The Colonels and the Thoroughbreds will be knocking off the rust as they knock helmets with one another to begin their final week of preparation before their season openers.

Cov Cath will have a lot of pieces returning from 2024, returning their offensive and defensive backfields, as well as most of their receiving and linebacking corps. QB Cash Harney & Dylan Gaiser combined for nearly 3,000 rushing yards last season, and receivers Zac Brooks, Donovan Bradshaw, Mac Cogswell and Logan Sanning will all be back again for the Colonels. Returning starters Tucker Evans and Jonny Lind and will anchor both the offensive and defensive lines. On the linebacking corps, junior Owen Pitzer will likely be mike linebacker with Brady Guard, Cash Myers, and Jackson Payne at the ready behind the d-line alongside Pitzer. The defensive secondary has a bevvy of speed with Cash Harney, Dylan Gaiser, Zach Brooks, and Logan Sanning all returning along with Gabe Weis and Luke Lampe.

Scrimmage kicks off at 7:00pm on Friday in Park Hills.

As long no one gets hurt it should benefit the Breds going into the season opener. I’m not sure what the game plan is for Colonels, but the Breds will have a tough go of it in this one. This what scrimmages are for.

This used to be such a huge regular season game in the AAA district (back when it was 4 classes).  The district was CovCath, NewCath, Newport, Highlands and Lloyd.  Miss those days when NewCath was a larger school.

Outside of it being the alma mater, Ryle and at Elder is such a physical start to the season that I’m sure Eddie’s main goal is just to make sure the team is healthy and ready to roll. 

Also kind of interesting there are 4 freshman listed on the roster with linemen numbers. Maybe nothing, maybe something, but you have to be really good on the line of scrimmage to win the 8th grade Cincinnati league, so good chance there’s a nice influx of talent there. 

2 hours ago, cincyswords said:

This used to be such a huge regular season game in the AAA district (back when it was 4 classes).  The district was CovCath, NewCath, Newport, Highlands and Lloyd.  Miss those days when NewCath was a larger school.

Went from being AAA in 1981 to 1A by 1992. Dropped quick.

Just got a correction on the kickoff time...the scrimmage kicks off at 7:00pm on Friday, not 6:00pm as originally stated.

Here's the current forecasting for today:

National Weather Service
Today's High: 91° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 88° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 94° at 7:00pm

WKRC Channel 12
Today's High: 89° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 86° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 91° at 7:00pm

WXIX Fox 19
Today's High: 89° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 86° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 92° at 7:00pm

WCPO Channel 9
Today's High: 90° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 89° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 94° at 7:00pm

WLWT Channel 5
Today's High: 89° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 85° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 91° at 7:00pm

Accuweather
Today's High: 92° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 88° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 92° at 7:00pm

None of the meteorologists are calling for very much cloud cover in the evening, although there's some chance for pop-up thunderstorms between 11am and 3pm. Fingers crossed that we can squeak in the scrimmage tonight and that everyone started working on hydrating properly yesterday. Little doubt that we'll still see some kids on the sidelines with cramps tonight, though.

Any video of this?

1 hour ago, Bac2369 said:

Any video of this?

I don't think they've typically had video broadcasts for scrimmages in years past, and the homepage for the video broadcasts currently shows the home opener against Ryle as the first video broadcast event for the football

I suspect that they may have an audio broadcast, though, because the Mixlr app has sent me notifications that the Colonel Athletic Network has gone live with broadcasts a couple of times in the last week or so...I would assume that was them testing things ahead of time.

Here are the links for where you'll find broadcasts if there are any:

Audio Broadcast: Colonel Athletic Network on Mixlr

Video Broadcast: Colonel Athletic Network powered by BoxCast

7 hours ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Here's the current forecasting for today:

National Weather Service
Today's High: 91° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 88° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 94° at 7:00pm

WKRC Channel 12
Today's High: 89° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 86° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 91° at 7:00pm

WXIX Fox 19
Today's High: 89° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 86° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 92° at 7:00pm

WCPO Channel 9
Today's High: 90° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 89° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 94° at 7:00pm

WLWT Channel 5
Today's High: 89° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 85° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 91° at 7:00pm

Accuweather
Today's High: 92° around 4:00pm
Kickoff Temp: 88° at 7:00pm
Kickoff Heat Index: 92° at 7:00pm

None of the meteorologists are calling for very much cloud cover in the evening, although there's some chance for pop-up thunderstorms between 11am and 3pm. Fingers crossed that we can squeak in the scrimmage tonight and that everyone started working on hydrating properly yesterday. Little doubt that we'll still see some kids on the sidelines with cramps tonight, though.

Just over 2 hours until kickoff. We haven't had any pop-up showers or thunderstorms here in Fort Wright, a mile from the stadium. It's been slightly overcast for the past couple of hours, but that's started to break up here, so that means the sun is gonna get to beating down on the field.

My phone and the thermometer on my front porch (in the shade) are both saying it's 91° currently.

Getting ready for the National Anthem.

The Thoroughbreds are in white jerseys and pants, and the Colonels are in blue jerseys and pants. New Cath already has their helmet decals and are ready to go.

We're going to have two quarters of varsity game-action and then jv/froshmore.

Cov Cath's freshmen players are wearing blue jerseys and white pants.

Cov Cath to receive the opening kickoff, and New Cath has chosen to kick from the south side of the field.

Dylan Gaiser and Zach Brooks back deep for Cov Cath. Gaiser takes the kick at the 15 yard line and runs the opening kickoff back for an 85 yard touchdown.

Just now, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Cov Cath to receive the opening kickoff, and New Cath has chosen to kick from the south side of the field.

Dylan Gaiser and Zach Brooks back deep for Cov Cath. Gaiser takes the kick at the 15 yard line and runs the opening kickoff back for an 85 yard touchdown.

Sophomore Logan Zembrodt kicks the PAT out of Gabe Weis' hold.

Cov Cath leads 7-0 with 11:48 remaining in the 1Q.