Kentucky high school football picks for Week 2 games with Louisville-area teams

Here are the Week 2 high school football picks from The Courier Journal’s Jason Frakes , Brooks Holton and Prince James Story and WHAS-11’s Kent Spencer .

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Thursday’s game

Waggener (0-1) at Iroquois (0-1), 7:30 p.m.

Jason Frakes’ pick: Waggener 27-8

Brooks Holton’s pick: Waggener 40-6

Kent Spencer’s pick: Waggener 21-20

Prince James Story’s pick: Waggener 21-0

Friday’s games

DuBois (1-0) at Atherton (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Atherton 34-13

Holton: Atherton 49-13

Spencer: Atherton 28-10

Story: Atherton 28-14

Male (1-0) at Ballard (0-1), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Male 28-7

Holton: Male 38-17

Spencer: Male 35-21

Story: Male 35-0

Bullitt Central (0-1) at Lincoln County (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Lincoln County 38-13

Holton: Lincoln County 35-6

Spencer: Lincoln County 24-17

Story: Lincoln County 24-14

Pleasure Ridge Park (0-1) at Bullitt East (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Bullitt East 27-7

Holton: Bullitt East 31-14

Spencer: Bullitt East 35-21

Story: Bullitt East 21-0

Butler (0-1) at Eastern (0-1), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Eastern 20-13

Holton: Eastern 33-6

Spencer: Butler 21-14

Story: Eastern 17-7

Central (0-1) at St. Xavier (1-0), 7 p.m.

Frakes: St. Xavier 24-7

Holton: St. Xavier 34-13

Spencer: St. Xavier 28-14

Story: St. Xavier 28-14

Heritage Hills (Indiana) (1-0) at Christian Academy (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Christian Academy 28-21

Holton: Christian Academy 28-20

Spencer: Christian Academy 28-21

Story: Heritage Hills 35-21

Collins (1-0) at Spencer County (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Collins 28-14

Holton: Collins 37-21

Spencer: Collins 28-21

Story: Collins 28-24

DeSales (1-0) at North Oldham (1-0), 7 p.m.

Frakes: North Oldham 35-30

Holton: North Oldham 28-24

Spencer: North Oldham 28-21

Story: DeSales 28-24

Doss (1-0) at Bethlehem (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Bethlehem 35-20

Holton: Bethlehem 30-13

Spencer: Bethlehem 24-21

Story: Doss 17-10

Fairdale (0-1) at Fern Creek (0-1), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Fern Creek 14-12

Holton: Fern Creek 35-14

Spencer: Fern Creek 21-14

Story: Fern Creek 21-10

Providence (Indiana) (1-0) at Holy Cross (0-1), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Providence 28-20

Holton: Providence 38-20

Spencer: Providence 21-20

Story: Holy Cross 24-10

Jeffersontown (1-0) at Shawnee (0-1), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Jeffersontown 27-6

Holton: Jeffersontown 35-8

Spencer: Jeffersontown 35-14

Story: Jeffersontown 31-0

Central Hardin (0-1) at Manual (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Manual 24-13

Holton: Manual 31-14

Spencer: Manual 21-14

Story: Manual 35-7

Moore (1-0) at Frankfort (0-1), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Moore 33-21

Holton: Moore 28-20

Spencer: Moore 28-14

Story: Moore 21-0

Scott (0-1) at North Bullitt (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: North Bullitt 37-28

Holton: North Bullitt 49-6

Spencer: North Bullitt 24-14

Story: North Bullitt 31-28

Oldham County (1-0) at Shelby County (0-1), 8 p.m.

Frakes: Oldham County 30-22

Holton: Oldham County 38-14

Spencer: Oldham County 35-21

Story: Oldham County 42-0

Seneca (0-1) at Western (0-1), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Seneca 20-13

Holton: Seneca 34-13

Spencer: Seneca 28-21

Story: Seneca 24-7

Nelson County (0-1) at South Oldham (0-1), 7:45 p.m.

Frakes: South Oldham 21-7

Holton: South Oldham 38-7

Spencer: South Oldham 28-21

Story: Nelson County 17-10

Valley (0-1) at Southern (0-1), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Valley 27-21

Holton: Southern 27-13

Spencer: Valley 17-14

Story: Valley 21-0

Trinity (1-0) at Frederick Douglass (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Trinity 17-13

Holton: Trinity 28-21

Spencer: Trinity 28-21

Story: Trinity 21-13

Standings

1. Frakes, 22-3

2. Holton, 21-4

3. (tie) Spencer, 18-7

3. (tie) Story, 18-7

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