Bruce Hooley was sports editor of the Troy Daily News from 1983-86 and has covered Ohio State athletics for more than 25 years. Bruce was the OSU beat reporter for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland from 1987-2005. From 2005-2011 he hosted the afternoon show on ESPN radio 1460 AM, in Columbus, before taking on a similar ESPN talk position with WKNR, 850 AM, in Cleveland. Most recently Hooley has served as the beat reporter for Ohio State football and basketball for Sports Illustrated.com. The author of "That's Why I'm Here: The Chris and Stefanie Spielman Story, he returns for his second chapter as Buckeye beat reporter and columnist at large with Press Pros.
Across the miles, across the divisions, a powerhouse from Northeast Ohio knows that should it reach Canton on the final weekend of the high school football season, there will be a Midwest Athletic Conference foe waiting (Kirtland vs. Marion Local, above, in 2022). Bruce Hooley writes for Press Pros.
Coldwater flashed enough finesse to augment a robust running game and dominant defense that pushed Bluffton aside and advanced the Cavaliers to the Division VI state championship game. #70 - Cale Wenning flying high with his teammates as they advance to Canton and the State Football Championship Playoffs.
In conditions that restricted the accomplished passing talents of Coldwater's Baylen Blockberger and Anna's Alex Shappie, neither Mother Nature nor the Rockets proved equal to the assault Coldwater mounted behind a dominant offensive line and its array of talented rushers. Coldwater's TD made by Baylen Blockberger with a QB keeper at the one yard line as he stretches his arms crossing the ball over the goal line.