Boyle County 107.58
St. Xavier 100.67
Trinity 97.55
Ryle 96.70
Male 95.96
Paducah Tilghman 95.46
Cooper 95.38
Christian Academy Louisville 92.33
Frederick Douglass 92.03
Owensboro Catholic 90.04
Highlands 88.56
Franklin County 87.90
Bowling Green 87.78
Lexington Christian Academy 85.32
Ashland Blazer 84.77
Corbin 83.58
Woodford County 82.97
Covington Catholic 82.20
Manual 82.08
Owensboro 80.57

Week 6 Headlines
• KHSAA Passing Records, the King James Version
• Q leaves LexCath in his rear view 
• Manual struck down by a “Hodge”-podge

First Team All-Watchlist
Jack James (Paducah Tilghman, QB)

Second Team All-Watchlist
Montavin Quisenberry (Boyle County, ATH)

Third Team All-Watchlist
Connor Hodge (Christian Academy of Louisville, ATH)

Honorable Mention
Cortez Stone (Central, RB)
Austin Alexander (Cooper, DE/TE)
Clay Hayden (Beechwood, QB)
Deuce Bailey (Bowling Green, QB)
Luke Pennington (Sayre, QB)
Brock Coffman (Sayre, ATH)
Kade Elam (Corbin, QB)
Bryce Button (South Warren, QB)

Class 1A
1. Pikeville
2. Campbellsville
3. Sayre
4. Raceland
5. Hazard

Class 2A
1. Owensboro Catholic
2. Lexington Christian
3. Beechwood
4. Mayfield
5. Murray

Class 3A
1. Christian Academy-Louisville
2. Central
3. Belfry
4. Lexington Catholic
5. Hart County

Class 4A
1. Boyle County
2. Paducah Tilghman
3. Franklin County
4. Corbin
5. Covington Catholic

Class 5A
1. Bowling Green
2. Cooper
3. Highlands
4. South Warren
5. Woodford County

Class 6A
1. Saint Xavier
2. Male
3. Trinity
4. Ryle
5. Manual

The ratings use avg. margin of victory applied to avg. strength of schedule played. There is a cap of 40 pts on margin of victory for teams that have ratings within 40 points of each other, so teams don't benefit from running up the score. Also, teams that play an opponent that is over 40 pts less in the ratings will not be hurt by running clock or putting reserves in. This part is a little subjective but looking at the scores is pretty easy to identify.

Boyle County 107.30
Paducah Tilghman 98.95
Trinity 97.96
St. Xavier 97.91
Male 96.04
Cooper 95.15
Ryle 94.97
Frederick Douglass 93.38
Owensboro Catholic 88.66
Christian Academy - Louisville 87.97
Bowling Green 87.91
Franklin County 87.62
Highlands 87.57
Manual 84.46
Lexington Christian 84.00
Woodford County 82.68
Covington Catholic 82.09
Corbin 81.96
Great Crossing 81.92
Ashland Blazer 81.58

Manual (5-0) will host Christian Academy-Louisville (3-2) after defeating South Warren 35-7. CAL is coming off a 28-24 loss to Ryle.

Last year, CAL won 54-36.

Manual against South Warren had a big performance out of QB Kaden Mack who passed for 163 yds and two touchdowns plus rushed for 41 yards. WR Willis Nofsinger had 148 yards receiving and 2 touchdowns. The defense had a great game holding South Warren to 1 touchdown and was led by Cameron Jessee who had 5 tackles with 3 of them for a loss.

CAL against Ryle had a 24-7 lead before giving up 21 pts to lose a close game and was led by QB Connor Hodge who passed for 227 yards plus rushed for 135 yards and 2 touchdowns.

This looks like should be a competitive game but Manual comes in flying high with the good win over South Warren, and CAL will be looking to rebound from a tough loss where they have to think they let the win get away from them. Does Manual avenge last year's loss and move to 6-0 or does CAL get back in the win column after two losses to two very good teams?

