NKY Round-Up: District champs crowned
- Updated: October 22, 2021
Kentucky has one more week of the regular season, but district titles are already being determined with more teams being crowned district champs on Friday night.
NO. 13 COVINGTON CATHOLIC 27, CONNER 7
The Covington Catholic Colonels extended its win streak to four on Friday night, beating the Conner Cougars 27-7 in Hebron.
Preston Agee kicked off the scoring for the Colonels on back-to-back touchdown rushes to give CovCath an early 14-0 lead. The two scores were Agee’s team-leading seventh and eighth of the season.
Alex Castrucci got the Cougars on the board with a 12-yard run of his own. However, the Colonels would slam the door shut with two Eli Nally field goals of 37 and 39 yards. Reid Hummel also added a 45-yard run for extra measure.
With the win, Covington Catholic won the 5A, District 5 championship after going 5-0 in the district in 2021.
The Colonels will look to end the regular season on a five-game winning streak next week when they return home to take on Ryle. Conner will try to go into the postseason with a winning record when they face George Rogers Clark.
HIGHLANDS 35, COOPER 7
Coming off a close loss to rival CovCath, Highlands ended its regular season on a high note after knocking off the Cooper Jaguars 35-7. The Bluebirds will head into the playoffs in two weeks after finishing 5-5 in the regular season.
Highlands found a groove early on the tails of Charlie Noon, who gave the Bluebirds a 14-0 lead after scoring runs of 67 and one yards. On defense, Highlands converted two turnovers for points in the second quarter with an interception and fumble.
The Bluebirds made a change behind center, opting to start sophomore Cam Bottom. Bottom’s arm made quite the debut when he found Carson Class for a 55-yard pass, which set up Charlie Noon’s third rushing touchdown. Bottom found the end zone on a 57-yard pass to Davis Hinegardner to put Highlands up 28-0.
Cooper’s Drew Warth got the Cougars on the board in the third quarter when he found Xavier Smith for a 13-yard touchdown pass. However, Highlands responded with another touchdown of their own when Bottom tossed his second touchdown pass of the game.
Highlands will take a week to rest up before the start of the 5A playoffs while Cooper will travel to face Butler.
NO. 12 BEECHWOOD 54, NEWPORT 0
The Beechwood Tigers wrapped up the district championship on Friday night, blowing out the Newport Wildcats 54-0 on Friday night.
The Tigers got on the board when star quarterback Cameron Hergott found Mitchell Berger for a touchdown. That was quickly followed up by back-to-back rushing touchdowns for Avery Courtney to give Beechwood an early 21-0 lead.
Beechwood forced a running clock by halftime and rolled to the dominant 54-0 victory and 9-0 record. Friday night’s shutout was the fourth of the season for the stellar Tiger defense.
On the season, the Tigers have only given up 55 points, the lowest amount in all of 2A. On the other side of the ball, Beechwood has scored 348 points, the most in Class 2A.
The Tigers will look to cap off another undefeated next week when they host Newport Central Catholic. Newport will hit the road again next week to take on Pendleton County.
Here are some other scores from Northern Kentucky teams in action:
Dixie Heights 41, Campbell County 21
Holmes 40, Scott 0
Newport Central Catholic 55, Bellevue 14
Lloyd 40, Holy Cross 7
Ludlow 49, Dayton 6
Walton-Verona 54, Trimble County 20
Bishop Brossart 24, Pendleton County 14
Carroll County 48, Gallatin County 16
Simon Kenton at No. 23 Ryle (SAT – 7:00 PM)
Check out the COMPLETE SCOREBOARD.
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