Jays Football pick up their 2nd win!

The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays football team improved to 2-0 for the year, defeating Newton Falls 26-6. The Jays’ passing attack was led by quarterback Jack McDevitt, who completed 3 of 7 pass attempts for 28 yards. Leo Hines led the Blue Jays with 2 receptions and 18 receiving yards. Hines also contributed 44 yards rushing the ball. DJ Osborne led the Jays with 135 yards rushing and 2 TDs on the ground. McDevitt also contributed 65 yards on the ground and 2 touchdowns. Eli Handrych added 39 rushing yards for the Blue Jays. The Jackson-Milton offensive line really got going in the second half, allowing the Jays to extend their lead and secure the victory. On defense, DJ Osborne and Jack McDevitt led the Jays with 10 tackles each. Carter Headley racked up 7 total tackles, including 2 tackles for loss and a sack. Eli Handrych also tallied a sack for Jackson-Milton, and Nick Bulow recorded a TFL. The defensive line controlled the line of scrimmage throughout the game, and the secondary did not allow many yards through the air, holding the Newton Falls’ offense to minimal gains all evening. As a unit, the Blue Jays’ defense held the Tigers scoreless until the waning seconds of the game. The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays return home when they host Windham for a 7:00 kickoff on Friday, September 5th.

PASSING – COMPLETIONS / ATTEMPTS – YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 3/7 FOR 28 YARDS

RECEIVING – RECEPTIONS/YARDS
LEO HINES – 2/18
DJ OSBORNE – 1/10

RUSHING ATTEMPTS/YARDS
DJ OSBORNE – 17/135, 2 TDs
JACK McDEVITT – 10/65, 2 TDs
LEO HINES – 3/44
ELI HANDRYCH – 5/39
CARTER HEADLEY – 1/1

The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays Football improved to 3-0 for the year, defeating Windham 47-0. The Jays’ passing attack was led by quarterback Jack McDevitt, who completed 4 passes for 82 yards and 2 touchdowns. Zach Johnson led the Blue Jays with 32 receiving yards. Johnson also scored 2 touchdowns, one receiving and one rushing. Leo Hines also had a receiving touchdown, and 30 receiving yards. DJ Osborne led the Jays with 96 yards rushing and 2 TDs on the ground. Eli Handrych added 77 rushing yards for the Blue Jays. McDevitt also contributed 31 yards on the ground. The Jackson-Milton offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage throughout the game, allowing the Blue Jays’ offense to put together many long drives. On defense, Carter Headley led the Blue Jays with 7 total tackles, 1 TFL and 2 sacks. Jack McDevitt tallied 5 total tackles and intercepted the Windham quarterback. Leo Hines recorded 2 interceptions, one of which he returned for a Jackson-Milton touchdown. The Blue Jays added another defensive touchdown when Raiden Rossi sacked the quarterback, causing a fumble that Nick Bulow scooped up and returned for a score. The defensive line controlled the line of scrimmage throughout the game, and the secondary did not allow many yards through the air, holding the Windham offense to minimal gains all evening. As a unit, the Blue Jays’ defense recorded their first shutout of the year. The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays travel to Mineral Ridge for a 7:00 kickoff on Friday, September 12th.

PASSING – COMPLETIONS / ATTEMPTS – YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 4/14 – 82 YARDS, 2 TDs

RECEIVING – RECEPTIONS/YARDS
ZACH JOHNSON – 1/32, 1 TD
LEO HINES – 1/30, 1 TD
ELI HANDRYCH – 1/13
DJ OSBORNE – 1/7

RUSHING ATTEMPTS/YARDS
DJ OSBORNE – 12/96, 2 TDs
ELI HANDRYCH – 7/77
LEO HINES – 2/44
JACK McDEVITT – 5/31
ZACH JOHNSON – 4/28, 1 TD

Jays Football Travel to Ridge week 4

The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays suffered their first loss of the season, dropping to a 3-1 record for the year. The Blue Jays fought valiantly all evening, but fell to Mineral Ridge 27-0. The Jays’ passing attack was led by quarterback Jack McDevitt, who completed 7 passes for 81 yards. DJ Osborne led the Blue Jays with 58 receiving yards. Jack McDevitt also led the Jays with 130 yards rushing. Osborne added 57 rushing yards for the Blue Jays as well. On defense, McDevitt led the Blue Jays with 7 total tackles. Osborne tallied 6 total tackles. Leo Hines recorded 4 tackles and an interception. JJ Fishel also had an interception. The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays return to action next week when they host the McDonald Blue Devils at 7:00 on Friday, September 19th.

