ROUNDUP - Youngstown Christian, Mooney, Harding and Howland win


East was beaten by three points and Youngstown Christian blanked Mathews.

MENTOR — Tied at halftime, Braylon Heard’s 95-yard scamper following the second-half kickoff provided Cardinal Mooney High with the burst that carried through the second half en route to a 35-14 win over Mentor Lake Catholic Friday night.

Heard’s long run came at 11:01 to put the Cards (4-1) ahead for good. The junior tailback also had a 70-yard TD run in the first half and finished with 235 yards on 14 carries.

Ray Vinopal scored Mooney’s last two touchdowns on runs of 74 and 69 yards and the junior fullback ended the night with 154 yards on 18 attempts.

The Cards got on the board first when junior fullback Mark Brandenstein’s 1-yard run came just 0:57 seconds into the game. Senior defensive lineman John Simons intercepted at Lake Catholic’s 23-yard run to set up Brandenstein’s tally which was preceded by Vinopal’s 22-yard gain.

However, the Cougars rebounded to tie at 14-14. Tim Erjavec scored on a 5-yard pass from Matt Lender and Richard Sanders ran 7 yards for another touchdown.

Ed Reese’s five PATs completed the scoring for the Cards, who have won four straight.

Heard and Vinopal were members of Mooney’s state champion 4-x-100 relay team last spring.

Lake Catholic was out-gained on the ground, 421-78.

Junior quarterback Alex Zordich completed 2 for 4 passes for 27 yards with Simons making a pair of catches for 27 yards.

Cleveland Hts. 19, East 16

CLEVELAND HTS. — Roncarlos Hilton caught a long touchdown pass from Braylon Rodgers and Joey Lightfoot also scored but it wasn’t enough to lift East (2-3).

Aric Jones, Brian Underwood and Allen Owens each scored TDs for Cleveland Heights (4-1).

Warren Harding 35, Lima Senior 0

LIMA — The Raiders (4-1) built a 14-0 lead by halftime then broke the contest open with a 21-0 surge in the fourth quarter.

Sergio Allen returned a 86-yard punt to put the Raiders ahead 6-0 in the first quarter. DeAver caught 16 and 24-yard touchdown passes from Aundrey Davis., who connected on seven of 11 passes for 103 yards..

Youngstown Christian 17, Mathews 0

CANFIELD — The Eagles (3-2, 2-0) took a 10-0 lead in the first quarter of the East Suburban Contest. The Mustangs slipped to 1-4, 0-1).

Youngstown Christian running back Marqueal Smith had 181 yards rushing and a touchdown in the Eagles 17-0 victory of Mathews.

The Mustangs offense couldn’t come together to put points on the board, despite Brent Jackson rushing for 118 yards on 20 carries. Quarterback Jake Swank struggled to find a rhythm and finished the night 2-8 for 21 yards and three interceptions. Receiver Seth Paddock caught both Swank completions. The Mustangs were held to 196 total yards.

Youngstown Christian accumulated 276 total yards of offense in the shutout. Quarterback John Pecchia finished 5-12 for 88 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. Pecchia connected with receiver Victor Shaw for an 8-yard touchdown.

GlenOak 27, Fitch 0

CANTON — Zack Hatchett scored four times, including two on passes from quarterback Brandon Martin for GlenOak (5-0, 2-0 Federal League.

Although Fitch out-gained the Golden Eagles during scrimmage plays, special teams plays in the second quarter hurt the Falcons who fell behind, 21-0, at halftime.

Hatchett had an 85-yard interception return and a 55-yard punt return for touchdowns in the second period. Both of his TD catches were from 11 yards out.

In the second quarter, Fitch’s confidence took a hit when the Falcons were stopped on fourth down at GlenOak’s 6-inch line.

Senior tailback Sylvestry Gibbs ran 21 times for 98 yards for the Falcons (3-2, 0-2). Gibbs’ longest run was a 33-yarder.

Fitch quarterback Jon Ballard connected on 6 of 14 passes for 54 yards, with one interception.

Two of Ballard’s passes were caught by Sam Mariano for 36 yards.

Howland 35, Chaney 7

WARREN — Details of this game were not reported.

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