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There's no doubt that St. Xavier is well prepared to play its HUGE crosstown rivalry game against nationally-ranked Elder (#3 USA Today) Friday night. The question is...are the Blue Bombers able to keep-up the energy?
After playing four straight games against defending state champs, and coming off its first loss of the season last week against Highlands (KY), Elder may just be the tonic St. X needs to get the players back-up.
As we pointed out in an August 19th story, St. X has played a Murders Row schedule, which began with knocking-off then nationally-ranked Colerain in the opening week of the season.
As far as Friday night, the Cincinnati Enquirer points out, that the key may be the St. X defense that is holding opponents to just 8.4 points a game.
by Jeff Fisher Ohio High School Football Huddle Cincinnati high school football powers Elder and Colerain both started the season ranked in USA Today's Super 25....Elder at #4, Colerain at #13. When the new rankings come-out on Tuesday, the Panthers should hold steady in the fourth slot after a solid 20-7 win against its crosstown rival on Sunday in a game that was telecast on ESPN. As for Colerain, it's time to re-group after an 0-2 start for the first time since 1985. The Cincinnati Enquirer has the game wrap-up.
by Jeff Fisher Ohio High School Football Huddle ESPNU is in "The Pit" today at Elder High School for the battle between the nationally-ranked Panthers and crosstown rival Colerain. Check-out a great story from the Cincinnati Enquirer on Elder Stadium that in 2001 was named as one of the "10 greatest places to watch a high school football game" by USA Today.
Elder (#20 USA Today Super 25) will renew its post-season rivalry with Colerain for the first time since 2004 on Saturday when the two meet for the Division 1 Region 1 championship at University of Cincinnati Nippert Stadium. A crowd of around 20,000 is expected to watch as these to Cincinnati-area giants via for the right to move-on to the Ohio state semifinals.
From 2000-2004, the Cardinals and Panthers met six times, including five playoff appearances. Elder knocked the Cards out of the playoffs in 2001, 2002 and 2003. The Panthers went on to win state titles in '02 and '03. Colerain won the 2000 and 2004 playoff games, and won the state crown in '04.
For more on the playoff rivalry between the two, click here.
Strongsville (7-1) snapped Brunswick's (7-1) 32-game regular season win streak Friday night with 25-20. Check-out highlights of the game from the Cleveland Plain Dealer below, plus you can click here to read a game wrap.
Brunswick at Strongsville รข€“ football week 8
Highlights from Sycamore 16 Princeton 14
Ohio High School Football Scores Friday, October 10, 2008
USA Today Super 25 #20 Elder 56 Covington Catholic (KY) 7
Ada 63, Lafayette Allen E. 8 Akr. Garfield 67, Akr. Firestone 13 Anna 54, New Bremen 7 Apple Creek Waynedale 35, Jeromesville Hillsdale 6 Arlington 28, Van Buren 7 Ashland 28, Mansfield Sr. 0 Ashland Crestview 56, Greenwich S. Cent. 7 Ashland Mapleton 36, New London 34 Aurora 49, Chagrin Falls 27 Avon 55, Oberlin Firelands 20 Avon Lake 36, Berea 25 Baltimore Liberty Union 42, Sugar Grove Berne Union 0 Barberton 24, Lodi Cloverleaf 10 Batavia Amelia 24, Cin. Walnut Hills 19 Batavia Clermont NE 56, Manchester 16 Beallsville 37, Bridgeport 8 Bedford 46, Cle. Hts. 21 Bellefontaine 