Class 6A
Ryle 39, Pleasure Ridge Park 0
Ryle earns their fifth straight running clock victory as they take care of the visitors from Louisville.
The Raiders victory sets up a top five showdown with St. Xavier in the second round. Ryle (9-2) is ranked No. 5 in 6A, St. Xavier (7-4) is No. 4. The Tigers defeated the Raiders, 31-24 on Oct. 4 in Louisville.
St. Xavier 48, Simon Kenton 13
DuPont Manual 45, Campbell County 0
Class 5A
Scott County 47, Conner 40
The Cougars recovered an onside kick with under two minutes to play and trailing 47-40, but a late interception ended the Cougars hopes of an upset in Georgetown.
Conner trailed 27-25 after three, but Scott County scored two touchdowns in less than four minutes to make it 40-25 with 8:02 to play. The Cougars closed to within 40-32 and 47-40 after a long Wyatt Hatfield pass to Camryn Correll with 1:40 to play.
Conner finishes out their season at 7-4. Scott County moves on to play Cooper in Union next week.
Woodford County 49, Dixie Heights 14
The Colonels led 7-0 after one on an Armani Gregg touchdown run, but a momentum shifting redzone stop by the Yellow Jackets in the second quarter propeled Woodford.
Tied at seven a few minutes in the second, the Yellow Jackets earned a stop at their own four, scoring a few plays later on a 78-yard touchdown pass. It spurred a 42 unanswered points run for Woodford, taking a 42-7 lead with 2:07 left in the third to get the game to a running clock.
The loss ends Dixie’s season at 3-8, Woodford County advances to host Highlands next week.
Cooper 56, South Oldham 28
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Highlands 45, Collins 0
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Class 4A
Covington Catholic 42, Boyd County 14
Dylan Gaiser ran for 245 yards and four touchdowns as the Colonels shot out to a 35-0 lead over Boyd County (5-6) less than halfway through the second quarter.
CovCath (9-2) totaled 304 yards in the rushing game as Gaiser and Cash Harney became the first running back pair in program history to clear 1,000 yards in a season individually. Harney added 81 yards and a touchdown pass through the air, Oliver Link his main target with three receptions for 51 yards and a touchdown.
Defensively, Andrew Bessler intercepted two passes, Gaiser adding one. Bessler and Tucker Evans collected sacks as CovCath gave up just 28 yards on the ground.
The Colonels have won nine in a row and will face Johnson Central in the second round in Park Hills. It’s a rematch of last year’s second round contest, a 31-0 Colonels victory.
Class 3A
Lloyd Memorial 42, Bath County 14
Tyler Copeland scored three touchdowns in a variety of ways as the Juggernauts took a 42-7 lead into halftime.
The Juggernauts (9-2) senior ran for a touchdown, returned a punt for a touchdown and added an interception for a score as Lloyd advances to the Class 3A second round.
Kaleb Evans threw for 136 yards and a touchdown and ran for a score, Yurii Collins also adding a rushing touchdown.
Lloyd will now shift their focus to Russell, a road matchup in Flatwoods .
Class 2A
Beechwood 66, Danville 0
Breathitt County 56, Walton-Verona 7
Class 1A
Ludlow 55, Dayton 9
The Panthers now get a chance to exact revenge on Newport in the second round. Ludlow lost to Newport, 32-30 back on Sept. 20.
Newport stopped the Panthers on a two-point try in the closing seconds of the game. The game will be on Ludlow’s red turf once again due to district seeding.
Newport 35, Holy Cross 0
The Wildcats earned a second straight shutout of the Indians on back-to-back weeks.
Bishop Brossart 39, Bellevue 12
Thursday
Class 1A
Newport Central Catholic 49, Trimble County 0
Five of the 12 offensive plays for the Thoroughbreds (8-3) went for touchdowns in their playoff opening win over Trimble (0-11) on Thursday night at Covington Catholic.
They also returned two interceptions for touchdowns in advancing to the second round against the Bellevue-Bishop Brossart winner.
In the victory, Kaleb Cole had two touchdowns on two rushes for 65 yards. Eddie Bivens also had a touchdown run. Emmanuel Miles completed both of his pass attempts for 58 yards and a touchdown, the touchdown toss going to Louie Collopy from 33 yards out. Chris Meyer also threw a touchdown pass to Dominic Enzweiler.
Cole and Meyer returned interceptions for touchdowns.
The Thoroughbreds will host the Mustangs or Tigers in the second round next week at a site to be announced.