theguru Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 There are a lot of teams that have my interest this coming season and the Breds are one of them because of their move down to 1A. Believe it or not, I was talking to a delivery driver today that knew a whole bunch about NCC and he was going on and on about the Breds. In his opinion the Breds will be in the 1A State Championship game. He went on to say that Coach Lickert is coaching the players up year round including in the weight room. What do you think? How with the Breds do in 2019? Where should they be ranked to start the season? Are they back? Also, from the Newport Central Catholic Football Facebook Page:
ATLCat Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 Assuming there is no cross districting in play, I don't see a lot of teams I would pencil in to beat them on the Western side of the 1A bracket. Campbellsville and Crittenden County appear to be their only competition.
NKYBallCoach Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 NCC will have a really good chance in A to compete for a championship. They have a lot of talent coming back with Kremer, Craig, Doeker and Jefferson with some others as well. They do have to replace a lot of talented players though. Obviously Kelly going to Ohio U but also Lankheit, Howard, Cain, Posey, Wormald and Miller all have offers to play in college and were all 2 way starters. Lickert also will have to coach better defensively - giving up nearly 200 yards a game rushing with a 3 man front will not work. But saying that - there are no DeSales, Cal or Danville in their way and Beechwood moves up to 2A. NCC should be excited about this group and their chances.
ATLCat Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 NCC will have a really good chance in A to compete for a championship. They have a lot of talent coming back with Kremer, Craig, Doeker and Jefferson with some others as well. They do have to replace a lot of talented players though. Obviously Kelly going to Ohio U but also Lankheit, Howard, Cain, Posey, Wormald and Miller all have offers to play in college and were all 2 way starters. Lickert also will have to coach better defensively - giving up nearly 200 yards a game rushing with a 3 man front will not work. But saying that - there are no DeSales, Cal or Danville in their way and Beechwood moves up to 2A. NCC should be excited about this group and their chances. Pikeville will be the bear of 1A next year IMHO. Having seen both teams play Belfry I would have taken Pikeville over NewCath by 3 TD's. I expect both teams to be a little better in 2019. The question will be if NewCath can close that gap.
NKYBallCoach Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 NCC played much better throughout the year after Belfry game but I can see your point of view from that perspective. And yes Pikeville will be very good. I think NCC will actually take a step back this year (a lot of talent / starts walking out the door) but they will be there in the end in Class A.
Bac2369 Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 Someone give some numbers on starters on both the defensive and offensive side is the ball. Because I know they lost A LOT off this years squad.
NKYBallCoach Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 From memory: Def: DL - Sr: Wormald / Lankheit / Howard Returning: Soph #28 Def LB - Sr: Carver / Kelly Returning: Craig / Doeker / Landrum Def DB - Sr: Posey/ Cain / Miller Returning: Jefferson / Runyan So Def returns about 6 guys with experience Off - OL loses Lankheit / Wormald returns Craig / Deburger and a Stevenson with Morgan as well with some reps TE: Sr Howard - No returning experience WR: Sr: Posey / Miller Returning: Jefferson and Mueller QB Kremer returns RB: Sr Kelly and Cain - No returning experience So offense returns 4 starters an about 6 guys with real experience All in all they return maybe 8 guys total with quality experience
NKYBallCoach Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 They sure lose a lot but there is a lot of quality players returning and quite a few nice players going to be given their first opportunities- just had to sit behind a pretty talented class that never really followed up on potential due to injuries - 2 different coaching staffs and a 3 year stretch of beyond difficult scheduling.
Bac2369 Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 From memory: Def: DL - Sr: Wormald / Lankheit / Howard Returning: Soph #28 Def LB - Sr: Carver / Kelly Returning: Craig / Doeker / Landrum Def DB - Sr: Posey/ Cain / Miller Returning: Jefferson / Runyan So Def returns about 6 guys with experience Off - OL loses Lankheit / Wormald returns Craig / Deburger and a Stevenson with Morgan as well with some reps TE: Sr Howard - No returning experience WR: Sr: Posey / Miller Returning: Jefferson and Mueller QB Kremer returns RB: Sr Kelly and Cain - No returning experience So offense returns 4 starters an about 6 guys with real experience All in all they return maybe 8 guys total with quality experience Thank you for an excellent breakdown. I’m a guy that likes to compare stats returning on some teams to gauge how good they can be. Teams from Northern Kentucky are hard to do that because of so many Unknowns of deep talented classes. Stat wise Newport Central Catholic returns just over 600 yards of offense. The quarterback is the leading rusher returning with 62 yards and two touchdowns. The Top target in the passing game Caleb Jefferson returns with 262 yards and 3 touchdowns. Those two young men account for half of what they return. Defense is where I really needed help as tackles wasn’t accounted for this year.
NKYBallCoach Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) Offensively- you are correct - they only return Jefferson with any real stats and of course the QB - who has done a really nice job the past 2 years. Defensively - they do return 4 really big contributors with leading tackler LB Craig along with Landrum / Doeker. Runyan started and played a ton on defense and Jefferson has started past 2 years at DB. Sorry - No official numbers from me here but just background on what returns - defensively on DL and DB will be where most newcomers will be. Edited January 8, 2019 by NKYBallCoach
Bac2369 Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 Offensively- you are correct - they only return Jefferson with any real stats and of course the QB - who has done a really nice job the past 2 years. Defensively - they do return 4 really big contributors with leading tackler LB Craig along with Landrum / Doeker. Runyan started and played a ton on defense and Jefferson has started past 2 years at DB. No official numbers from me here but just background on what returns - defensively on DL will be where newcomers will be. Lineplay doesn’t worry me for a team like New Cath. They are alway solid in that category.
NKYBallCoach Posted January 8, 2019 Posted January 8, 2019 I agree - I don’t think this team will have to worry much at all if they keep goal in mind throughout what will be another tough regular season - if key players stay healthy - they should be in mix for state title
.png.ffa34568722b20f38e3c3ecfcb9a2cd2.png)
Recommended Posts