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OSU Bound Brandon Saine has Great Wheels
Brandon Saine had a good game. I didn't see this one but from the newpaper brief article, it sounds like they shutdown the Hemm to Collier passing threat. Any one see this one?
Brandon Saine had a good game. I didn't see this one but from the newpaper brief article, it sounds like they shutdown the Hemm to Collier passing threat. Any one see this one?
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Piqua's big plays trip Turpin, 22-9
Hemm's fourth-down play sets up a TD run by Saine, locking up a spot for the Indians in the D-II title game.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
Saturday, November 25, 2006
DAYTON ? The Piqua High School football team made the big plays to take a lead on Cincinnati Turpin on Friday night at Welcome Stadium.
Ahead by six points with a fourth-and-1 at midfield with four minutes left in the Division II state semifinal, the Indians faced a decision.
"It's one of those things where sometimes you've just got to take a shot at it," Piqua coach Bill Nees said. "If we punt, then we're looking at playing defensive. It just got to the point where we had a little bit of momentum, we might as well use it. It worked pretty well."
Quarterback Justin Hemm got the needed one yard. On the next play, tailback Brandon Saine brought the estimated 9,500 fans to their feet with a 52-yard touchdown run.
That iced Piqua's 22-9 win, sending the Indians to their second state title game.
At 7 p.m. Friday at Massillon's Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, Piqua (12-2) faces Pickerington Central (13-1), which defeated Macedonia Nordonia, 7-3.
"We always have confidence in each other," said Saine, who unofficially had 128 yards and two scores on 25 carries. "We knew we would be able do it.
"It's a great opportunity (at state). I can't wait to get there."
Turpin (12-2) led 6-3 at halftime as Jay Triggs scored on the Spartans' first drive.
Piqua had three trips to Turpin's 10-yard line but only got a Wes Reed 25-yard field goal, a fumble and an interception.
Led by Dustin Snyder, Pete Rolf and Phillip Collier, Piqua's defense made Turpin punt on its first drive in the third quarter.
A 16-play, 88-yard drive ? including a 30-yard gain on a shovel pass to Collier ? was capped by Saine's 3-yard dive.
Collier then picked off Turpin's Ryan Martin, returning it 58 yards for a touchdown.
"I think I got a few key blocks, and there was nobody down there," Collier said. "So I wanted to score."
Despite a 45-yard gain by Andy Cruse (six catches, 118 yards), Turpin only got a field goal to get within 15-9.
Hemm's and Saine's heroics put Piqua in its first title game since 2000.
"It feels great to be going to the championship," Collier said. "Your senior year, this is what you want to do. We want to go out and win it."
Piqua's big plays trip Turpin, 22-9
Hemm's fourth-down play sets up a TD run by Saine, locking up a spot for the Indians in the D-II title game.
By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer
Saturday, November 25, 2006
DAYTON ? The Piqua High School football team made the big plays to take a lead on Cincinnati Turpin on Friday night at Welcome Stadium.
Ahead by six points with a fourth-and-1 at midfield with four minutes left in the Division II state semifinal, the Indians faced a decision.
"It's one of those things where sometimes you've just got to take a shot at it," Piqua coach Bill Nees said. "If we punt, then we're looking at playing defensive. It just got to the point where we had a little bit of momentum, we might as well use it. It worked pretty well."
Quarterback Justin Hemm got the needed one yard. On the next play, tailback Brandon Saine brought the estimated 9,500 fans to their feet with a 52-yard touchdown run.
That iced Piqua's 22-9 win, sending the Indians to their second state title game.
At 7 p.m. Friday at Massillon's Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, Piqua (12-2) faces Pickerington Central (13-1), which defeated Macedonia Nordonia, 7-3.
"We always have confidence in each other," said Saine, who unofficially had 128 yards and two scores on 25 carries. "We knew we would be able do it.
"It's a great opportunity (at state). I can't wait to get there."
Turpin (12-2) led 6-3 at halftime as Jay Triggs scored on the Spartans' first drive.
Piqua had three trips to Turpin's 10-yard line but only got a Wes Reed 25-yard field goal, a fumble and an interception.
Led by Dustin Snyder, Pete Rolf and Phillip Collier, Piqua's defense made Turpin punt on its first drive in the third quarter.
A 16-play, 88-yard drive ? including a 30-yard gain on a shovel pass to Collier ? was capped by Saine's 3-yard dive.
Collier then picked off Turpin's Ryan Martin, returning it 58 yards for a touchdown.
