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WEST BRANCH 29, ALLIANCE 0
BELOIT -- West Branch clinched a share of a seventh straight Eastern Buckeye Conference title with the 200th victory at Clinton Heacock Stadium on Friday night.
Quarterback Grady Hirst ran for three touchdowns and Gavin Marshall scored another as West Branch blanked Alliance, 29-0.
West Branch improves to 8-1 overall and 5-0 in the EBC, one game ahead of Salem with the Warriors hosting the Quakers on Friday.
West Branch is now 200-93-4 at Clinton Heacock Stadium, the home of the Warriors since 1971.
The Warriors are winning with defense, giving up five touchdowns in their eight victories.
Owen Bloss led the effort with 14 tackles, including two for losses.
Drake Stryffeler collected 12 tackles with one sack and JJ Marra 10 tackles with three for losses. Damon Edwards had seven tackles and a fumble recovery.
West Branch had the advantage in first downs (13-8), rushing yards (250-137) and total yards (258-148).
Hirst ran for 93 yards on 17 carries and was 4-of-10 passing for eight yards.
Marra added 83 yards on eight carries, Marshall 47 yards on seven carries and Drake Stryffeler 33 yards on three carries.
Alliance had its four-game winning streak snapped to fall to 5-4 and 3-2 in the EBC. The Aviators will host Marlington on Friday.
UNITED 49, WELLSVILLE 0
HANOVERTON -- United's football team hasn't had to take off the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference crown in four seasons.
The Golden Eagles made it four straight EOAC titles with a 49-0 win over Wellsville on Friday in a game that was conceded by the Tigers after three quarters.
The Golden Eagles (7-1, 5-0 EOAC) have won 23 straight games in the league dating back to 2023. Wellsville (1-8, 0-6 EOAC) is the inverse of that having lost 18 straight league games.
The Golden Eagles led 35-0 after the first quarter and 42-0 at the half. The running clock was started in the first half.
Wellsville had all kinds of trouble getting any offense going and the Eagles were able to capitalize on several early miscues.
United quarterback Tom Brown had touchdowns of 8 and 47 yards in the first quarter. M'Kyan Haynes had touchdown runs of 20, 14 and 25 yards. Brown also hit Kota Shasteen on an 11-yard touchdown strike. Austin Ceresna added a 20-yard touchdown run.
United is at Southern on Friday to close the regular season.
Wellsville will travel to Steubenville Central next Saturday.
SOUTHERN 14, VALLEY 7
SALINEVILLE -- Southern Local rallied for a 14-7 victory over Valley Christian on Friday night in Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference play.
Valley took a 7-0 lead with 2:53 left in the first quarter, but the Indians were able to get on the board in the first half on a Jaymen Maines 18-yard touchdown catch from Jack Pitts.
Pitts put the Indians ahead 14-7 with a 1-yard keeper with 9:16 left in the third quarter.
Southern moved to 2-7 and 2-4 in the EOAC. The Indians had lost three straight.
Valley fell to 1-8 and 1-4 in the EOAC. The Eagles, who have lost four straight, will host East Palestine on Saturday at Mineral Ridge.
LISBON 23, MADONNA 0
LISBON -- Lisbon pulled away in the second half and beat Weirton Madonna, 23-0, for the Blue Devils’ fourth straight win Friday.
The Blue Devils, who led 7-0 at halftime, improve to 6-3 and will play at Columbiana on Friday with a chance of a second-place finish in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference.
Madonna, coached by 2014 Lisbon graduate Shawn McKinnon, drops to 1-6. The Blue Dons have lost five straight, scoring four touchdowns in that span.
Madonna will host Leetonia on Friday.
ST.JOHN 34, LEETONIA 0
LEETONIA -- Ashtabula St. John scored first on a 58-yard interception return and never stopped in a 34-0 win over Leetonia on Friday.
Carter Beck returned his fourth interception of the season to give the Heralds a 7-0 lead with 5:55 to play in the first quarter.
The Heralds led 14-0 in the first quarter, 27-0 by halftime and 34-0 in the third quarter.
St. John won its third in a row to improve to 7-2 on the season. Leetonia moves to 3-6.
The Heralds ran for 261 yards and touchdowns of 32, 6, 10 and 38 yards on 27 carries. They three two incompletions.
