CHANEY (0-2) vs. BOARDMAN (1-1)

Game time: 7:30 p.m. at Boardman Stadium.
Last meeting: Boardman won, 21-7.
Notebook: The Cowboys have played two good halves and two bad halves and need to put together a complete game to compete. QB Jordan Merrell threw for 122 yards and Nick Holly caught four passes for 97 yards against Alliance after falling behind 23-0 in the first half. The Spartans rebounded nicely from their opening loss to Cleveland St. Ignatius by drubbing Toledo Start, 49-6. RB Tyler Amendola rushed for four TDs and has 190 yards rushing on the year. QB Nick Tuminello has thrown for 128 yards; his favorite target is Jeremy Hobby (nine catches, 143 yards).

MOONEY (2-0) vs. AKRON HOBAN (1-1)

Game time: 7:30 p.m. at Hoban High stadium.
Last meeting: Mooney won 40-13 last year.
Notebook: Mooney has rushed for more than 600 yards through two games, beating Mentor and Gateway (Pa.) convincingly. RB/LB Brandon Beachum injured his knee last Saturday and is questionable for this week’s game. QB Dan McCarthy had close to 200 total yards last weekend. The Knights, coming off a 28-0 loss to a very good Walsh Jesuit team, are led by RB/LB Steve Hoak, who missed last year’s Mooney game with injury. QB Josh Masters will need to play well (he passed for more than 200 yards in an opening win over Akron Garfield). His main target is WR Will Fleming, a Division I college recruit.

HUBBARD (1-1) vs. HOWLAND (2-0)

Game time: 7:30 p.m. at Howland High stadium.
Last meeting: Howland won 46-24 in 1994.
Notebook: Hubbard QB Marc Kanetsky has thrown for 358 yards and five TDs. His favorite target is WR Mike Carnahan (164 yards). Andre Taylor has 96 yards rushing in two games. Marcus Coonce has 20 tackles and Cody Kilar has 19. Howland rallied from a 7-0 fourth quarter deficit to beat Lakeview 21-7 last week. Soloman Jackson, Nathan Cope and Dante Marsh helped lead a Tiger rushing attack that gained 144 yards and the Howland defense held Lakeview to just 144 total yards and had three interceptions.

LAKEVIEW (1-1) vs. NILES (2-0)

Game time: 7:30 p.m. at Bo Rein Stadium.
Last meeting: Niles won 40-6 last year.
Notebook: The Bulldogs, playing a brutal non-league schedule, earned an impressive 37-33 win over Harvey in Week One and nearly pulled off the upset against Howland on Thursday. Lakeview is led by RB Ben Moody (213 yards) and QB Justin Clark (131 yards passing). Jon Biehl, Jarred Clark and Kyle Smedi lead the defense. Niles is led by RB Nate Ganyard, who rushed for 137 yards and four TDs last week against Lincoln West. QB Vince Melillo threw for 96 yards and Dan Rosenberger caught four passes for 81 yards.

Vindicator staff reports