Ohio high school football notebook: Hawken QB Donovan Moorhead throws for 474 yards, 5 TDs in win over Genva

Hawken senior quarterback Donovan Moorhead led a 49-48 win against Geneva that included a late go-ahead two-point conversion. To get there, he put up massive numbers with 474 yards and five TDs while completing 42-of-67 attempts without an interception. The Jacksonville State recruit is the son of University of Akron head coach Joe Moorhead. Zion Castillo rushed 42 times for 217 yards and a TD as Elyria Catholic picked up its first win, 17-0 vs. Vermilion. Streetsboro's Janiere Cook rushed for 318 yards and four TDs on 16 carries in a 48-6 win over Coventry. Twinsburg's Dylan Fantone threw a school-record six TD passes in a 45-21 win at Stow. He also passed for 300 yards. Barberton sophomore Angelo Gotto rushed for a career-high 223 yards and a score on 24 carries in a 35-6 win at Cuyahoga Falls. All of Gotto's production came in the first three quarters. Strongsville freshman Austin Tatulinski stepped up with 208 yards and two TDs on 21 carries in a 29-26 win at Cleveland Heights. Walsh Jesuit's Martin Tobin rushed for 254 yards and two TDs to pace a 31-0 shutout of St. Ignatius. Brandon White scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns to rally St. Edward to a 28-14 win over Glenville. White totaled 196 yards from scrimmage, including 173 rushing on 27 carries. White, who gained more than 2,000 yards as a sophomore, missed most of his junior season with a torn ACL. Alliance's J.R. Jackson delivered a complete performance in a 26-0 victory over Ellet. He completed 19-of-25 passes for 289 yards and two touchdowns and recorded two interceptions on defense. St. Marys Memorial's Bradey Triplett made a 49-yard free kick field goal with 31 seconds remaining in the first half of a 41-0 win over Defiance. St. Marys fair caught a punt and coach Bo Frye called for a free kick, which is permitted on fair catches and has only been done successfully twice in the NFL since 1976. Using a tee, Triplett, a member of the soccer team, knocked the kick through to make it 27-0. Joe Caudill led Lexington to a historic 70-0 victory over Akron North by tying a school record with five touchdown passes. He also ran for 47 yards on three carries with a TD to account for six scores and recorded a safety on defense. The 70 points are a program record, topping a 67-6 win over East Knox in 1983. The Lexington defense limited Akron North to 12 yards total offense. Lucas' Bently Rannigan had two carries for 112 yards and two touchdowns in a 62-0 win over Vanlue. The Cubs defense recovere dtwo fumbles, intercepted a pass and held Vanlue to just 59 yards total offense. The Cubs' 62 points represents their highest point total since Week 9, 2018, when they scored 61 on Hannibal River. Brayden DeVito led Shelby to a huge come-from-behind 45-34 win over Galion with 129 yards on 18 carries and three touchdowns while also completing 19-of-26 passes for 155 yards and two scores. Galion's Jacob Chambers caught three passes — all for touchdowns — for 130 yards. Clear Fork's Kayden Bostic, Nash Evans, Davis Hoeflich and Trey Sellers had interceptions in a 14-10 win over Ontario. Ashland Crestview's Liam Kuhn had a big night throwing in a 42-0 win over New London. Kuhn completed 12-of-18 passes for 197 yards and a touchdown while running for 33 yards on five carries and a score. Crestline's Quentin Kapp carried 24 times for 134 yards and two touchdowns and recorded 10 tackles (2 for loss) in a 28-21 win at Ashtabula St. John. Buckeye Central's Jack Phillips was 16-for-20 for 171 yards and three touchdowns, rushed for 39 yards and returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown in a 34-13 win over Bucyrus. Bucyrus' Isaac Makeever was 13-of-28 passing for 113 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions while rushing for 98 yards and a score on 23 carries. At 4-0 overall and 1-0 in the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference, Mount Gilead is off to its best start since 2011. Coupled with two wins to end last season, the team is on its first six-game winning streak since 1996. Mount Gilead beat Danville 26-22 in Week 4, as Tyler Harr finished with 126 yards and two TDs on 15 rushes, while Carson Barnum had 166 on 29. Mount Gilead also got a 59-yard interception return from Wyatt Long. Elgin's Archer Johnston ran 27 times for 205 yards, a touchdown and two two-point conversions and recovered a fumble during a 30-29 win over previously unbeaten Ridgemont. Marengo Highland's Zach Church ran for a touchdown, picked off a pass and blocked a potential game-winning extra point with 1:31 left to force overtime in a 12-6 win over Marion Harding. Galion Northmor's Brad Bowling caught a touchdown, threw a touchdown and returned a kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown in a 44-27 loss to Centerburg. Miles Bailey, a senior running back/linebacker for Findlay, was the starting quarterback for the first time since eighth grade. Bailey did not play like a newbie, though, completing 10-of-15 passes for 156 yards and a touchdown and rushing for 107 yards and two scores in a 41-14 win over Sylvania Northview. North Baltimore's Luke Long ran for one score and completed 17-of-23 passes for 319 yards and four touchdowns, while Cooper Clark caught eight passes for 