State Championship Game Box Scores and Statistics

     1997

1997 Division VI State Championship, Delphos St. John’s vs. Norwalk St. Paul

Saturday, November 28, 1998  at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium, Massillon, Ohio

 Delphos St. Johns:  00-21-14-07:42    14-0         

 Norwalk St. Paul:   14-00-07-07:28    13-1                                                          

                                                                        DSJ                 NSP

First Downs                                                    16                    19

Rushes\Yards                                                  32-221            55-295

Passing Yards                                                 289                  65

Pass Attempts\Completions\Int.’s                    8-13-0             6-14-1            

Total Yards                                                     510                  361

Punts\Avg.                                                       2-36.5              4-42.3

Fumbles\Lost                                                   1-1                   1-0

Penalties\Yards                                               2-21                 7-54

Time of Possession                                         18:17               29:43 

Scores:

NSP: J. Morrow 84 yard kickoff return, R. McDonnell kick, 11:47 1st

NSP: M. Morrow 32 yard run, R. McDonnell kick, 6:45 1st

DSJ: Chad Schulte 44 yard run, Charlie Webb kick, 9:45 2nd

DSJ: Schulte 8 yard run, Webb kick, 3:09 2nd

DSJ: Greg Grothous 28 yard pass from Aaron Elwer, Webb kick, :21 2nd

DSJ: G. Grothous 50 yard pass from A. Elwer, Webb kick, 10:07 3rd

NSP: Pugh 1 yard run, R. McDonnell kick, 3:07 3rd

DSJ: Schulte 1 yard run, Webb kick, :59 3rd

DSJ: G. Grothous 60 yard pass from A. Elwer, Webb kick, 9:38 4th

NSP: Pugh 3 yard run, R. McDonnell kick, 2:53 4th

 

Rushing:          DSJ-  Schulte 22-177, Martz 7-27, A. Elwer 2-14, B. Grothous 1-3

                        NSP- Pugh 36-174, M. Morrow 19-121

Passing:           DSJ- A. Elwer 8-13-0 289 yds,

                        NSP- Kalizewski 6-14-1 65 yds.

Receiving:       DSJ- G. Grothous 4-149, 3 tds., Brinkman 2-73, Schulte 1-35, Metzner 1-32

                        NSP- J. Morrow 4-50, Beatty 1-14, Pugh 1-1

 Division VI Playoff Attendance Record: 8,012

 

      1998 

1998 Division VI State Championship, Delphos St. John’s vs. Lancaster Fisher Catholic

Friday, December 4,1998 at Fawcett Stadium, Canton, Ohio

 Delphos St. John’s            :07-06-13-00:26       14-0

Lancaster Fisher Catholic :08-00-00-08:16      11-3

                                    DSJ                             LFC

First Downs                19                                4

Rushes-yards               51-395                       28-84

Passing                        3-9-1                           1-6-1

Passing yards              32                                -1

Total Yards                 427                              83

Return yards                63                                136

Punts-Avg.                   4-35                             5-32

Fumbles-Lost              2-2                               3-1

Penalties-Yards           5-42                             3-20

 Scores:

DSJ: Jace Metzner 11 yard pass from Scott McCormick, Charlie Webb kick, 7:42 1st

LFC: B. Baucher 3 yard run, Finan pass from An. Lipp, 3:15 1st

DSJ: Zach Weber 8 yard run, run failed, 10:44 2nd

DSJ: Chad Schulte 22 yard run, C. Webb kick, 10:25 3rd

DSJ: C. Schulte 8 yard run, kick failed, 4:28 3rd

LFC: An. Lipp 76 yard fumble return, Boyden pass from Baucher, 2:45 4th

 

Rushing:          DSJ- C. Schulte 36-305, Da. Martz 6-54, Z. Weber 7-37

                        LFC- B.Baucher 12-48, Snyder 16-36

Passing:           DSJ- S. McCormick 3-9-1 32 yards

                        LFC- B. Baucher 1-6-1 (-1) yards

Receiving:       DSJ- J. Metzner 2-21, Morris 1-11,

                        LFC- Clark 1- (-1)

 Attendance: 6,462

 Chad Schulte- State Championship Game, All Divisions, record 305 yards rushing

  

      1999

1999 Division VI State Championship, Delphos St. John’s vs. Norwalk St. Paul

Saturday, December 4, 1999 @ Fawcett Stadium, Canton, Ohio 

Delphos St. John’s: 14-07-14-07: 42    15-0

Norwalk St. Paul  07-03-00-00: 10      13-2

                                                DSJ                             NSP

First Downs                            20                                 7

Rushes-yards                           44-321                         29-44

Passing                                    8-16-1                         8-13-1

Passing Yards                         131                              131

Total Yards                             452                              175

Return Yards                           115                              147

Punts-Average                        2-36.5                          6-41.3

Fumbles-Lost                          1-1                               1-1

Penalties-Yards                       5-41                             5-49

Time of Possession                 24:48                           23:12

 Scores:

