Paul Laurence Dunbar head coach Wes Johnson is taking the bull by the horns and getting things organized. Looks like he's borrowing a page from the Northern Kentucky Freshman "League" with the championship games in the final week of the season.

1.) 9 game schedule filled out by league-runners.
2.) Monday Game Play.
3.) Championship games at the end of the season for game 10.
4.) Freshman and Sophomores only. No Juniors.

From Coach Johnson, participating programs in the Lexington/Central Kentucky Froshmore Football League:

East Jessamine
Franklin County
George Rogers Clark
Henry Clay
Lafayette
Lexington Catholic
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Shelby County
Tates Creek
Western Hills

2 minutes ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

From Coach Johnson, participating programs in the Lexington/Central Kentucky Froshmore Football League:

East Jessamine
Franklin County
George Rogers Clark
Henry Clay
Lafayette
Lexington Catholic
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Shelby County
Tates Creek
Western Hills

Kind of surprised not to see the likes of Frederick Douglass, Great Crossing, and Scott County on the list. Do those three all have dedicated freshman teams?

11 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Kind of surprised not to see the likes of Frederick Douglass, Great Crossing, and Scott County on the list. Do those three all have dedicated freshman teams?

Bluegrass Conference. 9th graders only. 

23 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Kind of surprised not to see the likes of Frederick Douglass, Great Crossing, and Scott County on the list. Do those three all have dedicated freshman teams?

I don't know about Great Crossing or Scott Co. (I'm pretty sure Scott has 3 dedicated teams with the type of program Coach runs) but Douglass does have 3 dedicated teams but were not asked to play in this league. They would have been willing to play their dedicated freshman only team vs. the teams but were not ask to participate.

No Lexington freshman team would schedule Douglass.

The Douglass freshman schedule:

Trintiy

Bullitt East

Corbin

St. X

Boyle Co.

Madison Cent. 

Great Crossing

The Douglass JV schedule:

Scott Co. (home and home)

Bryan Station (home and home)

Corbin

Madison Cent.

Great Crossing 

Looking for 2 more teams

For many years Coach McKee organized the Bluegrass Freshman Conference. A great opportunity for Freshman Teams to have a dedicated Freshman Schedule and compete each week. 
Both Scott Co Schools, the Lexington Public Schools, Lex Cath, Both Madison Co Schools, GRC, Woodford have all been involved with it at some point. Have traditionally played a 9 game schedule with a very nice Championship Saturday slate of games the last Saturday after final regular season Friday. 
 

1 hour ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

The Douglass JV schedule:

Scott Co. (home and home)

Bryan Station (home and home)

Corbin

Madison Cent.

Great Crossing 

Looking for 2 more teams

Oh man, I'd love to see them connect with Cov Cath for a JV game. Aside from their 1 point loss to Highlands and their 7 point win over Ryle, they more or less steamrolled everyone the rest of the season. They didn't even play JV games against three of the four teams in their district - Holmes didn't field a JV team, and Grant County & Harrison County either didn't field JV teams or else declined to play us. They managed to pick up a game against Boone County, but I'd LOVE to see them challenge themselves against Douglass. Might be worth an email or phone call.

21 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

I don't know about Great Crossing or Scott Co. (I'm pretty sure Scott has 3 dedicated teams with the type of program Coach runs) but Douglass does have 3 dedicated teams but were not asked to play in this league. They would have been willing to play their dedicated freshman only team vs. the teams but were not ask to participate.

No Lexington freshman team would schedule Douglass.

The Douglass freshman schedule:

Trintiy

Bullitt East

Corbin

St. X

Boyle Co.

Madison Cent. 

Great Crossing

The Douglass JV schedule:

Scott Co. (home and home)

Bryan Station (home and home)

Corbin

Madison Cent.

Great Crossing 

Looking for 2 more teams

Coach McPeek and I discussed the league and the participation of his freshman and sophomores. Just having his freshman participate was never discussed, nor an option. Also, Dunbar has played FDHS in freshman or JV ball every year since I've been at Dunbar. Love the challenge when it works out to do so. Coach McPeek and I discussed the possibility of still playing this upcoming week if a cancellation occurs in either one of our seasons. I think the schedule you posted is a great one for them! Good luck to the Broncos!

Just now, pldcoachj said:

Coach McPeek amd I discussed the league amd the participation of his freshman and Sophomores. Just having his freshman participate was never discussed nor an option.   Also, Dunbar has played FDHS in freshman or JV ball every year since I've been at Dunbar. Love the challenge when it works out to do so. Coach McPeek and I discussed  the possibility of still playing this upcoming week if a cancelation occurs in either on of our seasons. I think the schedule you posted is a great one for them! Good luck to the Broncos!

Upcoming year that is. 

Welcome to BGP @pldcoachj!

20 hours ago, LoneRanger said:

For many years Coach McKee organized the Bluegrass Freshman Conference. A great opportunity for Freshman Teams to have a dedicated Freshman Schedule and compete each week. 
Both Scott Co Schools, the Lexington Public Schools, Lex Cath, Both Madison Co Schools, GRC, Woodford have all been involved with it at some point. Have traditionally played a 9 game schedule with a very nice Championship Saturday slate of games the last Saturday after final regular season Friday. 
 

This was a great League and well organized and run by Coach McKee. I got the model for the Froshmore League from our participation in that one. 

On 4/12/2024 at 9:45 PM, 16thBBall Fan said:

I don't know about Great Crossing or Scott Co. (I'm pretty sure Scott has 3 dedicated teams with the type of program Coach runs) but Douglass does have 3 dedicated teams but were not asked to play in this league. They would have been willing to play their dedicated freshman only team vs. the teams but were not ask to participate.

No Lexington freshman team would schedule Douglass.

The Douglass freshman schedule:

Trintiy

Bullitt East

Corbin

St. X

Boyle Co.

Madison Cent. 

Great Crossing

The Douglass JV schedule:

Scott Co. (home and home)

Bryan Station (home and home)

Corbin

Madison Cent.

Great Crossing 

Looking for 2 more teams

That is not true at all. Bryan Station is definitely on their schedule. 10/17 at Douglass 

21 minutes ago, coachhawk said:

That is not true at all. Bryan Station is definitely on their schedule. 10/17 at Douglass 

That’s good the schedule I took from above from was not on there. Glad to see it. 

We love this!!! Coach Johnson is doing #BigThings.

EAST JESSAMINE
Aug 26 at Henry Clay
Sep 2 vs. Lexington Catholic
Sep 9 at Tates Creek
Sep 16 vs. George Rogers Clark
Sep 23 at Shelby County
Sep 30 at Western Hills
Oct 7 at Franklin County
Oct 14 vs. Lafayette
Oct 21 at Paul Laurence Dunbar
Oct 26 Championship Series