#2 St. Xavier Squares Off With Backyard Rival

It's the battle of Cincinnati tonight as #2 St. Xavier squares-off with Elder. Up until a couple of weeks ago, this match-up looked like it would have national implications.

That was three weeks ago when Elder snapped Independence's (Charlotte, NC) 109-game win streak at the Ohio Vs. USA Challenge. However, after two straight losses to La Salle (28-19) and St. Edward (10-7), St. X comes in as a heavy favorite in the match-up that began back in 1923.

Sincere 2002, these two have combined for three Division I state titles (Elder '02, & '03, St. Xavier '05).

To read a previous of this game from the Cincinnati Enquirer, please click here.

#4 St. Xavier (OH) Tops #1 Team In Kentucky

If there's one way to name a top team in the country, you MAY be able to do it based on schedule. If that's the case, St. Xavier (Cincinnati) has a great argument for being Numero Uno!!

Last night, the Bombers (4-0) erased an 11 point third quarter deficit on it's way to defeating Trinity High, the #1 6A team in Kentucky, 47-31. St. X has now beaten the top team in Kentucky, one of the top teams in Ohio in Glenville and finally DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD), which was ranked #5 in the nation by USA Today in its pre-season poll.

Quite a three week run!!

To read about the comeback, please click on our headline "#4 St. Xavier Tops #1 Team In Kentucky".

