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Mt.
Gilead to Face Biggest Rival Click
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Mt. Gilead will likely close the season at home on Friday night
against archrival Cardington in play in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference.
They still have a chance to make the division VI playoffs.
Last week, they fell (31-23) to Northmor in a “KMAC” game.
Coach Mike Reid says they couldn’t finish a couple of times.
“We had a lot of great drives offensively Friday night against
Northmor. One of them we
didn’t finish, well actually two, we fumbled inside the red zone once and
we didn't finish right before half. We
ran out of time. We actually
needed all those points. Defensively
we didn't match up well a couple of times against Northmor and we just
couldn't put that one away. Give
credit to them, they played extremely well that night, but we didn’t take
care of our own business,” said Reid.
The Indians (4-5,2-4) hosts Cardington (0-9,0-6) on Friday.
The Pirates were blanked (42-0) by Loudonville last week.
Reid says the Pirates are trying to find the right combinations.
“Cardington has struggled this year but it's not because they don't
have decent guys or good coaching. They've
had a lot of injuries this year. As
I watched them, I see a lot of different personnel combinations out there.
They have got some big fellas up front, they get off the ball pretty
well, and they're going to present some challenges.
Really this week we've really concentrated on ourselves the most and
trying to put four quarters of great football together so we can win this
great rivalry game that we call the “Battle of 42,” he said.
There is always emotion with rivalry games, but Reid says you have to
control those feelings. “We
want to do our talking between the whistles the right way.
Kids are kids, but we have got to be great cultures and keep our kids
focused on the task at hand. Cardington
has been a rivalry for a long, long time.
It's one of the older ones, certainly not the oldest, but one of the
older ones in the state of Ohio,” he told Swakonsports.com on Thursday
afternoon, “We're really, really excited to have this opportunity to not
only win the “Battle of 42” trophy, but also send of seniors out on a
positive note. I know coach
(Chad) Hobbs is telling the same thing to his guys right now too.
So, hopefully we have a great, exciting atmosphere here (Friday)
night. We have just got to take
care of business. We have got to
execute much like any other Friday and not let our emotions get too far out
ahead of us.” Published 10/23/26 © Swankonsports.com Follow our scoreboard Friday night For constant updates beginning at the kick At www.swankonsportshosting247.com Your First Source for All Things Sports |
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Mt.
Gilead Needs Win Click
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Mt. Gilead needs to finish the regular season with two wins to make
the division VI playoffs and their first task is Friday night at Northmor in
a Knox Morrow Athletic Conference game.
Last week, they took “KMAC” co-leader Centerburg to the end
before losing (13-12) to the Trojans.
Coach Mike Reid was very pleased with what he saw form the Indians.
“Well, I'm really proud of the fellows.
They fought extremely hard in that ball game against Centerburg.
We did a lot of things right. We
made a couple crucial mistakes at the end where we couldn't finish some
drives, but on the whole, I was very, very proud of our guys effort.
Centerburg presents matchup problems for us. I
thought we stood up for those issues really well. We just didn't come up
with enough points, we were sort by two,” said Reid.
Mt. Gilead (4-4,2-3) is at Northmor (1-7,1-4) on Friday night.
The Golden Knights lost (26-7) to East Knox in conference play last
week.
Reid says despite their record, the Golden Knights have some players.
“Northmor is probably the best one win team I've seen in a long,
long time. They do an awful lot
of things really well. Offensively,
they have still got Tanner Milley at quarterback and he’s doing a nice job
distributing the football. He's
got a couple nice targets with Brad Boland and Jackson Welch.
They're still dangerous offensively.
They got some nice weapons,” he told Swankonsports.com on Monday
afternoon, “They have got a couple nice defenders too.
The Welch kid plays a great defensive end for them I feel like and
the other defensive end Rodney Acord does a really good job for putting a
lot of pressure on quarterbacks and they're pretty stout upfront
defensively. So, that's going to
be a county rival game so both teams you throw the records out.
Both teams are going to get after it.”
Reid says they need to beat Northmor and Cardington next week to make
postseason. “What I told the
boys on Saturday is one thing is for sure losing one of our last two games
and we’re not getting in. So,
really the focus is just taking care of our own business first and then just
letting things fall where they fall,” he said. Published 10/13/26 © Swankonsports.com “Your First Source for All Things Sports” “Out of Bounds” airs every Friday night
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Mt.
Gilead to Play Co-Leaders Click
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Mt. Gilead host “KMAC” co-leader Centerburg on Friday night in a
Knox Morrow Athletic Conference game.
They picked up a win last week (27-21) at East Knox last week in
“KMAC” game.
Coach Mike Reid says they had to come from behind to do it.
“Last Friday was a real gutsy effort by our guys.
They showed a lot of heart, they showed a lot of stubbornness.
We started out kind of slow offensively.
Had to punt the ball away. They
put together a couple nice drives and scored one touchdown, but we battled
back and actually took the lead 7-6. They
had the lead at halftime 14-7. They
had to lead in the fourth quarter 21-13.
