Each week, throughout the season, make sure to come here on Monday’s to check out the weekly standouts and 10 takeaways from Friday night.
We’ll highlight the 200-yard passers, 100-yard rushers, 100-yard receivers, defensive standouts and kicking standouts.
First and 10 (10 takeaways from Friday night and beyond)
— Scheduling matters. Just ask NewCath. Coming in at 2-5 against a 7-0 Dayton, they were battle tested and played up pretty much all season prior to district play. Van Hundemer has been big in the two district wins, rushing for 250 yards and scoring five touchdowns.
— Ryle has rebounded nicely. After a 1-4 start, they’ve seemed to have found their identity with Cruze Sauley in the run game and are getting it done defensively. They’ve allowed 12 points in their last three games. Sauley has ran for 463 yards in their last three contests. Now they can go claim a district title with a win at Simon Kenton this week.
— Beechwood against district oppponents on the year: 257-7. Up next: Bracken County. The Tigers have to be bored. Also, another Nathan Pabst note. He scored four touchdowns against Gallatin County and now has 24 touchdowns on the season.
— Cooper’s win over Scott puts them at 6-2 and with an outright district title. Are they the surprise of the year in NKY? Considering a first year coach and all the talent they lost over the past two seasons, they have to be the top candidate for it. A big reason why? Corey Freihofer, game ball on Friday as he ran the ball 36 times for 220 yards and four touchdowns and added an interception return for a touchdown on defense. Freihofer has now ran for 707 yards and 12 touchdowns for the season and has three interceptions on defense.
— More game balls from Friday: Highlands Bryce Armstrong with 272 yards passing and four touchdowns playing a half of football against Mason County.
— Another game ball: Newport’s Davae Andrews-Glover ran for 192 yards and three touchdowns, threw for 89 yards and two touchdowns and had two interceptions on defense in their win over Bellevue.
— Game ball No. 4: Dixie Heights’ Levi Gilliland ran for 184 yards and three touchdowns in a win over Boone County, Defensively, he added 13 tackles, two tackles for loss and forced a fumble as the Colonels clinched the No. 2 seed and a home playoff game.
— According to WCPO’s Caleb Noe, Simon Kenton ran 12 QUARTERBACK KEEPERS IN A ROW in their 13-12 victory over Campbell County. It was a 16 play, 98-yard drive that spanned over eight minutes to end the half and give them a 7-6 lead at the break. Quarterback Grant Webb ran the ball 33 times for 185 yards and a touchdown. Get this…freshman Ethan Hopkins threw the game-winning TD.
— Games with high importance Friday:
Ryle vs Simon Kenton (Ryle outright Class 6A, 6th District winner with win, Simon Kenton outright district winner with win and Great Crossing loss to Campbell County, if Great Crossing wins, three-way tie and RPI settles it)
Ludlow vs Holy Cross (Holy Cross is outright Class 1A, 4th District winner with win, Ludlow can make it a three-way tie with Bishop Brossart with win and then RPI settles it)
St. Henry vs Walton-Verona (winner gets No. 2 seed in Class 2A, 5th District and a home playoff game)
Covington Catholic vs Mason County (winner gets No. 2 seed in Class 4A, 5th District and a home playoff game)
Dayton vs Newport (winner gets No. 2 seed in Class 1A, 3rd District and home playoff game)
Lloyd Memorial vs Carroll County (Juggernauts clinch No. 2 seed in Class 3A, 5th District with win and a home playoff game)
Conner vs Scott (winner gets the 3-seed in the Class 5A, 5th District)
— RPI watch with two weeks in the regular season to go:
Class 6A — (Ryle 14th, Simon Kenton 18th, Campbell County 21st)
Class 5A — (Cooper 9th, Dixie Heights 24th, Conner 27th, Scott 36th, Boone County 37th)
Class 4A — (Highlands 4th, Covington Catholic 13th)
Class 3A — (Lloyd Memorial 6th)
Class 2A — (Beechwood 3rd, Walton-Verona 12th, St. Henry 16th)
Class 1A — (Dayton 9th, Holy Cross 12th, Bishop Brossart 13th, Newport Central Catholic 16th, Ludlow 17th, Newport 22nd, Bellevue 28th)
200-yard passers
Bryce Armstrong, Highlands — 11/13, 272 yds, 4 TD
100-yard rushers
Corey Freihofer, Cooper — 36 rushes, 220 yds, 4 TD
Davae Andrews-Glover, Newport — 8 rushes, 192 yds, 3 TD
Grant Webb, Simon Kenton — 33 rushes, 185 yds, TD
Levi Gilliland, Dixie Heights — 11 rushes, 184 yds, 3 TD
Cruze Sauley, Ryle — 20 rushes, 174 yds, TD
Brayden Hughes, St. Henry — 9 rushes, 162 yds, 2 TD
Van Hundemer, Newport Central Catholic — 23 rushes, 150 yds, 3 TD
Landon Spaulding, Bishop Brossart — 18 rushes, 148 yds, 2 TD
