Find out what some of the top players in the state are saying about football now!
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Q&A with Anthony Wayne quarterback Grant Kinnee
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I believe our football season went much better than people expected. Going 10-3 after losing the seniors we lost is pretty impressive. Everyone did their parts in order to make the season go as well as it did.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“In the off season I will be training 2-3 times a week with my personal trainer while also lifting with the team. I also work with a QB Coach, who I will be throwing with 2 times a week.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel as though every year our team is put under the radar. With that being said I think our team next year will have the chance of being better than last year’s team. We have a lot of key guys returning like Braden Gardner and Aiden Lohmeyer. Along with that we have some younger guys coming up who get to show who they are like Brayden Cole and Cam Miller.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest teams on our schedule will be Perrysburg, Whitmer, and Findlay. Respect to those teams. They are extremely well coached and disciplined.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t think there is one single player who will be the toughest for our team. Going back to the last question, those teams are all filled with great athletes.”
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Q&A with Ironton running back Zayne Williams
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We had extremely high ups but also had our downs but ultimately finished way short of the goal.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Recover from everything and get where I need to be for this season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that we will have a really strong team this season and we definitely can win it all.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Wheelersburg and Jackson are always really exciting fun games but I’m not sure on our entire schedule yet.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Not really sure about this one, just treat everyone the same and prepare just as hard for anyone.”
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Q&A with Upper Scioto Valley athlete Maddox Underwood
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went pretty good, me and my team ended second in the conference and made it to playoffs, and I stepped into a bigger role this year which helped me grow as a person and an athlete.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to attend as many camps as I can during the off season and also work out as much as I can.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel my team will do pretty well, we are losing some seniors who were key in our success but I believe we will have other players step into some of those roles. As a team we will get in the weight room and all of us will try to improve as much as we can for next year’s season.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“There are a few teams that we always have good games with but to narrow it down I would pick three: Hardin Northern, Elgin, and Waynesfield.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“There are many great players throughout our conference so it is very hard to limit it to just one player.”
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Q&A with Medina wide receiver Austin Knowles
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was great.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I train 5 days a week.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think they will do well. We have a lot of great sophomores coming up.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Cleveland Heights.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“It’s hard to say, it’s a lot of great players out there.”
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Q&A with Grandview Heights defensive end Braddock Lusher
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think it went very well! We went from a 2-8 team to 7-3 and a home playoff game. I loved playing with my teammates and was honored to be their captain.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m currently playing basketball. After this season ends I will throw the shot and disc and hit the weight room pretty hard.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think that we can make a deep run in the playoffs this year. We returned almost everyone and the whole team has put in work this off season.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Northridge, last year they took it to us when we were banged up with illness and injuries. We can’t overlook their ground and pound offense.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Jackson Frey from Bexley. He has a great pocket presence and gets the ball out really fast. He’s the hardest QB to sack that we played last year.”
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Q&A with Anthony Wayne quarterback Grant Kinnee
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I believe our football season went much better than people expected. Going 10-3 after losing the seniors we lost is pretty impressive. Everyone did their parts in order to make the season go as well as it did.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“In the off season I will be training 2-3 times a week with my personal trainer while also lifting with the team. I also work with a QB Coach, who I will be throwing with 2 times a week.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel as though every year our team is put under the radar. With that being said I think our team next year will have the chance of being better than last year’s team. We have a lot of key guys returning like Braden Gardner and Aiden Lohmeyer. Along with that we have some younger guys coming up who get to show who they are like Brayden Cole and Cam Miller.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Our toughest teams on our schedule will be Perrysburg, Whitmer, and Findlay. Respect to those teams. They are extremely well coached and disciplined.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“I don’t think there is one single player who will be the toughest for our team. Going back to the last question, those teams are all filled with great athletes.”
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Q&A with Ironton running back Zayne Williams
How did the high school football season go overall?
“We had extremely high ups but also had our downs but ultimately finished way short of the goal.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“Recover from everything and get where I need to be for this season.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel that we will have a really strong team this season and we definitely can win it all.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Wheelersburg and Jackson are always really exciting fun games but I’m not sure on our entire schedule yet.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Not really sure about this one, just treat everyone the same and prepare just as hard for anyone.”
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Q&A with Upper Scioto Valley athlete Maddox Underwood
How did the high school football season go overall?
“The season went pretty good, me and my team ended second in the conference and made it to playoffs, and I stepped into a bigger role this year which helped me grow as a person and an athlete.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“My plans are to attend as many camps as I can during the off season and also work out as much as I can.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I feel my team will do pretty well, we are losing some seniors who were key in our success but I believe we will have other players step into some of those roles. As a team we will get in the weight room and all of us will try to improve as much as we can for next year’s season.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“There are a few teams that we always have good games with but to narrow it down I would pick three: Hardin Northern, Elgin, and Waynesfield.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“There are many great players throughout our conference so it is very hard to limit it to just one player.”
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Q&A with Medina wide receiver Austin Knowles
How did the high school football season go overall?
“It was great.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I train 5 days a week.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think they will do well. We have a lot of great sophomores coming up.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Cleveland Heights.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“It’s hard to say, it’s a lot of great players out there.”
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Q&A with Grandview Heights defensive end Braddock Lusher
How did the high school football season go overall?
“I think it went very well! We went from a 2-8 team to 7-3 and a home playoff game. I loved playing with my teammates and was honored to be their captain.”
What are your plans now with sports and workouts?
“I’m currently playing basketball. After this season ends I will throw the shot and disc and hit the weight room pretty hard.”
How do you feel your team will do next football season?
“I think that we can make a deep run in the playoffs this year. We returned almost everyone and the whole team has put in work this off season.”
What team do you feel will be the toughest competition on your schedule?
“Northridge, last year they took it to us when we were banged up with illness and injuries. We can’t overlook their ground and pound offense.”
Who is the toughest individual player your team will face off against?
“Jackson Frey from Bexley. He has a great pocket presence and gets the ball out really fast. He’s the hardest QB to sack that we played last year.”
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