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Cleveland Browns Game of the Week

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By Grace Flinn

     High school game of the week returns as panelists from the Cleveland Browns High School Football Show nominate four games to be game of  the week where fans can vote for their school to win. The Bulldogs were chosen to be apart of the voting poll for this week’s game against Wadsworth.

     High School football fans from all over Ohio vote online for the game of the week match up. The winning team receives benefits from the Cleveland Browns program including $2,000 for their high school football program. After the game the selected MVP of the game and the winning coach will be featured on the field during a Cleveland Browns home game at FirstEnergy Stadium.

     There will be an additional coverage of the game of the week, including a video recap on clevelandbrowns.com and a one­ hour program on Sept. 19, by ESPN 850 WGNR Radio Station. The video recap will include the full­ length game and the radio spot will include interviews and analysis from other high school football games.

    Stow vs. Wadsworth is one of  four games chosen as the nominees for game of the week. The other games include: Avon vs. Midview, Firelands vs. Clearview, and Bay vs. Holy Name. Polls. All polls were open during the week for students and fans to support their high school team. To be chosen as one of the nominees is a big accomplishment for any football program. Among the chosen teams are highly ­ranked football organizations from all over northern Ohio.

    The voting poll was taken on clevelandbrowns.com and fans were sharing the link across social media to help get more votes for their school. The polls ended  Sept. 1, and the voted game of the week was Bay vs. Holy name. The winning team of this game on Sept. 18, will receive $2,000, and the winning coach and MVP of the game will be featured at a Cleveland Browns home game.

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Bulldogs soar over the Falcons

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     If one were to look at the score of the Bulldogs football game against the Firestone Falcons, he or she may think the Bulldogs were in control the whole game in a 42-16 routing; however, that was not the case.

     Firestone jumped out to a 10-0 lead in just the first three minutes of the game. After the Falcons quarterback threw a 68-yard touchdown pass into double coverage, Stow’s two defenders seemed to trip over each other allowing the touchdown.

     The following Bulldog drive, quarterback Kyle Vantrease overthrew his receiver leading to a Falcons interception. This was one of three of  Vantrease’s turnovers in the first half.

     After falling behind 10-0, the Bulldogs leaned on the running attack. Gobble who came into the game averaging 16.2 yards per carry finished 215 yards on 23 carries. He also had three touchdowns. Gobble continued his success over the Falcons, last year scoring six touchdowns against them.

     Despite having an off night, Vantrease still finished with two passing touchdowns and one rushing. One of these touchdowns was on the first drive of the opening third quarter as he led the team down and found Joey Andrassy for a 24 yard touchdown.

     After Andrew Schockling recovered a fumble, Vantrease threw a 22-yard touchdown to wide receiver Logan Lindsay.

     With a little under five minutes left in the game, the Falcons scored on a three yard touchdown run against the Bulldogs second team defense. This was the only turnover the Bulldog’s forced.

     Following the game, Stow head coach Mark Nori said, “We had no hint of panic” (highschoolsports.cleveland.com). This was in reference to being down 10-0 early on. Coach Nori also spoke of how Jayson Gobble was very vocal and supportive to his teammates throughout the game.