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With one week of playoff match ups in the books, we'll (hopefully) start seeing more competitive games going forward for the remainder of the playoffs. No big upsets across the state, as was expected, and the same was true right here in our region. Just in the Louisville Power Rankings, the teams won by an average margin of 48-3. This week, we'll have two games that pit teams in our rankings against each other, Saint Xavier versus Butler and Male versus North Hardin. Four teams will be on the road this week. 1. 6A Saint Xavier (8-3) - Last Week: Defeated 6A Ohio County 68-0. This Week: Home vs. 6A Butler (8-3) 2. 6A Male (10-1) - Last Week: Defeated 6A Meade County 36-0. This Week: Away vs. 6A North Hardin (8-3) 3. 2A Christian Academy - Louisville (11-0) - Last Week: Defeated 2A Covington Holy Cross 62-0. This Week: Home vs. 2A Lloyd Memorial (7-4) 4. 2A DeSales (10-1) - Last Week: Defeated 2A Newport 49-6. This Week: Away vs. 2A Newport Central Catholic (5-6) 5. 6A Butler (8-3) - Last Week: Defeated 6A Central Hardin 33-8. This Week: Away vs. 6A Saint Xavier (8-3) 6. 5A South Oldham (10-1) - Last Week: Defeated 5A Fairdale 64-7. This Week: Home vs. 5A Bullitt Central (7-4) 7. 5A Oldham County (10-1) - Last Week: Defeated 5A Doss 50-14. This Week: Away vs. 5A Fern Creek (7-4) 8. 6A Trinity (5-6) - Last Week: Defeated 6A Muhlenberg County 69-0. This Week: Home vs. 6A Henderson County (7-4) 9. 4A Moore (10-1) - Last Week: Defeated 4A West Jessamine 41-0. This Week: Home vs. 4A Mercer County (5-6) 10. 6A North Hardin (8-3) - Last Week: Defeated 6A Manual 14-0. This Week: Home vs. 6A Male (10-1) Top Performers QB Garrett Dennis, Male: 16/25 240 yards 3TD/1INT QB Clayton Masters, CAL: 4/4 141 yards 3 TD RB Antione Johnson, DeSales: 9 carries 80 yards 3 TD QB Chaz Burks, Butler: 10/19 272 yards 4TD DB Jacob Ratliff, Oldham County: 9 total tackles, 1.5 TFL, 47 yard punt return TD Game of the Week: 6A Saint Xavier vs. 6A Butler (Part 2) The Tigers won the first matchup between these two teams 14-6. Unlike three weeks ago, this game will be at St. X in front of a large Tiger home crowd. Will Butler be able to produce more points this time around? Will X's defense dominate? Who moves on in the 6A playoffs?

