By: Jon Adams, Assistant Athletic Director at Berea-Midpark High School
Berea-Midpark fell to Brunswick, 59-47, in the second night of a back-to-back matchup Saturday night at Brunswick High School.
Tre Massey led the Blue Devils with 19 points while Trevor Mackey added 17 points. Alex Kvak paced the Titans with 21 points and three rebounds and Josh Finkovich tacked on 15 points and four assists.
Kvak scored 11 of Berea-Midpark’s 19 first half points as the legs struggled to bounce back for several players after last night’s double overtime thriller. Kvak and Dominic Zarzycki-Hall combined for 11 points in the third quarter, however, Massey and Mackey combined for 15 to extend the Brunswick lead to 10 at the quarter break.
Finkovich and Jordan Cupach were able to string together three three-pointers in the fourth quarter, but Mackey drained two more from the outside and the Blue Devils were able to break the full court press from Berea-Midpark and convert a handful of layups to close out the game.
JV Result – Loss – 62-45
9th Result – Loss – 61-43
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The varsity team will travel to Harbor Creek Pennsylvania on Friday December 27th for a two day holiday tournament.
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Sports On Tap’s Ohio High School Football Coverage continues, as the guys recap games from Week 1 in the Greater Cleveland Conference, Southwestern Conference, the Suburban League, and more. SOT also recaps their Game of the Week featuring the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Bees traveling to the Olmsted Falls Bulldogs. Week 2- Game of the Week will have the guys traveling to Berea-Midpark to see the Westlake Demons take on the Berea-Midpark Titans!
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SOT gets ready for the High School Football Season. They sit down with the Brunswick Blue Devils Second year coach Mark Pinzone and his Senior Captains to talk about this upcoming season. Then, we moved to the Southwestern Conference and talked to North Ridgeville Rangers Head Coach Luke Durbin to talk about his upcoming team and season, and finished by talking to the Berea-Midpark titans Head Coach Jon Hunek about his veteran team.
Brunswick, OH– It is the final week of the 2017 high school football regular season, for the lucky few seniors their season will go on into the playoffs, but for most seniors they will be playing under the Friday night lights for the final time. It is a bitter sweet night for most seniors and teams as their 2017 campaign comes to an end. Our Game of the Week features two Greater Cleveland Conference rivals. The 5-4 Strongsville Mustangs who are out of the playoff hunt in Division 1 Region 1 but look to finish on a high note as they travel to face their rival the 5-4 Brunswick Blue Devils. The Blue Devils are still in the hunt for a playoff berth in Division 1 Region 2, but records and playoff implications mean nothing in a rivalry game the only thing that matters is beating your rival and getting the all important bragging rights.
The Mustangs came out fast taking the opening kickoff down to the Brunswick 44 yd line, Strongsville QB Jony Major would score on a 35 yd TD run, Mustangs led 7-0 with 9:59 left in the 1st. The Mustangs would score again this time on a 64 yd TD pass from QB Jony Major to WR Jo Gillette Gillette, Strongsville took a 14-0 lead with 7:56 left in the 1st. The Blue Devils would fumble the ball deep in their own territory, Mustang LB Tommy Zacharyasz recovered the ball on the Brunswick 30 yd line, on the next play Major would hit Gillette for a 28 yd TD pass, Gillette’s second TD of the night. Strongsville out to a commanding 21-0 lead with 4:30 left in the 1st quarter. The Mustangs defense was able to force another Blue Devil punt, Jony Major would make Brunswick pay with an 81 yd TD pass to TE Shaun Csire, as the 1st quarter ended Strongsvlle led 28-0.
