Teays Valley's Schwalbauch wins vote for top LB

Teays Valley senior Ethan Schwalbauch is the fans’ choice for the best high school football linebacker in central Ohio. He finished first in a Dispatch poll that accompanied our look at the top 10 LBs in the Columbus area.

Schwalbauch received 39,431 of 87,589 votes (45%). New Albany’s Gabe Cofer was second with 22,366 votes (25.5%) and Watkins Memorial’s Rocco Paschal with 12,720 (14.5%).

The 5-foot-10, 209-pound Schwalbauch had 128 tackles, including seven for loss and a sack last season. He was first-team all-district, first-team MSL-Buckeye and second-team all-state in Division II.

Teays Valley, which moved to the OCC, opens the season Friday at Grove City and then plays two more non-league games: Aug. 30 at Bloom-Carroll and Sept. 6 against Watkins Memorial.

The Vikings begin their seven-game OCC-Buckeye schedule on Sept. 13 against visiting Lancaster. The league schedule also includes Sept. 20 at Reynoldsburg, Sept. 27 vs. Groveport, Oct. 4 vs. Canal Winchester, Oct. 11 at Newark, Oct. 18 vs. Pickerington Central and Oct. 25 at a first-year OCC member. Logan.

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Teays Valley’s Schwalbauch wins vote for top LB

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