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Valley View 48, Indian Hill 14

Xenia 27, Bellbrook 21 (3OT)

Oakwood 27, Milton Union 7

Eaton 9, St. Henry 7

Carlisle 35, Brookville 7

Ross 42, Monroe 28

Franklin 38, Western Brown 0

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Kyle Pohl connected with Robbie Skidmore for a 37-yard TD pass on the third play of the game as the Spartans rolled to a 48-14 win over the Indian Hill Braves. Pohl also tossed a pair of TD passes to Jordan Crouse (15 yds.) and Tyler Schenck (14 yds.) before the night was over.

It was the fourth Spartan win, in as many attempts, over the Braves and gives the team their second consecutive win of the young season. Indian Hills drops to 0-2.

Valley View quickly struck again on their second possession of the game on a TD that was set up by Chris Lykins. The jr. defensive back stole the ball out right out of the hands of the Indian Hill receiver and ran it back to the Braves 6 yard line. Two plays later, Jake Jarbo, scores on a 1 yard run to boost the Spartan lead, 14-0.

Ben Fannin picks up a first down to help the Spartans to a 48-14 win over the Indian Hill Braves.

“We worked on that pass from Kyle (Pohl) to Robbie (Skidmore) over and over all week,” said Spartan head coach Jay Niswonger. ” I knew if we could just get out in front fast, it would take some of the wind out and set the tone for the game.”

Score fast, they did. Excellent receptions by Jordan Krouse and Skidmore gave the Spartans great gains throughout the second quarter that left Tyler Schenck open in the endzone on two occasions for scores that helped Valley View to a 34-0 lead at the half.

The Braves appeared to come alive in the second half. On their first possession, they marched 8o yards to score on a 1 yard run by sr. QB, Sam Voss. However, the Braves wouldn’t score again until late in the fourth quarter, on a Voss 21-yard run, that was too little, and much too late.

Valley View takes on Bishop Fenwick in Week 3. It will be the home opener against the Falcons. Fenwick is also 2-0 with wins over Oakwood (33-8) and Talawanda (42-0). They were 5-5 in 2009.

VV–Skidmore 37 pass from Pohl (Miller kick)
VV–Jarbo 1 run (Miller kick)
VV–Schenck 15 pass from Pohl (Miller kick)
VV–Schenck 5 run (Miller kick)
VV–Crouse 14 pass from Pohl (kick failed)
IH–Voss 1 run (Thompson kick)
VV–Jarbo 20 run (Miller kick)
VV–Gulling 1 run (Miller kick)
IH–Voss 21 run (Thompson kick)

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It took two safeties and an interception by jr. defensive back Chris Lykins to wake up the sleeping Spartans who went on to  defeat the Dunbar Wolverines, 25-12,  in the second game of a twi-night double header at Welcome Stadium.

Dunbar drew first blood in the second quarter with a 2-yard touchdown by Darold Kelly. The point after failed to give the Wolverines a 6-0 lead. But that score didn’t come easy. A blocking in the back penalty brought back a 79-yard TD run. That began a string of five penalties that saw the drive begin in the first quarter before finally culminating in the 2nd quarter touchdown. The Wolverines were flagged a total of 12 times for 101 yards.

Jake Jarbo rushed for 155 yards on 34 carries in his Spartan debut

Dunbar’s first half miscues were Valley View’s salvation. The Spartans clawed for 22 yards on 27 plays, all on the ground. In a surprising twist from 2009′s aerial attack, which saw sr. QB Kyle Pohl amass 1,746 yards in the air, Coach Jay Niswonger appears to be on the Woody Hayes path to 3 yds and a cloud of dust.

Sr. running back Jake Jarbo appears to be Niswonger’s go to guy in the back field. Jarbo, in his first season with the Spartans, rushed for 155 yards on 34 carries. Jarbo, a transfer from Preble Shawnee, rushed for 1,028 yds last season.

Valley View owned the second half, despite fumbling away the ball just short of scoring during  their first possession. But the turning point came on Dunbar’s next possession when the Spartans defense stepped up and stuffed the Wolverines in the end zone to pickup their first points of the evening. On the ensuing free-kick, Valley View’s Kenny Duff (so. LB) returned the ball 26 yards to set up the Spartans scoring opportunity. From this point on, Valley View was in control.

