GREENVILLE – The Green Wave dropped an MVL varsity football game to the visiting Fairborn Skyhawks 42-18 in Friday night action.
“Disappointed,” said Greenville coach Steve Channell. “We started the season 2-0. We were at home, and there was a lot of excitement. The last two weeks, teams have come out and they are physical with us, and they make us have to play.”
Fairborn took the opening kickoff for a 70-yard touchdown, and a second touchdown at 1:53 in the first had the visitors up 14-0.
The Skyhawks made it a 21-0 score at 10:16 in the second before Greenville, before Gabe Rammel rushed 3 yards for a Wave touchdown, sending the teams to the break with Fairborn leading 28-6.
Fairborn took period No. 3 by a 7-0 score with Greenville putting two Johnny Barr touchdown passes on the fourth quarter board, a 29-yarder from Aiden Manix and a 25-yard TD reception from Manix to outscore the visitors 12-7 in the final period, giving the Skyhawks a 42-18 conference win.
“The crowd tonight was unbelievable,” said Coach Channell. “The support and the crowd of the community, everyone, parents, everybody, it’s been tremendous.”
“That has been so great to see because I know that hasn’t been there recently,” he added. “We’re going to continue to work, and I am going to continue to harp on all those little things that some of us want to listen to and some of us want it to go out the other ear.”
