Friday Night Fix: Mike Hall Returns in Final OHSAA Week, Denzel Burke Launches Season Out West

High school football in Ohio reaches the final week of the regular season, while Denzel Burke launches his senior year out west.

Every Friday, we help preview what current Ohio State Football commits are doing in their prep careers. If you missed last Friday's results, you can read who stood out HERE.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) released its playoff brackets Thursday. You can click here to see where Ohio State commits and their schools will be playing when the playoffs start on October 9.

This week, SI All-American candidate Denzel Burke launches his senior year at Saguaro High School in Scottsdale, Ariz. Burke is a heralded "athlete" projected as a defensive back in college, and one of the top players in Arizona. He was named a team captain on Sept. 18

Blessed to be apart of this team. https://t.co/25YlyIRvUk

— Denzel Burke (@DenzelBurke10) September 19, 2020

A fellow 2021 commit, defensive lineman Mike Hall, suffered a broken hand a few weeks ago but tweeted that he's back this week to play Streetsboro's final regular-season game.

I’m back...😈

— 💸 (@MichaelHallJr_) September 26, 2020

A pair of 2022 commits, Jyaire Brown and Tegra Tshabola from Lakota West, are scheduled to be back after last week's game was unfortunately cancelled due to CoVID-19 precautions. 

Here is your schedule for Friday, Oct. 2!

Player (Class)	School	Opponent	Last Week
WR Jayden Ballard (2021)	Massillon Washington (3-1)	Canton McKinley (4-1)	W 21-14 vs. St. Ignatius, 2 recp, 16 yrds
ATH Denzel Burke (2021)	Saguaro (0-0)	at Chaparral (0-0)
LB Reid Carrico (2021)	Ironton (5-0)	South Point (0-5)	W 58-10 at Chesapeake, 3 TDs
OL Ben Christman (2021)	Revere (3-1)	at Maple Heights (3-2)	W 21-0 at Westlake
S Jantzen Dunn (2021)	South Warren (2-0)	at Bowling Green (2-0)	W 36-0 vs. Glascow
DL Mike Hall (2021)	Streetsboro (5-0)	at Norton (1-4)	W 63-14 vs. Ravenna
OL Donovan Jackson (2021)	Episcopal (Texas) (1-1)	at Angleton (1-0)	W 27-12 vs. Legacy Academy
DB Jaylen Johnson (2021)	Cincinnati La Salle (3-2)	Archbishop Moeller (1-4)	L 37-28 at Indianapolis Cathedral
S Andre Turrentine (2021)	Ensworth (0-3)	at Father Ryan (1-2)	L 31-21 vs. Montgomery Bell
CB Jyaire Brown (2022)	Lakota West (4-0)	West Mason (4-1)	Cancelled vs. Oak Harbor
TE Bennett Christian (2022)	Allatoona (Ga.) (4-0)	BYE	W 38-0 at South Cobb
ATH C.J. Hicks (2022)	Archbishop Alter (3-2)	Chaminade Julienne (2-3)	W 28-7 at Archbishop Nicholas
ATH Dasan McCullough (2022)	Blue Valley North (Kan.) (1-1)	BYE	L 28-21 at Blue Valley
LB Gabe Powers (2022)	Marysville (4-1)	Olentangy (4-1)	W 28-0 at Olentangy Berlin
OL Tegra Tshabola (2022)	Lakota West (4-0)	West Mason (4-1)	Cancelled vs. Oak Harbor

Our own Adam Prescott will be on site covering Jaylen Johnson in Cincinnati La Salle's regular-season finale against Archbishop Moeller. 

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