Highlands at Covington Catholic Predictions/Updates (NKY Frosh Championship)

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Exactly two months after the teams first met on August 26th in the first game of their 2023 season, the Bluebirds freshmen are once again rolling into Park Hills to take on the Colonels this Thursday, October 26 to face off in their final game of the season, also the defacto Northern Kentucky Freshman Championship.

In August, Cov Cath came out on top with a 20-16 win at home, running in a touchdown on the final play of the game as the clock ticked down to triple-zero. The Highlands squad, which had five starters (Tayden Lorenzen, Chase Jacob, Gabe Williams, Cale Harris, Teagan Haretuku) playing their second game of the day after their JV game that had taken place immediately prior to the August freshman game, is unquestionably chomping at the bit for the opportunity to avenge the team's only loss since coming together as 7th graders in the Fort Thomas Junior Football League.

Highlands is led by QB Cale Harris, who also handles kicking duties for the Birds. RB Gabe Williams is the go-to rusher for the team, while TE Tayden Lorenzen, WR Chase Jacob and WR John Feldbruegge are favorite passing targets for Harris. In the trenches, Bluebirds are led by Teagan Haretuku, Luke Baker, Cooper Benke, and Griffin Benke. Defensively, Williams, Haretaku, Lorenzen, the Benke twins, and Ronan Thaler are major players.

Cov Cath is led by QB Jackson Payne, whose favorite receivers are WR Mac Cogswell, WR Will Danneman and WR William Timmerding. Ball carrying duties have been handled primarily by RB George Unkraut & RB Jimmy Carson, with RB Grant Reardon. Down linemen for the Colonels include Ryan Cox, Ariel Garista, Cooper Dickman, Kyle Collins, Luke Rensing, and Colin Vinson, who are featured on both sides of the ball. Luke Rensing has also turned into quite the utility player, spending various points of the season time as a down lineman, tight end, defensive end, and outside linebacker. Defensively, Jimmy Carson leads the linebacking corps along with Rensing and Unkraut for the Colonels while Timmerding, Danneman and Cogswell head up the defensive backfield. TE/LB Owen Pitzer, OL/DL Jonny Lind, and TE/DL Spencer Clukey all were major contributors early on in the season for the Colonels, but have not played recently in any freshman contests since starting practice with the varsity team.

Kickoff is at 6:00pm on Thursday. What are your predictions for the game?

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HIGHLANDS FRESHMAN FOOTBALL
2023
4	Cale Harris	QB / WR / DB / K	6' 1"
5	John Feldbruegge	WR / DB	5' 6"
7	Chase Jacob	WR / DB	6' 1"
8	Mitchell Dixon	WR / DB	5' 8"
10	Sam Feldbruegge	WR / DB	5' 7"
11	Ethan Krebs	WR / DB	5' 6"
12	Jace Willoughby	TE / LB	5' 10"
15	Carter Manning	WR / DB	5' 9"
16	Evan Jones	WR / DB	5' 9"
19	Eli Pearson	WR / DB	5' 7"
20	Grayson Bowers	WR / DB	5' 8"
21	Michael Tincher	WR / DB	5' 7"
22	Tayden Lorenzen	QB / TE / LB	6' 2"
24	Peyton Zimmerman	WR / DB	5' 10"
31	Gabe Williams	RB / DB	5' 9"
34	Barron Burwick	WR / DB	5' 7"
42	Max Arnold	RB / LB	5' 6"
44	Jaxon Roderick	RB / LB	5' 9"
51	Andrew Swope	OL / DL	5' 11"
52	Emery Summers	OL / DL	5' 9"
54	Luke Baker	OL / DL	5' 8"
55	Ronan Thaler	OL / LB	5' 10"
56	Xander Turner	OL / DL	6' 0"
57	Cooper Benke	OL / DE	6' 4"
63	Griffin Benke	OL / DE	6' 4"
70	Landon Berning (8th Gr.)	OL / DL	6' 0"
71	Dakota Nickell	OL / DL	5' 9"
75	Teagan Haretuku	OL / DL	6' 3"
85	Caleb Hurley	WR / DB	5' 9"
87	Charlie Feldbruegge	TE / LB	6' 1"
93	Trent Johnson	OL / DL	5' 7"

[FrankNicodemus]

This should be a good one!!! Very nice write up CWB!