PASSING – COMPLETIONS / ATTEMPTS – YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 7/17 – 81 YARDS

RECEIVING – RECEPTIONS/YARDS
DJ OSBORNE – 3/58
LEO HINES – 2/9
JJ FISHEL – 1/7
ZACH JOHNSON – 1/7

RUSHING ATTEMPTS/YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 22/130
DJ OSBORNE – 14/57
RAIDEN ROSSI – 2/8
LEO HINES – 2/0

Jays Football host McDonald

The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays suffered their second loss of the season, dropping to a 3-2 record for the year. The Blue Jays fought valiantly all evening, but fell to McDonald 27-18. The Jays’ passing attack was led by quarterback Jack McDevitt, who completed 2 passes for 19 yards and a touchdown. Leo Hines led the Blue Jays with 12 receiving yards, while JJ Fishel scored a touchdown on a 7 yard reception. DJ Osborne led the Jays with 128 yards rushing. McDevitt added 76 rushing yards and a TD on the ground for the Jays. The Blue Jay offensive line was able to open running lanes consistently, allowing the Blue Jay rushing attack to gain over 200 yards on the ground. The defense as a whole played inspired all night, holding McDonald short on multiple 4th down attempts. Osborne led the Blue Jays with 17 total tackles, including 5 tackles for loss. McDevitt tallied 12 total tackles. Kris Gay recorded 6 tackles. Leo Hines and Zach Johnson each totaled 5 tackles. JJ Fishel and Leo Hines both had 2 pass break-ups on defense. Leo Hines also returned the opening kick of the second half for a Blue Jay touchdown. The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays return to action next week when they travel to Springfield to face the Tigers at 7:00 on Friday, September 26th.

PASSING – COMPLETIONS / ATTEMPTS – YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 2/8 – 19 YARDS, 1 TD

RECEIVING – RECEPTIONS/YARDS
LEO HINES – 1/12 (1 Kick Return for TD)
JJ FISHEL – 1/7, 1 TD

RUSHING ATTEMPTS/YARDS
DJ OSBORNE – 19/128
JACK McDEVITT – 13/76, 1 TD
RAIDEN ROSSI – 1/0

Jays Football travel to Springfield.

The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays suffered their third loss of the season, dropping to a 3-3 record for the year. The Blue Jays were defeated by the Springfield Tigers 42-6. The Jays’ passing attack was led by quarterback Jack McDevitt, who completed 4 passes for 51 yards. Leo Hines led the Blue Jays with 40 receiving yards. McDevitt also led the Jays with 110 yards rushing and a touchdown on the ground. DJ Osborne added 60 rushing yards for the Jays. The defense was led in tackles by Jack McDevitt, who tallied 14 total tackles and an interception. Osborne recorded 10 total tackles. Nick Bulow recorded 8 tackles and a sack. Carter Headley recorded 7 total tackles and Leo Hines totaled 5 tackles. Headley and Zach Johnson also combined to sack the Springfield quarterback. The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays return to action next week when they host the Waterloo Vikings at 7:00 on Friday, October 3rd.

PASSING – COMPLETIONS / ATTEMPTS – YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 4/10 – 51 YARDS

RECEIVING – RECEPTIONS/YARDS
LEO HINES – 2/40
JJ FISHEL – 1/8
DJ OSBORNE – 1/3

RUSHING ATTEMPTS/YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 10/110, 1 TD
DJ OSBORNE – 14/60
LEO HINES – 2/10

The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays Football Team improved to 4-3 for the year, defeating Waterloo 47-6. The Jays’ passing attack was led by quarterback Jack McDevitt, who completed 3 passes for 124 yards and 2 touchdowns. Zach Johnson led the Blue Jays with 65 receiving yards and a touchdown. Leo Hines also had a receiving touchdown, as well as 16 receiving yards. Nick Bulow also recorded 43 receiving yards. DJ Osborne led the Jays with 87 yards rushing and 2 TDs on the ground. McDevitt added 53 rushing yards for the Blue Jays and 1 TD. Hines also recorded 46 rushing yards and a touchdown, while Johnson had 28 yards on the ground. Raiden Rossi also tallied 4 rushing yards and a touchdown. The Jackson-Milton offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage throughout the game, allowing the Blue Jays’ offense to put together many long drives. On defense, Carter Headley led the Blue Jays with 6 total tackles and 1 sack. Raiden Rossi contributed 4 total tackles and a sack. Leo Hines recorded 2 tackles, 1 sack, and recovered a fumble. Both Jack McDevitt and Maverick McFarland intercepted the Waterloo quarterback. The defensive line controlled the line of scrimmage throughout the game, and the secondary did not allow many yards through the air, holding the Waterloo offense to minimal gains all evening. The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays travel to Lowellville for a 7:00 kickoff on Friday, October 10th.

