Prep football roundup: Tigers fall to Monarchs
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Marietta led 21-10 at halftime and 28-16 midway through the third, but John Marshall put together a second-half rally to leave town with a 37-28 victory.
The Tigers, who fell to 0-2 and head to Athens next week, were powered by Braydon Frye's three touchdowns. Frye scored from 6, 43 and 71 yards out. The 71-yarder put Marietta up 12 with 7:51 left in the third, but the Monarchs (1-0) closed the game on a 21-0 run.
Tiler Clemons caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Jacob Cisar to cut it to 28-23. Cisar, who also threw a TD pass to Landen Snyder earlier in the quarter, then connected with Dalton Cooper on a screen pass, which Cooper took 81 yards to the house. Cisar ran in the two-point conversion to put JMHS up 31-28. Cooper applied the finishing touches with a 5-yard scoring scamper with just 1:27 remaining. The Monarchs running back also had a 79-yard kick return for a touchdown in the game.
The Tigers only touchdown that wasn't produced by Frye came with nine seconds left in the first half when Ryker Gibeaut fell on a fumble in the end zone.
Fort Frye 42, West Muskingum 20
BEVERLY -- Grady Hesson threw for 137 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for a team-high 74 yards and kicked a pair of field goals in Fort Frye's 42-20 win over West Muskingum on Friday.
The Cadets signal-caller completed 7 of 10 pass attempts, including a pair of scoring strikes to Gavin Rauch. Rauch had 88 yards on two catches and added 60 yards on 13 carries.
Tytan Waller, who had 15 carries for 52 yards, Sam Bricker and Ethan Buckey found paydirt once apiece to round out the scoring for Fort Frye. Hesson booted field goals of 23 and 21 yards.
The Cadets (2-0) outgained the Tornadoes (1-1) 356-226 and did not commit a penalty in the contest. Waller had an interception on defense.
Fort Frye heads to Wheeling Central next week looking to stay unbeaten.
Frontier 45, Magnolia 14
NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va. -- Luke Mendenhall rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns and threw for another in Frontier's 45-14 win over Magnolia on Friday.
Mendenhall, who carried 17 times and was 4 for 8 passing for 97 yards, threw his only TD pass to Austyn Kephart, who had three catches for 61 yards plus 87 yards and a TD on six rushes.
Caden Barrows had an efficient night, taking his only two carries for 16 yards and two touchdowns, while Davyn Ferrell also found the end zone on a 5-yard run to round out the scoring for the Cougars.
Kephart had an interception on defense while Mendenhall recovered a fumble. The Cougars, who are now 2-0 and play host to Belpre in next week's home opener, out-gained the Blue Eagles 330-177.
Magnolia (0-1) scored on Ethanal Harlan's 1-yard touchdown run and Bryson Postalwait's 46-yard TD strike to Jackson Goddard. The Blue Eagles entertain Wirt County next week.
Belpre 49, Sciotoville East 0
BELPRE -- Alex Parker rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on just five carries as Belpre routed Sciotoville East 49-0 Friday at Ralph Holder Stadium.
Belpre (1-1) put up 29 points in the first quarter to set the tone in its first win of the season. Slade Atkinson got things started with a punt return for a touchdown. Parker found the end zone twice in the opening period on carries of 51 and 52 yards. Jayden Gibbs caught a 3-yard TD pass from Malik Currie as it was 29-0 at halftime.
Maverick McCartney (33 yards) and Mason Baxter (4 yards) had rushing touchdowns in the third quarter while Chance Bailey (16 yards) found paydirt in the fourth.
Belpre, which visits Frontier next week in a Washington County showdown, out-gained SEHS 275-100.
OTHER AREA SCORES:
Williamstown 42, Ravenswood 7
Shenandoah 49, Bridgeport (Ohio) 18
Monroe Central 29, Bellaire 14
Eastern 34, Miller 8
Alexander 49, Federal Hocking 18
Calhoun County 42, Gilmer County 18
Roane County 26, Doddridge County 7
Sissonville 32, Ripley 27
Wahama 57, Ritchie County 16