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High School 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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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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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.

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica]ONN to air Watterson/Canfield and St. X/Colerain games this weekend
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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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11/9/05

St. X, Colerain collide
Bombers' offense versus Cardinals' defense

Like all great triumphs, Colerain's stampede to the state title last year created one thorny question for this year: What to do for an encore?

A large part of creating a successful answer to that question will be determined Saturday, when Colerain meets the only team to beat the Cardinals in the last two years, St. Xavier, in a Division I regional semifinal game at 6 p.m. Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium.

Defending their status as state champs will depend largely on Colerain's defensive play against the Bombers' offense.

Despite losing five starters who went off to play Division I college football from one of the most dominant defenses in Cincinnati history, Colerain's defense in 2005 has been comparable in effectiveness.

"Colerain's defense last year might have been the best this area has ever seen," St. X coach Steve Specht said. "You watched film on them and, top to bottom, those were the best guys I've ever seen. They had a tremendous senior class, but then you look at this year's group, and it's not like they're skipping a beat."

The difference in performance is comparable to the difference between suffocating and stifling.

The 2004 Colerain defense allowed foes 106 yards and 7.6 points per game. The 2005 defense allows 151 yards and 9.6 points per game.

Now, when you have one linebacker committed to Michigan in Cobrani Mixon and another going to Ohio State in Tyler Moellers, most would expect you to field a good defense.

But Colerain coach Kerry Coombs says the ability of others to form a unit that doesn't rely on stars to make plays is what has allowed his defense to recover so quickly from those graduation losses.

"Everyone knows Tyler Moellers and Cobrani Mixon," Coombs said. "But you have to look at the other guys - guys like (noseguard) Calvin Dixon, (cornerback) Henry Lemons and (defensive tackle) Steve Borchers - as kids who are banging away in there every day trying to get this done.

"I'm just so proud of them. No one expected this defense to play as well as it has played with how many guys we lost from last year."

The one component most difficult to replace was defensive tackle Terrill Byrd, a rare combination of size and speed who earned one publication's award last year as national high school defender of the year.

Byrd starts as a freshman at UC, and Colerain in 2005 can't replicate the presence of a 280-pound defensive tackle on the line who could run even with many running backs.

"The biggest difference is they don't have Byrd," said Specht, who brings St. X into Saturday's game as Ohio's No. 1-ranked team, thanks in part to a 7-0 victory over Colerain in the season opener for both teams. "But they've taken the kids they have this year, plugged them into the system, and have been just as successful as they were last year."

Said Coombs: "We had to develop some kids and fill some holes. But we play the same defense we've always played. That helps, because the kids have been growing up through it. You want consistency in your scheme in building your program."

Colerain is coming off a 24-7 victory over Glen Este in the first round of the playoffs. Glen Este's 203 total yards and 12 first downs marked the most damage done against Colerain in eight weeks.

Coombs thinks the biggest problem was he didn't do a good enough job preparing his kids for the wing-T offense Glen Este runs.

"It's clear we're playing the best team (St. X) we've played all year, the best team in the state, so it is going to be different this week," Coombs said. "How we respond will tell the story of how we play."
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scott91575 said:
Pretty funny that they called Colerain's defense last year stifling at over 7 pts per game, and no mention that this years X team gives up just over 5 pts per game.
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Colerain had D-1 recruits all over the field on that defense: Moeller, Mixon, Revels, Clifford, Willams, Byrd...Colerain could have pitched as many shutouts as X did this year had the offense not scored 50+ points a game and the starters were allowed to stay in the game for three quarters instead of one half.

with that said...the Bomber defense is as good as it gets in Ohio this year and their accomplishments and domination has not gone unnoticed by this Colerain fan...they have my full respect and attention. They are that damn good.
 
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Colerain has just sent another player to a BCS conference: Matt Schulte (P/K) will sign a LOI with West Virginia this week.

