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The TrueNorth Chorale and Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Rick Fortney, will present their annual Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 20th, at 7:30 p.m. at Avon Lake Presbyterian Church, 32340 Electric Blvd., Avon Lake, Ohio. The Concert is open to all, there will be a free will offering to help offset costs.

Avon Lake Presbyterian Chancel Choir will join the TrueNorth Chorale and Chamber Orchestra performing John Rutter’s Magnificat. Written in 1990, Rutter’s stunningly beautiful Magnificat is based on the biblical Magnificat canticle and includes both Latin and English text. Woven through the glorious piece are themes about Mary, a prayer and a Sanctus setting. The work itself is a joyous, Latin-flavored extended setting of the biblical canticle, incorporating elements of Latin American music. Magnificat – a poetic outpouring of praise, joy and trust in God, ascribed by Luke to the Virgin Mary on learning that she was to give birth to Christ.

The TrueNorth Chorale will be singing four John Rutter Christmas carols. John Rutter recently celebrated his 80^th Birthday. Sir John Milford Rutter is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and record producer, mainly of choral music. He founded the Cambridge Singers. We celebrate him as our featured composer this evening.

The TrueNorth Chamber Orchestra will be playing holiday favorites, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Sleigh Ride, and A Christmas Festival including many of your most loved Christmas carols. Flutists Susan Richardson and Cathy Graves will be featured performing Fantasia on Greensleeves, and violinists Kathryn Bates, Ingrid Askenbeck and cellist Joan Wojcicki Fortney will be soloists performing Francesco Manfredini Pastorale from Concerto grosso in C major.

The concert will close with all performing Dan Forrest arrangements of Silent Night featuring harpist Susan Wrbanek; Joy to the World featuring violinist Kathryn Bates and flutist Susan Richardson; and Chip Davis’s arrangement of Auld Lang Syne, written for Mannheim Steamroller.

We hope you join us on Saturday, December 20^th, as these 60+ musicians celebrate an uplifting musical evening of Christmas music to warm the spirit, bringing glad tidings of comfort and joy.

CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 4 — Blake Elder passed for 216 yards and four touchdowns to lead the SN NEXT No. 22 Avon [OH] Eagles to a 37-20 win over the SN NEXT No. 19 Anderson [Cincinnati, OH] Raptors in Ohio's OHSAA Division II football state championship game.

The victory was Avon's second in a row over Anderson in the Division II championship game following 2024's 20-13 win.

This one was never really that close as Elder had all the answers on offense to keep the Raptors at bay. He completed 12-of-18 passes for 216 yards, and his four touchdowns went to four different receivers – Fin Jerdonek, Caden Clapham, Caeden Bennett, and Grant Barr.

Quiante Smith added a short scoring run for the Eagles' other touchdown as five different Eagles found the end zone in the title game.

The game was played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, and Avon's win means both teams finished the season with 14-1 records.

WATCH ON SPECTRUM: SN NEXT No. 19 Anderson [Cincinnati, OH] Raptors vs. SN NEXT No. 22 Avon [OH] Eagles

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Anderson vs. Avon results, highlights from Ohio's OHSAA Division II high school football state championship game

Final: Avon 37, Anderson 20

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End of fourth quarter: Avon 37, Anderson 20

Avon is able to bleed the clock out from there, and that's your ballgame. Avon is the back-to-back Ohio OHSAA Division II state champions in high school football.

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Anderson drove quickly inside Avon's 10 before their drive stalled. Four straight plays from there come up empty, and they turn the ball over on downs. We've still got more than four to play, but that should ensure that Avon wins this game.

AVON 37, ANDERSON 20

The Eagles tack on a field goal, and it's back to three scores. It's better than giving up a touchdown, but you're still going to need three more possessions and that's going to make this tough with just 7:16 to play.

AVON 34, ANDERSON 20

Tysin Weaver hauls in an offering Scalf, and the Raptors have cut this back to two scores. They're still in this if they can get a stop, and that's been hard for the Anderson defense to get off the field tonight.

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End of third quarter: Avon 34, Anderson 13

The third quarter ends with Anderson deep in the red zone so they're not out of this, yet.

AVON 34, ANDERSON 13

Well, the turnover ends up costing Anderson, and maybe Avon was going to win this game anyway. But that certainly didn't help things, and it swung the momentum back to the Eagles. Quiante Smith caps the short drive with a scoring run, and Avon is back up three scores.

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Anderson got the ball back with a chance to drive and cut this to one score, but Scalf throws an interception deep in his own territory to set Avon up with a short field. Jairel Fenton with the interception.