238 yards and all four of those passing TDs is a 64-7 win over Cory-Rawson. At 4-0, the Tigers are off to their best start since 1995. The Beverly Fort Frye defense forced five turnovers in defeating Muskingum River rival Waterford for the 19th consecutive year, 28-0 at Wildcat Field. New Madison Tri-Village, now 4-0 with 55-0 win over Twin Valley South, got four TDs from junior wide receiver Griffin Richards. His two punt returns of 60 yards and 43 went for scores. He also had seven receptions with scores of 55 yards and 13. In four games this season, Richards has 22 catches for 566 yards and nine TDs. West Jefferson's Austin Buescher passed for 435 yards and seven touchdowns in a dominant 62-23 win over Cedarville. Jackson Betty had 12 receptions for 174 yards and two TDs, while all three passes caught by Wade Reeve led to the end zone. Cedarville's Will Mossing also threw four touchdown passes, including three to Nathan Van Loo. Xenia set a school record for points in a 67-6 win against West Carrollton. Kole Krejne kicked a 32-yard field goal as time expired to give Kettering Fairmont a 20-17 win over Centerville. It was his second field goal of the game. He connected on a 29-yarder in the second quarter to put the Firebirds up 10-0. Kolby Morgerson threw for 208 yards and two touchdowns in Carlisle's 35-14 loss to Valley View. Max Miller completed 25-of-44 passes for 295 yards and two touchdowns, but Springboro lost 48-23 to Huber Heights Anthony Wayne, whose quarterback, Kye Graham, threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns. Talawanda's Lance Cantrell for his third 200-plus yard game this season, carrying 17 times for 212 yards and three touchdowns in a 35-10 win over Franklin. Cantrell has rushed for 1,075 yards and 12 touchdowns through four games. Cale Nagel had punt return touchdowns of 72 and 68 yards as Maria Stein Marion Local's extended the nation's longest winning active streak to 68 games with a 61-0 win over Delphos St. John's. Edgewood's Brody O'Banion and Miller Fall rushed for a combined 290 yards and three touchdowns in a 28-14 win over Fenwick. O'Banion totaled 174 yards and two touchdowns, while Fall rushed for 116 and one. Convoy Crestview's Braxton Leeth had 25 carries for 317 yards and seven touchdowns in a 55-38 win over Fort Loramie. The 6-foot, 185-pound senior tied his school record for touchdowns. After four games, Leeth has 92 carries for 1,048 yards (11.4 average) and 18 touchdowns. Blake Rhonehouse caught five passes for 110 yards and two TDs while recording an interception on defense for Paulding, which moved to 4-0 for the second straight year by defeating rival Wayne Trace 39-7. The last consecutive 4-0 starts for the Panther program came all the way back in 1987-88. Napoleon's Hayden Gerken and Paul Sausser returned interceptions for touchdowns in a 23-15 win at Oregon Clay. Josh Lieb did it all for Tinora in a 48-6 rout of county rival Hicksville, catching a team-high eight passes for 63 yards, rushing twice for 37 yards and returning an interception 31 yards to paydirt. Edgerton's Maddox Baker had more touchdown passes (6) than incompletions (5) while passing for 243 yards — he also rushed for 92 yards — in a 47-14 victory at Antwerp. Archbold sophomore Maddox Pinter completed 22-of-27 passes for 253 yards and two TDs with no turnovers while rushing for another score in a 36-30 thriller at Delta. Archbold's rally from 30-21 down with nine minutes left secured a 11th straight win in the series. Evergreen's 14-7 win against Wauseon got the monkey off the Vikings' back, as they regained the T.J. Rupp Memorial Trophy and beat Wauseon for the first time since Oct. 12, 2012. The win also makes Evergreen 4-0 for just the third time in the playoff era (1984, 1999, 2015). Wauseon falls to 0-4 for the first time since an 0-5 start in 1997. Washington Court House pulled off the biggest upset in the state of Ohio, coming in as a 42-pointunderdog against undefeated, state-ranked Granville but winning 31-16. A season ago, Granville defeated Washington 70-14. Blue Lion junior Wide Receiver Aden Osborne hauled in 13 receptions for 276 yards and four touchdowns, breaking school game records for receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. Quarterback Sam Pfeifer completed 25-of-37 passes for 374 yards and four touchdowns. The Plains Athens raised its record to 4-0 with a 71-0 Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division rout of Alexander. David Sharp scored three rushing touchdowns and carried 14 times for 112 yards, while Briar Thomas was 6-of-7 for 144 yards passing. Weston Wheatley caught four passes for 134 yards. Trimble pitched its third consecutive shutout victory, a 40-0 non-league win at Wellston. The Tomcats previously shut out Berne Union 36-0 and Vinton County 10-0. Rock Hill defeated defending Ohio Valley Conference champion Proctorville Fairland 33-32, snapping a nine-game losing streak against the Dragons. Fairland won last season's OVC championship after Ironton — an independent again for both the 2024 and 2025 seasons — won five straight from 2019-23. For the first time in school history, Manchester is 4-0 after a dominant 42-12 win over Sciotoville East. The Greyhounds amassed 363 yards total offense, led by quarterback Amillion Brown, who went 7-11 for 158 yards and a 71-yard TD to Joel Blythe.