- Highlands (10)
- Simon Kenton
- Ryle
- Conner
- Dixie Heights
- Boone Co
- Holmes
- Covington Catholic
- Holy Cross
- Beechwood
Thoughts:
- First, how can Holy Cross be ranked ahead of Beechwood when Beechwood just beat the Indians Friday night? I realize the game went in to OT and Beechwood came back to win, but that pick doesn't make much sense to me.
- The rest of the top 10 looks pretty solid. Highlands didn't put on a huge offensive show like we were all expecting Friday night, but the defense pitched a shut out and Collinsworth had 185 yards on 12 carries.
- Simon Kenton was very impressive in their 56-21 win over Shroder, OH. A little surprised they gave up 21 points, but any time you put 56 on the board, not much can really be said.
- Ryle at #3 is a pretty solid pick. They were very impressive in their 45-0 win over Newcath. Scary thing is, the game could have been much worse. Elliott looked good for the Raiders. He runs very hard and had 126 yards on 13 carries.
- NKY 6A should be exciting to watch this year. 4 of their 6 teams are ranked in the top 6 in the nky coaches poll. Simon Kenton looks to be the strongest right now but Ryle and Conner are both VERY solid and will be tough to beat. I personally like Conner as the best team in the district. We'll see.
- How about Holmes? After beating Cooper 28-21 Friday night, they are now 3-0 for the first time since I believe 2000 or 2001. Big district game this week with Bourbon Co. Could it be their first step towards a district championship? Spoke with Coach Lickert after the Holmes/Cooper game Friday and he said if his team cuts down on their mental errors, they are going to be tough to beat but there weren't many positives from the W Friday other than his team played bad but still managed to gut out a W.
- Lastly, it was good to see Covcath get their first W of the season Friday night under Coach Wirth. Don't look too far ahead but with CCH playing Beechwood this week, Newcath next week, and Scott the following week, they very well could have a winning record at 4-3 heading in to their final two games against Highlands and Dixie.
Now, now, now, not everyone was expecting a big offensive performance from Highlands against Withrow. Dale has been keeping his offense cards very close to the vest. That continued with Withrow. If Highlands has a chance against X, they will have to pull off some surprises on offense. Furthermore Withrow has a nice defense. People saw the Winton Woods score and assumed Withrow's defense was poor. Heck, at least 2 of Winton Woods scores were made by their defense and it may have been 3. Plus Winton Woods offense benefitted greatly from multiple additional turnovers by Withrow (I think they had 7 or 8 in total).
ReplyDeleteI still think Ryle is the team to beat in their district.