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SENATE LEAGUE PREVIEW: COLLINWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

We are continuing on in our Senate league preview. Today we head to the railroad station on E.152nd street and St. Clair known as Collinwood High School. Collinwood High School Nickname: Railroaders Colors: Royal Blue and Gray Head Coach: Greg Wheeler jr. ( 10th season) Key players offense: Damarjae Goggans (senior), Dae'Shawn Davis (junior), Jason Sullivan (junior) Key players defense: Nyill Dukes (junior), Thomas Ware (junior), Chaz Johnson (junior) Overall Preview: The Railroaders are looking to rebuild and reload after covid canceled the 2020 season. Back in 2018 the Railroaders finished strong, winning their last four games to make the Senate City Championship before falling to John Marshall. 2019 wasn't so kind to the Railroaders as they would finish the season 2-8, but Head Coach Greg Wheeler jr. is looking to continue his goal to build back up the Railroader tradition. " Covid caused a mass amount of transfers out of the district. We may h...

COBRAS FINALLY HOME, LOOKING TO DEFEND THE SNAKE PIT!

After losing two games on the road, the Cobras are finally back in the friendly confines of the "Snake Pit", also known as Ken Dukes Stadium at Medina high School. The Cobras played the Golden Hawks close last week, but that was last week and in football you can't look behind, only forward. This week the Cobras welcome in the Ohio Bears out of Columbus. The Bears are a new team and will come into this weekends game looking to go 3-0 in league play. With that being said let's look at how the teams match up. OHIO BEARS: record: 2-0 (bye week last week) Head coach: Buddy Williams players to watch: N/A Overall: The Bears look to stay perfect on the season after coming off a bye week. Not much information was given about the team so we will just have to play the guessing game until Saturday night. CLEVELAND COBRAS: record: 0-2 (lost to Greensburg 30-16 last week) Head coach: Adam Rogerson overall: The Cobras played tough all 4 quar...

FALLING BEHIND, INNER CITY SPORTS NEEDS CHANGE!!

This high school football season our network had the honor of broadcasting the Senate League game of the week. While it wasn't perfect, the audience, passion, and support for the entire league, players, and coaches was PHENOMENAL! Unfortunately, we won't be covering the Senate league officially next season, But that's not the problem. The problem is what was behind the scenes and games that frustrates the alumni, players, coaches, and supporters of the Senate league and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Let's start from the top. For those not in the know, The Senate league is one of the oldest leagues in Ohio, forming in 1904. The league was formed with core members Central(defunct), Collinwood, East high, East Technical, Glenville, John Adams, Lincoln( now Lincoln west), South, West, and West Technical high school. What history doesn't tell you is that some of the most prolific and historic high schools in Cleveland as well as the nation were once mem...