Friday, October 19, 2012

Kentucky high-school football, Week 10

Lots of district-standings setters among this week's games ...

West Paducah Heath at Fort Campbell (No. 6 in the Associated Press poll for Class 3A)

Mayfield (unanimous AP A No. 1) at Russellville (AP A No. 7)--Game of the week? Winner wins Class A, District 1--and the likelihood of opening the playoffs with two straight home games.


Eminence at Frankfort (AP A No. 2)

Ashland Fairview (AP A No. 3) at Nicholas County (AP A No. 10)
--Game of the week? Winner probably wins Class A, District 7--and the likelihood of opening the playoffs with two straight home games.

Lynn Camp at Williamsburg (AP A No. 4)

Beechwood (AP A No. 5) at Ludlow

Hazard (AP A No. 6) at Pineville

Paintsville at Raceland-Worthington (AP A No. 8)

Louisville Kentucky Country Day (AP A No. 9) at Horse Cave Caverna

McLean County at Owensboro Catholic (AP 2A No. 1)

Somerset (AP 2A No. 2) at Middlesboro
--Odd week for the home team.



Lexington Christian (AP 2A No. 6) at Danville (AP 2A No. 3)--Game of the week? Despite their rankings statewide, this game will determine the second- and third-place finishers in Class 2A, District 7. Both Lexington Christian and Danville are 1-1 in the district, with a loss each to Somerset.

Newport Central Catholic (AP 2A No. 4) 49 at Covington Holy Cross 10 on Thursday--NewCath rose this week from No. 7 in the Class 2A poll, and last night's win in a battle of the last two 2A state champs boosts the Thoroughbreds to 5-4 after a 1-3 start to the season.

Crittenden County at Caldwell County (AP 2A No. 5)--The home-standing Tigers soar in this week's poll from No. 10 after last Friday's win at Murray. Caldwell's only losses were 34-31 in Week 1 at home against Class 4A Calloway County and 38-37 at home on Sept. 7 against Trigg County (and that game was called with 5:42 to play because of lightning).

Murray (AP 2A No. 7) at Reidland--Healthy week for the home team.


Louisville DeSales at Bardstown (AP 2A No. 8)

Glasgow (AP 2A No. 9) at Metcalfe County

Christian Academy-Louisville (AP 2A No. 10) at Fort Knox

LaRue County at Louisville Central (AP 3A No. 1)

Knott County Central at Breathitt County (AP 3A No. 2)

McCreary Central 0 at Bell County (AP 3A No. 3t) 67 on Thursday


Bath County at Bourbon County (AP 3A No. 3t)--The home-standing Colonels are 8-0 and this week received one vote for No. 1 in the Class 3A poll--the only vote that did not go to Central. "#HoldTheRope?"

Pike County Central at Belfry (AP 3A No. 5)

Edmonson County at Monroe County (AP 3A No. 8)

Webster County at Paducah Tilghman (AP 3A No. 9)

Morgan County (AP 3A No. 10) at Magoffin County

Cincinnati (Ohio) Elder at Fort Thomas Highlands (unanimous AP 4A No. 1)

Marion County at Lexington Catholic (AP 4A No. 2)

Covington Catholic (AP 4A No. 3) at Covington Holmes


Russell County (AP 4A No. 4) at Barbourville Knox Central (AP 4A No. 5)--Game of the week? Winner wins Class 4A, District 6--and the likelihood of opening the playoffs with two straight home games.

Ashland Blazer (AP 4A No. 6) at Paintsville Johnson Central (AP 4A No. 8)--Game of the week? Winner wins Class 4A, District 8--and the likelihood of opening the playoffs with two straight home games.

Breckinridge County at Bowling Green Warren East (AP 4A No. 7)--The home-standing Raiders won again last Friday and are 8-0, but whoever voted for them two weeks ago for No. 1 in Class 4A did not vote for them this time.

