CLEVELAND, Ohio — Tramell Reese’s 96-yard kickoff return gave Benedictine a 16-14 win over St. Ignatius in their first meeting since 2004 on Friday night.

Reese’s return came with 4:28 left in the game (the extra point failed), after the Wildcats had scored 14 straight points to take a 14-10 lead.

St. Ignatius had received the second half kickoff and stepped up its offense. Trey Haddad scored the Wildcats’ first touchdown on a long pass from Jacob Mikin with 4:49 remaining in the third quarter.

The Wildcats’ Owen Coldwell managed to sprint into the end zone for a 1-yard touchdown to give them their first lead with 4:40 left in the game.

That set the stage for Reese’s return.

Despite not meeting for 21 years, these teams once played regularly for decades. For 20 years they played in th

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