http://66.213.69.5/files/original/f3e28a464bb0e0c92b37f6b8b6625352.pdf d8e34f7971923dd3f7183628d324ea01 PDF Text Text Crawl for Cash A vessel of comfort Southern falls NEWS s 2A CHURCH s 4A SPORTS s 1B C_ZZb[fehjšFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 209, Volume 70 Friday, December 30, 2016 s 50¢ TB Clinic closing after decades of serving county By Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com POMEROY — The Meigs County Tuberculosis (TB) Clinic will close at the end of business today. The TB Clinic has served Meigs County residents since 1952. The closure of the clinic comes after the Meigs County Commissioners decided against placing the clinic’s funding levy on the ballot in 2016. Commissioner Randy Smith explained to the Sentinel that the decision came after it was determined that the language of the levy was not the same as the way the funding was being utilized. This would have required the levy’s ballot language to be changed in order for it to have been placed on the ballot again. The specific language of the levy was for treatment of patients with tuberculosis. For many years the funds had been used for educational and preventative services. The Commissioners made the decision not to place the levy on the ballot due to the levy funds not being utilized for the specified purpose and the unwillingness of those involved to alter the language. The most recent levy expired on Dec. 31, 2015, with the funding collected through 2016. TB Clinic staff were notified early in the process that the clinic would close fin Dec. 31 and that their positions would therefore be terminated. There were two employees of the clinic. According to statements in the commissioner meeting on Thursday, the last active case of tuberculosis in Meigs County was in 2009. With the TB Clinic closing Commissioner Tim Ihle said that that TB services will evolve over time to see what is needed in the county. Ihle added that testing can be done through other entities in the county and billed to the person’s insurance, but will no longer be available at the expense of the county. See CLINIC | 6A FOR THE RECORD Meigs County Sheriff ’s Office Staff Report TDSnews@civitasmedia.com Day Shift Dec. 18 911 Hang Up — Sgt. Griffin responded to a 911 hang up call on Leading Creek Road. Upon arrival, it was determined to be a problem with the phone lines. Investigate complaint — Sgt. Griffin responded to a call concerning a possible gravesite that was discovered by a deer hunter on Shade River State Forest property. After a thorough investigation, which included cadaver dogs from the Ohio Division of Forestry, it was determined that the site did not contain any human remains. Dec. 19 Suspicious male — Deputy Hupp responded to the Go Mart in Tupper Plains in reference to a male that had been hanging around the store most of the night. Deputy Hupp advised the male that he needed to leave the store and he complied and left the store immediately. Complaint — Sgt. Griffin responded to residence in Racine in reference to a child custody dispute. Upon arrival, Sgt. Griffin advised both parties to follow the court order that had been issued and to follow up with the courts the next day. Dec. 20 Theft — Deputy Perry received information of a car break in at a residence located in Racine. The vehicle was entered by force and multiple items, along with cash were stolen. The incident remains under investigation. Suspicious male — Deputies responded to the 124 Mart and questioned a male subject about an earlier incident. After a short conversation, the male became disorderly and was later found to have what appeared to be drug paraphernalia on his person. Charges were filed and the male was cited in to court at a later date. See RECORD | 3A Sentinel file photos (Left) The fire on Spring Avenue destroyed a structure which was previously a hotel. (Top right) The Splash Park in Middleport opened in July after several months of work and planning. (Bottom right) Meigs County records were digitized this summer in an effort to preserve the records. Year in review: Looking back at 2016 July through September By Sarah Hawley shawley@civitasmedia.com MEIGS COUNTY — As we approach the end of 2016, The Daily Sentinel is taking a look back at some of the top stories of the year and what has taken place in Meigs County. Today, we will take a look back at July, August and September, with the final three months of the year to be recapped in the Sunday edition. July A NEWS Obituaries: 2 News: 3 Church: 4 Church Directory: 5 Weather: 6 B SPORTS Classifieds: 4 Comics: 5 JOIN THE CONVERSATION What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. Harris named GalliaJackson-Meigs ADAHMS board executive director As July 1 marked the beginning of the new fiscal year for the state, the Gallia-JacksonMeigs Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services announced the appointment of their new executive director. Robin Harris was appointed to continue the mission of her late friend and colleague, Ron Adkins. Adkins served as the previous executive director and passed away in April. His death left colleagues stunned but continuing on with their mission of bringing quality behavioral healthcare to their service area. The board met on their regular meeting June 20 and named Harris as the new executive director after unanimous vote. Harris had served as Adkins’ deputy director and as the interim director previously. Harris is from the Rutland area and was born and raised in Meigs County. She graduated from Meigs High School and earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Rio Grande, where she majored in psychology; she earned her graduate degree in counseling at Ohio University. She has worked in mental health care systems since 1983. Carleton Preschool receives state award The Carleton Preschool Program in Syracuse was recognized for its “commitment to high quality and ongoing dedication to the learning and development of young children” by Step Up to Quality. Step Up to Quality is Ohio’s rating system for learning and devel- opment programs. Participating preschool programs can earn a one to five star rating, with a five-star being the highest. Carleton’s preschool program is an inclusion program that is able to serve both students with and without special needs. The preschool received a five-star Step Up to Quality award by meeting all criteria necessary to receive the rating. Meigs man acquitted of assault, endangering charges A jury handed down a not guilty verdict in the case against a Meigs County man who had been charged with felonious assault and endangering children. Thaddeus Bumgardner, of Middleport, was acquitted of the charges after a six-day trial that began June 28 —more than two years after the alleged incident. The trial endured delays due to the Fourth of July holiday and a witness under a doctor’s care, who was not allowed in court to testify until July 5. Meigs County sheriff’s deputies first began the investigation in June 2014 when Bumgardner’s threen-5-month-old son was flown to Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va., “due to severe bruising and injuries consistent with abuse,” a news release from the sheriff’s office stated. The prosecutor presented photographic and expert testimony of the child’s trauma, as well of a timeline of persons involved in the child’s care when the incident occurred. The defense countered there was not enough evidence to prove the defendant was responsible for the injuries and that no witnesses to the infliction of the injuries were presented. West Virginia man arraigned in murder case Bail was set at $1 million for a West Virginia man charged in the death of another man found in a Meigs County gravel pit. Christopher M. Dailey, 44, of Sandyville, W.Va., was arraigned Wednesday in Meigs County Common Pleas Court on charges of aggravated murder in the death of Brandon M. Lupardus, 30, of Milwood, W.Va., The body of Lupardus was found by a worker on the property of the Shelley Gravel Company in Portland on around 4 See 2016 | 3A �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2A Friday, December 30, 2016 OBITUARIES JANET SUE MANUEL MIDDLEPORT — Janet Sue Manuel, 77, of Middleport, Ohio, passed away on Dec. 29, 2016. She was born on June 17, 1939, in Pomeroy, daughter of the late Eldon and Phyllis Morris. She is survived by her children, Terrie Manuel of Racine and Tom Manuel of Middleport; her brother, Roland Morris of Tuppers Plains, Ohio; sistersin-law, Nancy Morris of Hamden, Ohio and Sandra Kay Morris of Racine; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her hus- band, Tom Manuel and her brothers, Walter and Bill Morris. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at 11 a.m. at the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Pastor Randy Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Letart Falls Cemetery. Visiting hours will be on Friday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. The family would like to thank the staff of Holzer Home Health and Holzer Hospice for their kind care of Janet. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. HENRY Daily Sentinel Crawl for Cash continues Staff Report Dec. 23 at the South Gallia versus Gallia AcadOHIO VALLEY — Stu- emy basketball game. dents in the tri-county Dec. 27 was the Crawl area have been crawling for Cash at Wahama High around the basketball School during the game court in search of cash. between Point Pleasant Farmers Bank schedversus Wahama. uled five “Crawl for The Southern versus Cash” events to be held Eastern boys basketball in Meigs, Gallia and game at Eastern High Mason counties during School on Jan. 13 will be this basketball season. the fourth event, with the The first event took Wahama versus Southern place on Dec. 13 at game at Southern High Meigs High School durSchool on Jan. 24 as the ing the Alexander versus final scheduled event. Meigs boys basketball At each event, four stugame. dents will be randomly Crawl for Cash was selected to “crawl for also scheduled at Gallia cash” while blindfolded. Academy High School on Students are given 30 Bryan Walters/OVP Students literally crawl for cash at the Wahama vs. Point Pleasant basketball game this week. seconds to crawl around collecting as much cash as possible with the assistance of Farmers Bank employees who will be guiding them. The event will take place during halftime of the varsity basketball games each night. For more information on the events visit the Farmers Bank Facebook page. MEIGS BRIEFS MASON — Terry Michael Henry, 70, of Mason, W.Va., died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. Service will be Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, at 1 p.m. at the Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason, W.Va., with Pastor Donnie Dye officiating. Burial will follow with Masonic graveside rites in the Kirkland Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Point Pleasant, W.Va. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m., Friday, Dec. 30, 2016 at the funeral home. GILLISPIE NEW HAVEN, W.Va. — Rebecca Jean (Taylor) Gillispie, 66, of New Haven, W.Va., passed away December 28, 2016 at her home following an extended illness. There are no public services scheduled at this time. Arrangements have been provided by Foglesong Funeral Home, Mason, W.Va. ROTH RACINE, Ohio — Lila M. Ashcroft Roth, 93, of Racine, Ohio, and formerly of Lincoln Place, Pa., passed away, on December 27, 2016 in the Overbrook Center, Middleport, Ohio. Blessing services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, January 2, 2017 in the George Irvin Green Funeral Home, Munhall, Pa. Father Robert Ahlin will officiate. Local arrangements entrusted to the Cremeens-King Funeral Home, Racine. 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The congregation and Pastor hershel White invite the public. Animal Bedding Available Committee, 113 East Memorial Dr, Suite E, Pomeroy, OH 45769 or visit the Meigs County Recorder’s Office in the Court House. If you have any questions, please contact MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs Michelle Stumbo, Meigs County County Humane Society will be 4-H Youth Development Educator, providing straw for animal bedding at stumbo.5@osu.edu or 740-992during the months of December, 6696. LONG BOTTOM — One lane of January and February. Vouchers State Route 124 in Meigs County is may be picked up at the Humane closed 0.5 miles north of Township Society Thrift Shop located at 253 N. Second Street in Middleport. To Road 402 (Barr Hollow) for an emergency landslide repair. Tempo- receive a voucher you must provide rary traffic signals are in place. The proof of income and pay a $2 fee estimated completion date is June for a bale of straw. For more inforPOMEROY — The Meigs Counmation contact the Humane Soci30, 2017. ty Health Department will conduct ety Thrift Shop at 740-992-6064 an Immunization Clinic from 9-11 from 10 a.m to 4 p.m., Monday a.m. and 1-3 p.m. on Tuesdays at through Saturday. 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Please bring child(ren)’s shot records. Children must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian. A $15 donation is appreciated for POMEROY — The offices of the immunization administration; howMeigs County Auditor, Clerk of ever, no one will be denied services Court (legal), Recorder and TreaPOMEROY — Meigs County because of an inability to pay an surer will be closing at noon on 4-H Committee has Plat Books administration fee for state-funded Dec. 30 and will be closed on Jan. for sale for $25. Funds support childhood vaccines. Please bring 2. The Clerk of Courts title office the 4-H program in the county medical cards and/or commercial will be closed all day on Dec. 30 by providing funds for supplies, insurance cards, if applicable. Zosfor a system upgrade and will retavax (shingles); pneumonia ; influopen on Jan. 3. The Meigs County camp and college scholarships, learning opportunities and more. enza vaccines are also available. Courthouse will be closed on Jan. To purchase a Plat Book, you can Call for eligibility determination 2, but will be open on Dec. 30. stop by the Extension Office on and availability or visit our website POMEROY — The Meigs Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m.-4:30 at www.meigs-health.com to see a County Health Department will p.m., mail $30 (for book, shipping list of accepted commercial insurbe closed Monday, Jan. 2. Normal & handling) to Meigs County 4-H hours will resume on Jan. 3. ances and Medicaid for adults. 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He was stationed in serves both Meigs and the Marietta patrol post Gallia counties, said for about a year shortly goodbye to its past comafter his graduation. He mander, Lt. Max Norris, transferred to the Galand welcomed new comlipolis post in 1993. He mander Lt. Barry Call. served as a trooper with According to Call, the the Gallipolis post until commander of the post 2001 before joining the in Athens County, Lt. OSHP Office of InvestigaGeorge Harlow retired tive Services at district which led to various com- headquarters in Jackson. manders switching posts. He served there roughly Norris is from the Athens six years before being area and will be now promoted to sergeant and serve as its OSHP comwas transferred to the mander. Call is from the Athens post. Gallipolis area and previAfter serving a short ously served in Ironton. time at the Athens post, Call’s post in Ironton will Call transferred back to be filled by the former the Gallipolis post. He commander of the Ports- remained as a sergeant in mouth post. Gallipolis until 2013 and was promoted to lieutenant and assumed command of the Ironton post. Record Services/Adult Protective Services. Sex offender — Sgt. Patterson registered one sex offender. Traffic stops — Meigs County Sheriff’s Office was donated a box full of toys to be passed along to kids during the Christmas Holiday. Deputy Jones and Deputy Perry made 10 traffic stops and passed out 23 gifts during those stops. From page 1A DOA — Sgt. Griffin assisted Meigs EMS on an unresponsive male at a residence on Tanners Run Road. Assistant Coroner Susan Mansfield also responded and determined that the deceased male had died due to natural causes. was checked and everything appeared secure. Unknown cause for the alarm. Village of Middleport, Meigs County Commissioners, Meigs Health Department’s Creating Healthy Communities Task Force investigations Project and the county lead to indictments Local police arrested 17 grant administrator. Now completed, the people during a warrant splash park includes a Fill round-up in connection with alleged drug crimes N’ Spill, Slash-O-Lator, ranging from various loca- Popp Dropp, Baby Long Legs, a Water Weave and tions throughout Gallia Aqua Arch. and Meigs counties. “The park is userThe Ohio Organized friendly: by pushing a butCrime Investigations ton, the water is activated Commission’s Major and shuts off automaticalCrimes Task Force of ly after 15 minutes if no Gallia-Meigs secured 43 one is there, or users can drug indictments with a total of 135 counts of ille- push button and it keeps gal drug activities within going,” Laura Cleland of Meigs and Gallia counties the Megis County Health Department said at the leading up to the July time of the opening. warrant sweep. “We wanted something simple, user-friendly, for Splash Park opens in kids to use. All they need Middleport The splash park project to do is push a button.” that began in August 2015 was completed two August weeks ahead of schedule to the delight of children Cash Mob invades Pomeroy in Meigs County. business The Splash Park The Meigs County opened July 25 in General Chamber of Commerce’s Hartinger Park in Middle- “Love Meigs, Shop Local” port. The recreation area campaign took another resulted from efforts and twist with Cash Mob. cooperation between the Based on a flash mob, Dec. 23 Well-being check — Sgt. Patterson and Deputy C. Patterson responded to a residence after receiving information about some Facebook posts a subject had recently posted, and the caller was concerned for the person’s safety. Dec. 21 Night Shift Contact was made at the Shoplifting — Sgt. Grifresidence and the subject fin responded to the 124 Dec. 19 responsible for the posts Mart in reference to a male Theft from vehicle — was transported to Meigs shoplifting. Upon arrival, Deputies responded to ER. video surveillance allegedly Rowe Road, Racine, in Well-being check — showed a male taking items reference a vehicle being Deputy Hupp and Deputy from the store without payentered and several items Patterson responded to ing for them. The incident taken. Information for a residence after 911 is under investigation. received an odd call from a report was taken. Traffic detail — Deputy Verbal dispute — Depufemale asking if everyone Hupp stopped a vehicle ties responded to Bigley was okay and then repeatthat had fictitious tags Ridge Road reference a ing everything the EMS displayed and after runverbal dispute. On the dispatcher said. Contact ning a license check on was made with female, she deputies arrival both parthe operator, Timothy R. had a new phone and didn’t ties stated they had settled Hawthorne, it was found realize she had made a call. their differences and that his driving privileges Sex offender — Sgt. Pat- information for report was had been suspended. Hawtaken. terson registered one sex thorne also had active Suspicious vehicle — offender. warrant from Pomeroy Deputies responded June Dec. 24 Police Dept. The vehicle Street and Bridgeman Domestic complaint was towed from the scene. Street, Syracuse, for a vehi— Deputy Perry and Sgt. Hawthorne was cited for cle sitting under the street Patterson responded to a the traffic violations and residence on Salem School light in the middle of road. turned over to PPD. On the deputy’s arrival the Lot Road on a possible Damage complaint — driver had ran out of gas. domestic violence situaDeputy Perry took a report Gas was obtained from a tion. Deputies spoke with from about a 2016 Yamaha resident and the driver was all parties involved and Viking utility vehicle being determined that it was just able to proceed home. damaged while parked at a verbal argument. The the owner’s residence. The Dec. 20 male subject was allowed investigation found that the Assault — Deputies to retrieve his belongings vehicle was accidentally responded Whites Hill and leave the residence. damaged by a family memWell-being check — Chil- Road, Rutland, in referber. No charges filed. ence to an assault. On the dren Services requested a Well-being check — deputy’s arrival a male unit to check a residence Deputy Snoke responded had fled the scene on foot in Syracuse after they to residence after receiving after allegedly assaulting a received a call reporting information about unsanifemale. Deputies attempted an elderly female staying tary living conditions, and to locate the male but were at the residence in poor possible drug use, involvliving conditions. Sgt. Pat- unsuccessful. Report was ing children. Deputy Snoke taken and charges filed. terson and Deputy Perry went to the residence and Dec. 22 responded to the residence. made contact with the Vehicle accident — After making contact with occupants. Deputy Snoke Deputies responded to the female it was deterreported the house was mined that there were sev- Titus Road in reference to well maintained and no a vehicle accident. All occueral animals living in the signs of drugs in the resipants suffered minor injuresidence and it was not