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A coach won his 200th, then learned that an ex-player was killed in Iraq.
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Darius Lewis ran 21 times for 233 and two touchdowns as Ironton beat Gallipolis for the 10th straight time, 30-0; Sandusky St. Mary's Spencer Dye and Delta's Nate Kmic have each scored 12 TDs in the first three games; Greenville's Daniel Fee ran 35 times for 239 yards and three TDs in a 35-29 victory over Hamilton Badin; Ashland Crestview's Ryan O'Dell has rushed for 712 yards in three games, including 349 yards on just 16 carries in the season opener; twins Justin and Josh Fraley combined for 327 rushing yards in Bellville Clear Fork's 30-13 win over Ontario, the former totaling 182 yards and the latter 145;
Kenton Sneed rushed for 284 yards as Fairfield beat Middletown 23-10; QB Dane Romero rushed for 263 yards and 3 TDs as Lakota West beat Milford 48-25; David Hobson of Madison ran for 201 yards on 21 carries and scored on a 46-yard run in a 45-7 victory over Ashtabula Edgewood; single-wing QB Ty Parks started the season with three 200-plus yard rushing games for Minster and coach Whit Parks, also his dad; and Ohio's offensive player of the year in Division VI last year who led Columbus Grove to a 15-0 record and the state championship, Blaine Maag, rushed for 201 yards and 2 TDs and had 78 yards and 2 TDs receiving in a 56-21 win over Ada.
Air freight
Michael Hill completed 29 of 44 passes for 532 yards and six touchdowns and also ran for 102 yards and a score as he rallied Proctorville Fairland to a wild 47-44 win over Sheldon Clark (Ky.); Beallsville's Aaron Harper, an All-Ohio receiver last year, passed for 401 yards and three TDs in a 37-34 win over St. Mary's (W.Va.); Hunting Valley University School's Bryant Milligan caught two TD passes in an overtime loss to Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, increasing his total to eight TD catches in three games; Caleb Dettra picked off three passes in Mount Gilead's 19-0 win over Sparta Highland;
Westlake's Jon Brown, who threw for 2,172 yards and 20 TDs last season, has passed for more than 800 yards and 10 touchdowns in three wins; James Copus of McComb has thrown for 1,005 yards and 12 TDs in three games; Bluffton's Jarod Davies passed for 395 yards and 5 TDs in a game earlier this season and has 997 yards passing in three games; and Upper Sandusky's Greg Micheli, Ohio's Division IV defensive player of the year in 2003, completed 17 of 22 passes for 350 yards and 5 TDs in a 49-12 win over Wynford.
Landmark
Woodsfield Monroe Central's Jay Circosta set an Ohio Valley Athletic Conference career record with his 247th career coaching win, passing St. Clairsville's George Strager, in a 35-8 win over Hannibal River.
Bittersweet
Monroeville coach Steve Ringholz collected career win 200 Friday in a 42-20 victory over Seneca East. But the milestone was dampened for the 27-year coaching veteran when it was learned one of his former players -- Jason Sparks, a 2003 graduate -- had been killed in Iraq.
Streaking
For the third time in four years, Tiffin Columbian returned the season's opening kickoff for a touchdown, Justin Reinbolt going 99 yards in a 42-0 win over Toledo Whitmer; Warren Harding pushed its regular-season win streak to 24 games and its home field string to 30; defending Div. I state champ Cincinnati Elder led 50-0 at the half in beating Western Hills 64-6, the biggest margin ever in a series dating to 1929; Maria Stein Marion Local, with three state championship appearances in four years, is 0-3 after coach Tim Goodwin entered the year with a career mark of 60-12; and Dola Hardin Northern scored 41 points in the second quarter and 71 in the opening half of a 78-7 win over Vanlue Friday.
Name game
AP Division I No. 1 Cincinnati Colerain beat Princeton 45-12 behind the 178 yards rushing and three TDs of Mister Simpson. That's right, Mister Simpson.
Noteworthy
Delphos St. John's and Rockford Parkway combined for 23 penalties accounting for 222 yards in St. John's 42-6 win; New Philadelphia's Arthur Zurcher kicked a school record 46-yard field goal in a 38-7 win over Cleveland Collinwood; and North Baltimore beat Holgate 8-0 in a game in which nine passes were intercepted.
Finally, it's the season for fresh starts.
Bowerston Conotton Valley lost to Newcomerstown 98-0 during the 2000 season. From 2000 through last year, the Rockets won a total of three games.
Yet Conotton Valley, behind running back Morgan Lloyd who has scored 11 touchdowns, is a perfect 3-0 for the first time since 1995.