An Akron attorney is asking a judge to bar a victim’s family from being in the courtroom — or even in the Summit County Courthouse — during his client’s sentencing next month.

In his motion, Kerry O’Brien, the attorney for David Hillis, pointed to an altercation between his client’s family and the family of Marcus Glover last month after Hillis pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for shooting and killing Glover. He also referenced an incident between the two families after an earlier pretrial and to alleged threatening statements by Glover’s loved ones.

“For the safety of all parties in the courtroom, it is respectfully requested that all members of the deceased family be barred from the courtroom, and the entire Common Pleas Court complex,” O’Brien wrote in his motion, filed Monday.

O’Brien’s request is unusual, especially because victims’ family members are normally present for sentencing hearings and given the opportunity to speak. O’Brien also asked that extra sheriff’s deputies be on hand during the sentencing.

Crystal Thomas, Glover’s mother, was upset to learn about O’Brien’s request Friday. She said the family wants to be in court Oct. 7 when Hillis is sentenced by visiting Judge Richard Reinbold.

Hillis faces three to 11 years in prison. Hillis’ family is pushing for probation, while Glover’s family wants him to get the maximum possible.

“We’re not coming down there to start problems,” Thomas said. “All we want is justice for my son.”

Assistant County Prosecutor Peter Daly filed a response to O’Brien’s motion Friday, objecting to it.

“It is normal that emotions and passions will arise in situations like this,” Daly wrote. “However, that does not take away this family’s need and right to grieve and seek closure.”

Daly said he is confident the court and the sheriff’s deputies that provide security there can “ensure the safety of all those present.”

Reinbold, a retired judge from Stark County, hasn’t ruled on the motion.

Police said Glover, 25, and Terry Tart, 38, forced their way into Hillis’ Hillbish Avenue home at gunpoint Aug. 7, 2015, and threatened Hillis. When Hillis showed a handgun, they fled. Hillis chased after them and fired several shots, one hitting Glover in the back of the head, killing him.

Glover was about 70 yards away and no longer on Hillis’ property, prosecutors said.

Tart, 38, of Akron, pleaded guilty Aug. 4 to involuntary manslaughter with a gun specification, a first degree felony. He will be sentenced by Reinbold Sept. 14, a week later than originally planned.

Hillis, 22, of Akron, pleaded guilty Aug. 17 to voluntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony. Prosecutors, under a plea agreement, dismissed a firearm specification. He is free on a 10 percent, $50,000 bond.

After Hillis’ guilty plea, Glover and Hillis’ family clashed outside of the courtroom, with extra deputies called in to separate the two groups and urge them to leave the courthouse. During the altercation, Thomas, who has health problems and uses a wheelchair, bumped into Marie Donofrio, Hillis’ mother. Donofrio was treated at a hospital for a cut to her ankle.

Lt. Bill Holland, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said his office investigated and “determined that the contact made by the wheelchair was inadvertent.” He said no charges will be filed.

Holland said the sheriff’s office is planning to have additional deputies at Hillis’ sentencing “to ensure that order is maintained in and around the courtroom.”

Glover’s family and friends marched back and forth last week from the Police Department to the courthouse, urging that Hillis be given prison time. They questioned the circumstances that led to Glover’s shooting and think Hillis, the son of a retired Summit County Sheriff’s deputy, has been given special treatment.

Hillis, however, filed a sentencing memorandum this week outlining why he deserves probation. The reasons included his lack of a criminal record, the fact that Glover and Tart both had records and the evidence that he shot Glover after the two broke into his home.

Stephanie Warsmith can be reached at 330-996-3705, swarsmith@thebeaconjournal.com and on Twitter: @swarsmithabj.

The owners of the Rubber Bowl are facing a new obstacle in their plans to reuse the former University of Akron football stadium.

The city of Akron notified Team 1 Properties this week that it cannot operate the facility as an entertainment venue under the current zoning.

The zoning allows for a “public recreation building” in a residential district, but Team 1 is a private entity and needs to seek an exemption, law director Eve Belfance wrote in a two-page letter dated Aug. 31 to the company.

Any exemption, or conditional use permit, would have to be approved by the council and Planning Commission.

Team 1 attorney William Corgan said Friday that he hadn’t seen the letter yet, but he questioned the city’s zoning stance.

“It seems a little weird to buy a stadium and then not be permitted to use the place as a stadium,” Corgan said. “As far as I know, nobody told Team 1 that if you buy this, you’re not going to be able to use it.”

Team 1, which purchased the facility in 2013, has been talking for years about turning the stadium into an entertainment venue that could host big concerts and events such as monster truck rallies. The company also is interested in bringing in a professional football team.

Despite the struggles in moving forward, the investors are still interested in breathing new life into the stadium, which has fallen into significant disrepair.

The facility, located on George Washington Boulevard next to Derby Downs, home of the Soap Box Derby, hasn’t been used for a major event since 2008.

“My clients have not given up,” Corgan said. “We’ll continue to see what we can work out until we either come to an agreement … or it’s going to die. They have been fighting for years but they still have fight in them.”

One of the issues is Team 1 doesn’t own the property around the stadium, meaning it doesn’t own parking space. The owners need help from the city with that problem, Corgan said.

He estimated that it would take about $11 million to renovate the stadium, but the investors don’t want to spend the money if the city will oppose their plans.

City leaders remain skeptical about the proposal.

Mayor Dan Horrigan said earlier this year that he’d like to see the facility torn down, an opinion shared by city Councilman Bob Hoch, who represents the neighborhood.

Neither has wavered from that stance.

“Either bring in the money and fix it up, or bring in your plan,” Hoch said Friday. “We’ve got to do something.”

The mayor said Friday that he hasn’t seen a definitive, written proposal and how a renovated stadium would benefit the city.

Corgan, though, said he delivered a “rough plan” to the city in June.

The horseshoe-shaped Rubber Bowl was built in 1939 and was owned by the city until 1971 when the facility was transferred to the university.

The school sold the property to Team 1 in May 2013 for $38,000.

Rick Armon can be reached at 330-996-3569 or rarmon@thebeaconjournal.com. Follow him on Twitter at @armonrickABJ.

BRECKSVILLE: Mike was among old friends.

Derf was there goofing around — at one point mugging for a vintage camera in front of an old school bus.

And Jeffrey was there, too. Standing along the fringe — quietly hanging out just like in real life.

For the past 21 days, actors in 1970s era clothes have been recreating the high school years of Jeffrey Dahmer in and around Northeast Ohio for a film adaptation of writer-artist John “Derf” Backderf’s graphic novel My Friend Dahmer.

Michael Kukral, now a geography professor in Indiana, said it has been an eerie experience watching the final scenes being filmed depicting his own teenage years when he, Derf and Dahmer were friends back at Revere High School.

“I was back at my own prom,” said Kukral, who is simply referred to as “Mike” in the book and film.

Watching actor Ross Lynch, who starred in several popular Disney Channel shows and movies, become Dahmer was particularly disturbing.

“He has it down, from the walk to the mannerisms,” Kukral said. “At one point, it gave me the creeps. It also made me a little bit sad.”

The movie traces Dahmer’s life as a teenager in Bath Township — back when he was just another “awkward” kid and his darker side was hidden from those around him.

The movie, set to be released in 2017, ends with his first killing in June 1978 of a man hitchhiking to a concert at the former Chippewa Lake amusement park in Medina County.

By the time the bone fragments of Steven Hicks, 18, were discovered behind Dahmer’s childhood home, he was already one of the most infamous serial killers in U.S. history — having mutilated and even eaten some of his 17 victims.

Kukral, who moved away from Summit County in 1984, said he was in Europe when news of his childhood friend’s arrest broke in the early 1990s. It was the image of the Dahmer family home that first caught his eye.

“My first thought was that Jeff’s dad had killed someone,” he said. “I couldn’t fathom that Jeff would do something like that.”

The Bath Township home that held the secrets of Dahmer’s early fascination with animal carcasses and the eventual mutilation of live animals and the later fantasies of having sex with and killing men opened the door for the actors and the director to get inside the complicated head of the once socially awkward teen.

Quest for authenticity

Director Marc Meyers said he first toured the home with Backderf in October 2012, when he was still working on adapting the book into a screenplay.

“What is better than that,” he said. “It just adds another level for the telling of the story and for the actors.”

Instead of having to re-create Dahmer’s home on a soundstage, Meyers said, they were able to film at the actual home over six days in August.

While walking on the property, they found the remnants of the actual “hut” where Dahmer started his experimentation.

“We rebuilt the hut in that actual spot for the film,” he said.

It was this authenticity and filming in other spots in the area where Dahmer grew up that offered a very “original” experience for the actors, who include Aurora native Anne Heche.

“You can’t get more real than this,” Meyers said.

The film is being produced by Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Ibid Filmworks, a company consisting of the husband-and-wife team of writer-director Meyers and producer Jody Girgenti.

Girgenti said the whole crew has been impressed by just how cooperative the area has been, from motorists having to confront unexpected detours while scenes were shot to the actors who lined up to work as extras.

“We’ve shot everything for this film in the area and the surrounding towns,” she said.

One of those extras was Matt Urbanic, 21, of Strongsville, a student at Cuyahoga County Community College.

His role was that of a random student; the part might be small, but he’s not complaining.

“It has been fun,” he said. “I’m excited to see it when it is done.”

The film’s final scenes were shot Friday night, including that of Dahmer and his buddies riding in a school bus, before the crew broke up shop from a rented warehouse on Miller Road in Brecksville.

Meyer said he will probably take a week or so to catch his breath back in New York before tackling the arduous task of poring over hours and hours of scenes to get the film ready for the festival season next year — and an eventual release nationwide.

“It is like a massive puzzle,” he said. “You start putting the pieces together, and the story starts to take shape.”

Craig Webb can be reached at cwebb@thebeaconjournal.com or 330-996-3547.

The number of political ads set to air across Ohio just decreased, dramatically.

With the presidential race heating up, national Democrats and Republican-friendly corporate interests are cancelling millions of dollars in ad buys as the race between incumbent Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican, and former Gov. Ted Strickland appears to be getting out of reach for the Democrat, who’s trailed in the polls since early June.

Portman has plenty of campaign cash to outlast his opponent. He raised more than any congressional candidates in the nation. And as poll after poll shows Portman’s leading growing, all the outside groups that have made Ohio ground zero for political spending are considering dumping their resources into more competitive congressional races in other swing states, like North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada and Pennsylvania.

