Kettering Archbishop Alter has scored 146 allowed 13 in playoffs.

• ZalKath

  Alter is a machine...
• J-Dover

  

  GO SKINS GO
• ridgerunner88

  Private schools are better for one reason only......money. If your kid has great athletic potential, you as a parent are willing to do what it takes to come up with the scratch to send them to an elite, synonomous with expensive, school. It's really that simple. That in my opinion is what makes a few schools like Steubenville, Coldwater, and a few others, so impressive, they compete year in and year out from small public schools.
• J-Dover

  

  ^^^^^^Coldwater yes, Stuebenville NO WAY.
• chs_redskins

  

  coshocton is going to beat alter 21-10
• believer

  

  J-Dover wrote: ^^^^^^Coldwater yes, Stuebenville NO WAY.

  No love for Steubbie? Coshocton fans feel your pain! lol
• general94

  believer wrote:

  is300lex wrote: Even with open enrollment an isolated public school district like Coshocton stands virtually no chance of matching the talent base of a D4 private school located in a large population center (like Dayton or Youngstown). A D4 public in a large metro area MIGHT be able to match a D4 private using open enrollment, however a lot of large metro area districts don't have open enrollment, like those in Franklin County for example.

  Here are some more interesting numbers.
  
  Just for shits and giggles I visited the OHSAA web site and did some (granted) quick numbers crunching, but it appears that private schools (Catholic by a wide margin) represent less than 13% of OHSAA membership but private schools (Catholic by a wide margin) have won about 60% of state football titles across all 6 divisions in the past 10 years. And this does not include the number of private schools that were state runners-up (and there are a bunch).
  
  Since recruiting does not occur either overtly or covertly in private schools, I have to conclude that boys that attend private schools, particularly Catholic schools, just make better football players.
  
  Seems fair to me.

  Does anyone need to wonder why in many states privates have their own division?
• MaynardGKrebs

  believer wrote:

  is300lex wrote: Even with open enrollment an isolated public school district like Coshocton stands virtually no chance of matching the talent base of a D4 private school located in a large population center (like Dayton or Youngstown). A D4 public in a large metro area MIGHT be able to match a D4 private using open enrollment, however a lot of large metro area districts don't have open enrollment, like those in Franklin County for example.

  Here are some more interesting numbers.
  
  Just for shits and giggles I visited the OHSAA web site and did some (granted) quick numbers crunching, but it appears that private schools (Catholic by a wide margin) represent less than 13% of OHSAA membership but private schools (Catholic by a wide margin) have won about 60% of state football titles across all 6 divisions in the past 10 years. And this does not include the number of private schools that were state runners-up (and there are a bunch).
  
  Since recruiting does not occur either overtly or covertly in private schools, I have to conclude that boys that attend private schools, particularly Catholic schools, just make better football players.
  
  Seems fair to me.

  Exactly! Something needs to change at the OHSAA. We're only talking football here but the same problem lies with wrestling too. You need look no further than Lakewood St. Ed's, St. Paris Graham, Troy Christian and CVCA to see proof that the current system is unfair. Hell, if it weren't for Claymont there wouldn't be any competitive public schools.
• 3256knights

  Apple wrote:

  ak_fan wrote:Correction. Alter only returned 4 starters on defense from last season and they were not the biggest playmakers last year. This year's defense is very good. You have to see them play to understand how good they are. If I described it, wouldn't believe it. So I'll just say they are small, but are motivated, strong and quick. Big teams cannot handle them.

  You can see them on youtube, scroll through the right side options, HERE

  The youtube clips are from the 2008 team. The 2009 team is a little smaller, but just as strong and just as quick. Most big Olineman just get to see the gold or brown flash as they look for the number of the guy going around them.
• is300lex

  It's good to see myself quoted so much.
• Wooball

  

  MaynardGKrebs wrote:

  believer wrote:

  is300lex wrote: Even with open enrollment an isolated public school district like Coshocton stands virtually no chance of matching the talent base of a D4 private school located in a large population center (like Dayton or Youngstown). A D4 public in a large metro area MIGHT be able to match a D4 private using open enrollment, however a lot of large metro area districts don't have open enrollment, like those in Franklin County for example.

  Here are some more interesting numbers.
  
  Just for shits and giggles I visited the OHSAA web site and did some (granted) quick numbers crunching, but it appears that private schools (Catholic by a wide margin) represent less than 13% of OHSAA membership but private schools (Catholic by a wide margin) have won about 60% of state football titles across all 6 divisions in the past 10 years. And this does not include the number of private schools that were state runners-up (and there are a bunch).
  
  Since recruiting does not occur either overtly or covertly in private schools, I have to conclude that boys that attend private schools, particularly Catholic schools, just make better football players.
  
  Seems fair to me.

  Exactly! Something needs to change at the OHSAA. We're only talking football here but the same problem lies with wrestling too. You need look no further than Lakewood St. Ed's, St. Paris Graham, Troy Christian and CVCA to see proof that the current system is unfair. Hell, if it weren't for Claymont there wouldn't be any competitive public schools.

  
  Graham High School in St. Paris, OH is NOT a private school. Not saying i disagree with you, just pointing out that St. Paris is no more private than St. Henry and St. Clairsville
• 3256knights

  Just to update the numbers: Alter 146 points, Opponents 13. Seems it just gets them mad when the opponent scores first.