Lisbon crowns Leetonia for Spaghetti Bowl win
Trending
LISBON -- Kamryn Peruchetti was crowned Lisbon's homecoming queen Friday and then her brother, Nick, helped the football team win the Spaghetti Bowl crown.
Nick Peruchetti's 61-yard interception for a touchdown along with the one-two punch of Ashton Hinchliffe and Grant Minor helped Lisbon beat Leetonia, 42-28, at War Memorial Stadium.
Hinchliffe ran for 205 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries, while Minor completed six of eight passes for 133 yards and ran for 62 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries.
Lisbon improves to 3-5 overall and 2-4 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. Leetonia drops to 0-9 and 0-6 in the EOAC.
The Blue Devils had 400 total yards, while holding the Bears to minus-25 yards rushing.
Leetonia quarterback Carson Brock threw for 317 yards and three touchdowns on 19-of-38 passing and ran for a two-point conversion.
Brayden Gainey had six receptions for 158 yards and Dylan Johns seven catches for 78 yards.
It was a pair of early interceptions in a three-minute span that turned the tide in Lisbon's favor.
Lisbon scored on the opening drive on Hinchliffe's 8-yard run.
Devin Kelly came up with an interception on the Lisbon 4-yard line with 1:41 left in the first quarter. Peruchetti had an interception on Leetonia's next play and raced 61 yards to put Lisbon ahead 14-0 with 9:42 remaining in the second quarter.
Leetonia rallied to tie the game at 14-14 on Brock touchdown passes for Johns and Ethan Mathia. The Bears have not trailed in any game this season.
A Zylar Mundy 35-yard reception set up the Blue Devils' next score, Minor's 18-yard scramble with 43 seconds left in the first half that put Lisbon up 21-14.
In the second half, Minor added an 11-yard run and a 47-yard pass to Wyatt Newbold as the Blue Devils led 35-20. Gainey returned the kickoff 71 yards for a touchdown and Brock's conversion run pulled the Bears within 35-28 with just under 11 minutes remaining in the game.
Hinchliffe put the game out of reach with a 38-yard touchdown run to close out the scoring.
Both teams play Friday as Lisbon hosts Southern and Leetonia travels to East Palestine.
LEETONIA: 0-14-6- 8--28
LISBON: 7-14-7-14--42
SCORING
LI--Ashton Hinchliffe 8 run (Ben Weber kick)
LI--Nick Peruchetti 59 interception return (Ben Weber kick)
LE--Dylan Johns 4 pass from Carson Brock (Dylan Johns kick)
LE--Ethan Mathia 13 pass from Carson Brock (Dylan Johns kick)
LI--Grant Minor 18 run (Ben Weber kick)
LI--Grant Minor 11 run (Ben Weber kick)
LE--Dylan Brown 15 pass from Carson Brock (kick failed)
LI--Wyatt Newbold 47 pass from Grant Minor (Ben Weber kick)
LE--Brayden Gainey 71 kickoff return (Carson Brock run)
LI--Ashton Hinchliffe 38 run (Ben Weber kick)
------
LE LI
First downs 10 19
Total Yards 292 400
Rushes-yards 7-(-25) 43-267
Passing 317 133
Comp-Att-Int 19-38-2 6-8-0
Punts 3-31 1-33
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 12-95 4-44
------
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING--Lisbon, Ashton Hinchliffe 28-205, Grant Minor 15-62.
PASSING--Leetonia, Carson Brock 19-38-317-2; Lisbon, Grant Minor 6-8-133-1.
RECEIVING--Leetonia, Dylan Johns 7-78, Brayden Gainey 6-158, Ethan Mathia 4-42; Lisbon, Luke Kraft 3-47, Zylar Mundy 2-39, Wyatt Newbold 1-47.
INTERCEPTIONS-- Lisbon, Nick Peruchetti, Devin Kelly.
FUMBLE RECOVERIES--Leetonia, Ralph Spotleson 2.