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Team Name
V Football
Team Overview
Team Photo
2023 Football
Back row: Coach Wes Wenning, Coach Renie Parnell, Coach Charles Parnell Jr, Coach Charles Parnell Sr, Coach Matt Saunders, Coach Ace Brown
Row 6: Coach Mike Winkler, Coach Renzy Parnell, Coach Matt Richardson, Coach Reggie Crook, Head Coach Tim Tyrrell, Coach Brian Motil, Coach Carlos Clipper, Coach Ralph Orsini, Coach Demarco Haynes, Coach Remar Parnell
Row 5: Coach Jeff Smith, Nate Townend, Tayte Crable, William Satterwhite, Eli Lee, Josh Greer, Joey Hardman, AJ Edwards, Braylin Parker, Caleb Schlater, Rickey Williams, Ace Brown, Victor Clark
Row 4: Coach Tim Lucey, Jvon Lindsey, Ryan Burns, Payton Cook, James Jones, Logan Flachbart Nate Cross, Jordan Pritchard-Sewell, Mason Gibson, Creighton Tyler, Dominic Bush, Chris Crook, Donovan Crook
Row 3: Sam Greer, Patrick Kinsell, Deon Rodgers, Tanner Mintz, Joseph Burkeen, Devin Bell, Tony Morales-Burleson, Braeden Grant, Jalen Hightower, Tysen Campbell, Cartier Williams, Tylan Boykin, Elber Hill IV, Obed West, Khylan Osbey
Row 2: Lanear Folk, Xavier Williams, Anthony McMullen, Caleb Jones, Savian Milbry, Kylar Wilson, Grady Falkenstein, Parker Falkenstein, Charlie Malen, Liam Barger, Jon McDaniel, Carter Sisak, Luke Karam
Row 1: Jeremy Hammel, Ayden Boykin, Nick Crawford, DaMarion Williams, Daron Rue, Mike McElrafth, Jimar Johnson, Andrew Ramsey, Owen Turner, Benny Garrett, Jackson Callaway, Tremaine Bailey, Syncere Hill, Robert Butler, Bradley Klockner
Not Pictured: Brayton Feister, Lawrence Cherry, Bryer Pickana, Rylee Pickering, Marcus Council
2022 Season
In Week 10 of the 2015 season, a 9-0 Archbishop Hoban team traveled to Benedictine for a matchup between two of the top teams in Ohio. The Knights lost by 21 points.
Three weeks later, Hoban faced St. Vincent-St. Mary in a rematch of a regular season meeting won by the Knights. The game was played at InfoCision Stadium on the campus of the University of Akron. The Knights defeated the Irish, 24-21, and two more victories earned them their first state championship in football.
Fast forward seven years, and Hoban’s path to a potential sixth state championship looks very similar to its first.
The 2022 Knights won their first nine games, including a 28-14 triumph over STVM. In Week 10, Hoban lost by 21 points to St. Edward, the state’s top-ranked team in Division I.
Three weeks later, the Knights (11-1) and the Irish (8-3) will meet once again in a regional semifinal at InfoCision Stadium on Friday night at 7 p.m. This is their third playoff meeting, with the others coming in 2015 and 2016. In both of those years, Hoban defeated STVM in the regular season and in the playoffs at InfoCision Stadium, en route to a state championship.
This is the 49th all-time meeting between the two rivals, and the 14th at InfoCision Stadium. Hoban leads the series, 27-21. They have won ten straight games against the Irish.
STVM advanced to the regional semifinals by scoring with less than a minute remaining to defeat Austintown-Fitch last week, 21-14. They played the Knights very competitively in Week 8 despite six turnovers. The game was scoreless into the third quarter, and Hoban did not put the game away until the final minute.
The Irish responded by pounding an unbeaten Cleveland Heights team the following week, 49-21.
“They play a really physical style of football,” Hoban head coach Tim Tyrrell said of the Irish. “They have a strong senior class and they are re-energized with a new coach.”
The Knights bring plenty of physicality themselves, with a strong offensive line leading the way for senior running back Lamar Sperling. The Mr. Football candidate averages 221 rushing yards per game and has scored 41 touchdowns on the ground. Sperling has been even better in the postseason, totaling 569 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns in Hoban’s two playoff wins.
That rushing attack will be critical in a game that is likely to be played in a steady rain.
“As cliché as it sounds in a game like this, especially with the weather, we can’t turn the football over,” Tyrrell said. “This is November in northeast Ohio, and most of the kids on our team have played in the playoffs. They’ve played in snowstorms and bitter cold, rainstorms, and everything. So this shouldn’t be something that bothers us.”
Tyrrell felt some humility was needed for the Knights after their 9-0 start, and they got a big dose of it in their 41-20 loss at St. Edward to end the regular season. Since then, Hoban has handled two playoff opponents with ease, but Tyrrell and his players know a different type of challenge awaits them against STVM.
