The 12th Skyline Crosstown Showdown
The Skyline Showdown, considered the nations premier high school football event, will kickoff the high school football season in Southwest Ohio. It will boast some of the top match ups in the state, including our game against Colerain at 8:30 pm at Nippert Stadium on Friday. Other teams to participate will be GCL conference rivals Elder, Moeller and La Salle, as well as Clayton Northmont, Lakota West, Huber Height Wayne, Cincinnati Princeton, Oak Hills, Cincinnati Winton Woods and East St. Louis (Ill.)
The 2009 Showdown begins at Dayton’s Welcome Stadium on Thursday August 27. The doubleheader begins at 5:30 p.m. with a matchup between Chaminade Julienne and Troy. Mason takes on Trotwood Madison at 8:00 p.m.
On Friday, games will be played simultaneously in two locations. In Dayton, Clayton Northmont will faceoff with Lakota West at 6 p.m. followed by an 8:30 p.m. tilt between Huber Heights Wayne and Princeton.
Fans at Nippert Stadium will enjoy a Westside Special doubleheader beginning at 6 p.m. when rivals LaSalle and Oak Hills battle it out for bragging rights in game one. Friday’s nightcap features a marquee matchup between two former state champions as St. Xavier and Colerain square off at 8:30 p.m. It will be the third time in the past five seasons the teams have opened the season against one another.
The final day of action begins at noon on Saturday between two Kentucky teams when Beechwood and Dixie Heights take the field. Another Kentucky matchup follows at 2:45 p.m. as Newport Central Catholic battles hooks up with Simon Kenton. Moeller versus Winton Woods is slotted for 5:30. 2008 state runner-up Elder will square off against East St. Louis, Illinois in the final game of the 2009 Showdown.
