Here are this weekend's KHSAA football games that most interest me:
Heath at Reidland--They've been up early this morning in Reidland, getting fired up for this game.
Calloway County vs. Murray--Yeah, it's a big deal, Ricky Martin of the Murray Ledger & Times tells Channel 6.
Fulton City at Ballard Memorial--More on the wall at Ballard, from Channel 12.
Russellville at Fort Campbell--"Get on out there and pack Fryar Stadium and let 'em hear that Falcon Pride!!!"
Bowling Green Warren Central at Franklin-Simpson--The 0-1 homestanding Wildcats, last season's Class 4A runnersup, have a whole new starting offensive backfield.
Caldwell County vs. Union County in the National Guard Bowl at Crittenden County--Meanwhile, back home in Morganfield, ...
Garrard County vs. Anderson County and Lincoln County at Danville in the Bob Allen Bowl on Saturday--Meanwhile, back home in Lawrenceburg, ...
Bardstown Bethlehem at Bardstown--The winner of this one might have bragging rights on the block for a while.
South Laurel vs. Corbin Lynn Camp in the Cumberland Bank Bowl at London North Laurel on Saturday--Lynn Camp is 1-0. And it was the first win in 14 games for the Wildcats.
Union Randall K. Cooper vs Covington Holy Cross--Cooper is 1-0 after the Jaguars beat Union Larry A. Ryle for the first time ever.
Edmonson County at Muhlenberg County--First game on the new field in Greenville. "I know they're going to pack that place out."
Henderson County at Evansville (Ind.) North--"The field has a big, green 'N' on it."
Monroe County at Metcalfe County--Don't sleep on the visiting, 1-0 Falcons. Writes Brian Davis in The Franklin Favorite: "Monroe County, meanwhile, is stocked full of experienced upperclassmen and returned nine starters on offense and eight on defense that went 6-6 this past season.The Falcons advanced to the Class AA state semifinals in 2008 and 2009, and after being elevated to Class 3-A in 2011, they appear well on their way of making a deep postseason run again."
Bell County at Lexington Bryan Station in the Fayette County iHigh Football Frenzy--Get on the bus.
Bowling Green vs. Lexington Lafayette in the Fayette County iHigh Football Frenzy at Lexington Bryan Station
Owensboro Catholic at Daviess County
Ohio County at Hancock County
Clintwood (Va.) at Hazard
Scott County at Fort Thomas Highlands
Fulton County at Lake County (Tenn.)
McLean County at Marshall County
Louisville Trinity at Montgomery Bell (Tenn.)
Louisville Trinity at Montgomery Bell (Tenn.)
Owensboro Apollo at Owensboro
West Creek (Tenn.) at Paducah Tilghman
Paris at Paintsville
Todd County Central at Trigg County
Hopkinsville vs. Lone Oak and Christian County vs. Clarksville (Tenn.) in the Jerry Claiborne Bowl at Hopkinsville's Stadium of Champions
Hopkins County Central at Crittenden County in the National Guard Bowl on Saturday
Graves County vs. Evansville (Ind.) Harrison on Saturday
Newport Central Catholic at Archbishop McNicholas (Ohio) on Saturday
Madisonville-North Hopkins at Mayfield on Saturday
Previous reports:
Harlan County plays Lexington Tates Creek tomorrow afternoon as the iHigh bash continues. Writes John Middleton in The Harlan Daily Enterprise: "Last week’s loss to Morristown West put Harlan County at just 1-4 in season openers since the school opened. However, the Black Bears have fared much better from that point, going 4-0 the following week and a combined 37-10 the rest of the season."
ReplyDeleteIn beating Tates Creek, 65-54, Harlan County recorded eight rushing touchdowns.
DeleteCrestwood South Oldham plays Meade County as part of the Joe Jaggers Bowl at Radcliff North Hardin. Writes John Groth in Elizabethtown News-Enterprise: " Just three years ago, South Oldham went 0-10, got shut out twice and was limited to seven points or less four other times. That was before Jamie Reed arrived. Since he’s taken over, South Oldham has put together back-to-back winning seasons (7-4 in 2010 and 6-5 in 2011) and opened this season with a thrilling, last-second 41-35 victory over Bullitt Central."
ReplyDeleteThe first game in tonight's Joe Jaggers Bowl is Bowling Green Greenwood at North Hardin. The event's namesake coached Trigg County, Fort Knox and North Hardin to 292 victories. And over the last four seasons, North Hardin was coached by the namesake's son, Crad Jaggers, who resigned this past offseason after leading the Trojans to their first playoffs win since 2004 and who remains at the Radcliff school as a teacher. North Hardin did not play last Friday, so tonight--in the Joe Jaggers Bowl--is the head-coaching debut of Brent Thompson, who takes over for Crad Jaggers. Interesting debut.
