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VANLUE -- Leetonia's long football losing streak is over.
Using plenty of offensive firepower the Bears overwhelmed the outmanned Value Wildcats in a 47-0 win in a matchup of teams that have struggled in recent seasons.
Leetonia -- which had seven different players score touchdowns -- shattered a 30-game losing streak. The Bears last won on Oct. 29, 2021, with a 20-8 victory over Sebring.
Vanlue, which had 13 available players, has lost 18 straight. Leetonia had 21 in uniform.
The game started at 5:55 p.m. and is thought to be the first high school football game played in the state this season.
Leetonia collected 396 total yards, while hold Vanlue to 7 total yards, all passing, and one first down.
The Bears racked up 276 yards of offense in the first half en route to a 40-0 lead at the break.
Leetonia got on the board on its first offensive play from scrimmage as Dylan Brown raced 64 yards untouched to make it 7-0.
Donnie Smith added Leetonia's second touchdown with a 5-yard rumble up the middle to make it 13-0. Johns then hit Brayden Gainey on a 52-yard bomb to make it 19-0 by the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Johns hit pay dirt on a 34-yard touchdown run to push it to 26-0. Ethan Mathia tacked on a 65-yard romp to extend the lead to 33-0.
Before the half, Grayden Henderson had a 22-yard scamper for a touchdown to make it 40-0.
Offensively Vanlue had little success doing anything and the Bear defenders routinely tackled the Wildcats behind the line of scrimmage.
Leetonia added a late touchdown in the fourth quarter on a 27-yard run by Devon Randolph.
It was Leetonia's biggest margin of victory since the Bears beat East Palestine 48-0 in 2019.
Leetonia hosts Mathews next Friday.
LE: 19-21-0-7--47
VL: 0-0-0-0--0
LE--Dylan Brown 64 run (Dylan Johns kick)
LE--Donnie Smith 5 run (kick failed)
LE--Brayden Gainey 52 pass from Dylan Johns (kick failed)
LE--Johns 34 run (Johns kick)
LE--Ethan Mathia 65 run (Johns kick)
LE--Grayden Henderson 22 run (Johns kick)
LE--Devon Randolph 27 run (Johns kick)
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LE VL
First downs 11 1
Total Yards 396 7
Rushes-yards 19-260 27-0
Passing 136 7
Comp-Att-Int 7-8-0 1-3-0
Punts 0 4-27.3
Fumbles-Lost 0 5-2
Penalties-Yards 6-45 2-10
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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING--Leetonia, Ethan Mathia 3-96, Devon Randolph 6-59, Grayden Henderson 4-35, Jeremiah Falk 3-25, Donnie Smith 1-6.
PASSING--Leetonia, Dylan Johns 4-5-124-0, Grayden Henderson 3-3-12-0.
RECEIVING--Leetonia, Brayden Gainey 2-67, Dylan Brown 1-59, Jeremiah Falk 1-11, Kadyn Taylor 1-3.
FUMBLE RECOVERIES--Leetonia, Armani Young, Camden Price.
East Palestine wins
SHADYSIDE -- Sophomore Clark Rutledge accounted for five touchdowns in his first start at quarterback and the East Palestine defense took over from there Thursday.
The Bulldogs -- with Rutledge throwing for four touchdowns and running for another -- rolled over Shadyside, 40-7, in the season opener.
Rutledge threw three touchdown passes in the second quarter and ran for another in the third quarter to help the Bulldogs build a commanding 26-0 lead.
East Palestine first two scores came on consecutive offensive plays.
On the second play of the second quarter, RJ May scored on a 53-yard pass from Rutledge with a downfield block by Tanner Morrow.
May had a 32-yard punt return and, on the next play, hauled in a 30-yard touchdown pass from Rutledge.
The Bulldogs held the Tigers and took over at their own 49-yard line late in the second quarter. A scrambling Rutledge hit Braydon Plum for a 24-yard gain and then Rutledge threw his third touchdown pass of the quarter, hitting Morrow from 25 yards out to make it 20-0.
East Palestine converted two fourth-down defensive stops in the third quarter into touchdowns -- a 1-yard run by Rutledge and a 31-yard run by Zach Schnelle, to up the lead to 33-0.
The Tigers were stopped at their own 20 on fourth down, setting up East Palestine's final score -- a 25-yard pass from Rutledge to Plum on a fourth-and-15 play.
Shadyside scored late on a 13-yard run by Ace Nelson.
Both teams play next Friday as East Palestine hosts Windham and Shadyside travels to Southern Local.
E. PALESTINE: 0-20-13-7--40
SHADYSIDE: 0- 0- 0-7-- 7
SCORING
EP--RJ May 53 pass from Clark Rutledge (Nate Mead kick)
EP--RJ May 30 pass from Clark Rutledge (kick failed)
EP--Tanner Morrow 25 pass from Clark Rutledge (Nate Mead kick)
EP--Clark Rutledge 1 run (kick failed)
EP--Zach Schnelle 31 run (Nate Mead kick)
EP--Braydon Plum 25 pass from Clark Rutledge (Nate Mead kick)
SS--Ace Nelson 13 run (Kelsyn West kick)