Week 9: (6-1) Ironton @ (8-0) Jackson

[Poo Bear]

I was a on the 93 vinton county team who lost to ironton in overtime in the playoffs . Vc should've won that game by the way !

[Trojan_Pride]

if ironton comes to play (and they will i predict) , no turnovers , no stupid penalty, a good mix of run/pass!!!

then this will be jackson toughests game to date!!!!!!!

[wobycat]

Ironton was beat by wheelersburgs ability to contain Irontons rushing attack. Jackson D is better than Burgs, they are the best I've seen this year. Ironton doesn't need to give the "we are a much better team" speech. What is in ironton's favor, is both teams play the same smash mouth style. If the game is penalty, and turnover free this game will scoot along quickly. Look for a 14-7 Jackson lead into half, and then pull away to 28-7 win. If ironton can get a few stops, then ironton could upset Jackson.

[d-5]

Jackson 17
Ironton 7

[Tjhtygeverve]

all I can say is I hope the young fighting tiger players that are reading this----------that they print it out , n put it on the wall. the fighting tigers play big games all season long.they beat a d2 Columbus st. Charles team that only lost to hartley by 3 points. the fighting tigers know this is a game they can win. secondary play will have to play better, and silly penalties are flat killing us. go into Jackson with a big chip of disrespect on your shoulders and show Jackson that we play very physical football in ironton--------trust me they already know.[/quote

Nice try bait , this jackson team has been doubted all season.
Early season predictions 5-5...
After Wellston = line not dominant, wellston was much faster , jackson wins 5 games.
After waverly = offense can't score , we can't throw the ball
West Jeff and Ready= jackson can't stop the spread
Wheelersburg = burg must too fast. This burg team is better than last years
Logan= Logan has played a tougher schedule
Now ironton = one of the winningest programs in Ohio history.

Jackson has answered the bell every Friday. Now it's well Jackson's good but Athens will hang 60 on them. Athens deserves all the praise they are awesome. But jackson can play some football too. Many think ironton wins this game.

If any team should have a chip on their shoulder it's Jackson. Play hard and punish everyone who dares to try to run on you. Remember all the doubters and haters. And to take a quote from Dan Devine from the movie Rudy, " no one and I mean no one comes into our house and pushes us around

Go big Red !!!

Thanks!!! :122246

[maniac66]

I am not seeing anywhere close to a 21 point game here either in favor of Jackson or in favor of Ironton.

Ironton has made some pretty big improvements since Week 1, very big and physical team sort of like Logan, and Logan won the first quarter and a 1/3. Ironton will I think be very much like that but through all of the game and not just a quarter or half.

Turnovers and discipline be a very big part of this game I think and maybe even the kicking game or special teams and the ability to make a field goal or two will be important.

Just my opinion...been wrong plenty of times before.

I agree turnovers will be a big Key but Discipline will be bigger for the Tigers.
Far to many penalties this late in the year.
Ironton will need to play perfect football to win can they that is the question to be sure.
Jackson is far from overrated they are everything as advertised and more big strong and quick.
St. Charles wasn't as big but they was extremely quick and strong.
Jackson seems to be Big quick and strong Ironton's best chance is control the ball and clock and hope their big linemen can wear Jackson down.
Not saying they will but Ironton has some very talented 300 pound linemen that can hit and their Fullbacks can not only block but run and catch the ball as well.
Like I said it will take a perfect game from Ironton to win.
Can they do it Friday Night we shall find out.
Could be the game of the week in Southeastern Ohio with so much riding on seeding for each team GO TIGERS LET"S HEAR YOU ROAR

[victor creed]

i think ironton has improved greatly as the season has gone along. especially along the offensive line. jackson is solid all the way around. they are big and strong, and they tackle very very well and well coached. i think ironton hangs around early, but jackson is a big strong div. iii team, and ironton is not anymore. they are just not deep enough, jackson wears them down and this ends up around 35-14 or even worse by the time its over.

[BigBlueNation]

Jackson rolls in this one.

[A-Town Big Dog]

Jackson should win this with little trouble.

[Ironman92]

I was a on the 93 vinton county team who lost to ironton in overtime in the playoffs . Vc should've won that game by the way !

*should've

[Ironman92]

My god there are a lot of NON-Jackson people on here trying to jinx up Jackson. Everyone...EVERYONE in Jackson knows this will be quite the game. No one in the SE District has ever looked past or not respected Ironton.

Jackson will need to play well in all aspects of the game and win the turnover battle to remain unbeaten. Ironton's gonna bring it and we'll be waiting.

[maniac66]

My god there are a lot of NON-Jackson people on here trying to jinx up Jackson. Everyone...EVERYONE in Jackson knows this will be quite the game. No one in the SE District has ever looked past or not respected Ironton.

