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Well hopefully you are all correct and I believe you are, in that Clay will win this one. But you never know, it's win or go home and you can't underestimate anyone. Chesapeake could squeeze in an early goal and just pack the box in and have their whole team behind the ball. So Clay still needs to c...

Disappointing result but I would have to disagree with you rocky on the fact of playing balls over the top. If you can play the ball on the ground, on any field, then you should. But with smaller fields, I don't see anyone on Clay's team that can put the right spin on the ball to make it catch and s...

Don't think for a second these guys don't hold grudges, they are human. I saw a guy couple of years ago at New Boston walk over to the fence and yell "you people are idiots" up at the stands. Saw another one who kept telling the opponents they were offsides during the game until the other...

That's usually the case but when I last spoke with Clay's principal he hadn't mentioned anything about having to raze the buildings or not.

Clay's field can be rough at times. I remember playing on it but after a while it definitely helped with my touch on the ball. I was hoping they would put money into the proposed budget for the new schools but I've been told they were unable to. IMO they should tear down Rubyville Elementary and put...

For the Burg/Clay game, it is the officials job to say whether or not the field is safe to play on, and if it's safe enough to play on then let the kids play! I've never heard of an official to say not to slide tackle because the ground is too hard. Slide tackling is an element to the game and if yo...

Sounds like a good game between Clay and St. Joe. I wasn't at the game but I was at the Valley game and did notice some poor calls that official made. He let them play the first half but then started calling everything he saw and may not have seen. But as far as I'm aware, there is not infraction to...

Well that's disappointing to hear of such a one-sided outcome as 8-nil. But it's a learning experience and hopefully Clay's team members were watching how SW passes and moves off the ball. Communicating and movement off the ball need to be a big focus for Clay. Short passes don't alway help when you...

New Boston Glenwood 2 Eastern Pike 1 I heard this was a hotly contested match. Someone got booted from the stadium and then their car got trashed. Starting to look like European soccer. I have been told that the car that got trashed in the parking lot belonged to the ref that tossed the guy out of ...

If Clay will set their defense the way they had it against Valley I believe that will give them a fighting chance. It just really depends on how well Clay can counter and how quickly. We know Webster is tough defensively so it will prove to be a great test of Clay's determination. Good luck once aga...

I'm interested in seeing how this game is going to play out. Especially if the weather plays a factor with it also being at Clay. Clay had a good showing against Valley beating them 4-2 with Valley's goals both coming from PK's. Webster beat Valley earlier this season 4-nil but also defeated Clay 9-...

If you pull everyone back to defense there's no way a team should get 51 shots. How many of those shots were on goal? And how many of those shots would have soared through the uprights? That's what I'm interesed in. If you pull more players back and are in front of the offense then you should be pre...

I know they're traveling around Scioto County, most youth programs outside of Scioto County have club teams outside of their schools and travel a lot further than most people in Scioto County are willing to do. And they play more often too. Yes, club soccer is different from Scioto's youth programs ...

Well I should make myself more clear...what I meant to say was the Defense was looking more for the long ball, but I definitely could tell there has been progress made. The field is very small! It's always been a rough field to keep the ball rolling. Now i've seen keeper punt from 18 to 18 before bu...

I'm not sure what I would do with the divisions. You don't necessarily stack the competition in one division, but when a team steamrolls through the division and can clinch the title in the first half of the season, you don't want that either. It's coming down to the youth programs and how developed...

South Webster #9....we that's good for them. I'm surprised when teams out of the Southern Ohio Conferences get votes because of the caliber of teams isn't at the same level as those schools north of the division, but that's good for them! Keep up the good work!

Good win for Clay. The middle of the field was controled by Clay therefore giving their strikers the ability to push forward with speed and with support. Defense played very well! I saw a lot of very good, clean tackles that I was surprised to see. Clay's keeper played well, the only thing he needs ...

Any team can beat any team on any given day. "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." Many player and coaches believe that you learn more from a loss than from a win. Shawnee may not yet be a like nationally ranked Rio Grande and Lindsey Wilson, which they play Rio every yea...