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Highest-ranked Cincinnati football players in OHSAA records | Offense
Touchdowns scored in a game – Mt. Healthy quarterback Jahmeir Spain scored eight TDs vs. Ross, Aug. 30, 2024, tied for fourth in the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
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Touchdowns scored in a game – Mt. Healthy quarterback Jahmeir Spain scored eight TDs vs. Ross, Aug. 30, 2024, tied for fourth in the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
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Points in a career – Roger Bacon RB Corey Kiner scored 772 points, good for fourth in the state, from 2017-2020.
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Touchdowns scored in a career – Roger Bacon RB Corey Kiner scored 125 TDs in his career, 2017-2020, which is good for fourth in the state. A note on the record page indicated he finished high school ranked in four categories despite sitting out 34 quarters (8.5 games) because of the score, injury or weather.
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Touchdowns scored per season – Wyoming running back C.J. Hester is tied for fifth in the OHSAA record books after scoring 51 touchdowns in 2022.
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Points per season – Wyoming’s C.J Hester scored 306 points in 2022, tied for 14th in the OHSAA record books.
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Rushing touchdowns in a game – Reading’s Austin Fancher scored eight TDs in a Sept. 1, 2023, game against Summit Country Day, which makes him tied for second in the OHSAA record books.
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Rushing touchdowns in a season – Wyoming running back C.J. Hester had 49 rushing touchdowns in the 2022 season, tied for fourth overall in the OHSAA record books.
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Rushing touchdowns in a career – Roger Bacon RB Corey Kiner had 116 rushing touchdowns from 2017-2020, which tied him for fourth in the OHSAA record books.
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Yards rushing in a game – Williamsburg running back Jason Bainum still holds the top spot in the OHSAA record books for most rushing yards in a game – 523, from his Sept. 28, 2001, game against Clermont Northeastern. He has five other games on the list – 498, fifth; 475, tied 10th; 417, tied for 35th; 415, tied for 36th; 413, tied for 38th
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Highest-ranked Cincinnati football players in OHSAA records | Offense
Yards rushing in a season – Williamsburg’s Jason Bainum had 3,386 rushing yards in the 2001 season, good for seventh overall in the OHSAA record books. He also has another season in that list – the 2000 season, when he had 3,043 yards, good for 13th.
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Yards rushing in a career – Williamsburg’s Jason Bainum (far right) is fourth in the OHSAA record books with 8,216 yards rushing from 1998-2001.
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100-plus rushing yards in consecutive games – Jason Bainum from Williamsburg is second in the OHSAA state record books with 27 consecutive 100-plus yard games from 1999 to 2001.
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Passing touchdowns in a game – Brady Schmidt of Clermont Northeastern scored eight passing TDs in the Oct. 24, 2025, game against East Clinton, which ties him for third in the OHSAA record books.
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Passing touchdowns in a game – Mt. Healthy quarterback Jahmeir Spain (1) had eight passing touchdowns in the Aug. 30, 2024, game against Ross, which ties him for third in the OHSAA record books.
(Tony Tribble for The Enquirer)
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Passing touchdowns in a game – Taft’s Key’Sean Torbert (5) scored eight passing TDs in the Sept. 19, 2024, game with Dayton Thurgood Marshall, which is a tie for third in the OHSAA record books.
(Tony Tribble for The Enquirer)
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Highest-ranked Cincinnati football players in OHSAA records | Offense
Passing touchdowns in a game – Williamsburg’s J.J. Miller (2) scored eight passing TDs against Hillsboro Sept. 8, 2023, which is a tie for third in the OHSAA record books.
(Brian Mack for The Enquirer)
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Passing touchdowns in a game – OK, so he’s not technically from Cincinnati, but he’s the Bengals QB1. Joe Burrow of Athens was among those tied for third with eight touchdowns against Proctorville Fairland on Sept. 27, 2013.
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Passing TDs in a season – Athens High School quarterback Joe Burrow (10) had 63 passing TDs in the 2014 season, good for sixth in the state.