Outside groups backed by billionaire brother Charles and David Koch announced this week that they would be cancelling $2 million in ads to support Portman. The Senate Majority PAC, another outside group with close ties to retiring Senate majority leader Harry Reid of Nevada, also withdrew ad buys.

On Friday, the Washington Post reported national Democrats signaled even less confidence in the race as the Senate Majority PAC and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, or DSCC, canceled another round of ads set to air Sept. 13.

However, help is on the way for Strickland in the form of U.S. senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Warren will attend a Sept. 17 fundraiser in Cleveland on behalf of Strickland, according to media reports. And Sanders asked his supporters to donate $2.70 each to Strickland and three other Democratic Senate candidates.

Strickland campaign spokesman David Bergstein dismissed cold feet by outside spenders as an indication that the race is out of his candidate’s reach, especially with two months of hard campaigning ahead.

“There’s still a lot of race left to run, and there’s no one who knows Ohio better or is a stronger grassroots campaigner than Ted Strickland,” Bergstein said in an email. “We just recently launched our paid media campaign, the national environment is rapidly deteriorating around Portman. …

“Portman’s small, weak field operation can’t compete with the Ohio Democratic Party’s coordinated field campaign which has hundreds of organizers and volunteers across the state working to elect Ted, Secretary Clinton and Democrats at every level.

“Ted’s going to do what he does best: campaign vigorously across Ohio, talking about the central contrast in this race — he’s fighting for working people because [that’s] where he comes from and that’s who he cares about, while Senator Portman is looking out for his rich and powerful friends.”

Portman has continually said he’s running his own campaign, not concerned about what Trump says or whether they appear together when the campaigns intersect in Ohio.

Strickland, nonetheless, has attempted to tie Portman to Trump.

Seemingly unphased, Portman’s campaign, with thousands of volunteers and $10 million more in cash than Strickland’s, has claimed to have touched 3.5 million voters, or about 62 percent of the 5.6 million who voted in 2012 when Ohio last elected a senator and president in the same year.

Doug Livingston can be reached at 330-996-3792 or dlivingston@thebeaconjournal.com. Follow on Twitter: @ABJDoug.

The first day of school for all students at Akron’s Buchtel Community Learning Center on Friday turned into a celebration before the first bell could ring.

“Welcome! Welcome! Welcome!” shouted Assistant Principal Erica Glover while connecting with students for high-fives and low-fives as they entered the front doors of the seventh- through 12th-grade school. Dean of Students Brian Turner chimed in: “Let’s go! Let’s go! Come on scholars. Hit that red carpet!”

Buchtel students were welcomed back with a red carpet rolled from the front door to the end of the sidewalk and upbeat music played by two disc jockeys. As they walked the red carpet, they were applauded by administrators, parents and community members.

As they entered the building, intervention specialist Kenny Smith also welcomed the students: “Good Morning! It’s going to be a great year! We’re happy you’re here!”

Teachers and staff — who lined the hallway and staircase — clapped, cheered and danced to the music while greeting their students with handshakes, high-fives and hugs.

“This is amazing. I’ve never seen anything like this before. I came to escort my two daughters in for their first day of a new year at a new school. They were surprised and excited to walk into a school where teachers really care about their students,” said Monica Cook. Her daughters, Armani and Nyairea Jackson, are in 12th and 10th grade, respectively. “This is beautiful. You can see the excitement on the kids’ faces. They are so appreciative and excited to be here.”

The schools started what they call a “clap-in” last year to show students that they are needed and wanted. This year’s “clap-in” included some extras, like DJs, the red carpet at the school’s entrance and black carpet inside.

“It was definitely bigger, louder and better this year. It feels good to show up on the first day and be welcomed like this,” said Dillon Henderson, a Buchtel senior. “One of the reasons I like being here so much is because the teachers and principals do everything they can to make us feel comfortable. I hope they keep doing this because it means a lot to the students, especially the new kids coming in.”

Byron Hopkins, who is starting his first year as principal at the high school, said he is willing to do whatever it takes to help students excel. Buchtel is categorized as a new tech, project-based learning school that partners with local businesses and community members to prepare its students for one of four outcomes: a four-year college or university, a two-year vocational school, the military or the workforce.

“Our instructors know that educating our scholars is about building relationships. They understand the importance of knowing each scholar’s story,” Hopkins said. “We are dedicated to meeting our scholars where they are and helping them acquire the tools and skills they will need to be successful in life. Today’s welcome was about celebrating their greatness.”

More information about Buchtel CLC can be found at www.akronschools.com.

Colette Jenkins can be reached at 330-996-3731 or cjenkins@thebeaconjournal.com.

WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton told the FBI she relied on her staff not to send emails containing classified information to the private email server she used as secretary of state.

The revelation came Friday as the FBI, in a rare step, published scores of pages summarizing interviews with Clinton and her top aides from the recently closed criminal investigation into her use of a private email server in the basement of her Chappaqua, N.Y., home.

The Democratic presidential nominee told the FBI she never sought or asked permission to use a private server or email address during her tenure as the nation’s top diplomat from 2009 to 2013. A prior review by the State Department’s internal watchdog concluded the practice violated several polices for the safekeeping and preservation of federal records.

The latest developments highlight competing liabilities for Clinton. Either she made a conscious effort to prevent a full public accounting of her tenure at State or she was nonchalant about decisions with national security consequences and risks. The first scenario plays into Republican arguments and voter concerns about her trustworthiness and transparency, while the second casts doubt on her pitch as a detail-driven executive.

Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon said Friday the campaign was pleased the FBI had released the documents.

“While her use of a single email account was clearly a mistake and she has taken responsibility for it, these materials make clear why the Justice Department believed there was no basis to move forward with this case,” Fallon said.

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump said Clinton’s “answers to the FBI about her private email server defy belief.”

Clinton has said her use of private email was allowed. But over a 3½-hour interview in July, she told investigators she “did not explicitly request permission to use a private server or email address,” the FBI wrote. Clinton said no one at the State Department raised concerns during her tenure, and she said everyone with whom she exchanged emails knew she was using a private email address.

The documents also include technical details about how the private server was set up. It is the first disclosure of details provided by Bryan Pagliano, the technology staffer who set up and maintained Clinton’s IT infrastructure. Pagliano secured an immunity agreement from the Justice Department after previously refusing to testify before Congress, invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination.

Large portions of the FBI documents were censored. The FBI cited exemptions protecting national security and ­investigative techniques. Previous government reviews of the 55,000 pages of emails Clinton returned to the State Department found about 110 contained classified information.

Soul Asylum and Zips football

The University of Akron football team kicks off its season at 6:30 p.m. against VMI. Before the game, fans can check out the Touchdown Music Fest from 1 to 6 p.m. next to InfoCision Stadium, headlined by Soul Asylum featuring local bands the Bizarros, Shooter Sharp & The Shootouts (Ryan Humbert’s country band) and J.D. Eicher. The music fest is free; game tickets start at $10. www.gozips.com.

Akron Art Prize launch party

The Downtown Akron Artwalk has an extra draw this month: a party for the launch of this year’s Akron Art Prize. This year, the works are all located at Summit Artspace for visitors to vote on a favorite. The party runs from 5 to 9 p.m. in the parking lot at 43 S. Broadway with food trucks, beverages by Thirsty Dog and Norka, and music by the Dreemers. Vote for your favorite artwork, then jump on the trolley to visit the other Artwalk venues until 10 p.m. www.downtownakron.com.

Peninsula Flea hops into town

The Peninsula Flea runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Heritage Farms, 6050 Riverview Road, offering handmade, repurposed and vintage goods. It’ll be a beautiful day, so do the full Peninsula: Take a bike ride or a walk on the Towpath Trail, buy corn at Szalay’s and then wander to the Winking Lizard for a beer or two. www.facebook.com/PeninsulaFlea.

Made in Ohio fest at Hale Farm

Not far down the road, the Made in Ohio Art & Craft Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Hale Farm & Village, 2686 Oak Hill Road, Bath. More than 140 juried Ohio artisans will be on site, along with local food vendors, entertainment, Ohio wine and beer, historic craft and trade demonstrations, and more. Admission is $5. www.madeinohiofestival.com.

JCPenney has donated its former retail building at the long-vacant Rolling Acres Mall to the city, which plans to demolish it along with the remainder of the interior of the mall.

The five former department stores were not part of the foreclosure and are separately owned by private owners. Several have said they have successful business operations and are not interested in selling.

But recently, JCPenney, which long operated a JCPenney Outlet in the mall, donated its 160,000-square-foot building to the city, said Christine Curry, a city spokeswoman. The building will be demolished along with the city’s other Rolling Acres parcels.

A date for demolition hasn’t been determined.

“The city of Akron’s current focus is for the building to be demolished. Unfortunately, there are no demolition dates to share at this time,” Curry said.

JCPenney spokesman Joey Thomas said “the company aims to work closely with local officials on a plan that will enable them to bring productive development and new opportunities to the city of Akron.”

The JCPenney building was the last retail holdout at the former mall. An affiliate retailer operated the JCPenney name starting in 2011 and then changed the name to JC’s 5-Star Outlet before going out of business. The Rolling Acres location closed in December 2013.

In the meantime, the city and Greater Akron Chamber continue to get inquiries and some proposals for the former mall site.

Rick Rebadow, executive vice president of the chamber, said the group often gets inquiries locally and from out of town about redevelopment.

“There is a lot of interest in it, but not really in its current use and its current state with the big-box retailer,” he said.

Rebadow said he thinks there will be significant interest once the buildings are demolished because it’s a large site in a good location.

“As soon as they can demolish the site and prep it for development, that’s when we’re going to see the real opportunities,” he said.

City officials also confirmed that requests to salvage some items from the former mall were unsuccessful. Kurtiss Hare, executive director of Nightlight Cinema, was hoping the long-abandoned mall movie theater had equipment he could use at his downtown Akron theater.

Steve Kelleher, president of the Barberton Historical Society, had asked city officials to look for a mural of a Barberton barn he believed was left in a former bank.

Curry said the mural was not there and that the movie theater did not have anything that was in good enough condition to use.

