Archbishop Hoban vs. Walsh Jesuit: Live score, game updates from Ohio high school football playoffs
AKRON, Ohio - Archbishop Hoban meets Walsh Jesuit in the OHSAA Division II, Region 5 regional final on Friday night at the University of Akron's InfoCision Stadium...
Stay with SBLive for live updates (featured below) once the game kicks off at 7 p.m. Eastern time.
Game tied 0-0 with 4:22 left in the first quarter
The Walsh defense has forced an interception and now a fumble recovery to keep the game scoreless.
End of the first quarter: Hoban 0, Walsh 0
The second quarter will begin with Hoban at the Walsh 19 on 3rd and 7. The Hoban defense got a stop on 4th and 1 at the Walsh 45 to start this drive.
Hoban drive ends on fourth down stop
Hoban got the ball to the Walsh 1, but 30 yards in penalties moved the Knights back and they were stopped on 4th and 20. The game is still 0-0 with 10:02 left in the second quarter.
Xavier Williams gives Hoban a 7-0 lead
Williams took a jet sweep handoff and went around the left side for the touchdown to give the Knights a 7-0 lead with 4:53 left in the second quarter.
Hoban gets a score in the last minute of the second quarter to make it 14-0.
On 3rd and 4 at the Hoban 26, quarterback Tylan "Juice" Boykin kept it himself and went to the right, where he found a hole and just kept running for a 74-yard touchdown to give Hoban a 14-0 lead with 11 seconds left in the second quarter.
Halftime: Hoban 14, Walsh 0
The Knights scored a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 14-0 lead after the two teams played a scoreless first quarter. Hoban will get the ball to start to start the second half.
Xavier Williams scores again for Hoban
Midway through the third quarter, Williams took a handoff and got through the line to daylight, where the speedster outraced the Walsh defense for a 49-yard touchdown run to give Hoban a 21-0 lead with 5:59 left in the third quarter.
After three quarters, Hoban leads Walsh 21-0
The Knights added a touchdown in the third quarter and forced an interception and a punt by the Walsh offense in the quarter.
Hoban defense records a safety
After the Hoban special teams pinned Walsh at the 1 on a punt, Devin Bell broke through on the first play and tackled the ball carrier for a safety to make it 23-0 with 11:45 left in the fourth quarter.
Tylan Boykin with a touchdown to put the game into running clock
The Hoban quarterback scored from a yard out on a tush push to give Hoban a 30-0 lead with 7:54 left in the fourth quarter.
Walsh gets on the board
Keller Moten hit Aiden Henry in the left side of the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown pass to cut the Hoban lead to 30-6 with 2:43 left in the fourth quarter.
Final: Hoban 30, Walsh 6
Hoban advances to the state semifinals to face Avon.
Stay tuned to SBLive Ohio for more from this game later.
-- Ryan Isley | ryan@scorebooklive.com | @sbliveoh
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