Jackson will need to play well in all aspects of the game and win the turnover battle to remain unbeaten. Ironton's gonna bring it and we'll be waiting.

Jinx all they can lol I want to see a ironton win

[siderman57]

if ironton comes to play (and they will i predict) , no turnovers , no stupid penalty, a good mix of run/pass!!!

then this will be jackson toughests game to date!!!!!!!

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

Ironton, OH
Lawrence County
OHSAA Division 5, Region 17





Ironton 2014 Football









8/29 A Wheelersburg (7-1) [5:17] L 16-42
9/5 A Russell (KY) (7-1) [4:0] W 36-9
9/12 A Amanda-Clearcreek (4-4) [4:13] W 34-23
9/19 H Ashland Blazer (KY) (5-3) [3:0] W 41-13
9/26 A Portsmouth (1-7) [5:17] W 49-21
10/10 H St Charles (2-6) [2:5] W 25-24
10/17 H Meigs (3-5) [4:14] W 41-18
10/24 A Jackson (8-0) [3:9]
10/31 H Raceland (KY) (7-1) [6:0]

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

Ohio Division 5, Region 17
2014 Unofficial Rankings
Latest update: 10/18/2014 10:15:36 PM EDT

Week 8 status: COMPLETE
Twitter: @JoeEitel

Important notes about the "playoff status" feature


Scores: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10

View the official OHSAA rankings (after week 4) by clicking here.



Top 8 qualify for playoffs

Rank W-L ID # City School Average Level 1 Level 2 L2 divisor Playoff Status
(unofficial) max Avg
(win out) min Avg
(win out) max Avg
(lose out) min Avg
(lose out) L2 divisor
(final)
1 6-2 218 Columbus Bishop Hartley 18.5335 31.5 144.5 99 control own destiny 31.3959 25.8347 23.5582 18.4051 98
2 8-0 1344 St Clairsville St Clairsville 18.1625 36.5 136.0 100 control own destiny 25.7500 22.7500 22.9000 19.0500 100
3 6-1 760 Ironton Ironton 16.3949 31.0 106.5 89 control own destiny 31.4886 24.0455 21.9672 15.5467 88
4 7-1 1696 Wheelersburg Wheelersburg 15.4407 31.0 114.5 99 control own destiny 27.5864 22.7884 20.6758 15.1202 99
5 7-1 426 Coshocton Coshocton 15.0750 33.0 109.5 100 . 24.0500 17.9500 20.1000 15.1000 100
6 7-1 968 Martins Ferry Martins Ferry 13.5574 32.5 94.0 99 . 21.2929 17.7724 18.1480 13.7602 98
7 5-3 866 Baltimore Liberty Union 12.1625 24.5 91.0 100 . 22.8500 16.7000 16.6000 11.5500 100
8 6-2 1270 West Portsmouth Portsmouth West 11.9250 27.0 85.5 100 . 20.3500 17.4000 15.9000 12.1000 100
9 6-2 502 Columbus Eastmoor Academy 10.8782 34.5 65.0 99 . 20.2591 14.3500 15.8742 11.0763 99
10 5-3 108 Albany Alexander 8.4500 22.0 57.0 100 . 17.0500 14.4000 11.7500 8.3500 100
11 5-3 362 Chesapeake Chesapeake 7.0750 21.0 44.5 100 . 13.6500 10.1500 9.9500 7.3500 100
12 5-3 1166 McDermott Northwest 6.4034 18.5 40.5 99 . 13.9121 12.0939 8.6177 7.0015 99
13 5-3 1752 Chillicothe Zane Trace 6.0625 22.5 32.5 100 . 14.6500 12.7500 9.1500 6.3500 100
14 4-4 816 Bidwell River Valley 5.0500 18.0 28.0 100 . 15.6000 11.5000 7.9000 4.6000 100
15 3-5 1652 Wellston Wellston 4.3250 13.0 27.0 100 mathematically eliminated 10.0000 7.3000 6.2500 4.4000 100
16 3-5 1256 Piketon Piketon 4.0000 14.0 22.5 100 mathematically eliminated 9.8000 7.9000 6.2500 3.6500 100
17 3-5 1676 Williamsport Westfall 3.9250 13.0 23.0 100 mathematically eliminated 10.3000 8.5500 5.2000 4.4500 100
18 2-6 1318 Ironton Rock Hill 3.8750 9.0 27.5 100 mathematically eliminated 11.1000 9.3000 5.3500 3.6500 100
19 2-6 1636 Waverly Waverly 3.6000 10.0 23.5 100 mathematically eliminated 11.2000 8.5000 5.2000 3.3500 100
20 3-5 1566 Belmont Union Local 3.5500 14.0 18.0 100 . 12.1995 9.4722 5.8949 3.2182 99
21 2-6 1458 South Point South Point 2.2750 9.0 11.5 100 mathematically eliminated 7.8611 5.6894 3.3242 2.0616 99
22 1-7 1268 Portsmouth Portsmouth 1.5726 4.5 10.0 99 mathematically eliminated 7.1566 5.0354 2.4197 1.4601 99
23 1-7 556 Proctorville Fairland 1.4625 4.5 9.0 100 mathematically eliminated 7.5500 5.8500 2.2000 1.3500 100
24 1-7 1690 Zanesville West Muskingum 1.3000 4.0 8.0 100 mathematically eliminated 6.8000 5.1000 2.0000 1.2000 100
25 2-6 102 Frankfort Adena 1.1875 9.5 0.0 100 mathematically eliminated 9.3000 6.4500 2.9000 0.9500 100
26 1-7 1150 Johnstown Northridge 0.8415 3.5 4.0 99 mathematically eliminated 5.7439 4.1278 1.4611 0.7540 99
27 1-7 882 Columbus Linden McKinley 0.8375 3.5 4.0 100 mathematically eliminated 7.0061 5.1374 1.7641 0.7540 99
28 0-8 482 Columbus East 0.0000 0.0 0.0 100 mathematically eliminated 2.3152 1.1535 0.0000 0.0000 99
- 0-8 1450 Chillicothe Southeastern 0.0000 0.0 0.0 100 mathematically eliminated 3.8500 3.1500 0.0000

