CINCINNATI — The Friday night lights are back on tonight for Week 3 of the 2024 high school football season.
Friday night's schedule included the WCPO 9 Friday Football Game of the Week, Ryle at Cooper. This was the fourth consecutive year that Ryle, a Class 6A program, and Cooper, a Class 5A team, is a Week 3 matchup.
Ryle had won nine consecutive games over Cooper until tonight, when Cam O'Hara found Isaiah Johnson for an 11-yard touchdown with just 30 seconds left in the game to give Cooper a 21-14 win.
READ OUR RECAP HERE: Undefeated Cooper gets first victory over Ryle since 2015, winning 21-14
A DeAngelo Birch laser to Landen Miree was the difference as Princeton defeated Lakota West, 14-6.
Middletown defeated Colerain 16-10 thanks in large part to a Maximillian Johnson punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Back-to-back state champs East Central weren't in Indiana anymore on Friday. Moeller was able to hold East Central to just 13 points while putting up 42 in a huge win.
After beating East Central last week, Harrison looked to continue their successful start to the season against also unbeaten Indian Hill. The game wasn't too close after the first quarter, with Harrison winning 49-19.
Elder remains unbeaten after defeating Springboro 30-6.
Winton Woods defeated Milford 22-3 in a big-time battle in the ECC. The Warriors have only given up 14 points in their first three weeks.
Simon Kenton visited a Covington Catholic team hungry for its first win — and the Colonels got it in a big way, taking down the Pioneers 42-3.
Dixie Heights dropped 66 points last week, but Beechwood was able to hold them to only 20. The Tigers won 41-20, almost the exact same score they had the week before.
Taft cruised to a 36-7 victory over Alter.
Scores for all of tonight's games can be found below.
