2024 WEB DuBois Academy Lions

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Aug 23 - Thomas Nelson
Aug 30 at Atherton
Sep 6 - Southern
Sep 13 at Seneca
Sep 20 - BYE
Sep 27 - Fort Knox
Oct 4 at Fern Creek
Oct 11 - Washington County (District)
Oct 18 vs. Lexington Christian Academy (District)
Oct 25 - Shawnee (District)
Nov 1 at Central

The schedule graphic doesn't list locations, and DuBois still doesn't have their own home stadium to host games. I went through and cross-checked against the schedules that have been previously released. The games listed above with locations are all confirmed with their opponents' schedules. Not sure where DuBois will be hosting Lexington Christian on October 18th, but that's what LCA's schedule says is happening.

The only change from last season's schedule is dropping Woodford County in Week 3 and picking up Southern. Good move on the part of DuBois.

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2023 Results (2-8):

Aug 18 at Thomas Nelson (Loss) 14-6
Aug 26 at Atherton (Loss) 54-12
Sep 1 at Woodford County (Loss) 43-6
Sep 9 at Seneca (Loss) 34-0
Sep 15 - BYE
Sep 22 at Fort Knox (Win) 18-12
Sep 29 vs. Fern Creek (Loss) 37-0
Oct 6 at Washington County (Loss) 44-12
Oct 13 at Lexington Christian Academy (Loss) 51-0
Oct 20 at Shawnee (Win) 23-6
Oct 27 at Central (Loss) 30-0

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DuBois benefits from the fact that they will not have their first graduating class until next May. As such, they return all starters, including quarterbacks Delshawn Hatchett (senior) and Brian Dickerson, Jr (sophomore). Dickerson was promising last year as a freshman. Maresse Naves (senior) and Santee Brock (junior) were leading running backs last year, and Jaden Mostiller (senior) and Maresse Naves (senior) led in pass receptions. Naves led the team in offensive yards gained with 276 yds rushing and 103 yds receiving with 1 touchdown, and Mostiller led the team in scoring with 20 receptions for 267 yards and 3 touchdowns.

On defense, their top 5 tacklers were LB/S Santee Brock (junior), LB Jordan Dickerson (junior), LB Corde Boller (junior), LB Adrian Lee (senior), and DB Diontae Bennett (junior). Santee led in solo tackles by a long-shot, with 42 solo tackles. Diontae Bennett was in a distant second spot with 16 solo tackles.

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Saw them against Thomas Nelson in last year's opener and while they definitely passed the look test with good size and speed, you could tell they were very inexperienced. Their situation is unique in that they are building from nothing into both a school and team. I don't know what their ceiling is but I suspect they'll continue to improve in coming seasons.

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DuBois is scrimmaging Pleasure Ridge Park on Friday, and then scrimmaging Butler next Friday.

Interestingly enough, they have 8 of their 10 regular season games shown as home games "at W.E.B. DuBois Academy" on their schedule on the KHSAA Scoreboard, so I'm interested to find out where they will be playing those.

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On 8/5/2024 at 1:59 AM, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

DuBois is scrimmaging Pleasure Ridge Park on Friday, and then scrimmaging Butler next Friday.

Interestingly enough, they have 8 of their 10 regular season games shown as home games "at W.E.B. DuBois Academy" on their schedule on the KHSAA Scoreboard, so I'm interested to find out where they will be playing those.

I'm curious about that as well. I haven't been to WEB DuBois but on Google Maps there isn't a football field at the school. The games appear to be on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Makes me wonder if they are the "home" team, but will be playing at JCPS schools that happen to be available on those dates.