McCracken County (0-1) at Mayfield (1-0)
Paducah Tilghman (1-0) at Evansville (Ind.) Reitz--It's so amazing, in fact, that I'm infuriated anytime the Internet doesn't have something I'm looking for--say, for example, the team picture for the 1969 Reitz football Panthers, featuring my oldest brother at defensive back. How can this be possible, in 2013? The Internet (still, ... Amazing™) does have the team picture for the 1973 Tilghman state-champion Blue Tornadoes, featuring my less-older brother at (cut) center.
Murray (0-1) vs. Calloway County (0-0) at Murray State University--Channel 6 charges up the Lakers.
Fort Campbell (0-1) at Russellville (1-0)
Mortons Gap Hopkins County Central (0-1) at Crittenden County (1-0) in the Kentucky National Guard Warrior Bowl--Huge Pennyrile Athletic Conference (PAC) matchup.
Paris (1-0) at Pikeville Shelby Valley (0-0) in the Community Trust Pike County Bowl
Union Cooper (0-1) vs. Newport Central Catholic (1-0) at Edgewood Dixie Heights in the Skyline Crosstown Showdown
Louisville Trinity (0-1) at Carmel (Ind.)
Evansville North at Henderson County (1-0)
Louisville Central (0-1) at Lexington Lafayette (0-1)
Bowling Green (1-0) vs. Lexington Bryan Station (1-0) at Lexington Catholic on Saturday in the Bluegrass Bowl
Campbell County (1-0) at Fort Thomas Highlands (1-0)
UPDATE (8:56 A.M.): WE WON DONUTS! WE JUST WON DONUTS! "Eric at HeathPostdotcom" just won two dozen delicious Golden Glaze donuts from the radio home of the Madisonville Maroons (one of their radio homes, anyway), WFMW 730 AM "Classic Hit Country!" They even delivered the donuts directly to the Kentucky desk! HOORAY! Thank you, Golden Glaze, and thank you, WMFW! Obviously, I'm totally on the 1-0 Madisonville Maroons' bandwagon now.
Previous reports:
Previous reports:
-- 2012 wrap
-- Week 0 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap and lookahead
In 1973, Tilghman beat Mayfield 53-0, but beat Madisonville 2-0?
ReplyDeleteEric, we need a lot more research on that 1973 playoff game between Tilghman and Madisonville. In the regular season, Tilghman beat Madisonville 33-14. Why was the second game so much closer? Where was it played? Were there weather issues?
I do need to get on that. What I do know about the 1973 Tilghman state champs was that they were coached by Dan Haley and that one of their running backs, Andre Greer, competed on one of the American Bandstand dance contests. My parents, brother and I rooted around the TV for him and his dancing partner, but they did not win.
ReplyDeleteJust based on their schedule and the game scores, they were one of the best teams in Purchase history. That game with Madisonville must have been amazing.
DeleteTilghman and Mayfield should always be the last game of the season for both teams.
Oh, cool ... Andre Greer went on to play for Jimmy Feix at WKU.
DeleteOh, here we go again ... I'd already told about Andre Greer at the HP ... oh, man.
DeleteHey, that reminds me ... I've got a theory about Tiger Woods's nerves in major now compared to 10 or 15 years ago. Maybe I'll get into that next April when the Masters comes around.
FANTASTIC! Getty Images has now posted the photos of Andre and Regina Greer from their appearance on American Bandstand! They look great. And they were great--my family thought they had a real shot of winning.
DeleteHere's what the little Smart Pill Machine says about Fort Campbell and Russellville (apologies to the late, great Leonard Postero):
ReplyDeleteThe Big Cats of Russellville are hunkering down for an aerial invasion, as the Flying Falcons of Fort Campbell look to pick up their first win of the year. Last week, the Falcons had their wings clipped by an angry group of Mayfield Cardinals, but that is nothing to be ashamed of, and the Falcons will like their chances in this game. The Russellville Panthers just got finished winning a cat-fight in Cadiz, and they will be exceptionally dangerous in their home lair. But in the end, the Falcons have just too much fire-power to be denied.
Leonard's Loser: Russellville.
Love it. I'm picking the Panthers, however.
DeleteMayfield v. McCracken County
DeleteCoach Jack Haskins will lead his new gang of Mustangs down Highway 45 to take on Mayfield's Cardinals in their War Memorial Nest. The Mustangs are still getting used to working in the same harness, and they are recovering from last Friday, when their corral was hit by a blue Tornado. Coach Haskins will find that it's difficult to teach young horses new tricks when they are being pecked by a flock of angry Cardinals. The folks in Mayfield are not used to losing football games at home, and that tradition will continue this week.
Leonard's Loser: McCracken County.
Donut crash.
ReplyDeleteThose donuts looked good.
Delete"Endless Love" by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross on WYMC. Kills me every time.
ReplyDeleteG. Michael Graham at Fort Thomas Matters notes that Campbell County's coach, Stephen Lickert, played running back and insider linebacker for the 1996 Class 3A-champ Highlands team. "hat marked the first state championship for the Bluebirds under (current coach Dale) Mueller."
ReplyDeleteSteve Moss @smosswkyt
ReplyDeleteTragic news on a big night of high school football... Lincoln Co. asst. Mickey Goodwin has been killed in a motorcycle accident today.
