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Game is at Franklin.

Webster had 1 sack in the game. He set the Caldwell career sack record with 16.

Heads Caldwell County. Tails Trigg County. Too many question marks in this game. Is Trigg's defense that good or has it played some offensively challenged teams so far? Has Caldwell's offense struggled the last two weeks or has it faced better defenses? I'm not sure I can really tell at this point. This is a big rivalry game, although not too many people outside of Caldwell and Trigg counties seem to realize that. Even though this is no longer a district game, it still means a lot to both sides. I'd probably give Trigg a slight advantage because of the Wildcats' quickness and playing at home. But Caldwell has some playmakers as well. Should be an interesting contest.

Maybe the Crittenden kids are just accustomed to earlier bed times.

Too close to call, so I'll take the Wildcats at home.

Union took away receiver Tez Sivils and Caldwell's passing game struggled some, but the Tigers still made some big plays that were the difference. When two of your top offensive weapons are freshmen you're play is going to be spotty, but both the QB and RB are plenty talented. Caldwell's defense still gave up 369 yards, but only allowed a pair of second-half TDs. Union only had 90 yards rushing, but was able to make some plays in the air. Still plenty of room for Caldwell's D to improve, but a lot better than the 62 points allowed last week. Now they're only allowing 37 a game!

My prediction? PAIN. This looks like a college "money" game. But I don't think Webster Schools pay for their sports teams travels, so I guess you have to raise money some way if you want to get to all your games.

Not to completely change the subject, but I wonder how much of Crittenden's current schedule is out of necessity instead of by "first choice." Did Crittenden want to test itself against Madisonville and Tilghman and call those schools up, or did the best available open dates just happen to coincide with those schools? I really don't know in Crittenden's current case, but I know of several schools (OK, smaller schools) that wound up scheduling people they otherwise probably would not have, but had to because those were the only schools relatively close that had matching open dates. That gets back to the aforementioned scheduling grid, not to mention small districts that mean most schools have to find 6-7 non-district opponents where in the past they only had to find maybe 3-4 because they would have played 6-7 district games. If you're a small school, and the other small schools in your area have no openings on their schedule, there's not much option but to either schedule up or not have a full schedule. That sometimes leads to strange matchups and, in at least one case that I know of, two schools playing each other twice this year. I think that's some of the fallout from going to six classes, which I'm not a fan of but seems like it's here to stay. It just seemed like a lot of schools had trouble putting together their schedules this year.

I'm pretty sure Barrett Croslin is a grandson of Ken Barrett, longtime Russellville (and several others) coach.

Not if you're Caldwell's boys basketball team.

I saw the same thing happen a couple of years ago in a playoff game. So, basically, if you have the lead at any point in the second half, just keep on taking delay of game penalties until the end of the game and you'll go home a winner.

I think Caldwell basically had the game won when they got to 73, but what's one more score in an 80-62 game? I don't think either team had a very good defensive game plan. Then again, the offenses played pretty good. I was really surprised Caldwell looked that crisp with a freshman QB and freshmen RB. However, those kids aren't your typical looking freshmen.

Actually, Caldwell's guard got 28 points (four touchdowns and two 2-point conversions). It's other guard passed for 526 and 6 scores, and some kid who just plays football (I think) ran for 288 and scored 8 TDs.

Keep preaching, Scribe!

Amen! It's only fair that some teams should have tougher roads than others.

All of them! Seriously though, no all-state team will ever be perfect. Thankfully, there are several all-state teams and hopefully all the kids that deserve some recognition will be on at least one of them. Besides, even if you watched EVERY game, it would still be difficult (almost impossible) to compare a kid in Louisville, who plays mostly against other Louisville schools, and a kid from, say, western Kentucky, who basically just plays against other teams from western Kentucky. I think BGP puts more effort into their all-state team than anyone else and I appreciate that. But there's always going to be at least one more player that coulda/shoulda been on the team.

So you're saying some like to have their cake and eat it too? I tend to agree. BTW, I don't like having six classes for football. I always thought four was perfect. But things aren't going to change. I expect we'll see seven or eight classes before we ever go back to just four, so we might as well just get used to it. Besides, there's no such thing as too much football (even if some of the games are lopsided).

Hancock dominated this game early. The Hornets had 297 yards at halftime to just 129 for Caldwell, but the Tigers were down just 21-15, thanks in large part to a 77-yard fumble return TD. Hancock then had a chance to add to its lead in the third quarter with a 4th down play coming up from about a foot away from the goal line. However, in one of the craziest turning points I've ever seen to a football game, one of the Hancock linemen complained about the spot on third down (thinking the Hornets had crossed the goal line) and called one of the refs a name.:eek: Needless to say, he got penalized 15 yards. So instead of 4th and a foot, it's 4th and goal outside the 15. Caldwell intercepted on the next play, eventually went down and scored to take the lead and led the rest of the way. Hancock had three players rush for over 100 yards (Luke Case 162, Chance Hamilton 133 and Dylan Hubbard 127) and outgained Caldwell 457-371. But the Hornets were done in by four turnovers and one lineman who couldn't keep his mouth shut. Brandon Sigler ran for 118 yards and 3 TDs for Caldwell. Blake Hodges completed 18 of 26 passes for 224 and two scores for Caldwell. Caldwell played well for most of the second quarter and the second half, but Hancock had a chance to put the game away early. Definitely a nice win for Caldwell, but the Hancock people still have to be shaking their heads over this one.

In my crystal ball, I see a running clock. Seriously, Lone Oak can probably name its score in this one. I'm not sure what happened with Heath's program, but it sure doesn't produce the football players it once did.

Caldwell may be without two of its top defensive players. Unless something strange happens, like last year's deluge, I think Mayfield wins this one while Caldwell tries to get healthy for the playoffs.

He had 27 carries Friday, which is about 10 more than usual. But he only had one reception and he usually catches 6-7 short passes a game. Caldwell basically rode Sigler in the second half, with most of his big runs coming up the middle.

Caldwell's Brandon Sigler set a school record with 329 yards rushing. Sigler ran for three touchdowns, including an 89-yarder in the third quarter after Reidland had closed to within 23-19. Sigler ran for 260 yards in the second half.

Holy Cow! Congrats OCath.

Murray looks to be a little better, but I'm not completely sold on their ranking just yet. Caldwell could spring the upset, especially if its defense continues to force timely turnovers (Caldwell is plus-11, 17-6, in turnovers this season and has 8 defensive touchdowns). On the other hand, Murray's size up front is not really a good matchup for Caldwell, which tries to get by on quickness and athleticism. Murray should dominate time of possession and limit Caldwell's possessions. I'd probably have to take Murray in a close one.

I don't see any way Hopkins Central ever stops Lone Oak. The Flash should score at will. Caldwell, which was blasted by Lone Oak, had Hopkins Central down big before the Storm resulted in thuggery to try to get back in the game and knock out Caldwell's best players. The cheap shot on Caldwell's Brandon Sigler late in the game was despicable. Hopefully, the Storm head coach or whoever is in charge over there has put a stop to that nonsense. Lone Oak has Jack Haskins. Hopkins Central....???? Lone Oak wins big.