Ohio high school football: Who won in Week 10? Scores, quick hits from Columbus-area games

It felt like the entire central Ohio high school football community had been counting down to the Week 10 battle of unbeatens between Pickerington North and Gahanna Lincoln. North's coach confirmed as much, telling our Dave Purpura that he and his players had heard rumblings since mid-September.

Purpura and photographer Graham Stokes covered Friday night's showdown at Gahanna. Frank DiRenna also was in Gahanna, specifically at Columbus Academy, to cover the Vikings' matchup against Ready.

Friday quick hits

Gahanna Lincoln 35, Pickerington North 28 (2OT)

• Billed as the first battle of 9-0 teams from central Ohio in seven years and the first such game pitting two Division I teams in 24 years, certainty in the outcome swayed several times before Gahanna linebacker Terrell Holcomb’s interception of Landon O’Connell at the goal line in the second overtime finally sealed the outcome. After star running back Diore Hubbard scored from 9 yards on Gahanna’s possession, O’Connell heaved the ball toward the center of the end zone on third-and-8 at the 18, where Holcomb was waiting to make his first interception of the season and seal Gahanna’s first 10-0 regular season since 1998. “I was waiting to make sure the running back didn’t spill out away from me and I saw that I was free and (O’Connell) threw it my way,” Holcomb said. “I knew it would be a dogfight. We had to fight the whole way. That was expected. We gave everything we had.”

• Hubbard finished with 264 yards and three touchdowns on 35 carries, including a 50-yard run late in the first half and a 60-yard sprint early in the fourth to help turn the tide, moments after Gahanna’s goal-line stand kept its deficit at 21-7. The West Virginia commit scored from 1 yard to cap that possession and nearly scored the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds of regulation, but fumbled near the goal line and North defensive lineman Angelo McCollum recovered. “As long as you stay calm and don’t let the moment overcome you, you’ll be fine,” Hubbard said. “The defense has bailed us out all year and when I get in the open space, I just go. You always have to just turn the page (after a mistake). I’m not supposed to fumble. I’ll get after it this week and clean that up.”

• The win also clinched a second consecutive OCC-Ohio championship for Gahanna. Whether it will be enough for the Lions to overtake Hilliard Bradley for the top seed in Division I, Region 3 was not immediately known after the game. The Jaguars’ 14-7 loss to Dublin Coffman, their first of the season, opened the door for that possibility.

• Gahanna quarterback Brennen Ward threw two touchdown passes, one to Cameron Frazier from 42 yards early in the second quarter to tie it at 7 and another to tight end Tayshawn Parm in the first overtime to answer Dorian Hamilton’s 5-yard scoring run.

• North had plenty of its own big plays, including Jaiden Vital’s 77-yard touchdown catch from O’Connell on the first play of the second half and Tank Washington’s 98-yard interception return for a touchdown that gave the Panthers a 21-7 advantage with 9:38 left in the third quarter. But in the immediate aftermath, coach Nate Hillerich rued not scoring from the 1-yard line early in the fourth quarter, a moment that ultimately turned the tide of the game. “We have to find a way there,” Hillerich said. “They converted some big fourth-downs all game, especially in overtime. This is the one of those where you’re playing for a championship, but now we have to regroup for a playoff run. Classic game right there.”

—Dave Purpura 

Ready 28, Columbus Academy 7

• Led by junior running back Kentrell Rinehart, Ready captured the first Central Buckeye League title and handed host Academy its first loss. Rinehart rushed for 341 yards and three touchdowns on 43 carries to pace the Silver Knights’ offense. He scored on runs of 1, 66 and 22 yards. “This is definitely a win for the program and the senior class,” Rinehart said. “We come from humbling experiences and it’s just great to finally be able to compete in a league and finally win one, especially the first one ever.” Before joining the new CBL, Ready had been an auxiliary member of the MSL-Ohio since 2017, but its games didn't count in the league standings.

• While Ready's offense did most of its damage on the ground, it also displayed an opportunistic passing attack, highlighted by Jacob Cheatham’s 76-yard touchdown to Dalton Miller in the third quarter to close the scoring.

