The season comes down to a single game for Twinsburg Friday night. And that game will be played against none other than Ohio's top-ranked Division I team, the unbeaten Mentor Cardinals. The Tigers, ranked 14th in the Division I, Region 2 computer poll, need to pull off a big upset to have any chance at the post-season playoffs. Mentor is unbeaten and ranked 34th by ESPN in its national rankings. "Everything is on the line," said Twinsburg head coach Joe Schiavone, whose team takes a 6-3 overall mark into the regular season finale. "A lot of computer points and a share of the Valley Division …

The clock was running out on the Solon Comets as their crosstown rivals from Twinsburg were about to pull off one of the great wins in school history. But the Tigers left the Comets with one play too many on the way to a brutal 26-21 overtime home loss Friday night. The what-ifs in the game were many. Twinsburg nearly sacked Solon quarterback Pat Kramer before his desperation pass soared into the end zone. The Tigers nearly intercepted the pass before it found its way into the hands of the Comets' Darian Hicks as time expired on the game clock. Instead of securing what would have been a huge …

They have met on the football field 50 times in the past but only one game matters when Solon makes the short bus trip down the road to Twinsburg Friday night. The Comets and the Tigers will renew one of the oldest and fiercest rivalries in the area with computer points, a possible NOC Valley Division crown and a lot of pride on the line. Solon, ranked 13th in the state poll, is coming off a 44-20 loss to unbeaten Mentor, snapping the Comets' 20-game home winning streak. Twinsburg once again had its offense in high gear in a 42-21 rout of Brunswick and is tied for the division lead with …

It's every team for itself in the Division I, Region 2 computer rankings with four games left in the regular season. Two of those teams, Twinsburg and Brunswick, square off Thursday night in a game with plenty of playoff implications. The Tigers are ranked 19th in the region this week while the Blue Devils check in at number eight after suffering their first loss of the season against Mentor last week. Twinsburg (4-2) has its offense in high gear. The Tigers' junior back John Barton added three more touchdowns to his season total in last week's 35-9 rout of Strongsville. Barton has now scored…

Nobody ever said it was going to be easy. Twinsburg's football team knew it had a rugged schedule before the season ever kicked off. The Tigers, now 2-2 after a heartbreaking 27-24 overtime loss at Stow last week, are looking for a big effort for Friday night's home opener with Brush. "It will be nice to put the blue uniforms on this week," said head coach Joe Schiavone as his team hopes to benefit from the home field advantage. "We know with our schedule we have to take it one week at a time and we know there's still a lot of football left. "We lost a tough game against Stow but there's no …

A hot Wing-T offense will be on the menu Friday night when Twinsburg makes the three-hour trip south to Lancaster to be challenged by another of several playoff contenders on their schedule this season. Lancaster, playing in Division I, Region 3, has advanced to the post-season six of the past eight years and is coming off a 7-3 season in 2010. The unbeaten Golden Gales are a force on offense, averaging 38 points and nearly 400 yards rushing per game with their deceptive Wing-T offense. Twinsburg got its offense untracked last week in a 38-7 pounding of neighborhood rival Nordonia and the …

Joe Schiavone knew his Twinsburg football team would have its hands full in the season opener at Aurora. The Tigers fell behind early before playing their way back into the game against a quality opponent. "We had one too many mistakes and when you play great teams you have to minimize your mistakes," said Schiavone of his team's 19-7 setback to the Greenmen. "Every time we play Aurora it's a great game – we do a good job of breaking them down and they do a good job of breaking us down." The Tigers trailed 5-0 after the opening period of play on an Aurora safety and field goal. Trailing 12-0 …