Hoover vs Boardman

Canton Repository

SITE: North Canton Memorial Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

RECORDS: Hoover 4-1, 2-0; Boardman 5-0, 2-0

HEAD COACH: D.J. Ogilvie

LAST YEAR: Overall: 8-4, Federal League 5-2

LAST GAME: Boardman defeated Perry 63 - 21

LAST MEETING: Hoover won, 38-7, last year.

WHAT TO WATCH: Hoover TB Erick Howard is on a tear with 563 yards the last two weeks. Coach Don Hertler Jr. can’t recall a back having back-to-back weeks like that. Howard is averaging 8.3 yards per carry for the season. QB Brett Tulodzieski has been efficient in the passing game. In four games, he’s completed 58 percent of his passes and thrown for 446 yards with no interceptions. Not to be ignored is the Hoover defense, which has given up just one TD in two league games. Lake and Perry combined for just 176 rushing yards against the Vikings.

Boardman has been destroying teams. The Spartans have eclipsed the 50-point mark three times, outscoring opponents, 241-55. Senior RB Damien Jarrett is coming off a 203-yard rushing game last week, while Cameron Shaffer ran for 123 yards. Boardman had 423 as a team. Jarrett had 201 all-purpose yards the previous week and has 897 yards rushing and receiving for the season. QB Rob Boyd has thrown for 704 yards with six TDs and just one interception. Defensively, the Spartans give up an average of 75 rushing yards per game. They are led up front by two-way tackle Corey Linsley, who has committed to Ohio State.

Boardman rushed for 423 yards and nine touchdowns. Damien Jarrett led the Spartans' rushing attack with 203 yards on 21 carries and had touchdown runs of 1, 1, 11 and 53 yards. Cameron Shaffer added 123 yards on the ground and two scores for Boardman.

The Panthers got on the board first with a Michael Tallman 3-yard TD run. Boardman then went up 14-7. Perry tied the game up with a Kevin Vargo 11-yard touchdown reception from Adam Offenberger. The Panthers' other score came on a Caleb Laps 32-yard TD run. Laps ended the game with 74 yards rushing.

Boardman’s Offensive:

Boarbman utilizes the wing-T with aspects

of a spread offense. On one play the Spartans

may line up with four receivers to one side of

the field, while the next may feature tailback

Damien Jarrett taking a direct snap from center

and quarterback Rob Boyd split out wide.

Whatever the formation, Boyd has given the

Spartans a solid passing threat in his first

season under center, while Jarrett, who

rushed for more than 1,100 yards last season,

is a dangerous dual-purpose back who can run