By Jamie Baker
Here are our notes for Week 3 of the prep football season. We use these notes as a guide for the staff when we're writing up the games in the office. We'll be updating the games tonight here as we get them written. Everyone please pray for clear skies and no thunderstorms.
Arlington RED DEVILS at Liberty-Benton EAGLES
DATELINE: None
CONFERENCE: Blanchard Valley Conference
RECORDS: Arlington 2-0, 1-0 BVC; Liberty-Benton 2-0, 1-0
NOTES: Liberty-Benton’s defense has allowed just 3 points this season … L-B quarterback Aaron Craft is 29-37 passing for 279 and 4 touchdowns He also has rushed for 173 yards on 25 carries with a pair of touchdowns… Arlington QB Jacob Drerup is 14-24 passing for 198 yards with 2 interceptions and a touchdown … L-B’s Joel Waldman has 13 catches for 126 yards and a TD … Travis Rettig leads the Red Devil ground game with 149 yards on 38 carries with 3 touchdowns … Last week’s 19-13 win over Pandora-Gilboa was the first overtime victory in Arlington history (the overtime rule began during the 1985 season …
Hardin Northern POLAR BEARS at McComb PANTHERS
DATELINE: McComb
CONFERENCE: Blanchard Valley Conference
RECORDS: Hardin Northern 2-0, 1-0 BVC; McComb 2-0, 1-0
NOTES: Could be one of the top BVC match ups of the season Friday night at Doc Miller Field … Hardin Northern speedster Nathan Bame leads the conference in rushing with 334 yards n 52 carries and scoring with 5 touchdowns … Troy Summa has 135 yards rushing on 24 carries for the Polar Bears … McComb’s Cody Rader is averaging 12.2 yards per carry with 146 yards on 12 carries … The Panthers also have plenty of firepower on special teams as Rader and Jesse Cramer have both returned kickoff for touchdowns … McComb quarterback Kevan Westenbarger is 26-47 passing for 409 yards with 3 Tds and an interception his favorite targets are Solomon George with 9 catches for 135 yards and Tracy Schroeder 4 for 130 yards, a 32.3 yard per catch average … HN has put the ball up just twice this season so far … HN kicker Kyle Albert has connected on 13 of 13 PAT tries this season and is the BVC‘s top punter with a 46.0 average … Defensively HN’s T.J. Ratliff, Tyler Wilson and Brandon Bowsher each have 2 interceptions … The Polar Bears have 8 interceptions as a team this season.
Leipsic VIKINGS at Cory-Rawson HORNETS
DATELINE: Rawson
CONFERENCE: Blanchard Valley Conference
RECORDS: Leipsic 0-2, 0-1; Cory-Rawson 0-2, 0-1
NOTES: Leipsic’s Nate Schroeder is third in the BVC in passing hitting 33-67 for 382 yards with 3 TDS and 3 INTS …Leipsic’s Mike Benton has 14 catches for 210 yards and 2 touchdowns good for second in the conference, he also leads the Vikings with 75 yards rushing … Welch has 2 catches for 62 yards to lead Cory-Rawson which doesn’t have a rusher among the top 15 In the BVC …
Van Buren BLACK KNIGHTS at Arcadia REDSKINS
DATELINE: Arcadia
CONFERENCE: Blanchard Valley Conference
RECORDS: Van Buren 1-1, 0-1; Arcadia 2-0, 1-0
NOTES: Van Buren’s Josh Gilliland has returned a punt for a touchdown this season … Arcadia quarterback Landon Fleegle is 23-46 passing for 212 yards and 3 touchdowns … VB’s quarterbacks Adam Greer and Gilliland are a combined 19-39 passing for 225 yards with 3 touchdowns and an interception … VB junior Kevin Ragless is second on the conference with 200 yards rushing on 35 carries while Josh Turney has 3 catches for 97 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Black Knights and Logan Grant has 9 catches for 56 yards … Jake Aurand leads the Redskins rushing effort with 143 yards and 4 Tds. Teammate Seth Kirian has added 112 yards rushing on 27 carries … Mason True has a pair of interceptions to lead Arcadia defensively …
Vanlue WILDCATS at Pandora-Gilboa ROCKETS
DATELINE: Pandora
