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    <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:57:24 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: brookville</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,66961,67162#msg-67162</link>
      <author>76VV</author>
      <description><![CDATA[JA,

I saw them at the Northmont 7 on 7 and they did not look good. V V scored on them at will and Hetrick was screaming like a mad man. That was 3 weeks ago so I am sure they have improved. I think they will start 3-0 and end the season at 6-4 or 7-3]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:57:24 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Springboro AD</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,66960,67132#msg-67132</link>
      <author>ItchyRat</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Clue us in. What happened?]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:18:33 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Springboro AD</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,66960,67039#msg-67039</link>
      <author>mzpaleo1</author>
      <description><![CDATA[TESTING]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:11:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Valley View</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,58617,67033#msg-67033</link>
      <author>sparty91</author>
      <description><![CDATA[VV will do good this year!!!!!!  These kids this year are ready to play. They are are working hard and ready. I don't think they will lose a regular season game. And deep into the playoffs. These kids aren't last years kids or the kids before. They are going to play hard and not give up in a game. I feel sorry for the other team because VV will fight until the end of the fourth quarter. GO BLUE]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:08:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Valley View</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,58617,66998#msg-66998</link>
      <author>SOUTHMAN</author>
      <description><![CDATA[VV has more quality back on D this year than in the last - at least - 5 years.  IF the the O line is able to be a little better than average and Pohl is able to be the QB people - including myself - think he can be, then watch out.  Don't think for one second that this year's team will be effected by the records of the last couple of years.  Jay and Skid can coach.  If the D can be what it should be...regardless of the regular season record...08 could present a deep playoff run, reminiscent of 05 when we weren't necessarily that good but got it done anyway.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:08:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Yeah</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,46228,66978#msg-66978</link>
      <author>76VV</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Yep, still drinkin' the magic drink.

No move ins this year. We're going with local talent in the 2008 campaign. I do think the playoffs are a good possiblity. I'm hopin' 7-3 or 8-2.

I too hope you have been well and let the sparring begin. You may have me this year. Carroll, Alter and Cj are all tuff. Nevertheless, I certainly will be reporting on the Spartans and hopefully, the Boys from Eaton, Bellbrook and Milton can make some noise. 

The GCL may be catching up th the SWBL. :)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:10:19 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Valley View</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,58617,66976#msg-66976</link>
      <author>76VV</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Not Again!

I'll take $100.00 on each game.

You in??]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:58:58 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>brookville</title>
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      <author>JEFFAMOTO17</author>
      <description><![CDATA[any word on them?i know they return alot just looking for some info]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:27:13 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Springboro AD</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,66960,66960#msg-66960</link>
      <author>Turner12</author>
      <description><![CDATA[What happened with Springboro's AD?]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:22:40 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Valley View</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,58617,66959#msg-66959</link>
      <author>eagle5252</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Indian Hill, Monroe, Bellbrook, Eaton, and Brookville all beat the View this year.  Jay Pa will be crying the blues.]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:44:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Yeah</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,46228,66951#msg-66951</link>
      <author>okitsme2</author>
      <description><![CDATA[76 you old kool aid drinker...........

What's up in Gtown? Any good &quot;move ins&quot;? I refuse to use the word transfer or recruit. Playoff year this year for you boys? Hope you had a good summer and look forward to sparring with you again this year.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:03:02 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Yeah</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,46228,66938#msg-66938</link>
      <author>76VV</author>
      <description><![CDATA[bigblu1,

...has my favorite fryer been bobbin'for apples at a local festival? I bet he won the Grand Salami.

Yo 'me,

...you know you cannot win that award every year or folks will think it's fixed. At the very least play hard to get.

Welcome to 2008 !!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:33:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Valley View</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,58617,66936#msg-66936</link>
      <author>76VV</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Valley View a .500 ?

any logic with that comment?

