Lakota West wins 10th straight to reach regional finals; St. X up next

Lakota West quarterback Mitch Bolden carries the ball during their game against Hamilton Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 at Lakota West High School in West Chester Township. Lakota West won 40-13. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

Credit: Nick Graham

Credit: Nick Graham

Lakota West quarterback Mitch Bolden carries the ball during their game against Hamilton Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 at Lakota West High School in West Chester Township. Lakota West won 40-13. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

Mitch Bolden tossed three touchdown passes and rushed for another Friday night as third-seeded Lakota West pulled away in the second half to beat Milford 49-14 in a Division I, Region 4 quarterfinal Friday night at West.

Bolden finished 11-of-17 for 206 yards. He threw a pair of touchdown passes to Trent Lloyd (6 catches, 62 yards) and one to Ben Minich. Lloyd also returned a punt 76 yards for a TD to open the second-half scoring for the Firebirds, who outscored the Eagles 35-7 in the final 24 minutes after leading 14-7 at halftime.

Bolden also scored on a 2-yard run and Cameron Goode added 94 yards and a TD on the ground for the Firebirds, who won their 10th straight to improve to 10-1. Sixth-seeded Milford finishes 7-5.

West advances to the regional semifinals where it will face defending state champion St. Xavier, the No. 2 seed, next Friday night at a neutral site to be announced. The Bombers beat Elder 42-7 Friday night. West opened the season with a 31-14 loss to St. X on Aug. 20.

Moeller 35, Fairfield 7: Talon Fisher connected with Nate Hannah for the lone Fairfield touchdown. The Indians finish 6-5.

Top-seeded Moeller (9-3) advances to face Princeton (11-1) on Friday in the other Region 4 semifinal.

Division II

Region 8

Edgewood 52, Stebbins 15: Tavionne Crosby tallied touchdown runs of 3 and 17 yards for Edgewood, which stormed out to a 38-7 lead in the first half.

Jay Dailey, Jake Valerio, Braden Sullivan and Braganza added a TD run apiece and Eli Jones threw for a score.

Edgewood, winners of nine straight, improved to 9-2. The Cougars will face undefeated Piqua, the top seed, in a regional semifinal next Friday night.

Stebbins finished 6-6.