Oak Hill 27, Independence 26
Gallery by Heather Belcher
Oak Hill – Oak Hill rallied from a 20-6 deficit Friday evening to knock off defending Class AA champion Independence 27-26 in Oak Hill.
Malachi Lewis threw four touchdown passes against the Patriots, piling up 130 yards through the air while J.D. Mauritz rushed for 109 yards. Trey Bowers and Connor Bradford each rushed for 100 yards in the loss after Independence running back Tyler Linksweiler left early with a shoulder injury.
The loss is the first in the regular season for Indy since Oct. 2, 2020 when it fell to Liberty.
The Patriots will be on a bye next week before hosting Shady Spring on Sept. 15.
Oak Hill will continue its gauntlet Friday when it travels to Princeton in a matchup of undefeated Class AAA schools.
Box Score courtesy of Dave Morrison
Oak Hill 27, Independence 26
Independence 6 14 6 0 – 26
Oak Hill 6 14 0 7 – 27
First quarter
I – Tyler Linksweiler 8 run (kick failed), 4:55
OH – Mikey Spack 76 pass from Malachi Lewis (kick failed), 3:50
Second quarter
I – Dalton Williams 4 pass from Trey Bowers (Micah Cuthbert kick), 10:14
I – Christian Linksweiler 45 pass from Bowers (Cuthbert kick), 7:38
OH – Elijah Gray 36 pass from Lewis (Jackson Pino kick), 3:18
OH – Zychaeus Lewis 9 pass from Malachi Lewis (Pino kick), 0:00
Third quarter
I – Connor Bradford 6 run (kick failed), 1:42
Fourth quarter
OH – Spack 14 pass from Lewis (Pini kick), 6:24
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing – I: T. Linskweiler 6-29-1, Trey Bowers 26-103, Connor Bradford 19-109-1, Lucas Waddell 2-10, Landon Riddle 1-1, Sylas Nelson 1-(-2). OH: J.D. Mauritz 18-109, Malachi Lewis 5-24, James Green 6-27, Levi Kiszka 1-5, Tyler Ashmore 2-48.
Passing – I: Bowers 9-17-1-94-2. OH Malachi Lewis 6-14-1-130-4.
Receiving – I: Resean Simms 1-7, Lucas Waddell 1-6, Sylas Nelson 4-26, Dalton Adkins 1-6, Dalton Walliams 1-4-1, Christian Linksweiler 1-45-1. OH – Armonyi Hick 2-64, Mikey Spack 2-21-2, Elijah Gray 1-36-1, Zycheaus Lewis 1-9-1.
Turnovers – I: C. Christian Linskweiler INT, FR. OH: Elijah Gray INT.