Betty Lin-Fisher can be reached at 330-996-3724 or blinfisher@thebeaconjournal.com. Follow her @blinfisherABJ on Twitter or www.facebook.com/BettyLinFisherABJ and see all her stories at www.ohio.com/betty

Rolling Acres Mall, which has long garnered the interest of thrill-seekers and documentary photographers and video­graphers since closing in 2008, has a starring role in another national show.

“Ghost Mall,” the first episode of a new series that premiered Friday on the cable TV network Viceland, prominently features Rolling Acres Mall.

The show, called Abandoned, is described as “part travel log, part epic skate vid, and part in-depth documentary series,” according to Viceland’s website. It stars pro skateboarder Rick McCrank “as he explores North America’s strangest deserted spaces and talks to the people closest to them. He also infiltrates local skate scenes to show how these empty lots and cast-off buildings can become vibrant, sustainable playgrounds for the next generation.”

Rolling Acres is featured in two segments that total about half of the 44-minute episode.

The show airs at 9 p.m. Fridays in the Akron area on Time Warner Channel 136 or 1136. The Ghost Mall episode will be repeated at 8 p.m. Sunday or online at https://www.viceland.com/en_us/show/abandoned.

In the episode, McCrank meets up with two Akron men who are described as Rolling Acres enthusiasts and who say they grew up in the mall. They walk through the mall, reminisce and, in a later segment, look for paranormal activity. McCrank also skateboards through and around Rolling Acres in the show.

The episode features aerial footage of Rolling Acres as well as lengthy tours inside the mall.

The show also highlights Randall Park Mall and Euclid Square Mall.

“There’s a trail of abandoned malls across America, and Northeast Ohio is the mecca,” McCrank said in the episode.

Greg Torre and his friend, Damon Moore, take McCrank through Rolling Acres, where they reminisce about the many times they’ve been inside, including participating in a zombie movie.

When asked in the episode how he feels about how vandals have stripped and defaced the mall, Torre said: “It’s disgusting. It’s a disgrace. It’s disrespect to what the place used to be, disrespect for who used to come here and care about it.”

In a phone interview from Vancouver, McCrank said Rolling Acres was the first abandoned mall he’d seen.

“It was surreal. It was incredible. I was kind of blown away at the state it was in. When you think of malls, they’re these pristine places and polished. It was such a trip, he said. He and the production crew made a total of three trips to Rolling Acres in the summer of 2015 and said they had permission to enter through a former department store.

When told by a reporter that the city plans to demolish the mall, minus the department stores, which are owned separately, McCrank said he agreed it needed to come down.

“Personally, having been inside there, I don’t think it’s salvageable. It might be, but I don’t think it is — especially the lower levels,” he said.

McCrank said he hopes “something positive comes from it. It was such a positive part of the area.”

As for the paranormal activity he and the local Akron men were looking for in the mall, “we weren’t planning on doing that at all,” he said. “I actually had a really fun time. I’m not really a believer in the paranormal, but thought it was really interesting to go along. They just really enjoyed it.”

The former mall owner was foreclosed upon this summer by Summit County after eight years of legal maneuvering and after the mall had no buyers in sheriff’s sales. The county then gave the interior of the mall — 277,000 square feet and 54 acres — to the city of Akron.

Akron city spokeswoman Christine Curry said the producers of the show requested another visit inside the mall after the city acquired the property. The city declined because of safety and security reasons.

Betty Lin-Fisher can be reached at 330-996-3724 or blinfisher@thebeaconjournal.com. Follow her @blinfisherABJ on Twitter or www.facebook.com/BettyLinFisherABJ and see all her stories at www.ohio.com/betty.

FOOTBALL

Scoreboard

Friday’s Results

Austintown Fitch 27, Brunswick 20

Avon 31, Avon Lake 7

Barberton 32, Coventry 0

Bedford 46, Nordonia 38

Berea-Midpark 49, Lakewood 30

Brecksville 34, Garfield Heights 0

Buckeye 27, Rocky River 7

Campbell Memorial 32, CVCA 14

Canfield 45, Alliance 21

Canton Central Catholic 19, Perry 14

Canton McKinley 54, Mansfield 37

Carrollton 49, Theodore Roosevelt (Wash. D.C.) 7

Chardon 49, Geneva 7

Chardon NDCL 35, Chagrin Falls 3

Chippewa 34, Beachwood 31

Cin. Anderson 61, Cin. McNicholas 21

Cin. Colerain 20, Cin. St. Xavier 14 (OT)

Cin. Elder 27, Cin. Oak Hills 0

Cin. Indian Hill 67, Waynesville 0

Cin. La Salle 31, E. Central, Ind. 0

Cin. Madeira 51, Cin. Aiken 14

Cin. Mariemont 49, Batavia 0

Cin. Mt. Healthy 21, Middletown Fenwick 7

Cin. Princeton 28, Springfield 21

Cin. Turpin 28, Clarksville Clinton-Massie 21

Cin. Walnut Hills 35, Hamilton Ross 7

Cin. Wyoming 10, Cin. Taft 7

Claymont 29, Indian Valley 0

Clear Fork 21, Ontario 14

Clyde 38, Ashland 21

Cols. Bexley 56, Bloom-Carroll 35

Cols. DeSales 49, Clarkson, Ontario 12

Columbia Station 27, Wellington 26

Copley 51, Firestone 0

Crestwood 32, Streetsboro 21

Cuyahoga Hts. 48, New London 6

Dalton 13, Tuslaw 0

Danville 42, Fredericktown 21

Dublin Jerome 17, Lancaster 7

East 24, Springfield 7

East Canton 32, Waterloo 0

Ellet 30, Tallmadge 14

Elyria Catholic 30, Cle. VASJ 20

Field 19, Southeast 17

Garaway 41, Fairless 13

Garfield 13, Cuyahoga Falls 8

Garrettsville 48, Burton Berkshire 0

Green 37, Warren Howland 20

Highland 30, Canada Prep 28

Hillsdale 20, Crestview 6

Hubbard 30, Girard 16

Huber Hts. Wayne 35, Cin. Moeller 17

Hudson 35, Strongsville 20

Independence 16, Garfield Hts. Trinity 6

Jackson 31, Mayfield 13

Jefferson Area 41, Ashtabula Edgewood 0

Kirtland 29, Orwell Grand Valley 7

LaGrange Keystone 14, Lodi Cloverleaf 7

Lake 48, Dover 28

Lakewood St. Edward 10, Archbishop Hoban 7

Lorain Clearview 19, Cle. JFK 0

Lucas 42, Centerburg 28

Madison 18, Ashtabula Lakeside 6

Mansfield Madison 49, Caledonia River Valley 21

Marlington 32, Ravenna 23

Maria Stein Marion Local 36, McComb 0

Marietta 50, Vincent Warren 13

Marion Pleasant 42, Pandora-Gilboa 7

Mason 48, Cin. Withrow 6

McDonald 20, New Middletown Spring. 10

Medina 70, Chagrin Falls Kenston 14

Mogadore 21, Gates Mills Gilmour 7

New Philadelphia 31, West Holmes 7

North Canton Hoover 24, Louisville 21

Northwest 33, Canton South 14

Northwestern 35, Black River 7

Norton 40, Kenmore 30

Orrville 27, Norwayne 6

Painesville Riverside 21, Chesterland W. Geauga 16

Parma 36, North Royalton 21

Revere 49, Parma Heights Valley Forge 33

Rittman 19, Greenwich South Central 14

Rocky River Lutheran W. 24, Gates Mills Hawken 13

St. Thomas Aquinas 35, Minerva 6

St. Vincent-St. Mary 10, Walsh Jesuit 3

Sandusky 27, Huron 16

Sandusky Perkins 34, Bellevue 30

Sandy Valley 24, Ashland Mapleton 13

Shelby 17, Lexington 14

Smithville 72, North 0

Solon 43, Twinsburg 7

Stow 56, Kent Roosevelt 14

Triway 40, Loudonville 35

Tusky Valley 34, Warsaw River View 22

University School 35, Bay Village Bay 16

Vermilion 36, Fairview 13

Vienna Mathews 43, Leetonia 0

Warren Harding 40, Cle. Hts. 6

Warren JFK 17, Leavittsburg LaBrae 0

Warrensville Hts. 36, Orange 6

West Branch 47, Beaver Local 7

W. Lafayette Ridgewood 45, Waynedale 10

Wickliffe 45, Richmond Heights 8

Woodridge 49, Manchester 7

Wooster 35, Wadsworth 0

Youngstown Ursuline 40, Youngs. East 16

Zanesville Rosecrans 43, Malvern 6

Scoring Summaries

STOW 56, KENT ROOSEVELT 14

Kent 0 7 0 7 — 14

Stow 21 21 7 7 — 56

Stow: Wright 9 pass from Vantrease (Vantrease kick)

Stow: Gobble 2 run (Vantrease kick)

Stow: Andrasey 18 pass from Vantrease (Vantrease kick)

Stow: Lindsay 13 pass from Vantrease (Vantrease kick)

Stow: Devitis 3 run (Vantrease kick)

Kent: Browder 30 pass from Blackmon (Montanari kick)

Stow: Sheppert 22 pass from Vantrease (Vantrease kick)

Stow: Manley 8 run (Costello kick)

Stow: Watson 8 run (Costello kick)

Kent: Little 2 run (Montanari kick)

Kent Stow

First downs 26 10

Rushing 30-228 21-32

Passing 16-23-239-1 9-19-160-2

Records 0-2 2-0

CRESTWOOD 32, STREETSBORO 21

Streetsboro 7 14 0 0 — 21

Crestwood 0 2 8 22 — 32

Str.: Kendall 2 run (kick good)

Str.: Carter 12 pass from Butler (kick good)

Cre.: Safety

Str.: Carter 15 pass from Butler (kick good)

Cre.: Thut 30 run (Thut run)

Cre.: Thut 1 run (Thut run)

Cre.: Thut 68 run (Thut kick)

Cre.: Thut 5 run (Thut)

Streetsboro Crestwood

First downs 20 16

Rushing 33-157 42-272

Passing 20-36-209-0 8-24-152-1

Records 1-1 2-0

ST. VINCENT-ST. MARY 10, 
WALSH JESUIT 3

Walsh Jesuit 0 3 0 0 — 3

St. Vincent-St. Mary 7 3 0 0 — 10

STVM: B. Bischof 15 fumble return (Martucci kick)

