#1 Massillon vs #3 Hoban - 2023 Ohio D2 State Final | THE 53 YEAR DROUGHT IS OVER!!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- They did it.......
The 2023 Massillon Tigers are Ohio's Division 2 State Champs and they did so while demolishing almost every team they played. With quality wins over out-of-state power, Valdosta, eventual three-peat Division 1 state champ in St. Edward... The list goes on and another interesting fact, they will finish with probably one of the best defenses in the history of the state of Ohio, and will finish in at least the top 12 in the nation for USA Today's Top 25 poll.
Title #25. Damn.
Hey Tress I don’t know you. And we are on opposite sides of the area, but we’re not much different. I’m a 96 Massillon grad, and I know your a Bulldog grad. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your Massillon coverage this year. You have given me many happy memories. I’m in fl and have not been to a game in 12 years. You brought me there. Thank you so much. From Valdosta, to St Ed’s, to the McKINLEY game. And now this. Thank you. You are a true keeper of NE Ohio football. I so appreciate what you do.
I appreciate these kind words.
Jones and I are both 2013 McKinley grads. Started as a fun hobby and has grown to what you see and I never thought of my videos reaching people out of state to fans. I grew up in the early 2000s going to McKinley games with thousands and thousands of people and I've only missed one McKinley Massillon game since 2005. I just simply used to go home after games and wonder why nobody from the schools or tv networks were putting the games on youtube. So I did it myself!! Thank you for following along! Never thought that week one in Massillon I would label Massillon as the defending state champions but that will be the reality next fall
Dude I laughed so fn hard at the end of the video. 🤣🤣🤣. I can’t say I would not have done the same. I’m going to contact you next time I’m up there. I want to buy you a beer or a meal or something. Thank you again. You brought me a lot of joy in a tough year. Go Bulldogs and Go Tigers.
Glad to have helped! Everyone goes through harsh times! I watch youtube daily! Sports, gaming, science.. idk whatever gets you through the day so you can appreciate the next @@nickolas233
I appreciate you for the support!
A historic win for an incredibly talented team.
I could not agree more, what a way to send off the season for Massillon. They played as if they were destined to win the state title
They finished top 12 in the nation and certainly #1 in Ohio
@@JimTrussell11th
@@carljgatewood I saw it was 10th on MaxPreps. 11th you say? USA Today?
@@JimTrussell I think overall
Hey! A 2025 graduate for yhe swing band,it was an absolute wild game.i wasnt expecting to ne yelled at by a tiger fan to twll us to play already when we had a mintue left.made me have a bad panic attack but i enjoyed every last bit of the game.
Congratulations to the Tigers! Perfect Season Football is not easy to do. I tip my hat!
Thank you guys for helping us have a record setting year!! 🖤🧡
#ThatsGoodFootball
"If the quarterback.. Uh throws the ball in the endzone, and the receiver catches it.. Uh then that's gonna be a touchdown." - John Madden
Congrats Tigers from a fan from North Carolina!!
Title #25
First Stark county state title since Canton Central Cath in 2016?? I was at that game too in C-bus (16-13) very similar feel, knock ‘em out drag ‘em kinda game. Congrats Massillon!
Massillon beat the D-1 champs and everyone on there schedule… Gotta give them their credit they earned it. Offense wins games Defense wins championships. Although you seemingly wanted Hoban to win…
Yes Stark County titles go as follows:
McKinley with 3.
Central with 3.
Aquinas with 1.
Massillon with 1.
And that's it.
@@brianjeter4381Jones wanted Hoban to win. I did going into the game. I wanted Hoban to score at the end there and then maybe Massillon comes down towards our end zone for the win. That's what I personally wanted
On behalf of Cincinnati Winton Woods Warriors , congratulations to the Massillon Washington Tigers
Hopefully Winton Woods gets back to the final 4!
This wasnt good football...... this was GREAT FOOTBALL
It was! Great defensive battle
@@JimTrussellno doubt my guy no doubt
Great job again. Keep up the excellent work. Congratulations to my Massillon Tigers.
Thank you!! Lots of time and energy. Glad the season is over so I can have a Friday to myself!!
Thanks as always Jim! This win meant SO MUCH for the city of Massillon. I was on the first Tiger Team to play for a state Championship under Coach Currence, back in the 1980 football season. It's been a LOT of years, but Good Things come to those who wait and work their A$$ Off! Thank you again, and...GO TIGERS!!!!
As much as it pains us to watch lol but I've always said if they ever won, I'd be there.
Great camera work. That angle of Akron fumbling the snap at the end is great
I almost regretted not switching end zones but I was late applying for a field pass. Standing room was short to come by. Had to stay in one spot and it worked out. On the last Hoban play when he throws it in the end zone, you can see all the people standing on the stairwell and alongside the fence. Crazy
U go Tigers!!! I’ve living in different states for over 50 yrs but Tigers are still my favorite!!!!!!
