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11-18-2011, 10:07 AM
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11-18-2011, 10:31 AM
Piper30 Wrote:Ha. I was just joking because this game is setting up to be similar to the 97 game. If it is as good a game as that one I will be happy.
Or it could be setting up as the 2006 game, where the winner was lucky to win on the opponent's field during the regular season, but won by a larger margin during the playoffs on their home field.
11-18-2011, 12:32 PM
Heading up to the game tonight if my contact can get me tickets. Hear it could possibly be a sell out.
Won't get there till right at 7. Providing I can find a parking spot. I will abandon my vehicle on the hillside if I have to.
Anyone want to save me a couple seats? LOL
Won't get there till right at 7. Providing I can find a parking spot. I will abandon my vehicle on the hillside if I have to.
Anyone want to save me a couple seats? LOL
11-18-2011, 01:09 PM
This game will be a great game. Looking at Cov Cath's feeder system now in place ( 5th 6th 7th 8th grade teams) they will be closing the gap on Highlands. 7th and 8th grade teams have won or played in the championship games the last 4 years. I have seen them play (been on the losing end of it). They have talent and are devopling that talent. I need to say nothing about Highlands feeder program just look at what this program has done. This series is only going to get more competitive. No disrepect to other teams in the state but the 4a championship will go through Northern Kentucky for quite some time.
11-18-2011, 01:09 PM
Blau Vogel Wrote:KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE, BOYS!
[Image: http://www.highlands.localsportsradio.co...ider/2.jpg]
Wow, Blau Vogel...
What a great picture!!
11-18-2011, 01:26 PM
Granny Bear Wrote:Wow, Blau Vogel...
What a great picture!!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&cp=23...80&bih=827
11-18-2011, 01:29 PM
11-18-2011, 01:45 PM
^ LOL, that would be wishful I think
11-18-2011, 03:23 PM
Blau Vogel Wrote:Covington Catholic (10-2) has been on a roll since a regular season loss to their biggest in-region rival.
Highlands edged CovCath, 42-37, at CovCath on Sept. 24. Since then, the Colonels have reeled off six straight wins, by an average score of 50-6. The latest victory came on the road at Ashland Blazer.
Don't look now, but the Bluebirds have been winning by an average score of 64-10 over the same stretch.
Comparative scores mean nothing.
As I see it, since CovCath is a second half team, the key may be if they are within striking distance of Highlands at halftime. If Highlands can score big early, as is their habit, then it could be out of CovCath's reach.
As I have said before, Highlands wins this one by at least 2 tds.
11-18-2011, 04:11 PM
Blau Vogel Wrote:[Image: http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/d5...279d57.jpg]
That's a GREAT, GREAT pic.:eyeroll:
Believe it or not, I was sitting here just before I clicked on this, looking at my camera and trying to decide if I wanted to get another one tonight. I decided that I did. Hope I get the chance.:rockon:
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The Cannon Still Roars.....
The Cannon Still Roars.....
11-18-2011, 04:49 PM
^ I've not heard anything recent about the gentleman who had the accident. How is he doing?
11-18-2011, 05:01 PM
Class 4A, Region 4 Championship: Covington Catholic (10-2) at Highlands (12-0)
WHEN/WHERE: 7:30 p.m. today at David Cecil Memorial Stadium, Ft. Thomas.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Neither defense really stopped the other the first time the two teams played on Sept. 24 when Highlands won 42-37 after turning CovCath away on downs at the Bluebirds 17 in the final minute. Since then, however, CovCath allowed just 36 total points in its last six games, and Highlands has allowed just 41 points in its six games against Kentucky teams. None of the teams either faced in that stretch are anywhere near as good offensively as these two. Highlands may be without big-play wide receiver Austin Sheehan, who is averaging 34.9 yards per reception. CovCath was able to control the line of scrimmage offensively in the first meeting, but expect Highlands to make some adjustments. Chances are this will still be a fairly high-scoring game.