DeleteVets and a guest apiece get in free to tonight's Ballard Memorial game.
ReplyDeleteLooks like they did the veterans proud in Barlow last Friday night.
DeleteBell County's coach describes his team's opponent tonight, Bryan Station, as "kind of a spinoff of the old UK offense" to Jay Compton in The Middlesboro Daily News. Bryan Station's first-year coach, Frank Parks Jr., starred for Richmond Madison Central High and then Georgetown.
ReplyDeleteGood picture of "big Tan Hudson" at that link, too.
Bell County won at Bryan Station, 32-31, on a final-play, successful two-point conversion in overtime.
DeleteThe Courier-Journal's Jason Frakes says Male at Butler is the game to watch in Louisville this evening.
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes reports that Male converted a fourth-and-goal late to nip Butler, 14-8.
DeleteFrom the Ohio County Monitor, here's a little more explanation of the Muhlenberg County-Ohio County brouhaha in the Coal Bowl that result in the ejection of Ohio County's coach, Todd Houston. The Eagles were reportedly considering an appeal to the KHSAA, hoping to usurp Coach Houston's three-game suspension. Will he be on the field at Schafer-Glover Field in Hartford for tonight's Ohio County game with Hancock County?
ReplyDeleteMark Mathis reports in today's Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer that the KHSAA still hadn't decided on Coach Houston's status as of Thursday night.
DeleteOhio County Monitor @OCMonitor
DeleteEagle football coach Todd Houston will not be with the team for this week's game against Hancock Co., but will return for the Aug. 31 game.
1:37 PM - 23 Aug 12
Union Cooper is 2-0 for the first time in team history after belting the defending Class 2A champ, Covington Holy Cross.
ReplyDeleteIn Cooper's first season of competition, 2008, Holy Cross beat the Jaguars by 55-0. Last season, the teams played again, and Holy Cross won by 19-10. The final Friday night was 49-7, Cooper.
DeleteFort Campbell 34, Russellville 27 ... in 616 sequential photographs.
ReplyDeleteA Class A team to watch from eastern Kentucky: Williamsburg, 36-0 winner over Harlan.
ReplyDeleteARGH!
ReplyDeleteDefending Class 5A champ Bowling Green survives some early difficulty at Lexington Lafayette, and now Louisville Saint Xavier is next on the docket for the 2-0 Purples.
ReplyDeleteHenderson County got its fifth-straight win against Evansville North, 24-21, but the Hens' coach told The Gleaner's Kevin Patton that the Hoosiers "deserved" this one.
ReplyDeleteJeffersontown stormed back from 27-7 down in Nathan Jones's coaching debut to beat Mount Washington Bullitt East, 28-27.
ReplyDeleteFourth-straight win for Murray in its series with Calloway County ... "I've been here for 11 years; you don't punt to Tilghman" ... Heath loses, 37-35, at Reidland, after taking the lead with less than two minutes to go but missing a 40-yard field-goal attempt with two seconds remaining ...
ReplyDeleteAs Marshall County was drubbing McLean County, 56-7, the Marshals cross-country team ran around the track in Draffenville to raise money for new uniforms ...
DeleteCaldwell County-Union County was a dead heat of fantastic uniforms, but the Tigers of Princeton beat the Braves of Morganfield easily on the scoreboard, 45-15.
DeleteTrinity trailed, 20-10, early in the second half at Nashville's Montgomery Bell Academy, but the nation's top-rated team prevailed.
ReplyDeleteLexington Catholic is hosting Ensworth (Tenn.) on ESPNU right now. The home-standing Knights trail, 56-7, in the third quarter, and, so, we have a "running clock" in effect. "We certainly didn't see this coming," one of the ESPNU guys just said.
ReplyDeleteThis was an embarrassing weekend for the D.C. area, as Good Counsel of Montgomery County, Maryland -- the all-conquering champions of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference -- were beaten on ESPN2 by Bishop Gorman of Las Vegas, Nevada.
DeleteMore Friday results:
ReplyDelete-- Ballard Memorial 35, Fulton City 0
-- Bardstown 49, Bardstown Bethlehem 7
-- Betsy Layne 48, South Floyd 28
-- Louisville DeSales 63, Elizabethtown 14
-- Manual 14, Fern Creek 7
-- Edmonson County 47, Muhlenberg County 14
-- Fort Knox 27, Hart County 6
-- Hancock County 41, Ohio County 6
-- Hazard 23, Clintwood 17
-- Highlands 60, Scott County 37
-- Lake County (Tenn.) 61, Fulton County 18
-- Monroe County 48, Metcalfe Couunty 21
-- North Oldham 16, Oldham County 10
-- Owensboro 21, Owensboro Apollo 7
-- Owensboro Catholic 28, Daviess County 14
-- Paducah Tilghman 51, West Creek (Tenn.) 21
-- Paris 20, Paintsville 12
-- Trigg County 48, Todd County Central 14
-- Warren Central 40, Franklin-Simpson 14
Hazard scored the last 20 points in its win over Clintwood, one of Virginia's defending state champions.
