Unrivaled97

BE should be able to put up points on Fern Creek.  The question will be if Fern Creek can run the ball on BE.  If they can keep their offense balanced, this will be a close game.  If they have to rely on the passing game because BE shuts down their run, it’ll be a long night for Fern Creek.  Regardless, these two teams tend to play each other closely, so I’ll go with:

BE - 27

Fern Creek - 14

Southwestern

Shelby Valley

St. X

North Laurel

East Carter

Coach Nino White at Atherton is a great, young coach.  He gets the most out of what he has & players respond well to him.  He spent a lot of time working with the KY Future Stars as well.

2 hours ago, James Graham said:

"Best" is such a difficult definition in HS football these days because College "projection" does not always line up with just how good the kid is.  Plus, its really hard to compare across position groups.  Is Benke playing great?  Absolutely.  Could he be the Travis Egan of this year?  Looks like it.  Is he the "best" player in NKY?  I think he's in the conversation, but there are a handful of kids who can lay claim to that.  

Absolutely agree with 💯 of this!

2 hours ago, AgainstTheGrain said:

What about? Start a new thread to talk about them. Those two are great player and deserve their own thread.

Don’t have a dog in the fight, but the title kinda invites some others to refute that if they have a difference of opinion.  They mentioned Austin Alexander & Cam O’Hara. In a normal discussion, you then state why you believe Benke is the better player.  The floor is yours….

14 minutes ago, theguru said:

Thanks and these two teams are not even close and Roncalli looks decent. 

Roncalli defense simply can’t keep up with Male’s speed on offense.  The Roncalli offense is moving the ball with the run game, but Male will get 1 or 2 TFLs & put Roncalli’s offense in passing situations.  When you want to run the ball 80-90% of the time, having to rely on the pass is a recipe for disaster.

4 minutes ago, DevilMayCare said:

That's what I thought as well, but I've watched parts of several Male games this season and have yet to see him at center. 

He has played a little center, but not much.

Roncalli simply can’t cover the Male receivers.

Highlands

Glasgow

St. X (OH)

Boyd County

Woodford County

1 hour ago, Tigerpride94 said:

Yep, that stinks, but even if it was the playoff format from two years ago where the first 2 rounds were intra-district, 2 of those 4 top 25 teams still wouldn't make the quarterfinals.  I'm actually interested to see how the KHSAA does things when it gets to the 3rd round.  There are scenarios where Districts 1-4 could have 5 or 6 teams left in the quarterfinals and Districts 5-8 could have 2 or 3 teams left and vice-versa.  How would they do the quarterfinals then?

2 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Can you post the same for Trinity so we can compare them with this one?

Basically, you’re punished for playing ANY out of state competition.  You could play the #1 team from a state & win or play the worst team from a state & your opponent RPI for that game is .51060.  It’s something the KHSAA needs to learn how to tweak & has been since the inception of RPI.

38 minutes ago, The Oracle said:

Birds are gonna do what the Birds are gonna do.

Then I guess the Birds are gonna get what the Birds are gonna get 🤷‍♂️

On 9/25/2023 at 9:51 AM, Purple88 said:

I was too TBC!  So I went and looked at the info on the riherds KHSAA page and noticed 2 important starters for Manual didn't play.  SO RB Gerian Traynor, who had 160 yards rushing vs South Warren, who I know you know is a stingy rush defense and WR/S Aiden Blakey.  2 pretty important guys for Manual.

Manual had -15 yards rushing.  

Not to take away from a very talented CAL team, but just to balance the equation some.

No doubt that hurts Manual, plus not having Zeke Washburn, but they still scored 36 points, which to not have those players and still score that many is surprising.  However, what surprised me the most was them giving up 54.  I know CAL has a nice offense, but I would not have guessed that Manual would give up 54 points to them.

17 minutes ago, Devils Fan said:

Using Henderson as a measuring stick. Is it safe to say that OC is better than Mayfield at the moment?

 

They both beat Henderson County by double digits so I don’t think so necessarily.  I’ve never been a huge fan of common opponent scores unless it’s glaring.

Very sloppy game in the 2nd half.

Final:  Bullitt East 48. North Hardin 30.  Bullitt East had 4 turnovers….and I believe North Hardin doubled that.  😬

Touchdown East.  XP is good.  48-30 East with 2:42 left in 4th.

Touchdown NH.  XP no good.  41-30 East with 10:52 left in the 4th.  East is matching NH turnover-for-turnover.

End of 3rd quarter.  East up 41-24.  East driving with the ball on the NH 18.

Touchdown NH.  XP is no good.  34-18 East with 10 seconds left in 2nd.

Touchdown East.  XP is good.  34-12 East with 4:10 left in the 2nd.

Touchdown NH.  2PT conversion is no good.  27-12 BE with 4:41 left in 2nd.

Touchdown East.  XP is good.  27-6 East with 7:30 left in 2nd.

East with the squib kick.  East recovers.  1st and 10 East at the NH 31 YD line.  

Touchdown East.  XP is no good.  20-6 East with 8:12 left in 2nd.