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Apache Wonderly sets state mark

SHERWOOD -- Fairview receiver Ben Wonderly hauled in 15 passes to push his career total to 309 and with them set a new state record for career receptions as the Apaches handed visiting Edgerton a 41-26 loss.

With his 15 catches, Wonderly amassed 221 yards and one touchdown for the Apaches, who push their overall record to 6-1 while staying undefeated in GMC play at 4-0.

Fairview quarterback James Elchinger threw for 394 yards and five touchdowns, two to his brother John Elchinger.

Jeff Crowe, Chuck Lotz and Michael Sebastian each ran for a touchdown for Edgerton (4-3, 1-3).

SUMMARY

Edgerton 0 0 6 20 - 14

Fairview 14 20 7 0 - 41

Fairview - Jo. Elchinger 2-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Webb kick).

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

Fairview - Webb 65-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Webb kick).

Fairview - Jo. Elchinger 8-yard run (kick failed).

Fairview - Wonderly 20-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Murray kick).

Fairview - Jo. Elchinger 2-yard pass from Ja. Elchinger (Murray kick).

Edgerton - Lotz 5-yard run (kick failed).

Edgerton - Crowe 35-yard run (Sheets run).

Edgerton - Sebastian 2-yard run (kick failed).

Edgerton - Radabaugh 5-yard pass from Flegal.

* GMC

Hicksville 48, Holgate 6

HICKSVILLE -- The Hicksville Aces upped their record to a perfect 7-0 and 4-0 in the GMC with a 48-6 victory over visiting Holgate.

Logan Battershell led the rushing attack for Hicksville by accumulating 184 yards and two touchdowns, while fullback Adam Battershell added 69 yards on the ground with two more rushing scores.

Holgate's Josiah Buttermore rushed for 106 yards for Tigers (0-7, 0-4 GMC), while Ross Clady tacked on 60 rushing yards and the Tigers' sole touchdown.

SUMMARY

Holgate 0 0 0 6 - 6

Hicksville 7 20 14 7 - 48

Hicksville - A. Battershell 1-yard run (Klepper kick).

Hicksville - L. Battershell 3-yard run (Klepper kick).

Hicksville - Flattery 58-yard pass from Klepper (Klepper kick).

Hicksville - Bradbury 25-yard run (kick failed).

Hicksville - A. Battershell 22-yard run (Klepper kick).

Hicksville - L. Battershell 1-yard run (Klepper kick).

Hicksville - Cover 10-yard run (Klepper kick).

Holgate - Clady 5-yard run (kick failed).

Antwerp 35, W. Trace 21

HAVILAND -- Antwerp had for 443 yards of total offense en route to a 35-21 victory over Wayne Trace.

Josh Smith led the Archers (3-4, 1-3, GMC) with three touchdown runs and ended the night with 208 yards of rushing.

Raider Tevin Hale found paydirt twice and had 98 yards rushing to lead the Raiders, who fall to 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the conference.

SUMMARY

Antwerp 7 14 7 7 - 35

W. Trace 0 14 7 0 - 21

Antwerp - Chamberlain 15-yard pass from Tempel (Cruz kick).

Wayne Trace - Hale 15-yard run (Gordon kick).

Antwerp - Smith 41-yard run (Cruz kick).

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

Wayne Trace - Hale 86-yard kickoff return (Gordon kick).

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

Wayne Trace - Hale 1-yard run (Gordon kick).

Antwerp - Smith 6-yard run (Cruz kick).

* NWOAL

Archbold 35, Delta 7

ARCHBOLD -- After outscoring league rival Delta 21-7 in the first quarter, Archbold went on to capture a 53-7 victory to remain undefeated.

The victory improves the Blue Streaks' overall record to 7-0 and 5-0 in league play and sets up a matchup Friday with fellow league unbeaten Patrick Henry (7-0, 6-0).

Quarterback David Rupp led the Streaks offense with 175 yards rushing and four scores while running back Jacob Fidler ran for 136 yards and a touchdown.

Korbin Smith had a 44-yard touchdown reception for the Panthers (1-6, 0-5).

SUMMARY

Delta 7 0 0 0 - 7

Archbold 21 7 0 7 - 53

Archbold - Rupp 79-yard run (Bontrager kick).

Archbold - Rupp 7-yard run (Bontrager kick).

Archbold - Fidler 21-yard run (Bontrager kick).

Delta - Smith 44-yard pass from Alig (Smith kick).

Archbold - Rupp 10-yard run (Bontrager kick).

Archbold - Rupp 46-yard run (Bontrager kick).

Wauseon 49, Montpelier 0

MONTPELIER -- Wauseon held Montpelier to a mere 82 totals yards of offense as the Indians recorded a 49-0 shutout.

Colin Hughes found paydirt four times to lead the Indians (4-3, 4-1 NWOAL), while Jeff Jasso added two scoring runs.

The Locomotives fall to 0-7 on the year and 0-6 in the league.