DeleteSaturday finals:
ReplyDelete-- Louisville Central 47, Evansville Reitz 27
-- Anderson County 24, Garrard County 16
-- Danville 51, Lincoln County 7
-- Harlan County 65, Tates Creek 54
-- Greenwood 56, North Hardin 33
-- Archbishop McNicholas (Ohio) 27, Newport Central Catholic 24
-- Graves County 58, Evansville Harrison 36
david rose @paducahdave
ReplyDeleteFinal Lone Oak puts a whooping on Hoptown 48-13 Go Flash
8:20 PM - 25 Aug 12
Louisville Catholic @LouCathSports
Schickel's kick is good and St X wins 49-48 in 3OT
10:05 PM - 25 Aug 12
Mike Fields @MikeFieldsNotes
Eastern beats Dunbar 45-6 to give the out-of-town teams a 5-0 sweep of Lexington teams for the second year in a row in iHigh Football Frenzy
10:48 PM - 25 Aug 12
The Messenger @MessengerOnline
A 13-second TD drive, consisting of a 42-yard run extends the Mayfield lead to 49-14 over North in the third quarter.
10:49 PM - 25 Aug 12
Mike Stunson @Mike_Stunson
ReplyDeleteCrittenden beats Central 21-6.
9:14 PM - 25 Aug 12
Mike Stunson @Mike_Stunson
North and Central both start 0-2, first time since 2006.
10:59 PM - 25 Aug 12
Carly Copeland @waddupitscarl
ReplyDeleteI'm tired of hearing about Reidland. You won&no one cares.
2:47 PM - 25 Aug 12
Jason Frakes reports that St. X overcame a slew of mistakes in its triple-overtime win over of Dutch Fork of Irmo, S.C., Saturday night at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. "I almost wish we'd have lost," the Tigers' coach told him.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry. They have at least one loss to Trinity on the way.
DeleteIn the Mayfield win over Madisonville-North Hopkins on Saturday, there were touchdowns scored on runs of 42 and 67 yards, passes of 51, 57 and 80 yards, a fumble return of 65 yards and a kickoff return of 89.
ReplyDeleteFinal was 63-21, Cardinals.
DeleteIt's always tough going to War Memorial Stadium.
DeleteLone Oak's 48-13 win over Hoptown on Saturday was the 250th victory of Coach Jack Haskins's career.
ReplyDeleteGood for Coach Haskins!
DeleteRaceland lost, 42-19, to Ashland Paul Blazer on Friday evening, but it wasn't for a lack of pep.
ReplyDeleteUnion Larry A. Ryle lost its opener two Fridays ago, playing out of a shotgun formation for much of the game. As Mike Fields reported in the Lexington Herald-Leader and the Ryle principal then relayed, Ryle switched to a power-I for much if its Friday night victory over Lexington Henry Clay.
ReplyDeleteSaturday, rather. And the final was 28-20, Ryle over Henry Clay.
DeleteChristian County rallied from 21-7 down to beat visiting Clarksville (Tenn.) on Saturday, 38-27.
ReplyDeleteClarksville is now 0-2 against Kentucky schools after that close loss to Ft. Campbell last week.
DeleteA few more Saturday finals:
ReplyDelete-- Boyle County 49, Shelbyville Martha Layne Collins 26
-- Pikeville 53, Powell County 12
-- Meade County 27, South Oldham 0
-- Lexington Christian 21, Corbin 14
-- Ensworth (Tenn.) 62, Lexington Catholic 14
Owensboro Catholic has beaten Owensboro Apollo by 23-12 and Daviess County by 28-14 in the first two weeks, while Owensboro has beaten Daviess County by 28-0 and Owensboro Apollo by 21-7.
ReplyDeleteFriday, Aug. 31: 2-0 Owensboro Red Devils at 2-0 Owensboro Catholic Aces.
Kelli Claypool writes at ColumbiaMagazine.com: "The ACHS Indians crushed the Caverna Hornet's nest on home field Friday night, August 24, 2012. Fans cheered the team as they entered the field through the new inflatable helmet and continued to cheer the team to victory over Caverna 49-0."
ReplyDeleteMurray coach Steve Duncan mentioned 10 offensive linemen by name in praising his Tigers' 35-7 win over Calloway County at Murray State's Stewart Stadium.
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