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As we approach Halloween, I thought the topic of grit might be appropriate, and how we can gain a little more resilience, tenacity, and initiative in our lives. I discuss big ideas like learning grit, rejection and failure help us succeed, minding the gap between effort and success, developing a growth mindset (becoming more like bamboo), and helping others helps us stay gritty. If you liked this Zoo-notable, you can check out the book for yourself. Want to see how powerful grit can be? Check out Chris Beaven's website for his DAILY art (over 10 years without a missed day!). Like this book on Grit? You might like these other Zoo-notables as well: Shannon McKinney from GRAZE Wangari Maathai's Unbowed It Takes What It Takes by Trevor Mowad
We talked with Canton Repository sports editor Chris Beaven about the Pro Football Hall of Fame Festival, including the time when Tommy McDonald threw a statue during his speech, why I once tried to walk off with a bust after O.J.'s bust was stolen, if it's fair for guys to wait 30 years (at times) for induction, what role does marketing play in Hall selections, why do we get so excited about the Hall of Fame Game. Thanks for listening to the podcast. Help us out by sharing the episode, subscribing to the podcast, supporting our sponsors and joining our listener support program. You can also leave a voice mail for our show here. Check out past episodes and enter to win contests on our show page here. --- This episode is sponsored by ยท Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chris-pugh6/message
Repository sports editor Chris Beaven joins Repository sports writer Cliff Hickman to break down the key week 3 matchups in the area. A packed show as always! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Repository sports editor Chris Beaven joins Cliff Hickman to talk about Week 2 of the high school football season. Chris and Cliff cover all the big games in the Federal League, Eastern Buckeye Conference and beyond this week. Don't miss the first episode of 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Joe Scalzo, Cliff Hickman and Chris Beaven of The Canton Repository wrap up Week 1 on the FridayNightOhio Podcast, powered by SARTA. The Federal League enjoyed a perfect week, showing it could be for real this season. Alliance had a big win. And a Massillon receiver set a school record. Joe, Cliff and Chris cover it all.
Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven of The Canton Repository look ahead to Week 1 of the 2019 high school football season, which kicks off with three games Thursday night followed by a full slate of games Friday night.
Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven of The Canton Repository break down the Federal League and talk about each of the seven teams in the league heading into the 2019 season.
As high school football practices get set to begin Aug. 1, Canton Repository sports writer Joe Scalzo joins Rep sports editor Chris Beaven to set the stage for what to expect when the season starts later this month. They talk about what's new in the area, and who the top teams and players are heading into the start of practices. Joe also breaks down what's sure to be a story line throughout the season, the difficulty of making the playoffs in Division II, Region 5.
Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven talk about the Stark County High School Football Hall of Fame's recently announced Class of 2019 before Joe looks ahead to Signing Day and interviews new GlenOak head coach Beau Balderson.
More than a month removed the 2018 state finals, the 2019 offseason kicked into overdrive in January with McKinley's head coaching job opening up and Canton looking to host the state finals for a third straight year. Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven talk about those stories, as well as the coaching changes at GlenOak, Green, Louisville, Marlington, Minerva and Tuslaw.
Akron Beacon Journal Browns beat writer Nate Ulrich joins Chris Beaven of The Canton Repository to look ahead to Saturday night's Browns game at Denver. The Browns are extremely confident after winning three of four, and Nate says that confidence is contagious. The Broncos enter the game dealing with injuries and coming off an upset loss to the 49ers. Denver, though, has the pass rushing duo of Von Miller and Bradley Chubb to deal with and a productive rookie RB in Phillip Lindsay. Nate also gives his prediction for the game.
Steve Doerschuk, Browns beat writer for The Canton Repository, joins Rep sports editor Chris Beaven a day after the Browns beat the Panthers 26-20. They talk about the team's 3-1 hot streak, the future of interim head coach Gregg Williams, Baker Mayfield's progress, the team's playoff outlook and they take a quick look ahead to Saturday night's game at Denver.
Chris Easterling, Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven talk about the top games, performances, surprises and storylines from the seven 2018 state title games in Canton.
