Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky Week 8 high school football scores

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Cincinnati high school football scores in Week 8

Greater Miami Conference

Hamilton 23, Colerain 7 – FINAL

Lakota West 34, Lakota East 0 – FINAL

More: 'Lakota West is back:' Firebirds shut out archrival for sixth-straight win

Lakota West – 10 3 7 14 – 34

Lakota East – 0 0 0 0 – 0

LW– Bennie 27 blocked punt return (Benner kick)

LW – FG Benner 23

LW– FG Benner 25

LW– Remy 16 pass from Wiles (Benner kick)

LW– Wiles 7 run (Benner kick)

LW– Davis 23 run (Benner kick)

Records: LW 6-2 (6-1 GMC), LE 1-7 (1-6).

Sycamore 21, Mason 10 – FINAL

Oak Hills 35, Fairfield 28 – FINAL

Oak Hills and Fairfield traded scores for the entire game until the fourth quarter when the Highlanders shutdown Fairfield on defense while scoring the game-winning touchdown with 5:30 left in the game. Tied 21-21 at the half, Fairfield quarterback Talon Fisher scored on a 30-yard run to take a 28-21 lead. Oak Hills responded in less than 90 seconds, again tying the game on a 56-yard pass from Max Supe to Elias Wheeler. Oak Hills shutout Fairfield the rest of the game and Max Supe scored on a 15-yard run mid-way through the fourth quarter for the 35-28 victory. Fisher was just 8-18 passing with an interception for Fairfield, but picked up 282 yards on the ground with two scores. Juseters Fataki had 97 rushing yards for Fairfield also with two scores. Supe was 8-12 for 186 yards and two touchdowns as a passer while gaining 90 yards and a score on 16 rushes. Brandon Stidham also worked as a signal caller, going 7-16 for 74 yards and a touchdown.

Fairfield – 7 14 7 0 – 28

Oak Hills – 0 21 7 7 – 35

F– Fataki 61 run (McGuire kick)

OH– Wheeler 13 pass from Stidham (Shouse kick)

F– Fisher 73 run (McGuire kick)

OH– Triggs 5 pass from Supe (Shouse kick)

F– Fataki 5 run (McGuire kick)

OH– Parker Jr. 2 run (Shouse kick)

F– Fisher 30 run (McGuire kick)

OH– Wheeler 56 pass from Supe (Shouse kick)

OH– Supe 15 run (Shouse kick)

Records: OH 3-5 (3-4 GMC), F 1-7 (1-6 GMC).

Princeton 41, Middletown 15 – FINAL

Princeton sits atop the Greater Miami Conference standings and had no trouble dispatching of its conference rival, Middletown. When the Middies responded to a Princeton touchdown with a 94-yard kickoff return touchdown, the Vikings countered with their own kickoff return of their own. From there it was all Princeton as the team racked up 368 yards of total offense, adding two more touchdowns, a field goal, a safety and even a second kickoff return touchdown.

In its quest to continue its perfect regular season, Princeton travels to Colerain next week to face the 0-8 Cardinals.

Middletown – 7 0 0 8 – 15

Princeton – 25 9 7 0 – 41

P– Houston 28 pass from Birch (Evans kick)

M– Johnson 94 kick return (King kick)

P– Favors 93 kick return (Birch run)

P– Hambrick 3 run (Evans kick)

P– FG Evans 24

P– Safety

P– Hunter 64 kickoff return (Evans kick)

P– Brown-Freeman 3 run (Evans kick)

M– Johnson 17 pass from Landers (Landers run)

Records: M 3-5 (2-5 GMC), P 8-0 (7-0 GMC).

Greater Catholic League-South

Elder 49, Life Christian Academy 7 – FINAL

Life Christian Academy traveled from Virginia to visit Elder at The Pit and returned home with a 49-7 loss on its record. Using a pair of backup quarterbacks, Elder’s Eli Roden and Ryan Schachleiter each had a 3-4 night passing for a pair of touchdowns while Schachleiter edged Roden with 77 passing yards to 70. Josh Mirus caught five passes, including all four touchdowns, for 130 yards. Evan Meier led the Panthers with 79 rushing yards with a touchdown while Trenton Meyer had 69 yards and two touchdowns.

Elder scored on each of its first seven drives and only failed to score on its drive that lasted over 14 minutes and took the entirety of the third quarter as well as the final drive that ran out the clock to end the game. Mirus became the first Elder receiver with four touchdowns in a game since Joe Royer against Ryle in 2019.

Life Christian – 7 0 0 0 – 7

Elder – 21 28 0 0 – 49

E– Meyer 1 run (Roth kick)

E– Mirus 2 pass from Schachleiter (Roth kick)

LCA– Coward 80 pass from Barido (Slaughter kick)

E– Mirus 24 pass from Roden (Roth kick)

E– Mirus 36 pass from Schachleiter (Roth kick)

E– Mirus 29 pass from Roden (Roth kick)

E– Meyer 1 run (Roth kick)

E– Meier 1 run (Roth kick)

Records: E 5-3, LCA 0-5.