Our guys found a way to get the offense going in the fourth quarter
and came from behind and won that game.
Had to hold them off on our goal line at the end.
So, it was a very, very exciting game I'm sure if you're a fan, but
another knuckle biter for us. Proud
of the guys, proud about how hard they fought,” said Reid.
Tyler Harr ran for 198 yards, including two fourth quarter
touchdowns.
Mt. Gilead (4-3,2-2) hosts Centerburg (5-2,4-0) on Friday night.
The Trojans walloped Cardington (42-7) last week in the conference.
Reid says the Trojans are really athletic, but they think they have a
chance. “They're a
well-rounded team. Coach (Andy)
Colella year in and year out does a great job having his guys in contention
for a league title. Honestly,
we've come a long way here at Mt. Gilead, but that's kind of where we want
to be. We kind of want to
develop ourselves to finally get to that stage and we're not quite there
yet,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday afternoon, “Centerburg
presents a lot of problems. They've
got a great big, tall, strong kid that's really, really fast, that’s
committed to go to Florida. The
quarterback is really nice. They
have even lost it looks like Miles Marshall's out with injury, but their
replacement is really, really good. So,
they're good across the board. They
have got a nice line and they have got a great big defensive line that plays
really, really well. So, it's
going to be another “KMAC” challenge.
It seems like week in and week out the “KMAC” is a big challenge
for the Mt. Gilead Indians, but we're up for it.
We're going to try to give them everything we’ve got here and come
out with a “W.”
A win by Indians would be a boost their playoff chances, according to
Reid. “That's one of the
things we did talk about even though it doesn't say we control our own
destiny on the Joeeitel.com site, or anything like that, we actually do
control our own destiny. A win
could really almost guarantee us a spot.
Anything can happen in the last two weeks of the season, but a win
would absolutely be, not to mention just for the playoffs, but just for
gaining confidence in my ball club as we continue the weeks nine and 10 and
hopefully 11,” he said. Published 10/09/26 © Swankonsports.com Follow our scoreboard Friday night For constant updates beginning at the kick At www.swankonsportshosting247.com Your First Source for All Things Sports |
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Mt.
Gilead Meets East Knox This week Click
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Mt. Gilead is over at East Knox this week in play in the Knox Morrow
Athletic Conference on Friday night.
In a smash mouth kind of football game last week, the Indians fell
(21-12) to Fredericktown in league play.
Coach Mike Reid says it was physical just like they thought it would
be. “It was very, very
physical. Credit to coach
(Scott) Spitler and his boys. They
came out ready to play and they took control up front right away.
However, after that first drive, we were able to get a couple of
great defensive stops. Our
problem was we couldn't finish. We
couldn't finish any drives. We
moved the ball really, really well, but we couldn't finish drives though,”
he told Swankonsports.com on Monday evening, “We finally got within one
point in the third quarter. We
scored a touchdown to make it 7-6 and we didn't make the extra point.
They came back and scored right away.
It was a great battle. We
put together a great drive in the fourth quarter and we're able to score
with about two minutes left. We
tried a two point conversion, I'm sure it was really exciting to be a fan
there, but it wasn’t exciting to be on the losing end of that.
My guys battled really hard, so I’m awful proud of them for
battling back. Like I said, I
think we missed some opportunities, but give credit to Fredericktown they
were a better team last Friday.”
Mt. Gilead (3-3,1-2) is at East Knox (4-2,1-2) on Friday.
The Bulldogs crushed Cardington (57-7) on Friday night.
Reid says they have speed and are scrappy.
“They've done a great job over there.
They continue to be a real scrappy program.
The kids play really hard, really fast, with great confidence and
like I said they're really scrappy offensively and defensively,” he said.
Reid says they are going to have to deal with that speed.
“I coached against their coach when he was a player.
Coach (Greg) Steinmetz is doing just an energetic job with his kids
over there at East Knox. It's
going to be another tough ball game for us. It's
going to be a really physical battle with those guys.
They have great speed across the board.
Even their linemen are pretty quick and that's going to be quite a
challenge for us,” said Reid. Published 9/29/26 © Swankonsports.com “Your First Source for All Things Sports” “Out of Bounds” airs every Friday night
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Mt.
Gilead Expects Physical Battle Click
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Mt. Gilead is over at Fredericktown for an old fashion grind it out
game against the Freddies in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference on Friday
night.
Last week, the Indians (3-2,2-1) got off to a good start against
Danville, but couldn’t sustain it and lost (43-13) to the Blue Devils.
Coach Mike Reid says he likes the way his kids played.
“Danville's pretty daggone good.
They look good on film and they look good in real life as well.
I think coach (Matt) Blum is doing a great job there and I think he's
got something special going on over there.
I know they have got big goals and they're doing all the right
things to achieve those goals, so a lot of respect for them.
I also learned that my team wasn't going to back down.
