Farris joins future teammates in North-South game (with video)
Published: Saturday, April 23, 2011
By JOHN KAMPF
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COLUMBUS - To Chase Farris it was a sign of things to come.
Just hopefully with better results.
For most of Friday's North-South Classic football game at Ohio Stadium, Farris lined up at one defensive end position with Canton McKinley product Steve Miller at the other.
In a few short months, both Farris (Elyria) and Miller will be playing those same positions for Ohio State.
Farris and his North teammates came up on the short end of a 25-7 score against South on Friday. But the experience stoked Farris' fire heading into August's camp with the Buckeyes.
"I'm really looking forward to it," Farris said of his arrival to campus as a member of the Buckeyes. "I want to get on that (lifting) program and see how my body reacts to it."
As for playing defensive end across from Miller down the road for OSU, Farris said, "Hopefully we do."
Despite the star-studded defense that included three Ohio State recruits (including defensive back Doran Grant from Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary), North struggled to stop South's offense.
South outgained North, 298-260, including a whopping 230 yards rushing.
"As far as preparation goes, we couldn't really do much," Farris said. "We had to stay in certain (defensive) sets.
"Basically, I speed-rushed and just tried to take what I could get."