NSP: Jordan Wangler 88 yard kickoff return, 11:45 1st

DSJ: John Odenweller 11 yard pass from Scott McCormick, Michael Bitler kick, 8:10 1st

DSJ: Rocky Klaus recover fumble in endzone, M. Bitler kick, 6:20 1st

DSJ: Adam Miller 15 yard run, M. Bitler kick, 6:37 2nd

NSP: Aidan McDonnell 35 yard field goal, :51 2nd

DSJ: Zach Weber 43 yard run, M. Bitler kick, 10:19 3rd

DSJ: Ryan Morris 11 yard pass from Scott McCormick, M. Bitler kick, 3:16 3rd

DSJ: Jordan Bowers 2 yard run, M. Bitler kick, 4:12 4th

 

Rushing:          DSJ: Zach Weber 16-174, Adam Miller 6-44, Scott McCormick 12-37,

                        Doug Martz 1-29, Jordan Bowers 5-13, Ian Weber 1-11, Nick Yaeger 2-9,

                        Brad Utrup 1-4

                        NSP: Jason Pugh 17-42, Matt Smiley 6-16, Bryan Pickens 1-2,

                        Aidan McDonnell 5-(-19)

Passing:           DSJ: Scott McCormick 8-16-0 131 yards, 2 TDs

                        NSP: Aidan McDonnell 8-13-1 131 yards

Receiving:       DSJ: Ryan Morris 4-49 1TD, John Odenweller 2-31 1TD, Aaron Becker 1-36,

                        Zach Weber 1-15,

                        NSP: Dan Beatty 3-73, Adam Endsley 2-22, Bern Kline 1-15, Martin Geretz 1-11,

                        Jordan Wangler 1-10 

Records: NSP runs back opening kickoff 88 yards for TD.  Breaks record of NSP who returned 1997 title game opening kick off vs. DSJ 84 yards for TD.  NSP kicks 35 yard field goal breaking the old record of 31 yards.

 

2005

2005 Division VI State Championship, Delphos St. John's vs. Steubenville Catholic Central

December 3, 2005 @ Paul Brown Stadium, Massillon, OH

Delphos St. John's   07-07-00-14: 28   13-2

Steubenville CC:     00-00-00-00: 00   11-4

                                      DSJ                SCC

First Downs                                    13                    4

Rushing Att/Yards                        42-213              35-16

Passing: Att/Comp/Int's                5-13-0               8-15-2 

Passing Yards                                  64                    24

Total Plays/Yards                         56/277                 50/40

Fumbles/Lost                                 3/1                      1/1

Penalties/Yards                             4/31                   8/62

Punts                                           5-20.8 ave       5-25.8 ave

Time of Possession                      25:00               23:00

Attendance:     7,373

Scores: 

DSJ     Curtis Haggard 26 yard pass from Nick Johnson, Jordan Rode kick,  3:18 1st

DSJ     Nick Johnson 5 yard run, Jordan Rode kick,  9:07 2nd

DSJ     Curtis Laudick 3 yard pass from Nick Johnson, Jordan Rode kick,  8:15 4th

DSJ     Aaron Etzkorn 2 yard run, Jordan Rode kick,  5:07 4th

 

Rushing:

DSJ: Nick Johnson, 13-92 yards; Andrew DeWitt, 15-76; Pat Kundert, 5-17; Tony Reindel, 2-13; Aaron Etzkorn, 2-7; Brad Looser, 2-7; Justin Klausing, 1-4; Brian Backus, 1-0, Team, 2-(-3)

SCC: Zach Hawrot, 18-73; Jeff Moziejko, 3-0; Jeremy Samples, 1-(-2)   Brandon Talbott, 1-(-9); JJ Kuczynski, 10-(-13)     Z. Deleonardis, 1-(-16); Chris DePalma, 1-(-17)

Passing:

DSJ: Nick Johnson, 5-13, 64 yards, 0 interceptions

SCC: JJ Kuczynski, 8-15, 24 yards, 2 interceptions

Receiving:

DSJ Curtis Haggard, 1-26, 1TD; Ryan Grothouse, 1-24; Michael Grubenhoff, 1-8; Curtis Laudick, 1-3, 1TD; Andrew DeWitt, 1-3

SCC: Shane Habig, 3-10; Zach Hawrot, 2-0; Jarred Gilham, 1-11; Nick Zambon, 1-4; Jeff Moziejko, 1-(-1)

Interceptions:

DSJ: Curtis Laudick, 2