In week two of the 6A play-offs, sixteen teams became eight.

 

Region 1

 

Trinity hosted Henderson County this week after a first round running clock last week. Trinity wasted no time in this contest either, jumping out to 41-0 halftime score. The Shamrocks defense held Henderson County to just 19 yards and 1 first down in the first half. Henderson County was held to 96 yards for the game. Luke McGuire rushed for 157 yards on 17 carries. The Shamrocks won the game 48-7.

 

McCracken County welcomed the Ballard Bruins for its 2nd round Playoff matchup. Ballard jumped out early in this one to a 13-0 lead early before McCracken would close the gap to 13-12. Ballard got another score before halftime to push the lead out to 20-12. The lead would grow even further as McCracken County would got no closer in the contest. Ballard would eventually pull away for 34-18 win. Ballard got a big game out of running back Jayden Farmer, who rushed for 204 yards and 3 touchdowns. Elijah Downing pitched in as well, with 3 catches for 73 yards and a touchdown. Four Star Linebacker Jared Casey was suspended for this game but will be back next week. Ballard will travel to Trinity for another shot at the Shamrocks.

 

Region 2

 

Saint Xavier hosted Butler. The Tigers won the regular season matchup 14-6 three weeks ago. Saint Xavier would strike first late in the 1st quarter to go up 7-0. Butler put some nice drives together the rest of the half but were turned away by the defense. Saint Xavier would hold a 7-0 lead going into halftime. Saint Xavier defense came up big again on the opening drive of the 2nd half with a big interception. Saint Xavier wasted no time going for the big play on the first play after the turnover and cashing in to go up 14-0 early in the 3rd. Saint Xavier got a pick 6 on the next drive pushing the lead to 21-0. Butler finally got on the board in the next drive to bring the lead down to 21-6. Butler's defense got a big play on Saint Xavier next series by blocking a punt for a touchdown. This would make the score 20-12. Saint Xavier stayed focused and and put another touchdown on the board, extending the lead to 28-12. Butler would match down and get a touchdown and a 2 point conversion to make the score 28-20 midway through the 4th. The game would get no closer as the Saint Xavier defense returned a fumble for a touchdown making the final score 35-20.

 

North Hardin hosted Male. Male would make a statement in this matchup, cruising to a 40-16 win. Male will get a rematch with district foe Saint Xavier, a team who give them their only loss of the season.

 

Region 3

 

Cooper traveled to Conner. Conner picked up a win just three week earlier over Cooper at their place, 19-14. Cooper hoped for some revenge in this contest. Cooper came out fired up in the contest and jumped out to a 13-0 lead before Conner made it a halftime score of 13-7. Cooper extended the lead to 19-7, but Conner would be the victor in this one, coming back to win the game 20-19. Tate Neiderman had 4 catches for 88 yards and a touchdown. Douglas Abdon accounted for two rushing scores on 9 carries for 18 yards. Coopers defense held Conners strong rushing attack to 103 yards for the game but it wasn’t enough to get the win.

 

Madison Central hosted Tates Creek. Central beat the Creek over a month ago by 15 points at home. Tates Creek would be looking for some payback in this and they were the first one to strike. They would take a 7-0 lead into halftime. Madison Central would wake up in the 2nd half and get the lead and close the game out to pick up the 13-10 win. Derrick Miller only threw for 93 yards in the game, but had two touchdowns through the air to Ethan Hahn and Blake Muntz. They leaned on their running game, which accounted for 159 yards on 39 carries. The defense recovered 3 fumbles and had two interceptions. They were lead in tackles by Jackson Juett. Madison Central will host Conner for the Regional Championship.

 

Region 4

 

Simon Kenton welcomed Henry Clay for its 2nd round playoff game. Simon Kenton would jump out to a 15-0 lead, thanks to the running of Caleb Farfsing. Henry Clay finally got on the board and cut into the lead thanks to Langston Jackson, making it 15-7. But Simon Kenton would answer right back with a 50 yard run by Jon Sergent, pushing the lead out to 22-7 just before halftime. Simon Kenton was the only team to score in the 2nd half, via field goal, pushing the final score to 25-7. Simon Kenton got another huge game out of its running game, which accounted for more than 350 yards and 3 touchdowns. Erik Brown had a good game as well. He accounted for 69 of those rushing yards, in addition to 74 yards in the passing game. Simon Kenton hopes to get these kinds of numbers next week.

 

Frederick Douglass welcomed Scott County. Scott County jumped out early in this contest to a 13-0 lead and eat up quite a bit of clock before Frederick Douglass finally responded late in the 2nd quarter. Demarco Fishback got Douglass on the board with a 33 yard touchdown run to cut the lead 13-7. Scott County answered the score to push the lead back out to a 20-7 halftime lead. Frederick Douglass would come out and strike on its opening drive of the third quarter, making it 20-14. Scott County would drive down but were forced to kick a field goal, but it bounced off the top right post. Demarco Fishback came up big again for Douglass with a 50 yard touchdown run. This would put Frederick Douglass on top 21-20. Scott County did not panic and they put together another touchdown drive and a 2 point conversion to push the lead out to 28-21 with 5:48 to play. Frederick Douglass put together its own touchdown drive and put the score 28-27, but instead of going for the tie, they went for the lead on a two point conversion and failed. Frederick Douglass would have once last chance when Scott County shanked its punt, giving Douglass the ball at the 45 yard line. Douglass would get all the way down to the 20 yard line, but the Scott County defense would come up big and get to the quarterback, sacking him back and taking them out of field goal range. Douglass faced a 4th and 14 and needed to convert to have a chance to win the game. Frederick Douglass would come up just a yard short. Scott County escaped Lexington with the big win. Scott County will travel to Simon Kenton next week for the Regional Championship.

 

Regional Championship Matchups

 

Trinity vs. Ballard

Saint Xavier vs. Male

Madison Central vs. Conner

Simon Kenton vs. Scott County

Go Pioneers!