There were a few quizzical looks and a couple chuckles in the press box when Josh Harold of Columbiana High School in Ohio lined up to attempt a 54-yard field goal Friday night in the Penn-Ohio Stateline Classic.

After all, 54-yard field goals are for college or NFL kickers, not high school graduates. Well, not for some high school graduates.

Harold, who will play at Mercyhurst College near Erie this fall, made the 54 yarder ... with plenty of distance to spare.

"We thought it would be a fake," said Pennsylvania coach Mark Capuano from Moon.

The field goal was a record at Geneva College's Reeves Field, which opened in 1925. The previous longest field goal was 51 yards by Geneva's John Moores in 1988.

Harold also attempted a 63-yard field goal, but that kick was short. He did make a 30 yarder to tie the score, 12-12, in the third quarter. He also did something else against Pennsylvania.

Harold kicked off four times for Ohio with each going into the end zone. High school rules do not allow a kick to be run out of the end zone.

"We thought we had some nice return guys and they would give us good field position," Capuano said. "But we never got a chance to use them because of his kicks."

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NOTES: Center's Damon Cotton was Pennsylvania's leading receiver with two receptions for 53 yards. He is headed for Duquesne University. ... Ohio was limited to 48 yards rushing on 28 attempts. ... Quaker Valley's Kortezz Martin secured the victory for Pennsylvania with a leaping interception with two minutes remaining. ... Riverside's Cole Jackson had the defensive play of the game for Pennsylvania when he sniffed out an Ohio screen pass on a second-and-5 play and dropped the receiver for a 5-yard loss midway through the fourth quarter. ... Pennsylvania now leads the series against Ohio 21 to nine and ended a two-game Ohio winning streak.