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Well, this is the one that everyone on the northside of Lexington has been looking forward to since the schedules were set early this year. For several reasons:    1) This is a huge district game and will be for the district championship. 2)This probably the best chance any school in Lexington public or private has had to try and end the Douglass winning streak now at 30 straight over all public and private schools in Lexington since the game vs. Lexington Christian Academy in 2020.  3) The winner of this should also help their RPI numbers as for the Defenders this is their last chance as they have left after this Madison Cent. and Central Hardin. The Broncos do have a big game at the end of Oct. vs. Boyle Co.

Bryan Station (4-2) who are coming off an easy 51-6 district win over GRC. The Defenders have won their last 4 games in a row including two impressive wins away from home over Bowling Green at LCA and Ballard on the road. This will be the 6th meeting in the series. The first 3 years before Coach Hawkins became the Defenders coach beginning with the 2020 season. The first 3 years (2017, 2018, & 2019) the Broncos won those 3 games by a total of 116-6. In 2020 the Covid season they did not play as none of the Lexington schools other than LCA played Douglass that season. This will be the 3rd time they played with Coach Hawkins and Coach McPeek at their respective helms. The last time the game was played at Bryan Station it was a game that at halftime could have gone either way. The Defenders had some key turnovers in the 2nd half and Douglass pulled away and won 27-14 but it was closer than the final score would have indicated. Last season's game at "The Farm" was all Douglass 52-7.

Frederick Douglass (3-3) is also coming off an easy 44-7 district win over Madison Cent. The Broncos have made a major upgrade to their schedule this year since they had a lot more freedom in their schedule now. They have 3 losses against Archbishop Hoban out of Ohio who is currently 7-0 and now ranked #32 nationally and now the #1 ranked team in all classes in Ohio according to MaxPreps. Cathedral out of Indianapolis they are 6-2 and ranked #5 in Indiana their two losses have been to the #2 and #4 ranked teams in Indiana. Their other loss was a 6-0 loss on the road to 7-0 Corbin one of the top 3 teams in 4A. The Broncos 3 wins have been an impressive 17-14 win on the road at Trinity where they led 17-0 until late in the 3rd quarter before the Shamrocks scored the last 14 for the final score. There other two wins were expected blowout over Tates Creek and Madison Central.

Frederick Douglass and Bryan Station do have two common opponents so far this season in Trinity and Tates Creek. The Defenders lost on the road to began the season at Trinity 36-3 and they defeated Tates Creek on the road 41-0. The Broncos defeated Trinity as stated above 17-14 in week two of the season and they defeated Tates Creek at home 43-0.

When Douglass last played at Station to begin the 2021 season the stadium was as packed as I have seen a game between two Lexington schools in the last 20 years. The FCPS because of this and I think as a safety issue have stepped in and made this game to be played on Saturday at 12:00 noon. This should be a great game to watch. The Broncos offense is starting to look a little more in sync each week as sophomore QB Jaxon Strautman got thrust into the starting role at Hoban and he has gradually improved each week. I think the Bronco defense is just a little better than the Defenders defense, but we will see. I know a lot of Lexington will be rooting on the defenders to stop the streak.

The game is on Gilcod as their game of the week and will also be on the NFHS Network as well. Good luck to both teams! I for one am looking forward to this one.

 

 

Station is on a similar road as their previous season but I don’t know if they have enough to get the Broncos. This is the game of the week in CKY in my opinion! I am going to take Douglass by two TD. 
 

Broncos - 35

Defenders - 21

Thanks for the addition @theguruit was late when I wrote everything up. lol

Hate to see this game being played at 12 on a Saturday last year this game was super packed. With a lot going on in Lexington this is a safer move. There’s talks for basketball season that students can only go to the games if it’s their school is playing and must show school IDs. 

Calpreps ratings show Frederick Douglass by 7.

FD by 14 in this one.  Their Defense is really strong.  

With the athletes FD brings to the table I just don't see BS hanging.  Running Clock FD.

Station gets humbled Friday. 

On 10/7/2023 at 1:00 AM, 16thBBall Fan said:

2)This probably the best chance any school in Lexington public or private has had to try and end the Douglass winning streak now at 30 straight over all public and private schools in Lexington since the game vs. Lexington Christian Academy in 2020. 

Catholic in 2019 with Beau Allen and crew gave them everything they wanted. Heck 2 Douglass coaches were pushing and shoving on their sideline during the game....

It's sad this game has to be played at noon on Saturday. This should be a very exciting night in Lexington for 2 public schools and communities. It's a shame a small amount of people are allowed to ruin the atmosphere for everyone else. Both of these football programs have done a great job over the last several years building their programs to be top programs in the state. These programs deserve this stage

That being said...I think this is a 4th quarter game but Douglass makes the crucial plays late to secure a 10 point victory.

6 hours ago, FLYGUY said:

Station gets humbled Friday. 

Aren't we saying the same thing?

2 hours ago, LC07 said:

Catholic in 2019 with Beau Allen and crew gave them everything they wanted. Heck 2 Douglass coaches were pushing and shoving on their sideline during the game....

The game was not as close as the final score. Catholic scored a late touchdown when it was 42-21. Catholic the ball well however it was not one of Allen's better games he only threw for 1 touchdown and had 2 interceptions.

Being a rivalry, I want to say Douglass wins 50-14. But for whatever reasons, we only scored 43 on Creek, and 44 on MadCentral. There is no reason we shouldn't have scored 50+ on the Indians.  I am concerned with the use of (or lack thereof)  the offensive playbook.

We are just about back to full strength, everyone that played in the St. X scrimmage is back on the field, except super frosh Jerimah Turner.  No disrespect to Station, good luck to you guys, but we HAVE to have an offensive explosion in this game. Have to.

There will be the customary foolery, trash talking and penalties between the players in the 1st quarter. By the 2nd quarter and 3rd quarter, the Bronco offense has got to take off! If this game is closer than 3 TDs, it spells BAD news for the Broncos.

Station comes back to earth, and FD rolls. 

On 10/9/2023 at 7:44 PM, RolandGS said:

With the athletes FD brings to the table I just don't see BS hanging.  Running Clock FD.

Douglas's offence has been very inconsistent this year imo, if Douglass wins I see it being more like it was a few years ago when it was 27-14 after station threw a pick 6 in the 4th quarter while trying to tie the game. 

If Station is on their A game I think they could squeek out a 21-14 win to end the the streak. It's highly unlikely but still possible. Plus station has athletes too, they've got 6 guys on the Roster with atleast 1 D1 offer, with 3 that've already committed. This game will show if 6A is truly wide open within the top 6.

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