Charles Oglesby, Holy Cross — 10 rushes, 129 yds, TD
Lucas Pate, St. Henry — 6 rushes, 109 yds, TD
Malik Johnson, Boone County — 28 rushes, 102 yds
Defensive standouts
Colton Turner, Scott — 17 tackles, tackle for loss
Samuel Ishmael, Scott — 17 tackles
Alex Riedinger, Campbell County — 14 tackles, sack, 2 tackles for loss
Landon Helton, Scott — 14 tackles
Levi Gilliland, Dixie Heights — 13 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, forced fumble
Kyle Henry, Dixie Heights — 12 tackles, interception
Brad Roaden, Dixie Heights — 12 tackles
Malachi Snapp, Scott — 10 tackles
Andrew Smith, Ryle — 9 tackles, interception
William Stevie, Newport Central Catholic — 9 tackles
Malachi Kennedy, Dayton — 8 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Elias Lopez-Torres, Dayton — 8 tackles, tackle for loss, forced fumble
Dustin Wilson, Holy Cross — 8 tackles, tackle for loss, forced fumble
Quinten Tischner, Bishop Brossart — 8 tackles, tackle for loss
Grady Lucas, Campbell County — 8 tackles, sack
Kaden Anderson, Dayton — 8 tackles, tackle for loss
Jason Rieselman, Holy Cross — 8 tackles, tackle for loss
Van Hundemer, Newport Central Catholic — 8 tackles, tackle for loss
Aidyn Fortner, Bellevue — 8 tackles
Aiden Seibert, Campbell County — 8 tackles
Henry Freeman, Dayton — 8 tackles
Jayden Thomas, Ryle — 8 tackles
Jesse Nunn, Ryle — 8 tackles
Sean Hurry, Newport — 7 tackles, 3 sacks
Aiden Arana, Dixie Heights — 7 tackles, sack, interception
Max Meyer, Newport Central Catholic — 7 tackles, forced fumble
Griffin Eaton, Campbell County — 7 tackles, sack
Kingston Brickshover, St. Henry — 7 tackles, .5 tackle for loss, forced fumble, fumble recovery
Kevin Vasquez-Wilson, Dayton — 7 tackles, forced fumble, fumble recovery
Ethan Moran, Dayton — 7 tackles, tackle for loss
Charlie Park, Ryle — 7 tackles, .5 sack
Carson Clark, Cooper — 6 tackles, 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss
Jaxon Miller, Bishop Brossart — 6 tackles, .5 sack, tackle for loss, fumble return for TD
Charles Oglesby, Holy Cross — 6 tackles, tackle for loss, forced fumble, fumble recovery
Colton Ewing, Newport Central Catholic — 6 tackles, tackle for loss, forced fumble, fumble recovery
Owen Pate, St. Henry — 5 tackles, 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss
Maddux Hatton, Beechwood — 5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Charlie Rauch, Bishop Brossart — 5 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss
Parker Hurtt, Newport Central Catholic — 5 tackles, tackle for loss, interception
Tommy Busby, Bishop Brossart — 5 tackles, interception
Jude Lambert-Morith, St. Henry — 5 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, forced fumble
Brayden Hughes, St. Henry — 5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Garrett Frederick, Holy Cross — 4 tackles, tackle for loss, forced fumble, 2 fumble recoveries
Kingston Brockett, Beechwood — 4 tackles for loss, fumble recovery
Will Meyer, Newport Central Catholic — 4 tackles, fumble recovery
Carson Grainger, Covington Catholic — 3 tackles, 2 sacks, forced fumble
Cooper Benke, Highlands — 3 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss
Gunner Martin, Cooper — 3 tackles, 2 sacks
Landry Queen, Beechwood — 3 tackles, interception
Jamison Murphy, Newport Central Catholic — 3 tackles, interception
Corey Freihofer, Cooper — 2 tackles, interception return for TD
Dylan Orr, Cooper — 2 tackles, tackle for loss, interception
Bryton Ormes, Bellevue — 2 tackles, punt block
Blake Fryman, Bellevue — 2 tackles, fumble recovery
Gage Booth, Boone County — 2 tackles, fumble recovery
Beckett Meersman, Bishop Brossart — 2 tackles, sack, forced fumble
Davae Andrews-Glover, Newport — 2 interceptions
William Van Auken, Covington Catholic — sack, fumble recovery
Nathan Pabst, Beechwood — punt return for TD
Jackson Ober, Simon Kenton — 2 interceptions
Sawyer McClure, Walton-Verona — interception return for TD
Anderson Durrett, Beechwood — interception
Aiden Miller, Newport — interception
Michael Newborn, Simon Kenton — interception
Luke Swanson, Walton-Verona — interception
Maximus Goodenough, Walton-Verona — interception
Meikel Richards, Bellevue — fumble recovery
Joseph Klare, St. Henry — fumble recovery
Kicking standouts
Jack Mercer, Beechwood — 8/8 PAT
Gabriel Romito, Holy Cross — 6/6 PAT
Matteo Terzo, Covington Catholic — 5/5 PAT
Jaiden Wittrock, Newport Central Catholic — 5/6 PAT
Cole Ewing, Cooper — 5/5 PAT, 0/1 FG
Parker Shaw, Highlands — 4/4 PAT
Colton Engel, Walton-Verona — 4/5 PAT
Wisdom Ordu, Boone County — 1/1 FG
Bye week: Conner, Lloyd Memorial
Missing stats from: Holmes, Ludlow
