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High School Lakewood St. Edward's Eagles

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St. Edward Eagles getting ready to take the field for their Regional Final match-up againsts Glenville.



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A happy group of Eagles raises the trophy after their 17-7 victory.
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11/23/05



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High school football state semifinals: Eagles, Tigers similar teams
Wednesday, November 23, 2005 [FONT=Verdana, Times New Roman, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]By Todd Porter REPOSITORY SPORTS WRITER [/FONT]

MASSILLON vs. LAKEWOOD ST. EDWARD
Saturday, 1 p.m.
Rubber Bowl, Akron
RADIO WHBC-AM 1480,
WNPQ-FM 95.9, ESPN-AM 990


The similarities are uncanny. Few expected the Northern Ohio Division I state semifinal football game to be this.
Lakewood St. Edward had to upset Glenville, and Massillon had to beat a McKinley team that smacked the Tigers by 30 points in Week 10. Both teams managed in underdog roles.
Now teams with nearly identical scoring averages will meet for a trip to the Division I state title game.
“People who follow high school football expected the other two teams to be playing this week,” said St. Ed’s coach John Gibbons, a high school football coaching icon in Ohio. “Most people thought this would be a McKinley-Glenville showdown. That’s why you play the game, though.”
The Tigers bring an offense averaging 34.6 points a game. The Eagles are scoring 34.9 a game. Massillon’s defense allows 12.5, and St. Edward’s gives up 10.3. Both teams beat St. Ignatius by 3 points (10-7 for St. Ed’s, 29-26 for the Tigers).
Elder lost to the Tigers and Eagles, both games in Cincinnati. St. Edward scored 34, Massillon scored 35. The difference is the Eagles finished the game and allowed just 17 points. The Tigers gave up 31, most in the second half.
“There are a lot of similarities between the two teams,” Gibbons said. “Their quarterback (Bobby Huth) is a
playmaker. Our quarterback (Brandon Frohnapple) is. They have a good running back (Brian Gamble); we have a good running back (Frank Edmonds). Their offensive line is well-coached, and they’re all good players. I don’t know that they have a highly recruited lineman (Joe Thomas) like we do, but they’re good up front. What we see on film is they’re extremely well coached.”
When this season started, Gibbons thought this team might be a year away. He didn’t account for chemistry and young players stepping up.
Edmonds brings 2,136 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns on the ground into this game. The 5-foot-8, 180-pound spark plug was at the center of Lakewood’s storm last year. Edmonds transferred to St. Edward from Rhodes High School. Paperwork, none of it Edmonds’ or his parents’ fault, wasn’t completed.
The Eagles had to forfeit four games, and Edmonds was declared ineligible.
He seems to be playing with a chip on his shoulders.
“I think that’s probably the case,” Gibbons said. “I know he’s talented. If (last year) has taken him to another level, that’s feasible. It makes sense.”
It was a difficult period. Gibbons, a father of nine and grandfather of 11, didn’t know what to tell Edmonds.
“I called my wife,” Gibbons said. “ ... She’s good at dealing with those things. What do you say to a kid who did nothing wrong and can’t play football?
“She came over, and we sat him down and told him ‘No matter what happens we’re backing you up. You didn’t do anything wrong.’
“He’s a guy with a lot of character. He’s got a good strong mom and dad behind him. He’s an honor student. He’s got a lot going for him. He could get through that situation. Everybody supported him. The guys on the team had respect for him because he went through something that wasn’t his fault.”
This may not be the most athletically gifted St. Edward team, but Gibbons said he does have plenty of skilled players.
Frohnapple started three games last year for an injured senior quarterback, winning each one. Gibbons went back to the senior, and St. Ed’s lost in the playoffs. Frohnapple brings a 15-0 record into Saturday afternoon’s game.
“We’re talented, but I think we have a lot of heart and camaraderie,” Gibbons said. “We go out there and play hard as a team.”
Reach Repository sports writer Todd Porter at (330) 580-8340 or e-mail: [email protected]



