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2009 OHSAA State Football
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Youngstown Cardinal Mooney Wins Seventh
State Title with 35-7 Win ### OHSAA ###
Division V � Youngstown Ursuline 55,
Coldwater 25
Youngstown Ursuline Claims Second Consecutive State Title in 55-25 Win Over Coldwater 15 Div. V State Championship Game Records Set in Shootout
CANTON, Ohio � The first two state titles handed out on Friday at the Ohio High School Athletic Association football championships have both gone to Youngstown schools from the Steel Valley Conference after unranked Youngstown Ursuline (11-3) downed No. 2 Coldwater 55-25 in the Div. V final at Canton Fawcett Stadium. Youngstown Cardinal Mooney won the Div. III title earlier in the day. The title marks the second consecutive state title for Ursuline and third overall.
The game was a rematch of the 2000 Div. IV state title game that Ursuline won 49-37. Eleven Div. IV state title records were set in that game and the Irish and Cavaliers combined to rewrite the Div. V record book this time around as 15 new state championship records were set.
Down 7-0 at the end of the first quarter, Youngstown Ursuline scored on the first play of the second quarter on a 26-yard touchdown run by junior Akise Teague en route to a Div. V record 27 points in the quarter. Senior receiver and defensive back Chris Collins scored touchdowns on back-to-back series, one on a 59-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Paul Kempe and the other on a 41-yard interception return for a score.
The scoring continued for the Fighting Irish in the second half, highlighted by an 85-yard run by senior running back Aaron Edwards and an 80-yard scamper by Teague. Ursuline rushed for 393 of its Div. V state championship game record 508 total yards and was led on the ground by senior Allen Jones� 155 yards and Akise Teague�s 112 yards and three scores. The 55 points, fourth all-time in state championship history, and the eight touchdowns scored by the Irish were both Div. V state title records.
Coldwater (13-2) was led by senior quarterback Keith Wenning, who set Div. V state title records for most passing yards (414), most passes attempted (54), and most passes completed (40). The 40 completions marked the most passes completed in any division in OHSAA state championship history. Wenning�s favorite targets were senior receiver Adam Rammel, who caught a Div. V record 14 balls and junior Kurt Schoenherr, who caught 10 passes.
The schools combined for several other Div. V state championship records including most points (80), most touchdowns (12), pass completions (49) and total yards (982).
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Division II � Cincinnati Winton Woods 42,
Cincinnati Winton Woods Wins First State Title with 42-12 Victory over Maple Heights Warriors dominate second half in Division II title game
MASSILLON, Ohio � Sixth-ranked Cincinnati Winton Woods collected its first football state title Friday night in Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium with a 42-12 victory over unranked Maple Heights. The Warriors finish the season with a 13-2 record, winning their last nine games.
Led by senior quarterback Dominique Brown, the Warriors took a 14-point lead during the second quarter and never looked back. After Maple Heights closed the score to 14-6 with under five minutes to go in the second quarter, Winton Woods went on to score 28 unanswered points en route to the victory.
Brown finished the game with 200 total yards, 172 on the ground, four rushing touchdowns and another through the air. During the five tournament games, Brown collected 855 yards on 94 carries and 16 touchdowns. Senior RB Jeremiah Goins also picked up 155 yards rushing in the game for the Warriors.
In its first trip to a state championship game, Winton Woods left its mark in the record book, setting a new standard for Division II rushing yards with 376. Brown�s four touchdowns and 24 points tie the current records for Division II set by Javon Ringer of Dayton Chaminade-Julienne in 2002. The 42 points scored by the Warriors matches their season average, having scored a total of 633 for the season, eighth most all-time for a season in OHSAA history.
Maple Heights junior quarterback Shaq Washington completed 16 passes for 214 yards and ran for a touchdown. Senior running back Devonte Ransom collected 127 yards on 17 carries with one touchdown.
Maple Heights totaled 381 yards of offense, but converted only one third-down in the game, halting scoring opportunities. The 785 total yards collected by both teams ties the record set by Cincinnati Anderson and Louisville in 2007.
### OHSAA ### Division IV � Kettering Archbishop Alter 37, Chagrin Falls 7 Canton Fawcett Stadium � Saturday, December 5, 11:00 a.m.
Kettering Archbishop Alter Downs Chagrin Falls 37-7 for Second Straight State Title Knights Defense Dominates in Div. IV Championship Game CANTON, Ohio �
Top-ranked Kettering Archbishop Alter used a suffocating defense and a
strong ground game to claim its second consecutive Division IV state
title and complete an undefeated season after downing third-ranked
Chagrin Falls 37-7 Saturday at Canton Fawcett Stadium. ### OHSAA ### Division VI � Norwalk St. Paul 24, Delphos St. John's 21 Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium � Saturday, December 5, 3:00 p.m.
Touchdown in Final Seconds Gives Norwalk St. Paul First State Title Flyers defeat Delphos St. John�s 24-21 in Division VI championship game
MASSILLON, Ohio � A Norwalk St. Paul touchdown with five seconds left in the game gave the fourth-ranked Flyers their first Division VI state title in four tries as St. Paul defeated top ranked Delphos St. John�s 24-21 Saturday in Massillon. It was the third meeting between these two teams in a state final, with Delphos St. John�s winning the previous two match-ups and falling for the first time in six title games overall.
On the third straight attempt from inside the one-yard line, St. Paul senior quarterback Eric Schwieterman snuck the ball over the goal line giving the Flyers a 24-21 lead. Schwieterman led an inspiring 98-yard drive over the last four minutes of the game to give the Flyers the game-winning touchdown. The St. Paul defense held the Blue Jays out of the end zone on fourth and goal from the three to regain possession of the ball to setup the final drive.
It was a tale of two halves as the Flyers held St. John�s to just 46 yards of total offense in the first half, but an 86-yard kick-off return for a touchdown by sophomore Jordan Bergfeld put the Blue Jays on the board. The return was just two-yards shy of the championship game record of 88 yards set by St. Paul the last time these teams met in the state finals in 1999.
St. Johns scored on its opening drive of the second half to take a 14-10 lead. The Blue Jays forced the Flyers to punt on their next possession and junior Tyler Bergfeld returned the punt 89 yards to the St. Paul seven yard line. Junior running back Jordan Leininger put the ball in the end zone from the two yards out, increasing the Blue Jays� lead to 11 points.
The Flyers drove the ball down the field on their next possession, capping it with a Schwieterman one-yard touchdown run and cutting the lead to 21-17. The touchdown was the second in the game for Schwieterman, who earlier broke loose for a 73-yard touchdown run, the longest touchdown run in Division VI title game history.
For the game, Schwieterman�s three touchdown performance tied the Division VI record for touchdowns, rushing touchdowns and points. He totaled 147 yards on the ground on 30 carries and completed eight passes for 187 yards. 108 of those yards, including two long passes during the final drive, went to senior Justin Wilde.
Leininger ran for a total of 98 yards on 15 carries and one touchdown, giving him 31 touchdowns on the season for St. John�s. The Blue Jays only gained 176 yards in the game compared to the 430 yards the Flyers collected, but managed to stay in the game thanks to 219 special teams return yards. ### OHSAA ### Division I � Hilliard Davidson
16, Cleveland Glenville 15 Hilliard Davidson
Wins 16-15 Thriller over Cleveland Glenville for Second State Title
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