Strongsville’s defense was just as dominating in the 2nd quarter, forcing yet another punt setting up another Mustang scoring drive, capped off with a 4 yd TD Run from RB Taylor Griffin . Strongsville’s lead swelled to 35-0 early in the 2nd quarter. The turnover bug continued to plague the Blue Devil offense, forcing a fumble recovered by DL Peter Schumacher on the Brunswick 13 yd line. Joe Gillette would score his third TD of the night on a 13 yd TD Run , a missed two point conversion attempt made the score 41-0 with 9:56 left in the 2nd qtr. Brunswick’s offense seemed to get their bearings on offense as they drove the ball 79 yds and down to the Strongsville 1 yd line. However the mustang defense would not allow the score forcing a turnover on downs. At the Half Strongsville held a 41-0 Lead.
The Blue Devils got the ball to start the third quarter with a running clock, but the Strongsville defense forced yet another turnover, an interception of QB Cole Zamiska by Strongsville DB John Spragg on the Brunswick 34 yd line. Strongsville was not able to capitalize on the turnover and failed on a 4th down Conversion. At the end of the 3rd quarter the Mustangs led 41-0.
Strongsville began the 4th quarter with the ball down on the Brunswick 3 yd line threatening to add to their lead. Brunswick’s defense was able to stop the mustangs from scoring forcing a turnover on downs. Brunswick took over on their own 3 yd line as the running clock continued to run. The Blue Devils were able to drive the ball out near mid field before punting away. Strongsville was able to take a knee and preserve a 41-0 blowout win of their rival.
Brunswick ends the season at 5-5 and 3-4 in the Greater Cleveland Conference. the loss washes away any chance of a playoff birth.
Strongsville ends their season 6-4 over all and 4-3 on in the Greater Cleveland Conference. The Mustangs were led by QB Jony Major with 4 TDs on the night, earning himself player of the game honors.
The end of the high school football regular season is upon us, week 10 is the final chance for those teams on the bubble to extend their season. Those teams not in the playoff race look to end their 2017 campaign on a winning note. Our game of the week is a Greater Cleveland Conference matchup between two rivals who are much improved from the 2016 season. Both teams have identical 5-4 records, and one team has an outside shot of a playoff berth should they be victorious. Our Game of the Week has the Strongsville Mustangs travel to Brunswick Stadium to take on their rival Blue Devils. Below are the three keys to watch for in Friday’s Matchup.
Brunswick’s offense has been scoring at a pretty good clip in the past few weeks, especially considering the 54 points put up in a loss at Euclid. Look for Brunswick to try and use a balanced attack on offense against the visiting Mustangs. Key players to watch for Brunswick are QB Cole Zamiska, WR Ethan Flanigan, and RB Ben Mewhinney.
Strongsville has been on a similar roll offensively with big wins over Elyria, Shaker Heights and Medina. It is going to be critical that the Strongsville Defense not allow the Blue Devils to control the pace of the game. that means clean penalty free defensive plays . Key players to watch for the Mustangs will be QB Jony Major, RB Taylor Griffin, and WR Nick Adams.
These two teams are old rivals, and as the cliché goes you can throw out records, playoff implications, and conference standings. Look for emotions to be high in this rivalry game, these teams are close not only in a geographic sense but they having similar seasons. Each of these teams have seen their share of peaks and valleys over the course of the season and nothing would be better than ending their season with victory over their bitter rival.
I expect this game to be a highly competitive contest, with two programs at similar stages in the building process it is sure to be an electric atmosphere in Brunswick on Friday nigh.
Sports on Tap will be in full force with Rob Trautman bringing you all of action with video highlights, Josh Jeffi will be live tweeting all the action @sotpodcast on Twitter, yours truly will be up in the pressbox and writing an article recapping all the action for your reading pleasure. Our own Ed Dick will be on the Brunswick sidelines as part of their special teams staff trying to help the Blue Devils get their 6th win of the season.
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SOT continues their Ohio High School Sports coverage! Listen as SOT Interviews Highland Head Coach Mike Gibbons. They talk about their successful season so far, how will they bounce back after an Aurora loss, the key players and seniors, and much more about their season. Click below to listen!
We also hear from Brunswick Head Coach Mark Pinzone. In his first season as Brunswick Head Coach we talk about the grind of the GCC, schedule, wins this year, big time players and leaders on the team, and much more! Click the link below to listen!