STVM: FG Martucci 25

WJ: FG Saluan 28

Walsh Jesuit STVM

First downs 10 13

Rushing 32-92 33-120

Passing 6-16-49-1 10-16-94-1

Records 0-2 2-0

BARBERTON 32, COVENTRY 0

Coventry 0 0 0 0 — 0

Barberton 13 19 0 0 — 32

Bar.: Thompson 3 run (Brown kick)

Bar.: Metsker 35 interception return (kick failed)

Bar.: Dunem 24 pass from Ries (Brown kick)

Bar.: Parker 6 run (kick failed)

Bar.: Turnbaugh 19 pass from Ries (kick failed)

Coventry Barberton

First downs 3 13

Rushing 16-61 25-187

Passing 8-18-50-2 15-22-182-0

Records 1-1 2-0

WOOSTER 35, WADSWORTH 0

Wadsworth 0 0 0 0 — 0

Wooster 7 14 7 7 — 35

Woo.: Morgan 10 pass from Bennington (Snyder kick)

Woo.: Mathis 1 run (Stoll kick)

Woo.: Mathis 1 run (Snyder kick)

Woo.: Mathis 70 pass from Bennington (Stoll kick)

Woo.: Morgan 10 pass from Bennington (Snyder kick)

Wadsworth Wooster

First downs 9 18

Rushing 28-117 39-152

Passing 5-16-33-1 18-27-199-0

Records 1-1 2-0

NORTH CANTON HOOVER 24, 
LOUISVILLE 21

Louisville 0 14 7 0 — 21

North Canton 10 14 0 0 — 24

NC: FG Sarbaugh 34

NC: Harris 6 pass from Keller (Sarbaugh kick)

Lou.: Hahn 7 run (Baughman kick)

NC: Genetin 80 pass from Keller (Sarbaugh kick)

NC: George 33 run (Sarbaugh kick)

Lou.: Adams 49 pass from Hahn (Baughman kick)

Lou.: Davis 37 pass from Hahn (Baughman kick)

Louisville Hoover

First downs 15 12

Rushing 28-108 33-139

Passing 20-38-276-3 14-19-161-1

Records 1-1 2-0

HUDSON 35, STRONGSVILLE 20

Hudson 14 14 7 0 — 35

Strongsville 0 0 6 14 — 20

Hud.: Parker 4 run (Gonya kick)

Hud.: Parker 58 run (Gonya kick)

Hud.: Wright 26 pass from Pallay (Gonya kick)

Hud.: Wright 33 pass from Jackson (Gonya kick)

Str.: Williams fumble recovery (2-point conversion failed)

Hud. Mailey 36 pass from Pallay (Gonya kick)

Str.: Caruso 2 pass from Major (2-point conversion failed)

Str.: Safety

Str.: Nagel 31 pass from Hinckley (2-point conversion failed)

Hudson Strongsville

First downs 18 11

Rushing 36-145 37-47

Passing 16-29-267-1 14-32-197-1

Records 2-0 0-2

HILLSDALE 20, CRESTVIEW 6

Crestview 0 6 0 0 — 6

Hillsdale 6 0 7 7 — 20

Hil.: Cline 3 run (run failed)

Cre.: Sweet 70 run (kick failed)

Hil.: Becker 12 pass from Williams (Vinsack kick)

Hil.: Elliott 1 run (Vinsack kick)

Crestview Hillsdale

First downs 18 6

Rushing 33-179 47-278

Passing 2-6-24-0 8-19-92-1

Records 1-1 2-0

EAST 24, SPRINGFIELD 7

East 0 12 6 6 — 24

Springfield 0 7 0 0 — 7

Spr.: Weaver 8 run (Thomas kick)

East: Suggs 90 run (kick failed)

East: Suggs 87 run (pass failed)

East: Suggs 15 run (kick failed)

East: Brimmage 1 run (kick failed)

East Springfield

First downs 12 6

Rushing 41-375 28-62

Passing 1-1-(minus 5)-0 5-8-61-0

Records 1-1 0-2

WOODRIDGE 49, MANCHESTER 7

Manchester 0 0 0 7 — 7

Woodridge 6 15 14 14 — 49

Woo.: Sanders 66 run (kick failed)

Woo.: Margroff 13 pass from Lydic (2-point conversion good)

Woo.: Margroff 45 pass from Lydic (Lamson kick)

Woo.: Howard 19 pass from Lydic (Lamson kick)

Woo.: Sanders 11 run (Lamson kick)

Woo.: Sanders 1 run (Lamson kick)

Man.: Hettich 9 pass from Duckett (Whyte kick)

Woo.: Sanders 97 kickoff return (Lamson kick)

Manchester Woodridge

First downs 14 11

Rushing 40-112 21-145

Passing 9-15-87-1 9-13-155-0

Records 0-2 2-0

JACKSON 31, MAYFIELD 13

Jackson 12 0 12 7 — 31

Mayfield 7 3 3 0 — 13

Jac.: J.Dear 1 run

May.: Hicks 6 pass from Williams (Pallotta kick)

Jac.: Dingler 63 pass from Pallotta (kick failed)

May.: FG Curl 25

Jac.: J.Dear 5 run (kick failed)

May: FG Curl 39

Jac.: J.Dear 57 run (kick failed)

Jac.: Dingler 21 pass from Pallotta (Wright kick)

Jackson Mayfield

First downs 23 21

Rushing 41-294 35-99

Passing 12-20-185-1 18-33-261-2

Records 2-0 0-2

RITTMAN 19, 
GREENWICH SOUTH CENTRAL 14

South Central 0 14 0 0 — 14

Rittman 7 6 0 6 — 19

Rit.: Ramsier 36 run (Posten kick)

SC: Bonet 45 pass from Lamoreaux (kick good)

SC: McCormack 26 run (kick good)

Rit.: Labouf 11 run (kick failed)

Rit.: Stuart 7 pass from Ramsier (pass failed)

South Central Rittman

First downs 9 14

Rushing 27-89 37-176

Passing 11-21-105-0 6-13-48-1

Records 0-2 2-0

GREEN 37, WARREN HOWLAND 20

Howland 0 0 7 13 — 20

Green 9 3 7 18 — 37

Gre.: FG Nardi 32

Gre.: Allen 57 fumble return (kick blocked)

Gre.: FG Nardi 29

How.: Julian 1 run (Brancacccio kick)

Gre.: McAleese 1 run (Brustowski pass from Staudt)

Gre.: FG Nardi 31

Gre.: Baugh 72 kickoff return (run failed)

Gre.: Limerick 85 kickoff return (Nardi kick)

How.: Williams 6 run (Brancaccio kick)

Howland Green

First downs 9 15

Rushing 25-69 35-176

Passing 7-13-105-0 14-23-169-0

Records 0-2 1-1

WEST BRANCH 47, BEAVER LOCAL 7

West Branch 13 15 22 7 — 47

Beaver Local 0 7 0 0 — 7

WB: Butcher 9 pass from DeShields (run failed)

WB: Butcher 65 pass from DeShields (Marsh kick)

BL: Clendenning 9 run (Theiss kick)

WB: Pittman 3 run (Ney kick)

WB: Butcher 60 pass from DeShields (Pittman run)

WB: Lozier 81 run (kick failed)

WB: Pittman 4 run (kick failed)

WB: Caserta 43 run (Ney kick)

West Branch Beaver Local

First downs 14 11

Rushing 18-233 41-193

Passing 16-21-239-1 3-10-12-1

Records 1-1 1-1

LAKE 48, DOVER 28

Dover 7 0 7 14 — 28

Lake 7 14 7 20 — 48

Dov.: Clark 16 pass from Sayre (Deneher kick)

Lake: Martin 1 run (Coldsnow kick)

Lake: Francis 7 run (Coldsnow kick)

Lake: Francis 7 run (Coldsnow kick)

Lake: Martin 4 run (Coldsnow kick)

Dov.: Clark 10 pass from Sayre (Deneher kick)

Dov.: Morris 63 pass from Sayre (Deneher kick)

Lake: Francis 3 run (Coldsnow kick)

Lake: Francis 42 run (kick failed)

Lake: Gillespie 31 run (Coldsnow kick)

Dov.: Hamm 6 pass from Sayre (Deneher kick)

Dover Lake

First downs 19 29

Rushing 19-80 63-436

Passing 25-38-360-2 5-13-52-0

Records 1-1 2-0

MARLINGTON 32, RAVENNA 23

Marlington 0 12 0 20 — 32

Ravenna 3 7 13 0 — 23

Rav.: FG Starkey 29

Rav.: Brown 1 run (Starkey kick)

Mar.: Sampson 57 run (kick failed)

Mar.: Sampson 11 run (2 point failed)

Rav.: Lewis 32 pass from Brown (Starkey kick)

Rav.: Jones 11 pass from Brown (2 point failed)

Mar.: Sampson 8 run (Himmelheber pass from Pennell)

Mar.: Allen 10 pass from Pennell (kick blocked)

Mar.: Sampson 47 run (kick failed)

Marlington Ravenna

First downs 17 15

Rushing 26-207 44-131

Passing 16-27-166-1 9-18-188-1

Records 2-0 0-2

CAMPBELL MEMORIAL 32, CVCA 14

CVCA 0 0 7 7 — 14

Memorial 0 12 7 13 — 32

Cam.: Jones 2 run (kick failed)

Cam.: Koullias 20 pass from Jones (run failed)

Cam.: Jones 1 run (Koullias kick)

CVCA: Tucker 10 run (DeLucia kcik)

CVCA: Tucker 45 pass from Simons (DeLucia kick)

Cam.: Koullias 47 run (Koullias kick)

Cam.: Koullias 18 run (kick failed)

Campbell CVCA

First downs 17 11

Rushing 48-281 26-144

Passing 4-8-87-0 11-23-170-1

Records 1-1 0-2

COPLEY 51, FIRESTONE 0

Firestone 0 0 0 0 — 0

Copley 27 10 7 7 — 51

Cop.: Brenner 40 run (Lenke kick)

Cop.: Lenke 47 interception return (Lenke kick)

Cop.: Bridges 3 run (Malpass kick)

Cop.: Bridges 2 run (kick failed)

Cop.: Bridges 1 run (Malpass kick)

Cop.: Zelch 13 pass from Brenner (Malpass kick)

Cop.: Kenyon 10 pass from Brenner (Malpass kick)

Cop.: Emich 8 run (Malpass kick)

