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  Name: Andrew Smith School/town: Clinton Massie, Oregonia, Ohio Positions played: CB/WR Class: 2026 Height and Weight: 6'1, 185 Jersey Number: 10 Awards won or earned: 1st Team All-SBAAC 2025, 2nd Team All-Southwest Ohio 2025, All-Ohio Honorable mention 2025 HUDL LINK: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17961457/Andrew-Smith/highlights Other sports played: baseball and track Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you. This was the last year coaching for Coach McSurley. I am very grateful to be a part of the final senior class he coached. What were your feelings as you walked off the field for the last time as a member of the Clinton Massie football team? Taft really took it to us in the playoffs. By halftime, we knew that it was most likely our last game, which made it a little easier. It was still a very sad moment. What do you feel you will mis...

  Joe Abraham Olentangy Liberty High School - Powell, Ohio Head Softball Coach College Undergrad - Ohio State Law School - Capital Could you share with the readers your coaching tree, from first job to current job? 1996 - Worthington Spirit 14-U 1997 - Worthington Spirit 16-U, Upper Arlington Hastings 7th grade 1998 - Buckeye Heat 14-U; Worthington Worthingway Middle School 1999 - Buckeye Heat 16-U 2000 - Buckeye Heat 16-U; Dublin Coffman (Asst. Varsity) 2001 - Buckeye Heat 16-U; Dublin Coffman (Asst. Varsity) 2002 - Buckeye Heat 18-U; Dublin Scioto (Asst. Varsity) 2003-2008 - Buckeye Heat 14-U, 16-U, and 18-U; Thomas Worthington (Head Varsity) 2009-2011 - Whitworth Univ. (Head Coach) 2012-2018 - Hillsdale College (Head Coach) 2019-2022 - Univ. of Toledo (Head Coach) 2023-2025 - Ohio Outlaws 16-U and 18-U 2025 - current - Olentangy Liberty (Head Coach)   Who are some of the coaches that you have learned the most from? In softball, Mike Larabee (Head Coach, Florida Internationa...

  Karenna Shipley Olentangy Berlin High School Pitcher/1st Base 2028 Height: 5'9 Jersey Number: 21 Awards won or earned: School Record Holder Single Season ERA School Record Holder: Single Season Strikeouts Earned the win in Coach’s 100th career victory. HUDL LINK: N/A Other sports played: basketball, soccer Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you. One moment that sticks out from last season was playing Mafia with my teammates during spring break down in Gulf Shores. It was so much fun just hanging out and laughing together off the field. Who or what got you started playing softball? My mom coached me in little league, and that’s really what got me into softball. From day one, I loved being on the field and learning the game. What has been your biggest moment on the diamond? My biggest moment was earning the win in my coach’s 100th career...

 Photo credited to Andrew Dolph, Akron Beacon Journal    Name: Kasey Bolyard School/town—Mogadore Positions played: point guard and shooting guard Class of 2027 Height and Weight—5'4", 115 lb Jersey Number: 2 Awards won or earned: Basketball - 2x PTC scholar athlete, district champs, regional champs, state final four, 2x sectional champs, PTC honorable mention, WTCBCA honorable mention, top 40 Ohio academic team in basketball, 3x athlete of the week nominee, all-tournament team in AAU. Cross Country—2x State Qualifier, Mogadore Regional course record (19:48) Track - 2X state qualifier, 4th place in the 4x8 at state, state runner-up in the 4x4, school record in the 4x8, 3X All-American, 5x national medalist. HUDL LINK: http://www.hudl.com/profile/19908757 Other sports played: Softball, Track, and Cross Country Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any mome...

  Name: Luther Sehwah School/town—Downingtown East/Exton, PA Positions played: CB/S/KR Class of 2026 Height and Weight—5'11, 170 Jersey Number: 13 Awards won or earned: 1st team all conference 1st team all-area all-eastern Pa HUDL LINK: hudl.com/v/2TAA3t Other sports played: track and field Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you. Going out to eat with my teammates and bus rides back to school after a win. What were your feelings as you walked off the field for the last time as a member of the Downingtown East football team? I was sad that I wouldn’t be able to play with my teammates again but also grateful for the opportunity and knowing I gave it everything I had. What do you feel you will miss the most from playing high school football? The environment was the whole town cheering us on, and we were playing with people we knew for a lon...

  Name: Daniel Warmick School/town: Portage High School, Portage, Indiana Positions played: OLB Class of 2026 Height and Weight 6’0 195 Jersey Number: #2 Awards won or earned: All-conference HUDL LINK: https://www.hudl.com/profile/17786672/Daniel-Warmick Other sports played: Wrestling Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to yo u. I remember playing with an old teammate that transferred to Michigan City. It was a punt play. I cut, blocked my old teammate, and then got up and hit the returner out of bounds. I was trying to send a message to their team. Some would call it a late hit, but the ref didn't, and when I was getting back up, I remember their stands, coaches, and players were all calling out my number, and it felt great. Who or what got you started playing football? My father, David Warmick, started me playing football. What was the bes...

    Name: Niko Carestia School/town: Schuylkill Haven Positions played: RB/LB Class: 2026 Height and Weight: 5’9” Jersey Number: 44 Awards won or earned: All-State RB, SCFCA Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, Super 16 Dream Team RB, 3-time 1st Team RB/LB, Schuylkill Haven Scholar Athlete, 4-time PAFootballNews All-Academic Gold Team, Republican Herald Half-Decade ATH. HUDL LINK: https://www.hudl.com/v/2TGMiB Other sports played: Wrestling, Track & Field Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you. Going out to dinner with my coach and teammates and devouring the menu. Looking back on your career, which win meant the most? Explain I’d say Blue Mountain this past season because I came from there. Also, it was the first time since 2018 that we beat them. What was your biggest moment as a high school football player? My biggest ...

  Name: Angelina “Gigi” Rodriguez School/Town: Dublin Scioto High School Positions played: Middle infield Class: 2027 Height: 5’6 Jersey Number: #7 Awards won or earned: N/A Social links:  https://x.com/gigirod19?s=21 https://www.instagram.com/gigirod19?igsh=eHV4Ym4xaG44M3Nk https://www.ncsasports.org/softball-recruiting/ohio/dublin/dublin-scioto-high-school/gigi-rodriguez1 Other sports played: N/A Please post something from last season that sticks out to you. It can be from a game, practice, or something funny on the bus ride to or from the game. Any moment that sticks out to you: Coming together as a team and winning district champions for the first time in Scioto softball history really sticks out to me. What was the best part of the Ohio State camp? The best part for me was meeting some of the players, like Kailea Ricks, Skylar Limon, and Kiki Estrada, and of course the coaches — 2K, Coach Guemmer, and Coach Spaid. What did you learn from the Ohio State camp? At the Ohio ...

Name: Brayden Schneider School/town: Lloyd Memorial/Erlanger Position played: DE Class: 2026 Height and weight: 6’1 and 200 lb Jersey number: 30 Awards won or earned: N/A HUDL LINK: http://www.hudl.com/profile/17992430 Other sports played: Track, Basketball What were your feelings as you walked off the field for the last time as a member of the Lloyd Memorial football team? I felt crushed, like we knew we could have been them, and it just didn’t happen; it just all felt unreal to me. What will you miss the most from playing high school football? The winter lifted, leaving everyone excited to be back, just doing something to get ready for football. If you are invited to play in the East vs. West game, will you? Getting to play in the East vs. West game has been a dream of mine since I was a kid, so if I got invited, I would absolutely play. What do you wish you would have done differently to prepare you for football? I wish I would have gotten into the weight room consistently at an ear...