9 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

CAL is the second best team in the state and I'm not sure it's close right now.

I agree, right now it looks like Trinity and CAL, then all the rest a good bit behind those two.

2 minutes ago, theguru said:

I agree, right now it looks like Trinity and CAL, then all the rest a good bit behind those two.

It is a shame that game wasn't scheduled. It would be awesome to see those two play.

CAL should be playing some top regional teams. Burke and Brown should be heavy favorites for MR. Football. O had pretty good defense at times and Burke still perfectly placed every throw. O had no offense and CAL was daring the young QB to make quick decisions. That produced short fields all night. Hall is a beast, this was a college team playing a really good high school team. O was missing Green SS/RB1, Ganaway QB1, Hinton CB starter, Ashley has been battling a bad shoulder and left after quarter 1 - I've heard he's probably out a few games. CAL is top 50 or better in nation. For O, are they going to struggle on offense with a young new QB who I think had never started a JV game? A lot to ask of young QB. O defense was solid against the run but Burke hammered them in passing game. Do not think O is top 5 in 5A without Ganaway back. Hopefully I'm wrong.

8 minutes ago, Brown said:

CAL should be playing some top regional teams. Burke and Brown should be heavy favorites for MR. Football. O had pretty good defense at times and Burke still perfectly placed every throw. O had no offense and CAL was daring the young QB to make quick decisions. That produced short fields all night. Hall is a beast, this was a college team playing a really good high school team. O was missing Green SS/RB1, Ganaway QB1, Hinton CB starter, Ashley has been battling a bad shoulder and left after quarter 1 - I've heard he's probably out a few games. CAL is top 50 or better in nation. For O, are they going to struggle on offense with a young new QB who I think had never started a JV game? A lot to ask of young QB. O defense was solid against the run but Burke hammered them in passing game. Do not think O is top 5 in 5A without Ganaway back. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Right, it is not where Owensboro "starts," it is where they finish.

I thought CAL would win but thought Owensboro would have done more than they did. CAL is clearly the #2 football team in Kentucky statewide and I seriously don't believe any teams can beat them except Trinity and I seriously question how many other teams could play closely with them at this point.

33 minutes ago, hrcarrier said:

I thought CAL would win but thought Owensboro would have done more than they did. CAL is clearly the #2 football team in Kentucky statewide and I seriously don't believe any teams can beat them except Trinity and I seriously question how many other teams could play closely with them at this point.

They came in focused and fired up - I think they expected a great game from Owensboro, Burke hit every spot dead on, their execution was flawless at least in passing game and defense. If they execute like that and are focused no one will. It will take a lack of focus or execution at that level for someone to play them well IMO. #1 or 2 in state with Trinity.

Final thoughts on this one:

1) Owensboro will be fine. They have plenty of talent, they just into a buzzsaw Friday night. Some nights you're on and some nights you're not. These are high school kids. It wasn't Owensboro's night on Friday.

2) Owensboro's defense is fast and athletic, but needs to be a bit more disciplined. Once they clean that up, they'll be tough to move the ball and score on.

3) CAL's defense doesn't get enough credit, nor does they offensive and defensive lines. Everyone knows about Ja'Hyde Brown, Garyon Hobbs, Kellan Hall, Jackson Burke, etc., and rightfully so, but there are plenty of other kids that can just flat out play football. CAL's defense is fast and swarms to the ball. You very rarely see them out of position. The varsity defense has given up -17 yards this year against 2 pretty solid teams. As for the OL and DL, they're fairly quick and physical. CAL has produced some good linemen in the past like John Young and Ben Stotts and this group is no different.

4) 7 TD passes from Jackson Burke (Kindergarten) were thrown to Ja'Hyde Brown (7th grade), Noah Perkins (Kindergarten), Micah Newsome (6th grade), Garyon Hobbs (9th grade), Andrew Greene (2nd grade) and Jaden Leak (4th grade). Great games were turned in on defense by Eric Jones (6th grade), Brody Wescott (2nd grade), Kellan Hall (2nd grade) along with Jayson Ruffin (7th grade) and Gabriel Lumpkin (7th grade). For those wondering, the grades in parenthesis are the years that each of those kids started in the Christian Academy of Louisville school system.