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Cowboys Keep Riding Over Grid OpponentsWYOMING, Ohio iAP Us right smack in the midst of Middle America, but this is Cowboy country ft says so on the street markers Laramie Trail Cody Pass Shoshone Court Arrowhead (Tnsholm Trail Sweetwater Firewood Oregon Trail And like their namesakes, the Wyoming High School Cowboys play a special brand of football wild and wooly We run every option every way there is to run it, insists Coach Bob Lewis a grandpa who has gouged out a football empire in this northern Cincinnati suburb of 10,000 Wyoming although over shadowed by nearby Cincinnati Moeller a national prep football giant has produced one of the most amazing success stories in America In 22 years under Lewi* leadership Wyoming has lost only 21 games whue winning 186 games and 16 league eham pionships The reign includes 10 undefeated regular seasons thelatest one propelling Wyoming, 9-0 into the Ohio Class AA state semifinals against Canton Central Catholic Saturday mght at Dayton Wyoming, with just 250 boys in three grades, has won 87 per cent of its games under Lewis despite playing in a predominantly Class AAA league Though the other schools have more than 400 boys, Wyoming has reeled off winning streaks of 25 43 and 29 including a stretch when they won 72 of 73 Lewis who turns 52 next month has off-set the obvious enrollment disadvantage by developing durable two-way stars Trying to corral his offense is like trying to bottle lightning Our theory is if they stop what you re running, you better have something else We’re pretty cerebral offensively We have four offense* We don t have many dumb football play ers, he said, smiling Two years ago Wyoming pro dueed one of the nation's most recruited running backs Only 5foot 7, Freddie Jacobs cut a wide swath, setting an aD-time Cincinnati ground-gaining record with more than 2,200 career yardsHe replaced Tony Dorsett in the University of Pittburgh's harkfield this year and has ex ploded for three 100-yard games while averaging mar* than six yards per carry for the defending national championsLewis is a Woody Hayes disciple and credits much at hn success to the famed Ohio SlatecoachI got my first head coaching job the year Woody started at Ohio State When be went to BudW ilkmson s Split T backfieJd. so did I. said the Portsmouth. Ohio native, who has a 300-22-* overall record in 30 years af coachingPeople say we re old-taat* moed and wonder how we can be vuccessful with the affenae we run, said Lewis But it works And works And war laMIGHTY COWBOYS Bob.ewh head coach of the 'owbovs of Wyoming Ohio* tigh Jschool has qualified his ■mail school for another try atthe Class AA state title whilecompiling one of the best records in Ohio high school history The Cowboys hav a 22-year won loss mark of 186-21 -7with 16 league championships and 10 unbeaten seasons despite competing in a predominantly Class AAA league (AFLaserphoto i
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Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Fri, Nov 18, 1977
Page 6
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