The oldest ongoing high school football rivalry in Ohio is the annual “Battle of the Miami” between Piqua High School and Troy High School. And on Friday night, it was the Piqua Indians that evened the overall record between the two schools at 62-62-6 with their 42-10 victory on a very cold Halloween night. Despite a hard wind and light snow that came down throughout the game, Piqua’s Senior Quarterback and Great American Rivalry Series Game Most Valuable Player, Trent Yeomans scored three touchdowns and guided an Indians offense that ran through the Trojan defense all night long and was a one man wrecking crew powering the Indians all night long.
MVP
Trent Yeomans
Piqua
SCHOLAR ATHLETES
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Dylan Runge
Piqua
Dylan is a two year varsity letterman and a four year member of the National Honor Society and plans on attending either Ohio St., Purdue, or Vanderbilt and earning adegree in Aerospace Engineering. He is accompanied by his parents Mark and Michelle Runge.
Jason Myers
Troy
Jason is a letterman on the varsity football team as a lineman. As a student at Troy High School, he is a member of the National Honor Society, Troy Student Government and the Future Business Leaders of American. Jason also participates in the Troy High School Outdoor Club and has earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He has a GPA of 3.87 and plans to attend the Ohio State University or Purdue University and pusure a degree in Aerospace Engineering. His parents are Scott & Diana Myers.
HALL OF FAME
Kenny Thorpe
Piqua
Kenny played in the Piqua vs Troy Rivalry in 1948-1950 going 1-1-1 in those games. In 1949-1950 Kkenny was 1st Team Miami Valley League All-Conference choice and Honorable Mention All-Ohio nominee. In 1950 Kenny was voted the Piqua High School Most Valuable All-Around Athlete and still holds the Piqua High School long jump record of 23ft, 10 1/8 inches and participated in that event in the 1952 US Olympic Trials. He was inducted into the Piqua High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.
Randy Walker
Troy
A native of Troy, Ohio, Randy graduated from Troy High School in 1972 and participated in football as a halfback & defensive back and track earning three varsity letters in each sport. Randy played in the Troy-Piqua rivalry his sophomore, junior and senior years winning all three years with scores of 22-6, 56-2 and 36-6. He was selected to the 1st Team All-WOL his junior and senior year and selected Honor Mention All-Ohio his senior year. After graduated from Troy he attended Miami University on a football scholarship where earned his B.A. in social studies education and, in 1981, earned his master’s degree in education administration.
In his three years at Miami University the team went 32-1-1 and was ranked in the top 15 all three years and won the Mid-American Conference all three years. Miami also went to the Tangerine Bowl where they defeated Florida in 1973, and South Carolina in 1975. During his senior year, Walker was named the team’s most valuable player and finished his career at Miami with 1757 rushing yards. For all his accomplishment, he was inducted into the Miami University Hall of Fame in 1992.
In 1976, Randy was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals as a running back in the 13th round.
Randy served as an Assistant Football coach at Miami in 1976 & 1977. He was also an assistant at North Carolina State from 1978-1987 before becoming an assistant at Northwestern in 1988. Randy left Northwestern to become the head football coach at Miami University in 1990 and was there until 1998, winning 59 games. He then became the head football coach at Northwestern University from 1999 to 2005, winning 37 games, a Big Ten Co-Championship in 2000 with appearances in the Alamo Bowl in 2000, Motor City Bowl in 2003 and the Sun Bowl in 2005. He compiled a career college football record of 96 wins and 81 losses and 5 ties as a head coach.
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