National Guard JJHuddle Player and Team of the Week: Vote Here & Now for Week 10 awards!

By Eric Frantz, Managing Editor
efrantz@bucknuts.com
Posted Oct 30, 2012

National Guard JJHuddle Player & Team of the Week Voting...You Choose the Winner!

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

JJHuddle is proud to announce a new partnership with the Ohio National Guard that will impact Ohio High School Football (and Basketball) positively during the 2012-2013 school year. Here’s how…

Each week during the football, boys basketball and girls basketball regular seasons, we will hold a fan-generated contest on JJHuddle to tab a weekly Ohio National Guard Ohio Player of the Week. Each weekly winner will receive an award from the National Guard at their school. At the end of the year, the weekly winners will be entered into a competition for the Player of the Year.

How it works? A thread soliciting nominations will be posted in the JJHuddle Football Forums on Friday. Fans will then nominate top performances/players. We will announce the 10 weekly finalists on JJHuddle at noon on Monday and voting will be conducted in a special JJHuddle forum. Voting will cease at noon on Thursday, after which the winner will be announced.

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*Vote for the Week 10 Ohio Player of the Week

2012 PREVIOUS WINNERS
Week 1: Justin Crager, Sciotoville East & Ryan Jordan, Dixie
Week 2: Heath Harding, Dayton Christian
Week 3: James Canan, Bradford
Week 4: Nick Renzetti, Westerville South
Week 5: Kale Huss, Mansfield Madison
Week 6: Jaylon Brown, St. Clairsville
Week 7: Tyler Thompson, Johnstown-Monroe
Week 8: Donyelle Simpson, Heath
Week 9: Vance Settlemire, Findlay
Week 10: TBA

Week 10 Nominees

*Jared Rettig, Millbury Lake
Sophomore QB accounted for 660 yards and eight TDs in a 63-42 win over Woodmore. Rettig completed 31-of-48 passes for 543 yards and six TDs and ran for 106 yards and two TDs. In eight games (he missed two due to injury), Rettig has thrown for 2,823 yards and 32 TDs.

*Ben Tobin, Fairfield Christian Academy
Junior RB had his third 400-yard game of the season when he went for 419 yards on 44 carries in a 54-47 win over Grove City Christian. Tobin, who scored five TDs, has over 2,800 yards on the season and has fumbled just twice on 300-plus carries.

*Brad Smith, Clyde
Senior RB rushed for a school record 403 yards and four TDs on 21 carries in a 74-6 win over Port Clinton. As a team Clyde had 688 yards, including 569 on the ground.

*Gabe Rice, Norwood
Senior RB saved his best for last by rushing for 325 yards and a TD on 27 carries in a 39-29 win over Western Brown that secured the Indians first league title (Southern Buckeye Conference American Division) since 1988. Rice also had a TD reception.

*Drew McArtor, Licking Valley
Senior RB scored five TDs and ran for 212 yards on 38 carries in a 48-34 win over Heath.

*Alfred Ramsby, Colerain
Senior QB ran for 290 yards and four TDs on 16 carries in a 48-29 win over Oak Hills.

*Tommy Iammarino, Chagrin Falls
Senior QB accounted for six TDs in a 56-16 win over Perry that captured the Tigers fourth consecutive Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division championship. Iammarino completed 13-of-16 passes for 273 yards and four TDs and ran for two more scores.

*Kyle Nutter, Genoa
Senior RB/LB set the school’s single-season rushing record by going over 2,000 yards with a 150-yard (one TD) performance in a 21-10 win over Eastwood. Nutter wrapped the regular season with 2,055 yards. On defense, Nutter had an interception, caused a fumble and returned a fumble 62-yards for a TD.

*George Bollas, Aurora
Senior QB accounted for 357 total yards and four TDs in a 48-20 win over Kenston. Bollas threw for 183 yards and two TDs and ran for 174 yards and two more scores.

*Jimmy Hessel, Avon Lake
WR/DB scored four TDs – including two on returns – in a 49-7 win over Amherst Steele. Hessel returned a punt 72 yards for a TD and returned an interception 96 yards for a score.