"I think I got a few key blocks, and there was nobody down there," Collier said. "So I wanted to score."
Despite a 45-yard gain by Andy Cruse (six catches, 118 yards), Turpin only got a field goal to get within 15-9.
Hemm's and Saine's heroics put Piqua in its first title game since 2000.
"It feels great to be going to the championship," Collier said. "Your senior year, this is what you want to do. We want to go out and win it."
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Yea, we couldn't hook up to Collier much in the first half last night. In the second half we used Brandon as our threat and it messed with Turpin's defense. He had two great TD's, and this got us to state! Were going to Massillon next week!
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Two from area get top honor
Morgan Williams of Canton McKinley, Jordan Mabin of Nordonia among offensive players of the year
By Rusty Miller
Associated Press
COLUMBUS - Two backs who rushed for more than 2,000 yards this season, Canton McKinley's Morgan Williams in Division I and Piqua's Brandon Saine in Division II, are among the top honorees on the 2006 Associated Press Division I and II All-Ohio high school football teams.
Williams, a 6-foot, 190-pound senior, was selected Monday as the offensive player of the year in the big-school division based on the recommendations of a state panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
The defensive players of the year in the division are Cincinnati Colerain back Eugene Clifford and Cleveland Glenville linebacker Bruce Davis.
The Division I coaches of the year are Jeff Jones of Galloway Westland, Fremont Ross' Derek Kidwell and Matt Jordan of Painesville Riverside. Kidwell is a former AP Mr. Football winner in Ohio.
Saine, an Ohio State signee along with Clifford, shared the Division II offensive player-of-the-year honors with Pickerington Central quarterback Chazz Anderson and Nordonia running back Jordan Mabin.
Anderson, who will play for Cincinnati next season, and Saine will be on opposing sides when Pickerington Central (13-1) meets Piqua (12-2) in the state championship game Friday night at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon.
Mayfield's Sam Fikaris, a 6-3, 280-pound senior lineman, was selected as the defensive player of the year in Division II.
The coaches of the year are Ashland's Scott Valentine and East Cleveland Shaw's Rodney Brown.
Williams has topped 2,000 yards the past two seasons and has more than 5,000 rushing yards in his career. Clifford totaled 100 tackles and had seven interceptions for Colerain.
Davis was everywhere for Glenville's Tarblooders, with 117 tackles, including 56 solos, an interception, two fumbles caused, one recovered and three sacks.
Jones guided Westland to a 7-3 mark -- its first winning season since 1994 -- and its first trip to the playoffs after going 1-9 in 2005. Kidwell took over at Ross three years ago with the school 1-19 in its previous two seasons; since then, he has put together seasons of 4-6, 5-5 and, this year, 10-0.
Riverside had gone 2-8 four consecutive seasons before Jordan led the school to a 4-6 record a year ago and then a 7-3 record this season, which included a trip to the playoffs.
Saine has 30 touchdowns rushing this season, and five more on defense.
During the regular season, Anderson completed 110-of-181 passes for 1,562 yards and 18 touchdowns and ran for 500 yards.
Mabin, who will play at Northwestern next year, carried 204 times for 1,757 yards and 21 touchdowns.
Fikaris was a two-way lineman who had 16 tackles for a loss and seven sacks, caused two fumbles and batted down two passes on defense.
Valentine led Ashland to a 10-0 mark and its first AP poll championship, while Brown took over a team that had gone 3-27 the previous three years and went 8-2, taking Shaw to the playoffs for the first time in 13 years.
Two from area get top honor
Morgan Williams of Canton McKinley, Jordan Mabin of Nordonia among offensive players of the year
By Rusty Miller
Associated Press
COLUMBUS - Two backs who rushed for more than 2,000 yards this season, Canton McKinley's Morgan Williams in Division I and Piqua's Brandon Saine in Division II, are among the top honorees on the 2006 Associated Press Division I and II All-Ohio high school football teams.
Williams, a 6-foot, 190-pound senior, was selected Monday as the offensive player of the year in the big-school division based on the recommendations of a state panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
The defensive players of the year in the division are Cincinnati Colerain back Eugene Clifford and Cleveland Glenville linebacker Bruce Davis.
The Division I coaches of the year are Jeff Jones of Galloway Westland, Fremont Ross' Derek Kidwell and Matt Jordan of Painesville Riverside. Kidwell is a former AP Mr. Football winner in Ohio.
Saine, an Ohio State signee along with Clifford, shared the Division II offensive player-of-the-year honors with Pickerington Central quarterback Chazz Anderson and Nordonia running back Jordan Mabin.