Chris Easterling, Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven preview the much anticipated Division II state final featuring Massillon and Hoban.
Chris Easterling, Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven look ahead to the Division II state semifinal featuring Massillon and Winton Woods.
Joe Scalzo, Chris Easterling and Chris Beaven talk about the regional final games featuring Massillon and Wadsworth, and Manchester and Orrville.
The Canton Repository's Joe Scalzo, Jim Thomas, Mike Popovich and Chris Beaven talk about who's in and who's out from the Stark County area in the playoffs, as well as the final Friday of the regular season.
From McKinley-Massillon to Hoover-Jackson to Marlington-Alliance to Fairless-Tuslaw, Week 10 brings great community rivalries to Stark County each football season. And there's plenty on the line in each of those games, as league titles, playoffs berths and pride will be up for grabs this weeked in four rivalry games. Chris Easterling of The Massillon Independent joins Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven of The Canton Repository to break it all down.
Josh Weir, Joe Scalzo, Mike Popovich and Chris Beaven of The Canton Repository wrap up an interesting night from Week 9. Perry upsets McKinley, Massillon keeps on rolling, Hoover stumbles on the road, Sandy Valley makes some history, an EBC showdown is set up and a variety of teams tried to stay in playoff contention. We also take a quick look ahead to McKinley's trip to Massillon in Week 10.
Joe Scalzo, Cliff Hickman and Chris Beaven of the Canton Repository look ahead to Week 9's top games in Stark County. Top matchups include McKinley-Perry and Massillon-Louisville, but they also talk about Hoover's big road trip to Columbus, Jackson looking to stay in playoff hunt, the EBC showdown featuring West Branch and Marlington, and Sandy Valley's pursuit of an historic league title.
The FridayNightOho Podcast crew of Joe Scalzo, Mike Popovich, Cliff Hickman, Jim Thomas, Chris Easterling and Chris Beaven wrap up a night of routs in Week 8. No rout was bigger than Massillon's 101-6 win over Sun Valley (Pa.). We open the show talking about that and ways it could have been avoided. East Canton and Sandy Valley, as well as Lake and Perry, did provide close games, as Mike and Joe break those down. We also talk McKinley, Hoover, Alliance, Marlington and Manchester's remarkable comeback win over Orrville.
A roundtable discussion ahead of Week 8 features Chris Easterling, Joe Scalzo, Todd Porter and Chris Beaven talking about unbeaten Massillon and McKinley, Hoover coming on strong and who they think are the area's top players as the regular season winds down.
Joe Scalzo, Josh Weir, Mike Popovich, Cliff Hickman, Jim Thomas, Chris Easterling and Chris Beaven break down an interesting night of football in Week 7 for Stark County-area teams. Massillon avoids an upset, McKinley takes charge in the Federal League, upsets happen in the PAC-7 and Sandy Valley QB Cameron Blair enjoys a record-setting night.
Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven look ahead at the top matchups for Stark-area team in Week 7. Top games include Jackson-McKinley, East St. Louis-Massillon, Lake-Hoover, Perry-Green and Mooney-Louisville.
Week 6 is complete and Joe Scalzo, Josh Weir, Cliff Hickman, Mike Popovich and Chris Beaven talk about the highlights for Stark County-area high school football.
Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven of The Canton Repository select Stark County's top team, coach, player, game and performance of the first half of the regular season, before looking ahead to storylines to watch the final five weeks. They also talk about three Week 6 games, Hoover at Perry, McKinley at Lake, Fitch at Massillon.
Josh Weir, Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven look back at the top games of Week 5, starting with McKinley's win over Hoover. Later on, they talk about Perry (8:40) and Massillon (10:00) each improving to 5-0, as well as Jackson's win over Lake (12:25) and Marlington's win over Carrollton (14:30). They also share their top performers of the night (15:32).
