IRONTON/BURG : SEO's POST SEASON STANDARD BEARER'S

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One could add add another appearance for Ironton or at least an asterix. Most people forget that the state made (and admitted to) a calculation error in 72/73 which was both the first year of the playoffs and Lutz' first year. As I recall, this let Uniontown Lake into the playoffs when it should have been Ironton. I was on those first 2 Lutz IHS teams.

I think there was a little NEO bias back in the beginning (plus they had a leg up in the venues - aka Akron Rubber Bowl). There were only 12 regions back then with 1-4 AAA, 5-8 AA and 9-12 A. If you look at the OHSAA website for back in 1972, both "AA" Ironton and Lake were in the SE region 7 . What is wierd is that per level 1, 2 and 3 points in the computerized rankings that year neither team finished #1 in the region but another true SEO team did ? It shows that Hannibal River (398) finished #1, Lake (375) #2 and Ironton (374) #3. Hmmm !!!!!

* Uniontown is only 10 miles from Akron. SE district ? ...and they played Akron SVSM !!!!! *

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Burg and Ironton started playing in the 1982 season and then also played the 1983 season. ironton won both of those. They did not start playing again until the 1994 season. Here is the Burg's all time record by season.

http://www.burgfootball.com/uploads/1/1 ... 0-2019.pdf

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2 wonderfully successful programs. no team south of Columbus has nearly this level of success these 2 programs have had for such a sustained amount of time.