Cincinnati St. Xavier Bombers

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Originally Posted by X Buckeyes07 X

Not too anti-climatic to me, beating the [censored] out of Moeller is always okay with me. That rivalry is definitely bigger for me personally than the X-Elder game.

Well, I did say a little.
Moeller has moved up the rivalry list. In my day, it was always Elder. The All Sports trophy was a battle between X and Elder. That made Elder the all around rival. Things have changed a bit.

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10/28/05

St. Xavier vs. Moeller

WHEN/WHERE: 8:30 p.m. today at Paul Brown Stadium.

RECORDS: St. Xavier 9-0 (2-0 GCL-S), Moeller 6-3 (1-1).

WHAT TO WATCH: St. Xavier visited Cleveland St. Ignatius last Saturday and won 22-0, the Bombers' fifth shutout this year. Sophomore RB Darius Ashley leads the Bombers with 829 yards rushing and 16 TDs. Moeller counters with senior RB Martez Williams, who has 1,287 yards rushing and 13 TDs. Moeller comes off a 28-12 home loss to Lakewood St. Edward. Moeller hopes to forge a three-way GCL South tie with St. X and La Salle, which finished its league schedule at 2-1.

BOTTOM LINE: St. Xavier has allowed only 45 points all year. The Bombers' defense makes them the favorite.

[X Buckeyes07 X]

31-7 X. Just dominant. Moeller couldn't hold onto the football, and other than a 45 or 47 Martez Williams TD run the X defense was suffocating. Moeller had a hell of a time getting past the line of scrimmage. I had to leave early in the 2nd half because I have to get up at 4:00, so I don't have any official stats, but Darius Ashley had 2 or 3 TDs(2 that I saw, not sure if he was the one that scored the last TD) and topped the 100 yard mark once again, I'm guessing he finished with 150 or so. QB Brad Scherrer looked good and ran the ball once again.

Rob Schoenhoft was up at X visiting earlier in the day and attended the game.

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10/29/05

No. 1 Bombers wallop Moeller
Rival Crusaders no match for state's best

When St. Xavier last faced Moeller, the then-undefeated Bombers were beaten in the second round of last year's playoffs.

St. X entered Friday's grudge match with the Crusaders with a perfect record. This time, the Bombers' defense helped produce a strikingly different result.

St. X, ranked No. 1 in The Enquirer Division I area coaches' poll, got 176 yards and two touchdowns from sophomore running back Darius Ashley and rolled to a 31-7 victory over Moeller, No 5 in the area, in the second game of a doubleheader played before 15,285 fans at Paul Brown Stadium.

The Bombers, ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 11 in USA Today's Super 25 poll, completed their second consecutive undefeated regular season.

"It's amazing what you can accomplish when nobody cares who gets the credit," said St. X coach Steve Specht. "These guys come to work every day. They have one goal - they want to shut everybody out."

St. X enters the playoffs as the top team in the Division I Region 4 Harbin ratings and will play a first-round home game. Moeller's playoff fate, meanwhile, will not be determined until the final Harbin ratings are released.

"We just want to be in," said Specht. "We'll see how the matchups shake out and take it from there."

It was a game-time decision by the Bombers' coaching staff to play standout sophomore kicker/punter Danny Milligan, who was nursing an ankle sprain.

Milligan did play and booted the Bombers into the lead with a 38-yard field goal to make the score 3-0 early in the first quarter.

The St. X defense, which had allowed only 45 points in their first nine games, made the first big play of the game when senior defensive back Brad Brookbank intercepted a pass at Moeller's 32-yard line.

St. X converted moments later when Ashley scored on a 7-yard touchdown run making the score 9-0 early in the second quarter.

Crusaders senior Martez Williams, who came into the game with more than 1,200 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns, was limited to just 13 yards in the first half.

St. X allowed Moeller only two first downs in the first half and forced three turnovers. They also pressured sophomore quarterback Ross Oltorik throughout the game.

The Bombers' defense forced their second turnover when Oltorik was sacked by senior linebacker Alex Albright, who forced the ball loose. Louis Miller recovered the fumble on the Crusaders' 17-yard line. Ashley scored on a 2-yard run moments later.

"It's a two-way relationship with the offense and defense," said Ashley. "They worked hard all week and got it done again."

Following a Moeller fumble, senior quarterback Brad Scherer ran 21 yards for a touchdown to make the score 24-0 late in the first half.

"St. X has proven they can play with anyone," said Moeller coach Bob Crable. "They intimidate people and take teams out of their game. They've done a great job defensively."

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St. X - Milligan 38 FG
St. X - Ashley 7 run (kick failed)
St. X - Ashley 2 run (Cionni pass from Scherer)
St. X - Scherer 21 run (Milligan kick)
M - Williams 51 run (Albrinck kick)
St. X - Kneuven 13 pass from Scherer (Milligan kick)

Records: S 10-0 (3-0 GCL-S), M 6-4 (1-2)

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11/4/05

Fairfield at St. Xavier

WHEN/WHERE: 7 p.m. Saturday at St. Xavier HS, 600 North Bend Road.

RECORDS: Fairfield 8-2, St. Xavier 10-0.

WHAT TO WATCH: Fairfield, in its first playoff appearance since 2000, gets to play the state's No. 1-ranked team. Fairfield QB Derek Ball (1,680 yards passing, 17 TDs) leads a balanced attack, with RB Antoine Moore (1,463 yards rushing, 13 TDs) the top rusher. St. Xavier allows only 5.2 points a game, with LB Louis Miller and DE Alex Albright having combined for 10.5 sacks. RB Darius Ashley (997 yards rushing, 18 TDs) leads the offense, which scores 29.5 points a game.

BOTTOM LINE: St. Xavier has allowed only one opponent to score more than 10 points. The Bombers are a big favorite at home.

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Somehow I see St. X and Colerain playing....

[X Buckeyes07 X]

St. X got a transfer from Moeller today, junior QB Ryan Morris. Obviously this doesn't affect this years team, but assuming he's eligible he could be a big part of next years' team. Some of the northern OH posters might not be aware, but Moeller's coaches have completely screwed up what was supposed to be a Moeller team contending for state this year, and basically left the program in shambles. Barely any of Moeller's players are happy anymore, and almost all just want to get the year over with. Their starting QB, a senior, confronted Coach Crable in front of their whole team and was kicked off the team for the comments he made. Morris was thought to be the 2nd string QB, and most Moe fans think he should've been starting, but instead a sophomore QB is being groomed for the future.

Morris quit earlier this week and started taking classes at X today. Both principals have signed off on him participating in athletics at X, and assuming the Archdiocese approves it, Morris will be eligible to play next year. QB was considered the biggest hole going into next year, and that now appears to be filled. Without looking too far ahead, I now consider X to be the favorite for a state title next year.

[X Buckeyes07 X]

X is dominating Fairfield. 28-0 at the half, 3 TD runs by Ashley and a long TD pass (60 yards?) from Sherrer to McFarland. Milligan, our stud sophomore kicker/punter/WR looks to be fully recovered from an ankle injury that limited his action in the Moeller game..he's 4/4 on extra points and has kicked all 5 of his kickoffs into the end zone.

EDIT: According to the radio announcers Ashley had 83 yards on 13 carries in the first half.

St. X got a nice return to start the 3rd quarter, moved the ball and got a FG from Milligan to go ahead 31-0. This will probably be the last we see of the starters for X unless Coach Specht decides he wants them to try to finish with a TD on the next posession. Oh and Milligan is now 6/6 on kickoffs going for touchbacks.

Bring on Colerain!