Scoreboard Rundown: Boyle County takes down nationally-ranked St. Edward (OH)
Forget the state of Kentucky — the Boyle County Rebels might just be one of the best teams in the entire country. Justin Haddix led his team into challenging territory on Saturday against St. Edward (OH), which came into the game ranked No. 27 in the nation and the best school in Ohio by the Massey Ratings. The Rebels were predicted to get smacked by the computerized stats, calling for a 40-8 loss.
But Boyle County — the four-time defending Class 4A champion — was the one dishing out the beatings. Behind an impressive two-way performance from West Virginia commit Montavin Quisenberry, the Rebels came away with a 38-21 road win. Quisenberry finished with four touchdowns as Boyle scored 17 unanswered points after halftime to steal the win.
“He’s the best player in Kentucky,” St. Edward coach Tom Lombardo told Cleveland.com’s Matt Goul.
St. Edward had won 20 straight games against teams from outside Ohio before Saturday. But that streak came to an end as Boyle County extended its overall winning stretch to 23 straight games. The Rebels were already the unanimous choice as KSR’s No. 1 team in Kentucky before this upset — they won’t be going anywhere come Monday’s update.
That wasn’t the only exciting game from the weekend though. The KSR Game of the Week was a thriller from start to finish with No. 8 Cooper pulling ahead in the final minute to sneak out a 21-14 win over No. 13 Ryle. Elsewhere, Male needed overtime to take down St. Xavier in what was a top-five showdown while Frederick Douglass dropped its second straight game to a ranked opponent.
Below you can find all of the 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 10 voters. We have compared the final result to the pregame predictions from On3’s Massey Ratings, which once again did an impressive job of predicting the winner and getting close to the final score (outside of the Boyle County result).
Friday, September 6 Top 25/RV results
| MATCHUP | FINAL RESULT | MASSEY PREDICTION |
| Center Grove (IN) @ No. 2 Trinity | 24-10 (Center Grove) | 34-21 (Center Grove) |
| No. 5 St. Xavier @ No. 3 Male | 35-34 OT (Male) | 31-28 (Male) |
| No. 4 Paducah Tilghman @ RV Mayfield | 41-10 (Paducah Tilghman) | 35-28 (Paducah Tilghman) |
| No. 6 Frederick Douglass @ No. 15 DuPont Manual | 35-28 OT (DuPont Manual) | 36-14 (Frederick Douglass) |
| Lexington Catholic @ No. 7 Corbin | 56-22 (Corbin) | 36-14 (Corbin) |
| No. 13 Ryle @ No. 8 Cooper (KSR Game of the Week) | 21-14 (Cooper) | 28-27 (Cooper) |
| North Hardin @ No. 9 Christian Academy-Louisville | 49-0 (Christian Academy-Louisville) | 45-12 (Christian Academy-Louisville) |
| No. 10 Bowling Green vs. No. 22 Bryan Station (@ LCA) | 38-22 (Bowling Green) | 34-24 (Bowling Green) |
| No. 11 Owensboro Catholic @ Greenwood | 49-16 (Owensboro Catholic) | 41-20 (Owensboro Catholic) |
| No. 12 Highlands @ Campbell County | 34-0 (Highlands) | 42-14 (Highlands) |
| North Laurel @ No. 14 Franklin County | 42-7 (Franklin County) | 42-14 (Franklin County) |
| Harvest Preparatory School (OH) @ No. 16 Ashland Blazer | 26-10 (Harvest Preparatory School) | 35-20 (Harvest Preparatory School) |
| Dixie Heights @ No. 17 Beechwood | 41-20 (Beechwood) | 35-28 (Beechwood) |
| No. 18 Madison Central @ Madison Southern | 36-0 (Madison Central) | 38-14 (Madison Central) |
| No. 24 George Rogers Clark @ No. 19 Pulaski County | 35-24 (Pulaski County) | 35-28 (Pulaski County) |
| Hopkins County Central @ No. 20 Madisonville-North Hopkins | 59-0 (Madisonville-North Hopkins) | N/A |
| Belfry @ No. 21 Johnson Central | 48-41 (Johnson Central) | 42-21 (Johnson Central) |
| RV Pikeville @ No. 23 Lexington Christian Academy | 40-26 (Lexington Christian Academy) | 35-22 (Lexington Christian Academy) |
| Henry Clay @ No. 25 Great Crossing | 48-0 (Great Crossing) | 42-7 (Great Crossing) |
| Southwestern @ South Warren | 38-6 (South Warren) | 36-14 (South Warren) |
| Atherton @ RV Woodford County | 42-6 (Woodford County) | 42-10 (Woodford County) |
| RV Central @ Butler | 41-0 (Central) | 41-7 (Central) |
| Ludlow @ RV Sayre | 42-0 (Sayre) | 35-14 (Sayre) |
| Metcalfe County @ RV Campbellsville | 48-6 (Campbellsville) | 42-8 (Campbellsville) |
| Allen County-Scottsville @ RV Franklin-Simpson | 36-22 (Allen County-Scottsville) | 36-20 (Franklin-Simpson) |
| RV Paris @ Hazard | 58-34 (Hazard) | 28-27 (Hazard) |
| RV Hart County @ Green County | 39-0 (Hart County) | 39-18 (Hart County) |
| North Bullitt @ RV Bullitt East | 42-7 (Bullitt East) | 44-7 (Bullitt East) |
| Simon Kenton @ RV Covington Catholic | 42-3 (Covington Catholic) | 42-28 (Covington Catholic) |
Saturday, September 7 Top 25/RV results
| MATCHUP | FINAL RESULT | MASSEY PREDICTION |
| No. 1 Boyle County @ St. Edward (OH) | 38-21 (Boyle County) | 40-8 (St. Edward) |
| Boyd County @ RV East Carter | 36-14 (Boyd County) | 28-26 (Boyd County) |
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