Playoff Preview: Highland at Howland

Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Division 2 Playoffs - First Round
Highland (6-4) at Howland (9-1)

Medina Highland Hornets
Head Coach: Tom Lombardo
2009: 4-3, 6-4
Playoff Appearances: 4
Notes: Highland advanced to their first ever playoff in 2000. This is their second straight appearance in the post season…Lost in the regional final to Southview, last year’s Division II Champions, 28-21 on November 14, 2008…Highland alum Jim Richter won the 1979 Outland Trophy (nation’s best offensive lineman) as a member of NC State. Richter started at left guard for the Buffalo Bills during each of their four Super Bowls in the early 1990s.

2009 Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result
8/29/09	At Rocky River	W 34-7
9/4/09	At Buckeye	W 28-14
9/11/09	At North Royalton	L 24-27
9/18/09	Tallmadge	W 31-23
9/25/09	At Revere	L 7-24
10/2/09	Green	L 7-22
10/9/09	At Barberton	W 24-20
10/16/09	Wadsworth	W 27-14
10/23/09	At Copley	W 39-21
10/30/09	Cloverleaf	L 0-7

Howland Tigers
Head Coach: Dick Angle, 12^th Year at Howland
2009: 3-1, 9-1
Playoff Appearances: 7
Playoff Record: 4-6
Notes: The Tigers are making their third appearance in a row. Howland’s first trip to the state playoffs was in 1986…Only one opponent all year has been able to score over 17 points against the Tiger defense.

2009 Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result
8/28/09	Ashtabula Lakeside	W 34-24
9/4/09	Cleveland East Tech	W 48-0
9/11/09	St. Jean de Brebeuf (Canada)	W 58-0
9/18/09	Canfield	W 24-14
9/25/09	Chaney	W 42-12
10/2/09	At Beaver Local	W 28-0
10/9/09	Poland	L 0-17
10/15/09	At Niles	W 48-3
10/23/09	Liberty	W 18-0
10/31/09	At Warren JFK	W 21-12

Region 5 First Round Games
#8 Ravenna (8-2) at #1 Mentor Lake Catholic (9-1)
#5 Aurora (8-2) at #4 Canfield (9-1)
#7 Highland (6-4) at Howland (9-1)
#6 West Geauga (9-1) at #3 Ashland (9-1)