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The Dragons lost a really good senior class and so many important pieces from this past season. The loss of Kelson McKinney, Julian Seymour along with Linemen Kolton Milby and Carson Scott are tough spots to fill. The Dragons also lost some very solid guys at receiver and defensive back. With all that said, the talent pool isn’t empty. The Dragons return some major pieces as well, QB Houston Hodges returns along with RB Gage Bale and Massiah Shively. The Dragons also return 3 offensive linemen and some talented freshman and sophomores who will contribute early and often this season. Defensively the Dragons look to be undertaking a major rebuild. The Dragons lost a ton, with only 3-4 returning starters. A bunch of young guys will be expected to step in and play a ton of minutes and make a ton of tackle's. This season could be the Dragons taking some lumps early but getting better as the year goes along. I’m not sure the Dragons are able to win the district this season, but they should be very competitive and get better every week.

This isn’t a bad loss as in they played a very solid team, but this a game that the Dragons let get away, this is actually back to back games the Dragons blew leads in the last few minutes. Once the Dragons figure out how to close out games, they will be dangerous.

Congrats to this young man. It was a great shot, even if it was against my Dragons. Mason County is a very solid team. They are going to be a tough out for anyone they play. My Dragons have really started to put it together, even with a 1-3 start, they haven’t been in a game yet where they didn’t have a chance to win, against some solid competition at that. I wouldn’t want to play them later in the year, they won’t be an easy out for anyone in the fifth region.

I feel some are being pretty harsh here, Barren isn’t a bad job. They have great facilities and the area has legitimate talent. Plus they return some nice players from last year. If they are able to land a solid coach, they could keep building the team. I also do feel Coach Muse was doing a solid job and they had really made some solid gains under him recently. Knowing that, it seems there would be more to this than just wins and losses. Either way, I wish Barren County well.

Campbellsville with the answer. Forbis with a big receiving TD from Eastridge. 28-21 Pikeville

Couldn’t have scripted a better start for the Raiders. Let’s see how Bell responds.

This one is tough on me, I truly appreciate what both programs do and how they play, these two have to be my favorite teams that don’t wear the green and gold. I like to go with the underdog, so give me the Devils 28-27. Good luck to both and hope both stay healthy.

I don’t really believe in comparing scores like this, but Hart beat Campbellsville, who beat somerset, who beat Shelby Valley like a drum, who beat Lawrence County, who just took Rock to the brink of a loss just two weeks ago. If we are to compare scores like that, I’d say Hart Is a better team than Rock. With all that said, I don’t think comparing scores like that works out at all, as I think every game involves individual matchups, and I think this one should be a dandy. Here’s to hoping Hart keeps it going all the way to the title game. What an awesome story that would be.

I’m going Lexington Catholic, I think they pull this one out. This will be a battle, and both are great teams. Good luck to both teams and hope both stay healthy.

I’ve seen LCA, and Mayfield in person this year, and Owensboro Catholic is every bit as good as both. I’ll be honest, I knew Catholic was very good, but they are even better than I expected. I’m going out on a limb here, but I’m going with Catholic as the state champions, they impressed me that much. Super good football team.

Congrats to the Raiders. What an amazing year for them. They have a legitimate shot of making the state title game next week. I can’t imagine the crowd that will be assembled in Hart County next week.

I’ve watched just about every Campbellsville game this year, and they haven’t been called for maybe 5 penalties a game in average. I don’t know what’s going on with this game for the eagles, or If this crew is flag happy, but it’s been ugly in that department all night.

I would have to agree. I’m not sure the Dragons didn’t just play the state champions.

This is just a mismatch. The Dragons don’t have the guys on the outside to run with the Catholic guys. This is as good an offense as I have seen in 2A. Catholic is gonna be a problem for anyone they play on offense. I could see them winning it all, they are that good.

This is shaping up exactly how I thought it would need to for NCC to stay close all night. If they have success running the ball, I think they can win this ball game.

Hampton needs 20 plus touches a game. He’s just insanely electric with the ball in his hands.

I’m not so certain they would have killed Hart, and I am certain they wouldn’t have killed Taylor. Green played Hart extremely close, with chances to tie the game multiple times, but credit to Hart, they responded and made plays when needed to stop drives and cause turnovers. The Taylor game is the worst game I’ve seen the dragons play since coach Phelps arrived, that’s easily the worst they could have played. With that said, credit Taylor, they came to play and smashed the Dragons in every aspect. I’m not ignorant to the fact the Dragons have a big up hill battle, but they aren’t a terrible team, and with some luck and a few bounces going there way, could keep this game semi competitive. Either way, I wish both teams luck and hope both stay healthy.

NCC needs to pound the football right at Campbellsville. If they have a weakness, it’s having a smaller defensive and offensive line. That’s because athletically, not many teams are going to out athlete Campbellsville, but since they are smaller up front, a big strong offensive line can lay on them for 3-5 yards a carry, especially once you have worn them down some. Now all that sounds easy enough, but this Campbellsville linebacking core and secondary are fast, and get to the football in a hurry, and bring the wood when they hit you. I expect Campbellsville to win this game, but think NCC has a shot if they play keep away and control the football. Give me Campbellsville 35-21.

The penalty flag hits the young man in the center of his face-mask and lodges into his Helmet, he’s attempting to make a tackle on the edge of the sideline, both players running wide open with all there momentum which leads them into the Metcalfe bench area, neither player goes down at this point. The Metcalfe player and the Dragon player both smash into the water machine on the sideline, the Dragon player walks away and is pushed and shoved multiple times by Metcalfe County players and no flag is thrown, he also doesn’t retaliate to anything done on the sideline and walks away, If they wanted to call a late hit so be it, but nothing about the play warranted an ejection, to include the fact the young man was just smacked in the face with a flag that’s lodged into his face mask and obscured his view. The play is easy to find on the live film and it clearly shows everything I just mentioned above. I’m not a fan who harps on officials, but this was clearly the wrong call in every way possible.

The Dragons make the trip to Owensboro Catholic this Friday night, in what could be a long night for the Dragons. The Dragons hope to contain the high flying passing attack of Catholic and control the line of scrimmage and work the clock and control the football, but that’s an easier said than done task. The Dragons face an uphill battle in this one, but hope to catch lightning in a bottle and shock the state, in what would be a huge upset. What’s your thoughts on this one?

They haven’t. Last year they won their first ever playoff game and this year they won the first ever district title and will be playing in the regional final for the first time ever. I hope they are able to pull it off against Union, but that’s gonna be a tough game as well.

Campbellsville just keeps on pummeling people. Holy Cross isn’t a bad team and Campbellsville dominated them from the start. Campbellsville now gets a battle tested NCC next week at home, in what I expect to be a solid ball game.

The Dragons defeat Metcalfe County to move into the third round. The Dragons didn’t play great, and Lost the heart of the team in Julian Seymour in the first quarter on a terrible flag, where the officials threw the young man out of the game, which I leave alone for now, but battled back and took the win anyways. The Dragons will travel to Owensboro Catholic next week, in what looks to be a tough tough matchup. Hopefully Julian is able to play next week after a review of the penalty, which obviously was a missed call and a bad one at that. He is the secondary leader and the leading rusher on the year for the dragons, and they will need him if they want to have any chance of pulling the upset next week.

Metcalfe kicked a 28 yard field goal with 3 seconds to go to tie the game and force overtime. Metcalfe scores on the opening sequence of plays in overtime off a tipped pass, and picked off a pass from Washington County on second down to secure the win.

Glasgow has outscored McLean County 24-0 this third quarter. Talk about dominating a quarter of football.