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There are 31 games tonight! That's a ton! I have not put them all in the associated poll. I have placed the top 15 games I feel are most likely to be "more" close than the others. This is TOUGH! Which game will have the closest final score tonight?

This seems to match what I can cross reference from playing Bowling Green as well, although I don't think they used the names interchangeably. Henderson High School played Bowling Green from 1935 to 1950 every season. Henderson City High School played Bowling Green from 1954 to 1959 every season. Then Henderson County High School's first game with Bowling Green was the 1976 Regional Final at Henderson County where they defeated BG 7-3.

BG has 2 dedicated streaming feeds: 1. Sporting Times - Watch Live! | Sporting Times ? https://stfanclub.com/watch-live/?bfplayvid=2811818 2. D93 - Also Radio, but does live steaming on Facebook too: (3) Facebook

The Kentucky Middle School Football Association football playoffs are already underway. This weekend is the Regional Finals across the State and across the 3 8th Grade Tiers, 7th grade (statewide) and 6th grade (statewide). Information on the game is found here: http://www.kymsfa.com/2025_-__REGIONAL_championship_game_schedule_master1.png Doesn't look like the table is coming through so you can find that table on their website listed below: You can find a copy of the brackets on the KYMSFA website: KYMSFA Good Luck to all the teams competing!

The polls for this game are really interesting!

Atherton is on their own tier: Unknown Why? Fri, Aug 22, 25 Central Hardin away (W) 48 - 0 Click ⇄ Fri, Aug 29, 25 Southern home (W) 44 - 0 Click ⇄ Fri, Sep 5, 25 Mercer County at Alvis Johnson Field (W) 28 - 7 Click ⇄ Fri, Sep 12, 25 DuPont Manual home (L) 21 - 33 Click ⇄ Fri, Sep 19, 25 Eastern home (W) 28 - 0 Click ⇄ Fri, Sep 26, 25 Fern Creek home (W) 30 - 0 Click ⇄ Fri, Oct 10, 25 Butler home (W) 30 - 0 Click ⇄ Fri, Oct 17, 25 Seneca home (W) 49 - 0 Click ⇄ Thu, Oct 23, 25 Iroquois away (W) 50 - 0 no ⇄ Fri, Oct 31, 25 North Oldham away 7:30 PM They will go 2 months from the Manual game to a game in the 3rd Round to be tested or even scored upon. Save North Oldham Friday, which is a bit of an unknown game for me also. To me, it is asking alot to just "rise to the occasion" in Week 3 of the playoffs when you haven't been tested since Week 4 of the regular season. But I guess we will find out.

Really good question especially this season Sub! For the most part, as much as I can tell, BG is about as healthy as they are going to be IMO. There are still some players with nagging injuries (as I would guess all teams have at this point in the season), but they have played through them for the most part. Two were out for Grayson County, but I think that was to get them more ready to go for Franklin County. Our main kicker was out for GC because he was the starting goalie for the soccer team, but he should be back on Friday. Barber, Kirkwood and Nottmeier our SR starting WRs are all now back from injury. So, it's time to just play and not mention injuries anymore (fingers crossed). Which is a nice change.

And WKU! Come on!

Congratulations to Mr. Burke! Really impressive QB! I'd say that won't be the last D1 offer he gets.

Flyer, Can you tell us what type player Collins is similar to or something that would tell us a little more about him? I just haven't seen him play, so am curious. According the KHSAA page, SR Delano Collins has rushed 15 times this season for 181 yards and 4 TDs; caught 31 passes for 564 yards and 10 TDs; has 17 tackles and 3 INTs (1 Pick 6) on the year defensively; and he has 5 TDs on punt returns and 2 TDs on kickoff returns. Well, I answered a bit of my own question there as those stats speak for themselves, but is he like another player you can recall?

This game deserves this kind of thread! Thanks for your hard work @Colonels_Wear_Blue! Go Crimsons!

Pulaski County Somerset Bowling Green Ashland Boyle County Tennessee 63

The Mexican Grand Prix was today and just finished. If you only care about the winner then this was the MOST boring race I can recall, as Lando Norris with McLaren had everyone covered by A LOT. But if you just like good racing up and down the grid and especially when strategy comes into play this was one of the most fascinating race I can recall. So many things I could mention, but I'll just focus on these: 1. Teammates Antonelli and Russell for Mercedes didn't switch spots when Russell was faster and held Russell back about 5 laps too long. If they hadn't Russell would likely have finished higher than 7th. 2. Ollie Bearman, the Haas rookie is just a BALLER man. He is such a great driver and willed his car to power up the grid today and finishes a career best 4th place. Incredible. 3. Max Verstappen with Red Bull, didn't have his A game today as his car just wasn't as good as it has been the last 2 races, but the World Champion had enough to battle through the pack and get all the way up to what should have been 2nd place. But a phantom safety car spoils a great ending. GREAT drive really. So much more, I'd recommend watching the highlights of this race on the F1. They are worth your time!

Owensboro comfortably. When is the last time Henderson County beat Owensboro in football? On Friday nights that is.

Is PRPs schedule the most misguided in history? I think it is in the running.

5A Bowling Green (4-5) at 4A Franklin County (9-0) HAPPY HALLOWEEN WEEK SPORTS FANS!!! The Purples make the 2.5-hour trip northeast to the State Capital to take on the stout undefeated Franklin County Flyers in the final regular season game for each team, as both try to keep momentum rolling in an effort to make deep runs within their respective classification playoffs. This will be the very first meeting between the Purples and Flyers, but it’s an exciting one IMO. While neither is in the others radar as far as matters such as district competitors, classification competitors, or even regional competitors, they are both good football teams and should prepare both for the tough playoffs run ahead. They have however faced each other in the younger realms, as I recall Deuce Bailey’s 8th grade team playing and falling to Franklin County’s 8th Grade Team (Elkhorn Middle School) in the 8th grade final game that season. Good competition. Both of these schools have had very successful runs of late and want to continue that momentum and would love nothing better than to finish out the 2025 season at Kroger Field. Plain and simple. That is why I think games like this one matter in regard to your playoff run. While injuries surely can and have happened in competitive games at the end of the season like this, it has always been my belief that you need to continue to test your team at the end of the regular season in hopes of addressing a few weaknesses and peaking during the playoffs. I just feel if you schedule lighter competition that you set yourself up for a letdown going into the playoffs that can bite you and send you home earlier than you would like. Onward to the Flyers and Purples! Franklin County Flyers Information (TP94 Rating: 60.37) According to Franklin County’s school website, “The mascot of Franklin County High School is the Flyer, named in honor of Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment. The school mascot is a bird named Freddie Falcon”. I thought that was very interesting, as I just don’t know much about FCHS, except that Eddie James is their Head Coach, who took over in 2017 for former Head Coach Nicholas Sheridan. But more so for the offseason intrigue regarding Coach James’ consideration of moving to the Highlands Bluebirds in the summer of 2021. That was quite the bright BGP spotlight at the time. Coach James has done a super job off East Main Street in Frankfort. Now in his 9th campaign for the Flyers, he has a record of 88 wins and 24 losses for a 78% winning percentage. Well done! After a pay your dues 5-6 season in 2017 where they fell in the first round of the playoffs, Franklin County has been a steady participant playing later and later in the playoffs as the years have rolled on. In the last 5 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). Impressive! The Flyers have had a great season thus far! They are led by undervalued SO QB Knox Barrett, who took the reins of this Flyers team as a FR and helped take them to the State Finals! Impressive! He has just over 2,000 yards passing on the season with 25 TDs and only 2 INTs! Wow! 3 RBs have between 150 to 200 yards on the season and lead the Flyers in that category including SR Jack Oldham, SR Delano Dollins and JR Chris Stallings. 3 SR WRs (Jacob Taylor, Delano Collins and LeDarrius Simmons) lead the Flyers with over 110 catches 1,500 yards and 20 TDs between them! Defensively, SR Jacob Olds leads the Flyers with 98 tackles on the year (8 Tackles for Loss and 2 sacks). SR Jaeden Samuels has 7 sacks on the year and SR Shalom Moore has 5 INTs including 2 pick 6s on the year. Good team! Bowling Green Purples Information (TP94 Rating: 67.60) It’s been a tough season for the Purples. Plain and simple. Coming off Back-to-Back Championships, the season preview wasn’t to have the first 0-4 start to a season in roughly 60 years, but when you play very good teams and your team takes on significant injuries and chooses to play a FR QB (which was the right decision IMO) then a very challenging season can and has resulted. But all is not lost. The Purples have circled the ships and trying to patch leaks as they continue down this 2025 Season’s path. This is the first really tough game after the CAL game back in late September. That CAL game was also BGs best game of the Season IMO. While they didn’t win that game, they did improve and have overall during district play even when taken to the limit by a determined Greenwood squad. But what version of the Purples will we find in Frankfort on Friday? We are going to find out. FR QB Anthony Davis (AD) has been very solid for BG since taking over at halftime during the St X game back in late August. He was literally thrown in the fire and has done as well (or better) than all can expect for a FR to play with the type of schedule BG has played. Have there been mistakes? Surely, but to assume Duece Bailey JR just walks on the field where Deuce Bailey left off is unrealistic. AD has over 1,100 yards passing with 11 TDs and only 2 INTs (both during the Scott County game – his first varsity start ever - and one of those in desperation time at the end of the game). Well done! It is important that young Mr. Davis take his next step forward in Frankfort on Friday Night! BG is led by the Graham Brothers Nick and Trey in rushing with roughly 570 yards on the year with 5 TDs. SR WR Travey Barber is back from injury (this will be his 3rd game back). SR Jaxen Smith leads BG with 26 catches for 318 yards and 3 TDs. Defensively, SR LB Montez Trussell continues to lead BG with 80 tackles on the year with 10 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks. Another name I wanted to mention is FR Jett Reynolds who has come in at Strong Safety and played super football leading the team vs Greenwood with 12 tackles. He also took over the punting duties when Travey Barber went down and done a fine job for BG in that department. Game Preview I applaud both Coaches for making this game happen. Scheduling is a tough business, but this game will help both teams for their playoff run IMO. I honestly haven’t seen Franklin County at all this year. I know they throw for 3 yards for every yard they gain rushing the ball, so I expect the ball to be in the air a lot on Friday. For Bowling Green, can they gain any yards on the ground? Bullitt East had some success vs Franklin on the ground, but not many others have had success. From there, penalties and turnovers are always important. Should be a really fun game to watch! I took my daughter to an archery tournament at Franklin County once, but this will be the first time I’ve ever come to watch a football game in Frankfort, so I’m excited about that! Who wins this game and why?

