John Hardin comes off of a surprising lopsided loss to Hancock County Friday night, 42-28. In that game, Hancock County QB, Brady Eubanks threw for 208 yards on 10/18 pass attempts, including 2 passing TDs. His main targets were Graham Shearn and Cooper Jones, who combined for 140 yards receiving. 

Eubanks also ran for 78 yards on 11 rushing attempts. 

The Bulldog defensive secondary got torched for big plays thru the air all night and must improve on the backside to have a chance to improve on last season's record. 

The b=Bulldogs look to right the ship in a matchup with Seneca this Friday. 

The Redhawks fell to Fern Creek in their first game of the season, 15-0. 

Seneca's defense gave up 154 rushing yards to Fern Creek behind leading rusher James White 12 attempts for 124 yards. 

On paper, this appears to be a bad matchup for Seneca, trying to stop Bulldog RB Cavalli Pittman. 

My Prediction:

John Hardin 28

Seneca 14

 

don't know anything about Seneca but JH is playing lots of young guys on defense, especially in the secondary. JH panicked early in the game on Friday, very similar to last year Week 1.

2 bad punt snaps (1 leading to a safety, 1 leading to a very short field), muffed kickoff return, blown assignments leading to big plays led to JH getting behind early in the game on Friday. With lots of young guys playing on defense, they just couldn't get the stop they needed in the 2nd half. 

Not all bad for the Dawgs despite the loss, Hancock is very physical and they were still able to run Cavalli for over 200 yards and completed some timely passes. Still think JH needs to throw the ball with Richardson to open up the box more but overall offense is farther along than last year. Defense will need to come along in a hurry if JH wants to go farther in the playoffs this year. 

Also this game is going to be played on Thursday this week, not Friday. 

13-0 John Hardin third quarter. 

Seneca throws a TD pass. 
13-6 John Hardin 3rd quarter. 

Long run by Seneca down to the 1. 1 yard run for TD. 
13-12 John Hardin . 

20-12 John Hardin 4th quarter. 

26-12 John Hardin late 4th quarter. 

Final score from John Hardin high school. 
John Hardin 27

Seneca 12

Still lots of room for improvement for the Dawgs but a win is a win at this point in the season. Cavalli ran like a dawg again tonight and JH got a couple of turnovers on defense. Still had some blown assignments and left lots of points on the field. JH will need to find a #2 back to Cavalli to keep him healthy later in the season imo. Big task next week at Bardstown.