Lakota West wins 10th straight to reach regional finals; St. X up next
Mitch Bolden tossed three touchdown passes and rushed for another Friday night as third-seeded Lakota West pulled away in the second half to beat Milford 49-14 in a Division I, Region 4 quarterfinal Friday night at West.
Bolden finished 11 of 17 for 206 yards. He threw a pair of touchdown passes to Trent Lloyd (6 catches, 62 yards) and one to Ben Minich. Lloyd also returned a punt 76 yards for a TD to open the second-half scoring for the Firebirds, who outscored the Eagles 35-7 in the final 24 minutes after leading 14-7 at halftime.
Bolden also scored on a 2-yard run and Cameron Goode added 94 yards and a TD on the ground for the Firebirds, who won their 10th straight to improve to 10-1. Sixth-seeded Milford finishes 7-5.
West advances to the regional semifinals where it will face defending state champion St. Xavier, the No. 2 seed, next Friday night at a neutral site to be announced. The Bombers beat Elder 42-7 Friday night. West opened the season with a 31-14 loss to St. X on Aug. 20.
Moeller 35, Fairfield 7:
Talon Fisher connected with Nate Hannah for the lone Fairfield touchdown. The Indians finish 6-5.
Top-seeded Moeller (9-3) advances to face Princeton (11-1) on Friday in the other Region 4 semifinal.
Division II, Region 8
Edgewood 52, Stebbins 15: Tavionne Crosby tallied touchdown runs of 3 and 17 yards for Edgewood, which stormed out to a 38-7 lead in the first half.
Jay Dailey, Jake Valerio, Braden Sullivan and Braganza added a TD run apiece and Eli Jones threw for a score.
Edgewood, winners of nine straight, improved to 9-2. The Cougars will face undefeated Piqua, the top seed, in a regional semifinal next Friday night.
Stebbins finished 6-6.