On 10/5/2025 at 5:11 PM, BlueBloodedColonel said:

Bloodbath. Beechwood names the score. 

My thoughts exactly. I just hope both teams come out with a ton of experience and no injuries.

On 10/5/2025 at 10:41 PM, James Graham said:

I don't know... It's an interesting question.  Hear me out.  I am a big demographics guy.  We are on the other side of the millennial population bump.  NKY has too many private catholic high schools by a factor of probably two (I'll let others argue who those two are)... If St. Henry continues its current enrollment figures AND Cov Cath continues to drop a little AND if St. Tim's doesn't go try the ridiculous and go K-12... I could see a future with both schools in 3A.  Remember, while Lexington is not nearly as Catholic as NKY, the lone catholic school (Lex Cath) is in 3A having dropped from 4A.  The fact is that real wages are stagnant and Catholic school tuition continues to increase.  This is not Ohio where you get money back for paying tuition.  Cov Cath's neighborhoods are grown out.  Boone County is still expanding.  Are you most likely correct, absolutely... but its not out of the realm of possibility of them being in the same district one day.      

This is exactly the situation seen in Campbell County where NewCath was a large school and Brossart struggled to survive.  In the past 30 years what you have seen is NewCath become "landlocked" and Southern Campbell County growing.  Brossart has been able to increase enrollment while NewCath saw a significant decrease in enrollment.  Now they are on a level field as far as enrollment and in all athletics except football, but that has more to do with Brossart starting their program recently.  

Agree. NewCath went from a 3A school in 1982 to 1A in 10 years. 

On 10/5/2025 at 5:12 PM, BlueBloodedColonel said:

Does anyone think maybe 5-10 years down the road St. Henry and Cov Cath will meet on the gridiron?

Great question. I think they will only meet if they are in the same district within that time frame. I do not see St Henry becoming a NKY powerhouse within that timeframe(which would lead CC to put them on the schedule) but I do see them becoming more competitive than say a Brossart program did when you can compare beginnings.

8 minutes ago, Yall Wear High Waters said:

Great question. I think they will only meet if they are in the same district within that time frame. I do not see St Henry becoming a NKY powerhouse within that timeframe(which would lead CC to put them on the schedule) but I do see them becoming more competitive than say a Brossart program did when you can compare beginnings.

It will be interesting to say the least. I wonder how many basketball/football kids they will pull away from Covington Catholic, and Beechwood, respectively, especially now that they have a new head basketball coach who is pretty good.  

Just now, BlueBloodedColonel said:

It will be interesting to say the least. I wonder how many basketball/football kids they will pull away from Covington Catholic, and Beechwood, respectively, especially now that they have a new head basketball coach who is pretty good.  

I too am interested to see how that all plays out!

Time will tell!

Beechwood Football is on the Air!!

Beechwood Tigers v. St. Henry Crusaders

Friday, Oct. 10th 2025 at 7:30pm

The Cru heads to Ft. Mitchell to take on Beechwood in the first ever matchup between the schools in Football.

Game will be on YouTube and mixlr.com.

Broadcast at 7:15pm, Kickoff at 7:30pm

https://beechwood-sports-radio-network.mixlr.com/.../4584157

There was a brief period when St. Henry was first in the district last week. I'll never forget those ~22 hours. GIMME THE CRUSADERS.... to hopefully avoid a shutout (still picking them though)

1 hour ago, DukeDog said:

There was a brief period when St. Henry was first in the district last week. I'll never forget those ~22 hours. GIMME THE CRUSADERS.... to hopefully avoid a shutout (still picking them though)

Lol ... maybe 22 minutes? Not 22 hours. Sorry, not trying to spoil the memory. 

On 10/8/2025 at 1:11 PM, Voice of Reason said:

Lol ... maybe 22 minutes? Not 22 hours. Sorry, not trying to spoil the memory. 

Remember St. Henry played on Thursday last week. So they were the first team in the district to get to 2 and 0 lol. 

6 hours ago, futurecoach said:

Remember St. Henry played on Thursday last week. So they were the first team in the district to get to 2 and 0 lol. 

Thank you! 

18 hours ago, DukeDog said:

Thank you! 

I'm glad that 22 hour memory is a true one. 

This game tonight will be lopsided but I'm looking forward to seeing St. Henry.