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Halftime Holmes - 34 Holy Cross - 13 -CF

End of Q1 Holmes - 22 Holy Cross - 0 -CF

May God help the Indians in this one. Last year the rolled the Indians 50-28, and if I recall, a couple of those HC touchdowns came in garbage time. Does HC have the defense that can match any of the skill players for the Bulldogs? Can the Indian offense score early and set the tone for the game? -CardinalsFan

49-21, NewCath wins. -CardinalsFan

42-14 NewCath with 7:30 left in the game and they throw a 40’ish yard TD pass. The game has been over and NewCath is throwing the ball. -CardinalsFan

That is not true. He is suited up and playing all night. -CardinalsFan

Football absolutely still has divisions. In fact, I am pretty certain that all the sports still go by divisions. I have never understood what those class designations meant. -CardinalsFan

One of the most bizarre games I have ever witnessed. From the interesting game plan in the first half for the Indians all the way to when they just walked off the field after three quarters…something else. -CardinalsFan

It would be an upset, no doubt about it. Look at the past several years. Walton-Verona is, as far as I can tell, a pretty well-oiled football machine. They are consistently winning playoff games and even going deep in the playoffs every now and then. Holy Cross has struggled in recent years due to numbers and being miscast as a 2A school when their size is clearly 1A. They graduated a ton, their QB from last year is in Cincinnati now and their big FB/DL is at Scott. There are many new players, several of which have never played football, trying to help steer the ship back to competitive football. Tonight will be a good test for a half but just can't see Holy Cross having enough to withstand the Bearcats for 4 quarters. Hope I'm wrong. -CardinalsFan

He's rich.

This is one of those games where Holy Cross’ best defense is going to be a run-control offense. Eat up the clock and avoid negative plays. Unfortunately, I don’t think their offense is really built that way this year with the loss of their big fullback to Scott. They are much more of a big play type offense which seldom works against disciplined teams. Does WV play most guys both ways or do they do some two-platooning? -CardinalsFan

Is WV their typical strong self? HC lost this game 47-24 last year. Can the Bearcats put up that many points again this year? -CardinalsFan

Holy Cross has several players that can make you miss them in a phone booth. Plus, this is the first year of their middle school program with ~20 kids in it. Who knows…could be the start of resurgence for the Indians. -CardinalsFan

LOL...haven't been around in quite a while. Glad to be back patrolling the boards a little bit. Three in High School so really been busy. Hope all is well with you Guru. -CardinalsFan

Sooooo....can the Tribe put together back-to-back wins for the first time since (checks notes) 2016?! Likely not, I'm guessing. HC put the same beatdown on Bellevue last year and proceeded to rattle off 6 straight losses. Walton-Verona is always good and would seem to be at a different level entirely. Hope I'm wrong. Would love to see a bounce back season for the Indians as they celebrate the 10-yr anniversary of their 2011 State Title. -CardinalsFan

I am curious how many 3 pointers Conner ended up with. They had 11 in the 2nd qtr alone. -CardinalsFan

You say you aren't a fan and then rattle off multiple reasons why it is better than grass. Color me confused ? -CardinalsFan

This is absolutely the case. Tossing in the post that he lives in KY is a bomb, if true. I seriously doubt the validity of that statement. -CardinalsFan

So it looks like this game has been moved to Saturday at 4 PM...assuming Holmes is completely cleared to play? May check this one out! -CardinalsFan

The Bombers return 16 starters next year. -CardinalsFan

St. Xavier certainly has a shot...as long as they don't play as bad as they did last week. How they have FIVE turnovers and still win is such a St. X thing to do. And as far as their schedule helping them...yeah, I guess. I think that is often times overplayed. I will take Pick Central's experience in the playoffs over the past 4 years over whoever St. X played. It will be a close game, I just see the Tigers beating the Bombers. -CardinalsFan

Oh yeah...TONS of them. All but 5 are non-Division I, including one right on the edge, LaSalle, who had been Division 1 their entire history up until 7 or so years ago. In fact, the joke is that LaSalle wouldn't be what they are now without the drop to D2. When they were in D1, they were 0-8 all-time in the playoffs. They dropped to D2 and won 4 State Titles in a 6 year window (2014-16, 2019). There are only 5 Catholic Schools in Division 1, out of 64. Over the past 20 seasons (2000-2019), those 5 schools have won 70% of the Division 1 State Championships. ? -CardinalsFan

Nice to see that it looks like they are going to keep the format of all 4 fields basically the same with block letters in the endzone, alternating shades of green turf every 5 yards, and a school logo at the 50. Very clean look. Congrats to these Boone County high schools and a big THANK YOU to the auditor who discovered the error and single-handedly delivered over $16M to a district desperately in need of many, many upgrades. -CardinalsFan

Pickerington Central has put together a very impressive run over the past 4 or 5 years. They are the defending big school champions and I fully expect them to handle St. Xavier next week. The Div2 State Semi between LaSalle and Massilion will be one of the most watched games in the state next week. -CardinalsFan

I agree. The decision to start on time and end early was absolutely the right call. The big school division in Ohio only had 4 teams playing yesterday and will only have 2 playing next week. Now, the smaller divisions will play one extra week because of how many they had in the playoffs (all teams qualified) but all football will be completely finished with every team getting an opportunity to play at least 10 games before the week of Thanksgiving. I am sad to hear this is happening in the Bluegrass. These kids have worked through so much to get to the this point in the season. What an absolute shame. Hopefully they can find a way to finish it out. -CardinalsFan