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Trinity tops Class 6A in first Kentucky High School Football Media Poll of 2024 season
Defending state champion Trinity is No. 1 in Class 6A in the first Kentucky High School Football Media Poll of the season.
The Shamrocks are 2-0 after a pair of road victories in Lexington over Bryan Station and Frederick Douglass. Trinity will host Indiana’s Center Grove at 7 p.m. Friday.
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Following Trinity in the Class 6A poll are Male (2-0), St. Xavier (2-0), Frederick Douglass (1-1) and Manual (2-0).
Male will host St. Xavier at 7 p.m. Friday, and Manual will host Frederick Douglass at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
The No. 1 teams in the other classes are Bowling Green (Class 5A), Boyle County (4A), Christian Academy (3A), Owensboro Catholic (2A) and Campbellsville (A).
The Kentucky High School Football Media Poll is conducted by 16 sports journalists throughout the state, with one representative for each of the 16 football regions in order to provide geographical balance. Starting next week, the poll will be released each Wednesday morning throughout the regular season.
Here are the complete polls. First-place votes are in parentheses.
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts
1. Trinity (16) 2-0 160
2. Male 2-0 136
3. St. Xavier 2-0 127
4. Frederick Douglass 1-1 117
5. Manual 2-0 90
6. Ryle 2-0 72
7. Bryan Station 0-2 47
8. Bullitt East 2-0 34
9. Great Crossing 2-0 24
10. Simon Kenton 2-0 23
Others receiving votes: Madison Central 21, Ballard 10, George Rogers Clark 10, Central Hardin 3, Oldham County 3, Tates Creek 3.
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts
1. Bowling Green (6) 1-1 144
2. Cooper (8) 2-0 143
3. Highlands (1) 2-0 130
4. South Warren (1) 2-0 123
5. Woodford County 2-0 70
6. Madisonville-North Hopkins 2-0 58
7. Pulaski County 1-1 40
8. Owensboro 0-2 38
9. Atherton 2-0 31
10. North Laurel 2-0 27
Others receiving votes: Graves County 23, Scott County 20, Southwestern 10, South Oldham 9, Dixie Heights 6, North Bullitt 5, Greenwood 2, South Laurel 1.
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts
1. Boyle County (16) 2-0 160
2. Paducah Tilghman 2-0 141
3. Corbin 2-0 123
4. Franklin County 2-0 111
5. Ashland Blazer 2-0 91
6. Covington Catholic 0-2 62
7. Johnson Central 1-1 52
8. North Oldham 2-0 46
9. Warren East 2-0 36
10. Bardstown 1-1 34
Others receiving votes: Spencer County 6, DeSales 5, Henry County 3, Logan County 3, Allen County-Scottsville 2, Mason County 2, Wayne County 2, Taylor County 1.
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts
1. Christian Academy (16) 2-0 160
2. Hart County 2-0 120
3. Central 0-2 97
4. Belfry 1-1 95
5. Lexington Catholic 0-2 82
6. Bell County 1-1 69
7. Franklin-Simpson 2-0 67
8. Glasgow 2-0 46
9. Union County 1-1 39
10. Rockcastle County 2-0 34
Others receiving votes: East Carter 26, Lawrence County 22, Mercer County 13, Hancock County 5, Adair County 2, Lloyd Memorial 2, Hopkins County Central 1.
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts
1. Owensboro Catholic (12) 2-0 153
2. Beechwood (4) 2-0 144
3. Mayfield 1-1 120
4. Lexington Christian 0-2 103
5. Somerset 2-0 97
6. Murray 1-1 62
7. Crittenden County 1-1 46
8. Green County 1-1 34
9. Washington County 2-0 20
10. Breathitt County 0-2 19
Others receiving votes: Betsy Layne 18, Prestonsburg 17, Caldwell County 14, Knott County Central 13, Martin County 8, Shelby Valley 7, Bracken County 3, Monroe County 2.
