High School Football

Friday Night Lights: Live Kentucky high school football playoff updates

Frederick Douglass' Micah Lowe (17) and Frederick Douglass' Maliq Trigg (6) celebrates a touchdown during their game against Scott County at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, Ky., Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. Scott County beat Frederick Douglass 55-21.
Frederick Douglass' Micah Lowe (17) and Frederick Douglass' Maliq Trigg (6) celebrates a touchdown during their game against Scott County at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, Ky., Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. Scott County beat Frederick Douglass 55-21. aslitz@herald-leader.com

The first week of the Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl playoffs is here!

Below are some helpful links to scores, coverage and additional high school football information to get you through Friday night.

You may also scroll down to read live Twitter updates from games around the state from a plethora of media members working games.

Scoreboard

Click here for the latest high school football scores reported to the KHSAA.

Live broadcasts

Video

Lafayette at Frederick Douglass, 7:30 p.m.

Where we’ll be

Caitlyn Stroh (@caitlyn_stroh) and Matt Goins (@MattGoinsHL) will be providing live coverage of the Frederick Douglass-Lafayette game. Frederick Douglass is hosting a playoff game after going 8-2 in its inaugural season. The Generals are 3-7 after appearing in back-to-back finals the last two years.

Roundup

Josh Moore and Josh Sullivan will be bringing you a roundup of other games this evening. Please report your scores and details using our hotline — 859-231-3225 — or email them to hlsports@herald-leader.com. We encourage every school across Kentucky to participate; the more information you can provide to us, the more helpful and comprehensive our roundup will be!

KHSAA stat leaders

Overall leaders

Class A leaders

Class 2A leaders

Class 3A leaders

Class 4A leaders

Class 5A leaders

Class 6A leaders

Pigskin stories

Recent high school football coverage of note from the Herald-Leader.

Lots of losing: Forty-four percent of the teams in the playoffs finished .500 or worse. Why are so many in the postseason field?

First-round gems: Five games amid a sea of likely blowouts in the first round of the playoffs.

Trinity vs. the field: A look at the Class 6A playoff bracket.

Twitter stream

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Josh Moore: 859-231-1307, @HLpreps

This story was originally published November 3, 2017 at 7:26 PM with the headline "Friday Night Lights: Live Kentucky high school football playoff updates."

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