SUNBURY, Ohio — Massillon is done losing to Big Walnut in the playoffs. After a scoreless first half, the Tigers scored three second-half touchdowns and shut out the Golden Eagles 21-0 on Friday night, November 13, in an OHSAA Division II, Region 7 semifinal — the same Big Walnut program that had ended Massillon’s season in the Region 7 finals in both 2024 and 2025, according to The Repository’s game report.
The breakthrough came midway through the third quarter. Quarterback Rasmus Haines capped a nine-play drive with a 42-yard touchdown pass to Gio Jackson with 6:59 left in the third, dropping the ball between two defenders, The Repository reported, and Matteo Herrera’s extra point made it 7-0 — the game’s first points after nearly 31 scoreless minutes.
Gary Yeager took over from there. Five minutes after the Haines touchdown, Yeager broke a 72-yard touchdown run with 1:36 left in the third quarter, and he added a 19-yard scoring run with 8:49 left in the fourth, finishing with well over 100 rushing yards as Massillon fans chanted his name, according to The Repository…