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Top stars, best performances in Ohio high school football in week 8

From St. Edward’s Marvin Bell, Jr. to Joey Zalewski of Thomas Worthington, there were several big-time high school football performances across the state of Ohio

Here are some stars from week 8 football games across Ohio.

To nominate a performance in future weeks, please send an email to ryan@scorebooklive.com.

(Phot of Dru DeShields by Jeff Harwell)

Marvin Bell Jr., St. Edward

Had two 7-yard touchdowns in a 35-18 win over Canada Football North.

Mitch Bolden, Lakota West

Went 17-of-25 for 246 yards and a touchdown. He rushed 23 times for 91 yards and four touchdowns. Lakota West beat Fairfield 38-31 in double overtime.

Justin Bremner, Walsh Jesuit

In a 42-10 win over Lake Catholic, Bremner ran for 189 yards and four touchdowns on 16 rush attempts.

Joe Caswell, Anthony Wayne

Rushing for 260 yards, Caswell has now rushed for 1,553 yards and 20 touchdowns this season to break his previous school record for rushing yards in a season of 1,452 yards with two regular season games left. Anthony Wayne blanked Napoleon 28-0.

Dru DeShields, West Branch

Threw three touchdown passes in the first half and two in the third quarter to beat Alliance 42-35.

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Sam DeTillio, Avon

Threw five touchdown passes to lead Avon to a 35-7 rout over Berea-Midpark.

Darreon Fair, Cleveland Heights

Anchored a Cleveland Heights offense that scored 43 consecutive points after Maple Heights took an early lead in the first quarter. The dual-threat quarterback had 160 yards rushing and scored four rushing touchdowns on 16 carries to lead the Tigers to a 50-30 victory over the Mustangs.

Scotty Fox, Mentor

Threw for 349 yards and four touchdowns to lead Mentor to a 33-27 win over Solon.

Jermaine Matthews Jr., Winton Woods

Recorded his third interception return for a touchdown of the season as Winton Woods defeated Milford 28-14 to remain undefeated.

Matthew Seliga, Archbishop Moeller

The senior had two interceptions in the first half of a 25-10 win over St. Ignatius. The first set up the initial touchdown of the game for Moeller and the second one was in the endzone and ended a St. Ignatius scoring threat.

Lamar Sperling, Archbishop Hoban

Rushed for 219 yards and three touchdowns to help Hoban defeat St. Vincent-St. Mary 28-14 for the 10th consecutive time.

Danny Stoddard, Medina

Ignited the offense for the Battling Bees, throwing four touchdown passes and rushing for two touchdowns.

Zakk Tschirhart, Dublin Jerome

Went 22-of-26 for 214 yards and two touchdowns to beat Olentangy Berlin 17-7.

Amari Valerio-Hudson, Dublin Coffman

Had six receptions for 104 yards and a touchdown to defeat Hilliard Davidson 28-14.

Joey Zalewski, Thomas Worthington

Caught eight passes for 192 yards and recovered a fumble on defense. Thomas Worthington defeated Marysville 35-17.