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So circling back to review the time line of what's been going on at Newport Stadium: Oct 8, 2021 Newport played their most recent home football game at Newport Stadium. Nov 12, 2021 Newport Central Catholic played their most recent home football game at Newport Stadium. Apr 11, 2022 (Approx.) Newport Stadium, grandstand and pressbox failed state inspections and were condemned. Oct 12, 2022 Newport Board of Education voted unanimously to fund the demolition of the existing Newport Stadium and the installation of a new 1,500-seat grandstand and pressbox. May 8, 2023 Demolition of Newport Stadium begins. (See Thread: Will Newport have any home games in 2023?) May 15, 2023 Newport releases their 2023 football schedule, announcing that their first home game since Oct 8, 2021 will be played against Lloyd Memorial on Sep 22, 2023. Jul 19, 2023 Newport BOE is notified by the contractor installing the new grandstand and pressbox at Newport Stadium that there is a 2 month delay on the project. Project delivery is pushed to the end of October, 2023. Newport's football team was scheduled to play their final home game of the regular season on October 12th against Bellevue, thus likely wiping out a second full season of home football games. Nov 4, 2023 After finishing second in 1A District 3, Newport's football team is awarded home field advantage for their first-round game of the 1A playoffs. Their game against Covington Holy Cross is hosted at Highlands due to stadium incompletion. Feb 11, 2023 Following the completion of grandstand and pressbox construction, rumors begin circulating that flood zone regulations at Newport Stadium are preventing the construction of restrooms, locker rooms and a concession stand at the stadium. (See Thread: Will Newport have any home games in 2024?)

Looking at the schedules that have been released, I'm seeing the following games for Newport thus far: Aug 23 at Carroll County Aug 30 at Holmes Oct 4 at Lloyd Memorial Oct 11 vs. Newport Central Catholic They have had a continuing series against Holmes for quite a few year. Prior to all the stadium issues at Newport, the last time Newport played Holmes at home was in 2020. Then they played them at Holmes in 2021, and then for the past two seasons they have played the game at Holmes out of necessity...but that would more than likely put them back at Newport if things were going as planned at the stadium. So that may or may not mean that they aren't anticipating Newport Stadium being ready by August 30th. Newport Catholic's schedule lists all of their home games as "at Newport Central Catholic," so we don't necessarily know where they are playing all of those. But their October 11th game against Newport is listed as being at Newport.

The Breds finished their regular season with a 6-4 record last year. They were awarded a forfeit win in the first round of the playoffs after Trimble County didn't have enough healthy players to field a team, then they beat Dayton in the second round, and lost to a very solid Campbellsville team in the 1A quarterfinals. The offense loses their top QB Kolton Smith to graduation, but Louie Collopy had a strong showing as second man up. Their top offensive producer, Demetrick Welch, is also lost to graduation. He led the team in rushing with 1125 yards and 22 touchdowns, and was their number two receiver with 18 receptions for 239 yards and 3 touchdowns. Kaleb Cole finished the season second in rushing yards and will be back as a senior in 2024, and top receiver Charlie Ford will also return as a senior. On defense they return three of their top five tacklers from last season in LB Kaleb Cole, LB Landon Kraft, and DL Gabe Lyons who will all be back as seniors.

Aug 23 vs. Lloyd Memorial Aug 30 at Walton-Verona Sep 6 at Scott Sep 13 vs. Conner Sep 20 vs. Campbell County Sep 27 vs. Raceland Oct 4 - BYE Oct 11 at Newport (District) Oct 18 at Dayton (District) Oct 25 vs. Bellevue (District) Nov 1 vs. Holmes

Last season the Wildcats were 0-10, with three different opponents on their non-district schedule. They have swapped a Week 0 game against Bracken County for a game with Manchester (OH), Week 2 against Newport has been swapped for Bellevue, and Week 3 against Owen County has been swapped for Gallatin County. Pendleton County will also notably have Jaeggar Graham at the helm as head football coach, following Kyle Pettit's two year tenure as skipper.

Aug 23 vs. Manchester (OH) Aug 30 vs. Dayton Sep 6 at Bellevue Sep 14 at Gallatin County Sep 20 at Nicholas County Sep 27 vs. Ludlow Oct 4 - BYE Oct 11 at Lloyd Memorial (District) Oct 18 at Bourbon County (District) Oct 25 vs. Lexington Catholic (District) Nov 1 vs. Bishop Brossart

Here's some additional reading on this subject:

I haven't seen anything from Pikeville yet.

Bowling Green 5A:

Boyle County 4A:

Trinity 6A:

Christian Academy Louisville 3A:

DuBois benefits from the fact that they will not have their first graduating class until next May. As such, they return all starters, including quarterbacks Delshawn Hatchett (senior) and Brian Dickerson, Jr (sophomore). Dickerson was promising last year as a freshman. Maresse Naves (senior) and Santee Brock (junior) were leading running backs last year, and Jaden Mostiller (senior) and Maresse Naves (senior) led in pass receptions. Naves led the team in offensive yards gained with 276 yds rushing and 103 yds receiving with 1 touchdown, and Mostiller led the team in scoring with 20 receptions for 267 yards and 3 touchdowns. On defense, their top 5 tacklers were LB/S Santee Brock (junior), LB Jordan Dickerson (junior), LB Corde Boller (junior), LB Adrian Lee (senior), and DB Diontae Bennett (junior). Santee led in solo tackles by a long-shot, with 42 solo tackles. Diontae Bennett was in a distant second spot with 16 solo tackles.

2023 Results (2-8): Aug 18 at Thomas Nelson (Loss) 14-6 Aug 26 at Atherton (Loss) 54-12 Sep 1 at Woodford County (Loss) 43-6 Sep 9 at Seneca (Loss) 34-0 Sep 15 - BYE Sep 22 at Fort Knox (Win) 18-12 Sep 29 vs. Fern Creek (Loss) 37-0 Oct 6 at Washington County (Loss) 44-12 Oct 13 at Lexington Christian Academy (Loss) 51-0 Oct 20 at Shawnee (Win) 23-6 Oct 27 at Central (Loss) 30-0

Aug 23 - Thomas Nelson Aug 30 at Atherton Sep 6 - Southern Sep 13 at Seneca Sep 20 - BYE Sep 27 - Fort Knox Oct 4 at Fern Creek Oct 11 - Washington County (District) Oct 18 vs. Lexington Christian Academy (District) Oct 25 - Shawnee (District) Nov 1 at Central The schedule graphic doesn't list locations, and DuBois still doesn't have their own home stadium to host games. I went through and cross-checked against the schedules that have been previously released. The games listed above with locations are all confirmed with their opponents' schedules. Not sure where DuBois will be hosting Lexington Christian on October 18th, but that's what LCA's schedule says is happening. The only change from last season's schedule is dropping Woodford County in Week 3 and picking up Southern. Good move on the part of DuBois.