BOTTOM LINE: This game is shaping up to be another great one, but Highlands is still the team to beat and it's hard not to pick the Bluebirds, who are three wins from a fifth straight state championship
WHEN/WHERE: 7:30 p.m. today at David Cecil Memorial Stadium, Ft. Thomas.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Neither defense really stopped the other the first time the two teams played on Sept. 24 when Highlands won 42-37 after turning CovCath away on downs at the Bluebirds 17 in the final minute. Since then, however, CovCath allowed just 36 total points in its last six games, and Highlands has allowed just 41 points in its six games against Kentucky teams. None of the teams either faced in that stretch are anywhere near as good offensively as these two. Highlands may be without big-play wide receiver Austin Sheehan, who is averaging 34.9 yards per reception. CovCath was able to control the line of scrimmage offensively in the first meeting, but expect Highlands to make some adjustments. Chances are this will still be a fairly high-scoring game.
BOTTOM LINE: This game is shaping up to be another great one, but Highlands is still the team to beat and it's hard not to pick the Bluebirds, who are three wins from a fifth straight state championship
11-18-2011, 05:03 PM
http://www.NKY.com
Covington Catholic football players have watched the play several times on film, the one in which they came up just short in the final minute of a 42-37 regular-season home loss to archrival Highlands.
On 4th-and-9, at the Highlands 17-yard line, CovCath quarterback Blake Bir, surrounded by great protection, threw too high to receiver Michael Best in the end zone with 52 seconds remaining. The pass fell incomplete. The Bluebirds took over on downs and ran out the clock.
"For a high school football play, a lot of things have to work for it to go well, and that's not an easy thing to do with a lot of good football players running around you," Highlands coach Dale Mueller said. "But we're fired up to play CovCath again for the regional championship. That's as big as it gets."
If it comes down to a similar last-minute scenario in another close contest when Highlands (12-0) hosts the Colonels (10-2) in a 7:30 p.m. Class 4A regional championship game today in Fort Thomas, the Colonels believe they will emerge the winners and snap their five-year losing streak against the Bluebirds.
"I've seen that play three or four times now, and nine times out of 10, Blake completes that pass," said CovCath offensive tackle Bradley Way. "It just went a little too high that time."
Bir completed 22 of 32 for 194 yards and three touchdowns in the Sept. 24 meeting. Best was the Colonels' leading receiver with eight catches for 71 yards and a touchdown. They can't help but think that had they connected for one more score, CovCath would have beaten Highlands for the first time since 2006.
"It was a mechanical and patience issue," Bir said of the play that sealed the Colonels' sixth straight loss to the Bluebirds. "I didn't follow through very well on the throw and I should have waited on (Best) to get a little more open, because we had good protection."
Colonels coach David Wirth said everything on the play went as planned, except for the throw. But he doesn't blame Bir, who has been a key figure in CovCath's reemergence as a state power.
"The pass was a foot over our receiver's hands, but we felt pretty confident walking off the field that we can play with them," Wirth said of the Bluebirds, who are riding a 17-game winning streak. "I felt like we outplayed them in the second, third and fourth quarters. We're really fortunate to get a second shot at them, even though we'll be a significant underdog."
Little by little, the Colonels have closed the gap on the perennially powerful Bluebirds since losing 61-0 in the 2008 regular-season meeting. CovCath, which beat Highlands twice while winning a state title in 2006, has been outscored by the Bluebirds 234-78 since winning the championship.
The losing margins for the Colonels in the matchup since 2008 have been 29 in 2009 (36-7), seven in 2010 (27-20) and the five-point loss this year, all under the direction of Wirth, who in his three years as coach, has put the Colonels on near-equal footing with Highlands, a winner of the past four Class 5A crowns.
Tonight's winner will have a good chance to claim the Class 4A title. The Bluebirds and Colonels are ranked 1-2 statewide in the Litkenhous Ratings. The winner advances to next week's state semifinals.
"There's not a bigger game in town," Wirth said.
Covington Catholic football players have watched the play several times on film, the one in which they came up just short in the final minute of a 42-37 regular-season home loss to archrival Highlands.
On 4th-and-9, at the Highlands 17-yard line, CovCath quarterback Blake Bir, surrounded by great protection, threw too high to receiver Michael Best in the end zone with 52 seconds remaining. The pass fell incomplete. The Bluebirds took over on downs and ran out the clock.
"For a high school football play, a lot of things have to work for it to go well, and that's not an easy thing to do with a lot of good football players running around you," Highlands coach Dale Mueller said. "But we're fired up to play CovCath again for the regional championship. That's as big as it gets."
