CINCINNATI — Playoff pictures are becoming clearer as high school football returned for week 8.
Make sure to vote for this week's WCPO Player of the Week:
- Wyoming senior running back CJ Hester rushed 28 times for 322 yards and six touchdowns in a 49-14 win over visiting Mariemont.
- Mason senior running back Nick Sailers rushed 15 times for 138 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-13 win over Sycamore. Sailers had a 41-yard touchdown reception, too.
- Badin senior running back Carter Russo rushed 22 times for 117 yards and two touchdowns as the host Rams defeated Chaminade Julienne 28-21.
- Blanchester sophomore quarterback Michael Mulvihill threw for 100 yards and two touchdowns and rushed 22 times for 139 yards and four touchdowns in the Wildcats' 45-20 win over host Bethel-Tate.
- Highlands junior quarterback Brody Benke was 9 of 12 passing for 224 yards and three touchdowns in the Bluebirds' 50-0 win over Boone County.
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The matchup between Lakota West and Fairfield was our WCPO game of the week and the game went into double overtime with Lakota West taking victory with a final score of 38-31.
Fairfield and Lakota West were scoreless after the first quarter, but Senior Tyler Bohn’s 35-yard field goal put Lakota West on the board as Fairfield led 10-3 at the half after Fairfield Junior QB Talon Fisher found senior RB Jordan Jackson wide open near the right sideline and Jackson went 47 yards for the touchdown.
Lakota West answered back when Mitch Bolden scored on a 22-yard TD run on 3rd down making the score tied 10-10 in the third quarter.
This tie would eventually be rung up to 24-24 by the end of the regular game, heading into what was double overtime where Lakota West was able to get the win with a Mitch Bolden 4-yard touchdown run, one of 4 TD's Bolden scored Friday night.
Our team was around the Tri-State, gathering highlights from more than a dozen games.
St. Xavier with the upset over La Salle, 16-7.
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy ended the game one touchdown up on Summit Country Day with a final score of 21-14.
Cincinnati Country Day with its sixth win, this time over Clark Montessori, 38-26.
Chaminade Julienne lost at Hamilton High School to Badin, 28-21.
Cooper showed up with a big win at Conner, 41-7.
Check all the scores from around the Tri-state below:
