Last year Jack Sawyer was a square-pegged defensive end in the round hole defensive coordinator Jim Knowles calls the Jack. The experiment didn't work and Knowles still doesn't have a Jack, but the guy named Jack is ready to team up with J.T. Tuimoloau to be what the Buckeyes hope will be a dominant pair of ends. Jeff Gilbert writes for Friday Press Pros from Buckeyes spring practice.
Purple Pain....Perhaps gassed from an emotional semifinal win over top-ranked Centerville the previous night, Pickerington Central could not recover from an 11-3 fourth quarter run by a motivated Akron Hoban team that fed off an underdog role to capture its first state title since 1989. Read Steve Blackledge on Press Pros.