To be a champion in KHSAA football, you have to play championship level defense

December 11, 2019 Henry Lyon 0

In the business of covering Kentucky High School football we have a term we call “Championship Level Defense.” What we say about it is simply a Kentucky high school football team will never win a championship without playing defensively like a champion. Go back through your favorite team’s statistics and see whether you team played defensively commensurate with championship level play. What is championship level defensive play? Well, this article will tell you. HB.

Coach Lyon’s Class 5A preseason top-10 football poll…

July 28, 2019 Henry Lyon 0

Someone contacted old Coach Lyon and asked when we were going to put out our preseason top-10 football polls for each classification. Well, today seemed like as good a day as any to continue the tradition. Since KPGFootball started with the top classification when picking district winners, this time we started with Class 1A and yesterday we projected Class 4A. Today we give you our projections for the next classification up from the lowest one, here is Class 5A and we will complete the series tomorrow with Class 6A!

Hosea Knifeley, Butler Traditonal, cuts like a knife (through the OL), but it feels so right (at least for Butler)

June 7, 2019 Henry Lyon 0

People around the Derby City felt slighted this prospect wasn’t in the top spot on the Kentucky 20 best DL, preseason list, published to Bluegrass Rivals yesterday. Whether he should have been can be argued either way. He certainly should have been on the list and he certainly was, coming in at No. 5. Regardless, Knifeley, who’s last name reminds us of one of our favorite lyrics from a song from one of our favorite all-time Rockers, is one whale of a prospect. Enjoy the article.

South Warren vs. Hopkinsville High School…

August 17, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

As we continue to feature prominent match-ups occurring in week zero across the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and as we march toward the 2018 season opener; today, we have the 2016, Class 4A, State Football Champion and 2017 semi-finalist in its first year in Class 5A, South Warren High School, preseason ranked […]

Covington Catholic’s Casey McGinness, Class of 2019

May 23, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

Covington Catholic had Kentucky’s number one rated QB last year in University of Miami-Ohio Redhawk AJ Mayer. Mayer certainly didn’t disappoint in completing 170 of his 265 passes for 3,114 yards and 40 passing TDs in leading Covington Catholic to its seventh overall State Football Championship but first since 2006. […]