CINCINNATI —

Top 25 matchups across Cincinnati didn't disappoint to kick off the 2025 season.

NO. 2 ST. XAVIER 14, NO. 3 LAKOTA WEST 7 Advertisement

In a season-opening matchup of Top 25 squads, the Lakota West Firebirds and St. Xavier Bombers squared off at St. X Friday night in a defensive slugfest that saw the Bombers come out on top 14-7.

St. X drew first blood, as wideout Cam Taylor caught a 36-yard TD pass from Jackson Frey at the end of the first quarter for a 7-0 lead.

Lakota West knotted it up in the second quarter, without wide receiver Tyson Davis snagging a 12-yard pass for a TD, and it was 7-7 going into halftime.

St. X’s Cam Taylor came up big again in the third quarter, catching a 16-yard TD from Frey – his second score of the game – to put the Bomber’s back out on f

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