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[theaprof]

Obituary
Leonard "Lenny" Reich Jr., age 48, lost his courageous battle with cancer on October 17, 2022.

He was born on November 16, 1973, in Erie, Pennsylvania, to Leonard and Joy (Reed) Reich.

Lenny was the athletic director at Alliance City Schools. He formerly worked at the University of Mount Union as the Assistant to the Athletic Director for 14 years and served on the College Sports Communicators executive board. Lenny was inducted into the College Sports Information Directors of America Hall of Fame and received the Bill Nichols Media Award from the Ohio Athletic Conference.  Lenny was beloved in the sports community he served and will be deeply missed.

Lenny enjoyed watching sports and never missed a Cleveland Browns or Cleveland Guardians game. He liked to golf, but most of all he loved spending time with his family.

Those left to cherish his memory are his parents; his wife, Helen Reich, whom he married June 17, 2000; his daughter, Carolina Reich; brother, Joe Reich; sisters-in-law, Natalie West and Beverly (Rick) Roll; brother-in-law, Keith (Heather) West; and nieces, Hayley (Nick) Kelble, Alyson West, Alivia West and Adalynn West.

A visitation will be held at Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home on Thursday, October 20th from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

A second visitation will be held at the University of Mount Union Chapel on Friday, October 21st from 10:00-11:00 a.m. with a funeral service to follow.

The funeral service will be live-streamed and can be viewed at the bottom of his obituary on the funeral home's website.

Memorial contributions may be made to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, P.O. Box 22324
New York, NY 10087, The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1981, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, the Make a Wish Foundation, The Hanna Building, 1422 Euclid Ave. Suite 239, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, or to bethematch.org.

Arrangements are entrusted to Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home 75 South Union Ave Alliance, Ohio 44601.

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Leonard Reich, please visit our floral store.

[D3fanboy]

piggy backing on theaprof's post

https://www.ctcfuneralandcremation.com/obituary/Leonard-Reich

livestreaming link: https://livestream.funeralscreen.com/cassaday-turkle-christian/leonard-reich/

[theaprof]

Good crowd at Lenny's calling hours tonight.  Lots of coaches, staff,  and lots of faculty. He was truly a big part of Mount Union.  He is missed!  Blessings to his wife and daughter--I can't imagine what they are going through.  I wish I could go to the funeral tomorrow, but, alas, it is not to be.

Rest in peace Lenny.  I will miss having a beer and eating wings with you on the nights before the semi-finals.

Theaprof (Rudy)

[hsbsballcoach7]

Not a lot to take away from the Wilmington game. I truly feel life the defense has improved lots in the last 2 years. Plunk kissed some very open opportunities, but they won big. It could be worse....like UWW losing. One more loss and they could be out. Crazy year in D3!

[D3fanboy]

better and more consistent effort from the Raiders yesterday than @Capital.  Really shaping up for an OAC title game in Alliance on Nov 5th, perhaps another the next week if BW beats Berg in two weeks.

Also, big win for Defiance on Saturday.  With a couple of 1-6 and 0-7 opponents to finish the season, maybe the Yellow Jackets' hit to Mount's SOS won't be quite as terrible as expected

[Raider 68]

better and more consistent effort from the Raiders yesterday than @Capital.  Really shaping up for an OAC title game in Alliance on Nov 5th, perhaps another the next week if BW beats Berg in two weeks.

Also, big win for Defiance on Saturday.  With a couple of 1-6 and 0-7 opponents to finish the season, maybe the Yellow Jackets' hit to Mount's SOS won't be quite as terrible as expected

Did not see or monitor the game, was in Columbus for OHIO State vs. Iowa. Agree from reading the summary, a better
game for the Raiders.

Regarding JCU on 11-5-22. Should be a good game, but the Raiders have too much offense for the JCU defense. I am really
pleased to see the Raider defense improve. The good news is the Raiders will have two games to end the season that will
test them and help in the playoffs, assuming they get there.

[D3fanboy]

looks like the D3 record for TD receptions in a season is 31* (thanks to Pat for the update)  Ruby has 18 TD through 7 games, pretty safe to say that the record is in serious jeopardy.  The Mount record is 23 (C. Shorts/J. Hill) will likely fall in the regular season.  truely is Wayne's World

[Pat Coleman]

He needs 16 more to break Cecil Shorts III's career touchdowns record. Not out of reach with a bit of a playoff run.

[D3fanboy]

He needs 16 more to break Cecil Shorts III's career touchdowns record. Not out of reach with a bit of a playoff run.

too save the BW fans from taking off their shoes and sock, that would be 34 TD's...which would be insane and knocking on the door of an all-division record

[Pat Coleman]

He needs 16 more to break Cecil Shorts III's career touchdowns record. Not out of reach with a bit of a playoff run.

too save the BW fans from taking off their shoes and sock, that would be 34 TD's...which would be insane and knocking on the door of an all-division record

D-III single-season record is the 31 that Andrew Kamienski had for North Central in 2019.

[D3fanboy]

He needs 16 more to break Cecil Shorts III's career touchdowns record. Not out of reach with a bit of a playoff run.

too save the BW fans from taking off their shoes and sock, that would be 34 TD's...which would be insane and knocking on the door of an all-division record

D-III single-season record is the 31 that Andrew Kamienski had for North Central in 2019.

thanks for the update, I had an outdated link.  Still very obtainable for Mr Ruby Jr

[bluestreak66]

He needs 16 more to break Cecil Shorts III's career touchdowns record. Not out of reach with a bit of a playoff run.

too save the BW fans from taking off their shoes and sock, that would be 34 TD's...which would be insane and knocking on the door of an all-division record

that one made me laugh!

[Dr. Acula]

Not football related, but just wanted to mention that Mount is ranked #7 in the D3hoops preseason top 25 poll.  For anyone so inclined they open at home the weekend of 11/11-11/12.  They should be fun to watch this year.

[D3fanboy]

no Ruby today?

[section13raiderfan]

The starters played longer in this game despite the sizable lead. Were they working on something for next week, or just getting ready for the playoffs?