“I think, in a rivalry game, both teams kind of play above their level,” Tyrrell said. “I think the hype got to us and we wanted it a little bit too much the first time around. I think this time we will be more focused, not trying to get outside the box, each kid doing what his job is. We try to narrow things down when we hit the playoffs and focus on what we have done well the first ten weeks.
“Anytime you play St. V, even though we’ve had the upper hand lately, it’s still a 50/50 game. We have to go out and play and we’ll see what happens.”
Roster
Team Roster
# | Name | Height | Weight | Position | Grade |
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0 | Payton Cook | 6'1" | 180 | Ath | Sophomore |
1 | Tysen Campbell | 5'11" | 175 | DB/WR | Senior |
2 | Xavier Williams | 5'9" | 155 | DB/RB | Senior |
3 | Rickey Williams | 6'2" | 235 | LB | Senior |
4 | Tanner Mintz | 6' | 190 | OLB | Junior |
5 | Devin Bell | 6'1" | 235 | LB/TE | Senior |
6 | Khylan Osbey | 5'10" | 194 | RB | Junior |
7 | Ace Brown | 6'2" | 195 | TE/DE | Sophomore |
8 | Braeden Grant | 6' | 155 | DB | Senior |
9 | Jordan Pritchard-Sewell | 6'1 | 280 | DE/FB | Senior |
10 | Tylan Boykin | 6' | 165 | QB/DB | Junior |
11 | Elber Hill IV | 5'11 | 165 | DB/WR | Sophomore |
12 | Victor Clark | 6'1" | 224 | QB | Junior |
13 | Jalen Hightower | 5'10" | 150 | WR | Senior |
14 | Joey Hardman | 6'2" | 160 | WR | Senior |
15 | Tayte Crable | 6'4" | 195 | TE/DE | Junior |
16 | Charlie Malen | 5'10" | 170 | WR | Senior |
17 | James Jones | 6'1" | 160 | QB | Freshman |
18 | Brayton Feister | 6'1 | 215 | RB/LB | Freshman |
19 | Bradley Klockner | 5'7" | 140 | QB | Junior |
20 | Nick Crawford | 5'10" | 245 | DL | Junior |
21 | Ayden Boykin | 5'9" | 165 | DB | Senior |
22 | Parker Falkenstein | 5"10" | 170 | WR/DB | Senior |
23 | Anthony McMullen | 5'11 | 195 | RB/LB | Sophomore |
24 | Dominic Bush | 5'11" | 210 | FB/LB | Senior |
25 | Caleb Jones | 5'9" | 184 | DB/RB | Senior |
26 | Lawrence Cherry | 5'9" | 180 | RB/DB | Freshman |
27 | Tremaine Bailey | 5'7" | 163 | RB/DB | Senior |
28 | Cartier Williams | 5'10" | 190 | LB | Senior |
29 | Benny Garrett | 5'10" | 193 | OLB | Junior |
30 | Chris Crook | 6'0 | 160 | DB | Sophomore |
31 | Ryan Burns | 6'1" | 155 | K | Senior |
33 | Eli Lee | 6'2" | 220 | LB | Junior |
34 | Owen Turner | 5'9" | 170 | LB/RB | Junior |
35 | Daron Rue | 5'8" | 153 | DB | Junior |
36 | Deon Rodgers | 5'10" | 205 | LB/RB | Senior |
37 | Obed West | 5'10" | 205 | LB | Senior |
38 | Syncere Hill | 5'7" | 182 | LB | Junior |
# | Jimar Johnson | 5'9" | 145 | DB | Sophomore |
40 | Jon McDaniel | 6'0 | 185 | LB | Sophomore |
41 | Bryer Pickana | 5'10" | 165 | RB/DB | Freshman |
44 | Carter Sisak | 5'10" | 190 | LB | Junior |
45 | Caleb Schlater | 6'1" | 175 | LS | Senior |
46 | Lanear Folk | 5'5 | 137 | WR/DB | Sophomore |
47 | Patrick Kinsell | 6'0" | 190 | LB | Sophomore |
48 | Tony Morales-Burleson | 5'11" | 160 | WR/DB | Sophomore |
50 | William Satterwhite | 6'3" | 302 | OL | Senior |
51 | Rylee Pickering | 6' | 285 | OL/DL | Freshman |
53 | Mike McElrafth | 5'7" | 215 | DL | Junior |
54 | Nate Cross | 6'1" | 272 | OL/DL | Junior |
55 | Creighton Tyler | 6' | 275 | DL | Junior |
57 | Jvon Lindsey | 6'1" | 283 | OL | Senior |
59 | Andrew Ramsey | 5'8" | 234 | OL | Senior |
61 | DaMarion Williams | 5'9" | 250 | DL | Junior |
63 | Robert Butler | 5'9" | 220 | DL | Sophomore |
70 | Sam Greer | 6'7 | 300 | OL | Sophomore |
71 | Joseph Burkeen | 6'0 | 296 | OL | Junior |
72 | AJ Edwards | 6'2" | 316 | OL | Junior |
73 | Nate Townend | 6'5 | 308 | OL | Senior |
74 | Donovan Crook | 6'1 | 315 | OL/DL | Sophomore |
77 | Braylin Parker | 6'3" | 298 | OL | Sophomore |
80 | Jeremy Hammel | 5'8" | 130 | K | Freshman |
81 | Jackson Callaway | 5'6 | 145 | WR/DB | Sophomore |
82 | Grady Falkenstein | 6'0 | 155 | WR/DB | Sophomore |
83 | Savian Milbry | 5'9" | 140 | WR | Sophomore |
84 | Mason Gibson | 5'11" | 162 | WR | Junior |
85 | Kylar Wilson | 5'11 | 170 | DB | Sophomore |
86 | Logan Flachbart | 6'2 | 220 | TE | Sophomore |
88 | Josh Greer | 6'2" | 237 | DE/TE | Senior |
89 | Luke Karam | 5'9 | 195 | K | Sophomore |
99 | Liam Barger | 5'11 | 235 | FB/DL | Sophomore |
Schedule and Results
Schedule & Results
Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Type | Details | Result | Score | Status |
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Toledo Central Catholic
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Toledo Central Catholic | Scrimmage | Details about V Football | |||