dence. Children Services being properly maintained. ries and were transported was notified for follow up A time frame was given for via Meigs EMS to Holzer contact. the residence to be cleaned ER Pomeroy. Alarm call — Sgt Griffin Juveniles — Four Juveup and the information was responded to Marina Drive niles were found walking passed along to Children on an alarm activation. The residence was checked SUPPORT and everything appeared THE RUTLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT secure. Unknown cause for the alarm. The Rutland Volunteer Fire Dept. is sponsoring a fund raising program to raise money. These funds will be used for new equipment and to improve service to the community. Department representatives will be contacting all homes in the Rutland Volunteer Fire Dept. coverage area over the coming weeks asking for a donation of $20.00 or more. Department representatives will be going door to door and will carry identification. All donations should be given to the representative at the door. The Rutland Volunteer Fire Dept. wishes to thank everyone for their donation by giving a complimentary certificate for an 8X10 color portrait to be taken at the station. a handgun at the Meigs deputies while making the escape attempt, and a deputy discharged their weapon though the suspect was not struck, according to the Sheriff’s office. Statements taken from mower shop employees indicate the suspect fired a shot at them. Spring Avenue fire Eight fire departments responded to a house fire on Aug. 10 near downtown Pomeroy, working in the punishing summer heat to prevent the flames Cheshire man arrested from claiming other nearfollowing reports of shots by buildings. fired Multiple responders The Meigs County were treated for heat Sheriff’s Department exhaustion as the fire arrested Brandon Levi Stewart following gunfire consumed two buildings and damaged a third. At and a short lived chase. least three firefighters The sheriff’s office were sent to the emergenresponded to an emergency call from a Leading cy room for heat exhausCreek Road resident, indi- tion and dehydration, cating a male at a nearby though some sources said as many as six were evenmower repair shop was tually treated. demanding money with Bystanders said the a firearm. The man, later identified as Stewart, fled largest of the burned the scene upon arrival of structures belonged to the historic Meigs figure law enforcement. Before being taken into See 2016 | 6A custody, Stewart pointed an event where people show up at a designated place and time to sing and dance, people were encouraged to socialize and spend at least $10 at a locally featured store. Organizers asked for community support and said that even spending a small amount can have a huge impact on local business. Front Paige Outfitters was the location of the first Cash Mob in Pomeroy. ued on the scene and made contact with the victim, who advised that she had been assaulted by Michael Hammon and gave a written statement. Michael Hammon was arrested for the alleged domestic at the scene of the traffic stop and Dec. 23 transported to jail. Domestic complaint — Warrant arrest — While A man came into the Sheriff’s Office and reported an investigating a domestic active domestic assault on complaint on Fourth Street in Syracuse, Deputy Chris Fourth Street in Syracuse. Deputy Leif Babb and Dep- Jones checked the ID of a subject at the scene. It uty Chris Jones were diswas discovered the subject patched to the complaint. While en route to the scene Mikel Milhoan Jr. had an OSP traffic warrant for his dispatch advised that the suspect, Michael Hammon, arrest in Athens County. left the scene in a gold car. Mikel Milhoan Jr. was taken into custody and Deputy Babb intercepted transported to the Meigs and stopped the vehicle with the suspect in Miners- County Sheriff’s Office ville. Deputy Jones contin- where he was picked up by in the roadway at 4 a.m. on Abbott Road. Two females were transported to a residence on Abbott Road. Two males were transported to a residence on Route 833. a State Trooper and transported to Athens County to post bond on the charge. Dec. 24 Domestic complaint — 911 transferred an active domestic call to our office regarding a residence on Scout Camp Road, Chester, Ohio. Sgt. Donald Mohler and Deputy Chris Jones arrived on scene on made contact with the caller. The caller was in an extreme state of intoxication and after an investigation it was determined that it was not likely that a domestic had occurred. A squad arrived at the scene at the caller’s request and transported her to the Meigs ER to be medically cleared. No further action was taken by the deputies on this call. 60698480 Dec. 22 Shop with a Cop — All available officers from Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, Officers from ODNR, along with representatives from Children Services and Farmers Bank participated in the Shop with a Cop activities. Alarm call — Deputy Snoke responded to Tanners Run Road on an alarm activation. The residence Friday, December 30, 2016 3A 60696429 �CHURCH 4A Friday, December 30, 2016 A HUNGER FOR MORE Be a vessel of comfort I found myself this week reflecting on the tsunami disaster that struck twelve years ago this week. Thousands upon thousands upon thousands… dead. Within mere hours, in a cataclysm of monstrous proportions, a tsunami literally wiped countless numbers of people off the face of the earth. Unsuspecting tourists, among the extremely vulnerable, perhaps intended to relax and enjoy the beauty of the Indian Ocean shoreline. Yet death came. All along the 3000 miles of the coastal rim surrounding the Indian Ocean, children were walking along the beach, sitting on the floor of their village homes or playing in the streets… then death came. Thom Mollohan Even those Contributing wrapped in the arms columnist of mothers or fathers were savagely ripped away and lost. There were no easy explanations or cliché speeches one could share that would take away the hurt or mend the brokenness of all these lives even in the years that have followed. Nor are there easy explanations or trite sentiments that I can express that erase the pain of tragedy today when it hits on a colossal scale as it did in 2004 or when we are alone, privately reeling from a personal loss whether the passing of a beloved child, the unexpected advent of cancer, or financial ruin so severe that there seems no recovery. There is nothing that can be written here that would cause us to wake, when crisis and trauma afflict us, from what we wish was only a bad dream. Death and pain are permanent residents of planet Earth and at times gallop madly through our lives, trampling everything and everyone in their path. But in spite of all the horror hurled at humanity by our broken and ravaged world, however and whenever it happens, God does not look on passively. While He has never promised us that we would not face death, pain, loss or sorrow, He joins us in this path that we walk. He grieves with us over our sorrows; He is pained by our hurts; and He laments our losses as if they were His own. He knows pain and loss intimately even as He Himself looked death boldly in the eye and willingly embraced it for our sakes. Yet… on the other side of loss, there is hope. On the other side of grief, there is joy. On the other side of death, there is life. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah” (Psalm 46:1-3 ESV). Where do you turn when the world turns upside down? Where do you turn when you lose everything you ever wanted or ever needed? Where do you turn for “Be a vessel of comfort for someone who grieves. While it’s likely that there isn’t much you can say to make everything okay again, your loving presence in the life of someone who hurts can touch a broken life with comfort.” —Thom Mollohan hope? And what do you say when it is someone else who has suffered so? Do you tell them to “just get over it” and walk away? Do you turn your eyes away, so afraid of facing pain yourself that you try to keep your distance? May it not be so. If God had done that, we would never have had a Savior. “By this we know love, that (Jesus) laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth” (1 John 3:16-18 ESV). If you are a child of God, your purpose is to be an extension of His heart, a receptacle through which His love may pass and enter a beaten and battered world. Be a vessel of comfort for someone who grieves. While it’s likely that there isn’t much you can say to make everything okay again, your loving presence in the life of someone who hurts can touch a broken life with comfort. Be a source of help to someone who is struggling to survive. In your church or in an outreach center near you there may be found avenues for helping others who do not have enough. God, speaking through His prophet five centuries before the Lord Jesus was laid in a straw-filled manger, said of Christ, “Behold My servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen, in Whom My soul delights; I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations… a bruised reed He will not break, and a faintly burning wick He will not quench; He will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be discouraged till He has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for His law” (Isaiah 42:1, 3-4 ESV). Still in the business of lifting up bruised reeds and rekindling smoldering wicks, the tender heart of God even now seeks to bring hope to the islands: the islands spread all over the Indian Ocean as well as the private little islands of the struggling souls of those with whom we work and play every day. Let us then be His hands and feet in this New Year. Thom Mollohan and his family have ministered in southern Ohio the past 21 years. He is the author of The Fairy Tale Parables, Crimson Harvest, and A Heart at Home with God. He blogs at “unfurledsails. wordpress.com”. Pastor Thom leads Pathway Community Church and may be reached for comments or questions by email at pastorthom@pathwaygallipolis. com. Daily Sentinel It is good to be able to start over with God will as He makes It occurred to known His work me recently that, in human affairs. when one embraces God’s signs are opportunity for new always in complete beginnings with and exact harmony God, praise of God with His Word. is a signal part of it. The Virgin Birth of Recently, I sat Ron Jesus Christ was a down with my Bible Branch to do some reading Contributing sign given by the prophet Isaiah, before going to bed. columnist which stands as a It opened up right supreme example up to the book of of Scriptural correctness Daniel, and chapter four concerning the use of at verse three gained my signs. attention immediately. Second, NebuchadnezThe words were by zar stated, “And how Nebuchadnezzar, king of mighty are His wonders!” the Babylonian Empire. As it concerns God, It appears to me that God a wonder is something was very gracious to this that occurs in which one pagan king. Despite the understands it can only actions of Nebuchanezbe of God. Undoubtedly, zar to deify himself and declare himself the reason when one considers the for the Empire’s greatness, eternal ramifications, the God worked dramatically Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ stand out as in the man’s life to lead wonders of God. him to not only come to However, two specific a correct understanding signs and wonders experiabout his circumstances, enced by Nebuchadnezzar but also to have a new are likewise utilized to beginning with God. move us to the point of The man was clearly new beginning with God excited and grateful for as well. Nebuchadnezzar opportunity granted by did not take those parGod. And, just prior his ticular signs and wonders explanation about how lightly, and neither should God had brought him we. to that point of a new One involves the conbeginning, Nebuchadnezvicting power of God. zar burst out in pointed Nebuchadnezzar was simpraise. First, he declared about ply amazed at the powerful manner of conviction God, “How great are his God worked in his life, signs!” although it took seven As seen specifically in years before he literally Scripture, signs are open came to his senses. manifestations of God’s “His presence with us is never by accident, but rather according to His providence at work in our lives.” —Ron Branch The convicting power of God involves that internal stirring in our heart and mind making clear where we are wrong. Conviction is an experience which no one should disregard, for it is His evident grace at work to bring us where we need to be with Him. God has a beneficent purpose when He stirs conviction, and certainly brings joy with God when we yield to it. Another involves the powerful presence of God. Nebuchadnezzar was overwhelmed with this wonder when he had those three Hebrew boys thrown into the furnace. He saw with his own eyes the presence of God in midst of the fire, walking around with, and preserving miraculously that faithful trio. Here again the wonder of God’s grace becomes evident when we see His presence with us, especially when it is manifested in a timely manner. His presence with us is never by accident, but rather according to His providence at work in our lives. The heart of God is to bring each person into proper fellowship with Him, not because God is mercenary, but because He knows it is to our benefit. Life is too much of a gift for it to be bound up in worldliness and it accompanying disappointments and frustrations. It is because He loves us that He works through those unique signs and wonders to bring us into His joy and deep rich blessings. Thus, one cannot help but to be excited with praise when opportunity for a new beginning with Him is seized. Nebuchadnezzar makes it clear how it should be for us. Consider all this particularly in the experience of starting a new year. According to Scripture, God initiated observance of new years, part of which is designed to help us realize we can experience new starts in fresh fellowship with Him. Consequently, we do not have to live under the same old burdens. We do not have to go on with the guilt of unforgiven and unconfessed sin. New joy may be instilled in our lives, because, sometimes, it is good to start over with God. The Rev. Ron Branch is pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Mason, W.Va. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES Needing God in your life life because of the Christians understood need. sometimes sing Men have a the hymn, “I Need genuine need for Thee Every Hour,” God in their lives. the refrain of which The need is not goes, “I need thee, always recognized, oh, I need thee; every hour I need Jonathan but it is neverthethee.” The “Thee” McAnulty less a true need. in the song is, as is Contributing Unfortunately, in pride, there are evidenced by the Columnist many who would various stanzas, rather believe that our Savior Jesus God needs them. Christ and the song is a But God does not need heart-felt expression of us. There is nothing we the desire for the prescan offer Him that He ence of Christ in one’s “Men have a genuine need for God in their lives. The need is not always recognized, but it is nevertheless a true need.” —Jonathan McAnulty can’t simply create if He so desired. A couple of thousand years ago, the Jewish people had convinced themselves that because of their birth they were tremendously special. A prophet, named John, tried to bring their pride down a few notch- es, reminding them, “do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.” (Matthew 3:9; NKJV) See GOD | 6A GOD’S KIDS KORNER But I Don’t Want To! (Matthew 2: 13-14) Jesus and Mary to Egypt! Have you ever had to do something you didn’t Stay there until I tell you to return because King really want to do? I’m sure you are like me and Herod is looking for the child and wants to kill have had to do someHim.” King Herod was thing or go someplace jealous of this you didn’t want. “new King” he had I can remember heard about and having to get a did not want Jesus shot at the docas a threat to his tor’s office, take a reign. So Joseph hard test at school, got up that night go visit someone and took Mary and who was very sick, the baby to Egypt perform in a play Ann where they stayed because I was ner- Moody vous, or even be Contributing until King Herod died. nice to someone I columnist I’m sure that didn’t like. All hard both Mary and things, but they were necessary things, so Joseph didn’t really I would be healthy, learn want to pack up that needed lessons, and grow evening and be on the up to be a better person. move again. They had just come to Bethlehem It is all part of life and from Nazareth, had a being a good Christian child, and gotten settled and person - even if we with the new baby and a don’t like it at times. routine, but Joseph did In Matthew 2:13-14, the Three Wisemen have not question God. He did just visited Mary, Joseph, what God asked him to do and took his family to and Baby Jesus. They where they would be safe. had brought Him gifts Mary trusted God and of gold, frankincense, Joseph too and went with and myrrh. Things Joseph without question. were going well until Sometimes, more often the family went to bed that we like unfortunately, that night. Suddenly, we have to trust God and an angel from the Lord do things that we may appeared to Joseph in not want to do exactly a dream and said, “Get up! Hurry and take Baby either. We know God “Sometimes, more often that we like unfortunately, we have to trust God and do things that we may not want to do exactly either.” —Ann Moody only wants what is best for us and would never do anything to hurt us. He also wants to teach us to be good and kind people to everyone, and that may include doing things that we just don’t feel like doing at times. Being nice and praying for someone who isn’t nice to us is hard. Going to the doctor or studying and taking hard tests at school is hard. Getting out of bed and going to church on a cold, rainy morning is hard. Sharing our toys is hard. Just like Joseph and Mary, we have to trust God and do what He wants us to do because we know it is the right thing to do. And guess what! God will bless us for doing those things - even if we’re not totally happy about doing them at the time. As we grow up then, we will know how to be better people, trust and serve God, and love others. That is what the Bible tells us to do: love God and love others. It isn’t always easy, but God will help us and be happy that we did what we knew He wanted us to do. We will make not only God happy but others and ourselves happy in the end! Have a wonderful start to the New Year! Promise God to try to do what is right even when you are hesitant or afraid. He loves you more than you will ever know! Happy 2017! Let’s say a prayer before we close. Dear God, thank You for the wonderful year that is just ending. In 2017, help us to be better children and trust You even more to lead us in what we should do. Bless everyone we know and those around the world that we don’t know. In Your name we pray. Amen. Ann Moody is pastor of Wilkesville First Presbyterian Church. �CHURCH DIRECTORY Daily Sentinel Friday, December 30, 2016 5A MEIGS COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY Fellowship Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic Van Zandt and Ward Road. Pastor: James Miller. Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m. The Refuge Church 7898 St. Rt. 7, Cheshire, Ohio. Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Pastor: The Rev. Jordan Bradford. Emmanuel Apostolic Tabernacle, Inc. Loop Road off New Lima Road, Rutland. Pastor: Marty R. Hutton. Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7 p.m. *** Assembly of God Liberty Assembly of God Dudding Lane, Mason, W.Va. Pastor: Neil Tennant. Sunday services, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. *** Baptist Carpenter Independent Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; preaching service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church Pastor: Mel Mock. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Call: 740-367-7801. Hope Baptist Church (Southern) 570 Grant Street, Middleport. Pastor: Gary Ellis. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rutland First Baptist Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Pomeroy First Baptist East Main Street, Pomeroy. Pastor: Jon Brocket. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. First Southern Baptist 41872 Pomeroy Pike. Pastor: David Brainard. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church Sixth and Palmer Street, Middleport. Pastor: Billy Zuspan. Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Racine First Baptist Pastor: Ryan Eaton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Silver Run Baptist Pastor: John Swanson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Mount Union Baptist Pastor: Randy Smith. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; evening, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Old Bethel Free Will Baptist Church 28601 Ohio 7, Middleport. Pastor Everett Caldwell. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Tuesday and Saturday services, 6 p.m. Hillside Baptist Church Ohio 143 just off of Ohio 7. Pastor: Rev. James R. Acree, Sr. Sunday unified service. Worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Victory Baptist Independent 525 North Second Street, Middleport. Pastor: James E. Keesee. Worship, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Faith Baptist Church Railroad Street, Mason. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Forest Run Baptist Pomeroy. