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🏈 FRIDAY NIGHT NOTES
🏈 FRIDAY’S SCORES
🔗 LINKS
🍿 MEDIA CORNER
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🏈 FRIDAY NIGHT NOTES
Jayleigh Campbell hit a game-winning field goal from 25 yards out for Christian County (3-5) in its 24-21 upset of McCracken County (5-3), which entered the week ranked No. 5 in the KHSAA RPI. The Tigers were 20th, right behind Henderson County (4-4), which was off this week and travels to McCracken next week.
That result gave the Tigers their first district victory since the consolidation with Hopkinsville. If that wasn’t notable enough, Campbell may also have achieved statewide history — she could be the first girl to ever hit a game-winning field goal in Kentucky high school football history. It was her first field-goal attempt of the season.
Dayton (7-1) and Glasgow (7-1) both fell from the unbeaten ranks.
The Scotties, who took a 33-28 loss to LaRue County (8-0), lost their first regular season game in almost two years (Oct. 18, 2024). It was LaRue County’s first win over Glasgow since 2009.
“We knew it was gonna be a tough matchup for sure, I’m still kind of in shock to be honest with you,” Clay Hooper said during Friday night’s PrepSpin Scoreboard Show.
The Greendevils were seeking their first win over Newport Central Catholic (3-5) since 1998; they lost 47-7.Greenup County (6-2) went up 19-0 on Johnson Central (2-6) before holding on for a 25-19 victory over the Golden Eagles, their first in that series since 2003.
Franklin County (5-4) defeated Western Hills (1-7) for the ninth time in a row, 57-7. Flyers head coach Eddie James got his 100th win.
The Wolverines hadn’t scored against Franklin County since a 55-6 loss in 2019. Wan’Dale Robinson was a sophomore at Western Hills when it last defeated Franklin County, 36-34, in 2016. Robinson, now a standout for the Tennessee Titans, had four total touchdowns and scored a decisive two-point conversion in that game.Ballard Memorial (4-3), which went winless last season, moved above .500 with a 20-14 win over Fulton County (3-5). Senior Jaxon Shackelford scored all three TDs for the Bombers.
🏈 FRIDAY’S SCORES
CLASS A
Ballard Memorial 20, Fulton County 14
Bishop Brossart 26, Ludlow 17
Covington Holy Cross 49, Trimble County 6
Eminence 48, Berea 0
Kentucky Country Day 28, Bethlehem 14
Louisville Holy Cross 35, Campbellsville 9
Lynn Camp 52, Harlan 17
Middlesboro 64, Williamsburg 22
Newport 36, Bellevue 13
Newport Central Catholic 47, Dayton 7
Pikeville 42, Paintsville 6
Raceland 42, Paris 14
Russellville 60, Caverna 0
Sayre 1, Frankfort 0 (forfeit)
CLASS 2A
Beechwood 69, Gallatin County 0
Belfry 54, Betsy Layne 0
Breathitt County 26, West Carter 16
Caldwell County 1, Todd County Central 0 (forfeit)
Crittenden County 49, Fort Campbell 12
Elizabethtown 50, Metcalfe County 6
Floyd Central 76, Martin County 52
Green County 39, Clinton County 6
Jackson County 36, Morgan County 12
Lexington Christian Academy 54, Danville 14
Magoffin County 22, Pike County Central 6
Mayfield 55, Trigg County 23
Prestonsburg 57, Leslie County 20
Providence at W.E.B. DuBois (n/a)
Shelby Valley 41, East Ridge 24
Somerset 41, Monroe County 14
Walton-Verona 42, Owen County 6
Washington County 44, Shawnee 0
Thursday: St. Henry 61, Bracken County 23
CLASS 3A
Bourbon County 48, Carroll County 7
Butler County 40, Hart County 0
Central 18, DeSales 14
Christian Academy of Louisville 42, Western 0
East Carter 56, Lewis County 21
Edmonson County 47, Adair County 42
Henry County 47, Pendleton County 6
Hopkins County Central 46, Webster County 8
Knox Central 44, Clay County 6
LaRue County 33, Glasgow 28
Lawrence County 35, Estill County 14
Letcher County Central 34, Powell County 8
Lexington Catholic 35, Bardstown 15
