6A Playoffs – Round 3 – Regional Finals

Henderson County (6-6) at South Warren (11-0)

I have to be honest here.  I had McCracken County in this thread when I prepped it.  But that is why you play the game and Congratulations to the Colonels for continuing to fight and get the win on the road!  To me, it really makes their season very positive no matter the outcome of this game.  This will be the 3rd meeting between these 2 teams with the Spartans leading the series 2-0. 

They first met in the regular season in 2023 with South winning 38-14.  The next year South went to Hendo and it took a MONSTER Game by SR QB Bryce Button who needed over 250 yards passing and nearly 100 yards rushing accounting for 5 TDs in a 43-33 BATTLE to get the win for South!  I did not think Hoptown would give South a game, but by all accounts, they did just that.  I think Hendo is much more likely to give South some difficulty compared to McCracken County, who I didn’t think could challenge South at all.  Still a straight uphill climb for the Colonels!

Henderson County Colonels Information – (TP94 Ranking: 38.59)

Coach John Elliott in his first season as head coach of the Colonels has done a super job of holding his team together and having a solid year at 6 and 6.  I admit I know little about the Colonels this season.      

JR QB Brody Belt leads the Colonels with nearly 1,200 yards passing with 12 TDs vs 6 INTs.  SO Anzerion Marigny leads a Calvary of 7 players with at least 150 yards on the year with 436 yards rushing and 5 TDs.  The top WR for Hendo is SR Avant Baxter who has 23 catches for over 525 yards and 6 TDs.  Defensively, the Colonels don’t have reliable stats so not sure who their leader is for sure, but SR Myron Wright has played well for the Colonels this year.     

South Warren Spartan Information – (TP94 Ranking: 89.64)

Rinse, Dry and Repeat!   South Warren is on a roll, undefeated and playing with high confidence.  Will the conveyor belt of overmatched teams end for South.  Not this week.  The Spartan Coaches can continue their Louisville School scouting and planning, which must be over two months now.  I just don’t see a lot of planning for this game.  Plain and simple.   

The Spartans are led by JR QB Camden Page (1,651 yards passing with 19 TDs vs 5 INTs).  SR RB Kayden York continues his fine play.  He has 612 yards rushing and 220 yards receiving on the season with 18 combined TDs.  SR Jake Carter leads the Spartan WRs with 50 catches for 658 yards and 7 TDs on the year.

Defensively, South has only given up 31 points in the last 5 games and all in mop up time.  South’s defense is why they have a chance to win 6A this season IMO.   

Game Preview

This is just a bad matchup for Henderson County IMO.  I look for South to end this game pretty quickly with their defense setting their offense up with great field position.  Plain and Simple.  But I do think Hendo could hang around for a quarter or so and hope they do. 

I just don’t think this game will be competitive. 

South Big!

South will dominate Henderson County. Hendo doesn’t have the size nor the speed to be able to break explosive plays that you need to do against SW. 

 

SW-56

Hendo-14. 

This game is over before it begins.  

SW wins via running clock.

SPARTANS!! 

SW will be able to name the score in this one. Hats off to Henderson for a tremendous season. Their program is headed in a great direction. 

Bump.

Game video:

https://stfanclub.com/

14-0 SW

4:05 2Q

Halftime 

South Warren 21

Henderson County 7

35-7

Run the clock. 

49-14 ⚔️

11:00 4Q

Final. South Warren wins, 49-21.