Mercer County at Boyle County (AP 4A No. 9)

Lone Oak (AP 4A No. 10) at Madisonville-North Hopkins


Bowling Green Greenwood (AP 5A No. 7) at Bowling Green (AP 5A No. 1)--After going across town and whipping Warren Central, 24-0, last Friday, the Purples stay home tonight to receive the Gators at El Donaldson Stadium. Since withstanding Louisville Saint Xavier, 38-31, on Aug. 31, undefeated Bowling Green has yielded the following point totals, in order, to their opponents: 7, 3, 0, 0 and 0.

Elizabethtown John Hardin (AP 5A No. 2) at Grayson County

Franklin County (AP 5A No. 3) at Montgomery County


Bowling Green Warren Central (AP 5A No. 4) at Logan County

Grant County at Union Randall K. Cooper (AP 5A No. 5)

Hebron Conner (AP 5A No. 8) at Scott


Graves County (AP 5A No. 9) at Hopkinsville--Another trip across the Eggner Ferry Bridge for the Eagles, who entered the Class 5A poll this week on the strength of last Friday's 42-37 win at No. 6 Christian County.

Nicholasville East Jessamine at Anderson County (AP 5A No. 10)--After losing 56-52 at Franklin County on a last-play-of-the-game kickoff return for a touchdown, the Bearcats seek to stave off a streak.

Lexington Paul Laurence Dunbar at Scott County (AP 6A No. 3)

Louisville Pleasure Ridge Park (AP 6A No. 4) at Louisville Southern--The visiting Panthers are 8-0 and this week received one vote for No. 1 in Class 6A--from the one person in the country who does not believe that Trinity is the best team in all of Kentucky, at least.

Louisville Eastern (AP 6A No. 5) at Louisville Fern Creek

Muhlenberg County at Henderson County (AP 6A No. 6)--Homecoming tonight and home-staying for a while for the Colonels.

Louisville Butler (AP 6A No. 7) at Louisville Seneca

Louisville duPont Manual at Louisville Male (AP 6A No. 8)

Louisville Ballard (AP 6A No. 10) at Oldham County


Marshall County at Daviess County

Fulton City at Fulton County

Mortons Gap Hopkins County Central at Owensboro

Bracken County at Paris

Wayne County (AP 3A No. 7), Christian County (AP 5A No. 6), Louisville Trinity (AP 6A No. 1), Louisville Saint Xavier (AP 6A No. 2) and Independence Simon Kenton (AP 6A No. 9) are idle this weekend.

Previous reports:


-- Week 9 roundup, western Kentucky results and standings

43 comments:

  1. I would imagine that Cadiz's WHVO/Oldies1480.com will have tonight's Heath-Fort Campbell broadcast. I can confirm that the fantastic "Rock the Boat" by the Hues Corporation just played moments ago!

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    1. I love "Rock the Boat." When I was about 10, my two favorite songs on earth were "Rock the Boat" and "American Pie." And both of those songs would rank very high on my list now.

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    2. Confirmed: Heath will be on WHVO/Oldies1480.com tonight, per Tom Rogers with the station:

      The Trigg County Wildcats locked up the #3 seed in the upcoming football playoffs, as they rolled over the Heath Pirates last week, 48-27. With the win, the Wildcats go to 5-3 overall and 2-2 in the district. Trigg County will travel to either South Warren or Adair County in the first week of the playoffs. This weekend, it's a rare Saturday game for Trigg County, as the Wildcats make the trek into the Eastern Time Zone, to take on North Bullitt. Coverage will get underway Saturday afternoon at 4:00 on WKDZ 106.5 and wkdzradio.com.

      There was no rust on the wings of the Fort Campbell Falcons last Friday night, as they came out of the bye week and hammered the Webster County Trojans 62-13. The win guarantees the Falcons the #1 seed in the playoffs, and a date on post with Hart County. Coming up this weekend, it's Homecoming, as the Falcons host the Heath Pirates in the district finale. Coverage of the Falcons and the Pirates will get started tonight at 6:00 on Oldies 96.5 WHVO and oldies1480.com.