Firestone Copley

First downs 8 15

Rushing 25-55 31-202

Passing 11-23-113-1 10-13-134-0

Records 0-2 2-0

ROOTSTOWN 56, FAIRPORT HARBOR 7

Rootstown 0 35 7 14 — 56

Fairport 0 7 0 0 — 7

Roo.: Moore 56 pass from Stegar (Dulaney kick)

Roo.: Zoller 1 run (Dulaney kick)

Roo.: England 17 interception return (Dulaney kick)

Roo.: Reddick 27 run (Dulaney kick)

Fai.: Yommer 80 pass from Nahorniak (Thomas kick)

Roo.: Sibbio 10 pass from Stegar (Dulaney kick)

Roo.: Reddick 49 run (Dulaney kick)

Roo.: Schlaubach 1 run (Dulaney kick)

Roo.: Schlaubach 49 run (Dulaney kick)

Rootstown Fairport

First downs 25 2

Rushing 45-367 18-19

Passing 8-13-145-1 2-16-85-0

Records 2-0 1-1

ELLET 30, TALLMADGE 14

Ellet 0 9 0 21 — 30

Tallmadge 0 0 0 14 — 14

Tal.: Safety

Ell.: Bridges 1 run (Jones kick)

Tal.: Shannon 42 pass from Seeker (Ansley kick)

Ell.: Bridges 5 run (Jones kick)

Tal.: Shannon 25 pass from Seeker (Ansley kick)

Ell.: Brake 50 pass from Haverstick Jones kick)

Tal.: Smith interception (Jones kick)

Ellet Tallmadge

First downs 16 18

Rushing 37-192 42-104

Passing 9-14-105-1 7-17-132-2

Records 2-0 1-1

REVERE 49, 
PARMA HEIGHTS VALLEY FORGE 33

Revere 7 14 21 7 — 49

Valley Forge 7 7 13 6 — 33

VF: 78 yard pass (kick good)

Rev.: Hughes 8 run (Giltner kick)

Rev.: Langdon 1 run (Giltner kick)

VF: 54 yard pass (kick good)

Rev.: Duser 6 run (Giltner kick)

Rev.: Langdon 67 run (Giltner kick)

VF: 39 yard pass (kick fail)

Rev.: Langdon 5 run (Giltner kick)

Rev.: Langdon 8 run (Giltner kick)

VF: 49 run (kick good)

VF: 26 run (kick failed)

Rev.: Langdon 10 run (Giltner good)

Revere Valley Forge

Records 2-0 0-2

MOGADORE 21, GILMOUR ACADEMY 7

Gilmour 0 0 0 7 — 7

Mogadore 0 7 7 7 — 21

Mog.: Williams 4 run (Slabaugh kick)

Mog.: Brake 4 run (Slabaugh kick)

Gil.: 13 pass (kick good)

Mog.: Williams 3 run (Slabaugh kick)

Gilmour Mogadore

First downs 5 17

Rushing 23-36 51-250

Passing 4-9-37-1 7-13-145-1

Records 1-1 2-0

BUCKEYE 27, ROCKY RIVER 7

Rocky River 0 10 7 10 — 27

Buckeye 0 0 7 0 — 7

Buc.: FG Gatt 28

Buc.: Grega 9 pass from Doerge (Gatt kick)

Buc.: Doerge 24 run (Gatt kick)

RR: Shoaf 42 pass from Blue (Konrad kick)

Buc.: Doerge 90 run (Gatt kick)

Buc.: FG Gatt 23

Rocky River Buckeye

Records 1-1 1-1

NORTHWEST 33, CANTON SOUTH 14

Canton South 7 0 0 7 — 14

Northwest 0 13 13 7 — 33

CS: Blackmer 4 run (Franks kick)

NW: Bilinovich 28 pass from Fennell (Donatelli kick)

NW: FG Donatelli 26

NW: FG Donatelli 25

NW: Waring 3 run (Donatelli kick)

NW: Waring 4 run (kick blocked)

NW: Waring 3 run (Donatelli kick)

CS: Broyles 1 pass from Herrington (Franks kick)

Canton South Northwest

First downs 8 19

Rushing 31-138 65-264

Passing 3-7-13-1 6-10-84-1

Records 0-2 2-0

BEDFORD 46, NORDONIA 38

Nordonia 7 17 14 0 — 38

Bedford 7 14 13 12 — 46

Bed.: McMichael 8 run (Moten kick

Nor.: Evans 13 pass from Levak (Crockett kick)

Nor.: Burkholder 14 pass from Levak (Crockett kick)

Bed.: Johnson 52 run (Moten kick)

Nor.: Evans 26 pass from Levak (Crockett kick)

Bed.: Trenton 37 pass from Boone (Moten kick)

Nor.: FG Crockett 30

Nor.: Perrine 3 run (Crockett kick)

Bed. Buckner 2 run (run failed)

Bed.: Smith 89 pass from Boone (Moten kick)

Nor.: Perrine 1 run (Crockett kick)

Bed.: Cloud 98 pass from Boone (kick failed)

Bed.: Johnson 16 pass from Boone (run failed)

Nordonia Bedford

Records 1-1 2-0

Late Thursday

MASSILLON 24, GLENOAK 21

Massillon 6 10 8 0 — 24

GlenOak 14 7 0 0 — 21

GO: Rhodes 11 run (Sarris kick)

GO: Pryor 35 interception return (Sarris kick)

Mas.: Thomas 3 run (kick failed)

GO: Ladson 26 run (Sarris kick)

Mas.: Thomas 2 run (Gregg kick)

Mas.: FG Gregg 31

Mas.: Jasinski 31 pass from Blankenship (Jefferson pass from Blankenship)

Massillon GlenOak

First downs 16 12

Rushing 48-151 37-171

Passing 7-18-135-2 4-16-49-1

Records 1-1 1-1

Schedule

Saturday’s Games

Cleveland Benedictine (0-1) at Buchtel (0-1), 2 p.m.

Western Reserve Academy (1-0) at Oregon Cardinal Stritch (0-1), 2 p.m.

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Week 3

Sept. 9 Games

Non-league

Ashland Crestview at Alliance

Aurora at Twinsburg

Austintown Fitch at Louisville

Barberton at Cuyahoga Falls

Brunswick at Brecksville

Buchtel at GlenOak

Cambridge at Canton South

Canada Prep at St. Vincent-St. Mary

Canton McKinley at Hudson

Chippewa at Tuslaw

Cleveland Collinwood at Green

Cloverleaf at Buckeye

Columbia at Northwestern

Crestwood at Coventry

CVCA at Orange

Dalton at Clearview

East at North Canton Hoover

Field at Ellet

Firestone at Norwayne

Garfield at Tallmadge

Garrettsville at Warren Champion

Hillsdale at Loudonville

Huron at Streetsboro

Indian Valley at Garaway

Jackson at Boardman

Kenmore at Springfield

Lake at Copley

Lyndhurst Brush at Strongsville

Mapleton at Rittman

Marlington at St. Thomas Aquinas

Medina at Wadsworth

Minerva at Canton Central Catholic

Mogadore at Norton

Nordonia at Dover

North at Youngstown Cardinal Mooney

North Royalton at Highland

Orrville at Northwest

Perry at New Philadelphia

Ravenna at Kent Roosevelt

Rootstown at East Canton

Revere at Parma Normandy

Smithville at Fairless

South Range at Manchester

Southeast at West Branch

Stow at Solon

Triway at Waynedale

Tusky Valley at Sandy Valley

Walsh Jesuit at Columbus Bishop Watterson

Warren Harding at Massillon

Waterloo at Conotton Valley

Woodridge at Chagrin Falls

Wooster at Mount Vernon

Youngstown Ursuline at Archbishop Hoban

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Week 4

Sept. 15 Games

Non-league

St. Thomas Aquinas at Canton Central Catholic

Greater Cleveland Conference

Mentor at Euclid

TENNIS

KENT ROOSEVELT 3, WOODRIDGE 2

Singles: Pfeiffer (K) d. Burkhard 6-3, 6-2; Zalewskit (K) d. Becks 6-2, 1-6, 6-3; Woods (W) d. Walker 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Doubles: Kirbabas-Stepanko (K) d. Meade-Galehous 7-5, 6-3; B. Galehouse-A. Galehouse (W) d. Niebsh-Kohl 6-4, 6-2.

Late Thursday

PERRY 4, LAKE 1

Singles: Pukys (P) d. Camacho 6-0, 6-0; Gottshall (P) d. Ball 6-0, 6-1; Define (P) d. Crabtree 6-1, 0-6, 6-3.

Doubles: Peach-Paschke (L) d. Hartline-Thorpe 7-6, 7-6; Uphouse-Berrios (P) d. Craig-Hoskins 6-2, 6-3.

Records: Lake 2-5, 0-3.

LOUISVILLE 5, WEST BRANCH 0

Singles: Pukys (L) d. Banks 6-0, 6-0; Pochubay (L) d. Weber 6-2, 6-1; Wendt (L) d. Griffith 6-2, 6-3.

Doubles: Perez-Tupy (L) d. Schrecengost-Slutz 6-0, 6-2; Miller-Keister (L) d. Miner-New 6-0, 6-1.

Records: Louisville 5-0; West Branch 3-4.

REVERE 5, KENT ROOSEVELT 0

Singles: Crisalli (R) d. Pfeiffer 6-0, 6-0; Fee (R) d. Shanley 6-0, 6-0; (R) won 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Hansen-Carson (R) d. Kirbabas-Scarpitti 6-0, 6-0; Repasky-Whitlam (R) d. Niebsch-Kohl 6-0, 6-2.

VOLLEYBALL

Scoring Summaries

KIDRON CENTRAL CHRISTIAN 25-25-26,
LAKE CENTER CHRISTIAN 10-14-24

Kills: Miller (LCC) 7. Assists: Vargo (LCC) 23.

Late Thursday

INDIAN VALLEY 25-25-23-25,
MANCHESTER 18-21-25-5

Kills: Edwards (M) 7; Williams (IV) 15. Digs: Bryant (M) 11; Mitchell (IV) 21. Assists: McFadden (M) 12; Ohler (IV) 24. Service Points: McFadden (M) 10; Ohler (IV) 19.

Records: Manchester 2-3, 0-2.

