The 2024 high school football season has jumped ahead to Week 2.
The Enquirer has you covered here for all the scores, big game updates and stories from your schools and rivals too. Week 2 sees the beginning of the nine weeks' worth of conference battles in the Greater Miami Conference and the Eastern Cincinnati Conference.
Several games were pushed from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. start times due to the heat. The holiday weekend will be warm, but the cooler fall nights will be on the horizon.
Friday, Aug. 30
Elder 20, West Catholic (Mich.) 13
The Elder Panthers are 2-0 after sending visiting West Catholic back to Michigan with a 20-13 defeat. Sophom*ore quarterback Kaden Estep was 11-17 passing for 107 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown to Jackson Ruth in the first quarter. Trailing 10-7 at halftime, Maddox Arnold came through with two rushing scores in the second half, including the game’s final score with 7:30 left in the fourth. West Catholic managed just 178 yards of offense while Elder picked off quarterback Grady Augustyn twice. Along with his two scores, Arnold had nine tackles on defense.
West Catholic – 0 10 3 0 – 13
Elder – 7 0 6 7 – 20
E- Ruth 20 pass from Estep (Crawford kick)
WC- FG Smith 25
WC- Olszewski 3 pass from Augustyn (Smith kick)
E- Arnold 2 run (kick failed)
WC- FG Smith 34
E- Arnold 1 run (Re kick)
Records: E 2-0, WC 0-1.
Thursday, Aug. 29
Middletown Madison 57, Gamble Montessori 0 (Thursday)
In Week 1, Middletown Madison met Preble Shawnee, falling 52-0 to open the year. Less than a week later, the Mohawks swung the season into much better position. Middletown Madison traveled to Gamble Montessori and topped the Gators 57-0 in a shortened, two-quarter game. The Mohawks led 42-0 after the first quarter alone, all six touchdowns coming on rushing scores. The theme followed in the second quarter when Logan Mason scampered for his third touchdown run before an interception return from Zach Rumping. With a 57-0 deficit, the game was ended at the halftime break.
Middletown Madison – 42 15 X X – 57
Gamble Montessori 0 – 0 0 X X – 0
MM– Miller 21 run (Graham kick)
MM– Wheeler 19 run (Graham kick)
MM– Miller 13 run (Graham kick)
MM– Mason 1 run (Graham kick)
MM– Johnson 5 run (Graham kick)
MM– Mason 21 run (Graham kick)
MM– Mason 19 run (Johnson run)
MM– Rumping 49 INT return (Graham kick)
Records: MM 1-1, GM 0-2.
Cincinnati high school football Week 2 scoreboard
All contests are sorted by the home team's conference unless an area school is playing a team from outside Greater Cincinnati. Check back periodically or refresh for updates.
Greater Catholic League South
Moeller 42, Bishop Dwenger 18 – FINAL
St. Xavier 34, Centerville 10 – FINAL
Elder 20, West Catholic 13 – FINAL
La Salle 27, Northmont 6 – FINAL
Greater Miami Conference
Fairfield 33, Colerain 13 – FINAL
Lakota East 20, Mason 13 – FINAL
Middletown 34, Oak Hills 14 – FINAL
Princeton 52, Sycamore 0 – FINAL
Lakota West 31, Hamilton 0 – FINAL
Eastern Cincinnati Conference
Turpin 34, Little Miami 13 – FINAL
Milford 38, Walnut Hills 0 – FINAL
Anderson 52, West Clermont 7 – FINAL
Winton Woods 19, Kings 5 – FINAL
Lebanon 19, Loveland 10 – FINAL
Cincinnati Hills League
St. Bernard-Elmwood Place 28, Finneytown 6 – FINAL
Indian Hill 35, Northwest 12 – FINAL
Lawrenceburg 15, Taylor 0 – Q4
Madeira 41, Shawnee 19 – FINAL
Mariemont 48, Norwood 6 – FINAL
Southwest Ohio Conference
Harrison 35, East Central 28 – FINAL
Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference
Alter 13, Withrow 12 – FINAL
Cincinnati College Prep 36, Summit Country Day 6 – FINAL
Dixie Heights 66, Hughes 0 – FINAL
Woodward 0, Meadowdale 0 – Q1
Taft 12, Chaminade Julienne 7 – FINAL
Roger Bacon 47, Western Hills 0 – FINAL
Belmont at Aiken (Saturday)
