Louisville Leopards (2-0) at Ravenna Ravens (0-2)

SPREAD: Louisville By 20 (According to Stark County Pick’em)

WHEN: Friday, September 13 at 7:00 PM

WHERE: Portage Community Bank Stadium | Click Here for Directions

RADIO: None

TV: None

HIGHLIGHTS: Will be available following the game late Friday night or early Saturday morning right here on louisvilleleopards.org

SERIES

ALL-TIME SERIES: Louisville holds a 13-2-2 all-time record over Ravenna including a 5-2-1 records on the road. VIEW FULL ALL-TIME SERIES

LAST MEETING: Louisville won 34-20 on September 7, 2012.

LAST MEETING AT RAVENNA: Ravenna defeated Louisville 31-6 on September 9, 2011.

LAST LEOPARDS WIN AT RAVENNA: The Leopards last defeated the Ravens at Ravenna 28-0 on August 28, 2009.

Schedules:

PREVIEW

The Battle for Route 44 will take place Friday in the first game ever played on Ravenna’s new Blue Smurf Turf at Portage Community Bank Stadium. Back in 2010, the Leopards opened the new Louisville Leopards Stadium against the visiting Ravens. Ravenna gave Louisville a fight, but the Leopards prevailed 37-34 on a last second field goal by Jaron Lohmeyer. The Ravens will look to defend their new field the same way with their first victory of the season. The Leopards will look to stay undefeated in their first game on the road. This is a Division III, Region 7 matchup you will not want to miss.

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LEOPARDS

OFFENSE: Quarterback Connor Zwick and the Leopards offense opened up the passing game more last week against North Canton. Zwick is 14 of 24 (58.3%) passing this season for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns this season. His main target has been Andy Minster who has caught 10 passes for 121 yards (12.1 Avg.) and a touchdown. Bryce Mathie also caught two passes last week including a key 26 yard completion that setup a score. Kyle Bast also caught a touchdown pass in traffic and Alex Hollifield will look to make a big impact this week on the blue turf. Look for runningback Walter Schrock to add to his 32 carries for 91 yards this season.

DEFENSE: The Leopards defense has surrendered 233 yards (157 Passing, 76 Rushing) and 11.5 points per contest. Hoover converted on 4 of 17 (23%) third down conversions last week, but Louisville allowed the Vikings to convert on 3 of 4 fourth down conversions. The Leopards defensive line that includes Dylan Kline, Cole McElroy, Cory Neff, and Dale Welsh has helped generate 4 sacks for Louisville this season. Linebackers Josh Brown, Frankie Falcone, and Zach Shea made their presence known in the visiting backfield last week as well. Lewis Adkins, Bryce Mathie, AJ Minster, and Garrett Yoder are all capable of making big plays and creating turnovers in the secondary.

SPECIAL TEAMS: AJ Minster made his mark on Special Teams last week by recovering a fumble on a wild snap and making the game-winning tackle on the Vikings botched extra point. Kicker Jordan Hughes is a perfect 2 for 2 on field goal attempts and 3 for 3 on extra point kicks. His second extra point kick last week against Hoover proved to be the difference in the contest. Hughes has proven his reliability and hit from as far as 47 yards in scrimmages earlier this year. Connor Zwick has averaged 38 yards on 11 punts this season. He blasted a 58 yard punt last week against Hoover and pinned Canfield inside the 1 yard line in week one. Garrett Yoder has averaged 8.3 yards on 7 punt returns this season with his longest return being 34 yards. Yoder has also averaged 19.0 yards on two kick returns this season with his longest return being 27 yards.

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RAVENS

OFFENSE: The Ravenna Offense is averaging 273.5 yards per game (181.0 Rushing, 92.5 Passing) and 8.5 points per game. Runningback Demetrius Fear showed he has the ability to breakaway from defenders with a 99 yard touchdown run last week against the Greenmen. Fear has rushed for 193 yards on 24 attempts (8.04 avg.) this season, but he has also lost two fumbles to opponents. Multi-Dimensional Junior Quarterback Warren Bradley has also rushed for 136 yards on 35 carries (3.89 avg.) this season and has completed 18 of 32 passes for 118 yards this season. Late in the game last week, Sophomore Quarterback Derek Cross completed 5 of 10 passes and threw the Ravens only touchdown pass of the season to Berry Christian. Jon Berry leads Ravenna in receiving yards (3 catches for 46 yards) and Shane Perry leads the team in receptions (6 catches for 37 yards).

DEFENSE: Ravenna’s defense has given up 33.5 yards per game and has only forced 1 turnover. Mike Legan recovered that fumble after Cody Hawkins forced it. Brendon Winning leads the Ravens with 20 Tackles and 8 Solo Tackles. Austin Rosalez (15 Tackles, 5 Solo), Trevor Pesicek (14 Tackles, 3 Solo), Berry Christian (14 Tackles, 6 Solo), Warren Bradley (11 Tackles, 4 Solo), and Jon Berry (10 Tackles, 3 Solo, 3 Passes Defended) have also made an impact on the Ravenna defense.

SPECIAL TEAMS: Ben Morgan scored the only points for the Ravens Week 1 against Tallmadge via a 29 yard field goal and was also 2 for 2 in extra point kicks last week against Aurora. Morgan has also averaged 25.1 yards per punt this season and 36.0 yards per kickoff. Berry Christian and Demetrius Fear have shared kick returns this season. Christian has averaged 25.5 yards per return with a long of 42 and Fear has averaged 24.0 yards per return with a long of 39. The Ravens have just 3 yards on 2 punt returns this season. Both Jon Berry and Shane Perry returned punts this season.

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