High school football roundup

Geneva coach Chip Sorber challenged his team Oct. 16 — and the Eagles responded. Down, 19-7, at halftime to visiting Hubbard in a Division III, Region 9 game, Sorber pointed out the pending finality of the moment.

Spurred on by their coach’s words, the Eagles went on to beat Hubbard, 22-19. With the win, Geneva (7-1) advances to play Chardon next week at Chardon’s Memorial Field. “I told them, ‘I didn’t schedule a Week 9 game. If we lose tonight, we’re done,’” Sorber said. “I told them, ‘Your career could end tonight if we don’t start playing like a team.’” Geneva got back into the game in the third when Ben Scibona ran for a one-yard touchdown run to make it 19-14.

With the game on the line, Geneva then went on a scoring drive in the fourth to win it. Scibona hit Cole Smith on a 25-yard pass play on thirdand-long to get the Eagles inside the 10-yard line. Then with 2-plus minutes to go, Charlie Taylor bulled in for the go-ahead score.

“It was a wild one, that’s for sure,” Sorber said. “I’d have to say it’s one of the biggest wins in program history. We’ve never been to the second round of the playoffs before. We’re happy with how we’re playing right now.”

• Jacob Koenig threw for 390 yards and three touchdowns, but NDCL bowed out of Division III, Region 9 playoff action with a 41-24 loss to host

Aurora.

Koenig threw touchdown passes to Adam Zakrajsek, Dom Roberts and Nathan Slattery. Those passes were part of a 475-yard offensive night for the Lions (3-4).

Aurora had 548 yards of offense, 419 of which came on the ground.

With the win, Aurora (6-2) moves on to play New Philadelphia next week.

• Ceejay Yarboro threw for 198 yards and two touchdowns as Benedictine blanked South, 35-0, in Division II, Region 9 playoff action.

Filling in for injured starter Ronnie Schultz, Yarboro threw touchdown passes to Christopher Gales and Marvin Conkle. Duane Jackson ran for 75 yards and a pair of scores for the Bengals (3-4).

Tyrone Singleton ran for 28 yards for South, which was held to 39 yards total offense. Benedictine will host Walsh Jesuit next week in a regional playoff game.

• Kenston lost to Canfield, 28-10, in a Division III, Region 9 playoff game. Canfield advances to play Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary in the next round. SVSM beat visiting West Geauga, 48-6.

• Harvey piled up 378 yards of total offense in a 35-14 win over Madison in regular-season play.

It’s Harvey’s first win over Madison since 1994.

Rick Coleman Jr. threw for two touchdowns and ran for two scores. Roderick Coffee III caught two touchdown passes. Madison got a 197-yard passing performance from Michael O’Brien.