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Garaway ends Nelsonville-York's season with a 49-28 playoff win

Plus, Athens council weighs a Rumpke contract extension and new street closure fees.

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Garaway ends Nelsonville-York's season with a 49-⁠28 playoff win

Garaway and Nelsonville-York traded blows in a 49-⁠28 game

49-28
final score, Garaway over Nelsonville-York
376
passing yards for quarterback Cameron Sullivan
4
touchdowns for Garaway's Matthew Frey
11
total touchdowns in the game

Source: The Crescent-News

If you were at Friday night, you saw a shootout. No. 2 seed Nelsonville-York lost 49-28 to No. 7 Garaway in the Division VI, Region 23 quarterfinal. Matthew Frey scored four of the Pirates' seven touchdowns, and Garaway rushed for over 200 yards as a team.

Cameron Sullivan ended his career by breaking the program's single-season passing yards record. The Buckeyes came in off a 14-13 loss to Athens that ended their 24-game regular-season win streak, and coach Rusty Richards opened with an onside kick.

  • Records after the game: Nelsonville-York 9-2, Garaway 9-3
  • Garaway's first-round win: 42-0 over Elgin
  • Punts in the whole game: two, by both teams combined

Sullivan hit five targets at least three times each. Walker Stone caught four passes for two touchdowns.

Three Buckeyes each topped 75 receiving yards

Source: The Crescent-News

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Walker Stone85 yds
Weston Wheatley76 yds
Grant Elliott76 yds

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News Notes

Rumpke

Athens City Council is considering Ordinance 107-26, introduced by Paul Isherwood (At-Large), which would extend the contract two more years at current costs. Beth Clodfelter said she talked with director Jane Forrest Redfern about a government-to-government bid. The Athens Messenger

Street fees

Council kept discussing Ordinances 95-26 and 96-26, which would charge fees for exclusive use of an uptown or residential street. Fees would range from 0 to 125% by type of organization, and city-sponsored events would be exempt. The Athens Messenger

Piketon

Some residents worry that emissions from the Piketon data center project could drift downwind into Athens County. Clodfelter read an email from Aaron Leatherwood, who wrote that the project is not getting the scrutiny it needs. The Athens Messenger

9.2 gigawattsnatural gas-fired power plant for the Piketon data center

That's the plant that will power the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus, which the U.S. Department of Energy says will be the largest data center in the world.

Source: The Athens Messenger

Nelsonville

Nelsonville council held a second reading Nov. 2 of Ordinance 88-26, which would create a five-person charter review commission. The commission would have three months to submit recommendations. Athens County Independent

Athena Award

Lisa Roback of Tri-County Career Center received the Athena Award Wednesday for her work with Project SEARCH at OhioHealth O'Bleness Hospital. The city has given the award since 2014. The Athens Messenger

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  3. Wed., Nov. 4Athens schools' income tax levy passes; health levy falls short
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Today in Athensto me · Sat., Nov. 76:00 a.m.

Garaway ends Nelsonville-York's season with a 49-28 playoff win

Plus, Athens council weighs a Rumpke contract extension and new street closure fees.

The TLDR

  1. Garaway beats Nelsonville-York 49-28 in a regional quarterfinal
  2. Council weighs a two-year Rumpke contract extension
  3. Street closure fees could run from 0% to 125%
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