Prep football roundup: ’Jackets close regular season with win
Williamstown’s Jenner Burge carries the ball during Friday’s 41-21 win over Scott. (Photo by Nikki Allen)
WILLIAMSTOWN — Jackson Kerr ran for three touchdowns to help Williamstown close the regular season with a 41-21 win over Scott Friday.
Jack Moore got the scoring started for the Yellowjackets, who at 5-5 will wait to see if they earn a Class AA postseason bid. Moore ran in from 5 yards out at the 5:59 mark of the first to make it 6-0.
A Jackson Fulton 36-yard touchdown pass to Breck Allen, followed by Kerr’s first score from 42 yards out, made it 20-0 at halftime.
In the third, Christian Hoosier had a 90-yard scoop-and-score before Kerr rushed for a 51-yard touchdown to make it 35-0 Williamstown.
Scott got on the board with 4:22 left in the third thanks to Mason Brown’s 2-yard TD run.
Williamstown answered with 4:52 remaining in the fourth when Kerr found the end zone from 4 yards out.
SHS, which added a pair of inconsequential touchdowns in the final minute, finished the season 2-8.
Ohio playoffs: Wheelersburg 43, Morgan 3
WHEELERSBURG — Morgan’s historic season came to a close Friday as the Raiders fell to top-seeded Wheelersburg 43-3 in the Region 19 quarterfinals Friday night.
Jude Garber’s 31-yard field goal got Morgan within 7-3 in the first quarter, but the Pirates closed the game on a 36-0 run.
Morgan, which won its first postseason game in program history last week, finished the season 8-4.





