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AUG. 22, 2013
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
BY TRENT SINGER
NEW ERA INTERIM SPORTS EDITOR
As the 2013 high school football seasonquickly approaches, there’s no such thingas job security for the Christian CountyColonels.
Just ask head coach Steve Lovelace, whois entering his seventh season with theColonels and takes over a team that lost anumber of senior leaders from a year ago.
“Just because you played last year does-n’t mean you’ll be starting this season,”Lovelace said. “We have battles at everyposition.”
Christian County is coming off a 9-3campaign last season, which ended in thesecond round of the Class 5-A playoffswith a 31-17 loss to host Bowling Green,which eventually went on to be crownedstate champion.
A year later, the Colonels have reloaded.
Their youth is evident, but the talent isoverwhelming.
Christian County’s first key positionbattle will be to replace quarterback RyanKnight, who threw 27 touchdowns, nineinterceptions and 2,268 yards before sign-ing a letter of intent in February to playcollegiately with Campbellsville.
“We don’t want our quarterback to winthe game for us,” Lovelace said. “We wantour quarterback to maintain the game.”
The battle for this year’s starting quar-terback has come down to three sopho-mores, including 6-foot-1, 156-poundDixon Craft, who amassed 99 yards, onetouchdown and one interception a yearago, Donovan Keith (5-10, 157), a transferfrom Kenwood High School in Clarksville,and Muncie Prater (5-9, 144).
“It’s good to have that competitionthere,” Lovelace said. “We’ll make a deci-sion after camp who will be 1,2 and 3, but
that doesn’t mean anything early. If who-ever wins the job doesn’t produce right,we have two other guys we can go to.”
The departure of running back KoreyMosley, who carried the ball 208 times for1,640 yards and 22 touchdowns last sea-son, will be tough for the Colonels, butLovelace doesn’t necessarily see it thatway.
“I don’t know if we want to replacethose guys. It’s hard to say right now,”Lovelace said. “As far as leadership skills,I think we’ll be better this year. One thingwe’ve really been working on all winter,spring and summer is how to be a trueleader.”
Christian County will look to use a com-mittee approach at running back this sea-son. Juniors Vernon Porter (5-8, 157),Jamarius Taylor (5-10, 155), Kaleb Mosley
New-look Cols ready for big season
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Christian County senior Marcus Cook (40) will likely play a big role for the Colonels this season. Cook backed up former Christian County running back KoreyMosley last season but has been moved to linebacker this year.
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No. Player Pos. Class1 Donovan Keith QB/WR/DB 102 Terrell Kimberly RB/LB 123 Keyshawn Hollowell RB/DB 104 Marcus Cook RB/LB 125 Jamarius Taylor RB/LB 116 Vernon Porter RB/DB 118 Isaiah Pollard WR/DB 129 Thurmond Robinson WR/DB 1010 Keyron Catlett WR/DB 911 Na’Ryan Paige WR/DB 1012 Muncie Prater QB/WR/DB 1013 Pablo Gutierrez RB/DB 1214 Kaleb Mosley RB/LB 1115 Dixon Craft QB/LB 1016 Alex Smith RB/LB 1017 Seth Stevenson TE/DB 1118 Dequavian Weaver WR/DB 1119 Deondre Outlaw RB/DE 1220 Kenneth Major WR/DB 921 Froilam Agulto WR/DB 1022 T.J. Bell WR/DB 1223 Devon Wharton WR/DB 1124 Jordan Crawford RB/LB 1025 Shaquan Nicholas WR/DB 1226 Deonte Wright RB/DE 1027 Trequan Taylor RB/LB 928 Justin Newby RB/LB 1029 Cortez Carman WR/DB 1031 Dendrick Holmes RB/LB 1133 Denzel Woodfolk RB/DB 1234 Deonte Coleman TE/LB 1035 D.J. Langhi RB/DB 1136 Josh Isenhoff TE/LB 1037 Triveon Hampton RB/LB 1138 Corey Hansley RB/DB 939 Marshall Billiter RB/LB 1040 Robert Strong RB/LB 941 Logan Billiter RB/DB 942 Terrance Sowerby RB/LB 1144 Wyatt Langhi WR/LB 1045 Keevie Matlock RB/LB 1250 Michael Thomas OL/DL 1251 Dylan Barnett OL/DL 1252 Tevin Toler OL/DE 1153 Dylan George OL/DL 1055 Logan Leake OL/LB 1156 John Powell OL/DL 1257 Keith Cates OL/DL 1158 Monty Mason OL/DL 1159 Michael Carr OL/DL 1060 Lashawn Evans OL/DL 1261 Tate Baker OL/DL 1262 Treshawn Carner OL/DL 963 Camron Crick OL/DL 964 Tayshaun Cayce OL/DL 1165 Ethan Edwards OL/DL 1266 Dakota Oglesby OL/DL 967 Josh Harbold OL/DL 1168 Chris Wilfong OL/DL 970 Jacob Chesher OL/DL 1271 Kavontre Carner OL/DL 972 Jakari Jones OL/DL 1073 Tristan Cansler OL/DL 1074 Timothy Dube OL/DL 976 Richard Coleman OL/DL 977 Jovante Mahone OL/DL 1078 Jon-Tyler Moore OL/DL 1179 Nile Shemwell OL/DL 1280 Stevie Mason TE/DL 1282 Mickell Higgins WR/DB 983 Keyvon Sells WR/DB 1084 Alex Hale TE/DL 1285 Tyler Waldrop TE/DE 1288 Anthony Dunlap WR/DB 990 Devin Lennick WR/DB 991 Brandon Bonilla RB/LB 993 Kjawuan Major RB/DL 996 Camryn Samples OL/DL 1198 Taylor Cunningham K/P 1299 Joseph Freeland TE/DL 12
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(5-11, 175) and sophomore Jordan Crawford (5-6,192) will likely split carries for the Colonels.
Former Colonels Jeff Alexander, Jarvis Irbyand Jonathan Shanklin will also need to be re-placed at wide receiver. Freshmen KeyronCatlett (5-9, 156) and Kenneth Major (5-9, 150) willsee plenty of playing time in the passing game,along with senior Shaquan Nicholas (6-2, 157),who missed time last year due to a concussion.