We started out that game really, really well had a great defensive
stop,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday evening, “We drove the
length of the field and scored. We
were actually ahead 7-0, but we just couldn't sustain it.
Danville's got too many things to shut down, but my boys didn't quit.
We went in at halftime just down 20-13 and I think a lot of people
were shocked just at that, but the guys in my room weren't shocked because
they wanted to battle. Like I
said, Danville just has got too many weapons, offense and defense.
We gave them our best and I learned that my boys are pretty resilient
too. They wanted to get after it
as well.”
Mt. Gilead (3-2,2-1) is at Fredericktown (3-2,2-1) on Friday night.
The Freddies smoked Cardington (34-0) in a league play last week.
Reid says he expects a battle against a well coached Fredericktown
team. “I'll tell you what,
Scott Spitler does a great job just about everywhere he's gone.
They're very methodical, they have get some big guys up front,
they're creating some good schemes, they're running the ball really, really
well. Their passing game is like
ours you can't sit back and go to sleep on that or the few yards they get on
a catch is going to hurt you. He's
got a pretty well-rounded team over there and it's going to be quite a
battle Friday night. I have much
respect for him and the Freddies. It
might be a ground and pound show on both sides of the ball there,” Reid.
Neither team throws it all that much and Reid encourages fans to get
there early. “When you run the
ball the time just keeps coming off the clock, so it does seem to go pretty
quickly. I guess it just depends
on how much we want to actually throw the ball in the air. I
think I made a comment last week something about order your pizza at 7 the
game will be over by 7:45 or something like that and you can pick your pizza
up. It's going to be a good game
and Fredericktown is always a good game.
It'll be a great physical match up and we're going to have to match
their strength up front,” he said. Published 9/25/26 © Swankonsports.com Follow our scoreboard Friday night For constant updates beginning at the kick At www.swankonsportshosting247.com Your First Source for All Things Sports |
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Mt.
Gilead Plays Very Good Danville Click
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Mt. Gilead goes to Danville to clash with the very talented Blue
Devils in a Knox Morrow Athletic Conference game on Friday night.
They started their league schedule with a (46-18) romp over
Loudonville last week.
Coach Mike Reid says they got off to a solid start and executed the
game plan. “I was really,
really happy with the way we came out offensively.
Our offensive line took charge and Bo Sayers ran extremely hard in
the first half and Tyler Harr had two quick hitters for big gains in the
second half. Both of them were
over 100 yards for the game and we rushed for nearly 400 yards again.
Our defense was pretty stout. Although
Loudonville had a really nice offensive attack.
There are a bunch of young kids that play really good football.
They are going to be something to deal with in the future.
We were able to score more points than them and that's what it's all
about. We're proud of the guys
and we needed that win carrying into Danville this week,” said Reid.
Bo Sayers ran for 190 yards and four scores for the Indians.
Danville (4-0,1-0), #3 in the Swankonsports.com football coaches poll
in the small school division, walloped Fredericktown (52-7) last week.
Reid says they just have players all over the field.
“Well, I'll tell you what they have got a great mix.
They have got a lot of kids back from last year, but they're also
playing some young kids that are doing extremely well at a lot of positions.
I'm impressed with them up front.
Their offensive and defensive lines are very, very solid.
They want to get right after, they want to be real physical.
Offensively, they have just a myriad of weapons that it is an awful
lot to try to defend and shut down. The
(Parker) Proper kid has done a great job at quarterback.
The (Nolan) Ridgeway kid, they put him in at what you might call a
wildcat, but he was their starter last year before he got hurt,” he told
Swankonsports.com on Wednesday night, “He can throw the ball from there
too. Cy Wallace is one of the
best backs we've seen probably all year.
He's extremely fast. His
younger brother (Briggs) they throw him the ball out in space.
He can move too. They
have got a couple of deep threats out there on the edge as well.
They have got a nice tight end-defensive tackle that’s a great
blocker and can also catch balls. They
have got just got way too many threats.
#7 (Brycen Burke) and not a whole lot of people talk about him but,
he just really impresses me on film as being very, very athletic.
So, they have got a lot to deal with.”
Reid says the Danville defense if pretty good too.
“Plus, their defense is only allowed eight points a game and some
of those points were scored under JV's late in games, so I don't know how
much their varsity's actually given up.
So, it’s just going to a challenge and it’s going to take a great
effort on behalf of our kids,” he said. Published 9/17/26 © Swankonsports.com “Your First Source for All Things Sports” “Out of Bounds” airs every Friday night
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Mt.
Gilead Must Limit Big Plays Click
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Mt. Gilead opens action in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference on
Friday night by hosting the Loudonville Redbirds.
Last week, the Indians (2-1,0-0) belted Grove City Christian (42-7)
in a non-conference game.
Coach Mike Reid says they played well, especially running the ball.
