Highlights: Unbeaten Woodford holds off Collins; Casey County make history
Highlights from this week’s Kentucky high school football games:
Woodford County 41, Collins 28: The Yellow Jackets (8-0) scored big plays on back-to-back fourth quarter possessions to pull away from the Titans (6-2) and capture their second straight district crown.
On the first play from scrimmage after Collins tied the game at 28, Andrew Nason broke loose for a 73-yard touchdown run to put Woodford back in front. On the next series, Preston Stacy ran for a 44-yard score for the final margin.
Nason rushed for 187 yards and two TDs to Stacy’s 126 rushing yards and three scores. Nason also threw a TD pass to Aden Nelson for the first score in an up-and-down game that also featured the dynamic play of Collins junior QB Kenyon Goodin.
Goodin rushed for 161 yards and two touchdowns to go with 202 yards passing and TD throws to Darius Evans and Hunter Klusch. It was Goodin’s 52-yard TD pass to Evans and subsequent two-point conversion pass to AJ Vandevele that tied the game with 7:52 to play. Kenyon also had two interceptions as a defender.
Casey County 34, Hart County 22: The Rebels (6-2) captured the program’s first district title in its 50-year history as Ethan Willoughby threw for 212 yards and four TDs and rushed for 131 yards and another score.
“This will go down as the biggest night yet in the history of the Casey County football program,” Casey County Coach Steve Stonebraker said. “To be predicted to go 0-10 and picked by all prognosticators to be last in our district — it is almost surreal. But we learned last season how to fight against a tough schedule.”
Willoughby’s TDs passes went to Soloman Stonebraker, Luke Spangler, Gunner Floyd and finally Luke Spangler, a 56-yard bomb that staked the Rebels to a 31-14 lead in the fourth quarter.
“Our defense played tremendous,” Stonebraker said. “Hart was averaging almost 400 yards per game rushing and we held them to under 200 and turned them over three times.”
Lexington Christian 43, Somerset 0: Cutter Boley threw for 507 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another as the Eagles (4-4) set up a district title game next week when they travel to Danville.
LCA held Somerset to 126 yards of total offense and overcame six turnovers (two Boley interceptions and four fumbles) to somehow maintain the shutout. Somerset (4-5) had three turnovers.
Evan Brown scored on a 55-yard punt return and a 29-yard pass from Boley. Nate Barnhardt had the other TD catch. Parker Chaney totaled 291 receiving yards as Boley’s favorite target.
Lexington Catholic 49, Bourbon County 0: The Knights (7-1) scored touchdowns on seven of their nine possessions and their defense turned the Colonels (2-6) over on downs twice, intercepted them three times, recovered a fumble and forced two punts in the shutout.
Max Mooring and Blake Foster each topped 100 yards rushing and had three TDs for LexCath while QB Jackson Wasik threw for 163 yards and a TD to Hunter Foster. Max Bertrand, Grant Gambrell and Justus Wertzler each had an interception for the Knights.
Frederick Douglass 54, Great Crossing 0: The Broncos (8-0) steamrolled to the school’s fifth straight district title with scores from eight different players, including two defensive fumble recovery touchdowns and a pick six against the Warhawks (6-2).
Brandon Brooks scooped up a fumble on Great Crossing’s first possession and scored from 7 yards out. Tashawn Benford picked up a broken-play fumble at the 2 and scored later in the first quarter. Isaiah Kenney had the 32-yard pick six. On offense, TJ Horton, Devaun Hart, Ty Bryant, Cole Carpenter and Darion Talbert each had TD runs.
Tates Creek 43, Lafayette 0: Andrew Witherington ran for two short-yardage touchdowns and threw for another to Ke’shon Douthitt as the Commodores (2-6) broke their six-game losing streak. Theo Jones and K Mapataho also scored on TD runs. Thomas Seigler had a 1-yard pick six.
Hazard 25, Sayre 21: Max Johnson took a toss sweep 4 yards for a go-ahead touchdown with 5:53 left in the game and the Bulldogs defense held on to top the district rival Spartans (4-4). Brock Coffman scored all three TDs for Sayre, including a 94-yard interception return for a score. Johnson scored all four TDs for Hazard (6-2), including a 50-yard scamper.
Boyle County 36, Anderson County 0: Sage Dawson threw for 314 yards and four TDs, one each to Jakei Carter, Dalton Stone, Will Alexander and Austin Bodner as the Rebels (7-1) scored all of their points by halftime. Montavin Quisenberry had a 1-yard TD run and 95 receiving yards.