AVON 27, ANDERSON 13

Anderson opens the second half in the way they needed to driving down the field and getting a touchdown. The PAT is no good, but they've got it back down to two scores.

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And they are just under way in the third quarter in Canton, Ohio.

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End of second quarter: Avon 27, Anderson 7

Anderson finally showed a little life, but Avon was able to drive down and extend the lead back to three scores again. This is a deep hole to climb out of against a defense like the one Avon has, and you get the feel that this might already be out of reach. But, we'll see how things unfold in the second half, and if Anderson can get some stops and maybe force the Eagles into making a few mistakes, then they've got the offense to score quickly and get back in this thing.

AVON 27, ANDERSON 7

Elder strikes again. This time he finds Grant Barr, and that's four different receivers who have found the end zone on the opposite end of Elder's throws. That's tough to defend when you've got that many guys you can trust to catch the ball.

AVON 21, ANDERSON 7

Owen Scalf finally gets Anderson on the board with a short quarterback keeper. That felt like a drive where Anderson HAD to score to get back in this thing and give their defense a rest. Mission accomplished for now.

AVON 21, ANDERSON 0

This time it's Elder to Caeden Bennett with about 9:30 to play in the second quarter. It's still all Eagles in Canton, Ohio.

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End of first quarter: Avon 14, Anderson 0

It's been all Avon so far, and they'll start the second quarter on the move again.

AVON 14, ANDERSON 0

Elder finds Caden Clapham for another quick touchdown, and Avon is already creating some separation early

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Avon gets another quick stop on Anderson. That Eagles' defense is looking pretty stout early.

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AVON 7, ANDERSON 0

Blake Elder finds Fin Jerdonek for a quick strike after the Eagles were set up in good field position.

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A bad snap sails over the head of Anderson's quarterback, and the Eagles will take over on Anderson's 16-yard line.

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The game is under way in Canton!

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Thursday night's game between Anderson and Avon is being played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.

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CANTON, Ohio — They come from 13 different counties in the state. From the shores of Lake Erie to the banks of the Ohio, Olentangy and Maumee Rivers, 16 programs will converge on Canton for the 2025 Ohio High School Athletic Association football state championship games, beginning Thursday.

What You Need To Know

Among the storylines, two games (Divisions II and III) are rematches from a year ago, which represent the only two teams (Avon and Watterson) that can repeat from 2024.

Kirtland is making a record-tying ninth straight championship game appearance, while Olentangy Orange and Shelby are here for the first time. Two others (Hopewell-Loudon and Hillsdale) are looking to celebrate a first-ever state title.

Spectrum News 1 and the Spectrum News App will bring you every moment for all the history and memories that will last a lifetime.

Thursday 7 p.m.: Division II – Anderson (14-0) vs. Avon (13-1)

For a second straight year, the championships begin with Anderson and Avon in Division II.

The Eagles won their first-ever state title in football with a 20-13 win in the snow in 2024, after finally breaking through the state semifinals reaching that stage six of the previous seven years.

The Raptors have won three straight regional titles but haven’t brought back a state championship to the east side of Cincinnati since 2007.

Anderson sports a 42-3 record since the 2023 season, with two of those losses to eventual state champions in the playoffs, including Massillon two years ago in the state semifinals.

If you like high-powered passing attacks, the Raptors are your kind of team. Junior quarterback Owen Scalf has thrown for 4,584 yards, the 14^th-highest single-season mark in OHSAA history. With 53 more against Avon, he’ll surpass his brother, Griffin, for 12^th on the list.

He’s a threat when he pulls the ball and runs, too, rushing for 640 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground. He’s thrown for 39 through the air.

Four players (Tysin Weaver, Cooper Kathman, Tegan Jallick and Jordan Davis) have at least 70 catches and 700 yards receiving for Anderson.

The Raptors punt return unit is dangerous, too, scoring six touchdowns this season, three each by Mark Madden and Ke’Maury Tye.

Avon dropped its second game of the year on the road in Florida but has since won 12 straight and is now looking to become the first public school to repeat as Division II champions since St. Marys Memorial in 1992-93.

Blake Elder – son of head coach Mike Elder – has thrown for over 2,800 yards and 31 touchdowns, while three running backs have combined for 1,303 yards and 27 touchdowns on the ground.

Jakob Weatherspoon, a four-star recruit that signed with North Carolina on Wednesday, was injured in week nine and is not expected to play.

The leading tackler is Miami University-bound Ryan Stolarski, who has 98 stops to go with eight tackles for loss, 5 sacks and two interceptions.

OHSAA Championship Gameday coverage begins 15 minutes before each game and returns afterwards for analysis and postgame reaction. It’s all on Spectrum News 1, and the Spectrum News App.