Ohio high school football roundup: Massillon, Badin, Cleveland Heights among winners (10/06/2023)
With the regular season winding down in Ohio high school football, there was just one matchup between teams in the SBLive Power 25 in Week 8, with No. 21 Cleveland Heights defeating No. 19 Medina 62-52.
SBLive covered No. 2 Archbishop Hoban's 28-16 win over Glenville, with Ryan Isley at the game.
Also around the state, Barberton head coach Tony Gotto became the all-time winningest head coach in Magics' history with a 51-47 win over Copley.
Full Ohio high school football Friday night scoreboard
Here are recaps of five games of note around Ohio from Friday night:
No. 1 Massillon 42, Austintown Fitch 7
The top team in the SBLive Ohio Power 25 went on the road for the first time this season and looked right at home, jumping out to a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter.
Ja'Meir Gamble led the way for the Tigers offense with 233 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 17 carries. Quarterback DaOne Owens ran for 134 yards and a score and also threw for 60 yards and a touchdown.
No. 6 Youngstown Ursuline 38, Villa Angela-St. Joseph 18
Ursuline scored the final 24 points of the game to remain unbeaten.
After Villa Angela-St. Joseph took an 18-14 lead in the second quarter, it looked like the Vikings would extend the lead after recovering a fumble. But they fumbled it back to the Fighting Irish and then Ursuline went on an 89-yard drive capped by an 18-yard touchdown run by Christian Lynch in the final minute of the first half.
The Fighting Irish received the second half kickoff and D.C. Ferrell returned it 85 yards for a score to make it 28-18. Lynch iced the game with another touchdown run midway through the fourth quarter.
Joe Balog had a touchdown run for Ursuline in the first quarter and Tairan Davis, Jr. returned an interception for a score in the second quarter.
Bo Jackson ran for a pair of scores for the Vikings,
No. 12 Badin 29, Archbishop Alter 24
In a matchup of the last two undefeated teams in the Greater Catholic League Co-Ed Division, Badin outlasted Alter.
After Alter took the lead 24-23 with a 10-yard touchdown run by Noah Jones with just over two minutes left, Badin drove 67 yards in 1:23 and scored on Lem Grayson’s 1-yard touchdown run to take a 29-24 lead with just 40 seconds left.
The win was the 36th in a row in the regular season for Badin.
No. 14 Milford 3, Winton Woods 0
There wasn't much offense in this one, as the teams played almost four entire quarters of scoreless football.
But with 2:07 left in the fourth quarter, Mason Cooper connected on a 22-yard field goal to give Milford a 3-0 lead.
On the ensuing possession, Winton Woods drove into field goal range but the attempt hit the upright with 20 seconds left and gave Milford the win.
Milford is now 8-0 overall and 7-0 in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference. The Eagles control their own destiny to win the conference title.
No. 21 Cleveland Heights 62, No. 19 Medina 52
Marquise Davis found the end zone six times for the second straight week for the Tigers, including a 53-yarder in the final minutes to help put away Medina.
Cleveland Heights led the game 49-14 in the second quarter, but a furious rally by Medina turned it into a one-possession game in the fourth quarter when quarterback Danny Stoddard threw his sixth touchdown pass of the night.
But Davis answered with the 53-yard score that put the game away.
Davis finished the game with 361 yards rushing to go along with his six scores.
-- Ryan Isley | ryan@scorebooklive.com | @sbliveoh
(Feature photo of Cleveland Heights running back Marquise Davis by Mike Cook)
