In the final test before the start of division play, New Albany suffered a 31-13 loss to Cleveland, committing an uncharacteristic eight turnovers.
“Coming into tonight, we really wanted to do things well, clean things up, but I feel like we took three steps back,” NAHS coach Ron Price said. “We did a good job of wrapping up defensively, but offensively, we moved the ball well and put ourselves in good position, then we turned the ball over.”