Oak Harbor shuts out Willard

OAK HARBOR — The Oak Harbor football team scored four touchdowns in the first half and let the defense do the rest in Friday's 34-0 win over visiting Willard in an SBC Bay Division game. With the win, the Rockets improved to 5-4 overall and 2-2 in the Bay. Oak Harbor entered the game in 15th in the Division V Region 18 computer rankings. Quarterback Jaqui Hayward started the scoring for Oak Harbor, as his 6-yard run at the 8:21 mark of the first quarter gave his team the early lead. The first of four PATs by Cade Petersen made it 7-0. Judson Overmyer caught a 61-yard touchdown pass from Hayward midway through the first quarter. That extended the lead to 14-0 with 5:48 left in the first quarter. Oak Harbor then got a 19-yard scoring run from Carson Ridener with 11:18 left in the first half. Just under five minutes later, Dalton Witter extended the lead to 27-0 on an 18-yard scoring run with 7:35 left in the first half. The lone score of the second half came when Hayward connected with Hayden Hower for a 21-yard TD pass and catch with 3:28 left in the third quarter. Hayward was 4-of-8 passing for 99 yards and 2 TDs while adding 61 yards rushing and a TD on 11 attempts. Witter ran 12 times for 95 yards and a score, while Ridener added 69 yards and a TD on 10 attempts. Overmyer caught two passes for 68 yards and a TD. For Willard (0-9, 0-4), Dario Lopez ran five times for 55 yards, while quarterback Isaac Robinson was 14-of-35 passing for 70 yards. Cam Robinson caught nine passes for 75 yards for the Flashes, who host Vermilion (1-8, 0-4) next Friday. Willard 0 0 0 0 — 0 Oak Harbor 14 13 7 0 — 34 Scoring OAK — Jaqui Hayward 6 run (Caden Petersen kick) OAK — Judson Overmyer 61 pass from Hayward (Petersen kick) OAK — Carson Ridener 19 run (kick failed) OAK — Dalton Witter 18 run (Petersen kick) OAK — Hayden Hower 21 pass from Hayward (Petersen kick)