3:32 PM - 30 Aug 13
Steve Moss @smosswkyt
Sources say the game tonight between Bourbon Co. and Lincoln Co. will be played, despite the death of asst. coach Mickey Goodwin. Game at 6
3:46 PM - 30 Aug 13
Thank you for the hat tip, GoHeath.
ReplyDeletePer Wes Page in The Kentucky Standard, Bullitt East beat Nelson County, 67-59, and the two teams combined for 1,194 yards.
ReplyDeletePineville coach Bart Elam, as quoted by Jay Compton in The Middlesboro Daily News, after his team's 38-24, come-from-behind win over South Floyd, in which South Flord's Blake Dye scored a couple of touchdowns early but then was held in check: “That happens a lot with Class A teams, you have to rely on one kid a whole lot. Even when they’re as good as (Dye) is, and he’s awful good, eventually you catch on to that.”
Bordering Hart and LaRue counties hadn't played each other in football since 1998, reports Nathanial Bryan in The LaRue County Herald. When they did last Friday, the home team came from two scores down in the second half to win.
Toby McGuire in the Hazard Herald pieces together what sounds like it must've been a fantastic game in Pikeville: On the last play of the first half, Hazard scores to take a 28-21 lead; several turnovers ensue, and Pikeville surges to a 56-28, fourth-quarter lead; the visiting Bulldogs recover two onside kicks en route to pulling back to within, 56-50, but, finally, Pikeville prevails, 62-50.
ReplyDeletePikeville (2-0) is No. 4 in the first Associated Press Class A poll of the season, which came out yesterday. Hazard (0-1) is No. 7.
Beechwood is No. 2 in Class A, but the Tigers, in their season-opening win, lost for the season a top senior running back, notes EyeOfTheTiger at BluegrassPreps.com.
DeleteThe Park City Daily News reports that No. 3 Russellville scored in the opening seconds against Fort Campbell but then needed an interception in the end zone in the closing moments to hold off the Wildcats.
DeleteNumber 3!
DeleteMeade County is among the teams getting votes in Class 6A. The Green Wave of Brandenburg, which played for the 1991 Class 3A state title, is hasn't yielded a point in its 2-0 start.
ReplyDeleteI'm going with Trinity or St. X in 6A.
DeleteHenderson County is No. 8. The Colonels beat another Evansville team, and they're impressive.
DeleteLove reading John Herndon inThe Anderson News: "(G)oodness, gracious, Anderson County was impressive Friday night." The 1-0 Bearcats are ranked fifth in Class 5A.
ReplyDeleteHebron Conner is No. 2. KentuckySportsRadio.com is fired up about the team's quarterback, Drew Barker, a UK commit.
DeleteThe "filthy animals" appear to be back on defense for No. 3 Harlan County, wrote John Middleton in The Harlan Daily Enterprise.
DeleteNo. 1 Bowling Green did not win last weekend.
DeleteBowling Green Warren Central is 0-2 against two Class 4A teams and ranked No. 6 in Class 5A.
DeleteElizabethtown, which won zero games in 2011 and one in 2012, is received votes for the Class 3A poll after shutting out Edmonson County. The Panthers won the 1969 Class 2A championship and finished runnerup in Class 2A in 1967, 1968 and 2003 and in 3A in 1981.
ReplyDeleteNo. 5 Bowling Green South Warren has two shutouts on the season.
DeleteThree-time-defending-champ Louisville Central is ranked No. 1 in Class 3A. On Friday, the Yellowjackets came from behind at Lexington Lafayette to win, 30-27, and improve its record since 2007 against 6A competition to 7-22, reported Mike Fields in The Herald-Leader.
DeleteI'm rolling with Central in 3A, but I'm happy to see E-Town doing well.
DeleteMe, too. And me, too.
DeleteMason County is No. 9. Season's off to a good start up around Maysville, notes Zack Klemme in The Ledger-Independent.
DeleteIn Class 2A, Glasgow is No. 3. The Scotties opened the season with a Week Zero loss and trailed Garrard County by 21-19 going into the fourth quarter Friday night, but then ...
ReplyDeleteGlasgow has finished runnerup in Class 2A four times (1982, 1999, 2000 and 2011) under three different coaches.
Caldwell County is No. 1. The Tigers yielded an 80-yard touchdown pass on the game's first play from scrimmage but then pulled away easily against Union County, per Henderson's Gleaner.
DeleteLexington Catholic is 0-2, but its losses have come to the No. 1 team in Class 5A, Bowling Green, and the No. 2 team in 6A, Louisville Saint Xavier. The Knights are ranked sixth in Class 4A.
ReplyDeleteHighlands, of course, is No. 1 in Class 4A--and Campbell County.
DeleteYeah, I'm taking Highlands there.
DeleteAs usual, we begin the season with three trophies pretty much locked up:
6A: Trinity (unless they are upset by St. X)
4A: Highlands
3A: Central
For all I know, Bowling Green may have 5A wrapped up as well.
DeleteI think Bowling Green does have 5A wrapped up, but I expect St. X to knock off Trinity this year.
DeleteShelbyville Martha Layne Collins bounced back after a season-opening loss and is now 1-1 and ranked fourth in Class 4A. Josh Cook writes in The Sentinel-News that Collins has never lost two straight football games in the school's three-year history.
DeleteNeither Clinton County nor Trimble County is ranked. Still, this happened.
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