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Inside the Trenches

Find out what colleges are recruiting Noah Jones, Andrew Kreitzer, Drew McKowan, Caleb Moyer, and Luke Faler now!


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Q&A with Alter running back Noah Jones​


Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“N/A.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”

Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“N/A.”

Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“N/A.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college team is OSU.”


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Q&A with Olmsted Falls offensive tackle Andrew Kreitzer​


Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I think that with the right opportunity, I would like to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’ve had some good conversations with Baldwin Wallace, Marietta, Muskingum, and Kenyon coaches.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I have a visit with Baldwin Wallace set up in the next couple weeks, so they are probably my heaviest recruiter so far.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I had a game day visit at Youngstown last year, and I have some visits coming up soon.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Baldwin Wallace is the only visit I have set in stone, but I should be traveling to more soon.”

Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“Our school hosted a college showcase, and I think that I performed well in my individual drills.”

Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“Getting to camps can be difficult sometimes with all the workouts going on this offseason.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I have grown up watching Ohio State play.”


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Q&A with Lakeview quarterback Drew McKowan​


Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football at the collegiate level. I’ve been working tirelessly to earn an opportunity to live that dream.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Colleges that have been recruiting me include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, YSU, St. Francis, Ohio Dominican, Tiffin, Indiana Wesleyan, and Carleton. I currently have one offer from Mount Union.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The school that is recruiting me the hardest is Brown University.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve been on game day visits to Miami (OH), Harvard, and YSU. I’ve been on junior days to Cornell, Indiana Wesleyan, Ohio Dominican, and Ashland. I had an unofficial visit to Mount Union.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I do want to go on more visits to colleges but right now I’m focusing on upcoming camps and performing at a high level.”

Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I have been to five camps this offseason so far: Indiana Wesleyan, Ohio Dominican, Tiffin, St. Francis, and Miami (OH) Academic mega camp. I feel like I’ve been doing really well and am getting better and more confident in myself after each one.”

Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I do have plans for camps ahead. I will be going to camps at YSU, Kent St., Harvard, and Brown.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was Notre Dame. I loved watching their football team and always had a dream of playing for them.”


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Q&A with Wapakoneta quarterback/defensive back Caleb Moyer​


Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“In college I would love to be able to play at the next level for Football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have been in contact with most of the MAC schools including Toledo, Bowling Green, and Ball State. I have attended several camps for these colleges to start getting recruited by them.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“See above.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“So far I have been up to Toledo, Bowling Green, Ball State, and Youngstown State.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I have been to camps at Bowling Green, Ball State, Youngstown State. I plan on going to a couple more including Miami and Toledo.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I just enjoyed watching sports. I watched many teams including Ohio State, Kentucky, UNC, Duke, Florida State, and Texas. It would be hard to say which one is my favorite but I just enjoy watching college football.”


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Q&A with Lebanon quarterback Luke Faler​


Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play college football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Kent State, Ohio, Toledo, Kentucky.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I have been in contact with Ohio University the most.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Several of my teammates and I went on a trip down to Florida and did a camping tour.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I will be taking any more trips this off season but I will be doing the Florida tour again next year.”

Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I have done a lot of camps this off season and I believe that I performed pretty well at the camps.”

Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I am done camping for this off season, so my mindset is now switching to my team and being as successful as we can be.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I loved watching Notre Dame football with my dad.”


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Ohio Preps High School Football Talk

Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about football now!


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Q&A with Alter running back Noah Jones
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Been lifting and doing speed work.”

What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“Most improved on vision and agility.”

How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“I feel we have a name to live up to and I highly doubt we will fall short.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“N/A.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”

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Q&A with Olmsted Falls offensive tackle Andrew Kreitzer
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“This offseason has mainly focused on speed and agility work, as well as weightlifting to maintain strength.”

What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I feel like I have improved heavily on my strength in all aspects, to help make myself a more well-rounded player.”

How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“I think we have a great squad of players and I feel like we are going to have just as much success as we have in previous seasons.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“There are lots of tough opponents in our conference this year, and it will be a great challenge against teams such as Avon or Avon Lake.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Elyria has a great running back named Kevin Jordan who is a tough runner and will be a good challenge for our defense.”

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Q&A with Lakeview quarterback Drew McKowan
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I’ve been focusing on my lower body and core strength as well as working my throwing sequence and rotational power.”

What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I feel I have most improved the consistency of my passes and the zip they have coming off my hand.”

How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“I feel my team is going to surprise a lot of people this year. We have a lot of talented players who are really bought in to making a run and doing some big things this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel that Struthers is going to be the toughest team on our schedule. They had a good season last year and have a lot of returning talent who will provide us with a great challenge that we need to make sure we’re ready for.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Devin Braham (Struthers RB/LB).”