“I was really happy and about how the guys seemed to get better
even from week two to week three. We
went out and executed our game plan really well, guys on both sides of the
ball. We had two backs over 100
yards. Tyler Haar had 200 yards
on nine carriers. Really happy
with his vision and his cuts, but really have got to give credit to the guys
up front when you have a night like that.
Plus, we got a little bit of passing game going as well and I'm very
happy about that,” said Reid.
Loudonville (2-1,0-0) was hammered (55-6) by Hillsdale last week in
non-league play.
Reid says the Redbirds have improved a lot since last year when they
finished (3-7) in 2025. He says
they have gamebreakers on offense. “Well,
Hillsdale it was a really good football team and that's kind of an outlier
as far as how good Loudonville is. It’s
kind of like us we played Martin Ferry during week one.
Loudonville is scrappy football team.
They're they want to get after it.
They have got a lot Loudonville guy leading team now and he's picked
right up where coach (Ed) Honabarger left off,” he told Swankonsports.com
on Wednesday evening, “They're very much improved over the last couple
seasons scrappy. They got a good
one, two punch in their backfield. Chase
Wright's a good double threat quarterback.
He can throw, we can run and the (Colin) Caley kid out of the
backfield of is an extremely good runner.
They have got some big guys out front that like a block for them as
well. So, it'll be a challenge
for sure.”
High school football is about big plays and Reid says they have to
stop those. “If we make them
drive the football we have more chance to shut them down.
You certainly can't give up the big play that will make for a long
night,” he said.
Plus, Reid says wins on the first week of conference play can be very
important. “It sets the tone
for your season. You're still on
top, you still control your destiny in terms of the league’s concern.
You want to start out fast, you want to start out decisive, and you
want to get that win week one of league play for sure,” he said. Published 9/10/26 © Swankonsports.com “Your First Source for All Things Sports” “Out of Bounds” airs every Friday night
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Mt.
Gilead to Face Athletic Opponent Click
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Mt. Gilead will host Grove City Christian in a non-league game on
Friday night.
The Indians (1-1) held off Upper Sandusky (27-25) last Friday.
Coach Mike Reid says the kids did a lot of good things, especially in
the special teams. “Well
first, I'm really proud. Last
week when I talked to you, we talked about seeing the character of the team
between week one and week two and I was very, very proud of the character I
saw in our kids. They came out
ready to go. We got a couple of
defensive stops early. We were
able to put some points on the board eventually in the second quarter.
We ripped off 19 straight points,” he told Swankonsports.com on
Tuesday night, “Special teams executed extremely well. I
was really happy with the start, but that second half it got pretty tight.
They were able to make some adjustments at halftime.
We had a couple guys that had to come out of the game for various
reasons. They're all healthy
now, but that didn't help us much defensively at the time.
The guys were able to hold on and get the win and I'm very, very
proud of them.”
Reid says at crunch time you just have to grind it out.
“It’s when the guys start taking to each other and remember all
the work they did in the offseason in the summer and just sticking with it. I
kept reminding them of what a great situation.
We have got to lead. We
just got to calm down and finish this game,” he said.
Grove City Christian was destroyed (71-7) by Madison Plains last
week.
Reid says the Eagles are better than that.
“I'll tell you what they're another spread team.
They remind me an awful lot of Upper Sandusky.
They’ve got a nice little quarterback.
They have a really big running back, reminds me of Jerome Bettis. He's
hard to bring down once he gets the wheels going and he can really move.
Our key is to shut him down before he gets rolling.
A nice stingy, little defense. They
had a rough game against Madison Plains last week and I'm not going to take
anything away from Madison Plains, but I think Grove City Christian hurt
itself a little bit with several turnovers.
So, I'll look for them to work on that this week.
Their not going to come into our place and have a bunch of turnovers.
I would be okay if we could get a few takeaways.
They're hungry for a victory, so they'll give a handful,” said
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Mt.
Gilead Can’t Hurt Themselves Click
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Mt. Gilead is over at Upper Sandusky for a non-conference game on
Friday night.
They lost (42-19) to Martins Ferry on the opening Friday of the
season.
Coach Mike Reid says they gave Martins Ferry too many opportunities.
“Martins Ferry was really, really good, so I have got to tip my hat
to them for sure. We had some
first game jitters and they obviously did not.
So, they're a great football team and I hope they go on to have a
great season and I hope we do too. We got back to work this week.
Saturday the guys came in and we looked at film and we saw some of
our mistakes we made. Martins
Ferry showed us some of the mistakes we made they exploited every single one
of them,” said Reid.
Reid says they put themselves in bad down and distance situations and
they are working on that. “We
hurt ourselves a lot. We had
some very inopportune penalties. We
had a couple false starts and a holding penalty and an illegal block that
set us behind the chains quite a bit. Martins
Ferry certainly didn't need that kind of help.
So, that's the thing is not hurting ourselves.
We talked about it last week where we couldn't hurt ourselves.
We have got to take care of ourselves make sure Mt. Gilead doesn't
beat Mt Gilead,” he said.
