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  Gunnar Myers Waverly Power Forward/Small Forward 2027 6’4 215 Jersey Number: 23 Awards won or earned: None Twitter: @gunnarmyers4 Other sports played: Football, Baseball What or who got you playing basketball? Parents/Grandparents What are your goals for the season? Win a District Title What goals have you set for the team? Win SOC What has been your biggest moment on the court heading into this season? Playing in a District Championship Can you let the readers know the difficulties of being a three-sport athlete in high school? It’s pretty much impossible to put equal amounts of time into each sport with schoolwork and practices. So you kind of have to choose a sport or two to really focus on and get better at. What is the toughest drill you do during practice? Running ladders at basketball (conditioning) What is your favorite drill to do at practice? Team offense and getting to play Should there be a shot clock in high school basketball? Yes, but it should be longer, maybe arou...

  Name: Zarius Harvey School/town: Cincinnati Archbishop McNicholas High School Positions played: CB and WR Class of 2026 Height and Weight: 5’9, 170 lbs. Jersey Number: 18 Awards won or earned: 2nd team all GCL Coed and Yards Per Carry record holder (18.69) HUDL LINK: Other sports played: Track and Field Did it feel as though your senior season went by faster than earlier seasons? Definitely, this season has flown by faster than ever, from summer training to being in playoffs, but I played to the fullest and left all on the field with no regrets. What was the best part of your 2025 season? The best part had to be snapping Badin’s 30+ GCL win streak after everybody was expecting us to get blown out. What were your feelings as you walked off the field for the last time as a member of the Archbishop McNicholas football team? It was emotional for sure, but you have to move on in life, and I’m off to college and will always be grateful for McNick football and how they took me in and ma...

  Name: Billy Burrell School/town: Thomas Worthington, Worthington, Ohio Positions played: MLB, DT, DE, OLB Class: CO’27 Height and Weight: 6’1 200 Jersey Number: 25 Awards won or earned: 2024 Scholar Athlete, 2024 Iron Card Leadership Award (leader of the defense) 2025 Scholar Athlete, HUDL LINK: http://www.hudl.com/v/2TBq1F Other sports played: Baseball, Basketball, Track Please post a small recap of last season with something like a big game you had, something about a certain game, something from a bus ride to or from the game, or something that sticks out from a practice: For me, I would say our rivalry game against Kilbourne in week 2. I had 10 tackles, 2 TFLs, and a sack. Even though we lost, that was the best game I think I've had in my life. What are you going to miss the most from the seniors from the 2025 team? I’m going to miss their leadership for sure; we had a lot of great leaders on our team, like Joesph Brewu, Nick Zalewski, and Jayden Envid. What do you feel was th...

  Cedric Davis Jr. School/town: Brentwood High School Positions played: QB/CB Class: 2026 Height and Weight: 6’0 / 175 Jersey Number: 13 HUDL LINK: http://www.hudl.com/profile/17651190 Other sports played: track and basketball Please post something from last season, like a big game you had, something about a certain game, something from a bus ride to or from the game, or something that sticks out from a practice. Anything that sticks out to you: I’d have to say the game against Leechburg—they blew us out the year before, 50-27, but this year we only lost by one, 47-46. It was a big nail-biter. They were one of the biggest teams in our conference, and playoffs were on the line. I had 5 total touchdowns. I threw for 230 yds and 4 pass TDs, and I ran for 120 yds and 1 TD, definitely a huge game for me. What were your feelings as you walked off the field for the last time as a member of the Brentwood football team? It was tough to register; it didn’t really feel like that it was my las...

  Name: Drew Emnett School/town: Portsmouth Clay College: Morehead State University Can you give the readers a brief history of the coaching jobs you have had? I have coached at many different levels and several sports. BASKETBALL, SOCCER, BASEBALL, ETC. What or who first got you started in coaching? AL OLIVER What's the most fulfilling part of coaching? Watching kids catch on and seeing them reach their full potential and exceed things they ever thought were possible What is the toughest part of coaching? Making sure to stay your course and drown out the naysayers How do you go about picking up non-conference games? N/A Should there be a shot clock in high school basketball? No What are the best and worst changes you have seen in the game during your coaching career? Best, I believe some of the players are so talented and have great skill. The worst is probably the numbers problem that many small schools have with their teams. As the head coach at a smaller school, what do you do ...

    As the 2025 high school football season lies in the past, I now start looking forward to the 2026 season. I reflect on some of the issues that have to be fixed, as well as the good aspects of not only going to the games, but also covering them. If things go as planned, I will start the 2026 season off with a trip to Idaho, North Dakota, and South Dakota. This trip will be as much for seeing new states as for catching new and different styles of football, including some more nine-man football games. I plan on doing state finals in Ohio. Indiana and Texas again, and they have thoughts on doing Pennsylvania because it is now on a different weekend than Ohio. I am also hoping to make it back to Iowa to catch all 14 of their state semi-final games that are played inside the Uni-Dome. I have a couple of new teams to me to get off of my list. I plan on hitting a game with Toledo Waite so that I can say I have watched all the Toledo City League teams play. That list also has Dayto...

  Friday night took me back to Hebron, Ohio, to watch the red-hot Lakewood Lancers, winners of four straight battles, against a very good and deep Fairfield Union squad. The Lancers were in control for three quarters, leading 44-30 and looking like they were going to win their fifth straight game, but Fairfield Union Head Coach Keith Barr said in a press conference that the Lancers were never able to break, leading to a 17-2 run and one-point Falcons win when Maycee Martindill made a highly contested shot at the buzzer. The Lancers had double-digit turnover in the fourth quarter alone. Lancers head coach Ian Green did call some timeouts to try and fend off the rally, but whatever adjustments he made never came close to working. The Lancers looked very lost and sluggish in the fourth quarter, which made sense, seeing as I was told the team had been fighting an illness all week. Maddie Mitchell had 10 points for the Falcons. Maycee Martindill had three threes and the...

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