Bfan99 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 1:43 am
SiderBlood wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 11:19 pm
We all knew it would take an almost perfect game to pull it off last night and unfortunately that did not happen. Stalled drives, a few penalties and missed balls that are uncharacteristic did not land our way. We did a pretty good job stopping the run. I was more impressed with Carpenter than anything. Perkins (Valley) is as advertised. Irontons defense is good not great. They made plays when they needed them. I think drew Pasteur had us at 12 percent chance to win and we knew what we was against. But we also knew these boys could play. I know one thing. If you take take 22 West Side boys vs 22 Ironton boys it’s not a game. You take West Side boys against Ironton plus Mississippi, Huntington, Ashland X2, Valley, Minford, Northwest, Rock Hill etc we lose 35-7.
Want to recognize and thank this group and coaches for what they accomplished this year. 11 consecutive wins, undefeated at home, beating your rival, an SOC championship, and 2 playoff wins. You will forever be recognized in our tradition rich football community for what you have done to revitalize a winning culture that has been dormant for a while. Special shout out to all the Seniors for what you brought to the table. Once a Sider always a Sider
Ironton kids still beat west IMO. I’ll take Ironton’s coaching staff over wests any day of the week. Ironton’s “Home grown”
QB Carpenter, WR/DB Young, WR/DB Martin, Wilson CB/Slot, WR/LB Schreck, RB/LB Carter, TE/LB Barnes, LB/FB Williams, OL/DT Gossett, OL/DT Layne, OL/DL Bump, That’s 11 and I’m sure I could add more kids that have started this year. This Ironton senior group was phenomenal from peewee to HS without any transfers
The West seniors beat Ironton in Peewee. Never played in Junior High.
The West Juniors beat Ironton bad in Junior High.
You take #3, 5, 7 off that team and you may not win your own Conference much less this game.
Hats off to Perkins. He’s absolutely legit and was the difference. Probably should have tried to press him more with help over the top but that’s water under the bridge.
Carpenter was impressive and he’s a first class kid from a first class family. The kind you root for.
West couldn’t get the passing game going. As the other poster said it’s hard to run with 9 in the box ready to stop the run. If any of the Ironton backs ran against that they wouldn’t get a lot of yards either.
So proud of the West kids. They played to the end. It was a joy watching you play. You changed the culture and done things the right way. They made West Football relevant again and probably saved it in a low point when kids and coaches were jumping ship.
#23 will go down as one of the best to ever play at West. He really is a Beast on the Field and First Class off of it. Whatever College Team gets him will be getting a Gem.
West returns a lot of players next year and can be right back here again if they have the kind of offseason they had this year. Coaching Staff is young. They will learn what works and what they need to improve on. They can now reach into those experiences and work backwards on where you need to be and what you need to do to win at this level. There is no substitute for experience
Good Luck to Ironton moving forward. Win the State
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