As of January 26th, the 2010 Chillicothe football season kicks off in 213 days at Hamilton Township.

Tuesday, the players will meet their new head coach, Ron Hinton.

The 30-plus year coaching veteran told those at the Chillicothe School Board meeting Monday night "We want Herrnstein Field to be the place to be on Friday nights." referring to what he's seen over 29 seasons at Amanda Clearcreek. He added "We want people to come early and stay late."

Hinton also introduced his long time defensive coordinator, Jeff Arndt who for 25 seasons guided the defenses who paved the way for 16 league championships and playoff appearances, two state titles and three state runner-up finishes.

Arndt says his style of defensive play is an aggressive one, that pursues the ball, a very multiple front with shifting and moving to the ball.

Both coaches agree they're behind... and the weight room is where it all begins. Arndt says "First thing we've gotta do, something we've done and will continue doing, spend more time on ourselves and our team. The most important thing right now is to understand our strength and weaknesses."

Kenny Bonner, acting President of the Chillicothe Touchdown Club says supporters are anxious to get things started. Said Bonner, "Hats off to everything Coach (Bill) Davidson did and gave to our kids, and now we're headed in a different direction and are so looking forward to Ron Hinton and the success that's followed him and are looking forward to the years and years of success of the young great student athletes here at Chillicothe."


Hear Dan Ramey's interview with Steve Mullins, President of the Chillicothe City School Board: Click Here

Coach Hinton says discipline and execution are the foundations of his program: Click Here

Hinton adds he plans to have an open door policy, much like what he had at Amanda: Click Here

Also Monday, the School Board hired former Cavalier tennis player Brad Seymour as the new Boys Tennis Coach.

National Signing Day for college football recruits is February 3rd. Chillicothe's Drew Basil, will be signing his National Letter of Intent to play football at The Ohio State University as a place kicker and punter for the Buckeyes.

Basil will be enrolling with OSU in March making him eligible for the Buckeyes Spring Practices. 

Drew and his father Brad visited with Dan Ramey and Pat Highland during halftime of the Chillicothe basketball game Tuesday.

Hear the interview: Click Here

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The Chillicothe School Board will meet Monday night to name a new head football coach. The selection committee narrowed it's list to three entering a final meeting over the weekend, former Cavs assistant coach Derek Dewitt, Logan Elm's Scott Bartholomew and long-time Amanada Clearcreek coach Ron Hinton. The meeting will be at 5pm in the school cafeteria on Yoctangee Parkway.

The deadline has come and gone for application for Chillicothe High School's head football coaching vacancy.

Athletic Director Rey Bradley says a selection committee has been assembled and will begin meeting next week.

While the deadline has passed, Bradley says the committee will accept any late applications received.

Officials are hoping to have a new coach in place after the first of the year.
The position became vacant with the announced retirement by Bill Davidson, who led the Cavaliers for the past seven campaigns.

For a sixth consecutive season, the Logan Chieftains laid claim to an SEOAL championship.

It was decided early in their 51-14 win over Chillicothe.

But the story of the night was a post game retirement speech made by Cavs coach Bill Davidson who handed in a letter to school officials Friday.

Davidson has been in the Chillicothe School system for 26 years, the last seven seasons as Head Football Coach and Assistant Athletic Director.

Entering the 2009 season, Davidson was third on the list of tenured coaches at CHS and fourth in victories (33) behind Cavs Hall of Famer Tom Vernia, John Sines and Bill Dennis.

As head coach, Davidson's teams finished as SEOAL runners up twice and finished third another time. 31 Cavaliers have headed to play collegiate football and the 2008 Cavaliers earned the school's second playoff victory. Two of his teams reached the playoffs.

Back to the game.

Chillicothe stopped Logan on its first possession. Then, the Chieftains reeled off 44 consecutive points.

Trickery helped the Cavs get on the board as the first half expired. Isaac Beverly fielded a kickoff at the Chillicothe 11 with two seconds remaining. Beverly handed the ball to Casey Oates which reversed the ball 84 yards for the score.

Before that point, Logan had reached the end zone on two one yard runs by Mason Mays, who also hauled in a pass for a 10 yard score. Derrick Montgomery tacked on a 19 yard field goal, Jordan Rutter had a 49 yard TD reception and Korey Swaim picked off a pass for a 38 yard interception return.

The only thing that didn't work well for the Chieftains, a missed PAT.

The Cavs got on the board late in the game on a 27 yard Shay Netter pass to Beverly.
Chillicothe ends its season 1-9 and 0-7 in the SEOAL.

Logan will host a playoff game next week.

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Muscle and fluke.

Warren used both to improve to 7-2 and gain a 22-6 victory over Chillicothe Friday night.

For the Cavs, it was their eighth straight loss.

After a defensive struggle that led to a 7-0 Warren lead at halftime, the Warriors came out of the intermission flexing it's muscle with a 17 play, 89 yard drive. Kaleb Wolfe did most of the work with 12 lugs.

Clay Ellenwood capped the drive with a 16 yard pass to Wolfe for a 14-0 lead. 

The drive took 8:53 off the clock and put the Cavs down two scores.

Warren went away from a passing game after Cavalier defenders sacked Ellenwood six times in the first 24 minutes.

Chillicothe took advantage of a Warren fumble to start the fourth quarter. The Cavs took just five plays to move 60 yards and get on the board with a 12 yard run by Casey Oates at the 9:41 mark to close the gap to 14-6.

Fluke aptly describes how Warren was awarded two scores in their 22-6 victory over the Cavaliers Friday night.

Both defenses played brilliantly in the first half. The Cavs' season long offensive struggles continued generating just 21 yards, punting six times with a fumble and an interception.

Meanwhile, Chillicothe limited the Warriors to 22 yards. That was until a bobbled snap by Warren's Grant Venaman.

With 5:09 remaining, Chillicothe forced a fifth Warriors punt at the Warren 35. Venaman dropped the football on the snap. The Junior picked up the loose ball and navigated a 65 yard run for the game's first score.

Fluke II came in the 4th quarter on another Warren punt. Venaman sailed a spiraling punt over the head of Casey Oates that hit at the Chillicothe 10 yard line. The ball died inside the five. Oates scooped it up, running laterally, was nosed toward the end zone when the ball popped loose. Warren recovered in the end zone for a 20-6 lead, followed by a 2-point conversion.

Chillicothe (1-8) had 57 yards on 25 carries and completed 5 of 15 passes for 72 yards.

Warren rushed the ball 50 times for 185 yards. Wolfe had 28 rushes for 93 yards.

The Cavs closeout the season at Logan next Friday. The Chieftains claimed the SEOAL crown with their 27-7 victory over Jackson Friday.