Some similarities
St. Edward and Massillon have two common opponents this season. Each fared somewhat alike against Cincinnati Elder and St. Ignatius:
St. Edward (12-0)
Regular season
Pittsburgh CC W 14-6
Shaker Heights W 45-14
St. Thomas More (Ont.) W 49-0
at Cincinnati Elder W 34-17
Open date
St. Francis, N.Y. W 49-0
Cleveland East W 41-6
St. Ignatius W 10-7
at Cincinnati Moeller W 28-12
at Cle. Benedictine 3ot W 41-38
Playoffs
Shaker Heights W 42-16
Lyndhurst Brush W 49-0
Cleveland Glenville W 17-7
massillon (12-1)
Regular season
Dover W 34-0
at Cincinnati Elder W 35-31
at Mansfield Senior W 55-0
Chardon W 49-7
Mentor W 31-10
at St. Ignatius W 29-26
Youngstown Wilson W 54-0
Warren Harding W 13-0
Eastlake North W 49-14
at McKinley L 8-38
Playoffs
North Canton Hoover W 45-14 Findlay W 27-20 McKinley W 21-3
 
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11/25/05


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Massillon vs. Lakewood St. Edward
Friday, November 25, 2005
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Running back Brian Gamble has 1,437 rushing yards and 480 receiving yards for Massillon this season.​


KICKOFF Saturday, 1 p.m.
SITE Rubber Bowl, Akron.

WHAT Division I state
semifinal.

AT STAKE Winner gets berth in Division I state championship game Dec. 3 at Canton’s Fawcett Stadium against Cincinnati St. Xavier or Hilliard Davidson, which play in the other semifinal at 7 p.m. Saturday at Miami University’s Yager Stadium in Oxford.

RECORDS Massillon 12-1; Lakewood St. Edward 12-0.

PLAYOFF HISTORY This is Massillon’s 15th season in the OHSAA playoffs, and the Tigers have a 20-14 record in those games. St. Edward is making its 13th appearance and is 15-12 in the postseason. However, the Eagles have never lost a state semifinal. Massillon is 2-4 in those games, including four straight losses. The Tigers played for state titles in 1980 and ’82 and lost to Cincinnati Moeller both years.

LAST WEEK Massillon 21, McKinley 3; Lakewood St. Edward 17, Glenville 7.

LAST MEETING St. Edward won, 37-7, in the seventh week of the 2004 season. WHAT TO WATCH St. Edward is not as athletically gifted as McKinley, but the Eagles beat perhaps the state’s most talented team last week, Glenville, with methodical, mistake-free football. RB Frank Edmonds left the game last week with a bruised left knee, but he is expected to play. Edmonds did miss a game earlier this season with turf toe. Despite missing that game, he still has more than 2,100 yards rushing and averages close to 8 yards a carry. He has 21 rushing TDs. Edmonds is playing with a chip on his shoulder and for a purpose. He transferred from Rhodes High School last year and a clerical error by St. Edward school officials caused Edmonds to sit out the season and St. Ed’s to forfeit four games. QB Brandon Frohnapple isn’t great, but he is 15-0 as a starter. He’s thrown for about 1,400 yards and has capable receivers. Kyle Hubbard is a 6-3, 225-pound receiver whom the Eagles like to isolate and lob to. Chris Gardner is opposite Hubbard. Mark Dvoroznak will play receiver as well. He is athletic. The Eagles’ OL is strong and decently sized. LT Joe Thomas is one of the best in the state and he handled Glenville’s Division I defensive end, Rob Rose, last week. Massillon will have to scheme the left side of the St. Edward’s offensive line. If the Tigers can keep Edmonds in check and force the game in the air, this is their best chance. Massillon needs to come out fast at the start of the game. A Tiger lead can force a game-plan change. That is what Massillon did last week. It built a 14-0 lead and dared McKinley to win through the air. The Tiger offense is coming off one of its best games. Perhaps not from a statistics view, but execution was as good as it’s been all season. QB Bobby Huth was smart and efficient. He got time to throw and worked the sidelines. He took his shots down the field and opened things up for RBs Brian Gamble and Lanale Robinson. TE Brett Huffman is a definite threat. Look for Massillon to try to establish a hard-hitting tone on both sides of the ball early. Gamble has to have a 100-plus-yard game for Massillon to win, and the Tigers can’t afford to turn the ball over. The Eagles aren’t excessively big on the defensive line, but Thomas, a 300-pounder, will occasionally play DE to beef up the line. The linebacking corps here is fairly average, which means if Massillon’s offensive line can win in the trenches, Gamble and Robinson are good enough to carry for chunks. Massillon head coach Tom Stacy is trying to get his players to realize they have to play to the level they did against McKinley and St. Ignatius earlier in the year. If the Tigers can maintain a high level of play, they can win. St. Edward is every bit as good as McKinley, perhaps not as fast, but maybe more fundamentally sound. Both teams come in averaging about 35 points a game and allow about two TDs.
 