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  2. We're supposed to get back to unseasonably warm weather next week, but, tonight, the forecast in western Kentucky is for low 40s with a little rain. And that means some of these boys are going to get cold as a well digger's bottom this evening.

    My dad used that "cold as a well digger's bottom" phrase quite frequently at this time of the year. Of course, he didn't say "bottom."

    Dad cursed constantly. He was not at all Redd Foxx raunchy; his language, however, was always some shade of blue. "Well digger's {bottom}" didn't even really qualify for the babiest of baby blue for Dad. He didn't say it to be funny or to be colorful; if Dad wanted to be funny or colorful, he would be funny or colorful. Rather, when Dad--who had actually dug wells--said, "It's cold as a well digger's {bottom} out there," it was simply a weather report. And you knew you better grab a coat before you went out the door.

    "Well digger's {bottom}" was, in fact, so tepid a profanity for Dad that Mom wouldn't even react with her "Oh, Bob" (playfully disapproving) or silent head shake (actually disapproving) when he used it. You have to know when you pick your battles, and chiding Dad for "well digger's {bottom}" would've been as silly as the one on-duty deputy sheriff in southern Hopkins County pulling over somebody for doing 37 in a 35 zone in downtown Mortons Gap. Mom wielded whatever degree of corrective power she possessed much more strategically.

    For example, one time, when I was about 12 ... actually, I was exactly 12 because I remember I was playing with 1980-81 basketball cards in the floor at the very moment this happened ... Dad was up on a stepladder in my bedroom, nailing sheets of plastic to the window frames before the coldest of the Kentucky winter set in. It must've been after Thanksgiving, too, because he was singing (richly), "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town." Dad got to the line, "He knows if you've been sleeping/He knows if you're awake/He knows if you've been good or bad ..." And then Dad paused both the hammering and singing for a beat.

    "He's a regular old smart {bottom}, isn't he?" Dad said from the stepladder to his 12-year-old boy in the floor, and we both laughed.

    That one got an "Oh, Bob."

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  3. Eastern-time kicksoff have mostly gone to half ... interesting scores to this juncture include ...

    -- Daviess 27, Marshall 0
    -- Middlesboro 9, Somerset 7
    -- Pineville 14, Hazard 14
    -- Fairview 28, Nicholas County 0
    -- Russell County 7, Knox Central 0
    -- Highlands 10, Cincinnati Elder 10

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  4. Whoa!

    The Independent QB ‏@DindependentQB
    'Miracle' play leads to Johnson Central's 22-21 win over Ashland. Read about it in Saturday's edition.
    10:42 PM - 19 Oct 12

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  5. Edgewood Dixie Heights, 15-14 over Union Ryle in overtime!

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  6. Mike Dyer @MikeDyer
    Conner junior QB Drew Barker threw for 2 fourth-quarter touchdowns and ran for another as Conner defeated Scott 39-32, says Matt Mulcahey
    10:00 PM - 19 Oct 12

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  7. Somerset and Hazard rally to hold off upset bids, but Highlands falls.

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  8. BCHS Football ‏@wildcats1964
    Cats lose double overtime heartbreaker to Bourbon. 28-27. Nicholas County in one week. #rivalry #HoldTheRope
    10:44 PM - 19 Oct 12

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  9. Class A ...

    Mayfield (unanimous AP A No. 1) 27 at Russellville (AP A No. 7) 7

    Eminence 14 at Frankfort (AP A No. 2) 70

    Ashland Fairview (AP A No. 3) 36 at Nicholas County (AP A No. 10) 7

    Lynn Camp 6 at Williamsburg (AP A No. 4) 49

    Beechwood (AP A No. 5) 61 at Ludlow 0 ... pretty sure that was the score at half, too ... Ludlow beat Heath for the 1975 Class A championnship

    Hazard (AP A No. 6) 28 at Pineville 22

    Paintsville 0 at Raceland-Worthington (AP A No. 8) 57

    Louisville Kentucky Country Day (AP A No. 9) 48 at Horse Cave Caverna 6

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  10. Class 2A ...