• Academy (9-1, 3-1) trailed just 14-7 at halftime. Early in the second quarter, Justin Alpert leaped over defenders near the line of scrimmage on his way to 65-yard touchdown to cut the deficit in half. “Our kids didn’t quit,” Vikings coach Robin Miller said. “They kept fighting. It was close. It was a few inches here and there, and that’s life sometimes. Sometimes things don’t go your way and you have to take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves. Now, it’s just get back to work and get ready for the postseason.”

• Ready (9-1, 4-0) regained control in third quarter, as it recovered a short kick to open the half with Rinehart following with a 22-yard touchdown run. The Knights limited Academy to minus-1 yard on two possessions in the third quarter.

• Both teams will now prepare for the postseason, with each expecting a first-round home playoff game. Ready is in Division IV, Region 15 and Academy is in Division V, Region 19. “This was our goal in the summer,” Ready coach T.J. Burbridge said of the league title. “We talked about it during our team-bonding activities, but after that we really didn’t talk about it that much. We just wanted to go 1-0 each week. That’s our goal. We want to be 1-0 every week. I want to keep it going. We’re not done yet.”

—Frank DiRenna

Week 10 Ohio high school football scores

Saturday's scores

• Akr. Buchtel 31, Akr. Firestone 0

• Akr. Garfield 31, Akr. North 14

• Bellaire 41, Martins Ferry 14

• Cin. Shroder 32, Cin. Gamble Montessori 28

• Cols. Briggs 32, West 0

• Gibsonburg 51, Fremont St. Joseph 8

• Independence 31, Garfield Hts. Trinity 0

• Lima Cent. Cath. 45, Ft. Loramie 21

• Madonna, W.Va. 21, Bowerston Conotton Valley 12

• Massillon 35, Can. McKinley 0

• Mentor Lake Cath. 42, Chardon NDCL 14

• Reedsville Eastern 48, Racine Southern 13

• St. Joseph's Collegiate, N.Y. 50, Cin. Dohn 24

• Strasburg-Franklin 27, Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. 0

• Stryker 56, Waldron, Mich. 46

• Tol. Cent. Cath. 48, Detroit Cass Tech, Mich. 23

Friday's scores

• Akr. Ellet 14, Akr. East 13

• Alliance 36, Alliance Marlington 0

• Amanda-Clearcreek 11, Baltimore Liberty Union 6

• Andover Pymatuning Valley 36, Windham 0

• Anna 40, Rockford Parkway 6

• Ansonia 46, Union City Mississinawa Valley 6

• Antwerp 38, Edgerton 16

• Apple Creek Waynedale 49, West Salem Northwestern 8

• Archbold 42, Bryan 21

• Ashland Mapleton 28, Ashland Crestview 18

• Ashtabula Edgewood 38, Ashtabula Lakeside 20

• Athens 19, Nelsonville-York 13

• Atwater Waterloo 28, Bridgeport 12

• Aurora 9, Medina Highland 7

• Austintown Fitch 14, Warren Harding 13

• Avon 45, Avon Lake 0

• Barnesville 40, Belmont Union Local 19

• Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 19, Tiffin Calvert 7

• Bay Village Bay 21, N. Olmsted 20

• Beallsville 32, Van, W.Va. 8

• Beaver Eastern 43, Franklin Furnace Green 7

• Bedford, Mich. 28, Tol. St. Francis 11

• Bellbrook 37, Hamilton Ross 13

• Bellefontaine 42, Spring. Kenton Ridge 7

• Bellville Clear Fork 8, Caledonia River Valley 0

• Beloit W. Branch 49, Salem 0

• Belpre 31, Clay-Battelle, W.Va. 13

• Berea-Midpark 28, Elyria 3

• Berlin Center Western Reserve 22, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 7

