A new season of high school football means a new chance at bragging rights for Louisville media members.
The Courier Journal’s Jason Frakes , Brooks Holton and Prince James Story and WHAS-11’s Kent Spencer will match wits all season by predicting results of Metro Louisville high school football games.
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Here’s a look at their picks for the Week 1 games:
Friday's games
Jason Frakes’ pick: Atherton 27-21
Brooks Holton’s pick: Atherton 28-14
Kent Spencer’s pick: Atherton 28-14
Prince James Story’s pick: Atherton 28-21
Frakes: Ballard 31-27
Holton: Ballard 35-31
Spencer: South Warren 21-20
Story: Ballard 31-28
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Frakes: Male 40-6
Holton: Male 38-0
Spencer: Male 35-21
Story: Male 35-7
Frakes: Manual 20-13
Holton: Manual 30-13
Spencer: Manual 21-14
Story: Central 21-14
Frakes: Christian Academy 35-27
Holton: Christian Academy 42-28
Spencer: Christian Academy 35-21
Story: Owensboro 28-14
Frakes: Collins 41-27
Holton: Collins 28-17
Spencer: Shelby County 35-28
Story: Collins 35-14
Frakes: DeSales 34-14
Holton: DeSales 31-21
Spencer: DeSales 28-24
Story: Seneca 24-14
Frakes: Doss 20-6
Holton: Doss 13-7
Spencer: Southern 21-20
Story: Doss 28-7
Frakes: Tates Creek 27-20
Holton: Tates Creek 35-17
Spencer: Tates Creek 21-20
Story: Eastern 24-7
Frakes: Fern Creek 23-21
Holton: Fern Creek 31-24
Spencer: Fern Creek 28-21
Story: North Oldham 35-21
Frakes: Holy Cross 20-12
Holton: Holy Cross 27-14
Spencer: North Bullitt 21-20
Story: North Bullitt 17-14
Frakes: Jeffersontown 34-6
Holton: Jeffersontown 42-0
Spencer: Jeffersontown 28-14
Story: Jeffersontown 28-0
Frakes: Moore 37-12
Holton: Moore 34-6
Spencer: Moore 35-21
Story: Moore 21-7
Frakes: Oldham County 30-14
Holton: Oldham County 24-8
Spencer: Henry Clay 21-14
Story: Oldham County 24-7
Frakes: Cincinnati Taft 34-21
Holton: Cincinnati Taft 42-21
Spencer: Cincinnati Taft 28-21
Story: Cincinnati Taft 35-17
Frakes: Cincinnati Anderson 30-20
Holton: Cincinnati Anderson 38-17
Spencer: Cincinnati Anderson 28-21
Story: Cincinnati Anderson 42-7
Frakes: St. Xavier 31-7
Holton: St. Xavier 49-14
Spencer: St. Xavier 35-21
Story: St. Xavier 31-28
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Frakes: Trinity 27-13
Holton: Trinity 35-21
Spencer: Trinity 28-21
Story: Trinity 35-28
Frakes: Washington County 41-20
Holton: Washington County 42-6
Spencer: Washington County 21-14
Story: Washington County 28-0
Saturday's games
Frakes: Spencer County 27-7
Holton: Spencer County 38-7
Spencer: Spencer County 35-28
Story: Spencer County 28-3
Frakes: Bullitt East 27-21
Holton: Bullitt East 41-27
Spencer: Bullitt East 28-21
Story: Bullitt East 24-17
Frakes: DuBois 20-14
Holton: Thomas Nelson 23-15
Spencer: Thomas Nelson 21-14
Story: DuBois 14-10
Frakes: Elizabethtown 21-13
Holton: Elizabethtown 20-13
Spencer: Fairdale 28-21
Story: Elizabethtown 35-0
Frakes: Grant County 35-13
Holton: Grant County 28-14
Spencer: Waggener 21-14
Story: Waggener 34-10
Frakes: Henry County 20-12
Holton: Henry County 42-12
Spencer: Henry County 24-21
Story: Western 24-21
2023 final standings
1. Frakes, 236-62
2. Holton, 226-72
3. Spencer, 225-73
4. Dominique Yates (WLKY), 213-85
(Prince James Story did not participate.)
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Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Follow on X @kyhighs.
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