Crescent-News.com - Apaches' Elchinger ties a state record

WOODMORE -- The Apaches of Fairview won an epic battle of air superiority against ground attacks to defeat Woodmore, 83-52.

The game is Ohio's highest-scoring game in 85 years and is the fourth-highest scoring game in the state's history, according to the Ohio High School Athletic Association.

James Elchinger led the Fairview air assault with 625 passing yards and nine touchdown throws.

Elchinger's 625 yards puts him in third place in the state record books behind former teammate Ryan Radcliff's 678 and 650 yard performances. However, Elchinger's nine touchdown passes ties him for first place in the state record books with Apache alumni Radcliff (2006) and Kirk Jesse (2005).

"James did a nice job of reading what was going on," lauded Fairview mentor David Robinson. "He's worked hard to get this opportunity and he's one of those kids who believes in the program and what we want to do. We're thrilled for him."

Ben Wonderly ran his way to 240 yards rushing and two touchdown.

Max Nusser threw for 124 yards and a scoring pass for Woodmore, closely followed by Michael Fahle with 122 and two touchdown passes.

SUMMARY

Fairview 28 21 14 20 - 83

Woodmore 6 8 14 24 - 52

Fairview - Wonderly 74-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Webb kick).

Fairview - Webb 32-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Webb kick).

Fairview - Wonderly 59-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Webb kick).

Woodmore - Fahle 41-yard run (kick fail).

Fairview - Webb 3-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Webb kick).

Woodmore - Fahle 60-yard run (Fahle run).

Fairview - Woenker 12-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Webb kick).

Fairview - Jo. Elchinger 14-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Murray kick).

Fairview - Jo. Elchinger 30-yard run (Murray kick).

Woodmore - Fonseca 3-yard run (pass good).

Fairview - Yoder 44-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Murray kick).

Fairview - Mosier 5-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Murray kick).

Woodmore - Garver 72-yard kickoff return (run fail).

Woodmore - Weirich 34-yard pass from Fahle (pass good).

Fairview - Radcliff 9-yard pass from Mosier (Murray kick).

Woodmore - Fonseca 53-yard run (Fahle run).

Woodmore - Nusser 36-yard run (Fahle run).

Fairview - Yoder 59-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Murray kick).

Fairview - Woenker 37-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Murray kick).

AYERSVILLE -- After falling behind early in the first quarter, Ayersville fired off 35-unanswered points to knock off Ottawa Hills, 35-6.

"You really bounced back tonight," Ayersville head coach Chris Dales told his team after their victory that moves them to 1-1 this season. "You worked hard and earned you paycheck tonight."

Senior running back Anthony King once again proved lethal to the Pilots' opponents, racking up 231 yards on the ground while accounting for four of the five Ayersville touchdowns.

Trailing 6-0 late in the first quarter, King scampered 18 yards to tie the game with Travis Fry nailing the extra point to give the Pilots the one-point lead with 1:14 remaining in the quarter.

King scored late in the second quarter, hauling in a 46-yard reception on a screen pass from quarterback Matt Steece to help make it a 14-6 edge.

Steece threw for 143 yards on 7-of-11 passing while throwing one touchdown and no interceptions.

Ayersville tallied three more rushing touchdowns in the second half, with King scoring in each of the last two quarters while senior Josh Wiles punched in the Pilots' final TD.

The Pilots dominated both sides of the ball Friday night, totaling 495 yards on offense while the defense clamped down to allow just 177 yards.

SUMMARY

Ottawa Hills 6 0 0 0 - 6

Ayersville 7 7 14 7 - 35

Ottawa Hills - Corbey 4-yard run (kick blocked).

Ayersville - King 18-yard run (Fry kick).

Ayersville - King 46-yard pass from Steece (Fry kick).

Ayersville - Wiles 1-yard run (Fry kick).

Ayersville - King 15-yard run (Fry kick).

Ayersville - King 28-yard run (Fry kick).

Hilltop 42, Antwerp 35

ANTWERP -- Chad Beals' 68-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter gave Hilltop a 42-35 victory over Antwerp on Friday.

Chad Beals ended the night with 174 yards rushing while teammate Quinton Nofziger added a pair of short-range touchdown runs.

Josh Smith led the way for the Archers' offense with a game-high 208 yards rushing and three touchdowns.