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#15 in SI's Power Rankings

St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio) (3-1)
Last Game: Defeated Springdale, 49-3, in the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge.

Notes: Senior defensive back Nate Oliver, who has committed to Ohio State, had a 46-yard punt return for a touchdown and returned an interception 26 yards for another score. Senior running back Frank Edmonds ran for 129 yards and three touchdowns on 18 carries, while junior quarterback Alex Sterba completed 6 of 8 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown. The Eagles will host No. 23 Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Fla.) on Saturday.
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St. Ed places football coach Gibbons on leave, sources say



Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Eddie Dwyer

Plain Dealer Reporter
St. Edward principal Eugene W. Boyer denied rumors Tuesday afternoon he has fired the school's head football coach, John Gibbons. But sources close to the school and its football program told The Plain Dealer on Tuesday night the veteran coach has been placed on paid administrative leave.
Boyer declined an interview request from his home Tuesday night. Gibbons has not returned calls from The Plain Dealer.
Sources, who requested anonymity, said the administrative leave stemmed from a heated exchange between Gibbons and one or two of his players after the then-nationally ranked Eagles' season came to an abrupt end Saturday night -- a 7-3 loss to Warren Harding in the Division I regional semifinals at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
Boyer emphasized all teachers at the Catholic school in Lakewood report to the principal. Only Boyer can fire a St. Edward coach.
Tuesday afternoon, a caller to WTAM AM/1100 said Gibbons had been fired and police had escorted him off school grounds.
St. Edward entered the Harding game ranked among the top 15 teams in the national polls and were the No. 1-ranked team in The Plain Dealer's Top 25 poll.
After 14 successful seasons as Lake Catholic's coach, a tenure that included Division III state championships in 1991 and 1992, Gibbons took over the St. Edward program in 1999. With his team finishing 9-2 this season, Gibbons' record at St. Edward stands at 81-22. His 2003 squad finished as the Division I state runner-up and the Eagles were Division I state semifinalists in 2005.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
[email protected], 216-999-5169
 
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[FONT=arial,sans-serif]St. Ed principal confirms placing Gibbons on administrative leave
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St. Edward principal Eugene Boyer confirmed Wednesday afternoon that he has placed football coach John Gibbons on administrative leave. An administrative review has begun, Boyer said, but there?s no timetable for when it will be completed.

Boyer would not address what caused him to reprimand his coach.

?I think I addressed that when I said I?m in the middle of a review and at the end I will have something to say,? Boyer said.

In a press release, Boyer said, ?I realize there is tremendous interest and much speculation on our situation. However, due to privacy considerations, I am unable to address specific allegations.

?There is no timetable for the completion of this review. When the review is completed, I will have an announcement. Until that time, I will have no further comment.?

Boyer is the only person conducting the review all decisions are his alone to make, he said.

Tuesday night, sources who requested anonymity said the administrative leave stemmed from a heated exchange between Gibbons and one or two of his players after the then-nationally ranked Eagles? season came to an abrupt end Saturday night ? a 7-3 loss to Warren Harding in a Division I regional semifinal at Cleveland Browns Stadium.

St. Edward entered the game ranked among the top 15 teams in the national polls and was the No. 1-ranked team in The Plain Dealer?s Top 25 poll.

Gibbons, who has not returned calls from The Plain Dealer, has coached at St. Edward since 1999. His record at St. Edward stands at 81-22, including a 9-2 mark this season. His 2003 squad finished as the Division I state runner-up and the Eagles were Division I state semifinalists in 2005.

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Cleveland Plain Dealer

St. Ed fires Gibbons


Saturday, January 13, 2007

Mike Peticca

Plain Dealer Reporter

St. Edward fired football coach John Gibbons on Friday, nearly two months after he was reinstated from a weeklong administrative leave.

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