Breathitt Football - photo by Brendon D. Miller - Bluegrass Sports Nation
JACKSON – November 3, 2022 – Brendon D. Miller
The Second Season begins this Friday Night for Breathitt County as the Bobcats kick off the 2022 KHSAA UK HealthCare Sports Medicine 2A Playoffs by hosting the West Carter Comets on the RiverBank! Breathitt surged back to the top of Class 2A District 7 sweeping Middlesboro, Morgan County and Leslie County enroute to a 7-2 season. West Carter comes to Jackson at 2-8, and 2-3 in District 8 to earn the fourth seed. The winner of this game will advance to take on the winner of Martin County and Leslie County next week.
You can catch the action LIVE on both the Bluegrass Sports Nation Facebook Page and Bluegrass Sports Nation YouTube Channel, with Kick set for 7:30 PM.
WHAT TO KNOW: BREATHITT COUNTY (District 7 – 1st Place) Head Coach – KYLE MOORE Record – 7-2 (defeated Magoffin County 43-0, Powell County 28-6, Hazard 29-27, Middlesboro 20-0, Morgan County 49-0, Leslie County 40-20, and Knox Central 51-20) (lost to Perry Central 26-28 and Letcher Central 21-32) Total Points Scored – 307 – Points Allowed – 133 Total Offense – 3,163 yards – 1,509 rushing – 1,654 passing Total Defense – 1,694 yards – 1,130 rushing – 564 passing PLAYERS TO WATCH: Tyler Bryant (Senior-QB-#11) – 96 of 154 for 1,654, 23 TD passing, 75 for 218, 6 TD rushing. Jayden Gibson (Freshman-RB-#9) – 84 attempts for 591 yards rushing. Austin Sperry (Sophomore-WR-#8) – 33 catches for 688 yards, 10 TD. Isaac Turner (Junior-WR- #22) – 26 catches for 489 yards, 4 TD. Kory Combs (Sophomore-LB-#29) – 62 tackles Brady Tincher (Junior-LB-#33) – 53 tackles – 2 Interceptions Blake Ritchie (Senior-S-#4) – 3 interceptions
WEST CARTER (Distrct 8 – 4th Place) Head Coach – DANIEL BARKER Record – 2-8 (defeated Bath County 50-6, East Ridge 33-14) (lost to Rowan County 0-24, Fleming County 7-25, East Carter 8-44, Raceland 7-67, Shelby Valley 21-54, Prestonsburg 14-38, Martin County 0-48, Russell 7-38) Total Points Scored – 147 – Points Allowed – 358 Total Offense – 2,412 yards – 1,659 rushing – 753 passing Total Defense – 3,353 yards – 1,961 rushing – 1,392 passing PLAYERS TO WATCH: Kale Back (Sophomore-QB-#17) – 52 of 116 for 636 yards, 3 TD passing, 62 attempts for 248 yards, 3 TD rushing. Cole Crampton (Senior-RB-#5) – 147 attempts for 1,008 yards rushing, 11 catches for 200 yards receiving. Timothy Fields (Senior-WR-#3) – 19 catches for 168 yards, 1 TD. Connor Greene (Senior-LB-#34) – 59 tackles, 4 tackles for loss. Raymond Rayburn (Junior-LB-#7) – 57 tackles. Trace Rivers (Junior-DB-#14) – 2 interceptions.
