Comments on: Southern Columbia Dominates Canton

By: eric

eric — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:45:44 +0000

the seniors played till the very end.. why should they play at all if they dont get to complete thier final game of the season.. and southern colubia did put they’re starters back in at one point.. if the kids on the sidelines want to play try harder to be a starter.. the canton starters are who earned the right to play in that game not the side lines

By: Annette

Annette — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:16:49 +0000

Roth could have kept his first string in for the entire game but it wasn’t about destroying Canton or running up the score; he put the best interest of his team first. There is something to be said for good sportsmanship, and obviously SCA had the upper hand on that Friday night.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:31:33 +0000

Maybe flippenhil would have preferred that SCA leave the first team in and run the score up on his team. This is not about trying harder or not giving up in the face of adversity. There was no chance of Canton winning this game, but there was a chance here to give other kids on the Canton team an opportunity to get some playing time. As for the seniors, they had their chance in the first half and you saw what they did. The kids standing on the sidelines deserved an opportunity to play after serving all year as the first teams abusers during practices. The problem here is a coach who is willing to sacrifice future success by playing kids who will be back next year, for an opportunity to soothe his own ego. His father was a great coach, he is well…..

By: kevin Troy

kevin Troy — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:57:00 +0000

From what I saw was a desparate coach trying to pad stats. at the expense of his team. Roth should have put the starters back in and made a REAL mockery of the game and put 100 on the scoreboard. But, Roth has class, and he is getting ready to try to win ANOTHER state title. SCA is not satisfied with a good showing in the playoffs, just making it to the playoffs isn’t good enought for SCA, I guess just making it is an accomplishment for Canton. The Canton of the 90’s was coached with more class than this poor excuse for a coach.

By: flippenphil

flippenphil — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:29:20 +0000

“Canton’s Scott Rockwell responded with a nice break-away run for a 51-yard touchdown, and a respectable 55-20 score. At this point… …most coaches would reciprocate by putting in their reserves and giving them some quality experience – but not Miller Moyer.”

Because being down in a playoff game, immediately after a “nice break-away” 51-yard run is the time to pull the starters and give up!
I have NEVER read an article that was so bias. NO team should EVER make a mockery of football and give up, especially in the playoffs. If they did do so i would expect the refs to blow a 15 yard penalty for making a mockery of the sport; which is a penalty, and is up to the discretion of the ref to call. I would. this is just ridiculous! it was ok for them to run a 51 yard td and get back within 5 td’s, but not ok to keep fighting. Heck they got within 3td’s in this final score which eclipsed 120 points in total. just plain ignorant.

I plead: Dave stop allowing this writer to report stories, he is making a mockery of hs football, and your ruining the reputation of your site.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 03:30:27 +0000

Bo, or should that be Blo, DOESN’t know football!!

By: Bo

Bo — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:08:36 +0000

Yeah, how dare Canton fight hard until the end. Shame on those coaches and kids for refusing to quit. Shame on a team that worked hard to rally and make the playoffs for wanting to give the seniors more playing time in a game they fought so hard to make. Shame on them for trying to get a senior 1,000 yards. Shame on them for not wanting to be embarrassed in their final game. Shame on them for not playing their 15 freshmen on a team that dresses around 30 against Southern’s roster which has one freshman. Shame on them for having few backups at all to put in the game. How dare they!

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:27:00 +0000

nice to see a writer have the guts to speak the truth and not sugar coat things like this. well put Shawn!