Deer Park at Shroder (Saturday)
Greater Catholic League Coed
St. Francis DeSales 17, Badin 3 – FINAL
McNicholas 34, Wheelersburg 3 – FINAL
Fenwick 14, Talawanda 6 – FINAL
Miami Valley Conference
CHCA 35, Bishop Ready 21 – FINAL
Cincinnati Country Day 29, Blanchester 27 – FINAL
New Miami 0, Manchester 0 – Q1
Bishop Brossart 48, North College Hill 26 – FINAL
Harvest Prep 46, Purcell Marian 8 – FINAL
Clark Montessori 58, Fayetteville Perry 0 – FINAL
Southern Buckeye Conference
Batavia 52, Reading 29 – FINAL
Cedarville 40, East Clinton 6 – FINAL
Miami Valley Christian 14, Clermont Northeastern 0 – FINAL
Hillsboro 32, Goshen 7 – FINAL
New Richmond 34, Williamsburg 19 – FINAL
Miami Trace 21, Wilmington 19 – FINAL
Coldwater 31, Clinton-Massie 15 – FINAL
Western Brown 56, Washington Court House 22 – FINAL
Bethel-Tate 28, Lockland 3 – FINAL
Southwestern Buckeye League
Middletown Madison 57, Gamble Montessori 0 – FINAL (Thursday)
Greeneview 40, Waynesville 28 – FINAL (Thursday)
Springboro 38, Edgewood 7 – FINAL
Wyoming 23, Monroe 6 – FINAL
Mount Healthy 62, Ross 35 – FINAL
These teams are trending upward
Last week, Walnut Hills beat Western Hills 30-6, snapping a 27-game losing streak. Ryle beat Covington Catholic for the first time since 2016. Boone County is already halfway to reaching its win total from last season.
Those squads are among the eight teams featured as teams that have started the 2024 season with a positive trend. Read about who else made the list and what the season could spell for the programs.
Who did Enquirer writers pick to win top Week 2 games?
Enquirer writers gave previews and predictions for 10 of the top games in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in Week 2. Included is Campbell County's trip to Beechwood, East Central traveling to Harrison and the heavyweight bout between Kings and Winton Woods.
Check the story for predictions and previews from those games and more.
Ohio high school football Super 25 rankings
The USA Today Network Ohio High School Football Super 25 poll is voted on by a panel of sports writers and editors from across Ohio. The poll ranks the top 25 teams in Ohio, regardless of division.
Massillon Washington edged Lakewood St. Edward for first place in the newest poll by just three points. Moeller is the top-ranked Cincinnati school in the poll.
Check out Ohio Football Super 25 poll to see where others local teams, including Anderson, Elder and Moeller, were voted.
Which Cincinnati high school football teams won in Week 1?
Before the second Friday of the season kicks off, check out the results from Week 1 of the season, including box scores, photo galleries, videos and feature stories.
Videos and stories from last week come from top games like Moeller and Princeton in the renewed King of the Block, Elder and Withrow's Thursday-night battle, Logan Verax and Ryle's victory over Covington Catholic, reigning state champion East Central's win over Lawrenceburg and more.
Get statewide Ohio high school football scores from Scorestream
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Watch OHSAA football games on NFHS Network
The NFHS Network is a production of theNational Federation of State High School AssociationsandPlayOn! Sportsthat gives schools the ability to stream and broadcast sporting events, even without a full broadcasting staff.
The Week 2 schedule in Greater Cincinnati is loaded to kick off the season and many games are worth a watch. In Ohio, schools such as Anderson, Blanchester, Clermont Northeastern, Colerain, Fairfield, Hamilton, Indian Hill, Lakota East, Lakota West, Lockland, Monroe, Northwest, Oak Hills, Waynesville and Western Brown have listed home football broadcasts onto the broadcast schedule.
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