Seniors Stevie Mason (5-10, 215), Tyler Wal-drop (5-10, 192) and junior Seth Stevenson (6-1,151) will take over at tight end for ChristianCounty.
“You don’t have to be the best player on theteam to be a leader,” Lovelace said. “You’ve got tobe able to take the criticism when you’re notdoing something right. The leader has to be theone who goes out there every day and gives it allthey’ve got but can also take the criticism fromother teammates to get better.”
The strength of Christian County’s team is theexperience that returns on the offensive and de-fensive lines. Seniors Dylan Barnett (6-4, 251),Tate Baker (6-2, 256), Ethan Edwards (6-2, 230),Lashawn Evans (5-11, 254) and juniors TayshaunCayce (6-1, 243) and Jon-Tyler Moore (5-5, 230) area few of the key players in the trenches. JacobChesher will also see playing time after recov-
ering from knee surgery.“It all starts up front,” he said. “We’ve got a lot
of guys coming back on the offensive line anddefensive line with good varsity experience.”
Junior defensive back Devon Wharton (6-3,206), who finished last season with a team-highfive interceptions, should give the Colonels asolid defensive presence with an additional yearof experience. Senior T.J. Bell (5-9, 158) joinsWharton to give Christian County an experi-enced and formidable threat.
Several players have been moved around atlinebacker for the Colonels, including seniorMarcus Cook (5-9, 195), who was primarily usedas a running back last season, and senior TerrellWimberly (6-0, 183), who was moved from strongsafety to linebacker. Terrance Sowerby (5-10, 212,Jr.) should also start at linebacker.
Senior kicker Taylor Cunningham, whokicked a game-winning field goal against LoneOak last season, returns for Christian County aswell.
The Colonels will play three of their 10 gamesthis season on the road, beginning on Aug. 23against host Caldwell County.
Outside of district play against Hopkinsville,Graves County, Apollo and Ohio County, Chris-tian County will meet Caldwell, Hillsboro(Tenn.), Henderson County, Fort Campbell, Ful-ton (Tenn.) and McCracken County.
REACH TRENT SINGER at 270-887-3260or [email protected].
Christian Countydefensive back
Devon Wharton(left), shown
playing last sea-son against
Hopkinsville, re-turns to lead the
Colonels’ sec-ondary for his
junior year. The6-foot-3, 206-
pound Whartonled the team in
interceptions (5)last year. He alsohad a fumble re-
covery.
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TODD COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLRebels retool for 2013 campaign
BY TRENT SINGER
NEW ERA INTERIM SPORTS EDITOR
ELKTON, Ky. — The ToddCounty Central Rebels foot-ball team knows that gettingback to the Class 2-A playoffsis going to take a great deal ofhardwork and patience.
Entering his fourth year asRebels head coach, BryanJones says there are plenty ofpositives to take away fromlast year’s 2-8 season to propelTodd to its first playoff ap-pearance since 2010.
“We did a lot of learningand a lot of growing,” Jonessaid. “We played some reallytough games against some re-ally tough teams and justcouldn’t find a way to finishthem out. I was a little disap-pointed in our wins and
losses, but I was happy withour team overall.
“We did some things thathaven’t been done in a reallylong time here, if ever. Weweren’t shut out of a singlegame, averaged 24 points agame and had four kickoffsreturned for a touchdown.There were definitely somethings we’re excited aboutcarrying over into this sea-son.”
The Rebels’ two wins camein a 27-16 victory over hostLogan County and a 53-7thrashing against Class 2-A,District 2 opponent McLeanCounty.
This year’s squad has onlyfive seniors, but Jones saysthere is something uniqueabout the way his entire teamis creating cohesion.
“We’re young, but there aresome characteristics of thisteam that I haven’t seen inany other team I’ve evercoached anywhere,” Jonessaid. “It’s the most team-ori-ented group of players I’veever been around in my 10years of coaching. It’s defi-nitely a team-first mentalitywith these guys, and that’ssomething that excites us.”
Perhaps the biggest changewill be replacing last year’squarterback, Bryce Shanklin.Shanklin transferred to divi-sion foe Butler County,paving the way for juniorCody Garcia to take over atquarterback. Garcia servedas the team’s backup for thelast two years, but Jones says
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No. Player Class
2 Cody Slade 103 Noah Bicksler 104 James Bishop 115 Gary Moore 127 Dylan Wilkerson 118 Andre Morrow 119 Naytrimus Harris 1010 Cody Garcia 1111 Treva Henry 913 Kelvin Garrett 1114 Joseph Johnson 1015 Andrew Lira 1017 Bryce Penick 922 Terrance Johnson 1223 Dylan Nichols 1128 Brett Bostic 1230 Eric Przewoznik 932 Malcolm Bell 933 Daniel Kaiser 1135 Zack Coots 11
No. Player Class
40 Trey Dickerson 942 Corey Kennedy 1252 Connor Cole 1053 William Settle 1254 Jamison Brown 956 Brian Willis 1058 Javon Byars 1159 Colton Griffith 960 Ethan Latham 1162 Mark Brooks 1163 Johnathan Knight 964 Matthew Silvia 1168 Brian Mason 970 Caleb Goodman 1172 Zach Morgan 975 Josh Smith 977 Richard Briggs 1080 Mitch Joiner 985 Ryan Briggs 10SEE TODD, PAGE 10
BY JOE WILSON
FOR THE NEW ERA
CADIZ, Ky. — Trigg County High Schoolfootball fans hoping to catch a glimpse ofthe 2013 Wildcats had better look quick be-cause coach Coby Lewis said this year’steam has more speed than ever.
“We have 10 kids who are 4.6 (seconds inthe 40-yard dash) or faster, and a few yearsago, we only would have had a couple,”Lewis said.
Trigg will need that speed playing inClass 3-A, District 1 along with statechampionship contenders Paducah Tilgh-man, Fort Campbell and Webster County.
“It’s tough playing in this district be-cause we don’t have the numbers to emu-late in practice the speed we will beseeing,” Lewis said. “The good news isour speed is up this year.”
Trigg completed a 5-6 record includinga first-round playoff loss to South Warrenin 2012. The defeat was part of a three-game losing streak at the end of the yearfor the Wildcats.
