Clinton Massie won their first ever State Championship Friday night
(Courtesy of The WIlmington News Journal)
It was a big night for Clinton County sports Friday night as Clinton Massie travelled to “The Horseshoe” at Ohio State to face Avon Lake in the Div IV State Championship.
This game was a battle of possesion with CM pulling away late in the 4th quarter on Billy Fairchild’s once again impressive air attack. Fairchild tallied 320 yards and 4 TD’s through the air, he also rushed for 59 yards and a score to give Massie the win 42-24.
This marks the end of the best H.S. career of any Clinton County athelete in history. Billy Fairchild has already been noted as a shoe in for the Clinton County sports hall of fame. With his senior year in the books Fairchild’s career is looking to move forward as he is set to visit multiple schools to decide where he would like to play college football.
Next week we will have a one on one interview with Fairchild as a feature article, where we will hear his thoughts on his career and what is ahead of him.
2 Comments
October 2, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Just another predictable performance by Fairchild. It should be very interesting to hear what he has to say about the schools knocking at his door. I personally feel he should take a stand and play for a team looking for a break like the Cincinnati Bearcats, but he does have his career to look too and I can’t blame him for taking a starting job at one of the better higher ranked colleges in the nation.
October 2, 2008 at 2:15 pm
What a run! Clinton county has to be ecstatic. Listening to the local “rumor mill” I agree it would be nice to see “Rumblin’ Bumblin’” Billy Fairchild in a local college uniform. However, I’m not sure UC is the best fit. The Big East is down and isn’t as competitive as it once was.
Now while I’m a bit biased, I could see Billy taking a gamble and heading to Lexington if he wants to play somewhere near home in the powerhouse of all football conferences…the SEC. Ohio St would also be an obvious choice but the Big “11″ 10 is no where near what it once was. Also, going somewhere like Kentucky would allow Billy to showcase his talents and put that team on his back!
If he’s looking to get away from home though, I could see a few other SEC powerhouse’s taking a run at him, like Florida or LSU. Maybe even Alabama.