PASSING – COMPLETIONS / ATTEMPTS – YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 3/5 – 124 YARDS, 2 TDs

RECEIVING – RECEPTIONS/YARDS
ZACH JOHNSON – 1/65, 1 TD
NICK BULOW – 1/43
LEO HINES – 1/16, 1 TD

RUSHING ATTEMPTS/YARDS
DJ OSBORNE – 12/87, 2 TDs
JACK McDEVITT – 7/53. 1 TD
LEO HINES – 2/46, 1 TD
ZACH JOHNSON – 4/28
RAIDEN ROSSI – 2/4, 1 TD

The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays Football Team fell to 4-4 on the year, losing a heartbreaker to Lowellville 38-35. The Jays’ passing attack was led by quarterback Jack McDevitt, who completed 3 passes for 57 yards and a touchdown. Zach Johnson led the Blue Jays with 43 receiving yards and a touchdown. JJ Fishel and DJ Osborne each recorded one reception for 7 yards. Osborne led the Jays with 118 yards rushing. McDevitt added 72 rushing yards for the Blue Jays and 3 TDs. Johnson also added 6 yards on the ground. The Jackson-Milton offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage throughout the game, allowing the Blue Jays’ offense to put together many long drives against the Rockets. On defense, DJ Osborne led the Blue Jays with 11 total tackles and 1 caused fumble. McDevitt tallied 10 total tackles, forced a fumble and then returned it for a touchdown. Leo Hines recorded 4 tackles, 1 interception, 1 forced fumble and recovered a fumble. JJ Fishel also recorded a recovered fumble. The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays travel to Campbell for a 7:00 kickoff on Friday, October 17th.

PASSING – COMPLETIONS / ATTEMPTS – YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 3/7 – 57 YARDS, 1 TD

RECEIVING – RECEPTIONS/YARDS
ZACH JOHNSON – 1/43, 1 TD
JJ FISHEL – 1/7
DJ OSBORNE – 1/7

RUSHING ATTEMPTS/YARDS
DJ OSBORNE – 14/118
JACK McDEVITT – 14/72, 3 TDS
ZACH JOHNSON – 3/6

The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays football team improved to 5-4 on the year, defeating Campbell Memorial 38-14. The Jays’ passing attack was led by quarterback Jack McDevitt. A highlight from the passing game was a 10 yard strike to Zach Johnson on 4th down to extend a Blue Jay drive. McDevitt also led the Jays with 156 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns. DJ Osborne added 100 rushing yards for the Blue Jays and 2 TDs. Leo Hines also added 16 yards and a TD on the ground. The Jackson-Milton offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage throughout the game. The offensive line continually pushed back the Red Devils’ defense allowing the Blue Jays to put together many long drives and score 5 TDs on the ground. On defense, DJ Osborne led the Blue Jays with 10 total tackles and 2 tackles for loss. McDevitt tallied 8 total tackles and had 2 pass breakups. McDevitt also recovered a fumble on punt coverage. Leo Hines recorded 8 tackles and had a pass breakup. JJ Fishel recorded an interception and a pass breakup. Raiden Rossi recorded 5 total tackles for the Jays, and Cole Capelli tallied 4 tackles and a sack. Kicker Brock Piatt was perfect from the field, going 5/5 on PATs and making his only field goal attempt from 26 yards. The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays conclude their regular season by hosting rival Western Reserve for a 7:00 kickoff on Friday, October 24th.

PASSING – COMPLETIONS / ATTEMPTS – YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 1/4 – 10 YARDS
LANE TAYLOR – 0/1

RECEIVING – RECEPTIONS/YARDS
ZACH JOHNSON – 1/10

RUSHING ATTEMPTS/YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 24/156, 2 TDS
DJ OSBORNE – 22/100, 2 TDS
LEO HINES – 2/16, 1 TD

The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays Football team fell to Western Reserve 33-0. The Jays’ quarterback Jack McDevitt was the teams’ leading passer and rusher. McDevitt carried the ball 16 times for 90 yards. DJ Osborne also added 32 yards on the ground for the Blue Jays. Leo Hines was the leading receiver for Jackson-Milton. On defense, McDevitt led the Blue Jays with 12 total tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and a pass break-up. Osborne tallied 8 total tackles and had 2 tackles for loss. Leo Hines recorded 5 tackles and recovered a fumble. Carter Headley recorded 5 total tackles and 2 tackles for loss. Lane Taylor also recorded a tackle for loss and a pass break-up. The Jackson-Milton Blue Jays end their season with a 5-5 record.

PASSING – COMPLETIONS / ATTEMPTS – YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 1/8 – 4 YARDS
LANE TAYLOR – 0/3

RECEIVING – RECEPTIONS/YARDS
LEO HINES – 1/4

RUSHING ATTEMPTS/YARDS
JACK McDEVITT – 16/90
DJ OSBORNE – 8/32