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

Ironmen


Jackson, OH
Jackson County
OHSAA Division 3, Region 9





Jackson 2014 Football









8/30 A Wellston (3-5) [5:17] W 48-13
9/5 A Waverly (2-6) [5:17] W 23-0
9/13 H West Jefferson (4-4) [5:18] W 28-0
9/19 H Bishop Ready (5-3) [6:21] W 42-14
9/26 A Wheelersburg (7-1) [5:17] W 27-0
10/3 H Warren (1-7) [4:13] W 28-5
10/10 H Logan (3-5) [2:5] W 42-7
10/17 A Portsmouth (1-7) [5:17] W 49-21
10/24 H Ironton (6-1) [5:17]
10/31 A Gallia Academy (4-4) [4:14]

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

Ohio Division 3, Region 9
2014 Unofficial Rankings
Latest update: 10/18/2014 10:15:35 PM EDT

Week 8 status: COMPLETE
Twitter: @JoeEitel

Important notes about the "playoff status" feature


Scores: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10

View the official OHSAA rankings (after week 4) by clicking here.



Top 8 qualify for playoffs

Rank W-L ID # City School Average Level 1 Level 2 L2 divisor Playoff Status
(unofficial) max Avg
(win out) min Avg
(win out) max Avg
(lose out) min Avg
(lose out) L2 divisor
(final)
1 7-1 890 Circleville Logan Elm 20.3750 35.0 160.0 100 control own destiny 30.7000 27.5000 25.1500 20.9500 100
2 8-0 1544 Dresden Tri-Valley 18.7000 40.0 137.0 100 control own destiny 30.0500 26.7000 23.3000 19.9500 100
3 7-1 666 Granville Granville 18.0500 38.0 133.0 100 control own destiny 29.0500 24.9000 23.1500 18.2500 100
4 6-2 472 Dover Dover 17.9634 33.0 137.0 99 control own destiny 29.5515 24.0970 23.6535 17.1384 99
5 8-0 144 The Plains Athens 17.4125 40.5 123.5 100 control own destiny 28.8500 23.4500 22.9500 17.7500 100
6 8-0 762 Jackson Jackson 16.7375 37.5 120.5 100 control own destiny 29.1898 23.5265 22.6786 17.0153 98
7 7-1 1348 Columbus Columbus St Francis DeSales 16.1907 37.0 114.5 99 . 29.0345 21.7665 22.8753 16.0196 97
8 6-2 1106 New Philadelphia New Philadelphia 14.0875 33.5 99.0 100 . 25.6000 20.3000 19.1500 13.8000 100
9 5-3 214 Sunbury Big Walnut 12.6004 30.5 87.0 99 . 22.1793 17.3308 17.2419 12.4439 99
10 5-3 1700 Whitehall Whitehall-Yearling 11.3333 24.0 82.5 99 . 19.2194 17.1786 14.5939 11.7367 98
11 5-3 1680 Millersburg West Holmes 11.2875 27.5 78.5 100 . 19.5500 19.1500 14.1000 12.8000 100
12 5-3 364 Chillicothe Chillicothe 10.3625 26.5 70.5 100 . 19.2000 17.1500 13.3000 11.2500 100
13 6-2 1420 Thornville Sheridan 10.2250 31.0 63.5 100 . 18.8500 15.7000 14.3500 10.4000 100
14 4-4 1612 Columbus Walnut Ridge 10.1125 20.5 75.5 100 . 15.9500 14.7000 12.6000 10.6500 100
15 5-3 322 Carrollton Carrollton 7.3375 25.5 41.5 100 . 16.9500 11.9000 11.2000 7.2000 100
16 4-4 748 Columbus Independence 6.9375 19.5 45.0 100 . 16.0500 14.7000 9.5500 7.5000 100
17 3-5 300 Cambridge Cambridge 5.1375 15.5 32.0 100 . 15.3000 11.3500 7.8000 4.7500 100
18 3-5 956 Marietta Marietta 4.4426 13.5 27.0 98 . 14.5918 10.4592 7.1663 4.1051 98
19 4-4 332 Columbus Centennial 4.4250 21.0 18.0 100 mathematically eliminated 13.6040 10.8263 7.1505 4.3727 99
20 4-4 252 Columbus Briggs 4.2750 19.0 19.0 100 . 13.8500 10.8000 7.8500 3.8000 100
21 3-5 1656 Columbus West 2.3125 12.5 7.5 100 mathematically eliminated 9.3000 6.3500 4.4000 2.4500 100
22 2-6 1626 Washington Court House Washington 2.2375 9.5 10.5 100 mathematically eliminated 9.7500 7.6000 4.1500 2.0000 100
- 2-6 286 Delaware Buckeye Valley 2.2375 7.5 13.0 100 mathematically eliminated 8.7000 6.0500 3.7000 2.0500 100
