‘It is real today’: Massillon football players receive their OHSAA state championship rings

Massillon Tiger football head coach Nate Moore gets a hug after giving his wife Becca a state championship pendant during the team’s state championship ring ceremony at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, Thursday, June 27, 2024.

MASSILLON — Head coach Nate Moore remembers everything about Massillon’s first OHSAA football playoff state title.

He remembers how he felt when time expired in November’s Division II state championship game win over Hoban. He remembers his son dunking a Gatorade bucket of water on him. He remembers hugging his players and coaches. He remembers the trophy presentation. He remembers the championship celebration held downtown.

“It still didn’t seem real,” Moore said.

Reality was felt at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium on Thursday when Massillon’s players, coaches, administrators and support staff received their 2023 state championship rings. The ceremony brought finality to a season that will be remembered in Massillon for many years to come.

“After you open these boxes and you take this beautiful state championship ring out of this box and you put that ring on your finger, that’s putting the final stamp on the 2023 state championship,” Moore said. “It is real today.”

Moore said the wives of the coaches will receive a pendant of the championship ring. He presented one to his wife Becca and recalled a prediction she made when he was hired in 2015.

“My wife introduced me and she had the audacity to say that we were going to win a state championship here at Massillon,” Moore said. “When she said that, I’ll be honest, I was like ‘Whoa.’ Let’s talk about competing and whatnot. To say that, that’s a bold prediction.

Massillon football star Dorian Pringle shows off his state championship ring at the end of the team’s ring ceremony at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, Thursday, June 27, 2024.

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Publish date : 2024-06-28 01:08:08

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