St. Xavier 24, La Salle 13 – FINAL

Moeller 47, Cleveland St. Ignatius 7 – FINAL (Saturday)

More: 'We're getting better': Moeller pulls away from St. Ignatius for 4th straight win

St. Ignatius – 7 0 0 0 – 7

Moeller – 20 6 21 0 – 47

M– Love 32 pass from Ponatoski (Orr kick)

M– Marshall 49 run (kick failed)

M– Leonard 24 INT return (Orr kick)

SI– Ritt 96 kick return (Kilbane kick)

M– Jacon-Duffy 2 run (kick failed)

M– Marshall 49 run (Clemons kick)

M– Smith 8 pass from Ponatoski (Clemons kick)

M– Shade 5 run (Clemons kick)

Records: M 5-3, SI 1-7.

Cincinnati Hills League

Reading 48, Deer Park 14 – FINAL

Indian Hill 47, Finneytown 0 – FINAL

Wyoming 17, Mariemont 14 – FINAL

Madeira 44, Taylor 35 – FINAL

Eastern Cincinnati Conference

Lebanon 20, Kings 14 – FINAL (OT)

Loveland 34, Little Miami 26 – FINAL

Turpin 34, Walnut Hills 19 – FINAL

Anderson 50, West Clermont 5 – FINAL

Milford 3, Winton Woods 0 – FINAL

More: Milford football takes control of ECC with 3-0 win over Winton Woods in defensive struggle

Milford − 0 0 0 3 − 3

Winton Woods − 0 0 0 0 − 0

M− FG Cooper 22

Records: M 8-0 (7-0 ECC), WW 6-2 (5-2 ECC).

Southwest Ohio Conference

Mount Healthy 48, Belmont 0 – FINAL

Northwest 31, Ponitz 15 – FINAL

Harrison 47, Talawanda 13 – FINAL

Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference

Hughes 37, Woodward 0 – FINAL (Thursday)

Taft 61, Western Hills 0 – FINAL

Shroder 46, Dayton Christian 13 – FINAL

North Central 24, Cincinnati College Prep 8 – FINAL

Withrow 46, Aiken 6 – FINAL

Greater Catholic League-Coed

Badin 29, Alter 24 – FINAL

McNicholas 35, Fenwick 14 – FINAL

Miami Valley Conference

CHCA 42, Roger Bacon 35 – FINAL

Cincinnati Country Day 49, New Miami 0 – FINAL

Lockland 24, Miami Valley Christian 7 – FINAL

Purcell Marian 53, Norwood 6 – FINAL

Summit Country Day 27, North College Hill 26 – FINAL

St. Bernard-Elmwood Place 32, Clark Montessori 8 – FINAL (Saturday)

Southern Buckeye Conference

Batavia 52, New Richmond 34 – FINAL

Blanchester 54, Bethel-Tate 33 – FINAL

Clinton-Massie 63, Western Brown 14 – FINAL

Williamsburg 47, East Clinton 8 – FINAL

Wilmington 33, Goshen 14 – FINAL

Clermont Northeastern 21, Fayetteville-Perry 14 – FINAL

Southwestern Buckeye League

Bellbrook 49, Monroe 6 – FINAL

Valley View 49, Edgewood 26 – FINAL

Waynesville 42, Middletown Madison 0 – FINAL

Waynesville shutout Middletown Madison to improve to 7-1, getting its most wins in a season since going 9-2 in 2019. Middletown Madison, who had gone a combined 1-19 over the two previous seasons, started the season 4-0 before losing its last four games with the start of Southwestern Buckeye League play.

Waynesville – 7 21 7 7 – 42

Middletown Madison – 0 0 0 0 – 0

W– Amburgy 70 run (Berrey kick)

W– Berrey 43 pass from Amburgy (Berrey kick)

W– Lundy 43 run (Berrey kick)

W– Amburgy 9 pass from Berrey (Berrey kick)

W– Lundy 42 run (Berrey kick)

W– Sullivan 13 run (Berrey kick)

Records: W 7-1 (4-0 SWBL), MM 4-4 (0-4 SWBL).

Ross 41, Franklin 27 – FINAL

Greater Western Ohio Conference

Northmont 31, Springboro 24 – FINAL

Northern Kentucky high school football scores in Week 8

Cooper 49, Scott 7 – FINAL (Thursday)

Dixie Heights 42, Conner 15 – FINAL (Thursday)

Grant County 35, Holmes 8 – FINAL (Thursday)

Lloyd Memorial 50, Pendleton County 6 – FINAL (Thursday)

Beechwood 67, Owen County 0 – FINAL

Bishop Brossart 35, Holy Cross 14 – FINAL

The Bishop Brossart Mustangs opened up the scoring in the first quarter with quarterback Keegan Gulley finding Alex Amin for a 55-yard touchdown. The Indians came back in the second to tie the game when quarterback Donovan Ambrocio connected with Andrew Bales for a 61-yard TD. Ambrocio ended the night 9 for 17 with 126 yards and 1 touchdown. Bishop Brossart was able to keep a steady stream of scoring throughout the game off of some strong rushing plays including a 32-yard run from Gulley for the Mustangs’ second touchdown. The 'Stangs ended the game with 193 yards rushing off of 38 carries.

