h THE BIG U: Ursuline cheerleaders used their pompoms to form the ever-present “U” as

h THE BIG U: Ursuline cheerleaders used their pompoms to form the ever-present “U” as the student body sang the school’s alma mater during a football pep rally Wednesday. Ursuline plays Findlay Liberty-Benton for the state championship Saturday.

j CHAMPION ADVICE: Ross Kollar of Boardman, a member of the 2000 Ursuline High School state championship football team, urged this year’s team to represent the Ursuline tradition at Saturday’s state championship game. “Be champions,” he told the players.