Tyler Smith

Badin Football Record Among State’s Best This Decade To say this has been an impressive decade for the @BadinHS football program would be an understatement. Beginning with an 8-1 record in the 2020 season that was shortened because of COVID-19, coach @yordynick teams have done nothing but win league championships and provide a serious postseason threat every year. That appears to be no exception this fall, as the Rams take a 7-2 overall record and 3-1 mark into Friday’s game against @McNRocketFtball, which is also 7-2 and a perfect 4-0 in the @gclcoedsports Division, in the finale of the @Skyline_Chili Crosstown Showdown presented by @mercy_health Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Badin’s Lanni Family Stadium. @BHSfootball4 reign atop the GCL Co-Ed actually dates back to 2018 – when the Rams captured the then league’s Central Division. Since that season, the Rams have won the league title outright six times before sharing last year’s crown with Alter, at 4-1. Badin was one win away from a perfect regular season before falling to McNicholas, 17-10. The Rams’ overall record this decade is 75-11, including an improbably 48-4 mark from 2020 to 2023 that included an appearance in the DII state final in 2021 and semifinal appearances in 2022 and 2023. Badin enters this season having won 10 or more games in five straight seasons and could be headed to double-digit wins again this year. McNicholas, which won the 2017 GCL Co-Ed championship by a game over Badin, is annually a league contender. The Rockets have contended for the league title almost every year and can win it outright by defeating Badin this Friday. If Badin wins, the two schools will share the championship with identical 4-1 league marks.