LCA will be ‘strong up the middle’ again in 2026
Lexington Christian Academy broke through and won its second title, and first since winning its first title in 2015 under the direction of Paul Rains. One reason for the Eagles success was how good the team played along its front particularly in the A-Gap or up the middle. LCA boasts one of the premier tandems in the KHSAA at its guard and center posts. Matthew Montgomery (G) and Nick Greer (C) both made our Big Ass Fans, Small School (1A, 2A, & 3A) All-State FB team. Both of these players were instrumental to LCA’s title and success offensively. Both of these guys are the topic of this morning’s feature. As we brace for the coming ’26 KHSAA football season, it will be personnel tandems like this one which will define both teams and fortunes.
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
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That is why eCampus.com sponsors the KPGFootball, Big Man on the eCampus series. This week’s Big Men on the eCampus are Lexington Christian Academy’s OG/DT, Matthew Montgomery (’28; 6’1, 240) and his counter part at center, Nick Greer (’28, 6’2,” 255).
Both players, a year ago, were instrumental players in the offensive lineup of one of Kentucky’s premier high school football programs. Lexington Christian Academy (LCA) perennially competes for KHSAA championships at its level of play.
Lexington, KY: The Eagles are the mascots of both Lexington’s Christian Academy and Philadelphia’s NFL franchise. Pat Shurmur is the OC for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Shurmer talks about the necessity of being strong up the middle. The play at guard and center, along an offensive line, is believed, by many others (and him), to be tantamount toward achieving this strength.
No team in the KHSAA, at any competitive level, is any stronger up the A-Gap, up the middle, than the Eagles from Lexington Christian Academy (LCA). It is the play of two all-staters up there which provides much of the source of this strength.
Their names are Matthew Montgomery (G) and Nick Greer (C). Both of these guys are a tad undersized by conventional standards but both of these guys are young and still physically developing. What isn’t developing, because it has arrived already, is their game play; which is magnificent for the pair.
You will be hard pressed to find two superior technicians playing along the interior OL than these two players. The superior technique has led to superior results for the team.
Here is what our selection committee had to allow about each of these two players when they made the Big Ass Fans, Small School All-State Football Team:
Matthew Montgomery, G, ’28, 6’1,” 240, Lexington Christian Academy. Who would have thought the Eagles performance up front would get better in ’25 than it was in ’24 with five D-1 guys cross the graduation stage last spring? Who would have thought the Eagles would graduate an entire starting front and change coaches and win its second title ever? Guys like Matthew Montgomery upfront will do that for a program. With Montgomery leading the way, the Eagles passed for 2,299-yards, completing 156 of 239-passing attempts (66% completion rate approximately), and 26-TDs against only 6-picks. The Eagles also rushed for 2,254-yards, on 350-carries (6.44-yards per), with 39-TDs by land. When you play who the Eagles play, those numbers are unbelievable. Fending off the opponent’s pass rush leads to such offensive efficiency.
Nick Greer, Center, ’28, 6’2,” 255, Lexington Christian Academy. Who would have thought the Eagles performance up front would get better in ’25 than it was in ’24 with five D-1 guys upfront graduating last spring? Who would have thought the Eagles would graduate an entire starting front, and change coaches, and win the school’s second title ever? Guys like Nick Greer at center will do that for a program. With Greer, Montgomery, and cohorts leading the way, the Eagles passed for 2,299-yards, completing 156 of 239-passing attempts (66% completion rate approximately), and 26-TDs against only 6-picks. The Eagles also rushed for 2,254-yards, on 350-carries (6.44-yards per), with 39-TDs by land. When you play who the Eagles play, those numbers are unbelievable. Fending off the opponent’s pass rush leads to this type offensive efficiency.
There are several very important things to notice here. One is the fact both of these guys were only sophomores in ’25 and will experience tremendous physical and technical development between the sophomore and junior years. Most players experience their most profound development, in high school, between the sophomore and junior seasons.
Both of these guys will be juniors in ’26. Both of these guys will be impressing college scouts in combines and camps this coming summer where both will be fielding offers. Both of these guys will be on all types of preseason prospect ranking lists heading into the ’26 season.
The sky really is the limit here. Strong up the middle equals strong offensively. That is what experience has taught us, at LCA and elsewhere, up and down the football food chain.
Then again, what do we know?…
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