St. Xavier dominated action in a 49-6 victory over Lexington Catholic.  St. Xavier recorded 18 first downs and 456 yards of total offense.  The Tigers were penalized four times for 35 yards.  Lexington Catholic recorded 12 first downs and 204 yards of total offense.  The Knights were penalized seven times for 45 yards, lost a fumble, and had one pass intercepted.

Jeont'A  Hayden led St. Xavier's ground game with 107 yards on six carries including a 90 yard TD run.  Jeremiah Neal carried the ball nine times for 62 yards including two TDs.  Brian Buehner completed five of nine passes for 129 yards and two touchdowns.  Jeremiah Neal caught two passes for 36 yards and a TD.  La'Mont McMurry caught a 78 yard TD pass.  Will Lawson led the defense with five solo and one assisted tackle.  DeVontae Beach added four solo and one assisted tackle with two of his tackles resulting in losses totalling 35 yards.  Wyatt Gray kicked off eight times with all eight resulting in touchbacks.

Greg Raglin led the Lexington Catholic ground game with 48 yards on 18 carries.  Nic Ward completed 14 of 26 passes for 172 yards and a TD with one interception.  Bryce Andrews caught four passes for 87 yards.  Benton Hupman led the defense with seven solo tackles.  Zach Mitchell added four solo and two assisted tackles.

Scoring Summary

School                        Q1    Q2    Q3    Q4    Final

St. Xavier                      7     21    21      0     49

Lexington Catholic        0       0      0      6       6

St.X - La'Mont McMurry 5 yard run (Wyatt Gray kick)

St.X - Jeremiah Neal 5 yard run (Gray kick)

St.X - Neal 2 yard run (Gray kick)

St.X - Neal 19 yard pass fron Brian Buehner (Gray kick)

St.X - Lincoln Goodwin 39 yard pass from Buehner (Gray kick)

St.X - Jeont'A Hayden 90 yard run (Gray kick)

St.X - McMurry 78 yard pass from Luke Brohm (Gray kick)

LC - Lee Ramsey 17 yard pass from Nic Ward (Benton Hupman kick blkd.)

Selected Statistics

St. Xavier

Rushing                    No.     Yds.     Avg.    Long

Jeont'A Hayden          6      107      17.8     90

Jeremiah Neal            9        62       6.9      18

Michael Montano        6         41       6.8     20

La'Mont McMurry        4         22       5.5       7

Brian Buehner           6         20       3.3       8

Jeff Goodwin              3           5      1.7       4

Alex Mattingly            1           2       2.0      2

Luke Brohm               2        -10      -5.0      0

Passing                 A-C-I       Yds.     TD   Long

Brian Buehner      9-5-0       129       2      50

Luke Brohm          2-1-0        78       1      78

Receiving                 No.     Yds.    TD    Long

Jeremiah Neal          2         36       1     19

La'Mont McMurry      1         78       1     78

Alec Jury                 1         50       0     50

Lincoln Goodwin       1         39       1     39

Wyatt Gray              1          4        0      4

Lexington Catholic

Rushing                     No.    Yds.     Avg.     Long

Greg Raglin                18      48      2.7        11

Nic Ward                      3       19     6.3        16

Kyle Boling                   1        1      1.0         1

John Sam Steele          2     -35     -17.5        0

Passing                   A-C-I        Yds.      TD    Long

Nic Ward                  26-14-1    172       1     37

John Sam Steele        3-1-0        -1        0       0

Kyle Bolin                  2-1-0         0        0       0

Receiving                  No.       Yds.      TD     Long

Bryce Andrews           4          87         0       37

John Sam Steele        3          20         0       10

Billy Jack Brown         3          13         0         5

Lee Ramsey               2          32         1       17

Greg Raglin                2          11        0       12

Konner Vasilko           1            8        0         8

Anthony Kersey          1            0        0         0

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to WL Stats for providing the comprehensive statistics for tonight's game.