    McLean County 8 at Owensboro Catholic (AP 2A No. 1) 64

    Somerset (AP 2A No. 2) 26 at Middlesboro 18

    Lexington Christian (AP 2A No. 6) 21 at Danville (AP 2A No. 3) 38

    Newport Central Catholic (AP 2A No. 4) 49 at Covington Holy Cross 10 on Thursday

    Crittenden County 0 at Caldwell County (AP 2A No. 5) 49

    Murray (AP 2A No. 7) 62 at Reidland 0

    Louisville DeSales 16 at Bardstown (AP 2A No. 8) 27

    Glasgow (AP 2A No. 9) 49 at Metcalfe County 0

    Christian Academy-Louisville (AP 2A No. 10) 46 at Fort Knox 0

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  11. Class 3A ...


    LaRue County 8 at Louisville Central (AP 3A No. 1) 16

    Knott County Central 0 at Breathitt County (AP 3A No. 2) 54

    McCreary Central 0 at Bell County (AP 3A No. 3t) 67 on Thursday

    Bath County 27 at Bourbon County (AP 3A No. 3t) 28 (2OT) ... game of the week?

    Pike County Central 12 at Belfry (AP 3A No. 5) 48

    West Paducah Heath 14 at Fort Campbell (No. 6 in the Associated Press poll for Class 3A) 68

    Edmonson County 14 at Monroe County (AP 3A No. 8) 60

    Webster County 6 at Paducah Tilghman (AP 3A No. 9) 48

    Morgan County (AP 3A No. 10) 22 at Magoffin County 16

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  12. Class 4A ...

    Cincinnati (Ohio) Elder 38 at Fort Thomas Highlands (unanimous AP 4A No. 1) 24 ... upset?

    Marion County 6 at Lexington Catholic (AP 4A No. 2) 55

    Covington Catholic (AP 4A No. 3) 49 at Covington Holmes 28

    Russell County (AP 4A No. 4) 35 at Barbourville Knox Central (AP 4A No. 5) 19

    Ashland Blazer (AP 4A No. 6) 21 at Paintsville Johnson Central (AP 4A No. 8) 22 ... upset

    Breckinridge County 0 at Bowling Green Warren East (AP 4A No. 7) 49

    Mercer County 19 at Boyle County (AP 4A No. 9) 59

    Lone Oak (AP 4A No. 10) 27 at Madisonville-North Hopkins 10

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  13. Class 5A ...

    Bowling Green Greenwood (AP 5A No. 7) 0 at Bowling Green (AP 5A No. 1) 53

    Elizabethtown John Hardin (AP 5A No. 2) 38 at Grayson County 6

    Franklin County (AP 5A No. 3) 63 at Montgomery County 21

    Bowling Green Warren Central (AP 5A No. 4) 60 at Logan County 10

    Grant County 6 at Union Randall K. Cooper (AP 5A No. 5) 42

    Hebron Conner (AP 5A No. 8) 39 at Scott 32

    Graves County (AP 5A No. 9) 79 at Hopkinsville 40

    Nicholasville East Jessamine 19 at Anderson County (AP 5A No. 10) 63

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  14. Class 6A ...

    Lexington Paul Laurence Dunbar 6 at Scott County (AP 6A No. 3) 68

    Louisville Pleasure Ridge Park 56 (AP 6A No. 4) at Louisville Southern 6

    Louisville Eastern (AP 6A No. 5) 42 at Louisville Fern Creek 7

    Muhlenberg County 0 at Henderson County (AP 6A No. 6) 55

    Louisville Butler (AP 6A No. 7) 35 at Louisville Seneca 6

    Louisville duPont Manual 24 at Louisville Male (AP 6A No. 8) 14 ... third-straight Manual win in the series

    Louisville Ballard (AP 6A No. 10) 21 at Oldham County 14

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  15. Also ...

