Prep football notebook: a look around the state in Week 2

COLUMBUS — Week 2 of the 2025 high school football season is in the books.Football players from all over Ohio put up some amazing performances on opening night of the season. Here, the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association compiles the best of the best with the OPSMA High School Football Notebook.Let's take a look.-Ontario's Guy Trader had a 68-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, a 52-yard punt return for a score and a 25-yard touchdown catch in a 37-6 win over Norwalk.-Shelby's Brayden DeVito was 9-for-10 for 157 yards and two touchdowns through the air while running for 164 yards and two scores in a 37-13 win over Lexington.-After missing Week 1 due to a minor neck injury, Vermilion running back Evan Kuhns debuted with 417 rushing yards and five touchdowns in a 42-12 rivalry win against Firelands in the Stillman Cup. He surpassed the 400-mark with 3:18 left in the third quarter and was 22 yards away from breaking the Lorain County single game rushing record. It was set by Lorain Catholic's Zach Warner in 1998 with 438 against Marion Catholic.-Oberlin's 31-game losing streak was Ohio's longest active losing streak, according to Fantastic 50. After three winless seasons, the Phoenix won their first game with a 13-12 win against Brooklyn.-Crestline returned three kicks for touchdowns in Thursday's 48-6 win over Vanlue. Kordaie Robinson returned the opening kickoff 65 yards for one TD, and Weston Clark returned punts 50 and 75 yards for two more scores.-Liberty-Benton's Zach Elchert rushed for 159 yards and four touchdowns and intercepted a pass on defense in the Eagles' 41-3 win over Columbus Grove. The loss ended a 25-game home field winning streak by Columbus Grove that extended back to a Nov. 6, 2021 Division VI second round playoff loss to Liberty Center.-Bluffton quarterback Tayte Giesige threw for 292 yards and six touchdowns and ran for 69 yards and another score in the Pirates' 48-14 win over Pandora-Gilboa.-With McComb's 41-7 win over Toledo Christian on Saturday, Kris Alge became the 39th Ohio prep football coach to achieve 250 career wins. Alge, who guided the Panthers to a Division VII state championship in 2018, is No. 15 on the list of coaches who have compiled 250 at one school.-Van Wert's Xavier Kelly carried 20 times for 137 yards and had two receptions for 96 yards and a touchdown in a 19-14 win over Elida on Friday.-Marion Local's Ben Meier tallied 104 yards rushing and three touchdowns on just seven carries as the Flyers won their 66th consecutive game, 63-0 over Convoy Crestview. Marion Local has not allowed a regular season touchdown since Week No. 5 of the 2024 season.-Fairview's Logan Olinger had his hands all over the Apaches' 36-32 win over Delta, catching 10 passes for 199 yards and two touchdowns, rushing for a pair of one-yard TDs and recording an interception on defense.-For the second straight week, Defiance's winning hopes hinged on a two-point conversion. After stopping Napoleon's go-ahead conversion attempt with 54 seconds left in week one, the Bulldogs kept Ottawa-Glandorf from a go-ahead two-pointer and moved to 2-0 with a 21-20 road win. That marks the first time since at least 1972 that Defiance has recorded consecutive one-point victories.-Liberty Center's Garrison Kruse needed just nine carries to rack up 164 yards and find the end zone three times on the ground - including a 62-yard TD run on the first play from scrimmage - in the Tigers' 48-14 win over Eastwood. Kruse had a 23-yard touchdown reception as well.-Max Miller was 18-of-29 for 252 yards and three touchdowns in Springboro's 38-0 shutout win over Edgewood. It was his first multi-passing touchdown game of the season and equaled his career high from 2024 when he threw three TDs in a 38-7 win over Edgewood. Miller also ran for 43 yards and a score in this year's shutout win.