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Here in the Louisville area it is a huge deal, statewide I remember hearing about it growing up, I didn't know it was that big of a deal. It garners almost as much press as UK-UofL affairs. Generally, the games are very close and they usually meet two times a year, once in the regular season and once in the playoffs. As far as your question about Trinity being elite this year, Trinity and St. X are head and shoulders above all the public schools in the Louisville area and state. Trinity always gets it together and wins state title again. I personally could care less about either school. I am originally from NEKY so I pay more attention to the NEKY schools anyway. Tomcat is correct, HS football is not really a huge deal in this area. I remember growing up and attending Raceland, football was talked about year round. Everyone was wondering how Ashland, Raceland, Russell was going to do each year. We supported the local schools in the playoffs each year.
If your wanting a few great rivalry games, I will say Ashland and Russell has always been a good game, very competitive. Raceland and Russell is becoming a great rivalry. The series never should have been stopped for 30something years. I really hope the series continues for many years.

yeah but idk, around here it may not get as much attention as that but its a different atmosphere for sure, idk if it's just because i'm from belfry or what but there's something about friday nights that gets EVERYONE fired up around here. i mean, it's like a religion around these parts & i've been to a few high school games in lexington & the atmosphere is not the same as it is around here. i remeber when we went to state, belfry was like a ghost town & if you could have been @ the last game at vipperman you would agree it was the closest thing to a religious experience i believe you could ever have at a football game even if you wasn't from Belfry..lol=)