Thursday, October 05, 2000
Ohio football notebook
McComb twins bring opponents double trouble
By TIM PUET
Associated Press Writer
The Aldrich brothers, Dusty and Rusty, have been twin terrors for McComb's opponents all season, and their performance last week was their best yet.
Rusty caught 19 passes from Dusty against Dola Hardin Northern for what the Ohio High School Athletic Association said was a state record, breaking the mark of 18 set in 1970 by Dayton Wilbur Wright's Jack Schulte and tied last year by Willard's Chad Carr.
Rusty finished with 224 yards receiving and four touchdowns in the 41-14 victory, while Dusty was 28-for-34 for 288 yards.
McComb has outscored opponents 322-14 in its six victories and the Rusty-Dusty show may be at the beginning of a long run, since the twins are juniors.
ALL-AROUND ACES: Mount Blanchard Riverdale's Travis Weber scored on an 81-yard kickoff return, rushed for 146 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown, kicked six extra points and was 3-for-6 passing in a 41-17 decision over North Robinson Colonel Crawford; Dayton Chaminade-Julienne's Angelo Chattams had 364 all-purpose yards to lead a 38-14 victory over Hamilton Badin. He caught 10 passes for 176 yards and one touchdown, returned five punts for 143 yards including one of 65 yards for a touchdown, ran back one kickoff for eight yards and had seven carries for 37 yards.
David Hans of Lorain Admiral King scored all five of his team's touchdowns — three rushing, two receiving — intercepted a pass and made 11 solo tackles from his defensive back position in a 35-30 decision over Akron Coventry; Brian DeVito of Sheffield Brookside caught three touchdown passes and had three interceptions, pacing a 42-7 victory against LaGrange Keystone.
Matt Rycraft ran for 108 yards, scoring twice, and threw for 235 yards with two touchdowns for Beloit West Branch, which beat Canton South 28-14; Chris Hoose of Wickliffe threw for the deciding score in a 35-29 overtime decision over Perry and had two other touchdown passes, rushed for another, made a pair of two-point conversions and combined for 282 yards rushing and receiving.
TURNAROUNDS: Columbus Centennial is 5-1 to tie the school record for victories in a season. Its best record since opening in 1976 was 5-5 in 1990; Hamilton New Miami ended a 23-game losing streak on opening night and is 4-2; Philo started out 0-2 and was scoreless in its first two games, but the Electrics have won four straight and haven't allowed a point in 11 quarters.
Casstown Miami East won its first Southwestern Rivers Conference game in five years, downing Benjamin Logan 26-14 as Nathan Chivington ran 19 times for 142 yards and one touchdown, caught two passes for 51 yards and two scores, returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown, had 14 tackles, including two sacks, and blocked an extra point.
REWRITE THE BOOKS: Players setting school records included Sparta Highland's Robby Layne with 336 passing yards, connecting on 25-of-38 throws in a 38-32 defeat against Marion River Valley, and Salineville Southern Local's Mike Skrinjar, who rushed for 259 yards in 31 tries as the Indians blasted Sebring 53-8.
Derrick Wilkinson of Hamilton led a 28-14 victory over Cincinnati Oak Hills with 267 yards on 31 carries; Oxford Talawanda's Ryan Holmes was 28-for-45 for 376 passing yards and four touchdowns in a 40-21 decision over Lemon-Monroe.
THRILLERS: Wellsville beat New Cumberland (W.Va.) Oak Glen 26-24 when Shayne Rose caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from Jesse Jackson with one second left. Richie Sloan finished with 223 yards and two touchdowns for the Tigers; Millersport trailed Summit Station Licking Heights 30-14 with 1:10 to play, but scoring drives of 97 and 48 yards forced overtime and a two-point conversion won the game 38-36, ending a 16-game losing streak.
GRINDING IT OUT: Tristin Murray ran 19 times for 342 yards and five touchdowns and passed for a sixth in New Carlisle Tecumseh's 48-28 victory over Springfield Shawnee; Delphos Jefferson pounded Convoy Crestview 79-22 with Seth Thiftoff rushing for 353 yards and six touchdowns; Matt Genet rushed for 199 yards as Doylestown Chippewa edged Apple Creek Waynedale 28-27.
RECORD NEAR: Delphos St. John's is four victories away from tying Versailles' state record of 54 consecutive regular-season wins. The Blue Jays hit the 50 mark as Zach Weber ran for 256 yards in a 42-20 triumph over Rockford Parkway.
SCORE, SCORE, SCORE: Brian Wolters of Maria Stein Marion Local scored seven touchdowns in a 52-34 shootout against Fort Recovery. He caught touchdown passes of 57, 27, 12, 10 and 7 yards from Mitch Knapke, ran for a 17-yard score and scored on a 50-yard punt return.
BOMBS AWAY: Westerville South's Rocky Pentello completed 21-of-38 passes for 342 yards and two touchdowns as the Wildcats outscored Grove City 49-42, with Lance Moore catching 11 for 181 yards and returning a fumble 32 yards for a score.
DOUBLE-DOUBLE: Luke Davis of Lewisburg Tri-County North ran for 135 yards on 14 carries, with three scores, and gained another 135 yards by making six receptions, two of them for touchdowns, to help his Panthers beat Bradford 48-6.
WHO NEEDS STATS?: Portsmouth beat Ironton 28-0 despite being outgained 242-202. Ironton lost four fumbles, one of which was recovered in the end zone and returned 100 yards by Antonio Malone.
SHORT SCORE: Heath's Steve Berk scored on a 7-yard punt return during a 28-0 victory over Granville. Punter Matt Foster had trouble with a high snap and had to kick on the run, with the ball going off the side of his foot. The punt officially went for minus-12 yards.
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