Steubenville’s Saccoccia sets Ohio high school record with opening win

Ohio substantial school soccer has a new all-time winningest coach: Steubenville Large Red’s Reno Saccoccia.

Saccoccia has been on the sidelines for the earlier four many years, at the forefront of a application that has generated innumerable groups that dominated less than the Friday night lights.

He has won 4 state championships, including the Major Red’s thrilling 12-9 time beyond regulation earn above Columbus Whitehall-Yearling in 1984, Saccoccia’s next yr at the helm.

Approximately 40 yrs afterwards, he stepped onto the subject Friday night time with 401 wins, very good plenty of for a tie with Manchester’s famous coach Jim France.

Forty-eight minutes later… Background.

Final: Big Purple 21, Louisville . Steubenville head mentor Reno Saccoccia gets gain 402 to develop into the state’s all-time chief pic.twitter.com/GQs1RPmlmR

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Pursuing the video game, the Hall of Famer furnished a humble reaction about the monumental achievement.

“There are a whole lot of persons I have to thank,” he explained to The Intelligencer after the team’s 21- acquire about Louisville (Ohio). “Forty several years of gamers, 40 a long time of coaches, 40 yrs of mothers and fathers, 40 many years of a legitimate Massive Crimson country. I adore functioning for all of them.”

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