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Not too sloppy. Just both defenses playing well. 
 

Oppel had a long run called back. 

35 minutes ago, ColtPride said:

I'll take the Colts, with 6'5 returning James Johnson and his 1,500 yards last year, along with Scroggins returning as QB.

Defense will always be stout at DeSales. It's just the culture there.

I'll take the Colts by 2 td's at home.

I don't see how that defense doesn't take a pretty big step back losing their whole defensive line. That was one of the better high school defensive lines I've seen. I do like Oneil, Wilkerson and Holinkamp (sp)? though on defense.

LCA 35

Desales 28

Meade Co 26

John Hardin 14

16 hours ago, Tigerpride94 said:

My nephew plays for Male so I’m going to try and attend. Recap of Manual/Central would be good.

I've got 3-4 former players on Male. A few on Manual too so I can get some info for sure.

I can get a decent recap from this one. Also the Manual/Central game.

Are there any other schools that are hosting games this friday that HAVENT released their ticket policy yet? We're still waiting on John Hardin.

Nice write up. I've coached 5 of the kids mentioned in the 6A article lol. All on different teams too. There's a lot of talent out there.

Meade Co returns 14 starters and 2 of the top players in the area in Austin Oppel and JJ Richardson. Meade also has most of its starting Offensive line back from last season and looks to carry momentum over from the end of last season where they beat Louisville Desales in the last game of the season and pushed Top 5 Central Hardin in their playoff game. 

John Hardin had a coaching change bringing in Franklin-Simpsons'  Doug Preston . Preston had much success at Franklin-Simpson and brings his Wing T style to Hardin Co. John Hardin has 2 nice running backs in Keyandre Strand and Dominik Hodges. 

Meade Co beat Prestons' Wildcat team last year but John Hardin got the better of Meade Co. The 2 biggest questions are:

1: Can Meade pick up where they ended last season ?

2. How will John Hardin look adapting to a new Offense with such little practice time?

Etown 28

Central Hardin 17

Frederick Douglass 42

North Hardin 14

Meade County Greenwave

2019 record 4-8

Returning starters 

Offense 7

Defense 7

In 2019 the young Greenwave started their season winning its 1st 2 games, beating defending state champion Franklin-Simpson in the opener and P.R.P. in game 2. Junior RB Austin Oppel led the Wave in those 2 victories totaling almost 500 yards rushing in the 1st 2 victories. After losing their QB for the season in game 4,  Meade went through 5 different quarterbacks but never really got the production needed to have success versus one of the tougher 6A schedules. On top of that,  Meade lost  Oppel for almost 4 full games to injury. Towards the end of the season Meade started to play its best football. The Wave defeated beat Barren County 42-12 ending a 6 game losing streak. Oppel made his return from Injury  vs 3A powerhouse Desales and was key in upsetting the Colts. In their playoff game vs Top 5 Central Hardin the Greenwave battled as Senior Trent Mofield found Junior JJ Richardson twice in the endzone for touchdowns and junior Austin Oppel rushed for 162 yards. The Greenwave would eventually come up short, losing 42-30.

Meade showed promise in the last 2 games and with 14 starters returning, the folks in Death Valley are excited to see what this strong senior class can do.

Key returners on Offense- RB Austin Oppel (1,035 yards in 7 games)  WR JJ Richardson (28 catches 238 yds 3 Td's)  RB JT Godsey (6 yards per carry)

Key returners on Defense- CB JJ Richardson (45 tackles 5 interceptions) S Kyle Parker  LB Bryant Rhodes (5-11 210lbs)