However, Lewis said the team isn’tdwelling on that as the new season ap-proaches. A small senior class is ready tolead by example and put the team on itsback as it chases a deep run in the Class 3-A playoffs.
“We don’t have a lot of seniors, but theones we do have, have been starting sincethey were sophomores so they are prettyexperienced,” Lewis said.
Leading the way for Trigg will be seniorquarterback Luke McKenzie (6-foot-2, 198pounds), who threw for 1,724 yards and 19touchdowns while tossing 12 intercep-tions a year ago. Several small collegesare recruiting McKenzie, who has hiseyes on the school’s all-time passingrecord.
“(McKenzie) has around 3,000 careeryards and we feel like we’re better with re-ceivers this year and the record is around5,000 by Dan Mosier,” Lewis said. “We feellike Luke has a great chance to break therecord.”
At tailback, the Wildcats return 5-7, 175-pound tank Jayven Jones, who led Triggwith 1,084 yards and 11 touchdowns lastseason.
Jones, who runs a 4.47 40-yard dash, alsois a two-time state powerlifting championwith a 360-pound bench press and 260-pound power clean lift. Several Ohio Val-ley Conference schools and SouthernIllinois are recruiting Jones.
Junior Skylar Pool (6-0, 190) will joinJones in the backfield, along with junior
Quan Kirby (6-0, 230) and freshman Dari-ous Radford (5-7, 165).
“We have a stable of backs and they allhave speed,” Lewis said. “We should haveplenty of backs to throw at you anynight.”
At wide receiver, Quentin Bird returns.The 6-foot, 170-pound senior caught 14passes for 180 yards and three touch-downs a year ago. Joining bird are fresh-man Tyreak Wilson (6-1, 170), juniorBrandon Wilson (5-11, 165), sophomoreTyler Estes (6-0, 168) and sophomore Reg-gie Radford (5-9, 151).
Brandon Wilson and Pool also will serveas backup quarterbacks for Trigg.
The offensive line is powered by threereturning starters, including junior Gra-
ham Lawrence (6-6, 280), who is being re-cruited by Mississippi, Vanderbilt andNebraska among others. Senior JacobMason (6-2, 225) and senior Aaron Stevens(5-10, 220) also started last season.
Junior Michael Drake (6-2, 220), sopho-more Dylan Parker (5-10, 195) and juniorDallas McLeod (6-0, 223) will challenge forstarting spots.
On defense, the Wildcats return nineplayers who started at least one game lastseason.
Leading the way is an aggressive line-backer corps of Pool, Jones and Stevens.
Senior Daniel Ingram (5-7, 155), jun-ior Cody Huntsman (6-1, 230), junior
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TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLSpeedy Wildcats look to make noise
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No. Player Pos. Class
1 Quentin Bird WR/DB 122 Tyreak Wilson WR/DB 93 Hunter Heady RB/DB 114 Tyler Estes WR/S 105 Reggie Radford WR/DB 107 Luke McKenzie QB/S 1210 Micah Gordon WR/DB 1011 Skylar Pool RB/MLB 1112 Darious Radford RB/LB 913 Jayven Jones RB/OLB 1214 Clark Adams K 1215 Tyler Allen WR/OLB 1016 Malik Cunningham WR/DB 917 Isaiah Johnson RB/OLB 1118 Luke Carneyhan RB/DB 919 Dalton Hendricks QB/S 1020 Jamar Humphries FB/DE 1021 Ryan Ellis WR/DB 1122 Mikey White RB/DE 1223 Tristen Jordan WR/S 1124 Reagan Hyde K 1025 Jordan Despan OL/DE 926 Raekwon Stubbelfield RB/DB 1228 David Morgan WR/DB 1131 Ian Shake WR/DB 932 Brandon Wilson WR/S 1133 Dillon Wade RB/OLB 1134 Daniel Ingram RB/OLB 1239 Ryan Gallogly WR/DE 1240 Elliott Boyd RB/OLB 1042 Phillip Jones WR/DE 1044 Quan Kirby FB/DE 1145 Mason Shelton WR/S 1050 Andrew Sholar OL/DE 951 Aaron Stevens OL/DL 1252 Corey Goodwin OL/DL 1053 Warren Jones OL/DE 1254 Chris Jackson OL/DL 1155 Colton Livingston OL/MLB 1156 Dylan Parker OL/MLB 1057 Justin Wease OL/DL 958 Cody Huntsman OL/DL 1159 Michael Wilson OL/DL 1162 Dallas McCloud OL/DL 1164 Kyler Bohn OL/DL 965 Duncan Oliver OL/DE 1166 Axel Sloseberg OL/DL 1068 Tyler Spano OL/DL 1069 Maurice Catlett OL/DL 1170 Michael Drake OL/DL 1171 Deavion Phillips OL/DL 972 Freddy McFarland OL/DL 974 Graham Lawrence OL/DL 1175 Jacob Mason OL/DE 1277 Drew Pully OL/DL 979 Chance Oliver OL/DL 1080 Wayne Heady RB/DB 981 Stephen Fields WR/DB 982 Griffen Lovely WR/DB 985 Zach Forss WR/DB 1286 Jacob Jordan WR/DB 989 Michael Hammond WR/DB 9
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Trigg County senior Luke McKenzie (7) returns to lead the Wildcats this season at quarterback. McKenziethrew for 1,724 yards and 19 touchdowns last season and led Trigg to a 5-6 record.
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2013 Trigg County Wildcats
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CALDWELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLTigers seeking return to state finals
BY TODD GRIFFIN
THE PRINCETON TIMES-LEADER
PRINCETON, Ky. — The CaldwellCounty Tigers and their followers make nobones about it. The goal this year isn’t justto get back to the Class 2-A state finals inBowling Green — the goal is to return tothe finals and win the state championship.
“We know the expectations are high,but that’s a good thing,” said Caldwellhead coach David Barnes, who begins hiseighth year at the Tiger helm. “It’s greatfor the community to be excited.
“Anytime the community is involved inthe school and supporting the school, it’sa good thing. Look at what we did lastyear when we went to the playoffs and hadthe big crowd at Louisville DeSales and inBowling Green. And the parade when wecame back, even though we lost.”
