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South Warren doesn’t have a first round opponent due to 6A District 1 only having 3 teams. So they move to Round 2 also.

South is no “county school”. Since Smith took over they have strived to win it all. In 5A and below, the schedule didn’t matter that much because they were better than the other teams. That is not true in 6A. The teams at the end all play WAY better schedules than South. The schedule you described is mid-tier 6A at best. The reason this keeps South near the top is the drop off from championship contender to mid pack is severe after what 5-6 6A teams maybe. And also the fact that South is a good team. This year and last South is a good team and will not win the championship. My contingent has always been to play one or two teams that will be just above South and play at that level a few times. Or heaven forbid play a team that expects to beat you and then learn from that during the season. Not murderers row. It’s never a good strategy to face the best team you have faced deep in the playoffs and this is where South is in 6A with this schedule. Plain and simple. But hey, I’m a BG fan and I’m good with this South strategy as it ensures South not win it all and I’m fine with that! Ha!

I have access to some old aerial photographs and topographic maps, and I found a good aerial of the Old Male High School property for years between 1940 and 2016. The site looks like it does now in the 2012 and 2016 photos. But from the 2008 back to 1940 it showed Maxwell Field. Below is a close up shot from 1973. It was the best, brightest photo I could work with. I think it's pretty darn cool! I also "may" have access to some Old Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps that I'll try to see if I can find one for this area too!

I've got some information cobbled together for you GC from our friend ChatGPT, but it leaves some items missing like who was the field named after and others, but this is great info: Maxwell Field — The Forgotten Football Stadium of Louisville, Kentucky Maxwell Field was one of Louisville's historic high school football venues, located immediately behind the original Louisville Male High School building at Brook and Breckinridge Streets. Its history stretches back to 1901, when the athletic grounds were known as High School Park. 1. Where was Maxwell Field located?Historical location: 911 South Brook Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40203. The athletic field was situated behind Male High School's former downtown campus, within the area bounded by: South Brook Street — west East Breckinridge Street — north South Floyd Street — east East Caldwell Street — south The former football field occupied the block immediately east of the historic Male High School building. The location is important because Male occupied its Brook and Breckinridge campus from 1915 until 1991. For much of that period, Maxwell Field was associated with the school's football program. 2. The History of Maxwell FieldAccording to the Louisville Male High School Alumni Association, the field's history began well before the school moved to Brook and Breckinridge. Year Historical event 1893 Male and Manual played their first football game, beginning their historic rivalry. 1901 High School Park was established at the future Brook and Breckinridge campus. 1915 Male High School moved to its new building at Brook and Breckinridge. 1939 High School Park was renamed Maxwell Field, according to the Male Alumni Association's history. 1952 Maxwell Field was used for games relocated after Manual Stadium was condemned. 1991 Male High School moved to its present location on Preston Highway. The Male Alumni Association describes High School Park as the first high school athletic facility in America. That is an interesting historical claim, although I would want to verify it independently before treating it as established fact. The alumni association also confirms that the name Maxwell Field was adopted during the school's Brook and Breckinridge years. malealumni.org Maxwell Field and the Male–Manual rivalryMaxwell Field was associated with one of Kentucky's most historic football programs. Male and Manual first met in 1893, with Male winning 14–12. Their rivalry eventually became one of the most celebrated high school football traditions in the country. Although the teams also played at other Louisville stadiums, Maxwell Field was part of the athletic history surrounding Male's downtown campus. An interesting discovery from 1952I found a particularly useful reference in Louisville Metro's 2024 historic designation report for duPont Manual Stadium. The report documents that Manual Stadium was condemned and closed on September 6, 1952, shortly before the football season began. Manual's scheduled games were subsequently relocated to Maxwell Field and Parkway Field. This confirms that Maxwell Field was still an active football venue in the early 1950s and was sufficiently established to accommodate games displaced from another major high school stadium. 3. What is on the Maxwell Field property today?The former Maxwell Field site is now associated with the Dawson Orman Education Center at 900 South Floyd Street. Dawson Orman Education Center The address corresponds to the eastern portion of the block formerly occupied by Male High School and its athletic facilities. The Dawson Orman Education Center is an active Jefferson County Public Schools preschool facility. Federal education records for the 2025–2026 school year list it as open and serving prekindergarten students. National Center for Education Statistics The available historical sources identify this as the successor site of Maxwell Field. However, I haven't established precisely how much of the former playing surface is now covered by buildings, parking, or other improvements. You can locate the area using the address 900 South Floyd Street, Louisville, KY 40203. 4. Male, Central, and Trinity football at Maxwell FieldYou mentioned that Male, Central, and Trinity all played there. That is a particularly interesting part of the stadium's history because it suggests Maxwell Field served a broader role in Louisville high school football than simply being Male's home field. Male High School: Its connection to Maxwell Field is well documented through the school's alumni history. Central High School: I have not yet found a primary historical source establishing the specific seasons when Central used Maxwell Field or whether it was considered one of Central's home venues. Trinity High School: Trinity began operating in 1953, so its potential use of Maxwell Field would have occurred after the field was already well established. I haven't yet verified which seasons Trinity played there or whether it regularly hosted home games at the facility. The Trinity High School Archives are a particularly promising source. They contain historical student newspapers and yearbooks that could document the team's home-game locations during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

Is it Thursday night due to referee shortage?

