High School 2008 Big 33 Game

[osugrad21]

CPD

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL



Olmsted Falls coach gets Big 33



Tuesday, January 15, 2008
From staff reports
Olmsted Falls football coach Jim Ryan has been selected to coach Ohio's team this summer in the annual Big 33 All-Star football game that pits top players from Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Ryan was selected Saturday by the Ohio Football Coaches Association. The game is June 14 at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pa.

 

[osugrad21]

Pittsburgh Gazette

Sunday North: NA's Walker selected to Big 33 staff
Sunday, January 13, 2008
By Rich Emert, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Like father, like son.
In 1970, Mt. Lebanon High School football coach Art Walker was selected to lead the West All-Stars in the Big 33 Classic in Hershey, Pa.
Now comes Walker's son, Artie, the head coach at North Allegheny High School. He will be an assistant for the Pennsylvania team that will take on the Ohio All-Stars in the Big 33 Classic at 7 p.m. June 14 at Hersheypark Stadium.
These days a coach can't be the Pennsylvania squad's head coach in the Big 33 Classic without first serving as an assistant. After this year, Walker will be eligible to be Pennsylvania's head coach, although that probably will not happen for a while.



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[osugrad21]

BN

Future Buckeyes playing in the game: Nathan Williams, Ben Buchanan, Shawntel Rowell, and Nic DiLillo.

 

[leroyjenkins]

Hey Grad, is there still some doubt on if the Big 33 will continue. I looked for the article from last year some time, and said they might not be doing it anymore. Is this true.

 

[osugrad21]

Hey Grad, is there still some doubt on if the Big 33 will continue. I looked for the article from last year some time, and said they might not be doing it anymore. Is this true.

Not really...Ohio just had to make some adjustments to get some more top tier players there.

 

[leroyjenkins]

How would "Ohio" do something like that? change the date? stress it more to the coaches? make it more appealing?

 

[osugrad21]

Scout

More analysis of the future Buckeyes and Big 10 players in the game.

 

[Taosman]

Getting "homered" by the Penn refs sucks. I don't know why we still participate in this Pennsylvania designed showcase.

 

[wadc45]

BWI (free, I think)

6/8

Big 33 practice photos. (from the PA sidelines)

 

[gracelhink]

http://www.big33.org/DOCS/2008 Ohio Roster.pdf

The roster for the Ohio squad includes several Buckeyes and former recruits.
Also note the listed playing weights, cannot verify for accuracy, but . . .

Shawntel Rowell is listed as an OL and DL at 6' 4 and 293 pounds. :)

For a comparison Dawawn Whitner is listed at 6'3 and 310.

 

[Taosman]

Looks like a strong Ohio squad for once.

 

[jwinslow]

Looks like a strong Ohio squad for once.

Perhaps a makeup for past years. Unfortunately, the North South game now has nobody heading to OSU or UM.

 

[osugrad21]

Scout Free--Big 33, North/South Games Up Saturday

 

[Muck]

No Sweat? :(

 

[osugrad21]

No Sweat? :(

He was enrolled at tOSU for spring practice.