Who’s the best OG in the KHSAA’s 2022 graduating class? We think its Owen LeMaster from Johnson Central…

At 6-1 and weighing 270-pounds, there are those who would say he’s too short to play OG at the next level. We aren’t among “those” who would say that.

What more could you possibly want from an OG than his being a road-grading, down-hill, blocking machine? In our mind, nothing.

Though only a sophomore, LeMaster has quietly gone about the business of clearing the path for Johnson Central’s RBs to “have their way” with opposing defenses. On the year, in the team’s first five games, all of which Johnson Central has won easily, Central has scored 219 points, rushed for 1,522 yards (304.4 yards per game), in 224 attempts (6.79 yards per attempt), with 21 rushing TDs.

That is stout run production from a balanced attack. They are something altogether extraordinary where everyone on the planet knows exactly what Johnson Central is going to do.

So far, Johnson Central has routed two Class 6A teams in Lafayette (49-12) and Simon Kenton (49-11). The Eagles have beaten soundly two of West Virginia’s better prep football teams in Capital (28-13) and South Charleston (59-29). The Eagles have routed Ohio prep football power, Bishop Sycamore, 34-8. No telling what Johnson Central’s RPI would be if Kentucky awarded more than a .500 to each and every out-of-state opponent.

There has been a constant in all of the compilation of the above numbers. The constant…Owen LeMaster has been stacking bodies for each and every one of the victories from his guard slot. Here are his mid-season highlights, check it out for yourself. Film doesn’t lie.

Owen made our KPGFootball, All-State team a year ago as one of 2022’s elite interior offensive linemen. Through half a year in 2019, he is clearly in the mix to make our sophomore team at year’s end.

We believe him to be the best at his position in Kentucky’s sophomore year. We would be surprised if he weren’t (at least) honorably mentioned on the AP’s and Coach’s teams at year’s end too.

Let old Coach Lyon tell you this one thing and you should listen to this if you have never before listened to me or not. If you want to run the football in the Kentucky high school ranks, you have to have the big, hairy-legged guys, like Owen LeMaster, clearing the way for your RBs.

If I were getting to select my own team to play on Friday nights, there wouldn’t be many, in any graduating year, I would take over “old number 52” from Paintsville, Kentucky. Let me assure you of one thing, he would be among the first players I would select.

Reporting for KPGFootball, this is HB Lyon, reminding all of you ballers out there that #WeGotUCovered and we’re JUST CALLING IT LIKE WE SEE IT!

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Have coached at the high school and middle school level. Have worked in athletic administration. Conceal my identity to enable my candor on articles published by this magazine. Only members of the editorial board are aware of my true identity.

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