Leetonia had 95 yards on 21 rushes and was 15-of-27 passing for 54 yards with two interceptions.
Dylan Johns led the Bears with 63 yards on 10 rushes and was 12-of-21 passing for 53 yards.
Jason King added 34 yards on nine carries and 19 yards on four receptions. Brayden Gainey had six catches for 17 yards and Dylan Brown four catches for 15 yards.
Gainey and Morgan Bauman paced the Leetonia defense with four tackles apiece.
Both teams play Friday with Leetonia at Weirton Madonna and St. John hosting Cardinal.
GARFIELD 56, CRESTVIEW 14
COLUMBIANA -- State-ranked Garrettsville Garfield clinched a share of the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Tier title by running past Crestview, 56-14, Friday.
Garfield improves to 9-0 overall and 6-0 in league play. The G-Men have won 27 of their last 28 league games -- the lone loss was to Crestview last year.
The Rebels drop to 3-6 and 2-4 in MVAC play.
Ryder Cain and Collin McGranahan combined for 272 yards rushing and five touchdowns. Cain totaled 141 yards and four touchdowns on 20 carries and McGranahan added 131 yards and one touchdown on 12 carries.
Cain scored on runs of 14, 1, 2 and 12 yards to raise his season total to 19 rushing scores. He also added a two-point reception.
Garfield held the advantage in first downs (19-9), yards rushing (390-195) and total yards (397-195).
Crestview had three turnovers, while Garfield had none.
Crestview led 14-7 in the first quarter as Hayden Davis ran for touchdowns covering 14 and 48 yards. Garfield responded with three touchdowns in both the second and third quarters.
Davis led the Rebels with 106 yards on 13 carries. Trevor McElhaney added 51 yards on 11 carries.
McGranahan interception Crestview’s only pass of the game.
Both teams play Friday as Crestview travels to LaBrae and Garfield goes too Brookfield. Brookfield and Liberty are tied for second place in the Gray Tier at 5-1.
EAST LIVERPOOL 55, WEIR 21
WEIRTON, W.Va. -- East Liverpool put itself in a great position for playoff football after a win over Weir High on Friday.
The Potters, who were eighth in Div. IV, Region 15 coming into Friday, improved to 7-2. The seven regular season wins is the most for East Liverpool coach Paul Cusick in four seasons leading the Potters.
East Liverpool led 27-0 at the end of the first quarter and led 55-7 at the end of the third quarter.
East Liverpool will have a chance to clinch the outright Buckeye 8 Big School Division title next Friday as it hosts Brooke. A win over Brooke would also give the Potters their best regular season record since 2010.
Weir High (0-8) has lost 27 straight games and will host Moorefield on Oct. 30.
BEAVER LOCAL 35, CAMBRIDGE 12
CALCUTTA -- Beaver Local broke out of its slump with a 35-12 win over Cambridge on Friday night.
After losing four straight -- with the previous two games being shutouts -- along with a fumble on the first play of the game, the Beavers made quick work of the Bobcats, who have lost five straight against Beaver Local.
Playing without starting quarterback Reid Schwerha who suffered a concussion in last week's loss to Indian Creek, the Beavers went with Richie Wyse and Owen Moore under center.
Peyton Cowdery ended the Beavers' scoreless drought with a 5-yard touchdown run with 5:57 left in the first the play after Moore ran 53 yards.
At the 1:09 mark of the first Cowdery added another on a 4-yard touchdown run and Nolan Irving ran for the two-point conversion to make it 15-0.
Moore put the Beavers up 22-0 on a 17-yard run with 10:09 left in the second quarter.
Cambridge was able to drive down the field late in the first half to score on an AJ Lawrence 10-yard touchdown run as time expired to make it 22-6 at the break.
Moore scored again with 3:57 left in the third quarter to push Beaver's lead to 28-6.
Cambridge bagged a 22-yard field by Quintin Stora with 10:20 to go in the fourth quarter to cut the Beaver Local lead to 28-9. Stora added a 34-yard field with 7:04 left in the game to make it 28-12.
Beaver Local's Ryder Culp scored an 8-yard touchdown run with 2:48 left in the game to cap the Beaver scoring.
The Bobcats broke a 38-game losing streak last week with a 42-21 win over Weir High.
Beaver Local improves to 5-4 and will have a chance to get to a winning record on Friday as it heads to Lakeview.