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RB Daniel "Boom" Herron (Official Thread)

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crazybuckfan40;658876; said:
Word is that Danny was playing with an injury earlier in the season and that might of slowed him some...
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It's true. I don't post injury reports, plus I didn't want to make excuses for him. Boom has shown a lot of heart this season, and he's not finished yet. Time to get ready for Mentor.
 
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St. Edward, which came up empty on two other first-half opportunities deep in Raiders territory, couldn't stop Herron, an Ohio State recruit as a tailback, or the versatile Glover, the game's MVP, from helping Harding eat up most of the third quarter in the scoreless second half.
Although the Raiders' 18-play, eight-plus-minute march stalled at the Eagles' 9, it boosted the confidence of the team from the Steel Valley Conference.
After Harding stopped the Eagles 6 yards short of the end zone on a fourth-and-goal from the 10 with 3:14 left, Davis came up with his interception at the Raiders' 17 with 2:54 to go.
From there, St. Edward, as Eagles coach John Gibbons emphasized, did nothing fancy. It went right at Harding on the ground, only to come up short again as standout senior tailback Frank Edmonds was stopped more than a yard short of a first down on a fourth-and-3 from the 10.
"We play next week, that's what I'm most proud of," said Glover, who also excelled on defense. "The MVP could have gone to any of my teammates."
 
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By: Bill Tilton, [email protected]
11/18/2006
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Mentor wins first regional football championship in school history

MASSILLON - The team many thought would struggle with a murderous nonconference schedule in August and September is now the team that has gone further into the calendar than any Mentor team before it.
The red-hot Cardinals are four quarters away from playing in the first weekend of December.
After five previous regional runner-up awards, Mentor is bringing the championship trophy back to Lake County.
Led by a host of heroes on offense and defense, the Cardinals shook off years of elite eight frustration and shook off Warren G. Harding with a 34-24 win in front 3,732 fans at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon on Friday.
Mentor advanced to a state semifinal for the first time in school history, and will play Canton McKinley next Saturday at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium.
"This is the best feeling in the world to come out in the biggest game of the year and get over that 0-5 hump," said senior linebacker Adam Mayse, referring to the program's previous losses in regional finals. "We worked all week for this, and everybody did their job."
Senior wide receiver Brandon James certainly did his job with three catches for 60 yards and two key touchdown catches.
James said afterward that being a team that was a little overlooked at the start of the year unlike some other recent Mentor teams makes the victory that much more special.
"This is just an amazing experience," James said. "We were the underdogs at the beginning of the year, and we just have had to prove everyone wrong. I think if we stick together and play as a team, we can play with anyone."
Harding (9-4) found out Mentor's ability to play with anyone during an impressive stretch that closed the first half and opened the second.
With the Raiders leading, 10-6, and threatening to add more, the Cardinals' defense forced a field-goal attempt, which was short with 2:13 remaining in the second quarter.
Mentor junior quarterback Bart Tanski efficiently and impressively marched the Cardinals down the field with time winding down in the opening half, hitting 5 of 5 pass attempts on the drive.
Tanski's final pass of the drive was hauled in by James for the go-ahead 4-yard touchdown. Kevin Harper's extra point gave Mentor a 13-10 lead heading to the locker room at halftime.
"That play before the half pumped us up and really gave us momentum the rest of the game," said Tanski, who had 281 total yards and threw for three scores. "I like to keep my cool out there and not show that much excitement, but this is a great feeling right now."
The Cardinals felt even better about things just four minutes into the third quarter. Senior running back Bill Deitmen, who rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries to outgain Ohio State recruit Dan Herron (117 yards) from Harding, finished off a 12-play drive with a 4-yard TD to give Mentor a 20-10 edge.
In a little more than 6 minutes, the Cardinals turned a 10-6 deficit into a double-digit lead.
"It's two weeks in a row we have scored right before the half, and that was huge again tonight," Mentor coach Steve Trivisonno said. "I thought the offense controlled the tempo most of the game, and that was key for us. And the defense did a nice job with two big-time runners like (Harding) has."
To get to the final four, Mentor had to hold off a 1-yard TD run by Raiders senior Sidney Glover (Indiana recruit) and some shaky special teams coverage - including an 80-yard kickoff return by Chris Rucker - but the offense was more than up to the task.
Glover's 1-yard plunge in the third quarter cut the Cardinals' lead down to 20-17, but Tanski and company responded quickly. On third-and-12 from the Harding 44, Tanski hit James on a skinny post, and the three-year starter did the rest, scoring a critical touchdown with seven seconds left in the quarter, and pushing the advantage back out to 10 points.
A 5-yard TD pass from Tanski to Tyler Schutz on fourth down midway through the fourth quarter put the game away and started a celebration the Mentor fans had never experienced before.
"We finally got that monkey off our back," Trivisonno said. "To get to the final four is something we haven't done before, and it is great for these kids and these fans."



?The News-Herald 2006
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