Round 2 of the playoffs was an abysmal round for the Lexington/Central Kentucky Area as it was like Thanos came through and snapped his fingers and half of the teams disappeared. Mathematically it is actually more than half as 18 teams were alive last week and now there are only 7 teams remaining from the area still alive in the playoffs. How many will make it past this week? Let’s take a look and see who is left.......... The Sensational Seven: 1. Boyle County(3A) Boyle County remains alive and is headed to Belfry this weekend as they had little trouble with Lawrence County in their 42-8 victory last Friday. The Belfry game looks to be more challenging than the Lawrence County game and add in the fact that it is a road game and things will get interesting for the Rebels. Belfry is traditionally strong at home and that is taking nothing away from them being strong every year. They will bring a strong running game to the table but one area of concern for the Pirates has to be their defense. They gave up 51 points to Lexington Catholic last week and anyone who has been following this season closely will tell you that Boyle County definitely has a much better offense than Lexington Catholic. Boyle County also has a much better defense than Lexington Catholic so do not expect Belfry to put up 55 points for the second week in a row. If Belfry can’t stop Lexington Catholic from putting up 51 points I am intrigued to see their gameplan to stop Boyle County’s offense. If Boyle County can score 30 points then I guarantee their opponent won’t win the game. Trying to outscore Boyle County is a fatal mistake. I imagine that Coach Haywood is well aware of this and the gameplan to stop the Rebels will be unveiled Friday night at 7:00pm at Belfry. We’ll see if it works. 2. Scott County(6A) Scott County aka The School Up North emerged from their rematch with Frederick Douglass with a 28-27 victory. Unlike the first matchup Scott County was in this game from the start and led by the score of 20-7 at the half. Frederick Douglass came back and took a 21-20 lead at one point and Scott County answered with a score and successful 2 point conversion to make it 28-21. Frederick Douglass then went on to score but their 2 point conversion attempt failed and after one more possession Frederick Douglass was unable to convert a first down and that gave us the final score of 28-27 Scott County wins. Because Scott County was the 3 seed in their district they will have to travel once again. This time they head up north to Simon Kenton. They have some common opponents this season in Highlands, Henry Clay, Bryan Station and Campbell County. They share victories over all of those opponents except two, Highlands and Henry Clay. Scott County defeated Highlands 28-7 in a game that lasted one half and Simon Kenton lost to Highlands 38-9. Scott County was defeated by Henry Clay and Simon Kenton defeated Henry Clay but it is of note that Henry Clay has lost their starting QB for the season when they played Henry Clay so it was a markedly different team that defeated Scott County. None of these results will make much of a difference come Friday night as the team who executes the best will be moving on to Thanksgiving weekend. 3. Taylor County Taylor County used their strong running game and stout defense to deliver a 23-0 shutout to John Hardin last Friday night. Next up for Taylor County will be Moore and this game will be at Taylor County. Moore rolls into this game with the same 11-1 record that Taylor County has earned this season. Moore’s only loss came from Johnson Central and Taylor County’s only loss came from Campbellsville. The common opponents that they share lost to both teams in similar fashion so there is no point in trying to figure out the outcome looking at those scores. Moore looks to have played the tougher schedule but on Friday night none of that will matter as both of these teams look to continue their impressive seasons for at least one more week. 4. Franklin County Franklin County is alive and well in the playoffs after a 27-21 victory over Wayne County last Friday at Franklin County. They will travel down to Knox Central this weekend for a rematch of a previous game this season in which Franklin County won 42-20. The difference this time is that the game will be at Knox Central and it will be Franklin County doing the traveling this time. Nick Broyles was unstoppable last time these teams met and if Knox Central is unable to contain him this time then their season may come to an end. 5. Madison Central Madison Central swept their season matchups with Tates Creek as they defeated the Commodores 13-10. Madison Central will now host Conner this weekend and both teams boast a 9-3 record entering this game. Both teams will run the ball more than they will throw it so I imagine this could be a low scoring ball game with the team showing a better defense pulling out the victory. Either way, two teams not mentioned much amongst the greats of 6A will be playing for the right to be one of the final four teams left in the 6A playoffs. 6. Lexington Christian Lexington Christian traveled to Shelby Valley last week and came home with a 43-0 victory. Up next for them is a rematch against Somerset, a game they lost 35-0. That game was scoreless at the half but Somerset clearly took things to the next level in the second half of that game. How that affects Lexington Christian mentally remains to be seen. They will need to find a way to score and if they hope to win they will need to keep that Somerset offense off of the field as much as possible. It will likely be an uphill battle for sure but I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see this be a much better game than the previous one. 7. Frankfort Frankfort defeated Ludlow 60-42 last week and their prize for that victory is a matchup with two-time defending 1A state champion, Beechwood. Frankfort has had a good season and a victory against Beechwood would be the biggest upset of the week. Not saying it won’t happen but this is the textbook definition of an uphill battle. Final Overall Top Ten: 1. Boyle County 2. Scott County 3. Frederick Douglass 4. Anderson County 5. Lexington Catholic 6. Taylor County 7. Franklin County 8. Montgomery County 9. Madison Central 10. Lexington Christian Player of the Year Wandale Robinson-Western Hills

We all know the favorites from each class to win it all this year (Male for 6A, South Warren for 4A etc..) but what about some Sleepers? Potential teams that could make some noise in early December if they catch some opponents off-guard? I'll start off by saying John Hardin and Shelby County in class 4A, West Carter and Louisville Central in 3A are definitely some overlooked contenders to play in Bowling Green.

Never too early to start talking about college footballs next season. Who would you say TODAY are the four teams to make it to the playoffs next season?

