BTI’s Rants and Ramblings: State High School Football Semifinals Tonight!

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Wow, what a week of high school football last Friday.  Just a rundown of what happened:

-Two Top 50 teams nationally played a classic in Louisville, with 6-A #1 Male coming up with a 20-19 win over #2 Trinity thanks to a late extra point miss.

-The four 6-A quarterfinals were decided by 1, 1, 3, and 6 points respectively.

-5-A #1 Bowling Green went into Owensboro and crushed the #2 Red Devils, solidifying their status as heavy favorite in that class.

-Despite being unranked coming into the playoffs, Highlands has played it’s way into the semifinals once again in their first year in 5-A.

-Danville became the only team in the state to win each of it’s 3 playoff games by more than 40 points.

-In a quirk of classification, we are now guaranteed at least 3 new champions in the 5 classes, but 5 of 6 champions from last year still remain.  Highlands and Mayfield moved up in class.

Tonight’s schedule below, with defending champions in bold.

Class 6-A
#1 Male at Central Hardin
#7 Lafayette at #3 Simon Kenton

Class 5-A
#4 Fern Creek at #1 Bowling Green
#3 Pulaski County at Highlands

Class 4-A (defending champ Highlands moved to 5-A)
#3 Shelby County at #1 South Warren
#4 Johnson Central at #8 Wayne County

Class 3-A
#6 Lexington Catholic at #2 Elizabethtown
Corbin at #1 Belfry

Class 2-A
#4 Desales at #1 Mayfield
#2 Danville at #10 Newport Central Catholic

Class 1-A (defending champion Mayfield moved to 2-A)
#2 Beechwood at #7 Russellville
#4 Pikeville at #1 Paintsville