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In a 180° turn from last week, all undefeated teams kept their perfect seasons intact through Week 10. The Remaining Unbeatens 💯% Ashland Blazer 😼 Beechwood 🐯 CAL 🇸🇯 Frederick Douglass 🐎 LaRue County 🇭🇳 Middlesboro 🐝 Paducah Tilghman 🌪️ Pulaski County 🏴‍☠️ Rockcastle County 🚀 Sayre ⚔️ West Jessamine 🐎 ================================== Looking ahead to Week 11: We're guaranteed to lose someone this week, as #4 Middlesboro entertains #3 Sayre in the second biggest 1A tilt of the season. Arguably the biggest game in the state features Frederick Douglass venturing to Title Town to battle Boyle County. The Rebels have won three straight over the Broncos. Ashland visits Lexington Catholic for the first time ever. The Knights stifled the Tomcats last year at Putnam Stadium.

LexCath has team quickness on defense that could negate the speed advantage Ashland typically enjoys. The Knights can make the field seem smaller than it is. I think they limit the big play ability that the Tomcats possess and spoil Ashland's bid for an unbeaten regular season.

🗞️ District Champions Collide As Breathitt Honors Pact With The Devils 🐾 🔱 | Breathitt returns to Russell for the first time since 2007, wounded but unwavering. The star quarterback is done for the season, leaving the state's third leading rusher, Eli Thomas, to carry the mail. Russell will hit back with its own workhorse, Kaiden Benge. The Devils appear to have the advantage defensively, allowing 10.7 ppg. Breathitt's only loss is a one point defeat to still undefeated Middlesboro. Russell’s two losses are by one score each to Paintsville and Ashland. Records 🐾 | 8-1 🔱 | 7-2 📖 | Breathitt leads the all-time series 8-5. It's been the definition of streaky; Russell won the first five, Breathitt’s won the last eight.

Déjà vu for East. Two years ago, Russell rode Kaiden Benge to the district title in Grayson. Last night, he carried the Devils with 255 yards from scrimmage and four touchdowns, with most of that production coming in the second half as East had no answer for him. Sadly for Raiders fans, he's still just a junior. 5c0b015e_480.mp4

🗞️ Border Battle On The Purchase 🐎 vs. 🦅 | The Eagles have spread their wings, winners of three in a row following a brutal 1-5 stretch against the best in the west. McCracken has run hot and cold, from the highs of beating Murray and almost clipping Mayfield to the head scratching loss to Christian County. Records 🐎 | 6-3 🦅 | 4-5 📖 | Graves County leads the all-time series 7-3, including the last five. McCracken looks to end that skid and bury Graves.🪦

🗞️ Top 10 Tigers Go Tooth And Tail In Princeton ⚫🟡 vs. 🇺🇦 | Murray is a possession away from being undefeated. A defensive letdown against McCracken County cost them a look at a second straight 10-0 season. There's been no letdown on offense, where they average 53 ppg, ranking among the state leaders. They'll provide a stern challenge for Caldwell's defense, which allows just 10 ppg outside of the shellacking they took from Mayfield. Records/Rankings ⚫🟡 | 8-1, 3A #3 🇺🇦 | 8-1, 2A #10 📖 | Murray leads the series 13-8 since 1998. The Tigers have won three straight, including 56-16 a year ago.

North Oldham 🐎 vs. Atherton 🐦‍⬛ Records/Rankings 🐎 | 8-1, 4A #8 🐦‍⬛ | 8-1, 5A #5 🗞️ | Mustangs Running Wild And Free, Look To Avoid Atherton's Black Hole Defense • Black birds can be seen as an omen of transformation. Fittingly, Atherton's reinvention rolls on with a 41-8 record since 2023. • North Oldham shook off a season opening loss to win its last eight, averaging 42 ppg. • The Mustangs will face the best defense they've seen to date. Atherton has pitched six shutouts through nine games. 📖 | North Oldham leads the all-time series 6-1. The Mustangs won the first six meetings in lopsided fashion before Atherton’s rebranding as a formidable program. The Ravens went from nail to hammer last year, defeating North 42-13.

A great thread, curated for historical and research purposes:

The prize: Photo courtesy of the Courier-Journal. Photo courtesy of the Manual RedEye.

Dupont Manual ♈ vs. Male 🟣🟡 Records/Rankings ♈ | 8-1, 6A #3 🟣🟡 | 5-4, 6A #8 🗞️ | “The Old Rivalry”. The tables have turned, with the Crimsons seizing control. As Male feels its way through a transitional period, Manual is thriving with wins over St. Xavier and South Warren. The Dawgs are lacking any wins of substance and suffered a setback to Bullitt East last week. The temperature feels right for Manual to tighten its grip on the barrel with a third straight win over its ancient rival. 📖 | The record books have to be dusted off for this one, which reaches all the way back to 1893. Male leads the all-time series 90-47-6. Manual crushed the Dawgs last year, 52-13, marking one of the biggest wins ever for the Crimsons in the series.

This is a huge game. One of the biggest in the state next week. Praying for a stream. 🙏

Final. The champs are rounding into shape. 👹 🔥 👀

We have a running clock at Rash. 42-6 Devils

Green rallied for a 41-28 win. Deacon James put a bow on it with an interception at the goal line in the final seconds.

Owensboro firmly in control here. 35-6 Devils 9:00 4Q

Final. Rock owns the second half to pull away and claim a district title.

Good call on the score @GOREDDEVILS .

Rockets in control now. 36-13 Rock 4:00 4Q

Ty Ashley barrels in at the goal line. 28-6 Owensboro 2:30 3Q

End of 3Q 16-13 South North ball at the South 29 when play resumes.

35-0 Maroons UK commit Brady Hull - all 6'2"/300 lbs of him - completed a pass for the two point conversion.

Halftime 9-7 South The Cards picked off McWhorter in the endzone at the end of the half.

Halftime 20-13 Rock

34 yard FG is good for SL. 9-7 South 3:49 2Q