The United States Grand Prix was a memorable race. Lots to dive in on, but let's start with the venue and environment. The US Grand Prix is run at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) and is a 3.5-mile masterclass with great elevation change, high speed corner, medium speed corners and slow corner with an iconic Turn one AND you can pass. What else could you ask for? It is probably my second favorite track behind only Spa Franchorchamps in Belgium. I think this race has inspired me to make sure I attend this race in the next few years. Incredible atmosphere! Pre-Race Charles LeClerc was the fastest car in all practice rounds, and his teammate Lewis Hamilton was very quick as was Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and the Mercedes pair (Antonelli and Russell) were in the 4th and 5th range. McLaren were on the back foot this weekend, but still only a few tenths off the top pace. In Qualifying LeClerc and Verstappen topped Q1 and Q2 respectively. But the final leg of Qualifying (Q3) belonged to Antonelli who went All In and used ALL of his Soft tyre allotment for the weekend to ensure he had a great shot to start near the front. He ran what his boss Toto Wolff called "a miracle lap" as the Mercedes Head Man said he only though 4-6 was possible this race. In his opening run in Q3, Antonelli put it all together and ran that perfect lap. He would run wide on his second attempt, but all others couldn't touch his initial lap results, and he started on pole for the first time since Belgium before the Summer Break. Verstappen was 2nd, his teammate Hadjar (who is a bit of a hot head on the radio) had a terrible practice time but put it all together to get 3rd. LeClerc had to be disappointed to be down in 4th. Race At the start of the race, most everyone felt Verstappen would overtake Antonelli into Turn 1. A couple of strategy points: Antonelli had used all his Soft Tyres and only had Medium and Hards left, so he bolted Mediums on at the start. Verstappen had 2 sets of Softs and Mediums and Hards. And the Red Bulls put on the Softs to try to beat Antonelli to Turn 1. When the race started, Verstappen got off very slow and Antonelli found himself at Turn 1 with no one to battle, which was unexpected. As the pack made its way thru Turn 1 the Ferrari's were fast with LeClerc and Hamilton both breathing down Verstappen's tailpipe. And LeClerc made a BOLD pass on Verstappen around Turn 6. But that wouldn't last long as Verstappen's car woke up and by the second lap Verstappen repassed LeClerc. But by lap 15 it was pretty obvious that Antonelli had a steady 2 second lead on the field. This caused Red Bull to take chance and go for a two-stop race and Verstappen pitted. But Antonelli stayed on track and Mercedes were committed to the one-stop strategy. LeClerc was on the softs early pitted near Verstappen and went with medium tyres. Verstappen would pit again and put on Mediums. LeClerc would extend and put on Hard Tyres and push like gangbusters to the end. Lando Norris (McLaren) would only pit once, but he was a sitting duck to Verstappen and LeClerc (and Hamilton) coming through at the end. And LeClerc would pass Verstappen convincingly to take home second place with Verstappen in 3rd. But neither had anything for 20-year-old Kimi Antonelli. The young Mercedes man was absolutely brilliant today and clearly earned the win by 13 full seconds. He heads to next week's Mexican Grand Prix and only has to be in 9th place to mathematically clinch the World Championship. Just an incredible performance and season!

You better go buy your best wax this week G! Antonelli is putting it on his shelf after next weeks race.

Brown, this is a very solid Grayson team. Hanshaw is a terrific RB (all time leader in rushing yards for Grayson). They fell to Barren but it is closer than the 28-14 score indicates. Owensboro is playing as well as anyone not named T and CAL. Rash Stadium is always an advantage. Anyone going there especially this year will need their absolute best game to compete.

I think Manual wins, but to think that Male wouldn't play their best game of the year here is unwise IMO. Rivalry games produce unorthodox results. Again, I think Manual wins, but Male will give it their all and more than last Friday night.

