Top stars, best performances in Ohio high school football in the state championship games
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The OHSAA held the football state championship games this past weekend at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium with St. Edward, Toledo Central Catholic, Canfield, Glenville, South Range, Marion Local and New Bremen taking home the top honors in their respective divisions.
SBLive was at all seven state championship games. Here are some of the stars from the weekend.
Casey Bullock, St. Edward
The junior quarterback completed 8-of-13 passes for 102 yards and a touchdown and ran for 101 yards and a touchdown in a 28-14 win over Springfield in the Division I state championship game.
Marvin Bell, St. Edward
Bell led the ground attack for the Eagles, running for 170 yards on 24 carries and scoring two touchdowns in the 28-14 win over Springfield in the Division I state championship game.
Nate Buschur, Marion Local
Buschur interecpeted two passes in a 14-6 win over Kirtland in the Division VI state championship game, including a 57-yard interception return for a touchdown.
Ty’Waun Clark, Toledo Central Catholic
The quarterback accounted for 139 total yards and three first half touchdowns in a 28-21 win over Archbishop Hoban in the Division II state championship game. He ran for 77 yards and two scores and threw for 62 yards and what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown.
Wyatt Gedeon, St. Edward
The Coastal Carolina commit led the St. Edward defense with 3.5 sacks and had eight total tackles in the 28-14 win over Springfield in the Division I state championship game.
David Homan, New Bremen
The quarterback ran 25 times for 234 yards and four touchdowns while also passing for 77 yards in the Division VII state championship game to lead the Cardinals to a 38-6 win over Warren JFK.
D’Shawntae Jones, Glenville
Helped bring Glenville its first state championship with 195 yards rushing and three touchdown in a 26-6 win over Wyoming in the Division IV state championship game.
Michael Kilbane, St. Edward
While Gedeon had 3.5 sacks, Kilbane added three sacks of his own against Springfield. The Northwestern commit also totaled seven tackles in the 28-14 win.
Shane Lindstrom, South Range
Hauled in six catches for 176 yards and a touchdown in South Range’s 53-27 win over Ironton in the Division V state championship game.
Broc Lowry, Canfield
In a 35-14 win over Bloom-Carroll in the Division III state title game, the Indiana University commit accounted for more than nearly 300 yards of offense and four touchdowns. He had 121 yards rushing and three touchdowns, threw for 95 yards and a score, and caught a 69-yard touchdown pass.
Darren Meier, Marion Local
In the 14-6 win over Kirtland in the Division VI championship game, Meier led the defense with 12 tackles and also scored a touchdown on offense with a 2-yard run in the first quarter.
Arvell Reese, Glenville
In the Division IV state championship game, the Ohio State commit had an interception and four tackles, with two tackles for loss. On of the two tackles for loss was a one-on-one open field tackle on Ohio Mr. Football runner-up CJ Hester after Hester caught a screen pass.
Bryce Schondelmyer, Springfield
Despite being harassed to no end by the St. Edward defense in a 28-14 loss in the Division I state championship game, Schondelmyer picked himself up time and time again and finished 21-of-30 for 201 yards passing and a touchdown.
Billy Skripac, South Range
In the Division V state title game, the senior quarterback threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 57 yards and three more scores as South Range defeated Ironton 53-27.
Lamar Sperling, Archbishop Hoban
The senior running back was named Ohio’s Mr. Football on Thursday and then went out and ran for 356 yards and three touchdowns against Toledo Central Catholic in the Division II state title game.
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