Magoffin County 22, Pike County Central 6
Mercer County 31, Casey County 6
Murray 49, Union County 14
Rockcastle County 44, McCreary Central 8
Russell 53, Bath County 16
CLASS 4A
Boyd County 49, Rowan County 7
Boyle County 41, Lincoln County 7
Calloway County 43, Allen County-Scottsville 22
Corbin 42, Whitley County 0
Covington Catholic 35, Harrison County 12
Elizabethtown 50, Metcalfe County 6
Franklin County 57, Western Hills 7
Greenup County 25, Johnson Central 19
Highlands 61, Mason County 0
Logan County 40, Franklin-Simpson 19
Nelson County 32, Marion County 22
North Oldham 36, Waggener 6
Paducah Tilghman 39, Warren East 0
Perry County Central 42, Harlan County 14
Taylor County 13, John Hardin 0
Wayne County 41, Russell County 25
Thursday: Breckinridge County 40, Doss 12
CLASS 5A
Bowling Green 45, Greenwood 7
Butler at Iroquois (n/a)
Collins 58, Anderson County 30
Cooper 35, Scott 7
Dixie Heights 34, Boone County 3
Fairdale 34, Bullitt Central 13
Graves County 53, Marshall County 7
Grayson County 30, Warren Central 0
Macon County (Tenn.) 27, Barren County 7
North Bullitt 31, Jeffersontown 13
Owensboro 48, Muhlenberg County 7
Pulaski County 36, North Laurel 8
South Laurel 38, Southwestern 28
West Jessamine 47, East Jessamine 15
Woodford County 44, Scott County 35
Thursday: Atherton 49, Seneca 0
CLASS 6A
Frederick Douglass 25, Bryan Station 12
Bullitt East 42, Southern 0
South Warren 56, Central Hardin 0
Meade County 41, Daviess County 6
Male 42, Fern Creek 0
Madison Central 63, George Rogers Clark 12
Ryle 27, Great Crossing 6
Paul Laurence Dunbar 20, Henry Clay 0
Christian County 24, McCracken County 21 (OT)
Oldham County 28, Ballard 23
Manual 54, Pleasure Ridge Park 6
St. Xavier 38, North Hardin 14
Simon Kenton 13, Campbell County 12
Lafayette 31, Tates Creek 14
Trinity 38, Eastern 0
NON-DISTRICT
Thomas Nelson at Holmes (n/a)
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🍿 MEDIA CORNER
I bought it for my wife several years ago but I finally watched Vampyr for the first time this week. It’s a 1932 German horror film — she loves all those things — directed by a Danish man named Carl Th. Dreyer. If the name rings a bell, he a few years earlier directed The Passion of Joan of Arc, which I’ve not seen but commonly is regarded as one of the best movies ever.
Vampyr was Dreyer’s first “talkie” but it’s very much a flick wedded to the silent era in structure, and I think scarier for it. Dialogue’s present but light, allowing the images of an occult-curious visitor’s encounters with villagers entrapped by vampires, real and imagined, to overtake you. It’s a cool, somewhat hallucinatory experience with some phenomenal effects work for something that’s almost 100 years old. I watched the Criterion Collection blu-ray but it’s streaming on HBO Max.I mentioned The History of Concrete last week. Not looking like I’ll be able to check it out before it departs the city but I did check out the first episode of How To with John Wilson this week and it made me even more excited to eventually see watch THOC. That episode, “How To Make Small Talk,” goes on quite a trip in less than 30 minutes. Wilson’s style won’t be for all, but if you can handle awkward interactions it’s special stuff, tbh. Eager to see more of the show.
Finally, there’s another documentary in theaters this weekend that I absolutely will be watching before the weekend’s over. You Can See Everything is getting outrageously good reviews for a documentary, to the point of earning Best Picture buzz (a documentary has never been nominated). If you see one movie in theaters this year, it sounds like this might need to be the one. Wild!
We covered Donnie Darko on Not Another 2001 Movie Podcast this week. I’d love to know: what’s your favorite cult classic film or TV show?
