Finkle Ray

I'd say in 5A Bowling Green and Cooper/Highlands are the paper favorites to be in it next year.

Other teams may return some talent here and there. But Cooper will have a battle tested and veteran squad returning. Not to mention their district looks again to be the toughest one to make it out of as the #1. I say whomever gets the #1 out of their district will be in the convo to win it all next season.

Precisely. The staff had them a game away from a state final. They also play in the toughest district in 5A. The Bluebirds will be fine moving forward.

This topic didn't take long to fire back up. Grab the popcorn.

Congrats to the Highlands Bluebirds on a great season. Best of luck to Cooper next week with a great opportunity to bring a title home for their community and NKY. Circle this one for next season in Fort Thomas!

Highlands was given a LOT of opportunities to win and couldn't. I guess Cooper didn’t send all the plays in on HUDL. Looked like Highlands was running in plays from the sideline, did Cooper steal their signs?

Precisely. Has done well on both sides of the ball. Benke benefits from having a really good offensive line. But Alexander is doing it at a high level on both sides of the ball.

Hats off to Highlands on a really good win. Some like to dump on Dixie but they did have a good competitive team. Just no answer for Highlands this year but competitive in all the other games. Burke and Co. has them trending in a good direction. Sad to see my boy play his last game and go out like that but I do think and feel that it was to a championship team. This district in hind sight was an absolute monster. Northern Kentucky football seems to be back on the map again. Three of the six trophies have a legit shot at making their way up North this season. Best of luck to the BlueBirds the rest of the way.

Thanks. This helps me understand where y'all are coming from. I am reading it as, kid gets a tackle, another gets credit for any help but not counting towards the total. Not sure what can the KHSAA do to un-muddy the waters around it. Leaves a lot up to interpretation I can see how it sparks a debate. Speaking of debate, back to this game... May be a different game but will most likely be the same outcome. But, my red colored lens says 30-21 Dixie.

I can't tell who is serious or not on this thread now. Dixie official stats say 55 tackles. Of course there were assists on those but 55 tackles, 71 plays or so, minus the scoring plays or kids running out of bounds. I am legit asking for help understanding how anyone reads the stats different.

Saw this a couple weeks ago on the news... Really cool concept.

A lot of deserving players didn't get selected. I actually agree with Aba being chosen. He wasn't just a role player. Kid played both ways and every game and was a force. While other players were good on one side of the ball or the other.

This isn't about last year. However, if the stars align the right way these 3rd and 1st place coaches can sort it out next week.

5 point game- Dixie 4 point game- Simon Kenton 3 point game- Bishop Brossart 2 point game- Greenwood 1 point game- Ballard

I disagree. Highlands was clearly in control of that game. Highlands inexplicably kept passing late instead of running the ball/clock out. Led to a late Cooper score. But that is fools gold to think the final score is any indication that Cooper had a chance. Now, if they meet again it could be a different game, Cooper does have a good team.