KHSAA Football Finals

This week the KHSAA will play its football championships at what I still think of as Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington.  Here are the finalists, along with some notes about teams from western Kentucky.  MaxPreps rankings are in parentheses:

Friday, December 2:

Class 1A:  (19) Pikeville (11-2) v. (28) Raceland (13-1), 11 A.M. Central

Crittenden County lost 24-12 in the quarter-finals in Louisville against Holy Cross (Louisville).

Class 2A:  (20) Beechwood (13-1) v. (23) Mayfield (14-0), 3 P.M. Central

Murray lost 49-14 at Mayfield in the Round of 16.

Class 4A:  (6) Corbin (14-0) v. (11) Boyle Co. (12-2), 7 P.M. Central

Madisonville lost 28-17 at Warren East in the Round of 16

Hopkinsville lost 21-7 at Logan Co. in the Round of 16

Saturday, December 3:

Class 3A:  (7) Christian Academy-Louisville (14-0) v. (16) Bardstown (14-0), 11 A.M. Central

Union Co. lost 66-33 at Bardstown in the quarter-finals.

Paducah Tilghman lost 30-24 at Christian Academy-Louisville in the quarter-finals.

Class 6A:  (4) Lou. Male (10-4) v. (9) Bullitt East (13-1), 3 P.M. Central

No western Kentucky interest here.  But for the record, (3) Trinity lost 10-7 at Bryan Station in the quarter-finals.  (2) St. X lost 22-21 at home in overtime to Male in the Round of 16.  (8) Lou. Ballard looked to have Male beaten in the semi-finals, but a late fumble gave Male a 24-20 victory.

Class 5A:  (1) Lex. Douglass (14-0) v. (5) Bowling Green (12-2), 7 P.M. Central

(17) Owensboro lost 14-2 at Douglass in the state semi-finals.