Hilliard Bradley 19, Hilliard Darby 14
Trevor Schuler’s 65-yard landing run to open the second half ignited the Jaguars, who additionally got here up with a red-zone cease within the fourth quarter to carry off the visiting Panthers on Aug. 26
Darby, which completed with 324 yards speeding, was held on fourth-and-5 at Bradley’s 6 yard-line with about 4 minutes left.
“Our mentality was simply totally different in that second half,” Bradley quarterback Bradyn Fleharty mentioned. “I don’t suppose we got here into this (sport) with a full effort, however in that second half, we have been going all out.”
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Fleharty, who accomplished 13 of 21 passes for 120 yards, linked with Preston Wolfe for a 22-yard landing that made it 19-7 with 8:22 left within the third quarter after the Jaguars trailed 7-6 at halftime.
“Our coaches did a very good job and located some issues that they thought we might assault within the second half,” mentioned Bradley coach Mike LoParo, whose crew improved to 2-0. “We principally simply began operating cutbacks … and it began working. The youngsters did a pleasant job.”
Darby, which dropped to 0-2 for the primary time since 2016, completed with three turnovers.
“We actually made so many errors on this sport,” Panthers coach John Santagata mentioned. “Going into rating, we fumble the ball … and we missed a subject purpose that we usually ought to make.”
Sage Kean led Darby’s operating sport with 137 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries.
Schuler completed with 109 yards on 14 carries for Bradley.
—Scott Gerfen
HILLIARD DARBY: 7-0-0-7–14
HILLIARD BRADLEY: 0-6-13-0–19
HD—Kean 1 run (Crockett kick)
HB—Walter 28 FG
HB—Walter 40 FG
HB—Schuler 65 run (Walter kick)
HB—Wolfe 22 move from Fleharty (move failed)
HD—Kean 7 run (Crockett kick)
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Olentangy Berlin 17, Olentangy Orange 0
The Bears managed the clock and used a balanced operating assault whereas shutting out visiting Orange.
Berlin (1-1) had the ball for practically 32 of the sport’s 48 minutes and rushed for 192 yards on 40 makes an attempt led by junior operating again Mason Ziegler, who completed with 83 yards on 15 carries.
“I’m a former offensive lineman, so I prefer to see us run the ball,” coach Mark Nori mentioned. “We gained the turnover battle 2-0 and the crew that wins that often wins the sport.”
Bears quarterback Harrison Brewster rushed for 77 yards on 17 carries, together with a 1-yard landing, and he was 8-for-16 passing for 66 yards per week after Berlin failed to finish a move. Aaron Nebraska had 5 catches for 53 yards, and defensive again Josh Gavin had an interception.
“We had a very good sport plan and got here out able to play,” Brewster mentioned. “We got here out and performed exhausting for one another.”
Brewster’s rating got here halfway by way of the second quarter, and junior kicker Spencer Conrad prolonged the result in 10-0 with a 49-yard subject purpose as time expired going into halftime. Kyle Jackowski added a 10-yard scoring run within the fourth.
The Pioneers (1-1) have been restricted to 43 yards within the first half, together with simply 4 speeding. They completed with 154 whole yards, with 40 on the bottom.
Orange freshman quarterback Levi Davis made his debut within the second half, ending 8-for-15 passing for 75 yards with one interception. Jakivion Calip rushed for 25 yards on eight carries, and Drew Dawson had 4 receptions for 40 yards.
“We performed defensively in opposition to a very good offensive crew,” Orange coach Zebb Schroeder mentioned. “Now we have some issues we have to determine on offense. We left so much on the sphere within the first half and you may’t throw away performs in opposition to good groups.”
—Scott Hennen
OLENTANGY ORANGE: 0-0-0-0–0
OLENTANGY BERLIN: 0-10-0-7–17
OB—Brewster 1 run (Conrad kick)
OB—Conrad 49 FG
OB—Jackowski 10 run (Conrad kick)
Westerville South 30, Westerville Central 7
The components for fulfillment South loved per week in the past didn’t change, and neither did the rating of its newest win.
