KHSAA football: Bowling Green defeats St. Xavier; CAL rolls to victory

A previous version of this story had an incorrect result for the Eastern-Paul Dunbar game. The Eagles won, 32-31.

Deuce Bailey threw three touchdown passes to lead the Bowling Green High School football team to a 26-9 victory at St. Xavier on Friday.

Trevy Barber caught two of the touchdown passes and helped the Purples (8-2) — ranked No. 3 in Class 5A — beat St. X for the first time since 2020. The Tigers had won the three previous meetings.

Bailey’s 26-yard touchdown pass to Barber gave Bowling Green a 26-3 lead with 8:00 left in the third quarter.

Mason Trimble’s 42-yard pass to Marlon Harbin with 5:25 left in the third quarter gave the Tigers their lone touchdown.

St. X — ranked No. 4 in Class 6A — dropped to 6-4.

Colin Daniels threw a school-record six touchdown passes — including the game-winner to Gray Schmittel with 25 seconds left — to give the host Mustangs (8-2) the victory over the Colonels (6-4).

Daniels completed 27 of 37 passes for 358 yards. Schmittel had 11 catches for 173 yards and four touchdowns.

Oldham County quarterback Derek Dees threw two touchdown passes to Jackson Martin, including a 2-yarder that tied the score at 35 with 2:28 left.

Connor Hodge passed for 303 yards and four touchdowns to lead the host Centurions (7-3) over the Tigers (5-5).

Hodge completed 22 of 30 passes and threw touchdowns to Trey Cotton (two), Stone Perkins and Gaines Howard. Cotton had 10 catches for 130 yards.

CAL’s Man Robinson added an 18-yard interception return for a touchdown.

Fern Creek, which managed 83 yards of offense, took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter on Patrick Carr’s 20-yard field goal. Carr also had three receptions for 55 yards.

Cortez Stone carried 20 times for 203 yards and three touchdowns to lead the host Yellowjackets (7-3) over the Lions (4-6).

George Black returned an interception for a touchdown to lead Central’s defense.

Will Geoghegan's 41-yard field goal on the final play gave the host Eagles (4-6) the victory over the Bulldogs (1-8).

Joseph Davies’ 25-yard field goal with 59 seconds left had given Paul Dunbar a 31-29 lead.

Down 28-10 at halftime, Eastern took a 29-28 lead on Zane Wagner’s 42-yard touchdown pass to Nathan Wagner with 6:54 remaining.

Paul Dunbar quarterback Dominic Faulkner rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns and also passed for a score.

Zane Wagner completed 18 of 29 passes for 285 yards and three touchdowns. Nathan Wagner had five catches for 114 yards and two scores.

Luke Ballard rushed for 147 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Warhawks (7-3) over the host Titans (5-5).

Great Crossing quarterback Jeremiah Clark threw three short touchdown passes: 9 yards to Hunter Moody, 12 yards to Javontae Dean and 17 yards to Julez Hill.

Collins quarterback Kade Goodin completed 11 of 20 passes for 108 yards and also rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown. Aviyan Delaney had eight catches for 72 yards.

A.J. Lee passed for 256 yards and a touchdown and also rushed for a score to lead the Cougars (2-8) over the host Chargers (5-5) on Wednesday.

Lee completed 21 of 38 passes, including a touchdown connection with Nate Tomes. Michael Anderson had eight catches for 137 yards.

Atherton 50, Shelby County 0

Woodford County 27, Ballard 24, OT

Bullitt East 24, Meade County 21

Holy Cross 42, Butler 12

John Hardin 35, DeSales 14

Doss 28, Fairdale 8

Thomas Nelson 30, Iroquois 0

Kentucky Country Day 35, Henry County 20

Manual 21, Male 0

Moore 21, Western 8

North Bullitt 41, Southern 14

Pleasure Ridge Park 35, Hopkinsville 28

Elizabethtown 29, Seneca 20

Shawnee 44, Waggener 22

Spencer County 42, Nelson County 7

Valley 36, Fort Knox 6

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Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; [email protected]; Follow on X @kyhighs.