Barnes said most of his team is battle-tested after last year’s playoff run thatsaw Caldwell come within just a few min-utes of a state crown before bowing toNewport Central Catholic 30-26.
“We didn’t play very well at Mayfield (inthe regular-season finale) last year, but wecame back, regrouped and got better eachweek in the playoffs. We can’t get compla-cent this year and think it will just hap-pen.
“We’ve got to work, get better and we’vegot to believe in ourselves and each other.Last year’s team was like a family. It was atight-knit group. That was the biggest fac-tor.”
Caldwell enters the 2013 campaign inlofty heights — ranked either first or sec-ond in almost every Class 2-A preseasonranking.
That attention is due to last year’s staterunnerup showing and a high-powered of-fense led by prized college recruit ElijahSindelar, one of the top-ranked juniorquarterbacks in the nation.
“We’ve tried to tell the kids what to ex-pect, and the kids are smart,” Barnessaid. “They recognize Elijah is a prettyhighly sought recruit, but what we’ve toldthem is that when college coaches arewatching Elijah or watching film of him,they’re also going to see anyone who isout there making plays. They may not beinterested in you, but they have coachingconnections and may recommend you tosomeone else and give you an opportunityyou might not have had.”
Sindelar set school records last seasonwith 2,961 yards passing and 32 touch-downs. He already has college offers fromKentucky, Western Kentucky, Toledo and
Bowling Green and is also drawing inter-est from Alabama, Ohio State andLouisville, among others.
“He’s gotten a lot stronger,” Barnes said.“I’ve got a weight class at 6:30 in the morn-ing and that’s helped him a whole lot.
“The good thing about Elijah is that hecame to me after the scrimmage and said‘Before we watch the film, here’s what Idid wrong.’ He knew what he did, and hecan correct that. That’s why he’s the wayhe is. He’ll watch the film, then we’llwatch it together and he takes criticism.
He’s got lots of ability but he also under-stands he can get better.”
Sindelar’s main target last year was TezSivils. Sivils is now at Kentucky Wesleyanafter originally signing with the Univer-sity of Pikeville. He owns virtually all ofCaldwell’s receiving records. Sivils nolonger is in the Tigers’ picture, but Sinde-lar figures to have plenty of targets thisseason.
“On offense, we’ve got a lot of guys that
TIMESLEADER PHOTO
Caldwell County quarterback Elijah Sindelar (2) returns this season for his junior year, looking to lead theTigers back to the Class 2-A State title game. Sindelar threw for 2,961 yards and 32 touchdowns and is ahighly sought recruit.
SEE CALDWELL, PAGE 11
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No. Player Pos. Class
2 Elijah Sindelar QB 113 Jacob Burke Y/FS 114 Trevor Davis F/LB 106 Elijah Anderson Y/SS 107 Zavion Henderson F/LB 98 Eli Pepper Z 119 Javonte Riley Z/DB 910 Zach Gaither Z/DB 911 Brett Seymore K 1212 Landon Burns QB/LB 1214 Evan Stewart X/CB 1015 Austin Palmer X/SS 1217 Caleb Perkins QB/DB 918 Tyler Coleman Y/CB 1020 Alan Getz F/SS 1221 Jaylen Boyd F/FS 1122 Caleb Marshall H/CB 1223 Jordan Young X/S 1224 Christian Puckett Y/LB 1025 DeMetreus Cain H/S 1028 Josh Young QB/WR/CB 1030 Preston Thomas H/LB 1130 Dustin Ford Z/C 1231 Damonta Hopson Z/C 1132 Drake VanHooser Y/DL 1133 Bryce McKinney H/LB 1034 Chandler Blackburn H/LB 1235 Colin Brasher F/LB 1239 Michael Watkins X/CB 1240 JaMichael Ellis F/SS 1041 Matt Sholar X/CB 1142 Cody Clift X/C 1043 Jordan Spicer H/LB 1044 Brandon Jones H/LB 1045 Johnny Turpin X/LB 1248 Gerardo Alonso Z/LB 1150 Drew Feagan C/LB 951 Jaden Fitzpatrick G/DT 1152 Chas Scott T/DE 1153 Brady Witherspoon T/DT 1155 Sean Conger G/DE 1156 Benji Kilgore G/DT 957 Conner Allison T/DE 958 Kyler Kendall C/DT 1259 Cameron Warfield G/DE 960 Collin Ennis G/DT 961 Clay Orange G/DT 962 Noah Kenneday G/DT 1263 Blaine Hickman G/DT 1264 Chase Harper G/LB 1165 Kyle Pettit G/DE 966 Kale Dyer C/DE 1167 Whitt Gilland G/DT 1170 Landon Morgan T/DE 1171 Jonathon Oliver G/DT 1072 Jacob Ray T/DE 1273 Tyler Beavers G/DT 1274 Jacob Baird G/DT 1175 A.J. Brown G/DT 976 Jordan Felker G/DT 1077 Austin McGowan T/DT 1280 Charlie Traylor H/CB 1281 Taylor Mitchell Z/SS 1282 Wade Martin X/CB 1183 Russel Brandon X/SS 984 Brice Lockhart Y/LB 1085 Dylan Riley Z/SS 1186 Garrick Lamb X/C 988 Landon Mitchell X/DE 10
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Isaiah Johnson (5-9, 150) andsophomore Tyler Allen (5-7,150) also are in the mix.
“Jaylen has led us in tack-ling for two straight years andwe’re moving him from insideto the outside and movingStevens from defensive line tomiddle linebacker,” Lewissaid. “We’re hoping that isgoing to make a big differencethere.”
On the defensive line, ColtonLivingston, who benches 315pounds and runs a 4.6 40-yarddash, joins senior MikeyWhite (5-10, 205) at defensiveend. Kirby and senior JacobMason (6-2, 225) will play onthe inside.
“We feel like we have eight to10 guys total we can put inthere and we don’t lose much,”Lewis said.
In the secondary, Estes andBrandon Wilson are returningstarters and should get helpfrom senior Raekwon Stubble-
field (5-6, 140) and junior Tris-ten Jordan (6-0, 165).
