[16BBall Fan]

Well, this is the one that everyone on the northside of Lexington has been looking forward to since the schedules were set early this year. For several reasons:    1) This is a huge district game and will be for the district championship. 2)This probably the best chance any school in Lexington public or private has had to try and end the Douglass winning streak now at 30 straight over all public and private schools in Lexington since the game vs. Lexington Christian Academy in 2020.  3) The winner of this should also help their RPI numbers as for the Defenders this is their last chance as they have left after this Madison Cent. and Central Hardin. The Broncos do have a big game at the end of Oct. vs. Boyle Co.

Bryan Station (4-2) who are coming off an easy 51-6 district win over GRC. The Defenders have won their last 4 games in a row including two impressive wins away from home over Bowling Green at LCA and Ballard on the road. This will be the 6th meeting in the series. The first 3 years before Coach Hawkins became the Defenders coach beginning with the 2020 season. The first 3 years (2017, 2018, & 2019) the Broncos won those 3 games by a total of 116-6. In 2020 the Covid season they did not play as none of the Lexington schools other than LCA played Douglass that season. This will be the 3rd time they played with Coach Hawkins and Coach McPeek at their respective helms. The last time the game was played at Bryan Station it was a game that at halftime could have gone either way. The Defenders had some key turnovers in the 2nd half and Douglass pulled away and won 27-14 but it was closer than the final score would have indicated. Last season's game at "The Farm" was all Douglass 52-7.
Frederick Douglass (3-3) is also coming off an easy 44-7 district win over Madison Cent. The Broncos have made a major upgrade to their schedule this year since they had a lot more freedom in their schedule now. They have 3 losses against Archbishop Hoban out of Ohio who is currently 7-0 and now ranked #32 nationally and now the #1 ranked team in all classes in Ohio according to MaxPreps. Cathedral out of Indianapolis they are 6-2 and ranked #5 in Indiana their two losses have been to the #2 and #4 ranked teams in Indiana. Their other loss was a 6-0 loss on the road to 7-0 Corbin one of the top 3 teams in 4A. The Broncos 3 wins have been an impressive 17-14 win on the road at Trinity where they led 17-0 until late in the 3rd quarter before the Shamrocks scored the last 14 for the final score. There other two wins were expected blowout over Tates Creek and Madison Central.

Frederick Douglass and Bryan Station do have two common opponents so far this season in Trinity and Tates Creek. The Defenders lost on the road to began the season at Trinity 36-3 and they defeated Tates Creek on the road 41-0. The Broncos defeated Trinity as stated above 17-14 in week two of the season and they defeated Tates Creek at home 43-0.
When Douglass last played at Station to begin the 2021 season the stadium was as packed as I have seen a game between two Lexington schools in the last 20 years. The FCPS because of this and I think as a safety issue have stepped in and made this game to be played on Saturday at 12:00 noon. This should be a great game to watch. The Broncos offense is starting to look a little more in sync each week as sophomore QB Jaxon Strautman got thrust into the starting role at Hoban and he has gradually improved each week. I think the Bronco defense is just a little better than the Defenders defense, but we will see. I know a lot of Lexington will be rooting on the defenders to stop the streak.


The game is on Gilcod as their game of the week and will also be on the NFHS Network as well. Good luck to both teams! I for one am looking forward to this one.