Elgin and North Union put themselves in position to win league championships in the final week of the regular season after lopsided road victories in Week 9.
Elgin handled Perry 46-0 in the Northwest Central Conference on Oct. 16, and the Wildcats took care of Shawnee 53-12 in the Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division.
The Comets are tied with North Baltimore and Waynesfield-Goshen at 6-1 in the league and will host Hardin Northern in Week 10. North Union is 4-0 along with Graham, and the Wildcats will go to the co-leader's home next week.
Here are more results from Week 9 games for football teams in the Marion area:
Elgin 46, Perry 0
The Elgin defense not only got a shutout over the 4-5, 4-3 Commodores, but The Comets (7-2) forced five fumbles.
Headlining the D was Finn Van Gundy who produced 12 tackles with eight for loss, four sacks and a fumble recovery. He was backed by Billy Lingrel's eight tackles, three for loss, one sack and a fumble recovery, while Cooper Lykins had seven tackles, one for loss, one sack and two forced fumbles, Stone Rhodes six tackles and two for loss, and Bryson Schraker six tackles, three for loss and two sacks. T.J. Britton and Drew Brown also recovered fumbles, and Bentley Harmon forced one.
For the Elgin offense, Archer Johnston ran 13 times for 153 yards and three touchdowns with a long run of 66 yards. Abram Norton ran 14 times for 147 yards and three touchdowns with a long of 50 yards. He was also 4-for-5 passing for 33 yards. Fritz Van Gundy also ran for a score.
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North Union 53, Shawnee 12
The Wildcats (7-2) outgained Shawnee (2-7, 1-3) 413 to 196 yards and put up 18 first downs to Shawnee's five. The defense recovered four fumbles.
Nickolas Hajjar was 6 of 12 passing for 51 yards, but he ran it 10 times for 109 yards and three touchdown, producing a long run of 50 yards. Brycen Delawder was next with 82 yards on 11 carries and two touchdowns, and Wyatt Arver, Harrison Krebehenne and Jackson McCoy also added rushing TDs. Arver led with three catches for 36 yards. Trenor Kyte had 12 tackles and Hajjar two tackles for loss.
Galion 14, Marion Harding 7
Galion (5-4, 3-3) took a 14-0 lead in the first half and made it stand in the Mid Ohio Athletic Conference game. Mattic Simmers scored a 3-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, but the Presidents (5-4, 3-3) got no closer on the scoreboard.
Both teams ended with 14 first downs as Harding had 212 total yards and Galion 202. Harding's Dez Feliciano was 6-for-17 for 61 yards passing. Marcus McGary ended with 64 yards on 18 carries, and Simmers had 49 yards on 11 tries with the TD. Jaden Jordan and Jackson Payne made a pair of catches each. Payne and Simmers picked off passes, and Justin Taylor and Simmers both ended with 6.5 tackles.
Waynesfield-Goshen 37, Ridgedale 8
Billy Wren led the Rockets (0-9, 0-7) with 10 carries for 82 yards and their touchdown against Waynesfield-Goshen (7-2), catching one pass for 26 yards and making five tackles with one going for a loss. Braxton Roberts had 14 carries for 78 yards and made nine tackles.
Other games
Clear Fork beat River Valley 43-0, and Loudonville defeated Cardington-Lincoln 20-0. No more information on either game was made available. Pleasant fell to Shelby in a heartbreaker, and Highland hung with Ontario for most of the night, too.
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