New Philadelphia High School

Keaton Fausel and Etnie Richardson provided a solid rushing attack for New Philadelphia (6-4, 5-2), but the Quakers weren’t able to capitalize and dropped its final game of the regular season in a 20-13 loss to Dover (6-4).

Lexington High School was well represented at this year’s Ohio Cardinal Conference cross country meet, with both the boys’ and girls’ teams winning conference titles.

West Holmes (7-2, 5-1) has been putting up huge numbers for much of the season, but last week it was a defensive battle to the end against New Philadelphia (6-3, 5-2), with the Knights edging out the Quakers 9-8 on a final second touchdown pass from Morgan Smith to Nate Fair.

It was the Keaton Fausel show for New Philadelphia (6-2, 5-1) on Friday night, with the junior quarterback scoring all three touchdowns in a 21-14 win over Lexington (3-5, 2-3).

Last week the Mount Vernon Yellow Jackets (16-5, 11-3) won a pair of conference matches, with sweeps against New Philadelphia at home and Madison Comprehensive on the road.

Of 43 Central Ohio natives on college football rosters this week, 16 made game contributions to their teams. How did your favorite high school stars of yesterday perform on Saturday?

The New Philadelphia Fighting Quakers finished their first season playing in the Ohio Cardinal Conference in 2022, after competing in the East Central Ohio League for 18 seasons. Under second-year head coach Mike Johnson, the Quakers finished with 6-5 overall record last year, for the second straight year.

Eight Ohio Cardinal Conference football teams have games scheduled this week.

The New Philadelphia Quakers (6-5) start the season against the Louisville Leopards (3-7) on Aug. 18 at New Philadelphia HS.

Mt. Vernon Yellowjackets(1-0) and seven other Ohio Cardinal Conference football teams are scheduled to play this week.