This Friday night the Cardinals of Scott County will make yet another trip to "The Farm" the district championship. This will mark the 9th time the Broncos in their short history of a program will be playing the Cardinals. Scott Co. won 3 of the first 4 meetings their last victory was in the district championship game 3 years ago in 2018. Since that game Frederick Douglass has won that last 4 games by a combined score of 164-35 including a 35-0 win on Sept. 24.

Scott Co. is coming off a very hard fought 21-19 win over county rival Great Crossing in the opening round of the playoffs. Douglass has a easy 57-7 win over Montgomery County. This game will probably come down to how Scott Co. was last able to beat the Broncos in 2018 is to control the time of possession and keep the Bronco offense off the field. If they can do this it can be a good game, but if they get behind early it will probably another double digit victory for the Frederick Douglass.

 

This game will kick at 7:00 on Friday night instead of 7:30 according to the KHSAA web site.

Just not on the same wave length, these two teams.. FD big. 

FD wins handily 35-7.

The KHSAA had it incorrect originally the game kickoffs at 7:30. 

Scott Co will probably be finished after this game.

Just recently I rewatched their first meeting this season. Here are some of my takeaways: 

This was a legitimate game for a quarter or two. If SC's offense could keep the ball on the ground and stick to the program, they can move the ball. 

FD missed a lot of opportunities because of overthrows or pressure upfront. 

Douglass' kicker, Cooper Ranvier, has a cannon for a leg.

Dane Key is the real deal. He blocked hard consistently and never took a play off. Also had one or two spectacular catches to boot. 

SC missed plenty of tackles behind the line of scrimmage. They will need these if they want to have a shot. 

FD could've blocked every punt if they wanted to, but elected to play back and set up a return.

 

Scott County has a chance this week. The first game was closer than the scoreboard. Friday SC will need some help, probably in the source of defensive/special teams touchdowns, but it is possible for them to squeak out a W. 

 

Anyway FD-24 SC-7

 

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Douglass will be without two of their top defensive linebackers in Davis Joyner and Corey Gamble with injuries.

7-0 11:38 1st qtr BRONCOS

22 seconds in the Broncos lead 7-0. For some reason the Cardinals kick it short to start the game to Dane Key after a good run back the Broncos score on their 2nd play. 

TTUN is PASSING!

Well Scott Co. come out with a totally different game plan candy threw on 4 out 5 plays and in only 1:24 tie it at 7. 

Well if Scott Co. didn’t learn the lesson to start the game by kicking it to Dane Key they did a 2nd time and this time it took it 78 yards in :10 seconds to make it 14-7 Douglass. 

Scott Co. went 3 and out on their next possession.