If it comes down to a similar last-minute scenario in another close contest when Highlands (12-0) hosts the Colonels (10-2) in a 7:30 p.m. Class 4A regional championship game today in Fort Thomas, the Colonels believe they will emerge the winners and snap their five-year losing streak against the Bluebirds.
"I've seen that play three or four times now, and nine times out of 10, Blake completes that pass," said CovCath offensive tackle Bradley Way. "It just went a little too high that time."
Bir completed 22 of 32 for 194 yards and three touchdowns in the Sept. 24 meeting. Best was the Colonels' leading receiver with eight catches for 71 yards and a touchdown. They can't help but think that had they connected for one more score, CovCath would have beaten Highlands for the first time since 2006.
"It was a mechanical and patience issue," Bir said of the play that sealed the Colonels' sixth straight loss to the Bluebirds. "I didn't follow through very well on the throw and I should have waited on (Best) to get a little more open, because we had good protection."
Colonels coach David Wirth said everything on the play went as planned, except for the throw. But he doesn't blame Bir, who has been a key figure in CovCath's reemergence as a state power.
"The pass was a foot over our receiver's hands, but we felt pretty confident walking off the field that we can play with them," Wirth said of the Bluebirds, who are riding a 17-game winning streak. "I felt like we outplayed them in the second, third and fourth quarters. We're really fortunate to get a second shot at them, even though we'll be a significant underdog."
Little by little, the Colonels have closed the gap on the perennially powerful Bluebirds since losing 61-0 in the 2008 regular-season meeting. CovCath, which beat Highlands twice while winning a state title in 2006, has been outscored by the Bluebirds 234-78 since winning the championship.
The losing margins for the Colonels in the matchup since 2008 have been 29 in 2009 (36-7), seven in 2010 (27-20) and the five-point loss this year, all under the direction of Wirth, who in his three years as coach, has put the Colonels on near-equal footing with Highlands, a winner of the past four Class 5A crowns.
Tonight's winner will have a good chance to claim the Class 4A title. The Bluebirds and Colonels are ranked 1-2 statewide in the Litkenhous Ratings. The winner advances to next week's state semifinals.
"There's not a bigger game in town," Wirth said.
11-18-2011, 05:46 PM
fb fan Wrote:can anyone tell me if this game will be online tonight? I have already checked I-High. Any help would be appreciated. Would like to see this game if possible. Thanks
i dont know if there will be a video, but you can listen to it on the following:
http://highlands.localsportsradio.com/ar...catid=1158
or
http://ibn.ihigh.com/broadcasts/index.cfm?fuseaction=usrbrd&broadcasterid=266&Org=IBN&CFID=8996997&CFTOKEN=45915249
11-18-2011, 06:43 PM
Stardust Wrote:^ I've not heard anything recent about the gentleman who had the accident. How is he doing?
I see him at the games all the time. Seems like his old self.
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11-18-2011, 06:51 PM
^ Very cool.
Good luck and safe travels for all headed to Ft. Thomas. Lets hope the game lives up to its potential and everyone comes out of it healthy.
Good luck and safe travels for all headed to Ft. Thomas. Lets hope the game lives up to its potential and everyone comes out of it healthy.
11-18-2011, 11:48 PM
Final HHS 49 - CC 14
Go Birds!!!!!
Go Birds!!!!!
11-19-2011, 12:52 AM
Can you dig it? Wrote:That's a GREAT, GREAT pic.:eyeroll:
Believe it or not, I was sitting here just before I clicked on this, looking at my camera and trying to decide if I wanted to get another one tonight. I decided that I did. Hope I get the chance.:rockon:
I have a pic of the 61 - 0 in '08. It was our Christmas card that year.:Thumbs:
11-19-2011, 01:00 AM
When it was 55-0 that year at the half, I wanted 110 by games end. He had it and let em off the hook.
11-19-2011, 11:55 AM
tradition Wrote:I have a pic of the 61 - 0 in '08. It was our Christmas card that year.:Thumbs:
LOL, how many CCH fans got one???
11-20-2011, 02:03 AM
tradition Wrote:I have a pic of the 61 - 0 in '08. It was our Christmas card that year.:Thumbs:
I'm sad to report that I didn't get a pic of the final on the scoreboard last night.
I FORGOT!!!:lame:
I'm so ashamed.:disappoint:
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