Week 2 roundup: Greenon rolls past Catholic Central

Credit: Bill Lackey

Credit: Bill Lackey

The Greenon High School football team got off to a great start in the Ohio Heritage Conference South Division.

Knights quarterback Evan Davis had three TD passes as the Knights beat host Catholic Central 24-0 at Hallinean Field on Friday night in Springfield.

Bass Moore, Trevor Stewart and Clay Hough each caught TD passes from Davis. Kicker Nathan Hawks made a 50-yard field goal to round out the scoring for Greenon.

The Knights are 1-1 and 1-0 in the OHC South. They travel to Madison Plains next week.

Catholic Central (0-2 and 0-1) travels to Southeastern next week.

Fairbanks 35, Northeastern 20: The Jets led 13-0 in the first half, but the Panthers scored 35 straight points to seal the OHC North Division victory.

Jets sophomore quarterback Cade Houseman went 19-for-32 for 185 yards and a TD through the air and rushed for 70 yards and a score. The 10-yard strike to Joseph Covac gave the Jets a 13-0 lead.

The Panthers would score five straight TDs, including an interception return by Braylon Green and three rushing TDs by Mazen Green.

Dylan Haggy scored on an 11-yard run for the Jets in the fourth quarter.

Northeastern (1-1, 0-1) hosts West Jefferson (1-1, 0-1 OHC North) next week.

Greeneview 34, Southeastern 0: Jayden DeHaven had two TD runs and Logan Sandlin and Dakota Mangan also rushed for TDs as the Rams improved to 1-1 and 1-0 in the OHC South.

The Rams led 10-0 at halftime, but scored 24 second half points to seal the victory.

Southeastern’s Wade Eriksen had 130 yards of total offense for the Trojans (0-2, 0-1).

London 20, Tecumseh 7: Junior running back Braden Berner scored the lone touchdown for the Arrows, who fell to 1-1 and 0-1 in the Central Buckeye Conference Kenton Trail Division. They host Shawnee next week.

Mechanicsburg 37, West Jefferson 29: Junior running back Jake Hurst had 149 yards rushing, including a 70-yard TD run, as the Indians won their OHC North Division opener in a matchup of state semifinalists from last season.

The Indians’ Aaron Conley threw for 115 yards and two TDs and rushed for another score. Mechanicsburg hosts Triad next week (2-0, 1-0)

West Liberty-Salem 27, Triad 20: Christian Griffith threw for 101 yards and two TDs and Isaiah McGill had a rushing and receiving TD as the Tigers improved to 2-0 and 1-0 in the OHC North.

Coleman Hauck threw for a TD pass and ran for another. Jackson Cordell had a 57-yard TD run in the first quarter for Triad (1-1, 0-1 OHC North).

Graham 33, Benjamin Logan 32, OT: Brady King’s 15-yard TD strike to Trace Braun tied the game at 32 and King made the extra point to help the Falcons improve to 2-0 and 1-0 in the CBC Mad River. King threw for 277 yards and three TDs in the victory.

Northwestern 41, Urbana 7: The Warriors improved to 1-1 and 0-1 in the CBC Mad River Division.

Jonathan Alder 35, Kenton Ridge 7: The Cougars fell to 0-2 and 0-1 in the CBC Kenton Trail.

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