High school football: The Chronicle-Telegram Top 10
The Chronicle-Telegram Staff
The Chronicle-Telegram Top 10 is voted on weekly by the five full-time sports staffers. Ten points are awarded to first-place teams, nine for second, eight for third and so forth.
1. Avon Lake
RECORD: 1-0
POLL POINTS: 50 (5*)
BREAKDOWN: The Shoremen have been the definition of dominance when it comes to area football over the past decade or so.
Avon Lake fans weren’t disappointed as the team got off to a good start with a 38-26 road win over Maple Heights last week.
NEXT UP: Tonight vs. Dover
2. Amherst
RECORD: 1-0
POLL POINTS: 43
BREAKDOWN: The Comets put up 52 points against Elyria in its season-opening victory. But they also gave up 34 points to the Pioneers.
NEXT UP: Tonight vs. Midview
3. Elyria Catholic
RECORD: 1-0
POLL POINTS: 29
BREAKDOWN: The Panthers made it to the playoffs last season, and began this year with a 42-14 win over Cleveland East.
NEXT UP: Tonight at Southview
4. Avon
RECORD: 1-0
POLL POINTS: 23
BREAKDOWN: The Eagles picked up a
last-second
27-24 win over Aurora on prime-time television last Thursday.
NEXT UP: Tonight vs. Wellington
5. Admiral King
RECORD: 1-0
POLL POINTS: 22
BREAKDOWN: The Admirals avenged a loss from last season with a 30-21 win over Toledo Start.
NEXT UP: Saturday vs. Toledo Scott
6. Olmsted Falls
RECORD: 0-1
POLL POINTS: 20
BREAKDOWN: The Bulldogs debut in the bottom six after a 17-14 loss to Toledo St. Francis de Sales last weekend.
NEXT UP: Tonight vs. Clyde
7. Midview
RECORD: 1-0
POLL POINTS: 19
BREAKDOWN: The Middies kept Warrensville Heights from rolling up the points in an 8-7 win — snapping a six-game win streak for the Tigers.
NEXT UP: Tonight at Amherst
8. Clearview
RECORD: 1-0
POLL POINTS: 18
BREAKDOWN: The Clippers welcomed Margaretta to their schedule by handing the Polar Bears a 37-14 defeat.
NEXT UP: Tonight vs. Vermilion
9. North Olmsted
RECORD: 1-0
POLL POINTS: 17
BREAKDOWN: Eagle Jordan Hoppel scored three times in a 27-6 win over Valley Forge.
NEXT UP: Tonight vs. Padua
10. Lutheran West
RECORD: 1-0
POLL POINTS: 11
BREAKDOWN: Longhorns quarterback Paul Fackler threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more.
NEXT UP: Tonight vs. Hawken
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Keystone 10, Westlake 7, Oberlin 5, Wellington 1.
* — First-place votes.
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Filed by The Chronicle-Telegram Staff August 29th, 2008 in Sports. Popularity: 13% |
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Comment from
bennie blanco
August 29, 2008, 5:45 am
KEYSTONE. Gimme a break, they have had what one winning season in the last 30 years.
Comment from
Chris
August 29, 2008, 7:54 am
Times are changing Bennie, you might end up eating those words. 
Comment from
LorainCountySportsNetwork
August 29, 2008, 9:46 am
Keystone Went 8-2 last year and there pretty solid again this year.. I have to agree with Ben and Chris.
Comment from
BEN DOVER
August 29, 2008, 1:49 pm
Bennie, Bennie Bennie….Obviously you don’t follow sports too closely. A winning season would be anything over 500 wouldn’t it? So your sayin they have been over 500 only once in the last 30 years, I know when I played we were over that and it wasn’t 30 years ago.
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