The St. Xavier Tigers defeated the Trinity Shamrocks Friday night 24-15 at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. They ended a two game losing streak against their long time rivals. The Tigers put on an outstanding defensive performance holding The Shamrocks to 15 points and 346 total yards. They were averaging 41.8 points in the first four games this year. Junior Deuce Finch rushed for 182 of the Tigers 278 total yards and scored their first touchdown.

Trinity’s loss to St. X drops their record to (3-2) on the year, and ends their 26 game winning streak against in-state opponents. The Tigers win takes the series record to (33-29-2) against Trinity, and they remain undefeated at (6-0) on the year.

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