Friday, March 8, 2013
The Mentor High boys basketball team is one win away from its sixth straight district title
Last week, Mentor High boys basketball Coach Bob Krizancic told his team that they needed to play better defense. His players took the message to heart. They clamped down on South and rolled past the Rebels, 84-44 in the Division I district semifinal Thursday. “You could see the energy we played with tonight on defense, and that was great to see,” Krizancic told Ohio Varsity. “It was a complete effort for us on both ends. We played a lot of guys and had a lot of guys step up and play really well. But the time to enjoy this doesn’t last long. We have a game to play on Saturday and we know it is going to be a challenge.” South -- who had been playing well of late and toppled PAC foes Riverside and Madison to make the district semis -- were …
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Cardinals face Wildcats for place in Division I state semifinals
Mentor’s explosive passing offense has been the talk of Northeast Ohio football this season with junior quarterback Mitch Trubisky squarely at its center. The Cardinals have garnered national rankings, been ranked No. 1 in the state and first in the Plain Dealer’s Top 25 poll for good stretches of the season. But if that high-powered offense has shown one clear weakness in its lofty scoring numbers, it’s been the interceptions at inopportune times. Mentor (11-1) faces St. Ignatius (10-2) in the Division I, Region 1 final beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday at Lakewood Stadium with many of these concerns at the forefront. Trubisky powered the Cardinals’ Week 3 victory over the Wildcats, 38-24, at Jerome T. Osborne Sr. Stadium but threw four picks …
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tickets for the game are still available for purchase
The Mentor High-St. Ignatius rematch this Saturday is the Cleveland Browns game of the week. In fact, of the more than 15,000 high school football fans who voted on the Browns website, 96 percent chose the Cardinals game to be featured. The Cleveland Browns organization will cover the game and post highlights on its website. Also, the winning coach and an MVP will be honored during a Browns home game. Finally, the winning team will receive $1,000 for their football program. Coincidentally, when Mentor and Ignatius faced off during the regular season, that was also the Browns game of the week. Mentor won that clash of titans 38-24. In related news, tickets for the game are still available at the Mentor High School gym lobby today and Friday…
Monday, November 14, 2011
Enjoy these game photos, courtesy of Jimmy Davis Photography, and feel free to post your own
The Mentor Cardinals left no doubt who was the better football team Saturday, beating the Solon Comets for the second time this Saturday. Now the question remains: who shot the best photo of the game? Feel free to post your favorite photos and video of the game here. To get us started, Jimmy Davis Photography has kindly allowed us to post some of his beautiful shots here. You can see more than 400 of Jimmy Davis's beautiful game photos on his Facebook page. His email address is Jdavis@tnnnews.net.
Cardinals face off against 10-time champion St. Ignatius in rematch
The Mentor football team will face St. Ignatius at Lakewood Stadium in the Division I, Region 1 finals Saturday at 7 p.m. according to the OHSAA’s website. Top-seeded Mentor (11-1) defeated second-seeded St. Ignatius (10-2), 38-24, at home on Sept. 9. The Cardinals knocked off fifth-seeded Solon (10-2), 42-40, for the second time this season, beating them at Byers Field on Saturday night and defeated eighth-seeded Cleveland JFK, 48-16, in the opening-round of the playoffs at home. The Wildcats subdued sixth-seeded and 2010 champion St. Edward, 20-17, at Brunswick Stadium on Saturday night for the second time this season and defeated seventh-seeded Boardman, 29-14, at Byers Field in the first round. Mentor is seeking its first state title …
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Win sets up rematch with St. Ignatius in Regional Final
The rematch is over. St. Ignatius is up ahead. And Mentor can put Saturday’s near disaster against Solon behind them. The top-seeded Cardinals almost squandered a four-touchdown lead but held on late to knock off the fifth-seeded Comets, 42-40, in a wild Division I, Region 1 semifinal matchup at Byers Field in Parma. Mentor improved to 11-1 on the season and will play another regular season foe in second-seeded St. Ignatius next Saturday in the regional final. The game’s site will be announced Sunday. The Cardinals defeated the Wildcats at home, 38-24, on Sept. 9. Solon’s season ends at 10-2. Despite committing five interceptions and losing two fumbles, the Cardinals defense held the Comets late to seal the win. Mentor kicker Tomislav …
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Besser's passing overcomes Cougars' secondary, ends state title dreams
St. Vincent-St. Mary head football coach Dan Boarman looked at the 22 interceptions Lake Catholic’s defense piled up this season and liked his team’s chances through the air. With that knowledge, most teams would keep the ball on the ground, but not Boarman. Not when he’s got Kevin Besser directing his offense. “Our kid is an accurate thrower. He only had five interceptions up until today,” Boarman said. “I liked our numbers better than theirs.” SVSM senior quarterback Kevin Besser lived up to his coach’s expectations and carved up the Cougars’ secondary with a pair of touchdown passes to Jordan Hargrove as the sixth-seeded Irish (10-2) upset second-seeded Lake Catholic (10-2), 31-14, in the Division III, Region 9 semifinals Friday night. …
Friday, November 11, 2011
Cardinals don't plan to change their offensive style for Solon in rematch
Win or lose, the past is always with us. The Mentor and Solon football teams will face off Saturday night for the right to play in the coveted Division I, Region 1 final next weekend, but their Oct. 6 regular-season meeting will loom large over this weekend’s matchup. The Cardinals (10-1) won that Northeast Ohio Conference Valley Division contest, 44-20, and proved that Mentor head coach football Steve Trivisonno’s five-receiver passing attack could handle a mighty defense on the road. For the Comets (10-1), it marked the end of their 20-game regular season home-winning streak and left them hoping that if the opportunity presented itself again, the proper adjustments would gain them greater glory. The Comets, ranked 10th in the Associated …
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Mentor Patch offers a brief public service announcement on sportsmanship in anticipation of the Mentor and Solon High School playing each other this Saturday
Mentor and Solon High School football teams will have their rematch this Saturday. So who you got, Cardinals or Comets? Tell us why in the comments. Oh, and enjoy this public service announcement from Mentor Patch to Solon Patch.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Also, both Lake Catholic and Mentor football games are nominated to be the Cleveland Browns game of the week again
Cardinals fans who can't make it this Saturday to Byers Field in Parma can catch the Mentor-Solon rematch on the Northeast Ohio Network this weekend. NEON, which is channel 22 for those with Time Warner cable, will show the playoff football game at 11 p.m. Saturday, as well as 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday. It will not be airing the game live. Top-seeded Mentor (10-1) defeated fifth-seeded Solon (10-1), 44-20, on the road on Oct. 6 in a Northeast Ohio Conference meeting earlier this season. Mentor knocked off Cleveland JFK, 48-16, and Solon went on the road to defeat Willoughby South, 37-12, on Saturday night to advance to the Division 1, Region 1 semifinals. In related news, both Mentor and Lake Catholic's playoff games are nominated to be …
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