Trinity (4-1) and Saint Xavier (2-2) will meet in their annual rivalry game at L&N Cardinal Stadium with kickoff scheduled for 8:00 PM. Trinity is coming off a 24-21 win over Male, and St. X is coming off a 17-15 loss to Elder (OH).

Both teams have a common opponent in Male this season with Trinity beating Male 24-21, and St. X losing to Male in OT 35-34.

Last year, Trinity beat St. X twice with a 38-14 win in the 6A playoffs and a 45-10 regular season win.

Trinity against Male was led by RB Jamaurion Berry who had 96 yards rushing and 1 TD. QB Zane Johnson ran for the pivotal winning TD competing the comeback after being down 21-6. WR Jason Hagan led with 95 yards receiving. Kicker Carson Hilbert had big game where he hit 3/4 of field goals. The defense held the powerful Male offense to 21 points and forced 4 turnovers.

St. X against Elder was led by QB Mason Trimble who threw for 240 yards. WR/RB Marlon Harbin had 60 yards rushing and 70 yards receiving. Both times near the goal line QB Thomas Andriole was brought in to run and he scored both of St. X's TD's running. The St. X defense held Elder to all their 2 touchdowns in the first half but couldn't stop the Elder passing game in the final minute of the game which resulted in the game winning FG by Elder as time expired.

 

Based on the common opponent of Male, this looks like could be a competitive game. Both of St. X losses have been by a combined 3 pts. With Trinity winning in dominating fashion last year it would be hard to pick against the Shamrocks unless you are a Tiger backer. Trinity will be looking to come out strong after how the Male game started out and St. X will chomping at the bit to break their two game losing streak plus avenge last year's losses. Do the Shamrocks get the win extending their streak over the Tigers or do the Tigers get a much needed win?

 

Week 5 Headlines
• Alexander Takes The Fight To Warhawks
• A Rolling Stone Faster Than A Speeding Bullitt 
• Male's Heart And “Sowells”

First Team All-Watchlist
Austin Alexander (Cooper, DE/TE)
It took a minute to get his teeth into the game, but once he did, Alexander picked the bones clean. In fact, his whole season was in need of a spark on the offensive side of the ball. Mission accomplished, as he caught nine passes for 165 yards and three scores in a primetime match-up with Great Crossing. Each of his three touchdown grabs demonstrated a different dimension of his offensive skill set.
#1 - Crisp route running and run after catch while evading multiple tacklers.
#2 - Torching a DB and catching the ball in stride on a go route.
#3 - Channeling his inner power forward and posting up his man to high point the football.
All that from a 240+ pound future ACC edge rusher, who by the way, complimented his offense with a handful of tackles, including a couple for loss.
Season to date: 15 tackles | 4 sacks | 21 catches for 334 yards and 4 TDs 

Class 1A
1. Pikeville
2. Campbellsville
3. Sayre
4. Raceland

Class 2A
1. Owensboro Catholic
2. Lexington Christian
3. Beechwood
4. Mayfield

Class 3A
1. Christian Academy-Louisville
2. Central
3. Belfry
4. Lexington Catholic

Class 4A
1. Boyle County
2. Paducah Tilghman
3. Franklin County
4. Corbin

Class 5A
1. Bowling Green
2. Cooper
3. Highlands
4. South Warren

Class 6A
1. Trinity
2. Male
3. Manual
4. Saint Xavier

Brady Atwell (Owensboro Catholic, QB)

For all the physical tools in his possession, Atwell's greatest attribute might be his indomitable will. He wills the ball into tight windows; No one makes dangerous throws look safer (see below). He wills his legs to game sealing touchdowns; Moving the sticks to milk the clock is for commoners, he's going 58 to the house when everyone in the place knows who's got the ball. Atwell posted nearly 400 yards of offense (290 passing/104 rushing) and six touchdowns to damn the Devils again, concluding his career against Owensboro at 3-0. He also became O-Cath's all-time leader in completions and passing yards.

