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Kimi Antonelli, the young 20+ year old, driver for Mercedes is in his second year with the Silver Arrows and on the cusp of an F1 World Championship. Why should you pay attention to that? Well, F1 officially began competing in 1950 and since that time (roughly 75 years/seasons) the youngest World Champion ever is Sebastian Vettel who won his first of 4 consecutive F1 Titles in 2010 at the age of 23 years and 134 days. More on that below. So, Kimi Antonelli will SMASH that record by roughly 3 years! That is HUGE! Just an incredible accomplishment. His F1 career is still in front of him too. He has a great engineer (Bonnington) and great team Mercedes! So, they should be in the mix in 2027 as well. That 2010 F1 Season (before I really dove all in on F1 - unfortunately for me) was dynamic from the standpoint that 4 drivers had a chance to win the F1 Championship going into the final race and those included: Fernando Alonso - Ferrari Mark Webber - Red Bull Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Alonso was the favorite going in and Webber was the second choice of who most thought would win. But Vettel was on pole and Hamilton was second with Alonso 3rd and Webber 5th. But Vettel would hold on to win his first championship. If you care to, the following is a link to a video where they describe this more thoroughly: Bing Videos

Really hate to hear of the injury to QB Ellison. He is a fine football player who is underrated in my book. Emingo gets the headlines (and deserves them), but Ellison puts him in a great position to succeed as well. He also throws a great ball. It's a big loss for sure. I hope his recovery goes well.

Shoutout to both teams for making this happen. The logistics alone for the drive are not easy with a full team on a bus. Does this mean next season Christian drives to Cooper and Somerset? Don't think so due to the new 2-year contract season coming, but wanted to ask. Good luck to both teams, but I'm pulling for Christian County in this one!

Very good point VF! That is probably true. I just didn't feel going down the moral victory lane was the right one for me there, but tend to agree.

I got rolling too much in that one I think but it just comes to me. Ha! I can understand that boredom piece. If you aren’t entertained down the grid on some of these it can be touch for sure. I too hope Kimi wins it in America. I don’t care if it’s COTA or Vegas.

This really shows the excitement that UK has created this season. This should definitely be a 12 noon game. But SEC Network senses a big crowd due to UK alone.

I think that is great for both teams. Thanks for sharing!

My bad WKY! Great win for Christian against McCracken.