    Massac County (Ill.) 14 at Barlow Ballard Memorial 49

    Marshall County 9 at Daviess County 42

    Fulton City 20 at Fulton County 42

    Mortons Gap Hopkins County Central 7 at Owensboro 55

    Bracken County 26 at Paris 28!

    South Warren 42 at Adair County 23

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  16. Fort Campbell High celebrated its 50th anniversary with last night's homecoming win over Heath. Per a terrific story by Megan Locke Simpson in The Fort Campbell Courier, the school is one of only two high schools on a U.S. military installation--the other being Fort Knox, also in Kentucky:

    “The main reason that Fort Campbell started was because of segregation in the ‘60s. Apparently at one time, the dependents of the military did go off post to Clarksville, but because of segregation they were sent to two or three different schools. Because of the blacks and the whites, they wouldn’t send them all to the same school … The administration decided that that wasn’t going to happen at Fort Campbell.”

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  17. Love this opening sentence by John Middleton in The Harlan Daily Enterprise on a story about Harlan County winning its district championship: "The path through the 5A playoffs will run through the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky."

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  18. Highlands junior ...

    Tyler Schweitzer ‏@TSweetz77
    Kinda sucks to be reminded how losing feels... regardless our dance team, cheerleaders, and the @OZone2013 were awesome. #LoveYouAll
    9:36 PM - 19 Oct 12

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  19. Not only did Breckinridge County get shut out at Warren East, the bus got stuck in the mud on the way home to Hardinsburg.

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  20. Twitter overnights ...

    Zach Greenwell
    ‏@zach_greenwell
    Indeed. “@theonlyweswatt: One of the litest crowds I've ever seen at the EL.@zach_greenwell”
    6:55 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Ryan Garnett
    ‏@Workers_4_god
    UPSET ALART end of the first pineville leads hazard 14-0 @sportsOT
    6:57 PM - 19 Oct 12

    The Purple Spirit ‏@BGHSPurplesNews
    “@zach_greenwell: Game time at BGHS. Purples gunning for 24th straight win. pic.twitter.com/k0Cdpeol”
    7:00 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Joey Fosko ‏@JoeyFreaknFosko
    Ousley to Macklin 57 yard TD on first play of game ... Lone Oak leads Madisonville 7-0.
    7:03 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Michael Watkins
    ‏@playbyplayWJSN
    At the end of one Breathitt leads Knott central 35-0. Bobcats 293 yards of offense in the first quarter, Patriots -9.
    7:13 PM - 19 Oct 12

    1340 WNBS ‏@1340WNBS
    Following the Murray High football game, it's delayed coverage of St. Louis Cardinals baseball.
    7:16 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Steve Cornelius ‏@CJsportseditor
    FOOTBALL - Middlesboro 9, Somerset 7 Halftime
    7:25 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Dusty Luthy Shull ‏@DustyLuthyShull
    I need a replay...triple reverse (?) and a 44-yard pass for Hopkinsville TD. Graves up 21-6.
    7:27 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Murray Ledger Sports
    ‏@MLT_Sports
    Murray high just minutes from Last ever game against Reidland. I'll have all the scores right here, so keep it here while watching the Cards
    7:27 PM - 19 Oct 12

    JohnHardin Football ‏@JHHS_Football
    Grayson County fails to score from the John Hardin 1 on the final play of the half...14-8 halftime.
    7:28 PM - 19 Oct 12

    John Herndon @ANewsJPHerndon
    I thought Anderson would respond well but this has been superb performance
    7:37 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Tom Ramstetter ‏@tramstetter
    The ball is on the tee and Elder will kick to Highlands to begin the second half, all knotted at 10. #enqr
    7:41 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Hunter Countryman ‏@MaximaSports26
    @NewCardSmell @docchevy Middlesboro's mall used to be eerily similar to Somerset's, right down too Taco Casa. Can't believe it's still open
    7:44 PM - 19 Oct 12 ...

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  21. Twitter overnights ...

