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  1. Lex Cath returns Wes Caldwell, Ben Revere, Jacob Locknane, Shane Isreal, Sam Plomin, Winston Guy and Tyler Hancock
  2. 3A Lex Cath Cov Cath Rockcastle highlands bowling green{a distant 5th}
  3. Of the five finalists, my vote goes for Justin Burke, for the following reasons: 1: Lex Cath's the only team that will be playing at Papa Johns this weekend that has a Mr. Football candidate. In a short 15 years of football, this season, with Burke's leadership, Lex Cath won their first regional championship, their first semi-state game, and their first trip to the state finals. 2: Stats: Burke has had a tremendous senior season: 210 of 338, 62.1% completion rate for 3,568 yards, 62 tds and 5 ints. Record 13-1, beating tough teams like Cov Cath, defending state champ Highlands, Scott Co, with one loss to St. X on a last second field goal. 3: Stats, career: 521 of 847, 61.5% completion rate for 8,513 yards, 120 tds and 16 ints. Record: 33-5. Signature wins include wins over St. X (soph year, 2nd start of his career), defending state champs Boyle Co. (junior year), and others above his senior year. 4: State Records: Burke broke the record for the most touchdowns in a season at 62 (closest is 58), and still has a game to play. Per NFLHS.com, 62 puts him at 9th in the nation in TDs in a season. He is in second place in KY for consecutive tds at 37, and has thrown a td in every game he has ever started for Lex Cath. He is tied for second place w Chris Todd for total TDs in a career at 120 so far. He will be in the KY record books 16 times, and currently is in the top 10 in three additional categories: career yards passing, career completions, and career percentage passing, all in three years as a starter. This against high school phenom QBs like Tim Couch, Brian Brohm, Lorenzen, Guidugli, and others that have gone on to major college (and pro) careers. 5: Quotes about Burke: "Justin Burke is a great, great quarterback," Glaser said. "He's hard to contain. If you play the pass, he hurts you with his running. If you play the run, he hurts you with his passing."--Coach Glaser, St. X. "Their quarterback makes them a special team, and I know what that's like because I once had a real good young quarterback (current University of Minnesota starting QB Brad Cupito) at McNick. So I know what they're going to try to do with him," Rodenberg said. "We're going to have to disguise things, change some things up and make this kid think as much as possible, and get a rush on him." Coach Rodenberg, Cov Cath. 6: Expert opinions: Burke has been ranked as high as the fourth best QB in the country, and received D-1 offers from 15 schools, including three SEC schools and three Big 10 schools, ultimately choosing NC State. NC State's QB coach that recruited Justin has 17 years of pro experience coaching the likes of Rich Gannon, the NFL MVP under Trestman's tutelage. Last: intangibles. Justin has a 3.9 gpa, which many attribute to his good decision-making in football. His ratio of 120 tds to 16 ints supports this theory. He is a phenomenal leader that makes the team around him better. He has the ability to take charge of a game, and plays with huge heart, as demonstrated in the Highlands game, when he played on a bum knee sustained on the first series of the game. I am not sure what all the factors are that go into the Mr. Football decision, but surely the facts above make for a sound case for Burke.
  4. Interesting opinion--I'd say at least 15 D-1 coaches would beg to differ w you since that is the number of offers that he received before he verbally committed to NC State in August, including the likes of Tennessee, Michigan State, NC State, UK, U of Louisville, Northwestern, Purdue, etc. Seems they might know a thing or two about D-1 talent.
  5. Do the public schools in the state not realize that Louisville public schools have open enrollment. I guess they will be next on the list.
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