“We are preaching flying tothe ball,” Lewis said. “We wantto get as many people to theball as we can. In practice, wedon’t give the defense anycredit at all unless there arefive people at the ball when theplay is over.”
McKenzie will handle someof the kicking duties alongwith punting the ball. Sopho-more Raegan Hyde (5-7, 130)and senior Clark Adams (5-8,175) also will handle some ofthe kicking duties.
Trigg has beefed up itsschedule in 2013, opening withClass 1-A power Russellvillebefore taking on Class 6-AMarshall County, Hopkinsvilleand defending Class 2-A staterunner-up Caldwell County.
“Our schedule is just brutal,especially the first fourgames,” Lewis said. “I knowwe are better than last year,but our record may not indi-cate it.”
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Trigg County running back Jayven Jones (13) will be expected to contribute this season as a senior for the Wildcats. Jones had 147carries for 1,084 yards and 11 touchdowns last season for Trigg.
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he likes what he’s seen from his newquarterback.
“He’s mechanically sound but has-n’t had gametime reps,” Jones said.“We expect a learning curve there,but we know he can make all thethrows. It’s just about getting himsome experience making reads andthrowing the ball at this point.”
Several guys will likely contributein the ground game for Todd, in-cluding junior fullbacks DylanWilkerson and Dylan Nichols andjunior running back Zack Coots.
Jones says the addition of seniorGary Moore, along with sophomoreJoe Johnson and junior DanielKaiser, should make for a solid duoat tight end.
“We’ve got Gary Moore, who’sbeen a three-year basketball guythat we convinced to come out andplay for us,” Jones said. “He’s a big,tough kid. I think he’ll see sometime at tight end. We’ll also have JoeJohnson, who’s about 6-foot-3. He’s aspecimen.”
Senior Brett Bostic, junior James
Bishop and Johnson make up theRebels’ primary wide receivers.Jones says Bostic has stood out asone of the team’s special playmak-ers.
“Those three guys will probablyget most of the work out there,”Jones said. “Our standout guy isBrett Bostic. He’s going to be the guywe play at receiver, in the slot, atrunning back and maybe play himat quarterback and run a wildcatformation with him. He’s probablyour most dangerous athlete.”
Junior Javon Byars (6-1, 285) willstart his third season at left tacklefor Todd. Senior Will Settle will startat left guard, junior Mark Brookswill start at center, sophomore Con-nor Cole (6-2, 250) will start at rightguard and sophomore Brian Willis(6-4, 300) will start at right tackle.
“We’re going to be maybe as big asI’ve ever seen us up front,” Jonessaid.
On defense, Jones has been overlypleased with freshman Treva Henry(5-9, 155), who will start at corner-back.
“He might be the most naturallyskilled cornerback I’ve ever seen asa freshman,” Jones said. “He’s justa natural ball-hawk, a great open-
field tackler and already has goodsize.”
Bostic and Nichols will rotate atsafety, while junior Bishop will playcornerback as well.
Todd has a new group of playerswho will make up their linebackingcorp this season, including Wilker-son, Moore, Kaiser, Brooks, Cootsand sophomore Naytrimus Harris.
Willis and Byars will likely seetime at the defensive tackle posi-tions, while Willis, Coots, Kaiserand Brooks will all spend time onthe defensive line as well.
“Nobody’s really played a ton attheir positons, but we think we’vegot some talent,” Jones said. “We’rereally excited about this team andthe way they’ve responded since ourquarterback left us.”
The Rebels have made severalchanges to their schedule by drop-ping perennial Class 2-A powerGlasgow and Trigg County fromtheir schedule and adding oppo-nents West Creek (Tenn.) andClarksville Northwest, which Jonesbelieves is more suited to his team’slevel of play.
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Bryan Jones returns for his fourth season as Todd County Central’s headcoach and will look to lead the Rebels to the Class 2-A playoffs for thefirst time since 2010.
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can make plays,” said Barnes.Running back Jaylen Boyd, a junior, is
the top returning pass-catcher after grab-bing 35 passes last season. Senior JordanYoung caught 32 passes, including eightfor touchdowns.
Meanwhile, sophomore Dee Cain looksto take on an expanded offensive role thisseason after playing primarily on defensea year ago. Newcomer JaMichael Ellis, asophomore who moved here from Min-nesota, also figures to make a big impact.
Two other players making a return tothe football field after sitting out last sea-son will give Caldwell’s receiving corpsgood size. Eli Pepper, a 6-foot-8 junior, andElijah Anderson, a 6-3 junior, will be inthe rotation along with senior AustinPalmer, junior Jacob Burke, sophomoreJosh Young and senior Charlie Traylor.Dylan Riley, junior, adds even more depthat receiver along with Damonta Hopson,a junior who is out for football for the firsttime, and freshmen Zach Gaither andJavonte Riley.
“Our receivers need to get better whenElijah (Sindelar) gets out of the pocket,”Barnes said. “We haven’t worked on that a
lot, but our receivers need to get to wherethey’re supposed to be so Elijah will knowwhere to look for them.
“And the biggest thing with our re-ceivers is blocking on the perimeter. I’llprobably never be completely satisfiedwith our blocking downfield, but that’s acritical part of our game.”
Caldwell also has a ground game thatmore than complements its aerial assault.
Boyd became the first Tiger in the pro-gram’s history to rush for over 2,000 yardslast season, finishing with 2,041 yards and29 touchdowns.
With Cain being moved around on of-fense and Ellis providing another inter-changeable cog, Boyd could also see moretime as a slot receiver.
Chandler Blackburn, a senior, couldalso see time in the backfield as well asJavonte Riley
Caldwell appears to have a wealth of op-tions at the skill positions on offense, butis also extremely solid up front. However,what the Tigers are missing at the line ofscrimmage is the depth that the rest ofthe offensive unit enjoys.
“We’ve got six kids that we feel reallygood about,” Barnes said. “Five of themplayed last year.”
Tyler Beavers, a senior, sat out of Cald-well’s scrimmage against Butler Countywith concussion concerns. That forced the
Tigers to do some scrambling up front,with junior Kale Dyer taking over at centerand senior Kyler Kendall moving from cen-ter to left guard. Austin McGowan, anothersenior, is back at left tackle. Noah Kenna-day, also a senior, will play right guardwhile junior Chas Scott plays right tackle.
