As a student at CAL who has watched who has watched every game and followed the team for the past couple years, in as unbiased as I can put it, I think this will be their most dominant championship of their past 2 offensively and defensively.

Offensively CAL have been a weapon I don’t see union county stopping the passing game, CAL tore apart centrals defense the entire game with Connor having 2 passing and rushing touchdowns with over 360 yards alone himself. CAL also just dropped a 50 piece on Lexington catholic who was on a 7 game win streak. Also I’m pretty sure CAL has never punted once in the past 2 state games and scored a touchdown on just about every drive. I just don’t see union county’s defense being able to stop that.

defensively CAL has really locked in the past 2 games, shutting down Lexington catholic and not letting centrals offense breathe. tackling/sacking central for a loss over 10 times. CAL held Cortez stone to 0 touchdowns and only 3 yards a carry when he averaged over 10, we held Daniel Thomas to over 110 yards and 2.5 touchdowns less than he averaged. And when Bardstown played us in 2022 we held their running back who averaged a first down per carry to 0 touchdowns and less than 100 yards the entire game. Although I do think jarren Johnson is a very talented player I just don’t see him getting through CALs defense.

Overall I don’t think union county has played very good competition either while CAL plays mostly 5/6A teams all year. CAL handed Manuel 1 of their only 2 losses, they beat Owensboro and gave heritage hills their only loss of their entire season. 

CAL 42 UC 7

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57 minutes ago, Andrew Kratt said:

As a student at CAL who has watched who has watched every game and followed the team for the past couple years, in as unbiased as I can put it, I think this will be their most dominant championship of their past 2 offensively and defensively.

Offensively CAL have been a weapon I don’t see union county stopping the passing game, CAL tore apart centrals defense the entire game with Connor having 2 passing and rushing touchdowns with over 360 yards alone himself. CAL also just dropped a 50 piece on Lexington catholic who was on a 7 game win streak. Also I’m pretty sure CAL has never punted once in the past 2 state games and scored a touchdown on just about every drive. I just don’t see union county’s defense being able to stop that.

defensively CAL has really locked in the past 2 games, shutting down Lexington catholic and not letting centrals offense breathe. tackling/sacking central for a loss over 10 times. CAL held Cortez stone to 0 touchdowns and only 3 yards a carry when he averaged over 10, we held Daniel Thomas to over 110 yards and 2.5 touchdowns less than he averaged. And when Bardstown played us in 2022 we held their running back who averaged a first down per carry to 0 touchdowns and less than 100 yards the entire game. Although I do think jarren Johnson is a very talented player I just don’t see him getting through CALs defense.

Overall I don’t think union county has played very good competition either while CAL plays mostly 5/6A teams all year. CAL handed Manuel 1 of their only 2 losses, they beat Owensboro and gave heritage hills their only loss of their entire season. 

CAL 42 UC 7

I agree. CAL rolls in this one.

CAL 35-20.

Christian Academy of Louisville Centurions

Fri, Aug 23, 24    Owensboro    away    (W)    27    -    17
Fri, Aug 30, 24    Heritage Hills (Lincoln City), IN    home    (W)    35    -    7  
Fri, Sep 6, 24    North Hardin    home    (W)    49    -    0
Fri, Sep 13, 24    Lexington Christian    at Lexington Christian Academy    (L)    34    -    41
Fri, Sep 20, 24    Ryle    home    (L)    24    -    28
Thu, Sep 26, 24    DuPont Manual    at Dupont Manual Stadium    (W)    35    -    10
Fri, Oct 4, 24    LaRue County    home    (W)    56    -    6
Fri, Oct 18, 24    Central    at Central Stadium    (L)    28    -    48
Fri, Oct 25, 24    Elizabethtown    away    (W)    42    -    7
Fri, Nov 1, 24    Fern Creek    home    (W)    38    -    3
Fri, Nov 8, 24    Marion County    home    (W)    54    -    7
Fri, Nov 15, 24    Mercer County    away    (W)    49    -    22
Fri, Nov 22, 24    Central    home    (W)    28    -    6
Fri, Nov 29, 24    Lexington Catholic    home    (W)    50    -    14

Union County Braves

Fri, Aug 23, 24    Madisonville-North Hopkins    at Madisonville-North Hopkins HS    (L)    6    -    34
Fri, Aug 30, 24    Crittenden County    away    (W)    42    -    14
Fri, Sep 6, 24    Caldwell County    home    (W)    42    -    14
Fri, Sep 13, 24    Murray    at Murray Middle School    (L)    13    -    33
Fri, Sep 20, 24    Hopkins County Central    home    (W)    49    -    13
Sat, Sep 28, 24    McLean County    away    (W)    14    -    0
Fri, Oct 4, 24    Trigg County    home    (W)    64    -    22
Thu, Oct 17, 24    Hancock County    home    (W)    49    -    7
Fri, Oct 25, 24    Webster County    away    (W)    49    -    3
Fri, Nov 1, 24    Greenwood    home    (W)    49    -    20
Fri, Nov 8, 24    Glasgow    home    (W)    45    -    16
Fri, Nov 15, 24    Adair County    home    (W)    17    -    6
Fri, Nov 22, 24    Hart County    away    (W)    41    -    21
Fri, Nov 29, 24    Belfry    home    (W)    43    -    21    

TP94 Power Ratings from last week:

Christian Academy - Lou. 90.02
Union County 52.31

calpreps.com projection:

Regular season (neutral field)
Christian Academy 38 Union County 22 

Playoffs (neutral field)
Christian Academy 41 Union County 20 

Looking forward to seeing LCA star sophomores Ja’Hyde Brown and Garyon Hobbs in person these guys have been killing it since Louisville Charger Days winning back to back National Championships on YouTube. 

Massey Ratings Predict:

CAL 45 Union County 13

I expect this to be the most lopsided result of the weekend. Union will try to mimic what Bell County did a year ago, but the athleticism of CAL will be too much for UC. 
 

CAL: 49

UC: 7

2 hours ago, Wildcat1993 said:

Looking forward to seeing LCA star sophomores Ja’Hyde Brown and Garyon Hobbs in person these guys have been killing it since Louisville Charger Days winning back to back National Championships on YouTube. 

The young talent on CAL, as a whole, is insane.  Hope they all stay together and can't wait until these kids are all juniors and seniors.  Two other impressive young players to watch are Man Robinson (freshman) & Kellen Hall (freshman).  All four (Brown, Hobbs, Robinson & Hall) already had P4 offers, which is impressive for that many to have those that young of an age.

3 hours ago, Unrivaled97 said:

The young talent on CAL, as a whole, is insane.  Hope they all stay together and can't wait until these kids are all juniors and seniors.  Two other impressive young players to watch are Man Robinson (freshman) & Kellen Hall (freshman).  All four (Brown, Hobbs, Robinson & Hall) already had P4 offers, which is impressive for that many to have those that young of an age.

That’s crazy to even think with that kind of young talent and no telling who else will come CAL could possibly win another 2-3 championships in a row. 

Christian Academy - Lou.         91.07
Union County         59.96

I'm really pulling for Union County but feeling that of the 6 games this is the game that I am the most sure of on my picks with a CAL victory.  Massey has Union with a 4% chance of winning.