By Josh Stallings
jstallings@wbcowqel.com
The stage was set on Friday night in Bucyrus as the Copper Kettle was up for grabs with the Bucyrus Redman hosting the Wynford Royals in week two of high school football. The cross town rivalry game looked to be a battle early on as Bucyrus’ Hayden Johnston caught a touchdown pass from Gavin Lewis to give the Redman an early one score lead.
Wynford, however, got the ball for their first possession and wasted no time getting into the end zone. A seven-play, 55-yard drive capped off by a Zach Hoffman touchdown run would give the Royals a 7-6 lead and they didn’t look back from there. Wynford would go onto score touchdowns on four of their next five drives, while the defense was stifling against the Redman offense. Wynford only allowed 125 yards of total offense on their way to a 48-13 N10 conference victory.
It was the Zach Hoffman show all night long as the Royal QB was eight of 13 passing for 85 yards and rushed for 212 yards on 16 attempts and five touchdowns. Haden Johnston led the offense for the Redman with three receptions for 89 yards and a score.
Week 3 has Wynford (2-0, 1-0 N10) slated to take on Ridgedale (0-2, 0-1 N10) while Bucyrus (0-2, 0-1 N10) welcomes Pleasant.
PHOTO GALLERIES: Wynford at Bucyrus | Carey at Colonel Crawford
In other action around the county, Colonel Crawford secured a comeback win over Carey 27-26, Buckeye Central fell to Mohawk 26-12, Crestline defeated Grove City Christian 10-7, and Cardington put a stop to Galion 35-14.
Area scores
Wynford 48 Bucyrus 13
Carey 26 Colonel Crawford 27
Buckeye Central 12 Mohawk 26
Grove City Christian 7 Crestline 10
Galion 14 Cardington 35
Non-county N10 schools
Seneca East 60 Ridgedale 8
Elgin 23 Upper Sandusky 52
N10 standings
Colonel Crawford 2-0 (1-0)
Mohawk 2-0 (1-0)
Seneca East 2-0 (1-0)
Wynford 2-0 (1-0)
Upper Sandusky 1-1 (1-0)
Buckeye Central 0-2 (0-1)
Bucyrus 0-2 (0-1)
Carey 0-2 (0-1)
Ridgedale 0-2 (0-1)
Non-N10 Crawford County schools
Galion 1-1 (MOAC)
Crestline 1-1 (Mid Buckeye Conference)