• Bethel-Tate 60, Fayetteville-Perry 7

• Beverly Ft. Frye 16, Waterford 0

• Bexley 41, Worthington Christian 0

• Bishop Fenwick 42, Day. Carroll 0

• Bishop Hartley 31, Cols. St. Charles 0

• Bishop Ready 28, Gahanna Cols. Academy 7

• Blanchester 40, Lees Creek E. Clinton 13

• Bloom-Carroll 40, Circleville 0

• Bradford 34, Arcanum 28

• Brookville 43, Franklin 21

• Brunswick 17, Strongsville 16

• Bucyrus Wynford 46, Upper Sandusky 18

• Cadiz Harrison Cent. 49, Rayland Buckeye 7

• Caldwell 37, Sarahsville Shenandoah 6

• Camden Preble Shawnee 51, New Lebanon Dixie 7

• Camden-Frontier, Mich. 56, Lakeside Danbury 0

• Can. Cent. Cath. 42, Louisville Aquinas 6

• Can. Glenoak 21, Massillon Perry 16

• Can. South 48, Canal Fulton Northwest 28

• Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 44, Cols. KIPP 6

• Canfield 45, Youngs. Boardman 7

• Canfield S. Range 35, Hubbard 0

• Carey 55, Attica Seneca E. 6

• Carrollton 34, Minerva 0

• Casstown Miami E. 42, Covington 7

• Castalia Margaretta 51, Willard 22

• Chagrin Falls Kenston 49, Eastlake North 21

• Chardon 24, Painesville Riverside 16

• Chesterland W. Geauga 40, Orange 0

• Chillicothe Unioto 56, Southeastern 8

• Chillicothe Zane Trace 34, Bainbridge Paint Valley 31

• Cin. Country Day 56, St Bernard-Elmwood Place 0

• Cin. Elder 29, Cin. La Salle 23

• Cin. Hills Christian Academy 44, Cin. Summit Country Day 13

• Cin. Hughes 39, Cin. Aiken 8

• Cin. Indian Hill 44, N. Bend (Cleves) Taylor 13

• Cin. Madeira 42, Cin. Deer Park 21

• Cin. Moeller 38, Detroit King, Mich. 6

• Cin. Mt. Healthy 42, Waverly 6

• Cin. Oak Hills 24, Middletown 20

• Cin. Princeton 42, Cin. Sycamore 7

• Cin. Purcell Marian 41, Cin. N. College Hill 8

• Cin. St. Xavier 21, Ocala Trinity Catholic, Fla. 8

• Cin. Withrow 61, Cin. Western Hills 0

• Cin. Wyoming 41, Cin. Finneytown 7

• Circleville Logan Elm 28, Cols. Hamilton Twp. 0

• Clarksville Clinton-Massie 49, New Richmond 0

• Cle. Glenville 42, Cle. John Marshall 7

• Cle. Hay 37, Cle. JFK 0

• Cle. Hts. 41, Shaker Hts. 31

• Cle. Rhodes 30, Cle. Collinwood 0

• Cle. VASJ 45, Cle. Cent. Cath. 0

• Clyde 45, Norwalk 14

• Collins Western Reserve 48, Northwood 0

• Cols. Africentric 36, Cols. Eastmoor 0

• Cols. Centennial 28, Cols. Whetstone 14

• Cols. DeSales 27, Bishop Watterson 24

• Cols. Independence 54, Cols. Walnut Ridge 30

• Columbiana 16, Youngs. Valley Christian 6

• Columbiana Crestview 28, Leavittsburg LaBrae 7

• Columbus Grove 14, Bluffton 7

• Corning Miller 47, Manchester 6

• Cortland Lakeview 20, Lisbon Beaver 14

• Cory-Rawson 33, Crestline 6

• Coshocton 44, Warsaw River View 6

• Creston Norwayne 41, Smithville 7

• Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 41, Akr. Manchester 14

• Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 44, Parma Padua 41

• Cuyahoga Hts. 25, Brooklyn 0

• Dalton 47, Doylestown Chippewa 0

• Danville 14, Howard E. Knox 12, OT

• Day. Meadowdale 39, Day. Belmont 0

• Day. Oakwood 31, Middletown Madison Senior 7

• DeGraff Riverside 28, Milton-Union 0

• Defiance 14, Ottawa-Glandorf 10

• Defiance Ayersville 36, Sherwood Fairview 28

