LOUISVILLE — Friday night was a long time coming for the Akron North Vikings .

A 23-6 Week 1 high school football win over St. Thomas Aquinas at Sirpilla Stadium snapped a 19-game losing streak. It was just the third victory for the Vikings since 2020.

But it wasn’t clear if North head coach DeMonte Powell was taken aback by the number of his team’s recent skid.

“That’s how many it was?” Powell said. “No man, that’s good. We talked about it all year and staying together. We lost 12 kids last year going into this year. This is a very young team. If we can get our butts to practice, this would be even better. But staying together is a big thing. Now that we’ve got one, we can stack some wins.” Watch Ohio High School Football Live on the NFHS Network all season

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