4A Logan County (8-1) at 6A South Warren (9-0) The Cougars head east across Route 68-80 to take on the Spartans of South Warren. This will be the 10th meeting between the 2 schools with South Warren holding a 7-2 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. That 2022 defeat came on the heels of a grinding loss at Greenwood which knocked South to the #3 spot in the district that season. But other than those two games, South has won the other 7 games by a combined score of 323 to 22 (or 46 to 3). I think both these teams should revisit scheduling for this week. For Logan County, I think moving say Greenwood down here to Week 10 makes a lot of sense from a strong competitive standpoint. If you still want to play South, fine, but do it early in the year before they are locked in defensively. For South, you are in 6A now and some seasons you’ll need an RPI boost down at this spot on the schedule. Maybe, dare I say, a Boyle County game would be a marque game in the state for your schedule. But that doesn’t seem to align with the South scheduling philosophy. So be it. Logan County Cougars Information – (TP94 Rating: 60.76) The Cougars have been super solid this year with their only loss coming at stout Paducah Tilghman in a “somewhat” surprisingly competitive game only falling 35-27. They are 4th in 4A RPI ratings at 0.69865. Impressive in a STACKED 4A Class! There are some Gashouse Gorilla’s lurking in 4A (tip of the hat to one of my all-time favorite Bugs Bunny cartoons!) But I’ll be pulling for them through their playoff journey. They upended reeling Warren East last Friday to seal the 4A District 1 #2 seed. And I want to say this prior to moving on; I think Coach Todd Adler is one of the most undervalued coaches in the entire state. The job he has done at Logan County is SUPER impressive to me! He has 62 kids on the roster. That is a HUGE number for a county school! Logan County is led by widely unknown and undervalued SO QB Luke Rodgers who has been really impressive this season going 129 for 193 with 1,518 yards with 17 TDs vs only 4 INTs. Well done young man! JR Christian Helle leads the Cougars rushing attack with 868 yards and 15 TDs on the year. The top WR for Logan is SO TySean Thomeczek with 32 catches on the year for 405 yards and 4 TDs. Defensively, JR Carson Carlock has had a great season with 69 tackles (14 tackles for loss) and 7 sacks! Well done! Great season so far! And while Logan County does have Seniors who strongly contribute, none of the players above are Seniors, so the Cougars should be strong into the future as well! South Warren Spartan Information – (TP94 Rating: 88.14) Another week, another pummeling in 6A District 2. This time at the hands of overmatched Daviess County by a 49-14 score. The Spartans are led by JR QB Camden Page (1,439 yards passing with 16 TDs vs 4 INTs). SR RB Kayden York continues his fine play. He has 513 yards rushing on the season through 8 games with 12 TDs. SR Jake Carter leads the Spartan WRs with 42 catches for 572 yards and 6 TDs on the year. Defensively, South has only given up 109 points through 8 games and 3 points in district play. Mercy. Game Information The game will be played at South Warren High School football field. I just don’t see this game being competitive and this isn't a mudslinging shot at the Cougars. 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?

Congrats to St X on winning the District! Know Coach Wallace wanted to do that his final season. Yes, Madison Central is a good team. Will be tough game. Good luck!

So WK, that means the Tigers likely go to South Round 2?

Congratulations Campbellsville on the big win! Good luck in the playoffs!

Congratulations Owensboro! Convincing win in a tougher road environment. Shout out to @Devils Fan who called this Running Clock a long time ago! I think Owensboro goes a long way this season. They won't even be tested until the semi-finals IMO. Would that game be at Rash? That's a big deal IMO. For Madisonville, I think the Greenwood game is interesting as they are near mirror images of each other in what they like to do offensively at least. I'm going to pick Greenwood in that game, but it is going to be a close game I think. Going to be a fun post-season!

Congrats to Highlands on the big win! Nice RPI boost!

Final BG 49 Grayson County 12

Purples get the win but don’t look smooth in first half. Greyson County played hard. On to Franklin County.

GC turnover on downs. BG at GC 40. Jazen Smitu to the 20 Facemask GC. 1st and goal on the 9. Trey Graham runs it in TD BG. BG 42 GC 12 8:40 4Q