Toledo Whitmer ranked #22 In the Nation

pantherman · (#1)

Toledo Whitmer broke in to the USA Today Top 25 Super Prep Rankings,the Panthers are now ranked #22 nationally.The AP Poll's have them at #2 in the State of Ohio.
Congrats to our kid's,Joe Palka and his outstanding coaching staff & all of Panther Nation.
Your thoughts on these rankings?

GO PANTHERS!

louy57 · (#2)

Congrats from the guys from Findlay !

pantherman · (#3)

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Congrats from the guys from Findlay !

Thanks and good luck to your Trojans tonight,beat St.John's!

dorciepatrick · (#4)

Having grown up in Cincinnati, I'm used to seeing various teams ranked in the USA top 25 in various polls.
It is VERY unusual for a NW Ohio team to make it there. For that, Whitmer is to be congratulated.
What I have learned, though, over the years is that being ranked doesn't help you against your next opponent. In fact -- if your players get caught up in the hype -- it can hurt you.
Let's hope that the Panthers stay focused on the ultimate goal, which is the Division 1 state championship.

ArrowGrad02 · (#5)

Nice job Panthers!!!

whitmerpanther · (#6)

Where did you see this at? I was just on the USA Today website and they don't have Whitmer listed as #22 or even in the Top 25.

This year's Whitmer football team may be the best Whitmer has ever had.

rmolin73 · (#7)

Check the maxpreps massey ratings not USA Today. But no matter what congrats to the Panthers.

pantherman · (#8)

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Originally Posted by whitmerpanther

Where did you see this at? I was just on the USA Today website and they don't have Whitmer listed as #22 or even in the Top 25.

This year's Whitmer football team may be the best Whitmer has ever had.

http://www.highschoolsports.net/Massey/

This is the USA Today Super Top 25

Winnerstreak · (#9)

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Originally Posted by pantherman

Toledo Whitmer broke in to the USA Today Top 25 Super Prep Rankings,the Panthers are now ranked #22 nationally.The AP Poll's have them at #2 in the State of Ohio.
Congrats to our kid's,Joe Palka and his outstanding coaching staff & all of Panther Nation.
Your thoughts on these rankings?

GO PANTHERS!

Too bad this great season is in jeopardy. I see a decision next week being made, Wittmer, you are now 0-9.

2true4u · (#10)

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Too bad this great season is in jeopardy. I see a decision next week being made, Wittmer, you are now 0-9.

If that WERE to be the decision made, it most certainly would be the wrong one, and this entire state will never hear the end of it. Mark my words, if THAT is the decision made by the OHSAA, well then they go forth to seal their own coffin, figuratively speaking.

ArrowGrad02 · (#11)

What happened? Why would they lose their wins?

jm71witmr · (#12)

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Originally Posted by Winnerstreak

Too bad this great season is in jeopardy. I see a decision next week being made, Wittmer, you are now 0-9.

Not quite sure where you got your information. How do you see a decision?
You don't even know that the school is Whitmer.

1iluvfootball · (#13)

Congrats!

jm71witmr · (#14)

Hope this works.
This is a pretty good video of Whitmer v St Johns, game 5.
Whitmer is in the Maize & Blue, most of the crowd is of the Whitmer side.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E5fnQaLr98

#47 Wormley DE, 34 Webb RB, 74 Norton OL To name a few players.

Mind the Gap · (#15)

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What happened? Why would they lose their wins?

Player(s) coming into the Washington Local School district that DO NOT live in the school district. The OHSAA has been looking into this since the beginning of the school year. They (OHSAA) ruled a student athelete ineligible and it went to court. The court ruled in favor of the student athelete and he was allowed to play. OHSAA is going to be making a ruling in the coming weeks.

pantherman · (#16)

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Originally Posted by Mind the Gap

Player(s) coming into the Washington Local School district that DO NOT live in the school district. The OHSAA has been looking into this since the beginning of the school year. They (OHSAA) ruled a student athlete ineligible and it went to court. The court ruled in favor of the student athlete and he was allowed to play. OHSAA is going to be making a ruling in the coming weeks.

You know nothing about what is going on like a lot of other posters.Whitmer is named as a defendant as well,that means the court order says to play him.The OHSAA cannot and will not make Whitmer forfeit any games he has played in.Get it?They open their self up for a lawsuit if they do.

steedo · (#17)

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You know nothing about what is going on like a lot of other posters.Whitmer is named as a defendant as well,that means the court order says to play him.The OHSAA cannot and will not make Whitmer forfeit any games he has played in.Get it?They open their self up for a lawsuit if they do.

I don't think they can make them forfeit since he was allowed to play but the state does want a decision on his eligibility prior to the playoffs so no unfair advantage is gained.

Them saying that alone makes it appear he will be declared ineligible (IMO). So no forfeits just a little black eye for the program if he is declared ineligible (again IMO).

jm71witmr · (#18)

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I don't think they can make them forfeit since he was allowed to play but the state does want a decision on his eligibility prior to the playoffs so no unfair advantage is gained.

Them saying that alone makes it appear he will be declared ineligible (IMO). So no forfeits just a little black eye for the program if he is declared ineligible (again IMO).

Steedo you are stating basically what the local paper is saying, they are good at leaving many facts out. This helps people form opinions with limited information.

The court ruled him eligible at the injunction hearing. They have no recourse because the decision was ruled based on several issues.The lack of following their own procedures and poorly written paperwork (which they have since changed). They were unable to prove any wrongdoing or falsification of documents that they originally ruled was the reason for declaring him ineligible. So now they decided to go after the school "because of the high number of transfers" and search several years back of records including jr high. I wonder how many school systems could produce all the documentation they have "requested".
BTW the parents took this to court...not the school as they had nothing to do with it.
Public schools are required by law to provide an education for all kids that meet their residential requirements. With the failure of the Toledo schools there are many parents wanting their kids to attend Whitmer.

The original investigation was coincidentally started when the family told a certain private school "supporters" to leave them alone...he is attending Whitmer. The mentality of "if we can't have him nobody can".

This was when ohsaa started investigating him and followed the lead of Richard Crowell a former basketball coach at Bowsher. After the injunction hearing decision was unfavorable to ohsaa they amped up investigating Whitmer. Crowell was their main witness and he coincidentally never showed up at the court hearing.
Gotta run now.

nwgridiron · (#19)

Nice video jm71. I saw onn broadcasting the sj game, but was unable to find any footage. Thanks again for posting.

Traven · (#20)

Does anyone have a link proving that Whitmer is even ranked by USA today? I can't find one either.

Never mind. Found it.