Games in past seasons at Highland High School’s Covrett Field have not been kind to the Buckeye Valley Barons, to say the least. The Barons had not beaten the Fighting Scots in Sparta since 1997 — until Friday.Buckeye Valley put up over 400 yards of total offense, including more than 200 through the air, and walloped the hosts by a 44–14 count in their Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference Red Division contest.
Another game, another dominating rushing performance by the Braves.Olentangy out-gained host Dublin Jerome 288–26 on the ground, running wild on its way to a 42–17 OCC-Cardinal Division win Friday in Dublin.
Orange didn’t even give fans a chance to settle into their seats before putting Friday’s OCC-Capital Division battle against visiting Watkins Memorial out of reach, scoring 42 first-half points en route to a 49–22 win.
Delaware Hayes started about as well as a team can Friday in Pataskala, jumping out to a 20–0 first-half lead before the skies opened and poured down rain — rain that washed away the Pacers’ hopes for an OCC-Capital Division win with it.
Nothing comes easy in rivalry games like the ones authored by Olentangy and Liberty over the years … nothing.The Braves, owners of a 13–0 halftime lead, looked to be in cruise control early in Friday’s OCC-Cardinal Division clash against the visiting Patriots, but the tide turned in the second half as Olentangy had to make a goal-line stand in the game’s final minute to escape with a 13–7 win.
The Golden Eagles refuse to lose …Big Walnut, trailing Hilliard Bradley 10–4 on a muddy track with time running out, rallied for an 11–10 Ohio Capital Conference Capital Division victory on front of a partisan Homecoming Night gathering Friday in Sunbury.
Freshman kicker Miles MacKenzie (Denver, Colo./East) booted a pair of field goals to bring Ohio Wesleyan within 10–6, but that was as close as the Bishops would come in a North Coast Athletic Conference contest against Wooster on Saturday in Wooster.
Dublin Jerome took a 14–0 lead late in the second quarter, but host Liberty dominated things the rest of the way, earning a hard-fought 20–16 OCC-Cardinal Division win.