Anderson, who will play for Cincinnati next season, and Saine will be on opposing sides when Pickerington Central (13-1) meets Piqua (12-2) in the state championship game Friday night at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon.
Mayfield's Sam Fikaris, a 6-3, 280-pound senior lineman, was selected as the defensive player of the year in Division II.
The coaches of the year are Ashland's Scott Valentine and East Cleveland Shaw's Rodney Brown.
Williams has topped 2,000 yards the past two seasons and has more than 5,000 rushing yards in his career. Clifford totaled 100 tackles and had seven interceptions for Colerain.
Davis was everywhere for Glenville's Tarblooders, with 117 tackles, including 56 solos, an interception, two fumbles caused, one recovered and three sacks.
Jones guided Westland to a 7-3 mark -- its first winning season since 1994 -- and its first trip to the playoffs after going 1-9 in 2005. Kidwell took over at Ross three years ago with the school 1-19 in its previous two seasons; since then, he has put together seasons of 4-6, 5-5 and, this year, 10-0.
Riverside had gone 2-8 four consecutive seasons before Jordan led the school to a 4-6 record a year ago and then a 7-3 record this season, which included a trip to the playoffs.
Saine has 30 touchdowns rushing this season, and five more on defense.
During the regular season, Anderson completed 110-of-181 passes for 1,562 yards and 18 touchdowns and ran for 500 yards.
Mabin, who will play at Northwestern next year, carried 204 times for 1,757 yards and 21 touchdowns.
Fikaris was a two-way lineman who had 16 tackles for a loss and seven sacks, caused two fumbles and batted down two passes on defense.
Valentine led Ashland to a 10-0 mark and its first AP poll championship, while Brown took over a team that had gone 3-27 the previous three years and went 8-2, taking Shaw to the playoffs for the first time in 13 years.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bachman, Piqua searching for a title[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BY JIM SABIN - Nov. 29, 2006[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Duane Bachman spent a lifetime as an educator.
The 1954 graduate of Minster High School was the principal at Cairo Elementary, Bath Junior High School and Bath High School. He took the superintendent position at Bath for two years before moving to Piqua, where he was the superintendent from 1975 until April 1992.
It was after he decided to step down from his position at Piqua that his second career began.
In August 1991, he was at WPTW-AM recording some public service announcements when he was asked to handle play-by-play duties for Piqua High School football. He didn?t have any training in broadcasting, but that didn?t matter.
?I?ve always been a sports nut. I have never been a good athlete, but I?ve always been around sports,? Bachman said. ?It (the radio work) doesn?t pay much, but I love it.?
Bachman wasn?t much of an athlete, but his ties with the Piqua football program run deep. The Indians head coach, Bill Nees, was hired by Bachman as an assistant in the mid-1980?s.
When Steve Magoteaux retired in 1991, Nees, who is a graduate of Lima Central Catholic, was Bachman?s first and only choice as the replacement.
?Our kids are extremely well coached. I?ve said it before, and I?ll say it again ? we are sometimes outplayed, but we are never outcoached,? Bachman said. ?I hope we can keep him here forever.?
Bachman has seen his fair share of quality players, as well. In recent years, Piqua graduates Matt Finkes and Quinn Pitcock have gone on to successful careers at Ohio State.
Brandon Saine, the Indians star running back, joins them next year when he becomes a Buckeye.
?Brandon Saine is outstanding,? Bachman said. ?Not only is he a great athlete, he?s a great person, a great student and a wonderful human being. That?s why all of the colleges chased him before he settled on Ohio State.?
Piqua football is rich in tradition. The Indians have won 616 games since their first season in 1899. And the community has suppored all of those wins, as well as the losses.
In the state semifinal game against Cincinnati Turpin, when Bachman arrived at Dayton Welcome Stadium, there were already 500 Piqua fans waiting for the gates to open at 5 p.m.
He estimated there were 3,000 Piqua fans in the stands before Turpin had 150.?It?s always been a football community. They love their football,? Bachman said. ?They?ve always been very supportive.?
And this Friday, Bachman will travel to Massillon to broadcast the Indians in the Division II state championship. A win over Pickerington Central would give Piqua its first state title.
The Indians made it to the finals in 2000, but fell to Olmsted Falls, 21-0. Bachman said a win Friday would be the, ?ultimate dream of anyone that has followed Piqua sports or have been involved with Piqua sports.?
You get the idea that it might mean even more to Bachman.
