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Cincinnati Round-Up: Bombers King of the Road for sixth straight year

jspragueJames Sprague

No. 6 ST. XAVIER 28, No. 10 LA SALLE 3

St. Xavier and LaSalle were each still in search of their first Greater Catholic League win of 2025 going into Friday night’s battle at St. Xavier, and it was the Bombers who finally notched that much-needed victory with a 28-7 win over the Lancers.

A defensive first half by both squads saw the Bombers take an early 3-0 lead on a 35-yard field goal by Owen Davidson, but LaSalle answered on a 30-yard touchdown strike from Avier Carter to Naseer Salaam and took a 7-3 lead into the half.

POSTGAME INTERVIEW: Steve Specht, St. Xavier

The third quarter saw St. X closed the deficit to one on a 37-yard field goal by Davidson, but the Bombers were at risk going into the fourth quarter of losing their third straight GCL game.

The floodgates opened in the fourth quarter, however, as St. X reeled off 22 unanswered points – led by three touchdown passes by quarterback Jackson Frey – to capture the victory.

It’s the sixth consecutive loss by the Lancers  to St. X. in the annual “King of the Road” battle. 

St. X moves to 6-2 on the season, 1-2 in the GCL, while LaSalle falls to 5-3 on the season, 0-3 in the GCL.

No. 7 KINGS 49, MILFORD 14

For the first time in 33 years, the Kings Knights dusted off the blue jerseys for their Eastern Cincinnati Conference showdown with the Milford Eagles.

The jerseys must have been a good luck charm, as the Knights battered the Eagles by a 49-14 score, marking the sixth straight victory for Kings over Milford.

Kings moves to 7-1 on the season, 6-1 in the ECC – remaining in a tie with Winton Woods for second in the conference, one game behind Anderson, while Milford falls to 1-7 on the year, 1-6 in the ECC.

Kings QB Grant Nurre (photo by: Greg Shoemaker / TriStateFootball.com)

 

No. 15 MIDDLETOWN 37, NO. 20 MASON 7

Middletown needed a victory Friday night to keep pace with Princeton in the Greater Miami Conference standings, and a victory is what they got in a 37-7 romp over conference foe Mason.

Middletown took a 30-7 lead into halftime, powered by three rushing touchdowns by three different Middies and a an 80-yard touchdown pass by quarterback Jastin Borne to senior wideout Zymir Reed. Middletown extended the lead to 37-7 in the fourth quarter on Borne’s second touchdown pass of the night, a strike to junior wide receiver Will Gibson.

Mason’s only score came on a touchdown run by running back Jason Lewis in the second quarter.

The Middies move to 7-1 on the year, and at 6-1 in the GMC remain a game behind #4 Princeton for the conference lead. The Vikings staved off an upset bid by GMC rival Oak Hills Friday night in a 30-27 nailbiter. Mason drops to 3-5 on the season, 3-4 in the GMC.

Here are some other scores from key Cincinnati games this week:

No 1. Elder 40, No. 5 Highlands 16 (FULL RECAP)
No. 2 Moeller 42, St. Ignatius 10
No. 3 Anderson 53, Walnut Hills 16
No. 4 Princeton 30, Oak Hills 27
No. 8 Winton Woods 35, West Clermont 0
No. 9 Taft 58, Western Hills 0
No. 12 Lakota West 56, Sycamore 0
No. 14 Badin 55, Carroll 6
No. 16 Lakota East 44, Colerain 24
Hamilton 14, No. 17 Fairfield 7  POSTGAME INTERVIEW: Arvie Crouch, Hamilton
No. 21 Lebanon 41, Turpin 38  POSTGAME INTERVIEW: Micah Faler, Lebanon
No. 22 Withrow 45, Aiken 6
No. 24 Indian Hill 45, Madeira 0
No. 25 CHCA 39, Purcell Marian 16
Harrison 14, Talawanda 0  POSTGAME INTERVIEW: Derek Rehage, Harrison

Get the complete scores from all of this week’s action on the Underground Sports Shop Scoreboard at TriStateFootball.com/scores.

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