• Defiance Tinora 35, Hicksville 0

• Delaware Hayes 30, Cols. Franklin Hts. 6

• Delaware Olentangy Berlin 38, Thomas Worthington 7

• Delphos Jefferson 31, Spencerville 28

• Dover 20, New Philadelphia 13

• Dresden Tri-Valley 42, New Concord John Glenn 7

• Dublin Coffman 14, Hilliard Bradley 7

• Dublin Jerome 36, Hilliard Darby 26

• East 40, Cols. Linden-McKinley 8

• Eaton 17, Carlisle 7

• Fairborn 14, Piqua 10

• Fairfield 49, Cin. Colerain 7

• Fairfield Christian 35, Sugar Grove Berne Union 0

• Fairport Harbor Harding 40, Vienna Mathews 0

• Findlay Liberty-Benton 44, McComb 22

• Fostoria 36, Rossford 24

• Frankfort Adena 35, Chillicothe Huntington 14

• Fredericktown 32, Centerburg 14

• Fremont Ross 40, Bowling Green 14

• Ft. Wayne Blackhawk, Ind. 43, Vanlue 28

• Gahanna Lincoln 35, Pickerington N. 28, 2OT

• Galion 34, Marion Harding 0

• Galion Northmor 34, Loudonville 7

• Gallipolis Gallia 28, S. Point 0

• Garrettsville Garfield 60, Brookfield 25

• Geneva 57, Jefferson Area 13

• Goshen 47, Batavia 34

• Grandview Hts. 24, Cols. Mifflin 0

• Granville 31, Pataskala Watkins Memorial 6

• Green 28, Uniontown Lake 0

• Greenfield McClain 21, Hillsboro 13

• Greenwich S. Cent. 41, Plymouth 13

• Grove City 67, Galloway Westland 13

• Groveport-Madison 31, Grove City Cent. Crossing 0

• Hamilton Badin 38, Cin. McNicholas 35

• Hamler Patrick Henry 40, Swanton 7

• Hannibal River 42, New Matamoras Frontier 16

• Hanoverton United 40, E. Palestine 0

• Harrod Allen E. 49, Ada 7

• Heath 54, Johnstown 21

• Holgate 30, Morenci, Mich. 22

• Huber Hts. Wayne 32, Centerville 16

• Hunting Valley University 27, Warren Howland 0

• Ironton 21, Portsmouth 6

• Ironton Rock Hill 23, Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 16

• Jackson 48, Chillicothe 7

• Jamestown Greeneview 22, Cedarville 0

• Jeromesville Hillsdale 20, Rittman 13g

• Kansas Lakota 36, Elmore Woodmore 0

• Kenton 28, Lima Shawnee 14

• Kettering Alter 21, Day. Chaminade Julienne 14

• Kettering Fairmont 35, Beavercreek 0

• Kirtland 38, Middlefield Cardinal 0

• LaGrange Keystone 36, Oberlin 6

• Lakewood St. Edward 14, Akr. Hoban 7

• Lancaster 55, Newark 47

• Lancaster Fairfield Union 21, Ashville Teays Valley 14

• Lebanon 19, Cin. Winton Woods 14

• Leipsic 49, Convoy Crestview 28

• Lewis Center Olentangy 39, Marysville 29

• Lewistown Indian Lake 15, Richwood N. Union 13

• Lexington 24, Ashland 14

• Liberty Center 42, Wauseon 0

• Lima Sr. 26, Tol. Start 14

• Lisbon David Anderson 41, Wellsville 14

• Lockland 27, Cin. Clark Montessori 22

• Lodi Cloverleaf 42, Akr. Springfield 0

• Logan 33, Zanesville 0

• London 49, Urbana 7

• Lorain 53, Maple Hts. 34

• Lorain Clearview 48, Sheffield Brookside 7

• Lore City Buckeye Trail 16, Newcomerstown 13

• Lowellville 27, New Middletown Spring. 13

• Lucas 30, Arlington 0

• Lucasville Valley 24, Minford 0

• Lyndhurst Brush 45, Lakewood 35

• Macedonia Nordonia 23, Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 7

• Madison 27, Conneaut 18

• Magnolia Sandy Valley 26, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 20, OT