SUMMARY

Wauseon 28 14 0 7 - 49

Montpelier 0 0 0 0 - 0

Wauseon - Hughes 12-yard run (Simpkins kick).

Wauseon - Hughes 28-yard run (Simpkins kick).

Wauseon - Hughes 1-yard run (Simpkins kick).

Wauseon - Jasso 21-yard run (Simpkins kick).

Wauseon - Hughes 16-yard run (Simpkins kick).

Wauseon - Jasso 7-yard run (Simpkins kick).

Wauseon - Volkman 1-yard run (Simpkins kick).

Patrick Henry 50, Bryan 6

BRYAN -- The Patriots of Patrick Henry set up a Friday showdown with fellow unbeated Archbold with a 50-6 victory over Bryan.

The victory moves PH to 7-0 overall and 6-0 in NWOAL contest while Bryan falls to 3-4 overall and 2-3 in league play.

Justin Buenger led the Patriots' ground pounding with 88 yards rushing and two TDs while Josh Almanza, Luke George, Bill Miller, and Nick Powers each added a touchdown run of their own.

George also went 8-of-9 passing for 121 yards and one touchdown throw.

SUMMARY

P. Henry 21 22 7 0 - 50

Bryan 0 0 6 0 - 6

Patrick Henry - Buenger 37-yard run (kick good).

Patrick Henry - Leonard 32-yard pass from George (kick good).

Patrick Henry - Almanza 1-yard run (kick good).

Patrick Henry - Buenger 8-yard run (Kline pass from George).

Patrick Henry - Miller 34-yard run (kick good).

Patrick Henry - George 1-yard run (kick good).

Patrick Henry - Powers 2-yard run (kick good).

Bryan - Fisher 1-yard run (kick failed).

Evergreen 39, Swanton 20

METAMORA -- Jordan McCready of Evergreen ran for three touchdowns and threw for another as Evergreen (3-4, 2-3) defeated Swanton, 39-20.

McCready led the team with 29 rushes for 199 yards while hitting six of his nine pass attempts for 89 yards through the air.

Lucas Pennington had three catches for 48 yards for the Vikings and also had a touchdown while teammate Chad Monohagn added an 80-yard kickoff return the Vikes.

Tim VanNewhouse led the Swanton (1-6, 1-5) attack with 12 rushes for 110 yards and a touchdown.

SUMMARY

Swanton 7 7 0 6 - 20

Evergreen 0 28 8 3 - 39

Swanton - Miller 28-yard interception return (Yunker kick).

Evergreen - McCready 1-yard run (Dewitt kick).

Evergreen - McCready 23-yard run (Dewitt kick).

Swanton - VanNewhouse 46-yard run (Yunker kick).

Evergreen - Monohagn 80-yard kickoff return (Dewitt kick).

Evergreen - Pennington 32-yard pass from McCready (Dewitt kick).

Evergreen - McCready 30-yard run (McCready run).

Evergreen - Dewitt 23-yard field goal.

Swanton - Toland 15-yard pass from Hilton (kick failed).

Liberty Center 59, Cardinal Stritch 7

LIBERTY CENTER -- The Tigers of Liberty Center jumped out to an early lead and went on to defeat Cardinal Stritch, 59-7.

Jake Elling led the LC ground attack with 73 total yards and two touchdown carries. Tigers Sean Sexton, Damian Maes, Andy Spiess, Logan Burdue and Patrick Brown also pounded out a touchdown carry each for Liberty (6-1).

A. Manders scored a touchdown for Cardinal Stritch (1-6) on a 34 yard interception return in the first.

SUMMARY

C. Stritch 7 0 0 0 - 7

L. Center 19 28 12 0 - 59

Liberty Center - Spiess 45-yard run (pass failed).

Liberty Center - Maes 21-yard run (Burdue kick).

Cardinal Stritch - Manders 34-yard interception return (Eichert kick).

Liberty Center - Elling 2-yard run (kick failed).

Liberty Center - Elling 28-yard run (Maes run).

Liberty Center - Maes 32-yard pass from Brown (Burdue kick).

Liberty Center - Sexton 2-yard run (kick failed).

Liberty Center - Johnson 25-yard pass from Burdue (Burdue kick).

Liberty Center - Brown 6-yard run (kick failed).

Liberty Center - Burdue 1-yard run (kick failed).

* NWC

Paulding 41, Allen East 14

PAULDING -- Haden Sholl threw four touchdown passes and ran for another to lead the Panthers to 400 yards of total offense and a 41-14 victory over Allen East.

Andrew Mott caught two of Sholl's touchdowns while Corbin Rhonehouse scored on a three-yard run.

Levi Hoy threw two touchdown passes to E.J. Lang of 55, and 42-yards for the only points for the Mustangs.

Paulding improves to 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the NWC while Allen East Falls to 2-5 and 2-4 in the NWC.

