Lucas Neff rushed for 146 yards and three touchdowns as the #7 Leopards defeated the #10 Vikings 21-7 in the opening round of the Division II, Region 7 playoffs. Colton Dougherty & Aden Norris recovered fumbles and Ryker Youngen recovered his own onside kick as LHS improved to 9-2 and won its first playoff game since 2015.
Lucas Neff rushed for 126 yards & a touchdown and Cody Zahler produced 222 yards & threw a touchdown pass to Ryan Rush, but Louisville fell to host North Canton Hoover 27-18 Friday night at Memorial Stadium to drop to 3-2.
Jayden Schloneger ran for a touchdown & threw touchdown passes to Brandon Uphold & Eden Swonger as the Leopard Freshman blanked the visiting Vikings 24-0. Hunter Watson also threw a touchdown to Logan Barrett as the Louisville Freshman won their third straight.
Owen Wilson ran for a touchdown and Gabe Regimbal made a late touchdown catch from Gabe Stoffer in the Leopards’ 31-13 loss the visiting Vikings. Quin Burick also had 4 catches for 73 yards as Louisville dropped to 4-1.
Tate Aljancic threw for 221 yards and touchdowns to Ashton Marshall & Austin Wade to lead the Leopards in their 23-16 loss to the host Vikings. Owen DiMarzio also finished with 102 yards of offense as LHS dropped to 2-3.
Owen Burick threw for 118 yards and a 55 yard touchdown pass to Cooper Rice, but Louisville fell to visiting North Canton Hoover 34-10 to drop to 1-3 on the year.
Daveion Cruse finished with 147 total yards and scored a 4th quarter touchdown but the Leopards fell to the Vikings 34-8 in the 100th meeting between the two rivals. Andrew Essik also ran for 67 yards and scored on a two-point conversion as Louisville fell to 1-3.
The Leopards turned the ball over 5 times en rout to being blanked by the visiting Vikings 21-0. Connor Adelman recorded Louisville’s only takeaway on an interception in the endzone on Hoover’s opening drive.
Charlie Roberts scored on a 15 yard touchdown run with 2:47 left in the third quarter to cut the deficit to 7-6, but the Leopards would get no closer as the Vikings JV prevailed 14-6. Louisville JV is now 0-4.
Dan Kennedy accounted for 150 yards of offense and 2 touchdowns to lead the Leopards in a 45-21 loss to the host Vikings. Broc Pickens also caught a touchdown pass via Tyler Jackson on the last play of the first half.
