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'05 OH DB/WR Trey Stross (Iowa signee)

Stross ready to face Buckeyes
Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009
By MIKE PERRY
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Avon Lake graduate Trey Stross hopes things turn out a lot differently this time.

The last time Stross pulled on the jersey of a team that locked horns with a Columbus-based school was in 2004, when his Shoremen suffered a 42-21 loss to Columbus Brookhaven in the Division II state championship game.

This loss was a disappointing end to an otherwise brilliant high school career.

In his three years playing on the varsity for coach Dave Dlugoz' Shoremen, Stross re-wrote the Avon Lake receiving record books.

He caught 100 passes for 2,257 yards and 28 touchdowns during his high school career. The 100 receptions were 38 more than anyone else in Shoremen history. His 2,257 receiving yards was 1,021 more than Andrew Means, who is second in school history. Means is also second on the career touchdown receptions list with 13, 15 less than Stross.

Stross also won the 2005 Golden Helmet Award and was named Division II All-Ohio after his junior and senior seasons.

When his high school career ended, Stross decided to continue his football career at the University of Iowa. Saturday, when the Hawkeyes invade Ohio Stadium, the winner will have the inside track to the Big Ten championship and Rose Bowl bid ? and things will have come full-circle for Stross.

Again he will be playing against a team from Columbus with a lot on the line.

Iowa enters Saturday's 3:30 matchup at 9-1, 5-1 in Big Ten play. The Buckeyes are 8-2, but also sport a 5-1 conference record. The winner of Saturday's game will clinch at least a share of the conference title and will represent the conference in the Rose Bowl even if they lose in the final week of the Big Ten regular season.

"It's going to be a fun event," Stross said of Saturday's game. "Even though I grew up in a Penn State household, it's still going to be a fun experience to go to Ohio State and play in front of a lot of family and people from my high school."

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