?I?m 70 years old. I?m not going to be broadcasting that much longer. I would have to say this would be the culmination,? Bachman said. ?I?m looking at the ring I got back in 2000 as a broadcaster. I would like to get another one that doesn?t say ?runners up.?? [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bachman, Piqua searching for a title[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BY JIM SABIN - Nov. 29, 2006[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Duane Bachman spent a lifetime as an educator.
The 1954 graduate of Minster High School was the principal at Cairo Elementary, Bath Junior High School and Bath High School. He took the superintendent position at Bath for two years before moving to Piqua, where he was the superintendent from 1975 until April 1992.
It was after he decided to step down from his position at Piqua that his second career began.
In August 1991, he was at WPTW-AM recording some public service announcements when he was asked to handle play-by-play duties for Piqua High School football. He didn?t have any training in broadcasting, but that didn?t matter.
?I?ve always been a sports nut. I have never been a good athlete, but I?ve always been around sports,? Bachman said. ?It (the radio work) doesn?t pay much, but I love it.?
Bachman wasn?t much of an athlete, but his ties with the Piqua football program run deep. The Indians head coach, Bill Nees, was hired by Bachman as an assistant in the mid-1980?s.
When Steve Magoteaux retired in 1991, Nees, who is a graduate of Lima Central Catholic, was Bachman?s first and only choice as the replacement.
?Our kids are extremely well coached. I?ve said it before, and I?ll say it again ? we are sometimes outplayed, but we are never outcoached,? Bachman said. ?I hope we can keep him here forever.?
Bachman has seen his fair share of quality players, as well. In recent years, Piqua graduates Matt Finkes and Quinn Pitcock have gone on to successful careers at Ohio State.
Brandon Saine, the Indians star running back, joins them next year when he becomes a Buckeye.
?Brandon Saine is outstanding,? Bachman said. ?Not only is he a great athlete, he?s a great person, a great student and a wonderful human being. That?s why all of the colleges chased him before he settled on Ohio State.?
Piqua football is rich in tradition. The Indians have won 616 games since their first season in 1899. And the community has suppored all of those wins, as well as the losses.
In the state semifinal game against Cincinnati Turpin, when Bachman arrived at Dayton Welcome Stadium, there were already 500 Piqua fans waiting for the gates to open at 5 p.m.
He estimated there were 3,000 Piqua fans in the stands before Turpin had 150.?It?s always been a football community. They love their football,? Bachman said. ?They?ve always been very supportive.?
And this Friday, Bachman will travel to Massillon to broadcast the Indians in the Division II state championship. A win over Pickerington Central would give Piqua its first state title.
The Indians made it to the finals in 2000, but fell to Olmsted Falls, 21-0. Bachman said a win Friday would be the, ?ultimate dream of anyone that has followed Piqua sports or have been involved with Piqua sports.?
You get the idea that it might mean even more to Bachman.
?I?m 70 years old. I?m not going to be broadcasting that much longer. I would have to say this would be the culmination,? Bachman said. ?I?m looking at the ring I got back in 2000 as a broadcaster. I would like to get another one that doesn?t say ?runners up.?? [/FONT]
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Vote for Brandon as national high school player of the year.
http://www.nextlevelfootballonline.com/Webpolls.html
http://www.nextlevelfootballonline.com/Webpolls.html
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Defense still wins Championships
Mr. Football!
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[FONT=arial,sans-serif]OSU recruit Saine wins Mr. Football award
6:39 p.m.
Piqua senior running back Brandon Saine won the 2006 Mr. Football Award, the Associated Press announced Thursday night.
Nordonia running back Jordan Mabin and Olmsted Falls quarterback Tyler Sparks were among the finalists for the award, which goes to the state?s best high school football player following a vote by a statewide media panel.
Saine, an Ohio State recruit, has amassed 2,035 yards rushing and 35 touchdowns to lead Piqua into Friday?s Division II state championship game. Saine (6-1, 219) also had 19 receptions for 345 yards and five TDs.
Other finalists were Cincinnati Colerain defensive back Eugene Clifford, Toledo Central Catholic wide receiver/defensive back Dane Sanzenbacher, Steubenville quarterback Zach Collaros, Johnstown-Monroe running back Marcus Hendren and Galloway Westland quarterback Kasey Wendal.[/FONT]
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Congrats to Brandon, and Piqua Football for that matter. Very nice award for someone from "our" neck of the woods. 
And great that it went to a Buckeye. 
:osu:
And great that it went to a Buckeye. :osu:
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