ORRVILLE – The Hillsdale football players ruined their Thanksgiving meals. It’s hard to load up on turkey and stuffing when you have a Final Four game to play the next night. Dealt frigid, misty and sometimes windy conditions Friday night, Coach Trevor Cline’s club ripped off 21 first-quarter points on the way to throttling Cuyahoga […]
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Hillsdale faces experienced Elite Eight foe in Cuyahoga Heights
JEROMESVILLE — From here on out, everything is a “first” for the Hillsdale football team. It’s just a reality for the Falcons (12-1), who have set the program record for wins in a season and this Friday will play a 14th game for the first time in team history at Orrville High School. The last area […]
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Hillsdale staff reflects on ‘Hail Mary’ game for the ages
JEROMESVILLE – The Falcons became mythical in what must have felt like milliseconds. When the Hillsdale football team took the field for its Division VII Region 25 semifinal Friday against Malvern, it was looking to stay alive in the playoffs and set a single-season program record for wins. What the Falcons instead took away from […]
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Hillsdale’s 2 Hail Mary’s answered, 2nd as time expires, in thrilling win over Malvern
MASSILLON — How often do you see a Hail Mary play work? How often do you see it twice in one game? Hillsdale quarterback Kael Lewis fired a pair of Hail Mary’s, one at the half, one at the end of the game, and both prayers were answered. The Falcons have never won a more […]
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Lewis throws for 351 yards in Hillsdale’s blowout of 7th-seeded Windham
JEROMESVILLE — Hillsdale sophomore Kael Lewis turned in a dynamite passing performance to help his Falcons remain in flight in the Division VII, Region 25 football playoffs. The 6-foot-2, 170-pound sophomore completed 13-of-17 passes for a whopping 351 yards and four touchdowns in a 43-14 beating of seventh-seeded Windham on Friday night. His favorite target […]
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Hillsdale takes care of business with convincing win in playoff opener
JEROMESVILLE — Hillsdale roared through its first playoff test in fine fashion on Friday night. The second-seeded Falcons hammered Fairport Harbor Harding 55-12 in a Division VII, Region 25 first-round postseason clash in Jeromesville. Owen Sloan ran for three touchdowns and Kael Lewis threw for three more scores as the Falcons roared to the easy […]
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Hillsdale hammers Rittman to set up WCAL title tilt with Norwayne
RITTMAN — It was a night of big plays for the Hillsdale Falcons, and Hayden McFadden authored three of them in the first quarter. McFadden caught 10 passes for 136 yards, including touchdown strikes of 50 and 51 yards, and returned an interception 35 yards for a TD — all in the first quarter, to […]
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Hillsdale slams Waynedale to remain atop WCAL
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Lewis fires 6 TD passes to lead Hillsdale over Black River
SULLIVAN — Kael Lewis authored an electrifying start to the Hillsdale High School football season. The Falcons’ new starting quarterback threw for 238 yards and a whopping six touchdowns to lead coach Trevor Cline’s club to a 44-12 beating of Black River on Friday night in an independent clash. Lewis announced his presence with authority, […]
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Hillsdale tradition grows with Ashland-area-best playoff streak
JEROMESVILLE – To an outsider, it must seem like Hillsdale football has been a powerhouse forever. To anyone who knows of the program for more than the last 15 years, though, the Falcons’ rise has been more of a revelation than a regularity. Prior to 2008, Hillsdale had never had back-to-back winning seasons. Before 2010, […]