Boyle County 105.7
Paducah Tilghman 99.23
Trinity 95.54
St. Xavier 95.03
Male 93.08
Ryle 92.69
Frederick Douglass 91.97
Cooper 89.18
Franklin County 88.24
Owensboro Catholic 87.69
Corbin 87.38
Bowling Green 86.65
Lexington Christian Academy 86.22
Christian Academy - Lou. 85.9
Highlands 83.71
Great Crossing 83.19
South Warren 80.95
Covington Catholic 80.22
Woodford County 79.74
Manual 79.14

vs. 

All time: Corbin 1-0    Last season: Corbin 6 Frederick Douglass 0

 

The Corbin Redhounds (3-0) one of the top teams in not only 4A but the state of Kentucky. Travel up 75 and come to Lexington to "The Farm" to take on the Frederick Douglass Broncos (2-2) this Friday at 7:30pm. There game last year at Corbin was one of the best games in the state last year with Corbin winning 6-0 with Douglass throwing an incomplete pass in the endzone on the last play of the game for the tie. 

Corbin's game this past Friday was cancelled due to safety concerns. The Broncos got back in the win column with a running clock (50-14) win over Tates Creek. The Broncos were in a rare two game losing streak with losses to Trinity 23-13 and an OT loss at Manual 35-28. They had an impressive win to start the season a 35-13 win over Bowling Green. The Redhounds have won their 3 games over Pikeville, North Hardin, and Lexington Catholic by a combined score of 130-56. This should be another great game in Lexington.
 

Corbin's offense is led by senior quarterback Kade Elam. He has in 3 games put up some of the best numbers in the state he is 61/68 for 841 yards and 8 touchdowns. His last game vs. Lex. Cath. he was 23 for 24. He has also rushed for over 80 yards a 4 TD's. Their rushing game is led by junior running back Cole Stevens who has rushed for 238 yards and 2 touchdowns. Elam's favorite target is junior WR Cam Estep who has over 275 yards receiving and two touchdowns. On defense the Redhounds may not be quite as good as last year but they are still plenty good! They have held Pikeville to 7 points and some of the numbers put up by North Hardin and Lexington Catholic were against reserves.

The Broncos are led on offense by junior quarterback Jaxon Strautman who has been coming into his own. The Broncos also have running back Peyton Smith back from a knee injury suffered in a preseason scrimmage. The EKU signee had a touchdown another running back Pharo Watts had 2 rushing touchdowns Aveion Chenault had an 80+ yard kickoff return for his 7th touchdown of the season. I would give you some individual stats for the Broncos, but they have yet to post the stats from the Tates Creek game. I look for this to be another good game between these two great football programs and more offense than last year's game. I think the Broncos have a good shot if they can control Elam and the Redhounds offense I think the Broncos stable of running backs will prevail but I would not be surprised either way who wins this one. Best of luck to both teams! 

The game can be seen on the NFHS Network and on Glicod Sports. Best of luck to both teams!

Trinity (3-1) will host Male (3-0). Trinity is coming off a 35-23 win over Carmel (IN). Male is coming off an open week. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30.

Last year, Male won 37-20.

Trinity was led by RB Jamaurion Berry against Carmel with 3 touchdowns. WR Jeremiah Lynn also had 2 touchdowns. QB Zane Johnson was 15-23 with 242 yards passing and 2 touchdowns. 

The Trinity defense held Carmel to field goals on 3 of their drives which was pivotal in getting the win.

Male had an open week, but they are led by the duo of RB Chayce Burton who has 8 touchdowns on the season and Antonio Harris who has played QB and WR and has 6 touchdowns on the season. QB Jordan Williams has 203 yards passing and 4 touchdowns this season. 

On defense, Male is led by LB Solomon Conley who has 18 tackles on the season. They also sometimes bring in OL Isaac Sowells to the d-line where he has 9 tackles and two sacks.