Valley View will need to be in control from the very first snap of the ball in next week’s showdown with Indian Hill. The Braves, who lost to McNicholas 34-10 in week one, took a commanding lead in their 2009 match-up with the Spartans, before Valley View came roaring back in the second half to win 37-27.  The Spartans ended that game with 336 yds. of total offense.

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Valley View 25, Dunbar 12

Northridge 6, Bethel 42

Bellbrook 21, Miamisburg 14

Dixie 38, Twin Valley South 23

Milton Union 24, Miami East 16

Eaton 30, Tallwanda 0

Brookville 47, Tri-County North 27

Carlisle 28, Franklin 0

Monroe 17, Meadowdale 0

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Sophomore Chris Lykins breaks up the two-point conversion attempt intended for former Spartan, now Carlisle Indian, Jordan Jacobs. Jacobs caught 2 passes for 40 yards.

“Be prepared to see some exciting things tonight,” Valley View football coach Jay Niswonger said with a big smile, prior to his team taking the field against the Carlisle Indians Friday night.

Despite the absence of quarterback Kyle Pohl with a concussion, running back Joe Kelly with a leg injury, and offensive lineman Wes Jackson with a separated shoulder, Niswonger’s Valley View Spartans found a way to come from behind and defeat the Indians, 22-8. Both teams even their records at 6-2.

Carlisle scored first when they sacked running back Zac Cottingim in the endzone, just two plays after a stingy Spartan defense stop the Indians on 4th and inches at the goal line, to go ahead 2-0.

The Spartans finally found the end zone on a tipped pass that eluded three Indian defenders and ended up in the arms of junior wide receiver, Robbie Skidmore, to end the third quarter.

However on their next possession Carlisle, on an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, found themselves in prime field position, and on a 1 yard run by QB Jake Gibson, regained the lead, 8-7.

The Indians’ lead didn’t last long.

Valley View came roaring back when  Tyler Schenck fumbled the kick at the 15 and then expertly avoided tacklers for 85 yards to put the Spartans back on top 15-8, while at the same time dealing a blow to the short-lived Indian momentum.

The Spartans sealed the deal with 3:10 left in the game when they stopped the Indians on a 4th-and-2, just missing the first down by inches,  and a minute and a half later QB/RB Brandon Fox raced 68 yards to the end-zone giving Valley View the 22-8 win.

Carlisle’s last win against the Spartans came 21 years ago, in 1988, 27-15.  Valley View leads the series 28-8, including an 82-0 win in 1995.

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Justin Griffiths goes for the catch as Clayton Minton tries to defend. Griffiths scored on the 73 yd pass play from Spartan QB, Kyle Pohl.

The Valley View Spartans scored on every possession in the first half  Friday night, including pass plays of 69 and 73 yards on their first two drives, to down the Milton Union Bulldogs 42 -20 in SWBL Southwestern action.

The Spartans also scored on a 16 yard run by Joe Kelly and a 3 yard pass over the middle to  Tyler Schenck who cut through to the middle of the end-zone untouched for the reception.

The Bulldogs scored twice in the first half, aided each time by Spartan defensive miscues. A pass interference penalty against Chris Lykins (DB, so.) at the end of the first quarter setup the Bulldogs first TD. Then a Hail Mary, with no time left in the first half, was tipped by a Spartan defender and into the arms of a Bulldog receiver. Valley View 35, Milton-Union 14.

The Bulldogs took the second half kick off and marched down the field in 8 plays for the touchdown and even though the PAT was blocked, the momentum of scoring two unanswered touchdowns had changed the atmosphere of the game on both sides of the ball.

Milton Union chewed up the clock for most of the third quarter, keeping the Spartan offense off the field while the Spartan defense, bending on some occasions, did not break completely. The Bulldogs only other scoring opportunity came on yet another pass interference penalty that set them up at the 18 yard line, only to have their hopes dashed when Bulldog QB, Chris McCoy’s pass was picked off in the end-zone.

In the fourth quarter, defensive coach Butch McKinney shut down any comeback aspirations the Bulldogs may have been thinking, with an all out blitzkrieg on the Milton quarterback.

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