-Lakota West quarterback Jackson Smith was nearly perfect, completing 12-of-14 passes for 284 yards and four touchdowns in Lakota West's 35-13 win over Mason. Tyson Davis was on the receiving end of seven of those passes for 152 yards and two ion the touchdowns.-Badin had a pair of rushers go over 100 yards in a 66-21 win over Dixie Heights (Ky.). Lem Grayson had 14 carries for 158 yards and four touchdowns for the Rams, while teammate Chase Even ran 13 times for 110 yards and one touchdown.-Grove City running back Blaike Jackson rushed for 250 yards and two touchdowns on 37 carries, including a 3-yard TD run with 32 seconds left for the game-winning score in a 45-41 win over Westland.-Westland quarterback Jayrece Dixon completed 29 of 48 passes for 504 yards and three touchdowns in a 45-41 loss to Grove City.-Dublin Scioto quarterback Jack McKee completed 22 of 32 passes for 224 yards with four touchdowns and one interception and rushed for 110 yards on nine carries in a 41-40 win over Lancaster.-Urbana junior QB Grady Lantz scored on a 6-yard run with 1:01 left in the game to beat Champaign County rival Mechanicsburg 47-43. Lantz threw for 414 yards and four TDs and rushed for 100 yards and three TDs as the Hillclimbers beat the Indians for the first time since 1998.-Springfield Northeastern senior Cody Houseman rushed for 236 yards and a touchdown as the Jets beat Riverside 36-8 to improve to 2-0. It was the second straight week Houseman eclipsed 200 yards rushing. He ran for 218 yards in their Week 1 victory over Urbana.-Tippecanoe senior Xavier Melton rushed for 272 yards and four TDs on 22 carries as the Red Devils beat Piqua 40-7 in a Miami Valley League game.-Preble Shawnee Sr. QB Brody Morton accounted for all five TDs for his Arrows' football team. They ended Ansonia's 22 game Western Ohio Athletic Conference win streak. Morton was 9-for-13 throwing for 128 yards and a TD, then rushed for 214 yards on 19 carries, four TDs including an 80-yarder in 34-8 win.-Symmes Valley and host Meigs combined for 875 total yards, 14 touchdowns and 46 first downs in Symmes Valley's 56-42 victory on Friday night.-The defending Division V state champion Ironton Fighting Tigers defeated Liberty Christian Academy of Virginia 42-3 on Saturday night, as part of the annual Ironton Gridiron Classic. Ironton snapped Liberty Christian's 29-game win streak, as the Bulldogs are the two-time defending Class 3A champion in Virginia.-Blanchester senior Ayden Basham had a seven touchdown performance in a wild 56-49 win over Cincinnati Country Day Friday. Basham ran for 250 yards on 38 attempts. The six rushing touchdowns match what is believed to be the school record held jointly with Tristan Greene from 2017. Greene had a 10-touchdown game (6 rushing, 4 passing) in a 73-18 win over Bethel-Tate. -Clinton-Massie head coach Dan McSurley joined the elite 300 win club Friday night with a stunning 14-7 win over defending Division VI state champion Coldwater. McSurley is the 19th coach in Ohio football history to register 300 wins, according to the OHSAA website.-Oxford Talawanda's Oliver Bennett completed 8-of-13 passes for 118 yards and five touchdowns, all in the first half, in a 42-6 victory over Dayton Meadowdale.-McConnelsville Morgan Junior Tanner Bankes rushed for 215 yards and scored three first-half touchdowns in the Raiders' 28-13 victory over Vincent Warren.-Beverly Fort Frye had two 100-yard rushers in their 36-7 win at Zanesville West Muskingum. Gavin Rauch rushed for 165 yards on 12 carries and one touchdown. Tyce Beardsley had 141 yards on 19 carries and two scores.-Waterford picked off five passes in its 21-6 win over Caldwell.-Freshman Dom Bell returned an interception 92 yards for a touchdown, completed 12-of-20 passes for 195 yards and three TDs and punted three times for a 45.0 average in Sullivan Black River's 37-7 win over neighboring West Salem Northwestern.-Austin Sustersic made field goals of 20, 30 and 41 yards as Seville Cloverleaf upset defending Lorain County League champion Keystone 22-6.