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Post by Ignutz on Aug 4, 2023 15:20:41 GMT -5
Also had offers from Villanova, Fordham, Towson, Morgan St, Howard, Richmond, Merrimack, Stony Brook, Bucknell, Air Force, Monmouth, Sacred Heart, Army, Navy. Probably thought that among all these schools/programs he only has one top-notch offer, so he grabbed it.
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Post by rgs318 on Aug 4, 2023 16:09:03 GMT -5
Beating out that competition for his commitment is quite an acomplishment for our coaches/recruiters!
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Post by dharry13 on Aug 4, 2023 19:35:56 GMT -5
As someone who follows this heavily with Midwest. These first 12 are off the charts. Recruiting for a national title ridiculous.
WR and DB seem to be done for the most part. Focus is OL, TE, LB with fillers here and there.
What a first 12. Wow first 12.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Aug 4, 2023 20:40:39 GMT -5
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Post by football44 on Aug 5, 2023 6:14:41 GMT -5
As someone who follows this heavily with Midwest. These first 12 are off the charts. Recruiting for a national title ridiculous. WR and DB seem to be done for the most part. Focus is OL, TE, LB with fillers here and there. What a first 12. Wow first 12. Amen!
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Post by football44 on Aug 5, 2023 10:47:01 GMT -5
Maybe Caiden’s delay in committing was because he and his relay team were focused on winning the 4 x 100 meter relay. What an accomplishment. Coach Chesney and staff are recruiting speed, speed and more speed. Love it!
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Post by hchoops on Aug 5, 2023 11:10:15 GMT -5
Wonder if he will return kicks ?
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Post by hcpride on Aug 5, 2023 11:51:06 GMT -5
Maybe Caiden’s delay in committing was because he and his relay team were focused on winning the 4 x 100 meter relay. What an accomplishment. Coach Chesney and staff are recruiting speed, speed and more speed. Love it! No (note date) but between Caiden Newsome (10.83) and Damill Bostic (who ran a 10.73 and whose 4 x 100 relay won (!!) the HS New Balance National Championships in an absolutely ridiculous 40.97 in June) we’ve got a couple of 100M burners. Keep in mind those are Junior times and both seem pretty invested in developing more speed. And, as others have noted, they are not the only verbal commits with speed heading our way.
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Post by efg72 on Aug 9, 2023 12:46:07 GMT -5
Carson Rauner @carsonrauner · 40m Here are my summer stats for @eshs_Baseball
AVG: .513 OPB: .568 SLG: .722 OPS: 1.290 SO: 4
Fielding % (2B): .968
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 9, 2023 13:44:18 GMT -5
Hope he plays baseball for us
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Post by hcnj on Aug 9, 2023 23:37:27 GMT -5
On the topic of us recruiting speed, Holy Cross recruiting target Sam Feeney, A 6-2, 205lb LB, has a 10.88 100m. No idea where we stand with each other on recruitment but that's pretty good speed at that position and size.
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Post by dharry13 on Aug 10, 2023 7:59:45 GMT -5
I agree HCNJ. That's excellent size and speed. That said on Feeney - his tape is really mostly at DE, OLB. He doesn't seem to play ILB much at all.
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Post by hcnj on Aug 10, 2023 12:25:37 GMT -5
I agree HCNJ. That's excellent size and speed. That said on Feeney - his tape is really mostly at DE, OLB. He doesn't seem to play ILB much at all. Right, I should have said OLB. I don't know if anyone would try him out at safety.
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Post by efg72 on Aug 19, 2023 11:08:30 GMT -5
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Post by drjack on Aug 19, 2023 16:08:56 GMT -5
Well this game is a blowout but Pritchard Sewell is having a nice game so far. Quick off the line, winning most of his 1 on 1s, does a nice job getting his hands up, and so far has seemed pretty stout in the run game.
One sack and one PD so far by my count, midway through the 2nd. The game is 35-0 though so Hoban may end up playing some of the second string later on.
