Introduction

Game One will match Class 4A Meade County against Class 4A Scott County.  The Meade County Green Wave, coached by Larry French, finished 11-2 last season.  Coach French lost a lot of talent to graduation, but the cupboard is not completely bare.  Meade County welcomes back 6-5 200 pound QB Blake Powers who threw for over than 1000 yards and 11 TDs last year.  6-2 230 pound RB Nathan Barker returns after a 1000 yard campaign.  LB Brian Crean, a 6-3 219 pound Sr., is expected to anchor the defense this season.  The Scott County Cardinals, led by Coach Jim McKee, finished 9-3 last season.  The Cardinals lost 21 seniors through graduation but still return a lot of talent.  The offense will be led by 5-11 Jr. QB Chris Cronin, who threw for 1100 yards last season.  His favorite target will be 5-11 Sr. Ryan Rennecker who caught 42 passes for 724 yards last season.  The defense should be anchored this year by 6-2 226 pound Jr. LB Courtney White. 

Game Two will pit Class 4A Madison Central against Class 4A Simon Kenton.  Coach Paul Rains' Madison Central Indians finished 4-7 last season but the Indians have experience returning on both sides of the ball and should be improved.  Last year's squad was decimated by injuries with several key players being out of the lineup for varying periods of time.  Coach Jeff Marksberry's Simon Kenton Pioneers finished 5-5 last season and have enough talented players to make a run for a berth in the playoffs.  5-11 165 pound Sr. Joe Nevels is an outstanding free safety who also rushed for 10 TDs from his tailback slot last season.  Sr QB Justin Bishop threw for over 1200 yards and connected for 14 touchdowns last year. 

Game One

Meade County (1-0) vs. Scott County (1-0)

Scott County's swarming defense kept pressure on Meade County's star QB Blake Powers all evening on their way to a 15-0 Cardinal victory.  Scott County took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a one yard run by Chris Cronin and a conversion by Vincent Caldararro.  Phillip Ray scored on a 19 yard run in the third quarter but the conversion failed.  Scott County added a safety in the third period for the final points of the evening. 

Scott County QB Chris Cronin completed 15 of 21 passes for 153 yards.  Ryan Rennecker had seven receptions for 65 yards.  The ground game was led by Phillip Ray with 44 yards on six carries.  Scott County's 5-11 197 pound DE Adam Butler was named team MVP.  Butler recorded eight tackles, three solo sacks, and two assisted sacks.  Meade County's QB Blake Powers completed 16 of 42 passes for 154 yards but had several passes dropped.  Jr. Brent Hottell was named Meade County's MVP.  Hottell intercepted a pass and had a fumble recovery. 

Scoring Summary

Scott County

15

Meade County

0

School	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Meade County	0	0	0	0	0
Scott County	7	0	8	0	15

SC	- Chris Cronin 1 yard run (Vincent Caldararro kick)
SC	- Phillip Ray 19 yard run (kick fails)
SC	- Safety bad snap through end zone

 
  Selected Statistics
 

Meade County						Scott County
Rushing	No.	Yds.	Avg.	Long		Rushing	No.	Yds.	Avg.	Long
Nathan Barker	3	10	3.3	6		Dondrece Christopher	6	16	2.7	6
Ryan Brown	3	27	9.0	20		Phillip Ray	6	44	7.3	19
Justin Hinerman	6	25	4.2	9		Ted Sberna	6	31	5.2	15
Jon King	8	35	4.4	13		Chris Cronin	8	10	1.3	11
Blake Powers	10	-36	-3.6	9		Courtney White	1	-3	-3.0	--
David Randell	1	9	9.0	9
Passing	A-C-I	Yds.	TD	Long		Passing	A-C-I	Yds.	TD	Long
Blake Powers	42-16-0	154	0	19		Chris Cronin	21-15-1	153	0	18
Brent Hottell	1-0-0	0	0	0
Receiving	No.	Yds.	TD	Long		Receiving	No.	Yds.	TD	Long
Roman Whelan	3	30	0	13		Ted Sberna	2	19	0	12
Justin Hinerman	3	13	0	11		Phillip Ray	2	34	0	12
Ryan Brown	2	13	0	8		Ryan Rennecker	7	65	0	16
Nathan Barker	1	13	0	13		Kyle Tucker	2	26	0	16
Andre Crouch	2	33	0	20		Dondrece Christopher	2	19	0	12
Josh Jarboe	3	21	0	10
Robert Reeder	1	17	0	17
Brent Hottell	1	24	0	24

 

Game Two

Madison Central (1-0) vs. Simon Kenton (0-1)

Darrick Boyd scored two touchdowns in the first quarter to lead Madison Central to a 14-7 victory over Simon Kenton.  Boyd scored first on a seven yard run and Phillip Herbst converted to give Madison Central a 7-0 lead.  Simon Kenton tied the score on a 64 yard pass from Justin Bishop to Joe Nevels plus the conversion by Ryan Kelley.  Boyd scored his second touchdown on a one yard run with 25 seconds remaining in the first quarter.  Herbst kicked the extra point to give Madison Central a 14-7 lead--a score that held up the rest of the evening.  Madison Central QB Dylan McMaine was 8 for 17 through the air for 133 yards.  6-2 220 pound Jr. TE/LB Matt Bell was named game MVP for Madison Central  The game MVP for Simon Kenton was QB Justin Bishop who completed 20 of 37 passes for 266 yards and one touchdown.  Joe Nevels caught four passes for 98 yards and one touchdown. 

Scoring Summary

Madison Central

14

Simon Kenton

7

School	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Madison Central	14	0	0	0	14
Simon Kenton	7	0	0	0	7

MC	- Darrick Boyd 7 yard run (Phillip Herbst kick)
SK	- Joe Nevels 64 yard pass from Justin Bishop (Ryan Kelley kick)
MC	- Boyd 1 yard run (Herbst kick)

 
 

*These stats were recorded by me personally and differ from other versions I have seen.

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to Scott County High School's Sonny Denniston for the hospitality extended me during my stay. 

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