Three teams from the Chagrin Valley Conference advanced in the postseason with a win in the regional quarterfinals on Friday while two others saw their seasons come to an end.
All three top seeds advanced with Perry and Cuyahoga Heights winning easily, 48-7 and 49-6, respectively. Kirtland got all it could handle from No. 8 Sandy Valley before winning 38-24.
Beachwood, the No. 8 seed in Region 18, fell at No. 1 Oak Harbor, 41-7, and Independence, the No. 4 seed in Region 25 lost to No. 5 Warren JFK, 41-7.
Below is a recap of each game:
Division IV, Region 14
No. 1 Perry 48, No. 8 Girard 7
Perry avenged last season’s loss to Girard in a regional semifinal with a dominating 48-7 win over the Indians.
Drew Schiano completed 8-of-14 passes for 193 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for two scores and Jaylen Anderson ran for a 33-yard touchdown and caught one of Schiano’s scoring passes.
The Pirates advanced to play No. 4 Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy in the regional semifinals.
No. 1 Kirtland 38, No. 8 Sandy Valley 24
Sandy Valley became the first team this season to score first against the Hornets, who used 10 straight points late in the second quarter to pull away from the Cardinals for a 10th straight Week 11 win.
Mason Sullivan ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns for the Hornets.
The Hornets will play No. 4 Canfield South Range in the regional semifinals.
Division V, Region 18
No. 1 Oak Harbor 41, No. 8 Beachwood 7
Beachwood fell behind 21-0 in the first half and never recovered as top-seeded Oak Harbor scored the first 35 points of the game.
A blocked punt on the game’s opening possession set up Oak Harbor at the Beachwood 8 and the Rockets took advantage with the first of Jac Alexander’s four touchdowns.
Letraize Walker scored Beachwood’s only touchdown of the game on a 51-yard run.
Division VII, Region 25
No. 1 Cuyahoga Heights 49, No. 8 Malvern 6
Sam Shafer threw touchdown passes to Jason Bartosik and Kyle Polack and Ryan Krajewski scored three times as the Redskins cruised to a big Week 11 win. Max Alpert opened the scoring with a four-yard TD run and Nathan Glinka returned a fumble for a touchdown.
The Redskins will play No. 5 Warren JFK in the regional semifinals.
No. 5 Warren JFK 41, No. 4 Independence 7
Independence’s first postseason berth in a decade didn’t end well for the Blue Devils, who trailed 14-0 before Kyle Zygmunt broke free on a 77-yard run to cut the deficit to just a touchdown. That’s as close as Independence would get as the Eagles scored the final 27 points of the game.
