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SCHADL GOES OFF AS MCDONALD UPENDS BEARS

LEETONIA OH- Two of the best runners in the area were slated to go against each other in Friday night’s division 7 regional quarterfinal between Leetonia and McDonald. Marco Ferry and Dom Shadl put on a show, but it was Shadl who was front stage as the Blue Devils ran to a 41-24 victory.

The Blue Devils short ahead with a huge first half that saw Schadl run for 157 yards and four touchdowns before Leetonia could find any balance on offense. On the flip side Marco Ferry struggled his way to just over 50 rush yards in the first two quarters.

The second half saw Leetonia finally find life on offense. They scored 16 unanswered points to cut the Blue Devil lead to 28-16. A big key to their spark was a fumbled kickoff that the Bears were able to recover. Ferry then ran them to the one yard line, eventually putting it in. After McDonald answered, Dylan Lennon found a big target in Jaedon Finley for a 39 yard score to make it 34-24. Schadl would have the Last Laugh though as he ran one in from 39 yards out to get McDonald to the final score of 41-24.

McDonald will find out their next round opponent on Saturday as the game between Independence and Lucas was postponed due to weather. Leetonia is still eligible to schedule a regular season game.

BEARS HANG ON AGAINST SOUTHERN

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Leetonia comes into Friday’s matchup looking for revenge from last years game that Southern won 50-7 in week 10. Leetonia and Southern both started off slow in the first half as both teams scored zero points. The third quarter was a different story for both teams though. Leetonia came out strong as Jaedon Finley’s 42 yard run set up a Marco Ferry 5-yard touchdown run. Leetonia missed their 2-point conversion bringing their lead to 6-0. Southern bounced back two plays after the Leetonia touchdown with a Josh Pratt pass to Brad Sloan for a 49-yard touchdown. Southern’s Garret Brewer would convert their extra-point to take the lead 7-6 to end the 4th. After a couple of 4 and outs for both teams, Leetonia had a 58-yard rushing touchdown by Marco Ferry and a 2-point conversion by Ferry to take back the lead 14-7. Southern with only 5 minutes left to go in the fourth scored another passing touchdown to Timmy West to bring their score to 14-13. Southern attempted a 2-point conversion and got stuffed by Leetonia’s defense. Leetonia would get the onside kick recovery and run out the clock to secure the victory for the Bears.

 Leetonia will head to Valley Christian to take on the (1-0) Eagles, and Southern will have a matchup against (1-0) Wellsville Tigers.

*Contributed by YSN’s Derrick Grossen