I'm all for 'em!

They won 2 straight state titles and were ranked nationally! Unheard of for a Connecticut school!

I was able to listen live via streaming at cleveland.com. Game was tied briefly in the 1st quarter, after which our guys pulled away and it was basically over.

Team features a triple I formation with several variations. Grind-it-out-on-the-ground-good-old-fashioned-blue-collar football.

Look at 'em -- monsters. A lot bigger than the guys we fielded all those years ago.

Is it a parochial school? My niece attends a fantastic Catholic school in Wisconsin that has winning teams year after year.

though football always has been treated as a religion of sorts there.

Thanks.

They will play for the North Carolina Class 4-AA State Championship next weekend.

They played in the Championship Game in 2010, but lost 44-0. Hoping for a better result this time around.

My cousin's kid's team drew them in the opening round.

Bad draw. Lost 57-0. Kirtland had been steamrolling teams all year long . . . only one squeaker in the semi-final.

Good work bringing it home to NEOhio.

neighboring Mentor made it to the state finals as did Cleveland's Glenville, but both loss.

Down the road in Alliance, Mount Union College is once again in the NCAA Division III finals (19th consecutive year) with a semifinals games next Saturday against North Central, Ill.