Weir vs James Monroe TODAY at 1:30...

Ok, I'm sitting here on the edge of my seat listening to the game on WEIR1430.com. Derrick is having an AWESOME game!! The game started off with a James Monroe 85 yard kick off return touch down....Bryant Davidison running up the gutt and Derrick Rovira running the outside dragging defenders with him - he is not going down...the field is muddy, its cold (20C). The Mavericks are holding off the Weirs passing game.....Cody and Brendan are trying to get the passes, but Bubbs is just having a heck of a time getting grip on the ball. Mud is everywhere!!! Mike Salko is hitting hard, Nick Robinson is fired up and holding the offense....Artie Chappel is putting pressure on the offense and Mike Rascci forcing punt returns, Billy is protecting our running backs, and big Vance is not letting anyone pass him by. Its a good GAME!!!

At the half, Derrick Rovira has 7 carries for 22 yards, 2 sacks and ton of tackles!!!! Weir is behind 14-0..
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In the 3 quarter, momentum is shifting....Weir is on the board by Bryant's touchdown!!! Turnovers, and big interception by Davidson!! Mavericks defense is getting tired trying to bring down Big D....it is now taking three defenders to bring him down!!! It is not so much about many passes we get in...
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4th quarter...
it is all about field position....parts of the field are just a mud bath and cause of turnovers....getting past these areas are key and getting optimum field position to run the ball and score...Geez when Derrick plunges with the ball, he is laying 3 yards....what a big guy!!!!

oh, no....Bryant is sacked for a 11 yard loss.....8 minutes to go and it is 14-7 with John Monroe's advantage....now the ball is picked....@#%$#%

ball is picked again!!!!....lost our first down opportunity...we just burned through our 3rd time out. The clock is ticking and we lost possession of the ball. GIVE the Ball to D!!!! 40 secs left.....another time out is taken now with 24 secs left for the Red Riders to score...... :(

JM has possesion...takes the knee.....we lose 7-14.....

Derrick finishes the game with 13 carries for 50 yards...JM held back Weir's running game...overall, well done. Now we can turn off the lights........

Remembering Bob Jeter...

Weir High gridiron legend dies in his home in Chicago on Thursday. Bob Jeter was an all-stater with Weir High from both sides of the ball when he played football during the 1950s. He later starred as a running back in college at the University of Iowa and then as a cornerback with the Green Bay Packers, playing in the first two Super Bowls. He played for the Packers from 1963-70 and was with the Chicago Bears from 1971-73. He was inducted in 1985 into the Packers Hall of Fame as well as the Daper Dan Hall of Fame.

Bob Jeter's vintage sports trading cards can be found HERE.

Rain or Shine....the game must go on

Photos coming soon from the Weir High vs Tyler Consolidated football game in Weirton, WV. Its was warm, but rainy....a few garbage bags taped to the equipment, a towel, and poncho...I was set!!! Weir High's season ended with a 8-2 record...defying all predictions from the season previews. These guys found their talents. The coaches utilized these talents to orchestrate some of the best ball that these boys ever played. They played with determination, strength and heart molding into a single playing unit of a team geared toward another State Championship birth. Playoffs are here....it is now or never....

Finished up to half time...but if you are really anxious to view, click HERE...'til tomorrow...good night!

GridIron Supremacy...documenting the history

Well, although nothing free to give today....kind of in a creative crunch right now, I was moved by getting some of my son's football career documented for his GridIron Supremacy album. Long before this little guy could even throw a football, he was on the field. While at Bethany College, his dad played nose guard and I was the athletic trainer (but when it got cold, I was up in the press box documenting the game's play by play). As part of Derrick's album, I'm documenting a few "snip its" of his documentation while playing for the Bethany Bison football team. Ironically, and we all saw this coming, Derrick has expressed a great interest to return to Bethany College as a freshman next fall. (gosh, and it seems like only yesterday I just left there....as a matter of fact, I'm reminded every month still as I'm paying off my student loans!!!) He said he was highly impressed with the freshman dorms stating that they have dorms specifically for the football players. Man, has things changed!!! I've gotta see this. But the college has undergone drastic renovations and it does look fabulous. However, the town of Bethany still has no gas station....just a little grocery store, post office, fire station and the great ol' Bison Inn.

So what I did was cut out this newspaper article, scanned it, and saved it as a jpeg (300 dpi should be sufficient for the news article). The photos were scanned at 1200 dpi. Made the layout, and overlayed the news article to cover the entire page spread. I then choose the "multiply" blend mode to make the article similuate a transparancy. Placed my photos (which were scanned, and edited using Boutwells' Old Skool action)...and there you go....cute huh? Yea, Derrick was a very a cute baby...boy do I miss his little hands and feet.