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JACKSON – November 17, 2022 – Brendon D. Miller
Breathitt heads to Northern Kentucky for the Regional Championship round of the 2022 KHSAA UK HealthCare Sports Medicine 2A State Football Finals on Friday Night.
The District 7 Champion Breathitt County Bobcats and the District 6 runner up Lloyd Memorial Juggernauts will meet with a trip to the State Semi-Finals on the line.
If you can not make it to Erlanger, 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) (RPI .62393) Head Coach – KYLE MOORE Record – 9-2 (defeated Magoffin County 43-0, Powell County 28-6, Hazard 29-27, Middlesboro 20-0, Morgan County 49-0, Leslie County 40-20, Knox Central 51-20, West Carter 54-0, and Martin County 34-21) (lost to Perry Central 26-28 and Letcher Central 21-32) Total Points Scored – 395 – Points Allowed – 154 Total Offense – 3,601 yards – 1,719 rushing – 1,882 passing Total Defense – 1,694 yards – 1,130 rushing – 564 passing PLAYERS TO WATCH: Tyler Bryant (Senior-QB-#11) – 121 of 189 for 2,122 yards, 27 TD passing, 81 for 238, 6 TD rushing. Jayden Gibson (Freshman-RB-#9) – 111 carries for 715 yards rushing, 7 TD. Caden Bowling (Junior-RB-#5) – 66 carries for 506 yards rushing, 4 TD. Austin Sperry (Sophomore-WR-#8) – 39 catches for 842 yards, 13 TD. Isaac Turner (Junior-WR- #22) – 30 catches for 545 yards, 5 TD. Kory Combs (Sophomore-LB-#29) – 95 tackles – 5 tackles for loss. Brady Tincher (Junior-LB-#33) – 82 tackles – 3 Interceptions – 6 tackles for loss. Jason Tolson – (Sophomore-LB-#2) – 63 tackles – 6 tackles for loss. Blake Ritchie (Senior-S-#4) – 4 interceptions
LLOYD MEMORIAL (Distrct 6 – 2nd Place) (RPI .62873) Head Coach – KYLE NIEDERMAN Record – 9-3 (defeated Grant County 47-20, Boone County 36-15, Bishop Brossart 40-3, Montgomery County 39-12, Newport 44-22, Holy Cross 47-13, Holmes 24-20, Owen County 42-7, Walton-Verona 41-0) (lost to Dixie Heights 12-13, Providence, IN 21-22, Beechwood 7-34) Total Points Scored – 400 – Points Allowed – 181 Total Offense – 3,770 yards – 2,895 rushing – 875 passing Total Defense – 2,697 yards – 1,373 rushing – 1,324 passing PLAYERS TO WATCH: Isaiah Sebastian (Sophomore-QB-#7) – 47 of 73 for 703 yards, 7 TD passing, 103 rushes for 795 yards, 13 TD rushing. 8 interceptions and 39 tackles on defense. Kaiden Zulager (Senior-RB-#25) – 179 attempts for 1,287 yards, 17 TD rushing. Tyler Copeland (Sophomore-WR-#4) – 17 catches for 229 yards, 3 TD. Elijah Collins (Sophomore-WR-#23) – 19 catches for 187 yards, 2 TD. Elijah Westwood (Junior-DB-#50) – 95 tackles. Avander Abrams (Junior-DL-#5) – 52 tackles, 9 tacles for loss. John Crim (Junior-DB-#6) – 64 tackles, 4 interceptions.