4A Franklin County (5-4) at 5A Bowling Green (5-4)HAPPY HALLOWEEN-EVE WEEK SPORTS FANS!!!It’s the Flyers turn to make the 2.5-hour trip southwest to the Home of the Corvette to take on the Bowling Green Purples fresh off a final district win over Grayson County 54-7, which clinched the 5A District 2 Title for BG. The Flyers come into this game off their bye week and two straight wins over Grant County and Western Hills by a combined score of 119 to 7. So, I think it’s fair to say Franklin County has been preparing for Bowling Green for about a month now. This will only be the second meeting between the teams with Franklin County leading 1-0 thanks to last season’s 28-18 win in Frankfort. This was a frustrating game for the Purples as they just couldn’t find any rhythm offensively being outgained 450 Franklin County yards to 215 for BG. It was 14-10 Franklin at the half (7 of BGs points was on a busted play). Franklin would score the next 14 points in the second half to ice the game. Franklin County played really well getting the ball to their playmakers (Jack Oldham running and Delano Collins passing), but the real unheralded stars were the Flyers defensive unit. Franklin County would go on to the 4A State Championship game falling to perennial power Boyle County 34-0. Bowling Green would go on to fall to a good Atherton team in the Regional Final Round 49-21. Onward to the Flyers and Purples! Franklin County Flyers Information (TP94 Rating: 47.02)Coach James has done a super job off East Main Street in Frankfort. Now in his 10th campaign for the Flyers, he has a record of 93 wins and 28 losses for roughly a 75% winning percentage. Well done! In the last 6 seasons (beginning in the 2020 Covid Season), Franklin County has been to at least the semi-finals every year and they made the finals in 2020 (falling in heartbreak fashion to Boyle County in OT) and 2024 (falling to a memorable Paducah Tilghman squad) and last year. Impressive! The Flyers were undefeated this time last year and they graduated some terrific football players. But the cupboard is not bare. They are led by undervalued JR QB Knox Barrett, who has taken the Flyers to Kroger Field in his FR and SO seasons and looking to go back again. He has near 6,400 passing yards in just under 3 seasons with 71 TDs vs 17 INTs! Impressive! SR RB Chris Stallings is the main ball carrier with over 600 yards on the year and 9 TDs. The top WR is SO Aaron Jones with 38 catches for over 800 yards and 8 TDs. Defensively, FR Preston Schaffer has over 70 tackles on the season for the Flyers. Bowling Green Purples Information (TP94 Rating: 62.60)Bowling Green comes into this game with more momentum than they have had in the past 2 years. But they didn’t play well last season at Franklin. Plain and simple. Did Franklin have something to do with that? 100% they did, but BG must improve here. I expect BG to be more focused this year at home and try to end the year on the uptick with a winning record. There has been so much upheaval in the past 2 calendar years from Highs (2024 State Championship) to Lows (first 0-4 start in over 65 years) and it has been difficult to navigate such an unlevel time. But I have seen improvement in the past two weeks (opponent aided surely, but better fundamentally all around). Now it is time to play a team that should have a chance to punch back as this Flyers bunch is physical and athletic and will be ready to play 4 quarters (something BG hasn’t done for the past 3 games – but neither has Franklin). For the Purples offense, I thought SO QB Anthony Davis (AD) played his best game of the season on Friday, but he only has 1 INT the entire season and BG hasn’t played slouch teams. AD had a memorable run in the second quarter to extend a drive, and he was 15 for 16 on the night for over 200 yards and 2 TD passes. Very solid for 1 half of work. SR RB Nick Graham continued his fine play with over 50 yards in the first half, but BG is spreading that RB load out. And another good night for the BG Oline, which is really important. Defensively, BG seems to be turning the ship around from some early season lapses. The Purples D caused 3 turnovers and 2 of those were returned for TDs. LB Moran, S Dotson and DT Byers all had good games for BG among others. But Franklin County will be a great test to really see where the Purples D is at right now. Game PreviewIt will be Senior Night at Bowling Green High School on Friday night. That is always a special ceremony! It will be important for BG to enjoy that but reset to game mode as Franklin County will be ready to go! For Franklin County, you should be well rested and focused for this game. Looking at the schedule, it looks like you have beaten the teams you should beat (PRP, Shelby County, Lincoln County, Grant County and Western Hills) and lost to teams you should lose to (Scott County, Bullitt East, LCA, and Spencer County). This seems like a chance to change that. For Bowling Green, it’s one thing to have a great game against teams you are expected to beat and it’s another to have a great game vs a team that expects to compete with you. And that is what we have in this game here. Safe trip down for my friend @Flyer_Fan87 and all the Franklin County faithful. Should be nice weather! Hoping for a big crowd! Should be a really fun game to watch! Who wins this game and why?

