Cincinnati Colerain Cardinals

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10/4/05

Colerain vs. Glen Este

WHEN/WHERE: 7 p.m. Saturday at Mason HS, 6100 South Mason-Montgomery Road. (Note: Game has been moved from Glen Este to accommodate the expected crowd).

RECORDS: Colerain 9-1, Glen Este 9-1.

WHAT TO WATCH: Colerain (triple-option) averages 364 yards rushing per game. Glen Este (Wing T) rushes for 279 yards a game. Colerain QB Gary Pride has rushed for 1,010 yards and 14 TDs, and RB Trammell Williams has 893 yards and 15 TDs. Glen Este features RBs Todd Butts (909 yards, 10 TDs), Matt Jackson (798 yards, nine TDs) and Donnie Talbott (718 yards, 11 TDs). Both teams can catch defenses napping with the occasional pass.
BOTTOM LINE: Glen Este has contained speedy teams such as Winton Woods, but Colerain is another story. Colerain is a prohibitive favorite.

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Colerain is ahead 17-7 at halftime against Glen Este.

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Colerain 24 Glen Este 7

Final

From what I've heard Colerain was somewhat unimpressive, Glen Este showed they belonged in the playoffs.

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11/6/05

Cardinals earn date with No. 1 St. Xavier
Division I: Colerain 24, Glen Este 7

If anyone expected a blowout in Saturday's Colerain-Glen Este game, they were disappointed.

On the other hand, if anyone was looking for indications that the defending state champion Cardinals aren't prepared for the biggest matchup of the year next Saturday, they were equally disappointed.

Colerain ousted Glen Este 24-7 Saturday night in a competitive, physical first-round Division I playoff game before 8,500 fans at Mason's Dwire Field.
Despite a soft schedule in the second half of the regular season, Colerain's playoff form looked solid in advancing to a regional semifinal matchup with the state's top-ranked team, St. Xavier. The Bombers beat Colerain 7-0 in the season opener.

Saturday, Glen Este took Colerain's best punch, going down 17-0 in the second quarter, but never really fell victim to the knockout.

"They are very tough," Colerain coach Kerry Coombs said. "They put you in some tough spots. They are physical and well-coached."

"Our kids played great," Glen Este coach Zak Taylor said. "Everyone thought we'd lose by 50 points tonight. Defensively, we played as good as we can play."

Colerain's rushing game, which averaged 365 yards per game, was held to 211 yards.

But it produced enough big plays to keep Glen Este from ever strongly challenging the lead.

Junior Trammell Williams broke off TD runs of 59 and 27 yards on the way to a total of 17 carries for 169 yards.

Colerain's other score came on a 62-yard punt return by Eugene Clifford in the middle of the second quarter.

Glen Este quarterback Kyle McCalla turned back any thoughts of the game turning into a blowout when he hit backup tight end Matt Winegardner with a 53-yard TD pass late in the second quarter.

That play seemed to renew Glen Este's spirit.

"We had some chances," Taylor said. "Offensively, we didn't take advantage when we had some shots."

Glen Este's biggest chance came on its first drive of the second half. Starting at their own 15, the Trojans moved to the Colerain 13. Facing fourth-and-3, Taylor eschewed a field goal that could have cut the lead to seven, and elected to go with a McCalla pass. The ball just fell off Winegardner's fingertips in the end zone, keeping the deficit at 17-7.

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C - Schulte 23 FG
C - Williams 59 run (Schulte kick)
C - Clifford 62 punt return (Schulte kick)
GE - Winegardner 53 pass from McCalla (Harder kick)
C - Williams 27 run (Schulte kick)
Records: C 10-1, GE 9-2.

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This Saturday at 7:00pm.....

At Cincinnati Paul Brown Stadium (1) Cin. St. Xavier (11-0) vs. (5) Cin. Colerain (10-1), 6 p.m.

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11/7/05

Rematch for St. X, Colerain
Prep football playoffs


It's this year's Game of the Century, Part II.

Cincinnati prep football powerhouses St. Xavier (11-0) and Colerain (10-1), respectively rated No. 10 and No. 18 nationally by USA Today, will meet in a Division I regional semifinal at Paul Brown Stadium at 6 p.m. Saturday.
St. X senior linebacker Joe Ries said the game needs no hype.

"Everybody's been waiting for this one," Ries said. "It's a dream matchup. We just want to play our game, and hopefully that's good enough."

St. X beat Colerain 7-0 in a season opener at UC's Nippert Stadium, in the marquee game of the annual Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown.

"That was a 7-0 game that could have gone either way," St. X coach Steve Specht said. "We were on pins and needles the whole game. They were breaking in a new quarterback (Gary Pride) and we had eight new defensive starters, but now both teams have grown up. They've improved light-years, and so have we."

St. Xavier finished No. 1 in both the final regular-season state and Enquirer area coaches' polls. Colerain, the reigning state champion, was No. 2 in the final Enquirer poll and No. 6 in the state poll.

St. Xavier walloped Fairfield 45-0, and Colerain outslugged Glen Este 24-7 in the first round of the playoffs.

Specht said he expects Colerain coach Kerry Coombs to use the season opener as extra motivation. It was only Colerain's second regular-season loss since 2000.

"Kerry will do what he needs to do, and we'll do what we need to do," Specht said. "Everybody knows what's on the line, and there's a reason we're 1-2 in the city.

"What a battle it should be."

The season opener saw St. X get a 7-yard TD run by senior running back Chris Cionni early in the second quarter, with the kick by Danny Milligan making it 7-0. The Bombers made it stand up.

The St. Xavier defense held Colerain to 123 total yards (all rushing) and caused four turnovers. Colerain's Pride, a junior transfer from Roger Bacon, was 0-for-4 passing with three interceptions in his first start. Pride rushed 12 times and was held to 8 net yards, but since has gone on to rush for more than 1,000 yards out of Colerain's triple-option offense.

"I think you'll see a crisper game this time," Specht said. "It was the first game, and there were a lot of nerves."

Said Coombs: "Our kids will be excited to be playing (next week). They're one of 16 (Division I) teams still playing in the state.

"We know we're playing the best team in the state next week, but we also have to remember to be ourselves."

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This is shaping up to be quite a game... It will be a great opportunity to watch Connor, Tyler, & Co.

ONN to air Watterson/Canfield and St. X/Colerain games this weekend

Saturday’s game is billed as one of the biggest in the nation. ONN will carry the Division 1 Playoff between the 11-0 Cincinnati St. Xavier Bombers and the 10-1 Cincinnati Colerain Cardinals.
Colerain is the defending state champions and are looking to upend St. Xavier after losing to the Bombers the first week of the regular season 7-0.



Saturday, November 12
9:45pm BIG GAME pre-game
10pm BIG GAME: St. Xavier at Colerain
Cincinnati ’s Paul Brown Stadium
Replay is Sunday at 10am

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