By Bob Strohm
bstrohm@wbcowqel.com

With the tenth and final week of regular season play, two teams finished atop the NCC for the league’s final championship under Friday night’s lights.

The Galion Tigers ensured their share of the title by blanking the Upper Sandusky Rams 27 to 0.

Dareian Watkins led the Tigers in passing and rushing completing 12 passes on 20 attempts for 178 yards and a score. On the ground Watkins carried the pigskin 17 times for 110 yards and another touchdown. Watkins added a third score on the defensive side of the ball by returning a 60 yard interception to pay dirt. Jermaine Burket led Galion Receivers with 62 yards on 3 receptions.

Quarterback Tyler Pritchard led Upper in Passing and rushing as well completing 13 passes on 31 attempts for 151 yards, while amassing 70 yards on the ground through 18 attempts. Kolin Holloway led the Raiders in receiving grabbing 4 receptions for 101 yards.

The Colonel Crawford Eagles earned their share of the NCC crown by trouncing the Crestline Bulldogs 58 to 6.

Nate Klingenberger led the Eagles passing by slinging 5 receptions on 9 attempts for 85 yards and two touchdowns. The Eagles rushing efforts was a collaborative one with Will Kirkpatrick scoring twice with 53 yards rushing on 4 attempts. Dalton Scott led Eagles rushers in yards with 58 yards and another score. Marcus Garverick led the Eagles receiving corps with 2 receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown.

The Crestline Bulldogs finished their season completing 9 of 18 pass attempts for 144 yards. Crestline’s lone score came on the ground behind 26 attempts for 45 yards.

Bucryrus stopped a late rally by Buckeye Central to pick up a 24 to18 win.

Wynford closed their season beating Riverdale 47-7.

As of this posting stats for the Wynford/Riverdale and the Bucyrus/Buckeye Central games were unavailable.

Make sure to check the Photos section of crawfordcountynow.com for galleries of the Bucyrus/Buckeye Central, Crestline/Colonel Crawford, and Wynford/Riverdale games.

Records:

Galion 9-1 (6-1)

Colonel Crawford 9-1 (6-1)

Wynford 6-4 (5-2)

Bucyrus 5-5 (4-3)

Buckeye Central 3-7 (2-5)

Crestline 1-9 (0-7)