OHIO HIGH SCHOOLS Steubenvilletops Buchtel in Div. III semifinal

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CANTON -- Zach Collaros ran for a touchdown and threw for three others to lead Steubenville to a 35-24 win over Akron Buchtel on Friday night in the Division III semifinals.
Steubenville (14-0) built a 21-0 lead late in the second quarter, but with 50 seconds left in the half, Akron (11-3) blocked a Steubenville field goal attempt. Johnathan Clinton picked up the ball and scored for Akron, making it 21-6. The point-after kick failed.
Two of Collaros' touchdown passes came in the second half to help Steubenville preserve the win. He completed 8 of 14 passes for 184 yards.
Cols. DeSales 16, Clyde 7
FINDLAY -- Chris Thomas rushed for a touchdown and returned an interception 55 yards in the fourth quarter to set up another score as Columbus DeSales defeated Clyde in a Division III state semifinal.
Thomas grabbed the interception with 3:25 left and ran it back to the Fliers 14. Quarterback Matt Mangini then threw a touchdown pass to A.J. Kaltenbach with 2:27 remaining to widen the lead to 16-7 for Columbus DeSales (10-4).
Seth Caudill scored on a 16-yard touchdown run in the third for Clyde (12-2).
Principal to leave
BROOKLYN -- A high school principal has accepted responsibility for questionable work-study credits given to a member of the school's football team that kept him eligible to play and will leave the school district next year.
The controversy led the football team to forfeit four wins -- its only victories of the season and the first in two years.
Gretchen Derethik, 51, who has been principal of Brooklyn High School since 1998, will remain on sick leave until her contract expires in July, according to an agreement with the school district.
"The outcome was the best for the school district and its students," Superintendent Jefferey Lampert said.
The suburban Cleveland school gave the player retroactive work study credit for an afterschool fast-food job, Lampert said. But the student was not registered for a work-study program.
The Ohio High School Athletic Association received an anonymous letter in September accusing Derethik of fixing grades to keep three players eligible. That letter led to a school district investigation.
Lampert said grades were changed for the three students but state rules weren't broken. The district discovered the student with the work-study issue on its own.