Upper beat Northmor (30-21) in their first game of the season last
Friday. Rams quarterback Keegan
Dunn threw four TD passes and 249 yards on the night.
Reid says Upper has a pretty dynamic offense they will have to stop.
“Coach (Russell) Hall at Upper Sandusky does a great job with his
offense, and defense for that matter, and a lot of respect for the Rams.
They spread the field out. They
throw short passes and as soon as you start jumping those, they'll scratch
you deep,” he told Swankonsports.com on Tuesday evening, “They have got
a nice running game to go with it. They're
pretty well balanced. Defensively,
they always have presented some problems as well.
They match up pretty well with us, but I'm excited to go in there and
see how our guys rebound and get after it.
We've had a good week of preparation so far and so hopefully that
translates to a little much stronger showing Friday night. Published 8/26/26 © Swankonsports.com “Your First Source for All Things Sports” “Out of Bounds” airs every Friday night
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Mt.
Gilead Concentrating on Themselves Click
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Mt. Gilead has a home date with Martin’s Ferry on Friday night here
on the opening week of the season.
Last year was a breakthrough year for the Indians as they produced a
(9-2) record and a runner-up finish in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference.
Coach Mike Reid says Friday night their focus will be on what they
do. “We have good practice
this week. We don't know a lot
about Martins Ferry. We gathered
up to film over from last year and their scrimmage tape they exchanged with
us from this year, but when it comes down to it back to your original
point,” he told Swankonsports.com on Thursday evening, “It's all about
us. It always has been and
always will be. So, we have got
to take care of the things that we need to take care of first and foremost.
The first thing is coming together.
The boys have jailed really well together and now we're going to give
it all we got (Friday) night.”
It’s been a long and hot August of camp and Reid says his guys are
ready for a game. “They've
been ready to roll. They played
a scrimmage a couple weeks ago and then we played half of a football game
last week. Just when they feel
like they are getting things going together we had to stop because it's just
a preview. It's time to turn
them loose and see what they do,” he said.
When it comes to Martin’s Ferry, Reid says they are going to put a
lot of athletes on the field. “They
are very good football team. They
have some nice skilled kids, they like to take deep shots, they have got
some fast kids, they have got a really nice running back, and they have got
a big offensive line. So, our
work is cut out for us, but hey we're up for that challenge.
We like starting out with a with a pretty good football team to see
where we're at,” said Reid. Published 8/21/26 © Swankonsports.com “Your First Source for All Things Sports” “Out of Bounds” airs every Friday night
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Mt.
Gilead With Talent to Work With Click
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Mt. Gilead made a big step in the right direction last year and the
Indians hope to have another successful season this fall.
The Indians were (9-2) last season.
Coach Mike Reid says they have some players back with experience to
work with this year. “We did
lose 11 seniors to graduation. That
was a great group last year, but not all of those seniors were starters.
A lot of my guys coming back that are seniors this year were starters
last year and if they weren’t starters they got on the field quite bit.
Like any other coach we are trying to develop whatever depth we can
at these small schools, so we don’t have a big drop off.
We have some guys coming back that are pretty solid and have been
great leaders in the weight room, they have great leaders in the off season,
our summer drills, seven on sevens, and such, and I like what I see out of
our senior group,” said Reid.
Reid says he liked a lot of what he saw in their first scrimmage last
Saturday. “I was kind curious
to see how we would do in our first scrimmage out.
The guys came out and we made mistakes like most teams do in their
first scrimmage. Everybody makes
mistakes now and again anyhow. What
I saw was a very confident team that was confident in their assignments,
confident in each other, and we got after it last Saturday.
You never know talent wise as far as matchups, we don’t game plan
for those things, but I saw the intangibles that I wanted to see.
One hundred percent we are getting better every day and that’s all
we can ask,” he said.
Mt, Gilead hosts Martins Ferry in their non-conference opener next
Friday. Their first Knox Morrow
Athletic Conference game is September 11at home against Loudonville.
Reid says they will use their second scrimmage this week to get ready
for the opener. “The first
scrimmage we want to evaluate a lot of different guys in a lot of different
spots. We still don’t really
game plan for this one. We share
with the other coach what we run and that sort of thing to get an idea, but
we really don’t game plan, but we do look at probable starters a little
bit longer in this one as well as try to develop some depth with the younger
kids,” he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday afternoon, “We gave a lot
of personnel different looks last week in our first scrimmage and we
probably won’t show as many in this one.
It will be more like a real game.
We are going to treat it like a real game.
At the end we are still all undefeated.” Published 8/13/26 © Swankonsports.com “Your First Source for All Things Sports” “Out of Bounds” airs every Friday night
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of Attack Key for Mt. Gilead
Mt. Gilead hosts Colonel Crawford in a division VI regional
quarterfinal on Friday night.
The Indians (9-1) were one of the teams around here that earned a
first round bye.
Coach Mike Reid says it allowed them to work on some things.