Summary

Hilltop 14 7 7 14 - 42

Antwerp 0 14 14 7 - 35

Hilltop - Nofziger 3-yard run (Ashenfelter kick).

Hilltop - Westfall 1-yard run (Ashenfelter kick).

Antwerp - Rindahl 5-yard run (Gruz kick).

Hilltop - Armbruster 3-yard run. (Ashenfelter kick).

Antwerp - Chamberlin 27-yard pass from Tempel (Cruz kick).

Antwerp - Smith 5-yard run (Cruz kick).

Hilltop - Nofziger 7-yard run (Ashenfelter).

Antwerp - Smith 7-yard run (Cruz kick).

Hilltop - Clark 37-yard pass from Westfall (kick failed).

Antwerp - Smith 20-yard run (Cruz kick).

Hilltop - Beals 68-yard run (run good).

Parkway 33, W.Trace 0

ROCKFORD -- Parkway held Wayne Trace to just 28 total yards rusing and just 135 yards of total offense en route to a 33-0 victory.

Tevin Hale led the Raiders' offense with 52 rushing yards and 65 receiving yards.

Edgerton 38, Edon 14

EDON -- Edgerton jumped out of the gate quickly and went on to hand Edon a 38-14 defeat.

The Bulldogs (2-0) scored 24-unanswered first-half points and added another 14 tallies in the third period before the Bombers could respond with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns.

Edgerton quarterback Jeff Crow throew for a pair of touchdowns and hit paydirt on the ground for another score to lead the Bulldogs' offense while Alex Sonneberger had a pair of touchdown tosses for the Bombers.

T. Christian 28, Holgate 0

HOLGATE -- Toledo Christian's Rightnowar threw for four touchdown passes for a 28-0 shutout victory over Holgate.

Rightnowar threw for 176 yards by hitting 13-of-19 passes.

Graham Miller added 104 yards on the ground for the Eagles.

Josiah Buttermore of the Holgate Tigers had 22 carries for a total of 103 yards.

SUMMARY

Tol. Christian 0 14 7 7 - 28

Holgate 0 0 0 0 - 0

Tol. Christian - Westmeyer 43-yard pass from Rightnowar (Miller kick).

Tol. Christian - Sims 26-yard pass from Rightnowar (Miller kick).

Tol. Christian - Marino 5-yard pass from Rightnowar (Miller kick).

Tol. Christian - Kanzen 4-yard pass from Rightnowar (Miller kick).

* NWOAL

Archbold 49, Bryan 21

BRYAN -- Archbold senior signal-caller David Rupp threw for a pair of touchdowns and ran for two more to lead the Blue Streaks to a 49-21 victory over league rival Bryan.

Rupp dominated the running and passing game for Archbold (2-0, 1-0 NWOAL) with 137 yards on the ground and 103 yards in the air, delivering a total of four scores.

Blue Streak Drew Smith led the way for the Archbold receivers with 54 yards receiving and a touchdown.

Cody Robinson rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown for Bryan (1-1, 0-1 NWOAL), while quarterback Levi Fisher contributed 55 yards receiving and a score.

SUMMARY

Archbold 14 9 13 13 - 49

Bryan 0 7 7 7 - 21

Archbold - Rupp 2-yard run (Bontragger kick).

Archbold - Goering 7-yard pass from Rupp (Bontragger kick).

Bryan - Fisher 27-yard pass from Keil (Gonzalez kick).

Archbold - Bontragger 30-yard field goal.

Archbold - Smith 13-yard pass from Rupp (kick blocked).

Archbold - Rupp 13-yard run (Bontragger kick).

Archbold - Fidler 1-yard run (kick blocked).

Bryan - Costanzo 2-yard run (Gonzalez kick).

Archbold - Fidler 22-yard run (kick blocked).

Archbold - Hamersmith 12-yard run (Bontragger kick).

Bryan - Robinson 80-yard run (Dubios kick).

Liberty Center 56, Montpelier 0

MONTPELIER -- The Tigers of Liberty Center held rival Montpelier to only 81 total yards of offense in a 56-0 shutout.

The victory moves the Tigers to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in NWOAL play this season.