That gives Colerain five players to BCS eligible schools in 06 class (Moeller, Mixon, Scheer and Smith being the other four.)

Also, it is expected that RB Kyle Lumpkin will take the test for entrance into the United States Air Force Academy to play football.

Congrats, Cardinals!
 
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1/30/06

SIGNING DATE: The national letter of intent signing period for football begins Wednesday, along with soccer, field hockey and men's water polo.

Colerain, which led the area with five Division I football recruits in 2005, might have seven for 2006. OL Connor Smith (Ohio State), LB Tyler Moeller (Ohio State), LB Cobrani Mixon (Michigan), RB Terrence Sherrer (Minnesota) and DB Brian Lainhart (Kent State) have committed. RB Kyle Lumpkin will choose Air Force or Navy, and PK Matt Schulte will pick either Cincinnati or Ohio University.

Colerain also has DB Henry Lemons (Indiana State) and OL Eric Ornella (Youngstown State or Murray State) set to sign.
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Final Colerain D1 Tally 7 - Total Signees Number 11

From the Cincy Enquirer
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Colerain does it again
Seven of 11 Cards sign with DI teams; 4 of 13 for Withrow
BY TOM GROESCHEN | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Colerain did not win the state football championship in 2005, but the Cardinals repeated as local Division I-A college signing champion Wednesday.
Colerain sent seven seniors to Division I-A programs as the national letter of intent signing period began, with Parade magazine All-America offensive guard Connor Smith (Ohio State) leading the Cardinals' signing contingent.
"We've just been in a great cycle where we've had some really good players who have worked very hard," Colerain head coach Kerry Coombs said.
"They are attractive to colleges because they have shown they can succeed with high demands on their time."
Smith follows in the footsteps of his father, Joe Smith, a former Ohio State lineman.
"This is a dream I've had since I was little," said Connor Smith, who was also named the Enquirer/Channel 9 area player of the year this past season. "When you see this many people signing today, it's a tribute to the coaches and the team and all the support you get from the community."
The Cardinals' 11 overall college commitments was topped by Withrow, which had a 13-man signing ceremony.
Withrow had four Division I-A players sign, led by defensive end Kallen Wade to Notre Dame.
The school's 13 commitments are the most in memory by a Cincinnati Public Schools team, the district said in a press release.
"It's a big day for the Tigers," Withrow coach Doc Gamble said.
"We have 13 of our 17 graduating seniors continuing their football careers, and the other four will attend college but not play."
Division I state champion St. Xavier had four football players sign/commit, led by defensive end Alex Albright to Boston College.
St. X offensive lineman Andrew Hauser (Princeton), defensive back Frank Morand (Cornell) and linebacker Lou Miller (Columbia) also committed.
Last year, Colerain sent five players to Division I-A off its 2004 state championship team. The 2005 Cardinals lost to St. Xavier in the regional semifinals, but still had the area's top crop of big-school college products, including Smith and linebackers Tyler Moeller (Ohio State) and Cobrani Mixon (Michigan).
Tom Lemming, the Illinois-based recruiting analyst who has done work for ESPN and College Sports TV, listed Colerain's Smith, Moeller and Mixon, Princeton offensive lineman Aaron Brown (Virginia Tech) and Withrow's Wade among the top local signees.
"Connor Smith is the best player in the Cincinnati area," Lemming said. "Aaron Brown already looks ready for the NFL. Kallen Wade may have the most potential of all of them. He will become a real good pass rusher, being long-armed at 6-foot-5."
Other notable signings included Lakota West wide receiver Josh Chichester (Louisville), Lakota East defensive back Casey Kjos (Oregon State), La Salle quarterback Tyler Sheehan (Bowling Green), and Withrow defensive back Robert Williams (West Virginia).
Indian Hill quarterback Mike Scherpenberg, who shared Ohio Division III state player of the year honors this season, signed with Grand Valley State (Mich.). Grand Valley State in 2005 won its third NCAA Division II championship in four years.
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