Defensively, the Tigers return mosteveryone from last year — with the no-table exception of lineman Cole Webster,who is now at Campbellsville University.
Webster led the team with 128 tackleslast season and finished as the school’s all-time leading tackler with 361 stops.
Up front, juniors Sean Conger andChase Harper will start at the defensivetackle spots with Blaine Hickman, a sen-ior, also figuring into the mix.
Drake VanHooser, a junior, will start atright defensive end with either sopho-more Landon Mitchell or junior PrestonThomas at left end.
The inside linebackers will be seniorsColin Brasher and Landon Burns, withThomas and sophomore Trevor Davispushing for those spots.
Blackburn returns at right outside line-backer while Palmer is back at strongsafety.
Cain will start at left cornerback withsenior Michael Watkins on the right side.
Burke returns at safety.“The good thing is we’re going to be able
to play a number of kids,” Barnes said.“But we will have some that have to playboth ways. Last year we were able to play11 on each side, which was a big advantage.This year some of them are going to haveto play on both sides, but we think we canstill rest those kids some. The good thing isthat none of our linemen have to go bothways, although Austin and Kyler may playsome defense in certain situations.”
Caldwell’s special teams also look to bein good hands.
Sindelar handled the majority of thepunting duties last season, averaging asolid 37.1 yards per kick. Cain can alsopunt, and both give the Tigers an addedpass/run threat when they receive thesnap in punt formation.
Senior Brett Seymore was a key find forthe Tigers last season. A member of theCCHS soccer team, Seymore joined thefootball squad in the second week of the2012 season and went on to set schoolrecords with nine made field goals and 66PATs.
In the return game, Cain developed intoa feared threat when opponents had topunt the ball away.
Cain, Boyd and Ellis all look to be dan-gerous return men on kickoffs.
Todd Griffin is the sports editor of The Princeton TimesLeader.REACH TODD at [email protected].
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HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHHS looks to continuewinning ways in 2013
ROSTER2013 Hopkinsville Tigers
No. Player Pos. Class1 Sam Stevens P/K 122 Don Parker WR/DB 93 C.J. Henagan QB/DB 94 Devontae Coleman WR/LB 125 Ameer Love RB/DB 116 Jordan McGee TE/LB 117 Tyler Graham QB/DB 108 Dee Killebrew RB/DB 129 Cliff Thomas TE/LB 1110 Rakeem Chambers WR/LB 1012 Tyshawn Anthony RB/LB 1013 Laquarius Davis WR/DB 1114 Jay Smith RB/DB 1115 Ben Bealle RB/DB 1016 Austin Bucko K/P 1217 Terrance Kendrick WR/DB 1219 Derrick Whitlock RB/LB 920 Corey Nibert RB/LB 1221 Zach Atkins FB/LB 1123 De Quarrles WR/DB 925 Qua Coleman RB/DB1 1226 Antrone Hollowell WR/DB 930 Darrel Oates WR/DB 1231 Dallas Green WR/DB 1034 Vincent Brown RB/DB 1035 Cody White WR/DB 1039 Jalonte Daniels RB/DB 1143 Jack McAdams FB/LB 944 Khalil Baker FB/LB 1245 Ka’tyvin Anthony FB/LB 946 Josh Johnson TE/DL 1147 Jaxon Janes TE/LB 9
No. Player Pos. Class50 Michael Bruce OL/LB 1051 Kenneth Hyams OL/LB 952 Jonathan Thomas OL/DL 1154 Marcus Wade OL/DL 1155 Jacob Ezell OL/DL 1256 Elijah Rowher OL/DL 1159 Derek Lincoln OL/DL 1160 Nick Dulin OL/DL 1261 Deion Lane OL/DL 962 Justin Wilkins OL/DL 1063 Jorge Paris OL/DL 964 Thomas Adams OL/DL 1165 Kishun Wilson OL/DL 1066 Jo Tornatore OL/DL 967 Cody Hodges OL/DL 1168 Bailey Carroll OL/DL 1170 R.J. Wilson OL/DL 971 Dominique Piffko OL/DL 1072 Chad Cessna OL/DL 1174 Deshawn McFarland OL/DL 975 Jake Miller OL/DL 976 Holden Sanders OL/DL 1077 Wyatt Thomas OL/DL 1078 Sean Whitson OL/DL 1179 Taylor Lytle OL/DL 980 Christian Williams WR/DB 1282 Kendall Lancaster WR/DB 984 Lane Carter WR/DB 985 Torrance Gilbert WR/DB 1086 Houston Ray P/K 1088 Q Kendrick WR/DB 990 Nathaniel Blount OL/DL 10
BY JOE WILSON
FOR THE NEW ERA
What a difference a yearmakes for the HopkinsvilleTigers football team.
A year ago, the Tigerswere mired in an 11-gamelosing streak, and mosthigh school football fansdidn’t give them much of achance to win a game in2012.
But a funny thing hap-pened on the way to No-vember: Hoptown nearlybeat Greenwood andMadisonville-North Hop-kins before knocking offAllen County-Scottsville to
end a 14-game losingstreak. Two more victoriesfollowed, and the Tigers ad-vanced to the Class 5-Aplayoffs for the first timesince 2009.
“I think what reallyturned it around for us wasgetting that win over AllenCounty,” third-year coachMarc Adam Clark said.“We had been on such anemotional roller coaster.We were up on Greenwood.We came from 14 pointsdown against Madisonville,and we just didn’t closethem out.”
As the 2013 season drawsnear, the Tigers have a
whole new outlook on theseason.
They return their entirebackfield and offensive linefrom a team that averaged27.3 points per game lastseason.
Leading the way will be 6-foot, 184-pound senior tail-back Dee Killebrew, whorushed for 915 yards and 10touchdowns, and 5-10, 190-pound junior Zach Atkins,who ran for 841 yards andeight scores a year ago.
“Both of these guys arebigger, stronger and theyare hungry,” Clark said.
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“They are more explosive and they lookmuch faster.”