Title #25 congrats
Great Video highlights and amazing footage. I was supposed to be there, but I had to work. Thank you so much for this video highlights my friend
That's what these videos are made for! People who want to re-watch, people who didn't get to go, and I get a lot of people who comment from out of state. So glad to be the one to deliver this video to a lot of people so thank you for following along
Love the shot of the Massillon sideline/stands immediately after the 4th down stop. Great vid
Oh believe me I pan to the crowd whenever I can
False start at 11:03 is wild! I had to play it back 0.28 speed to see that #28 moved first. Normal speed he looks perfectly fine lol
Yes I thought so too
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Great video as always
That ending 🤣🤣🤣
Been using that box for 2 years now lmfaooo perfect send off to that idea / concept
@@JimTrussell 🤣🤣🤣
Congratulations Tigers from Steubenville. I was rooting for you.
I was on the fence. We are Bulldogs. Lol
That ending part was magical my guy
I wanted to find old title games and use the film but I was late getting the video out so had to wrap up quickly
But thank you!!
I’m not from up around that area I’m from small centerburg Ohio, I started following both Massillon and Canton McKinley around the same time because what I heard about the schools rich football history, and then I came across your channel and I got to say you put out some good videos, my hats to Massillon McKinley and your channel, congrats to Massillon
Thank you for the kind words. Lots of time and energy goes into these videos. Glad to do what we do. Thanks for following along!!
Great job once again brother in a highly anticipated matchup.. Great job all year bringing us the Vids and commentary you've brought us.. Thanks!! 🎉
No problem!! We had a blast this season going everywhere
Another great video! Gooooooooooo Tigers!
You know it!
congratulations from a Lake fan. btw the massillon jerseys are fire
@@JeffUr7 from a McKinley fan.... yuck
Love the ending of this video. Congratulations everyone in Massillon on your long awaited championships!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Congrats to the Massillon community for the love and support you showed the kids. well deserved
But Go Pups am I right 😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the video.. thrilled for my former high school 🖤🧡
Go Pups
Massillon looked like a Texas team, smokin on that Hoban pack
Stadium was pretty loud too
@@JimTrussellI was told by a friend & he went to all the state championship games that Massillon had the loudest crowd & nobody was even remotely close ❤
@@douglaspatterson1360 well nobody had the crowd they did lol
Yeah, OHSAA’s estimation of the D2 attendance seems incredibly off…
Oh it was 😂😂😂😂 14,000 was laughable. Was like 99% full and that 1% was standing around the stadium. There's very few seats missing every time I pan to the crowd and you can see tons of people standing around behind railings and even on the stairwells in the one end zone
The game was very clearly close to a sellout
Let's be honest. If not for the egregious amassing of talent by any means necessary at many private religious(catholic, jesuit)schools, the Tigers would already have won several playoff era titles. Some states don't permit private schools to compete for state championships. In Ohio, they win nearly half the titles despite having less than 10% of the total schools. Their coaches stay for 30 years cuz they can't lose with all that talent. Gerry Faust of cinci moeller, one of ohio's most successful HS coaches of all time, proved conclusively he wasn't really a great coach when he failed miserably at notre dame and later akron. He won at moeller because of overwhelming talent. Paul Brown dominated at Massillon. But then he won a national title at Ohio State and dominated the NFL in the 1950's. Let's even the playing field or else let the private schools compete for their own separate state title.
i say let the public schools recruit properly through the NIL deals
Great video brother.. I do hear the bulldog jump out of you and your ppl tho lol .. but it’s all good as usual you were fair and you vids are always awesome that even a Massillon guy can like them .. there’s a state championship TShirt waiting on you .. I’m buying lol .. TIG 🐅💪🏻
I have a grey sweatshirt with an Obie on it that was given to me in 2018 by the Tiger Store in downtown lol Not sure where it ended up but its in a drawer somewhere
But thank you for following. Some of the things that were said would not have been edited in the video had Massillon lost. But since you guys won everything is fair game because well, you won lol
All good brother.. just a little clown around lol .. appreciate you tho .. one of these hope we meet at PBTS .. I’m the booster club prez this year but I’ll actually get to watch a game next year 😂
@@robmaylor6148 gotcha! Youre booster club president no kidding 😂😂
@@JimTrussell yes sir lol .. can’t miss me .. I look like shrek lol
So great! Why is there so much debate about how long it’s been since Massillon won one?
Because this was their first title in the playoff era since the playoff era began in 1972. Massillon's last State title was 1970. This is up there with The Bambino Curse and the Cleveland Curse
Good game,,,,,tough. 👍👍👍
Yes it was!
Massillon's defense played lights out. Great game!! You can't call them "paper champions" anymore. How did McKinley do in the playoffs this season?
2-1
Best year for McKinley in the playoffs since maybe 2012. Lost in the 3rd round to the team that would go on to win their 3rd straight title
But yes both defenses played great. Never would have imagined Massillon winning a State title this year with just seven points
Since Massillon plays in no conference are they able to legally recruit in the state of Ohio? I'm 99% sure they do recruit, is it permitted these days? Glad to see a public school win a state title
No. Public schools are not allowed to recruit.
