Football Preview: Highlands Bluebirds vs. Cooper Jaguars
The Highlands Bluebirds will take on the Cooper Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Highlands is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 35-0 victory over Raceland. Given the Bluebirds' advantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky football rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Rams are ranked 65th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Highlands came from Jackson Arnold, Ethan Grimm, Adam Surrey, Tayden Lorenzen, and Lorenzen.
Meanwhile, Cooper put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Great Crossing with a sharp 62-36 win. The result was nothing new for the Jaguars, who have now won four contests by 26 points or more so far this season.
Cam O'Hara was his usual excellent self, throwing for 312 yards and six touchdowns, while also rushing for 38 yards and a touchdown. Isaiah Johnson was O'Hara's top target, picking up 116 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Highlands' victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Cooper, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
Highlands couldn't quite finish off Cooper when the teams last played back in November of 2023 and fell 17-15. Can Highlands avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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