Hoban dominates Trotwood, defends D-III title

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Division III State Final: Archbishop Hoban (Akron) 30, Trotwood-Madison 0

BOX SCORE/STATS

1. Wire-to-Wire: Hoban opened the season ranked as the No. 1 team in the MaxPreps/JJHuddle preseason state rankings, stayed there until the final poll and finished with a state title. The Knights championship is their second in a row. Hoban started playing football in 1955.

2. Quick strike: Hoban’s first three scoring drives were 1:03, 3:03 and :09. The Knights led 20-0 at the half. Big plays? Two of the touchdowns were a 49-yard run by Todd Sibley Jr. and a 60-yard touchdown pass from Danny Clark to Garrett Houser.

3. Ground game: A week after holding Mr. Football winner Michael Warren of Toledo Central Catholic to 18 yards on 15 carries, Trotwood could not duplicate the feat against Hoban. Sibley had 69 first-half yards on 11 carries. He finished with 151 yards and a touchdown on 17 totes.

4. Five of a kind: Trotwood-Madison dropped to 1-5 in state finals and moved into a second-place tie with Coldwater, Columbus DeSales and Mogadore for most state runner-up finishes. Ironton and Newark Catholic have finished runner-up six times.

5. Defense reigns: Hoban’s excelled. The Knights allowed 24 points in five playoff games and 115 points in 15 games. They had three interceptions in the state final.

TOP PLAYERS

*Danny Clark, sr., QB
Kentucky recruit completed 7-of-10 passes for 165 yards and two touchdowns. Also ran for 19 yards and a touchdown on three carries.

*Todd Sibley, sr., RB, Hoban
Pitt recruit ran for 151 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.

*Raveion Hargrove, jr. RB, Trotwood-Madison
Carried the ball 24 times for 137 yards.

*Nate Adolph, sr. DB, Hoban
Had seven tackles, a sack and a tackle-for-loss.

*Matt Salopek, soph., DB, Hoban
Had six tackles and two interceptions.

*Daulson Fitzpatrick, jr., DB, Hoban
Had five tackles, three tackles-for-loss and a sack.

BY THE NUMBERS

48 - Teams with two or more state titles now following Hoban’s win.

42 - Yards of Hargrove’s third quarter touchdown run that was nullified by holding. It would have been the first touchdown allowed by Hoban’s defense in the second half this season.

6 - Different receivers that caught Clark’s seven completions.

7,396 - Attendance.