Thu Mar 1

Lakota West’s Mike Kelly attracts Ivy League programs

Posted by akiefaber March 1st, 2012, 1:08 pm

Mike Dyer of The Recruiting Trail blog on Cincinnati.com is reporting that Lakota West junior linebacker Mike Kelly is receiving interest from Ivy League football programs that include Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Cornell.

Lakota junior Mike Kelly and senior Blake Bell try to sack Winton Woods QB Gary Underwood during a game Aug. 27, 2011. Photo by Adam Kiefaber.

Dyer is also reporting that Kelly has received interest from The University of Akron and Northern Illinois University.

Kelly, who was fourth on the team in tackles for loss in 2011, is the brother of Lakota West graduate and University of Alabama offensive lineman Ryan Kelly.

In 2011, Mike Kelly was sixth on the team with 38 total tackles. He also had 10 tackles for loss and an interception.

Meadows adds another offer: Dyer also recently reported on his blog that junior offensive lineman Kyle Meadows added an offer from Northern Illinois. The offer is Meadows’ sixth this week and ninth this offseason. The 6-foot-5 295-pound offensive tackle also has offers from Akron, Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio, Toledo, Louisville, Youngstown State and Pittsburgh.

Interested in playing fall sports? - The Lakota West football program will be hosting a meeting Thursday for all students who are interested in playing football next season for Plains Junior, Ridge Junior, Lakota West Freshman and Lakota West High School varsity and junior varsity teams. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the gym at Lakota West High School. There will also be a similar meeting for parents and student athletes, who are currently in grades 8-11, interested in playing boys’ soccer for the Firebirds Tuesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. at Lakota West High School. For more information, visit westfirebirds.com.

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