[Blau Vogel]

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Highlands senior quarterback Patrick Towles has been named Kentucky¹s Gatorade high school football Player of the Year.

Towles, who has committed to the University of Kentucky, has helped Highlands to a 14-0 record. The Bluebirds play Franklin-Simpson on Saturday in the Class 4-A state title game in Bowling Green.

Towles has thrown for 3,637 yards and 41 touchdowns with only one interception this season. For his career, Towles has passed for 7,246 yards and 72 TDs, and run for 1,596 yards and 37 TDs.

He's 37-1 as a starting quarterback.

Towles is the grandson of Baseball Hall of Famer and former U.S. Senator Jim Bunning.