This is the first time in 20 years that the two enemies of Lake County will meet on the grill.
PERRY, Ohio – A Lake County showdown between two well-known heavyweights? Yes please!
Fans have spoken, and the game between Kirtland and Perry is the big winner as this Friday’s WKYC.com High School Football Game of the Week. Although the two have been the main contenders for the Chagrin Valley Conference for years, they are now ultimately in the same division, making this their first meeting on the field since 2001.
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There’s not much to say about the Hornets, the three-time reigning state champions with one of the country’s longest winning streaks at 46. Mason Rus and the ever-powerful running game helped a solid defense get another 5-0 start. , with all games decided by at least 26 points.
With new head coach Bob Gecewich replacing Matt Rosati on retirement after 14 seasons, the Pirates are 5-1 following a bitter loss in last year’s playoffs, their only loss in 2021. being an 18-13 affair against a perennial split. III Kenston power. Quarterback Brayden Richards leads an offense that scores quickly and often, while the defense has two shutouts and allows less than eight points per game.
Perry hasn’t lost a CVC game since 2015, a year older than Kirtland’s similar streak. The Hornets lost 48-0 when these two teams last met 20 years ago, although since that time Tiger LaVerde has turned them into a seemingly unstoppable machine while the Pirates are still on the hunt for their first state title in the history of the program.
Our coverage begins this Friday at 6:50 p.m., with Dave “Dino” DeNalate calling a live. audio only Streamed on WKYC.com, the WKYC app, and the WKYC Facebook and YouTube pages. Dino spoke to 3News high school sports reporter Tyler Carey on Wednesday to discuss the game, as well as TC’s weekly top five in northeast Ohio:
