The second week of high school football sees most area teams looking for their first win, and one trying to stay on a roll.
West Liberty-Salem travels to Benjamin Logan, while Indian Lake and Riverside have their first game in front of hometown crowds. The Lakers take on Fairbanks and Riverside will meet Northeastern.
Also on the menu is a battle of the “Bells” as the Bellefontaine Chieftains load up and head over to Dayton to take on Bellbrook. All kickoffs are at 7 p.m.
Here is a look at the action:
West Liberty-Salem (0-1) at Ben Logan (0-1)
The Tigers lost 33-7 to Jonathan Alder in their opener, while Ben Logan gave Bluffton a battle before falling 33-30.
Beckett Sullivan was 12 of 21 for 115 yards passing for WL-S. He had one touchdown and was intercepted three times.
Corbin Wallace led the rushing attack with 20 carries for 74 yards and Naaman Stidham had 10 runs for 18 yards.
Reese Oder brought in four catches and gained 40 yards. Casey Boyer had two catches, one for a four-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. His other reception went for eight yards.
Isaac Sertell, Dustin Bolton, Carson Poppe and Cam Pope had receptions as well.
Oder was the leading tackler with six, while Corbin Wallace and Sam Strapp had four apiece.
Raiders quarterback Wyatt Predmore completed 17 of 25 pass attempts for 202 yards. He had one touchdown and one interception.
Predmore and Baughman each rushed for 26 yards, with 13 carries for Predmore and nine by Baughman.
Brown hauled in eight passes for 122 yards and Andrew Frederick had three catches for 45 yards.
Week three will see Ben Logan at Urbana, while the Tigers travel to Cedarville.
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Fairbanks (0-1) at Indian Lake (0-1)
The Lakers took on a powerful Bath team and lost 50-21 on the road while Fairbanks was on the short end of a 42-7 decision against Colonel Crawford.
Bradey Golliday hit on 19 of 28 attempts passing for 216 yards and had two touchdowns.
Both scores went to Brodey Reisinger, who finished with eight grabs for 129 yards. Colin Bendler had five catches for 19 yards. The Lakers spread the ball around with five others having a reception.
Noah Shirk gained 63 yards on 14 carries, and Golliday kept it 10 times for 54 yards and one score.
Coach Jonn Rapp said, “Our offense showed spurts of good things at times. We left some points on the field with a few stalled drives and still managed to score 21. Some of our special teams performed well covering kicks and getting return yards.”
He said that Fairbanks will use a variety of formations on offense, including double tight ends, three backs or five wide in the shotgun.
“The main focus this week has been winning our one-on-one battles,” said Rapp.
Next Friday will see the Lakers are home again to take on Allen East.
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Bellefontaine (1-0) at Bellbrook (0-1)
Bellefontaine chugged out of the gate with a 55-21 victory over Sidney last Friday to begin the year, while Bellbrook was shut out 21-0 by Tippecanoe.
Carter Caudill had a big night, landing in the end zone six times. He had 16 carries for 120 yards, with a long of 53. Bryant Carter saw action late in the game with seven runs for 59 yards.
Quarterback Reign St. Clair completed 19 of 25 passes for 329 yards and two scores. Both of those were to Sutton Daring.
Spencer Stolly had nine catches for 124 yards and Daring made a total of five for 82. Kaiden Foulk had four catches and got into triple digits with 103 yards. Foulk also went 7-of-8 on PATs.
The leading tacklers were Karsen Drake with 14 and Cayleb Overmann with 10. Overmann also had an interception and Blake Loomis recovered a fumble.
Bellbrook senior QB Aiden Caswell (6-0, 200) threw for 172 yards (14 of 27) and ran 13 times for 48. He was intercepted twice.
The top target for Caswell was senior Noah Barrios (6-1, 182) with six catches for 72 yards. Senior Vincent Epifano (5-10, 175) had three grabs for 26.
Coach Jason Brown of Bellefontaine said, “This is a good measuring stick for us. Bellbrook is going to respond with their very best after losing to Tipp City. This is a great opportunity to see where we’re at right now.”
He said that the Golden Eagles are run oriented and Epifano is a very tough runner. He added that Caswell has experience and is a dual threat.
Defensively, he said Bellbrook is very active and tries to create opportunities through pressure.
“We will continue to grow the maturity of our team,” Brown said.
The first week of September sees Bellefontaine continue its road trip at Westerville.
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Northeastern (1-0) at Riverside (0-1)
Riverside is looking to bounce back from a 33-6 defeat at Ansonia in week one.
They will welcome Northeastern.
Brody Orsborne was 3 of 9 passing for 38 yards with one pick last Friday. Tony Robinson had 13 rushes for 44 yards. Gunner Carpenter had 63 yards with one score on a short plunge. Dylan Trimble got 66 yards on six carries.
The Jets out dueled Urbana in the season opener, taking home a 35-28 victory.
The main attack was on the ground as senior Cody Houseman (6-0, 184) had 26 carries and gained 218 yards with two touchdowns.
Quarterback Diezel Taylor, a senior (6-2, 201) was 7 of 12 passing for 122 yards with two scores, both to senior Jake Newman (6-1, 181). Taylor also ran 15 times for 64 yards and senior Jackson Jones (5-10, 166) took 10 handoffs for 20 yards.
Newman had five catches in all for 110 yards.
Next week, the Pirates goes back on the road to Spencerville.