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Passing TDs in a season -Setting aside Bengals QB1, the Cincinnati guy ranked highest in this category is Moeller QB Matt Ponatoski (7), who had 57 TDs in a season for the Crusaders in 2024, tied for ninth.
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Passing TDs in a career – Athens’ QB Joe Burrow had 156 passing TDs in his career from 2012 to 2014, good for third in the state.
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Passing TDs in a career – Again, setting aside Burrow, Cincinnati’s Western Brown QB Drew Novak (left) had 131 career passing TDs from 2019-2022, good for sixth in the state.
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Yards passing per game – Kings QB Will Kocher (13) had for 568 passing yards in the Nov. 25, 2022, game vs. Toledo Central Cahtolic, good for 15th in the state.
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Yards passing in a season – Western Brown quarterback Drew Novak had 5,269 passing yards in the 2021 season, good for sixth in the OHSAA record books. (Burrow had 4,437, good for 21st, in 2014.)
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Yards passing in a career – Drew Novak of Western Brown had 14,127 career passing yards from 2019-2022, good for third in the OHSAA record books. Burrow was seventh with 11,428.
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Receiving touchdowns in a game – CHCA wide receiver Marcus Sheanshang had five touchdowns vs. Madeira in 2025, good for third in the OHSAA record books.
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Receiving touchdowns per game – Ryan Betscher of Cincinnati Hill Christian Academy also tied for third in the state with five touchdowns in a 1997 game with New Miami High School. Williamsburg’s Mike Gregovich joins Marcus Sheanshang, Jamel Howard and Betscher, pictured, as being tied for third in this category for his Nov. 31, 1994, game against Hillcrest.
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Receiving touchdowns in a career – Aaron McFarland is tied for 12th in the OHSAA record books for his 41 career receiving touchdowns at Taylor and Oak Hills high schools.
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Receiving touchdowns in a career – Kings wide receiver Michael Mussari is tied with McFarland with 41 receiving touchdowns for 12th place in the OHSAA record books for his career, 2020-2022.
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Most receptions in a game – Anderson wide receiver Joey Faulkner is tied for fourth in the OHSAA record books for his 19 receptions vs. La Salle on Oct. 30, 2020.
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Most receptions in a game – Marc Burr of Northwest High School is tied for fourth in Ohio after getting 19 receptions in a Sept. 8, 2000, game against Harrison.
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Yards receiving in a game – Western Brown’s Isaiah Smith is tied for seventh in the OHSAA record books for having 123 receptions in the 2023 season.
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Most receptions in a career – Anderson’s Trace Jallick is ninth in the OHSAA record books for having 257 career receptions from 2021-2024.
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Yards receiving in a game – Western Brown’s Isaiah Smith (10) had 339 yards receiving in a Sept. 29, 2023, game against New Richmond, good for seventh in the OHSAA record books.
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Yards receiving in a season – Isaiah Smith of Western Brown had 2,088 yards receiving in the 2023 season, good for fourth in the OHSAA record books.
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Yards receiving in a career – Western Brown’s Isaiah Smith (10) had 3,795 receiving yards from 2021-2023, good for 12th in the OHSAA record books.
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Longest pass reception for a touchdown – Kings receiver Chris Gant got a 99-yard pass-reception TD from Bruce Ernest against Amelia on Sept. 28, 2007.
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Longest pass reception for a touchdown – St. Xavier’s Josh Williams is tied for first with a 99-yard touchdown against McNicholas in 2000. Also tied for first is James Frazier of Middletown, not pictured, who had a 99-yard TD against Sycamore in 2003.
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Longest kickoff return for a touchdown – Otis Williams of Withrow tied for fifth with a 103-yard touchdown run against Woodward, Nov. 6, 1953.
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Longest kickoff return for a touchdown – Cameron Cole of La Salle High School is tied for fifth with a 103-yard touchdown in 2008 (no specific game mentioned).
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