This game will be played in Park Hills at Covington Catholic High School. The rivalry is renewed for another year. Who ya got?

Both teams come into this game with an 8-1 record. Beechwood is ranked #1 in 2A and NCC is ranked #3 in 1A. 

Below is the series history since 1998:
 

Oct 16, 1998	Beechwood	42	Newport Central Catholic	6	District Game
Oct 29, 1999	Beechwood	48	Newport Central Catholic	0	District game
Oct 27, 2000	Beechwood	14	Newport Central Catholic	0	(District Game)
Nov 10, 2000	Newport Central Catholic	17	Beechwood	14	2000 Class A Tournament
Oct 27, 2001	Newport Central Catholic	28	Beechwood	23
Nov 16, 2001	Newport Central Catholic	34	Beechwood	7	2001 Class A Football State Tournament Class A
Nov 1, 2002	Beechwood	20	Newport Central Catholic	0
Nov 22, 2002	Beechwood	20	Newport Central Catholic	0	2002 Class A Football State Tournament
Oct 3, 2003	Newport Central Catholic	33	Beechwood	29
Nov 21, 2003	Beechwood	33	Newport Central Catholic	22	2003 Class A Football State Tournament
Oct 2, 2004	Beechwood	21	Newport Central Catholic	20
Nov 19, 2004	Beechwood	14	Newport Central Catholic	9	2004 Class A Football State Tournament
Sep 30, 2005	Beechwood	24	Newport Central Catholic	21
Sep 30, 2006	Beechwood	28	Newport Central Catholic	21
Nov 10, 2006	Newport Central Catholic	26	Beechwood	21	2006 Class A Football State Tournament
Nov 2, 2007	Newport Central Catholic	41	Beechwood	28
Nov 7, 2008	Newport Central Catholic	31	Beechwood	20
Oct 30, 2009	Newport Central Catholic	26	Beechwood	22
Oct 30, 2010	Beechwood	40	Newport Central Catholic	39	(double overtime)
Oct 28, 2011	Beechwood	29	Newport Central Catholic	20
Oct 26, 2012	Newport Central Catholic	34	Beechwood	14
Nov 2, 2013	Newport Central Catholic	34	Beechwood	31
Oct 31, 2014	Beechwood	30	Newport Central Catholic	13
Oct 30, 2015	Beechwood	31	Newport Central Catholic	14
Oct 28, 2016	Beechwood	42	Newport Central Catholic	14
Oct 27, 2017	Beechwood	34	Newport Central Catholic	6
Oct 26, 2018	Beechwood	33	Newport Central Catholic	21
Nov 1, 2019	Newport Central Catholic	17	Beechwood	14
Oct 30, 2020	Beechwood	45	Newport Central Catholic	0
Oct 29, 2021	Beechwood	70	Newport Central Catholic	7

Beechwood wins but I expect a closer game than most would think.

Beechwood by a lot. Running clock. 

Beechwood 35-14

Nobody giving the Breds a shot in this one.

Worked this game several times. Always a battle. The Breds will play tough, but the Beechies may be a little better.  Both have an easy first and probably second round playoff game so this will be a great tune up and allow both squads a nice test.

This is a good test for Beechwood prior to the playoffs to see where the offense and defense stands without Berger. Last week I believe the Freshman could have come in and held their own against Newport who has struggled all year. NCC is going to challenge Beechwood upfront and force them to be uncomfortable which they need with some of the new players coming in. I still believe Beechwood can make a nice run in the playoffs and maybe to the State Championship game but they need this type of test to show they can. 

Beechwood 24

NCC 14

27 minutes ago, BWTigers said:

This is a good test for Beechwood prior to the playoffs to see where the offense and defense stands without Berger. Last week I believe the Freshman could have come in and held their own against Newport who has struggled all year. NCC is going to challenge Beechwood upfront and force them to be uncomfortable which they need with some of the new players coming in. I still believe Beechwood can make a nice run in the playoffs and maybe to the State Championship game but they need this type of test to show they can. 

Beechwood 24

NCC 14

I agree 

NCC needs the boost in the RPI.  Sitting at 6 currently in 1A puts them in a tough spot not only to be going on the road, but also getting Raceland and Pikeville in earlier rounds if they can't get a spike in the RPI with a W over Beechwood.

1 hour ago, cincyswords said:

NCC needs the boost in the RPI.  Sitting at 6 currently in 1A puts them in a tough spot not only to be going on the road, but also getting Raceland and Pikeville in earlier rounds if they can't get a spike in the RPI with a W over Beechwood.

A win means just as much to Beechwood to avoid Mayfield/LCA in semi finals. 

Yeah I wouldn’t expect to see the tigers resting up for playoffs. This game means more than just a W on the schedule. RPI playing a huge role, this game could have some big weight to it, despite NCC being 1A. 

I know we have NCC ranked #3 in 1A as the "best of the rest" after Pikeville and Raceland but nothing about NewCath makes me think this game will be anything other than a running clock. 

Beechwood gets this win. NCC has some players, but the overall talent of Beechwood will wear down NCC.

Biggest stat line I'm looking at is Newport's passing attack amassing 345 yards against NCC's defense and the Wildcats scoring 26 points that night. 

Put lightly, that doesn't bode well for the Breds hopes to avoid a running clock Friday night. Aside from that, this has been a massive one sided game since 2014. If you take out the outlier NCC win in 2019, Beechwood is averaging 40 points while allowing only 12. NCC has some nice players, but not enough depth to hold off this Tiger offense. 

I want to see NCC do well to raise the level of competition at the top of 1A, but I truly expect Beechwood to win by the 40s.   If that happens, the RPI doesn't really matter for NCC, they will likely get beat by either Pikeville or Raceland in the semi-finals.  If NCC can keep it close, they have a legitimate shot for a Championship appearance.