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How Kentucky recruits fared over the weekend

Justin Rowland and Derek Terry
CatsIllustrated.com Staff

Week Three is in the books and Kentucky's commitments from the 2014 class had several strong showings over the weekend.

Quarterback Drew Barker did his part but Conner lost their first game of the year 42-35 against Simon Kenton. The 6-foot-3 UK commit was 28-of-44 through the air with 356 yards and four touchdowns through the air. He also carried the ball 20 times for 57 yards, and those rushing stats would have been a lot better but Barker was sacked three times and that hurt his total.

For the season Barker is 36 of 55 (65 percent) for 591 yards with eight touchdowns and no picks. He has rushed 24 times for 217 yards and three touchdowns. Conner is 1-1 on the year and is in action at Union (Ky.) Ryle on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

North of the border in Ohio running back Mikel Horton rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns on just 10 carries as Lakota West held off Glen Este 21-18. It was a big bounce back win for Lakota West on just four days of rest after a 27-24 loss to Cincinnati Winton Woods.

Speaking of Winton Woods and cornerback Mike Edwards, they moved to 2-0 with a dominating 45-10 victory at home over Hamilton.

Westerville South fell to Northmont 24-14 and while Darryl Long participated his stats were not immediately available.

Lakota East and offensive lineman Jarrett LaRubbio punished Lancaster (Ohio) 41-0 and now the future UK lineman's squad is 2-0 with a contest against Northmont looming. Meanwhile fellow UK line commit Nick Richardson and Westerville Central had a heartbreaking loss in a 57-50 shootout against New Albany.

Individual statistics were not immediately available for defensive end Tymere Dubose but Youngstown Christian struggled mightily losing to Springfield 52-13, dropping them to 0-2 on the season. They travel to Streetsboro (Ohio) on Saturday.

Safety Darius West is still returning from an injury and it's not exactly clear when he will return but Lima Central Catholic defeated St. John's 21-6.

Dorian Hendrix and the Huber Heights (Ohio) Wayne defense held Trotwood-Madison to three touchdowns, not a bad accomplishment, and the offense did the rest in a 35-21 win. That moved Wayne to 2-0 on the season.

Down in Georgia all-purpose back Stanley Williams went for 101 yards and a score on the ground before going down with an injury that kept him out of the second half. That could have been the difference as George Walton Academy fell to Aquinas 19-16 in overtime.

Stephenson (Ga.) Stone Mountain corner Jared Tucker helped his squad to a 46-7 victory over Arabia Mountain and his stat line was impressive: Four tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble return of more than 50 yards and a pass breakup.

Of UK's commits from the Sunshine State the star of the weekend was Garrett Johnson and West Orange posted a win. They defeated Freedom 40-12 and Johnson had a huge hand in that with seven catches for 112 yards and two touchdowns. He added 33 yards on the ground on just two carries and he scored on a 98-yard kickoff return as well.

Derrick Kelly and the East Gadsden offensive line had a stellar performance against Rutherford, paving the way to a 49-31 win. Their next contest is against talent-rich Tallahassee (Fla.) Godby, home of former UK targets like Jacob Pugh and Louisville commit De'Eric Culver.

Denzel Ware returned from his stinger the previous week and registered 10 tackles and a forced fumble against Choctawhatchee but it was in a losing effort as Crestview fell 14-13 with the defense holding up its end of the bargain.

Nico Firios and his Lyman team dropped to 0-2 after a 32-13 beatdown at the hands of Evans.

McKinney (Texas) defeated Heritage 28-14 and receiver T.V. Williams was responsible for two of their four touchdowns.

Meanwhile Good Counsel's defense and Kobie Walker shut down St. Frances Academy in a 42-6 win.

The Wildcats' most recent commitment, wide receiver Blake Bone helped Woodruff (S.C.) to a 26-23 nailbiting victory over Byrnes (S.C.) in a non-conference win.

Blinn C.C. handled Southeast Prep Academy 55-7 and Kentucky's commits had a big hand in the defensive effort. Ryan Flannigan had just two tackles but he intercepted two passes and returned one 68-yards for a touchdown. Shyquawn Pullium added a stop and broke up two passes.

Southeast Prep had just 10 first downs for the entire game and completed only 9-of-35 passes for 77 yards.

ASA College's first game against Widener was canceled so Cory Johnson will see his first regular season action next Sunday against Georgia Military.

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