28, Spring. Shawnee 0 Bellevue 60, Shelby 14 Bellville Clear Fork 18, Wooster 7 Belmont Union Local 34, Rayland Buckeye 21 Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 14, N. Olmsted 0 Brookville 14, Bellbrook 0 Bucyrus 28, Crestline 0 Bucyrus Wynford 41, Ontario 7 Cadiz Harrison Cent. 28, Wintersville Indian Creek 11 Caldwell 21, Beverly Ft. Frye 7 Can. GlenOak 21, Youngs. Boardman 14 Can. South 21, Alliance 14 Canal Fulton Northwest 42, Beloit W. Branch 33 Canal Winchester 42, Bloom-Carroll 13 Canfield 38, Youngs. Chaney 0 Carey 41, Attica Seneca E. 20 Casstown Miami E. 62, New Paris National Trail 0 Castalia Margaretta 55, Port Clinton 13 Chagrin Falls Kenston 27, Wickliffe 14 Chardon NDCL 20, Parma Hts. Holy Name 19 Chesapeake 28, Cheshire River Valley 14 Chesterland W. Geauga 17, Orange 9 Cin. Anderson 28, Cin. Glen Este 21 Cin. Colerain 52, Fairfield 14 Cin. Elder 56, Cov. Catholic, Ky. 7 Cin. Hills Christian Academy 27, Cin. N. College Hill 14 Cin. Indian Hill 47, Cin. Finneytown 20 Cin. Madeira 42, Cin. Deer Park 0 Cin. Mariemont 42, N. Bend Taylor 7 Cin. Mt. Healthy 34, Hamilton Ross 7 Cin. Oak Hills 31, Hamilton 29 Cin. Sycamore 16, Cin. Princeton 14 Cin. Turpin 21, Morrow Little Miami 16 Cin. Winton Woods 48, Milford 6 Clarksville Clinton-Massie 55, Washington C.H. 21 Clayton Northmont 28, Centerville 21, OT Clyde 61, Sandusky St. Mary 20 Coldwater 38, Delphos St. John's 7 Cols. Bexley 17, Newark Cath. 14 Cols. Ready 42, Ontario Trinity College, Ontario 7 Columbiana Crestview 35, Mineral Ridge 0 Conneaut 20, Ashtabula Edgewood 6 Coshocton 34, Zanesville Maysville 14 Covington 21, Arcanum 14 Creston Norwayne 21, Doylestown Chippewa 12 Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 55, Can. Timken 20 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 35, Cle. Benedictine 21 Cuyahoga Hts. 56, Orwell Grand Valley 22 Dalton 49, Rittman 13 Defiance 49, Elida 0 Defiance Tinora 49, Holgate 0 Delaware Buckeye Valley 35, Sparta Highland 0 Delaware Hayes 21, Plain City Jonathan Alder 14 Delphos Jefferson 55, Troy Christian 7 Dover 69, Byesville Meadowbrook 6 Dresden Tri-Valley 28, Crooksville 22, OT E. Can. 33, Atwater Waterloo 19 E. Liverpool 26, John Marshall, W.Va. 0 E. Palestine 27, New Middletown Spring. 14 Elyria Cath. 43, Bedford Chanel 0 Findlay 28, Sandusky 3 Findlay Liberty-Benton 49, Dola Hardin Northern 0 Fostoria 42, Willard 0 Fostoria St. Wendelin 56, N. Baltimore 14 Franklin 21, Eaton 14 Fremont Ross 38, Marion Harding 21 Fremont St. Joseph 17, Sycamore Mohawk 10 Gallipolis Gallia 42, Wellston 20 Gates Mills Gilmour 33, Jefferson Area 7 Gates Mills Hawken 49, Fairport Harbor Harding 19 Geneva 42, Painesville Harvey 7 Genoa Area 59, Gibsonburg 6 Grafton Midview 42, Fairview 21 Granville 63, Whitehall-Yearling 14 Green 24, Richfield Revere 10 Greenville 53, Jay Co., Ind. 20 Hamilton Badin 38, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 21 Hamilton New Miami 30, Cin. Summit Country Day 20 Hamler Patrick Henry 35, Archbold 7 Hannibal River 41, Sarahsville Shenandoah 0 Heath 28, Gahanna Cols. Academy 10 Hicksville 21, Edgerton 20 Hilliard Davidson 14, Dublin Coffman 10 Howard E. Knox 41, Loudonville 13 Hudson 7, Garfield Hts. 0 Huron 28, Sandusky Perkins 21 Indpls Cathedral, Ind. 21, Cin. Moeller 18 Johnstown Northridge 28, Centerburg 6 Kansas Lakota 48, Tontogany Otsego 0 Kent Roosevelt 48, Akr. Springfield 21 Kettering