ORRVILLE – The Hillsdale football players ruined their Thanksgiving meals. It’s hard to load up on turkey and stuffing when you have a Final Four game to play the next night. Dealt frigid, misty and sometimes windy conditions Friday night, Coach Trevor Cline’s club ripped off 21 first-quarter points on the way to throttling Cuyahoga […]
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Hillsdale faces experienced Elite Eight foe in Cuyahoga Heights
JEROMESVILLE — From here on out, everything is a “first” for the Hillsdale football team. It’s just a reality for the Falcons (12-1), who have set the program record for wins in a season and this Friday will play a 14th game for the first time in team history at Orrville High School. The last area […]
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Hillsdale staff reflects on ‘Hail Mary’ game for the ages
JEROMESVILLE – The Falcons became mythical in what must have felt like milliseconds. When the Hillsdale football team took the field for its Division VII Region 25 semifinal Friday against Malvern, it was looking to stay alive in the playoffs and set a single-season program record for wins. What the Falcons instead took away from […]
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Hillsdale’s 2 Hail Mary’s answered, 2nd as time expires, in thrilling win over Malvern
MASSILLON — How often do you see a Hail Mary play work? How often do you see it twice in one game? Hillsdale quarterback Kael Lewis fired a pair of Hail Mary’s, one at the half, one at the end of the game, and both prayers were answered. The Falcons have never won a more […]
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Hillsdale bounces Dalton in battle of state-ranked heavyweights
JEROMESVILLE – The celebratory postgame music boomed off the walls of the Hillsdale locker room Friday night at Community Stadium. In what was one of the biggest Week 5 games in all of Ohio, the Falcons picked up one of their loudest statement victories in program history, holding off visiting powerhouse Dalton in an instant […]
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Hillsdale tradition grows with Ashland-area-best playoff streak
JEROMESVILLE – To an outsider, it must seem like Hillsdale football has been a powerhouse forever. To anyone who knows of the program for more than the last 15 years, though, the Falcons’ rise has been more of a revelation than a regularity. Prior to 2008, Hillsdale had never had back-to-back winning seasons. Before 2010, […]
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Hillsdale rallies to subdue Rittman
RITTMAN — The Hillsdale Falcons will take a four-game winning streak into next week’s first round of the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s football playoffs. The Falcons rallied in the second half on Friday night to put down Rittman 20-13 in a grueling Wayne County Athletic League clash. Hillsdale move in front in the first […]