Ohio High School Football Scoreboard - Week 4

Ohio High School Football Scores
Friday, September 14, 2007

Ada 61, Ft. Loramie 36
Akr. North 27, Akr. Kenmore 7
Andover Pymatuning Valley 28, Conneaut 6
Ansonia 35, Arcanum 7
Arcadia 25, Dola Hardin Northern 23
Arlington 31, Cory-Rawson 3
Ashtabula Edgewood 33, Ontario Trinity College, Ontario 14
Ashtabula Lakeside 21, Jefferson Area 6
Avon 28, Fairview 8
Avon Lake 48, Brecksville-Broadview Hts. 14
Beallsville 48, Cameron, W.Va. 6
Beavercreek 14, Lebanon 8
Bellefontaine 40, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan 7
Beloit W. Branch 14, Alliance 12
Berlin Center Western Reserve 29, Wellsville 15
Blanchester 48, Batavia 27
Brookville 22, Eaton 13
Bucyrus Wynford 48, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 0
Byrnes School, S.C. 38, Centerville 31, OT
Cambridge 30, Gnadenhutten Indian Valley 0
Can. GlenOak 26, Youngs. Austintown-Fitch 0
Can. Timken 14, Navarre Fairless 12
Canal Fulton NW 34, Louisville 33
Castalia Margaretta 26, Sandusky Perkins 8
Centerburg 35, Howard E. Knox 0
Chagrin Falls Kenston 41, Beachwood 0
Chardon 25, Lisbon Beaver 22
Chesapeake 24, Lucasville Valley 23
Cheshire River Valley 29, Albany Alexander 7
Cin. Country Day 48, Day. Christian 10
Cin. Deer Park 28, Reading 0
Cin. Finneytown 7, Cin. Mariemont 3
Cin. Indian Hill 49, Cin. Madeira 12
Cin. La Salle 28, Cin. Elder 19
Cin. Mt. Healthy 33, Cin. Walnut Hills 0
Cin. N. College Hill 30, Cin. Summit Country Day 14
Cin. Princeton 21, W. Chester Lakota W. 14
Cin. St. Xavier 47, Lou. Trinity, Ky. 31
Cin. Sycamore 16, Fairfield 10
Cin. Winton Woods 21, Day. Col. White 12
Cin. Wyoming 42, N. Bend Taylor 12
Clarksville Clinton-Massie 31, Hillsboro 0
Cle. Benedictine 30, Fremont Ross 0
Cle. Lincoln W. 46, Cle. Glenville 0
Clyde 31, Milan Edison 0
Cols. Brookhaven 55, Cols. Whetstone 0
Cols. Hartley 12, Louisville Aquinas 7
Cols. Northland 28, Cols. East 6
Cols. Watterson 10, Cin. Glen Este 7
Cols. West 7, Cols. Africentric 6
Columbiana 15, Hanoverton United 6
Convoy Crestview 28, Bluffton 14
Cortland Lakeview 34, Warren Champion 27, 2OT
Coshocton 21, Byesville Meadowbrook 14
Covington 28, Casstown Miami E. 10
Creston Norwayne 44, Smithville 7
Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 42, Akr. Garfield 13
Day. Carroll 33, Middletown Fenwick 14
Day. Dunbar 36, Day. Belmont 18
Defiance 24, St. Marys Memorial 7
Defiance Ayersville 35, Edgerton 0
Defiance Tinora 21, Antwerp 12
Delphos Jefferson 28, Lafayette Allen E. 13
Delphos St. John’s 35, Minster 26
Dover 35, Warsaw River View 0
Dresden Tri-Valley 47, Zanesville W. Muskingum 0
Elyria Cath. 30, Warren JFK 7
Euclid 47, Bedford 13
Fairport Harbor Harding 49, Orwell Grand Valley 27
Fostoria 32, Bellevue 6
Ft. Recovery 33, Versailles 20
Garrettsville Garfield 34, E. Can. 7
Gates Mills Hawken 20, Burton Berkshire 14, OT
Genoa Area 33, Bloomdale Elmwood 7
Girard 23, Brookfield 0
Goshen 27, Mt. Orab Western Brown 21
Grafton Midview 28, Oberlin Firelands 0
Hamilton 25, Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 10
Hamilton Ross 14, Morrow Little Miami 7
Hamler Patrick Henry 21, Liberty Center 8
Harrison 35, Oxford Talawanda 28
Heath 43, Hebron Lakewood 14
Hilliard Darby 39, Cin. Anderson 38, OT
Hubbard 30, Leavittsburg LaBrae 7
Huron 34, Port Clinton 0
John Marshall, W.Va. 20, Rayland Buckeye 6
Johnson Central, Ky. 14, Wheelersburg 3
Kansas Lakota 54, Millbury Lake 0
Kenton 56, Elida 0
Kettering Alter 45, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 7
Kings Mills Kings 14, Loveland 7
Kirtland 24, Cuyahoga Hts. 6
Lancaster 62, Parkersburg South, W.Va. 12
Leetonia 34, Salineville Southern 7
Lemon-Monroe 35, Bellbrook 28
Lewisburg Tri-County N. 41, Bradford 21
Lima Shawnee 47, Lima Bath 6
Lima Sr. 20, Day. Meadowdale 12
Lockland 15, Hamilton New Miami 14
Lodi Cloverleaf 10, Copley 0
London 31, Greenfield McClain 12
Lowellville 44, Sebring McKinley 0
Madison 35, Painesville Harvey 24
Mantua Crestwood 28, Akr. Coventry 6
Marion Pleasant 49, Delaware Buckeye Valley 6
Massillon Washington 14, Youngs. Ursuline 3
McDermott Scioto NW 27, Oak Hill 14
McDonald 28, N. Jackson Jackson-Milton 6
McGuffey Upper Scioto Valley 19, Ridgeway Ridgemont 0
Medina 40, Lyndhurst Brush 21
Medina Buckeye 40, Lorain Clearview 7
Middletown 27, Cin. Oak Hills 14
Middletown Madison 29, Day. Northridge 6
Milford 34, Cin. Woodward 16
Mineral Ridge 27, New Middletown Spring. 20
Minford 21, Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 14
Mogadore Field 21, Kent Roosevelt 17
Monroeville 46, Greenwich S. Cent. 6
Montpelier 55, Swanton 7
N. Lima S. Range 55, Lisbon David Anderson 7
Napoleon 28, Bryan 6
New Concord John Glenn 30, Zanesville Maysville 0
New Lexington 20, McConnelsville Morgan 14
New Richmond 47, Lees Creek E. Clinton 8
Newark Cath. 38, Granville 28
Newcomerstown 49, Strasburg-Franklin 0
Niles McKinley 27, Struthers 0
Old Washington Buckeye Trail 50, Barnesville 7
Olmsted Falls 21, Amherst Steele 20
Ontario 37, Bucyrus 28
Orange 36, Wickliffe 6
Orrville 28, Bellville Clear Fork 14
Painesville Riverside 38, Geneva 16
Perry 17, Aurora 10
Pickerington Cent. 28, Westerville N. 12
Plain City Jonathan Alder 23, Washington C.H. Miami Trace 0
Point Pleasant, W.Va. 16, Pomeroy Meigs 14
Poland Seminary 34, Salem 0
Portsmouth Sciotoville 30, Buffalo, W.Va. 12
Ravenna 41, Norton 0
Rocky River 21, N. Ridgeville 0
Rossford 21, Maumee 3
S. Charleston SE 42, N. Lewisburg Triad 0
Sherwood Fairview 54, Holgate 0
Sidney 21, Spring. S. 13
Sparta Highland 48, Richwood N. Union 3
Spencerville 30, Paulding 14
Spring. Kenton Ridge 26, Spring. Greenon 14
Spring. Shawnee 47, Spring. NW 14
St. Henry 42, New Bremen 6
St. Paris Graham 42, Riverside Stebbins 21
Stow-Munroe Falls 21, Twinsburg 13
Sullivan Black River 40, Oberlin 19
Sylvania Northview 33, Holland Springfield 12
Tallmadge 24, Green 14
Thornville Sheridan 48, Philo 14
Tiffin Calvert 55, N. Baltimore 22
Tiffin Columbian 19, Shelby 8
Tipp City Tippecanoe 14, Lewistown Indian Lake 7
Tol. Bowsher 38, Tol. Scott 22
Tol. St. Francis 37, Tol. Rogers 26
Tol. St. John’s 15, Tol. Cent. Cath. 7
Tol. Woodward 14, Tol. Libbey 8
Trenton Edgewood 35, Wilmington 14
Troy 30, Fairborn 7
Tyler Consolidated, W.Va. 40, New Matamoras Frontier 13
Uhrichsville Claymont 9, New Philadelphia 7
Union City Mississinawa Valley 53, New Paris National Trail 7
Urbana 16, New Carlisle Tecumseh 13
Van Wert 34, Celina 13
Vandalia Butler 41, Spring. N. 34
Vermilion 27, Bay Village Bay 0
W. Jefferson 21, Baltimore Liberty Union 7
W. Lafayette Ridgewood 13, Sugarcreek Garaway 0
W. Unity Hilltop 55, Lakeside Danbury 7
Wadsworth 36, Medina Highland 21
Wahama, W.Va. 14, Crown City S. Gallia 7
Warren Howland 14, Canfield 9
Waterford 25, Beverly Ft. Frye 7
Wauseon 14, Delta 7
Waynesville 27, Carlisle 12
Woodsfield Monroe Cent. 22, Caldwell 21
Youngs. Boardman 28, Massillon Jackson 0
Youngs. Liberty 45, Newton Falls 6
Zanesville 56, Portsmouth 14
Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 36, Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 35

