Dayton Friday Round-Up: Alter Advances

Friday night’s regional semifinals brought heart ache and joy to those who were playing. It validated what we thought from the start of the season that Wayne, Alter and Miamisburg had the makings of being special and are now on their ways to elevating that status. For other like Troy and Valley View the end was a tough pill to swallow after having such great runs through 11 weeks. The pains will heal over time and the lore will grow of just how great 2016 has been for all of these programs.

Here is a look at Week 12 in the Dayton area:

Warriors are scorers: Wayne (11-0-1) is on a roll offensively. They hammered Dublin Coffman (9-3), 52-10 to advance to a regional final for a third consecutive year. Fred Pitts led the way for the Warriors with four touchdown runs and 149 yards rushing on 13 carries. He joins teammates Matt Wilcox and L’Christian Smith with 10 touchdowns or more in the playoffs for their careers. Wilcox who has 15 postseason trips to the end zone has scored in six of his last seven playoff tilts, like Pitts.

Miamisburg OL Josh Myers (photo by Greg Shoemaker/TriStateFootball.com)

Wayne has scored 52 points in each of its postseason games and at least 50 points five times in the last 10 contests. The Warriors move on to play Pickerington Central (11-1). The Tigers beat Wayne’s GWOC National East rival Springfield, 35-14 in the first round of the playoffs. The Warriors beat Springfield, 38-14 two weeks before that.

The Burg, Burg, the Burg is the word: For the second time this season Miamisburg (10-2) bests Troy (10-2) in a thriller. The Vikings made a fourth quarter goal-line stand that helped preserve a then 21-21 tie. Later, Jake Neatherton would score on a 40-yard run after Miamisburg blocked a punt. It would prove to be the game winner. It was a game that saw three ties and three lead changes as turnovers played a large role in the momentum shifts.

The victory vaults the Vikings into the Division II, Region 8 regional title game. Their first trip to a regional championship contest in school history. They will play two-time defending state champion La Salle (10-2). The Lancers have won 11 of their last 12 playoff games by 20 points or more.

Knights knock Falcons from flight: All season long the Alter (12-0) defense has come up big. They did it again Friday night blanking Clinton-Massie (10-2), 28-0. It was the Knights third shutout of the season and eight opponent that they have held to 10 points or less. For Clinton-Massie it was the first time the have been shutout since the regular season finale in 2006. The Falcons were held to just 77 yards of total offense in the affair.

Alter QB Ryan Markoff (photo by Greg Shoemaker/TriStateFootball.com)

This was the third time in the last four years that the teams have met in the postseason. Alter now owns a 2-1 lead in those tilts.

Alter quarterback Ryan Markoff ran for his 13 touchdown and threw for his seventh on the season. Sophomore John Bivens, III ran for his 11th score in the first half which proved to be more than enough insurance for the victors.

Alter will move on to face Wyoming (12-0) for the regional title in Division IV, Region 16. The two school met two seasons ago in the second round of the playoffs. Alter won that affair, 42-28.

The View corralled by Cowboys: It was a tough ending for Valley View (10-2) who fell to Wyoming (12-0), 29-12. The Vikings had no answers for Cowboys quarterback, Andrew Marty who threw for four touchdowns, two each to Jake Edmonds and Joey Edmonds. It was a day of kismet for Wyoming, a Valley View victory just wasn’t going to be in the cards.

Marty set the school record for touchdown passes in a season, which now stands at 42 and counting. Jake Edmonds tied teammate Garyn Prater with his 16th touchdown catch of the season. Also a school record. Edmonds and Prater each have more than 1,000 yards receiving on the year.

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