From Staff Reports

MINERAL RIDGE — United’s defense didn’t give up a touchdown and the Eagles ran over Mineral Ridge, 27-9, Friday.

Quarterback Tom Brown ran for 176 yards and one touchdown and M’Kyan Haynes ran for two more touchdowns in leading the Eagles to a 2-0 start.

United led 7-3 at halftime with all the scoring coming in the second quarter — on a 1-yard run by United’s Rohan Kelly and a 27-yard field goal by Mineral Ridge’s Steven Guetirrez.

The Eagles opened the third quarter with two touchdowns in 6:40. Haynes took a direct snap and ran 12 yards for a score, followed by Brown’s 12-yard scamper. Liam Jones kicked the exta points to give the Eagles a 21-3 lead with 5:20 remaining in the third quarter.

Haynes added a 4-yard touchdown run with 7:50 remaining in the game to make it 27-3.

Mineral Ridge’s Chandler Busse returned the kickoff 75 yards for the Rams’ lone touchdown.

Both teams play next Friday as United hosts Crestview and Mineral Ridge (1-1) entertains Conneaut

U: 0- 7-14-6–27

MR: 0- 3-6-0– 9

U–Rohan Kelly 1 run (Liam Jones kick)

MR–Steven Gutierrez 27 field goal.

U–M’Kyan Haynes 12 run (Liam Jones kick)

U–Tom Brown 12 run (Liam Jones kick)

U–M’Kyan Haynes 4 run (kick blocked)

MR–Chandler Busse 75 kickoff return (run failed)

East Palestine 57, Windham 6

EAST PALESTINE — East Palestine’s offense is hitting on all cylinders.

Zach Schnelle and quarterback Clark Rutledge each ran for more than 100 yards and scored three touchdowns in leading the Bulldogs past Windham, 57-14, Friday.

Schnelle ran for 121 yards on nine carries and Rutledge added 106 yards on eight carries and threw a touchdown pass.

After Schnelle scored on a 26-yard run, Windham had first down on the Bulldog 2-yard line. Schnelle recovered the fumble and raced 85 yards for a touchdown as the Bulldogs took a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.

East Plaestine scored four more times in the second quarter — on a Schnelle 1-yard run, Rutledge runs of 18 and 5 yards and a Rutledge 28-yard pass to Braydon Plum for a 42-0 halftime lead.

The Bulldogs ran the clock in the second half, scoring on a Rutledge 19-yard run and Colton Early 39-yard run.

Early had two carries for 51 yards.

Both teams play next Friday with East Palestine at Bridgeport and Windham (0-2) at Jackson-Milton

W: 0- 0-0-14–14

EP: 14-28- 7-8–57

EP–Zach Schnelle 26 run (kick blocked)

EP–Zach Schnelle 85 fumble return (Peyton Rutledge pass from Clark Rutledge)

EP–Zach Schnelle 1 run (kick blocked)

EP–Clark Rutledge 18 run (Schnelle run)

EP–Braydon Plum 28 pass from Clark Rutledge (Nate Mead kick)

EP–Clark Rutledge 5 run (Nate Mead kick)

EP–Clark Rutledge 19 run (Nate Mead kick)

EP–Colton Early 39 run (Colton Early run)

Leetonia 38, Mathews 28

LEETONIA — Leetonia won two straight games for the first time since 2020 as the Bears dumped Mathews 38-28 on Friday.

Ethan Mathia had 23 carries for 170 yards and three touchdowns for the Bears. He also had a 75-yard kick-off return for a touchdown.

The Bears rushed 33 times as a team for 188 yards. The Leetonia passing attack completed six of 13 passes for 65 yards and a touchdown.

Leetonia is 2-0 for the first time since 2020 when it won its first six games.

Leetonia ended a 30-game losing streak by beating Vanlue on the road in the opener.

Leetonia is at Strasburg next Friday.

Crestview 35, Lakeview 7

CORTLAND — Crestview’s football team kept things rolling with a 35-7 win over Lakeview on Friday.

The Rebels are 2-0 and will travel to United for a battle of Columbiana County unbeatens next Friday.

Jake Noling rushed for 107 yards and three touchdowns for the Rebels He also completed 15 of 22 passes for 175 yards and a touchdown.

Mikey Proctor added 10 rushes for 86 yards and a touchdown. Caidyn McElhaney, Kyle Booth and Hayden Davis all had three catches for the Rebels as Davis also hauled in a 37-yard touchdown pass from Noling.

The Rebels had 391 yards of total offense to Lakeview’s 117.

McElhaney had an interception.

Lakeview is 1-1.