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*Vote for the Week 10 Ohio Team of the Week

PREVIOUS WINNERS
Week 1: Sidney
Week 2: New Lebanon Dixie
Week 3: Miamisburg
Week 4: Hamilton Township
Week 5: Circleville
Week 6: Norwalk
Week 7: Bryan
Week 8: Coldwater
Week 9: Fenwick
Week 10: TBA

Week 10 Nominees

*Beavercreek
The Beavers won a share of their first league title since 1985 with an 11-0 win over Kettering Fairmont that netted a piece of the GWOC Central Division championship. Northmont also earned a share. Of note, Beavercreek beat Centerville for the first time since 1985 this year and beat both the Elks and Wayne in the same season for the first time ever.

*Norwayne
The Bobcats – the defending D-IV state champions – capped the first 10-0 season in school history by beating West Salem Northwestern 64-0 to win the Wayne County Athletic League title. Northwestern entered the game 8-1 and 6-0 in the WCAL. Norwayne forced seven turnovers and led 55-0 at the half. Senior RB Jon Zimmerly ran for four TDs and junior QB Joe Dreher threw for four as the Bobcats wrapped the regular season with a Wooster-area record 529 points. The 10-0 regular season is just the seventh ever for a WCAL team (dating back to 1954).

*Ottawa-Glandorf
The Titans clinched the first 10-0 season in school history with a 34-12 win over Van Wert. O-G blew open a close 14-12 game by scoring 20 fourth quarter points. The Western Buckeye League champions were led by senior QB Caleb Siefker who accounted for four TDs (three rushing, one passing).

*Clinton-Massie
The Falcons became just the 19th team in state history to score over 600 points in a season (and one of the rare few to do it in 10 games) as they won their seventh straight South Central Ohio League title with a 76-0 win over East Clinton. Massie’s current 60.6 points per game scoring average is tied for fourth in state history and is the highest scoring season to date for a team since Delphos St. John’s averaged 55.8 points in 1998. In SCOL games alone, Massie outscored its league opponents 455-25 this year. Since joining the SCOL in 2005, Massie is 47-2 in league play. The Falcons are riding a 32-game SCOL win streak. K Callum Jones has kicked 77 PATs this season, which currently ranks fifth on the state single-season record list.

*Lakota East
What’s better than making sure your archrival doesn’t make the playoffs? Making them yourself for the first time ever. Lakota East accomplished both feats in Week 10. The Thunderhawks beat Lakota West, 33-21, for the first time since 2004 and wrapped up the program’s first postseason berth in its 15-year existence. After falling behind 7-0, Lakota East scored 21 unanswered points to take the lead for good.

*Hilliard Darby
The Panthers beat rival Hilliard Bradley 42-0 to complete the first 10-0 season in school history. In 2007 Darby was 9-0 heading into Week 10 before a loss to Groveport-Madison. Five different Darby players ran for first half TDs against Bradley.

*Hartley
The Hawks beat rival Ready 42-8 to finish the regular season undefeated for the second season in a row and the second time in school history. Senior RB Ju’Wuan Woodley ran for 201 yards and two TDs on 22 carries.

*Bloom-Carroll
The Bulldogs were 2-5 after Week 7 but a three-game win streak to close the season that includes victories over Circleville, Amanda-Clearcreek and Hamilton Township, has earned B-C its second postseason berth ever and first since 2000. The Bulldogs are the No. 7 seed in D-IV Region 15.

*Norwood
The Indians won their first conference title since 1988 with a 39-29 win over Western Brown that secured the Southern Buckeye Conference American Division championship. Norwood finishes the season 9-1 after going 2-8 last year and 0-10 in 2010. The Indians ran for 438 yards against WB.

*Clyde
Senior RB Brad Smith set the school’s single-game rushing record with 403 yards and the Fliers set a school record for points in a game in a 74-6 win over Port Clinton. Clyde had 688 yards of offense, including 569 on the ground. Smith ran the ball 21 times and scored four TDs.