Who beats Valley View?
...and why?]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:16:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Valley View</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,58617,66913#msg-66913</link>
      <author>Overtime#2</author>
      <description><![CDATA[As a fan of the SWBL and parent of a player from a rival school I'd like to say this: It doesn't matter if VV is having a down year or coaches problems or anything else because the core group of kids in their program every year are going to give you their best game. They have issues like all the schools do but everybody is always going to want to play them. Always highlighted on the calendar. Good luck this year Spartans.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:11:23 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Fairmont vs. Alter....who is better, who will win??</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,66602,66758#msg-66758</link>
      <author>BigFirebird</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Firebirds CAN win if they believe they can, and work hard, with focus.  I believe we can WIN!!!  

Two-a-days start the 31st.  From the first day until Friday, August 22nd at 7:30 PM, each FireBird must constantly ask himself:   Am I running as fast as I can, and run faster.  Am I executing the play to perfection, and don't let up until you run it to perfection.  Am I playing with abandon?!  Am I a part of the machine called Firebird Football?!!! 

The Coaches MUST believe, and do no less than they demand from the players they are entrusted to coach.  I believe defenseive coaches Dement and Aracri know what it takes.  Blevins get out of the box, and for heaven's sake don't be predictable!  Adjust and adapt to game conditions. Lead your team to battle!  

When time has run out on the clock on that Friday night under the lights, and the FireBirds have left it all on the turf of Roush Stadium...   

YES, FIREBIRDS CAN WIN!!!!!! Let it begin NOW!!!!!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:27:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Firebird Excellence</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,29871,66757#msg-66757</link>
      <author>BigFirebird</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Alumni08, Do you do your best writing at 4AM or what?!  

Anybody can tell Coach Dement's heart and soul is Firebird Football.  Coach Dement is open and transparent, and willing to put it all out there for his players.  This is how you become better.  This is how you grow.  We all must continually grow and learn.  

I strongly sense you had little or no respect for Blevins as your head coach.  As you know you are not alone.  This is THE reason he must be replaced.  

Coach Aracri may have no head coaching experience, but he also has the heart, like Dement, and I think with the right coaches, including Dement, could be the Firebird Head Coach for NOW and in the future!

GO FIREBIRDS!!!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:59:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>It is almost here</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,66709,66709#msg-66709</link>
      <author>sparty91</author>
      <description><![CDATA[who is going to be the top seed in the swbl?]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:02:46 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Firebird Excellence</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,29871,66603#msg-66603</link>
      <author>alumni08</author>
      <description><![CDATA[That football game against wayne was the best feeling ive had....not experiencing any wins against wayne or centerville....the feeling was a sense of pride and tradition. it was senior night and all the seniors were pumped to play and we had it in our minds that we were not gonna let wayne beat us on our night.  The defense played their hearts out like a firebird defense always does!  When we had the ball inside the ten yard line, the old blevins would have gone to his goalline offense and crunch the ball into the endzone.  but on this night for whatever reason, maybe from the pressure he was/ is feeling from the community to win, he decided to throw the ball. not only did he throw the ball he ran the exact same play that he had called the play before as if the corner wouldn't recognize the route.  We played so well and to see the game crumble in the hands of a bad coach and a bad offense...IT HURT!  after the game coach dement called a couple of defensive seniors outside of the locker room and he started crying (he cried because he cares first of all, and because he knows like we all did that we should have won that game against one of the top 2 teams in the GWOC) he looked at each and everyone one of those players and said we lost this game not you. you did everything that was asked of you and more and we still lost this game(we meaning the coaching staff...aka Blevins)  dement did this because we needed to hear it and it would never come from Blevins because he isn't man enough to hone up to his wrongdoings!]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:01:58 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Fairmont vs. Alter....who is better, who will win??</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,66602,66602#msg-66602</link>
      <author>alumni08</author>
      <description><![CDATA[For now, because im a Fairmont Football Fanatic and have been since ive been a little kid my money is on Fairmont.  It's been five years since Fairmont has beaten alter and i think the streak is coming to an end. if not this year, then definitely next year!]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:36:08 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: High School Football 2008</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,65978,66416#msg-66416</link>
      <author>Aumni7911</author>
      <description><![CDATA[its tmie once again for the greatest time in sports!!!! Ohio HIgh School Football!
cant wait for baseball to be finally done and the hearing the crack of pads and the sounds of the bands.  good luck to all area teams LETS PLAY SOME FOOTBALL]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:38:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: High School Football 2008</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,65978,66357#msg-66357</link>
      <author>vvgirly</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I can't wait!!!  I cannot wait for the first game.  I love the lights, the noise, the hype, the band, the food, the crowd, the rivarlies.  I love it all and I can't wait!!]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:35:11 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: High School Football 2008</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,65978,66290#msg-66290</link>
      <author>EastFan</author>
      <description><![CDATA[ABSO-FREEKIN-LUTELY!  Can't wait to see those lights reflecting off of those helmets  and hearing the crash of those pads!]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:21:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: High School Football 2008</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,65978,66279#msg-66279</link>
      <author>kurt</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Boston Celtics !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:33:10 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>High School Football 2008</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,65978,65978#msg-65978</link>
      <author>LAKER</author>
      <description><![CDATA[It is time to start thinking football,anybody getting anxious?]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:52:03 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Anyone want to get into a Football MMORPG?</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,65432,65432#msg-65432</link>
      <author>Manhangi</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Well, this is your time. It is called Goal Line Blitz, an emulated MMORPG that allows you to create a player of any position, watch him grow and take the championship! Join a team with other real players and human owners and have a fun time making strategies for the upcoming game, which is played every 2 days. Anyone who enjoys playing fantasy football would enjoy this as well.