“Well, I liked it in the sense that we had some guys banged up and
they're telling me they feel really good physically right now, but we are
creatures of habit and we do get kind of in a routine.
I think the guys really missed playing on a Friday night, but at the
same time our same time though it's good to get them healthy and it's good
to be able to work on a few timing issues and a couple of technique areas
where we got a little bit sloppy in,” said Reid.
Colonel Crawford (10-1), co-champ of the “N10”, smoked Reedsville
Eastern (35-7) in a first round game last week.
Reid says this is a program that is built for success.
“I see a very good Colonel Crawford football team, which seems to
be the case up there traditionally. Coach
(Jake) Bruner taking over there and just continue the great tradition there
I'm getting teams with great winning records, conference titles and getting
teams in the playoffs. They are
a very solid football team,” he said.
Reid says the Eagles have both a excellent run game and an
outstanding passing game and they stretch a defense.
“They have got two quarterbacks and both of them throw the ball
well. They both have excellent
numbers right around 700, 800 hundred yards on the season and they're both
effective. They both make good
decisions. They do spread the
field out and make you defend the field.
They're really well balanced. The
(Conner) McMichael kid runs the ball well behind a nice offensive line.
It's what you expect in a playoff football team,” said Reid.
Conner McMicheal is the second leading rusher in the “N10” with
1,166 yards. The Eagles passing
game totals almost 1,800 yards, which is the top figure in the “N10”.
Reid says the Crawford defense is also very good.
“Their defense is solid. They're
very disciplined in the secondary. They
don't make mistakes and don't let people get behind them, so the back end of
the defense is very disciplined. They
get to the ball really quickly. Linebackers
are solid and that defensive line they roll a lot of guys in on defense,”
he told Swankonsports.com on Wednesday afternoon, “They have got a lot of
different combinations that they throw at you.
Payne DeGray is a really nice defensive end, but they have got they
got some good inside techniques as well.
They move Payne DeGray around a little bit sometimes in the middle,
sometimes depending on situation. I've
told my kids it’s a weight room battle this week.
It's going to be a physical game and we have got to be first.
We have got to be fast on the line of scrimmage.” Published 11/06/25 © Swankonsports.com Your first source for all things sports “Out of Bounds” Fridays 10 to midnight “Sports Saturday” every week 10 AM to 1
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Win Does a lot for Mt. Gilead
Mt. Gilead, with a lot of things on the table, will play at archrival
Cardington in the “Battle of Route 42” on Friday night in action in the
Knox Morrow Athletic Conference.
A win would give them a chance to share the league title.
Fredericktown would have to beat Centerburg for that to happen.
Last week, they held off Loudonville (28-21) in “KMAC” play.
Coach Mike Reid says they executed pretty well when they had to.
“Well, I was really proud of how our guys came out against
Loudonville. We established our
run game early. We were up to a
14-0 lead and doing a decent job, but give a lot of credit to Loudonville.
They're well coached and they are much improved and they just come
coming right back at us. So, we
were never tied or never behind, but that game never felt safe.
Our guys continued to execute. We
rolled up something like 385 rush yards, but like I said they just kept
coming right back at us. So, I'm
proud of our guys for finding a way to get out of Loudonville with the
win,” he said.
Mt Gilead (8-1,5-1) plays down at Cardington (3-6,1-5) on Friday
night. The Pirates lost (41-28)
to Northmor last week.
Reid says they are going to be charged with containing the Cardington
run game. “Wyatt Denny will be
a four year letterman. He has
been a tremendous ball player for him for four years and he's got a nice
supporting cast around him this year too. He's leading the league in rushing
and actually I think they're their whole team is leading the league in
rushing,” he told Swankonsports.com on Tuesday afternoon, “It's going to
be a challenge to get them shut down. It
is the battle of route 42. It is
a long, long time rivalry. So,
both sides will be all hyped up for the game and it should be a great
environment down at Cardington. We’re
going to have to get them shut down. We're
going to have to take advantage of all our possessions and execute.
They got big guys up front. We
got big guys up front. It should
be a great evening.”
Reid says there is a lot to be accomplished with a win.
“It all kind of plays together.
If we do not beat Cardington, we don't have a chance at the at the
league title at all. As it is we
need help from Fredericktown, but if we don't take care of our business it
doesn't matter. Plus, the
playoffs, with a win we're going to play at home. I
don't know if we get a buy or not, but we'll probably for sure be at home.
If we lose the game, we're not sure where we end up.
We want to get better as we get to the playoffs.
We don't want to slide at all. At
the same time, it would kind of make me a little bit upset in the long
winter if I lost to the archrivals,” said Reid. Published 10/22/25 © Swankonsports.com Your first source for all things sports “Out of Bounds” Fridays 10 to midnight “Sports Saturday” every week 10 AM to 1
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Mt.
Gilead Playing Meaningful Games
Mt. Gilead, a game back in the race in the Knox Morrow Athletic
Conference, will play at Loudonville in a conference game this week.