 

This is the 6A game of the week with Trinity ranked #1 and Male #2. The winner of this game will be the team that makes the most stops on defense as both offenses will be hard to stop. Male has won the last 4 meetings so do they make it 5 in a row or does Trinity break the streak and get the win?

This Friday will be the fifth game of the season, and the third and final installment of the 2024 Cov Cath Rivalry Series when the Colonels host the Tigers. In their previous two rivalry games, Cov Cath lost 32-22 to 5A Highlands on Aug 30 and won 47-28 this past Friday night over 5A Dixie Heights. The 2-2 Colonels also have a win over 6A Simon Kenton and a 30-14 loss to 6A Ryle from the season opener. Beechwood will be rolling into Park Hills sitting on a 4-0 record, with a 28-27 win over 5A Pulaski County, a 42-20 win over 6A Campbell County, a 41-20 win over 5A Dixie Heights, and a 35-23 win over 6A Simon Kenton this past Friday.

Cov Cath's D is averaging 318 yards per game allowed to their opponents with 38% of the total yards allowed via pass and 62% allowed via run. Looking at the 1,669 yards gained so far by the Tigers' offense this year, 61% of those have come on passes and 39% have come via run. Those curiously opposite numbers should make for an interesting mismatch between Beechwood's offense and Cov Cath's defense...but in the favor of which team?

Class 1A
1 Hazard
2 Sayre
3 Paris
4 Campbellsville
5 Bethlehem

Class 2A
1 Beechwood
2 Owensboro Catholic
3 Betsy Layne
4 Lexington Christian
5 Mayfield

Class 3A
1 Rockcastle County
2 Adair County
3 Hancock County
4 Lloyd Memorial
5 Bell County

Class 4A
1 Franklin County
2 Paducah Tilghman
3 Boyle County
4 Greenup County
5 Allen County-Scottsville

Class 5A
1 Cooper
2 North Laurel
3 Atherton
4 Woodford County
5 Conner

Class 6A
1 Ryle
2 Barren County
3 DuPont Manual
4 Bullitt East
5 Male

Class 1A
1. Pikeville
2. Campbellsville
3. Sayre
4. Raceland
5. Hazard

Class 2A
1. Owensboro Catholic
2. Beechwood
3. Lexington Christian
4. Mayfield
5. Murray

Class 3A
1. Christian Academy-Louisville
2. Central
3. Lexington Catholic
4. Belfry
5. Hart County

Class 4A
1. Boyle County
2. Paducah Tilghman
3. Franklin County
4. Corbin
5. Covington Catholic

Class 5A
1. Bowling Green
2. Cooper
3. Highlands
4. South Warren
5. Owensboro

Class 6A
1. Trinity
2. Male
3. Manual
4. Saint Xavier
5. Frederick Douglass

Top 25

Boyle County 112.49
Trinity 95.89
Christian Academy-Lou. 93.02
Paducah Tilghman 91.48
Male 90.98
St. Xavier 90.78
Frederick Douglass 90.64
Cooper 88.43
Ryle 88.32
Owensboro Catholic 87.41
Lexington Christian 86.73
Corbin 85.63
North Oldham 85.44
Highlands 85.32
Bowling Green 84.72
Covington Catholic 84.05
South Warren 82.68
Manual 82.36
Franklin County 81.42
Madisonville N. Hopkins 81.16
Great Crossing 80.26
Bryan Station 79.7
Madison Central 75.56
Owensboro 75.08
Woodford County 74.32

First Team All-Watchlist
Montavin Quisenberry (Boyle County, ATH)

Second Team All-Watchlist
Antonio Harris (Male, ATH)

Third Team All-Watchlist
Clay Hayden (Beechwood, QB)

Honorable Mention
Brady Atwell (Owensboro Catholic, QB)
Kade Elam (Corbin, QB)
Austin Alexander (Cooper, DE/TE)
Cortez Stone (Central, RB)
Isaac “Spike” Sowells (Male, OL/DL)
Luke Pennington (Sayre, QB)
Brock Coffman (Sayre, ATH)

