PREP FOOTBALL Friday’s other games
Austintown Fitch 29 Erie McDowell 0
AUSTINTOWN
Randy Smith rushed for 125 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead the Falcons (6-2). His scoring runs covered 24 and 13 yards.
Damien Gray scored from the 1 and Jakari Lumsden returned an interception for a touchdown,
The Falcons limited McDowell to 36 yards rushing.
Struthers 22 Hubbard 14
STRUTHERS
A.J. Musolino rushed 24 times for 148 yards and two touchdowns, and Jose Perez rushed 19 times for 55 yards and one touchdown for Struthers. Musolino also completed five passes for 20 yards.
George Hill rushed 14 times for 72 yards and one touchdown and Brandon Rios rushed 12 times for 31 yards and an additional touchdown for the Eagles. Hubbard quarterback Dominic Pantone completed 7 passes for 41 yards.
Champion 23 Campbell 20
CHAMPION
Brandon Allen rushed 22 times for 38 yards and one touchdown and completed 11 passes for 174 yards and an additional two touchdowns for the Golden Flashes. Noah Bayus caught six passes for 156 yards for Champion (4-4).
Yianni Koullias rushed 14 times for 118 yards and two touchdowns, and Zion Williams completed four passes for 94 yards for the Red Devils (2-6).
Wellsville 23 United 13
Hanoverton
Wellsville (4-4) did not need to comeplete a single pass as it beat United (2-6), 23-13.
Tigers quarterback Will Grodhaus attempted just two passes and his only completion was to United’s Nathan Mikell.
Instead, Wellsville had a strong rushing attack led by Vinny Giordano, who rushed for 129 yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns on the night, both of which came in the first half. Wellsville totalled 199 rushing yards as an offense. On defense, the Tigers recovered a fumble and intercepted United QB Colton Graham four times.
United’s two touchdowns were two short runs, a five-yard run from Colton Antram in the first quarter and a one-yard rush from Cade Woods in the third quarter.
Salem 51 Alliance 22
ALLIANCE
Cooper Bezeredi rushed for 288 yards and scored five touchdowns for the Quakers (8-0, 5-0 Northeastern Buckeye Conference).
His touchdown runs covered 24, 52, 28 and 38 yards. he also caught a 41-yard touchdown pass from Max Weingart.
For the Aviators (1-7, 1-4), Duce Johnson rushed for 118 yards and scored two touchdowns.
Grand Valley 24 Windham 0
Windham
Grand Valley (6-2) maintained its supremecy in the Northeastern Athletic Conference by shutting out Windham (5-3).
Matt Moodt ran for just four yards on three carries Friday night, but two of those totes were for touchdowns. Quarterback Michael McGovern ripped off a 55-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and Eduardo Hernandez had a 57-yard TD run in the third quarter.
Windham was limited to 109 yards of offense. Blake Eye was the Bombers’ top offensive player with 41 yards receiving and 17 yards rushing.
Girard 35 Newton Falls 0
NEWTON FALLS
Jake Ryser rushed 24 times for 121 yards for one touchdown, and tacked on another touchdown off of a 13-yard pass from Mark Waid.
Waid completed eight passes for 107 yards for Girard (1-7, 1-3 AAC Blue). The Indians also scored on a 53 yard interception return by Kenny Griffin and a 50 yard interception return by Jake Rovascianic, and Anthony Backus rushed 50 yards for Girard’s final touchdown of the game.
Josh Walters rushed 14 times for 30 yards and completed four passes for 49 yards for Newton Falls (0-8, 0-4).
Western Reserve 26 Jackson-Milton 25
North Jackson
Jack Cappabianca’s 11-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winner as Western Reserve (6-2) came out on the right side of a 26-25 slugfest with Jackson-Milton (5-3).
Cappabianca rushed for 119 yards and three touchdowns and Reserve quarterback Wyatt Larimer totalled 329 all-purpose yards. After a 7-7 tie at halftime, the two teams kept trading touchdowns until Jackson-Milton was able to pull ahead thanks to a trick play that had wide reciever Johnathon Voland complete a 69-yard touchdown pass to Adam Smith to take a 25-20 lead with three minutes left in the third quarter. Joseph Burnside was the Blue Jays’ top player with 160 rushing yards and a touchdown.
McDonald 29 Mineral Ridge 6
MINERAL RIDGE
Jake Reckard rushed for 156 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries as the Blue Devils rolled the Rams.
Joe Celli started the scoring for McDonald with a 9-yard TD run in the second qaurter, before Ben Carkido found the end zone with a 1-yard rush as the Blue Devils tooks a 15-6 halftime lead.
Mike Zarbaugh also scored a 1-yard touchdown run for the Blue Devils. Mineral Ridge’s lone TD came in the second quarter when Jarred Miller returned an interception 75 yards for a score.
Pymatuning Valley 20 Southington 6
SOUTHINGTON
Pymatuning Valley jumped out to a 14-0 lead and never looked back as it defeated Southington.
Gunner Ellis caight a 15-yard TD pass from Isaac Orahood for the first score of the game, while Luke Hockran also caught a 27-yard touchdown pass from Orahood in the first.
Hockran led PV with 114 yards on 18 carries, while Kegan Hoops also had 88 rushing yards. For Chalker, Cody Helmuth rushed for 101 yards on 21 carries.
Sebring 28 Lowellville 14
SEBRING
Colton Brown scored three touchdowns and Nate Martin added another as the Trojans (1-7, 1-2 Inter-Tri County League Blue Tier) won for the first time this season. Martin ran for 125 yards on just six carries for Sebring.
Evan Stevens ran for a 75-yard touchdown and Myron Anderson added a 25-yard TD for the Rockets (2-6, 0-3). Anderson ran for 137 yards on 13 carries for the Rockets and A.J. D’Altorio had 53 yards on 10 attempts.
Lowellville’s Jake Rotz was 10 of 16 for 112 yards. Cole Beatty caught three passes for 42 yards.
East Palestine 35 Springfield 17
EAST PALESTINE
The Bulldogs (5-3, 2-0 ITCL Red Tier) beat the Tigers (3-5, 0-2). No details were reported.
Staff reports
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