Alter 49, Cin. McNicholas 0 Kings Mills Kings 38, Wilmington 14 Kirtland 56, Burton Berkshire 6 Lebanon 21, Fairborn 3 Lees Creek E. Clinton 21, Blanchester 6 Leipsic 45, Vanlue 12 Lewistown Indian Lake 34, St. Paris Graham 28 Lexington 48, Mansfield Madison 15 Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 24, Mason 14 Lima Shawnee 17, St. Marys Memorial 7 Lisbon Beaver 31, Salem 14 Logan 42, Vincent Warren 0 London 41, Hillsboro 18 Lorain Clearview 63, Sheffield Brookside 7 Louisville Aquinas 44, Andover Pymatuning Valley 6 Louisville 49, Alliance Marlington 22 Loveland 40, Harrison 14 Macedonia Nordonia 24, Stow-Munroe Falls 12 Madison 41, Ashtabula Lakeside 14 Magnolia Sandy Valley 40, Newcomerstown 12 Malvern 62, Sugarcreek Garaway 28 Mantua Crestwood 30, Norton 21 Maria Stein Marion Local 33, Versailles 0 Martins Ferry 34, St. Clairsville 6 Massillon Tuslaw 24, Akr. Manchester 21 Maumee 41, Sylvania Northview 13 Mayfield 35, Cuyahoga Falls 0 McComb 37, Arcadia 13 McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 26, DeGraff Riverside 13 Mechanicsburg 47, Cedarville 7 Medina Highland 24, Wadsworth 21 Mentor 42, Maple Hts. 33 Milan Edison 58, Oak Harbor 8 Millersburg W. Holmes 19, Orrville 17 Minerva 27, Carrollton 7 Mogadore Field 31, Ravenna SE 6 Mogadore 35, Windham 6 Monroe 38, New Lebanon Dixie 10 Monroeville 40, Plymouth 35 Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 41, Lucas 8 Mt. Gilead 26, Caledonia River Valley 6 Mt. Orab Western Brown 35, Bethel-Tate 21 N. Can. Hoover 30, Can. McKinley 20 N. Lewisburg Triad 41, Jamestown Greeneview 8 Napoleon 35, Lima Sr. 24 Navarre Fairless 20, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 7 New Lexington 28, New Concord John Glenn 3 New Philadelphia 41, Cambridge 7 New Richmond 25, Goshen 7 New Washington Buckeye Cent. 20, N. Robinson Col. Crawford 6 Newton Falls 20, Warren Champion 19, OT Northwood 40, Tol. Ottawa Hills 0 Norwalk St. Paul 55, Collins Western Reserve 13 Norwood 34, Cin. NW 21 Ottawa-Glandorf 35, Van Wert 6 Painesville Riverside 45, Chardon 7 Pandora-Gilboa 41, Cory-Rawson 14 Pataskala Watkins Memorial 24, Mt. Vernon 3 Peninsula Woodridge 48, Rootstown 7 Perry 55, Beachwood 20 Perrysburg 48, Rossford 0 Piketon 42, Frankfort Adena 41 Portsmouth Sciotoville 31, Crown City S. Gallia 0 Richmond Edison 35, Bellaire 13 Richmond Hts. 21, Independence 14 Rocky River Lutheran W. 40, Oberlin 21 Shadyside 41, Toronto 8 Sherwood Fairview 73, Haviland Wayne Trace 21 Sidney Lehman 48, Ft. Loramie 7 Spencerville 30, Convoy Crestview 6 Spring. Kenton Ridge 56, Riverside Stebbins 22 St. Henry 37, Ft. Recovery 21 St. Marys, W.Va. 54, New Matamoras Frontier 34 Steubenville 39, Poland Seminary 20 Streetsboro 27, Garrettsville Garfield 25 Strongsville 25, Brunswick 20 Swanton 51, Delta 23 Tallmadge 35, Copley 7 Thornville Sheridan 62, McConnelsville Morgan 14 Tiffin Columbian 49, Norwalk 0 Tipp City Bethel 7, Union City Mississinawa Valley 6 Tol. Bowsher 76, Tol. Woodward 0 Tol. Cent. Cath. 31, Tol. St. Francis 6 Tol. Christian 50, Lakeside Danbury 36 Tol. Scott 30, Oregon Clay 6 Tol. St. John's 49, Tol. Waite 14 Tol. Whitmer def. Tol. Rogers, forfeit Trotwood-Madison 26, Troy 22 Uniontown Lake 28, Massillon Jackson 25 Upper Sandusky 10, Galion 0 Urbana 34, Spring. Greenon 0 Utica 27, Fredericktown 17 Vermilion 18, N. Ridgeville 13 W. Alexandria Twin Valley S. 46, Bradford 19 W. Chester