PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW Friday night playoffs

DIVISION III
BEAVER LOCAL vs. STEUBENVILLE
Game time: 7:30 p.m. at Austintown Fitch Falcon Stadium
BEAVER LOCAL (11-0)
47Akron East12
28Carrollton7
58Campbell Memorial35
34East Liverpool19
43Bellaire0
49Zanesville3
35Chardon6
42Oak Glen0
55Eastlake North20
54Richmond Edison28
Playoffs
38Gallia Academy13
Beavers notebook: The Beavers averaged 8.6 yards per carry in rushing for 3,656 yards on 427 attempts. Josh Pastore led the team with 1,178 yards (9.7 average) and 15 TDs. Jake Robinson gained 1,004 yards on 99 carries (10.1 average). On defense, Dan Kinsey and Josh Weese led with 58 tackles apiece.
STEUBENVILLE (11-0)
31John F. Kennedy0
19Ursuline16
28Wheeling Park (W.Va.)0
34Niles0
32Dunbar (D.C.)8
46Brooke (W.Va.)7
36Zanesville6
55St Joseph's Collegiate (N.Y.)14
28East Liverpool0
42Middletown20
Playoffs
31New Concord John Glenn7
Big Red notebook: Senior Nate Hubbard, 5-7, 170-pound tailback is Steubenville's leading rusher with 1,450 yards on 228 carries and he's scored 17 touchdowns. The big Red alternate two quarterbacks. Steve Repella, 6-1, 175 sr. has completed 62 percent of his passes for 481 yards and 5 TDs during the regular season. In last week's playoff game against New Concord John Glenn, he connected with senior wide receiver Mike Abbott for a 63-yard TD the first play of the contest. It was Abbott's only catch of the game. Repella was 5 of 7 for 142 yards. junior Antonia Magnone, 6-2, 195 is the team's leading receiver having caught . 22 of 56 passes for 554 yards and 3 TDs. Thad Crosier is the top receiver with 16 catches for 281 and a TD. The Big Red has accumulated 2,909 rushing yards (264 average per game) and 1,231 passing (112 average), which is 4,140 total yards (376 average per game).
Common opponent: East Liverpool. Big Red shut out the Potters, 28-0, while the Beavers won, 34-19.
Radio: None.
-- Vindicator staff report