{"id":290357,"date":"2026-09-20T16:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/290357\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T16:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:08:13","slug":"mount-union-falls-to-1-2-lake-erie-loses-at-walsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/290357\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Union falls to 1-2; Lake Erie loses at Walsh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 When Mount Union went 1-1 in the non-conference portion of its schedule, the belief was everything would be fine once play in the Ohio Athletic Confernece began.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the longtime Division III college football power, it appears that\u2019s not the case.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 19, the No. 8-ranked Purple Raiders were stunned at home against Heidelberg, 37-34, in both team\u2019s OAC opener.<\/p>\n<p>With a three-point lead with two minutes to play, the Student Princes faced a third-and-5 play and got the game-sealing first down when quarterback Lance Rickle found tight end Justin Reiter for a 24-yard completion. From there, the underdogs ran out the clock.<\/p>\n<p>The victory was Heidelberg\u2019s first over Mount since 1988. It improved to 3-0 and 2-0 in the OAC while the Purple Raiders fell to 1-2 and 0-1 in the conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say how proud I am of every single player and coach on our team is the understatement of the year,\u201d said Heidelberg head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bergathletics.com\/news\/2026\/9\/19\/breaking-football-beats-no-8-mount-union-37-34.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Donaldson at BergAthletics.com<\/a>. \u201c\u2026 Our guys executed well in the toughest place to play in the conference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heidelberg built a 30-21 lead after three quarters but Mount rallied behind QB Mikey Maloney of Riverside.<\/p>\n<p>Maloney threw an 80-yard TD to Mason Ashby early in the fourth then ran for a 2-yard TD a few minutes later and the home team led, 37-34.<\/p>\n<p>Heidelberg answered three minutes later when Drew Miller scored on an 8-yard run.<\/p>\n<p>The Student Princes churned out 544 yard and 23 first downs against the Mount D.<\/p>\n<p>Rickle was 17 of 37 passing for 402 yards and a TD but was intercepted five times. Miller rushed 29 times for 108 yards and three touchdowns. Maloney finished 19 of 39 for 358 yards, four TD passes and one interception. He also scored a rushing TD.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Host Walsh University scored 21 fourth-quarter points, broke a 7-7 tie with Lake Erie and sent the Storm to their first loss of the season, 28-7, in both teams\u2019 Great Midwest Athletic Conference opener.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Newell\u2019s 21-yard TD pass to tight end Devin Morgan gave LEC a 7-0 lead in the second quarter. Walsh answered with a William Butler 6-yard TD catch, and the game was tied at 7-7 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>It stayed that way until Walsh broke through midway through the fourth quarter when Jake Gill ran 9 yards to pay dirt.<\/p>\n<p>In the final two minutes, Walsh QB Hayden Wickard and Shawn Lodge connected on long TDs to finish the scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Newell finished 19 of 33 passing for 221 yards. Julian Means Flewellan was the Storm\u2019s leading rusher with 63 yards on 15 carries.<\/p>\n<p>LEC (2-1, 0-1 GMAC) next plays Ohio Dominican on Sept. 26 at Jack Britt Stadium. Kickoff is 6 p.m. Walsh improved to 3-0, 1-0 in the GMAC.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Baldwin Wallace is 2-0 after a 42-17 non-conference win over visiting Alma.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Bubonics threw four TD passes, including two in the first half, as the Yellow Jackets led, 21-10, at the break.<\/p>\n<p>In the third quarter, Bubonics (20 of 27 for 215 yards) threw two more TDs as the lead ballooned to 35-10.<\/p>\n<p>Seandelle Gardner led BW with six catches, 75 yards and three TDs. Running back George Linberger rushed for 79 yards on 15 carries.<\/p>\n<p>The Yellow Jackets open OAC play Sept. 26 at home against Capital. Kickoff is 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Youngstown State lost its Missouri Valley Conference opener at No. 2-ranked South Dakota State, 27-20.<\/p>\n<p>The Jackrabbits (3-1) built a 24-10 lead in the third quarter, but the Penguins (2-2) responded with a Beau Brungard TD to Lynn Wyche-El that closed the gap to 24-17.<\/p>\n<p>The teams traded late field goals. Trailing, 27-20, with two minutes to play, YSU\u2019s onside kick was unsuccessful and South Dakota State ran out the clock.<\/p>\n<p>Brungard was 27 of 35 passing for 292 yards and two TDs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2022 When Mount Union went 1-1 in the non-conference portion of its schedule, the belief was everything would&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2300,136,138,137,6608,241,726],"class_list":["post-290357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-college-sports","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-lake-erie-college","tag-latest-headlines","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}