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1. Trinity – (4-0) The Rocks pulled off a close one against #2 Male and hold on to the top spot. The Bulldogs coaching staff did their homework scouting Trinity noting the rocks susceptibility in the long pass and capitalized on this with four long TD passes. However, the Rocks came from behind and took the lead late in the fourth quarter for the win. Next week the Rocks visit unbeaten PRP.

 

2. Male – (3-1) The Bulldogs lost but it was a three point loss to the #1 team in Kentucky on their home turf. Because of this, Male stays at #2. The Dogs take on Seneca next week in what should be a very easy win.

 

3. Dupont Manual – (3-0) The Rams were idle over the weekend but still hold onto the third spot. This weekend the Manual takes on Ballard in the Feature Game of the week. The Bruins may be the strongest opponent Manual will face so far this year.

 

4. St. Xavier – (3-1) St. X surges back into winning again by routing Central 51-7. Next week X invites the Highlands Bluebirds to their home. The once mighty Bluebirds are struggling mightily this year and one has to think the Tigers take this one with much trouble.

 

5. Louisville Christian Academy – (3-1) LCA keeps looking strong with a dominating performance over Oldham County. Next week’s game versus North Oldham should really not be much of a competition.

 

6. Pleasure Ridge Park – (4-0) PRP wraps up the “sane” part of the schedule with an unblemished record but that will change soon the Panthers enter the “insane” part of the schedule with (in order) Trinity, St. X, Male, Butler, Manual and Central. No offense to PRP but winning three of these would be a great accomplishment.

 

7. Fern Creek – (3-1) Quality win by the Creekers over a solid Butler team. Next week will be a more formidable opponent in DeSales.

 

8. Ballard – (3-1) Not much was expected of Western and the score showed it (42-6). That will not be the case next week as Ballard takes on Manual in the Featured game of the week.

 

9. St. Francis DeSales (3-1) DeSales regrouped after its tough loss to Ballard and overwhelmed fellow Southend Catholic HS Holy Cross 54-0. Next week will be a tougher opponent in Fern Creek.

 

10. Central Hardin – (3-1) Central took an unexpected to South Warren. The loss drops Central but not out of the rankings. Redemption comes next week against undefeated North Hardin. Some could argue North Hardin deserves the #10 spot which is a valid argument. Well, this weekend they can prove that.

 

Honorable Mention – these are the teams that just missed the Top Ten and are positioned to step up when those ranked stumble and fall out of the rankings

 

North Hardin – (4-0) It was difficult to not rank North Hardin being undefeated but they have the chance to jump into the rankings playing South Warren this weekend.

 

South Oldham – South Oldham stays undefeated but faces Northern KY Boone County this week which could determine how strong South really iss.

 

 

 

 

Team on the Rise – Pleasure Ridge Park will take the award this week due to a nice win over John Hardin

 

Team on the Decline – Central Hardin will be the team on the decline due to a disappointing loss to South Warren.

 

Featured Game of the Week – Manual versus Ballard

Great job Bert.

The 2015 Manual v Ballard game was a terrific contest! I expect the same this year at Ballard.

Well done Bert. I will be watching the Manual-Ballard game with a close eye. That outcome, combined with how DeSales looks against Fern Creek will give me a much better feel for where the Colts are at this point in the season.

This is a GREAT week for matchups. Only a couple weeks until district games start so this is a week many programs put a "test" in their schedule that's a couple weeks before the games that really count. That gives you a game against a quality team that might expose a weakness or two that hasn't been exposed yet, and a "cushion week" to have any kids with minor 'dings' time to get healthy.

 

Trinity at PRP (our WBKI-34 game of the week)

 

Manual at Ballard -- a matchup that has literally come down to the wire 4 of the last 5 meetings.

 

North Hardin at South Warren -- People are clamoring for NH to be in the club. They get a chance to prove they belong against the team that beat this week's #10.

Fern Creek at DeSales -- DeSales wants to prove they belong in the 'big boys discussion' after the loss to Ballard. This would allow that. Fern Creek still has doubters despite a solid start -- a convincing win against a respected opponent really helps their case.

 

Highlands at St. X -- Maybe not the luster it would've had 5 or 6 years ago, but this matchup oozes with tradition, great fan support, and two programs who just do football the right way year after year after year.

 

John Hardin at Central Hardin -- SO many questions will be answered!

 

Collins at Boyle Co. -- Boyle's not the Boyle of old, but they still are coached by a living legend. If Collins can pull this off at their place -- especially by a comfortable margin -- it says a lot about their place (potentially) in the metro Louisville pecking order.

 

GOOD AND BAD for me as WBKI has determined which game I'll be attending. Bad that I won't get to take in a little bit of several of these games, but good that I'll get quite a savings in gas money Friday night!

 

Lucky for you guys, you can catch part of a couple great games in person on Friday then watch the Trinity/PRP game Saturday night on WBKI-34!

I would rank STX ahead of Manual due to scores of their common opponnet Central. STX demolished Central and Manual beat them by 1. List otherwise looks ok to me.

I would rank STX ahead of Manual due to scores of their common opponnet Central. STX demolished Central and Manual beat them by 1. List otherwise looks ok to me.

 

X and Manual were the ranking I went back and forth the most. With Manual being undefeated and having some quality wins, I decided to keep Manual at 3 knowing X will get a chance to earn that spot back when X and Manual play soon.