Pick-six

Cross is a tremendous athlete. Fleming was without two starters tonight (WR/DB and TB/LB) and fought to hard to have a chance to win.

Fleming left some points off the board tonight offensively but the defense didn't play bad. Radio had Fleming with over 300 yards of offense and Harrison with less than 100 total (including 38 yards on 33 carries).

Who wins this matchup? Fleming is trying to build off their week 1 win and Harrison is trying to bounce back from their loss.

They return 8 starters on each side of the ball. Evan Conley returns as a Wr/Db. Having 4 returning offensive line starters should be a positive.

Final from Liberty.

Cropper is not playing at Fleming County this season. He is focusing on baseball.

Fleming County (2-1) travels to Rowan County (1-2) on 9-12. Who wins this border battle?

Fleming moves to 2-0 on the season. They were 1-9 last year. The score was Harrison 21 Fleming 6 in the second quarter and Fleming came back to make it 22-21 at the half. Fleming would stretch the lead to 50-21 in the 4th before Harrison scored to make it 50-27. Fleming scored 44 straight points to put it away at one point.

They have a pretty good atmosphere. They have fireworks etc... The team has struggled some as of late but hoping they can get back on track this year.

Harrison County travels to Flemingsburg on Friday to play Fleming County. Harrison is coming off a 47-14 loss to Henry County and Fleming County is coming off a 20-13 win over Casey County. I think both teams are trying to get things back on track after rough seasons in 2024.

Nicholas County is currently installing a turf field.

East has the best overall team in district 6. They have the best chance of any of the teams of beating Lloyd but it will still be a huge challenge. Lloyd is, overall, way more athletic and has more team speed. They can strike quick. In order for East to win, they will have to slow the game down and score every opportunity they get. They will need some of those time consuming drives they are known for this year. They have the horses on the oline to do it.

Who didn’t play against Fleming when they played East Carter? Fleming losing their best 2 players early in the game against Lloyd was huge. Not saying they were going to beat Lloyd with them but it certainly changed the game.

Once Johnson (2) and Trent (20) left the game for Fleming, it was over. Not saying it wouldn’t have ended similarly, but it was 7-7 when Johnson left the game and 13-7 when Trent left. Congratulations to Lloyd. They have a heckuva team!

Fleming came out hot and had a 40-0 lead at the half. Their defense held Nicholas County to 9 yards in the half. The second half was mainly younger kids. Fleming went to the air more in this game and showed they are more than just the Austin Trent show.

I think most would have picked Henry Clay purely on the school size difference. Massey ratings had Henry Clay with an 87% chance of winning.

Fleming scores in the 1st and 3rd quarter and Greenup scored in the second. A defensive battle most of the way but Fleming did move the ball a little better. Fleming won the JV quarter 8-0.

Russell, Lewis, West Carter, East Carter and Bath are district games. They are in the EKC which could explain some of the games such as Nicholas, Rowan and Greenup. Nicholas and Rowan are also border games like Mason County. On a side note, I see that they are looking for a game as I hear Rockcastle has decided to play someone else.

The Panthers will return several starters next season (8 offensive starters and 7 defensive starters). They should have a solid season in their new district with what they return. Key returners: Qb-Nate Ruark (AD All-Area) 1402 yards passing and 16 Td's Rb/Lb-Austin Trent (AD All-Area and District POY) 1788 yards rushing and 19 Td's; 111 tackles on defense Wr/Db- Landon Johnson (AD All-Area) 728 yards receiving and 8 Td's; 53 tackles and 4 interceptions on defense Te/De- Isaac Frye (AD All-Area) 91 tackles, 14 TFL and 6 sacks on defense DT- Aiden Johnson (AD All-Area) 109 tackles, 16 TFL and 5.5 sacks on defense

While I do feel Coach Wynn has done a great job at Mason County, everyone in this area knew they were going to be loaded the past 2 seasons. Most of this years seniors started as sophomores and some even as freshman. Coach Thomas was definitely building for the future his last season there. Coach Wynn did get those guys to buy into his systems and play at a top level. He also did a great job of getting kids out that hadn't been out before. So, don't take this in any way as a knock on Coach Wynn. I am just stating that he did inherit a lot of talent at Mason County.

I won’t predict a record, just not my thing, but they should be competitive with their schedule. They only lost 6 seniors from last year’s team (but they were all contributors). The big story will be how fast their new Qb comes along.

AUG. 5 at MONTGOMERY COUNTY (Scrimmage) TBD AUG. 12 NICHOLAS COUNTY (EKC Grid at Bath County) 6:00 AUG. 19 at GREENUP COUNTY 7:30 AUG. 26 at WEST CARTER 7:30 SEPT. 2 MARTIN COUNTY 7:30 SEPT. 9 ROWAN COUNTY 7:30 SEPT. 16 at EAST CARTER 7:30 SEPT. 23 OPEN SEPT. 30 at POWELL COUNTY 7:30 OCT. 7 MASON COUNTY 7:30 OCT. 14 PENDLETON COUNTY 7:30 OCT. 21 at LEWIS COUNTY 7:30 OCT. 28 HARRISON COUNTY 7:30

I couldn't find Lincoln's on their website but if Mercer's stipend is truly $6000 then a lot of districts are going to almost double that.

Fleming County has 2 periods of it that is open to any student, not just athletes.

Not trying to take anything away from Russell at all. Just stating that I know several of Mason’s players were playing football last night.