    JohnHardin Football ‏@JHHS_Football
    36-8 final. John Hardin wins 4th straight district title. 41 straight regular season wins for the dogs!
    8:37 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Cheuvront
    ‏@docchevy
    @MaximaSports26 @newcardsmellMiddlesboro Mall is Somerset Mall circa 1994. The people all wearing Miami Hurricane gear
    8:40 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Matt Jones  ‏@MattJonesA
    @Makayla_Autumn We were totally headd up 2 the Somerset football game until we figured out it was in Middlesboro.#wheretheheckismiddlesboro
    8:49 PM - 19 Oct 12

    The Independent QB ‏@DindependentQB
    Ashland takes 21-14 lead behind Aaron Elam-CJ Johnson passing combo for 6-yard TD.
    8:52 PM - 19 Oct 12

    The Independent QB ‏@DindependentQB
    Central scores on 4th-and-19. Zach Gound to Dalton Adkins. Ashland 21, Johnson Central 20. Timeout before extra pt.
    8:57 PM - 19 Oct 12

    The Independent QB ‏@DindependentQB
    Johnson Central going for two...
    8:58 PM - 19 Oct 12

    The Independent QB
    ‏@DindependentQB
    Johnson Central 22, Ashland 21. Final.
    8:58 PM - 19 Oct 12 ...


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  22. Twitter overnights ...

    Mike Dyer @MikeDyer
    Elder's win at Highlands snapped a 42-game home win streak for Highlands, according to Elder. First home loss for Highlands since 2006
    9:09 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Louisville Catholic ‏@LouCathSports
    DeSales drops district game to Bardstown 27-16. Colts have lost back-to-back games in their district.
    9:10 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Ohio County Monitor @OCMonitor
    Ohio Co. falls to Apollo 58-14 in the Ohio County Hospital Pink Out Bowl. Ohio Co. is 3-6 & out of the playoff picture.
    9:27 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Phillip M. Bailey ‏@phillipmbailey
    People really treat Male v. Manual like the local Super Bowl. Alumni arguing over the football program like it's #NFL network. #Louisville
    9:36 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Bourbon Co. Colonels ‏@BourbonColonels
    COLONELS DISTRICT CHAMPS!!! It's a GREAT DAY to be a Colonel! Congrats to all involved!!
    9:43 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Dusty Luthy Shull @DustyLuthyShull
    Graves wins first district title since 1993 with 79-40 victory over Hopkinsville.
    9:53 PM - 19 Oct 12 ...


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  23. Twitter overnights ...

    BCHS Football ‏@wildcats1964
    Cats lose double overtime heartbreaker to Bourbon. 28-27. Nicholas County in one week. #rivalry #HoldTheRope
    10:44 PM - 19 Oct 12

    Daniel Day @dday33
    LC football team left it on the field tonight..didn't get the outcome we all wanted but still a lot of football to be played#WeAreLeslie
    10:48 PM - 19 Oct 12

    KHSAA Events ‏@khsaaevents
    First person with a Lawrence County-East Ridge score gets a worldwide shout out tonight. Nervous? #khsfb
    11:15 PM - 19 Oct 12

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  24. So fitting that Heath ends its regular season next week against Lone Oak, which is coached by its original coach, Jack Haskins, and now again is quarterbacked by Cole Ousley, who might be the son or nephew or grandson or something of Matthew's and my awesome fifth-grade teacher.

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  25. While the Heath Pirates and the rest of Kentucky's 192-playoffs-bound teams would not dare look past their final regular-season opponents and on to the first round of the postseason, Jason Frakes did.

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  26. You don't have too many more chances to see Heath's football Pirates, so here are 227 of them.

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    1. We'll be back, Eric. Someday there will be a new Heath High School.

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    2. Ah, speaking of this, I bumped into a long-time McCracken County schools bus driver recently who told me that the longest commute to the new school will be from some of the homes in the current Lone Oak district (not Reidland, as I suspected). So maybe one day it will end up being the Lovelaceville South McCracken High Purple Racers.

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