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Catholic's D struggled especially in the secondary. They seemed very lost when it came to either stopping the sweep or covering the receiver. Offensively, Catholic's run game was the biggest weakness. Without any risk there, Ensworth was able to rush at will and drop back in coverage. Bolin looked good. The kid can throw and make plays, that said, he really only had two targets he was able to go to. Lex Cath will have to shore up on defense and work on the run game for sure. Tough lesson yesterday.

Lets go Knights!!!

Heard Lex Cath had begun to distance themselves in this one. Any word?

No offense to Boyle, but they ran into a good team. Everyone I talked to after the JH vs Lex Cath game said simply that the Knights could match their speed, but no answer for Hardin's size and it ultimately wore them down. Trinity and Highlands are a notch above everyone, but this team and Bowling Green have to be right there on the next tier.

I think the thing we are seeing from Lex Cath is that they can score, and they can score against teams with defenses that aren't that bad. Flip side, Lex Cath's D still needs work.

Per Lex Cath coach via Twitter, LC 34 Male 26. Good win for Catholic, Down Season for Male.

Wow, that is called a spanking. Like everyone else, expected a win, even thought a decent sized one, but not that.

As a whole Deuce, Lexington/Fayette Co. High School is a bit down. The city itself produces some good talent, but I would almost guarantee that if you looked across all the teams in the City, they are very incomplete. One team may have lots of speed and athleticism, little size. Another team has good Size and Strength, no real speed or athletes. Its somethings I've said about Lexington for awhile, the talent is distributed across the city so that it rarely seems that anyone school anymore is able to really dominate. The emergence of Lex Cath the past 15 years and LCA the past 8 years or so has also taken a toll on the larger schools. Just enough players go to one of the two private schools instead of their Public district school, and thus a team suffers. Another issue many people point out in Lexington football is that the organization of youth football leagues is not necessarily the best and especially at the middle school level can be seen as lacking.

Tough one to tell but it sounds based upon scores/opinions that H is definately down right now. Hope LCHS comes out strong and picks up a W.

This one should give people an idea of the Lex Cath/Boyle Co. matchup I'd think. JH beat LCHS by 10 in a high scoring affair.

I don't know of late but I think for Harvard yes. There have been a few Princeton and Columbia guys out of Lex Cath though I don't remember any Harvard commits since Ryan.

I like to stay optimistic about having good close competitive games, but on paper at least to this casual observer it seems likely unless injuries to Highlands (I've kinda been out of the High School Football loop lately) are an issue I don't know about.

Blowout 4 of the Finals?

Tough schedules definately help teams especially from classes like 2A or 3A or even 1A for that matter get prepared for their playoff runs. I'd say all three State Champs from these classes had to face a couple tough out of region folks. So in terms of their dominance in 3A yeah, I'd say a bit has to do with who they play. I mean heck, after going up against the likes of a Male, Manual, or St. X I'd say rarely does Belfry, Moore, or even Paducah Tilghman seem that tough let alone a Somerset, Breathitt, or even E-Town. (not saying these teams aren't 3A good, just not on the same plain as the before mentioned 6A schools. Still, I'd say as a whole how would Central stack up against the 2A or 4A champ would be a better indicator of how good they are. I just am not impressed overall with the 3A as a whole usually with the exception of Central.

I never liked the idea of six classes and never will. Just my personal opinon. We already had a diluted playoff system at times with four classes. Six simply dilutes it further. And I don't need to know that class A, AA, and AAA title games were blowouts to make this claim. And I don't really care that 4A was a close and sounds like pretty good game to think otherwise. There will always be potential for great matchups regardless of the breakdown of class. Bell and Boyle will happen whether 4 classes or 6 classes exist. Highlands, Boyle, Lex Cath, Cov Cath, Bell, Lawernce Co, Rockcastle Co. though only happens with 4 classes and frankly I liked that. Personal preference I guess.