Included in our Week 2 football roundup, Aurora, Mogadore and Rootstown picked up impressive wins with the Rovers and Wildcats both moving to 2-0.
We had live coverage of Garfield's win over Warren JFK and Streetsboro's victory at Roosevelt. Here's a look at the other Week 2 games from across Portage County:
Aurora 47, Lutheran West 0
The Greenmen bounced back from a Week 1 heartbreaker with a shutout and 33 first-half points.
Aurora senior running back Xavier Board was stellar with 17 carries for 155 yards and three touchdowns and the Greenmen ran for 276 yards overall.
Aurora's Ryan Ziegler had an effective day at quarterback, completing eight of 12 passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns against a single interception. Josh Harrell and Luke McGovern caught a TD pass apiece. Aurora (1-1) was particularly impressive defensively, holding Lutheran West to just 25 yards of total offense on 20 plays.
Rootstown 44, Springfield 6
Facing a Spartans' team fresh off its first opening win since 2017, the Rovers made a statement. Rootstown took a 21-0 lead in the first quarter and a 44-0 advantage into the fourth. The Rovers scored in pretty much every possible fashion. Rootstown had two defensive touchdowns — for the second straight week — as Kiel Reuting had a pick-six and Alex Ely took a fumble 10 yards to the end zone. Reuting also had a rushing touchdown, as did Max McEwuen and Damien Reuting. Blake Mullaly also scored in two different ways, with a 49-yard touchdown pass to Damien Reuting and a 28-yard field goal.
The Rovers (2-0) ended the night with huge advantages in nearly every category, including rushing yards (250-75) and passing yards (134-71).
Mogadore 22, Canton Central Catholic 7
Conner Lehner had two touchdowns for the second straight week to lead the Wildcats (2-0) to another impressive victory. Lehner scored the game's first touchdown from 15 yards out to give Mogadore a 6-0 lead in the first quarter. After the Crusaders scored from two yards out to take a 7-6 lead, the Wildcats bounced back with a Kade Thomas four-yard rushing touchdown, followed by a two-point conversion to take a 14-7 lead into the half. Lehner added the final points of the night on a 12-yard rushing score in the third quarter.
Mogadore dominated in most facets, with a sizable lead in first downs (20-5), rushing yards (262-85), passing yards (122-63) and total yards (384-148).
Other area scores
Let's take a look at other scores from across Portage County for which no other details were provided:
- Ellet 29 - Field 27
- Grand Valley 25 - Southeast 14
- Normandy 18 - Ravenna 14
- Minerva 23 - Crestwood 8
- East Palestine 57 - Windham 14
- Jefferson 51 - Waterloo 7
Box scores
STREETSBORO 42, ROOSEVELT 7
Streetsboro - 14 - 21 - 7 - 0 — 42
Roosevelt - 7 - 0 - 0 - 0 — 7
Str — Logan Fincham 3 run (Logan Sadowski kick), 7:48 1st
Str — Fincham 9 run (Sadowski kick), 6:02 1st
Knt — Teddy Maccarone 5 pass from Gavin Peeps (PAT good), 1:22 1st
Str — Janiere Cook 1 run (Sadowski kick), 10:10 2nd
Str — Cook 10 run (Sadowski kick), 4:20 2nd
Str — Colton Cox 3 run (Sadowski kick), :53.0 2nd
Str — Cook 33 run (Sadowski kick), 7:25 3rd
INDIVIDUAL STATS
Rushing: Streetsboro (46-364) — Janiere Cook 21-168, Logan Fincham 7-83, Ayden Knuebel 9-50, Adrian Monroe 3-32, Avery Conroy 3-22, Colton Cox 2-7, Noah Hodge 1-2. Roosevelt (11-23): Gavin Peeps 3-(-1), Ke'Shan Talbert 4-6, Makhi Jones 4-18.
Passing: Streetsboro (1-3-40-0-0) — Colton Cox 1-3-40-0-0. Roosevelt (18-37-185-1-2) — Gavin Peeps 18-36-168-1-2, Cyler Foreman 1-1-17-0-0.
Receiving: Streetsboro (1-40) — Adrian Monroe 1-40. Roosevelt (18-185) — Teddy Maccarone 7-60, Jaiden Portis 4-35, Justin Green 2-41, Ke'Shan Talbert 2-10, Sevyn Jones 1-16, Chace Dennison 2-23.
TEAM STATS
STR — KNT
First downs — 18 — 12
Rushes-Yards — 46-364 — 11-23
Comp-Att-Int — 1-3-0 — 18-37-2
Passing Yards — 40 — 185
Fumbles-Lost — 1-1 — 0-0
Penalties-Yards — 5-65 — 4-45
Total yards — 404 — 208
Records — 2-0 —1-1
MOGADORE 22, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 7
Mogadore - 6 – 8 - 8 - 0 — 22
Central - 0 - 7 - 0 - 0 — 7
M — Lehner 15 run (kick blocked)
CC — Stroud 2 run (Rossetti kick)
M — Thomas 4 run (Hendrickson pass from M.Smith)
M — Lehner 12 run (Thomas run)
TEAM STATS
Mog — CC
First downs — 20 — 5
Rushes-Yards — 48-262 — 25-85
Comp-Att-Int — 5-7-1 — 5-9-1
Passing Yards — 122 — 63
Fumbles-Lost — 0-0 — 4-2
Penalties-Yards — 9-83 — 2-15
Total yards — 384 — 148
Records — 2-0 — 0-2
AURORA 47, ROCKY RIVER LUTHERAN WEST 0
Aurora - 12 - 21 - 7 - 7 — 47
Lutheran West - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 — 0
Aur — Board 11 run (run failed)
Aur — Ziegler 4 run (Waid kick)
Aur — Board 1 run (Waid kick)
Aur — Harrell 13 pass from Ziegler (Waid kick)
Aur — McGovern 28 pass from Ziegler (Waid kick)
Aur—Board 22 run (Waid kick)
Aur—Romancak 20 run (Bernat kick)
TEAM STATS
AUR — LW
First downs — 21 — 1
Rushes-Yards — 40-273 — 13-3
Comp-Att-Int — 8-12-1 — 7-12-1
Passing Yards — 120 — 17
Fumbles-Lost — 1-0 — 1-1
Penalties-Yards — 1-10 — 7-32
Total yards — 393 — 20
Records — 1-1 — 0-2
This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Aurora, Mogadore, Rootstown high school football pick up Week 2 wins
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