Football Set to Make Appearance in Stark County for Walsh Contest

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Dominican Panthers soccer crew is ready to journey to the outskirts of Corridor of Fame Metropolis for a Nice Midwest contest on Saturday (Oct. 14) afternoon. The Panthers will resume their rivalry with the Walsh Cavaliers at Larry Staudt Area. Kickoff is ready for 12:00 midday on what appears prefer to be a wet and sloppy Saturday afternoon.

This would be the 18th matchup between the Cavaliers and the Panthers as they’ve met each season since 2004, besides the 2010 and 2011 seasons. 

GAME DAY INFORMATION

OPENING KICKOFF

• ODU scored 34 unanswered factors within the second half after trailing 17-7, defeating Lake Erie 41-17 for Homecoming. The Panthers are actually 2-4 total and 1-3 within the G-MAC.
• Jake Byrd (Fort Wayne, Indiana) returned from harm within the first quarter and accomplished 12 passes of 17 makes an attempt with 221 yards and two touchdowns. Byrd added 44 yards on the bottom on 4 carries and a speeding landing.
• Travis Whittaker (Gahanna, Ohio) set a career-high with 144 speeding yards on 21 carries with two touchdowns.
• Ty Wiley (Pickerington, Ohio) caught 4 passes for 101 yards, his second straight 100-yard sport and fourth of his profession. He had catches of 45 and 47 yards.
• Darsten Crallie (Columbus, Ohio) went for 3 catches and 40 yards and a landing.
• Eric Davis (Cincinnati, Ohio) scored his first profession landing after he rushed for 43 yards with 5 carries. He additionally had a 23-yard kickoff return.
• Zach Bartrum (Meigs County, Ohio) added a landing as effectively on his one catch.
• Jayden Hill (Gahanna, Ohio) led the Panthers with eight tackles (six solo tackles).
• Eddie Miller-Garrett (Newark, New Jersey) added seven tackles, three tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and two QB hurries.
• The Storm had 18 yards speeding, the seventh lowest output towards a Panther protection. 

  • ODU has held groups underneath 100 yards speeding 13 occasions because the finish of 2021 and groups underneath 50 yards 3 times this season.

• ODU completed with 481 yards of whole offense, most since Sept. 24, 2022 towards UIndy. The Panthers had 252 yards speeding, highest quantity since October 23, 2021 vs. Walsh.
• ODU is 16-4 following a loss underneath head coach Kelly Cummings.
• On the street towards the Cavs, ODU is 7-3 with six straight wins in Stark County. Counting Malone street video games, ODU is 12-3 inside Stark County.
• Logan Ortt (New Philadelphia, Ohio) was named the Nice Midwest Particular Groups Athlete of the Week on Monday (Oct. 9) afternoon. 

  • Ortt helped the Panthers of their 41-17 win over Lake Erie on Saturday afternoon on the punting entrance. Ortt totaled 4 punts for a complete of 166 yards, averaging 41.5 yards per punt. His longest punt of the day was 56 yards and three of his punts have been positioned contained in the 20-yard line and extra particularly, contained in the 10-yard line.

• ODU is within the high three of the G-MAC in 5 of six defensive classes this season. Additionally they rank within the high 20 nationally in three completely different classes. 

  • Complete Protection: 258.7 YPG – 1st (thirteenth in D2)
  • Scoring: 17.5 PPG – 1st (twenty seventh in D2)
  • Speeding: 69.2 YPG – 1st (tenth in D2)
  • Sacks: 18 – 2nd (sixteenth in D2)
  • First Down Protection: 89 – 1st (twenty sixth in D2)
  • Passing: 189.5 YPG – T-2nd
  • Purple Zone Protection: 70.6% – third
  • Interceptions: 5 – T-Fifth

• ODU has outscored Walsh 101-17 over the previous 4 conferences with three shutouts.
• On the present 11-game win streak vs. Walsh, ODU is averaging 27.6 factors per sport whereas permitting 10.2 PPG.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

• 8 – ODU has held the Cavaliers to underneath 14 factors or fewer in eight of the final 11 contests.
• 11 – Ohio Dominican is 13-4 towards the Cavaliers within the sequence historical past, together with 11 straight wins since 2009.
• 19 – ODU is 19-0 when the Panthers rating at the least 40 or extra factors.
• 20 – Ohio Dominican holds a 20-5 report within the month of October underneath HC Kelly Cummings.

WALSH AT A GLANCE

• Walsh is 3-3 total this season however holds a 1-3 G-MAC report. The Cavaliers opened the season 2-0 for the primary time since 2010 however have dropped three of the final 4 video games – all in convention play.
• The Cavaliers and the Panthers have performed the identical convention slate thus far with an an identical 1-3 convention report. Walsh was on the shedding finish of contests with Kentucky Wesleyan, Thomas Extra and Ashland. Each groups have a win over Lake Erie.
• The Cavaliers obtained two scoop and scores within the closing minute to seal Walsh’s 30-16 win within the Satisfaction and Ardour Recreation over Lake Erie two weeks in the past.
• For the season, Walsh averages 18.8 factors scored, 133.0 speeding yards, and 109.3 passing yards per sport on offense. The Cavaliers are permitting 20.7 factors, 125.7 speeding yards and 249.7 passing yards per contest. General on offense, the Cavs are fifth in speeding offense, ninth in scoring and tenth for whole offense (242.3 YPG) and passing. For the protection, WU is fourth in scoring, fifth in speeding, sixth in whole protection (375.3 YPG) and ninth in passing protection.
• John Fankhauser is in his sixth season at Walsh as head coach. He was an assistant coach for 19 years previous to turning into the pinnacle coach. In six seasons, Walsh has not surpassed 4 wins in a season and has tied the win whole for the earlier two seasons mixed.
• Within the 2023 G-MAC Preseason Ballot, Walsh was chosen in ninth place forward of Thomas Extra and behind Lake Erie, incomes 22 votes. Walsh was 1-7 final season in convention play with the one convention win coming by the hands of Kentucky Wesleyan.
• Since shifting house video games to Larry Staudt Area on campus in 2022, Walsh is 2-5 at house.
  
  Within the G-MAC period (2017-present), Walsh is 5-25 of their numerous houses in Stark County (Tom Benson Corridor of Fame Stadium, Canton GlenOak Excessive College and Larry Staudt Area).
• Dalys Jett has appeared in 4 video games whereas main the Cavaliers with a stat line of 31 completions of 72 makes an attempt, 325 passing yards and one interception.
• Hayden Wickard had three passing touchdowns with 16 completions and 225 yards.
• Dom Jennings has a team-high 331 speeding yards on 71 carries with three touchdowns.
• Cameron Macon rushed for 250 yards on 68 makes an attempt with a landing on the bottom.
• Anthony Harris paces the receivers with 15 catches for 270 yards whereas Garrett Waite has 12 catches for 103 yards. Tavion Jackson had two touchdowns of his 11 catches.
• Robbie Web page has three interceptions with Cam Hollobaugh including two.
• Trent Doerfler is 14-of-14 in further level makes an attempt with a five-of-seven area purpose clip.
• Hollobaugh has a team-high 55 tackles with 7.5 TFL and two sacks.
• Nate Watkins has 10.5 tackles for loss.