The deed is done. The regular season is complete.
It’s now win or go home. We made it through 11 weeks of the regular season, and now it’s on to the journey of Kroger Field the first weekend in December.
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)
- Beechwood closed out its first undefeated regular season since 2021 with a 62-6 victory over Campbell County. The Tigers have outscored the opponent 546-51 this season. For you math wizards, that’s an average score of 54.6 to 5.1 every Friday night.
- The first round of the playoffs doesn’t provide many quality games, but look no further than a pair of Class A matchups. Ludlow at Newport and Dayton at Bishop Brossart are probably your two best first round playoff games in NKY.
- With that said, 20 of the 22 NKY teams in Boone, Campbell and Kenton County are in the postseason. Boone County and Holmes (second year of opt out of district play) are the only two teams not in it.
- Speaking of Boone County, the swan song for Rebels running back Malik Johnson was the senior ending with 1,550 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns this season, the yards put him fourth in the state. He finished his high school career with 3,212 rushing yards.
- We will forecast the region championship round after the first round of the playoffs. Look out for that next week. Keep in mind, that’s when brackets re-seed for each class. Regions 1-4 and 5-8 in each class will be re-bracketed. The top two seeds in each side of their region will host games. Come the state semifinal round, it’s re-seeded statewide.
- Conner’s Jasiah Lampkin was a workhorse in their 54-29 victory over Henry Clay. He ran the ball 34 times for 281 yards and four touchdowns.
- Scott’s Samuel Ishmael finished the regular season second in the state with 148 tackles, 93 of them solo tackles.
- Beechwood’s Jack Mercer led the state in extra-point attempts (72) and extra-points made (68).
- Look out for District Player and Coach of the Year awards this week. The eight awarded would then be eligible for Player/Coach of the Year in their respective class.
- There’s 92 first round playoff games spread out through the 16 classes. Over/under on 60 of them with a running clock?
200-yard passers
Asa LeGrand, Boone County — 14/25, 222 yds, 2 TD
Brycen Schatzman, Dixie Heights — 18/25, 216 yds, TD
Braxton Parr, Walton-Verona — 6/7, 208 yds, 4 TD
100-yard rushers
Jasiah Lampkin, Conner — 34 rushes, 281 yards, 4 TD
Miller Reed, Ludlow — 23 rushes, 203 yards, 2 TD
Malik Johnson, Boone County — 16 rushes, 179 yards
Jayden Thomas, Ryle — 9 rushes, 161 yards, TD
Corey Freihofer, Cooper — 24 rushes, 159 yards, TD
Owen Pate, St. Henry — 14 rushes, 140 yards, 2 TD
Van Hundemer, Newport Central Catholic — 32 rushes, 138 yards, TD
Nathan Pabst, Beechwood — 7 rushes, 123 yards, 3 TD
Damarco Jackson, Newport — 9 rushes, 102 yards
100-yard receivers
Justin Hardy, Scott — 7 receptions, 156 yards, TD
Amare Newberry, Boone County — 8 receptions, 124 yards, TD
Kolt Edwards, Walton-Verona — 3 receptions, 118 yards, 2 TD
Parks Vonderhaar, Dixie Heights — 7 receptions, 118 yards
Cade Anthrop, Campbell County — 2 receptions, 111 yards, TD
Kaydenn Marshall, Scott — 6 receptions, 107 yards, 4 TD
Defensive standouts
Samuel Ishmael, Scott — 16 tackles, 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss
Rahn Keyser, Ryle — 16 tackles
Ben Griffiths, Ludlow — 12 tackles, tackle for loss
Jayden Thomas, Ryle — 12 tackles
Owen Pate, St. Henry — 11 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Brad Roaden, Dixie Heights — 11 tackles, tackle for loss
Kyle Henry, Dixie Heights — 11 tackles
Austin Grant Ashcraft, Ludlow — 11 tackles
DeMareon Peterson, Lloyd Memorial — 10 tackles, sack, 2 tackles for loss, 2 forced fumbles
Charlie Park, Ryle — 10 tackles, tackle for loss, interception
Cameron Rahschulte, Ryle — 10 tackles, sack, tackle for loss, forced fumble
Scott Thacker, Campbell County — 10 tackles
Kyle King, Simon Kenton — 10 tackles
Lincoln Tomlinson, Lloyd Memorial — 9 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, fumble recovery