Here are the results for this week's contest. As always, the results won't be final for 24 hours. All contestants should use that time to check their score for errors. After that time period has passed, the contest is final and the winner should use the following link to claim the prize of choice. If you think your score is incorrect, please send me a PM and I will look into your claim. Click here to claim your prize.......http://bluegrasspreps.com/new-member-introduction/contest-prizes-how-97436.html#post4817756 No tiebreaker was needed this week. The winner of the Kings of the Carpet Contest in Round 3 is: MHSCardinal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!----17 points True blue (and gold)-16 Iam4thCats-16 11hdcp-16 Jack of all Trades-15 DragonFire-15 BIG BLACK JACK-15 Fishhead-14 zebraman-14 MNCM-13 pirate1960-12 plantmanky-12 snakesnot_2000-11 TIGER1988-11 Rebel-11 NEERFAN-11 dmh115-11 mcpapa-10 ksowards-10 PigSkin Junkie-10 raiderbird-9 Mayfieldsprotsfan-9 PurplePride92-9 Watusi-9 Randy Parker-8 2 Humped Camel-8 BIGZIG-7 Ram-6 Lawnboy13-6 16thBball Fan-5

Here are the results for this week's contest. As always, the results won't be final for 24 hours. All contestants should use that time to check their score for errors. After that time period has passed, the contest is final and the winner should use the following link to claim the prize of choice. If you think your score is incorrect, please send me a PM and I will look into your claim. Click here to claim your prize Contest Prizes and how to claim your prize! (Updated 10-30-13) The first tiebreaker was needed to break the tie this week. The total points scored in the Covington Catholic/Johnson Central game was 56 points. The winner of the Kings of the Carpet Contest in Round 2 is: 11hdcp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (56 points tiebreaker score) BIGZIG-17 (58 points on tiebreaker) 2 Humped Camel-16 snakesnot_2000-13 ksowards-13 MNCM-12 Ram-12 zebraman-12 All State Baseball-12 Mayfieldsportsfan-12 TIGER1988-12 dmh115-12 Rebel-12 mcpapa-12 plantmanky-11 raiderbird-11 BIG BLACK JACK-11 Sports Fan1230-11 MHSCardinal-11 NEERFAN-11 Iam4thcats-11 Fishhead-10 Lawnboy13-10 Randy Parker-10 pirate1960-10 DragonFire-10 Watusi-10 PurplePride92-9 Jack of all Trades-9 PigSkin Junkie-9 Sawville Soldier-6 16thBballFan-4

We're proud to present the 2013 King of the Carpet Contest, sponsored by J & J SPORTS for all of your screen printing, embroidery and uniform needs. This is actually two contests in one. All you have to do is pick the winner of all ten games like you have been doing all year (seven 1pt games, two 3pt games of your choice, and one 5pt super game that we choose). In addition to the normal contest we will being keeping a cumulative total of points scored in the contest and the member with the most points after the state finals will win our grand prize. For the cumulative (King of the Carpet Contest) each game in round 1 of the playoffs is worth one point, in the second round each game will be worth two points ,third round each game will be worth three points,forth round (Semi-Finals week)each game will be worth five points and for the CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES the 1A game will be worth 5 points, the 3A game will be worth 10 points, the 4A game will be worth 15 points and the 2A game will be worth 20 points the 5A game will be worth 25 points and the 6A game will be worth 35 points . In other words, you pick the ten games like you have always done. For the Pick 10 contest you can get 18 possible points (because you have two 3pt games and one 5pt game). For the King of the Carpet Contest you can only get 20 possible points (because every game is worth 2 points this week). Just pick the ten games like you normally do and leave the scoring to us. A quality prize goes to the weekly winner. Please claim your weekly prize here. If you win the overall contest then you will win $100.00 courtesy of J & J SPORTS!!!! Second place will receive $50.00 and third place will receive $25.00. There will be TWO tiebreakers: (1) TOTAL POINTS scored in the 5pt Super Game and (2) Time of post. The deadline for all entries is 5 pm ET Friday. Here are the Round 1 games: Manual/Ballard is the 5 point Super Game Calloway County/Warren East Mercer County/Knox Central Elizabethtown/Bell County Corbin/Henry County Bardstown/Green County Somerset/Betsy Layne Shelby Valley/Danville Lewis County/Garrard County Eminence/Bellevue ============= Remember the format or your entry is void: 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Tiebreaker Good Luck! THIS THREAD IS FOR CONTEST ENTRIES ONLY!

