Top-Ranked St. X Wins Annual Grudge Match Against Trinity

by Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

If defending Kentucky 6-A champ Trinity has any solace from Saturday night's 32-7 whipping by arch-rival St. Xavier, it's in the fact that the Shamrocks had the same thing happen last year in the regular season before hoisting the most important trophy at the end of the year. Last year St. X demolished Trinity 30-6 in the regular season.

In fact, even though St. X has won five of the last six regular season games, it's been Trinity that has turned it around and won the four playoffs match-ups between the two since 2003.

According to the Courier-Journal, this wasn't really a perfect game for either of Kentucky top 6-A schools. St. X is now 5-1 this year, which Trinity suffers it's first loss to a Kentucky school and is 2-4.

Courier-Journal's 2009 Kentucky High School Football Preview

by Jeff Fisher
Kentucky High School Football Huddle

The Louisville Courier-Journal's 2009 Kentucky High School Football Preview is out. It's chock full of good stuff that everyone in the Bluegrass State needs on the eve of the season.

Pre-Season Kentucky High School Football Rankings

by Jeff Fisher
Kentucky High School Football Huddle
The regular season begins Friday and Saturday, and while this is 2009 and not 2008, coaches around the Bluegrass State don't think that much has changed as all six defending state champs were football #1 in the Pre-Season Coaches' Poll according to the Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com.

The big question is...can the Trinity Shamrocks match Boyle County as the ONLY Kentucky team to ever win five straight high school football titles? Boyle County did it from 1999-2003.

In 5A, Highlands is going after a three-peat, as is Fort Campbell in 2A and Beechwood in Class A.

Here are the rankings in all six classifications with 2008 records:

CLASS 6A
1. Trinity (14-1)
2. St. Xavier (12-1)
3. Simon Kenton (10-5)
4. Boone County (9-4):
5. Male (9-5)
6. Henry Clay (6-5)
7. Manual (10-3)
8. Scott County (10-3)
9. Lafayette (7-4)
10. Bryan Station (6-5)

CLASS 5A
1. Highlands (14-1)
2. Owensboro (11-2)
3. Christian County (13-2)
4. John Hardin (12-2)
5. Bowling Green (9-3)
6. Johnson Central (11-2)
7. Whitley County (12-2)
8. Anderson County (7-5)
9. Pulaski County (8-4)
10. Dixie Heights (4-7)

CLASS 4A
1. Bell County (15-0)
2. Boyle County (13-1)
3. Lexington Catholic (8-5)
4. Bullitt East (9-6)
5. Calloway County (11-3)
6. Knox Central (9-4)
7. Western (3-9)
8. Marion County (9-3)
9. Fairdale (6-5)
10. Rockcastle County (8-4)

CLASS 3A
1. Central (11-3)
2. Breathitt County (12-3)
3. Belfry (13-1)
4. Elizabethtown (10-3)
5. Mason County (9-3)
6. Sheldon Clark (10-3)
7. Union County (8-6)
8. Russell (7-5)
9. Paducah Tilghman (2-8)
10. Garrard County (4-7)

CLASS 2A
1. Fort Campbell (14-1)
2. Newport Cent. Catholic (13-2)
3. Corbin (13-1)
4. Danville (8-4)
5. DeSales (10-3)
6. Murray (8-4)
7. Prestonsburg (11-2)
8. Green County (10-3)
9. Bardstown (4-8)
10. Middlesboro (8-4)

CLASS A
1. Beechwood (14-1)
2. Lexington Christian (10-4)
3. Frankfort (11-2)
4. Mayfield (7-6)
5. Raceland (12-1)
6. Hazard (11-4)
7. Bellevue (7-4)
8. Williamsburg (10-2)
9. Lou. Holy Cross (7-5)
10. Pikeville (7-6)

Kentucky High School Football Scoreboard - 2nd Round Playoffs

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

John Hardin will get a shot at redemption next week when it faces Doss in the Kentucky 5-A high school football quarterfinals. The Bulldogs' (11-1) only loss this season was back on October 24th at the hands of Doss (10-2). John Hardin advanced to the Region 2 championship by beating Oldham County 43-23 on Friday. Click here for game recap.