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m. Mount Moriah Baptist Fourth and Main Street, Middleport. Pastor: Rev. Michael A. Thompson, Sr. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. Antiquity Baptist Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. Rutland Freewill Baptist Salem Street, Rutland. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:30 a.m.; evening service and youth meeting, 6 p.m.; Pastor Ed Barney. Second Baptist Church Ravenswood, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. First Baptist Church of Mason, W.Va. W.Va. Route 652 and Anderson Street. Pastor: Robert Grady. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning church, 11 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. *** Catholic Sacred Heart Catholic Church 161 Mulberry Ave., Pomeroy. Pastor: Rev. Mark Moore. (740) 992-5898. Saturday confessional 4:45-5:15 p.m.; mass, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday confessional, 8:45-9:15 a.m.; Sunday mass, 9:30 a.m.; For Mass schedule visit athenscatholic.org. *** Church of Christ Westside Church of Christ 33226 Children’s Home Road, Pomeroy. (740) 992-3847. Sunday traditional worship, 10 a.m.; Bible study following worship; Contemporary Worship Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday meeting, 6 p.m.; Bible study, 7 p.m. Hemlock Grove Christian Church Pastor Diana Carsey Kinder, Church school (all ages), 9:15 a.m.; church service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Pomeroy Church of Christ 212 West Main Street. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Middleport Church of Christ Fifth and Main Street. Pastor: David Hopkins. Youth Minister Mathew Ferguson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; blended worship, 8:45 a.m.; contemporary worship 11 a.m.; Sunday evening 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Keno Church of Christ Pastor: Jeffrey Wallace. First and Third Sunday. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Bearwallow Ridge Church of Christ Pastor: Bruce Terry. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Zion Church of Christ Harrisonville Road, Pomeroy. Pastor: Russel Lowe. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Church of Christ Worship service, 9 a.m.; communion, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; youth, 5:50 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Bradbury Church of Christ 39558 Bradbury Road, Middleport. Minister: Justin Roush. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Rutland Church of Christ Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship and communion, 10:30 a.m. Bradford Church of Christ Ohio 124 and Bradbury Road. Minister: Russ Moore. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday adult Bible study and youth meeting, 6:30 p.m. Hickory Hills Church of Christ Tuppers Plains. Pastor: Mike Moore. Bible class, 9 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible class, 7 p.m. Reedsville Church of Christ Pastor: Jack Colgrove. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. *** Christian Union Hartford Church of Christ in Christian Union Hartford, W.Va. Pastor: Mike Puckett. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Church of God Mount Moriah Church of God Mile Hill Road, Racine. Pastor: James Satterfield. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Rutland Church of God Pastor: Larry Shreffler. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Syracuse First Church of God Apple and Second Streets. Pastor: Rev. David Russell. Sunday school and worship, 10 a.m.; evening services, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday services, 6:30 p.m. Church of God of Prophecy O.J. White Road off Ohio 160. Pastor: P.J. Chapman. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Congregational Trinity Church 201 E. Second St., Pomeroy. Worship, 10:25 a.m. Pastor Randy Smith. *** Episcopal Grace Episcopal Church 326 East Main Street, Pomeroy. Holy Eucharist, 11 a.m. *** Holiness Independent Holiness Church 626 Brick Street, Rutland. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.; Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Community Church Main Street, Rutland. Pastor: Steve Tomek. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday services, 7 p.m. Danville Holiness Church 31057 Ohio 325, Langsville. Pastor: Paul Eckert. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer service, 7 p.m. Calvary Pilgrim Chapel State Route 143. Pastor: Mark Nix. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Rose of Sharon Holiness Church Leading Creek Road, Rutland. Pastor: Rev. Dewey King. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday prayer meeting, 7 p.m. Pine Grove Bible Holiness Church One half mile off of Ohio 325. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Wesleyan Bible Holiness Church 75 Pearl Street, Middleport. Pastor: Matt Phoenix. Sunday: worship service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. 740-691-5006. *** Latter-Day Saints Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ohio 160. (740) 446-6247 or (740) 4467486. Sunday school, 10:20-11 a.m.; relief society/priesthood, 11:05 a.m.-12 p.m.; sacrament service, 9-10-15 a.m.; homecoming meeting first Thursday, 7 p.m. *** Lutheran Saint John Lutheran Church Pine Grove. Pastor Linea Warmke. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Our Savior Lutheran Church Walnut and Henry Streets, Ravenswood, W.Va. Pastor: David Russell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. Saint Paul Lutheran Church Corner of Sycamore and Second streets, Pomeroy. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. *** United Methodist Graham United Methodist Pastor: Richard Nease. Worship, 11 a.m. Bechtel United Methodist New Haven. Pastor: Richard Nease. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday prayer meeting and Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Mount Olive United Methodist Off of 124 behind Wilkesville. Pastor: Rev. Ralph Spires. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Alfred Pastor: Gene Goodwin. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Chester Pastor: Angel Crowell. Worship, 9 a.m.; Sunday school, 10 a.m. Joppa Pastor: Denzil Null. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m. Long Bottom Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Reedsville Pastor: Gene Goodwin. Worship, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday school, 10:30 a.m.; first Sunday of the month, 7 p.m. Tuppers Plains Saint Paul Pastor: Judy Adams. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:15 a.m.; Bible study, Tuesday 10 a.m. Asbury Syracuse. Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7:30 p.m. Flatwoods Pastor: Angel Crowell. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11:15 a.m. Forest Run Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m. Heath 339 S. 3rd Ave., Middleport. Pastor: Rebecca Zurcher. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Asbury Syracuse Pastor: Wesley Thoene. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. New Beginnings Pomeroy. Pastor: Alethea Botts. Worship, 10 a.m.; Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; evening worship, 6 p.m. worship every fourth Sunday; Bible study, 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays; DARE 2 Share youth group, every Sunday morning during worship. Rocksprings Pastor: Angel Crowell. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 8 and 10 a.m. Rutland Pastor: Mark Brookins. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Thursday services, 7 p.m. Salem Center Pastor: John Chapman. Sunday school, 10:15 a.m.; worship, 9:15 a.m.; Bible study, Monday 7 p.m. Bethany Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Wednesday services, 10 a.m. Carmel-Sutton Carmel and Bashan Roads, Racine.. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday Bible study, noon. Morning Star Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. East Letart Pastor: Bill Marshall. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m.; First Sunday evening service, 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Racine Pastor: Rev. William Marshall. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Tuesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Coolville United Methodist Church Main and Fifth Street. Pastor: Helen Kline. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 9 a.m.; Tuesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Church Township Road 468C. Pastor: Phillip Bell. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Hockingport Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. Torch Church County Road 63. Sunday school, 9:30 am.; worship, 10:30 a.m. *** Free Methodist Laurel Cliff Laurel Cliff Road. Pastor: Bill O’Brien. Sunday school, 9:30; morning worship, 10:30; evening worship, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m. *** Nazarene Point Rock Church of the Nazarene Route 689 between Wilksville and Albany. Pastor: Larry Cheesebrew. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6 p.m. New Hope Church of the Nazarene 980 General Hartinger Parkway, Middleport. Pastor Bill Justis and Pastor Daniel Fulton. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; morning worship, 11 a.m.; evening worship, 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening Bible study, 6:30 p.m.; men’s Bible study, 7 p.m. Reedsville Fellowship Pastor: Russell Carson. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Syracuse Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Daniel Fulton. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m., worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday and Sunday evenings, 7 p.m. Chester Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Will Luckeydoo. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday morning service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 6 p.m. Rutland Church of the Nazarene Pastor: Ann Forbes. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 6 p.m. *** Non-Denominational Christ Temple Fellowship Church 28382 State Route 143, Pomeroy. Services are 6 p.m. Sunday with Pastor Dennis Weaver. For information, call 740-6983411. Common Ground Missions Pastor: Dennis Moore and Rick Little. Sunday, 10 a.m. Team Jesus Ministries 333 Mechanic Street, Pomeroy. Pastor: Eddie Baer. Sunday worship, 10:30 a.m. New Hope Church Old American Legion Hall, Fourth Ave., Middleport. Sunday, 5 p.m. Syracuse Community Church 2480 Second Street, Syracuse., Sunday evening, 6:30 p.m. A New Beginning (Full Gospel Church). Harrisonville. Pastors: Bob and Kay Marshall. Thursday, 7 p.m. Amazing Grace Community Church Ohio 681, Tuppers Plains. Pastor: Wayne Dunlap. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Oasis Christian Fellowship (Non-denominational fellowship). Meeting in the Meigs Middle School cafeteria. Pastor: Christ Stewart. Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Community of Christ Portland-Racine Road. Pastors: Dean Holben, Janice Danner, and Denny Evans. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. Bethel Worship Center 39782 Ohio 7 (two miles south of Tuppers Plains). Pastor: Rob Barber; praise and worship led by Otis and Ivy Crockron; (740) 667-6793. Sunday 10 a.m.; Affiliated with SOMA Family of Ministries, Chillicothe. Bethelwc.org. Ash Street Church 398 Ash Street, Middleport. Pastor: Mark Morrow. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; morning worship, 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 6:30 p.m.; youth service, 6:30 p.m. Agape Life Center (Full Gospel church). 603 Second Ave., Mason. Pastors: John and Patty Wade. (304) 773-5017. Sunday 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Abundant Grace 923 South Third Street, Middleport. Pastor: Teresa Davis. Sunday service, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Faith Full Gospel Church Long Bottom. Pastor: Steve Reed. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m.; Friday fellowship service, 7 p.m. Harrisonville Community Church Pastor: Theron Durham. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Middleport Community Church 575 Pearl Street, Middleport. Pastor: Sam Anderson. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Faith Valley Tabernacle Church Bailey Run Road. Pastor: Rev. Emmett Rawson. Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Thursday service, 7 p.m. Syracuse Mission 1141 Bridgeman Street, Syracuse. Sunday School, 10 a.m.; evening, 6 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Dyesville Community Church Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Morse Chapel Church Worship, 5 p.m. Faith Gospel Church Long Bottom. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Full Gospel Lighthouse 33045 Hiland Road, Pomeroy. Pastor: Roy Hunter. Sunday school, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday evening, 7:30 p.m. South Bethel Community Church Silver Ridge. Pastor: Linda Damewood. Sunday school, 9 a.m.; worship, 10 a.m. Second and fourth Sundays; Bible study, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Carleton Interdenominational Church Kingsbury. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship service, 10:30 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m. Freedom Gospel Mission Bald Knob on County Road 31. Pastor: Rev. Roger Willford. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m. Fairview Bible Church Letart, W.Va., Route 1. Pastor: Brian May. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Faith Fellowship Crusade for Christ Pastor: Rev. Franklin Dickens. Friday, 7 p.m. Calvary Bible Church Pomeroy. Pastor: Rev. Blackwood. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m. Stiversville Community Church Pastor: Bryan and Missy Dailey. Sunday school, 11 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. Rejoicing Life Church 500 North Second Ave., Middleport. Pastor: Mike Foreman. Pastor Emeritus: Lawrence Foreman. Worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Clifton Tabernacle Church Clifton, W.Va. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Full Gospel Church of the Living Savior Route 338, Antiquity. Pastor: Jesse Morris. Saturday, 2 p.m. Salem Community Church Lieving Road, West Columbia, W.Va. (304) 675-2288. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday Bible study, 7 p.m. Hobson Christian Fellowship Church Pastor: Herschel White. Sunday 7 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m. Restoration Christian Fellowship 9365 Hooper Road, Athens. Pastor: Lonnie Coats. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; Wednesday, 7 p.m. House of Healing Ministries (Full Gospel) Ohio 124, Langsville. Pastors: Robert and Roberta Musser. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Hysell Run Community Church 33099 Hysell Run Road, Pomeroy, Ohio; Pastors Larry and Cheryl Lemley. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.; morning worship 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening service, 7 p.m.; Sunday night youth service, 7 p.m. ages 10 through high school; Thursday Bible study, 7 p.m.; fourth Sunday night is singing and communion. Endtime House of Prayer Ohio 681, Snowville; Pastor Robert Vance. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.; Bible Study, Thursday 6 p.m. *** Pentecostal Pentecostal Assembly Tornado Road, Racine. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; evening, 7 p.m.; Wednesday services, 7 p.m. *** Presbyterian Harrisonville Presbyterian Church Pastor: Rev. David Faulkner. Sunday worship 9:30 a.m. Middleport Presbyterian Pastor: Jim Snyder. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship service, 11 a.m. Pastor Jim Snyder. (740) 645-5034. *** United Brethren Eden United Brethren in Christ Ohio 124, between Reedsville and Hockingport. Pastor Peter Martindale. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; worship, 11 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. Mount Hermon United Brethren in Christ Church 36411 Wickham Road, Pomeroy. Pastor: Adam Will. Adult Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.; Worship and Childrens Ministry – 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday Adult Bible Study and Kingdom Seekers (grades 4-6) 6:30 p.m. www.mounthermonub.org. *** Wesleyan White’s Chapel Wesleyan Coolville Road. Pastor: Rev. Charles Martindale. Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday service, 7 p.m. 60693806 �NEWS/WEATHER 6A Friday, December 30, 2016 From page 4A Likewise, the Bible reminds us, “God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.” (Acts 17:24-25; NKJV) No, there is nothing that God actually needs from His creation. God is eternal and self-sufficient unto Himself. His existence is not dependent upon us. But we most certainly need God for our very being is entirely His doing. We don’t like to think of ourselves as being needy individuals. In pride, we like to think of ourselves as autonomous, independent, and capable. Yet which of us brought ourselves into being? Which of us can extend the span of our lives out for as long as we wish? Which of us can say that we are completely the masters of our own destiny? Which of us, today, at this very moment, could provide for ourselves anything and everything we will ever need, from now until the end of eternity? The answer is: none of us are capable of any of that. Most of us recognize of our physical neediness. We can’t make ourselves grow taller. We can’t make ourselves younger. We can’t keep our bodies from falling apart, and we most certainly can’t do anything to keep ourselves from eventually dying. And that’s just our own physical selves. We are even more helpless to help others. How much more true is it that spiritually, we are rather ineffectual. And yet we are created 8 AM WEATHER 2 PM 30° 34° Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. Snowfall (in inches) The AccuWeather.com Cold Index combines the effects of local weather with a number of demographic factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of transmission and symptom severity of the common cold. 3 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.0 Month to date/normal 0.5/3.4 Season to date/normal 0.5/4.2 WEATHER TRIVIA™ SUN & MOON Q: When are large snowflakes most likely to occur? Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Sat. 7:47 a.m. 5:17 p.m. 9:16 a.m. 7:50 p.m. MOON PHASES First Jan 5 Full Last New Jan 12 Jan 19 Jan 27 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for fish and game. Today Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Major Minor Major Minor 11:44a 6:00a ---- 6:25p 12:41a 6:54a 1:06p 7:18p 12:41a ---------12:41a ---------12:41a ---------12:41a ---------12:41a ---------- WEATHER HISTORY A storm ushered record-breaking cold into the East by Dec. 30, 1880. The low was 7 degrees below zero in Washington, D.C., which was the coldest ever so early in the winter. 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme A: Usually when the temperature is close to the freezing mark. Today 7:47 a.m. 5:16 p.m. 8:32 a.m. 6:53 p.m. The County Commissioners are responsible under Ohio law to establish a three member board to oversee monies collected EXTENDED FORECAST SATURDAY SUNDAY A little rain late in the afternoon AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.77 20.25 23.25 13.12 13.03 25.88 12.47 28.94 35.84 12.83 26.10 34.80 25.50 Waverly 33/27 Lucasville 35/27 Portsmouth 36/27 500 Primary pollutant: Particulates 24-hr. Chg. +0.11 +0.62 +0.58 -0.15 -0.18 +0.49 +0.18 +1.05 +0.62 +0.05 +2.80 none +2.40 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Logan 32/25 TUESDAY 60° 53° 61° 46° Warmer with periods of rain Warm with times of clouds and sun Murray City 31/24 Belpre 34/26 Athens 33/24 THURSDAY 47° 25° Cooler with clouds and sun St. Marys 33/26 Parkersburg 34/25 Coolville 33/25 Elizabeth 34/25 Spencer 34/25 Buffalo 36/26 Ironton 36/28 Milton 36/26 Clendenin 32/23 St. Albans 35/27 Huntington 36/29 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 43/32 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s 20s San Francisco 10s 57/44 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 63/53 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front WEDNESDAY Marietta 33/26 Wilkesville 34/25 POMEROY Jackson 36/25 34/25 Ravenswood Rio Grande 35/25 36/25 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 33/28 GALLIPOLIS 37/26 35/26 36/26 Ashland 36/28 Grayson 36/28 had been in place is being dissolved, with the commissioners to appoint a new three person board. Commissioners said anyone with thoughts comments or questions should contact the commissioner office directly. 