Kentucky High School Football Rankings: November 8

Week one of the playoffs was mostly filled with blowouts, causing few changes in the Top 25. Hazard, ranked No. 4 in Class A, edged Sayre 24-21, which came in ranked No. 5 in the class. That sets up a big-time Hazard at Pikeville matchup this week. Pikeville will look for vengeance after being upset by Hazard 21-12 in the same round of last year’s playoffs.

Week two of the playoffs will feature four Top 25 matchups: 

• No. 13 Manual at No. 3 St. Xavier
• No. 21 Ballard at No. 14 Trinity
• No. 16 Lexington Catholic at No. 5 Boyle County
• No. 24 Graves County at No. 12 Owensboro

Check out our podcast preview of the biggest Week 2 matchups:

Note: The podcast name changed from “Kentucky High School Sports” to “Premier High School Sports” giving us the flexibility to expand coverage to additional teams outside Kentucky.

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Kentucky High School Football Top 25

1. Male – Nic Shutte passed for 196 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score in a 43-0 victory over Fern Creek. Starting running back Daniel Swinney missed the game due to injury.

2. Lexington Christian Academy – Drew Nieves threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in a 68-7 running clock victory over Washington County.

3. St. Xavier – Jack Sivori ran for a score and passed for three more, including two to Mekhi Smith, in a 48-0 blowout over Butler.

4. Corbin – Cameron Combs tossed three touchdown passes, including two to Seth Mills, in a 40-8 victory over Wayne County.  UK commit Treyveon Longmire had a touchdown run for Corbin.

5. Boyle County – Jagger Gillis was 6-for-6 passing for 102 yards and three scores in the Rebels’ 52-12 win over Anderson County. 

6. South Warren – WKU commit Caden Veltkamp passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, UK Christian Conyer had two touchdowns, and the Spartans scored on all six first-half possessions in a 47-6 victory over Christian County.

7. Johnson Central – Zack McCoart ran for a 65-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage, Carter Conley rushed for two touchdowns, and the Golden Eagles easily got by Clay County 56-7. Quarterback Grant Rice returned an interception for a touchdown and Mason Lemaster recovered a fumble on a Clay County punt for another score.

8. Beechwood – The Tigers rolled over Newport 58-8 to remain undefeated.  Cam Hergott passed for three touchdowns and ran for another.

9. Woodford County – Defeated Madison Southern 36-7 to remain undefeated. Bryce Patterson threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns.

10. Frederick Douglass – TJ Horton ran for three scores in a 57-7 victory over Montgomery County.

11. CAL – Cole Hodge ran for a TD and completed 13-of-20 passes for 163 yards and three touchdowns, including two to Easton Messer in a 45-14 win over Henry County

12. Owensboro – Kenyatta Carbon and Javius Taylor each rushed for two scores in an easy 42-7 win over Grayson County.

13. Manual – Defeated PRP 35-20. Manual’s start running back Jawaun Northington missed the game due to injury.

14. Trinity – Brady Willis tossed three touchdown passes and Amron Tucker rushed for two scores in a 76-0 shutout of Marshall County

15. Daviess County – Quarterback Joe Humphreys, a Mr. Football favorite, was 21-for-31 for 312 yards and three scores. He added two more scores on the ground in a 55-31 victory over McCracken County.

16. Lexington Catholic – Defeated Bourbon County 33-19

17. Pikeville – Defeated Phelps 49-0

18. Southwestern – Defeated Whitley County 41-6

19. Bryan Station – Defeated George Rogers Clark 45-0

20. Covington Catholic – Defeated Highlands 38-8

21. Ballard – Defeated Eastern 44-0

22. Franklin County – Defeated North Oldham 46-0

23. Mayfield – Defeated Ballard Memorial 60-0

24. Graves County – Defeated Breckenridge County 51-6

25. Glasgow – Defeated Hart County 42-13

First Team Out: Bardstown – Defeated Thomas Nelson 37-0

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Kentucky High School Football Rankings By Class

Class A

1. Pikeville 
2. Russellville
3. Raceland 
4. Hazard
5. Kentucky Country Day

Class 2A

1. Lexington Christian Academy 
2. Beechwood 
3. Mayfield
4. Middlesboro
5. Murray

Class 3A

1. Christian Academy Louisville 
2. Glasgow 
3. Bardstown 
4. Union County
5. Mercer County

Class 4A

1. Corbin 
2. Boyle County
3. Johnson Central
4. Lexington Catholic
5. Franklin County

Class 5A

1. South Warren 
2. Woodford County 
3. Frederick Douglass
4. Owensboro
5. Southwestern

Class 6A

1. Male 
2. St. Xavier 
3. Manual
4. Trinity
5. Daviess County