CINCINNATI — St. Louis in Friday’s Winton Woods Division I football regional quarterfinal. Xavier has been in the national spotlight this week.

MaxPreps named the playoff contest one of the top 10 high school football games to watch nationwide this week. It’s the only Ohio game on the list of games for this weekend.

Friday will be the first meeting between the programs since the 2007 season opener. This has been in St. Petersburg since 1998. It is the first postseason match between the X and Winton Woods.

Division I, Region 4’s No. 6 seed, St. X (8-3) is ranked 14th in the rankings. MaxPreps Ohio rankings (regardless of division).

Winton Woods (10-1), Region 4’s No. 3 seed, is ranked No. 25 in the MaxPreps Ohio rankings.

Winton Woods has outscored its opponents 322 to 80 this season. The Warriors have been eliminated four times this season. Winton Woods has allowed more than a touchdown in a game three times this season.

Winner of four consecutive matches, St. X has been eliminated three times in the last four weeks.

The winner of Friday’s game will play No. 7 seed Elder (6-5) or No. 2 seed Lakota West (10-1) in a neutral regional semifinal on Nov. 15. This will be Elder and Lakota’s third consecutive season. West meets in the postseason.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association is expected to announce neutral venues for the regional semifinals on Sunday.

This weekend marks the second time this season that a Greater Cincinnati team has made the MaxPreps national top 10 appearances. Moeller Lakewood St. Edward in the match It also came to national attention in mid-October.

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