37° 21° Partly sunny and colder NATIONAL CITIES McArthur 32/24 South Shore Greenup 36/27 35/26 27 Cloudy with a little rain Adelphi 32/27 Chillicothe 33/27 MONDAY 49° 44° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 0 AccuWeather.com Cold Index™ 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.23 Month to date/normal 3.97/3.11 Year to date/normal 46.26/42.50 states, the board of county commissioners is the payor of last resort for tuberculosis treatment and shall pay for treatment only to the extent that payment is not made through third-party benefits (insurance). The TB Board which 31° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ (in inches) to assist TB patients with treatment of the disease should they not have healthcare coverage or fiscal resources to cover expenses. The remaining tax levy funds (approximately $150,000) are to be used for treatment only. Ohio Revised Code Mostly cloudy and breezy today. Partly cloudy tonight. High 37° / Low 26° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation Clinic 48° 39° Statistics through 3 p.m. yesterday 47°/41° 43°/26° 74° in 1984 2° in 1899 Mason County, W.Va. 8 PM ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low backup. The approximately 1,000 pages per journal require about 1 gigabyte of storage. For comparison, the project would use about a third an average home computer’s storage. A second digital backup, stored in a separate physical location, makes the recorded information very resilient to loss. From page 1A Jonathan McAnulty is minister of Chapel Hill Church of Christ. TODAY 2016 soldiers battled where Morgan had planned Sentinel welcomes new to cross the Ohio River managing editor back into West Virginia. From page 3A A familiar face and The battled ended with Helen Lyons, and that all lifelong resident of Meigs Morgan turning back into the buildings had been County is back with The Ohio, being captured days vacant for an extended Daily Sentinel. later near East Liverpool. period. Sarah Hawley, of The reenactment took Syracuse, has been named place with the invasion of Imperial Electric managing editor of the Chester, followed by two expanding Sentinel, overseeing the days of reenactment at In August, Nidec Corp., day-to-day editorial conBuffington Island. In addiImperial Electric’s parent AEP sells Gavin Plant in tent selection and report- tion to the reenactments, company, announced a ing duties. Hawley began speakers were held each Cheshire $3.2 million investment her new role Sept. 15. The Gen. James M. day to provide perspecin the Middleport plant to Gavin Plant in Cheshire A 2004 graduate of tives of the events of the keep the facility open and was sold, along with Southern High School, time surrounding the to update aging equipthree other plants in Ohio Hawley earned her bach- battle. Civil War dances ment. elor’s degree in journaland Indiana, to a pair of were also held, along with Imperial Electric manu- private-equity firms by ism in 2008 from Ohio a memorial service. factures elevator engines Columbus, Ohio-based University. She began and other products used American Electric Power her journalism career Holzer CEO terminated by the elevator industry. in September 2009 as a Co. Dr. Christopher Meyer sports reporter for Ohio The deal with Blackwas terminated as chief September Valley Publishing before stone and ArcLight executive officer by the Capital Partners LLC was transitioning to news in Holzer Health System Meigs County records go reported to be for $2.17 December 2011 with The Board of Directors. digital Daily Sentinel. Hawley billion. In addition to A statement released by This summer interns at the Gavin Plant, the deal left the company in April Holzer stated Meyer was the Meigs County Court- also includes facilities in 2014 for a position with terminated “due to differhouse, along with others, Lawrenceburg, Ind., and the Athens Messenger ences related to the direcspent their afternoons Waterford and Mount tion of the organization digitizing Meigs Commis- Sterling in Ohio. All told, Morgan’s Raiders return and (the Holzer Board of sioner’s journals from the the four plants generate to Meigs County past 200 years. The large, about 5,200 megawatts of The Union and Confed- Directors) relieved him of his duties, effective immebound, and mostly hand- electricity in Indiana and erate soldiers came face written volumes were the Ohio. to face to reenact the only diately.” The Holzer statement sole copies and some had The sale is expected to battle of the Civil War to added, “Dr. Meyer’s begun to degrade heavily. close in the first quarter be fought on Ohio soil. The machine utilized, In July 1863, Gen. John departure will, naturally, of 2017. AEP expects to called a Bookeye 4, Hunt Morgan led Confed- require some corporate net about $1.2 billion in arrived in July and had erate troops through Ohio restructuring which will cash after taxes, repaybe unfolding in the days to be coaxed through the ment of debt and transac- as part of what became courthouse doors due to known as Morgan’s Raid, and weeks to come.” tion fees. Meyer was named hossize. with the key battle taking About 400 employees pital CEO and chairman The standard process place at Buffington Island are affected by the sale, of the Board of Goverin eastern Meigs County involved taking a large including 290 at Gavin, nors on Jan. 1, 2015. He near Portland. batch of scans, updating AEP’s largest plant in replaced Dr. T. Wayne In that battle, an estiname and date tags on the Ohio and a major employmated 1,800 Confederate Munro, who retired Dec. er in Gallia and Meigs newly created files, and soldiers and 3,000 Union 31, 2014. counties in Ohio, and creating a second digital as both physical and spiritual beings with both physical and spiritual needs. And there is only One who can provide for us for those needs, and that One is God, who made us. He is Creator, Provider and Redeemer. We need the life He provides. We need those things He has created to sustain our lives. And spiritually, we need the mercy and forgiveness He offers if we are to have eternal life. Which means we need Jesus Christ. “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life,” claimed Jesus, “No man comes to the Father, except by me.” (John 14:6) God Himself bore witness to our need for Christ when He declared, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased – Listen to Him!” (Matthew 17:5) The Lord’s apostle, understanding this, instructed, saying, “There is no other name given under heaven by which men must be saved!” (Acts 4:12) Men do better when they humbly admit their need. There is not an hour in our lives where God’s presence, God’s gifts, and God’s mercy aren’t a genuine need. The longer we struggle to deny that we need God in our lives, the more difficult it becomes for us, for we are fighting our very nature. But once we recognize God’s place in our lives, we must then recognize that it is Jesus, and Jesus alone that allows us to fully meet this need. 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Va. — Nakayla Elliott, kick-starting 11 The Lady Marauders made a unanswered Pioneer points. much better performance on Meigs made it a two-possesWednesday. sion game after Alli Hatfield Unfortunately for the Meigs hit a 19-foot jump shot with High School girls basketball 1:55 to play, before — just 27 team, in the consolation conseconds later — the Marauders test of the ninth annual Jack got within 52-46 on a steal and Stephens Memorial Holiday layup by Madison Fields. Classic, it simply ran out of The Marauders managed fourth-quarter fuel. nine points apiece in each of As a result, the Lady the opening two quarters, leadMarauders lost to the Wayne ing the Pioneers 9-8 after one (W. Va.) Pioneers 60-51 — — before Wayne went ahead after rallying to lead 38-34 20-18 at halftime. entering the final quarter Meigs then seized a 38-34 inside Memorial Fieldhouse in advantage after three frames, Parkersburg. thanks to outscoring the With the tilt tied at 40-40 and Pioneers 20-14, but Wayne pboggs@civitasmedia.com Alex Hawley/OVP Sports Meigs senior Alli Hatfield dribbles near the top of the key, during the Lady Marauders loss to Nelsonville-York, on December 12, in Rocksprings. reversed the trend — and doubled up the Maroon and Gold — 26-13 in the final stanza. The loss left the Lady Marauders at 5-3, while Wayne raised its record to 5-4. The Pioneers pushed past the Lady Marauders on the strength of three-pointers and made free throws, making eight three-point goals compared to Meigs’ four. One of those four was by Courtney Jones, which set the final score of 60-51. Wayne was also 16-of-25 from the free-throw line, as Meigs mustered only 11 total attempts and notched nine makes. See WAYNE | 2B Marauders rally past Holly Pond, 80-76 Meigs to face Hayden (Ala.) in KOTSCC championship game By Bryan Walters bwalters@civitasmedia.com PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — The Marauders are 32 minutes away from a possible coronation. The Meigs boys basketball team ended regulation with a 14-0 run while handing Holly Pond its first loss of the season Wednesday during an 80-76 victory Wednesday in the second round of the 2016-17 King of the Smokies Christmas Classic being held in the Volunteer State. The Marauders (5-4) picked up their fifth consecutive win in thrilling fashion after rallying back from a 76-66 deficit with less than five minutes left in regulation, using 14 unanswered points down the stretch to not only hand the Alabama Class 3A second-ranked Broncos (16-1) their first loss — but also advance to the championship game of the three-day holiday tournament. The Maroon and Gold will face another Alex Hawley/OVP Sports Southern’s Josie Cundiff (13) leads teammates Macie Michael (40) and Faith Teaford (45) on the fast break, during the Lady Tornadoes’ 50-49 loss to East, on Wednesday in Racine. East edges Lady Tornadoes, 50-49 By Alex Hawley with an 8-2 spurt and led 12-9. Southern briefly cut the guests’ lead to one-point, RACINE, Ohio — At early in the second quarthe end of the night, ter, but East extended much like the rest of the the advantage to 21-13 game, the Lady Tornaby the midway point of does just couldn’t find the period. Both teams a way to stop Peyton added five points over Helpinstine. the remainder of the first Trialing by one point with under 15 seconds to half, and East took the 26-18 lead into the locker play, Helpinstine - who finished with a game-high room. “I wasn’t happy with 31 points for the visitthe first half,” SHS head ing East girls basketball team - drove the length of coach Kent Wolfe said. “I thought we were very the court and converted a contested layup, giving slow and I thought we the Lady Tartans a 50-49 didn’t take care of the ball, we missed a couple victory over non-conferof layups and were only ence host Southern. down eight.” The Lady Tornadoes Within the first two (5-5) — who have now minutes of the second lost four straight games half, East extended its — began the game with lead to a game-high 11 a 5:30, 7-4 run, but East (10-4) finished the period points, at 31-20. SHS See MARAUDERS | 2B ahawley@civitasmedia.com OVP SPORTS SCHEDULE Friday, December 30 Boys Basketball Point Pleasant at Eastern, 7:30 Buffalo at Wahama, 7:30 Federal Hocking at River Valley, 7:30 Nelsonville-York at Southern, 7:30 Wrestling Point Pleasant at Wheeling Park Duals, 9 a.m. Monday, January 2 Girls Basketball Point Pleasant at Gallia Academy, 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 3 Boys Basketball River Valley at South Gallia, 7:30 Meigs at Eastern, 7:30 Gallia Academy at Ironton, 7:30 Point Pleasant at St. Albans, 7:30 Hannan at Sherman, 7:30 snapped out of it with an 11-2 run, but East outscored Southern 7-to-2 over the final 2:05 of the third, giving the guests a 40-32 advantage headed into the finale. The Lady Tartans pushed their lead to nine points, 43-34, two minutes into the fourth quarter, but the Lady Tornadoes went on a 10-1 run, tying the game at 44 on a two-pointer by freshman Baylee Wolfe. With just under two minutes to play, Helpinstine reestablished the East lead with a steal and break-away layup, but SHS senior Faith Teaford tied the game with a pair of free throw makes, with 1:35 left on the clock. With 51 seconds to play, Southern freshman Phoenix Cleland sank life happens. fast. PLAYER Meigs: Christian Mattox 24pts win over Cannon County on Tues two free throws, giving the Lady Tornadoes their first lead since the first quarter, at 48-46. However, Helpinstine again tied the game for East, this time sinking 2-of-2 free throws, with 40 seconds to play. Southern missed a pair of free throws with 14 seconds left, but Teaford pulled in the offensive rebound and was fouled. The Lady Tornadoes senior and newest member of the school’s 1,000point club made the first of two free throws, giving the hosts a 49-48 lead. The second free throw was missed and rebounded by the Lady Tartans, who quickly got the ball in the hands of Helpinstine. After Helpinstine’s See TORNADOES | 2B MEMBER OF THE WEEK Eastern: Jett Facemyer 28 points loss to Belpre Southern: Dylan Smith Junior 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, loss to Ravenswood 60697786 Anderson www.andersonmcdaniel.com Meigs Memory McDaniel ���������‡��������� Funeral Homes 949-2300 Gardens Pomeroy, Ohio 992-7440 spaces available 60698143 �SPORTS 2B Friday, December 30, 2016 Tornadoes From page 1B go-ahead layup, the Lady Tornadoes had a chance to win it, but the 18-foot runner missed, giving East the 50-49 win. “We are very happy with what our kids are doing,” East head coach Walter Monroe said. “They could have quit right there at the end, and they didn’t quit. This is a good team we played, a very good team, they’re well disciplined. We’re very happy with our kids.” Southern won the rebounding battle by a 34-to-18 clip, including 17-to-1 on the offensive glass. The Lady Tornadoes committed just five turnovers in the second half and won the turnover battle by a 19-17 edge. The Lady Tartans shot 20-of-38 (52.6 percent) from the field, including 3-of-11 (27.3 percent) from beyond the arc, while Southern was 15-of-55 (27.3 percent) from the field, including 2-of-13 (15.4 percent) from deep. SHS also held the advantage from the stripe, making 17-of-31 (54.8 percent) free throws, with East making 7-of-16 (43.8 percent). “We just did not have an answer for (Helpinstine),” Coach Wolfe said. “Its a tough matchup for us. I’m disappointed that we let her get all the way down the court on the last possession. We allowed her to get all the way to the basket. At least you have foul her and make her hit you from the line. You can’t give her a twofooter and that’s exactly what happened.” Helpinstine paired 31 points with five assists and four steals to lead East, while Shay Brown marked nine points, six helpers and three blocked shots. Jasmyne Fracutschy and Brianna Humble both contributed four points and five rebounds to the winning cause, while Meagan Carver chipped in with two points. Teaford led Southern with a double-double of 25 points and 15 rebounds to go with team-highs of four steals and three rejections. Phoenix Cleland scored six points, Sierra Cleland added five points and two assists, while Josie Cleland chipped in with four points and two assists. Macie Michael scored three points in the setback, while Baylee Wolfe, Ashley Acree and Jaiden Roberts each finished with two points. Southern will try to snap its four-game skid on Thursday, January 5, when they visit Trimble. “We just didn’t take care of the ball, and we’ve basically been in a four-game rut doing that,” Wolfe said. “Ultimately, we have to take care of the ball better. You have to use inexperienced guards, but we’re at the point now — halfway through the year — that we can’t be making the same mistakes all the time. We need someone who can score, other than Faith, and we don’t have that yet.” The Lady Tartans will return home next week, when they host Ironton St. Joseph, which East has already defeated once this year. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100. Daily Sentinel Lady Knights lose big at Sissonville By Paul Boggs period points to Point Pleasant’s six, thus resulting in the whopping 84-20 final score. SISSONVILLE, W. Va. — Host The Indians amassed a 34-8 Sissonville scored at least 15 points advantage in total field goals, in all four quarters, including a including a 7-0 shutout in threemassive 30 points in the openpoint goals. ing period, en route to rolling the Sissonville also sank 9-of-13 free Point Pleasant Lady Knights 84-20 throws, compared to a 4-of-9 peron Wednesday night in a girls basformance from Point Pleasant. ketball tilt in Kanawha County. Aislyn Hayman had 10 points The Indians, which improved to on four field goals and 2-of-4 free 4-1 with the victory, led 30-3 after throws to lead the Lady Knights. the first frame — followed by an Lanea Cochran collected two insurmountable 47-10 advantage at baskets for four points, Morgan halftime. Roush recorded a bucket and a Sissonville then outscored the free throw, Allison Henderson had Lady Knights 22-4 in the third a field goal, and Kelly Marr made canto, extending its margin to a a foul shot to round out the Lady 69-14 command. The Indians amounted 15 fourth- Knights’ scoring. pboggs@civitasmedia.com Laila Arthur and Brooklyn Campbell, on seven field goals apiece which featured three threepointers each, led the Indians — and all scorers — with 18 and 17 points respectively. Micayla Long, Ashleigh McGhee and Olivia Montgomery mustered four field goals apiece, as Long with 13 — and McGhee and Montgomery with 10 points apiece — also reached double digits. Long landed a perfect 5-of-5 in free throws. Point Pleasant returns to action on Monday night — on the road and across the Silver Memorial Bridge at Gallia Academy. Paul Boggs can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2106 Loss to Clemson brought changes to OSU By Jim Naveau jnaveau@civitasmedia.com SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Quarterback Tajh Boyd played a big role when Clemson beat Ohio State 40-35 in the Orange Bowl at the end of the 2013 season. Three years later, he’s still playing a role for the Tigers against Ohio State, though a much smaller one. Boyd has spent some time imitating OSU quarterback J.T. Barrett on Clemson’s scout team in a few practices in the Wayne From page 1B Aeriel Adkins, on four field goals and 11-of-13 foul shots, amassed a game-high 21 points to pace the Pioneers. Maddie Wilcox, with four field goals LOOKING FOR A CAREER INSTEAD OF A JOB? build-up to Saturday’s Fiesta Bowl matchup between No. 3 Ohio State and No. 2 Clemson. NCAA rules allow teams to use former players in practice as long as they do it only occasionally and do not publicize their participation in practice in advance. Former Buckeyes like Bobby Carpenter, Zach Boren and Brian Hartline have participated in some OSU bowl practices. Boyd and receiver Sammy Watkins were two of the big reasons OSU ended its 2013 season with a loss to Clemson after seeing its national championship hopes shattered by a loss to Michigan State in the Big Ten championship game. Boyd completed 31-of40 passes for 378 yard and five touchdowns against an Ohio State defense that struggled in pass defense all season long. Watkins might have made himself some extra money in the NFL draft with 16 catches for 227 yards and a pair of TDs. Clemson jumped out to a 20-9 lead just past the midway point of the second quarter before Ohio State ran off 20 unanswered points to go up 29-20 with 5:50 left in the third quarter. But Clemson turned two Ohio State mistakes into touchdowns on back-to-back possessions to erase that lead by the end of the third quarter. First, Corey Brown fumbled a punt at the Buckeyes’ 33-yard line and Clemson needed only three plays to score. and 2-of-4 free throws, chipped in a dozen — while Elliott added 11 on five field-goal makes. Lakyn Adkins, on three field goals, and Whitney Sansom — on two baskets and two freebies — scored eight points apiece. Adkins, Adkins, Sansom and Wilcox all canned a pair of trifectas. Kassidy Betzing, on seven buckets and 3-of3 free throws, led the Lady Marauders with 17 points. Fields finished with a dozen markers, knocking in two treys and going a perfect 4-of-4 at the stripe. Marissa Noble, on a two-pointer and threepointer, netted five points — while Devin Humphreys hit four field goals for eight points, Hatfield had two baskets for four points, and Dani Morris made a pair of foul shots. The Lady Marauders are off for a week before returning to action — on Wednesday night (Jan. 4) at Logan. into the intermission. Holly Pond hit its final four trifectas of the game in the third stanza as the From page 1B Green and White made Alabama-based program a 23-16 run for a 65-58 in the KOTSCC final on edge headed into the Thursday as they take finale. on the Hayden Wildcats The Broncos opened (9-2) at 6:30 p.m. the early moments of the It was a battle from fourth with a small 11-8 the opening tip, but the run to secure its final Marauders made the double-digit lead of the most of the start as Dillon game, but the MaraudMahr scored eight points ers reeled off the final as part of 19-11 run that 14 points en route to the gave MHS an eight-point triumph. lead after one period of Free throws proved play. critical for Meigs down HPHS, however, coun- the stretch as it sank tered with five trifectas 11-of-13 attempts durand received 13 points ing the final period. 