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Tweet- Best state championship team in the Valley's history?
Reader poll
- 1972 Warren Western Reserve3%6 votes
- 1973 Cardinal Mooney17%27 votes
- 1974 Warren Harding2%4 votes
- 1978 Brookfield6%10 votes
- 1980 Cardinal Mooney6%10 votes
- 1982 Cardinal Mooney3%5 votes
- 1987 Cardinal Mooney2%4 votes
- 1990 Warren Harding5%8 votes
- 1991 Warren JFK1%3 votes
- 1994 West Branch0%1 vote
- 1995 Lisbon1%3 votes
- 1999 Poland16%26 votes
- 2000 Ursuline8%13 votes
- 2004 Cardinal Mooney5%9 votes
- 2006 Cardinal Mooney11%18 votes
- 2008 Ursuline6%11 votes
158 total votes.
- At $9, are playoff ticket prices too high?
Reader poll
- Yes.72%86 votes
- No.27%33 votes
119 total votes.
- Should the OHSAA move the football finals to Columbus?
Reader poll
- Yes, they should be in the state capital.27%21 votes
- No, keep them in Stark County.72%55 votes
76 total votes.
- Biggest change you'd like to see?
Reader poll
- Make conferences enrollment-based, ala the PIAA.7%7 votes
- Expand the playoffs to 16 teams per region.1%1 vote
- Contract the playoffs to four teams per region.4%4 votes
- Shorten the regular season and put everyone in the playoffs.2%2 votes
- Expand the playoffs to seven divisions.3%3 votes
- Make parochial schools compete in higher divisions.63%62 votes
- Allow teams to practice in the spring.11%11 votes
- Start the season later.2%2 votes
- Other5%5 votes
97 total votes.
- Which area high school has the best band?
Reader poll
- Boardman13%23 votes
- Fitch3%6 votes
- Canfield2%5 votes
- Warren Harding1%2 votes
- Poland14%25 votes
- Hubbard1%3 votes
- Salem1%2 votes
- Niles0%1 vote
- South Range52%91 votes
- Other8%15 votes
173 total votes.
- Should high school football games start at 7 or 7:30?
Reader poll
- 744%35 votes
- 7:3055%44 votes
79 total votes.
- Should public and private schools compete in different divisions?
Reader poll
- Yes65%62 votes
- No34%32 votes
94 total votes.
- After Maurice Clarett, who is the best area player of the last 25 years?
Reader poll
- Danny McCarthy, Mooney9%12 votes
- Korey Stringer, Warren Harding10%13 votes
- Omar Provitt, Warren Harding4%6 votes
- Daryll Clark, Ursuline1%2 votes
- Bo Pelini, Mooney2%3 votes
- Brad Smith, Chaney14%18 votes
- Mario Manningham, Warren Harding15%19 votes
- Nick Cochran, Girard11%14 votes
- Jeff Wilkins, Fitch15%19 votes
- Other15%20 votes
126 total votes.
- After Mooney-Ursuline, what's the best area rivalry?
Reader poll
- Campbell-Struthers12%14 votes
- Canfield-Poland30%34 votes
- Boardman-Fitch7%8 votes
- Howland-Niles1%2 votes
- Chaney-Fitch1%2 votes
- Boardman-Mooney13%15 votes
- Columbiana-Crestview1%2 votes
- South Range-Springfield13%15 votes
- Liberty-Girard12%14 votes
- Other4%5 votes
111 total votes.
- Best place to watch a game?
Reader poll
- YSU's Stambaugh Stadium17%20 votes
- Warren Harding's Mollenkopf Field8%10 votes
- Austintown Fitch Falcon Stadium11%13 votes
- Poland's Dave Pavlansky Field19%22 votes
- Girard's Arrowhead Stadium11%13 votes
- Canfield's Bob Dove Field5%6 votes
- Campbell's John Knapick Field13%15 votes
- Niles' Bo Rein Stadium2%3 votes
- Hubbard Stadium3%4 votes
- Other5%6 votes
112 total votes.
By Joe Scalzo
With a mixture of excitement and trepidation, we unveil our first annual Blitz Readers Survey.
Voting begins at 6 a.m. Sept. 25 and continues through 6 a.m. on Oct. 12. We’ll print the results in our Oct. 16 edition. And, for good measure, we’ll print our opinion, too.
Since we’re interested in getting a wide (and accurate) range of opinions, please (please!) don’t do any ballot-stuffing.
Before you begin, here are a couple things to note:
- Since Mooney-Ursuline would win hands-down as the area’s best rivalry, we decided to ask for the best area rivalry other than Mooney-Ursuline.
This doesn’t necessarily mean Mooney-Ursuline IS the best area rivalry, only that it would win the vote.
- Since former Mooney RB Ted Bell would win hands-down as the best player in the Valley’s history, we decided to limit the question to the last 25 years.
And since that skews the vote toward Warren Harding RB Maurice Clarett, we decided to phrase it “After Maurice Clarett, who is the Valley’s best player of the last 25 years?”
Again, this doesn’t necessarily mean he is the best player of the last quarter-century, just that he would run away with the vote.
Comments are welcome, which is why we gave an "other" option on many questions.
Enjoy!
Comments
I am repeating my comment because I was not registered earlier and am not sure that it posted:
The best athlete I saw in the last twenty-five years was Sean Penny. His hard running style wore down the Boardman D line in his senior year. He not only ran the ball on most of Ursuline's plays but he would play defense as the middle linebacker. Ask Dick Angle at Howland, he was his coach.
He was good.