Buckeye pride on the line in Big 33 Classic

Almost eight months (and 50 degrees) after playing their final football game in a Boardman uniform, J.T. Moore and Chase Hammond will play their final game as teammates tonight in the Big 33 Classic at Hershey Park Stadium.

So, are they hugging and crying on each other’s shoulder?

“Nah, we’re cool about that,” Moore said, laughing. “But I was thinking about how, even though we’ve already graduated, this is the last time for high school stuff.

“We’re going off in different ways and this is our chance to show that people in the state of Ohio know how to play football.”

The Spartan standouts will join Warren Harding safety Mike Dorsey (a West Virginia recruit) and Lakeview running back Te Elias (Lake Erie College) on the Ohio team in the annual interstate rivalry game against Pennsylvania. Lakeview coach Tom Pavlansky will serve as Ohio’s head coach, while former Campbell coach Jeff Bayuk (now an assistant at Howland) will be an assistant.