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12A THE DAILY STANDARD, Celina, OhioThursday evening, October 9, 2014

By GARY R. RASBERRYgrasberry@dailystandard.com

Whentheareafootballschedulewasreleased, the October 10th matchupbetween Coldwater and Marion Localimmediately was circled on the calen-darasamust-seecontest. Now that the 62nd edition of thematchup is just a day away, the gamehas immensely more interest andanticipation. Bothteams,defendingstatechampi-onsfromaseasonago,bothtop-rankedintheirrespectivedivisions(ColdwaterinDivisionV,MarionLocalinDivisionVII)are6-0andsharetheMidwestAth-leticConferenceleadat4-0. MarionLocalcoachTimGoodwinisexcitedforthegame. “It’s easy to get (the players) readymentallytoplayagamelikethis,”Good-winsaid.“Weknewbothteamshadalotbackfromlastyearandfigureditwouldcome down to something similar likethis. You never know how it’s going tobe.It’sfunthatit’shere.” Coldwater coach Chip Otten is alsoready. “Itmakesitexciting.Itmakesitfun,”Ottensaidofthematchup.“(TheMAC)is on the line. We have three moregames(afterFriday),buttoputyourselfinthedriver’sseatwithoutalossmakes

itahugegame....Togetahomegame(inthe playoffs), we’d probably have to go10-0....That’scertainlyanincentive.” Coldwaterholdsa32-25-4advantageintheseries,buttheteamshavetradedwins over the last few years. Last sea-son, the Flyers jumped out to a blis-tering start and never looked back ina 47-14 stunner over the Cavaliers atBoosterField.Duetotheschedulerota-tion,theteamswillmeetagaininMariaStein. TheFlyersleadtheMACinscoring,averaging 45 points per game whileColdwaterisfourthintheleagueaver-aging29.3pointspergame. Defense has strengthend the teamsthis season. The Flyers have allowedjust9.17pointspergame.Coldwater isslightlybetterafterlastweek’s41-0winover Parkway, allowing 9.0 points pergame. TheweaponsMarionhasonoffenseareendless, startingwithquarterbackDustin(Doc)Rethman,whohasthrowntouchdowns on a clip of every threecompletions (16 touchdowns out of 48completions). Wide receiver Hunter Wilker has aratioofatouchdowneverytwocomple-tions,snagging24catchesfor649yardsand 13 touchdowns this season. Run-ningbackJacyGoettemoelleralsohas

been solid, rushing for 575 yards andeighttouchdowns. “That’saheckuvamatchup.Ourskillguys against their skill guys are bothreally good,” Otten said. “Offensively,they’rekindofsimliartous.Theyusealotofformationsandspreadthewealth.Wilker’s the guy who makes the bigplays, but Goettemoeller can certainlyrun.Ihaven’tseen (Rethman)run,butthey’veprobablygot(aquarterback-runplay) in there. ...Thebig tightend (6-7Ryan Bruns, with 16 catches for 263yards)wallspeopleoffandmakesgoodcatchesforfirstdowns. “The key is to prevent those longplays. Just from the three films wehave, they had 10-12 plays going for30-50yards.Thenyouthrowintheothergame. You have to try and prevent bigplaysandmakethemworktoearnthosetouchdowns.” ColdwaterwillcounterwithaoffenseledbyquarterbackBrodyHoying.Thereigning MAC and state Division VoffensiveplayeroftheyearhassnappedbackaftersufferingaleginjuryearlyintheWeekTwocontestwithBishopHart-ley,whichcausedhimtomissthegamewith Minster and limited him to tworushes—bothresultingintouchdowns—againstSt.Henry. The Eastern Michigan-bound Hoy-

ing, though, has been potent when onthe field, throwing for 536 yards andfour touchdowns and rushing for 387yardsand10touchdowns.Thereceivingoptions remain abundant, with DerekThobe (19 catches for 286 yards andthreetouchdowns),AaronHarlamert(17receptions,189yards,2TDs)andChris(Petey)Post(15receptions,162yards,2TDs along with 332 rushing yards andfour scores) joining Kraig Schoenherr(12catches,236yards,3TDs),whohasmissed several games with an injuryfromlastspring’sbaseballtitlerun. “Anytime you have a quarterbacklikethat,itaddsanextradimensiontoyouroffense,”Goodwinsaid.“Havingadynamic athlete like (Hoying) that heisatanyposition,thatwouldbesome-thinganyway.Atquarterback,it’seventougher. “They have weapons. That’s whatmakes teams (like Coldwater) good.You justcan’t stopBrody.Theyhaveawholeteam.Wehavetoplaygreatteamdefense.” Defensively, Goodwin calls Coldwa-ter the fastest defense his team willface. “They kind of look like some of theMarion defenses with smaller, quickkids (playing) now,” Goodwin said.