The Wildcats beat Central 30-7 on Aug. 26 within the first matchup between the packages since 2019, with a floor assault that includes Nasir Phillips and Ethan Hanna serving to christen their renovated subject.
South beat Olentangy on Aug. 19 by the identical rating in what formally was the Wildcats’ dwelling opener, however that sport was held at Westerville North as work was accomplished on South’s stadium
Central dropped to 1-1.
“We had a 99-yard drive (in opposition to Olentangy) the place we threw the ball as soon as, so we really feel actually good about our operating sport,” South coach Matthew Christ mentioned. “Nasir and Ethan Hanna are powerful runners. They don’t want a complete lot of actual property to get yards for us. We’re blocking on the perimeter and we’ve received numerous vitality and confirmed nice effort. I actually like our group proper now.”
The primary huge play for South got here when quarterback Dominic Birtha linked with Jalen Wheeler for a 51-yard move to shut the primary quarter. Phillips ran for a 6-yard landing two performs later to offer the Wildcats a 10-0 lead.
After South received its second subject purpose from Quentin Sheets and led 13-0 at halftime, Central responded with its solely scoring drive to start the third quarter.
Warhawks quarterback Jaystin Gwinn linked with Cullen Hronek for passes of 14 and 20 yards through the possession and scrambled for 15 yards, organising his 19-yard landing move to Jacob Harris with 7:58 left within the third quarter.
South answered, nonetheless, with a 10-play drive that ended with a 21-yard subject purpose by Sheets.
A 52-yard run by Phillips with 1:20 left within the third quarter arrange Hanna’s 9-yard scoring run two performs later as South prolonged its result in 23-7.
“The operating sport with me and Ethan, we make issues occur even when there’s no holes,” Phillips mentioned. “With our line, I give all of the credit score to them as a result of they open each single hole that there was a possibility for.”
Phillips completed with 186 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries and was supported by Hanna’s 58 yards on 12 carries. Hanna hobbled off the sphere early within the fourth quarter with what Christ hoped was a minor harm.
Defensively, South restricted Central to (minus)-5 yards speeding as senior linebacker Drew Goff led the way in which with two tackles for loss and two sacks.
Gwinn accomplished eight of 17 passes for 88 yards however was tackled for destructive yardage six occasions.
“We didn’t have a lot house in there,” Central coach Ed Miley mentioned. “We’ve simply received to maintain enjoying and are available again and play exhausting subsequent week. (South) did a very good job they usually deserved to win.”
—Jarrod Ulrey
WESTERVILLE CENTRAL: 0-0-7-0–7
WESTERVILLE SOUTH: 3-10-10-7–30
WS—Sheets 26 FG
WS—Phillips 6 run (Sheets kick)
WS—Sheets 37 FG
WC—Harris 19 move from Gwinn (Nelson kick)
WS—Sheets 21 FG
WS—Hanna 9 run (Sheets kick)
WS—Phillips 6 run (Sheets kick)
Hilliard Davidson 7, Grove Metropolis 3
Davidson coach Jeremey Scally had a easy message for his crew following its victory at Grove Metropolis: a win is a win.
Regardless of being dominated statistically, the Wildcats held on to the lead to enhance to 2-0, whereas the Dawgs fell to 1-1 in Greg Waits’ dwelling debut as head coach.
Each groups scored on their first possession. Grove Metropolis — which had quite a few possibilities to take the lead however got here up empty every time — outgained Davidson 362-212, with quarterback Matthew Papas finishing 28 of 56 passes for 297 yards with one interception.
“We’re teaching highschool children and the atmosphere can have an effect on you a bit bit,” Scally mentioned. “I advised the youngsters on the finish, ‘Don’t ever let a win really feel like a loss.’ I advised them beforehand, I don’t care how we get there. Simply rating another level than they do.”
