Scoreboard Rundown: Blowouts galore in round one of the playoffs

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The opening round of the Kentucky high school football playoffs wrapped up without any huge surprises. Blowouts took place all over the state as all of KSR’s Top 25 teams won convincingly. There were a total of nine shutouts between the Top 25 and the teams receiving votes. Franklin County was the lone team in the rankings that didn’t play this week. The Flyers’ originally scheduled opponent, Western, elected to forfeit.

That doesn’t mean the first round of the postseason was a totally boring slate of games though. For example, North Laurel advanced to the second round of the Class 5A playoffs by controversially beating Montgomery County on the final play in overtime. Elsewhere, Great Crossing picked up the school’s first-ever postseason victory by taking down Meade County 37-30.

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All eyes now turn to the second round (featuring 48 total games between the six classes) set for Friday, Nov. 15.

Below you can find all of the first-round final scores from teams among KSR’s Top 25 rankings, along with the teams outside of the rankings that received votes from our panel of voters. We have compared the final result to the pregame predictions from On3’s Massey Ratings. It’s almost playoff time, folks.

Thursday, November 7 | Top 25/RV results

MATCHUP	FINAL RESULT	MASSEY PREDICTION
Paul Laurence Dunbar @ No. 9 Frederick Douglass	42-0 (Frederick Douglass)	42-0 (Frederick Douglass)

Friday, November 8 | Top 25/RV results

*RV indicates a team receiving votes in KSR’s Pre-Playoffs Top 25 Rankings*

MATCHUP	FINAL RESULT	MASSEY PREDICTION
Perry County Central @ No. 1 Boyle County	57-7 (Boyle County)	48-6 (Boyle County)
Breckinridge County @ No. 2 Paducah Tilghman	56-7 (Paducah Tilghman)	51-7 (Paducah Tilghman)
Campbell County @ No. 3 DuPont Manual	45-0 (DuPont Manual)	42-7 (DuPont Manual)
Southern @ No. 4 Trinity	63-0 (Trinity)	48-0 (Trinity)
South Oldham @ No. 5 Cooper	56-28 (Cooper)	42-13 (Cooper)
Crittenden County @ No. 7 Owensboro Catholic	41-13 (Owensboro Catholic)	47-7 (Owensboro Catholic)
Eastern @ No. 8 Male	49-7 (Male)	49-7 (Male)
Pleasure Ridge Park @ No. 10 Ryle	39-0 (Ryle)	42-6 (Ryle)
Apollo @ No. 11 South Warren	38-7 (South Warren)	48-13 (South Warren)
Harrison County @ No. 12 Ashland Blazer	47-7 (Ashland Blazer)	48-6 (Ashland Blazer)
Simon Kenton @ No. 13 St. Xavier	48-13 (St. Xavier)	48-14 (St. Xavier)
Green County @ No. 14 Lexington Christian Academy	49-14 (Lexington Christian Academy)	48-7 (Lexington Christian Academy)
Madisonville-North Hopkins @ No. 15 Bowling Green	35-7 (Bowling Green)	47-14 (Bowling Green)
Russell County @ No. 16 Corbin	48-13 (Corbin)	48-7 (Corbin)
Collins @ No. 17 Highlands	45-0 (Highlands)	45-7 (Highlands)
Casey County @ No. 18 Central	64-0 (Central)	44-0 (Central)
Boyd County @ No. 19 Covington Catholic	42-14 (Covington Catholic)	42-6 (Covington Catholic)
Marion County @ No. 20 Christian Academy-Louisville	54-7 (Christian Academy-Louisville)	48-6 (Christian Academy-Louisville)
Hopkins County Central @ No. 21 Hart County	57-0 (Hart County)	44-7 (Hart County)
Dixie Heights vs. No. 22 Woodford County (@ Falling Springs)	49-14 (Woodford County)	42-21 (Woodford County)
Danville @ No. 23 Beechwood	66-0 (Beechwood)	48-6 (Beechwood)
Grant County @ No. 24 Johnson Central	49-7 (Johnson Central)	48-7 (Johnson Central)
Henry Clay @ No. 25 Bryan Station	44-7 (Bryan Station)	42-0 (Bryan Station)
Ohio County @ (RV) Owensboro	58-0 (Owensboro)	46-0 (Owensboro)
Fairview @ (RV) Sayre	63-0 (Sayre)	49-7 (Sayre)
Todd County Central @ (RV) Mayfield	50-12 (Mayfield)	48-6 (Mayfield)