24 1-7 830 Hebron Lakewood 0.9125 4.5 3.5 100 mathematically eliminated 10.7500 8.6000 1.8000 0.8000 100
25 1-7 1604 McArthur Vinton County 0.8500 4.0 3.5 100 mathematically eliminated 7.3000 5.5500 1.4500

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

i think things are getting back to normal at ironton after the culture shock of coach bob lutz retiring. they are now playing very physical football the beatings they took the last 2 years have turned this team into a monster as well. some of those games they lost the last 2 years were to amazing opponents and we were right there in them.

ironton will match up with anybody they play sizewise. and are getting much better tackling and blocking. secondary is gonna have to lock it down a little better. and we are going to have to handle the rock. if we are able to play ball control offense, and eliminate silly penalties this is gonna be a knockdown, dragout ironton/Jackson game that resembles those of old.i have great respect for both these programs. when i coached grade school football in the rock hill school system, coach andy hall was coaching rock hill's varsity team. we got to work a couple of football camps together there at rock hill. he is a very passionate football coach, and i knew he'd be a success.he's done an amazing job of getting ironman football back on track.

coach vaas came into a situation really nobody and everybody wanted. wanting to coach one of the most storied football programs in the whole state, yet having the enourmous task of following Ohio's winningest high school football coach in bob lutz.and the 2 schedules he had those 2 years to follow were brutal.but they hung tough and kept on keeping on. after a very tough loss to a wheelersburg team week 1in which they were right there the first half. they ran out of gas the second half. many were left thinking the fighting tigers would have another long year, myself included. but then what happened was the beast within woke up. they have been playing great football since. with several really big wins under their belt.they now resemble ironton teams of old, and they are clicking on most all cylinders.i'm sure everybody in both school systems realize that Jackson is a much bigger school, and Jackson is the favorite. but this game will be a great measuring stick as to where ironton has risen to. Jackson will be everywhere as elite as the upper level d5 teams we'll face in the playoffs , if that happens. so as far as ironton is concerned the playoffs start Friday night in Jackson.that being followed by a once beaten raceland, ky team. so i look for this to be a barn burner if ironton plays fundamentally sound football.i look for this to be the best opponents either have faced this year. and it will be a great gauge for both as to where they are 2 weeks away from playoffs.i sure hope i get to come, my truck is broken down. has been for 3 weeks. and let's face it not many people from waverly are heading towards Jackson Friday night. i may have a neighbor or 3 i can talk into it.but I've listened to everyone of them I've missed. i loves my fighting tigers. this should be an ole fashioned slobber knockers, button them chinstraps tight ironmen, and fighting tigers. GO TIGERS GO.

[jottings]

I believe Jackson has already got a share of the SEOAL title with 3 wins and no losses with one game remaining in league play.

[YOU'RE TIGER BAIT]

wassup jottings how is my ole buddy from the French city.