• Malvern 49, E. Can. 0

• Mansfield Sr. 34, Mansfield Madison 0

• Mantua Crestwood 28, Orwell Grand Valley 27

• Maria Stein Marion Local 35, Coldwater 14

• Marietta 28, Vincent Warren 24

• Mason 24, Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 0

• Mayfield 14, Willoughby S. 10

• McArthur Vinton County 49, Wellston 0

• McConnelsville Morgan 33, Crooksville 7

• McDermott Scioto NW 40, Oak Hill 37

• McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 52, N. Baltimore 20

• Mechanicsburg 29, N. Lewisburg Triad 24

• Medina 35, Solon 0

• Medina Buckeye 48, Parma Normandy 12

• Mentor 48, Euclid 12

• Metamora Evergreen 15, Delta 12

• Miami Valley Christian Academy 40, Hamilton New Miami 14

• Miamisburg 21, Springboro 9

• Milan Edison 35, Huron 7

• Milford 42, Cin. Turpin 21

• Millersburg W. Holmes 62, Mt. Vernon 0

• Mineral Ridge 40, McDonald 7

• Mogadore 27, Rootstown 0

• Mogadore Field 35, Peninsula Woodridge 14

• Montpelier 56, W. Unity Hilltop 0

• Morral Ridgedale 19, Lima Perry 16

• Morrow Little Miami 31, Cin. Walnut Hills 14

• Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 28, Arcadia 14

• Mt. Gilead 25, Cardington-Lincoln 6

• N. Can. Hoover 27, Massillon Jackson 14

• N. Ridgeville 36, Amherst Steele 0

• N. Robinson Col. Crawford 45, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 6

