Aurora was supposed to travel to Highland on Friday, but due to the threat of inclement weather, the game was pushed back to Saturday. The highly anticipated Suburban League matchup featured both teams that came into this game with a 7-1 record. The main theme of the game was defense. Highlands offense was the only team to manage to score points. Aaron Filips scored the Hornets only touchdown while Avery Gerney kicked a 21 yard field goal to pace Highland to a 10-0 victory.
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Strongsville, OH- A Week 9 matchup that featured two teams from the Greater Cleveland Conference. The Mentor Cardinals have battled injuries but are looking to get back to their winning ways, losing 3 in a row, two of which were down to the wire. Strongsville has won their last two out of three games, which all three games were close.
In the first quarter Strongsville would score first with a nice drive that resulted in 3 points by Mustangs Kicker Will Hryszko. He was busy on this night, kicking 3 field goals. Strongsville’s starting QB Maddux Beard left early in the first quarter with an injury and Senior QB Michael Kenny replaced him the rest of the game. Mentor would answer right back with QB Jacob Snow connecting with WR Nick Farley, Mentor took a 7-3 lead heading into the second quarter.
In the second quarter Strongsville would again get close but have to settle for another Will Hryszko field goal that would cut the lead to 7-6 Cardinals lead. Mentor QB Jacob Snow would answer again connecting from 38 yards with WR Michael Norwood. Mentor extended their lead to 14-9. Mentor’s defense held Strongsville’s offense in check all night, and forced some key turnovers deep into Cardinals territory. Before half the Cardinals would get one more score with 28 seconds left from Mentor RB Mitchell Waite who ran it in from 3 yards out. At half the Cardinals led 21-6.
The second half was a stalemate, with some action but no scoring. Then, as the 4th quarter began, the rain started to downpour making conditions slick, and tough to hold onto the ball. Strongsville would get one more field goal from Will Hryszko but that would be it. Falling to the Cardinals 21-9.
Mentor improves to 4-5 on the year with a matchup with Euclid next. Strongsville falls to 5-4 with a rivalry game next against Brunswick.
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Week 9 Featured Game: Mentor Cardinals vs Strongsville Mustangs
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Elyria OH- A Week 7 matchup that featured two teams from the Southwestern Conference. The North Ridgeville Rangers have played well and come into this game with a 3-3 overall record and the Pioneers of Elyria also come in with a 3-3 overall record and looking for their first win in the SWC.
In the first quarter the Pioneers would strike first with a 10 yard touchdown pass from Elyria QB Desmond Whitfield to WR Jaden Gilbert. The XP was no good and the Pioneers led 6-0 in the first quarter.
Early in the second quarter Elyria would pound their running game, as RB Lance Glover would score from 8 yards out. They went for two and got it to extend the lead to 14-0. Still in the second quarter it was the dynamic duo of Elyria QB Desmond Whitfield connecting with WR Andrew Palos from 57 yards. They went for the two point conversion and got it . The score at halftime was 22-0.
The Pioneers would score once more in the second half en route to a 30-0 winner over the Rangers. Give credit to the Pioneers defense who shut out North Ridgeville. They forced a few turnovers and stopped the Rangers on some nice drives inside the red zone that led to no points. Elyria gets their first SWC win and get back to their winning ways. North Ridgeville looks to regroup and get back on track.
Elyria with the win improves to 4-3 (1-3) as they face Avon Lake in Week 8. North Ridgeville falls to 3-4 (1-3) and will travel to Midview next.
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Week 7 Featured Game: North Ridgeville Rangers versus Elyria Pioneers
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North Olmsted, OH- A Week 6 matchup that used to be two Southwestern Conference foes battled as Great Lakes Conference foes this week. A perfect night for football under the lights on a Friday night as an important Great Lakes Conference matchup between the Westlake Demons (2-3) and the North Olmsted Eagles (4-1) featured our SOT Game of the Week.
It was the Eagles striking first on an 85 yard opening kickoff return by WR Eric Wasen outrunning the Demons special teams. Westlake would answer with a nice drive, that led to a touchdown run from RB Arrington Taylor. Both teams moved the ball efficiently but after one quarter the score was tied at 7 a piece.
The second quarter started and North Olmsted was in the red zone once again. QB Xavier Balson fumbled the snap but grabbed it and went around the right side for a touchdown outrunning the Westlake defense to the endzone. Westlake would answer with a RB Will Ostrowski 45 yard touchdown run to tie the game at 14 with 6:58 left in the second quarter. The second quarter had North Olmsted score two more times and have a 27-14 lead at halftime.
Westlake would get as close as 27-20 with a pick 6 by DB Cooper Rummel. A great job by the Eagles running attack as RB Sammy Capps carried the eagles in the second half for the big 41-20 win! The Eagles defense also stopped a really good offense in the second half.
North Olmsted improves to 5-1 on the season and a top the GLC. They will take on Bay (3-2) in Week 7. Westlake falls to 2-4 and will host Elyria Catholic (4-2).
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Week 6 Featured Game: Westlake Demons versus North Olmsted Eagles.
