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Highlands punt. 53-14 6:18 3rd

Dixie 55yard TD Highlands 53 Dixie 14 10:30 3rd

Halftime

Highlands 39 yard FG 53-7 0:40 2nd

Personal Foul penalty Highlands Backup QB Bottom is in

3 and out Dixie punt to Highlands 5:57 2nd Q

TD run by Hosea Highlands 50 Dixie 7 extra point goes awry but they still convert for two 8:46 2nd

Highlands onsides Kick recovered by Highlands

Noon 33 yard TD catch from Benke Highlands 42 Dixie 7 10:13 to go 2nd

Dixie QB 63 yard touchdown run Highlands 35 Dixie 7 11:48 2nd

End of the 1st Quarter Highlands 35 Dixie 0

TD Hinegartner 35-0 Highlands 0:44 to go in the 1st Quarter

28-0 with 3:00 to go in the 1st quarter is pretty ugly. Highlands really hitting all the plays tonight

"2. Bracken County .77155" Any thoughts on this undefeated Polar Bears squad? I see they beat Frankfort which I would think is a good stepping-stone game to a strong showing the rest of the year for this team.

Their only matching opponent has been Walton-Verona. NCC won 40-21 Holy Cross lost 0-14 So my guess will be New Cath wins 38-10 over Holy Cross.

A few thoughts I had through the game: Highlands had the ball 4th and 1 at the 5. They should have kicked the FG to go up 27-7 in the 3rd quarter. Instead Raceland stopped them, gathered the momentum and went all the way down the field and scored. I was left scratching my head on some of Highlands coaches play calling. I also thought Raceland went too much to the passing game in the 4th quarter. If they would have been more balanced with the run I think they could have gotten within a score. But it felt like Highlands Secondary knew passes were coming.

XP is good 24-7 Bluebirds 1:43 to go

Punt return TD by Noon 23-7

What a beautiful throw

Touchdown Bluebirds! 10-7 0:23 to go in the 1st Quarter

Beautiful night for football in Fort Thomas

I think this one will stay within a touchdown in the first half, but I think Highlands will be too much in the second half and win 38-17.

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I agree with everything you said here, but the only thing I can think of, is this a casualty of the new-ish RPI system. Teams have figured out if you are playing a team below you in classification, and in this case can see that Raceland is getting very good. They can schedule someone else at or above their classification with a more even chance at winning. A side-effect of knowing each other so well.

If you aren't able to watch it live, it looks like the replay will be on Star64 in the Cincinnati area the next day at 2pm.