Football Preview: Casey County Rebels vs. Central Yellow Jackets
The Casey County Rebels will take on the Central Yellow Jackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Casey County will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Casey County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came up short against Rockcastle County on Friday, falling 43-22. While losing is never fun, the Rebels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky football rankings (they are ranked 202nd, while the Rockets are ranked 72nd).
Meanwhile, Central came tearing into Friday's matchup with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 44.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They claimed a resounding 42-6 win over DuBois Academy. The result was nothing new for the Yellow Jackets, who have now won six contests by 20 points or more so far this season.
Central pushed their record up to 7-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.2 points per game. As for Casey County, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-10.
Casey County was dealt a bruising 48-6 loss at the hands of Central in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Central's Cortez Stone, who rushed for 174 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. Now that Casey County knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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