GOAL LINEThe Weekly Area High School Football Preview Section

Cavaliers, Flyers get ready for clash of championsIMPACT GAME OF THE WEEK

Booster Stadium,Maria Stein

Friday 7:30 p.m.

Vs.Marion Local(6-0, 4-0 MAC)

Coldwater(6-0, 4-0 MAC)

Jacy Goettemoeller, 13, leads Marion Local in rushing. The Flyers have scored 41 or more points in five of their six wins this season

Nick Wenning/The Daily StandardThe Coldwater defense has stymied opposing offenses this season, allowing an average of nine points per game this season with two shutouts.

Nick Wenning/The Daily Standard

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Van Wert at CelinaCelina Stadium

Last year: 55-19, Celina. The Bulldogs scored on their first five possessions en route to the win. Quarterback Caleb Hoyng com-pleted 14-of-22 passes for 150 yards and two TDs and added 97 yards rushing in just three quarters of work. AbouttheCougars:Van Wert has an over-all record of 2-4 and 2-3 in the Western Buck-eye League. ... The Cougars are 1-1 over their last two games, with a 31-28 win over Elida on Sept. 26 and a 15-14 loss to Bath last week. ... Bath rallied from 13 points down to defeat the Cougars. Cameron Jenkins’ two-yard run with less than a minute left sealed the win for Bath. ... Colin Smith rushed for 179 yards and scored both touchdowns last week for the Cougars. About the Bulldogs: Celi-na enters this week hoping to snap a two-game losing streak after setbacks against Wapakoneta and St. Marys. ... The Bulldogs are 3-3 over-all and 2-3 in the WBL. ... QB Caleb Hoyng has passed for 870 yards and is coming off a 70-yard passing day against the Roughriders. ... WR Sean Kirk ranks high among area receivers with 29 catches and 335 yards. ... The Bulldogs’ final four games come against teams with a combined 9-15 record. The only team left with a winning record is Kenton, a team Celina meets on the road in Week Nine.

Fort Recovery at MinsterMinster Memorial Field

Last year: 35-13, Minster. Quarterback Josh Nixon threw for 250 yards along with three touchdowns in the winning effort and Eli Wolf broke Minster’s all-time receiving record. The Wildcats outgained the Indians 404-128. AbouttheIndians:The Indians enter this week on a three-game winning streak. ... The Fort has outscored its last three opponents

(St. John’s, Parkway and New Bremen) 41.3-7.3. ... RB Cole Hull ended last week with 208 yards on 30 carries. ... Sophomore QB Caleb Martin passed for 153 yards against Bremen. ... It’s the first time the Indians have reached five wins since 2007. About the Wildcats: Minster enters on a two-game winning streak with victories over Versailles (34-19) and Delphos St. John’s (34-0). ... The Wildcats’ win in Delphos was their first there since 1995. ... QB Josh Nixon had four touchdown passes in last week’s win, which vaulted Minster to the top spot in Divi-sion VI, Region 22 playoff standings. ... WR Eli Wolf has 35 receptions for 665 yards to go along with eight touchdown catches. ... Evan Huelsman leads the defense with 46 tackles, two sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss.

Parkway at VersaillesH.B. Hole Field

Last year: 38-14, Versailles. The Tigers scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to pull away from the Pan-thers. Versailles’ victory snapped a two-game winning streak for Parkway. About the Panthers: Parkway enters the week at 0-6 and 0-4 in MAC play. ... The Panthers suffered a 41-0 loss to Coldwater last week. ... RB Sage Dugan had seven carries for 36 yards

in the setback. ... The Parkway passing attack was a combined 9-for-19 with 39 yards and two interceptions against Coldwater. ... The Panthers host St. John’s in Week 8 before playing at New Bremen the following week. About the Tigers: Versailles stopped St. Henry’s two-point conversion attempt to escape with a 14-13 win last week. ... QB Jared Nietkamp’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Zach Steinbrunner turned out to be the game win-ner. ... The Tigers enter the week at 4-2 after winning four out of their last five games. ... RB Colin Peters ran for 144 yards on 38 car-ries against St. Henry. ... Peters currently has 753 yards.

St. Henry at New BremenCardinal Stadium

Lastyear:21-7, St. Henry. The win started a three-game winning streak by the Redskins to end the season. About the Redskins: After starting the season 3-0, St. Henry has lost its last three to Coldwater, Marion Local and Versailles. ... RB Jesse Niekamp ran for 199 yards on 26 carries against Versailles. ... Niekamp has 808 yards and 11 touchdowns this season. AbouttheCardinals:New Bremen trailed Fort Recovery 14-7 just before half last week but the Indians finished off the game with several unanswered points for a 43-7 victory. ... The Cardinals enter the game without a victory on the season. ... QB Trey Naylor has passed for 833 yards this year. ... WR Greg Parker is one of the area leaders in yardage with more than 300 on the season. ... The Cardinals have scored 28 points over the last three games. ... Defense has allowed more than 40 each time during that stretch.