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Post by efg72 on Aug 19, 2023 16:19:41 GMT -5
They are a good to very good football team on both sides of the ball with a few very talented players. I believe they have five committed to the Big 10/SEC and a few more to the MAC
They play a good schedule in Ohio as well as a few out of state teams
Preseason #3 in Ohio
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Post by efg72 on Aug 26, 2023 8:22:29 GMT -5
Commit #7 RJ Newton 6’4/180 WR from Maryland Had about 13/14 other offers from a few CAA, Ivy, Academies A historic win in Severn tonight as @spaldingfb takes down the mighty Don Bosco Prep 28-14 for the first time in its history @malikw2025 met @rjnewton2 for their first touchdown of 2023 — 23 yards — and that’s the end of the first @spaldingfb 14 Bosco 7 RJ Newton and his team might put Spalding on some national lists pretty soon.
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Post by dadominate on Aug 26, 2023 9:29:26 GMT -5
A historic win in Severn tonight as @spaldingfb takes down the mighty Don Bosco Prep 28-14 for the first time in its history @malikw2025 met @rjnewton2 for their first touchdown of 2023 — 23 yards — and that’s the end of the first @spaldingfb 14 Bosco 7 RJ Newton and his team might put Spalding on some national lists pretty soon. spalding the alma mater of hc basketball alum lawrence dixon (and justin castleberry of bucknell). have had strong hoops for a long time and a strong football program these days.
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Post by midwestsader05 on Aug 26, 2023 10:02:56 GMT -5
Alijah Cason went for over 200 receiving yards and 4 TDs last night
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Post by efg72 on Aug 26, 2023 11:20:05 GMT -5
Like the fact these commits play for successful high school programs
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Post by midwestsader05 on Aug 26, 2023 12:17:58 GMT -5
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Post by midwestsader05 on Aug 26, 2023 12:18:17 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Aug 26, 2023 13:01:32 GMT -5
Shades of Ccker at Buffalo, but here there is only one defender
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Post by dharry13 on Aug 30, 2023 15:04:36 GMT -5
Gardner vs. Newsome next week down in MD as their two programs meet.
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Post by efg72 on Sept 11, 2023 8:49:12 GMT -5
FOOTBALL Hoban football's Jordan Pritchard-Sewell opens eyes of opponents, teammates with dominance Nate Ulrich Akron Beacon Journal
Hoban defensive end Jordan Pritchard-Sewell fights off a double team to get in the face of Trinity Episcopal quarterback Taegan Logan, Sept. 2, 2023.
Jordan Pritchard-Sewell set the tone for his senior season with the Archbishop Hoban football program by turning in a stellar performance and receiving a shout-out from an opposing head coach on social media.
The momentum hasn't subsided. After three more dominant outings, including Hoban's 39-0 victory over East on Saturday afternoon at Dowed Field, Knights coach Tim Tyrrell said, “I think a lot of those big Power Five schools in about four to five weeks are going to come calling” for Pritchard-Sewell.
On the heels of Division II All-Ohio defensive tackle Jason Martin III graduating from Hoban, Pritchard-Sewell is now considered just as good as Martin.
And from the vantage point of Hoban senior offensive tackle and University of Tennessee commit William Satterwhite, Pritchard-Sewell is even harder to block.
“I'm going to put Jordan up there, but Jason's a close second,” Satterwhite said. “I just feel like Jordan's speed has Jason beat.”
Hoban senior defensive tackle Jordan Pritchard-Sewell, right, works against junior D-lineman Nick Crawford as the Knights warmed up before their 39-0 victory over East.
Hoban senior Jordan Pritchard-Sewell has committed to play college football for Holy Cross
Martin is playing Division I college football this fall for Saint Francis University. Pritchard-Sewell followed in Martin's footsteps by committing in June to play Division I college football for Holy Cross.
“He took me under his wing since Day 1,” Pritchard-Sewell said of Martin. “Everything I learned is pretty much from him.”
Pritchard-Sewell and Martin are among the players from Akron's East Side who competed in peewee football on the East Dragons and then attended Hoban. The connection meant Pritchard-Sewell vied against some familiar faces when Hoban and East met Saturday for the first football game between the two schools since 1991.
“Super fired up. I know a lot of these guys. We grew up together,” Pritchard-Sewell said. “We've been talking back and forth all week, so, I mean, that was huge coming into this game.”
The intensity poured out of Pritchard-Sewell, a defensive tackle who has earned the nickname “Tank” at Hoban.
