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UNITED FORCES THREE WAY TIE ATOP EOAC

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HANOVERTON OH- United has to regroup quickly this week coming off of a tough loss to Southern in Week 5. They had no time to feel sorry for themselves as an undefeated Leetonia Bears team came to town wanting to win the outright EOAC championship. United has other plans however as they dominated Leetonia 41-8 to earn a share of the EOAC title. With Southern winning against Valley Christian, there is a three way tie at the top of the conference.

The United offense dropped 41 points and over 400 yards of offense on a Leetonia team that had allowed under 10 points a game in the season. Brutus Ogilvie went 15-26 for 252 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Leetonia ran for 148 yards on the night. The yards came from the tandem runners of Dylan Durick and Jacob McCool.

United has a bye in round 1 of the OHSAA playoffs and awaits the winner of Canton Central Catholic vs Tusky Valley. Leetonia will also have a bye in the playoffs in await the winner of Wellsville vs Buckeye Central.

BEARS FEAST ON LISBON IN SPAGHETTI BOWL

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Leetonia OH- Leetonia comes into tonight’s contest (2-0) facing off against Lisbon (0-2) for the annual Spaghetti Bowl. Lisbon and Leetonia will have their 107thmatchup against each other with Lisbon holding the all-time record of 54-49-3.

Leetonia on their first drive would let senior runningback Marco Ferry carry them down the field for their first touchdown and two-point conversion to start the game 8-0. Lisbon would not let that affect their moral as they drove right down the field on their first drive with QB Tyler Welsh and RB Ryan McCullough taking them down into the redzone. Welsh would then throw a touchdown pass to McCullough and a two-point conversion to tie the game 8-8. Ferry and the Bears would answer right back for the rest of the half with Marco Ferry scoring two more touchdowns to end the half 22-8.

To start the second half Leetonia would keep on the pressure to end the 3rdquarter with a Ferry touchdown and a Dylan Durick to extend their lead to 38-8. As the continuous clock ran down the 4th in which no team would score. Making the final score 38-8 as Leetonia extend their record to (3-0) beating Lisbon which would fall to (0-3).  All-time record for Spaghetti Bowl will get closer as Leetonia closes the gap still behind Lisbon 54-50-3.

*Contributed By YSN’s Derrick Grossen

BEARS OVERCOME EARLY DEFICIT AND PREVAIL

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CAMPBELL OH – Valley Christian Eagles have a home game at Campbell Memorial high school as they take on the Leetonia Bears. As both teams come into tonight’s contest (1-0).

 Both defenses started off strong as the Eagles would force a fumble and recover it inside Leetonia’s 15-yard line. Eagles running back, Cameron Davenport would take advantage of the Bears turnover and rush for his first touchdown of the night to take the lead 7-0. Leetonia’s next drive they would fumble once again inside the 20-yard line. Davenport would rush into the endzone for his second touchdown to extend their lead 14-0. Leetonia would then answer back later in the 2nd quarter with a Jacob McCool 1-yard rush touchdown and a Marco Ferry 2-point conversion to cut the deficit to 14-8 to end the half.

Coming out of halftime Leetonia would get an onside kick and drive down the field as McCool would score his second touchdown and Ferry with his second 2-point conversion to take their first lead 16-14. Leetonia would kickoff to the Eagles after the score and would strip the ball out and force a turnover. With great field position, the Bears would run the ball down into the red zone as Marco Ferry would rush for his first touchdown and then converting a 2-point conversion to give Leetonia a lead of 24-14. Valley Christian would not be able to get past Leetonia’s strong defense the rest of the game as Leetonia’s Dylan Durick would have two sacks and a fumble recovery to during the game is a key factor in stopping the Eagles offense. As the 4th quarter started Leetonia would get into the endzone for the final time with McCool’s third rushing touchdown and giving Leetonia a victory in a 32-14 game.

Leetonia would advance to (2-0) and take on Lisbon at home next week. Valley Christian will fall to (1-1) as they will travel to Columbiana to take on the Clippers.

*Contributed by YSN’s Derrick Grossen