6A Daviess County (4-4) at 6A South Warren (8-0)

The Panthers will travel down the Old Green River Parkway to take on South Warren for the first time as 6A district foes.  But this will be the third time these two have met on the grid-iron!  They first met in 2013 in South Warren’s third varsity season.  The game was at Daviess County and the Panthers would come away with an 8-3 nail biter!  SR QB Luke Bailey scored the winning TD for Daviess County!  That was the only regular season loss for South Warren that season, as they would go all the way to the Regional Final round (3^rd Round) of the playoffs and fall at a good Paducah Tilghman squad 8-7.

They would also meet in 2014.  This time at South Warren with the Spartans coming away with a 23-12 win.  QB Ryder Litten accounts for all 3 Spartan TDs – running for 2 and passing for 1.  The Spartans would go all the way to the State Semi-finals in Coach Brandon Smith’s first year as the head man for the Spartans.  South would fall at a fine Central squad 16-14; while Central would go on to fall 14-7 to a stout Belfry squad in the 2014 3A Finals!  Good times!

Daviess County Panthers Information – (TP94 Rating:  36.95)

The Panthers are led by SR QB Garrison Barker with 900 passing yards and 6 TDs with 6 INTs.  SO Ridge Roberts leads the Panthers rushing attack with 118 carries for nearly 700 yards and 11 TDs.  The top Panther WR is SR Jace Hunt with 27 receptions for 450 yards and 5 TDs.  Defensively for DC, JR Parker Higginbotham leads all tacklers with 83 on the year with 1 sack, while SO Treyson McRath has 4 INTs on the season out of the Panthers secondary.

South Warren Spartan Information – (TP94 Rating:  87.45)

South comes into this game after another dominating performance against struggling district mate Central Hardin by a 49-0 score. 

The Spartans are led by JR QB Camden Page, who has over 1,300 yards passing on the year with 14 TDs vs 4 INTs (not including the Central Hardin game).  And he hasn’t thrown an INT since the Greenwood game back around the first of September.  SR RB Kayden York continues his fine play with 92 rushes for 510 yards and 11 TD.  SR Jake Carter leads the WR group with 41 catches for 566 yards and 5 TD.

Defensively, South is one of the top teams around.  They are led in tackles by JR LB Takyon Darden with 44 tackles and 3 sacks. 

Game Preview

I was going to say Daviess County is the second-best team in this District, but Meade County had other ideas, as the Greenwave found a way to upend Daviess 21-20 at Daviess County to earn their first win of the season and are in position to earn the second seed in their district if they can beat winless Central Hardin next week in Brandenburg.  But goodness it’s a Grand Canyon from first to the rest of this district.  Not much else to say.  While I think South could come out sleepwalking for a moment early, once they wake up - South Big!

SW wins with a running clock.

19 minutes ago, Tigerpride94 said:

SW wins with a running clock.

Clock for sure.

Edited October 19, 20251 yr by theguru

SW big. Daviess went from a home playoff game & round 2 trip to McCracken to a trip most likely to Hopkinsville in round 1 of the playoffs with the reward being another game vs South for the winner of that one. 

Bump.

Panthers will be on a short trip this week. Spartans by a mile.

Anyone have a final?

SW 49-14 per the Owensboro Times.

Edited October 25, 2025Oct 25 by theguru