The Indians (7-1,4-1) and Fredericktown are both a game behind
Centerburg.
Last week, the Indians stuffed a two-point play in the final seconds
and hung on to beat Northmor (22-20) in a conference game.
Coach Mike Reid says they got a big sack when they had to have it.
“The environment was really exciting and I'm sure the game was
exciting for the folks and I prefer it not quite be that exciting at the
end. At the same time, it's
great to be in those games. Anytime
your guys make a big play when they need to.
I was proud of the way we came out, both offensively and defensively.
We had a decent lead at halftime.
We have got to clean up our penalties a little bit.
We had some penalties in the second half that prolonged some of their
drives and it shut down a few of our drives.
They made some plays and we made some big plays when we needed to.
Northmor is a good football team.
Like I said last week, coach (Scott) Armrose has really created a
nice winning culture up there. So,
it's good to come away from a game against Northmor with a win,” said
Reid.
Reid says the goal at the beginning of the season was to play games
that meant something at the end of the year.
“That's our goal at the very beginning of the year is just to be in
games that are really, really meaningful.
Anytime you get to play the game of football it's meaningful, but
with playoff implications, we have still got an outside shot of the
conference title. Unfortunately,
we don't control our destiny on that one.
We need somebody to help us out with Centerburg,” he said.
Mt. Gilead is also in second place in its division VI region.
Loudonville (3-5,1-4) won their first “KMAC” game last week
downing Cardington (21-16) on Friday.
Reid says they are vastly improved.
“Most importantly we have got to win our games.
Loudonville coming up is not an easy one.
Last year, I think they scored 60 points all year and they scored 110
or something like that in their first two games of the season.
Their last three games they beat Cardington, they took Fredericktown
to overtime, and Danville had to pull out a win at the very end of the other
game with them a couple weeks back,” he told Swankonsports.com,
“Loudonville is 3-5, but they're playing good football.
Coach (Ed) Honabarger at Loudonville, his record speaks for itself.
His teams are going to be good. Loudonville
is vastly improved from where they were last year.
So, they're going to give us a lot of challenges.” Published 10/14/25 © Swankonsports.com Your first source for all things sports “Out of Bounds” Fridays 10 to midnight “Sports Saturday” every week 10 AM to 1
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Mt.
Gilead Needs to Get Back on the Beam
Mt. Gilead, now a game back in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference,
plays at home against Northmor on Friday night.
They lost their first game of the season last week when Centerburg
throttled them (46-0), scoring 32 points in the first quarter.
Coach Mike Reid says Centerburg just made a lot of plays and they
didn’t. “Last week, first of
all credit to Centerburg there were very good football team.
They seem to be a step above the opponents we've seen so far this
year. They are big and strong
and fast up front. They have got
a wide range of skill guys. Defensively,
they're fast to the ball and very, very disciplined. I
don't know if we were starstruck or what the case was, but we did not start
out well at all. That
combination with their talent certainly didn't make for a favorable night
for us. So, plain and simple we
lost the battle up front and we lost the battle on all fronts and all three
phases of the game offense, defense and special teams because they were able
to execute a quasi squib onside kick and we were down three scores after
only having the ball for one possession,” said Reid.
Reid says they have had a good week preparing for Friday night.
“We had a lot to work on this week and the guys have had a very,
very positive growth mindset this week.
So, we've had a good week of practice plain and simple having to get
better,” he said.
Mt. Gilead (6-1,3-1) is at home for Northmor (4-3,2-2) on Friday
night. The Golden Knights
drilled (47-13) last week.
Reid says Northmor lost a lot from last year, but make no mistake
they are very good. “Northmor
has just simply reloaded. While
there's a lot of different names in the lineup they have certainly stepped
right into where last year’s seniors left off.
What coach (Scott) Armrose has been able to do up there is establish
that winning culture and that winning mindset and those guys stepped into
those positions with expectations that they're going to do a really good
job. They got a very, very
disciplined defense that doesn't hurt itself with some pretty quick
linebackers in the Stone kid in the middle and (Carson) Campbell and
(Garrett) Deisch are really quick linebackers and they have got (Brooksten)
Beck in between is a solid middle linebacker.
They're secondary is very, very disciplined and like I said they
don't hurt themselves and up front they're solid,” he told
Swankonsports.com on Thursday afternoon, “Offensively, (Tanner) Miley has
stepped in and done a tremendous job throwing the football to a lot of
receivers. The one that sticks
out right now is (Conner) Stockdale. He's
had a couple of big games for them. Against
East Knox last week, I’m watching film and they have got that running game
going. So, they're a pretty good
football team and we're going to, like I said we had to lick our wounds real
quick and get back on the on the field and get better.
We can't let the Centerburg game beat us twice because Northmor is a
really good ball club coming up here we're going to need to play our “A”
game.” Published 10/10/25 © Swankonsports.com Follow our scoreboard for Constant updates on Friday nights At www.swankonsportshosting247.com Your first source for all things sports |
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Indians
Must Swarm
It’s a battle for first place in the Knox Morrow Athletic
Conference on Friday night as Mt. Gilead travels to Centerburg for a good
one.
