WICKLIFFE–Chase Fortkamp ran for 149 yards and three touchdowns on just seven carries in Wickliffe’s 45-13 win over visiting Cuyahoga Heights on Friday.
Fortkamp ran for 61 and 24-yard touchdowns and Isaiah Bolon returned a kickoff 88 yards for another score in the first quarter as the Blue Devils built a 21-3 first-quarter lead.
Zak Esteve recovered a blocked field goal and returned it for another Wickliffe touchdown that pushed the lead to 28-3 in the second quarter.
Cuyahoga Heights’ first-half points came off of an Owen Schuckert 39-yard field goal and Ryan Krajewkis’s one-yard touchdown run that cut Wickliffe’s advantage to 28-10 at the break.
Mason Bala ran for a three-yard score early in the third quarter and Fortkamp added a 25-yard touchdown run to push the Blue Devils’ lead to 42-10. Bolon added a 30-yard field goal to close out Wickliffe’s scoring.
Schuckert booted a 31-yard field goal for Cuyahoga Heights with 1:20 left in the game.
Wickliffe improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2017.
