The Fighting Scots Passing League wrapped up last night at the COW quad fields with its best turnout of the summer. Traditional area powers Orrville, Waynedale, Smithville and Triway, along with Medina and Akron St. Vincent-St. Barnes, his COW assistants and numerous players, both past and present, run the league. They don't do any coaching, but are on hand to coordinate and officiate the timed games which are played on adjoining scaled-down fields. In some leagues, teams are given 10 plays to score.
Players compete in helmets and shorts and teams are guaranteed at least three games a night.
The state gives coaches 10 days before official practices begin to hold practices such as the Scots' passing camp. Consequently, the number of scrimmages has been cut from two to just one. This gave us a chance to look at quite a few kids. Orrville coach Bill McMillan returns most of his starters from last year's state championship team and the Riders looked sharp in playing SVSM, Medina and Waynedale. We did OK the first time, but we had barely put anything in then.