The 137th renewal of Ohio’s most storied high school football rivalry was all Massillon on Saturday, as the Tigers shut out Canton McKinley 31-0 at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium to win the rivalry game for the 11th straight time.
Massillon controlled the line of scrimmage from the opening kickoff in front of a sold-out crowd. The Tigers piled up 262 total yards — 233 of them on the ground — behind Michigan State-bound running back Savior Owens, who accounted for the bulk of the rushing attack as Massillon built a lead that put a running clock into effect for most of the second half.
The Tiger defense was even more dominant. Massillon’s front seven held the Bulldogs to negative-21 rushing yards for the afternoon, with McKinley’s longest run from scrimmage going for less than ten yards. It was the kind of defensive performance head coach Nate Moore has built his program on: run the ball, and stop the run…