Danville 53, Washington County 7: Mauri Brown scored four TDs, Braidin Baughman, three, and Josh Bixler another as the Admirals (4-4) rolled. Brown’s scores came on runs of 67, 49 and 2 yards and a 65-yard scoop and score on defense. He totaled 138 yards rushing. Baughman had 107 yards on the ground.
Madison Central 27, Clark County 14: Brady Hensley scored three TDs, two rushing, one from a Hagan Harrison pass, and Jayden West also had a TD catch as the Indians (7-1) moved to 2-0 in district play and set up their game against Bryan Station next week as the district championship.
Madison Central benefited from three first-half turnovers by Clark County (5-3) to help take a 21-0 lead at halftime. Kalen Washington had a 68-yard TD for Clark, which also had a 7-yard TD pass from Tyleik Maxwell to Bryce Chestnut in the fourth quarter.
Madison Southern 43, West Jessamine 15: The Eagles (3-5) shut down West Jessamine’s usually high-scoring attack and got two TDs each from Juan Rodriguez and Cade Sullivan. Lucas Mullins and Stephen Whitehead also had rushing TDs for Madison Southern. The Colts (3-5) scored both of their TDs on kickoff returns by Dalton Carter.
Bishop Brossart 38, Paris 13: The Mustangs (7-2) won their second straight district title by scoring 31 unanswered points against Paris (6-2) with the help of four Greyhounds turnovers. Brossart’s Ethan Orth rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns while QB Austin Schadler got 62 yards rushing and two scores. Alex Koeder had the other Brossart TD. Jakari Ransom caught a 52-yard TD pass from Kaden Frederick and Elijah Webb had a 78-yard kickoff return for Paris.
Scott County 56, Montgomery County 0: Thomas Feickert rushed for 98 yards and three TDs as the Cards (7-1) piled up 342 rushing yards and added scores from Ellis Hugely and Jacob Fryman in the rout. Andrew Hickey had short TD passes to Victor Zacarius and Isaac York. Logan Jones tacked on a 35-yard pick six.
Highlands 32, Covington Catholic 21: A fourth quarter safety forced by its defense and 64-yard scoring return on the ensuing kickoff by Charlie Noon propelled the Bluebirds (7-2) to their first win over Covington Catholic (6-2) in their last nine meetings. Noon also caught a 69-yard TD pass from Brody Benki in the first half.
Dawson Hosea added a 32-yard rushing touchdown, his second score of the game, to complete Highlands’ run of 15 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. Covington Catholic took a 21-17 lead early in the fourth quarter on Owen Leen’s 3-yard run. CovCath’s Evan Pitzer threw TD passes of 20 and 30 yards to Braylon Miller.
Pulaski County 35, Bell County 29: Ethan Idlewine’s go-ahead 4-yard TD with 1:34 left in the game helped the Maroons (8-1) survive a tough road test against the Bobcats. Pulaski’s Brysen Dugger threw for 225 yards and three TDs, all to Chandler Godby, including a 57-yard strike in the third quarter.
Bell County (6-2) built leads of 14-0, 21-7 and 29-28 thanks to its powerful rushing attack led by Daniel Thomas’ 227 yards and two TDs. Dawson Woolum and Blark Burnett also scored for Bell.
Franklin County 55, Waggener 0: After a sluggish start to the season, Franklin County (4-4) won its third in a row, rolling to an easy win at Waggener. The Flyers have now positioned themselves to win a district title Friday when they host another Louisville rival, Central (5-4).
Williamsburg 42, Pineville 0: Williamsburg (5-2) handed Pineville (7-1) its first loss of the season and secured a district championship in the process, scoring 28 points in the opening quarter and easily defeating a Mountain Lions team whose stingy defense had shut out three opponents and allowed only 60 points in seven games entering Friday night.
Thursday’s game
Bryan Station 49, Oldham County 6: Jeremiah Mundy-Lloyd rushed for 101 yards and two TDs, Damin Green had a 52-yard punt return and Trenton Cutwright threw for one score to JT Haskins Jr. and ran for another as the Defenders (5-3) moved to 2-0 in district play. Station’s Bayubahe Benit added a 30-yard TD run and Maishaun Baker-Thomas had an 82-yard pick six in the second half.
