The Queen City stayed buzzing this week, with an up-and-down week for the Reds, the start of the Leagues Cup for FCC, scheduled visits on the college front, new additions to teams, a big Q/A session, training camp continued, and much more! Catch up on it all below!
Pro Sports
Bengals
Training camp continued this week, some brief notes are below:
-Defense has been the standout so far, stealing some of the spotlight from Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase.
-Safety Jordan Battle has been looking like a star, his best play of the week was a forced fumble on Chase Brown.
-Rookie Cashius Howell has shined so far, gaining high praise from staff.
-Dexter Lawrence has been dominant, slowing down the run game with ease.
-Chase Brown has improved his physicality this offseason, achieving high praise from QB Joe Burrow.
-The WR3 battle between Andrei Iosivas and Colbie Young is heating up. Iosivas currently owns the spot, but Young has consistently reeled in highlight plays.
HC Zac Taylor also announced that starters will play in the preseason this year. This is in order to prevent the slow starts that the Bengals have recently struggled with.
This week, the Bengals face the Lions on Thursday at 7 PM to open the preseason.
Reds
The Reds started off the week well, sweeping the Athletics and pulling within two games of .500 at 56-58. Fans were beginning to regain hope heading into the weekend series with the Washington Nationals. However, the Reds were swept, scoring six total runs in three games. This past weekend was a bit of a soul crusher for fans.
At the trade deadline, the Reds dealt 1B Nathaniel Lowe to the Guardians and RP Caleb Ferguson to the Cardinals.
This week, the Reds travel to Chicago to face the White Sox for a three game series. After that, they play the weekend back home against Miami.
FCC
Cincinnati began the group stage of the Leagues Cup this week, playing two LigaMx teams.
8/4 | FC Cincinnati beats Pachuca 3-1 | TQL Stadium
The game started off rough for Cincy, as Adrian Alcaraz punched a goal in during the seventh minute to give Pachuca a 1-0 lead. Evander struck back shortly after (18′) to continue his hot streak. In the 39th, Pavel Bucha added another goal to take FCC up 2-1 heading into the break. Kenji Mboma Dem added a third goal in the 70th minute to close out the match. It was a great start to the group stage.
8/7 | FC Cincinnati beats UNAM 2-0 | TQL Stadium
Friday night started off extremely slow, as no one scored for 45 minutes. In first-half stoppage time, Pavel Bucha netted a goal for the second game in a row to make it 1-0. Jump all the way to second-half stoppage time, Kenji Mboma Dem added a goal to seal the win. Cincinnati started out the group stage with six points, making it a great week for FCC.
College Sports
Cincinnati
The Bearcats had some notable news this week, some of it being negative.
Ty Goodwin was injured this week and UC will miss him in the defensive backfield this year. He suffered a leg injury and Coach Satterfield confirmed he will miss the whole season. This is a brutal blow.
On a more positive note, Bearcats Basketball is back! They played two exhibition games in the Bahamas this week, find recaps of both below:
Another exciting piece of news, Adlan Elamin received a prestigious invite to a Damian Lillard camp. Find out more about it here:
Hunter also began his position-by-position look at the Bearcats, starting with the QB room:
Xavier
As for the Musketeers, one piece of news headlined the week.
4* recruit Isaiah Mack-Russell scheduled a visit with Xavier for September 19th, find out more here:
Noah recently conducted a Q/A with Isaiah, check it out below:
Keep your eyes out for another exclusive Q/A to come out regarding the Muskies this week!
Northern Kentucky
No major news regarding the Norse this week, the offseason build continues.
Miami (OH)
Miami had some massive news break this week. Forward Antwone Woolfolk announced that he will be returning to the Redhawks this year. He was a key piece to the magical undefeated run last year. Antwone averaged 9.8 PPG, 5.3 RPG, and 1.5 APG, playing like a true glue guy.
Indiana
Eli continued his Two Game Tuesday series this week, previewing match-ups with Minnesota and USC
Kentucky
Former standouts Rajon Rondo and Brandon Webb were inducted into UK’s Athletic Hall of Fame this week.
The offseason build to football and basketball continues to heat up.
Ohio State
The Buckeyes landed a commitment from Class of 2028 5* QB Christopher Vargas this week, marking the continued standard of bringing extreme levels of talent to OSU.
Charlie will have a full roster preview out this week!
Louisville
No current news, expect the basketball non-conference schedule to release soon.
We will have more about Dayton and Wright State soon!
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