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In the late 90s Holmes was playing in a white helmet, red face mask, and this logo (a Gardner-Webb knockoff):

Hearing Austin Woolf, son of Mike Woolf (CCH '88) is likely to be a starting O-lineman.

Correct.

Jarod Kees from the 1997 playoff game against Holmes the week before the Mud Bowl. One of the most physical Holmes teams I can remember. Cov Cath won 32-20 in Park Hills. It had been cold and rainy since the night before, and it started snowing in the middle of the first quarter. We lined up in the I on Holmes' 12 yard line, and Jarod Kees & Jeremy Madden did a really nice job selling the fake up the middle. Holmes' entire defense bit on it except for the DE and safety. Kevin Goetz was at right guard and pancaked the DE on a trap block and Kees had a wide open alley to sweep around the right. That's the moment when they snapped this picture. The safety got over to Jarod in time to dive at his ankles just outside the 1 yard line and Jarod fell into the endzone for the first touchdown of the game.

I don't know that they ever had games at Paul Brown/Paycor Stadium, but they did originally hold them at Nippert Stadium, and they have also held games at UC's Sheakley Athletic Complex (the Bearcats' practice facility), Mount St. Joseph, and at Miami University's Yeager Stadium. I'm not sure whether not they increase ticket prices for the games held at regular high school stadiums, but if memory serves, at least in recent years I don't believe there is any increased price, so at least there's that. It may not be a money grab, so I don't really see the harm in it, but it definitely is a far cry from what the Crosstown Showdown was originally designed to be.

Whoa...98NCCalum! It's been a minute. Good to see you around!

Walton-Verona won 6 touchdowns to 2 during varsity play. Campbell County won 6 touchdowns to 3 with the JV teams in.

We don't have a thread on this every year, but here are the previous threads we do have: 2018 Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown 2017 Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown 2016 Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown 2015 Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown 2014 Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown 2012 Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown 2011 Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown 2008 Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown 2006 Skyline Chili Crosstown Showdown

13 games, total. 2 games involving Kentucky teams. 1 game involving an Indiana team. 1 game involving inter-state competition.

Thursday, August 17 Newport Central Catholic at Lloyd Memorial - 7:00pm Friday, August 18 Badin (OH) at Hamilton (OH) - 7:00pm Friday, August 25 Mason (OH) at Oak Hills (OH) - 7:00pm Friday, September 1 West Clermont (OH) at Winton Woods (OH) - 7:00pm Moeller (OH) at East Central (IN) - 7:30pm Friday, September 8 Anderson (OH) at Milford (OH) - 7:00pm St. Xavier (OH) at Withrow (OH) - 7:00pm Friday, September 15 Covington Catholic at Beechwood - 7:30pm Friday, September 22 Lakota West (OH) at Sycamore (OH) - 7:00pm Friday, September 29 Princeton (OH) at Fairfield (OH) - 7:00pm Friday, October 6 Kings (OH) at Lebanon (OH) - 7:00pm Friday, October 13 Indian Hill (OH) at Wyoming (OH) - 7:00pm Friday, October 20 Elder (OH) at LaSalle (OH) - 7:00pm

New Cath scrimmaged Roger Bacon (OH) this past weekend. No word on how it went. Bellevue and Bishop Brossart both had inter-squad scrimmages. Dayton was part of a grid scrimmage at Carroll County along with Bracken County. Lloyd scrimmaged Holmes. Walton-Verona scrimmaged Campbell County. Newport scrimmaged Bourbon County. Ludlow scrimmaged Gallatin County.

There are a lot of teams ranked behind CAL that I would pick over the Centurions of they played head-to-head.

Injuries? Or decided not to play?

Bingo.

One of today's countdown pictures shows a Colonel batting down a pass from another Colonel 😉

Right now we've got 12 folks saying they think Boyle County will be back in the 4A finals, 11 saying Pikeville will be back in the 1A finals, and 9 each saying they think Mayfield will be back in the 2A finals and CAL will be back in the 3A finals.

I LOVED that helmet...that's awesome!