© 2008 by Ron Harrison
Boyle County combined a rock-solid defense against the run (allowed 28 yards on 23 carries) and some costly penalties against Lexington Catholic to eke out a 14-11 victory. Two Lexington Catholic touchdowns were nullified by penalties which greatly frustrated and angered the Lexington Catholic coaching staff. Kevin Ebbit intercepted a pass late in the first half and returned it 55 yards for an apparent touchdown. However, the TD was called back and the Knights were flagged for a personal foul against the Boyle County quarterback. The penalty woes continued on the second half kickoff as Ryne Least's 99 yard return was nullified by a block in the back call.
Boyle County took a 14-3 lead in the final quarter but Lexington Catholic scored a late TD and two point conversion to narrow the score to 14-11. Lexington Catholic attempted an on-side kick but Boyle County recovered and was able to run out the clock. This was the first district loss for Lexington Catholic since 2000.
Boyle County recorded 12 first downs and 215 yards of total offense. The Rebels were penalized 11 times for 70 yards. Lexington Catholic recorded nine first downs and 188 yards of total offense. The Knights were penalized nine times for 92 yards and had one pass intercepted.
Rees MacShara led Boyle County's ground game with 83 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries. Phillip Mason carried the ball 14 times for 46 yards. Mason completed 13 of 22 passes for 69 yards. Ron Crutchfield caught four passes for 20 yards. Rees MacShara added four receptions for 16 yards. Ben Slone led the Rebel defense with five solo and three assisted tackles. Grant Aumiller and Lamar Dawson each recorded five solo and one assisted tackles. 3.5 of Aumiller's tackles resulted in losses totalling 13 yards.
Greg Raglin led Lexington Catholic's ground game with 19 yards on 12 carries. Nic Ward completed 17 of 30 passes for 159 yards and one touchdown with one interception. Will Letton caught five passes for 56 yards. Daniel Vogelsang caught four passes for 26 yards. Jonathan Bush added three receptions for 49 yards. Kevin Ebbit led the defense with four solo and two assisted tackles. Matt Bean added four solo and one assisted tackles. Ryne Least recorded four solo tackles.
| Boyle County | 14 | Lexington Catholic | 11 |
| School | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Boyle County | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Lexington Catholic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
| LC | - | Lane Pumphrey 47 yard field goal |
| BC | - | Rees MacShara 2 yard run (J. T. Ross kick) |
| BC | - | MacShara 46 yard run (Ross kick) |
| LC | - | Devon Williams 1 yard pass from Nic Ward (Will Letton pass from Nic Ward) |
| Boyle County | Lexington Catholic | |||||||||
| Rushing | No. | Yds. | Avg. | Long | Rushing | No. | Yds. | Avg. | Long | |
| Rees MacShara | 16 | 83 | 5.2 | 46 | Greg Raglin | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 11 | |
| Phillip Mason | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 13 | Nic Ward | 8 | 6 | 0.8 | 6 | |
| Ron Crutchfield | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | Devon Williams | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | |
| Chris Cook | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | Team | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | A-C-I | Yds. | TD | Long | Passing | A-C-I | Yds. | TD | Long | |
| Phillip Mason | 22-13-0 | 69 | 0 | 12 | Nic Ward | 30-17-1 | 159 | 1 | 33 | |
| John Sam Steele | 2-1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Receiving | No. | Yds. | TD | Long | Receiving | No. | Yds. | TD | Long | |
| Ron Crutchfield | 4 | 20 | 0 | 10 | Will Letton | 5 | 56 | 0 | 33 | |
| Rees MacShara | 4 | 16 | 0 | 12 | Daniel Vogelsang | 4 | 26 | 0 | 13 | |
| Brett Marshall | 3 | 15 | 0 | 8 | Jonathan Bush | 3 | 49 | 0 | 28 | |
| Jordan Aumiller | 2 | 18 | 0 | 12 | Devon Williams | 3 | 12 | 1 | 9 | |
| Lee Ramsey | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Zach Linton | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Greg Raglin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
A special thanks to WLStats for the comprehensive stats provided for tonight's games.
Please refer to Week 5 in Review .
Please feel free to send your comments and questions concerning the event, teams, or players to me at prepgridiron@yahoo.com.
Ron Harrison’s reports on this and other football events appear on https://www.angelfire.com/ky2/prepgridiron.
