Welcome to the internet home of the Buckeye High School Varsity Football team. The Bucks finished 57 years of football with the conclusion of 2009. They finished their 5th season in the Patriot Athletic Conference by posting an 8-3 record and a perfect 7-0 in Conference play capturing their 4th PAC Stars Division crown in the 5 seasons of existence. They now have scored over 1,000 points against the PAC opponents and own a 31-4-0 conference record.

The Bucks have posted their 7th consecutive winning season. They went 8-3 in 2009, and  have gone 51-21-0 over that stretch. They made OHSAA State Playoff appearances in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2009. Membership in the Patriot Athletic Conference, consisting of ten teams, brought shorter bus rides. From 2005 through 2007 there were no bus rides to away games as all the sports were funded by the Buckeye Boosters and not by the school district. Busing was restored in 2008 and the Bucks' parents no longer have to do car caravaans. 

Head Coach Billy Burke's record has risen to 20-11-0 and under him the Bucks have captured a Conference Crown in the PAC during all 3 of his seasons at the helm. 

Go Bucks! Buckeye Pride!!

Making the First Team Offense were Kelton Keller as an Offensive Lineman and Mike Kelly as Quarterback. Gaining Honorable Mention were Cody Carrow at Center and Zach Maxworthy at Guard.

Making First Team Defense was Ryan McCormick as a Punt Returner. Honorable Mention went to Jake Boettner at Free Safety. Congratulations to all of the award winners.

On Wednesday night December 2nd the Buckeye Football awards were held at the high school for the 2009 Season.  This years winners of All PAC honors were:

First Team - Mike Kelly QB, Kelton Keller OL, Carlton Watkins WR, Ryan McCormick RB, Cody Carrow DL, Zac Callihan LB, Jake Boettner DB, Zach Maxworthy LB and Chad Gatt P.

Second Team - Tyler Erb OL, Shawn Cordes RB, Kyle Miller DB, Kyle Gatt DB and Tyler Carrow DL.

Honorable Mention: Andy Young 

Kelton Keller garnered "PAC Offensive Lineman of the Year"

Jake Boettner garnered "PAC Defensive Back of the Year"

Billy Burke garnered "PAC Coach of the Year"

Mike Kelly was the receiptient of the Coke Academic Award and the Most Valuable Player Award. The Iron Antler Award was given to the Seniors as a Group. The Golden Buck Award went to Kelton Keller. Kyle Miller was named Most Improved Player. Congratulations to all the award winners and the Bucks on their Season and their 4th PAC Stars Division Championship and 4th OSHAA Playoff appearance! Nice job everyone and GO BUCKS!

Kelton Keller was named as a 2nd Team All Ohio Offensive Lineman on Wednesday. Keller was a 4 year letter winner with the Bucks from 2006-2009, Congratulations Kelton.

From the GAZETTE:

"COLUMBUS — Make no bones about it, Buckeye’s Kelton Keller and Black River’s Jon Sas were the best lineman and linebacker in the Patriot Athletic Conference.

With that said, each was an easy second-team All-Ohio selection when the Associated Press Division III and IV teams were released on Tuesday.

For Keller, it caps a season in which he exploded onto the scene as a playmaking offensive and defen­sive lineman. Not only was the 6­foot-3, 230-pound senior and four­year starter a powerful blocker, but well over a dozen tackles for loss proved he could do it on both sides of the ball.

Keller’s selection marks the sixth season since 2002 that Buckeye has had a player make second team or better.

“I think he’s well-deserving of any all-state recognition he may get,” Bucks coach Billy Burke said. “He’s a great kid and very coachable kid that has done everything we’ve asked him to.”

The All Inland District team for Division III has been named and several Bucks made the list. The Inland District includes high schools in Medina, Summit, Portage, Stark, Wayne, Tuscarawas, Trumbull and Mahoning counties.

First Team: Kelton Keller - Offensive Lineman

Second Team: Cody Carrow - Offensive Lineman and Mike Kelly - Quarterback

Honorable Mention: Jake Boettner - Defensive Back and Ryan McCormick - Offensive Back

Here is the link to Joe Eitel's High School site. He ranks all the teams in their respective divisions. The Bucks are in Division III Region 9 for the 2009 Season. Click on the highlighted text to go to that page. He does a weekly update every Friday night or early Saturday morning.

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The Ohio Helmet project is a site that is trying to create and post the helmet graphics of all 711 high schools in the state of Ohio. We submitted the Bucks helmet pictures in 2002 and an actual decal in 2006.  That gave the helmet graphic a cleaner look and larger size, it is also used on stat and record pages. Thanks go out to Kevin Dudley, the man behind the project, who has been working hard on this site. It is interesting to look through so surf by and check out. We have also helped out by submitting Wellington, Highland, Avon, and Vermilion helmet pictures. The Patriot Athletic Conference has been created on the site, so take a look to see what type of protective headwear all the other teams in the state are wearing by clicking on their link!