Week 6 Preview: Division 1

The first half of the 2021 season has been very exciting in Division one with several teams playing great ball.  hopefully the 2nd half of the season will be just as exciting.  Here are five games from Division 1 teams to watch this week. Springfield vs Fairmont On Friday night, the Springfield Wildcats will play the Fairmont Firebirds.  The Wildcats are currently undefeated at 4-0 and last week defeated Beavercreek 42-0.  This season, they have averaged 33.25 points per game on offense and have given up 10 points per game on defense.  The Firebirds are currently 4-1 and last week lost to Springboro 15-14.  This season, they have averaged 22.6 points per game on offense and have given up 10 points per game on defense.  The players from the Prep Redzone rankings that will be playing in this game are OL [player_tooltip player_id="123245" first="Vasean" last="Washington"], DL [player_tooltip player_id="123251" first="Tywan" last="January"], DL [player_tooltip player_id="34433" first="Jokell" last="Brown"], QB [player_tooltip player_id="34392" first="Te’Sean" last="Smoot"], DB [player_tooltip player_id="34383" first="Delian" last="Bradley"], WR [player_tooltip player_id="34498" first="Anthony" last="Brown"] and WR [player_tooltip player_id="189472" first="Shawn" last="Thigpen"] from Springfield.  Some players to watch from Fairmont are QB Malek Hillon and LB Frank Maddox. Lakota West vs Mason On Friday night, the Lakota West Firebirds will play the Mason Comets.  The Firebirds are 4-1 and have won 4 games in a row.  Last week, they defeated Hamilton 49-13.  They have averaged 35 points per game on offense and have given up 13.6 points per game on defense.  The Comets are 2-3 and last week they lost to Lakota East 33-27.  This season, Mason has averaged 22.4 points per game and have given up 16.6 points per game.  The players from the Prep Redzone rankings that are playing in this game are LB [player_tooltip player_id="91598" first="Aden" last="Miller"], DL [player_tooltip player_id="186345" first="Bryan" last="Henderson"], DL [player_tooltip player_id="186763" first="Josh" last="Lukusa"], DB [player_tooltip player_id="34377" first="Jyaire" last="Brown"], OL [player_tooltip player_id="34373" first="Tegra" last="Tshabola"] and DB [player_tooltip player_id="34385" first="Alex" last="Afari"] from Lakota West.  Some players to watch from Mason are QB Michael Molnar and LB Kaden Evans St. Xavier vs Elder The St. Xavier Bombers are the #1 team in the state and the #10 ranked team in the country.  In week 6, they will play the Elder Panthers on Friday night.  St. Xavier is undefeated at 5-0 and last week defeated state powerhouse Archbishop Moeller 49-16.  They have averaged 42.4 points per game on offense while giving up 9.4 points on defense.  The Panthers are 2-3 and last week lost to St. Xavier (Louisville) 31-21.  They have averaged 24 points per game on offense while giving up 22.6 points per game on defense.  There are several players from the Prep RedZone rankings that will be playing in this game and they are OL [player_tooltip player_id="34416" first="Brian" last="Parker"], OL [player_tooltip player_id="34432" first="Cameron" last="Collins"], TE [player_tooltip player_id="182017" first="Max" last="Klare"], QB [player_tooltip player_id="91531" first="Brogan" last="McCaughey"], DB [player_tooltip player_id="182018" first="Elijah" last="Kirk"], DB [player_tooltip player_id="34451" first="Joshua" last="Anderson"], DL [player_tooltip player_id="129156" first="Sam" last="Buerkle"], RB [player_tooltip player_id="131646" first="Charles" last="Kellom"], LB [player_tooltip player_id="106898" first="Grant" last="Lyons"] and OL [player_tooltip player_id="189486" first="Rob" last="Fogler"] from St. Xavier.  From Elder, there are OL [player_tooltip player_id="118737" first="Evan" last="James"] and WR [player_tooltip player_id="91557" first="Drew" last="Ramsey"]. Mentor vs Brunswick On Friday night, the Mentor Cardinals will play the Brunswick Blue Devils.  Mentor is currently 3-2 and last week defeated Clarkson Football North (Canada) 41-19.  They have averaged 28.2 points per game on offense and have given up 23.8 points per game on defense.  The Blue Devils are also 3-2 and last week defeated Euclid 38-18 for their second win in a row.  They have averaged 26.6 points per game (41 ppg in last 2 games) and 21 points per game on defense (9 ppg last 2 games).  There are a few players from the Prep Redzone rankings that will be playing in this game and they are DL [player_tooltip player_id="34499" first="Luke" last="Montgomery"] from Mentor and QB [player_tooltip player_id="176678" first="Ethan" last="Fritz"] and DB [player_tooltip player_id="91488" first="David" last="Hamrick"] from Brunswick. Northmont vs Miamisburg In week 6, the Northmont Thunderbolts will play the Miamisburg Vikings.  Both teams have lost the last two games and are looking to gain momentum for the second half of the season.  The Thunderbolts are 2-2 and lost 38-0 last week against Centerville.  They have averaged 22.75 points per game on offense and 23.5 points per game on defense.  The Vikings are 3-2 and last week lost to Wayne 34-20.  They have averaged 26.4 points per game on offense and have given up 19.8 points per game on defense.  The players from the Prep Redzone rankings that are playing in this game are ATH [player_tooltip player_id="189563" first="Javien" last="Brownlee"] from Northmont and TE [player_tooltip player_id="160229" first="Jackson" last="McGohan"], OL [player_tooltip player_id="141073" first="AJ" last="Salley"] and RB [player_tooltip player_id="92621" first="Christian" last="Davis"] from Miamisburg.