Kentucky High-school Football, Week 3

Here are my favorites of this weekend's Kentucky High School Athletic Association football games:

Caldwell County (3-0, No. 1 in the Associated Press poll for Class 2A) at Trigg County (2-1, 3A)--Well, I, too, think the "139 Bowl" name is really cool, and this, consequently, qualifies for my favorite fan-bus trip of the night. My guess is this means Caldwell and Trigg do consider each other their biggest rivals.

Newport Central Catholic (1-2, AP 2A No. 4) at Independence Simon Kenton (3-0, AP 6A No. 5) (17 Bowl)--Hey, Emma Talley (and the rest of Caldwell County), don't go all craycray over the notion of the defending Class 2A champs slipping to 1-3 with a loss in this challenging road date. NewCath went 1-3 last year, too, and still won the state championship.

Murray (1-2, AP 2A No. 8) at Mayfield (3-0, AP A No. 1) (121 Bowl)--"Toothpick" reports at BluegrassPreps.com that 1997 was the last time the Tigers beat the Cardinals. It was in the Class A playoffs, and Murray returned the opening kick for a 7-0 lead that stood for the remainder of the game.

Anderson County (2-0, AP 5A No. 2) at Boyle County (3-0, AP 4A No. 2) (127 Bowl)--John Herndon writes in The Anderson News that Boyle County was the model when Mark Peach took over at Anderson County in 2004.

Garrard County (1-2, 3A) at Lincoln County (1-2, 5A) (27 Bowl)--Just because of this Facebook post by Stanford's fantastic WPBK: "Football on the radio tonight as Garrard County makes the short drive over to Bill Ed Leedy Field at Death Valley Stadium for the 29th meeting with the Lincoln County Patriots. Our coverage begins at 7:00 PM for the 7:30 kickoff. When taking into account the predecessors of these two teams, Lancaster and Stanford high schools, this may be the oldest football rivalry in Central Kentucky. School boys from the two counties have been meeting on the gridiron since at least 1900. That's over 113 years ago." In the long string of comments that ensued, WPBK said this photo is thought to be the 1916 Stanford High team:

Paducah Tilghman (1-2, AP 3A No. 6) at Graves County (2-0, AP 5A No. 10) (45 Bowl)--Have the Blue Tornadoes ever been swept by Mayfield and Graves County?

Owensboro (3-0, AP 4A No. 4) at Bowling Green (2-0, AP 5A No. 1) (231 Bowl)

Time to make a statement tonight in this game against Owensboro !!
— Nacarius Fant (@nacarius12) September 13, 2013

Madisonville-North Hopkins (1-1, 4A) at Hopkinsville (2-1, 5A) (41 Bowl)

Elizabethtown (3-0, 3A) at Bowling Green South Warren (3-0, AP 3A No. 3) (31E Bowl)

Crittenden County (2-0, 2A) at Union County (1-1, 2A) (60 Bowl)

Danville (1-2, 2A) at Corbin (3-0, AP 3A No. 7) (150 Bowl)

Somerset (1-2, AP 2A No. 9) at Hazard (1-1, AP A No. 6) (80 Bowl)

Franklin County (3-0, AP 5A No. 7) at Frankfort (1-1, AP A No. 9) (East Main Bowl)

Shelbyville Martha Layne Collins (2-1, AP 4A No. 5) at Shelby County (2-0, 5A) (Midland Trail Bowl)

Covington Catholic (2-1, AP 4A No. 3) at Henderson County (3-0, AP 6A No. 6) (Ohio River Bowl)--Fan-barge voyage of the night (and a heck of a game, too).

Louisville Doss (2-1, 4A) at Louisville Central (2-1, AP 3A No. 1)

Colerain (Ohio) at Louisville Trinity (1-2, AP 6A No. 1)

Fort Thomas Highlands (3-0, AP 4A No. 1) at Elizabethtown John Hardin (2-1, AP 5A No. 4) on Saturday

Previous reports:

-- 2012 wrap

-- Week 0 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap and lookahead

-- Week 1 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap and lookahead
-- Week 2 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap and lookahead