The Indians (6-0,3-0), #4 in the Swankonsports.com football coaches
poll in the small school division, hammered East Knox (39-7) on Friday
night.
They gave up a score early, but coach Mike Reid says they made some
key adjustments. “It really
was a great effort. We started
kind of slow in that game, but then their quarterback, as we talked about
last week, Jaxson Lester passed right through our secondary on that very
first drive and they were able to score on us.
Defensively, they played this extremely tough too.
We had to punt on our first possession after just three plays.
So, give them a lot of credit. I
knew they would come out and play hard.
Coach (Andy) Beatty does a great job over there at East Knox. We
were able to settle in and went into the went into halftime with the lead
and made some adjustments offensively. Defensively,
we made adjustments within the second quarter and did a much better job of
tapping routes and things of that nature.
We were able to shut them down. They
had 57 yards on the first drive ad only had 116 total for the game.
So, I’m really proud of how the guys handled the rough start and
they just kind of analyzed the situation we're able to adjust and pull out
the victory.”
Mt. Gilead ran for 264 yards against East Knox.
Centerburg (5-1,3-0), #5 in our poll, smoked Cardington (47-7) last
week in conference play.
Reid says they are athletic all over the field.
“Great athletes that are very well coached, Coach (Andy) Colella
has traditionally done a great job over there.
He's got Jim Stoyle, I actually coached with him a little bit in my
career a long time ago. He's a
tremendous offensive mind and coach Weaver on the defensive side.
Well coached guys and just tremendous athletes,” he said.
Miles Marshall rushed for 195 yards and four scores last week.
He lead the “KMAC” in touchdowns this season with 14.
Reid says Friday night they have to have great pursuit.
“Anybody with the ball in their hands on their side does a great
job. Miles Marshall, their
running back, the quarterback Blane Ball throws well, runs well, he’s a
tremendous runner. They have got
an arsenal of receivers over there. It's
not just one guy you can lock on to,” he told Swankonsports.com on Monday
afternoon, “Certainly in the open field we have got to get to the
football. A great tackling team
is a team that gets 11 hats to the ball and to get those guys on the ground
you have got to get to him first. So,
we have got to really work on our approach to the tackle itself and trusting
inside out help, vice tackling, and things of that nature.
So, just as much the approach as it is the physical taking them down
to the ground.” Published 9/30/25 © Swankonsports.com You first source for all things sports “Out of Bounds” Fridays 10 to midnight “Sports Saturday” every week 10 AM to 1
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Mt.
Gilead Winning Together
Mt. Gilead will be at home for the East Knox Bulldogs Friday night in
play in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference.
They destroyed Fredericktown (41-7) last week in a conference game.
Coach Mike Reid says his team has great leadership and believes it
can win. “It’s 100 percent
great senior leadership and good team chemistry.
The kids have really bought in. When
I came to Mt. Gilead the program had been down for a long time, so it was
really hard to get that buy in at first, but as time has gone on these young
kids are now older. These guys
have been with me four years now and they work extremely hard,” he told
Swankonsports.com on Thursday night, “The underclassmen follow suit. We
have got a great group of juniors as well that have bought in and they too
are leaders. So, they’ve
started off the season really strong because they worked hard together,
they've not panicked when things were kind of difficult the last couple of
years. We competed extremely
hard, but we've lost close games and this year we're actually finding the
way to win some of those.”
Fullback Carson Barnum is second in the “KMAC” in rushing yards
with 902. The top four players
in tackles for loss in the league are all Indians.
Reid says they want to be a power run team.
“Everything starts up front. We
want to get people moved and we want to run the football, control the tempo
and control time of possession,” he said.
Mt. Gilead (5-0,2-0), #4 in the Swankonsports.com football coaches
poll in the small school division, will host East Knox (1-4,1-1) on Friday
night. Cardington beat the
Bulldogs (36-35) last week.
Reid says East Knox has been a competitive team, lead by quarterback
Jax Lester, the “KMAC” leader in passing yards and TD passes.
“I tell you what first of all Andy Beatty is a great coach and he's
an even greater human being one of the nicest guys in the business.
His teams always play extremely hard for him.
They are maybe three points I think, maybe two points, away from
being 3-2 instead of 1-4 right now. So,
they've really been extremely competitive in their games against tremendous
skill folks. Their quarterback
Jaxson Lester is probably one of the best passing quarterbacks in the
league, arguably, there's a lot of good ones, but he's certainly stands out.
They have got a nice linebacker on the defensive side Caden Ridenhour.
On both sides of the ball, they they're quick off the ball.
We're going to have to really get after it and get off the ball
ourselves,” said Reid. Published 9/26/25 © Swankonsports.com Follow our scoreboard for Constant updates on Friday nights At www.swankonsportshosting247.com Your first source for all things sports
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