Will Meyer, Newport Central Catholic — 9 tackles, sack, 2 tackles for loss
Jude Lambert-Morith, St. Henry — 9 tackles, 2 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, forced fumble
Zayden Jones, Newport — 9 tackles
Adam Hubbard, Simon Kenton — 9 tackles
Linwood Erney, Dixie Heights — 8 tackles, fumble recovery
Steven Hardin, Ludlow — 8 tackles, tackle for loss
Jesse Nunn, Ryle — 8 tackles, tackle for loss
Tyler Crafton, Ludlow — 8 tackles
Chase Karl, Scott — 8 tackles
Davae Andrews-Glover, Newport — 7 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Malachi Snapp, Scott — 7 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Jayden Rutherford, Simon Kenton — 7 tackles, sack, tackle for loss
Grant Foley, Ryle — 6 tackles, interception
Kingston Gripshover, St. Henry — 6 tackles, forced fumble
Nathan Cottengim, Scott — 6 tackles, 2 sacks
Kellen Siemer, Beechwood — 6 tackles, sack, tackle for loss
Damarco Jackson, Newport — 6 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss
Melvin Hurst-Calhoun, Newport — 6 tackles, .5 sack, 2 tackles for loss
Christian Hicks, Simon Kenton — 6 tackles, sack, tackle for loss
Atticus Prost, Bishop Brossart — 5 tackles, sack, tackle for loss, 2 interception returns for TD
Ivan Viveros, St. Henry — 5 tackles, .5 sack, fumble recovery for TD
Liam Kolks, Boone County — 5 tackles, forced fumble
Gavin Henson, Dixie Heights — 5 tackles, forced fumble
Charles Oglesby, Holy Cross — 5 tackles, forced fumble
Ethan Tiemeier, Bishop Brossart — 5 tackles, 2 tackles for loss
Andre Englemon Jr., Ludlow — 5 tackles, tackle for loss, fumble recovery
Landon Helton, Scott — 5 tackles, sack, 2 tackles for loss
Kevin Buanga, Cooper — 4 tackles, interception return for TD
Colten Barger, Lloyd Memorial — 4 tackles, punt return for TD
Aiden Miller, Newport — 4 tackles, 2 interceptions
Jason Rieselman, Holy Cross — 4 tackles, interception
Lamont Okunuga, Newport — 4 tackles, forced fumble, fumble recovery
Kasey Moeller, Bishop Brossart — 4 tackles, forced fumble
Kenzell Mitchell-Hatcher, Boone County — 4 tackles, tackle for loss, fumble recovery
Carson Clark, Cooper — 4 tackles, 2 sacks, tackle for loss
Avery Conrad, Lloyd Memorial — 3 tackles, interception return for TD
Garrett Frederick, Holy Cross — 3 tackles, sack, tackle for loss, forced fumble, fumble recovery
Evan West, Lloyd Memorial — 3 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, interception
Jeremiah Yutze, Walton-Verona — 3 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, fumble recovery
Landry Queen, Beechwood — 3 tackles, forced fumble
Jackson Arvin, Ryle — 3 tackles, fumble recovery
Jake Stewart, Scott — 3 tackles, fumble recovery
Brady Boruske, Bishop Brossart — 2 tackles, tackle for loss, interception return for TD
Quinten Tischner, Bishop Brossart — 2 tackles, tackle for loss, interception, fumble recovery
Avian Outlaw, Cooper — 2 tackles, fumble recovery
Zachery Caudill, St. Henry — 2 tackles, fumble recovery
Max Hunt, Holy Cross — 2 sacks
Kolt Edwards, Walton-Verona — 2 tackles for loss
William Stevie, Newport Central Catholic — 2 interceptions
Zane Murphy, Scott — 2 interceptions
Phenix Hundemer, Newport Central Catholic — interception
Jamison Murphy, Newport Central Catholic — interception
Wesly Simpson, Walton-Verona — interception
Tyler Fryman, Beechwood — blocked punt
Jaylen Stone, Ludlow — kickoff return for TD
Abe Greber, Beechwood — blocked punt return for TD
Benjamin Brown, Holy Cross — interception
Malik Johnson, Boone County — sack, tackle for loss, safety
Traecin Castaneda, Holy Cross — fumble recovery
Calvin Murray, Holy Cross — fumble recovery
Ben Chalfin, Holy Cross — forced fumble
Kicking standouts
Jaiden Wittrock, Newport Central Catholic — 2/2 FG, 3/3 PAT
Jack Mercer, Beechwood — 7/8 PAT
Easton Niemeyer, Dixie Heights — 2/2 FG
Nuno Gomes, Lloyd Memorial — 6/6 PAT
Gabriel Romito, Holy Cross — 6/7 PAT
Ryan Eldridge, Bishop Brossart — 5/6 PAT
Bye week: Covington Catholic, Highlands
Missing stats from: Dayton, Holmes
