Ansonia are outright WOAC champions with a 10-0 record, the second time in school history they went 10-0.
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By Drew Terhall
DailyAdvocate.com
DARKE COUNTY — Here are the scores and stats from the last week of regular season high school football around the county.
Ansonia 46 (10-0, 8-0) vs Mississinawa Valley 6 (0-10, 0-8)
The Ansonia Tigers are outright WOAC football champions with this win. They are back to back conference champions after sharing the title last season.
Head coach Adam Hall said it’s been a great season so far with this great group of kids.
“We have good football players on our team, but they’re great kids and fun to be around. I think that’s the thing that sometimes you might miss in all of this. It’s fun to be at practice, fun to be a part of these games, fun to be in the weight room,” Hall said. “We have great kids, we work really hard. I couldn’t be more proud of them.”
Ansonia was up 40-0 at halftime. Senior Garrett Stammen had three rushing touchdowns in the first half. Senior Keegen Weiss also had a rushing touchdown. Senior Nick Burns had a 21-yard passing touchdown to senior Wyatt Spencer.
In the second half, sophomore Cainan Robinson had a two-yard rushing touchdown to go up 46-0. Just before the game ended, Mississinawa Valley sophomore Bryce Watson threw the ball to sophomore Kyle Wehrkamp in the endzone. The ball tipped off an Ansonia defender and into Wehrkamp’s hands for six.
This is the second time Ansonia was 10-0 in school history. The first time was in 2009 when Hall was a senior on that team. Hall said it was nice to get this win and clinch the title at home this time around in front of their fans.
Mississinawa Valley ends their injury plagued season with a 0-10 record. They will graduate eight seniors.
Ansonia earned the two seed in the Division VII playoffs and will host the 15th seed Lockland on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. The Tigers will host the first two playoff games.
Hall said he feels confident his team can make a run by taking it one game at a time.
“We know in the playoffs, everything steps up a level. We don’t know who we’re going to play yet, but you got to earn your way into the playoffs. They’re all going to be good games,” Hall said. “We feel like we have a team that can compete with anyone. We’re going to take it one week at a time and see how far we can go.”
A full game recap can be found on our website, dailyadvocate.com.
Around the county:
Bradford 34 (5-4) vs Arcanum 28 (3-7, 2-7)
The Railroaders end the season with a win over WOAC foe Arcanum. Bradford junior Owen Canan had 240 yards passing and a touchdown pass to senior Hudson Hill. Canan also rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown. Senior Garrett Trevino had two rushing touchdowns and senior Trey Schmelzer had a rushing touchdown. For Arcanum, freshman quarterback Bishop Cartwright had two passing touchdowns, both to senior Micah Jarrett. Cartwright also had a rushing touchdown. Freshman MJ Macy had 105 yards rushing and a rushing touchdown. Senior Tristan Keckler and sophomore Cole Kessler both had an interception. Junior Landon Wagner also had a fumble recovery.
Arcanum ends their season with a 3-7 record. They graduate nine seniors. Bradford is the 12th seed in the Division VII playoffs and will head to Minster on Oct. 27 for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
Greenville 21 (0-10, 0-9) vs West Carrollton 26 (2-8, 2-7)
The Green Wave were close to their first win of the season. Senior Evan Manix scored a 70-yard touchdown on the second play of the game to go up 7-0. Senior Cody Sagraves had a three-yard run to go up 14-0. West Carrollton gained a lead in the third quarter as they scored three touchdowns and went up 20-14. Manix found senior Jack Royer for a 36-yard touchdown throw to go up 21-20. The Pirates responded with a touchdown to win 26-21.
Greenville ends their season with a 0-10 record. They graduate 11 seniors.
Tri-Village 20 (9-1, 8-1) at National Trail 7 (4-6, 4-4)
After being down 7-6 at halftime, the Patriots scored 14 points in the second half to leave National Trail with a win. Senior Reed Wehr scored all three Patriots touchdowns on the ground. He had touchdown runs of 28, 35 and 40 yards. He finished with 168 rushing yards. Sophomores Kasyn Hollinger and Trey Sagester both had an interception in the game. The Tri-Village defense held National Trail to 167 yards rushing.
These two teams will meet again in the Division VI playoffs. Tri-Village earned the fifth seed while National Trail is the 12th seed.
Versailles 21 (8-2, 6-2) vs Minster 14 (8-2, 6-2)
The Tigers won on Senior Night to keep their top two seed in the playoffs. Senior quarterback Michael Osborne had two touchdown passes to junior Jace Watren. The second one came with 2:59 left in the game. The Tigers stopped the Wildcats to get the win.
Versailles is a two seed in the Division VI playoffs and will host their first two playoff games. They will take on the 15th seed in Troy Christian on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m.
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