• Navarre Fairless 41, Massillon Tuslaw 7

• New Albany 45, Westerville Cent. 28

• New Bremen 14, Delphos St. John's 7

• Newark Cath. 22, Johnstown Northridge 13

• Newark Licking Valley 23, Pataskala Licking Hts. 6

• Newton Falls 19, Warren Champion 14

• Niles McKinley 48, Girard 28

• Norton 39, Ravenna 16

• Norwalk St. Paul 41, Monroeville 14

• Oak Harbor 55, Millbury Lake 0

• Oberlin Firelands 27, Wellington 0

• Olmsted Falls 49, Grafton Midview 31

• Ontario 34, Sparta Highland 20

• Oregon Clay 66, Tol. Rogers 14

• Painesville Harvey 21, Burton Berkshire 20

• Pandora-Gilboa 48, Bloomdale Elmwood 6

• Parma Hts. Holy Name 30, Parma Hts. Valley Forge 16

• Paulding 14, Haviland Wayne Trace 13

• Pemberville Eastwood 36, Genoa Area 29

• Perry 47, Gates Mills Hawken 7

• Pickerington Cent. 21, Reynoldsburg 6

• Pioneer N. Central 16, Reading, Mich. 14

• Plain City Jonathan Alder 49, New Carlisle Tecumseh 23

• Poland Seminary 28, Struthers 27

• Powell Olentangy Liberty 21, Lewis Center Olentangy Orange 7

• Proctorville Fairland 38, Chesapeake 2

• Reading 42, Cin. Mariemont 35

• Richfield Revere 26, Kent Roosevelt 0

• Richmond Edison 26, Wintersville Indian Creek 6

• Rocky River 40, Fairview 0

• Rocky River Lutheran W. 34, Chagrin Falls 7

• S. Charleston SE 41, Spring. Greenon 0

• STVM 20, Cle. Benedictine 7

• Salineville Southern 47, Leetonia 0

• Sandusky 37, Port Clinton 13

• Sandusky Perkins 55, Tiffin Columbian 28

• Sandusky St. Mary 42, North Adams-Jerome, Mich. 22

• Shelby 23, Marion Pleasant 0

• Southington Chalker 62, Sebring McKinley 20

• Spring. Cath. Cent. 28, London Madison Plains 0

• Spring. NE 21, W. Jefferson 13

• Spring. Shawnee 41, Spring. NW 7

• Springfield 14, Clayton Northmont 3

• St. Bernard Roger Bacon 23, Norwood 6

• St. Clairsville 55, Cambridge 13

• St. Henry 28, Ft. Recovery 27, OT

• St. Marys Memorial 31, Lima Bath 0

• St. Paris Graham 31, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 8

• Steubenville 41, Louisville 8

• Stewart Federal Hocking 34, Parkersburg Catholic, W.Va. 0

• Sugarcreek Garaway 35, W. Lafayette Ridgewood 13

• Sullivan Black River 24, Columbia Station Columbia 20

• Sunbury Big Walnut 17, Canal Winchester 0

• Sycamore Mohawk 53, Bucyrus 0

• Sylvania Southview 20, Napoleon 14

• Thornville Sheridan 33, New Lexington 22

• Tipp City Tippecanoe 41, Xenia 14

• Tol. Christian 44, Britton-Deerfield, Mich. 14

• Tol. Ottawa Hills 54, Edon 7

• Tol. Scott 39, Tol. Bowsher 6

• Toledo St. John's Jesuit 48, Detroit Central, Mich. 8

• Tontogany Otsego 37, Maumee 32

• Toronto 17, Steubenville Cath. Cent. 6

• Trenton Edgewood 34, Monroe 7

• Trotwood-Madison 42, Day. Thurgood Marshall 6

• Troy 44, Sidney 7

• Troy Christian 22, Tipp City Bethel 21

• Twinsburg 40, Stow-Munroe Falls 10

• Upper Arlington 10, Hilliard Davidson 0

• Utica 35, Hebron Lakewood 0

• Van Wert 35, Elida 14

• Vandalia Butler 7, Riverside Stebbins 6

• Versailles 21, Minster 14

• W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 41, Lewisburg Tri-County N. 16

• W. Chester Lakota W. 42, Hamilton 14

• W. Liberty-Salem 55, Milford Center Fairbanks 0

• Wadsworth 49, N. Royalton 0

• Wapakoneta 30, Celina 3

• Waynesfield-Goshen 41, Mt. Victory Ridgemont 12

• Waynesville 49, Germantown Valley View 40

• Weir, W.Va. 47, E. Liverpool 12

• Westerville N. 28, Dublin Scioto 7

• Westerville S. 26, Worthington Kilbourne 0

• Westlake 27, Elyria Cath. 7

• Wheelersburg 35, Portsmouth W. 7

• Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 35, Perrysburg 10

• Wickliffe 59, Beachwood 7

• Williamsburg 41, Batavia Clermont NE 0

• Williamsport Westfall 56, Piketon 39

• Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 35, Shadyside 12

• Wooster 33, Oxford Talawanda 28

• Wooster Triway 35, Orrville 34

• Youngs. Chaney 35, Youngs. East 6

• Youngs. Liberty 67, Campbell Memorial 21

• Youngs. Ursuline 35, Youngs. Mooney 16

• Zanesville Maysville 24, Philo 7

• Zanesville W. Muskingum 49, Byesville Meadowbrooeastk 10

Thursday's scores

• Bedford 20, Warrensville Hts. 6

• Cin. Taft 33, Cin. Woodward 0

• Cols. Marion-Franklin 6, South 0

• Cols. Northland 27, Cols. Beechcroft 20

• Day. Dunbar 36, Day. Ponitz Tech. 0

• Delaware Buckeye Valley 23, Whitehall-Yearling 7

• Gates Mills Gilmour 27, Cle. Hts. Lutheran E. 8

• Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 38, Uhrichsville Claymont 0

• Marion Elgin 26, Dola Hardin Northern 21

• Tol. Waite 36, Tol. Woodward 0

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Central Ohio high school football: Scores, quick hits from Week 10