We're proud to present the 2013 King of the Carpet Contest, sponsored by J & J SPORTS for all of your screen printing, embroidery and uniform needs. This is actually two contests in one. All you have to do is pick the winner of all ten games like you have been doing all year (seven 1pt games, two 3pt games of your choice, and one 5pt super game that we choose). In addition to the normal contest we will being keeping a cumulative total of points scored in the contest and the member with the most points after the state finals will win our grand prize. For the cumulative (King of the Carpet Contest) each game in round 1 of the playoffs is worth one point, in the second round each game will be worth two points ,third round each game will be worth three points,forth round (Semi-Finals week)each game will be worth five points and for the CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES the 1A game will be worth 5 points, the 3A game will be worth 10 points, the 4A game will be worth 15 points and the 2A game will be worth 20 points the 5A game will be worth 25 points and the 6A game will be worth 35 points . In other words, you pick the ten games like you have always done. For the Pick 10 contest you can get 18 possible points (because you have two 3pt games and one 5pt game). For the King of the Carpet Contest you can only get 20 possible points (because every game is worth 2 points this week). Just pick the ten games like you normally do and leave the scoring to us. A quality prize goes to the weekly winner. Please claim your weekly prize here. If you win the overall contest then you will win $100.00 courtesy of J & J SPORTS!!!! Second place will receive $50.00 and third place will receive $25.00. There will be TWO tiebreakers: (1) TOTAL POINTS scored in the 5pt Super Game and (2) Time of post. The deadline for all entries is 5 pm ET Friday. Here are the Round 2 games: Covington Catholic/Johnson Central is the 5 point Super Game South Oldham/Franklin County Conner/Anderson County Madison Southern/Harlan County Manual/Trinity St. Xavier/Male Simon Kenton/Dixie Heights Central/Bell County Corbin/Wayne County Somerset/Middlesboro ============= Remember the format or your entry is void: 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Tiebreaker Good Luck! THIS THREAD IS FOR CONTEST ENTRIES ONLY!

We're proud to present the 2013 King of the Carpet Contest, sponsored by J & J SPORTS for all of your screen printing, embroidery and uniform needs. This is actually two contests in one. All you have to do is pick the winner of all ten games like you have been doing all year (seven 1pt games, two 3pt games of your choice, and one 5pt super game that we choose). In addition to the normal contest we will being keeping a cumulative total of points scored in the contest and the member with the most points after the state finals will win our grand prize. For the cumulative (King of the Carpet Contest) each game in round 1 of the playoffs is worth one point, in the second round each game will be worth two points ,third round each game will be worth three points,forth round (Semi-Finals week)each game will be worth five points and for the CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES the 1A game will be worth 5 points, the 3A game will be worth 10 points, the 4A game will be worth 15 points and the 2A game will be worth 20 points the 5A game will be worth 25 points and the 6A game will be worth 35 points . In other words, you pick the ten games like you have always done. For the Pick 10 contest you can get 18 possible points (because you have two 3pt games and one 5pt game). For the King of the Carpet Contest you can only get 20 possible points (because every game is worth 2 points this week). Just pick the ten games like you normally do and leave the scoring to us. A quality prize goes to the weekly winner. Please claim your weekly prize here. If you win the overall contest then you will win $100.00 courtesy of J & J SPORTS!!!! Second place will receive $50.00 and third place will receive $25.00. There will be TWO tiebreakers: (1) TOTAL POINTS scored in the 5pt Super Game and (2) Time of post. The deadline for all entries is 5 pm ET Friday. Here are the Round 4 games: Scott County/Male is the 5 point Super Game Anderson County/Pulaski County Raceland/Williamsburg Butler/Meade County Newport Central Catholic/Somerset Wayne County/Paducah Tilghman Collins/Owensboro Mayfield/Frankfort DeSales/Murray Belfry/Bourbon County ============= Remember the format or your entry is void: 5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Tiebreaker Good Luck! THIS THREAD IS FOR CONTEST ENTRIES ONLY!

