Area D-IV, Region 14 recap
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The second half of the season will present a stern test for Bill Inselmann’s Patrick Henry program with the NWOAL’s top five teams dotting the Patriots’ schedule. The rugged stretch begins Friday at home vs. Bryan.
Trips to Wauseon and Liberty Center follow before hosting Delta in week nine while league frontrunner Archbold will await the Patriots in the regular season finale.
“To be frank with you, we’ve got the toughest league schedule,” said Inselmann. “And the reason is quite simple: we don’t have an off week. We’ve got the five best teams in the league five weeks in a row.
Back-to-back defending NWOAL champion Archbold will put a 10-game NWOAL winning streak on the line Friday night when it visits Bryan.
The 3-0 Streaks have romped in the first three weeks, outscoring their foes, 112-28.
Meanwhile, Bryan enters at 2-1, with the lone blemish being a 47-28 setback to defending D-IV state champion Van Wert.
“We are a solid team and got a good test vs Van Wert,” explained Bryan coach Grant Redhead. “(We) need to keep improving on little things and fundamentals.”
Archbold has outgained its adversaries, 873-368.
The offensive attack has been led by senior maestro DJ Newman, 38-65 passing for 518 yards and six touchdowns while adding 431 yards rushing and six TDs on 45 attempts.
Containing Newman is front and center for Redhead.
Lynn Groll, Tony Haynes and Andrew Mickey look back at week 3, hand out Offensive Player of the Week to Otsego’s Trent Leiter and co-Blockhead of the Week to Leiter and Columbus Grove’s AJ Schafer.
Lynn Groll, Tony Haynes and Andrew Mickey recap week 1 from the area while handing out Offensive Player of the Week to Jonas Tester of Wauseon and Blockhead of the Week to Liberty Center’s Owen Box! They also predict week 2 of the area high school football scene!