McDonald erupts for 42 points for 5th win over Lowellville

McDONALD, Ohio (WKBN) – At one point during this season, McDonald was 2-2 after suffering narrow defeats at the hands of Clearview and Western Reserve.

Fast forward three weeks, the Blue Devils improve to 5-2 following its impressive 42-14 victory over Lowellville.

Jayden Taylor scored three times on the ground; the Blue Devils combined to rush for 298 yards. Taylor (109) and Drew Zajack (106) each went over 100-yards.

The Rockets had won three of its previous four contests as Lowellville defeated Mineral Ridge (40-27) last week.

On McDonald’s initial drive, the Blue Devils’ quarterback Kyle Puckett converted a 4th-down to Jordan Perry on a toss that kept the drive alive deep into Lowellville’s territory.

Casey Mills followed up the big play by scoring on a touchdown run from six yards away.

Following an interception, the Blue Devils marched down the field early in the second quarter to score on a Tobias Domitrovich three-yard run.

Just before the half, Jayden Taylor raced 60-yards to pay dirt to open the lead up to 21-points heading into the intermission (21-0).

Midway through the third quarter, Lowellville cut into McDonald’s lead on a Geno Perry 7-yard touchdown toss to AJ Boehlke to close the gap to 21-6.

The Blu Devils responded to Lowellville’s scoring drive with one of their own; capped by Taylor’s 6-yard touchdown run (28-6).

The Blue Devils tacked on another score as Drew Zajack pushed his way in from 2-yards away.

Despite trailing by four scores, the Rockets weren’t backing down. Ricky Willrich threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Josh Pazel. Lowellville followed it up with a two-point conversion to cut into the deficit 35-14.

On the ensuing drive, McDonald’s Taylor scored his third rushing touchdown – from 4-yards – of the night.

Next week, the Rockets will be in North Jackson against Jackson-Milton on Friday while McDonald will play at Campbell.

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