6A South Warren (7-2) at 4A Logan County (7-2)The Spartans head west across Route 68-80 to take on the Cougars of Logan County. This will be the 11th meeting between the 2 schools with South Warren holding an 8-2 lead in the series. Logan County beat South in their opening season of varsity football back in 2011 (24-13) and then STUNNED the Spartans in 2022 27-17 at South Warren. But other than those two games, South has won the other 8 games by a general average score of 45 to 3. I have said for a while that I feel these teams should revisit scheduling for this week but think it’s time to move on from that. For Logan, it’s probably going to take a team the level of a Tilghman to knock you out, so why not challenge yourself at the end with a team that level. For South, you are the master RPI Jedi, you aren’t scheduling teams that will definitely beat you and schedule easier games to get wins and that really is the RPI way. And there’s always the nice gate money. Logan County Cougars Information – (TP94 Rating: 62.37)The Cougars have been super solid this year with their only losses coming at McCracken in OT by 1 point and at home vs an underrated (in state terms) Paducah Tilghman by a 37-7 score. In the last BGP ranking, the Cougars are a solid #7 in 4A and they are 11th in the latest 4A RPI. They are a solid football team and really well coached. I don’t know everything about Logan County by a wide margin but think they have had their share of injuries this season. According to their team stats, the Cougars are led at QB by JR QB Luke Rodgers, but he has only played 3 games due to injury. This necessitated star player SR Christian Helle to take over at QB and he did a fine job, but this likely reduces the playbook for Logan. Hopefully Rodgers is able to go in the playoffs and this game. At RB Lane Bush has nearly 100 carries for just over 700 yards and 7 TDs to lead the Cougars. At WR JR TySean Thomeczek with 30 catches on the year for 535 yards and 9 TDs and 4 2-point conversions. Defensively, Kenton Hollowell has had a great season with 73 tackles! Well done! Great season so far! Except for the Tilghman game, Logan County has scored at least 40 points in every game. Impressive! South Warren Spartan Information – (TP94 Rating: 81.72)Another week, another pummeling in 6A District 2. This time at the hands of overmatched Daviess County by a 57-6 score. But congrats to the Panthers for scoring on South as they were the only 6 points South surrendered this season in district play. The Spartans are led by SR QB Camden Page (1,614 yards passing with 22 TDs vs 3 INTs). JR RB Jamir Boards continues his fine play with just over 80 carries on the season with roughly 550 yards and 9 TDs rushing and ANOTHER 9 TDs on 23 receptions and roughly 450 yards receiving. Boards leads the Spartans in both categories. Impressive. Defensively, South has only given up 117 points through 9 games (78 of those 117 were given up in their two losses – Manual and Pulaski) and 6 points in district play. Mercy. Game InformationThis game will be played at Logan County High School football field. I just don’t see this game being competitive. Plain and simple. Logan County hadn’t had much success in this series at all until 2022. Can the Cougars find that 2022 magic and keep on their hot streak or will South Warren stay in the win column vs Logan County?

Does this mean Apollo goes to BG in Round 1?

Congrats Simon Kenton! Great win and district crown. Gives you opportunity for at least 2 home playoff games.

Very good Owensboro team. If they call another QB run this year, they are crazy! They will be a tough out.

I guess this is still a rivalry. Good win Pulaski. I can remember when BG went to SW in the 22 Semi-finals. There were a few handfuls of Pulaski County players that came over to the BG bleachers and asked for extra Purples gear so they could cheer against SW. Funny!

Great win Bullitt East! Good updates @BEChargers .

Final BG 54 GC 7

Hanshaw scores for Grayson from about 50 yards. TD GC BG 54 GC 7 End of 3Q

BG SO LB Casen Edison gets the tipped INT pick 6 from 45 yards out. 53-0 BG Wow!

BG SO RB Carrigan with a nice 50 yard run then a good 14 yard TD run. 6:45 3Q BG 47 GC 0

Halftime BG 40 GC 0 All Purples! Coach Wallace will be honored at halftime! Go Purples!

Onside kick BG. Successful. BG at G 49 Tremendous run by Anthony Davis. Then great pass to Wilson. TD BG BG 40 GC 0 54 seconds to play in 2Q

At 2:02 to go in the 2Q, Grayson QB is sacked but fumbles and Dotson scoops and scores. After the play BG with another personal foul. Must clean that up. Too many tonight. Timeout BG. Going for 2 to start Running Clock. Grayson takes the penalty now and puts BG at the 18 yard line going for 2. Timeout BG #3. BG unsuccessful on 2 pt from the 18. BG 33-0 with 2:03 to go 2Q

Another good BG drive. Great play calling. Screen to Arlando Davis TD BG. XP is missed. BG 27 G 0 2:41 2Q

Grayson takes it to the BG 36 but turn over on downs. BG ball with 4:16 left 2Q and all 3 timeouts. Graham for 10 for BG 21-0 BG