OCDad

@ColonelMikeare you sure kick off is at 7:30 with it being senior night?

MC played a great game. I was very impressed with their DLine. OC was out coached and out played. Good job MC

@thegurunext time come out we may have a packed house tonight! You can come to the tailgating events!

I am not a big fan of rankings at the high school level. I believe it is biased depending on the voter (except for BGP). For example the guy at the courier journal Frakes, he voted for OC last week but he might of been the only one because he covers them and OC hasn’t really played anyone outside of Louisville except Simon Kenton. To be completely honest I don’t know who all has a vote so I could just be making stuff up LOL. On to more important things. I really want to see how OC comes out. Are they looking forward to the Bryan Station game or are they mature enough to make sure they handle business this week. They shouldn’t be looking past this game after everything I have read MC is a solid team. The talk around here from the beginning of the season was Bryan Station though. OC had a solid running game last week with Young and Sheppard both over 130 yards. The defense made adjustments and shut out Eastern the second half. Can MC contain Young and if they do can The sophomore Sheppard put the running game on his back. MC will have a lot to try to stop with the receiving core of OC. I really wish I had all the stats. When @ColonelMike post he will have all the stats for us. Sophomore Justin Ruffin, Seniors Jacob Davis and Wes Alexander along with Junior Jax Elkins all have big play potential and have multiple touchdowns. Defensively OC is very aggressive and will give up points.

I looked on KHSAA And cannot find stats for Madison Central. Just like you won’t find Oldham County on there for some reason. How is Madison Central’s run defense? This is a very intriguing game. Do we really know how good either school is?

Let’s get this thread started early!

Thursday night football at Eastern!

@ColonelMikeglad you are great! thank you for the in depth look here. You now have me worried! LOL

I was waiting for @ColonelMike to post on this match up. He has been quiet I hope he is OK. For being such a big game, there is not a whole Lotta chatter going on. I believe South Oldham has won this game Ten years straight. I’m just gonna get right to the point and give you what I think will be OC’s keys to victory: Defensively OC needs to Shut down off tackle plays and push them to the outside and keep their wing back’s running east and west. I would not be surprised if the dragons come out and run some sort of trick play on their opening drive. offensively you need to win the battle up front of course, allow sophomore running back Caden Sheppard to wear down south’s d-line and linebackers, Which should allow the passing game to open up and for senior quarterback Sam Young to use his legs and keep the defense off balance. I expect sophomore slot Justin Ruffin senior wide receiver Jacob Davis to have big games. If this was not a rivalry game I would say 49-7 OC But since it is a rivalry game 28-21 OC

FC SCORES extra point blocked 39-13 OC 48 secs left in the game

10 yard touchdown run by Sam Young 39-7 OC 3:46 left in the game

Alexander scoop and score for 75 yards for OC 32-7 OC 2:40 left in the 3rd

QB sneak by Young touchdown 2 pt conversion no good 25-7 OC 4:43 left in the third

19-7 OC AT THE HALF

68 yard pass from Young to Davis for a Touchdown! extra point no good 19-7 OC

20 yard TD run by Sam Young extra point no good 13-7 OC

FC next play 70 yard touchdown 7-7 5:44 left in the first

FC 70 yard touchdown called back for a hold

Touchdown OC 4 yard run up the middle. 7-0 OC 8:13 left in the first

FC will receive

Great evening for high school football! light rainfall with 20 minutes until kickoff We are playing tonight due to the lack of officials last night. We are not shy of them in tonight’s game with 7.

I agree that they are on the cusp. I thought the modified practice with Ballard showed a lot about this OC team, along with the scrimmage with Ryle. OC went into half down by 7 I believe and had alot of momentum, then the storm came in and the other half was canceled. The Simon Kenton was a slow start for OC but came around and won. A slow start for the first 6 minutes of the Shelby county game then put everything together and won big. If OC fixes the slow starts then I could see them in the top 10. I am looking forward to Saturdays game against Fern Creek which is usually loaded with athlete’s. I am excited to see if sophomore running back Caden Sheppard can be the rushing leader for this game as well. The past 2 years seems like QB Sam Young had to be the rushing leader. If Sheppard can keep Young’s legs fresh we may see him (Young) rise to be one of the best QBs in the state this year, with big play makers like sophomore Justin Ruffin and Senior Jacob Davis catching the rock for Young. This OC line has some wrinkles to work out but I think they will be pretty good by the time the meet Bryan Station.