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Milton-Union’s Charlie Lane runs with the ball as Troy Christian’s Elliot Priest attempts to make a tackle.
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Troy Christian quarterback Paul McDonald fights off a Milton-Union defender Friday night.
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GREENVILLE — The Piqua football team broke into the win column with a 35-7 victory over Greenville Friday night.
Piqua, 1-4 overall and 1-3 in the MVL, will travel to Troy Friday night.
Jericho Burns rushed for 183 yards and three touchdowns on 22 carries and Garrett Brown added 92 yards on 15 carries.
Ky Warner had nine carries for 53 yards and one touchdown and completed three of seven passes for 50 yards and a touchdown.
That included a 29-yard pass to Carson Hawk for a TD.
Joshua Heath was a perfect 5-for-5 on PAT kicks.
Owen Shawler had 11 tackles and Gage Gambill added eight tackles.
Drake Owen recovered a fumble.
Milton-Union 29,
Troy Christian 6
TROY — The Milton-Union football team picked up another TRC win on the road Friday night.
Milton-Union, 3-2 overall and 2-0 in the TRC, will host Miami East Friday night.
Troy Christian, 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the TRC, will host Riverside Friday night.
Jordan Foose had a big night for the Bulldogs, rushing for 234 yards on 34 carries and scored two touchdowns.
Payton Mayfield had 1o carries for 64 yards and caught three passes for 48 yards, including a 34-yard TD pass from Wyatt Kimmel.
Kimmel rushed for a touchdown and Peyton Nichols had 47 yards rushing on nine carries.
Kimmel completed seven of 15 passes for 98 yards.
Braden Schaurer kicked two PATs and a 39-yard field goal.
Cason Berner intercepted a pass and Josh Lucente recovered a fumble.
Mayfield led the defense with seven tackles and Nichols and Charlie Lane had five tackles each.
Troy Christian scored on a 65-yard pass from Paul McDonald to Andrew Knostman.
McDonald completed 16 of 26 passes for 181 yards and Knostman had three catches for 109 yards.
Ryan Waltz led the defense with 16 tackles.
McDonald had 14 tackles and Nathaniel Rudd, Linn Curent and Vaughn King had 12 tackles each.
Jake Grossnickle added nine tackles and Christian Jarvis had seven tackles.
Lehman 31,
Miami East 7
CASSTOWN — The Lehman Catholic football team got a big road win Friday night.
Lehman, 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the TRC, will play at Bethel Friday night.
Miami East, 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the TRC, will play at Milton-Union Friday night.
Donovan O’Leary had a big night for the Cavaliers, who took advantage of six Viking turnovers.
O’Leary completed 17 of 25 passes for 149 yards, had 18 carries for 78 yards and a touchdown and intercepted two passes, returning one for a touchdown.
Turner Lachey had 10 catches for 66 yards and Da’Ron Pride had 21 carries for 175 yards and two touchdowns.
Daniel Carlisle was a perfect 4-for-4 on PAT kicks and kicked a 25-yard field goal.
Lachey, Ethan Stiver and Seth Knapke intercepted passes and Will Ford recovered a fumble.
Dillon Schmiesing led the defense with seven tackles and Stiver had six tackles.
Bethel 29,
Covington 6
BRANDT — The Bethel football got its first win of the season Friday night.
The Bees, 1-4 overall and 1-1 in the TRC, will host Lehman Catholic Friday night.
Covington, 0-5 overall and 0-2 in the TRC, will host Northridge Friday night.
For Bethel, Cooper Mears completed 15 of 30 passes for 154 yards and a touchdown.
Lucas Truman caught eight passes for 92 yards and one touchdown and returned a punt 58 yards for a touchdown.
Christian Bennet had 13 carries for 109 yards and Remi Brannan and Mears both ran for touchdowns.
Logan Newell made three of four PATs and the Bees also scored on a safety.
Brannan had eight tackles and recovered a fumble.
Elijah Albetrti had eight tackles and Grant Arnold had seven tackles.
For Covington, Kian French completed four passes.
That included a 19-yard TD pass to Garrett Leistner.
Derrick Meyer had 15 carries for 54 yards and French had 51 yards on four carries.
French and Filip McMaken both intercepted one pass.
Meyer and Leistner each had 10 tackles and Jack Blumenstock had nine tackles and a sack.
McMaken had eight tackles and French had seven tackles.
Bradford 40,
Sciotoville East
BRADFORD — The Bradford football team won an offensive shootout Friday night.
The Railroaders, 4-1, will travel to Dixie Friday night.
Owen Canan completed 11 of 16 passes for 194 yards, including a 14-yard pass to Hudson Hill.
Canan also rushed for 40 yards and four touchdowns on 13 carries.
Tucker Miller rushed for 119 yards on 12 carries.
Griffin Trevino caught three passes for 92 yards, Landon Wills caught three for 54 yards and Garrett Trevino caught three for 29 yards.
Trey Schmelzer returned a fumble 98 yards for a touchdown.