Class A Championship
Beechwood (12-2) vs. Hancock County (10-2) December 3, 1999
Mike Yeagle leads Beechwood into today's title game gunning for their eighth state championship. Quarterback Ben List has run for 1138 yards and 24 touchdowns. Joe Hampel and Nick Sketch have each rushed for over 800 yards. Hancock County's Coach Mike Peach has one of the most exciting players in the state; Travis Atwell at quarterback. Travis has rushed for 2173 yards and 37 touchdowns this year. He has also completed 140 of 214 passes for 2324 yards and 32 scoring strikes. Fullback Reggie Williams has tallied 826 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground. Receivers Seth Flener and Michael White have formed a potent pair of targets for Atwell by catching 28 touchdown passes and a combined 1382 yards.
Beechwood proved to be too much for Hancock County and prevailed by a score of 45-22 to win their seventh championship in nine years. Beechwood alternated quarterbacks Ben List and Mike Nie to keep Hancock County off balance. They combined for a total of 316 offensive yards. List had four rushing touchdowns and Nie threw for one score.
Hancock County only trailed 19-15 at halftime but turnovers unraveled
their chances and Beechwood pulled away to control the game. Travis
Atwell rushed for 135 yards and passed for 162 yards but fumbled twice
and threw two interceptions.
Scoring Summary
Beechwood 45
Hancock County 22
| School | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Beechwood | 6 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 45 |
| Hancock County | 7 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 22 |
HC Atwell 1 yard run (Bivins kick)
B List 1 yard run (kick failed)
B List 1 yard run (run failed)
HC Atwell 32 yard pass to Morris (Atwell pass to Jackson)
B Nie 21 yard pass to Hampel (Robb kick)
B Sketch 11 yard run (kick failed)
B List 25 yard run (Robb kick)
HC Atwell 5 yard pass to Williams (Bivins kick)
B List 1 yard run (Robb kick)
B Mann 1 yard run (kick failed)
Selected Statistics
| Beechwood | Hancock County | |||||||
| Rushing | No. | Yds | Avg | Rushing | No. | Yds | Avg | |
| List | 13 | 105 | 8.1 | Atwell | 30 | 135 | 4.5 | |
| Sketch | 16 | 79 | 4.9 | Williams | 15 | 98 | 6.5 | |
| Hampel | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | Flener | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | |
| Nie | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | Sila | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Mann | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | |||||
| Passing | A-C-I | Yds | TD | Passing | A-C-I | Yds | TD | |
| Nie | 6-5-1 | 63 | 1 | Atwell | 19-11-2 | 162 | 2 | |
| List | 4-4-0 | 115 | 0 | Morris | 1-0-1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | |
| Long | 3 | 90 | 0 | Jackson | 4 | 59 | 0 | |
| Ridgell | 2 | 21 | 0 | Flener | 3 | 38 | 0 | |
| Kaiser | 1 | 27 | 0 | Morris | 2 | 49 | 1 | |
| Hampel | 1 | 20 | 1 | White | 1 | 11 | 0 | |
| Campbell | 1 | 14 | 0 | Williams | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| List | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||
Class 2A Championship
Boyle County (14-0) vs. Glasgow (11-3) December 3, 1999
The senior leadership of TE/LB Bobby Leffew, OL Brandon Clem and DL Greg Wilson, have led Coach Chuck Smith's Boyle County Rebels to a 14-0 slate, including two victories over a tough Lexington Catholic squad. Sophomore Jeff Duggins has tallied 2180 passing yards and 38 scoring strikes and added 392 yards and five rushing touchdowns. Junior running back Matt Quinn has powered the ground game with 1523 yards and 23 touchdowns.
Coach Jerry Eubank brings a quick and aggressive Glasgow team to the championship game, but they will probably be the underdog against the undefeated Rebels. Randy and Bradley Depp have each rushed for over 800 yards this year and Casey Calhoun has passed for over 1000 yards. Glasgow has allowed just 26 points in four playoff games.
Boyle County proved to be too tough and aggressive for the speedy Glasgow team and secured their first championship with a 29-6 victory. The Boyle County offense was not firing on all cylinders but they took advantage of fumbles and a blocked field goal attempt to score. Matt Quinn and Bobby Leffew led an aggressive defense that limited Glasgow to only 57 rushing yards. Boyle County now has their bragging rights; until now, they had languished in the shadow of seven-time state champion Danville. Boyle County finished the year 15-0 and remains the only undefeated team in the state.
