By Tim Corso

RAVENNA OH- Ursuline dominated Gilmour Academy 54-0 Friday night. It was a wet, rainy night at Ravenna High School between a pair of Division 3 Region 9 opponents looking to advance to the state semifinals next week.

The Irish used a physical first drive where they threw just one time and capped it off with a 31-yard DC Ferrell touchdown scamper to go up 8-0 early. Those points where a few of the 27 points they scored in the first frame. Irish tailback Joe Balog was responsible for two of those scores in the first and tallied three total for the game.

By halftime, Balog had toted the ball 21 times for nearly 150 yards as well. Ferrell also tallied over 100 yards on the ground in what was an old-school attack for Dan Reardon’s squad.

The lone touchdown pass on the night was a 7-yard connection to Devonte Taylor late in the first half. The complete opposite occurred for the Lancers in their final game of the 2024 season. Starting quarterback Cooper Panteck got stripped on a sack in the second quarter for a Gilmour offense that had less than 50 yards of total offense in the first half.

Panteck wouldn’t return to the game as fellow senior, Nick Iliano came in to play quarterback and try and spark the offense. As the final Lancer score would hint, that didn’t happen, ending the Lancers’ impressive season at 12-2. Ursuline (13-1) will take on defending state champions Toledo Central Catholic (13-1) next Friday 11/29 at 7 pm at a site TBD.