Who wins this 1A Top 10 showdown and district matchup? Campbellsville sits at 5-2 on the season. Bethlehem sits at 5-1 on the season.

I can’t wait for some updates on this one.

Gonna be a great game... Come on down to Campbellsville, eat some good food at the local restaurants, and come watch a hard hitting Class A top ten high school football game. Both teams are very impressive on both sides of the ball... Looking forward to this game...

Campbellsville gets Bethlehem, Holy Cross, and Country Day to finish the season. We’ll see who’s who during this stretch.

Bold prediction for this game, the Eagles will win! Should be a great 1A game with a great atmosphere!

Bold prediction for this game, the Eagles will win! Should be a great 1A game with a great atmosphere!

 

Way to go out on a limb lol. Both teams are Eagles. Three daggoned Eagles in the same district.

This will not be the first time this pair of Eagles have met in a big district game. At the beginning of the year Campbellsville was penciled in as my pick in this one....BIG! I have since changed my mind, at least as far as what type of game it will be. Bethlehem comes in at 5-1. With a combined opponents record of 15-27 how much stock can really be put into that? Campbellsville has a 5-2 mark, but in fairness they only have a combined opponents record of 18-32. Bethlehem has played out of their class twice but those two schools are currently 0-14 combined. Campbellsville has played out of their class in each game they have played with the exception of one, with only one opponent in the winless category. Both teams have decent QB's with comparable stats. Ryan Ma4ttingly of Bethlehem slings the ball for 204 yards a contest, Campbellsville's Arren Hash tallies up 226 yards per game. Bethlehem's rushing attack is headlined by a promising freshman Zane Wickliffe who racks up 45 yards a game. Enter the difference maker.... Malachi Corley. He does it all. He is D1 in the FBS variety for a reason. He accounts for 157 offensive yards per game for his squad. He will be head above heels the best athlete on the field in this contest. I see Bethlehem having slim to no chances slowing this kid down. Now say I am wrong(it happens...I know I cant believe it either). Campbellsville's Reggie Thomas adds 50 additional yards per game to the the purple and gold. So back to the question...who wins? Can Bethlehem take the energy, effort and grit they displayed last Friday vs Holy Cross and carry that on the road? Can Campbellsville get through Bethlehem's big O-Line and pressure Mattingly? Will Campbellsville's D1 star be to much and take over the ball game? This could be a great football game.

 

My prediction: Campbellsvile 48 Bethlehem 28

 

Campbellsville will be to athletic.

Bethlehem has performed better than I thought they would this year, but I still like Campbellsville at home. This game may end up like Bethlehem's game against Eminence, except that Campbellsville might be a little better covering Bethlehem's receivers.

After 1Q

Campbellsville 20

Bethlehem 7

Malachii Corley with 2 TD already, Campbellsville 3 drives 3 TDS.

4 Drives 4 TD for Campbellsville.

9:41 left in 1st half Campbellsville leads 26-14! This game might turn into a shoot-out

5 Drives 5 TD for Campbellsville. This time it’s a 60 yard pass from Hash to Wheatley!

Campbellsville 34

Bethelem 14

8:01 2nd

Halftime- Campbellsville leads 42-21. Malachii Corley is out with an injury, we’ll see if he comes out for second half.

Well... Bethelem scores with 4 seconds remaining in the half 42-28 Half!

Corley comes out of halftime on crutches, they’ll have to finish this one without the best player on the field!

Bethelem has tied the game with 1:13 to go in the 3rd quarter. Not having Malachi Corley really hurts Campbellsville