MENTOR, Ohio – Mentor has gone through some growing pains this season. Those happened again on Friday night, but in a good way.
Behind an unlikely hero, Mentor outlasted rival Medina, 42-41 in a Greater Cleveland Conference football opener-turned-classic at Jerome T. Osborne Stadium on Friday night. The Cardinals avoid their first three-game losing streak since 2016.
The Northeast Ohio clash was a rematch of last year’s Division I, Region 1 semifinal, which Mentor won 42-21 before bowing out to eventual state champion St. Edward.
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