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A day after Clemson safety Jadar Johnson stirred a little controversy with some comments about Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett, Hooker had nothing but good things to say about Clemson QB Deshaun Watson. He said Heisman Trophy runner-up Watson was “probably” the best quarterback Ohio State has faced this season during Fiesta Bowl interviews on Wednesday. “He’s capable of throwing the ball 65 yards with ease and he’s capable of running the ball as well. So I don’t think we’ve seen too many quarterbacks this year that have the fundamentals and techniques he has,” Hooker said. Johnson said Clemson had “definitely” faced quarterbacks better than Barrett. “I’m not taking anything away from J.T. Barrett. He’s definitely a good quarterback. I’m not that strong on his arm. Not saying that he can’t throw the ball because he definitely can. But he’s a run-first quarterback. I feel if we can limit his run we’ll be good.” Even when it was pointed out Watson has thrown 15 interceptions this season and Ohio State defends the pass well, Hooker downplayed it. Ohio State has 19 interceptions and Hooker, a safety, has led the way with six of them, three of which he took to the end zone. “We haven’t really paid attention to how many turnovers he’s had this year because we know he’s still a Heisman candidate quarterback and one of the better players in college Shiffrin wins slalom for 3rd WCup win in 3 days By Eric Willemsen Associated Press SEMMERING, Austria — For once, even Olympic slalom champion Mikaela Shiffrin couldn’t believe what she had just achieved. The American reacted by holding her right hand to her mouth in surprise after a spectacular final run in front of 13,500 spectators secured victory in a World Cup night slalom on Thursday. Shiffrin managed to overcome several mistakes and a 0.33-second deficit at the last split time to produce a resounding winning margin of 0.64 seconds. To make things even sweeter, it was her third World Cup triumph in as many days. “Today was really crazy. It was a fight,” Shiffrin said. “I had a mistake and I knew I just had to keep going, going, going.” Enjoying a slim opening-run lead, Shiffrin comfortably beat Veronika Velez Zuzulova of Slovakia, while Wendy Holdener of Switzerland was 1.54 seconds back in third. Velez Zuzulova put Shiffrin under pressure with a strong second run, but the Slovak acknowledged “it was not enough, again. “With Mikaela you never know what happens. I am getting close, but I still need more training,” said Velez Zuzulova, who has finished runner-up to the American for the past three slaloms. After winning two giant slaloms the previous days, Shiffrin continued her dominance in slalom by landing her 23th career win in the discipline. She has won all 12 World Cup slaloms she competed in since February 2015, having sat out five races with a right knee injury last season. That two-month layoff also cost her the season title in slalom, which she had won the previous three years. To keep her winning streak running, Shiffrin had to overcome stomach problems. She had been far from clean in her opening run, coming close to missing a gate twice and being 0.1 off the lead before Giovanni Auletta | AP Winner Mikaela Shiffrin, of the United States, celebrates on the podium after an alpine ski, women’s World Cup slalom in Semmering, Austria, Thursday. finding enough speed in the bottom section to beat Velez Zuzulova by 0.09. “I think I fought harder than any other run I’ve ever skied in slalom,” Shiffrin said, as she asked for a chair to sit down on while waiting in front of the leaderboard. “The past races, it has been mostly nerves. When you get to the start, all of sudden I get to feel really, really sick,” she said. “Today, actually, I am not sick but the past days I have been sick, so I wasn’t really sure if I was sick like you have the flu or sick because of nerves. I was OK for the second part of my runs, so then it’s good.” With Thursday’s win, Shiffrin extended her lead in the overall standings to 215 points over defending champion Lara Gut of Switzerland, who usually doesn’t compete in slaloms. Shiffrin’s feat of winning three races in three days is not unique. Lindsey Vonn has managed it on four occasions — at Haus im Ennstal in 2010, and at Lake Louise in 2011, 2012 and 2015. Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell even won four races in three days in Grindelwald, Switzerland, in Jan. 1975. Those races included a combined event, with the downhill portion also counting as a separate race. Her 26th career win puts Shiffrin in shared 12th position — with Michela Figini of Switzerland and Tina Maze of Slovenia — on the all-time women’s race winners list, but leaves her still 50 wins short of Vonn’s record. football,” Hooker said. “So really that doesn’t mean too many things because at any given moment he can go out and make a play.” BRINGING THE FIRE: OSU coach Urban Meyer is 9-2 in bowl games, including going three for three in national championship games. Meyer’s only losses were 40-35 in the Orange Bowl three years ago and 41-35 to Michigan in the Capital One Bowl in Lloyd Carr’s final season as Michigan’s coach in 2007. OSU linebacker Chris Worley used three forces of nature to describe his coach during bowl season on Wednesday. “Coach Meyer, he’s a fiery guy. And once it gets closer and closer to game time, his message goes from a little storm to an earthquake,” Worley said. OSU co-defensive coordinator Greg Schiano, a former head coach in college and the NFL, says Meyer has developed a plan. And with success comes belief. “He certainly has a strong set of beliefs on how to approach the postseason,” Schiano said. “It’s very similar to the way that I had done it as a head coach. So it’s very comfortable for me. There’s no guesswork involved. “You get to the point in your career where you’ve done it; it’s been successful. And I think everybody in the organization gains confidence from that knowing that the leader knows exactly what he wants to do in these next 26, 30 days, whatever it is,” he said. LONG BEARD, LONG TIME: Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware has been growing a beard since the Tigers lost to Alabama in last year’s national championship game on January 11. Boulware said, “I had the mustache but I shaved it the day after the national championship. I had a clean slate. It’s been growing every since.” WATSON LIKED OSU: Watson said Ohio State was his second choice when he was being recruited as a high school quarterback in Gainesville, Ga. “I grew up an Urban Meyer fan. I loved the way he coached, loved the way he did things. I was a big Tim Tebow fan. Growing up, Florida was the school I was going to go to,” Watson said. “Then he left Florida and became the coach at Ohio State and he came down to visit. But I was already committed to Clemson and I was going to stay true to my word. It was nothing against Ohio State. They were my second choice if I hadn’t gone to Clemson,” he said. Kaaya’s 4 TDs lead Miami past WVU, 31-14 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Miami fans asked Brad Kaaya to end the school’s 10-year bowl-victory drought, and he delivered. Now they have another request. “One more year! One more year!” they chanted at Kaaya on Wednesday night, after he threw four touchdown passes to help Miami top No. 14 West Virginia 31-14 in the Russell Athletic Bowl. And it’s easy to see why they’re clamoring for the school’s most prolific quarterback to return. Kaaya completed 24 of 34 passes for 282 yards for Miami (9-4) — and went 18 for 19 in one dazzling stretch, the lone incompletion in that span being a drop. The four TDs tied both a Miami bowl record and Kaaya’s collegiate best. “I’ve got some soul-searching to do,” said Kaaya, who already was Miami’s career leader in passing yards and took over the No. 1 spots in attempts and completions on Wednesday. “Regardless of if I’m here or not next season, I think this team is headed to greatness,” Kaaya added. “I think there’s a lot of good things going on and a lot of progress has been made, so I think this team will be good regardless of what happens over the next few days.” Skyler Howard passed for 134 yards and ran for a touchdown for West Virginia (10-3), which fell to 3-17 against Miami. Kennedy McKoy also had a touchdown run for the Mountaineers, who committed 11 penalties and allowed four sacks. West Virginia came in averaging more than 500 yards per game. Miami held the Mountaineers to 229. “That’s the best defense we faced all year,” West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said. Miami’s offense wasn’t bad, either. The Hurricanes had lost six straight bowl games, and punted on their first six possessions Wednesday. But Kaaya finally got rolling, and Miami soon had total control. Kaaya connected with Ahmmon Richards, Malcolm Lewis and Braxton Berrios for touchdowns in the final 6:30 of the first half to get Miami rolling, and found David Njoku for another touchdown on the first possession of the second half. “They were ready to play,” Holgorsen said. “This meant a lot to them. … Outcoached us, outplayed us on all three sides.” THE TAKEAWAY West Virginia: The Mountaineers fell short of tying a school record for wins in a season. There have been five teams in West Virginia’s 125 years of football to win 11 games. … West Virginia fell to 2-10 in bowl games played in Florida. … It was the first time the Mountaineers and Hurricanes played since 2003, when both were in the Big East. Miami: Freshman linebacker Michael Pinckney was ejected for targeting with 10:55 left in the third quarter, and per NCAA rule will have to sit out the first half of next season’s opener. … Not only did Miami punt on its first six possessions, but it went threeand-out on the first five of those. NJOKU GONE Njoku announced after the game that he’s skipping his final two seasons of eligibility and entering the NFL Draft, after being told that he is potentially a first-round pick. “It’s kind of bittersweet, leaving my team a couple years early,” Njoku said. The redshirt sophomore caught eight touchdown passes this season. BOWL STREAK Among the 109 teams that won bowl games since Miami’s last postseason victory in 2006: The other Miami (Ohio), Old Dominion (which didn’t even have football in 2006), and all six of the other FBS teams from the state of Florida — Florida, Florida State, Central Florida, South Florida, Florida Atlantic and Florida International. ORLOSKY REFLECTS West Virginia center Tyler Orlosky, one of the best at his position in the country this season, said he will look back on this season with pride. “To be able to go out with 10 wins says a lot. … We may not have won today, but we won the season in my opinion,” Orlosky said. LEWIS’ CAREER Lewis wrapped up his Miami career in a most memorable way. His TD catch in the second quarter was his first in a 35-game span for Miami, and was the third scoring grab of his career. The bowl game was Lewis’ 50th and final game as a Hurricane, making him the 11th to play so many at Miami. His freshman season in 2012 ended after four games when he endured a badly broken ankle at Georgia Tech, so he was able to get a fifth year of eligibility. RG3 likely to start against Steelers CLEVELAND (AP) — Robert Griffin III can finish what he started. Cleveland’s quarterback was cleared from concussion protocol on Thursday and will likely start Sunday at Pittsburgh in the season finale. Griffin was checked by an independent neurologist — the last step in the NFL’s procedure on head injuries — and will practice as the Browns (1-14) prepare to face a Steelers team that has locked up a playoff spot and will rest starters, including stars Ben Roethlisberger, Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown. RG3 sustained his concussion in the fourth quarter last week against San Diego and was replaced by rookie Cody Kessler, who finished the Browns’ 20-17 win. Griffin has made three straight starts after missing 11 weeks with a broken left shoulder sus- tained in the season opener on Sept. 11. Griffin has shown improvement in each game but has yet to throw a touchdown pass. Coach Hue Jackson has been pleased with Griffin’s progress and would like to see more before deciding if the 26-yearold can be Cleveland’s starter going forward. In four starts, Griffin has completed 58 of 107 passes for 654 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions. Last week, he completed 17 of 28 passes for 196 yards and added 42 yards rushing before getting hurt the seventh time he was sacked. “We have seen him get better from the first opportunity to the second to the third,” Jackson said. “Hopefully, he can keep making jumps as you go because that says a lot to me.” The Browns will likely have the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft and could use it to land a franchise quarterback, something they have not been able do since their expansion return 17 years ago. Cleveland has started 26 quarterbacks during the span. There will be other options, including trades and free agency to find the elusive long-term QB. The Browns have a decision to make on Griffin, who signed a two-year, $15 million free contract last spring. The Browns can void the second season by not paying a $750,000 roster bonus due in March. Jackson has been a strong supporter of Griffin’s since his arrival and remains an advocate for the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner, whose flashes of brilliance have been muted by injuries. Jackson conceded that Griffin’s durability is an issue. “You have to stay healthy,” Jackson said. “I will be the first to tell you that. It is hard to play in this league when you are not out there playing. He did everything to help us have a chance to win the game. 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As Huber Heights Wayne went deeper in to the state football playoffs Landers in 2014, every coach who had competed against the Warriors seemed to get on the phone and tell Ohio State’s coaches they should look at defensive lineman Robert Landers. Landers wasn’t a highly recruited player and was rated a 3-star prospect by the scouting services. At 6-foot, 1-inch and 285 pounds, he didn’t fit the profile of a defensive lineman at the highest level of college football. Too short, the experts said. There might be some issues with grades, others whispered. But, either on his own or because of those calls from high school coaches, OSU co-defensive coordinator Luke Fickell decided to take a look at Landers. He liked what he saw and told coach Urban Meyer the Buckeyes should offer him a scholarship. Landers had already committed to West Virginia, the only high-profile school to offer him a scholarship. But a few days after getting the OSU offer, he changed course and committed to the Buckeyes. The coach most responsible for getting him to Ohio State, though, was defensive line coach Larry Johnson. “Coach Johnson really made me gravitate towards him just from the simple fact that he’s a real guy. When we first met we didn’t talk football at all. We talked about me, we talked about him. We didn’t talk football at all my whole recruiting process,” Landers said. “One thing that really got me was he was consistent. He stayed true to who he was. He’s a God-fearing man, he doesn’t cuss, he doesn’t drink. You don’t really find too many college coaches who will not cuss you out. The fact that he is true to who he is and he sticks to his morals. He’s not going to yell at you, but he hits you with the ‘I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.’ That hurts way more.” After redshirting last season, Landers has played a bigger role than expected this fall after starting defensive lineman Tracy Sprinkle was lost for the season in the opener against Bowling Green. As part of the rotation on the defensive line he has played in every game and has 7.5 tackles for losses, fourth on the team behind Tyquan Lewis, Jerome Baker and Jalyn Holmes. “Going into this season my expectations for myself were to contribute to the team the best that I can and somehow become a factor to make the game easier for the team as a whole. I didn’t really expect to have the season that I’ve had, but I’m blessed to have it and I try to take full advantage of it,” Landers said. Landers, whose brother Trey is a freshman on the University of Dayton’s men’s basketball team, said he likes being viewed as an underdog or as an unconventional player for a defensive lineman. “It plays to my advantage at times. Being the underdog, in my opinion, is probably the best position to be in because people do kind of overlook you. I’ve felt that at times when I’ve been overlooked it’s allowed me to focus onto my skill set and produce to my best ability,” he said. While coaches have stopped saying Landers is too short, he says he still hears it from opposing players. “They’ll say, ‘You’re a little too short,’ or ‘You might want to go back to the sidelines, little dude.’ I just smile at them and think, ‘I got you, we’ll see how this goes,’ ” he said. Reach Jim Naveau at The Lima News at 567-242-0414 or on Twitter at @Lima_Naveau. Don Speck | The Lima News Ohio State’s Raekwon McMillian (5), Vonn Bell (center) and Joshua Perry converge to take down Maryland’s Brandon Ross during a 2015 game against Maryland at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. Coaches pleased with McMillan’s work on, off the field By Jim Naveau jnaveau@civitasmedia.com COLUMBUS – Before Raekwon McMillan ever played a game at Ohio State, he knew there were big expectations for him. He arrived in 2014 as a 5-star recruit who was ranked as the top middle linebacker in the country. Sight unseen, many people expected him to displace senior Curtis Grant – also a 5-star recruit — as OSU’s starter at middle linebacker. At the Buckeyes’ preseason media day in 2014, he compared the pressure he’d felt of starting as a freshman in high school with those expectations. “It’s magnified here, but I’m used to coming in my freshman year with a lot of expectations,” McMillan said. “It’s either you break under pressure or you make diamonds with it.” After backing up Grant in 2014, McMillan has started and led Ohio State in tackles the last two seasons, a performance that is far from broken. He has 87 tackles, 5 tackles for losses and 1.5 sacks this year, and he had 119 tackles, 4 tackles for losses and 1.5 sacks last season. But some people still question if Ohio State has gotten diamonds from him. Earlier this season, McMillan acknowledged the questions when he told a group of reporters “If I asked y’all, I’m playing the worst season in the world.” His coaches are quick to contradict any negativity about McMillan’s performance. As the middle linebacker he has responsibilities that don’t show up in his statistics, AP photo Ohio State linebacker Raekwon McMillan (5) tackles Indiana running back Jordan Howard during a 2015 game in Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. they say. “His reputation here is solid as gold. He’s exceeded every expectation. I’ve had very few like that. From day one when he walked on campus, he was a grown man,” OSU coach Urban Meyer said. Co-defensive coordinator Luke Fickell says McMillan, a two-time second-team AllAmerican, compares favorably with former OSU linebacker James Laurinaitis, a three-time consensus All-American. “His body of work is unbelievable. James was a three-time All-American, he won this award, he won that award and maybe Raekwon hasn’t won those awards. But in my mind, the body of work of what he’s done in that locker room to build that culture to what we have is second to none,” Fickell said. “Maybe the people outside don’t see everything because statistically he doesn’t have the stats or the sacks or those kinds of things, not make the flash plays like Ryan Shazier or that Darron Lee made. But the reality is, I haven’t coached many guys that mean more to that unit, to that group, to this team,” he said. McMillan enrolled early and began working out at Ohio State in January 2014. Something that happened very early in his career convinced Fickell that McMillan was far from ordinary. “I think it was his third day here. It was minus-17 degrees, they closed school, which they don’t normally do, and someone didn’t pick him up for a 6 a.m. workout. He hustled over, walked, jogged, whatever it was. Got here late. Well, he had dawn patrol (punishment) the next day because he was late for a workout,” Fickell said. “We were on the road recruiting. I remember saying, ‘Hey, why do you have dawn patrol?’ He said, ‘I was late.’ Simple as that. ‘I was late.’ He didn’t make an excuse, he didn’t blame somebody else, he owned everything that happened. Not to mention he walked when it was minus-17 degrees. “It was one of those things where you step back and say, ‘Wow. We’ve got something special. I don’t know if he can play yet, but we got something special in a kid,’ “ he said. Several mock drafts have McMillan as a second-round choice if he chooses to enter the NFL draft after his junior season. If he is down to his last game or two at Ohio State, McMillan is happy with his career so far with one exception. “I would have hoped to be a first-team All-American,” he said. “I was a team captain, Fiesta Bowl champion, Sugar Bowl champion, national champion, Big Ten champion. There’s not a lot more I can do but finish out this season great and see where we can go from there,” he said.. “I always wanted to be a first-team All-American, but everything doesn’t always work out the way you want it to. Hopefully, since I’m not a firstteam All-American, I can be a national champion.” Reach Jim Naveau at The Lima News at 567-242-0414 or on Twitter at @ Lima_Naveau. Buckeyes DBs a very pleasant surprise By Jim Naveau jnaveau@civitasmedia.com COLUMBUS — The opinions about Ohio State’s defensive backfield have gone from worry to wonderment. With the Buckeyes having to replace three defensive backs who made it onto NFL rosters, including a first-rounder and a secondrounder, there was great concern about that area in the preseason. Twelve games later, it is being called one of the best defensive backfields in the country, and not just by casual observers. “I’ve never coached a secondary as talented as this one, and I’ve been doing this for 30 years,” Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Greg Schiano said. Cornerbacks Marshon Lattimore, Gareon Conley and Denzel Ward, along with safeties Malik Hooker and Damon Webb, have exceeded the preseason expectations. They’ve probably also exceeded all or almost all of the secondaries who played at Ohio State before them. Conley was the only returning starter. OSU had to replace cornerback Eli Apple (first-round draft choice) and safeties Vonn Bell (second round) and Tyvis Powell (undrafted free agent). Hooker sent notice the worries were overdone in the season opener, when he intercepted two passes against Bowling Green, including one on which he tipped the ball into the air and pulled it in as he was falling to the ground. Ohio State’s 19 interceptions rank fourth nationally as a team, and Hooker’s six picks are tied for fifth in the country. The Buckeyes have returned seven interceptions for touchdowns, which crushed the school record of four. Hooker has taken the ball to the end zone three times. Lattimore, who has four interceptions, Jerome Baker, Rodjay Burns and Webb also have defensive scores. Conley, a junior, and redshirt sophomores Hooker and Lattimore are expected to be firstor second-round picks whenever they choose to enter the NFL draft. Lattimore arrived at Ohio State in 2014 as one of the top cornerback recruits in the country. But hamstring issues had limited him until this season. Hooker, whose first sports love was basketball, didn’t focus on football until late in his high school career and considered leaving Ohio State during his first year in Columbus. Lattimore said he “showed people that I can play football” this season. “I was just trying to make plays for my team. That, I guess, wowed them,” he said, referring to his NFL draft projections. Schiano has compared Hooker to former NFL star Ed Reed, who he coached while he was an assistant at Miami. “I said that early last spring when I saw some of the things he could do in our winter conditioning and in spring practice,” he said. “When I arrived at Miami, Ed was a really young, talented player who learned how to prepare. Malik was in the same jumping off point.” Ohio State’s defense will face one of its toughest challenges against Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl. The Tigers’ quarterback, Deshaun Watson, has thrown for 3,914 yards and 37 touchdowns and has run for 526 yards and six TDs. Watson has thrown 15 interceptions, though, which could mean danger awaits him against OSU’s defensive backfield. “He’s a quarterback that can throw it almost 65 yards, but he’s built like a running back,” Hooker said. “He’s just capable of doing many things at his position.” Ohio State’s seven interceptions for touchdowns leads the country. With both teams in the Fiesta Bowl scoring more than 40 points a game, a defensive score could be important. “We’re looking at it like good defenses create takeaways and great defenses score. That’s been our mindset throughout the season and I feel like it definitely paid off,” Hooker said. “I feel like anytime we get a turnover everybody Don Speck | The Lima News Safety Malik Hooker tips the ball to himself for an interception during Ohio State’s opener against Bowling Green at Ohio Stadium. Hooker has a team-leading six interceptions. feels like it’s almost obligated for us to score. So everybody turns into a lineman. If somebody gets an interception or a fumble, everybody grabs a man and does the best they can to block.” �OSU PLAYOFFS Pomeroy Daily Sentinel Friday, December 30, 2016 3 Perfecting the pass Receivers, protection are concerns for OSU By Jim Naveau jnaveau@civitasmedia.com Don Speck | The Lima News Ohio State’s Curtis Samuel (4) carries the ball against Indiana earlier this season in Ohio Stadium. The junior H-back has been a big-play threat in both the run game and the passing game for the Buckeyes. Samuel key for OSU’s success By Jim Naveau jnaveau@civitasmedia.com COLUMBUS – It took Ohio State two years to figure out where it wanted Curtis Samuel to be. If it hadn’t, it wouldn’t be where it is today. Without a big season from Samuel, Ohio State probably would not be in the College Football Playoff, preparing to play Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl. The junior H-back has become the most explosive player in OSU’s offense. At times this season it felt like he was the Buckeyes’ only explosive player. As a freshman, the 5-foot, 11-inch, 197-pound Samuel was used mostly as a running back. Last year, he played receiver more than running back with Ezekiel Elliott rarely leaving the field. This year as an H-back, a hybrid of running back and wide receiver, he has 704 yards rushing and averages nearly 8 yards a carry and has more than twice as many catches as any other Buckeye with 65 of them for 822 yards. See SAMUEL | 8 Don Speck | The Lima News Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett feels some pressure from Northwestern’s Alex Miller as he looks for a receiver. Pass protection has been an issue at times for the Buckeyes. COLUMBUS – Urban Meyer admitted he was repeating himself when he said Ohio State needed to improve its passing game after this season is over. He said the same thing before this season. It’s still true, so he’s still saying it. Quarterback J.T. Barrett has thrown for 2,428 yards and 24 touchdowns, with only five interceptions. There have been only four Ohio State quarterbacks throw for more yards than that in a season – Joe Germaine (3,330) in 1998, Bob Hoying (3,269) in 1995, Barrett himself (2,834) in 2014 and Troy Smith (2,542) in 2006. It has been 42 years since a fulltime starting quarterback at Ohio State had as few as five interceptions. So, despite a few critics, Barrett does not appear a major contributor to whatever problems exist. He wasn’t near the top of Meyer’s list when he talked about the things that needed to improve in the Buckeyes’ passing game. “I thought we would be better throwing the ball. Whether it be protection, whether it be separation by wide receivers, it’s not just one thing,” Meyer said. “We will get there.” Ideally, No. 3 OSU would get there by its College Football Player semifinal match-up against No. 2 Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl. “We have to change that. In the offseason we’re going to become a good throwing team and expand on it. We’re good now, efficiency wise, but we’re going to really start expanding that and work hard at it,” Meyer said. Interestingly, Ohio State has used the pass more this season than in 2015. This season, it has passed on 40 percent of its offensive plays versus 36 percent a year ago. And it has averaged more passing yards per game this year, 221 versus 188, than a year ago. But finding consistency from the receivers and the type of passes OSU uses might be where OSU needs to improve. H-back Curtis Samuel (65 catches, 822 yards, 7 touchdowns) has more than twice as many catches as the next receiver, Noah Brown (30 catches, 385 yards, 7 touchdowns). No wide receiver other than Brown had more than 17 catches. Brown See PASS | 8 Fickell balances new job with championship drive jnaveau@civitasmedia.com COLUMBUS – After spending nearly half his life at Ohio State, achieving one of his biggest athletic dreams there and meeting his wife and some of his best friends there, you would be correct if you think Luke Fickell has some strong feelings about his upcoming separation from OSU when he takes over as the University of Cincinnati’s football coach. If you think he is going to let any sentimentality show as he juggles his roles as OSU’s co-defensive coordinator and the Bearcats’ next coach, though, you would be wrong. “I can’t reflect. That’s not me. It’d be really difficult to even think about it,” Fickell said. “That’s why you’ve got to keep going, try not to think about it, keep going and now worry about the number of days. It is what it is. It’s a part of me that will never leave,” he said. Fickell grew up in Columbus and played football and baseball and wrestled at DeSales High School. Along with being a Division I football recruit, he was a three-time undefeated state champion in wrestling. He spent five years at OSU as a player, the last four as a starter on teams that won 41 of 50 games but saw three chances at national championships slip away because of losses to Michigan. After an injury ended his dream of playing in the NFL, he returned to Ohio State in 1999 as a graduate assistant. He spent two years as an assistant at Akron, returned to Ohio State in 2002 and has been there ever since, including being interim coach in 2011 when Jim Tressel was forced to resign after failing to inform his bosses and the NCAA of violations he was aware of. Five Ohio State players – starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor, running back Dan Herron, receiver DeVier Posey, offensive tackle Mike Adams and backup defensive lineman Solomon Thomas — were handed fivegame suspensions. Pryor left school rather than serve the suspension, and Herron and Posey later had another game added to their penalties. Ohio State started the season 6-3, but lost its last four games, including a Gator Bowl trip that many people would secondguess after Urban Meyer’s first OSU team was banned from the postseason in 2012 by the NCAA. Fickell said he learned a lot from his previous year as a head coach. And he starts his next job in a much better situation with a much better feeling than in 2011. “People ask that question, ‘What’s the difference?’ There’s an incredible amount of difference because last Saturday going down there, having the ability to be introduced, to have a press conference, was an unbelievable time. It was obviously nerve-wracking; it’s something new, but my family was so excited for the opportunity,” he said. “In 2011 it was a very, troubled, tough time. We’re all human, and we’re going to feel those things. It was tough. We didn’t even have a press conference in 2011 until at least two and a half weeks after. Why? We wanted a lot of things to die down, wanted to make sure we were prepared. It just never, ever, ever had the same feeling.” Asked how much he has grown as a football coach in the five seasons since his one year in charge at Ohio State, Fickell said, “I couldn’t even tell you how much. I can pull up my iPad, and I made 25 to 30 mistakes every single day. I tried to document them. “But the reality is I learned how to fall and get back up and keep going forward. That’s the name of the game, whether it’s life, whether it’s football,” he said. One thing that will be different is that Fickell says he will say the word “Michigan” if he ever talks about Ohio State’s biggest rival. “It’s not the same thing. Do I have the same feelings? Yes. It never will change. Just so we know. 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OHIO VALLEY BANK 60696356 By Jim Naveau ® Member FDIC �OSU PLAYOFFS 4 Friday, December 30, 2016 Pomeroy Daily Sentinel Tigers vs No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Clemson Fiesta Bowl Dec. 31, 7 p.m. ESPN An inside look at Clemson Football A look at Clemson players DESHAUN WATSON, 6-3, 215, Junior, Quarterback The Heisman Trophy runner-up has completed 67 percent of his passes for 3,914 yards and 37 touchdowns. He also is the Tigers’ secondleading rusher with 526 yards and 6 TDs. MIKE WILLIAMS, 6-3, 225, Junior, Wide Receiver Williams combines size and speed. He has 84 catches for 1,171 yards and 10 touchdowns this season. He was firstteam All-ACC. CARLOS WATKINS, 6-3, 305, Senior, Defensive Tackle Watkins is the leader of a big, strong defensive line for Clemson. The Tigers led the ACC in scoring defense (18.4). He had 10 tackles for losses and 8.5 sacks. BEN BOULWARE, 6-0, 235, Senior, Linebacker Boulware was CoDefensive Player of the Year in the ACC and was second-team All-American. He has 114 tackles, 9 tackles for losses and 4 sacks. His brother has played three years in the Cincinnati Reds farm system. CORBIN TANKERSLEY, 6-1, 200, Senior, Defensive Back Tankersley was firstteam All-ACC and a first-team All-American. He has 55 tackles, 6 tackles for losses and 3 interceptions. ARTAVIS SCOTT, 5-10, 190, Junior Scott was selected second-team All-ACC. His 71 catches for 592 yards ranks second among Clemson’s receivers. He has five touchdown catches this season. RECENT CLEMSON BOWL HISTORY By The Associated Press Record: 20-19 Jan. 11, 2016 College Football Championship — Alabama 45, Clemson 40 Dec. 31, 2015 Orange Bowl — Clemson 37, Oklahoma 17 Dec. 29, 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl — Clemson 40, Oklahoma 6 Jan. 3, 2014 Orange Bowl — Clemson 40, Ohio St. 35 Dec. 31, 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl — Clemson 25, LSU 24 Jan. 4, 2012 Orange Bowl — West Virginia 70, Clemson 33 Dec. 31, 2010 Meineke Bowl — South Florida 31, Clemson 26 Dec. 27, 2009 Music City Bowl — Clemson 21, Kentucky 13 Jan. 1, 2009 Gator Bowl — Nebraska 26, Clemson 21 Dec. 31, 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl — Auburn 23, Clemson 20, OT Dec. 29, 2006 Music City Bowl — Kentucky 28, Clemson 20 Dec. 27, 2005 Champs Sports Bowl — Clemson 19, Colorado 10 Jan. 2, 2004 Peach Bowl — Clemson 27, Tennessee 14 Dec. 23, 2002 Tangerine Bowl — Texas Tech 55, Clemson 15 Dec. 31, 2001 Humantitarian Bowl — Clemson 49, Louisiana Tech 24 Jan. 1, 2001 Gator Bowl — Virginia Tech 41, Clemson 20 Dec. 30, 1999 Peach Bowl — Mississippi St. 17, Clemson 7 Jan. 2, 1998 Peach Bowl — Auburn 21, Clemson 17 Watson believes he should have won Heisman Clemson QB finished runner-up, third last two seasons The Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson believes he is the best player in the country no matter what the Heisman Trophy voters say. Watson finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting to Louisville QB Lamar Jackson. Jackson’s rise also meant Watson did not repeat even as first team AllAtlantic Coast Conference quarterback. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney agrees with Watson that he should have won the Heisman Trophy. Swinney said Heisman voters likely were numbed by Watson’s amazing play over three years. The quarterback is excited that his chief goal in college — winning the national championship — is still out there. The Tigers (12-1, No. 2 CFP) play Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31 in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff. Watson, his coach and his teammates think the voters for the Heisman and the all-conference teams got it wrong when it comes to the Clemons QB. “I’m the best player in the country. That’s how I think. That’s how I feel. People have their own way of voting,” Watson said Monday as Clemson wraps up its first week of practice before playing Ohio State. Watson finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting this year, one spot better than 2015. But Jackson won the award, and knocked Watson out of first-team Atlantic Coast Conference quarterback as well — two disappointing blows to a driven competitor like Watson. Though his losses weren’t caused as much by a slide in his own play as AP photo Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) looks to pass during the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game against Virginia Tech. Jackson’s remarkable season. Watson’s 2016 stats are similar to his 2015 numbers in almost every category. He has thrown two more interceptions in two fewer games, but he also has thrown just four fewer passes so far this year than in 2015 for the Tigers (12-1, No. 2 CFP) Swinney said the Heisman Trophy has been watered down as voters get swayed by the player who suddenly bursts on the scene and misses out on players like Watson, who are consistently good over a career. “I think Deshaun is so good, people are numb to it,” Swinney said. Both Watson and Swinney say they aren’t knocking Jackson’s talent and they understand how he won. But unlike Jackson, who only has the Citrus Bowl against LSU left before his season ends, Watson hopes to be play two more games and achieve the ultimate goal he had when arriving Clemson from Gainesville, Georgia. “You could put the national championship trophy and the Heisman, he wouldn’t think twice about which one to pick, Swinney said The championship is what Watson would talk about when he used his key to unlock Clemson’s indoor practice facility late at night and throw balls to rehabilitating receiver Mike Williams during the offseason. “He knows he is the best player in the country. He doesn’t need a trophy to say that,” Williams said. And while the voters might have rejected Watson, the people who know football will validate his talent when he enters the NFL draft, Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said. “As soon as this season is over, the scouts, GMs, head coaches and offensive coordinators will start speaking with Deshaun and he is going to go straight back to the top,” Scott said. Swinney said Watson showed his leadership by taking full advantage of the experience of being a two time Heisman Trophy finalist without letting the third place finish in 2015 and the second place finish in 2016 get to him. “I’m sure he’s disappointed. But he hasn’t expressed that at all,” Swinney said. Watson said he is proud of his career no matter how the next game (or two) turns out. He wore this year’s ACC championship hat to during interviews on Monday and is aware of how he took a Clemson team on the cusp of being a national contender to join Alabama as the only back-to-back playoff teams. The Tigers also won two straight ACC titles for the first time in 28 seasons. Watson has the same cool demeanor responding to questions about what his college career will mean without a national title as he has had about not winning the Heisman. But his quiet words point out how much a fourth loss of his college career will hurt. “I’ve already experienced not getting it — felt how big that was,” Watson said. Clemson, Williams glad to be back By Jim Naveau jnaveau@civitasmedia.com Clemson’s season has been about a second chance, something its standout receiver Mike Williams knows a lot about. The Tigers are in the College Football Playoff for the second season in a row. A year ago they lost 45-40 to Alabama in the national championship game. But they played that game without Williams, whose season ended in the 2015 season opener when he suffered a season-ending neck injury on a freak play. The 6-2, 225-pound Williams caught 84 passes for 1,171 yards and 10 touchdowns this season for the Tigers (12-1). He is expected to be one of the first receivers taken in the NFL draft. After catching 57 passes for 1,030 yards in 2014, he was expected to be a big part of Clemson’s offense last season. Eleven plays into the opener against Wofford changed all that, though. As he grabbed a 4-yard ACC STANDINGS touchdown throw from quarterback Deshaun Watson, he was shoved from behind, and his head hit on the goal post as he fell to the ground. It was a scary moment, made even scarier when Williams said later that for a few moments his whole body felt numb. The diagnosis was that he had a fractured vertebra in his neck. He had to wear a neck brace for several months, and it wasn’t until two months after the injury that he was allowed to do some light running and dumbbell curls. He returned to the field in spring practice and has been better than ever this season. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney calls him the “most complete” receiver he has had in his nine seasons as the Tigers coach. “He’s 225 pounds and can run and change direction. He’s a load. He’s going to be a great, great, great pro,” Swinney said at a press conference before the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. “I don’t have to see anybody else out there. This guy — there is none better. I’ve made Atlantic Division ACC Overall W L W L Clemson 7 1 11 1 Louisville 7 1 9 3 Florida State 5 3 9 3 NC State 3 5 6 6 Wake Forest 3 5 6 6 Boston College 2 6 6 6 Syracuse 2 6 4 8 Coastal Division Virginia Tech 6 2 9 3 Miami 5 3 8 4 N. Carolina 5 3 8 4 Pittsburgh 5 3 8 4 Georgia Tech 4 4 8 4 Duke 1 7 4 8 Virginia 1 7 2 10 Clemson wide receiver Mike Williams (7) is stopped by Virginia Tech cornerback Adonis Alexander (36) during the ACC championship game. Williams has had a big season after missing last season with a neck injury. AP photo my living coaching wideouts forever, and there ain’t none better. His size, his length, his toughness, his IQ, his speed and explosiveness is just rare,” he said. “He would have left (for the NFL) last year if he had not gotten hurt. I don’t have any doubt about that,” Swinney said at Clemson’s bowl media day press conference. Williams is one of four seniors for Clemson who announced last summer this CLEMSON SCHEDULE Sept. 3 — at Auburn, 19-13 Sept. 10 — Troy, 30-24 Sept. 17 — at S. Carolina St., 59-0 Sept. 22 — Georgia Tech, 26-7 Oct. 1 — Louisville, 42-36 Oct. 7 — Boston College, 56-10 Oct. 15 — N.C. State, 24-17 Oct. 29 — Florida State, 37-34 Nov. 5 — Syracuse 54-0 Nov. 12 — Pittsburgh, 42-43 Nov. 19 — Wake Forest, 35-13 Nov. 26 — S. Carolina, 56-7 Dec. 3 — Virginia Tech, 42-35 Dec. 31 — Ohio State, Playoff semifinal, 7 p.m. would be their last season and that they would leave for the NFL with one year of eligibility remaining. In addition to Watson and Williams, running back Wayne Gallman and receiver Artavis Scott said they were not coming back in 2017. In a rare move, Swinney allowed the four underclassmen to be honored along with the seniors at Clemson’s Senior Day. 2016 CLEMSON LEADERS Passing Deshaun Watson .......3914 Nick Schuessler ......... 328 Rushing Wayne Gallman ........ 1002 Deshaun Watson ........ 