The St. Vincent St. Mary Fighting Irish will take on the Walsh Jesuit Warriors on Friday August 31st. This annual matchup dates back to 1969 with Walsh Jesuit leading the all-time series 21-15. The schools are separated by a mere 10 miles in Summit County, Ohio and battle every year for the right to bring “The Bell” back to their campus. The Irish and Warriors have combined to win 5 of the 7 state titles that belong to Summit County; the last one coming in 1999.
MVP
Jordan Hargrove
St. Vincent St. Mary
SCHOLAR ATHLETES
Joseph Weber
St. Vincent St. Mary
Joe is a varsity letterman in football, basketball, and track. He is a peer minister, a member of Mu Alpha Theta, and the National Honor Society. Joe plays tight end and line-back and carries a 3.77 GPA.
Gabe Heydinger
Walsh Jesuit
Gabe is a returning letterman on the football team and a 2-year letterman in track. He is a student ambassador and a member of the National Honor Society. He plans to study pharmacology in college.
HALL OF FAME
Bill Sparhawk
St. Vincent St. Mary
Bill is honored to have played for the Irish in the first ever match-up between St. V-M and Walsh Jesuit in 1969. The game was played right here at Green Street Stadium. Bill played in that game as a junior and started at the left offensive tackle position. Both ST. V-M and Walsh were excellent teams that year. The Irish were led by coaches John Cistone and Fred Malligio. The top players were TB Warren Sharpe and Offensive Tackle Dan Boarman. Walsh was led that year by coach Bill Ricco and quarterback Greg Koss and offensive guard Richie Kase. The stadium was packed by 7PM for a 8 PM kickoff. The Fighting Irish won the game 26-9 in a classic high school football contest. After graduating, Bill attended Indiana University in 1973 along with Irish head coach Dan Boarman. After graduating from Indiana, Bill taught and coached football in Scottsburg, IN. After that, he returned to Akron to work locally in the Polymer Industry for the past 30 years.
Dan Larlham
Walsh Jesuit
Dan played in 3 Walsh Jesuit/St Vincent St Mary’s rivalry contest and helped secure victories in all 3. He was Captain of the ’98 team. After graduatin, Dan spent a year on football scholarship at Michigan State before transferring to Baldwin College. At Baldwin he started for 4 years and playe din all 42 games. He accounted for 101 touchdowns in his career there. After his college career he returned to Walsh Jesuit where he currently coaches as the Defensive Coordinator and is the Dean of Students
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