Class 1A
1. Pikeville
2. Campbellsville
3. Sayre
4. Newport Central Catholic

Class 2A
1. Owensboro Catholic
2. Beechwood
3. Lexington Christian
4. Mayfield

Class 3A
1. Christian Academy-Louisville
2. Central
3. Lexington Catholic
4. Belfry

Class 4A
1. Boyle County
2. Paducah Tilghman
3. Franklin County
4. Corbin

Class 5A
1. Bowling Green
2. Cooper
3. Highlands
4. South Warren

Class 6A
1. Trinity
2. Male
3. Manual
4. Saint Xavier

Who Ya With!

Total domination! Boyle > St. Edward. Boyle never punted the football the entire game! 21 all at the half and Boyle's 2 way starters out scored them 17-0 in the second half.

Offensive masterclass. Anyone who knows football would've predicted that St. Ed would start to wear Boyle down in the 2nd half. It was the exact opposite. Boyle just flat took over the game.

Haddix and his staff dialed up a phenomenal offensive game plan from start to finish. They opened it up with some gadgetry when needed, but otherwise kept it bunched up tight with some wildcat/single wing looking concepts. And what can you say about the second half defensive effort? They only needed one stop, but instead got them all.

Let's take a drive out to the suburbs in Boone County on the first Friday in September. You better give yourself enough time though, because 42 is going to be hopping as the titanic struggle between Ryle and Cooper is sure to attract a big crowd. 

Cooper comes into this matchup 2 - 0 after blowing out both Bardstown and Henry Clay. They have scored 83 points and conceded just 6. Cam O'Hara is coming off a performance at Henry Clay where he went 8 for 9 on passing attempts for 152 yards and three touchdowns, all of that happening in the first half. Jaiden Combs accounted for two of those touchdown catches while also getting a 42 yard rushing touchdown to start the scoring. Isaiah Johnson was the other receiver to catch an O'Hara touchdown pass. Austin Alexander, to no one's surprise, has anchored a Jaguar defense that has absolutely smothered the opposition. 

Ryle is also 2 - 0 with very impressive wins. Frankly, they have stunned the NKY football community, not necessarily that they have won but how much they have won by. They cruised right past Covington Catholic 30 to 14 and then absolutely decimated Conner on the road 46 to 8. Nathan Verax has found Landon Lorms for a touchdown pass both weeks. Jacob Savage has also proven himself to be a combo threat as he has dominated on the ground, scoring a rushing touchdown in both games, while also being a quality target for Verax. Add in that he as also been possibly the most involved defender on the other side of the ball and you have one of the most dynamic players in Northern Kentucky.

Last season this game was a 28 to 10 home victory for Ryle with the now graduated Logan Verax going for 156 yards passing and 102 yards rushing, contributing to 3 of the 4 touchdowns scored by the Raiders. Jacob Savage was the leading tackler. For Cooper, O'Hara threw for a touchdown and 182 yards but was also picked off by the Raider defense twice. Austin Alexander had 16 total tackles including three sacks.

Kick off is set for 1:00 PM on Saturday.

St. Edwards comes into this game back to back to back Division 1 State Champs in Ohio. Division 1 is equivalent to our 6A. They seemed to have lost a lot to graduation with 3 OL going to play in the Big 10, but that hasn't stopped the train that keeps rolling. They were ranked #25 in the nation last week via Max Preps and just beat the #15 team in the nation and top team in PA last week pretty handily. 

Boyle comes into this game 2-0 with wins over LCA and Bryan Station. The Rebels dominated Station by putting a running clock into effect with four minutes into the second quarter. The first half saw Boyle out gain the defenders 302 to 35 before cruising in the second half to a 48-8 final. Jr QB Baylor Murphy has 3 incompletions in two games and his plethora of weapons are all thriving right now. 