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Q&A with Wapakoneta quarterback/defensive back Caleb Moyer
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“This offseason I have been going to Bellefontaine on the weekends to work with Coach Kennedy and Tavien St. Clair.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“Things I have improved upon since last season would be my overall strength and my footwork in the pocket.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“This season I think our football team will have a very successful year and we will have a shot to win our 6th straight WBL championship.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“N/A.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”

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Q&A with Lebanon quarterback Luke Faler
What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“In my workouts I have been doing high reps with low weight for my upper body, so I stay flexible in order to throw the ball. I have been going very heavy and pushing my legs to build strength.”

What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“This off season I feel like I have gained a lot of strength. This is in the weight room and throwing the ball. I feel like I have added a lot more whip and velocity to my throws.”

How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“I think our team will be very successful. Our offense is loaded with talent and the entire offensive line is back. On the defensive side of the ball the entire secondary is coming back. Our practices lately have had lots of intensity and competition.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel that Anderson will be the hardest competition, mainly because of the success they had last season and a lot of their starters are returning.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Justin Hill will be a big challenge.”


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Q&A with Lebanon quarterback Luke Faler

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“In my workouts I have been doing high reps with low weight for my upper body, so I stay flexible in order to throw the ball. I have been going very heavy and pushing my legs to build strength.”

What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“This off season I feel like I have gained a lot of strength. This is in the weight room and throwing the ball. I feel like I have added a lot more whip and velocity to my throws.”

How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“I think our team will be very successful. Our offense is loaded with talent and the entire offensive line is back. On the defensive side of the ball the entire secondary is coming back. Our practices lately have had lots of intensity and competition.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel that Anderson will be the hardest competition, mainly because of the success they had last season and a lot of their starters are returning.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Justin Hill will be a big challenge.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play college football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Kent State, Ohio, Toledo, Kentucky.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I have been in contact with Ohio University the most.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“Several of my teammates and I went on a trip down to Florida and did a camping tour.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I will be taking any more trips this off season but I will be doing the Florida tour again next year.”

Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I have done a lot of camps this off season and I believe that I performed pretty well at the camps.”

Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I am done camping for this off season, so my mindset is now switching to my team and being as successful as we can be.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I loved watching Notre Dame football with my dad.”

Q&A with Wapakoneta quarterback/defensive back Caleb Moyer

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“This offseason I have been going to Bellefontaine on the weekends to work with Coach Kennedy and Tavien St. Clair.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“Things I have improved upon since last season would be my overall strength and my footwork in the pocket.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“This season I think our football team will have a very successful year and we will have a shot to win our 6th straight WBL championship.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“N/A.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“In college I would love to be able to play at the next level for Football.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I have been in contact with most of the MAC schools including Toledo, Bowling Green, and Ball State. I have attended several camps for these colleges to start getting recruited by them.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“See above.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“So far I have been up to Toledo, Bowling Green, Ball State, and Youngstown State.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I have been to camps at Bowling Green, Ball State, Youngstown State. I plan on going to a couple more including Miami and Toledo.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up I just enjoyed watching sports. I watched many teams including Ohio State, Kentucky, UNC, Duke, Florida State, and Texas. It would be hard to say which one is my favorite but I just enjoy watching college football.”

Q&A with Lakeview quarterback Drew McKowan

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I’ve been focusing on my lower body and core strength as well as working my throwing sequence and rotational power.”

What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I feel I have most improved the consistency of my passes and the zip they have coming off my hand.”

How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“I feel my team is going to surprise a lot of people this year. We have a lot of talented players who are really bought in to making a run and doing some big things this year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“I feel that Struthers is going to be the toughest team on our schedule. They had a good season last year and have a lot of returning talent who will provide us with a great challenge that we need to make sure we’re ready for.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Devin Braham (Struthers RB/LB).”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football at the collegiate level. I’ve been working tirelessly to earn an opportunity to live that dream.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Colleges that have been recruiting me include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, YSU, St. Francis, Ohio Dominican, Tiffin, Indiana Wesleyan, and Carleton. I currently have one offer from Mount Union.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“The school that is recruiting me the hardest is Brown University.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve been on game day visits to Miami (OH), Harvard, and YSU. I’ve been on junior days to Cornell, Indiana Wesleyan, Ohio Dominican, and Ashland. I had an unofficial visit to Mount Union.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I do want to go on more visits to colleges but right now I’m focusing on upcoming camps and performing at a high level.”

Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I have been to five camps this offseason so far: Indiana Wesleyan, Ohio Dominican, Tiffin, St. Francis, and Miami (OH) Academic mega camp. I feel like I’ve been doing really well and am getting better and more confident in myself after each one.”

Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I do have plans for camps ahead. I will be going to camps at YSU, Kent St., Harvard, and Brown.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college growing up was Notre Dame. I loved watching their football team and always had a dream of playing for them.”

Q&A with Olmsted Falls offensive tackle Andrew Kreitzer

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“This offseason has mainly focused on speed and agility work, as well as weightlifting to maintain strength.”

