Buckeye Bucks Football: Welcome
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This season was the third losing season after posting 7 consecutive winning seasons through 2009. They went 8-3 in 2009, and had gone 51-21-0 over that stretch. They made OHSAA State Playoff appearances in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2009. Gaining membership in the Patriot Athletic Conference in 2005, consisting of twelve teams, brought shorter bus rides. Former Head Coach Billy Burke compiled a record of 26-25-0 and under him the Bucks captured a Conference Crown in the PAC during 3 of his 5 seasons at the helm. This season was Head Coach Rick Schuler's first and the Bucks went 3-7 overall and 3-4 in the PAC.
Go Bucks! Buckeye Pride!!
| Medina County Champions | 1953 |
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Inland Conference Champions |
1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1987 |
| Mohican Area Conference Champions | 2002 |
| Patriot Athletic Conference Champions (Stars Division) |
2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Division III State Playoff Qualifier | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009 |
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From the GAZETTE by Albert Grindle
YORK TWP. — Mark Pinzone passed the test and, as a result, the Buckeye football team selected the 15th head coach in school history Monday.
Pinzone is expected to be approved at the May 14 school board meeting.
“The first thing was it was absolutely a good fit for my family,” he said. “It was fantastic because it’s closer to my home in Strongsville. It was better for my wife (Tami), my son (Anthony, 6) and my daughter (Megan, 16).
“That’s the main reason. It’s a real nice fit. It’s also a good fit for my coaching staff. I am bringing my coaching staff with me and they live in the immediate area.”
Pinzone spent the past three seasons leading Holy Name. The 42-year-old inherited a 1-9 team, but led the Green Wave to the North Coast League White Division championship in just his second season.
The owner of Pinzone Financial Services and business teacher at Brunswick High is probably better known as a highly regarded assistant for the Blue Devils from 1995-2009. Brunswick qualified for the playoffs 12 times, was Division I runner-up in 1995 and reached the state semifinals in 2007.
Pinzone, a finalist for the Brunswick job before Luke Beal was hired prior to the 2010 season, beat out 30 other applicants, including previous interim coach Rich Schuler. The committee included a handful of players, parents and boys basketball coach Matt Saunders, who was the offensive coordinator last season.
Athletic director Glen Reisner had the committee rank the candidates, and everyone involved agreed Pinzone was the clear-cut choice.
“He put a good package together, especially in proving his knowledge of sports and how he attacks everything,” Reisner said. “He’s definitely a football guru.”
Pinzone’s assistants have impressive resumes. Two big names to Medina County fans are offensive coordinator Rich Nowak, the second-winningest coach in county history, and former Brunswick and Medina coach Tom Fasko, who will be a defensive assistant. They are the only coaches in county history to reach the state semifinals.
Former Blue Devils assistant Mark Weidus (defensive coordinator) and standouts Jamison Hultine (offensive line) and Brit Musal (receivers) are the others.
Pinzone plans on implementing Nowak’s spread offense that heavily involves the quarterback and slotbacks in the run game. Holy Name averaged 20.1, 36.6 and 26.7 points the last three seasons.
Buckeye, which has finished 3-7 each of the last three years, appears to have the personnel for the system, be it All-PAC defensive back Christian Petek or youngster Nathan Polidori at quarterback. Running backs Matt Hritz and Trevor Thome are also slated to return, as are All-PAC selections John Maslanka (OT/DT) and Ryan Grauel (K).
Pinzone, who went out of his way to thank everyone at Holy Name, plans on running a 3-5 defense and spending a significant amount of time with the youth and middle school programs.
“Basically, there are three things,” Pinzone said. “No. 1, get the best coaching staff you can possibly get. We’re well on our way. I’m very blessed to have a great coaching staff.
“Step two, get the net out in the hallways and get every possible athlete in all grade levels to come out and play football. That’s going to take an effort from everybody, be it speaking with kids, calling kids or going to their homes.
“Step three, get everybody involved. They have to buy in. They have to buy into our program and system. I think I have a system that is a great system that will work. If they buy in, we’re going to have a great experience at Buckeye.”
Contact Albert Grindle at (330) 721-4043 or agrindle@medina-gazette.com.
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On September 4, 2014 Buckeye will again have the Highland Hornets on their football schedule. They will be the Week 2 Opponent that season. Buckeye and Highland had played every year since Buckeye Schools were formed in 1953 through the 2009 season and after a 4 year hiatus it will be time to hook back up. The Hornets will host the Bucks to renew the rivalry that every kid that played Buckeye Football was used to until 3 years ago.
Highland holds a 33-22-2 edge in the all time series with Buckeye having a .386 winning percentage during that time. In the last 8 games these two teams played they were an even 4-4. The Hornets were taken off the schedule as being deemed a tough opponent and were replaced first by Elyria Catholic which we only played one year and then this past season with Sandusky Perkins. With Revere coming onto the schedule this season and remaining for 2014, it will be Revere, Highland and Cloverleaf and then league play the year after this one. Welcome back to the Hornets and we look forward to lining up in Granger Township in the fall of 2014!
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.
Wanna post or read thoughts about football in the Patriot Athletic Conference? Check out the high school football online with the Plain Dealer where you can post on the Patriot Athletic Conference Football Forum or read about high school football across Northeastern Ohio.
Not enough football on Fridays? Try Yappi or J.J. Huddle for high school football and all other sports. 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!
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