Some teams ready for second season

Cincinnati St. Xavier and Cleveland St. Ignatius may rematch in the playoffs.
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For three of every four Ohio high school football players, the season ends this weekend. The rest are hoping it's just getting started.
And some are already laying the ground work for what might happen weeks from now.
Cincinnati St. Xavier's John Osborne kicked a 25-yard field goal with 44 seconds left, giving the Bombers a 13-10 win over Cleveland St. Ignatius last weekend in a game pitting the state's No. 3 and No. 4 teams.
Both teams have already qualified for the postseason, raising the possibility of a rematch.
"In a couple of weeks, our records will both be 0-0 and then you really have to play," St. Ignatius coach Chuck Kyle said. "We'll both see if five weeks from now we can get together again."
Streaky
Rootstown, after going 4-36 the last four years, is now 8-1; Josh Brooks ran for 183 yards and three touchdowns as Sebring broke losing streaks of 53 games in the Tri-County League and 36 games at home with a 39-7 win over Southern; Bascom Hopewell-Loudon has a chance to go 10-0 for the first time in school history when it takes on Fremont St. Joseph's; Cincinnati Withrow has won its last 15 games since starting last season 0-4; and Middletown defeated Cincinnati Princeton for the first time in 14 years, 31-21 -- the most points the Middies have scored in the series since 1967.
Rush to judgment
Sandusky's Ron Pickens rushed for 347 yards to set the school single-game record -- and also snapped the season mark with 1,756 yards -- in a 44-24 win over Lima Senior; Paul Bowen carried 41 times for 303 yards and 2 TDs as Lakota East moved to 9-0 for the first time ever in a 38-15 win over Lakota West; Logan Moore ran for 270 yards on 30 carries in Castalia Margaretta's 28-25 loss to Clyde; Kenton Sneed rushed for 247 yards and two TDs in Fairfield's 40-14 win over Hamilton; Bellevue's Greg Keys had 246 rushing yards and three TDs in a 36-29 win over Upper Sandusky;
Jamarro Spikes of Ashtabula Lakeside rushed for 244 yards on 26 carries and scored on runs of 60 and 66 yards in a 26-20 victory over Conneaut; Napoleon's Brad Weaver gained 212 yards in a 21-0 victory over Marion Harding; Mansfield Senior's Tony Shaw rushed for 202 yards on 39 carries in a loss to Wooster; Lockland's Brandon Grissom rushed for 200 yards and 4 TDs and had 2 interceptions in a 26-14 win over Cincinnati Country Day; and Jeff Carcell rushed for 206 yards and three TDs on 18 carries and runningmate Luis Zayas added 203 yards and four TDs on 26 carries in Geneva's 49-20 win over Ashtabula Edgewood.
Showdowns I
Dover (9-0) and New Philadelphia (7-2) met for the 100th time on Friday with the series deadlocked at 45-45-9; it was a battle of state pride for the No. 2 teams as Ironton, No. 2 in Ohio's Div. IV, beat defending state champion Belfry, No. 2 in Kentucky's Class AA, 31-10; Chris Smith threw for 347 yards and four TDs -- including a 99-yarder to Tommy Hayner -- but lost 43-26 when Coal Grove's Justin Hyland ran 44 times for 336 yards and four TDs; and Lucas' Josh Loomis booted a 23-yard field goal as time expired in a 17-14 win over North Robinson Colonel Crawford.
Showdowns II
St. Henry scored 17 unanswered points in the final 7:58 to beat Versailles 24-17 to edge closer to its first playoff appearance since 1999; Findlay Liberty-Benton can win its first league championship since 1978 if it beats Dola Hardin Northern, which is also 9-0 and state-ranked; Lima Shawnee needs a victory over Elida to clinch a share of its first league title since 1966; and pass-happy Orrville (7-2) takes on ground-oriented Wooster (8-1) for the 93rd time Friday, with a conference title riding on the rivalry for the first time since the teams joined the Ohio Cardinal Conference last year.
Making (air) waves
Lexington's Greg Thornton tossed four TD passes in a 41-16 win over Millersburg West Holmes; Ben Hoyer threw for 311 yards and three TDs for Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy in a 41-14 win over Hamilton Badin; Pandora-Gilboa's Stephen Gill completed 24 of 37 passes for 374 yards and 3 TDs in a 42-21 loss to Dola Hardin Northern; and Westlake's Jon Brown is completing 68 percent of his passes this season for 2,433 yards and 26 touchdowns.
Noteworthy
Hamler Patrick Henry coach Bill Inselman earned his 100th career win, when the Patriots beat Delphos Jefferson 46-0; New Bremen's 26-0 win over Delphos St. John's guaranteed the Cardinals' first winning regular season since 1997 and the first playoff appearance since 1989; and Applecreek Waynedale's Bill Seder won his 100th career game, 34-0 over Creston Norwayne.
Frontier defense
In New Matamoras Frontier's 14-7 first-ever win over Monroe Central, Jake Amos broke off a 72-yard run at the 5:02 mark of the third period to rally the Cougars from a 7-6 deficit. Twenty-one seconds later, Amos intercepted a Dexter Hughes pass to thwart the Seminoles. It was Amos' second interception of the game.
Teammate Mitch Wright also played a key role in the Cougars' defensive scheme by recovering a fumble early in the game and coming up with an interception the fourth in the game with 18.6 seconds remaining.