JON "LITTLE RED MAN" HALL HANNA FRANCIS / Star Beacon
Published October 27, 2009 03:18 am - Paying a visit to the variety store...
On the verge... The remarkable tale, “Season of Resurrection,” stands a very good chance of having an amazing conclusion.
A Don McCormack column: Kearney, Warriors can make history
DON McCORMACK Star Beacon
Paying a visit to the variety store...
On the verge...
The remarkable tale, “Season of Resurrection,” stands a very good chance of having an amazing conclusion.
If they can prevail in their Week 10 high school football game against visiting archrival Conneaut on Friday night at Corlew Stadium, Joe Kearney’s Edgewood Warriors will go down as having made the biggest turnaround from a winless season in Ashtabula County.
Ever.
As in, all-time.
With their hard-fought 14-7 victory at Jefferson in the 58th battle for the Edward P. Hoadley Cup on Friday night, Kearney’s Warriors matched the effort of the 1961 Geneva Eagles.
That Geneva team, which had gone 0-9-1 in 1960, bounced back with an impressive 6-4 season for coach Brian Burke.
Those six wins after a winless season the year before are the most in county history.
The 2009 Warriors improved to 6-3 on the season with the win at Falcon Pride Stadium on Friday night and if they can get past a beleaguered Conneaut bunch this week, they will stand alone as having made the biggest turnaround one season after having gone winless the year before.
Kearney’s crew didn’t just go winless last season, unlike the 1960 Geneva team that tied South, 8-8, the 2008 Warriors weren’t afforded that opportunity with overtime, so they lost all 10 games.
In fact, Edgewood entered this season with a 12-game losing streak hanging around their collective necks.
All of which combines to make the “Season of Resurrection” one of the best stories to come out of these parts in recent memory.
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