Lakota W. 34, Middletown 7 W. Liberty-Salem 24, Spring. NE 0 W. Unity Hilltop 39, Montpelier 14 Warsaw River View 37, Uhrichsville Claymont 35 Waterford 15, Racine Southern 7 Waynesfield-Goshen 74, Marion Cath. 6 Waynesville 68, Day. Northridge 38 Wellington 40, LaGrange Keystone 7 Wellsville 29, Lowellville 0 Williamsburg 21, Batavia 14 Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 57, Barnesville 6 Wooster Triway 45, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 6 Youngs. Austintown-Fitch 49, Massillon Perry 21 Youngs. East 32, Can. Cent. Cath. 26 Zanesville W. Muskingum 45, Philo 27
Trinity's loss is St. Xavier's gain as the Louisville, Kentucky powers swap spots in the latest USA Today Super 25. St. X, which beat last week's #21, moves into the rankings at #25. #8 Colerain (Cincinnati, OH) tumbles out of the poll, but Cincinnati high school football fans don't have to worry...Elder (Cincinnati, OH) moves in at #20.
Lowndes 24-7 win over former #19 Northside pushed the Vikings up three spots to #8 while the Eagles to slide five spots to #24. Glenville (Cleveland, OH) is the biggest mover this week climbing five spots to #19.
Here's the rest of the rankings...
1. Byrnes (Duncan, SC) 6-0, LW: #1 2. Trinity (Euless, TX) 5-0, LW: #2 3. Gateway (Monroeville, PA) 6-0, LW: #3 4. St. Thomas Aquinas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 4-0, LW: #4 5. Armwood (Seffner, FL) 5-0, LW: #5 6. Long Beach Poly (CA) 4-0, LW: #6 7. Carmel (IN) 7-0, LW: #7 8. Lowndes (Valdosta, GA) 6-0, LW: #11 9. River Hill (Clarksville, MD) 5-0, LW: #9 10. Centennial (Corona, CA) 4-0, LW: #10 11. Madison County (Madison, FL) 3-0, LW: #12 12. Lakeland (FL) 5-0, LW: #13 13. South Panola (Batesville, MS) 6-0, LW: #14 14. Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, VA) 6-0, LW: #15 15. Skyline (Issaquah, WA) 5-0, LW: #16 16. Lake Travis (Austin, TX) 6-0, LW: #17 17. Stone Bridge (Ashburn, VA) 6-0, LW: #18 18. Plano (TX) 6-0, LW: #20 19. Glenville (Cleveland, OH) 7-0, LW: #24 20. Elder (Cincinnati, OH) 6-1, LW: NR 21. Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, NJ) 3-1, LW: #22 22. Tuscaloosa County (Northport, AL) 6-0, LW: #23 23. De La Salle (Concord, CA) 3-1, LW: #25 24. Northside (Warner Robins, GA) 5-1, LW: #24 25. St. Xavier (Louisville, KY) 5-0, LW: NR
St. Edward (5-1) got back into the win column Saturday with a solid 31-7 win over Benedictine. The non-league win came on the heals of last week's 52-31 loss to Cincinnati Elder.
Click here for a game wrap-up story from the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Benedictine at St. Edward รข€“ high school football week 6
By Jeff Fisher The High School Football Huddle Elder (5-1) High fans are celebrating this weekend, thanks to the Panthers first win over St. Xavier in five years. Elder beat the Bombers 33-15 Friday night before a home crowd of over 10,000.
Elder entered the game ranked #2 in the Cincinnati area while St. X was #3. The loss was the second straight for the formerly nationally ranked Bombers, who played without quarterback Luke Massa, who has a broken collarbone.
Click here for video highlights from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
There's no doubt that St. Xavier is well prepared to play its HUGE crosstown rivalry game against nationally-ranked Elder (#3 USA Today) Friday night. The question is...are the Blue Bombers able to keep-up the energy?
