Cody Zahler accounted for 167 yards & scored 2 touchdowns and Lucas Neff ran for 164 yards & a touchdown as the Leopards earned a 29-21 road win over the Cardinals. Xavier Berdella also had a fourth quarter interception as LHS improved to 5-2.
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.
Cody Zahler had 202 yards of offense and ran for 2 touchdowns as Louisville won at Boardman 34-7. Caden Kortis & Lucas Neff both hit the century mark rushing and scored a touchdown each and Drake Wilson made 7 catches for 109 yards as the Leopards improved to 3-1.
Parker Daum made a game-winning 26-yard field goal with 26 seconds left and Logan Galbraith made the game-sealing interception on the final play as the Leopards rallied from a two touchdown deficit to stun the host Tornadoes 15-14. Cody Zahler had 203 yards & 2 touchdowns as LHS improve to 2-1.
Drake Wilson made 4 catches for 74 yards including a 58-yard touchdown from Cody Zahler, but the Leopards fell the visiting Fighting Irish 43-10. Logan Galbraith highlighted the defense with a fumble return after a strip by Caden Kortis as LHS fell to 1-1.
Lucas Neff ran for 184 yards and 2 touchdowns as Louisville doubled up visiting New Philadelphia 20-10 in their season opener. Xavier Berdella led the Louisville defense with a fumble recovery and interception.
Kylah Meyer won the 800 to lead the Girls to a 5th place finish and Tank Cline finished 2nd in the shot put to lead the Boys to a 4th place finish. The boys 4×100, boys 4×200, and girls 4×800 relay teams also took second at Massillon.
Paxton Laughlin, Colton Rhoads, Kaiden Barker, & Aric Criss all placed 3rd as the Leopards finished as District Runner-Up as a team. Emilio Rodriguez, Xavier Pollard, and Zander McCrobie also placed 4th to advance to state.
Paxton Laughlin, Xavier Pollard, Liam Montgomery, Kaiden Barker, Aric Criss, Micah Bricker, and Jakeb Beard all won sectional titles as the Leopards claimed their 8th sectional title in 9 seasons. All 14 LHS wrestlers placed and 12 qualified for districts.
Micah Bricker recorded a pin in each dual as the #3 Leopards dominated the #6 Vikings 49-19 before falling to the host #2 Bees 51-27 at the DI Hoover Regional Duals. Xavier Pollard, Kaiden Barker, and Mikhail Montgomery also won bouts in each dual for Louisville.
