Introduction

These two match-ups played at Rawlings Stadium in Georgetown should provide an interesting night of football.  The first game will pit (1-0) Bowling Green Purples coming off an 8-4 season against the home-standing (1-0) Scott County Cardinals coming off a 4-6 season.  Scott County Coach Jim McKee returns 8 of 11 starters on both offense and defense, but will be answering the bell tonight without TE Drew Willis who caught 33 passes last year.  Willis is recovering from an injury which could sideline him for two more weeks.  While Coach Kevin Wallace lost several talented performers from his 1999 Bowling Green squad, he expects to have a solid group of performers back this year.

The second game will feature (1-0) Lexington Catholic coming off an 11-2 record against a (0-1) Lincoln County Patriots who finished with a 9-4 record last year.  Coach Bob Sphire's Knights of Lexington Catholic will feature WR Clay Wolford who tallied 1368 receiving yards last year and scored 25 touchdowns.  Coach Tim Estes of Lincoln County returns a team loaded with size and experience.  Some of his top returnees should be Bo McGuffey, Brandon Smith, Brad Wall, and Jason Smith.

Bowling Green (1-0) vs. Scott County (1-0)

Both coaches must have a healthy dose of optimism and pessimism after tonight's defensive slugfest, which Bowling Green won by a score of 7-3.  Scott County was on the Purples' 5 yard line with seconds remaining but Jay Bradford intercepted a fourth-down pass by Justin Christman in the end zone to end any chance for Scott County to pull out a victory.  Kyle Sledge scored the lone touchdown for Bowling Green with 37 seconds remaining in the first half.  Scott County could only manage a 29 yard field goal by Daniel Snodgrass.

While both coaches were probably unhappy with their offensive output, they had to be impressed with a sterling defensive effort.  MVP for Bowling Green was Aaron Johnson who rushed for 30 yards and caught four passes for 77 yards.  Scott County's Jayce Johnson claimed MVP for his squad as he carried the ball 14 times for 88 yards and intercepted two passes.

Scoring Summary

Bowling Green  7         Scott County  3
 

School	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Bowling Green	0	7	0	0	7
Scott County	3	0	0	0	3

SC - Daniel Snodgrass 29 yard field goal
BG - Kyle Sledge 1 yard run (Adam Mercer kick)

Selected Statistics  (unofficial)
 
 

Bowling Green						Scott County
Rushing	No.	Yds	Avg	Long		Rushing	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Kyle Sledge	6	-1	-0.2	6		Justin Christman	13	11	0.9	16
Terrell Green	8	26	3.3	6		Jayce Johnson	14	88	6.3	37
Aaron Johnson	12	30	2.5	13		Chris Travis	7	11	1.6	6
Brad Bunton	5	25	5.0	7		Marcus Raglin	10	5	0.5	5
John Burton	1	-7	-7.0	-		Ladrell Vinegar	1	14	14.0	14
						Jesse Jones	1	1	1.0	1
Passing	A-C-I	Yds	TD	Long		Passing	A-C-I	Yds	TD	Long
Kyle Sledge	14-5-2	75	0	24		Justin Christman	15-5-1	53	0	17
Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long		Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long
Aaron Johnson	4	77	0	24		Marcus Raglin	3	34	0	17
John Burton	1	-2	0	-		Chris Travis	1	6	0	6
						Aaron Reynolds	1	13	0	13

Lincoln County (0-1) vs. Lexington Catholic (1-0)

Lexington Catholic exploded for four touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 28-6 lead at halftime on their way to a 42-6 victory.  Catholic's defense forced four turnovers and scored twice; once on a Jacob Carney 85 yard interception return and later on a 40 yard fumble return by Brandon Devers.

Lexington Catholic's So. QB Jacob Doss was named team MVP as he completed 9 of 18 passes for 169 yards and two TDs.  TE Greg Schenck caught five passes for 100 yards and one score.  Lincoln County's MVP was Jason Smith who rushed for 28 yards and returned four kickoffs for 172 yards including a 94 yard TD.  He also was credited with one punt return for 12 yards.

Scoring Summary

Lexington Catholic  42         Lincoln County  6
 

School	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Lincoln County	0	6	0	0	6
Lexington Catholic	0	28	14	0	42

CATH - Jacob Carney 85 yard interception return (Trip Eckerline kick)
LC - Jason Smith returns kickoff 94 yards (kick failed)
CATH - Jacob Doss 11 yard pass to Greg Schenck (Eckerline kick)
CATH - Seth Christian 3 yard run (Eckerline kick)
CATH - Brandon Devers 40 yard fumble return (Eckerline kick)
CATH - Doss 21 yard pass to Clay Wolford (Eckerline kick)
CATH - Aaron Neff 9 yard run (Eckerline kick)

Selected Statistics
 

Lincoln County						Lexington Catholic
Rushing	No.	Yds	Avg	Long		Rushing	No.	Yds	Avg	Long
Bo McGuffey	7	42	6.0	24		Daniel Fitzgerald	6	45	7.5	25
Jason Smith	9	28	3.1	14		Seth Christian	13	38	2.9	12
Simon Harrison	4	21	5.2	10		Aaron Neff	7	25	3.6	9
Jon Adams	3	20	6.7	17		Peter Little	2	25	12.5	18
Davis Teater	3	5	1.7	7		Phillip Martin	3	16	5.3	10
Matt Mullins	2	8	4.0	7		Jonathan Webb	3	5	1.7	3
Kenny Smith	2	7	3.5	6
Passing	A-C-I	Yds	TD	Long		Passing	A-C-I	Yds	TD	Long
Brett Monthie	13-3-2	16	0	14		Jacob Doss	18-9-0	169	2	36
Chris Hart	1-0-1	0	0	0		Adam Revelette	2-0-0	0	0	0
Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long		Receiving	No.	Yds	TD	Long
Brad Wall	1	14	0	14		Greg Schenck	5	100	1	36
Brandon Smith	1	9	0	9		Clay Wolford	2	35	1	21
Vince Logan	1	-7	0	0		Cameron Nichols	1	20	0	20
						Aaron Neff	1	14	0	14

 

Other Area Games of Interest
 
 

Corbin	21	Henry Clay	10
Knox Central	20	Elkhorn City	0
Magoffin County	14	Berea	8
Whitley County	27	Conner	7

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