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Lex Cath has to find a replacement for QB Jackson Wasik, who will be playing at Centre College this season. Wasik threw all but 7 of the team's 289 pass attempts last season, and he was only 52 rushing yards behind the team's top rusher, Joaquin Pereira, who returns for his junior year along with second-best rusher Alex Rayyan who returns as a senior. With a talented receiving corps, as usual, Lex Cath will have #1 receiver Jackson Kreutzer, #2 receiver Matthew Kern and #5 receiver Kaylib Nelson all returning as seniors. The trio accounted for 99 receptions, 1,567 yards receiving, and 19 touchdowns last season - that's a quarter of the team's 2023 touchdowns. On defense, Brady Wasik led the team in tackles last year as a sophomore linebacker, and he will be back as a junior this year. Linebacker John Moses was second in tackles and will return for his senior year, along with DB Matthew Kern who was fourth in tackles, LB Aiden Pflunger who was sixth.

2023 Results: Aug 18 vs. Highlands (Loss) 34-27 Aug 26 at Madison Central (Win) 47-0 Sep 1 vs. Corbin (Loss) 30-10 Sep 8 vs. Great Crossing (Win) 36-15 Sep 15 at Lexington Christian Academy (Loss) 49-42 Sep 22 at Boyle County (Loss) 56-21 Oct 6 at Bourbon County (Win) 48-0 Oct 13 at Lloyd Memorial (Win) 41-0 Oct 20 vs. Pendleton County (Win) 72-0 Oct 27 win Scott County (Win) 21-20 Nov 3 vs. West Carter (Win) 51-0 (3A Playoffs) Nov 10 vs. Russell (Win) 48-0 (3A Playoffs) Nov 17 at Rockcastle County (Win) 43-7 (3A Playoffs) Nov 24 at Christian Academy Louisville (Loss) 43-8 (3A Playoffs)

Aug 9 vs. Simon Kenton (Scrimmage) Aug 16 vs. Bardstown (Scrimmage) Aug 23 at Highlands Aug 30 vs. Madison Central Sep 6 at Corbin Sep 13 at Great Crossing Sep 20 vs. Lexington Christian Academy Sep 27 vs. Boyle County Oct 4 - BYE Oct 11 vs. Bourbon County (District) Oct 18 vs. Lloyd Memorial (District) Oct 25 at Pendleton County (District) Nov 1 at Scott County

I'd have to assume that Elam would be one of the definite top candidates. He is the OC at Corbin, yes. Spent over a decade as head coach at Pineville. Also has a few years of college coaching mixed in there from Cumberlands and Union College, I believe. Jim Black is the Associate Head Coach too. Also coached at Cumberlands. He was head coach at Williamsburg and Whitley County, and was DC for North Laurel before he ended up at Corbin. Also heard Corbin assistant coach Jody Mouser's name mentioned.

If not, you oughta be on the lookout for a phone call, coach.

Lafayette Froshmore Football: Aug 26 vs. Shelby County Sep 2 vs. Henry Clay Sep 9 vs. Western Hills Sep 16 at Paul Laurence Dunbar Sep 23 at Franklin County Sep 30 at George Rogers Clark Oct 7 vs. Lexington Catholic Oct 14 at East Jessamine Oct 21 vs. Tates Creek Oct 26 - Central Kentucky Froshmore League Championship

Paul Laurence Dunbar Froshmore Football: Aug 26 at Tates Creek Sep 2 at Franklin County Sep 9 vs. Shelby County Sep 16 at Lafayette Sep 23 vs. Western Hills Sep 30 at Henry Clay Oct 7 vs. George Rogers Clark Oct 10 at Lexington Catholic Oct 21 vs. East Jessamine Oct 26 - Central Kentucky Froshmore League Championship

Some schools have fundraising for the rings. Others look to booster clubs to help pay for them. And then some put it on the athlete and their family to pay for them.

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