This story has been updated to reflect Brayson Hill’s correct statistics.
McLUNEY — A year ago, Brayson Hill ran for 250 yards on the Meadowbrook defense in a losing cause.
This time, he did even more — and got the win.
Hill, a quarterback, ran for a school-record 347 yards on 29 carries, including a 17-yard score with 2:06 remaining, as the host Ceramics staved off a late Colt comeback bid to secure a 39-33 win in the Muskingum Valley League-Small School Division.
Down 39-26 with two minutes left, Bentley Sedor hauled in a pair of long passes to set up Michael Ray’s 1-yard scoring run with 1:21 to go. It cut the lead to six.
After freshman Ethan Wolfe recovered the onside kick for Crooksville, Hill converted a fourth-down play in the closing seconds to seal it.
Meadowbrook (1-3, 0-1) led 26-20 to start the fourth, but Hill dominated the final frame with scoring scampers of 77 and 35 yards, the latter of which sent the Ceramics to a 33-26 lead with 5:29 left. Kyle Lane’s interception set up Hill’s final score.
Crooksville improved to 4-0 for the first time since 2009 under coach David Rupe.
Tri-Valley 41, Morgan 7
Stone Spiker tossed a trio of first-half touchdowns for the Scotties (3-1, 1-0) in an MVL-Big School win at Jack Anderson Stadium.
Spiker hit Lincoln Gundelfinger for an 8-yard score in the first quarter and Ryan Lamonica for 1 and 15 yards in the second to spot Tri-Valley a 21-0 lead at the half.
Morgan (2-2, 0-1) cut the lead to 21-7 in the third, but Spiker found Lamonica again — this from 29 yards — to start a string of 20 unanswered points.
New Lexington 33, West Muskingum 7
The Panthers scored the game’s first 33 points for a second straight week and yielded just 64 yards to improve to 4-0 with an MVL-Small School win at Jim Rockwell Stadium.
Paul Stenson, who ran 12 times for 126 yards, reeled off a 60-yard touchdown run to cap a 96-yard scoring drive to open the game, then Colton Mathias followed a bad punt snap from West midway through the first with a 5-yard score that pushed the lead to 13-0 after Eli Dixon’s extra point.
A 10-play, 64-yard scoring drive that saw Tanner Toth catch a 19-yard pass and Stenson blast in from the 4 made it 20-0; a Harrison Ratliff fumble recovery inside the final minute of the half resulted in a 1-yard Stenson TD plunge. Toth caught a team-high 6 passes for 87 yards.
Mathias added a 4-yard run to end a 49-yard scoring drive in the third to cap the Panthers’ scoring. He finished with 69 yards on 15 trips as New Lex ran for 296 yards on 39 carries.
Braxton Brownrigg’s interception return for a score in the fourth was the only West M score.
Philo 43, River View 0
The Electrics (3-1, 1-0) held a 378-37 edge in total offense and scored 36 first-half points as they rolled to an MVL-Big School win at Sam Hatfield Stadium.
Slade Sprankle (5 carries for 59 yards) and Payton Byers (3 for 45) combined for 104 rushing yards on eight carries with three touchdowns. Jack Lincicome, who didn’t have a carry, was 10-of-14 passing for 160 yards and two scores.
Rusty Trout and Aiden Mahon caught TD passes of 56 and 39 yards, respectively, as seven players had receptions.
Maguire Werntz ran six times for 19 yards and four players caught passes for River View (0-4, 0-1)
Sheridan 56, Maysville 14
Luke Skinner’s 76-yard touchdown return of the opening kickoff triggered an offensive outburst for the host Generals (2-2), who led 35-7 at the half in an MVL-Big School win at Paul Culver Jr. Stadium.
Logan Russell (13 carries for 73 yards) and Justin Painter (3 for 59) combined for 132 yards on 16 carries with five TDs — Russell ran for four.
Tyce Whiteman hit 6 of 11 passes for 92 yards and Graham Anderson was 5 of 7 for 59, with Logan Hupp’s three catches for 45 yards pacing the receiving effort. Skinner had 2 catches for 22 yards.
Kade Rock was 16 of 28 passing for 128 yards and Landon Iden caight six passes for 38 yards and two TDs for Maysville (2-2).
Grove City Christian 38, Rosecrans 0
The Bishops managed only 75 yards and committed three turnovers in a Mid-State League-Cardinal Division loss at Mattingly Family Field.
Giovanni Cotton needed just seven carries to amass 178 yards and two touchdowns for GCC, which held leads of 7-0 after a quarter, 24-0 at the half and 38-0 entering the fourth. Douglas Housley was 12 of 20 passing for 214 yards with 3 TDs.
Haiden Omen and Coen Grandstaff picked off passes for Rosecrans (2-2, 0-1).
John Glenn 48, Coshocton 0
Senior QB Owen Edwards enjoyed a perfect Week 4 performance to lead the Muskies to a 3-1 record with the MVL romp.
Edwards connected on 11 of 11 passing attempts for 200 yards and 4 TD passes, including a 63-yard connection to Ryder Pennington. Pennington hauled in 5 receptions for 120 yards with a pair of touchdowns.
Reese Metzger led the JG ground game with 74 yards on 14 carries with a pair of TDs, Colten Gress latched onto 5 catches for 49 yards with a TD for the Muskies.
Brooke 24, Cambridge 14
Despite still looking for that elusive first win, the Bobcats continue to show positive signs with holding a 14-7 lead over the Bruins at the halftime intermission.
CHS sophomore QB A.J. Lawrence scored on a 12-yard run, and then connected with Damian Kissinger on an 18-yard scoring strike to build the first half lead.
Lawrence hit on 6 of 10 passes for 58 yards with a TD, and then led the Bobcats (0-4) ground game with 66 yards on 17 carries with a touchdown.
Brooke would reel off 17 unanswered points in the second half to rally back to take the victory.
Barnesville 56, Buckeye Local 0
The Shamrocks rolled up 487 yards of total offense to improve to a perfect 4-0 start to the season.
Junior QB Cole Francis hit on 7 of 8 passing attempts for 166 yards with a pair of TD tosses, junior Phoenix Graham hauled in 3 receptions for 67 yards with a touchdown. Sophomore Trey Toliver led the Barnesville ground game with 124 yards rushing on just 7 carries with 3 TDs.
Garaway 48, Zanesville 14
The Pirates led 14-0 after a quarter and 35-6 at the half in a nonleague win at John D. Sulsberger Memorial Stadium.
Caldwell 41, Monroe Central 0
Caldwell improved to 2-2 on the season with a dominating defensive effort by holding the Seminoles to just 81 yards of offense in the impressive Week 4 shutout.
QB Izic Cool led the offense by hitting on 10-of-17 passes for 211 yards, 2 TDs with Gavin Leake rolling up 99 yards rushing on 17 carries with a pair of TD runs in the win.
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This article originally appeared on Zanesville Times Recorder: High school football roundup: Brayson Hill ran into the record books against Meadowbrook
Reporting by Sam Blackburn, Zanesville Times Recorder / Zanesville Times Recorder
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