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Wickliffe runs to 5-0 start

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Steve Hare
By Steve Hare

MIDDLEFIELD–Wickliffe ran for 438 yards on 40 carries in a come from behind 34-14 win at Cardinal on Friday.

With the win, the Blue Devils improved to 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Chagrin Valley Conference.

Chase Fortkamp led the way for Wickliffe as he carried 10 times for 204 yards and Isaac Pettway added 169 yards on 19 carries and scored three touchdowns. Jaylen Bowers ran for a 22-yard touchdown run and Brad Dieterich threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Fortkamp in the game.

Cardinal’s Zack Czako ran for a two-yard touchdown to give the Huskies a 7-0 lead with 11:30 left in the first quarter. Wickliffe scored the next 34 points before Matt Carney threw an eight-yard touchdown pass to Crossland Robinson midway through the fourth quarter to close out the scoring.

Carney threw for 130 yards in the game.

Wickliffe travels to Richmond Heights on Friday while Cardinal hosts Fairport Harding.

 

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Steve Hare
Steve Harehttp://www.ohiovarsity.com
Steve Hare is the Chagrin Valley Conference's Sports Information Director. He also created and publishes OhioVarsity.com, an online publication dedicated to providing hyperlocal coverage to area high school athletic programs. Hare began covering high school sports for the Lake County News Herald in 1997. Hare attended Willoughby South High School through the middle of his senior year, then graduated from Berkshire High School in Burton in 1986. He played football, wrestled and was an all-Geauga county baseball player (1986). He lives in Chardon with his wife Paulette and their children.

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