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The Beechwood football team on Saturday suffered the kind of crowd-leaves-early, clock-runs-late beatdown it’s used to dishing out.


Dixie Heights, ranked seventh in the Enquirer Northern Kentucky coaches’ poll, beat No. 6 Beechwood 47-7 in the Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown at Nippert Stadium. The game marked the small-school state power’s most lopsided loss in more than a decade. (The Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s records only date back to 1998.)

The Tigers’ only score occurred with 12 seconds remaining, after the state’s running-clock mercy rule already was in effect.

“They dominated us in every form and fashion – every possible way,” Beechwood coach Noel Rash said. “They dominated every facet of the game.

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