Black River vs. Canton Central Catholic tonight

A trip to the Regional Final is at stake tonight as the Black River Pirates and Canton Central Catholic Crusaders will battle in Orrville, Ohio.

The winner of tonight's game with advance in the Division 5, Region 18 bracket facing the winner of Garfield and LaBrae.

Black River

• first playoff appearance since 2013; first week 12 game since 2011
• Won four straight games after starting at 4-3 
• Head Coach: Al Young 180-102 in 27th year; Medina's County's all-time winningest coach

Canton Central Catholic

• Won Football State Championships in 1988 and 2000
   
• Appearing in its third consecutive regional semifinal
   
• Won five straight games after starting at 2-3
   
• Head Coach: Jeff Lindsmith 32-8 in 3rd year, assistant coach (1986-2013) under legendary head coach Lowell Klinefelter.

Black River Pirates W 50-7 @Western Reserve (2-8) L 27-35 @Northwestern (8-3) W 35-26 McDonald (6-4) W 62-27 @Brooklyn (0-10) W 49-31 Columbia (8-3) L 7-16 Keystone (6-4) L 7-17 @Buckeye (9-2) W 60-17 @Brookside (1-9) W 37-13 Firelands (7-3) W 49-14 Wellington (5-5) W 48-26 @# Grand Valley (9-2) # Canton Central Catholic (7-3)

Canton Central Catholic Crusaders L 6-14 @New Philadelphia (9-2) W 19-14 @Perry (10-2) W 56-0 Minerva (0-10) L 10-12 St Thomas Aquinas (9-3) L 23-24 @Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin (9-3) W 31-0 Northwest (6-4) W 38-13 Loudonville (1-9) W 38-35 @Jackson (7-4) W 20-13 Garfield (3-7) Cancelled* Farrell (PA) (5-3) W 28-7 # Manchester (7-4) # Black River (8-3) * - game does not count in OHSAA rankings # - Ohio playoff game

STARTERS

Black River Pirates			Black River Pirates
Offense			Defense
QB	12	Mike Hazlett (6'02 180 Sr.)	DE	63	Cory Hammon (5'10 160 Sr.)
RB	36	Travis Sexton (6'01 190 Jr.)	NT	21	Nick Wagner (5'10 180 Sr.)
RB	45	Jacob Campbell (6'01 195 Jr.)	DE	75	Jeff Owens (6'01 175 Jr.)
RB	40	Corey Bartolic (5'08 175 Sr.)	OLB	56	Matt Potter (5'10 175 Sr.)
WR	4	Garrett Hord (5'05 130 Jr.)	ILB	45	Jacob Campbell (6'01 195 Jr.)
WR	30	Cory Hamilton (5'11 195 Sr.)	ILB	54	Curtis Roupe (6'02 245 Sr.)
LT	58	Mitchell Young (5'09 210 So.)	OLB	30	Cory Hamilton (5'11 195 Sr.)
LG	54	Curtis Roupe (6'02 245 Sr.)	CB	4	Garrett Hord (5'05 130 Jr.)
C	53	Trevor Scott (5'10 165 Jr.)	CB	40	Corey Bartolic (5'08 175 Sr.)
RG	60	Cole Haswell (6'01 200 Jr.)	S	22	Zack Beard (6'01 175 Sr.)
RT	67	D.P. Shranko (6'01 260 Sr.)	S	12	Mike Hazlett (6'02 180 Sr.)
Canton Central Catholic Crusaders			Canton Central Catholic Crusaders
Defense			Offense
DE	59	James Wills (5'11 190 Sr.)	QB	15	Jack Murphy (6'04 195 Sr.)
DT	58	Mitchell Marinos (5'07 160 Fr.)	RB	35	Chase Miller (5'09 165 Fr.)
DT	72	Logan Maier (6'01 265 Sr.)	WR	16	Cameron Ruffin (5'11 175 Sr.)
DE	54	Logan Barnes (5'11 195 So.)	WR	21	Tee Rupp (6'02 175 Sr.)
OLB	11	Jaret Cummins (6'01 180 Sr.)	WR	11	Jaret Cummins (6'01 180 Sr.)
MLB	40	Griffin Baumoel (6'02 215 Sr.)	WR	18	Quinton Heck (6'01 165 Sr.)
OLB	14	Gunnar Eberhart (5'11 180 So.)	LT	64	Miller Davies (6'04 250 Jr.)
CB	21	Tee Rupp (6'02 175 Sr.)	LG	52	Nolan Goehring (5'11 205 Jr.)
CB	28	Jared Sanford (6'01 170 Sr.)	C	53	Wyatt Smith (6'01 200 Sr.)
S	12	Brady Thompson (6'01 160 Sr.)	RG	59	James Wills (5'11 190 Sr.)
S	23	Luke Ezzo (5'08 150 Sr.)	RT	66	Andrew Soltis (6'02 270 Sr.)

STATS

Black River Pirates

Rushing

No.	Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
45	Jacob Campbell (Jr.)	192	1214	6.3	13
11	Riley Gibbs (Jr.)	90	1006	11.2	17
36	Travis Sexton (Jr.)	109	824	7.6	8
40	Corey Bartolic (Sr.)	77	775	10.1	8
12	Mike Hazlett (Sr.)	43	149	3.5	3
5	Justin Zacharyasz (Jr.)	9	103	11.4	2
27	Alex Vormelker (So.)	13	89	6.8

Passing

No.	Player	Comp	Att	Yds	TD	Int
12	Mike Hazlett (Sr.)	39	79	675	8	9
	Totals	39	79	675	8	9

Canton Central Catholic Crusaders

Rushing

No.	Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
15	Jack Murphy (Sr.)	147	413	2.8	5
35	Chase Miller (Fr.)	67	263	3.9	1
12	Brady Thompson (Sr.)	16	196	12.3	4
45	Alec Cummins (So.)	31	135	4.4	1
16	Cameron Ruffin (Sr.)	24	73	3	1
40	Griffin Baumoel (Sr.)	18	54	3	3
24	Baily Capps (Jr.)	17	52	3.1
11	Jaret Cummins (Sr.)	9	35	3.9
10	Stone Sirpilla (Jr.)	8	19	2.4
32	Kyle Levengood (So.)	2	5	2.5
21	Tee Rupp (Sr.)	2	4	2
13	Dylan Johnson (So.)	2	3	1.5
25	Joe Roth (So.)	2	2	1
86	Dylan Lanzo (So.)	1	1	1
36	Vinny DiRuzza (Fr.)	1	1	1
26	Austin Beck (Fr.)	2	1	0.5
46	Preston Mitchell (Fr.)	1	0	0
	Totals	352	1256	3.6	15

Passing

No.	Player	Comp	Att	Yds	TD	Int
15	Jack Murphy (Sr.)	94	169	1354	13	8
16	Cameron Ruffin (Sr.)	1	1	68	1	0
10	Stone Sirpilla (Jr.)	4	8	35	0	0
26	Austin Beck (Fr.)	0	1	0	0	0

Receiving

No.	Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Tee Rupp (Sr.)	30	547	18.2	6
12	Brady Thompson (Sr.)	21	285	13.6	3
18	Quinton Heck (Sr.)	11	210	19.1	2
11	Jaret Cummins (Sr.)	8	123	15.4	2
16	Cameron Ruffin (Sr.)	15	150	10	1
24	Baily Capps (Jr.)	8	80	10
35	Chase Miller (Fr.)	3	35	11.7
40	Griffin Baumoel (Sr.)	2	25	12.5
15	Jack Murphy (Sr.)	1	2	2
	Totals	99	1457	14.7	14