KHSAA Football Quarterfinals

Thanks to Eric for his great coverage of last week's round of 48, which was full of high drama.  Only 24 schools are still playing after last week's action, and only one of those teams is west of Russellville.  If you need more than one guess as to which team that is, you should read this blog more often:

Special credit should be given to Louisville Male, which probably won the 6A title with a 20-19 win over Louisville Trinity.  Male had beaten Trinity 42-13 back in September, but as we expected, the Shamrocks were a lot more formidable with all the money on the line.  Nevertheless, Male picked up its second win over Trinity in the same season, and very few football teams in Kentucky history can say the same.

Credit should also be given to Lexington Lafayette.  In recent years, the Fayette County public schools haven't had too much success against Scott County, but the Generals pulled out a huge win.  Presumably, they have been inspired by the portrayal of their namesake, the Marquis de Lafayette, in the hit Broadway show Hamilton.

Here are the quarter-final scores (home teams listed first) (private schools in italics):

Class 1A:
Russellville 41 - 20 Bethlehem
Lou. Holy Cross 9 - 21 Beechwood
Paris 28 - 48 Paintsville
Pikeville 50 - 6 Hazard

Class 2A:
Mayfield 24 - 13 Owensboro Catholic
Christian Academy-Louisville 18 - 37 Lou. DeSales
Newport Cent. Catholic 41 - 0 Erlanger Lloyd (at Newport H.S.)
Danville 56 - 14 Lex. Christian

Class 3A:
Caldwell Co. 27 - 32 Elizabethtown
Lou. Central 13 - 14 Lex. Catholic
Belfry 52 - 12 Lawrence Co.
Corbin 21 - 14 Bell Co.

Class 4A:
S. Warren 34 - 7 Franklin-Simpson
John Hardin 14 - 44 Shelby Co.
Wayne Co. 42 - 14 Knox Cent.
Scott 26 - 27 Johnson Cent.

Class 5A:
Owensboro 12 - 41 Bowling Green
S. Oldham 20 - 21 Lou. Fern Creek
Ft. Thomas Highlands 44 - 22 Cov. Catholic
Pulaski Co. 28 - 24 N. Laurel

Class 6A:
McCracken Co. 7 - 10 Cent. Hardin
Lou. Male 20 - 19 Lou. Trinity
Cooper 12 - 13 Simon Kenton
Scott Co. 30 - 36 Lex. Lafayette