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COVINGTON CATHOLIC FRESHMAN FOOTBALL
2023
2	Jimmy Carson	RB / LB	5' 9"
3	George Unkraut	RB / LB	5' 11"
4	Spencer Clukey	TE / DL	6' 4"
5	Owen Pitzer	TE / LB	6' 1"
6	Gavin Osborne	QB / DB	5' 11"
7	Grant Reardon	RB / QB / DB / K	5' 10"
8	Ari Arnsperger	WR / DB	5' 6"
11	Anthony Bohannon	WR / DB	6' 1"
12	Calvin Mitchell	WR / DB	5' 11"
13	Ryder Bishop	WR / LB	5' 9"
14	Harrison Brewer	WR / DB	6' 0"
15	Jackson Payne	QB / LB / P	6' 0"
16	Hank Koop	WR / DB	5' 8"
17	Luke Reardon	WR / DB	5' 9"
18	Hunter Weaver	WR / RB / DE	5' 11"
19	Mac Cogswell	WR / DB	6' 0"
20	Dominic Summe	WR / DB	5' 10"
22	Tate Steinbrunner	WR / DB	5' 5"
23	Nolan Kramer	WR / LB	5' 8"
24	Jackson Mando	WR / LB	5' 9"
25	Ben Casson	WR / DB	5' 8"
26	William Timmerding	WR / DB	5' 6"
27	Luke Holtz	TE / DE	6' 1"
29	Will Danneman	WR / DB	5' 6"
33	Jason Fedor	WR / DB	5' 10"
35	Nathan Becker	WR / DB	5' 11"
37	Bryant Lander	WR / DB	5' 11"
47	Jackson Eilers	WR / DB / LB	6' 0"
48	Luke Rensing	OL / DL / LB	5' 8"
50	Sammie Schierberg	OL / DL	5' 11"
51	Colin Vinson	OL / DL	5' 11"
53	Ariel Garista	OL / DL	5' 10"
54	Wyatt Merk	OL / LB / P	5' 8"
57	Jonny Lind	OL / DL	6' 2"
60	Ryan Cox	OL / DL	6' 3"
61	Cooper Dickman	OL / DL	6' 3"
63	Jason Carpenter	OL / DL	5' 8"
65	Jefferson Pichotta	OL / DL	5' 7"
66	Nick Hageman	OL / DL	6' 2"
70	Hunter Wilhite	OL / DL	5' 11"
71	Richard Tapke	OL / DL	6' 3"
73	Kyle Collins	OL / DL	6' 4"
78	Ming Geet Wong-Miller	TE / K	5' 11"
85	Matt Krallman	WR / DB	6' 1"
88	Michael Eubank	TE / LB	6' 2'
	Sam Johnson	Manager

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Some pictures from the Highlands Frosh season this year:

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Some pictures from the Cov Cath Frosh season this year:

[FirstTimeLongTime]

Nicely done @Colonels_Wear_Blue!

[CCHFC]

Payne is a gamer at QB for Cov Cath. Seems like a guy that starts for a couple years at another position on varsity, but would more than capable of getting you out of a pinch if asked to play QB. 

[TEDFROMVILLAHILLS]

Is Coach Eviston going to allow the frosh kids that moved up play in this game? Feel like this will be good for them to get the extra reps against good competition.

Should be a good one either way! As always #SCIT

[BirdDaddy]

3 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Some pictures from the Highlands Frosh season this year:

Loving #57 & #63. Twin Benke Brothers rushing the edge at 6'-4". Brody Benke's not so little Brothers. How big are they supposed to get? The future man. Bright.

[BirdDaddy]

I saw over the Summer that the Haretuku kid #75 finished #1 at a 500 participant Lineman challenge out West. Monster at 6'-3". Hearing he is related to ex Bengal Johnathon Fanene. Is that true? Great Bloodlines if true. These pictures are giving me chills what's coming and already in Ft Thomas. Love it.

[BirdDaddy]

1 hour ago, TEDFROMVILLAHILLS said:

Is Coach Eviston going to allow the frosh kids that moved up play in this game? Feel like this will be good for them to get the extra reps against good competition.

Should be a good one either way! As always #SCIT

I hope so too. But if they are having a depth issue at Varsity then I don't see them playing. Varsity is far more important than a Freshman Championship. 

[cincyswords]

Who was CovCath's loss to?

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28 minutes ago, BirdDaddy said:

Loving #57 & #63. Twin Benke Brothers rushing the edge at 6'-4". Brody Benke's not so little Brothers. How big are they supposed to get? The future man. Bright.

I definitely think that's cool having twin brothers starting at the same position in mirrored positions on the line. Reminds me of the Lutz twins at Cov Cath, #98 Mike and #99 Matt both playing middle linebacker on the '94 state championship team.

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Just now, cincyswords said:

Who was CovCath's loss to?

Ryle beat them 22-15 at Ryle on August 30th (Week 2).