Jamestown Greenview allowed a disabled Triad player to score the final TD.

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It was just another loss on another Friday night. Or so it might seem.

North Lewisburg Triad remained winless with a 28-12 setback on homecoming night against Jamestown Greeneview. But those numbers don’t tell the whole story.

In the waning seconds, Triad coach Payton Printz and some good sports on the coaching staff at Greeneview conspired to make it a special night for one young man.

Greeneview had possession late in the game, comfortably ahead by 22 points. After running a few plays, the Rams quarterback purposely took a knee on fourth down to turn the ball over to Triad.

Triad then ran one play through a Rams defense that refused to tackle, the ball-carrier stepping out of bounds at the Greeneview 1 with 2.6 seconds left.

At that point, Printz helped Andrew Teets, a senior who has muscular dystrophy and spends much of his time in a wheelchair, walk onto the field to a loud ovation from fans and players for both sides.

Triad quarterback Ethan James then handed the ball to Teets, who walked across the goal line for the game’s final touchdown.

Cliche incinerated

Cincinnati Anderson beat Glen Este 57-36 with Daniel Rod throwing for 302 yards and four TDs in a game where the scoreboard literally caught fire. The second half kickoff was delayed nearly 20 minutes when the scoreboard shut off and a small flame was seen on a utility pole behind the stands. The fire department was called, but the flame went out on its own.

Fancy footwork

Bryan Gaiters ran for a school-record 320 yards and five TDs in Zanesville’s 49-7 win at Marietta; Sparta Highland’s Taylor Harris rushed for 316 yards and four TDs in a 37-32 win over Cardington-Lincoln; Aaron Roberson rushed for 276 yards and three TDs on 34 carries — including a decisive 5-yard score with 45 seconds left — as Bedford Chanel handed Elyria Catholic its first loss; the aptly named Troy Starr rushed for 254 yards and three TDs in Hannibal River’s 21-6 win over Shenandoah; Apple Creek Waynedale’s Thad Nofsinger rushed for 234 yards and four TDs on 25 carries in a 38-6 win over Creston Norwayne; Kansas Lakota’s Justin Apple carried 31 times for 214 yards and two TDs in a 49-10 win over Tontogany Otsego; Bloomdale Elmwood’s C.J. Allums scored six TDs in a 63-23 win over Woodmore; Patrick Henry’s Drew Kuesel ran for five TDs in a 49-28 win over Archbold; and Warren JFK’s Jared Province scored six TDs — runs of 20, 14, 4, 31 and 1 yards, and a 75-yard punt return — in a 49-21 victory over Tuscarawas Valley;

Of arms and men

Hamilton Badin’s Zach Toerner broke his own single-game school record of 323 yards by completing 25-of-30 passes for 335 yards in a 34-18 win over St. Bernard Roger Bacon; Caldwell’s Travis Mettler passed for 279 yards and three TDs in 34-7 win over Fort Frye; Buckeye Trail’s Brock Davis was 12-of-15 passing for 234 yards and a TD in 42-20 win over Maysville; Dover’s Cory Lisowski was 18-of-26 for 257 yards and four TDs and receiver Matt Rinehart caught 12 passes for 128 yards in 42-7 win over Meadowbrook; Taylor Housewright ran for two TDs and threw for three more in Ashland’s 35-10 win over Mansfield Senior; all-name team nominee Mike Tyson completed 8-of-11 passes for 248 yards and three TDs in Jeromesville Hillsdale’s 44-13 win over Smithville; Ryan Martin threw six TD passes in Cincinnati Turpin’s 48-14 win over Little Miami, with Andy Cruse catching six passes for 113 yards and three scores; Cincinnati Moeller’s Ross Oltorik was 21-of-31 passing for 358 yards and three TDs in a 31-14 win over Indianapolis Cathedral; and Juandez Brown passed for 316 yards and three TDs as Withrow beat Western Hills 52-7.