Cincinnati Round-Up: Lakota West survives instant classic
- Updated: August 20, 2022
The opening week of high school action led to fantastic finishes. Here’s a look at some of this week’s top action from the Cincinnati high school gridiron.
NO. 1 LAKOTA WEST 16, NO. 5 ST. XAVIER 13
Lakota West rallied to defeat St. Xavier by a score of 16-13 in front of more than 4,900 fans in West Chester on Friday night.
After trailing 13-0, the Firebirds made a furious second half comeback capped off by a 5-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Mitch Bolden to Notre Dame commit Ben Minich.
The Bombers were able to get down the field and into field goal range, but the 47-yard attempt fell short on the final play.
St. Xavier started strong behind first-year starter Jack O’Malley at quarterback. A 60-yard completion to WR Jamaal Sharp set up an early field goal and a 3-0 lead.
After the Bombers’ defense held strong, O’Malley found TE Doran Mason for 30-yard touchdown and a 10-0 lead. St. Xavier would close the half with another field goal to lead 13-0 at the half.
Lakota West came out in the second half with purpose and things seemed to turn after a fake punt where Minich kept the ball and took it down to the 1-yard line. A block in the back nullified the run, but the Firebirds seemed rejuvenated.
The West defense would block a Bomber punt setting up a field goal but still trailed 13-3 after three. Bolden found WR Brennan Remy for a 47-yard score halfway through the fourth and after a series of stops, Minich’s score put them ahead for good.
NO. 8 LA SALLE 17, NO. 10 COLERAIN 13
LaSalle edged rival Colerain by a final score of 17-13 at Cardinal Stadium. The Lancers got on the scoreboard first on a Mattingly-to-Bernecker TD pass and led 10-0 after one quarter of play as Luensman added a field goal.
Colerain’s defense did what they could to lock things down from there, but the Cardinals couldn’t take advantage. They fumbled the ball on La Salle’s 2-yard line, lost 20 yards on a play from the Lancers’ 8-yard line, threw an interception in an end zone and fumbled the opening kickoff at the 10-yard line. Those mistakes were simply too much to overcome
This was a defensive battle that saw very little offense and LaSalle was able to put together just enough from Mattingly to pull out the victory.
NO. 20 EDGEWOOD 6 , NO. 21 MILFORD 42
Milford used a potent passing attack to take down visiting Edgewood Friday night.
Quarterback Austin Hardin led the charge for Tom Grippa’s squad. Hardin was 17-23 for 326 yards through the air and four touchdowns.
Reece Davis was Hardin’s favorite target hauling in 5 catches for 114 yards and two touchdowns.
Here are some other scores from key Cincinnati games this week:
No. 2 Moeller 49, Massillon Washington 31
No. 6 Fairfield 41, Wayne 24 (Thursday)
Centerville 9, No. 8 Lakota East 6
No. 9 Elder 42, No. 17 CovCath 21
No. 11 Kings 34, No. 18 Sycamore 0
Gahana Lincoln 9, No. 12 Mason 7
No. 14 Hamilton 28, West Clermont 9
No. 19 Badin 34, Villa Angela-St. Joseph 3
No. 22 Taft 32, Roger Bacon 0 (Thursday)
No. 23 Western Brown 55, Hillsboro 0
No. 24 Wyoming 35, Harrison 0
Oak Hills 31,Turpin 20
Middletown 47, Loveland 33
Little Miami 16, Mount Healthy 14
McNicholas 56, Indian Hill 7
Get the complete scores from all of tonight’s action on the Underground Sports Shop Scoreboard at TriStateFootball.com/scores.
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