PoppaBear

Sounds like a good effort by Lex Cath .... but you have to start playing from the very first snap gentlemen! Now that you know you can do it, finish the season strong and get them in the post season.

Typical of the Lexington Catholic fan base, not much is on the record from their side during the pre-game banter to promote or add to the hype.... that being said, I will have to say that as long as Catholic does not get behind early (as they have done in several games this season), they will have a chance to compete. A key to a competive game is for the defense to not give up the big play early on - this is not the same defense as in the past several years, but they have good athletes that simply need to execute each and every play. Catholic can put up points in a short period of time, it is just a matter of the defense holding tough - play big and you will win. If only a touchdown separates the two teams at half-time, then Catholic wins. If LexCath is down by 2 touchdowns at half, it's Boyle's game.

Curious... was the interception by Collinsworth a 'good' interception, or a poorly thrown pass?

Still no updates?? Highlands must be scoring so often that there is no time to post a new score!

Keep it in under your skin Knights - remember how things went tonight, let it fester, play with wreckless abandon and make sure you explode during the rematch. The football field is a great place to exact sweet revenge.

As stated earlier - Bryan Station is the 5A team that I was referring to - they have quite a bit of talent this year and could likely beat any of the 6A teams in Lexington (at least this year) - I hope they can keep the momentum in 2009 as they move up to 6A

Not so sure if this was a 'quality' win, but it was a good win to have against what has become a nice rivalry. Let's face it, the Lex Cath faithful love to play (and beat) McKee! Five years in a row - gotta love it! Both programs are down a little bit this year, at least compared to where they were at this time last year, but with more game time experience Catholic will be hitting their stride soon enough. It's not how you play on the front side of the season, but what happens on the back side! Good things last night - the defense looked aggressive and played with some swagger. Special teams were also stellar and set up 10 points (should have been 14 points minus the procedure call inside the 5 yard line). The defense also recovered a fumble to give a short field that led to the sole offensive touchdown of the night for Catholic. Offense will need work on communications between QB and receivers, and the O-line will need to pick up the blitzes a little better. But all things considered with what is still a 'wet-behind-the-ears' team, there was a huge improvement since the Bishop Chatard warm up from last week. Keep it up Knights and listen to your coaches - they will bring you where you need to be.

I think it is definitely safe to say that 6A in Lexington is hurting this season - BIG TIME. Watch out for the sole Lexington 5A program though!

What a comeback by Holmes - I listened to the game which obviously isn't the same as being there, but a few things stuck out. It sounds like Lex Cath couldn't finish the shot inside the paint at times which I assume was good defense by Holmes and Lex Cath was also not consistently controlling the boards. Foul trouble for LC also was a problem, and free throw differece was a third factor that really stuck out while listening to the game. Holmes was aggressive getting to the line shooting 23 of 38 while Lex Cath was only 6 of 12 - that's a 17 point differential just from the line. I for one would like to see Holmes bring it hard to Mason County (or Shelby county) tonight - Play with that same energy against Miller and the rest of Mason County and you will bring a championship home to Covington.

Thanks for the recognition Silver Streaker, as it means something to these kids coming from a Highlands fan because the majority of you definitely know football (and cakes, too, and possibly you know something about Hudepohl and Weideman). Other than Winston Guy and Nic Vicini on defense, the Lex Cath defenders were similar to the 'no-name-defense' of the old Miami Dolphins. Just a bunch of guys who would go after it play after play, game after game (except for the last 15 minutes against Highlands once Coach Mueller found an area to exploit for that moment, and also against Deuce Finch in the St. X game!)

^ Probably a little give and take going on between the coaches, e.g., let me have my guy at this position, and I'll give you your guy at the other position - I saw the same thing you did. Strongopenyon, is there anybody not on the list that you would have liked to seen on it?

Link from Lexington Herald-Leader http://media.kentucky.com/smedia/2007/12/13/23/1214allcityfootball.source.prod_affiliate.79.PDF Total number of athletes on first or second team: Bryan Station 5 Dunbar 6 Henry Clay 9 Lafayette 8 Lexington Catholic 10 Lexington Christian 9 Tates Creek 5 Congrats to all athletes!

Great insight LBBC - where the children would go to school was a point of contention between my wife and I for several years - she went to private catholic schools, I grew up in public schools, and we would have 'discussions' where the kids would go once they started school. Along came KERA, and there was no more discussion, in 1995 we enrolled our oldest child into the local parish school. We were fortunate to have had a choice, and not everybody is that lucky to have an alternative school, but your insight rings true with many families that we know who opted out of the public school systems in the mid 1990s because of the unproven educational reforms.

Although I miss the excitement of recent years where the playoffs in the old 3A class were decided between Highlands, Cov Cath or Lex Cath, the one good thing I see with the current classification is that with Lex Cath in 4A and Highlands and Cov Cath in 5A that the regular season will hopefully see these teams play each other year after year. It was great to see Highlands and Lex Cath play in the regular season this year, and LC tried to schedule Cov Cath at one point for the first game of the season, but there was a scheduling conflict for Cov Cath. Maybe Coaches Mueller and Letton will keep the Highlands / LC game on the books and LC can bring Cov Cath into the mix, too.

I would usually agree that week 8 is about as over as it gets in the regular season - but at least for this year Lex Cath did a lot of growing after the Highlands game - especially towards getting Shane Israel 100% game healthy and integrating a full running attack with the passing game. By the time Lex Cath played Boyle the second time around, LC was a very different team on offense and even had improved on defense, too. By the way Sticky - I always enjoy the Highlands posts here on BG preps, but I especially enjoy yours and Leatherneck. I'm still hoping that in ten years or by the next generation, the community here in Lexington will become as rabid for high school football as northern Kentucky and Louisville. If we could only schedule match ups between privates and publics in Lexington, then the interest in high school football would definitely grow, and the level of play would improve also.