TALLMADGE 25-16-25-20-15,
KENT ROOSEVELT 17-25-14-25-6

Kills: Barnwell (KR) 11. Digs: Marsh (KR) 33. Blocks: Bowser (KR) 10.

BRECKSVILLE 25-25-25,
TWINSBURG 8-10-18

Kills: Griffin (B) 4, Ruffin (B) 4. Digs: Varga (B) 11, Liotta (B) 11. Blocks: Gest (B) 2. Assists: Liotta (B) 10.

SOCCER

BOYS

Late Thursday

SPRINGFIELD 4, CANTON SOUTH 3

Halftime: Canton South, 3-2. Goals: Thompson (CS), Miller (CS), Morris (CS), Welch (S), Moo (S). Bay (S) 2. Assists: Bay (S), Lar (S). Shots: Spr., 18-13. Corner kicks: CS, 7-3. Saves: Delauder (CS) 13; Clement 10 (S).

Records: Springfield 4-1.

NORDONIA 2, BARBERTON 1

Goals: N/A (N), N/A (N), Bates (B). Assists: Bowers (B). Saves: Hart (B) 13; N/A (N) N/A.

AURORA 5, PERRY 0

Goals: M. French (A) 2, Famo (A), Stoker (A), D. French (A). Assists: Posner (A), Dockman (A). Saves: Brockway (A) 0; Koppel (P) 6.

LAKE CENTER CHRISTIAN 3,
GARRETTSVILLE 2

Halftime: Lake Center Christian, 2-0. Goals: Hopkins (LCC) 2, Nante (G) 2, Bower (LCC). Assists: Bancroft (LCC) 2, Gorby (G) 2, Duff (LCC). Shots on goal: Lake Center Christian, 20-4. Saves: Humbert (LCC) 2; Peters (G) 15.

Records: Lake Center Christian 3-1-0, 3-0-0.

NORTON 1, CLOVERLEAF 1

Halftime: Cloverleaf, 1-0. Goals: Hosbach (N), N/A (C). Shots: Nor., 11-2. Corner kicks: Clo., 9-8. Saves: Weisbarth (N) 1; N/A (C) 9.

Records: Norton 2-1-1.

Schedule

Saturday’s Games

(All games 7 p.m., unless noted)

Canton McKinley at Tallmadge

Firestone at Cuyahoga Falls, 1 p.m.

Orange at CVCA

Sandy Valley at Union Local, 10 a.m.

St. Thomas Aquinas at Lake, 1 p.m.

Wadsworth at Kent Roosevelt, 1 p.m.

Twinsburg at Eastlake

GIRLS

Schedule

Saturday’s Games

(All games 7 p.m., unless noted)

Archbishop Hoban at Green, 3 p.m.

Berlin Hiland at Woodridge, 11:45 a.m.

Canton McKinley at Lake Center Christian, 11 a.m.

Garfield at Open Door Christian, 10 a.m.

Hudson at Jackson

Kent Roosevelt at Wadsworth

Nordonia at GlenOak

St. Thomas Aquinas at Rootstown, 3 p.m.

Twinsburg at Cleveland Heights

GOLF

BOYS

Late Thursday

HIGHLAND 162, AURORA 172X

(At Barrington Golf Course, Aurora. Par: 36)

Highland: Laib 40, Guba 40, Wirebaugh 40, Phelpd 42, Jean 42.

Aurora: Thorn 40, Avalon 43, Robinson 43, Schroeder 46.

Glory

Britney Spears

All signs pointing to new Britney Spears music screamed disaster: Her Billboard Music Awards performance reminded us she’s a robot, and 2013’s Britney Jean had some of the worst songs Spears ever recorded.

Glory also seemed rushed to release, and the amateurish album artwork looked like it was edited with an Instagram filter. Even as she appeared on The Late Late Show’s Carpool Karaoke, Spears barely seemed present.

It begs the question: Why are you releasing music, Britney?

You won’t get a clear answer here, but if there’s any hope that Spears could return to pop-star status, Glory is her best bet.

The 12-track groovy set is much better than Britney Jean and 2011’s Femme Fatale. While pop weans off electronic dance music and borrows again from R&B — thanks to the success of Beyoncé, Miguel, Rihanna and a slew of lesser-name acts — Spears has taken note. And right, Britney Spears and R&B should never be in the same sentence, but these songs aren’t authentically Britney (has she ever been authentic?)

Lead single Make Me…, featuring rapper G-Eazy, is a slick, sexy tune that showcases a stronger side, as do Slumber Party, Love Me Down, Just Luv and album opener Invitation. And while the album has missteps — Clumsy, Hard to Forget Ya — it is a sign that Spears could finally make some real movement after years of basicness.

— Mesfin Fekadu

Associated Press

The One Man

Andrew Gross

Andrew Gross takes the reader back to World War II and the brutality of the concentration camps in The One Man.

The dilemma Nathan Blum faces is determining how much one life is worth. Blum has escaped a Jewish ghetto in occupied Poland and made his way to the United States. He lost his entire family to the Nazis, and he has decided to help the U.S. government by becoming an intelligence officer.

Alfred Mendl is a physics professor thrown into Auschwitz. His entire life’s work was burned in front of his eyes, and he spends each day struggling to stay alive so he can see his family reunited. He meets a teenager named Leo who has the ability to do complex mathematics and remember vast amounts of data, so Mendl begins tutoring Leo in physics.

Blum’s superiors tell him they need Mendl’s expertise to assist them with a top-secret plan to design a special bomb to end the war and beat the Germans to the design. Though they aren’t sure if Mendl is alive, they want Blum to sneak into the camp and try to rescue him. He will have 72 hours.

Gross has written his most heartfelt and compelling book to date, and fans of World War II fiction should add this to their reading lists.

— Jeff Ayers

Associated Press

Dig Your Roots

Florida Georgia Line

Whatever roller-coaster ride that country music is on, Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard are surely riding in the front car. And if the early returns on Florida Georgia Line’s Dig Your Roots, are any indication, it might be a while before the bro-country duo’s ride comes to a stop.

Current single H.O.L.Y., a love song with religious overtones — “you’re my kinda church” is the closing line — has topped country charts for weeks. It won’t stop philosophers in their tracks with its theological underpinnings. But it’s one of many signs that the rambunctious party ramble the band is known for may have softened.

Love, faith and family are consistent themes here. The boys hint that they have done some growing up.

Not that there isn’t rambunctiousness. Any portrait of the state of country music in 2016 would have to account for a reggae-infused pairing with Ziggy Marley on Life Is a Honeymoon — “serve the cerveza ’cause we wanna sip it” — and a grab-bag of references to Jimi Hendrix, Tupac Shakur and George Strait helps sustain the pedal-to-metal party vibe.

Nothing on Dig Your Roots will bend country music in new directions. But even with its signs of maturity, the album makes clear that one of the bands at the top has no intention of slowing down.

— Scott Stroud

Associated Press

The Akron Beacon Journal is warning people that a savvy salesman is walking door-to-door peddling fake newspaper subscriptions.

Shaun Schweitzer, vice president of the newspaper’s circulation and production, said Saturday that the man has scammed residents in Munroe Falls, Stow, Tallmadge and, most recently, the Firestone Park area of Akron.

The man — who has identified himself as Mark Cornish or Mark Jackson during sales pitches — appears to have once worked as a legitimate contractor for the Youngstown Vindicator and knows how newspaper sales work, Schweitzer said.

He targets mostly senior citizens. It starts with a knock at the door. When someone answers, he introduces himself, says he’s their new Beacon Journal carrier and offers them a special subscription rate of $20 if they pay him in cash or by check while he’s there.

The bogus salesman is white, between 5-foot-10 and 6-foot-1, and between 160 to 180 pounds. His first victims said he had a beard and dark hair. More recently, victims have described him as clean shaven and bald, Schweitzer said.

The Beacon Journal is working with local police to find the man, who could face felony charges.

Schweitzer encourages anyone targeted — now or in recent weeks — to fill out a police report to help the investigation.

He also cautions that there are legitimate salespeople selling the Beacon Journal door-to-door, too. Most wear a shirt or jacket that says Akron Beacon Journal.

To make sure you’re not getting scammed, Schweitzer suggests:

• Ask to see the salesperson’s photo identification. It should show their image and say Akron Beacon Journal.

• Don’t sign any paperwork unless Akron Beacon Journal is printed on it.

Schweitzer said the scam artist wears what appears to be identification around his neck, but only the blank side of the ID faces outward. He also carries paperwork that belongs to the Youngstown Vindicator.

The man doesn’t hit every house on a street, Schweitzer said, like a real salesperson.

Instead, he’ll get $20 from a resident and then disappear for a couple of hours. He’ll next turn up a block away, Schweitzer said, looking to scam another resident.

Amanda Garrett can be reached at 330-996-3725 or agarrett@thebeaconjournal.com.

1. Running up the score?

The Falcons won the Mid-American Conference title last season and have played in three consecutive MAC championship games. Yet the Buckeyes posted a school-record 776 yards total offense, topping the previous mark of 718 against Mount Union in 1930. It was the most points scored and yards gained by an Urban Meyer-coached team. Those looking for Meyer to apologize for running up the score may not be satisfied. “Sometimes I hate when I see that score; that’s not what our intent was,” Meyer said. “We do like to score a lot of points. I think in the middle of the third quarter [6:30 left] we took the offensive line and everybody out.” First-year Bowling Green coach Mike Jinks called the outcome a “butt-whooping” and said it would be hard to find positives. “We made about every mistake that you could possibly make, so there’s only one way to go and that’s up,” Jinks said.

2. Has Meyer finally found his Percy Harvin?

Meyer has been searching for a Buckeye who fit the mold of Harvin, the Florida receiver who helped the Gators win BCS championships in 2006 and 2008. In three years at Florida, Harvin totaled 32 touchdowns — 13 receiving, 19 rushing — and 3,781 total yards. Meyer may have found him in junior 5-foot-11, 197-pound running back/H-back Curtis Samuel. Samuel rushed 13 times for 84 yards and a 12-yard TD and caught nine passes for 177 yards and touchdowns of 79 and 21 yards. “He’s the first true hybrid I’ve had in awhile here,” Meyer said. “He’s big enough.” Meyer said he hoped to get Samuel 15 touches and he finished with 22, some from the wildcat quarterback formation.

