HANOVERTON — The United Golden Eagles wanted to wrap sole possession of a third straight Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference title in a hurry.

United scored four touchdown in each the first and second quarters in a 55-15 pounding of Southern Local on Friday night.

M’Kyan Haynes got the Eagles going right away by scoring twice on a 3-yard run and a 23-yard interception return.

Tom Brown followed with touchdown runs of 18 and 17 yards and Braden Schwartz scored on runs of 6 and 16 yards. The Eagles also got rushing touchdowns from Rohan Kelly and Quentin Taylor for a 55-0 halftime lead.

Liam Jones was 7-of-8 on extra-point kicks, the lone miss coming on a high snap.

United improves to 9-1 overall and 7-1 in the EOAC, extending their league winning streak to 18 in a row.

The Eagles clinched a first-round bye in the Division VI playoffs and will host a second-round game on No. 8.

Southern scored twice in the second half as Landen Heffner had touchdown runs of 69 and 49 yards.

The Indians finish the season at 2-8 and 2-5 in the EOAC.

S: 0- 0-8-7– 0

U: 28-27-0-0–55

U–M’Kyan Haynes 3 run (Liam Jones kick)

U–M’Kyan Haynes 23 interception return (Liam Jones kick)

U–Tom Brown 18 run (Liam Jones kick)

U–Tom Brown 17 run (Liam Jones kick)

U–Braden Schwartz 6 run (Liam Jones kick)

U–Rohan Kelly 10 run (kick failed)

U–Braden Schwartz 16 run (Liam Jones kick)

U–Quentin Taylor 23 run (Liam Jones kick)

S–Landen Heffner 69 run (Jaylen Pitts run)

S–Landen Heffner 49 run (kick good)

Leetonia 25, Wellsville 13

WELLSVILLE –Leetonia senior Ethan Mathia played like it was his last football game.

Mathia scored four touchdowns and ran for a career-high 327 yards in leading Leetonia past Wellsville, 25-13, Friday at Nicholson Stadium.

Leetonia — which came into the season with a 30-game losing streak — finishes at 4-6 overall and 2-5 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference.

Mathia’s 327 yards on 35 carries are just short of the school record of 330 yards set by Marco Ferry against Lisbon in 2019.

Mathia had touchdown runs of 71 and 19 yards in the final 5 1/2 minutes to lead the Leetonia rally.

After holding Wellsville on the Leetonia 5-yard line, Mathia later raced 71 yards to give the Bears a 19-13 lead with 5:19 left in the game.

A Dylan Brown interception at the Leetonia 44 set up the Bears’ final scoring drive, capped by Mathia’s 19-yard run at the 2:30 mark.

Mathia started off the scoring with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Dyan Johns on a fourth-and-12 play.

Wellsville marched 72 yards on the next possession and scored on Ethan Morris’ 1-yard run, giving the Tigers a 7-6 halftime lead.

Jeron Jackson’s 3-yard run put the Tigers up 13-6 with 4:23 to play in the third quarter.

On the first play after the kickoff, Mathia raced 59 yards to pull the Bears within 13-12.

Dylan Johns completed 2-of-6 passes for 26 yards and a touchdown. He also had an interception defensively.

Wellsville finishes at 0-10 overall and 0-7 in the EOAC.

The Tigers have lost 15 games in a row and have three wins in their last 32 games — all thre against Leetonia.

L: 0-6-6-13–25

W: 0-7-6- 0–13

L–Ethan Mathia 16 pass from Dylan Johns (kick failed)

W–Ethan Morris 1 run (Cameron Taylor kick)

W–Jeron Jackson 3 run (kick failed)

L–Ethan Mathia 59 run (pass failed)

L–Ethan Mathia 71 run (Dylan Johns kick)

L–Ethan Mathia 19 run (run failed)

Valley 55, East Palestine 54

EAST PALESTINE — East Palestine will enter the playoffs having given up 95 points in its last two games after a 55-54 loss to Valley Christian on Friday night.

The Bulldogs ended the season 7-3 and 4-3 in the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference. East Palestine will host a Div. VII, Region 25 first round game on Friday against an opponent to be determined.

Valley Christian ended the season 4-6 and 3-4 in the EOAC.

The Bulldogs took a 54-48 lead with 7:35 remaining as Zach Schnelle bulled his way down the right sideline on a 47-yard touchdown run and Clark Rutledge added the two-point conversion run.

Valley marched 68 yards down the field, scoring on quarterback Deion Miller’s 9-yard run on a fourth-down play, tying the score at 54-54 with 1:05 left. An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty backed the Eagles up and Brian Wallace kicked the game-winning extra point from 35 yards out.

East Palestine could only get to its 40-yard line before running out of time.

Schnelle had 12 carries for 134 yards to lead the ground attack.

Freshman Anthony Ottaviani added 18 carries for 93 yards and three touchdowns.

Clark Rutledge passed for 221 yards and two touchdowns. Braydon Plum was the top target with three catches for 121 yards and two touchdowns.