Aug 8 at North Oldham (Scrimmage)
Aug 15 vs. Fern Creek (Scrimmage)
Aug 22 vs. WEB DuBois
Aug 29 at Providence (IN)
Sep 5 vs. DeSales
Sep 12 at Jeffersontown
Sep 19 vs. Bullitt Central
Sep 16 - BYE
Oct 3 vs. Sayre
Oct 10 at Kentucky Country Day (District)
Oct 17 vs. Campbellsville (District)
Oct 24 at Bethlehem (District)
Oct 31 vs. Butler

The Cougars went 6-6 last season and 1-3 in district play. Holy Cross lost to district rival KCD 27-21 in the second round of the 1A playoffs. A lot of good contest between the Cougars and Bearcats recently, however its been KCD owning the series with seven straight wins. Expect those two to be atop the district once again. KCD won the regular season meeting 33-19 last fall. 

Holy Cross was younger last season. Starting QB Jerek Hoover threw for 1,808 yards and 16 TDs as a sophomore. Hoover also was a running threat, rushing for 634 yards and 11 TDs. Jamari Pennebaker rushed for 1,456 yards and 19 TDs as a junior starting at RB.

Only four of Holy Cross' top 10 scorers were seniors with most being sophomores. That includes kicker Luke Harris who went 35-for-41 on PATs and 2-for-2 on field goals.

Leading tackler in MLB Aiden Dewees (121 tackles, 7 TFLs) graduates. Colton King was the team's second-leading tackler as a sophomore with 131 tackles and 10 TFLs.

Michael Wortham and Keith Hadley each had a team-high 2 Ints. Both graduate.

Main theme and question for Holy Cross entering 2025: how do those young stars progress?? And could that progression lead the Cougars to a deeper run in the playoffs. 

Deepest run for the Cougars this decade was 2022 when they fell to Raceland in the 1A semifinals. Made the semis in 2019 as well with a loss to another Eastern Kentucky power in Pikeville. 

 

Any updates from Louisville Holy Cross? I’ve got my eye on this team for 2025. 

Could see them having a surprising playoff run this year with a possibly not-as-expected regular season. A lot of good tests on the schedule. Will be interesting to see how they go as the season progresses. Those early scrimmages should help a ton for them though!

Any word out of Louisville on Holy Cross?

Holy Cross vs Fern Creek scrimmage is off.

Holy Cross now scrimmaging North Bullit, Fern Creek scrimmaging Desales.

Bump.

Saw it mentioned on one of the local TVs that Holy Cross only has like 5 seniors.

So mainly sophomores and juniors on the roster.

14 hours ago, EastSideJunkie said:

Saw it mentioned on one of the local TVs that Holy Cross only has like 5 seniors.

So mainly sophomores and juniors on the roster.

6 seniors