Sign up if you think you'll like it!

http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=2095313]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 16:56:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Firebird Football Coaching Changes?</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,40357,64060#msg-64060</link>
      <author>SportsFan48</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Maybe with the new AD things will change. He is used to succesful programs - hopefully the new AD will clean house.]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:22:48 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Valley View</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,58617,59619#msg-59619</link>
      <author>SmarterChild</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Another .500 season.]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:28:29 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Bellbrook Football Needs a New Coach...</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,38909,59571#msg-59571</link>
      <author>Golden Eagle</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Good analysis Cougar. I called for him to be removed a while back and got a lot of responses from Base's wife and cronies. I think there were some posts from some basketball folks at BB as well. But, we all know its all the same folks anyway. Bottom line is that Base is just going through the motions and does not have his heart into the program. The AD at BB has no clue about the sport or what is really supposed to happen at a game. As you said though, that is a topic for another discussion altogether. I haven't been on this board since the last BB game since I was just so disgusted with the whole program.I thnk they had some grat talent that was diminished as you discussed in your post. SOme great talent that will not play football any more because they are so demoralized after their last season. A lot of talent going to small schools because Base will not promote them. A lot of great talent that is not used during the season if they are not the &quot;it&quot; person chosen by Base. A lot of scholarships that are not awarded because Base will not showcase all the talent,he can only focus on one person on the team and builds everything else around them. I can go on and on but I think you get the picture. A once proud program could now possibly struggle against Dixie. Nothing against Dixie's program, I think those kids have come a long way with good coaching and them putting their hearts into it. Bottom line is Cougar, its going to take a couple of more losing seasons before the right folks start speaking out.In the mean time get used to missed blocks, missed tackles, run right run left, run up the middle (that will confuse them) and then punt. 
Good luck to you son.]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:30:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Valley View</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,58617,58617#msg-58617</link>
      <author>vvgirly</author>
      <description><![CDATA[So how does everyone think Valley View is going to do this year??? I see strong potential but am doubtful on our ability to turn it into a winning season.  Do you think Mr. Niswonger is gonna get his personal life in order and decide to coach again??  Has anyone heard about any transfers??  Just wondering what everyone else is thinking..]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:12:56 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Middies</title>
      <link>http://discussions.middletownjournal.com/read.php?48,53049,53049#msg-53049</link>
      <author>Stitch</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I just heard Middletown Head Football Coach Ron Johnson accepted the Canton Mckinley head football position. Best of luck to him. Who will Middletown hire as their new head football coach?]]></description>
      <category>Football</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:04:08 -0500</pubDate>
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