FIGHTING OFF TACKLE … Bryan’s Jase Kepler tries to fight through a Van Wert defender in the first half. (PHOTO BY RICH HARDING, STAFF)
Van Wert 47 Bryan 28
BRYAN-After digging themselves a 27-0 nothing hole in the first half the Golden Bears battled back to within 40-28 before falling to the defending Division IV state champs. The Golden Bears defense started the comeback attempt as Noah Phillips recovered a fumble in the end zone for the first Bryan score of the night.
After a Van Wert touchdown to start the second half, Korbin Shepherd scored on a seven-yard run, Jase Kepler tossed a 55-yard touchdown pass to Trenton Wolfe, and Shepherd scored again, this time from three yards out, to cut the Cougars lead to 40-28.
That was as close as Bryan would get as Van Wert quarterback Aidan Pratt scored on an 18-yard run to seal the game. Shepherd was the workhorse on offense for Bryan with 30 carries for 121 yards and two touchdowns while Kepler went 17/25 for 165 yards and a touchdown.
UP NEXT: Bryan (0-1) travels next week to Maumee to face the Panthers.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Van Wert 20 7 13 7 47
Bryan 0 7 21 0 28
Wauseon 40 Fairview 8
SHERWOOD – Elijah McCleod threw for 227 yards and four scores in his first game under center for Wauseon as they trounced Fairview 40-8. After a field goal by Tyson Rodriguez, McCleod fired scoring passes to Sam Smith and then to Jonas Tester on consecutive drives to make it 24-0. After a safety on a Fairview punt, McLeod found Tester one more time, this one covering 21 yards, to make it 33-0 at halftime.
Tester led the Indians receivers with eight catches for 109 yards and three touchdowns while Jude Armstrong grabbed six receptions for 72 yards.
UP NEXT: Wauseon (1-0) will host Tinora (0-1) next week to start their home schedule.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Wauseon 10 23 0 7 40
Fairview 0 0 0 8 8
Archbold 27 Genoa 0
GENOA – Archbold senior quarterback DJ Newman rusher for 159 yards, passed for 146, and accounted for three touchdowns in the Bluestreaks 27-0 win at Genoa. Archbold struck quickly as Newman scampered 64 yards for a score less than two minutes into the game to give them a 6-0 lead.
That remained the score until Newman found Charlie Krieger for his first touchdown pass of the night to put Archbold up 13-0 at halftime. After a scoreless third quarter, the Bluestreaks put the game away with a Newman to Krieger 10-yard scoring pass and a five-yard touchdown run by Carson Dominique, who finished with 86 yards on the ground.
UP NEXT: Archbold (1-0) hosts Liberty Benton next Friday.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Archbold 6 7 0 14 27
Genoa 0 0 0 0 0
Ayersville 27 Delta 12
DELTA – Down 12-7 at halftime, Ayersville dominated the second half and outscored Delta 20-0 to rally for the win at Panther Stadium. Jerremiah Wolford got things started for Delta with a four-yard touchdown in the opening quarter before the Pilots answered with a score in the second quarter to take a 7-6 lead.
The Panthers would retake the lead before halftime as Bryer Knapp punched it in from two yards out for a 12-7 lead. Josh Tresnan-Reighard carried the ball 14 times for 80 yards to lead the Delta and DJ Davis led the receivers with one reception for 46 yards.
UP NEXT: Delta (0-1) looks to get in the win column next week at Cardinal Stritch.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Ayersville 0 7 14 6 27
Delta 6 6 0 0 12
Evergreen 27 North Baltimore 7
METAMORA – Evergreen put three touchdowns on the board in the second half, including one from the defense, to pull away for a 27-6 victory. Quarterback Payton Boucher scored the only touchdown for either team in the first half on a five-yard run in the first quarter to stake the Vikings to a 6-0 advantage.
Boucher struck pay dirt again in the third quarter on a two-yard run to push the lead to 13-0. The Evergreen defense would then open the fourth quarter scoring as Max Mossing scooped up a fumble and returned it 24 yards to the end zone as the lead ballooned to 20-0.
Boucher then added Evergreen’s final score of the night on a five-yard run to give him three rushing touchdowns on the night. Boucher rushed for 59 yards and was 17/21 passing for 182 yards.
UP NEXT: Evergreen (1-0) hits the road next week with a trip to Montpelier (0-1)
SCORE BY QUARTERS
N. Baltimore 0 0 0 7 7
Evergreen 6 0 7 14 27
OTHER SCORES:
Stryker d. Danbury 28-22 (8-Man)
Rossford d. Swanton 55-7
Antwerp d. Montpelier 49-8