[Eric Frantz]

You vote, you decide...who had Ohio's best individual performance in Week ? Find out who the nominees for the Ohio National Guard JJHuddle Ohio Football Player of the Week are here and how to pick the winner. The choices are impressive...

POLLS CLOSE AT NOON ON THURSDAY

Week 9 Nominees

*Kyle Nutter, Genoa
Senior RB/DB had a HUGE game on both sides of the ball as the Comets clinched a share of the Northern Buckeye Conference with a 57-7 win over Nutter ran for 262 yards and four TDs on 35 carries. Defensively he recovered three fumbles and had an interception.

*Jon Zimmerly, Norwayne
Senior RB broke his dad’s single-game rushing record by exploding for 324 yards and four TDs on 34 carries in a 59-13 win over Hillsdale. Zimmerly’s father Doug (now the Norwayne principal) held the old school single-game rushing record with 292 yards in 1983.

*Ross Hickenbottom, West Liberty-Salem
WR/DB returned three kicks for TDs in a 65-7 win over Cedarville. Hickenbottom had punt returns of 73 and 46 yards for TDs and also returned a kickoff 80-yards for a TD. He also had three catches for 88 yards and recovered a fumble.

*Donovan Wilson, Dublin Jerome
Senior RB ran for 424 of his team’s 425 rushing yards in a 21-20 OT loss to Westerville South. Wilson carried the ball 59 times and scored all three of the Celtics TDs.

*Dominick Orsini, Akron Archbishop Hoban
Senior QB broke the school record for single-season passing yards and single-game passing yards by completing 20-of-34 passes for 369 yards and two TDs in a 49-21 win over Benedictine. Orsini now has 2,120 yards in nine games. He also ran for 167 yards and two TDs on 26 carries.

*Jacob Basso, Liberty Union
RB ran for 311 yards and four TDs on 22 carries as the Lions beat West Jefferson 47-12. Basso scored on runs of 71, 68, 52 and 37 yards.

*Nathan Strock, Tri-Valley
Senior QB threw for 192 yards and three TDs and ran for 159 yards and two TDs in a 63-13 win over Sheridan.

*Layne Perone, West Holmes
Junior RB set the school’s single-season points (148) record and tied the single-season TD (23) mark in a 43-0 win over Wooster. Perone ran for 256 yards and two TDs on 21 carries and added two 2-point conversion runs.

*Vance Settlemire, Findlay
Senior RB tied or set three school records in a 62-34 win over Toledo St. John’s. Vance set the Trojans’ single-game (376) and single-season (1,682) rushing records and tied the school record for rushing TDs in a game (six). It’s the third time this season Vance has scored six TDs in a game. Vance, who carried the ball 25 times against TSJ, also had 28 yards receving to give him 404 total yards. The old Findlay single-season rushing record of 1,584 was set by Shaun Ball in 1997.

*Alfred Ramsby, Colerain
Senior QB accounted for 388 total yards and four TDs in a 57-44 win over Lakota West. Ramsby ran for 230 yards and four TDs and threw for 158 yards and another score.

[Genoa Chains]

Kyle Nutter

[thePITman]

Jon Zimmerly, Norwayne
Kid is a stud and had a huge game in the biggest game of the year for Norwayne.

[wls_color]

All impressive stats, and it may be a homerish opinion...but returning 3 kicks for TD's in a game is a rarity and should be recognized.

I'm voting for WLS' Ross Hickenbottom.

[hollylynn]

Wls Ross hickenbottom

[tiradas]

Layne Perone. West Holmes

[vizio32]

My vote is for Ross Hickenbottom.

[Eastsidemiser]

Go Layne Perone!

[WHmom98]

Go Layne, that kid is a horse!!! And in my opinon...not completely healthy yet!!

[tish1208]

Layne Prone, West Holmes

[WHHS79]

Perrone!!!!!!!

[North/Side]

Wilson of Jerome carried the ball 59 times, a state record and 8th all-time nationally..........I don't care what level you play at, that alone should win it.

[Calbonic12]

Kyle nutter by far. he did everything on Friday on both sides of the ball and only played 3 quarters. this kid is the best back in Ohio.

[whdad24]

Layne Perone West Holmes

[wls_color]

They need ton find a way to block people from clearing their cookies and voting multiple times. I'm confident if it were an honest vote, WLS Ross Hickenbottom would be well ahead. We've had the whole conference voting for him and the # hasn't jumped every :15 seconds for the last 2 days.

Way to taint a HS award guys. Teaching the youth of America well.

[jetsfan 2.0]

Originally Posted by wls_color

They need ton find a way to block people from clearing their cookies and voting multiple times. I'm confident if it were an honest vote, WLS Ross Hickenbottom would be well ahead. We've had the whole conference voting for him and the # hasn't jumped every :15 seconds for the last 2 days.

Way to taint a HS award guys. Teaching the youth of America well.

he is down by 1800 votes get over it guy. sounds like a sore loser to me. thats what kids need to learn today and your teaching them a bad thing about sportsmanship

[wls_color]

Originally Posted by jetsfan 2.0

he is down by 1800 votes get over it guy. sounds like a sore loser to me. thats what kids need to learn today and your teaching them a bad thing about sportsmanship

1800 legit votes? Because from the time I logged on this morning until now, the guy from Findlay has jumped over 2000 votes. Kids need to learn that it's okay to cheat to win. I got it. I'll be sure to raise my children accordingly.

[Findlaymanman]

You people jealous because Vance got this poll on LOCK

[tropicthunder]

WLS_Color Please do not take this as a challenge and continue to respond. I am writing this simply to address the concerns that you brought up, in order to allievate you of them. Findlay has a student body of nearly 2000 students; not counting teachers, suport staff, parents and the other fans in the community. Once people heard about this honor (today) potentially coming to a great kid, one of the leaders of our team, and someone who is putting up fantastic numbers even in the tough games (over 200 yards rushing in a loss to Whitmer) they jumped on board to support him. Knowing this, a jump by 2000 since this morning is really not that tough to do. It has been the talk of the high school today and people are encouraging each other to vote for Vance. In an age of smart phones kids can do it in between classes. On that same subject, I am sure that your fans may be as guilty of what you are talking about, as ours may be, otherwise you probably would be unaware of it. I was unaware of the way to cheat the system until you told me. Regardless of what may or may not be occuring in the voting, lets try to be focused on the intent of this award. It is meant to be a positive recognition of the work of our student athletes and you are currently making it a negative event in their lives. Please try to stay positive and talk about something great your kid has done which may get others to vote for him.

[me_the_ref]

Well said tropicthunder.... well said!!!!

Vance is a great kid, and would be well deserved.

zooommm.....................