Spring Sports Update...and 'Prayers for Rem'

Another school year is winding down and with it, the spring sports season. Tourney draws were held last weekend for baseball and softball, conference tourney for tennis was yesterday and this week for track.

Read below for a brief update on each....and for an update on longtime Orrville teacher/coach Rick Remenaric who is battling some pretty serious health issues.

Fall Sports Schedules & Football Master Schedule

Courtesy of the Orrville Booster Club website, here are you 2012 fall sports schedules.

Volleyball

Football

Cross Country

Girls Tennis

Soccer

Golf

One last schedule I wanted to share is one I made up showing our football schedule along with the complete schedules of all 10 teams we play.  Click here to view the 2012 Orrville Football Master Schedule.  It's helpful for those computer playoff points nerds gurus (like me) and anyone in general who wants to know what teams our opponents are playing each week.

Red Rider Spring Sports Schedules

Practices have been going on for a few weeks now, but tomorrow officially begins the spring sports season for track, baseball, softball and boy's tennis.

And there's no easing in to the season...the baseball team has four games this week alone, softball has three and tennis has four matches scheduled.

Mother Nature has always proved to be a thorn in the side of the spring sports teams, but hopefully this year's trend of weather continues and the seasons can get rolling with minimal interruption.

Here are the schedules for each sport (these will also be posted at the top of the page for quick reference)...

Baseball

Track

Softball

Tennis

The big track event (now that we're not hosting districts for the next 2 years) is the Orrville Invite on April 14th. I've been asked to fire up the new scoreboard for this event and will give it a shot. Should be fun.

Good luck to all spring sport athletes, coaches and fans. Takes a special kind of fan to sit out in the cold & rain during ball games, tennis matches and track meets.

Go Riders!

Week 2 Review & Upcoming Schedule

Week 2 of football season is in the books...a nice 52-7 thumping over Triway. Again, can't complain about the points this offense has put up and the play of the defense either. But still lots to work on, but that's a good thing. No reason to peak in week 2. Seems that through history, Coach Davault's team hit their stride late in the season and are playing their best ball late in the season.

I'll hit the high points of the win over Triway, look ahead to week 3 vs. Copley and look at the upcoming week for all the fall sports teams.

The 2011 Orrville High School Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class

The 11th induction class of the Orrville Sports Hall of Fame has been confirmed and will be inducted on October 8, 2011 at Orrville High School.

This year's class of eight inductees puts the total number of OHS-HOF inductees since the first induction in 1991 at 89 members.

My own personal opinion...this is a very solid class of high achievers, both at high school and in college, and as you'll read, some very solid classroom achievers as well.  Most excelled in multiple sports and a lot of the class saw success at the highest level of high school athletics, the state tournament.  In fact, 7 of the 8 either qualified for the state tournament or were named All-Ohio at some point of their high school career.

Once more, please let me clarify how this nomination and selection process works.  I know last time and probably every time this happens, there's some that think the inductees are handpicked, and that couldn't be further from the truth.

The Sports Hall of Fame committee (which I am honored to say I am a part of)...receives nominations from the general public.  Announcements were made on the radio, in the newspaper and on this very website to send in nominations.  Those nominations were compiled into a list, which I believe was over 50 this time around.

That list was narrowed by a vote to 20 finalists, and from that list, up to 10 finalists that receive a majority vote, are the induction class.  Inductees MUST ACCEPT the invitation for induction.

If you can't at least call that a fair process, I'm not sure what to tell you.

Join me in welcoming this year's class.......

Still here...and a Spring Sports Update

Not a lot of activity here lately...life gets in the way sometimes. I'm sure we all can relate to that.

Hearing good things from all four spring sports. Nice to see each get off to fast starts, and nice to see the weather not wreaking too much havoc. It's been cold, but not rainy or snowy to the point that too many games, meets or matches have been canceled.

Some interesting stuff coming up so let's get right to it.