The Greenwave look to field their strongest team since 2014 when the Wave went 11-3 and lost to Trinity in the 6A State semifinal. The Greenwave have 2 of the more talented players in 6A football in Seniors Austin Oppel and JJ Richardson. Oppel, who played his sophomore year in Indiana totaled 1,500 yards and 18 td's that year and was well on his way last year before an injury forced him to miss 4 games. He's as talented as they come. The tall, lanky Richardson is a 2 way player who makes highlight catches on offense but is a tall, lockdown corner on defense. Just as important as these 2 is the returners they have on the offensive line. Seniors Cole Knoop (6-3 270), Marshall Jackson (6-6 250), Eli Ridgeway (6' 250) are returning starters who have good size and lots of experience. This should be the best offense the Greenwave have had in years. Also look out for another senior, JT Godsey (5-11 220) and junior Levi Stull to help Oppel out in the run game. The key to the season in my eyes is if junior QB Kyle Parker can take the experience he got last year and make enough throws to keep teams honest, considering most will focus on stopping Oppel. Parker, last years Area Sophomore of the year is a super smart, super tough kid so my guess is that he will. 

I could be totally wrong but I think Frederick Douglass wins that game comfortably. 

I actually think our 2 of our easiest games were canceled (PRP and Franklin Simpson). Apollo will be really good this year. I think Louisville Central will be down but they always have a good team regardless. This years schedule will be much more manageable for Meade compared with last year when Central Hardin and North Hardin had some of their best teams ever. Plus Desales and Etown were REALLY good. 

Butler and PRP will both be down. I'm not sure what North Bullitt and Eastern will have but not real strong historically. The other 3 games will be tough though.

14 hours ago, Hearsay said:

They're loaded. At least 5 players being looked at D1. A couple of them work out over here in Bardstown.

Yeah I've coached Lavell and coached against North the last 4 years. They havea lot of talent. I just think that a good defensive line changes EVERYTHING. And they weren't good last year, they were great. 

North will be really good again this season but after losing that line I expect to see them back to earth a little bit this year. That was the best defensive line I've seen in person in years last year. And we played Desales who had all 4 defensive lineman get scholarships to play college football last year.

My son will be a Senior this season. He's played youth, travel and school football since he was 6 years old. There is NOTHING like playing under the lights your senior year. I'm so thankful that there's now a very good chance he gets to play. ❤️🏈❤️

They have Northington, Townsend and another kid that I can't think of his name who are all studs.

QB is the question. I think Darian Wilson will probably end up being the starter. In that offense they don't throw the ball much anyway.

17 minutes ago, Tigerpride94 said:

They return a lot of starters but don’t return QB so will have to see at that position. They also have players that go both ways which makes it little tougher against St.X and Male. I expect them to be better than last year.

Manuals' defense will be really good again this year. Their defensive backfield will be tops in the Louisville area with Bryce Yates, Blakey and D. Brown. All 3 will play college ball. Running game is strong and deep as well.

On 8/11/2020 at 3:11 AM, ImJustHere said:

That’s a good question, that I’d have to look into more. I’d say neither of those schools are better than Somerset, but Paintsville would be closer to those two than Somerset if I had to guess. My point was more so the fact that they didn’t look for other 2A or even 1A schools nearby that would be walks in the park to just fill the schedule. 

I'm close to the Meade program so I can speak a little about their team this season. Meade started off slow last year adjusting to a new system and went through 5 different starting Qb's. By the end of the season they were playing like a fringe top 10 6A team. They lost one of the better RB's in KY due to injury (Austin Oppel) for 4 games. Once he came back they beat Desales and played Central Hardin close in their playoff game. Meade returns 18 of 22 players from last season including all district RB Austin Oppel (7 yards per attempt, 12TD's in just 7 games) and All district offense and defense RB/CB JJ Richardson (5 int's). They also return 4 of 5 starting offensive lineman. Considering they beat the best 3A team last season, I'd say they are at least on par with any 1,2,3,4 A team.

I can confirm everything Nate posted.

That may one of the deepest backfields in the SEC so I'm not sure. I hope he redshirts but I know he doesn't want to.

Lavell commits to Kentucky!!!

Central Hardin lost a TON of talent. I'd assume they will fall off a bit.

Meade County returns just about their whole team.

North Hardin lost their Defensive Line and a few play makers but also return a bunch of talent.