SUMMARY

Allen East 0 7 7 0 - 14

Paulding 14 14 7 6 - 21

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

Paulding - Mott 3-yard pass from Sholl (Bissell pass from Sholl).

Allen East - Laing 55-yard pass from Hoy (kick good).

Paulding - Sholl 1-yard run (kick failed).

Paulding - Bissell 31-yard pass from Sholl (Bissell run).

Allen East - Laing 42-yard pass from Hoy (kick good).

Paulding - Mott 24-yard pass from Sholl (Schlatter kick).

Paulding - Wolfe 8-yard pass from Sholl (kick failed).

* TAAC

Hilltop 54, Ottawa Hills 25

WEST UNITY -- Hilltop's Josh Beals hauled in a pair of first-half touchdown receptions and scored a third touchdown on the ground in the first half to help the Cadets (5-2, 3-1) to a convincing 54-25 victory over TAAC foe Ottawa Hills.

Beals ended the night with 146 rushing yards and two touchdowns with two TD receptions.

Kenne Green and J.J. Buckey each took a pass into the end zone for Ottawa Hills (1-6, 1-3) while Nasri Hajjar pounded out a touchdown on the ground.

SUMMARY

Ottawa Hills 0 0 13 12 - 25

Hilltop 21 20 6 7 - 54

Hilltop - Lesniak 2-yard run (Brown kick).

Hilltop - Schaffner 40-yard interception return (kick failed).

Hilltop - Beals 16-yard pass from Westfall (kick failed).

Hilltop - Lesniak 2-yard run (Ashenfelter kick).

Hilltop - Beals 5-yard run (kick failed).

Hilltop - Beals 30-yard pass from Westfall (Brown kick).

Ottawa Hills - Hajjar 3-yard run (kick failed).

Hilltop - Nofziger 5-yard run (run failed).

Ottawa Hills - Buckey 27-yard pass from Zimmerman (Bruner kick).

Ottawa Hills - Green 47-yard punt return (pass failed).

Hilltop - Beals 6-yard run (Brown kick).

Ottawa Hills - Green 75-yard pass from Buckey (run failed).

Toledo Christian 17, Edon 14

TOLEDO -- Toledo Christian put an end to Edon's winning streak by handing the Bombers (2-5, 2-2) a 17-14 defeat on Friday night.

Edon's Christian Sidle had a 4-yard run for a score while Bombers' quarterback Alex Sonneberger added a 12-yard scoring run.

SUMMARY

Edon 7 0 7 0 - 14

T. Christian 0 10 7 0 - 17

Edon - Sidle 4-yard run (Sonneberger kick).

Toledo Christian - Sims 13-yard pass from Eiteniear (J. Miller kick).

Toledo Christian - J. Miller field goal.

Toledo Christian - G. Miller 1-yard run (J. Miller kick).

Edon - Sonneberger 12-yard run (Sonneberger kick).

* WBL

Ottawa-Glandorf 27, Lima Bath 0

BATH TWP. -- Ottawa-Glandorf shutout Lima Bath on Friday, 27-0.

Taylor Kuhlman led the Titans (4-3, 3-2 WBL) with 60 yards rushing and two scores while Jacob Lugo added 183 yards on the ground.

Scott Goedde paced the Wildcats (2-5, 1-5) with 31 yards receiving.

Wapakoneta 17, Shawnee 16

WAPAKONETA -- The Redskins of Wapak pulled out a 17-16 win over WBL rival Shawnee.

Jake Lambert led the Wapakoneta attack with 81 yards rushing and a touchdown, followed by Jason Bartlett's 95 yard kickoff return. Dan Dripps put a 36 yard field goal attempt straight down the heart with two minutes left in the game to take the lead and the victory.

Isaiah Irons kicked off the Shawnee drive with a 60 yard end zone reception from Josh Miller. Brandon Stephenson added a touchdown run. Cody Kopilchack tacked on a 25 yard field goal.

St. Marys 34, Van Wert 6

VAN WERT -- State-ranked St. Marys outscored Van Wert 21-0 in the first half and went on to hand the Cougars a 34-6 defeat.

Jeremy Frey hit paydirt twice to lead the Roughriders' (7-0, 6-0 WBL) offense while Aaron Homan, Cody Martin and Dan Roberts added a touchdown each.

Donny Sites scored on a 17-yard pass from Austin Fleming for the Cougars' (3-4, 3-3) lone score.

Celina 34, Elida 13

ELIDA -- Blake Moran scored on receptions of 15 and 61 yards for Celina to lead the Mercer County Bulldogs to a 34-13 victory over rival Elida.

The victory is the first of the year for Celina (1-6, 1-5) while Elida remains winless (0-7, 0-6).

Derek Gagle threw for two touchdowns and Alex Dues ran for two more as Celina pounded out 334 yards of total offense.

Desmond Ragin of Elida scored on a 3-yard run and Michael Knotts caught an 11-yard TD pass from Alex McAdams.

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