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts
1. Campbellsville (5) 2-0 139
2. Pikeville (9) 0-2 135
3. Sayre (1) 2-0 114
4. Raceland (1) 1-1 113
5. Newport Central Catholic 2-0 96
6. Paris 2-0 78
7. Kentucky Country Day 1-1 49
8. Bethlehem 2-0 46
9. Hazard 2-0 34
10. Newport 2-0 23
Others receiving votes: Williamsburg 20, Ludlow 17, Bishop Brossart 10, Louisville Holy Cross 6.
Voters: Chelsea Parker (The Paducah Sun), Edward Marlowe (WKDZ-FM), Mark Mathis (Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer), Micheal Compton (Bowling Green Daily News), Josh Claywell (The Kentucky Standard, LaRue County Herald News), Kendrick Haskins (WAVE-TV), Jason Frakes (The Courier Journal), James Weber (Cincinnati Enquirer), Brendan Connelly (Cincinnati Enquirer), Evan Dennison (LinkNKy.com), Jared Peck (Lexington Herald-Leader), Mike Marsee (Danville freelancer), Les Dixon (13thRegionMediaNetwork.com), Brendon Miller (Bluegrass Sports Nation), Randy White (Appalachian News-Express), James Collier (WLGC-FM).
More high school football: Jason Frakes’ top 10 teams in state after Week 2
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The best shooter in college basketball will, in fact, stay in college basketball — and Kentucky is ready to make its final push.
Iowa State star Milan Momcilovic has withdrawn from the 2026 NBA Draft and will play somewhere at his current level in 2026-27. That’s not expected to be back in Ames, as Cyclone coach T.J. Otzelberger made clear, saying that if the 6-8 forward doesn’t make the jump to the pros, “it’s important that he’s able to find a landing spot at a college that fits what he’s looking for.”
Could Lexington be that final destination? The perimeter sniper already said he’s got respect for the Wildcats and Mark Pope, watching his programs closely since his time at BYU when they competed against each other in the Big 12.
In his eyes, he could be the piece Kentucky was missing this past season in the program’s Round of 32 exit, led by Momcilovic’s 20 points and five rebounds in the Cyclones’ 82-63 victory in St. Louis.
“I think Kentucky would be a good fit,” Momcilovic told the Herald-Leader’s Ben Roberts last week at the NBA Draft Combine. “I obviously went against Pope at BYU his first year (in the Big 12), and I loved how his team played. I think we went 1-1 against them, but they killed us at their place, because they fly the ball up the court and shoot 3s. I really like the way they play.
“And obviously, Kentucky last year, he didn’t have enough shooters around him to really coach, I feel like, the way he wanted. But I think — if I were to choose Kentucky — that would be a good fit for me. I feel like I’d be a great player for him, and he’d be a good coach for me.”
Momcilovic averaged a career-high 16.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 30.5 minutes per game while shooting 50.6 percent from the field, 48.7 percent from three and 87.8 percent at the line. He knocked down 260 3-pointers, good for 3.7 makes on 7.5 attempts per contest.
The former four-star recruit has been Kentucky’s dream portal target all offseason. Now, he’s officially a free agent, pulling out of the draft ahead of the withdrawal deadline.
On Tuesday, head coach Mark Pope revealed that there will likely be no summer trip for the 2026-27 Wildcats.
“We’re probably a lean towards not going right now,” Pope told Darrell Bird of Cats Pause.
The NCAA recently adopted a proposal that will allow schools to take summer tours every year after the rules previously limited schools to one trip every four years. Even if it ended up being somewhere close by, this would’ve been a great experience for the Cats to get some exhibition games in, especially with the roster overhaul they’re going through.
Oh well. The good news is UK will still have plenty of summer practices to develop and build chemistry.
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Funeral arrangements announced for Eastern Kentucky man electrocuted while power washing building
MORGAN COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) – Funeral arrangements have been made for a Morgan County man who was electrocuted while pressure washing a building last Friday in Johnson County.
Services for 48-year-old Jonathan “Jon” Brown will be Sunday, May 31, at 2 p.m. at Jamie Ferguson’s Garage in West Liberty.
According to his obituary, Brown was a former Morgan County Fiscal Court magistrate, and the owner of Kentucky Pool Company and a power washing business.
Brown also helped out with radio broadcasts of Morgan County High School sports.
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