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2024 in season interview with Columbus Crusader Zane Moses

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  Zane Moses Homeschool At the varsity level, I have played OLB and TE. 2025 What were your goals entering the 2024 season? Coming into the year, I first and foremost wanted to win a 3rd GLCAC championship. We’ve won the past two years, and I want to complete the 3-peat. I also wanted to win all conference for the 2nd year in a row. But I also wanted to be a leader and a positive yet challenging influence on the team. I feel that God prepared me to be a leader this year, and I have stepped up to the challenge.  After all of the practices were through, leading into week number 1, what had you learned about your team? To be completely honest, I was not entirely sure what to expect. I could definitely see that we had enough talent to make up an elite squad, but we dealt with some consistency issues early in the summer. A lot of the guys who were here in July and August are no longer with the team. But I knew that I had a group of competitors. I was especially impressed with QB Regg
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Columbus Crusaders march to a 53-22 win over the C4 Eagles

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  *I am using the rosters for HUdl and Max preps as I was unable to obtain them at the game.* Grove City, Ohio Saturday night took me to Grove City, where the Columbus Crusaders were set to face the C4 Eagles, at the home of the Grove City Christian Eagles. The C4 Eagles came in with a 3-3 record, while the Crusaders came in at 4-2. The Eagles lost their game last week 7-6 to the Noblesville Lions 7-6, while the Crusaders were coming off a one-point loss (19-18) against Landmark Christian out of Cincinnati. The Crusaders defense struck first when Austin Bauer picked off a Kejour Reed pass. Unfortunately for the Crusaders, the ensuing drive needed just four yards and a punt. Reed would connect with Tyler Wright, a dangerous player with speed to burn for a gain of 18 yards. Stephen Wright moved the chains with a hard-nosed 8-yard run with 6:47 left in the opening quarter. Reed would be picked off by Bauer to end the drive. Bauer looked like Willie Mays playing a fly ball as he made th
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Firestone Falcons fly over the East Dragons 13-12

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  Saturday afternoon would see me in Akron at Ellet High School to watch Akron Firestone facing League foe Akron East. East entered the game at 4-3 while the Falcons came in 2-5. The Falcons defense would get a nice play from Mario Jones II as he got to Donte Swain Jr. for a loss of four with 1:51 left in a scoreless opening quarter. The first period would fly by as the defenses both were winning their battle with the offense, but with 0:30 left in the quarter, Marlin Engram hit Darshaun Sales for a gain of twenty-five. The Dragons drive continued in the second quarter, with Engram finding Braylon Bush for 32 yards. Bush is 6-3, 175 pounds, and he, IMO, could have had well over 100 yards and a few scores had he had his number called more often. He was a nightmare for the Falcons defense. The drive that looked so promising ended when Falcons Jaylen Croff stopped Zairie Stevens on a fourth-and-two call. East would be back on the field after its defense easily stopped the Falcons offen
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Athens Bulldogs use balanced attack to down Wellston Golden Rockets 41-0

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  *Using the rosters from both Hudl and Max Preps* The Plains, OH Last night I made the hour-long drive to Athens High School to watch the Bulldogs host the Golden Rockets of Wellston. Entering the game, the Bulldogs came in 7-0 and ranked number 10 in division three. Wellston, much improved from last season, entered 5-2. In the game last year, Athens won 47-28. Wellston started out doing exactly what they needed to do to have a shot at winning the game. They came out and ate most of the first quarter with a drive that had last for 15 plays going for 69 yards. Things would start going wrong for them on the sixteenth play of the drive. They faced fourth and four from the Bulldogs five, and they elected to go for it, where the pass and the second attempt of the drive fell incomplete, forcing a turnover on downs. On the drive facing a third and one, Seth Lambert picked up twelve. Later on the drive facing third and fifth, Johhny Scott picked up 10-yards after he could not find anyone op
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Copley uses the airways to fly past Barberton 48-27

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*Using the rosters from Hudl.com and Maxpreps.com* Yesterday I made my way to Barberton High School to watch the Magic Host Copley Indians. First time visiting Barberton and seeing Copley play. The first play from scrimmage for the Indians resulted in a fumble with the Magic's Kardiay Tyler is coming up with it. The magic needed just 4 plays to cover the 31 yards needed for the game's first score. The score came on an 11-yard run from Sean White Jr. Blake Leary was true on his conversion kick, making this a 7-0 game, with 9:55 showing on the clock. When the Magic got the ball back, White would go to his left, picking up 26 yards. Angelo Gotto picked up 12 yards, taking the ball to the Indians 15-yard line with 5:17 left in the opening quarter. The 9-play, 69-yard drive ended with a White 10-yard touchdown run to make this a 13-0 game, with 3:16 left on the clock. The Magic would respond with 1:38 left in the quarter when Gabe Mansel found Scooby Stanford for the 43-yard tou
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Speed kills in Valley Christian 34-20 win over Lisbon

