Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com

SCIOTOVILLE — A quick start was not what the Symmes Valley Vikings wanted to let happen.
Playing the Southern Ohio Conference leading Sciotoville East Tartans, the Vikings gave up 22 first quarter points and lost 42-0 on Friday.
“Theyjust got on us fast and then we settled down after the first five minutes or so,” said Vikings’ coach Rusty Webb.
“We showed flashes but we gave up too many big plays early. Our kids could have hung their heads but we fought back. I was proud of our effort. We just didn’t have things go our way.”
East scored three of their four first-half touchdowns on third down plays.
Drew Lowe hit Ethan Gifford for 46 yards with only 57 seconds off the first quarter clock. Akia Brown ran for the conversion and it was 8-0.
Brown came back with a 30-yard run — the only score of the half that was on third down — and Lowe threw to Brady Douthat for the conversion and it was 16-0.

Lowe then hit Kanyan Bruton with a 25-yard scoring pass with 5:08 on the clock and it was 22-0.
The Tartans went up 28-0 with just 3:04 left in the half on a 47-yard third down pass from Lowe to Kyle Flannery.
Brown raced 63 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter for a 34-0 lead
Douthat threw a 10-yard scoring strike to Mackie Kingery with 3:45 to play and then ran for the conversion to complete the scoring.
The Vikings (2-7, 0-5) had 142 total yards with 73 on the ground. Jarod Sheppard ran 12 times for 58 yards and quarterback Jordan Lucas was 4-of-16 for 69 yards with an interception.
Lowe was 8-of-14 passing for 174 yards and three touchdowns as East had 347 total yards. Brown ran eight times for 122 yards and two scores as the Tartans got 163 yards on the ground.
East (9-0, 5-0) plays at Portsmouth Notre Dame (7-2, 4-1) on Saturday with the league title on the line.
Sym. Valley    0    0    0    0    =    0
Sciotoville    22    6    6    8    =    42
First Quarter
SE — Ethan Gifford 46 from Drew Lowe (Akia Brown run) 11:03
SE — Akia Brown 30 run (Brady Douthat pass from Drew Lowe) 7:46
SE — Kanyan Bruton 25 pass from Drew Lowe (run failed) 5:08
Second Quarter
SE — Kyle Flannery 47 pass from Drew Lowe (pass failed) 3:04
Third Quarter
SE — Akia Brown 63 run (run failed) 8:35
Fourth Quarter
SE — Mackie Kingery 10 pass from Brady Douthat (Douthat run) 3:45
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SV    East
First downs    7    12
Rushes-yards    33-73    25-163
Passing yards    69    184
Total yards    142    347
Cmp-Att-Int    4-16-1    9-16-0
Fumbles-lost    1-1    2-2
Penalties-yards    7-70    5-35
Punts-average    5-28.6    1-35.0
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Individual Leaders
RUSHING—Symmes Valley: Jarod Sheppard 12-58, Evan Holmes 8-28, Payton Hayes 2-3, Levi Cade 5-minus 6, Jordan Lucas 6-minus 10; Sciotoville East: Akia Brown 8-122 2-TD.
PASSING—Symmes Valley: 4-16-1 69; Sciotoville East: Drew Lowe 8-14-0 174 3-TD, Brady Douthat 1-2-0 10 TD.
RECEIVING—Symmes Valley: Derik Brace 1-33, Angelo 2-22, Evan Holmes 1-14; Sciotoville East: Kyle Flannery 1-47 TD, Ethan Gifford 1-46 TD, Scott Fry 2-38, Kanyan Bruton 1-25 TD, Akia Brown 3-20, Mackie Kingery 1-10 TD.