MANSFIELD — And there you have it. The 2025 high school football regular season is 90% over.
Richland County teams went a combined 5-4 in Week 9. Let’s take a look at what happened in Richland County and in surrounding conferences.
Richland County Football Schedule
Ontario 35, Highland 0
The Ontario Warriors found their offensive groove during a 35-0 Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference win over Highland in Week 9.
Kooper Kilgore got the scoring started eith a two-yard touchdown run before Alex McWhorter caught a 68-yard pass from Gavin Miller. Miller also linked up with Guy Trader for a 20-yard touchdown pass and ran in a one-yard score to count for three TDs on the evening. Trader had a 65-yard put return for a score to add a special teams TD to the dominant win. McWorther also forced a fumble on defense for a solid all-around game.
The Warriors improve to 5-4 and 3-3 in the MOAC. They host River Valley in Week 10.
Clear Fork 44, River Valley 7
The Clear Fork Colts cruised to a 44-7 Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference victory over River Valley in Week 9.
Ben Campbell begain a huge day with a two-yard touchdown run with 8:48 left in the first quarter and added a 48-yard scoring run with 1:46 showing to give the Colts an early 14-0 lead after the opening frame. Campbell then threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Devyn Oswalt with 11:15 showing in the second quarter to build a 21-0 lead. After River Valley scored, Oswalt blasted through the line for an 81-yard score with eight minutes left in the half before Nash Evans closed out the half with a 25-yard field goal giving the Colts a 31-7 advantage at the intermission.
Campbell added touchdown runs of 15 and three yards in the second half to cap off a dominant evening for the Colts.
Campbell ran for 203 yards and four touchdowns on 28 carries while throwing for a score on his only pass attempt. Oswalt ran for 111 yards on five carries with a score and caught a touchdown pass. The Clear Fork offense ran for 369 yards on 51 attempts while the defense held River Valley to negative-42 yards rushing on 14 carries.
The Colts improve to 6-3 and 4-2 in the MOAC. They travel to Galion in Week 10 for a huge game with playoff seeding implications.
Monroeville 28, Crestview 26
The Crestview Cougars suffered a heartbreaking loss to Moneorville, 28-26, to dash their Firelands Conference championship hopes.
Ayden Reymer got th Cougars on the board first with a 15 yards touchdown run to give the Cougars a 7-0 lead after the first quarter. They then added a trick play score when Reymer hit Max Durbin for a 52-yard score to make it 14-0. Monroeville then scored 21 straight point to take a 21-14 lead with 3:59 left in the third quarter. The Cougars responded with an 87 yard touchdown pass from Liam Kuhn to Carson Keener with 10:51 left to play to make it 21-20 after a missed point-after attempt. Trailing 28-20 after a Monroeville score, Kuhn ran in a seven-yard TD with 5:43 left to play but the game-tying two-point conversion failed.
Kuhn completed 6-of-8 passes for 157 yards and a score while also running for seven yards. Keener caight four passes for 102 yards and a TD while Durbin added three catches for 67 yards and a score and Karter Goon caught three passes for 63 yards. Reymer ran for 22 yards on 11 carries as the leading rusher for the Cougars.
Crestview falls to 5-4 and 4-2 in the Firelands Conference. They travel to Mapleton in Week 10.
GlenOak 44, Mansfield Senior 12
The Mansfield Senior Tygers took a 44-12 nonconference loss to Canton GlenOak in Week 9.
After falling behing 9-0, the Tygers got on the board when Ajahi Evans rumbled in from four yards out to make it 9-6. GlenOak then scored 28 unanswered points to build a 37-6 lead before the Tygers could stop the bleeding with a 32-yard touchdown pass from Sean Tanner to DJ Corbin.
Evans ran for 32 yards on 11 carries while Ryan Au had 43 yards on six carries. Tanner connected on 7-of-17 passes for 97 yards and a touchdown with an interception. Corbin caught two passes for 53 yards and a score.
The Tygers are now 1-8 and host Madison in Week 10.
Western Reserve 40, Plymouth 0
The Plymouth Big Red took a 40-0 loss to Western Reserve in Week 9 of the high school football season.
The Big Red had just 55 yards of total offense with Cullen Mason having 51 rushing yards on the evening.
Plymouth falls to 1-8 and 1-5 in the Firelands Conference. The Big Red hosts South Central in Week 10.
Lexington 49, Madison 17
Lucas 26, Lutheran East 12
Shelby 55, Pleasant 10
Ohio Cardinal Conference Scoreboard
New Philadelphia 26, West Holmes 21
Ashland 52, Wooster 7
Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference Scoreboard
Galion 28, Marion Harding 20
Firelands Conference Scoreboard
South Central 32, New London 0
St. Paul 50, Mapleton 6
Northern 10 Athletic Conference Scoreboard
Colonel Crawford 46, Upper Sandusky 24
Seneca East 62, Bucyrus 14
Wynford 55, Buckeye Central 8
Mohawk 29, Carey 28 OT
Knox Morrow Athletic Conference Scoreboard
Northmor 41, Cardington 28
Fredericktown 33, Danville 18
Mount Gilead 28, Loudonville 21
Centerburg 52, East Knox 6
Wayne County Athletic League Scoreboard
Dalton 51, Chippewa 0
Waynedale 44, Northwestern 32
Hillsdale 49, Rittman 13
Norwayne 24, Smithville 16
Principal’s Athletic Conference Scoreboard
Orrville 35, Manchester 28
Fairless 22, Northwest 21 OT
Canton South 28, Tuslaw 21
Sandusky Bay Conference Scoreboard
Tiffin Columbian 49, Clyde 20
Norwalk 31, Sandusky 28
Bellevue 12, Port Clinton 3
Edison 27, Vermilion 24
Gibsonburg 69, Willard 0
Hopewell-Loudon 42, Northwood 6
Margaretta 38, Lakota 7
Woodmore 38, Tiffin Calvert 31
Nonconference Scoreboard
Perkins 41, Huron 6
Wooster Triway 28, Canton Central Catholic 0
North Baltimore 63, Crestline 14
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