Program is built on Love, Courage, and Accountability
LCA has built a Christ-centered environment prioritizing character-building and faith alongside athletic successes. Along the way the program boasts a 2A title (2025), a 1A title (2009), a pair of Kentucky runners-up finishes (2020, 2021), and a Kentucky 1A runner-up finish (2007). Former great Xavier Brown was the Gatorade Player of the Year (2021) and Cutter Boley (QB) won the Paul Hornung Kentucky Football Player of the Year (2023). There are tons of kids on the roster now, as the Eagles look to defend last year’s title who figure to be prominently in the race for post-season accolades as we enter 2026.
Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Ass. Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
eCampus.com was built on a simple idea: make textbooks affordable, convenient, and accessible for every student. Founded in 1999 in Lexington, KY and backed by visionary investors like Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas, the company has grown into a premier online textbook retailer for high school and college students nationwide.
Their mission has always been supporting student success both on and off the field through affordable access to the course materials they need. eCampus.com is excited to invest in our student-athletes through Kentucky Prep Gridiron (KPGFootball) which was founded to promote and assist young high school football players get promoted to “next level,” college football opportunities.
That is why eCampus.com sponsors the KPGFootball, Big Man on the eCampus series. This week we are doing something a bit different. In stead of giving you a feature, we are going to predict the order of finish in the 2A classification for the ’26 season.
We aren’t sure how many of you remember this, but KPGFootball may have been the only Kentucky-wide publication which came out on the record and picked the Eagles to win the title last season (2025). We didn’t panic when the team came out of the gates losing three of its first four.
Iron sharpens iron. We knew the tough early season schedule would pay off dividends in 2025 when it got to playoff time. We were right and believe the similar course of action, in 2026, may well net a similar result.
The 2A classification will be a tough league in 2026 and boasts as many top-flight, top-notch teams as any other class in the commonwealth. There are literally 11-teams who could take home the title with four to five at the top capable of beating the other depending on factors as rudimentary as the location of the game.
Lexington, KY: There are plenty of award candidates on the present roster at Lexington’s Christian Academy. Last season, after claiming its second program Kentucky title, the Eagles placed six players on the Big Ass Fans, Small School, All-State FB team.
To refresh your recollection, those players were Nash Whelan (QB), Tyler King (WR, Athlete), Logan Mays (DE), Aiden Lyons (LB), Matthew Montgomery (Interior OL), and Nick Greer (Center). If you are getting the impression the Eagles were good interiorly upfront, that impression would be entirely appropriate.
There will be other Eagles join the returning All-Staters on the ’26 version of the Big Ass Fans, Small School, All-State team when this season concludes we are quite sure. Through it all, those distinctions take a back seat to the team achieving its goals and the students representing the basic tenets or pillars on which the program has been constructed: Love, Courage, and Accountability.
Oakley Watkins, a former Centre College “Praying Colonel,” and practicing attorney has taken over the reigns to the football program as its head coach. With Doug Charles and Paul Rains still around to help out, there is a wealth of knowledge and skill leading these young men to victory.
The entire staff, through the leadership of its head football coach, is centered on fostering an environment prioritizing character-building and faith, alongside athletic successes. In today’s uncertain society, the adherence to such principles is a comfort to the families who entrust their son’s fortunes to this staff and these coaches.
Coaching has a lot to do with the success at LCA, as does culture…
Jack “Jumpin’ Jack-Flash” Long
The Eagles are a consistent title contender in the 2A classification. The Eagles always seem to round into playoff form at just the right time. Coaching has a lot to do with those circumstances. So does culture.
We know this, the performance of the players, last season, strengthens (in our minds) the prediction this upcoming version of LCA will meet with future success, both on and off the field. These players comport themselves appropriately and exhibit strong, academic performerances; possessing excellent class standing and sure-fire qualifying credentials for the NCAA Clearinghouse.
Congratulations to Coach Watkins and staff and the entire LCA program. In addition to all the other skills and assets we have highlighted, the program has developed the best athletes, citizens, and students in addition to these Coaches being our eCampus.com, Big Men on the eCampus feature of the week!
Join us next week as we return to honor another eCampus.com, Big Man on the eCampus. Until then, from any classroom to every field, eCampus.com delivers an easy, fast, and affordable way to order textbooks for students everywhere.
This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball, reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!
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