A light schedule this week, with a number of teams (including Hopkinsville, Lone Oak, Mayfield, Marshall Co., and Fort Campbell) using the three-day weekend as a bye. Of the games that are being played, the following strikes me as of interest:
According to Google Maps, the kids from New Madrid County will have to travel 101 miles to get to Fulton, because they would have to drive all the way down to where I-155 crosses the Mississippi River. On the other hand, Mapquest says that the trip from New Madrid to Fulton is 45 miles if you take the Dorena-Hickman Ferry. Eric, does that all sound correct to you? Is there any chance New Madrid takes the Ferry?
Heath is going to Webster County in a must-win game for the Bucs. The single hottest and most unpleasant afternoon of my life was spent watching Heath play Webster County as the first half of a double-header of games played at Tilghman in August of 1982 or 1983. We won that game, and hopefully we will take this one as well.
I don't think Madisonville will have too much trouble in the battle for Hopkins County, and I expect Tilghman to beat Trigg. But I want to see if the Maroons and the Tornadoes put on the sort of impressive performance you would expect from teams going deep into the playoffs.
I would love to know why both Owensboro and Owensboro Apollo are struggling so mightily. Is all the talent in Owensboro going to Owensboro Catholic (which is now 6-0)?
Fulton City (1-5) v. Gleason (Tenn.)
Fulton Co. (1-5) v. New Madrid Co. Cent. (Mo.)
Madisonville-North Hopkins (5-1) v. Hopkins Co. Cent. (1-5)
Murray (5-1) v. Crittenden Co. (2-4)
Ohio Co. (5-1) v. Graves Co. (2-4)
Owensboro (2-5) v. Calloway Co. (3-4)
Owensboro Apollo (2-4) v. Christian Co. (7-0)
Paducah Tilghman (5-2) v. Trigg Co. (5-1)
Reidland (1-6) v. Ballard Mem. (3-3)
Webster Co. (0-6) v. Heath (2-4)
With the hometown Cardinals on its bye week, Mayfield's WYMC 1430 AM is playing it smooth this Friday afternoon: Perry Como followed by Lou Rawls.
ReplyDeleteThe Herald-Leader's Mike Fields is mostly nonplussed by tonight's lineup, too. He identifies Belfry at Ashland Paul Blazer is the night's best game.
ReplyDeleteMayfield, of course, remains Class A's No. 1 team in the Associated Press polls. The other 1s remain ... all together now:
ReplyDelete-- Newport Central Catholic in 2A,
-- Louisville Central in 3A,
-- Fort Thomas Highlands in 4A,
-- Bowling Green in 5A and
-- Louisville Trinity in 6A.
Highlands got things rolling last night with a 79-0 win over Pendleton County.
ReplyDeleteAfter that game and the scheduled byes, only three No. 1s are in action this evening:
ReplyDelete-- NewCath at Erlanger Lloyd Memorial
-- Central at Elizabethtown
-- Louisville DuPont Manual at Trinity
Other games that interest me:
ReplyDelete-- Beechwood at Bellevue
-- Bullitt Centra at Bullitt East
-- Todd County Central at Butler County
-- Ludlow at Dayton
-- Danville at Somerset
We've picked up the pace on Mayfield's WMYC this afternoon:
ReplyDelete-- "You Better Shop Around," Captain and Tennille
-- "Different Drum," which I didn't realize was Linda Rondstadt (here's Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet's take)
-- "Daybreak," Barry Manilow
Oh, spoke too soon ... now we're settling things back down with "I Say a Little Prayer," but the Dionne Warwick version.
Oh, Mike Fields was right about this one:
ReplyDeleteBelfry 7, Ashland Blazer 6
Meanwhile, it appears every other football game in the state is a blowout.
ReplyDeleteHEATH 55, WEBSTER COUNTY 19! Per WPSD Channel 6 "Gridiron Glory" scroll!
ReplyDeleteThough his Purple Flash squad was idle tonight, Lone Oak's Jack Haskins was the coach calling in to be interviewed on Channel 6's "Gridiron Glory" tonight. He was phoning in from Bowling Green, in fact, where his granddaughter is playing in the state golf tournament! My guess is this is a daughter of Kelly Haskins, who was a fine high-school tennis player at Heath and Calloway County, or it could be a daughter of Billy Jack Haskins, who was quarterbacked at Tilghman, UK and then Delaware.
ReplyDeleteCONFIRMED! The final from Dixon: Heath 55, Webster County 25!
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