DEER PARK, Ohio — Some seasons end. This one keeps making history. Deer Park beat Mechanicsburg 50-28 on Friday night, November 13, in an OHSAA Division VI, Region 24 semifinal — and with the win, the Wildcats secured the first 11-win season and the first regional final berth in program history, according to Cincinnati.com, the Cincinnati Enquirer’s site. The Mansfield News Journal’s statewide scoreboard, The Columbus Dispatch’s scoreboard, High School On SI’s statewide scoreboard and TriState Football’s scoreboard all confirmed the 50-28 final.
To understand Friday, start a month earlier. Deer Park won its first Cincinnati Hills League championship this year, Cincinnati.com reported, sealing it by beating Wyoming for the first time in 20 years in the regular-season finale. A week ago, the Wildcats secured their first 10-win season since 1981 with a dominant playoff win. Friday made it 11 wins — a number no Deer Park team has ever reached — and a regional final no Deer Park team has ever played in.
The record book took the damage in person. Running back Morgan Brown scored three touchdowns in the win, Cincinnati.com reported in its Week 13 takeaways, and per head coach Tucker Berger, Brown set three school records in the process: season touchdowns, career rushing yards and career touchdowns. Brown was also named one of Cincinnati.com’s top performers of Week 13 for the performance…