526 Tavien Feaster ............209 C.J. Fuller.................... 205 Receiving Mike Williams ............1171 Jordan Leggett ........... 637 Deon Cain....................621 Artavis Scott .............. 592 Ray-Ray McCloud ...... 443 Punts Andy Teasdall ............. 37.7 Field goals Greg Huegel ............ 13/17 Tackles Ben Boulware .............. 113 Kendall Joseph ............107 Van Smith....................105 Dexter Lawrence ...........75 Carlos Watkins ............. 66 Sacks Carlos Watkins ............ 8.5 Ben Boulware ................. 4 Kendall Joseph ............ 3.5 Christian Wilkins ........ 3.5 Interceptions Jadar Johnson ............... 5 Cordrea Tankersley ........ 3 Tanner Muse ................... 1 Mark Fields...................... 1 Punt Returns Ray-Ray McCloud .......176 60697302 �OSU PLAYOFFS Pomeroy Daily Sentinel Friday, December 30, 2016 5 BuckEyes An inside look at vs No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Clemson Fiesta Bowl Dec. 31, 7 p.m. ESPN Ohio State Football Four teams a good fit for playoff Recruiting Update Six recruits who verbally committed to Ohio State’s 2017 class won high school state championships in three states. They are offensive lineman Wyatt Davis (Belleflower, Calif., John Bosco), cornerback Shaun Wade (Jacksonville Trinity Christian), wide receiver Trevon Grimes (Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas), quarterback Tate Martell (Las Vegas Bishop Gorman), wide receiver Tyjon Lindsey (Las Vegas Bishop Gorman) and defensive lineman Haskell Garrett (Las Vegas Bishop Gorman). Martell also won the Gatorade National Player of the Year Award, which recognizes athletic and academic success. The 4-star quarterback threw for 41 touchdowns with only one interception and rushed for 21 TDs. Former Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George presented the award to him. Martell plans to enroll at Ohio State in January. Brendon White (Olentangy Liberty) has graduated early from high school and will begin classes in January at OSU. He has already practiced with Ohio State. Five-star safety Jeffrey Okudah (South Grand Prairie, Tex.), who lists Ohio State in his final three schools, will announce his commitment on Jan. 7. His other finalists are Oklahoma and Florida State. Don Speck | The Lima News “Playoff bound.” The sign says it all as Ohio State fans celebrate the Buckeyes’ 30-27 double-overtime win over Michigan on Nov. 26 in Ohio Stadium. < QUARTERBACKS Say What? “I expected 2,000 yards and 20 touchdowns.” —Ohio State running back Mike Weber on his goals for this season. Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett has had some critics, but his value cannot be overstated. In tough games, the junior quarterback (2,428 yards passing and 24 touchdowns and 847 yards rushing with nine touchdowns) has carried OSU’s offense, as he did against Michigan when he rushed the ball 30 times. Clemson’s Deshaun Watson (3,914 yards passing, 37 TDs) completed 67 percent of his passes but was intercepted 15 times. He was second in the Heisman Trophy voting. Clemson averaged 40.2 points and 505 yards of offense. Advantage: Clemson < RUNNING BACKS Buckeye Brain Busters 1. What year did Clemson win the national championship? 2. How many passes did Clemson’s Sammy Watkins catch against OSU in the 2014 Orange Bowl? 3. Who caught Braxton Miller’s final completion at Ohio State? 4. What is Urban Meyer’s new grandson’s name? 5. Who is Ohio State’s career interceptions leader? Redshirt freshman Mike Weber (1,072 yards, 9 TDs) has been very good but comes up short of Ezekiel Elliott territory. But so would most people. With OSU in a win-or-go-home situation, it will be interesting to see if Curtis Samuel gets the ball more than he did in the first 12 games. Wayne Gallman’s 1,002 yards and 15 touchdowns lead Clemson’s ground game. Watson had 526 yards rushing. Advantage: Ohio State < RECEIVERS Ohio State has to be hoping its receivers learned a few new tricks or added a gear since the Michigan game. Noah Brown’s 30 catches leads the wide receivers. He has caught only two touchdown passes in his last nine games. H-back Samuel is the deep threat with 65 catches for 822 yards. Mike Williams, a first-team All-ACC wide receiver, is Watson’s favorite target with 84 catches for 1,171 yards and 10 touchdowns. Wide receivers Artavis Scott (71 catches) and Ray-Ray McCloud (45 catches) and tight end Jordan Leggett (38 catches) are also threats. < LINEBACKERS OSU’s Raekwon McMillan was a second-team AllAmerican, and Jerome Baker had a breakout season. Clemson’s Ben Boulware (113 tackles) was also a second-team All-American. Kendall Joseph has 107 tackles. Advantage: Ohio State Advantage: Clemson < DEFENSIVE BACKS < OFFENSIVE LINEMEN OSU center Pat Elflein and guard Billy Price both were first-team All-Americans and first-team All-Big Ten. Left tackle Jamarco Jones was second-team All-Big Ten. The biggest concern has been right tackle, where Isaiah Prince has been vulnerable to a good pass rush. Clemson guard Tyrone Crowder and center Jay Guillermo were first-team AllACC. The Tigers’ offensive line has allowed only 15 sacks. Advantage: Clemson OSU safety Malik Hooker’s six interceptions, three of them for touchdowns, made him a first-team All-American in his first season as a starter. Cornerbacks Gareon Conley and Marshon Lattimore also appear to have the NFL in their futures. Cornerback Cordrea Tankersley (5 interceptions) and safety Jadar Johnson (3 interceptions) both were firstteam All-ACC for Clemson. Tankersley was a first-team AllAmerican. Advantage: Ohio State < DEFENSIVE LINE Getting enough pressure on Watson to cause him to turn the ball over could be a key for OSU. Defensive end Tyquan Lewis (7.5 sacks) was the Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year. Clemson ranks second nationally with 46 sacks. Defensive end Carlos Watkins (8.5 sacks) was second-team AllAmerican. The other defensive end, Christian Wilkins, has 12 tackles for losses. < SPECIAL TEAMS Kicker Tyler Durbin missed more kicks (two) against Michigan than he had missed the rest of the season (one). OSU hopes his confidence is intact. Clemson kicker Greg Huegel is 13 of 17 on field goals, and punter Andy Tesdall averages 37.7 yards per punt. Advantage: Ohio State Advantage: Clemson What’s the perfect number of teams for the College Football Playoff? Is it the current four teams? Should it expand to eight? Or even grow to 16 sometime in the future? Ohio State, Jim Clemson, Naveau Alabama and Columnist Washington certainly have no trouble with it being four teams. But many other people do. The core of the argument for expansion is that there are more than four deserving teams every year. For now, the commissioners of four of the Power Five conferences are in favor of keeping it at four teams. The commissioners of the Big Ten, Pac 12, Big 12 and SEC want to keep things the same. The ACC is the only league currently in favor of expansion. It might be good for the college game to hesitate when it comes to expanding its postseason, though. NFL television ratings have taken a significant dive. Too many games on television and too much parity seem to have diluted fans’ desire for the product. On the other hand, the interest level in college football has remained steady. This year’s Ohio State-Michigan game was the highest rated noon kickoff game ever. Maybe the fact that the college regular season means something every week is a good thing. Maybe making it hard to get to the playoff helps keep the interest level high. Let’s be honest, though, once the television networks and college football figure out how to make a lot more money with an expanded playoff, they will throw their weight behind it. If that ever happens, there could be one beneficial effect. It could mean the end of league championship games and divisions in leagues. That would be one way to address concerns about seasons becoming too long. But there would have to be some way to make up for the lost revenue. 6. How many TDs did Clemson’s William Perry score in the NFL? 7. Where did Clemson coach Dabo Swinney play college football? 8. What year did Clemson first admit women students? 9. What is the most points Ohio State has scored in a bowl game? 10. What is the fewest points Ohio State has scored in a bowl game? Answers: 1. 1981; 2. Sixteen; 3. Devin Smith; 4. Troy Xavier Dennis; 5. Mike Sensibaugh (22); 6. Three; 7. Alabama; 8. 1955; 9. 47 in 1982 Holiday Bowl; 10. 0 in 1921 Rose Bowl. BIG TEN STANDINGS East Division Big Ten W L Penn State 8 1 Ohio State 8 1 Michigan 6 2 Indiana 4 5 Maryland 3 6 Michigan State 1 8 Rutgers 0 9 West Division Wisconsin 7 2 Nebraska 6 3 Iowa 6 3 Minnesota 5 4 Northwestern 5 4 Illinois 2 7 Purdue 1 8 Overall W L 11 2 11 1 10 2 6 6 6 6 3 9 2 10 10 9 8 8 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 6 9 9 OSU SCHEDULE Sept. 3 — Bowling Green, 77-10 Sept. 10 — Tulsa, 48-3 Sept. 17 — at Oklahoma, 45-24 Oct. 1 — Rutgers, 58-0 Oct. 8 — Indiana, 38-17 Oct. 15 — at Wisconsin, 30-23 (OT) Oct. 22 — at Penn State, 21-24 Oct. 29 — Northwestern, 24-20 Nov. 5 — Nebraska, 62-3 Nov. 12 — at Maryland, 62-3 Nov. 19 — at Michigan State, 17-16 (2OT) Nov. 26 — Michigan, 30-27 Dec. 31 — Clemson, Playoff semifinal, 7 p.m. 2016 OSU LEADERS Passing J.T. Barrett ................2428 Joe Burrow ................. 226 Rushing Mike Weber .............. 1093 J.T Barrett................... 846 Curtis Samuel ............ 704 Demario McCall .......... 270 Receiving Curtis Samuel ............ 822 Noah Brown ................ 385 Dontre Wilson.............. 352 Marcus Baugh ............. 269 K.J. Hill ........................ 254 Punts Cameron Johnston ... 46.2 Field goals Tyler Durbin .............17/20 Tackles Raekwon McMillan ........ 87 Jerome Baker................ 79 Malik Hooker ................. 67 Chris Worley ..................60 Damon Webb................. 53 Sacks Tyquan Lewis ................7.5 Nick Bosa ....................... 6 Jerome Baker............... 3.5 Sam Hubbard .................. 3 Interceptions Malik Hooker .................. 6 Marshon Lattimore ......... 4 Gareon Conley ................ 3 Jerome Baker.................. 2 Punt Returns Dontre Wilson...............107 life happens. fast. 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CAM ROBINSON, 6-6, 310, Junior, Offensive Tackle Robinson has started every game since he walked onto campus three years ago. Alabama has had a 100-yard rusher in 70 percent of those game. Consensus All-American this season. ADARIUS STEWART, 6-1, 204, Junior, Wide Receiver. Stewart has 52 catches for 852 yards and 8 touchdowns this season. He had three TD catches in two games. First-team All-SEC. MINKAH FITZPATRICK, 6-1, 203, Sophomore, Defensive Back Five interceptions, including three against Arkansas. Fitzpatrick has 56 tackles and 1 sack. First-team All-American. REUBEN FOSTER, 6-1, 228, Senior, Linebacker Foster is one of the leaders of Alabama’s defense with 94 tackles, 12 tackles for losses and 4 sacks. First-team AllAmerican. RECENT ALABAMA BOWL HISTORY By The Associated Press Record: 37-24-3 Jan. 11, 2016 College Football Championship — Alabama 45, Clemson 40 Dec. 31, 2015 Cotton Bowl — Alabama 38, Michigan St. 0 Jan. 1, 2015 Sugar Bowl — Ohio St. 42, Alabama 35 Jan. 2, 2014 Sugar Bowl — Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31 Jan. 7, 2013 BCS Championship — Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14 Jan. 9, 2012 BCS Championship — Alabama 21, LSU 0 Jan. 1, 2011 Capital One Bowl — Alabama 49, Michgigan St. 7 Jan. 7, 2010 BCS Championship — Alabama 37, Texas 21 Jan. 2, 2009 Sugar Bowl — Utah 31, Alabama 17 Dec. 30, 2007 Independence Bowl — Alabama 30, Colorado 24 Dec. 28, 2006 Independence Bowl — Oklahoma St. 34, Alabama 31 Jan. 2, 2006 Cotton Bowl — Alabama 13, Texas Tech 10 Dec. 31, 2004 Music City Bowl — Minnesota 20, Alabama 16 Dec. 27, 2001 Independence Bowl — Alabama 14, Iowa St. 13 Jan. 1, 2000 Orange Bowl — Michigan 35, Alabama 34, OT Dec. 29, 1998 Music City Bowl — Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7 Jan. 1, 1997 Outback Bowl — Alabama 17, Michigan 14 Jan. 2, 1995 Citrus Bowl — Alabama 24, Ohio St. 17 Dec. 31, 1993 Gator Bowl — Alabama 24, North Carolina 10 Jan. 1, 1993 Sugar Bowl — Alabama 34, Miami 13 Dec. 29, 1991 Blockbuster Bowl — Alabama 30, Colorado 25 Jan. 1, 1991 Fiesta Bowl — Louisville 34, Alabama 7 Jan. 1, 1990 Sugar Bowl — Miami 33, Alabama 25 Dec. 24, 1988 Sun Bowl — Alabama 29, Army 28 Jan. 2, 1988 Hall of Fame — Michigan 28, Alabama 24 Dec. 25, 1986 Sun Bowl — Alabama 28, Washington 6 Huskies could be toughest test for Tide’s defense The Associated Press SEATTLE — Alabama’s stingy defense will face perhaps its toughest test against Jake Browning and Washington. The top-ranked Crimson Tide, fresh from facing teams with pedestrian passing games, will play the Huskies Dec. 31 in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. That’s where Alabama (13-0) just dispatched Florida 54-16 in the Southeastern Conference championship game. The defending national champs are trying to go wire-to-wire No. 1 and become the first NCAA team to go 15-0. Alabama has made each of the first three College Football Playoffs and won 25 straight games. “There was a lot of talk out there about the playoffs and not much talk about the SEC championship game, which was a little concerning to me as a coach,” Tide coach Nick Saban said Sunday on ESPN’s selection show. “I was really proud of the maturity that our players showed of competing in that game and wanting to win that championship. “The next step is what do we create as a legacy for this team in terms of how they do in the playoffs.” The Huskies (12-1) rose from a No. 14 preseason AP ranking to earn a national title shot. “This is not at all a surprise to me,” Saban said on a teleconference, speaking of his respect for Petersen. They routed Colorado 41-10 for the Pac12 championship. Washington won a share of the 1991 title under Saban’s mentor and college coach, the late Don James. “I think it’s awesome,” third-year Washington coach Chris Petersen said. “I think it’s awesome for the school. I think it’s awesome for Seattle and I think it’s awesome for our guys. There are a lot of guys in there that have been here for a while — not a lot of them — but there are some and their commitment AP photo Alabama defensive lineman Jonathan Allen (93) sacks Florida quarterback Austin Appleby (12) during the Southeastern Conference championship game on Dec. 3 in Atlanta. and persistence and focus, I think it’s spectacular.” He joked that he feels like he knows Saban well because he’s on TV so often, but said this will be the biggest challenge the Washington players and coaches have faced. “I think everybody knows about Alabama and it’s not just one year, it’s every year, how dominant they are,” Petersen said. “We’ll prepare hard and fortunately the Seahawks are here in town. Maybe they’ll scrimmage us to get us ready for those guys. I don’t know.” The Huskies rank fourth nationally in scoring offense, averaging 44.5 points per game. Browning is the nation’s fifth-rated passer, and his 42 touchdowns are one shy of Jared Goff’s Pac-12 record. Alabama leads the nation in total, scoring and rushing defense. But the Tide hasn’t faced a Top 25 scoring offense since Week 2 against Western Kentucky, which ranks second. The Tide won 38-10 and held Tennessee’s No. 26 scoring offense to 10 points as well. Florida ranks 84th in passing offense and Auburn, which faced Alabama in the regular-season finale, stands 112th. Saban downplayed any benefit of having been through the playoff preparations and atmosphere twice before. The Tide lost to eventual champion Ohio State two years ago and last season beat Michigan State and Clemson. “I do know that we did it better one year than we did it the other,” Saban said. Here are some things to know about the Peach Bowl matchup: CLASHING STYLES: Browning has passed for 3,280 yards and been intercepted just seven times. Alabama’s passing game, led by freshman Jalen Hurts, has sputtered at times but Hurts is a dangerous runner. HEISMAN HOPEFULS: The different styles of these teams is illustrated by their respective candidates to be Heisman Trophy finalists, Browning and Alabama defensive end Jonathan Allen. Allen has recorded 8.5 sacks while returning two fumbles for a touchdown. QBS ON REBOUND: Browning and Alabama’s Hurts have both been huge playmakers for their offenses, but neither posted big numbers in their league championship games. Browning was just 9 for 24 for 118 yards with two touchdown passes. The freshman Hurts was 11 of 20 for 138 yards with a touchdown and was mostly a nonfactor as a runner. SARKISIAN VS. HUSKIES: Former Washington and USC head coach Steve Sarkisian is facing one of his former teams. The Alabama offensive analyst coached the Huskies from 2009-13, so was involved in recruiting some of the veterans. “He’ll have the same role in this game he’s had in every other game,” Saban said. Alabama freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts (2) breaks loose on a run past LSU linebacker Duke Riley (40) in the second half of a game earlier this season. The 18-year-old became the Crimson Tide’s starter in the second game of the season. Alabama freshman QB starts fast The Associated Press Alabama’s Jalen Hurts defying his age with playoff run It’s easy to appraise Jalen Hurts’ by the numbers: The yards, the touchdowns and the wins. But perhaps the most notable number is his age, 18. Top-ranked Alabama’s freshman quarterback has shown poise beyond his years under the pressure of leading the Crimson Tide to a Southeastern Conference title and playoff berth. Alabama’s offensive leader is just a teenager from Texas who hadn’t let a team to a championship since he was an 8-year-old on the East Houston Aggies. He hasn’t often looked like an 18-year-old on the field. “I’m a firm believer in age being nothing but a number,” Hurts said. “And I feel like if you step up to any situation and you’re able to play your game, be confident, have the poise you need to have, you’ll be all right.” Hurts is trying to become only the second true freshman quarterback to lead a major college team to a national title. Oklahoma’s Jamelle Holloway replaced an injured Troy Aikman in 1985 and led the Sooners to eight straight wins. So far, Hurts is a perfect 12-0 as a starter since claiming the job after the opener and has been named SEC offensive player of the year. His journey to a College Football Playoff semifinal matchup with No. 4 Washington on Dec. 31 hasn’t been all paved in crimson glory, but more a season-long rubber band-like grind of snapping back from negative plays, like a fumble SEC STANDINGS that Mississippi returned for a touchdown. Big plays often follow the bad ones. Hurts has gotten better later in games, including in the second half of the Iron Bowl against Auburn and the SEC championship game against Florida. “That’s unusual because freshmen are rookies,” Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin said after the SEC championship game in Atlanta. “What do they do? They usually screw up in the fourth quarter. He’s special.” Of course, Hurts has also had few games that were still undecided in the fourth quarter. He has of course benefited from a supporting cast full of NFL talent and the nation’s best defense, much like ‘Bama predecessors including Jake Coker, AJ McCarron and Greg McElroy — each of whom led the Tide to national titles. Hurts arrived in Tuscaloosa in time to play Clemson’s Deshaun Watson for the scout team leading up to the national championship game last season. He has been able to escape some of the grind of being quarterback of a national title contender since coach Nick Saban doesn’t allow freshmen to talk to reporters during the regular season. So the SEC championship postgame scrum looked like a full-out blitz, with Hurts surrounded by reporters and TV cameras scrambling for his first public comments as ‘Bama’s starter. He handled it with aplomb and didn’t bite when asked to evaluate his season. “As a team, I think we’ve done a great job,” Hurts said, East Division SEC Overall W L W L Florida 6 2 8 4 Tennessee 4 4 8 4 Georgia 4 4 7 5 Kentucky 4 4 7 5 S. Carolina 3 5 6 6 Vanderbilt 3 5 6 6 Missouri 2 6 4 8 Ohio State 6 1 9 1 West Division Alabama 8 0 13 0 Auburn 5 3 8 4 LSU 5 3 7 4 Texas A&M 4 4 8 4 Arkansas 3 5 7 5 Miss. State 3 5 5 7 Mississippi 2 6 5 7 AP photo repeating himself when asked a second time. Being the quarterback of an active dynasty in a state where college football reigns supreme could overwhelm any player, freshman or senior. “He’s handled it extremely well,” said McElroy, an SEC Network analyst who helped lead the Tide to the 2009 national title. “Has he been perfect? No. Is there a lot of room for improvement? Absolutely. But given the pressure and the circumstance of playing quarterback at Alabama — as soon as you’re named the starter you immediately become one of the most heavily scrutinized people in the entire state.” Hurts, the son of a high school coach, has put up big numbers along the way, already running for more yards in a season than any other Tide quarterback. He has rushed for 841 yards and 12 touchdowns, keeping the offense going even when the passing game isn’t clicking. He has also completed 65.3 percent of his passes for 2,592 yards and 22 touchdowns with nine interceptions. Hurts has been a better finisher than starter. He has passed for 14 touchdowns and been intercepted just twice in the second half of games, when he’s also produced many of his biggest plays. That includes a ALABAMA SCHEDULE Sept. 3 — USC, 52-6 Sept. 10 — Western Kentucky, 38-10 Sept. 17 — Mississippi, 48-43 Sept. 24 — Kent State, 48-0 Oct. 1 — Kentucky, 34-6 Oct. 8 — at Arkansas, 49-30 Oct. 15 — at Tennessee, 49-10 Oct. 22 — Texas A&M, 33-14 Nov. 5 — at LSU, 10-0 No.v 12 — Mississippi State, 51-3 Nov. 19 — Chattanooga, 31-3 Nov. 26 — Auburn, 30-12 Dec. 3 — Florida, 54-16 Dec. 31 — Playoff semifinal, Washington, 3 p.m. 21-yard fourthquarter touchdown run in a 10-0 win at LSU in a game that was otherwise dominated by the defenses. “I think people were on him a little bit after the LSU game and I just told him, ‘Man, Jalen, you just went into Tiger Stadium at night in an Alabama-LSU game and won and really made the one significant play on offense,’” Kiffin said. “He’s a special player.” Hurts credits his father and prep coach, Averion, for helping him be ready to handle the challenges and successes at Alabama. Hurts also absorbed lessons by watching his older brother Averion Jr. — a quarterback at Texas Southern — learn the hard way. “All the butt-chewings he got, I learned from those,” he said. “Life is all about learning.” Then he went on to play for another demanding coach in Saban, who has regularly held one-on-one Sunday film sessions with his quarterback. Hurts said not even Saban’s chewing-outs can match those coming from his father. “There ain’t nothing like getting a butt-chewing from your blood,” he said. 2016 ALABAMA LEADERS Passing Jalen Hurts ............... 