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Rocky River, OH- A beautiful night set the stage for Week 4 of the high school football season in the Great lakes Conference. For our featured game we traveled to Rocky River High School where the visiting Lakewood Rangers looked to stay a perfect 4-0 as they took on the Rocky River Pirates. The atmosphere was electric and both teams were ready for a big GLC game in front of a great crowd.
It took 3 plays for Rocky River to strike first on a 45 yard touchdown run by RB Tommy Bebie. He was doing it all in the game, supplying the offense with big plays, but making crucial tackles on the defensive side of the ball as well. Lakewood would counter with a talented running back of their own in Hakeem Quran. Quran also played defense and made some nice open field tackles on the night. He answered with a screen pass from QB Luke Winters that hit pay dirt and tied the game at 7-7 with :46 left in the first half. In the second half it was Rocky River scoring first with QB Braedon Spies running it on and taking a 14-7 lead. Again, Lakewood would answer with a Hakeen Quran touchdown to tie the game 14-14. With 2:35 left in the game it was Hakeen Quran scoring from 9 yards out. That proved to be the difference as the Rangers held on the rest of the way. After having 7 touchdowns last week Quran scored all three touchdowns for the Rangers in this game. The Pirates had touchdowns from Tommy Bebie and QB Braedon Spies. Both defenses played physical and tough.
Lakewood outlasted Rocky River 21-14 to improve to 4-0 on the season with Normandy (1-3) up next. Rocky River falls to 2-2 and will face another tough opponent in week 5 Elyria Catholic.
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Week 4 Featured Game: Lakewood Rangers versus Rocky River Pirates
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The week 2 match up between Highland and North Royalton had a definite playoff feel, except for the 80 degree humid weather. The Bears started the scoring first when Michael Piazza hit Vincent Koprowski from 31 yards out to put the Bears on top 7-0 early in the first. The two would hook up two more times in the fourth quarter that brought the score to 24-21. The Bears could not get the ball back late in the fourth. Highland end the game in victory formation and a 24-21 victory.
The Hornets were led by Senior Quarterback, Aaron Filips, who threw for two touchdowns and ran for another. With 6:15 left in the 4th, Avery Gerney would hit a 28 yard field goal that would eventually be the difference in the game.
Highland improves to 2-0 on the year and will travel to Brunswick in week 3. North Royalton drops to 1-1 and will travel to Perry in Week 3.
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Fairview Park, OH- A hot and humid night led us to Week 2 of the high school football season. For our featured game we traveled to Fairview High School where the visiting Parma Redmen took on the Warriors of Fairview. This was a tough physical game that led to cramping, penalties, turnovers, with some nice defense and offense involved to.
Fairview struck first with a long touchdown run by running back Zach Wilson. The Warriors went for two and got the two point conversion to go up to an 8-0 lead in the first quarter. Unfortunately for the Warriors they couldn’t score the rest of the game. Fairview had two turnovers on punt returns that luckily didn’t hurt them. It did however take their offense back off of the field. Parma went on a 13-0 run the rest of the way. Parma was led by two quarterbacks Keanu Krall and Nick Bonus who kept the Fairview defense off balance. Parma running back Cam Yon was able to punch it in twice from short distance to be the difference.
Parma wins 13-8 to get out to a 2-0 start. The last time the Redmen started 2-0 was back in 2010. Next week Parma takes on West Geauga (1-1). Fairview falls to 0-2 and will travel to Lakewood (2-0).
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Week 2 Featured Game: Parma Redmen versus Fairview Warriors
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It’s finally here! Week 1 of the high school football season. For our featured game we traveled to Amherst Mercy Health Stadium in Amherst where the Valley Forge Patriots took on the Comets from Amherst. This was a physical game that was won up front with the Offensive Line play. The Patriots won that battle.
The duo of Kentrell Marks and Eddie Starks were too much for the Comets defense who had trouble stopping the run on this night. Marks had 3 touchdown runs and Starks had 2 touchdowns. Not to mention both backs combined for over 400 yards running. Give credit to the Patriots defense they kept the Comets offense in check. Comets starting quarterback Christian Heckmann left the game with a hurt hand and did not return after half. The lone Comets touchdown came on a short touchdown run by running back Nick Mazze.
Valley Forge wins big 40-9 to get out to a 1-0 start. They will travel to another Southwestern foe when they travel to North Ridgeville. Amherst fell to 0-1 and will travel to Riverside.
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Week 1 Featured Game: Valley Forge Patriots versus Amherst Comets
In a highly anticipated matchup between two 2020 playoff teams, Avon came out of the gate and looked every bit the part of a state semifinalist. Led by a smothering defense and a powerful running game, the Eagles started the 2021 season with a dominating 38-0 victory over the Brunswick Blue Devils.
The Blue Devils came in with high expectations but due to the Eagle’s swarming defense and early penalties, the Blue Devils could not find a rhythm on offense.
Gavin Ehrhardt and Sam DeTillio each had two touchdowns for the Eagles. Freshmen QB Nolan Good also added a late touchdown pass in the victory. Avon goes to 1-0 on the season and will travel to Medina next week. Brunswick falls to 0-1 and will travel to Olmsted Falls.
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