Scoring Summary
Boyle County 29
Glasgow 6
| School | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Boyle County | 0 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
| Glasgow | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
BC Anderson recovers fumble in end zone (Begley kick)
BC B. Leffew blocks field goal and Holderman returns it
66 yards (Begley kick)
G Huffman 1 yard run (kick failed)
BC Quinn 1 yard run (Begley kick)
BC Duggins 22 yard pass to Johnson (Duggins pass to B.
Leffew)
Selected Statistics
| Boyle County | Glasgow | |||||||
| Rushing | No. | Yds | Avg | Rushing | No. | Yds | Avg | |
| Quinn | 31 | 165 | 5.3 | R. Depp | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | |
| Duggins | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | B. Depp | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | |
| Johnson | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | Calhoun | 3 | -30 | -10.0 | |
| McCoy | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | Huffman | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | |
| B. Leffew | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | |||||
| Passing | A-C-I | Yds | TD | Passing | A-C-I | Yds | TD | |
| Duggins | 8-4-1 | 52 | 1 | Calhoun | 23-15-0 | 96 | 0 | |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | |
| Johnson | 3 | 53 | 1 | Mack | 5 | 26 | 0 | |
| B. Leffew | 1 | -1 | 0 | Bailey | 4 | 37 | 0 | |
| R. Depp | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Huffman | 2 | 30 | 0 | |||||
| Downs | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||
Class 3A Championship
Ft. Thomas Highlands (13-1) vs. Owensboro (13-1) December 4, 1999
Highlands lost quarterback Jared Lorenzen and TE Derek Smith to the University of Kentucky from last year's 15-0 championship squad and the young Bluebirds were supposed to be re-building. Somebody forgot to tell Coach Dale Mueller and his 18 underclassmen starters as they have rolled back into Louisville with a 13-1 record. Junior quarterback Gino Guidugli has passed for 2901 yards and 38 scoring strikes. Junior flanker Brett Hamblen caught 17 scoring receptions and 1302 total receiving yards. Senior Brenden Zenni rushed for 1408 yards and 26 touchdowns. Juniors Brent Grover and Brett Hamblen anchor the Highland defense.
Owensboro's coach Gordon Power sticks to power football and his ground game is led by 6-2 Getty Cavitt who has rushed for 1445 yards and has also racked up 133 tackles at linebacker. Another top Red Devil player is 6-5 280 pound end Buster Ashley.
Highlands will be the favorite in this game as their only loss has been to out-of-state foe Cincinnati Elder. Highlands has claimed 13 previous state titles and Owensboro has a 2A and 3A championship to their credit.
Highlands' Brett Hamblen returned the opening kickoff 91 yards
to give the Bluebirds a 7-0 lead and they dominated Owensboro to capture
their third championship in four years. Highlands only had 301 yards
total offense but their opportunistic defense held Owensboro to 175 offensive
yards and forced six turnovers. Highlands led 21-7 at halftime thanks
to a goal line stand at the Highlands 2 yard line as time expired in the
first half. Highlands scored three times in the third quarter including
two touchdowns by the defense on the way to a 48-10 victory.
