undefeated Roger Bacon and Dayton Chaminade Julienne would battle for the championship, both lost — to Badin and McNicholas, respectively.
Roger Bacon, Badin, McNicholas and Chaminade-Julienne are now 1-1 in the league.
After Purcell Marian defeated Kettering Alter on Saturday, both are 1-1 in the league, and there is a six-way tie for first place.
The Cardinal Division of the Fort Ancient Valley Conference is also close. Friday's game between Loveland (2-0) and Lebanon (3-0) probably will decide the champion.
KICKOFF STRATEGY: The kicking game proved vital for McNicholas in a 28-27 upset over Chaminade-Jullienne.
“We kicked off five times and used the onside kick on four of them,” McNicholas coach John Rodenberg said. “We did this to keep the ball away from (Angelo) Chattams.”
The Rockets recovered two of the onside kicks by Dave Hammer, one leading to a touchdown and the other with five minutes left that enabled the Rockets to run down the clock to under two minutes.
“On the only long kick, Chattams returned it for a touchdown,” Rodenberg said. “Chattams is fast and made our fastest guy look like a grade-school player on the kickoff return.”
Trailing 21-7 at halftime, Rodenberg challenged the offensive line and tailback Tony Pastura to pick it up in the second half.
“I knew if we could get the running game going, we could win,” Rodenberg said. “Tony had 153 yards for the game, but 120 were in the second half.”
Jim Comello came up with the biggest play, blocking a potential game-winning 20-yard field goal attempt on the game's final play.
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Aiken 15, Mt. Healthy 14
Anderson 41, Northwest 7
Bethel-Tate 21, Western Brown 6
Campbell County 47, Newport 14
CHCA 37, New Miami 0
Colerain 54, Milford 0
Conner 21, Owensboro 6
Dayton 26, Raceland 12
Edgewood 53, West Carrollton 22
Elder 40, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard 16
Fairfield 21, Sycamore 7
Goshen 24, Kings 19
Hamilton 21, Lakota East 10
Hamilton Badin 25, Roger Bacon 7
Harrison 48, Amelia 0
Highlands 63, Lex. Paul Dunbar 25
Holmes 35, Woodford County 12
James.Greenview 36, Cin. Country Day 26
Lakota West 14, Oak Hills 3
Lebanon 28, Wilmington 18
Lex. Tates Creek 21, Dixie Heights 14
Lexington Henry Clay 38, Simon Kenton 26
Little Miami 18, Norwood 13
Loveland 34, Ross 27
Madeira 21, Deer Park 12
Madison Central 36, Scott 7
McNicholas 28, Chaminade-Julienne 27
Miamisburg 41, Talawanda 22
Moeller 33, La Salle 20
New Richmond 58, Clermont NE 7
NewCath game suspended
North College Hill 21, Landmark Christian 0
Princeton 49, Middletown 28
Purcell Marian 20, Kettering Alter 13
Reading 49, Finneytown 34
Ryle 3, Lexington Bryan Station 0
St. Xavier 45, Indianapolis Tech 0
Summit Country Day 59, Lockland 0
Turpin 7 Glen Este 0
Walnut Hills 35, Taft 0
Western Hills 49, Hughes 15
Williamsburg 28, Hillsboro 9
Winton Woods 20, Mason 17
Withrow 19, Woodward 0
Wyoming 21, Mariemont 13
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