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But where is Highlands in the preseason top 30 countdown?

55 minutes ago, BBN_34 said:

Still think Beechwood would beat Trinity?

Nope.

9 minutes ago, theguru said:

Thank you for the additional and for putting so much effort into Kentucky High School Football. @teeroy

Your welcome!

19 hours ago, NKYPrepSportsFan said:

I guess we will find out early if Highlands is for real this year.  They get to play #11 in week 1, #29 in week 4, and #22 in week 5.  
They also play a much improved and dangerous (especially offensively) 6A Simon Kenton team in week 2. 

Yes if Highlands has a good start to the season they will move into the rankings easily.  Teams that just missed the top 30 included Highlands, Cov Cath, Owensboro Cath, Bullitt East and a few others.  None of those 4 finished in top 25 last year.  Had Highlands got Robinson they would have been preseason top 30 but my sources were telling me Beechwood was the likely spot at the time.  Cov Cath lost so much including I believe Mason to transfer, had he stayed they would have been in to 30.

I will miss KY High School scoreboard show on Friday nights for sure.  Sad to see it go.  Will try to do the Twitter Space tonight for a few minutes to see how it goes.  Going to be a learning experience with the technology.

9 minutes ago, Unrivaled97 said:

And I think that's a completely fair and valid assessment/statement.  You do have to prove it on the field not on the message boards.  Based on the 1st 2 scrimmages, I like where Bullitt East is, starting the year off.  Does that mean that the other 2 programs aren't as strong as they typically are or does that mean that Bullitt East is looking at that type of year.  Only time will tell.  The most important thing is how the year ends.

Agree.

On 8/10/2022 at 3:36 PM, Unrivaled97 said:

Here’s what I’ll say about Bullitt East with 100% confidence, if South Warren is top 11, so to is Bullitt East.  Take that for what you want.  A lot of work to still be done, but the team has talent in bunches.

Maybe so but last year BE lost twice to unranked teams and only played 2 games against ranked teams, both blowout losses to nationally ranked Male.  This year they only play one preseason ranked team again and that's Male late in the season so will kind of hard to know until they play a really good team.  I do expect them to improve from last yar and could easily make their way up the rankings but will need to beat some good competition to do so, or beat mediocre competition handily.

6 minutes ago, BlueRaider said:

It has typically been the same sister districts each year. What changes the teams within the district is the redistricting process that happens when the KHSAA reclassifies schools. So you will see a difference within the districts next season since the KHSAA is set to reclassify this upcoming offseason. 

Is Douglass finally moving up to 6A?  I'm wondering what happens with Great Crossing, FD, and Scott County.

Team #1 is St. X!  

https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/ksrs-2022-high-school-football-season-preview/

Will it be the same sister districts every year or will it rotate?

13 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

That is probably true but I would also say that 21 FD was better than 20 FD as well.

FD 20 vs FD 21 I"m not sure who would win.  '20 had co-MR Football Burton and also Crowdus.

Team #2 is Boyle County!

Check back tomorrow for #1!

6 hours ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

I just throw this out on this discussion of different classes. In 2019 Frederick Douglass finished 14-1 and lost by only 1 score 14-7 to a very, very good Cov. Cath. team that year they scrimmaged 6A Trinity at home and lost by a score of either 41 or 42 to 7 and it was not even close. That Trinity team did win the 6A title but did lose a regular season game to Male.

One other example in 2020 Douglass played LCA and running clocked them with LCA scoring on the final seconds of the game to make the final 40-6 Douglass. LCA went on and lost in the 2A State title game to Beechwood 24-23 in OT.

LCA Douglass would have been much closer last year, probably a coin flip. LCA beat Boyle on the road without their QB, and did you see what Boyle did to Douglass?

2020 was a blowout though, LCA had Burton, Crowdus etc. LCA 21 was better than 20.

6 hours ago, Unrivaled97 said:

But that same Trinity team did turn around 5 weeks later and beat that same Ballard team 40-0 so there's that.  Does that mean that Trinity would have beaten Beechwood by 3-4 touchdowns 5 weeks later?  In most years, Beechwood wouldn't have a shot to beat Trinity, but last year in a 1 off game, it's possible, but wouldn't happen consistently.

Depends on which Trinity team showed up, they were inconsistent last year. High highs and low lows (by their standards.)

8 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Over the years, I agree. We are only talking about 2021 and that sub-par Trinity team. St. X lost to DeSales and Bowling Green just 3 or 4 years ago. Male lost to Eastern a few years ago. 

Absolutely.

Although 1 was a covid cancellation win over Belfry, thought I still think LCA would have won.  They do play Belfry again this year.

LCA played a more brutal schedule last year than the majority of 6A team played.  They beat 3 of the 6 state champs and lost to another by 2 points.  They beat 6A semifinalist and beat another 6A team 58-0.

20 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

Absolutely no shot it’s that close. Interesting to discuss, though. 

If Beechwood/LCA were in 6A last year they would have finished top 4-5 in 6A, ahead of Madison Central, who finished 4th in 6A rankings.  Trinity would have finished no higher than 3rd.  So if Trinity is 3 and Beechwood LCA would have been 4/5 in 6A how would it not be a close game?

LCA beat Madison Central who finished 4th in 6A.  LCA beath Boyle without their QB on the road. 

Beechwood went undefeated and beat LCA.

Team #3 is Frederick Douglass!

30. Central

29. Raceland

28. Logan County

27. Lexington Catholic

26. Belfry

25. Pulaski County

24. PRP

23. Bowling Green

22. Ryle

21. Southwestern

20. Bryan Station

19. Paducah Tilghman

18. Mayfield

17. Corbin

16. CAL

15. DuPont Manual

14. Franklin County

13. Pikeville

12. Madison Central

11. South Warren

10. Woodford County

9. Johnson Central

8. Owensboro

7. Trinity
6. LCA

5. Beechwood

4. Male

3. Frederick Douglass

2. ?

1. ?

10 hours ago, The Rebel of Knights said:

Having Boyle in the top 10 this year, let alone the top 5 is a stretch.  Offensive lineman injured, new QB.  Just don't see it.  

How many key offensive lineman are hurt and how serious are the injuries?

Team #4 is Male!
 

https://www.premierhighschoolsports.com/post/howell-rankings-countdown-ky-high-school-football-team-4-male

Boyle was better than Trinity last year and LCA beat Boyle without LCA’s QB and LCA only lost 1 time last year and that was to 15-0 Beechwood.

5 hours ago, BBN_34 said:

With all due respect it’s really tough for me to believe Beechwood would beat Trinity.

I wish they would play each other. Last year we got2A Beechwood vs 5A Cov Cath and 2A LCA vs Boyle, and LCA vs 6A semifinalist Madison Central. This year we get LCA vs Madison Central to start the year.

Team #5 is Beechwood!

Too high, too low, or about right? Is Beechwood the best team in northern Kentucky?

Check back tomorrow for #4!

https://www.premierhighschoolsports.com/post/howell-rankings-countdown-ky-high-school-football-team-5-beechwood

Team #6 is Lexington Christian Academy!

Check back tomorrow for #5!