Seniors Khalil Baker (5-9, 183), QuaColeman (5-5, 142) and sophomore VincentBrown (5-8, 157) also will see time in theTigers’ backfield.
At quarterback, sophomore Tyler Gra-ham is back after starting seven gameslast season as a freshman. The 5-8, 140-pounder threw for 526 yards and 10 touch-downs with 12 interceptions in 2012.
“He plays a lot bigger than his size,”Clark said of Graham. “He’s a tough,gritty kid and he’s not afraid. The biggestthing we’re emphasizing with him thisyear is trying cut down on his turnovers.He has to understand he doesn’t have tomake every play.”
Perhaps the brightest spot for the Tigersthis season is at offensive line where 6-6,280-pound junior Chad Cessna resides.Cessna already is garnering attentionfrom several colleges including UK.
Others expected to play major minutesfor Hoptown include Bailey Carroll (6-0,260, Jr.), Derek Lincoln (5-10, 220, Jr.),Jonathan Thomas (5-10, 214, Jr.), MarcusWade (6-1, 254, Jr.), Jacob Ezell (5-11, 213,
Sr.) and Elijah Rowher (6-3, 208, Jr.)“It’s a great problem to have,” Clark said
of the offensive line’s depth. “I may bepulling my hair out in 2015. The best thingis they all started multiple games last year.”
The Tigers will be athletic at wide re-ceiver this year with the addition of bas-ketball player Jordan McGee (6-3, 183, Jr.)as well as Devontae Coleman (5-11, 186, Sr.)and LaQuarius Davis (5-8, 140, Jr.)
The key for Hopkinsville will be on de-fense. Last year, the team gave up nearly50 points per game. Clark noted that thenumber couldn’t be blamed completely onthe defense.
“We have to be better on special teams,and we have to do a better job on offenseof not turning the ball over and giving theother team a short field to work with,” hesaid. “Our best leaders are on defense. Wethink, being a year older, we are tougherand more physical.”
Wade, Rowher and Wyatt Thomas (5-11,220, Soph.) lead the defensive line, whichalso includes many of the same players onthe offensive line.
Baker, Cliff Thomas (6-0, 192, Jr.), JaySmith (5-8, 164, Jr.) and Corey Nibert (5-7,179, Sr.) form the Hoptown linebackercorps.
“This is a group of guys who have beenthrough the tough times, and they arelooking for something better. They’re
hungry,” Clark said. In the secondary, Killebrew, Ameer Love
(5-11, 187, Jr.), Davis and Oates startedmost of the games last season. FreshmenDon Parker (5-11, 136) and C.J. Henagan (6-0, 152) also are expected to fill in at times.
The kicking and punting game will fea-ture seniors Sam Stevens (5-11, 165) andAustin Bucko (5-9, 160) along with sopho-more Houston Ray (6-1, 165). Stevens had 32extra points and two field goals a year ago.
“They are very competitive in practiceand each will punt and kick,” Clark said.“It depends on which one is kicking bestthat week who will play that week.”
The Tigers have made some changes totheir schedule. They open with Green-wood, while Madisonville-North Hopkinsremains on the schedule and TriggCounty returns to the schedule.
However, Clark, a Bowling Green native,has added Warren East and Franklin-Simpson to the schedule.
“It’s a competitive schedule. We don’thave any gimmes,” Clark said. “WarrenEast was a state semifinalist. West Creek,who we’re playing in the Claiborne Bowl,has a linebacker and running back whohas committed to Vanderbilt. We’re goingto have to bring it every week.”
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Hopkinsville running back Dee Killebrew returnsfor his senior season and looks to lead the Tigers.Killebrew carried the ball 81 times for 915 yardsand 10 touchdowns last season.
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FORT CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOLFalcons press on with new coach
BY ADAM MAY
THE EAGLE POST
If first year Fort Campbell High Schoolhead football coach Tony Butler is nerv-ous at all about the upcoming season, hecertainly isn’t showing it.
“Being my first year, as things comeabout, I just handle them,” Butler saidnonchalantly as his players lined up forthe team photograph. “It’s been good, it’slike anything else new. It’s new for me,but the game of football hasn’tchanged.”
He replaces Shawn Berner, who won 112games in 11 seasons while winning threestate championships and sending 55young men to play college football onscholarship. His overall record of 112-31(.783) is among the best in school historywith his win total second only to formercoach Marshall Patterson’s 227 victories.
The Fort Campbell program certainlyhas a lot of tradition, but there are plentyof positive things to look toward in the fu-ture for Butler.
He returns junior running back TristonLuke, who rushed for 1,935 yards and 30touchdowns last year.
Butler says Luke has worked hard to im-prove on those impressive numbers.
“He’s been doing good,” he said. “He’sgotten a lot stronger this summer, andhe’s gotten faster. He’s picked up on thestuff that we’re doing, and he’s makinggood decisions with what to do with thefootball in the backfield. He’s comingalong.”
Luke is healthy and confident going into2013 and believes hard work this summerwill pay dividends.
“We stayed in the weight room everyday,” Luke said. “And we had a lot of speedtraining in Coach Butler’s off-season pro-gram.”
The Falcons’ starting quarterback willbe junior Jalen Williams, and juniorJonathan Jethroe has the experience tofill in should he be needed.
“He’s back healthy,” Butler said ofWilliams. He also voiced his confidence inJethroe, who filled in admirably last sea-son. “That was big last year lettingJonathan get some experience in Jaylen’splace.”
Williams is excited for the opportunityto start and finish a season as “the guy.”
“I’m coming in with a lot of experi-ence,” Williams said. “We’ve got a lot ofskill position (players) coming out. We’vejust got to come out and work hard and
keep fighting to get better every singleday. It’s pretty easy for me. I’ve just got toget them the ball.”
Butler also believes the skill positionsare where the Falcons can set themselvesapart.
“We’ve got skill guys. All of those guyscome back from last year,” the coach saidwhile quickly pointing out where workstill needs to be done. “We graduated of-fensive linemen, so that’s what we’reworking on in our fall camp practices, try-ing to get those guys developed becausewe graduated three of the five.”
Among the other skill players returningare seniors Isaiah Washington, NygellBradley and Nighell Davidson, who willlikely all get their share of touches thisseason.