Liberty's Jake Elling led the Tigers' attack with 105 yards rushing and a touchdown, Bryan Hefflinger followed with 43 yards and a touchdown of his own. Patrick Brown threw for a total of 75 yards and a touchdown.

Keagen Hartsock led the Locomotives of Montpelier (0-2) with 90 yards passing.

SUMMARY

Lib. Center 6 29 7 14 - 56

Montpelier 0 0 0 0 - 0

Liberty Center - Elling 10-yard run (kick failed).

Liberty Center - Prchlik 17-yard pass from Brown (Elling run).

Liberty Center - Maes 8-yard run (Chambers kick).

Liberty Center - Sexton 4-yard run (Chambers kick).

Liberty Center - Brown 8-yard run (Chambers kick).

Liberty Center - Joseph 2-yard run (Chambers kick).

Liberty Center - Hefflinger 5-yard run (Chambers kick).

Liberty Center - Herman 6-yard run (Chambers kick).

Evergreen 33, Delta 21

METAMORA -- Jordan McCready rushed for three touchdowns to lead the Evergreen Vikings to a 33-21 victory over Delta.

SUMMARY

Delta 7 7 0 7 - 21

Evergreen 6 14 6 7 - 33

Evergreen - McCready 5-yard (kick fail).

Delta - Smith 63-yard pass from Alig (Smith kick).

Delta - Alig 36-yard run (Smith kick).

Evergreen - McCready 5-yard run (DeWitt kick).

Evergreen - Pennington 20-yard pass from Mossing (DeWitt kick).

Evergreen - McCready 2-yard run (run fail).

Evergreen - Reichler 34-yard run (DeWitt kick).

Delta - Alig 12-yard run (Smith kick).

* NWC

D. Jefferson 31, Paulding 7

DELPHOS -- Josh Miller led the Delphos Jefferson Wildcats to a 31-7 win over the Paulding Panthers in Northwest Conference action.

Tim Sanders paced the Jefferson ground attack with 175 of the team's 386 yards and accounted for two of the Wildcats four rushing touchdowns.

SUMMARY

Paulding 0 7 0 0 - 7

Del. Jefferson 0 0 28 3 - 31

Paulding - Rhonehouse 3-yard run (Schlatter kick).

Jefferson - Shivley 10 yard run (Antalis kick).

Jefferson - Sanders 5-yard run (Antalis kick).

Jefferson - Sanders 15-yard run (Antalis kick).

Jefferson - Short 37-yard run (Antalis kick).

Jefferson - Antalis 29-yard field goal.

* WBL

Shawnee 35, Kenton 7

SHAWNEE TWP. -- Brandon Stephenson rushed for three touchdowns to lead the Lima Shawnee Indians to a 35-7 victory over Kenton.

Stephenson rushed his way to 201 yards and three touchdowns for Shawnee followed by Isaiah Irons' 127 yards and a score.

Indians' quarterback Josh Miller threw for 70 yards and a touchdown

Maty Mauk led Kenton with 217 yards passing and 37 yards rushing with one touchdown.

Van Wert 38, Elida 14

VAN WERT -- Sam Tindall rattled off two big first-quarter touchdowns to pace Van Wert (1-1, 0-1 WBL) to a 38-14 victory over Elida (0-2, 0-1 WBL).

Tim Hoverman added three touchdowns throughout the contest, including a 76-yard run for Van Wert in the third quarter.

Alex McAdams scored both of Elida's touchdowns.

St. Marys 27, Lima Bath 13

BATH TOWNSHIP -- St. Marys scored the game's final two touchdowns as the Roughriders (2-0, 1-0 WBL) knocked off Lima Bath (1-1, 0-1 WBL), 27-13 to remain undefeated.

Jake Taylor's 1-yard touchdown run upped the Roughriders' lead to 21-13 in the third period before Paul Lauth sealed the game with a 50-yard return on a fumble recovery.

Wapakoneat 21, Celina 6

CELINA -- Logan Erb scored two rushing touchdowns and Jason Bartlett returned a punt 82 yards to lead Wapakoneta (1-1, 1-0 WBL) to a 21-6 victory over Celina (0-2, 0-1 WBL) in their WBL opener.

Erb's 7-yard run opened the scoring for the Redskins and with Dan Dripps' extra point, proved to be enough as Celina managed just one fourth quarter touchdown.