Kentucky High School Football Scores
Friday, November 21, 2008

USA Today Super 25
#18 St. Xavier 48 Pleasure Ridge Park 6

Class AAAAAA
Boone Co. 9, Lex. Henry Clay 7
DuPont Manual 44 Greenwood 23
Lou. Eastern 31, Lou. Seneca 14 Click here for game story
Lou. Male 41, Madison Central 14
Scott Co. 41, Lou. Fern Creek 35
Simon Kenton 46, Conner 41
Lou. St. Xavier 48 Pleasure Ridge Park 6
Lou. Trinity 37 Ballard 13

Class AAAAA
Christian County 28 Hopkinsville 21
Doss 49 Anderson County 41 Click here for game story
Highlands 53, Ashland Blazer 6
John Hardin 43, Oldham Co. 23
Johnson Central 49, Cov. Catholic 14
Letcher County Central 13, Mercer Co. 12
Owensboro 28, Bowling Green 21
Whitley Co. 44, Pulaski Co. 35

Class AAAA
Allen County-Scottsville 33 Lone Oak 14
Bell Co. 49, Rockcastle Co. 7
Boyle Co. 42, Franklin Co. 18
Bullitt East 35 Marion County 7
Calloway County 28 Franklin-Simpson 25
Knox Central 40, Boyd Co. 7
Lexington Catholic 52, Harrison Co. 13
North Bullitt 20, Lou. Valley 6

Class AAA
Belfry 42, Russell Co. 0
Breathitt Co. 62, Harlan Co. 34
Edmonson Co. 35, Russellville 14
Elizabethtown 42, North Oldham 28
Estill Co. 73, Taylor Co. 28
Lou. Central 40, Lou. Shawnee 6 Click here for game story
Sheldon Clark 26, Mason Co. 20, OT
Union County 39 Butler County 13

Class AA
Corbin 30, Bath Co. 8
DeSales 23 Holy Cross (Covington) 16
Fort Campbell 47 Murray 0
Green Co. 28, Danville 21
Lou. DeSales 23, Cov. Holy Cross 16, OT
Monroe Co. 45, Bardstown 14
Newport Central Catholic 42, Lloyd Memorial 15
Owensboro Catholic 28 Trigg County 7
Prestonsburg 20, Middlesboro 7

Class A
Beechwood 54, Ludlow 0
Crittenden County 48 Ballard Memorial 7
Frankfort 49, Gallatin Co. 8
Hazard 56, Paintsville 14
Lex. Christian 69, Williamsburg 48
Mayfield 24, Lou. Holy Cross 7
Pikeville 27, Harlan 7
Raceland 40, Fairview 20

St. X Blows-Out Trinity

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

A record-crowd of 38,872 watched St. Xavier (Louisville, KY) dismantle defending 6-A champ and nationally-ranked Trinity 30-6 Friday night. Even though USA Today had Trinity ranked #21 this past week, St. X entered the game as the #1 6-A team in the state.

Before Trinity fans get to feeling too upset at the loss, the last two times that St. Xavier won the regular season match-up (2005 and 2007), the Shamrocks rebounded and beat their arch-rivals in the state championship game. This year, the two won't be able to meet in the state title game, but could face-off in the state semis.

Click here for highlights from the game.

For a complete game wrap-up from the Louisville Courier-Journal, click here.

Click here to go to The High School Football Huddle for more news and scores from around the nation.

Courier-Times/Litkenhous Kentucky High School Football Rankings

By Jeff Fisher
The High School Football Huddle

The first set of Louisville Courier-Times/Litkenhous High School Football Rankings are out and 2007 Class 6-A runner-up St. Xavier is at the top of the heap in the statewide Top 20 rankings, followed closely by Trinity, the team it lost to in last year's title game.