St. Marys at DefianceFred J. Brown Stadium

Last year: 27-23, Defiance. The Bulldogs outscored St. Marys 14-0 in the fourth quar-ter and got a late touchdown run from Will Batt to keep the Roughriders winless. AbouttheRoughriders: Freshman Bo Kue-nning’s 182 yards helped St. Marys past rival Celina last week. ... St. Marys snapped Celi-na’s two-game winning streak in the Battle of Grand Lake series. ... RB Isaac Fitzgerald ranks near the top of total points with 79, after a two touchdown performance against Celina. He also is the top rusher in the area with 882 yards. ... St. Marys ranks 13th in the Division III, Region 10 playoff standings. ... The last four weeks will be telling for St. Marys. After Defiance, St. Marys plays unbeaten Wapakoneta, 5-1 Ottawa-Glandorf and Van Wert. About the Bulldogs: The Bulldogs are 0-6 overall. ... Defiance has been outscored 121-14 in three straight losses to Celina, O-G and Wapakoneta. ... During the first three weeks of the season, Defiance averaged 34.6 points per game.

Two Minute

Drill

Area Preview Capsules

Players of the Week

Cole Hull, RBFort Recovery

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30 carries for 208 yards and four

touchdowns in the Indians’ 43-7

win over New Bremen.

OFFENSE DEFENSE

Jacob Kunkler, LB Marion Local

———Eight tackles, 23-yard intercep-tion return for touchdown in the Flyers’ 41-14 win over Anna.

MACStandings

MAC OverallColdwater 4-0 6-0Marion Local 4-0 6-0Fort Recovery 3-1 5-1Versailles 3-1 4-2Minster 2-2 4-2Anna 2-2 3-3St. Henry 1-3 3-3St. John’s 1-3 3-3New Bremen 0-4 0-6Parkway 0-4 0-6

Friday’sGames Coldwater at Marion Local Fort Recovery at Minster St. Henry at New Bremen Parkway at VersaillesSaturday’sGame Anna at St. John’s

WBLStandings

WBL OverallWapakoneta 5-0 6-0Ottawa-Glandorf 4-1 5-1Kenton 4-1 4-2Bath 3-2 3-3Celina 2-3 3-3St. Marys 2-3 3-3Shawnee 2-3 2-4Van Wert 2-3 2-4Elida 2-3 2-4Defiance 0-5 0-6

Friday’sGames Van Wert at Celina St. Marys at Defiance Bath at Shawnee O-G at Wapakoneta Elida at Kenton

Local Football LeaderboardSCORINGPlayer TD C XP FG TPHunter Wilker, ML 14 0 0 0 84Cole Hull, FR 13 1 0 0 80Isaac Fitzgerald, SM 13 0 0 0 78Jacy Goettemoeller, ML 12 0 0 0 72Jesse Niekamp, SH 12 0 0 0 72Brody Hoying, CW 10 1 0 0 62Eli Wolf, MIN 10 0 0 0 60Christiaan Williams, A 9 2 0 0 58Kyle Schroer, FR 7 0 0 0 42Nick Martz, DSJ 7 0 0 0 42Zach Steinbrunner, V 3 0 12 4 42

RUSHINGPlayer Car. Yds. Avg. TDIsaac Fitzgerald, SM 155 879 5.7 12Jesse Niekamp, SH 97 812 8.4 11Cole Hull, FR 108 751 7.0 11Colin Peters, V 155 751 4.8 4Christiaan Williams, A 117 661 5.6 7Nick Martz, DSJ 107 608 5.7 7Jacy Goettemoeller, ML 55 575 10.5 8Eric Spicer, SM 59 498 8.4 4Garett Winget, CEL 74 395 5.3 5Brody Hoying, CW 53 387 7.3 10

RECEIVINGPlayer Rec. Yds. Avg. TDEli Wolf, MIN 35 665 19.0 8Hunter Wilker, ML 24 649 27.0 13Grant Glover, A 25 409 16.4 2Wes Wenning, FR 25 360 14.4 4Bryce Schmiesing, MIN 29 344 11.9 4Sean Kirk, CEL 29 335 11.6 2Nick Gusching, NB 16 328 20.5 2Greg Parker, NB 19 298 15.7 1Derek Thobe, CW 19 286 15.1 3Ryan Bruns, ML 16 263 16.4 3