CR: 14-14-0-7–35

LA: 0-7-0-0–7

SCORING

CR–Mikey Proctor 1 run (kick good)

CR–Jake Noling 1 run (kick good)

LV–Newton 10 run (kick good)

CR–Noling 19 run (kick good)

CR–Hayden Davis 37 pass from Noling (kick good)

CR–Noling 19 run (kick good)

Beaver 26, Brooke 0

WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Beaver Local improved to 2-0 with a 26-0 win over Brooke on Friday.

It was the second meeting between the Bruins and Beavers with Beaver Local winning 35-0 last season.

Beaver Local will head to St. Clairsville next Friday.

East Canton 49, Wellsville 0

EAST CANTON — Wellsville got stung by the Hornets on Friday night.

East Canton rolled over the Tigers, 49-0, in high school football action.

The Hornets have outscored their first two opponents a combined 87-0 this season.

East Canton improves to 2-0, while Wellsville drops to 0-2.

Both teams play next Friday as Wellsville hosts Toronto and East Canton travels to Sandy Valley.

West Branch 21, Philadelphia 13

BELOIT — West Branch held off a late charge by New Philadelphia to win its first game of the season 21-13 on Friday.

West Branch totaled 254 yards rushing as a team with Jeremiah Thomas carrying the ball 15 times for 101 yards and all three Warrior touchdowns.

West Branch led 21-0 with 3:18 left in the fourth quarter before the Quakers added two late touchdowns.

Grady Hirst had 73 yards rushing and threw for 71 yards to aid the Warrior effort.

West Branch (1-1) got nine tackles from Lukas Black on defense. Clayton Day had six tackles, while Zach Coffee had five tackles and a blocked extra point.

West Branch heads to Struthers next Friday.

NP: 0-0-0-13–13

WB: 0-7-0-14–21

SCORING

WB–Jeremiah Thomas 1 run (Gavin Clemens kick)

WB–Thomas 2 run (Clemens kick)

WB–Thomas 5 run (Clemens kick)

NP–Tr Harriman 38 pass from Parker Rieger (Noah Colletti kick)

NP–C.J. Carlisle 16 pass from Rieger (kick blocked)

McDonald 41, Columbiana 7

By BRIAN YAUGER

Special to the Journal

McDONALD — The McDonald Blue Devils honored its 100 years of history on Friday, and wanted to make this game one to remember.

McDonald piled on the points in celebration, knocking down Columbiana, 41-7.

“It’s fantastic for us,” Blue Devils coach Dan Williams said. “The whole community, the alumni guys, we had 235 guys come back and 35 coaches. It was a great event in the pregame, but it means a lot to get out here with a win. It was a big celebration this evening and the kids were excited about this evening.

“They’ve had this one circled on the calendar. They were excited to play in front of the old-timers, and just show them that they’re going to leave their mark here in the history books of McDonald football as well.”

Kyle Puckett got things started for McDonald, capping off the Blue Devils’ opening drive with a 6-yard rush to score. Just over a minute and a half later, quarterback Kyle Puckett found Josh Krumpak in the end zone from 32 yards out.

It wasn’t just a first quarter flash for McDonald. On the first play of the second frame, senior Drew Zajack bulldozed his way through the trenches on the goal line to score.

Anytime Columbiana gathered momentum, the Blue Devils were there to shut it down.

In the second quarter, the Clippers were moving the ball downfield, only for the ball to wind up in McDonald junior Preston VanMeter’s hands.

On the first play from scrimmage after the interception, Casey Miller ran the ball 18 yards to the end zone to put the Blue Devils up 27-0.

With a lot to be proud of in Friday’s game, Williams singled out the quick start.

“We got on them early,” Williams said. “That’s what we try to preach to our guys. Let’s get a quick start, and once we get a team down, force them to get out of their realm, get out of the things that they’ll do, and try to make them do some different things.”

Zajack had another score in him before the end of the first half, reaching the end zone on an 18-yard dash.

McDonald had one last score in them before the end of the half, with Miller once again getting the nod. The senior ran 8 yards into the end zone to put the Blue Devils up 41-0 at the break.

Columbiana got its first points of the night in the fourth quarter with junior Danny Mangiarelli willing his way into the end zone.

McDonald was held off the scoreboard in the second half, but still picked up the program’s 616th win.

The Clippers sit at 0-2 and are searching for their first win of the young season. They’ll set their sights on Western Reserve to get into the win column.

McDonald (2-0) looks to continue its success into Week 3 with their first road game against Grand Valley.

“I hear from just talking to people that they’re a high-tempo sort of offense. Want to get as many plays in as they can,” Williams said. “With our scheme, we’re going to slow things down and grind it out. We just want to try to keep their offense off the field. I don’t want to get into a track meet, of course. I want to try to control the clock and take time off.

“The way our defense is playing, I’d like to get up there and play hard and see what happens. I know they got some good athletes, so we’ll have our hands full for sure.”