See below from the Week 9 on the gridiron that was.
Each week, we’ll provide the standouts from Friday night. The top passers, rushers, receivers, defensive and kicking standouts.
We’ll also look at 10 things to take away from the week.
Here goes…
10 takeaways
— It was another blowout Friday…Of the 14 games featuring NKY teams, the average margin of victory was 33.5 points. Two games were decided by less than 17 points.
— How about Simon Kenton’s ground game on Friday against Campbell County? Not one, not two, but three 100-yard rushers in the victory. Their final tally was 438 rushing yards on 43 attempts. Landon Brown had 162 yards and two touchdowns, Grant Webb with 152 yards and Jordan Pendleton with 107 yards.
— Beechwood’s Tyler Fryman picked up an offer from the University of Kentucky over the weekend. He also recently received a four-star rating from 247 Sports recruiting website. Expect the offers to keep rolling in for the junior. On the season, Fryman has 788 receiving yards and 14 receiving touchdowns, 240 yards and three rushing touchdowns and has thrown for 64 yards and a touchdown. He’s also returned three punts for a touchdown.
— Newport Central Catholic’s Thomas Messmer had quite the day in the Thoroughbreds win over Dayton. He caught a touchdowmn, returned a fumble and an interception for a touchdown as well.
— Ryle’s Jacob Savage also had quite the day. The Mr. Football candidate ran for 159 yards and four tochdowns, had 18 tackles and a fumbel recovery on defense. He’s now ran for 809 yards and 16 touchdowns on the season to go with three receiving touchdowns. Defensively, he’s tallied 74 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and a fumble recovery.
— With two interceptions on Friday, Ryle’s Evan Kincaide is tied for the state lead with six.
— One more takeaway on Beechwood…their 52.9 points per game leads the state in scoring. Their 44.5 scoring margin also leads the state.
— Look for first and second round playoff matchups next week. After district play is over on Friday, those matchups will be set. The first two rounds are set in stone, after that RPI determines who hosts in the third and fourth rounds.
— Important district matchups as we head into the last week of district play:
-Newport Central Catholic at Bellevue: Thoroughbreds claim the district title with a victory
-Bracken County at Beechwood: Winner gets the district title
-Great Crossing at Campbell County: Winner gets the No. 3 seed. Loser is the No. 4 and has to play at Trinity
-Covington Catholic at Mason County: Winner gets the No. 2 seed in the district and a home playoff game
-Simon Kenton at Ryle: Winner gets the district title
-Walton-Verona at St. Henry: winner gets the No. 3 seed in the district
— Weekly RPI update (need to be top eight to most likely host in the third round, top four to host in fourth round):
-Class 6A: Ryle is No. 6, Simon Kenton No. 10 and Campbell County No. 23
-Class 5A: Cooper is No. 12, Dixie Heights is No. 19, Conner is No. 22, Boone County is No. 26 and Scott is No. 35
-Class 4A: Highlands is No. 6, Covington Catholic is No. 11
-Class 3A: Lloyd Memorial is No. 4
-Class 2A: Beechwood is No. 6, St. Henry is No. 29 and Walton-Verona is No. 32
-Class 1A: Holy Cross is No. 9, Newport Central Catholic is No. 11, Newport is No. 12, Bellevue is No. 16, Bishop Brossart is No. 20, Ludlow is No. 24 and Dayton is No. 28
200-yard passers
Mason Fields, Dixie Heights — 14/19, 250 yards, 5 TD
Avery Howe, Walton-Verona — 16/27, 226 yards, 2 TD
100-yard rushers
Landon Brown, Simon Kenton — 18 rushes, 162 yards, 2 TD
Jacob Savage, Ryle — 17 rushes, 159 yards, 4 TD
Grant Webb, Simon Kenton — 9 rushes, 152 yards
Dameyn Anness, Ryle — 11 rushes, 140 yards, TD
Keagan Maher, Cooper — 4 rushes, 124 yards, 3 TD
Jordan Pendleton, Simon Kenton — 14 rushes, 107 yards, 2 TD
100-yard receivers
Dylan Lee, Ryle — 5 receptions, 126 yards, 2 TD
Nishawn Golsby, Dixie Heights — 4 receptions, 119 yards, 2 TD
Defensive standouts
Jacob Savage, Ryle — 18 tackles, fumble recovery
Alex Riedinger, Campbell County — 12 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Kayne Ross, Bellevue — 11 tackles, tackle for loss
Cole Heisler, Campbell County — 10 tackles
Xavier Collins, Ryle — 9 tackles
Jason Rabe, Simon Kenton — 9 tackles
Michael Burton, Campbell County — 8 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, sack
Landry Queen, Beechwood — 8 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Levi Gilliland, Dixie Heights — 8 tackles, tackle for loss, sack
Cooper Burch, Walton-Verona — 8 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Tucker Ober, Simon Kenton — 8 tackles, sack
Grant Foley, Ryle — 8 tackles
Carson Hyde, Holy Cross — 7 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, fumble recovery
Brad Roaden, Dixie Heights — 7 tackles, tackle for loss, fumble recovery
Elijah Brandt, Newport — 7 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Sean Hurry, Newport — 7 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Colton Farfsing, Simon Kenton — 7 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
William Miller, Simon Kenton — 7 tackles, tackle for loss
Chase McDaniel, Beechwood — 6 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, sack
Shawn Sinkhorn, Walton-Verona — 6 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 2 sacks
Ben Trimnell, Bellevue — 6 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Eli Mullins, Simon Kenton — 5 tackles, interception, fumble forced
Kayveion Sharp, Newport — 5 tackles, tackle for loss, interception
Charlie Reeves, Covington Catholic — 4 tackles, fumble forced
Evan Kincaid, Ryle — 2 interceptions
Thomas Messmer, Newport Central Catholic — interception return for touchdown, fumble return for touchdown
Eddie Bivens, Newport Central Catholic — interception return for touchdown
Anderson Durrett, Beechwood — interception
Nishawn Golsby, Dixie Heights — interception
Bryce Armstrong, Highlands — interception
Thomas Maddox, Holy Cross — interception
Xavier Thornberry, Holy Cross — interception
Grayson Harris, Simon Kenton — interception
Luke Lampke, Covington Catholic — fumble recovery
Aiden Arana, Dixie Heights — fumble recovery
Henry Waters, Dixie Heights — fumble recovery
Connor Carnohan, Highlands — fumble recovery
Cahlil Johnson, Holy Cross — fumble recovery
Andrew Russell, Holy Cross — fumble recovery
Jordan Hudson, Holy Cross — fumble recovery
Mason Clark, Ryle — fumble recovery
Luke Martin, St. Henry — fumble recovery
Tyler Caudill, Simon Kenton — fumble recovery
Chase Dixon, Dixie Heights — forced fumble
Kicking standouts
Miles Mullen, Simon Kenton — 5/5 PAT, 1/1 FG
Logan Zembrodt, Covington Catholic — 8/8 PAT
Vincent Mazzoca, Newport Central Catholic — 7/7 PAT
Eyler Tibbs, Cooper — 6/6 PAT
Kai Anderson, Highlands — 6/6 PAT
Colson Lair, Beechwood — 5/5 PAT
Jack Mercer, Beechwood — 3/3 PAT
Blake Minor, Campbell County — 3/3 PAT
Missing stats from: Bishop Brossart, Boone County, Holmes, Ludlow