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Jackson
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Dowed Field | Scrimmage | Details about V Football | |||
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Frederick Douglass
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Massillon Washington Paul Brown Tiger Stadium | Details about V Football | Win | 45-6 | ||
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Erie Cathedral Preparatory
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Dollinger Field Hagerty Family Events Center | View Recap | Win | 44-12 | ||
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Trinity Episcopal
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Dowed Field | View Recap | Win | 34-6 | ||
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Akron East
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Dowed Field | Details about V Football | Win | 39-0 | ||
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St. Ignatius
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Euclid Community Stadium | View Recap | Win | 35-0 | ||
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Walsh Jesuit
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Dowed Field | View Recap | Win | 57-7 | ||
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Glenville
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Dowed Field | View Recap | Win | 28-16 | ||
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St. Francis
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SF Polian Field | View Recap | Win | 28-13 | ||
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St. Edward
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Dowed Field | View Recap | Loss | 7-14 | ||
vs.
Ellet
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Dowed Field | Tournament | View Recap | Win | 39-7 | |
vs.
Barberton
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Dowed Field | Tournament | View Recap | Win | 41-7 | |
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Painesville Riverside
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Twinsburg | Tournament | View Recap | Win | 21-0 | |
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Walsh Jesuit
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Infocision Stadium | Tournament | View Recap | Win | 30-6 | |
vs.
Avon
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Byers Field | Details about V Football | Win | 17-14 | ||
vs.
OHSAA Div. II State Championship, Massillon
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Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium | Tournament | View Recap | Loss | 2-7 |
Coaches
Team Coaches

Tim Tyrrell enters his 11th season as the head football coach at Archbishop Hoban as one of the most successful high school coaches in the state of Ohio. Under Tyrrell, the Knights have won five state championships, played in seven state championship games, and averaged nearly 12 wins per season. His overall career record of 181-71 (.718) includes a 116-20 (.853) mark in his 10 seasons at Hoban. He is Hoban's Director of Strategic Partnerships.
A Youngstown native, Tyrrell graduated from Ursuline High School and Youngstown State University with a Bachelor's of Business Administration degree. He was a member of the Youngstown State’s Division I-AA National Championship teams in 1993, 1994 and 1997.
Previously, Tyrrell has been head coach of Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School in Hollywood, Fla., where he amassed a 39-18 record over five seasons. In just his second season at Chaminade-Madonna, the team finished with a 12-1 record and reached the state semifinal in Class 2B. He was named “South Florida Coach of the Year” by the Miami Herald and South Florida Sun Sentinel in 2009 and District Coach of the Year in 2009, 2011 and 2012.
Prior to coaching in Florida, Tyrrell was head coach at St. Thomas Aquinas in Louisville for six seasons and spent a year as offensive coordinator immediately preceding that. He also had experience as the tight ends/tackles coach from 1998 to 2001 at Youngstown State, where he spent time on staff with Jim Tressel, former head coach of Ohio State University.
tyrellt@hoban.org
'This is entertaining and fun': Tim Tyrrell continues to enjoy time as Hoban football coach, Akron Beacon Journal, Aug. 19, 2021
Updated July 2023
Strength and Conditioning
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