Bulldogs pick up big road win

Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry

Celina fumbled away the game's opening kickoff against Ottawa-Glandforf on Friday.

But the Bulldogs didn't let the game get away as Brett Schwieterman had a big night running the ball and Celina outscored the Titans 28-10 over the final three quarters for a 42-24 win at Titan Stadium in Ottawa to improve to 4-1 and 3-1 in the Western Buckeye League.

"In the first half, especially, I thought on both sides of the ball we just made some mistakes that we shouldn't have made and it gave O-G a lot of momentum," Celina coach Brennen Bader said. "We were able to fight back in the second quarter and take the lead going into half, which a big momentum changer. In the second half, we just came out and I really thought our physicality set in. We cleaned up some of those mistakes, made some adjustments, and our offense continued to roll. Our defense also really stepped up big in the third quarter. We shut them down a little bit."

The Titans took a 17-14 lead early in the second quarter on John Rosengarten's 38-yard field goal, but Celina regained the lead with three minutes left in the first half on Schwieterman's 20-yard scoring pass to Cooper Jones.

In the third quarter. Schwieterman had a 33-yard scoring run with 8:47 left. Seven minutes later, Kyle Zizelman punched it in from 14 yards out to raise Celina's lead to 35-17. Schwieterman closed out the Bulldog scoring with a 15-yard run with 4:54 left in the game. The Titans added a late touchdown, but the Bulldogs closed the door.

Schwieterman rushed for 224 yards on just 18 carries and the two scores and also 15-of-18 passing for 138 yards and two touchdowns. Zizelman rushed for 77 yards and two scores.

O-G quarterback Jeremy Leopold was 11-of-21 for 133 yards passing and added 82 rushing yards and two scores.

Celina travels to Defiance next Friday.

SCORE BY QUARTERS
Celina  14  7  14  7  -  42
Ottawa-Glandorf  14  3  0  7   -   24

First Quarter

OG - Shawn Beverly 25-yard fumble recovery (PAT- Josh Rosengarten kick).

C - Kyle Zizelman 10-yard run (PAT - Austin Cotterman kick).

C - Austin Okeley 2-yard pass from Brett Schwieterman (PAT - Cotterman kick).

OG - Jeremy Leopold 60-yard run (PAT - Rosengarten kick).
Second Quarter

OG - Rosengarten 38-yard field goal.  

C - Cooper Jones 20-yard pass from Schwieterman (PAT - Cotterman kick).
Third Quarter

C - Schwieterman 33-yard run (PAT - Cotterman kick).

C - Zizelman 15-yard run (PAT - Cotterman kick).
Fourth Quarter

C - Schwieterman 15-yard run (PAT - Cotterman kick).

OG - Leopold 10-yard run (PAT - Rosengarten kick).

Wapakoneta 56, Elida 12

Riley Worthen-Gibson rushed for 158 yards and Evan Kaeck added 126 yards as the Redskins rolled past the Bulldogs.

Kaeck and Aaron Chambers each had two rushing touchdowns as Wapak had 417 yards on the ground.

Elida was held to just 173 yards of total offense. Evan Unruh had 60 yards rushing and 75 yards passing with a touchdown and two interceptions.
Van Wert 39, Shawnee 6

Nate Place rushed for 208 yards and three touchdowns and the Cougars cruised to the win over the Indians at Eggerss Field.

Place had touchdown runs of 62, 60 and 11 yards on the night and also passed for a touchdown.

Shawnee quarterback Johnny Caprella rushed for 56 yards.
Defiance 28, Bath 7

Nick Herzog scored a pair of rushing touchdowns as Defiance won a defensive struggle over the Wildcats.

The teams combined for 297 yards of total offense with the Bulldogs getting all their yards on the ground.

Aaron Cruz and Chris Fluker also scored for Defiance. Cyrus Burden threw for 130 yards and the lone Bath score.