Massillon Wins Scrimmage 35 – 0 over Fremont Ross
Saturday, August 18, 2007

Friday evening, the Fremont Ross Little Giants and the Massillon Tigers met once again to scrimmage each other at Don Paul Stadium in Fremont.

Both teams planned on using this scrimmage as an evaluating tool for where the teams stand.  One team stood out more than the other, and that team was the mighty fast Massillon Tigers.  Massillon went en route to win the scrimmage 35 – 0 in two 12 minute halves.  “I think Massillon’s going to end up being real good this year” said Coach Kidwell.

Last year, Fremont Ross scrimmaged Massillon, they lost that scrimmage too on a very close 28 – 26 score.

At times, the team was looking very promising and others weren’t so pleasant.

“I thought our defense would come out and play a lot better than what they did, considering some of the starters we have coming back” said Coach Kidwell.  “Missing tackles, there’s no excuse for that”

Things started to look promising as Massillon’s kicker missed a 30-yard Field Goal attempt and therefore resulting in giving the Little Giants the ball back.  But however, they would soon overturn the ball back to Massillon.

“Our defense was real strong, and they missed the field goal and they just gave it back to them.  We can’t do that against average and not average teams, let alone very good teams.”

“We didn’t show a lot of our offense, there are packages we haven’t done, that we’ll keep in our back pocket until we need them and our kids know that.”

A few players took turns at running back, Cory Daniels, Tyler Hull, Greg Brown, and Aaron Spencer.  All the backs show a lot of potential especially Greg Brown and Aaron Spencer.  Now which one will be the main running back?  Most likely they will share turns over the course of the season to share the pounding of a 10 week season.

The starting QB should be decided later in the week after Kidwell watches them in practice more.

“We told our kids that this is just a glorified practice what it is.”

Until then, “We’ll go back to the drawing board” stated Coach Kidwell.

More Scrimmage Details

Junior Varsity – Two 10 Minute Halves

Fremont Ross – 0 Massillon – 0

Game Play Series – 10 Plays Each

Varsity – Fremont Ross – 1 Massillon – 2
Junior Varsity – Fremont Ross – 1 Massillon – 1

Goal Line Scenario – 5 Plays Each

Varsity – Fremont Ross – 1 Massillon – 2
Junior Varsity – N/A

PICTURES of Friday Night's Scrimmage against the Massillon Tigers!

Scrimmage with Mansfield and Toledo St. Johns!
Saturday, August 11, 2007

Last Friday at 6 P.M., area fans got a chance to see the 2007 Fremont Ross Little Giants in action as Fremont Ross scrimmaged Mansfield and Toledo St. Johns, both Varsity and Junior Varsity teams were at  Don Paul Stadium.

Expectations are high for the Fremont Ross Little Giants, after coming of a 10 - 0 and a state playoff berth.  But most fans are wondering about the offensive aspect of this year's team, such as the passing game and running game.  Last year, fans got a chance to enjoy watching an All-Ohio 1st Team Quarterback Ryan Ottney and All-Ohio 1st Team Running Back Devin Johnson, which both were lost to graduation and will be continuing their football careers at Urbana.

Brad Woleslagel and Cody Foos took snaps at quarterback on Varsity and Kyle Damman took the snaps on the Junior Varsity. Both quarterbacks ran the ball on the ground well and gain some tough yards.

But speaking of gaining yards on the ground, several athletes ran the ball on Friday's scrimmage, just to name a few of them were Cory Daniels, Ryan Quick and Kameron Allicock.  On the Junior Varsity side of the ball, Aaron Spencer ran the ball VERY well and have a good chance of seeing him more often.

FremontRossFootball.com got a few comments from Coach Kidwell about Friday Night's scrimmage!

The Offensive side seemed to struggle a little big early on in the scrimmaged, but towards the end, it seemed like everything started to click, especially in the passing department. The biggest problems that was noticed where a few bad exchanges between the centers and quarterbacks, but we know the coaching staff will address that before the season starts.  We asked how Coach Kidwell felt about the performance Offensively and Defensively.

OFFENSE

"I guess we came out a little sluggish early on, I thought that would happen when kids haven’t played varsity before, some jitters, we settled down and finished the night real strong.  I thought once our quarterbacks settled down, it made a world of difference on offense." said Coach Kidwell.

DEFENSE

"I thought we ran to the ball well on defense, we don’t tackle a lot in practice.  Great effort from the Kids." said Coach Kidwell.

We asked about the running performance of Aaron Spencer on the JV Squad after watching an impressive performance, here is what Coach Kidwell had to say.

Yeah, he’s going to be good, he needs to get some reps, get a little bigger, he may find his way onto the field on Friday Nights, we don’t know yet, we’re going to open up the competition and see what happens. said Coach Kidwell.

Terrance Davis, also had an excellent day, 4 touchdown catches, which is going to be a tough match up for any defender that they may face in the upcoming season. 

The good news is, that the team came out injury free and have a lot of positive things to look forward to. 

If you missed Friday Night's action, make sure you get a chance to come back out to Don Paul Stadium, Friday evening at 6 P.M. when the Fremont Ross Little Giants take on the Massillon Tigers in another exciting scrimmage.  Until then, feel free to check back here at FremontRossFootball.com for any updates!

PICTURES of Friday Night's Scrimmage against Mansfield and Toledo St. Johns at Don Paul Stadium

2007
FREMONT ROSS FOOTBALL LITTLE GIANTS

2007 Roster has been added!  To Check out the roster, CLICK HERE!

FremontRossFootball.com was able to bring you the 2007 Roster and a picture of the entire team.  Enjoy!

BREAKING NEWS

We asked Coach Kidwell about the 2007 Captains and here is what we were told. "The Seniors voted to NOT have captains and instead they will rotate."

Two - A - Days Start Today!
August 2, 2007

Footballs in the air, young athletes hitting the gridiron, coaches evaluating players, well this can only mean one thing.  Two A Days are here and football season is near.  Roughly 70 players, give or take a few showed up for Two A Days.  Two A Days officially started this morning at 7:30 A.M. on the practice fields behind Fremont Ross High School.  Soon there after, they would be broken up into three groups where they would their respective coaches would began to instruct the players. The groups were broken down into Offense, Defense, and Offensive and Defensive Lines.

FremontRossFootball.com was able to get a few words from Head Coach Derek Kidwell about the Off-Season and Upcoming Season.

The players responded well during the Off-Season, there was good participation in the weight room.  But most importantly the players felt the rewards and benefits of last years success and are working hard this season. "We got a great Senior Class" Kidwell stated.

"The Offense is going to be good" Kidwell stated.  There will be 6-7 starters returning on Offense.  The team is going to rely on the Offensive Line more this season with two young inexperienced Quarterbacks.  We need them to allow our QB's to get into safe passing positions to make the best possible play.  They won't be throwing 40-50 times a game, but they are improving as the more practice they get.

"We have got 8 starters returning on Defense.  The Defense is going to be very interchangeable which is good for us." Kidwell stated.  This will make it hard for the offenses to figure out.  Kameron Allicock played five different positions last year will be starting at Free Safety for the Little Giants in 2007.  To sum up the defense, basically they are going to be extremely fast and very aggressive.

Well, that sums it up.  Expectations are high and the Little Giants should expect another great season.  But whatever happens during the season, go out and support your student athletes under the lights on Fridays!  Good Luck Little Giants!

(Left) - The Defensive Unit Practices - (Right) The Offensive and Defensive Line Unit Practices