Scoring Summary
Highlands 48
Owensboro 10
| School | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Highlands | 21 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 48 |
| Owensboro | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
H Hamblen 91 yard kickoff return (Jones kick)
H Guidugli 1 yard run (Jones kick)
O Cavitt 2 yard run (Johnson kick)
H Guidugli 41 yard pass to Grover (Jones kick)
O Johnson 37 yard field goal
H Meloche 7 yard fumble return (kick fails)
H Guidugli 2 yard run (Jones kick)
H Johnson 33 yard interception return (Jones kick)
H Meloche 2 yard run (Jones kick)
Selected Statistics
| Highlands | Owensboro | |||||||
| Rushing | No. | Yds | Avg | Rushing | No. | Yds | Avg | |
| Zenni | 15 | 122 | 8.1 | Cavitt | 25 | 130 | 5.2 | |
| Guidugli | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | Miller | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | |
| Gramstead | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | Dixon | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | |
| Meloche | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | Hanley | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | |
| Mueller | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | Smith | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | |
| Behymer | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | Bell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Passing | A-C-I | Yds | TD | Passing | A-C-I | Yds | TD | |
| Guidugli | 15-7-0 | 129 | 1 | Holder | 3-1-1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donelan | 1-1-0 | 13 | 0 | Powers | 2-1-1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Miller | 1-0-1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | |
| Hamblen | 3 | 53 | 0 | Miller | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Grover | 1 | 41 | 1 | Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnson | 1 | 17 | 1 | |||||
| Jones | 1 | 14 | 0 | |||||
| Mueller | 1 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Meloche | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||
Class 4A Championship
Bryan Station (13-1) vs. St. Xavier (13-1) December 4, 1999
Coach John Nochta is bringing his Bryan Station Defenders in at the top of their game. They are extremely fast and have averaged 44.6 ppg this year. The vaunted rushing attack is led by 6-3 235 pound Junior tailback Eric Shelton with 2318 yards and 31 touchdowns on 226 carries, quarterback J.T. Haskins with 1517 yards and 21 touchdowns on 155 carries, and fullback Greg Shiddell who has gained 646 yards on only 72 carries. J.T. Haskins has also completed 44 of 99 passes for 1005 yards and 13 touchdowns. Speedsters Robert Haskins and Marquis Johnson have each caught 14 passes for 405 and 360 yards respectively. Robert Haskins is also a lethal weapon on kick returns.
St. Xavier brings tradition to the table with nine previous championships and Coach Mike Glaser intends to continue the tradition. St. X rebounded from a season opening 24-14 loss to Covington Catholic to win 13 in a row entering the championship game. Their ground game is led by Nick Legel with 898 yards on 128 carries, Benny Butler with 845 yards on 149 carries, and Ryan Payne added 715 yards on 112 carries. Quarterback Eric Saling has completed 67 of 120 passes for 1081 yards and 11 touchdowns. Jesse Cronen has caught 39 passes for 626 yards and has found the end zone 9 times. St. Xavier has won titles in 1992, 1995, and 1997 and would like to close out this decade with championship number four.
St. Xavier, trailing 31-28 and fourth and inches from the goal line in overtime, gave the ball to Ryan Payne who scored to give St. X their fourth title of this decade by a score of 34-31. St. Xavier had to score with 1:14 left in regulation to tie the game 28-all and get into overtime. Ryan Pearl kicked a 24 yard field goal in overtime for Bryan Station giving them a 31-28 lead, and setting the stage for Payne's heroics. St. X had to overcome the heroics of Eric Shelton who rushed for 213 yards and a great performance by J.T. Haskins. There were truly no losers in this game as both teams fired their best shots but in the end St. Xavier's superior depth finally won. LB Justin Haydock was the hero on defense for St. Xavier with 18 tackles.
Scoring Summary
St. Xavier 34
Bryan Station 31
| School | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Final |
| Bryan Station | 0 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| St. Xavier | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
St.X Butler 15 yard run (Bickett kick)
BS Shelton 77 yard run (kick failed)
St.X Payne 1 yard run (Bickett kick)
BS J.T. Haskins 3 yard run (Shelton run)
BS Shelton 3 yard run (Pearl kick)
St.X Saling 1 yard run (Bickett kick)
BS J.T. Haskins 49 yard pass to Robert Haskins (Pearl
kick)
St.X Legel 2 yard run (Bickett kick)
BS Pearl kicks 24 yard field goal
St.X Payne 1 yard run (no kick)
Selected Statistics
| St. Xavier | Bryan Station | |||||||
| Rushing | No. | Yds | Avg | Rushing | No. | Yds | Avg | |
| Legel | 14 | 88 | 6.3 | Shelton | 24 | 213 | 8.9 | |
| Payne | 19 | 68 | 3.6 | J.T. Haskins | 17 | 106 | 6.2 | |
| Butler | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | Shiddell | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | |
| Saling | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | |||||
| Passing | A-C-I | Yds | TD | Passing | A-C-I | Yds | TD | |
| Saling | 11-7-0 | 103 | 0 | J.T. Haskins | 13-6-1 | 106 | 1 | |
| Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | Receiving | No. | Yds | TD | |
| Cronen | 4 | 57 | 0 | Johnson | 3 | 50 | 0 | |
| Payne | 3 | 46 | 0 | R. Haskins | 2 | 52 | 1 | |
| Clayborne | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||
