Mustangs win to lock up C North Division title

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Amari Soule breaks away from a pair of Akron tacklers in route to scoring a fourth quarter touchdown which locked up the Mustangs C North Division title clinching win at Vets Park this evening.

Putting a lock on outright possession of a third straight C North Division championship Medina scored a 38-14 victory over Akron this evening at Vets Park.

The victory completes a 5-0 C North Division season and improves the Mustangs overall record to 7-0.

Medina took a 12-0 lead at the half on a 11 yard touchdown run by Noah Skinner and a 23 yard TD pass from quarterback Aidan Pitts to Cayden Lilleby.

Akron cut the deficit to 12-7 early in the third quarter on a 4 yard TD run by Chris Bergman and an extra point kick by Zander Borton.

Medina answered right back with a pair of touchdowns on a 10 yard run by Lilleby and a 4 yard carry by Kaden Cleveland to regain a 24-7 advantage. A 26 yard pass from Pitts to Julian Woodworth keyed the first TD drive and a big 59 yard Pitts to Cleveland pass completion down to the Akron 4 set up the second.

The Tigers did cut the deficit to 24-14 at the outset of the fourth quarter on a 9 yards TD pass from quarterback Zachary Borton to Donny Kreher and a PAT kick by Zander Borton but could get no closer.

The Mustangs finally put a lock on the victory with a pair of touchdowns on runs of 1 yard by Pitts and 61 yards by Amari Soule as Callard added point PAT kicks. Skinner had runs of 26 and 16 yards to set up the first TD.

Akron is now 2-2 in the division and 3-4 overall.

Aiden Pitts goes high to haul in one of his two pass interceptions.