Steubenville Big Red Finish Perfect Season; Top Clinton-Massie 50-36 to Capture Division IV State Title

By Corey Perez

CANTON, OHIO – One of the great things about high school football is that they bring communities together, and when you add in a football program that is notoriously known as successful, you get the Steubenville Big Red.

A program that was seeking perfection. A perfection that only three other schools (of 719) had the opportunity to seek. That perfection was achieved as the Big Red finished off a perfect 15-0 season with a 50-36 over the Clinton-Massie Falcons Saturday in Canton.

Achieving a state title and perfect season weren’t enough, Steubenville also finished a job that they were unable to do the last two seasons when the Big Red finished runners-up.

Steubenville went into halftime with a 36-20 lead, and controlling the game, except for two special teams mistakes that allowed the Falcons to hang around. That is all Clinton-Massie needed as they scored the only points in the 3rd quarter to make it a one score game heading into the fourth 36-29.

A Big Red senior class led by six All-Ohio performers, came up big this afternoon as one of their own got injured injured in the 2nd quarter, the Steubenville team came together and won the game for running back Jacob Bernard who suffered a lower leg injury after a promising start to the game.

One player in particular stepped up, quarterback Javon Davis who accounted for 324 totals yards (111 rushing, 213 passing) and six touchdowns.

When the Big Red needed a big play Davis would be the one to make it. Davis rushed for his two touchdowns in the fourth quarter when Steubenville need it most, one 13 yards and the other 44 yards.

When the clock hit zero Big Red nation went crazy as they were finally experiencing that familiar championship feeling. A feeling that those Steubenville seniors will cherish for the rest of their lives.

The #Steubenville @bigredzone are the new @OHSAASports D-IV Champs in Football, beating @CM_Athletics 50-36. A huge game by Sr. QB @javondavis5_, who had over 300 total yards & 6 TD's (4 passing, 2 rushing). Watch 2nd half highlights & post w/Coach Reno Saccoccia & Sr Alec Taylor pic.twitter.com/SaGaoIOLWh

— Spectrum Sports OH (@SpecSportsOH) December 2, 2017