Week 9 Preview: Cincinnati

Over the last 8 weeks, there have been some great football games in Cincinnati.  Several teams are still undefeated or have only 1 loss and are looking to make a deep playoff run in 2021.  Here are five Cincinnati football games to watch in week 9. Lakota West vs Colerain In week 9, the Lakota West Firebirds will play the Colerain Cardinals.  The Firebirds are 6-1 and have won 6 games in a row.  Last week, they had a bye but 2 weeks ago they defeated Fairfield 42-10.  This season, they have averaged 35 points per game on offense and have given up 12.14 points per game on defense.  The Cardinals are 5-3 and last week defeated Hamilton 27-6.  This season, they have averaged 21 points per game on offense and have given up 15.75 points per game on defense.  There are several players from the Prep Redzone rankings who will be playing in this game and they are DB [player_tooltip player_id="34377" first="Jyaire" last="Brown"], OL [player_tooltip player_id="34373" first="Tegra" last="Tshabola"], DB [player_tooltip player_id="34385" first="Alex" last="Afari"], LB [player_tooltip player_id="91598" first="Aden" last="Miller"] and DL [player_tooltip player_id="186345" first="Bryan" last="Henderson"] from Lakota West and WR [player_tooltip player_id="128147" first="Isaiah" last="Myers"], RB [player_tooltip player_id="34469" first="MJ" last="Flowers"], LB [player_tooltip player_id="120382" first="Levert" last="Jarmon"] and DB [player_tooltip player_id="187507" first="Ken" last="Willis"] from Colerain. Kings vs Turpin On Friday night, the Kings Knights will play the Turpin Spartans.  The Knights are currently undefeated at 8-0 and last week they defeated Loveland 52-20.  In 2021, they have averaged 36 points per game on offense and have given up 12.5 points per game on defense.  The Spartans are 6-2 and last week they were defeated by Winton Woods 41-19.  This season they have averaged 29.5 points per game on offense and have given up 20.63 points per game on defense.  Some talented players to watch from Kings are Dl Justin Berg and DB RJ Jackson.  Some talented players to keep an eye on from Turpin are WR Ryan McDole and OT Jack Plattner. Afrchbishop McNicholas vs Chaminade-Julienne On Friday night, the Rockets of Archbishop McNicholas will host the Chaminade-Julienne Eagles.  The Rockets are currently undefeated at 7-0 and were off last week but 2 weeks ago, they defeated Bishop Fenwick 34-14.  The Rockets have averaged 30.72 points per game on offense and have given up 10.72 points per game on defense.  The Eagles are 3-3 and last week lost to undefeated Badin 45-28.  This season, the Eagles have averaged 32.67 points per game on offense and gave up 23 points per game on defense.  Some talented players from Archbishop McNicholas are QB Pierce Taylor and LB/TE Colin Fix.  Some talented players from Chaminade-Julienne to watch are QB Luke Chandler and WR/DB Jacob Bridgett. Wyoming vs Finneytown On Friday Night, the Wyoming Cowboys will play the Finneytown Wildcats.  The Cowboys are currently undefeated at 8-0 and last week they defeated Mariemont 40-9.  This season, they have averaged 31.5 points per game on offense and have given up 9.38 points per game on defense.  The Wildcats are 3-5 and last week were defeated 68-6 by Indian Hill.  They have averaged 21.63 points per game on offense and have given up 30.63 points per game on defense.  The player from the Prep Redzone rankings in this game is LB [player_tooltip player_id="186842" first="Jared" last="Hancock"] from Wyoming.  Some players to keep an eye on from Finneytown are RB/DB Ryan Siakam and DL Christian Merry. Princeton vs Mason This week, the Princeton Vikings will play the Mason Comets.  The Vikings are currently 7-1, won 4 games in a row and last week they defeated Sycamore 42-20.  This season, they have averaged 42 points per game on offense and have given up 23.13 points per game on defense.  The Comets are currently 3-5 and last week were defeated by Fairfield 27-22. In 2021, they have averaged 23 points per game on offense and have given up 19.75 points per game on defense.  There are quite a few players from the Prep Red Zone rankings that will be playing in this game and they are LB [player_tooltip player_id="176661" first="Jay" last="Stoker"], LB [player_tooltip player_id="186795" first="Antonio" last="Nunley"], LB [player_tooltip player_id="186796" first="Anas" last="Luqman"] and WR [player_tooltip player_id="34398" first="Rodney" last="Harris"] from Princeton.  Some players to watch from Mason are QB Michael Molnar and DL Caden Davis.