Grove Metropolis had a ultimate likelihood to tug forward within the closing seconds, however Papas’ move close to the purpose line was batted away by the Wildcats’ Colin Neimeister.
Earlier within the quarter, Ty Poole’s 47-yard interception for an obvious go-ahead Grove Metropolis rating was nullified by an unlawful chop block on the return.
“You’ll be able to inform we’re winners now as a result of this hurts,” Waits mentioned. “We didn’t carry out the way in which we would have liked to carry out to win this sport. Offensively, we made too many errors. We dropped too many balls. We ran the fallacious routes and we didn’t make performs. Final week we made a bunch of performs and this week we didn’t.”
After Kaedon Kline opened the scoring for the Dawgs with a 25-yard subject purpose on the sport’s opening possession, Davidson answered with James Tarantine’s 9-yard landing run for 7-3 lead with 6 minutes, 54 seconds left within the opening quarter.
Grove Metropolis had quite a few possibilities to retake the lead within the first half however couldn’t convert. Papas drove the Dawgs to the Davidson 12-yard line earlier than time expired within the half.
Keevin Gibbon rushed for 94 yards on 24 carries to guide the Wildcats.
—Frank DiRenna
HILLIARD DAVIDSON: 7-0-0-0–7
GROVE CITY: 3-0-0-0–3
GC—Kline 25 FG
HD—Tarantine 9 run (Lewis kick)
Thomas Worthington 38, Worthington Kilbourne 0
Will Cooper knew the place he was going with the ball on virtually each play, and the senior first-year quarterback threw 5 touchdowns to guide the Cardinals to their second consecutive win over Kilbourne and fourth within the final 5 video games.
It was additionally probably the most lopsided win by Thomas, besting final 12 months’s margin of 11 factors.
“The quantity of hours that he put in,” mentioned coach Mike Picetti, whose Cardinals are 2-0 for the primary time since 2017 once they began 3-0. “For those who take a look at Hudl, he watched 5 hours this week simply to ensure he knew the place to go and when to go.”
Cooper — who was 26 of 36 for 393 yards with no interceptions — linked 9 occasions with Joey Zalewski for 147 yards and a landing. Picetti mentioned the 393 yards set a program file.
Total, seven gamers had receptions for the Cardinals, with six catching two or extra passes.
“Simply the offseason work (paid) off,” Cooper mentioned. “I needed to get that connection going (as a result of) I’m a first-year starter. We observe every single day simply engaged on the reads — the place that linebacker goes (and) what the protection does.”
Thomas took management within the second quarter when Cooper hit Ryan Assoku in stride excessive for an 85-yard landing to offer the Cardinals a 10-0 lead that they prolonged to 17-0 on the break.
“Will’s carried out an excellent job,” Picetti mentioned. “It began within the offseason. He’d seize (his teammates) they usually’d do exercises on the turf by themselves. They constructed belief and management collectively, (and) they constructed energy and unity.”
Simon Smith caught landing passes of 40 and 30 yards within the fourth quarter to cap the shutout win.
Ben Bartram had 18 carries for 51 yards and caught three passes for 32 yards to guide the Wolves, who fell to 1-1.
“We all know we have been doing numerous good issues. We simply couldn’t maintain it,” Kilbourne coach Mike Edwards mentioned. “Hats off to Thomas Worthington. Coach Picetti has these children ready they usually rose to the event below the lights. We didn’t fairly get there with that.”
—Michael Wealthy
THOMAS WORTHINGTON: 3-14-7-14–38
WORTHINGTON KILBOURNE: 0-0-0-0–0
TW—Laprad 28 FG
TW—Assoku 85 move from Cooper (Laprad kick)
TW—Fields 7 move from Cooper (Laprad kick)
TW—Zalewski 54 move from Cooper (Laprad kick)
TW—Simon 40 move from Cooper (Laprad kick)
TW—Simon 30 move from Cooper (Laprad kick)
