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It took the Liberty-Benton Eagles (1-1) nearly a quarter to score against the Van Buren Black Knights (0-2), but when they did it came fast and furious. Mitchell Linhart, LB's sophomore quarterback, scored on an eleven yard scamper with 54 seconds left in the first quarter. Linhart then added a 17 yard TD toss to Dakota Conkle and a 44 yard TD pass to Seth Davis in the second quarter. Brady Vaught then capped the first half scoring with a nifty 12 yard run for a 28-0 Liberty-Benton lead at half. Van Buren's closest scoring effort came when the Black Knight's had the ball down to the Eagle 1 yard line, but failed to score as the clock ran out to end the first half. It was all Liberty-Benton in the third quarter as Linhart had a 2 yard TD run and then added a 65 yard TD strike to Seth Davis closing out the game's scoring. Both teams will continue conference play next week as Liberty-Benton travels to Arlingt...

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TOLEDO WHITMER 35 , TIFFIN COLUMBIAN 6 – Combined with a big play offense and a smothering defense, the Whitmer Panthers roll to a 35-6 victory over the visiting Tornadoes of Tiffin Columbian.

Whitmer received the opening kickoff of the game and drove directly into Columbian territory. However, the Tornado defense stiffened before any damage was done and stopped the Panthers on a 4th down conversion attempt from the Tiffin 40 yard line. The Columbian offense, unable to move the ball and was forced to hand possession back over. Just 3 plays into their 2nd drive, Whitmer’s senior Tailback Jody Webb sprinted 54 yards down the visiting sideline and into the endzone for the first score of the new season. The defense, now feeding off the emotion of the offense’s big play and score, used that momentum to create big play of their own when defensive back Garrett Clark intercepted a underthrown screen pass at the Columbian 40 yard lin...

By MACster:

The Midwestern Athletic Conference went 7-3 in the opening week of the high school football season. A few teams had very impressive performances to start the season. Let’s take a look around the MAC in Week 1.

KENTON 50, COLDWATER 31 – Kenton defeated Coldwater for the first time since the 2001 season. The Wildcats used their powerful spread offense to light up the scoreboard on Friday night. Coldwater got off to a great start after stopping Kenton on a 4th down on the opening drive of the game. A couple plays later Austin Bruns connected with Reese Klenke for a 14 yard touchdown pass to give the Cavaliers and early 7-0 lead. Kenton wasted no time and drove down the field before Andrew Tillman caught an 8 yard touchdown pass from Maty Mauk. Kenton converted the two point conversion to take an 8-7 lead. Bruns and Klenke went back to work for the Cavaliers, scoring on a 28 yard touchdown pass at the end of the first quarter, giving Coldwater ...

“You can’t be influenced by what other people are going to think or say. You have to believe in yourself." - Coach Reed

Chip Otten will take over the reins of the Coldwater football program, in which Otten will look to continue the dominance of Cavalier Football that was set forth by former coach, John Reed.




An emotional season is in store for the community of Coldwater. Just 3 months ago, 15 year head coach John Reed passed away to esophageal cancer. Reed turned average players into great players, average teams to great teams, and most importantly; boys to men. Reed guided the Cavaliers to 5 State final appearances (98, 00, 05, 07, 09), which included an improbable run to the Division V State championship just a year ago. Coldwater captured 6 MAC titles, 8 Regional titles, and 2 State titles. Beyond all the wins and hardware, Coach Reed will be remembered for being a mentor, a leader, and a father figure. Coach Reed will definitel...

Looking back just a few years, who would've predicted all these changes. Plus there are more still to come.

Let me first start by recapping whats went on the last two years. I'm sure most on here know, but there are a few that probably don't.

I believe the story starts with Fostoria St Wendlin. The Mohawks were/are struggling with numbers so they left the MAL to join the NWCC which has schools that are in the same position. That move left an opening in the MAL which Kansas Lakota promptly applied for. Once the MAL accepted Lakota, the dominoes started to fall.

Lakota left the Suburban Lakes League before last school year and left that league in turmoil. So many different scenarios presented themselves and a struggle between the D5 and D4 schoold ensued. From that mess, a new league arose. The Northern Buckeye Conference.

Led by Genoa and Eastwood, the new NBC also included Otsego, Lake, and Woodmore. Fostoria, Rossford...