Video: Carl Grimm highlights
Watch the defensive athlete of the week nominee and St. Xavier senior defnesive back in action from earlier this season. You vote, you decide...who had Ohio's best individual performance this past week? Who had the best team performance?
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Week 14 Football Athlete of the Week
* Greg Valent, John F. Kennedy Catholic (Warren) (FINAL VOTING RESULTS) Quarterback ran for three touchdowns and threw for another in a 48-7 win over Harvest Prep in the D-VII state semifinals.
Week 14 Football Team of the Week
* Cuyahoga Heights (Cleveland) (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)The
Redskins advanced to the program's first state final with a 30-14 win
over Newark catholic in the D-VI state semifinals. Cuyahoga Heights is
the only remaining unbeaten team in Ohio.
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Steubenville's Jalen McGee ran for 122 yards and a touchdown and had eight tackles, a sack, a tackle-for-loss and a forced fumble in D-IV finals loss to Hartley.
Photo by Michael Noyes
Week 15 Offensive Football Athlete of the Week nominees
* Duane Leugers, sr., QB, Marion Local (Maria Stein)Carried the ball 25 times for 113 yards and two touchdowns and threw for 114 yards in a 21-17 win over Cuyahoga Heights in the D-VI state final.
* Dan Mills, sr., K, Canton Central CatholicBooted a D-IV finals record 48-yard field goal on the last play of the first half to give the Crusaders a 3-0 lead en route to a 16-123 win over Coldwater in the D-V state final.
* Danny Clark, sr., QB, Archbishop Hoban (Akron)Kentucky recruit completed 7-of-10 passes for 165 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 19 yards and a touchdown on three carries in a 30-0 win over Trotwood-Madison in the D-III state final.
* Evan Boyd, sr., RB, John F. Kennedy Catholic (Warren)Carried the ball a D-VII finals record 36 times for a finals record 166 yards in a 24-6 win over Minster. Had two touchdowns. Added six tackles.
* Sean Clifford, sr., QB, St. Xavier (Cincinnati)Penn State recruit threw for 142 yards and two touchdowns in 27-20 double-overtime victory over St. Ignatius in the D-I state final.
* Marquette Dixon, sr., RB, Bishop Hartley (Columbus)Ran for 178 yards and a touchdown on 31 carries in a 24-21 victory over Steubenville in the D-IV state final.
* Jalen Mcgee, sr., RB, SteubenvilleCarried the ball 20 times for 122 yards and a touchdown in a 24-21 loss to Hartley in the D-IV state final. Had eight tackles, a sack, a tackle-for-loss and a forced fumble.
* Tresean Smith, sr., RB, La Salle (Cincinnati)Louisville recruit carried the ball 17 times for 124 yards and two touchdowns in a 14-7 win over Massillon Perry in the D-II state final. Also had two tackles and an interception.
Canton Central Catholic's Tee Rupp notched his fifth interception of the season and caught the game-winning touchdown pass with 58 seconds left int he D-V final.
Photo by Michael Noyes
Week 15 Defensive Football Athlete of the
Week
nominees
* Tee Rupp, sr. DB, Canton Central CatholicNotched his ninth interception of the season and fifth of the playoffs in the Crusaders 16-13 win over Coldwater in the D-V state final. Also caught three passes for 73 yards, including the game-winning 55-yard touchdown with 58 seconds left.
* Adam Shibley, sr., LB, St. Ignatius (Cleveland)Had a game-high 14 tackles, four tackles-for-loss and 3.5 sacks in a 27-20 double-overtime loss to St. Xavier in the D-I state final. The 14 tackles is tied for eighth all-time in a state final regardless of division.
* Matt Salopek, soph., DB, Archbishop Hoban (Akron)Had six tackles and two interceptions in a 30-0 win over Trotwood-Madison in the D-III state final.
* Alex Oldiges, sr., DL, MinsterHad a game-high 15 tackles, including two tackles-for-loss, in a 24-6 loss to Warren JFK in the D-VII state final. The 15 tackles ties him for third most in a state championship game regardless of division.
* Dominick Bowman, jr., DB, Perry (Massillon)Had five tackles, a forced fumble and scored a touchdown on a 17-yard interception return in a 14-7 D-II state final loss to LaSalle.
* Carl Grimm, sr., DB, St. Xavier (Cincinnati)Had 12 tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and an interception in a 27-20 double-overtime victory over St. Ignatius in the D-I state final.
* Jaden Manley, sr., DB, Bishop Hartley (Columbus)Had four tackles, two tackles-for-loss, two pass break-ups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in a 24-21 win over Steubenville in the D-IV state final. Also caught one pass for a 32-yard touchdown.
* Tyler Selig, sr., LB, Cuyahoga Heights (Cleveland)Had 10 tackles and two interceptions in a 21-17 loss to Marion Local in the D-VI state final.
* Jarell White, sr., LB, La Salle (Cincinnati)A year after registering 10 tackles in the state final, White matched that (10) to take team-high honors in a 14-7 D-II win over Massillon Perry. Added a fumble recovery and 35 yards rushing on 12 carries.
Marion Local tied Moeller for second most Ohio football titles with its ninth.
Photo by Michael Noyes
Week 15 Football Team of the Week nominees
* St. Xavier (Cincinnati)The Bombers became the first team with five losses to win an Ohio state title with a 27-20 double-overtime victory over St. Ignatius in D-I. The OT victory was St. X’s third of the five-game postseason. The Bombers were 4-5 after a Week 9 loss to St. Ignatius but won six straight to close out the season.
* Canton Central CatholicExercised demons by avenging two straight D-I state final losses to Coldwater with a 16-13 victory over the Cavaliers that snapped Coldwater’s 24-game postseason win streak and denied it five straight state titles. CCC scored on a 55-yard pass play with 58 seconds left to take the lead.
* Archbishop Hoban (Akron)The Knights defended their D-III state title with a dominating 30-0 shutout win over Trotwood-Madison. Hoban’s defense allowed 25 point sin five playoff games and 115 points in 15 games total.
* John F. Kennedy Catholic (Warren)The Eagles became the first non-Midwest Athletic Conference school to win the D-VII state title with a 24-6 victory over Minster in the state final. The title was the Eagles and Trumball County’s first since 1991. JFK’s defense allowed 29 points in five playoff games and 98 points in 15 games total.
* Bishop Hartley (Columbus)The Hawks defended their D-IV state title with a second straight three-point win over Steubenville. Hartley’s Matteo Agriesti kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired for the victory. The kick was set up by a 59-yard return on a missed Steubenville field goal by Cody Kirkbride with 1:32 left.
* La Salle (Cincinnati)The Lancers won their third straight D-II state title with a second consecutive win over Massillon Perry in the final. LaSalle won 14-7. The Lancers join Moeller (1975-77) as the only GCL South teams to win three straight Ohio football titles.
* Marion Local (Maria Stein)Playing in their sixth straight state final, the Flyers won their fifth state title over that span with a 21-17 win over Cuyahoga Heights in the D-VI state final. One of Marion’s scoring drives was a 19-play, 99-yard jaunt that lasted 9:40.
