The Winton Woods Warriors will face off against the St. Xavier Bombers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Winton Woods is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Little Miami a 35-0 shutout. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Warriors just coasted through the last quarter.
Meanwhile, St. Xavier had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They breezed by the Eagles to the tune of 41-0. Given the Bombers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 14th, while the Eagles are ranked 157th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Chase Herbstreit, who threw for 225 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Hoerst, who picked up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Winton Woods pushed their record up to 10-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 5.0 points per game. As for St. Xavier, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
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