We're proud to present the 2013 King of the Carpet Contest, sponsored by J & J SPORTS for all of your screen printing, embroidery and uniform needs. This is actually two contests in one. All you have to do is pick the winner of all ten games like you have been doing all year (seven 1pt games, two 3pt games of your choice, and one 5pt super game that we choose). In addition to the normal contest we will being keeping a cumulative total of points scored in the contest and the member with the most points after the state finals will win our grand prize. For the cumulative (King of the Carpet Contest) each game in round 1 of the playoffs is worth one point, in the second round each game will be worth two points ,third round each game will be worth three points,forth round (Semi-Finals week)each game will be worth five points and for the CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES the 1A game will be worth 5 points, the 3A game will be worth 10 points, the 4A game will be worth 15 points and the 2A game will be worth 20 points the 5A game will be worth 25 points and the 6A game will be worth 35 points . In other words, you pick the ten games like you have always done. For the Pick 10 contest you can get 18 possible points (because you have two 3pt games and one 5pt game). For the King of the Carpet Contest you can only get 20 possible points (because every game is worth 2 points this week). Just pick the ten games like you normally do and leave the scoring to us. A quality prize goes to the weekly winner. Please claim your weekly prize here. If you win the overall contest then you will win $100.00 courtesy of J & J SPORTS!!!! Second place will receive $50.00 and third place will receive $25.00. There will be TWO tiebreakers: (1) TOTAL POINTS scored in the 30 pt 6A State Championship Game and (2) Time of post. The deadline for all entries is 5 pm ET Friday. Here are the State Championship games: 1A: Williamsburg/Mayfield---5 Point Game 2A: DeSales/Newport Central Catholic---20 Point Game 3A: Wayne County/Belfry---10 Point Game 4A: Highlands/Collins---15 Point Game 5A: Pulaski County/Bowling Green-25 Point Game 6A: Meade County/Scott County-30 Point Game ============= Remember the format or your entry is void: 1A: 2A: 3A: 4A: 5A: 6A: Tiebreaker Good Luck! THIS THREAD IS FOR CONTEST ENTRIES ONLY!

Here are the results for this week's contest. As always, the results won't be final for 24 hours. All contestants should use that time to check their score for errors. After that time period has passed, the contest is final and the winner should use the following link to claim the prize of choice. If you think your score is incorrect, please send me a PM and I will look into your claim. Click here to claim your prize.......http://bluegrasspreps.com/new-member-introduction/contest-prizes-how-97436.html#post4817756 No tiebreaker was needed this week. The winner of the Kings of the Carpet Contest in Round 4 is: DragonFire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!----17 points snakesnot_2000-15 Randy Parker-15 16thBball Fan-15 Ram-13 raiderbird-12 dmh115-11 BIG BLACK JACK-11 MHSCardinal-11 pirate1960-11 Fishhead-11 TIGER1988-11 Iam4thecats-11 Jack of all Trades-11 Mayfieldsportsfan-10 MNCM-10 Lawnboy13-10 BIGZIG-10 mcpapa-10 zebraman-10 PurplePride92-10 True blue (and gold)-10 ksowards-10 11hdcp-9 Rebel-9 NEERFAN-8 All State Baseball-7 plantmanky-6

The 9-1 Warren Central Dragons host the 3-6 Hopkinsville Tigers in a 2/3 matchup of the 5A playoffs. For Hopkinsville, it is their first playoff appearance since 2009 after suffering through a long winless streak that was snapped earlier this year. The Dragons have appeared in back to back region title games, losing both. As far as this season, the Tigers enter having lost their last two in contrast to Warren Central who won their last two after their lone setback to Bowling Green. The two teams share two common opponents on the year in Greenwood and Fort Campbell. Hopkinsville lost 45-17 to Greenwood at Trigg County and fell 57-35 to Fort Campbell at home. The Dragons knocked off Greenwood on the road 36-0 and gained a running clock at Fort Campbell 58-13. Everything points to a lopsided game. Though it looks like Warren Central will get the best of it this year, their series with Hopkinsville has been lopsided in the wrong direction. The Tigers lead the series 11-1, including 2-1 in the playoffs. Hopkinsville has won the last five by an average of 18 PPG, including an embarrassing playoff loss for Central in the 2002 second round at home where they gained only a single first down and a net of zero yards.