Simon Kenton 39

**Stardust** · 11-13-2009, 11:30 PM

Final

neerfan · 11-14-2009, 12:35 AM

This was one of the best games I have watched all season. The boys from Independence really know how to get the fans pumped. The refs were a little out of it. Lots of calls that were never made. But they over came that and rolled on.

**Stardust** · 11-14-2009, 12:40 AM

Looks like the yards were very tough for Miles to get?

neerfan · 11-14-2009, 01:10 AM

It was a little rough. Dupont has a very tough team. Very strong defense and very fast offense. We struggled a little but got it going a little better in second half. Key turn overs from Dupont hurt them badly in the game.

**Death** · 11-14-2009, 01:27 AM

Nice hard fought game. Congrats to SK.

**kywldcat01** · 11-14-2009, 02:09 AM

And now we'll get to see the much anticipated match up between St. X and SK.

Enjoy the win Pioneers...you beat a good Manual team tonight.

hop24 · 11-14-2009, 03:07 AM

Great job Pioneers, beating a very tough Manual team. Good luck next week with St. X. I honestly think the refs forgot to bring there flags to this game.

**Stardust** · 11-14-2009, 12:26 PM

Class 6A, second round
Manual 0 14 15 0 29

Simon Kenton 7 8 7 17 39

Scoring summary:
SK--Zach Kaiser 94 interception return (Chris Repka kick); M--Marcus Helm 19 run (Trent Dunn kick); M--Derek Woodmore 20 pass from Quintez Sutton (Dunn kick); SK--Chad Lawrence 6 run (Zach Carroll run); M--Helm 16 run (Dunn kick); SK--Miles Simpson 2 run (Repka kick); M--Percy Minor 13 run (Darnell Gardner run); SK--Simpson 7 run (Repka kick); SK--Simpson 1 run (Repka kick); SK--Repka 25 field goal.
Records: Simon Kenton 11-1; Manual 5-7.

More details: Senior Miles Simpson carried 44 times for 132 yards and three touchdowns to lead the host Pioneers
Kentucky.com

**Stardust** · 11-14-2009, 12:35 PM

Louisville DuPont Manual did exactly what it wanted to do for the first half of Friday night’s 6A second round playoff game at Simon Kenton.

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll...311130105/

The Crimsons held Pioneer senior running back Miles Simpson to 15 yards of total offense, including dropping Simpson for 14 yards in losses on three of his eight carries.

• Photos: Pioneers 39, Crimsons 29

Simpson took over the game in the second half, scoring four touchdowns while gaining 122 yards on 17 carries after halftime as the Pioneers came from behind to beat Manual, 39-29, at Simon Kenton.

The Pioneers outscored the Crimsons 17-0 in the fourth quarter to overcome a seven-point deficit and set up a regional final matchup with the state’s top-ranked team, St. Xavier, next Friday in Louisville.

“I told them that we were going to have to play 48 minutes at some point,” said Simon Kenton coach Jeff Marksberry, whose team improved to 11-1 on the season. “I didn’t know when it was going to be but it’s one of those things where we’ve maintained our conditioning and even picked it up recently because we’ve been in so many games that were over by halftime. We knew we were going to have to be strong in the fourth quarter and Miles was just as strong in the fourth quarter as he was to start. He took over the ball game.”

Manual, a team with just 11 seniors, entered the game with a deceiving 5-6 record. Among its losses were games against hands of Highlands, Cincinnati Colerain, St. Xavier and Trinity. Manual beat Conner 50-39 last week in the first round and lost by just seven points, 28-21, against St. Xavier last month.

The Crimsons outgained Simon Kenton, 296-204, including rushing for 276 yards. The lead changed hands five times and the outcome secured for Simon Kenton until junior Chad Lawrence, also the starting quarterback, intercepted a pass inside the 5-yard line in the final half-minute of the game.