Kentucky High-school Football, Third Round of Playoffs

In honor of tonight's resumption of the KHSAA football playoffs, here's a holdover from #ThrowbackThursday.

#throwbackthursday http://t.co/5mtJ0itwR0 Jetton Junior High cheerleaders
— Paducah Schools (@bluetornado1) November 21, 2013

Class A

Russellville (10-2, No. 3) at Mayfield (11-1, No. 1, defending state champ)

Fort Mitchell Beechwood (8-4, No. 5) at Frankfort (10-2, No. 7)

Hazard (11-1, No. 6) at Williamsburg (9-2, No. 10)

Pikeville (11-1, No. 2) at Raceland-Worthington (10-2, No. 4)

It feels like this tournament finally starts tonight. 

Mayfield doubled Russellville's score when those two teams played in the regular season and had to come back from 14-0 down to do it. The Panthers feel like they squandered their opportunity in that game. We'll see.

Now two years ago, Hazard came out of the eastern side of the bracket and beat Mayfield in the championship, so I'd be interested in seeing Pikeville tonight. The good news is that I could--at iHigh.com, along with several others of these games for which they plan to have live streams tonight.

Here's the Raceland-Worthington High Rams fight song, by the way:

On, On Raceland High, 

We are right for the fight tonight, 

Hold that ball and hit that line, 

Every Raceland Boy will shine, 

We'll fight, fight, fight for our colors bright, 

and we'll march to that old victory, 

We will kick, pass and run til' the battle is won, 

and 

BRING HOME THE VICTORY!

I really love it that most school fight songs seem to be primarily about football.

Class 2A

Murray (8-4) at Caldwell County (12-0, No. 1)

Louisville DeSales (11-1, No. 3) at Christian Academy of Louisville (10-1, No. 2)

Newport Central Catholic (8-4, No. 6, defending state champ) at Warsaw Gallatin (10-2)

Somerset (7-4) at Prestonsburg (7-5)

This tournament has been great, and I expect it to continue being so tonight. Ricky Martin writes in the Murray Ledger & Times that the Tigers are focused on snuffing big plays from Caldwell County's Elijah Sindelar, and Jason Frakes of The Courier-Journal likes DeSales in a close win at CAL, whose quarterback, Nathan Christmas, is hurt.

I learned just now that the high school in Warsaw does not call itself "Gallatin County High School"--it's just "Gallatin High School." Also, whoever's writing the school announcements probably might say their Wildcats and NewCath are playing tonight for a regional "pennant."

Football Team play Newport Central Catholic Play-offs

Class 3A

Bowling Green South Warren (11-1, T4) at Paducah Tilghman (7-5, No. 9)

Wayne County (12-0, No. 1) at Louisville Central (9-3, T4, defending state champ)

Mason County (12-0, No. 6) at Bourbon County (12-0, No. 3)

Pike County Central (7-5) at Belfry (11-1, No. 2)

GoHeath has already moved on to next week, but JFrakes of The C-J doesn't think the three-time defending champ is going to join him there.

Tonight at Tilghman would be the biggest win ever for South Warren.

Cane ridge would like to wish the football team good luck tonight ! 🏈 #BeatMason pic.twitter.com/PlJyDcy0Yf
— courtney craycraft (@_courtneyraye) November 22, 2013

Class 4A

Franklin-Simpson (8-4) at Owensboro (9-3, No. 8)

Goshen North Oldham (9-3) at Shelbyville Martha Layne Collins (10-2, No. 5)

Mercer County (8-4) at Lexington Catholic (9-3, No. 6)

Covington Catholic (10-2, No. 4) at Fort Thomas Highlands (11-1, No. 1, defending state champ)

"Some people," like me, believe tonight is just another speed bump on the Highlands inevitability parade continues, but the Bluebirds' coaches are trying to make sure no one looks past rival CovCath.

Franklin-Simpson's uniforms are fantastic, and "Eli Hurt" is a perfect name for a linebacker.

Mercer County looked pretty good last Friday, too:

@clayphoto got Mercer players as final horn sounded in their 31-30 thriller over Boyle County tonight pic.twitter.com/Or3Q9jjd60
— Vaughts' Views (@vaughtsviews) November 16, 2013

Class 5A

Bowling Green (11-0, No. 1, defending state champ) at Graves County (10-2, No. 10)
Mount Washington Bullitt East (11-1, No. 8) at Elizabethtown John Hardin (10-2, No. 3)
Franklin County (11-1, No. 6) at Anderson County (10-2, No. 5)
Berea Madison Southern (10-1, No. 4) at Pulaski County (12-0, No. 2)

Playing in its first-ever regional championship, Graves County gets a chance to spoil the Bowling Green coronation. 

#GameDay #BeatBowlingGreen pic.twitter.com/MsqGsoIyOE
— Graves Co. Football (@GCFootballGC) November 22, 2013

Mike Fields notes in the Lexington Herald-Leader that Anderson County is in a regional championship for the fifth time and that Mark Peach has coached the Bearcats in three of them and played for them in one (1987). 

Class 6A

Cecilia Central Hardin (11-1, No. 8) at Meade County (10-2, No. 9)
Independence Simon Kenton (12-0, No. 3) at Louisville Butler (10-2)

Louisville Trinity (6-5, No. 5, defending state champ) at Louisville Male (11-1, No. 2)

Lexington Henry Clay (9-2, No. 10) at Scott County (12-0, No. 1)

Suddenly, of course, I've lost most all interest in the 6A tournament, but I hear the Blandville NJPRSS Eagles are looking strong for 2014.

The application allows one to follow no more than 2,000 feeds at a time, so the Twitter desk this morning unfollowed @MCHammer (A's season is over) so that it could start following @SKHSFootball.

Louisville Butler is 98.2 miles from SK. Just a 1 & 1/2 hour drive. Let's fill up their stadium! #pioneernation
— SK Pioneers Football (@SKHSFootball) November 17, 2013

Previous reports:

-- 2012 wrap;

-- Week 0 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap and lookahead to Week 1;

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

-- Week 2 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap and lookahead to Week 3;

-- Week 3 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap and lookahead to Week 4;

-- Week 4 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap and lookahead to Week 5;

-- Week 5 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentukcy wrap and lookahead to Week 6;

-- Week 6 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap and lookahead to Week 7;

-- Week 7 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap, standings and lookahead to Week 8;

-- Week 8 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap, standings and lookahead to Week 9;

-- Week 9 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap, standings and lookahead to Week 10;

-- Week 10 roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap, standings and lookahead to the first round of the playoffs;

-- first-round roundup and GoHeath's western-Kentucky wrap and lookahead to the second round, and

-- second-round roundup.