Ohio High School Football Scoreboard - Week 3

Ohio High School Football Scores
September 6, 2007

Wadsworth 30 Medina 24

#4 St. Xavier (OH) Downs #5 DeMatha (MD)

St. Xavier of Cincinnati scored 21 unanswered points on its way to a 28-7 win over DeMatha from Hyattsville, Maryland in Sunday's showdown between national powers in the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio Vs. USA Challenge III. The loss snapped DeMatha's 22-game win streak.

St. X, which entered the game ranked #4 by USA Today, was playing without its star running back Darius Ashley, who sprained his ankle in the team's season opener. In Ashley's absence quarterback John Hurley threw three TD passes, while Patrick Berning rushed for 99-yards and one touchdown.

The St. Xavier defense was awesome allowing just 132 yards in total offense. Meanwhile the DeMatha "D" was really tested. In fact, the 28 points allowed was the more than it allowed in the Stags first seven games combined in 2006.

To read a complete game wrap from the Washington Post, please click on our headline "#4 St. Xavier Downs #5 DeMatha".

#9 Poly (CA) D's It Up Against Glenville (OH)

It's wasn't the offensive shootout that everyone expected when #9 Poly from Long Beach, California took-on Glenville in the Ohio Vs. USA Challenge III on Saturday in Canton. Instead it was a battle of two very good defenses, with Poly taking the honors 21-13.

Glenville actually had the upper hand in offensive yardage with 225 yards in total offensive to the Jackrabbits 200. Poly, which was playing it's first game of the season, is ranked #9 by USA Today. Glenville falls to 1-1 on the season.

For a complete game wrap-up, please click on our headline "#9 Poly D's It Up Against Glenville".

Elder Snaps Independence's (NC) 109-Game Win Streak

De La Salle High School (Concord, CA) fans relax...your school's and nation's best 151-game win streak is safe thanks to Cincinnati's Elder High, which took down Independence 41-34 in overtime to snap the Charlotte school's 109-game win streak in the Third Annual Kirk Herbstreit Ohio Vs. USA Challenge.

The Panther did it by scoring first in overtime, and then defensive back Keith Hamburg picked-off a pass on a third down and 19 to end the game and the streak.

To read a game wrap from The Enquirer, please click on our headline "Elder Snaps Indepedence's 109-Game Win Streak".

#25 Cardinal Mooney (OH) Takes Down #10 Gateway (PA)

For the fifth time in Gateway (Monroeville, PA) head coach Terry Smith's sixth years at the helm of the Gators, his team has lost its opener.

Saturday the Gators lost 27-6 to perennial Ohio power Cardinal Mooney 27-6 in the Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Challenge III. Coming into the game, USA Today had Gateway ranked ahead of Mooney. It was Mooney's, the reigning Ohio Division IV champs, 15th straight win.

To read a complete recap from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, please click on our headline "#25 Cardinal Mooney Takes Down #10 Gateway".