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Mentor outclasses Willoughby South - cleveland.com

State officials are considering a proposal to split Division I in half, putting Ohio?s largest high schools in an elite football division.

Consider this Exhibit A for those in favor: Mentor 31, Willoughby South 2.

The Cardinals were in a class by themselves Saturday night in Jerome T. Osborne Stadium in Mentor, none more than defensive end Ben Pike, who looked like a college player who had snuck back onto his old high school team.

Mentor (9-2) plays Strongsville (10-1) in a Region 1 semifinal next Saturday at a site to be announced early this week.

Mentor?s enrollment is twice that of South, which is one of the reasons Mentor, South and the old Greater Cleveland Conference parted ways 16 years ago. The Rebels hadn?t played Mentor since then.

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