Under The Lights: Lejond Cavazos Faces a Top-Five Opponent While Jack Sawyer and Ty Hamilton Go Head-to-Head

Fall weekends can be hectic with all the football going on Friday through Sunday. Under the lights is your weekly primer on what is going for Ohio State commitments and recruits that weekend.

Every week, Under the Lights will detail the top-three games featuring Ohio State commitments, the game that Eleven Warriors will attend, and some predictions for how Ohio State's commits will perform. 

FUTURE BUCKEYES IN ACTION

IMG ACADEMY (FL.) VS ST. FRANCES ACADEMY (MD.)

• Day: Friday
• Time: 7 p.m. ET
• Future Buckeyes: Lejond Cavazos (IMG)
• Targets:  Lovasea Carroll (IMG), Dekel Crowdus (IMG), JC Latham (IMG), Elias Ricks (IMG), Kaytron Allen (IMG), Gregg Crippen (IMG)

​This game could very well end up being one of the nation's best high school football games this season with both teams ranked inside the top-five by MaxPreps.

We've talked about IMG and all of its talent ad nauseam this season because of four-star Ohio State cornerback commit commit Lejond Cavazos, but St. Frances is similar to IMG in that it's loaded with some of the nation's best talent.

St. Frances is led by 2020 four-star Michigan running back commit Blake Corum pounding the rock behind a few talented offensive linemen, but the strength of IMG's defense is on the outside with both Cavazos and 2020 five-star LSU commit Elias Ricks playing cornerback for the Ascenders.

As for IMG's offense, it's loaded all around. They boast a deadly passing attack and two very talented young running backs in 2021 four-star Lovasea Carroll and unranked 2022 Kaytron Allen – both of whom have Ohio State offers. Along the offensive line, IMG has two Ohio State targets in 2021 four-star offensive tackle JC Latham and 2021 four-star Notre Dame offensive guard commit Gregg Crippen. IMG's receiving corps feature 2021 four-star Dekel Crowdus, who also has an Ohio State offer and is very interesting in the Buckeyes.

The St. Frances defense also features numerous players with Division I offers or commitments. Look for this game to be a close game with two talented teams going punch for punch with each other until the final whistle.

GOOD COUNSEL (MD.) VS ST. JOHN'S COLLEGIATE (D.C.)

• Day: Friday
• Time: 7 p.m. ET
• Future Buckeyes: Mitchell Melton (GC)
• Targets: Taizse Johnson (SJC

2020 three-star Ohio State outside linebacker commitment Mitchell Melton is coming off a 5 overtime victory over a former top-ranked Gonzaga team. But when it comes to top-notch prep high schools, there is no rest for the wicked. Melton and his Good Counsel team are set to go up against a very talented St. Johns team that features an arsenal of Division I talent.

While St. Johns has just a 3-4 record this season, they are no means a team to take lightly. After knocking off Gonzaga last week it will be up to Melton and his teammates to keep that momentum going this week.

Melton is not the only player Buckeye fans should know in this game. One of the many talented players on the St. Johns team is 2021 four-star defensive tackle Taizse Johnson who visited Ohio State this summer, and there is mutual interest so far.

ST. JOSEPH REGIONAL (NJ.) VS DON BOSCO PREP (MD.)

• Day: Friday
• Time: 7 p.m. ET
• Future Buckeyes: Luke Wypler (SJR)
• Targets: Jalen Berger (DBP)

If it seems like 2020 four-star Ohio State center commitment Luke Wypler and his St. Joseph Regional team are featured here every week, and that's not too far off.

Wypler is the captain of one of the top teams in New Jersey and it's certainly put to the test with a loaded schedule. St. Joseph is ranked by MaxPreps as the top team in New Jersey and plays the No. 4 team this week with Don Bosco Prep.

This just continues a murders row of a schedule as St. Joseph's has already beaten the No. 3 team in Bergen Catholic and ends the regular season with the No. 2 team in St. Peter's Prep led by fellow 2020 Ohio State commitment four-star linebacker Cody Simon.

Don Bosco Prep is led by 2020 four-star running back Jalen Berger, who is an Ohio State target and is very interested in the Buckeyes. On the field, Berger can be a matchup nightmare for the opposing team because of his versatility.

WHERE WE'LL BE

PICKERINGTON CENTRAL (OH.) VS PICKERINGTON NORTH (OH.)

• Day: Friday
• Time: 7 p.m. ET
• Future Buckeyes: Jack Sawyer (North), Ty Hamilton (Central)

This is a game that has been marked on the calendar for a long time for both of these players.

These two schools are less than four miles apart and both come from the same football town. And in a matchup between two of the best teams in central Ohio, there will be talent all over the field.

Pickerington North has the star of the matchup in 2021 five-star Ohio State defensive end commitment Jack Sawyer, But Pickerington has the depth advantage and is led by an a future Buckeye of their own in 2020 three-star Ohio State defensive end commitment Ty Hamilton. 

In rivalry games such as this one, anything can happen and there is no doubt that the tempers will be high giving this all the makings of a great game.

For more on what each Buckeye commitment has to say about this game go check out yesterday’s Hurry Up where Zack talked to both players about the rivalry and their expectations. 

FIVE PREDICTIONS

1. Julian Fleming has 120 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns 
2. Lejond Cavazos recovers a fumble
3. Ty Hamilton sacks Jack Sawyer
4. Jack Sawyer throws 2 touchdowns
5. Reid Carrico has 20 tackles