St. X is also the top team in 6-A, Bowling Green is #1 in 5-A, Boyle County is #1 4-A, Henry County is the top dog in 3-A, Ft. Campbell is #1 in 2-A and Raceland is the top-rated team in Class A.

Top 20
1.St. Xavier (2-0) 151.9
2.Trinity (1-0) 137.4
3.Boyle County (2-0) 128.8
4.Male (2-0) 124.2
5.Fort Campbell (2-0) 122.0
6.Bowling Green (1-1) 120.4
7.Highlands (1-1) 120.3
8.Fern Creek (2-0) 116.0
9.Covington Catholic (1-1) 115.9
10.Doss (1-1) 115.0
11.Manual (2-0) 114.1
12.Bell County (2-0) 114.0
13.Oldham County (1-1) 113.9
14.Campbell County (1-0) 112.6
15.Lexington Catholic (1-1) 112.1
16.Henry County (2-0) 112.0
17.Newport Catholic (1-1) 111.9
18.Bryan Station (2-0) 111.7
19.Clark County (2-0) 111.1
20.Danville (2-0) 110.9

CLASS 6-A
1.St. Xavier 151.9
2.Trinity 137.4
3.Male 124.2
4.Fern Creek 116.0
5.Manual 114.1
6.Campbell County 112.6
7.Clark County 111.1
8.Madison Central 110.5
9.Scott County 106.0
10.Henry Clay 104.8
11.Graves County 104.3
12.Lafayette 103.5
13.Seneca 101.1
14.Daviess County 98.8
15.Conner 98.8
16.Tates Creek 98.4
17.Marshall County 97.3
18.Simon Kenton 96.0
19.Ballard 95.6
20.PRP 94.6
21.Boone County 93.6
22.Central Hardin 91.7
23.Southern 90.8
24.Madisonville 90.5
25.Ryle 89.6
26.Meade County 88.3
27.Shelby County 86.9
28.North Hardin 84.2
29.Nelson County 83.6
30.Henderson County 83.6
31.Apollo 80.5
32.Bullitt Central 78.4
33.Eastern 78.1
34.Greenwood 76.1
35.Butler 66.1
36.Cooper 52.6
37.Paul Dunbar 52.2

CLASS 5-A
1.Bowling Green 120.4
2.Highlands 120.3
3.Covington Catholic 115.9
4.Doss 115.0
5.Oldham County 113.9
6.Bryan Station 111.7
7.Hopkinsville 108.3
8.Ashland Blazer 106.3
9.John Hardin 104.3
10.Owensboro 102.0
11.Warren Central 99.2
12.Mercer County 97.3
13.Johnson Central 96.2
14.Letcher Central 96.1
15.Holmes 92.6
16.South Laurel 92.2
17.Southwestern 92.0
18.Anderson County 90.7
19.Christian County 89.2
20.Woodford County 88.9
21.Scott High 87.5
22.Montgomery County 84.6
23.Whitley County 84.0
24.Jeffersontown 82.1
25.Lincoln County 77.4
26.Dixie Heights 75.0
27.Perry Central 74.4
28.Clay County 72.4
29.North Laurel 70.2
30.Pulaski County 66.3
31.South Oldham 65.7
32.Ohio County 61.3
33.Waggener 61.1
34.Grant County 53.7
35.Barren County 53.3
36.Grayson County 52.0
37.Iroquois 49.4

CLASS 4-A
1.Boyle County 128.8
2.Bell County 114.0
3.Lexington Catholic 112.1
4.Larue County 99.0
5.Lone Oak 98.6
6.Fairdale 97.8
7.Franklin County 96.5
8.Valley 95.7
9.Marion County 94.6
10.North Bullitt 94.0
11.Franklin-Simpson 93.8
12.East Jessamine 92.6
13.Warren East 87.0
14.Rockcastle County 84.3
15.Russell County 84.1
16.Hopkins Central 83.5
17.Lawrence County 81.9
18.Bullitt East 78.9
19.Calloway County 76.8
20.Allen County 75.1
21.Western 70.7
22.Knox Central 70.2
23.West Jessamine 67.7
24.Harrison County 67.1
25.Rowan County 63.8
26.Boyd County 63.4
27.Madison Southern 53.5
28.Pendleton County 51.7
29.McCreary Central 49.6
30.Breckinridge County 45.0
31.Bourbon County 36.7
32.Greenup County 35.1
33.Muhlenberg North 32.7
34.Logan County 29.0
35.Atherton 26.5