3. Will the Buckeyes miss Ezekiel Elliott?

Probably yes, because Elliott could run, catch and block. But redshirt freshman Mike Weber, 5-10 and 212 pounds, looks like the next in a long line of outstanding Buckeye tailbacks. Weber carried the ball 19 times for 136 yards (7.2 average) and was not dropped for a loss. His longest run was 18 yards. “A couple of runs I’d like to see him pull through,” Meyer said. “The kid that played for us last year [Elliott], I can’t remember his name, probably would have pulled through a couple more. But [Weber] is still young. We’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.” If Meyer and offensive coordinator Ed Warinner are looking for a thunder and lightening tandem, Weber and Samuel seem ready to fill the bill.

4. Ed Warinner has found his home.

For the Buckeyes’ offensive coordinator, that’s in the press box. Since he moved upstairs after OSU’s national title-killing home loss to Michigan State last season, the Buckeyes have beaten Michigan, Notre Dame and Bowling Green. The offense also moves at a faster pace since Warinner left his duties coaching offensive linemen on the sideline. “First time in the ’Shoe to coach in the box,” Warinner said. “It allows us on offense to play faster because I don’t have to get information relayed to me — I can see it and go. It was fun to watch the playmakers from up above and see things open up.”

5. A record day on offense.

Meyer has stressed being balanced between run and pass this season. Warinner also wants the Buckeyes to be unpredictable and play to the strengths of their personnel. He could see it coming in practices and scrimmages. But no one may have envisioned the Buckeyes exploding for a school-record 776 yards in the opener. Asked what went into that, Warinner said, “About eight months of hard work from Jan. 2 until Sept. 3 thinking about that every day. Focusing in on how to do it in steps. We started in January focusing on how we wanted to do this. Coach [Meyer] talked to me on the airplane on the back from the Fiesta Bowl. We had momentum in the last two games of last year, [and] we wanted to carry that through the offseason and build on that this year. He’s the architect of it. A lot of really good coaches and really talented players really worked hard.”

— Marla Ridenour

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and running mate Sen. Tim Kaine will speak at a Labor Day celebration on Cleveland’s east side Monday afternoon.

The event at Luke Easter Park — on the corner of East 99th Street and Ramona Boulevard — is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. following the 11th Congressional District Community Caucus Labor Day Parade.

The annual Labor Day event was started 45 years ago by the late U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes, according to Advance Ohio, and serves as the traditional launch of the general election campaign season.

Stokes was the first black congressman elected in the state of Ohio, and his voter base was in the neighborhood.

U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat, now represents the district, which was redrawn after the 2010 census to include much of Akron.

Doors open for the Clinton/Kaine event at noon. Attendance is first come, first served.

The campaign said Clinton and Kaine will “celebrate the resilience and spirit of Clevelanders, Ohioans, and American workers.”

‘Lost Ark’ found at Blossom

It’s your last chance to see the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom this summer, and they’ve got a crowd-pleaser: Raiders of the Lost Ark will be shown on a big screen, and the orchestra will play John Williams’ grand score live. It starts at 8:30 p.m. and grounds open for picnics 2½ hours before showtime. Tickets are $15-$120 at www.clevelandorchestra.com.

Free concert at Petros Park

Or check out the Canton Symphony in the amphitheater area of Petros Lake Park, 3519 Perry Drive SW, Perry Township. The free concert will feature patriotic tunes, movie themes and other popular favorites, and you’re welcome to bring lawn chairs, picnic food and even wine.

Hair metal at Goodyear Hall

The hair will be flying at Goodyear Hall with this quadruple bill: Bret Michaels, Ratt, Firehouse and Warrant (though sadly without the late Jani Lane, an Akron native). The head-banging starts at 6 p.m. at 1144 E. Market St., and tickets are $39.50-$129.50 at www.goodyeartheater.com.

CLEVELAND: Indians catcher Yan Gomes appeared in the first game of his first rehab assignment with the RubberDucks on Friday night, earning a positive report from the training staff as he works his way back from a separated shoulder.

Gomes went 2-for-3 while acting as the designated hitter. Between innings, he went down to the cage and simulated some catching activities.

Gomes was transferred to the 60-day disabled list to make room on the 40-man roster for relief pitcher Perci Garner. That pushed his earliest possible activation date to Sept. 16. It takes away any notion of Gomes rushing back, as he still has roughly a two-week window before he can return. He needed that time anyway.

“He wasn’t going to be ready before that,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “Believe me, if I think if anybody thought he was going to be, we probably would have done something different. … I think probably some of the reason was [we] don’t need him to do something too fast and hurt himself. He’s going as fast as he can. He’s done a great job with this.”

Gomes worked out in Cleveland on Saturday and is slated to again be the DH for the RubberDucks on Sunday. The Indians will make a determination on his plan moving forward after that.

AL honor

Ace Corey Kluber was named the American League’s Pitcher of the Month for August, the second time in his career he’s earned that honor.

Kluber went 5-0 with a 2.43 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 40⅔ innings in August. He was top five in the AL in all three categories.

The last time Kluber won AL Pitcher of the Month was in September of 2014, when he went on to win the AL Cy Young Award as well.

Film study

Coco Crisp is in an Indians uniform for the first time since 2005. It also means when looking at film from his Cleveland days, Crisp is seeing his 2005 swing. He liked viewing it again.

That year, Crisp hit .300 with a .345 on-base percentage — both career highs — with 16 home runs, 42 doubles, 69 RBI and 15 stolen bases. He’s now comparing his current swing to his swing from 2005, seeing if there’s an adjustment to be made at 36 years old.

“The good thing about here is that they have some of my at-bats from back in 2005, when I was rolling,” Crisp said. “So I was able to come in here and look at those and compare it to my batting stance and the way that things were then versus how things have transpired in my batting stance since my neck injury. … That was exciting, to see my younger self rolling on some video tape and to try to implement some of that to now.”

Ryan Lewis can be reached at rlewis@thebeaconjournal.com. Read the Indians blog at www.ohio.com/indians. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/RyanLewisABJ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RyanLewisABJ.

In one fell swoop, the new Harvard-flavored front office of the Browns reminded everyone how poorly the franchise’s previous regimes drafted and expressed supreme confidence in the players it picked this year.

On Saturday, the Browns traded former No. 8 overall selection and gargantuan bust Justin Gilbert to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a 2018 sixth-round pick and kept all 14 of their choices from this year’s draft on the initial 53-man roster.

All NFL teams were required to trim their 75-man rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. Saturday.

Although the Browns will release more players and claim others off waivers beginning at noon Sunday, their massive 2016 draft class remained unscathed through the league’s biggest cutdown day. It’s just the latest chapter of their aggressive youth movement.

Meanwhile, Gilbert became the last of six players the Browns drafted in the first round from 2011-14 to be dumped. The others were defensive tackle Phil Taylor (No. 21 overall in 2011), running back Trent Richardson (No. 3 in 2012), quarterback Brandon Weeden (No. 22 in 2012), linebacker Barkevious Mingo (No. 6 in 2013) and quarterback Johnny Manziel (No. 22 in 2014).

Gilbert, a cornerback, is also the second first-round pick to be traded by head of football operations Sashi Brown and chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta, both of whom are Harvard graduates, in a span of 10 days. On Aug. 25, they shipped Mingo to the New England Patriots for a fifth-round choice in 2017, adding to their stockpile of picks in the next two drafts.

“We have a ton of discussions with different teams throughout the offseason, and we’re able to pull off some trades here that we think position us well and that were mutually beneficial,” Brown said in a news release. “Good players that can play on other rosters and teams saw some value, and for us, they either just weren’t fits or we felt like the better opportunity was to take some of the compensation that we were able to receive back.”

Browns coach Hue Jackson made it clear Friday during a conference call that Gilbert, 24, was on the roster bubble and in jeopardy of being released. If he turns his career around with the AFC North rival Steelers, the Browns will regret trading with Pittsburgh for just the third time since 1968. That’s a long shot, though, based on the Oklahoma State product’s two disappointing seasons under the previous Browns coaching staff.

Uneven performance

Gilbert, who received nearly $13 million guaranteed on his rookie contract, is coming off an uneven preseason, too. He suffered a concussion Aug. 26 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and didn’t play Thursday night during a 21-7 loss to the Chicago Bears in the exhibition finale.

He appeared in just 23 of 32 games with three starts, compiling 29 tackles, nine passes defensed and an interception, which he returned for a touchdown.

Plagued by maturity problems and an undisclosed personal issue, he was a healthy scratch three times last season and once in 2014.

As a rookie, he was late to a team meeting the night before the season finale and subsequently suspended for the game. He later admitted he “was missing like tons of meetings” partly because he’s a self-proclaimed “hard sleeper.” Last year, he crashed a car two days before the season opener during what Brunswick police described as a road rage incident.

Yet the Steelers gambled on Gilbert because of their fondness for his physical gifts.

The Browns have five cornerbacks left: two-time Pro Bowler Joe Haden and fellow starter Jamar Taylor, Tramon Williams and rookies Trey Caldwell (fifth round) and Tracy Howard (undrafted).

Of the players the Browns cut Saturday, wide receivers Taylor Gabriel and Marlon Moore headlined the list. Moore’s contract was terminated. Gabriel and 17 other players were waived.

Gabriel, 25, joined the team as an undrafted rookie in 2014 and started six of his 29 games the past two seasons. He caught 64 passes for 862 yards and a touchdown.

Moore, 29, spent the past two seasons with the Browns and became a reliable special-teams contributor. He suffered a hip injury against the Bucs and has been sidelined since.

Numbers game

But the bottom line is Gabriel and Moore became victims of the numbers game as the Browns kept all four receivers they drafted this year — Corey Coleman (first round), Ricardo Louis (fourth), Jordan Payton (fifth) and Rashard Higgins (fifth).

They join converted quarterback Terrelle Pryor and Andrew Hawkins as the six receivers on the active roster. Former All-Pro Josh Gordon is suspended and won’t be eligible to return until Week 5.

So the Browns are on track to enter the Sept. 11 regular-season opener at the Philadelphia Eagles with starting quarterback Robert Griffin III throwing to a group of receivers with a combined 27 starts at the position. Hawkins has started 25 games and Pryor two at receiver.

The situation prompted Jackson to say, via the release, “we’ve got to make sure we hold this thing together until” Gordon returns.

Cutting defensive back Pierre Desir, a fourth-round pick in 2014, and cornerback Charles Gaines, a sixth-round choice last year, became official after both moves were reported Friday.

