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I got the chance to watch Storm play tonight as Licking Valley traveled to North Canton to face Hoover. LV lost 40-45 in a thriller of a game, coming up just short after trailing 39-7 at halftime. My brother and I came away very impressed with Storm. He will definitely have the size to be a Big10 LB. I had to remind my brother that he's still only a junior, so it will be exciting to see how much he progresses by this time next year (and once he gets into college).

He played MLB, RB, punter, was on kickoff coverage, and the FG unit. According to our counts, he had 15 tackles (several for loss) and ran for 3 scores, despite having to sit out much of the 3rd quarter with cramps. You could definitely tell that NCH had game-planned around him. Everyone for NCH knew where 32 was before each snap (on both sides of the ball).

I'm not an expert, but I thought he did a good enough job shedding blocks and getting in on tackles. He seemed to play most of the game as a read'n'react LB and he seemed to do fairly well with reading plays and getting to the ball. He was just a half step slow on taking a screen pass back for 6 on one play. I was also happy to see that he was definitely a team player, and was mixing it up very well with all of his teammates. I don't like watching the HS stars who stay separated from their teammates.