No. 12 Highland Fighting Scots (6-5, 2-5) vs. No. 4 Oak Harbor Rockets (11-0, 7-0)
Kickoff: Friday, 7 p.m. at Oak Harbor Football Field, 11661 W State Road 163, Oak Harbor, OH
Enrollments: Highland (519), Oak Harbor (443)
Coaches: Highland- Ty Stover, Oak Harbor- Mike May
Streaks: Highland- 1 win, Oak harbor- 11 wins
At Stake: Highland came off an upset win last week and now take on a tough Oak Harbor squad who has not lost a game this year.
What to watch: The Fighting Scots are looking to keep the upset train rolling this week against Oak Harbor, and watch for the team to heavily rely on their star senior running back Dane Nauman.
On the season Nauman has 1,694 yards and 18 touchdowns, rushing for 8.2 yards per carry. He has also caught 10 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns. Last week Nauman had 156 yards and a touchdown to lead a Fighting Scot rushing attack that totaled 205 yards. He also caught a touchdown pass in the game.
Junior quarterback Kolten Stover has 1,688 yards passing with 12 touchdowns and 10 picks this year. He has rushed for 264 yards and six touchdowns. Last week he was 6-for-18 for 113 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. He also had 49 rushing yards and a score on the ground.
Sam Hernandez has 54 carries for 423 yards and two touchdowns rhis year.
Kadyn Reichenbach is his number one target, and the junior has 31 catches for 729 yards and seven touchdowns this season. Sophomore Zach Church has 28 catches for 288 yards.
On defense watch out for Sam Hernandez, who is coming off a 14 tackle performance. Ladon Hayes, Kane Stover and Nauman had sacks, and Gavin Wiggand and Aron West each had half-sacks.
Oak Harbor has yet to lose after taking the Northern Buckeye Conference and finishing the regular season undefeated. Last week they toppled Otsego 49-20 and this year they are outscoring teams 495-82.
Oak Harbor’s running game is something to watch out for this wee. Watch out for first team All-Conference and North Buckeye Conference back of the year Jaqui Hayward who went off for three touchdown runs last week. One of the runs went for 82-yards
Fellow All-Conference first teamer Dalton Witter is also a running back who can not only eat up yards but also find the end zone, while Carson Ridener added a pair of scores of last week. Quarterback Michael LaLonde, second team All-Conference, is under center for the Rockets and is also a player to watch if the game becomes a shootout.
The line is anchored by Jacob Ridener, who was named Conference Lineman of the Year.