The Falcons finished 9-3 last year andlost 24-7 to South Warren in the secondround of the Class 3-A playoffs.
Butler says his goal is to win more thannine games, but more than anything, hewants them to learn how to win the rightway.
“Teach these kids to be successful,” But-ler said. “It’s my philosophy that if youteach these kids to be successful, youpractice with them, you go through theprocess of what it takes to be successful— the winning and losing takes care of it-self.”
The regular season begins Aug. 23 athome against Mayfield.
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Fort Campbell running back Triston Luke will look to match what he did last season as a sophomore whenhe carried the ball 213 times for 1,935 yards and 30 touchdowns.
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2 Jonathan Jethroe 5-10 170 11
3 Nygell Bradley 5-10 160 12
4 Tylor Mitchell 6-2 187 11
5 Isaiah Washington 6-0 210 12
6 Jalen Williams 5-11 170 11
7 Triston Luke 5-8 180 11
8 Marquez Rollinger 6-3 170 12
9 Javante Taylor 5-11 145 12
10 Nighgell Davidson 5-10 160 12
11 Brad Bowden 5-10 160 12
12 Zach Lee 6-1 160 11
13 DeShawn Carter 5-10 148 12
15 Will Bolen 6-0 160 12
16 Kesan Carter 5-9 130 9
21 Andrew Yarbrough 5-6 135 10
23 Christian Berry 5-8 170 11
24 Jyire Smith 6-0 160 11
26 Dallas Woodbridge 5-8 140 10
28 Romero Shamburger 5-8 135 9
32 Ja’uan Joiner 5-8 135 10
41 Melvin Hubbard 5-10 152 10
45 Aaron Henderson 5-7 150 10
50 Austin Nelson 6-0 198 12
52 Zach Syester 6-3 215 12
53 Brian Bentley 6-0 222 12
54 Conner Keenan 6-1 170 11
55 Christian Noble 6-0 220 12
56 Anthony Tarry 5-10 185 12
57 Caleb Benefield 5-10 160 10
58 Gino Haywood 5-11 175 11
60 Justin McGettigan 5-7 172 10
64 Ernest Simmons 5-9 170 11
65 Nathan Audelo 5-10 200 10
66 Jake Jorstad 6-0 280 11
67 Bryce Douglas 6-0 200 10
68 Kieffer Nelson 5-10 210 10
69 Enrique Mendoza 5-8 190 11
72 Chris Smith 5-10 210 12
74 Harley Ellis 5-11 205 9
76 Ezra Tupuola 6-1 245 10
78 A.J. Ogburn 6-0 216 11
79 Anthony Brosh 6-5 292 11
80 Roderick Davison 6-0 165 10
84 Marty Taylor 5-7 125 11
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Aug. 23 CHRISTIAN CO. 7 p.m.Aug. 31 Union Co. # 7 p.m.Sept. 6 Ohio Co. 7 p.m.Sept. 13 Trigg Co. 7 p.m.Sept. 20 FORT CAMPBELL 7 p.m.Sept. 27 BALLARD MEM. * 7 p.m.Oct. 4 Green Co. 7 p.m.Oct. 18 MURRAY * 7 p.m.Oct. 25 Crittenden Co. * 7 p.m.Nov. 1 MAYFIELD 7 p.m.
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Aug. 23 Caldwell Co. 7 p.m.Aug. 31 HILLSBORO # 5:30 p.m.Sept. 6 Henderson Co. 7 p.m.Sept. 13 Fort Campbell 7 p.m.Sept. 27 HOPKINSVILLE * 7 p.m.Oct. 4 Ohio Co. * 7 p.m.Oct. 11 Apollo * 7 p.m.Oct. 18 Graves Co. * 7 p.m.Oct. 25 KNOXVILLE FULTON 7 p.m.Nov. 1 McCracken Co. 7 p.m.
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Aug. 23 MAYFIELD 7 p.m.Aug. 30 Russellville 7 p.m.Sept. 6 FORT KNOX # 8 p.m.Sept. 13 CHRISTIAN CO. 7 p.m.Sept. 20 Caldwell Co. 7 p.m.Sept. 27 MCCRACKEN CO. 7 p.m.Oct. 11 Paducah Tilgh. * 7:30 p.m.Oct. 18 Webster Co. * 7 p.m.Oct. 25 TRIGG CO. * 7 p.m.Nov. 1 LORETTO 7 p.m.
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Date Opponent Time
Aug. 23 Greenwood ^ 8 p.m.Aug. 31 WEST CREEK # 8:30 p.m.Sept. 7 Trigg Co. % 8 p.m.Sept. 13 MADISONVILLE-N.H. 7 p.m.Sept. 20 Warren East 7 p.m.Sept. 27 Christian Co. * 7 p.m.Oct. 4 APOLLO * 7 p.m.Oct. 18 OHIO CO. * 7 p.m.Oct. 25 Graves Co. * 7 p.m.Nov. 1 Franklin-Simpson 7 p.m.
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Date Opponent Time
Aug. 23 West Creek 7 p.m.Aug. 30 NORTHWEST 7 p.m.Sept. 6 Ballard Mem. 7 p.m.Sept. 21 Russellville # 3 p.m.Sept. 27 McLean Co. * 7 p.m.Oct. 4 OWENSBORO CATH. * 7 p.m.Oct. 11 Butler Co. * 7 p.m.Oct. 18 HANCOCK CO. * 7 p.m.Oct. 25 UNION CO. * 7 p.m.Nov. 1 MUHLENBERG CO. 7 p.m.
# McCracken County Bowl in Paducah
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Date Opponent Time
Aug. 23 RUSSELLVILLE 7 p.m.Aug. 30 Marshall Co. 7 p.m.Sept. 7 HOPKINSVILLE # 8 p.m.Sept. 13 CALDWELL CO. 7 p.m.Sept. 20 UNION CO. 7 p.m.Sept. 27 Hopkins Co. Cent. 7 p.m.Oct. 11 Webster Co. * 7 p.m.Oct. 18 PADUCAH TILGH. * 7:30 p.m.Oct. 25 Fort Campbell * 7 p.m.Nov. 1 Calloway Co. 7 p.m.
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