Boyle has won 22 straight games and four straight titles. St. Eds has won three straight D1 Titles. Something's gotta give. Who takes this one and why? 

Montavin Quisenberry (Boyle County, ATH)
Following a productive, but restrained opener, Quisenberry flashed against Bryan Station with three first half touchdowns and 122 yards from scrimmage on seven touches. “Q” was in no mood to play around as he ran through goal line contact for both touchdown runs and battled through double coverage for a long touchdown reception. He ran the spectrum from elusive open field runner, to bullish finisher, to deep threat.
Season to date: 9 carries for 108 yards and 2 touchdowns | 8 catches for 134 yards and 1 touchdown

Jack James (Paducah Tilghman, QB)
Tilghman's embarrassment of riches at the receiver position would make any quarterback look good, but the nature of that pitch and catch relationship is symbiotic. Someone has to set it all in motion. The Tornado's trigger man diced up Graves County's secondary for a career high 438 yards and five touchdowns, plus two more with his legs. James is now tied with Lone Oak's Corey Robinson at #4 for career touchdown passes, and needs only two more for sole possession of second place.
Season to date: 49/65 for 730 yards and 8 touchdowns with 2 interceptions | 2 rushing touchdowns

Deuce Bailey (Bowling Green, QB)
With the Douglass debacle already in his rear view mirror, Bailey exorcized the Devils for the third time in two years, completing 18/23 passes for 304 yards and five touchdowns, all in the first half. Four of them came In the decisive second quarter to blow the game open and trigger the running clock. In three career games against Owensboro, he's accounted for 14 touchdowns and zero turnovers.
Season to date: 32/50 for 483 yards and 5 touchdowns | 1 rushing touchdown

1. Boyle County                     50.6
2. Trinity                                49.4
3. Male                                   40.2
4. Frederick Douglass           39.0
5. Saint Xavier                        36.0
6. Christian Academy-Lou.   35.2
7. Cooper                                27.7
8. Bryan Station                     27.2
9. Paducah Tilghman             26.1
10. South Warren                   25.6
11. Franklin County                 24.9
12. Bowling Green                   24.5
13. Highlands                           23.9
14. Corbin                                23.5
15. Manual                                19.6
16. Ryle                                      17.4
17. Owensboro Catholic            13.1
18. Ballard                                  13.0
19. Ashland Blazer                     12.8
20. Lexington Christian             11.7

Class 1A
1. Pikeville
2. Campbellsville
3. Sayre
4. Newport Central Catholic

Class 2A
1. Owensboro Catholic
2. Beechwood
3. Mayfield
4. Lexington Christian

Class 3A
1. Christian Academy-Louisville
2. Central
3. Lexington Catholic
4. Belfry

Class 4A
1. Boyle County
2. Paducah Tilghman
3. Franklin County
4. Corbin

Class 5A
1. Bowling Green
2. Cooper
3. Highlands
4. South Warren

Class 6A
1. Trinity
2. Saint Xavier
3. Frederick Douglass
4. Male

Trinity (1-0) will travel to Frederick Douglass (1-0) after defeating Bryan Station 28-10. Frederick Douglass is coming off a 35-13 win over Bowling Green. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 pm.

Last season the two teams split with Frederick Douglass winning the early season game 17-14, but in the 6A playoffs Trinity got revenge in a very close game 14-7.

In Trinity's game against Bryan Station they racked up 376 yards (206 rushing/170 passing), and the defense held Bryan Station to one touchdown so a good opening performance for the young Shamrocks.

Frederick Douglass stymied a powerful Bowling Green offense holding them to 13 pts, and on offense controlled the line of scrimmage to rack up 35 points on the Purples.

This game is the game of the week in 6A and I would expect another close game between these two teams. With the strength of both team's defenses, I would expect this to be a low scoring game like both games were last season. The Farm should be packed and a great atmosphere. Who wins this huge 6A matchup?