CONFERENCE: Blanchard Valley Conference
RECORDS: Vanlue 0-2, 0-1, Pandora-Gilboa 0-2, 0-1
NOTES: Pandora-Gilboa has dropped back to back overtime games to Columbus Grove and Arlington … The Rockets defense has recorded 3 interceptions this season by 3 different players … Vanlue allowed 4 touchdowns in each of the first two quarters in last week’s 56-0 loss to Hardin Northern … The Wildcats have 3 players with 10 or more receptions. Josh Kloepfer leads the BVC with 24 catches for 355 yards while Austin Cook has 10 catches for 79 yards and John Arnold has hauled in 10 passes for 75 yards … Pandora-Gilboa has a pair of top notch receivers in Michael Howell (8-184, 3 TD) and Thomas Hochstettler (4-114, 1 TD) … Vanlue senior Nick Lee leads the BVC in passing hitting 37-90 for 592 yards with 3 Tds but he has also thrown 8 interceptions. Lee also leads Vanlue with 78 yards rushing … P-G’s Sam Maag is 19-43 passing for 379 with 6 Tds and 2 INTS …
Columbus Grove BULLDOGS at Ada BULLDOGS
DATELINE: Ada
RECORD: Columbus Grove 1-1, 0-1 NWC; Ada 1-1, 1-0
CONFERENCE: Northwest Conference
NOTES: CG senior Heath Nickles has rushed for 403 yards this season after running for 234 yards on 34 carries last week against Allen East … Ada quarterback Zac Dysert has already thrown for 704 yards. The Miami of Ohio committed quarterback also has rushed for 123 yards … Game will be at War Memorial Stadium in Ada …Ada coach Mike Fell won 75 games at Columbus Grove when he coached there from 1990-99 … Ada used a balanced offense that threw for 413 yards and ran for 212 more to produce a 38-18 win last week over Spencerville.
Patrick Henry PATRIOTS at Montpelier LOCOMOTIVES
DATELINE: Montpelier
RECORD: Patrick Henry 2-0, 1-0 NWOAL; Montpelier 1-1, 0-1
CONFERENCE: Northwest Ohio Athletic League
NOTES: The Patriots are coming off a 62-0 shellacking of Swanton last week and are averaging 50.5 points per game … Drew Kuesel scored 3 touchdowns to power the Patriots past Swanton … Quarterback Tim Busch was also an efficient, hitting 9 of 11 passes for 93 yards as Patrick Henry rolled up 416 yards rushing and 100 passing last week.
Ottawa-Glandorf TITANS at Kenton WILDCATS
DATELINE: Kenton
RECORD: Ottawa-Glandorf 1-1, 1-0 WBL; Kenton 1-1, 1-0
CONFERENCE: Western Buckeye League
NOTES: O-G’s Alex Hermiller carried the ball 24 times for 118 yards and had scoring runs of 8 and 5 yards in last week;s 21-14 WBL opening win over Defiance … O-G’s John Kreinbrink scored the winning TD on a 2-yard run with 6:40 to go in the third … The Titans defense limited Defiance to just 162 yards of total offense last week …
Findlay TROJANS at Upper Arlington GOLDEN BEARS
DATELINE: Upper Arlington
RECORD: Findlay 0-2, Upper Arlington 2-0
CONFERENCE: Non-conference
NOTES: Dave will be taking care of this game
New London WILDCATS at Carey BLUE DEVILS
DATELINE: Carey
RECORD: New London 1-1, Carey 1-1
CONFERENCE: Non-conference
NOTES: Carey rushed for more than 300 yards for the second straight week with quarterback Ben Hall leading the way with 100 yards on 10 carries and 2 rushing touchdowns. He also passed for a score … The Blue Devils did a great job defensively against Cardinal Stritch allowing minus 20 yards rushing and just 40 passing … It will be the first ever meeting between New London and Carey Friday night at Wentling Field.
North Baltimore TIGERS at Elmwood ROYALS
DATELINE: Bloomdale
RECORD: North Baltimore 0-2, Elmwood 1-1
CONFERENCE: Non-conference
NOTES: Elmwood bounced back from a Week 1 loss to Hopewell-Loudon by blanking Port Clinton 34-0 last week … North Baltimore is still searching for its first win under coach Chip Hollenback after a 24-7 loss to Danbury last week …
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