2592 Blake Barnett ..............219 Rushing Damien Harris ............ 983 Jalen Hurts ..................841 Josh Jacobs ................551 Bo Scarborough ......... 539 Receiving ArDarius Stewart ....... 852 Calvin Ridley ...............727 O.J. Howard ................ 445 Gehrig Dieter..............204 Josh Jacobs ................159 Cam Sims ....................152 Punts J.K. Scott .................... 47.7 Field goals Adam Griffith ......... 19/26 Tackles Reuben Foster .............. 94 Ronnie Harrison ........... 70 Shaun Hamilton ........... 64 Minkah Fitzpatrick ....... 56 Jonathan Allen ............. 56 Sacks Jonathan Allen ............ 8.5 Tim Williams................ 8.5 Ryan Anderson............... 8 Reuben Foster ................ 4 Interceptions Minkah Fitzpatrick ......... 5 Ronnie Harrison ............. 2 Shaun Hamilton ............. 2 Marion Humphrey .......... 2 Punt Returns Eddie Jackson ............ 253 �OSU PLAYOFFS Pomeroy Daily Sentinel Friday, December 30, 2016 7 Huskies vs No. 4 Washington vs. No. 1 Alabama Peach Bowl Dec. 31, 3 p.m. ESPN An inside look at Washington Football A look at Washington players JAKE BROWNING, 6-2, 209, Sophomore, Quarterback Browning, the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, threw for 3,280 yards and 42 touchdowns. His six touchdown passes against Oregon were a Huskies’ school record. BUDDA BAKER, 5-11, 192, Senior, Defensive Back Baker was first-team All-Pac 12 and a firstteam All-American. He had 65 total tackles, two interceptions and two sacks for the Huskies this season. JOHN ROSS, 5-11, 190, Wide Receiver Ross was Browning’s No. 1 target with 76 catches for 1,122 yards and 17 touchdowns. He was first-team All-Pac 12 and had three touchdown catches in a game twice. MYLES GASKIN, 5-10, 195, Sophomore, Running Back Gaskin has rushed for 1,339 yards after gaining 1,302 yards as a freshman. He has six 100-yard games this season with a high of 197 against Oregon. He was first-team All-Pac 12. ELIJAH QUALLS, 6-1, 321, Defensive Lineman Qualls has been the run stopper on the interior of Washington’s defensive line this season. He has 32 tackles, 5 tackles for losses and 3 sacks. He was first-team All-Pac 12. SIDNEY JONES, 6-0, 181, Junior, Defensive Back Jones has been firstteam All-Pac 12 two years in a row. He also was a second-team AllAmerican this season. He has 37 tackles and three interceptions. RECENT WASHINGTON BOWL HISTORY By The Associated Press Record: 17-17-1 Dec. 26, 2015 Heart of Dallas Bowl — Washington 44, Southern Miss. 31 Jan. 2, 2015 Cactus Bowl — Oklahoma St. 30, Washington 22 Dec. 27, 2013 Fight Hunger Bowl — Washington 31, BYU 16 Dec. 22, 1012 MAACO Bowl — Boise St. 28, Washington 26 Dec. 29, 2011 Alamo Bowl — Baylor 67, Washington 56 Dec. 30, 2010 Holiday Bowl — Washington 19, Nebraska 7 Dec. 31, 2002 Sun Bowl — Purdue 34, Washington 24 Dec. 28, 2001 Holiday Bowl — Texas 47, Washington 43 Jan. 1, 2001 Rose Bowl — Washington 34, Purdue 24 Dec. 29, 1999 Holiday Bowl — Kansas St. 24, Washington 20 Dec. 25, 1998 Oahu Bowl — Air Force 45, Washington 25 Dec. 25, 1997 Aloha Bowl — Washington 51, Michigan St. 23 Dec. 30, 1996 Holiday Bowl — Colorado 33, Washington 21 Dec. 29, 1995 Sun Bowl — Iowa 38, Washington 18 Jan. 1, 1993 Rose Bowl — Michigan 38, Washington 31 Jan. 1, 1992 Rose Bowl — Washington 34, Michigan 14 Jan. 1, 1991 Rose Bowl — Washington 46, Iowa 34 Dec. 30, 1989 Freedom Bowl — Washington 34, Florida 7 Dec. 19, 1987 Independence Bowl — Washington 24, Tulane 12 Dec. 25, 1986 Sun Bowl — Alabama 28, Washington 6 Dec. 30, 1985 Freedom Bowl — Washington 20, Colorado 17 Jan. 1, 1985 Orange Bowl — Washington 28, Oklahoma 17 Dec. 26, 1983 Aloha Bowl — Penn St. 13, Washington 10 Dec. 25, 1982 Aloha Bowl — Washington 21, Maryland 20 Jan. 1, 1982 Rose Bowl — Washington 28, Iowa 0 Keeping talent at home key for Huskies Defensive back Budda Baker a key recruit The Associated Press SEATTLE — It’s too simple of an equation to say that Budda Baker was the cause and Washington being the Pac-12 champion and one of the four teams in the College Football Playoff. But it’s not too far of a stretch to believe that the most impactful recruit landed by Chris Petersen since he arrived at Washington came in February 2014. That’s when Baker decided to stay home with the Huskies rather than follow the lengthy parade of premier recruits from the state of Washington who decided to go out of state. “We were very urgent. We knew he was a big time football player that could really change the direction of this program and that was job No. 1 when we first took this job was to make sure we kept a homegrown talent in Budda Baker here at the University of Washington,” Washington defensive backs coach Jimmy Lake said. “It was an intense battle and we’re obviously happy that we got him.” There are numerous pieces that Washington has woven together to create a roster that this year is 12-1. Some were holdovers from the previous coaching regime, who have developed into stars later in their careers, like linebacker Keishawn Bierria and wide receiver John Ross. Others were recruits from out-of-state that Petersen and his staff convinced to make Washington their home, like quarterback Jake Browning. But ultimately, for Washington to be successful, it must be keeping the top in-state recruits at home. And beginning with Baker, it has. “I always heard it every day by friends, family, even random people that ‘You’re a hometown guy, you can put this program back on top,’ and all that type of stuff,” Baker said. “It hit because like they said I have a lot of family here, I had a chance to go to a great school.” Since Baker’s commitment in 2014, the Huskies have had a pipeline of in-state talent staying home, including running back Myles Gaskin, wide receiver Chico McClatcher, left tackle Trey Adams, safety Taylor Rapp and offensive lineman Kaleb McGary. It’s not a huge list, and while California will always be the hotbed for Washington’s recruits, getting the top kids from the state is influential in what the Huskies are trying to build. “I didn’t know where I wanted to go. I thought if I stayed here I would always being going home and doing chores and stuff,” Gaskin said. “My mom and dad kept it real. They said, ‘You are going to Washington.’ At the time I didn’t understand why but I’m very thankful for them.” When many of the current Huskies were first making impressions about college football, Washington was a struggling program. The 2008 season where Washington went 0-12 was the clear AP photo Washington defensive back Budda Baker (32) intercepts a pass intended for Washington State wide receiver John Thompson, right, in the second half of a game between the two in-state rivals earlier this season. bottom, but even under Steve Sarkisian there was a plateau reached — “7-win Sark” became the nickname — with little indication the Huskies would rise much beyond that mark. Additionally, the group watched a number of top recruits from the state — Jonathan Stewart, Jake Heaps, David DeCastro, all the way up to Myles Jack — take the route out of the state rather than remain at home. Which all leads back to why landing Baker was so important. “It’s huge for that year and the years following, all the in-state talent that hey it is cool to stay at home and play for the hometown (Huskies),” Lake said. “Now hopefully those young guys are seeing where we’re at now and seeing the following that he has here and now when his career is over at Washington he’s going to be a legend here. He’s already made a ton of plays and hopefully we do some bigger things this year and next year and he’ll be a legend here for a long time to come if he keeps doing what he’s doing, and those other guys are seeing that.” Browning adds confidence to his resume The Associated Press SEATTLE — It was so out of character it became the defining moment of his time at Washington. Maybe that’s because the most exuberance Jake Browning had ever shown before was a fist pump and a smile. Then came “The Point.” As the sophomore quarterback glided into the end zone for a touchdown early in Washington’s blowout of Oregon, Browning quickly pointed in the direction of an opponent. It was a different side of Browning, one that is filled with selfconfidence and a little cockiness. Underneath an exterior that seems to be a plug-in of how Washington coach Chris Petersen is wired, Browning has a feisty competitiveness that emerges only on occasion. “You see him in the hall, you go like this,” Washington offensive lineman Trey Adams said, mimicking Browning’s point. “Coach Pete hates that. That was awesome. I love that play.” Thanks to Browning’s evolution, Washington exceeded the preseason expectations of being a program on the rise and reached the College Football Playoff, where it will face top-ranked Alabama in the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Eve. Browning has developed into one of the top quarterbacks in the country as just a sophomore and every so often — like the play against Oregon — his self-assuredness has emerged. “I probably appreciate him more because he has a calmer demeanor than I do,” Petersen said. “I think it’s easier when you’re a player. You can just let it go out there. When you’re on the sideline it just gets bottled up and you just try and bite your tongue as best as you can. I think the thing is we’re both really competitive and sometimes, he’s awesome, but I try and do the best I can and not be too competitive over-coaching him because he gets it.” Browning was named the Pac-12 offensive PAC 12 STANDINGS North Division PAC 12 Overall W L W Washington 8 1 12 Wash. State 7 2 8 Stanford 6 3 9 California 3 6 5 Oregon State 3 6 4 Oregon 2 7 4 South Division PAC 12 Overall Colorado 8 1 10 USC 7 2 9 Utah 5 4 8 Arizona State 2 7 5 UCLA 2 7 4 Arizona 1 8 3 L 1 4 3 7 8 8 3 3 4 7 8 9 player of the year in a vote of coaches after throwing for 3,280 yards and 42 touchdowns. He led Washington to its first conference championship since 2000 and barely missed out on a trip to New York for the Heisman Trophy ceremony. Browning’s sixth-place finish in the Heisman voting was still the second best in Washington history behind only defensive lineman Steve Emtman who finished fourth in 1991. Browning is still an unassuming figure on a national stage. He was an unplanned player of the year because of an unexpected jump from the end of his freshman season to now, and he’s on the verge of setting Pac-12 records for the most touchdown passes in a season. Browning’s potential sophomore slump instead became a sophomore showcase. It was improvement his coaches hoped to see after throwing him into starting as a true freshman. But this? “His accuracy in the red zone has been at a high level throughout the year. He’s really improved there. His decision making when he has extended the play has improved, not forcing a couple of balls where he did his freshman year,” Washington offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith said. “We’re putting a lot on his plate in recognition in coverage and changing plays.” It’s the combo of Smith and Petersen that have come to understand Browning’s personality. They had a good feel of how Browning would respond to the college game through years of recruiting Browning first at Boise State and then, Washington. “You don’t really know what you’re going to get, but I think with him with as long as we recruited him and as much as he was around us we had a pretty good idea that he was going to be like he is,” Petersen said. “And then you just wait to see how winning and losing affects guys. Do they change?” Browning’s numbers this season are also the result of those around him. The return of John Ross can’t be overstated, WASHINGTON SCHEDULE Sept. 3 — Rutgers, 48-13 Sept. 10 — Idaho, 59-14 Sept. 17 — Portland State, 41-3 Sept. 24 — at Arizona, 35-28 Sept. 30 — Stanford, 44-6 Oct. 8 — at Oregon, 70-21 Oct. 22 — Oregon State, 41-17 Oct. 29 — at Utah, 31-24 Nov. 5 — at California, 66-27 Nov. 12 — USC, 13-26 No.v 19 — Arizona State, 44-18 No.v 25 — at Wash. State, 45-17 Dec. 2 — Colorado, 41-10 Dec. 31 — Playoff semifinal, Alabama, 3 p.m. AP photo Washington quarterback Jake Browning hands off to running back Lavon Coleman during a a game against Washington State earlier this season. Browning has thrown for 42 touchdowns this year. giving Washington an athletic speedster they desperately lacked a season ago. That was never more evident than the Pac-12 title game victory over Colorado when pass Browning intended to throw away instead became a spectacular TD catch for Ross. The combo of Myles Gaskin and Lavon Coleman have been productive on the ground; Dante Pettis and Chico McClatcher have made significant jumps as receivers; and Washington’s coaches no longer have limitations on the playbook. Browning sums up his season like this: Getting rid of negative plays. Plays that might have been interceptions as a freshman have been incompletions or sacks. Browning knows those negative plays can’t return if Washington is to have a chance against Alabama. “I don’t think we’re a team that’s going to come out and throw the ball every play, or come out and run the ball every play. We stay balanced and do our thing,” Browning said. “They’re good, but you can’t let a good team get you away from what got you there.” 2016 WASHINGTON LEADERS Passing Jake Browning .........3280 K.J. Carta-Samuels .... 104 Rushing Myles Gaskin .............1339 Lavon Coleman .......... 836 Jomon Dotson............ 257 Chico McClatcher ....... 115 Receiving John Ross.................. 1122 Dante Pettis ............... 796 Chico McClatcher ......580 DJarrell Daniels .......... 307 Aaron Fuller ................. 157 Punts Tristan Vizcaino ......... 39.6 Field goals Cameron Van Winkle ......... 16/20 Tackles Azeem Victor................ 67 Budda Baker ................ 65 Keishawn Bierria .......... 63 JoJo McIntosh.............. 59 Taylor Rapp .................. 45 Sacks Psalm Wooching ............ 6 Joe Mathis...................... 5 Vita Vea .......................... 4 Greg Gaines ................ 3.5 Interceptions Taylor Rapp .................... 4 Sidney Jones .................. 3 Budda Baker .................. 2 Kevin King ...................... 2 Punt Returns Dante Pettis ............... 282 �OSU PLAYOFFS 8 Friday, December 30, 2016 Pomeroy Daily Sentinel OHIO STATE: SNAPSHOTS OF THE SEASON Don Speck | The Lima News Noah Brown (80) leads Ohio State’s wide receivers with 30 catches this season. Finding consistency and a go-to receiver to complement H-back Curtis Samuel has been a season-long search for OSU. Photos by Don Speck | The Lima News Ohio State takes the field for the start of the Ohio State-Nebraska game on Nov. 5. Pass From page 3 Ohio State ‘s Jordan Fuller (4) and Ohio State Terry McLaurin (83) combine to bring down Michigan’s Jabril Peppers in the third quarter of their game at Ohio Stadium on Nov. 26. had six games of two or fewer catches and has only two touchdown catches in his last nine games after catching four of them against Oklahoma in what was viewed then as his breakout game. OSU’s wide receivers have caught only 39 percent of the passes Barrett has completed this season. Ten years ago in 2006, even in the era of Tressel Ball, with receivers like Ted Ginn Jr., Anthony Gonzalez, Brian Hartline and Brian Robiskie, wide receivers made 72 percent of the catches. Young wide receivers like K.J. Hill, Parris Campbell and Terry McLaurin have had some good moments but none of them have been consistent. Older players such as James Clark and Johnnie Dixon have added little to the passing game, and the often-injured Dontre Wilson has lost time to injuries again. When asked about the drop in Brown’s production since the Oklahoma game, Meyer said, “We have to target him a little bit more. He has to separate a little bit better. And we have to protect the quarterback better. It’s not one thing, or we would fix the one thing.” Offensive coordinator Ed Warinner said Brown’s big game in a 45-24 win over Oklahoma increased the attention defenses are giving him. “Very seldom does he get straight, no-help, man-toman coverage. I think Noah is capable of having a big game at any time. It just depends on the defense and how they play and who it is they try to stop,” Warinner said. Clemson is second in the country with 46 sacks and has two first-team All-ACC defensive backs, so improving the passing game could be a challenge for OSU. Reach Jim Naveau at The Lima News at 567-242-0414 or on Twitter at @Lima_Naveau. Samuel From page 3 Ohio State’s Mike Weber makes a big gain in the third quarter as Michigan State’s Darian Hicks (2) and Montae Nicholson (9) trail the play at Spartan Stadium on Nov. 19. Ohio State’s Curtis Samuel heads for the end zone for a touchdown as Bowling Green’s Antonyo Sotolongo trails on the play during the Sept. 3 game. Ohio State Coach Urban Meyer tries to get the crowd to make some noise on a third down attempt during the Michigan game. Late in the season, he added punt returner to his resume after Dontre Wilson struggled in that role. Samuel had Ohio State’s longest pass reception in six games. His 79-yard touchdown catch against Bowling Green, his 75-yard touchdown catch against Nebraska and his 74-yard touchdown run at Penn State are the three longest scoring plays of the season for OSU’s offense. Offensive lineman Billy Price called Samuel “a freak” earlier this season and said he constantly does incredible things in practice. Offensive coordinator Ed Warinner says Samuel’s freakish talent jumped off the screen at him when he first saw videos of him when he was a 4-star recruit at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. “He was so electric in his high school recruiting videos. He came in early and went through spring practice and in every Saturday scrimmage, he would have a 50-plus yard run. There aren’t many people who can run through Ohio State’s defense with that kind of speed and nobody can catch them,” Warinner said. “There was no question he was an elite, explosive guy who could be a big playmaker for us in the run game and the pass game,” he said. Maybe the only question about Samuel’s breakout season is why he didn’t touch the ball more. He is averaging 7.6 rushes per game and 5.4 catches a game. If Samuel himself has asked that question, it has not been in public. “I’m not a coach, I don’t demand touches,” he said. “I just go out there and make plays and hopefully the coaches see when I am out there that I am doing a great job and want to put the ball in my hands more.” Samuel’s game-winning 15-yard touchdown run against Michigan and his arms-extended celebration are destined to be legendary at Ohio State. But the play he made just before it might have saved the game and OSU’s season. On third-and-nine at the 24-yard line in the second overtime, quarterback J.T. Barrett threw a screen pass to the right side to Samuel, which appeared to be headed nowhere. Samuel reversed field and started left, then he turned right and bumped into offensive tackle Jamarco Jones. At one point he was nearly 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage, which would have put the Buckeyes out of field goal range with Michigan up 27-24. But Samuel turned left again and managed to turn the play into an eight-yard gain, setting up Barrett’s one-yard run that left Jim Harbaugh bitterly disappointed. “I’ve watched it a couple of times. I can’t explain the play, I don’t know what happened, I don’t know what I was thinking. I just knew I had to make a play and do something for the team,” Samuel said. “I noticed when I crossed back to try to go the other way that mostly all the skill guys (for Michigan) were on the right side of the field so to the left it was probably the D-linemen and a couple of linebackers,” he said. Samuel was named first-team All-American by The Associated Press and The Sporting News. Like most players in December, he claims not to have thought much about entering the NFL draft early. “Next year, I don’t know. I have not thought about it. 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