Amid another record-breaking run, St. Edward standout seeks to avenge loss that ended his season: Week 10 football games to watch south of Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Ohio — St. Edward coach Tom Lombardo challenged his players Saturday after their 35-10 victory against Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller.

With a short week until Friday’s trip to Archbishop Hoban in Akron, Lombardo likened it to an acclimation for the playoffs. The Eagles (8-1), who are ranked No. 2 in this week’s cleveland.com high school football Top 25 , will get one of their toughest tests in an already difficult schedule from No. 4 Hoban (7-1).

“We play a brutal schedule every week, and you got to keep raising your game,” Lombardo said. “I think we took that jump that sent a message of what’s the top (level) we can play.”

Like Hoban, which is state-ranked in Division II, Moeller (6-3) is a state-title contender in Division I with the Eagles. Yet St. Edward picked apart t