Last week:

 

St. X – 28

Bryan Station – 13

 

This past Friday, the St. X Tigers participated in the Republic Bank Bluegrass Bowl hosted by Lexington Catholic. The Tigers played the Bryan Station Defenders, which these two teams last meet in the 1999 4A State Championship game. On St. X’s first play of the game, QB Noah Houk threw an interception which set up the Defenders for their first score to take a 7-0 lead. While Noah Houk was not as efficient through the air as was against Ballard in the opening week, 1 TD pass to go with 3 INTs, the ground game carried the Tiger offense. The ground game for the Tigers accounted for 291 yards and it was led by senior Taijon Smith (32 carries, 178 yards) and junior John Hernandez (10 carries, 82 yards). With junior running back Chase Rowan still held out because of injury, the Tigers RB position is stepping up and taking the pressure off of Noah Houk, Houk’s lone passing touchdown came late in the 4th quarter and sealed the game when he found wide receiver Michael Ackerman for 65 yard touchdown pass.

 

The offense did what he had to do to win the game, but the Tiger defense stepped up and made big plays to keep the fast pace Bryan Station defense at bay. The game’s MVP, Logan Butler, accounted for 3 interceptions and .5 a sack to help lead the Tigers to the victory. Bryan Stations defense was able to consistently move the ball with short to intermediate passes. With this style of offense, the key is to not miss tackles so a 5 yard pass does not turn into a 35 yard pass. The X defense did exactly that with was key to holding the Defenders to just 13 points.

 

The Tigers improved to 2-0 and have shown their defense is effective against the run and the pass. Logan Butler is a difference maker and as the year progresses look for him to be more dominating and to have more players follow his lead. The St. X offense is looking for their identity, but what the offense has shown that will make a St. X fan smile is that the offense can effective throw the air or on the ground.

 

This week:

 

St. X @ Bowling Green

 

Previous Meeting: St. X 25 Bowling Green 39

 

The Purples have won the last 3 meetings between these two schools and the Tigers will have to be on their “A” game to beat Bowling Green at El Donaldson Stadium.

 

Head on over to the prediction thread to express your opinion on this much anticipated game between two heavy weights in Kentucky High School football.

Great stuff LTR. Thanks for sharing it.

LTR => Thanks for the report!!!! Always nice to get a recap and realignment to focus on the new task at hand...!

I think Mr. All is trying to say talent is down, so the game may not be as good. But I think it will be a good game, because both teams will be evenly matched. Neither is dominate, and the play of each teams QB will be vitale in determining the outcome. But I agree with Mr. All, BG has to stay committed to the run; which they have done in the past meetings.