The Football team defeated Copley 35-13 on Friday night in the opening round of the OHSAA playoffs.  The Bruins had a big fourth quarter to extend their lead and seal the victory.  

The Indians opened the scoring in the first quarter on a touchdown run when Padua answered with a touchdown run by Maks Karasek to tie the game before halftime. Karasek scored another touchdown run in the third quarter to give the Bruins the lead. Copley answered with a touchdown with a few minutes remaining in the third but the Bruins special teams blocked the extra point to maintain a one point lead going into the fourth quarter.

Padua went to work in the fourth making big plays on offense and defense to extend their lead with touchdown passes from Donavin Friscone to Karasek and Jack Boswell plus another TD run by Karasek, who finished the night with 4 touchdowns on 130 rushing yards and 29 receiving yards. Friscone connected on 13 of 21 passes for 124 yards with the two TD passes and Trey Gasparro led all receivers with 7 receptions for 67 yards including some big catches to extend drives. 

The Bruins advance to week 12 next Friday and will travel to Wapakoneta to take on the Redskins.