CLASS 3-A
1.Henry County 112.0
2.Central 106.1
3.Elizabethtown 92.7
4.Belfry 89.0
5.Harlan County 87.0
6.Paducah Tilghman 86.3
7.Somerset 84.8
8.Mason County 83.6
9.Breathitt County 81.2
10.Russell 78.4
11.Garrard County 76.4
12.Western Hills 74.7
13.North Oldham 74.5
14.Sheldon Clark 71.2
15.Muhlenberg South 69.0
16.Russellville 68.3
17.Hart County 67.1
18.McLean County 66.5
19.Estill County 65.7
20.Union County 64.3
21.Wayne County 60.3
22.Webster County 59.3
23.Taylor County 59.1
24.Edmonson County 58.0
25.Fleming County 56.8
26.Butler County 54.9
27.Spencer County 53.6
28.West Carter 50.1
29.Shawnee 46.3
30.Pike Central 45.7
31.Moore 44.7
32.Powell County 44.1
33.Adair County 39.8
34.East Carter 34.8
35.Casey County 30.0
36.Lewis County 28.2
37.East Ridge 25.3
38.Jackson County 17.3
39.Magoffin County 10.4

CLASS 2-A
1.Fort Campbell 122.0
2.Newport Catholic 111.9
3.Danville 110.9
4.Owensboro Catholic 95.0
5.DeSales 92.9
6.Corbin 91.2
7.Prestonsburg 88.2
8.Green County 87.9
9.Washington County 82.0
10.Monroe County 80.8
11.Middlesboro 79.2
12.Erlanger Lloyd 75.2
13.Bardstown 73.9
14.Caldwell County 73.1
15.Shelby Valley 71.3
16.Trigg County 69.8
17.Bath County 67.2
18.Glasgow 67.1
19.Covington Holy Cross 66.6
20.Murray 63.5
21.Christian Academy 62.4
22.Fort Knox 62.1
23.Newport 59.7
24.Carroll County 59.4
25.Metcalfe County 57.8
26.Heath 56.4
27.Knott Central 54.5
28.Reidland 46.3
29.Todd Central 46.1
30.Hancock County 40.8
31.Owen County 36.8
32.Leslie County 18.4
33.Morgan County 3.0

CLASS A
1.Raceland 98.6
2.Beechwood 97.2
3.Lexington Christian 86.3
4.Bellevue 84.0
5.Holy Cross 79.7
6.Hazard 79.1
7.Fulton City 77.5
8.Eminence 76.2
9.Mayfield 75.0
10.Fairview 71.8
11.Frankfort 71.6
12.Dayton 66.5
13.Williamsburg 65.7
14.Ludlow 64.5
15.Paris 62.0
16.Pikeville 59.3
17.Gallatin County 57.8
18.Crittenden County 57.6
19.Trimble County 56.1
20.Campbellsville 56.1
21.KCD 55.2
22.Nicholas County 55.1
23.Paintsville 49.1
24.Allen Central 46.4
25.Lynn Camp 46.0
26.Caverna 44.0
27.Harlan 39.8
28.Bethlehem 37.3
29.Beth Haven 36.7
30.Clinton County 36.7
31.Ballard Memorial 36.1
32.Bishop Brossart 33.7
33.Jenkins 30.7
34.Pineville 27.2
35.Fulton County 25.0
36.South Floyd 9.1
37.Bracken County 8.4
38.Betsy Layne 6.4
39.Phelps 2.5