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  * Using the rosters off of hudl.com and maxpreps* Youngstown, Ohio- Yesterday I was back at Liberty High School, this time to watch Valley Christian host Lisbon David Anderson. This would be my first time seeing Lisbon. Valley Christian was quick to showcase one of the best backs that I have watched play this season, Ja'Sean A. Lindsey, and he easily picked up 8 yards to get things rolling. He would follow that up with a 13-yard burst, where he showed not only does he have speed, he possesses some power too. The 7-play, 53-yard drive concluded on a Deion Miller to Ahmire Dixon 10-yard touchdown pass. The conversion kick was blocked by 6-5, 240-pound Luke Craft to keep this a 6-0 game with 8:32 left in the quarter. Ashton Hinchliffe is a powerfully built back for Lisbon who can play tailback or fullback. He would use power to pick up 17 yards to get things going for his team. A promising drive would fall flat when #44 Colt Tullis mishandled the rock and making him pay for it wi
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Windham Bombers use ground game and a rabbit's foot to defeat St. John 32-26 in overtime.

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Geneva, Ohio- On Saturday afternoon, I made the nearly three-hour drive to Genva, Ohio, to catch my first game at Spire. The two teams matched up were Astabula St. John and Windham; this also would be my first time seeing each team. Entering the game, St. John came in (1-4), while Windham was (6-0). The Bombers would go to their ground game with a hard-running Jack Eye, seeing things clearly enough to break to his left and pick up 45 yards. Carlos Bruton busting free for an 18-yard run. Eye ended the 4-play, 65-yard drive with a two-yard gut run to make this a 6-0 game. He would be stopped short on the two-point conversion run, leaving this a 6-0 game with 9:50 on the clock. The Bombers defense started strong when Nick Hopper got to Heralds quarterback Vin Narducci for a loss of five. At the 5:00 minute mark, Brandon Petrich laid a bone-crunching hit on Emanuele Fantozzi for a loss of three. The Heralds were able to shake off the negative plays, getting a 7-yard run by Ryan Williams
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Piketon Redstreaks upset Paint Valley 13-12

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  *Using the rosters for both teams from Hudl.com* Bainbridge, Ohio- On Friday I made another drive to Paint Valley to battle with S.V.C. for Piketon. Coming into the game, Pait Valley was (6-0) and PIKETON (3-3). Calpreps had the home team favored by 18 points. For those not familiar with Calpreps, they hit about 80% of their games nationwide, doing every 11-man game in the nation. The Bearcats started this one with a bang when Preston Fauber dropped a ball into the hands of Jimmy Cain, who caught the ball in stride and then outraced his nearest defender for a 63-yard touchdown. The Redstreaks easily defended a two-point conversion to keep this a 6-0 game just forty-eight seconds into the game. The Redstreaks would go to the air, where Luke Guillon found Mason Thacker for a 16-yard gain. From there, the Redstreaks would show that they could also run the ball, with Gullion racing for 18 yards, then it was Buddy Wilson sprinting for 18 yards. With 0:13 left in the quarter and the Red
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Northland Vikings use a 34 yard field goal to beat Centennial Stars 3-0.

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  *Using the Centennial roster from Hudl* I first want to say it was good to meet Coach Fort before the game and speak to him for a minute or so. As always, it was good to meet up with Coach Sayers before and after the game. I have to thank Coach Sayers for sending me the updated Nortland roster as we spoke and for grabbing a player to make sure I had the correct name for the late fumble recovery. Midway through the opening quarter, Hatem Mohamed was able to get to the Stars Gavin White, holding the skilled runner short of the first down marker and forcing a punt. Justin Thomas looked to have made a nice play on Akeilles Harrison got the freshman quarterback for a short loss with 5:53 left on the clock, but a face-masking call was made on the play, giving the Vikings a first down. Harrison would connect with TeJuan Barbour for a gain of 45 yards with 4:39 left. Justin Thomas helped end the drive when he got to Harrison for a loss of 11. The Stars ended the quarter with two nice
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Clark Montessori 44 New Miami 6

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  *Using rosters from the league website* Cincinnati, Ohio- Sunday afternoon, I made another trip to Cincinnati to watch Clark Montessori battle league against New Miami. This would be my first time seeing New Miami play. The Cougars defense would show they had come to play right away when Rayshaun Gibson stopped Dalson Hayes before the Vikings workhorse could gain a yard. When the Cougars got the ball, they went to their big dawg, De'Lorean James, and all he did was speed his way to a gain of thirteen. A busted play led to Kingston Royalty getting to the Vikings Amir Lawson for a loss of six. A sweep to the right would result in a 21-yard touchdown run by Camdyn Russell, then a two-point conversion run from Lawson made this an 8-0 game with 8:53 left in the opening quarter. A roughing the punter call on the Cougars kept the New Miami drive alive, and a 23-yard run from Hayes kept the momentum on the Vikings side. Sam Mayer would cap the drive off with a 12-yard touchdown pass
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