CANTON — Below are updates and analysis from Saturday’s Division V state championship game between Liberty Center and Wheelersburg.

This story will be updated after each quarter.

FIRST QUARTER

■ What happened: Liberty Center had good field position to start after a Wheelersburg squib kick. But the Tigers, who had the ball at their 45, went three and out and punted into the end zone.

The Tigers then quickly forced a Pirates’ punt after a sack by Logan Sifuentes and a third-down stop by Kellen Wymer.

The Tigers took a 7-0 lead with 2:06 left in the first quarter. LC picked up four first downs and got inside the red zone on a 34-yard pass from Kaden Kreinbrink to Isaiah Badenhop. Thomas Mohler then scored on a one-yard run.

LC linebacker Max Walker had a sack on the final play of the fi

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