[Hoot Gibson]

Covcath has never and will never be "multitudes" ahead of Highlands.

Maybe you like the term "clearly superior" better. In 2006, Highlands finished 7-5 with two losses to 12-3 state champion Covington Catholic. Johnson Central led CovCath at halftime that season and were still down by only a touchdown and driving in the Colonels' territory in the third quarter when its star fullback/linebacker Blake Johnson went out with a career ending knee injury.

Covington Catholic was the best team in the region in 2006 but if Johnson Central had been in the same district, it would have been a good battle between the Golden Eagles and the Birds for the second seed.

With all of the talk about NKY football being "multitudes" better than eastern Kentucky football, it is pretty clear that Highlands has been the only consistently dominant team in NKY since 2006. Johnson Central would have done just fine in a district with Highlands, Covington Catholic, Dixie, and Scott, and Ashland would also have been competitive with every team other than Highlands during that period.

Sorry for the threadjacking. It sounds like Covington Catholic should be much more competitive in the playoffs this season.

At what point in the game did the Dixie players get injured and what kind of impact did it have on the outcome?