5A Grayson County (7-1) at 5A Bowling Green (4-4)This will be the Cougars and the Purples 11th all-time meeting with BG winning the previous 10. They started playing each other when Kentucky went to 6 Classes in 2007. They played 4 straight years until Grayson would move to 5A District 3 (teams closer to Louisville) after the 2010 season. They would get reshuffled together again in 2015 and play 4 more times ending when Grayson would move over to 5A District 1 (Owensboro’s District) in 2019. They resided in District 1 for 4 years and in 2025 when South moved up to 6A and Ohio County exited district play; the Cougars landed back in 5A District 2 again. But what will the 27-28 Realignment hold for the Cougars? Some projections I’ve seen show Warren East potentially moving up to 5A. If that holds true, would Grayson be shuffled again. If I’m the Cougars, I’d LOVE to go over to 5A District 4 (Fairdale’s District). That would be a great spot for Grayson IMO! Grayson County Cougars Information (TP94 Rating: 45.04)Head Coach Bryan Jones is in his 8th season in Leitchfield and has done a really fine job building the Cougars program. The Cougars record since Jones has been the head man is 46 and 26. They hosted playoff games in 2023 and 2024 going 10 and 2 and 9 and 3, respectively. They would go 4 and 7 in 2025 going through some tough personnel issues but still fought well. This season, Grayson's only loss was when they fell short at home vs a very good Barren County squad and that may push Grayson on the road for the playoffs UNLESS they can stand up here in BG on Friday night. SR RB Kadin Hanshaw is back in Grayson County Orange and making the most of his senior season. The young man is very talented and has nearly 700 yards rushing on 92 attempts with 13 TDs and 4 2-point conversions! Wow! The Cougars are also led by 6’3” JR QB Trigg Payne who has completed 56 of 81 attempts for 772 yards and 6 TDs vs 2 INTs. Very solid! Defensively for Grayson, SR Kamden Cornwell and SO Aiden Stewart lead the team with both having about 60 tackles on the year. Bowling Green Purples Information (TP94 Rating: 61.09)Bowling Green played their best game in two-year last Friday night at the Swamp at Greenwood High School in a convincing 45-7 win. A piece of that is certainly the Gators are struggling and not close to their 2025 squad. BUT, I observed significant improvement in pre-game enthusiasm, sideline film use, on-field enthusiasm, improved play calling, and much better focus from the beginning of the contest. Bowling Green’s defense has been much maligned this season, but I saw considerable improvement this week. Is part of that Greenwood? Surely, but high school football has a huge confidence component, and I witnessed significant improvement here. Big shoutout to the players and coaches for continuing to grind over this tough period. Let’s go! Offensively, SR RB Nick Graham has been the standard this season and he played a great game at Greenwood with 4 TDs. Additionally, this was a much better (probably the best) showing from the BG Oline. Have to keep pushing here! Defensively, JR DT Zhy’ell Byars, playing in his 3rd game back this season (due to injury) was a real spark plug for BG on that Dline. He had multiple sacks and play disruptions and was visibly leading the charge, something that has been sorely missed this year. Other defensive players including SR DT Taiyon Parker were visibly active in this game and played their best game of the season. Hoping BG can carry this momentum! Game PreviewThis game is for the 5A District 2 Championship. Grayson County has a chance to pull out their first win over BG ever and go into the 3-way tie of 3 teams (Barren, Grayson and BG) at 3-1 district records. I don’t know who would win that but guessing it would be RPI. Currently, RPI plays out this way: Barren County – 0.59539, Grayson County – 0.56853, and Bowling Green – 0.53224. But if BG wins, the Purples clinch the #1 seed in 5A District 2. For the Cougars, just go for it; you have nothing to lose! I look for a steady diet of Kadin Hanshaw runs. He is a very talented RB. For the Purples, this is an opportunity to improve execution and continue this late season momentum. It will also be Homecoming so that’s a big night for the players also. For me, this game comes down to I expect a healthy dose of Hanshaw runs, but BG knows this and should be prepared. What else Cougars? That will determine a lot, I think. Will Grayson’s defense load the box to try to stop Nick Graham? We will see. Last season, Grayson County got a big punt return TD. BG must do a better job in special teams against the Cougars. But BG has had a good special teams season this year with FR K Kip Walden doing an incredible job and SO Returner Jett Reynolds a real weapon also. Who takes this Homecoming Game in Bowling Green?

Give me the Red Devils! But really interested to see how this game plays out!

6A South Warren (6-2) at 6A Daviess County (1-7) Time to do the laundry Spartans! What do I mean by that? South will wash, rinse and repeat each district game; they will each be uneventful blowouts. They have already blown the doors off Christian County 42-0, Meade County (56-0) and Central Hardin (56-0). Time to make it a clean sweep in the district with zero points given up over those 4 games. My question is will any district team score on South NEXT YEAR? I’ll say yes to that one, but ONLY Christian County and maybe only in mop up time. Just the facts. Game PreviewOn player highlight for South, JR RB Jamir Boards has had a great season with 81 carries for right at 500 yards and 7 TDs on the ground with another team leading 22 receptions for just over 400 yards and 8 TDs on the year. The young man has over 40% of South’s total TDs this season. Well done! For Daviess County, I’m not sure what to tell ya. Just go for it, you have nothing to lose. For South, you continue into your schedule where you will running clock from here into the playoffs IMO. The South coaches must find a way to keep focus up and progressing forward because the big 6A teams at the end aren’t going backwards. South BIG!!! Dress the Freshman……

Final BG 45 GW 7

Greenwood is clearly struggling but BG was different tonight from warmups to film to being pumped on the field. Different. Heading to the house. Long day tomorrow. Add some posts if you like. Go Purples!

Halftime 42-0 BG.

TD pass to Gaithright. TD BG. 42-0 BG. Nearly halftime.