Kentucky high school football Week 1 live blog: Scores, highlights, stats and more
It's been 257 long days since last there was meaningful high school football in the Bluegrass State. That ends tonight.
The KHSAA football season officially kicked off at 7 p.m. Friday night across Kentucky, and the Courier Journal will have you covered like a shutdown corner in press coverage. Stay here or save this page as a bookmark to revisit throughout the night for live updates from all of the area's action — including Trinity's trip to Indiana to face Carmel — and then stay locked in after the final whistle for coverage from all of the action.
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Louisville-area KHSAA Week 1 football analysis, recaps and photos
St. Xavier, CAL and Manual all opened 2022 with victories. How'd they do it? Here's complete coverage from Friday's season-opening games:
➤ Instant rankings: Who are Jason Frakes's Top 10 teams in Kentucky?
➤ 3 takeaways: How CAL blew the doors off South Oldham | Photo gallery | Video highlights
➤ 3 takeaways: Why defending state champ St. Xavier expects more after win over Owensboro | Photo gallery
➤ 3 takeaways: Manual football steamrolls Central to give coach Donnie Stoner 1st victory | Photo gallery
➤ How Trinity football rallied late for out-of-state victory over Carmel
➤ The longest losing streak in the state is over. Here's how Warren Central ended it
➤ Week 1 roundup: Collins, Butler, Southern and Spencer County win season openers
Louisville-area KHSAA football final scores
Friday’s games
Butler 14, Western 6
Southern 47, Doss 26
Fern Creek 56, Jeffersontown 3
Male 42, Floyd Central (Ind.) 7
Seneca 46, Moore 0
Ballard 22, Hopkinsville 0
Trinity 17, Carmel (Ind.) 7 (follow @brian_haenchen for updates)
Manual 40, Central 12 (follow @brooksHolton for updates)
Henry County 27, Atherton 13
Collins 42, Shelby County 28
Central Hardin 45, DeSales 7
Eastern 46, Kentucky Country Day 18
Elizabethtown 44, North Bullitt 0
North Oldham 21, Carroll County 7
Simon Kenton 56, Oldham County 16
Christian Academy 38, South Oldham 0 (follow @JL_Kirven for updates)
St. Xavier 28, Owensboro 14 (follow @kyhighs for updates)
Pleasure Ridge Park 60, Valley 0
Fort Knox 8, Shawnee 6
Spencer County 50, Anderson County 7
East Ridge 40, Waggener 34
Warren Central 13, Bullitt Central 0
Saturday’s games
Beechwood at Fairdale, 7 p.m.
Holy Cross vs. Taylor County, 8:30 p.m. at Campbellsville’s Forcht Bank Bowl
Kentucky high school football live updates
Follow assistant sports editor Jake Adams on Twitter @jakeadams520 or email him at jadams@gannett.com
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky high school football scores: Week 1 live updates, highlights