What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I feel like I have improved heavily on my strength in all aspects, to help make myself a more well-rounded player.”

How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“I think we have a great squad of players and I feel like we are going to have just as much success as we have in previous seasons.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“There are lots of tough opponents in our conference this year, and it will be a great challenge against teams such as Avon or Avon Lake.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Elyria has a great running back named Kevin Jordan who is a tough runner and will be a good challenge for our defense.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I think that with the right opportunity, I would like to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’ve had some good conversations with Baldwin Wallace, Marietta, Muskingum, and Kenyon coaches.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“I have a visit with Baldwin Wallace set up in the next couple weeks, so they are probably my heaviest recruiter so far.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I had a game day visit at Youngstown last year, and I have some visits coming up soon.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“Baldwin Wallace is the only visit I have set in stone, but I should be traveling to more soon.”

Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“Our school hosted a college showcase, and I think that I performed well in my individual drills.”

Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“Getting to camps can be difficult sometimes with all the workouts going on this offseason.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“I have grown up watching Ohio State play.”

Q&A with Alter running back Noah Jones

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Been lifting and doing speed work.”

What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“Most improved on vision and agility.”

How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“I feel we have a name to live up to and I highly doubt we will fall short.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“N/A.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“N/A.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“N/A.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“N/A.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“N/A.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“N/A.”

Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“N/A.”

Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“N/A.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college team is OSU.”

Q&A with Waverly quarterback Mason Kelly

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“This offseason I focused on lifting weights as well as my throwing mechanics to try to improve my game the best I could.”

What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I have definitely improved in my strength this offseason. I was able to put on some weight and I definitely think it will be beneficial for me during the season.”

How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“We have a strong group of guys and we’re excited to get back out there and have a great year.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Mount Healthy is on our schedule for Week 10 again this year and they definitely have some talent so I think they are a good competition but so are we.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“As far as an individual player we play many teams with talent so it’s hard to say who will be the toughest player that we face. We just want to go out and show what we can do this year.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes I do, it has always been a goal of mine to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“I’ve visited quite a few schools including Michigan, LSU, and Penn State but I’ve mainly been getting recruited by Marshall, Robert Morris, Eastern Kentucky and Campbell.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Campbell is the school that has shown the most interest in me as it is currently my only offer.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I have made trips to colleges for game day visits and spring practices.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“As of now I have plans for some camps this summer at Marshall and Robert Morris.”

Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“So far I have only attended one camp, and that was at Eastern Kentucky and I had a good performance there. I’m excited to continue to better myself this summer.”

Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I plan to camp at Marshall and Robert Morris and I’m still considering a few other schools.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Growing up in Ohio I feel like I fall into the same category as most people that I always watched Ohio State while I was growing up.”

Q&A with North Ridgeville left tackle JD Radway

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“I’ve been in the gym every day working up at the field.”

What do you feel you have improved on most this off-season?
“I’ve improved my speed going up to the field and cutting 36 pounds off.”

How do you feel your team will do this football season?
“We are going to be good this year, we return 16 of our 22 [starters] from last year and we all have been working on the field in the weight room.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Avon.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t know who it could be, we match really well with everyone in the SWC and we have people that can defend anyone we play.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“I would love to play college football, I honestly don’t mind where I go, I just want to play at the next level.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Saint Frances, Mercyhurst, Robert Morris, Youngstown St are really the main ones.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“They all have really recruited me the same.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“I’ve been to SFU, RMU, YSU, and Mercyhurst for either game days or junior days.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I haven’t been back down but I will be back to RMU and YSU for their camps coming up.”

Have you done any camps this off-season? How do you feel you performed?
“I’ve been to one camp so far, I went to the Build the Bridge camp and I feel like I performed really well.”

Do you have any plans for camps ahead?
“I will be down at Kent Saturday then Tuesday I’m going to YSU then Friday I’m going down to RMU.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“Probably Ohio State, I’ve always loved watching the games when I was little.”

Q&A with Defiance wide receiver/running back Anthony Wilder Jr.

What have you been doing as of late with off-season workouts?
“Lots of lifting and working on my catching.”

What do you feel you have improved on most since last football season?
“My catching.”

How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think my team has improved and will do great.”

What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Wapakoneta.”

Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Mikey Hale from Bath.”

Do you want to play sports in college? If so, which one?
“Yes, I want to play football in college.”

What colleges have been recruiting you?
“Ashland and Heidelberg.”

What school is recruiting you the hardest?
“Ashland.”

Have you made any college trips yet?
“No, but I have upcoming visits.”

Do you have plans for more trips soon?
“I have been invited to come out to games.”

What camps are you planning to do this summer?
“I am going to BGSU, Western Michigan, Toledo.”

Did you have a favorite college growing up?
“My favorite college was Ohio State.”
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