The Class 5A football playoffs kickoff in Crestwood, KY as the South Oldham Dragons square off against the Jeffersontown Chargers.

Who wins?   These two district rivals didn't get to play in the regular season due to 1) Jefferson County suspending football games due to the violent protests in Louisville and 2) the game - rescheduled - got cancelled again due to Jefferson County going "red".

Mike Shatzer, the head coach at Jtown, and Jamie Reed, the South Oldham head coach, are quite familiar with each other.   Not only did they clash annually while Mike was the head coach at South's rival Oldham County, but they've continued to battle since Shatzer moved to Jtown, a South Oldham district rival.

Ironically, the two both have sons who played youth league football against each other.   Reed and Shatzer are good friends, but Reed has had the upper hand in their football rivalry, having never lost to Shatzer's squads.

Who wins this one?

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No thoughts?   

So far, so good - the game is still "on"....

South comes into this game favored, and the Dragons will try to knock off the Chargers with their typical multi-pronged running game.   Senior fullback Kayden Anderson leads the South rushing attack with 335 yards / 2 TDs, and senior wingback Ethan Snider is right there with him with 331 yards / 5 TDs.   

Snider also leads the team in receiving yards with 178.

Although the power running of Anderson, and the speed of Snider, give South a potent 1-2 "Thunder and Lightning" approach, the Dragons are deep in the backfield with two talented sophomores that have proven themselves to be more than capable.

Sophomore wingback Jack McCubbin (211 yards / 2 scores) and sophomore fullback Jeffery Burton (292 yards / 4 TDs) have given coach Jamie Reed the depth necessary to always have fresh legs carrying the ball.

Senior QB Alex Brown can also be productive with the ball in his hands, rushing for 205 yards on the season, with 3 scores.

All told, the Dragon running game has rushed for an average of 239.4 yards per game.

Defensively, senior linebacker Austin Covington (47 total tackles) and junior linebacker Kyle Smyth (44 tackles)  lead the team

Like South, Jeffersontown will try to get it done on the ground.   The Chargers average 165 yards per game on the ground, led by Tyree Lacy's 343 yards and 2 TDs.   Anthony Taylor has only 13 carries in 5 games, but is averaging 10 yards per carry (131 yards / 2 TDs)

Jtown doesn't want to have to rely on their passing game to play "catch up"; it's important that the Chargers either have the lead or stay close enough to stay with their running game; Jeffersontown is completing only about 40% of its passes, with more interceptions than touchdowns.

Defensively, Nick McGarry leads Jtown with 50 total tackles on the season.

The senior lineman has been dominant on defense; no other Jtown defender has more than 30 tackles.

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I can't imagine this is much of a contest. 

2 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

I can't imagine this is much of a contest. 

Me either. Even in an apparent "step back" year for South Oldham, their superior coaching and program depth should easily carry them past Jeffersontown.

Haven't seen Jtown this year....all I know is what I see on the khsaa.org site....scores and stats.....

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