ELDER STUNS PRINCETON WITH LEGENDARY COMEBACK IN THE PIT 32-30
11/14/2025
Cincinnati - The Elder High School football team delivered one of the most unforgettable comebacks in the rich history of "The Pit," rallying from a 23-point third-quarter deficit to stun Princeton 32-30 Friday night in the Division I, Region 4 semifinals.
For a program that has made tradition an art form, this one felt written straight into Elder folklore. A cold November playoff night turned into pure chaos, joy, and disbelief as the Panthers erased what once looked like an insurmountable hole, thanks largely to junior quarterback
Kaden Estep's late-game heroics.
A Night That Began All Wrong
The game began about as poorly…
I used to live about a block from the school on Academy Avenue. Every year we’d get a free pair of tickets for a scrub game to make up for idiot students ruining our lives with street parking and enthusiastic driving. That would’ve been a fun game to listen to from the front porch.