“He riles us up. He gets us energized. He's not quiet, no. He's a big leader,” Hoban junior outside linebacker Tanner Mintz said.
Pritchard-Sewell compiled 1.5 sacks and another tackle for loss to help Hoban (4-0) capture a 22-0 halftime lead against East (3-1). When the fourth quarter began, Tyrrell inserted the backup defense, and Hoban cruised to its first shutout of the season.
“If you come out here and you just do your job, play for your team, all the highlights and stuff, they're going to come,” Pritchard-Sewell said.
They came in clutch situations on third downs.
Pritchard-Sewell and senior linebacker Devin Bell combined to register a sack with East facing third-and-16 from the Hoban 38-yard line. The Knights scored their first touchdown — a 27-yard run by senior Caleb Jones — on the next series, took a 9-0 lead with 6:17 remaining in the second quarter and never looked back.
On back-to-back plays later in the first half, Pritchard-Sewell and Mintz joined forces to tackle East junior Ziaire Stevens for a 3-yard loss and then Pritchard-Sewell secured a third-down sack. Stevens is one of the area's top running backs, but the Hoban defense limited him to 19 yards on 13 carries, stopping him for a safety with 3:45 left in the third quarter.
“He's just nonstop,” Tyrrell said of Pritchard-Sewell. “No matter how many walls get put in front of him, he just keeps breaking through and keeps trying to win.”
Hoban linebacker Eli Lee, left, celebrates his sack with Hoban defensive end Jordan Pritchard-Sewell during the first half of a Division II regional final against Hudson, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Twinsburg. As a junior, Pritchard-Sewell became a second-team All-Ohio selection last season when he compiled 81 tackles, 13 sacks, six forced fumbles and three touchdowns.
Pritchard-Sewell, who's listed by Hoban as 6 feet, 1 inch, wasn't satisfied, though.
An offseason meal plan and tireless training allowed him to bulk up. His playing weight last year ranged from 250-255 pounds. It's fluctuating this season between 272-280 pounds.
“He's completely redeveloped his body,” Tyrrell said. “He's faster than he was when he was 230 pounds. He's 280 pounds. He's a big ball of muscle. He's just relentless.”
Hoban senior Jordan Pritchard-Sewell impressed an opponent's head coach enough to earn a shout-out Coach Nathan McPeek noticed.
After McPeek's Frederick Douglass team, the defending Class 5A high school state champion in Kentucky, fell 45-6 to Hoban in the Aug. 19 season opener, McPeek publicly complimented Pritchard-Sewell.
“Like to give a shout out to @pritchardsewell,” McPeek tweeted. “One of the best motors and players I've coached against. Great player! Keep it rolling buddy! Kudos to you, and your work ethic!”
Pritchard-Sewell has maintained his performance and provided Hoban with guidance as a captain. Tyrrell pointed to Pritchard-Sewell, senior inside linebacker Rickey Williams and senior free safety Ty Campbell as the defense's top leaders.
“Leadership is everything,” Pritchard-Sewell said. “If your guy who is supposed to be leading isn't doing the right thing, how do you expect the rest to follow along?”
It's an old-school approach to captaincy, one with deep Akron roots. In addition to absorbing lessons from Martin, Pritchard-Sewell receives advice from his grandfather Bruce Belton, a former All-City Series defensive end for Garfield who received feature treatment from the Beacon Journal in the early 1980s.
“He was a dog,” Pritchard-Sewell said.
Hoban linebacker Deon Rodgers, right, celebrates with defensive end Jordan Pritchard-Sewell, left, after he sacked St. Ignatius QB Joshua Papesh in 2022. College Football Recruiting:Hoban's Jordan Pritchard-Sewell commits to Holy Cross
All these years later, Pritchard-Sewell is demanding attention in the trenches like his grandpa did.
However, individual accolades aren't as important as team success, and Pritchard-Sewell said winning a state championship would be “everything” to him after the Knights finished as the Division II runner-up the past two seasons.
“I think we can be incredible,” Pritchard-Sewell said. “I think we can be the best team to ever come through [Hoban].”
This season is still young with a long way to go, but Pritchard-Sewell is doing his part to give Hoban a good shot.
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Nate Ulrich can be reached at nulrich@thebeaconjournal.com. On Twitter: @bynateulrich.
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