There’s no better feeling here in California our system is different play 10 season games (5 non-conference/5 league games) Section playoffs, regional championship and state, 2019 won our league, section, Northern California Regional title and finally winning State, man I cried at the age of 33 because it meant so much to lots of people
I was apart of back to back section title teams 17 & 18 but 19 will forever hold a place in my heart.
How many playoff games total? Ohio just has schools figure out their 10 game regular season and now there are 6 rounds in the playoffs including the state title round.
Teams can go 16-0 now.
California's way for the regular season seems better for certain schools. My school, Canton McKinley, is league locked for 6 of the games and we are always locked in with Massillon for week 10. This leaves us weeks 1, 2, & 3 to schedule who we want. Would benefit us to get rid of a few league games where we win too often.
@@JimTrussell in the two years we lost in regional title games we played 14 games the year won state it was 15 games.
@@bulldogsfan gotcha!! Thats awesome thanks for sharing!! Out of curiosity, how did you find this video? Did it just show up?
@@JimTrussell I’ve been looking up Massillon since I watched the go tigers documentary and learned about the rivalry between them and McKinley never knew you can go to Las Vegas and make a bet on that game when Massillon won state I started searching and your video popped up.
This is the school I coach at in California it’s my alumni HS and our journey to the 2019 CIF D1-AA State Title.
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@@bulldogsfan THAT IS AWESOME!! THANKS FOR FOLLOWING ALONG! I will check out your school
GO TIGERS
😂😂😂😂😂
Hearing you say Mck need this lol
Go Pups! Needed this but not sour.
@@JimTrussell I respect you are true to form no fakeness ..T.I.G go pups
Hoban missed having Sperling in the backfield since he graduated last year.
Bro thanks needed that much luv✌️
Running backs played well. Game was a game of defense
@@JimTrussell 7 to 2 outstanding defensive efforts by both teams both schools should be proud.....both teams had some big dudes 💪
@JimTrussell Both teams played great Defense. The thing is, Sperling was Mr. Football last year. I could still see him breaking for one or two TDs playing in that game.
You know the hate is strong when you wish that a graduated football player could play in a game to help your team win. Only thing I can do...is sing you a song in my best singing voice.
"Don't cry out loud. Just keep it inside learn how to hide your feelings! " Shot out to Melissa Manchester the original singer of this song. Go Tigers!
I was there. They was trying to say it was 14,000 people there OHSAA totally lied. At least 20,000 people was there.
and another 30k probably listening on the radio
Yeah the game was clearly almost sold out
D2 !! What are the best all time D1 teams in the country ?
No one ranks them that way. Massillon finished 10th in the nation
I seen a false start on that 4th down play but no pi no tug nothing. This is all while 0.25 playback speed
MUTHA FUGGIN STATE CHAMPS
Yup!
What's crazy and this is not a shot at mckinley, but 25 years after mckinley last we get our first
Right
Just like I thought…. Pass interference on Massillon that wasn’t called. Massillon defender grabbed the Hoban receivers arm in the end zone at the end. Would’ve given Hoban a 1st down and plenty of time to score. To verify, I downloaded the video and played at .25 speed.
Excuses dan 🤣 2023 STATE CHAMPIONS!!!!
@@michaellanzo1553 facts Michael…. I’m happy for them, but missed call.
I admit I did not see before what you were talking about but I see it now. Yes he does give them a little tug but honestly I think that had little to do with the dropped pass. Ball came loose when the kid hit the ground but believe me I know what you are saying
Ball was determined not catchable and was actually thrown into the ground. QB was also pressured. I think Massillon held Hoban 7 times before that last series so just another good defensive play by Massillon.
@@jgpinc while I don't agree with calling pass interference, what you just said is absolutely not true. In my own video you see the player catch the ball and it hits him in the chest and when he hits the ground it bounces off him. That ball was not thrown at the ground and not only that but there's also no such thing as an uncatchable ball in high school football in Ohio. That's why there's so many pass interference calls that fans disagree with because there is no such thing as an uncatchable ball in high school football
Bout time they earned a real title! Ha ha! Paper Tigers baby!!
And first team EVER to go 16-0. Paper Tigers,my ass. Top that one,baby!
McKinley won 9 state championships on paper before 1972... you're saying those don't count...they won them by beating 10 of the best teams in Ohio in order to win those "paper" titles... you're an idiot.
@@stevemastnick5034 not the first undefeated 16-0 team Marion’s done it 3x and one other team once
@@stevemastnick5034yeah Marion Local and Chardon both have gone 16-0
@jw_460 who?
Too bad the best team lost.
Best team won, go cry some more though
Can't win them all
There's an old adage it goes like this. "to be the man, you have to beat the man." And we are the man! So get over it