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Friday, December 4, 2009
Coldwater falls 55-25 to Youngstown Ursuline in D-V state football final
CANTON — Youngstown Ursuline defeated Coldwater 55-25 Friday, Dec. 4 at Fawcett Stadium to win its third straight Division V high school football state championship.
Ursuline finishes 11-3 and Coldwater 13-2.
In Friday’s early D-III final, Youngstown Mooney completed an unbeaten season by rocking Columbus St. Francis DeSales 35-7 at Massillion Paul Brown Stadium. Mooney finishes 15-0 and DeSales 11-4.
Mooney also won their regular-season matchup, 21-14.
And in case you were wondering, yes, Mooney played Ursuline in Week 9, winning 27-22.
In Friday’s nightcap, Cincinnati Winton Woods (13-2) completed a strong playoff run with a 42-12 thumping of Cleveland Maple Heights (12-3) in the D-II state final at Massillon.
End of 3rd quarter: Ursuline’s quick-strike offense got an 85-yard touchdown run from Aaron Edwards on its third play of the second half and helped the Fighting Irish take a 34-19 lead against Coldwater after three quarters of their Division V state final at Canton’s Fawcett Stadium.
Coldwater quarterback Keith Wenning led the Cavaliers on a 75-yard scoring drive following the long touchdown, capped with his own 3-yard scoring run. The defense then finally stopped the Ursuline offense, but Coldwater stalled following the punt as Ursuline maintained its lead.
Halftime stats: Coldwater quarterback Keith Wenning has completed 21-of-26 passes for 211 yards and two touchdowns even as Coldwater trails Ursuline 27-13 at halftime.
The teams have combined for 495 yards, and three of Ursuline’s scores have come on plays of 26 (run), 59 (pass) and 41 yards (interception return).
Halftime: Ursuline stopped Coldwater quarterback Keith Wenning at the 3-yard line on fourth-and-goal with 30 seconds left in the first half to preserve a 27-13 lead in the D-V title game at Canton’s Fawcett Stadium.
The Cavaliers responded to an interception return for a touchdown by Ursuline with an 80-yard drive capped by a 4-yard, fourth-down pass from Wenning to Adam Rammel (after the fourth-down incompletion before it was negated by an Ursuline penalty) to cut the Ursuline lead to 21-13 with 5:30 left in the half.
Ursuline came back with a 72-yard drive to maintain its lead with more explosive playmaking and a 3-yard run by Akise Teague with 3:15 left to go up 27-13.
Coldwater drove to the 3-yard line, but Wenning was stopped on fourth down as Ursuline remained a half away from winning its second consecutive D-V title.
2nd quarter, 7:41 left: Ursuline’s Chris Collins has scored a touchdown receiving from 59 yards and on an interception return from 41 yards in a span of 1:28 to help Ursuline take a 21-7 lead against Coldwater in the D-V state final.
Ursuline took the lead on the first play of the quarter on a direct snap and 25-yard run by receiver Akise Teague. The Fighting Irish then followed a fumble by Coldwater quarterback Keith Wenning with a 59-yard strike to Collins on the next play for the 14-7 lead with 9:19 left in the first half.
Three plays later, Collins stepped in front of Coldwater receiver Adam Rammel, intercepted a Wenning pass and ran for another score and the lead.
End 1st quarter: After stopping Youngstown Ursuline on a fourth-and-2 from its own 18-yard line, Coldwater drove 76 yards in 11 plays for the first score, a 6-yard pass from Keith Wenning to Kurt Schoenherr, to take a 7-0 after the first quarter of this D-V state final.
Ursuline had driven 54 yards in 12 plays before the stop, which provided the necessary boost for the Cavaliers to efficiently drive to the lead. Wenning ran three times for 28 yards on the drive and finished with the 6-yard scoring strike, his 38th of the season, with 2:29 left in the quarter.
It was Coldwater’s only possession of the quarter as Ursuline drove to the Coldwater 25-yard line as the quarter ended.
Pregame, 2:36 p.m.: In a rematch of the 2000 Division V championship game won by Youngstown Ursuline against Coldwater, the two teams will meet at 3 p.m. at Canton’s Fawcett Stadium for the D-V title.
Coldwater (13-1) has lost only to D-VI finalist (and favorite to win) Delphos St. John’s. The Cavaliers are averaging 34.4 points per game led largely by quarterback Keith Wenning, a 6-foot-4, 222-pound Ball State recruit who has thrown for 3,222 yards and 37 touchdowns. His main target is Adam Rammel, who has 68 catches for 797 yards, and Wenning also leads the team in rushing, with 959 yards.
Ursuline (10-3), the defending state champion, comes out of the Steel Valley Conference and averages 38 points per game. The Fighting Irish lost to stalwarts Pittsburgh Central Catholic, Mentor Lake Catholic and Youngstown Cardinal Mooney (which earlier in the day won the D-III title). Running back Allen Jones has gained 2,224 yards as the main offensive weapon.
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