NORTH LEWISBURG – Jayden Roland rushed for 250 yards and 3 touchdowns as Mechanicsburg held off Triad, 29-24, in OHC football Friday night.
Mechanicsburg (6-4, 3-2) had already clinched a playoff berth in Division VII, Region 28 and the Indians will play at St. Bernard-Elmwood Place (7-2) this Friday night.
The Indians led, 7-0, at the end of the first quarter and 15-6 at the half.
The Cardinals (1-9, 1-4) pulled to within 15-12 early in the third quarter, but the Indians responded with a touchdown to make it 22-12.
Triad came back with a quick TD to cut the deficit to 22-18 at the end of the third quarter.
Roland scored on a one-yard run early in the fourth quarter to make it 29-18.
For Triad, Awesom Mitchell rushed for 178 yards on 26 carries with 2 touchdowns and quarterback Cayden Everhart completed 10 of 15 pass attempts for 170 yards.
Mechanicsburg had 378 total yards compared to 345 for Triad.
WL-S 55, Fairbanks 0
MILFORD CENTER – Gabe McGill rushed for 169 yards and 3 touchdowns as West Liberty-Salem routed Fairbanks, 55-0, in OHC football Friday night.
The Tigers (9-1, 4-1) had already clinched a Division VI, Region 24 home playoff game and will host Lucasville Valley (3-7) this Friday night.
In the first quarter, McGill rushed for 3 touchdowns and teammate Josh Wilcoxon added 2 rushing TDs as the Tigers raced out to a 35-0 lead.
WL-S led, 41-0, at the half.
For the Tigers, Miles Hostetler completed 8 of 10 pass attempts for 107 yards.
WL-S had 422 total yards compared to 43 for Fairbanks.