Joe Scalzo and Cliff Hickman join Chris Beaven to look at Stark-area football as the regular season approaches the midpoint. Joe opens with his thoughts on how Stark-area football looks in 2018. He also talks about the area's surprise team to him (2:30), as well as possible teams to emerge in the last six weeks. Cliff talks about the Marlington Dukes later in the shot (11:00). Also, Joe breaks down the Week 5 matchups of Hoover-McKinley (4:30), Lake-Jackson (6:15) and Louisville-Perry (8:30), as well as the OHSAA transfer rule (15:20).
Repository sports writers Cliff Hickman, Mike Popovich, Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven break down Week 4 of the season for Stark-area teams. The Jackson-Perry game gets us started. We later talk about Louisville-Lake and Colton Jones' big night (8:10), Massillon and McKinley each going to 4-0 (11:35), Hoover routing GlenOak (13:30), Alliance and Marlington winning on the road (14:30) and the night's top performances including a stunning stat line from Adam Moser of Malvern (17:40).
Joe Scalzo joins Chris Beaven to look at what to expect from the Stark-area leagues and talks about a few of the top Week 4 matchups. They start with the Federal League and also talk about some of the top Federal players (3:05). The EBC (5:50), PAC-7 (6:55) and IVC (8:40) are later discussed, as are top players such as Manchester's Ethan Wright and Sandy Valley's Cameron Blair. Joe also is asked if this is the week Massillon gets tested (10:50). Finally, hear quick thoughts on three top Week 4 games (14:30) โ Jackson-Perry, GlenOak-Hoover and Lake-Louisville.
Joe Scalzo, Jim Thomas, Cliff Hickman and Chris Beaven break down Week 3 of the season for Stark-area teams. Chris Easterling of the Massillon Independent joins the show at the open to talk about Massillon's rout of Warren Harding. Joe talks about Lake's 3-0 start (5:00). Josh Weir joins us to talk about Akron East's win over Hoover (6:30). Jim talks about Tuslaw and Fairless (11:54). Mike Popovich joins the pod to break down Rootstown's win over East Canton (14:25). Cliff talks about the EBC (16:58). And Joe wraps things up with Jackson and the Federal League (18:50).
Epsiode 5 of the FNOhio Pod features Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven of The Canton Repository looking ahead to Week 3, as eight Stark-area teams are 2-0. Hoover's matchup with East is featured in the first segment. Among the other games talked about are Lake-Copley (3:30), Rootstown-East Canton (5:50), Strongsville-Central Catholic (7:15), Warren Harding-Massillon (12:55), Jackson-Boardman (14:25) and three Federal League teams playing opponents from Canada (15:30). Joe also talks about the future of kickoffs in high school football (8:50).
The Canton Repository's Cliff Hickman, Mike Popovich, Joe Scalzo, Todd Porter and Chris Beaven break down Week 2. They talk about Massillon's rout of GlenOak, Perry's narrow win over Central Catholic and six other Stark teams off to 2-0 starts. They also talk about the night's top performances.
Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven of The Canton Repository look ahead to a big Week 2 for Stark County-area football. They break down Central Catholic-Perry, Massillon-GlenOak and Hoover-Louisville early on, before also talking about Sandy Valley-Minerva (7:40), Canton South-Northwest (9:42), Buchtel-McKinley (12:03) and Dover-Lake (14:01). Joe also talks about the challenges of putting together a good, competitive schedule (3:50).
Chris Beaven, Cliff Hickman, Mike Popovich and Todd Porter review Week 1 of the high school football season.
Joe Scalzo and Chris Beaven of The Canton Repository look ahead to the 2018 high school football season. They kick off the conversation with the Massillon Tigers, who enter the season with state title aspirations. They also talk about Perry (2:17), McKinley (3:55) and Hoover (5:47) of the Federal League, the new EBC (6:54), as well as Louisville (7:46) and East Canton (8:46).
Chris Beaven, Cliff Hickman, Mike Popovich and Todd Porter review Week 1 of the high school football season.
Every year, some NFL team surprises everyone. Every year, that team is not the Browns. Could that change this year after last year's 0-16 season? Canton Repository Browns beat writer Steve Doerschuk talks with sports editor Chris Beaven about why the Browns could be that team in 2018 and who are the players who would have to step forward and lead the way.