Holy Cross – 0 7 0 7 – 14

Bishop Brossart – 7 7 7 14 – 35

BB– Amin 55 pass from Gulley (Smith kick)

HC– Bales 61 pass from Ambrocio (Fisk kick)

BB– Gulley 32 run (Smith kick)

BB– Schroeder 5 run (Smith kick)

BB– Gulley 17 run (Smith kick)

HC– Figgs 9 run (Fisk kick)

BB– Geyer 35 run (Smith kick)

Records: H 4-2, B 2-4.

Ryle 37, Campbell County 36 – FINAL (OT)

Four quarters wasn’t enough for Ryle and Campbell County as the two Class 6A teams were all tied up 30-30 after regulation. After a back-and-forth game that saw Ryle trailing 15-13 at the half, the Raiders needed a field goal at the buzzer to force overtime and senior Josh Line delivered a 27-yard ball through the uprights to keep his team alive.

In overtime, Ryle had possession first and scored seven points. Campbell made it to the end zone with a quarterback sneak on the response and opted to try for a 2-point conversion and the. Quarterback Nathan Smith was unable to connect on the pass for the conversion and the Camels fell 37-36.

Ryle – 6 7 0 17 7 – 37

Campbell County – 8 7 7 8 6 – 36

R– Lyons 7 run (pass failed)

CC– McNabb 1 run (Bertram pass)

CC– Jackson 8 pass from Smith (Minor kick)

R– Lee 4 pass from Verax (Line kick)

CC– Smith 7 run (Minor kick)

CC– Smith 1 run (Minor kick)

R– Lorms 14 pass from Verax (Line kick)

R– Lorms 5 pass from Verax (Line kick)

R– FG Line 27

R– Savage 10 run (Line kick)

CC– Smith 2 run (pass failed)

Records: R 3-4, CC 2-5.

Dayton 38, Bellevue 14 – FINAL

Highlands 53, Boone County 7 – FINAL

The Bluebirds came out hot immediately against the Rebels of Boone County, scoring on an 83-yard kick return from senior David Hinegardner to begin the game. Quarterbacks Brody Benke and Rio Litmer had a perfect night in the air to give Highlands 222 yards of passing offense. Benke was 7-7 for 96 yards and two touchdowns, Litmer was under center for the second half and was 5-5 for 87 yards and three touchdowns.

Highlands’ win brought the team to 7-1 for the season and earned coach Bob Sphire his 300th high school coaching win.

Highlands – 22 21 7 3 – 53

Boone County – 0 0 7 0 – 7

H– Hinegardner 83 kick return (Ferring run)

H– Geisler 25 run (pass failed)

H– Surrey 27 pass from Benke (Ferring run)

H– White 12 pass from Benke (Nickelman kick)

H– Benke 11 pass from Litmer (NIckelman kick)

H– Ferring 32 pass from Litmer (Nickelman kick)

BC– Graves 3 run (Abdulahi kick)

H– Hinegardner 23 pass from Litmer (Nickelman kick)

H– FG Haggard 35

Records: H 7-1, BC 1-6.

Newport Central Catholic 22, Newport 6 – FINAL

More: 'We’ve got some warriors': NewCath football rings the bell with win over rival Newport

Newport Central Catholic – 7 2 0 13 – 22

Newport – 0 6 0 0 – 6

NCC– Welch 1 run (Roeder kick)

NCC– Safety

N– Thompson 85 pass from Lee (conversion failed)

NCC– Sleet 16 run (Roeder kick)

NCC– Kraft 5 pass from Collopy (kick failed)

Records: NCC 3-4, N 4-3.

Simon Kenton 50, Great Crossing 36 – FINAL

Ludlow 41, Trimble County 6 – FINAL

Carroll County 21, Walton-Verona 7 – FINAL

Indiana

East Central 62, Greensburg 0 – FINAL

Facing the East Central Trojans? Might as well practice all week with a running clock.

East Central scored 41 points in the first quarter of its 62-0 shutout against Greensburg and has now outscored its last five opponents by a 274-0 margin. Star back Josh Ringer had five rushes for 247 yards and three touchdowns, including an 87-yard and a 90-yard scoring run. Ringer increased his career rushing total to 5,309, just 50 yards away from being second on the program’s all-time rushing list. The defending state champions wrap up the regular season next week at Indianapolis Roncalli.

Greensburg – 0 0 0 0 – 0

East Central – 41 7 14 0 – 62

EC– Bleh 66 pass from Burton (McFee kick)

EC– Ringer 87 run (McFee kick)

EC– Brotherton 31 run (kick failed)

EC– Ringer 32 run (McFee kick)

EC– Sebastian 13 fumble return (McFee kick)

EC– Ringer 90 run (McFee kick)

EC– Maxwell blocked punt return (McFee kick)

EC– Feldkamp 92 kick return (McFee kick)

EC– McCool 24 run (McFee kick)

Records: EC 8-0, G 0-8.

Lawrenceburg 52, Connersville 7 – FINAL

South Dearborn 48, Rushville 24 – FINAL

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