TACKLESPlayer TTC.J. Seibert, CW 69Frank Townsend, CEL 64

Wes Showalter, A 60Alex Schoen, FR 59Jaiden Heitkamp, SM 57Nate Langenkamp, SH 54Kevin Flaugher, P 53Sage Dugan, P 53Chase Roop, SM 52Evan Schoen, FR 52

SACKSPlayer SacksMitch Clune, CW 6Nick Clune, CW 6Spencer Knous, SM 6Frank Townsend, CEL 6Zack Marks, CEL 5.5Blake Benton, ML 5Peter Ranly, MIN 5Mitch Fullenkamp, CW 5Dillon Lininger, SM 4Kegan Klinger, SM 4

INTERCEPTIONSPlayer Int.Evan Hays, DSJ 4Carter Huelskamp, A 3Jace Barga, V 3Sean Kirk, CEL 3

FUMBLERECOVERYPlayer FRSpencer Chilcoat, CEL 2Connor Rioch, A 2Chad Stoner, MIN 2Eli Wolf, MIN 2Adam Lyons, V 2Nick Gusching, NB 2Mitch Stammen, FR 2Sage Dugan, P 2

PUNTSPlayer Att. Avg.Ryan Bruns, ML 6 39.0Zach Steinbrunner, V 29 38.4Isaac Fitzgerald, SM 12 38.0Mitchel Stammen, SH 25 37.0Caleb Hoyng, CEL 26 36.1Peter Ranly, MIN 22 35.0Luke Albers, A 14 34.4Darien Sheffer, FR 15 33.7Kyle McKibben, CW 21 32.8Deven Haggard, DSJ 28 32.4Nick Gusching, NB 18 31.4Cody Coffman, P 23 28.7

TDSQUARTERBACKEFFICIENCYPlayer Comp. Att. Pct. Yds. TD/Int. Efficiency* Dustin Rethman, Marion Local 48 74 64.9 1068 16/2 252.04 Brody Hoying, Coldwater 36 56 64.3 536 4/1 164.69 Josh Nixon, Minster 89 170 52.4 1339 18/5 147.57 Dustin Howell, St. Marys 38 58 65.5 467 3/2 143.32 Jack Hemmelgarn, Coldwater 47 78 60.3 574 5/0 143.23 Caleb Martin, Fort Recovery 71 115 61.7 918 8/6 141.31 Ryan Counts, Anna 48 89 53.9 751 7/5 139.53 Jared Niekamp, Versailles 29 68 42.7 552 7/4 133.04 Caleb Hoyng, Celina 73 119 61.3 870 6/6 129.31 Mitchel Stammen, St. Henry 57 104 54.8 569 8/3 120.38 Trey Naylor, New Bremen 55 115 47.8 827 5/9 106.93 Nick Martz, Delphos St. John’s 44 97 45.4 487 6/3 101.76 Hayden Abromavich, Parkway 28 61 45.9 264 1/5 66.72 Justin Barna, Parkway 31 71 43.7 264 1/7 59.83

“They don’t have much size on defense, but they get to the ball extremely well. They’ve got a cou-ple dynamic kids. Mitch Fullen-kamp (48 tackles, five sacks) jumps out at you, then C.J. Seibert (69 tackles, five tackles for loss) jumps out at you, then you have Brody (24 tackles) and he jumps out at you. They’re very strong up the middle defensively.” The Flyers’ defense led by linebackers Joe Schwieterman (45 tackles, two sacks) and reining Division VII defensive player of the year Jacob Kunkler (44 tack-les, one interception return for touchdown). Otten sees a lot of similarities between the two teams’ defenses. “They all can run. They’re just fast (running) kids,” Otten said. “They maybe only have two kids over 200 pounds on defense. They’re like our guys. They all can run and are really well coached. They blitz a lot, but behind (the blitz), they know where the receiv-ers are. ... They play the right zones. They play the right man (defenses).

They rarely make a mistake and leave someone uncovered. It’s a great challenge.” As for intangibles, Goodwin knows that keeping turnovers to a minimum is a key. The Flyers have had struggles in the give-away-takeaway ratio, currently standing at minus-4. The Cava-liers are plus-3 in the turnover department. “You can look at our game last year. We weren’t that many points better than they were last year, but turnovers were a huge part of that game,” Goodwin said, a refer-ence to two Coldwater turnovers resulting in touchdowns in last season’s game. “We haven’t done well in the turnover margin this year, so that’s a big concern of ours.” Otten’s key is to make sure his offense gets positive yardage each play. “We have to try and eliminate the negative plays,” Otten said. “Marion is so good at getting sacks and tackles for loss. You’ve got to make positive yardage and keep out of those second-and-long and third-and-long situations.”

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