#8 Cardinal Mooney Tries To Go Back-to Back in Ohio

It's been quite a year for Cardinal Mooney. The Cardinals have enjoyed high national rankings thanks to solid wins against top-notch competition, plus a several players giving verbal commitments to top-notch programs like Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Penn State.

Saturday, Mooney will go after its second straight Ohio Division IV high school football championship and in the process extend its win streak to 30-games. The Cardinals will take-on Coldwater, the last team to beat C-M. That was in the 2005 state title game 33-9.

Mooney has won its last two games without the services of Notre Dame-bound quarterback Dan McCarthy, who's sat out because of a neck injury. No word on whether McCarthy will play on Saturday.

The Cardinals have already beaten Division I finalist Mentor and Division V finalist Youngstown Ursuline, gave Steubenville its first loss in three years, plus beat, at the time, nationally-ranked Gateway in the Ohio vs. USA Challenge.

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Ohio High School Football Scoreboard - Semifinals

Ohio High School Football Scores
Friday, November 23, 2007

Semifinals

Division II
Cincinnati Anderson 35 Ashland 20
Louisville 27 Mayfield 13

Division III
Newark Licking Valley 27 Mentor Lake Catholic 21
Sunbury Big Walnut 21 Monroe 7

Division V
Maria Stein Marion Local 42 Hamler Patrick Henry 20
Youngstown Ursuline 28 Columbus Bishop Ready 6

Ohio High School Football Scoreboard - Quarterfinals

Ohio High School Football Scores
Saturday, November 17, 2007

Quarterfinals

USA Today Super 25
#8 Cardinal Mooney 35 Steubenville 20

Division I
Mentor 41 Cleveland Glenville 40
Brunswick 24 North Canton Hoover 17
Dublin Coffman 42 Hilliard Darby 35

Division IV
Cardinal Mooney 35 Steubenville 20
Marion Pleasant 21 Pemberville Eastwood 12
Williamsport Westfall 14 St. Clairsville 12
Coldwater 63 Clarksville Clinton-Massie 14

Division VI
Bascom Hopewell-Loudon 26 Norwalk St. Paul 14
Ada 31 Arlington 28
Newark Catholic 41 Shadyside 28
Springfield Catholic Central 48 Sidney Lehman Catholic 14

#5 St. Xavier Ends #9 Colerain's Season

For anyone thinking that Cincinnati's St. Xavier isn't the best team in the nation, just take a look at the list of 2007 victims...nationally-ranked DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD), Louisville Trinity (Kentucky's #1 6A team at game time) plus all of Ohio's best in Cleveland Glenville, Elder and Cleveland St. Ignatius.

Now add one more...Colerain, which entered Friday's regional final ranked #9 in the latest USA Today Super 25.

St. X beat Colerain 29-14 before over 20,000 at the University of Cincinati. The win came 364-days after Colerain knocked the Bombers out of the 2006 state tournament 24-7.

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Ohio High School Football Scoreboard - Quarterfinals

Ohio High School Football Scores
Friday, November 16, 2007

Quarterfinals

USA Today Super 25
#5 St. Xavier 29 #9 Colerain 14

Division I
St. Xavier 29 Colerain 14

Division II
Mayfield 12 Parma Normandy 7
Ashland 21 Sylvania Southview 14
Columbus St. Francis De Sales 20 Louisville 25
Cincinnati Anderson 24 Cincinnati Turpin 23

Division III
Mentor Lake Catholic 28 Cortland Lakeview 13
Sunbury Big Walnut 21 Clyde 14
Newark Licking Valley 21 Canal Fulton West 17
Monroe 31 Cincinnati Indian Hill 28

Division V
Youngstown Ursuline 31 North Lima South Range 0
Hamler Patrick Henry 44 Findlay Liberty-Benton 27
Columbus Bishop Ready 35 Fredericktown 7
Maria Stein Marion Local 24 West Jefferson 0