First-year tight end Connor Hamlett was waived, too, despite being one of the most pleasant surprises of training camp. Two sources said the Browns hope to sign Hamlett to their 10-man practice squad, which can be established beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Browns kept three tight ends: Pro Bowler Gary Barnidge, Randall Telfer and rookie Seth DeValve (fourth round).

Not many observers, if any, forecasted four running backs on the roster. But Raheem Mostert and Terrell Watson remain behind starter Isaiah Crowell and prominent backup Duke Johnson, both of whom Jackson said “can be two of the better players in the league.”

Other surprises

Among the other surprises to make the team, at least for now, were rookie inside linebacker Scooby Wright (seventh round) and Caldwell.

There are 16 rookies on the roster, including two undrafted ones (inside linebacker Dominique Alexander and Howard), plus three first-year players and 10 second-year players.

“We knew heading into this that we could be young,” Jackson said. “Sashi and his staff have done a great job of positioning us for several years in the future, but I think he’s also positioned us ... right now to have an opportunity for some young guys to make an impact.”

Nate Ulrich can be reached at nulrich@thebeaconjournal.com. Read the Browns blog at www.ohio.com/browns. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/NateUlrichABJ and on Facebook www.facebook.com/abj.sports.

COLUMBUS: J.T. Barrett emerged from the roughest year of his football life unscarred.

Not that Ohio State’s junior quarterback is considered fragile. But all that transpired during the 2015 season could have damaged his confidence. He missed spring practice while rehabbing a broken ankle, lost the opening day starting job to Cardale Jones, finally regained that spot, then was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated on Halloween weekend.

A weaker man could have been beaten down, especially with the media watching his every move during his battle with Jones.

As the 2016 season opened Saturday with a 77-10 victory over Bowling Green at Ohio Stadium, Barrett could have been looking over his shoulder out of habit, even if there is no one there.

Had Jones not left for the NFL, Barrett would have glanced that way with 12:19 left in the first quarter.

On Ohio State’s first possession, Barrett was picked off by Bowling Green outside linebacker Brandon Harris, who returned the interception 63 yards for a touchdown.

It was Barrett’s first pick-six since Oct. 25, 2014, at Penn State, which could have allowed doubt to creep into his mind.

“I was really excited, I guess. I went out there and tried to be aggressive and threw it straight to him,” Barrett said. “I was so upset — not just the fact that it was a pick, but he took it to the house.”

When it was pointed out that the Buckeyes were losing, Barrett said, “Yeah, I got it, I got it. I tried to make up for it. Let’s put it in the past.”

Ohio State offensive coordinator Ed Warinner said Barrett showed all the traits that allowed him to cope with a disappointing season in 2015 by how he responded to Saturday’s interception.

Barrett came back to throw for a career-high 349 yards and tied the OSU single-game record of six passing touchdowns he shares with Kenny Guiton. With a 9-yard run for a score, Barrett also set a school single-game mark for total touchdowns with seven, previously sharing the mark of six with Guiton and Tony Curcillo.

“That just shows you what kind of person J.T. Barrett is, a high-character guy, he’s a hard worker, smart. You love who he is, he’s a leader,” Warinner said. “Even today he showed it, on the first series, wow, major setback. Didn’t faze him a bit. He comes back and throws six more touchdowns after that first one [the interception].

“It didn’t affect him. He wasn’t rattled on the sideline. He gathered the team and we went back out to work and off we went.”

Off the Buckeyes went to a school-record 776 yards total offense, posting the most yards and points by an Urban Meyer-coached team.

Barrett taught the young Bucks something about resilience, marching OSU 72 yards in four plays to a touchdown on the possession after his interception. He did that a year ago, as well, leading them to victory at Illinois a week after being suspended for the Minnesota game after the OVI.

The 2016 Buckeyes have been Barrett’s team from day one. There were question marks about his receiving corps as OSU replaced 16 starters from last year’s 12-1 Fiesta Bowl champions. But the only question about Barrett is whether he can make a serious run at the Heisman Trophy after being denied in 2014 when he was injured against Michigan.

In Game 1, he proved he should be on that weekly watch list. Had Barrett recorded Saturday’s numbers as an NFL quarterback, his passer rating would have been 131.6.

It probably won’t come as easily at Oklahoma on Sept. 17, but Barrett seems entirely capable of carrying the young Bucks. OSU had amassed over 600 total yards when Joe Burrow replaced Barrett with 6:30 left in the third quarter.

As the game went on, Barrett continued to elude tacklers with his feet even when it was obvious he was going to get the ball. He sprayed the ball around and kept everyone happy, a challenge that could have befuddled OSU last season.

But most of all, he remained the steady, confident leader the Buckeyes have relied on since 2014, even when personal crises could have rocked his world. That bodes well if Ohio State is to return to the College Football Playoff.

“We knew he was a great leader. What he was able to do two years ago and last year really showed us that,” running back/H-back Curtis Samuel said. “He really picked us up and has been with us from the beginning.”

Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her blog at www.ohio.com/marla. Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MRidenourABJ.

CLEVELAND: The Indians knocked around one of the best starting pitchers the National League has to offer and received eight-plus innings from Trevor Bauer en route to an 8-3 victory over the Miami Marlins Saturday night at Progressive Field.

Indians hitters had little trouble with Marlins ace Jose Fernandez (13-8, 3.03 ERA), piling up seven runs on 12 hits in his 5⅔ innings. The 12 hits allowed were a career high for Fernandez, and the six earned runs tied a career high.

The Indians (78-56) extended their current winning streak to five games and extended their lead in the American League Central Division to 5½ games over the Detroit Tigers.

Bauer (10-6, 3.70 ERA) struggled in the first inning, allowing three runs on three hits and a walk. From that point on, though, Bauer found the other end of the spectrum, allowing only one hit in his final 7⅓ innings. He finished two outs short of a complete game, allowed four hits and three walks and struck out four.

With two on in the first, Christian Yelich drove a double to right-center to put the Marlins (68-68) up 2-0. Derek Dietrich added a sacrifice fly, giving the normally lock-down Fernandez a three-run cushion before he ever stepped on the mound.

But the Indians cut that deficit down in the first, erased it in the second and overtook it in the third.

It started in the first with a leadoff double by Coco Crisp, who was appearing in his first game back with the Indians since 2005 after being acquired from the Oakland Athletics. Jason Kipnis a few pitches later clubbed a two-run home run — his career-high 22nd — to right field.

In the second, Tyler Naquin and Roberto Perez hit back-to-back doubles to tie it 3-3.

Francisco Lindor opened the third with his second double of the night. Carlos Santana then singled him home to put the Indians on top 4-3. After Jose Ramirez walked and Lonnie Chisenhall laid down a sacrifice bunt, Abraham Almonte extended the lead to 5-3 with a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Santana.

Crisp, Kipnis and Lindor hit back-to-back-to-back two-out singles in the sixth. Lindor’s single to right scored Crisp, and Kipnis scored on a throwing error by Ichiro Suzuki.

Crisp scored again in the eighth. Santana, batting with the bases loaded, tapped a ball back to reliever Nefi Ogando, who flipped it to catcher Jeff Mathis. Mathis, though, never stepped on the plate before throwing to first.

Lindor ended the night 4-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. It was his major-league leading 22nd three-hit game of the season and the first four-hit game of his career. Crisp finished with a three hits and three runs scored in his return debut.

Ryan Lewis can be reached at rlewis@thebeaconjournal.com. Read the Indians blog at www.ohio.com/indians. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/RyanLewisABJ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RyanLewisABJ.

The University of Akron football team signaled that there is a lot of studying to do before next weekend’s game against Wisconsin.

The Zips struggled to beat the Virginia Military Institute 47-24 at InfoCision Stadium on Saturday night.

Playing a Football Bowl Subdivision team, expectations were UA should and would dominate the game. The Zips rolled up 576 yards of offense but dominant they were not.

“It was a slow start,” Zips coach Terry Bowden said in a radio interview after the game. “We got some lessons learned.”

UA quarterback Thomas Woodson completed 23-of-32 passes for 407 yards and six touchdowns, career bests in yardage and touchdown passes. Receiver Jerome Lane Jr. (Firestone) caught 10 passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns.

Junior receiver Austin Wolf scored one touchdown and added 82 yards on four receptions, and JoJo Natson grabbed four receptions for 90 yards and three touchdowns. The Zips needed every bit of that offense.

By the time the Keydets completed a 16-play, 99-yard drive that took 5:17 off the clock to draw within 19-17 at 5:50 of the third quarter, the fans had to sense that something was off.

At times, the Zips looked as if they thought all they had to do was walk on the field and the Keydets would roll over. They discovered something else. UA played out of sync and sloppily. VMI almost took advantage.

VMI dominated time of possession 36:12 to 23:48 and the Zips gifted the Keydets with 141 yards on 13 penalties.

“On defense, we have to find out what we do well,” Bowden said.

But the Zips deserve credit for at least responding after the Keydets cut the lead to 19-17, mustering an eight-play, 75-yard touchdown drive with Woodson hitting Lane on a third-and-12 from the VMI 15-yard line. Lane fumbled and teammate Natson recovered in the end zone.

But even that was short-lived. A running-into-the-kicker penalty allowed the Keydets to take a field goal off the scoreboard and complete a third-and-5 pass for a touchdown from the UA 10-yard line with 10 seconds left in the quarter to complete an eight-play, 91-yard drive to cut the UA lead to 26-24.

There were bright spots and the Zips responded with three touchdowns to pull away, but it should not have come to that.

The passing numbers were impressive and Lane’s was as expected, but what happens against better competition later in the season will be a better judge.

Once defenses got wise to Lane’s skills last season, they were able to key on him. That might not be the case this year as the Zips appear to have found some complementary talent to provide some relief.

Wolf, a promising receiver from Central Ohio, stepped up and Natson, a transfer from Utah State, appears to be as advertised. Transfer Warren Ball, when given the opportunity to get into rhythm, delivered 110 rushing yards on 18 carries and a touchdown.

The problem was that the Zips’ defense, which gave up 386 yards — 300 passing — and those points, could be a work in progress the first few weeks of the season. If the offense plays consistently and runs up points, the defensive growing pains will be easier to take.

George M. Thomas can be reached at gmthomas@thebeaconjournal.com. Read the Zips blog at www.ohio.com/zips.