Week One Home Team Friday Recap

Of course I can’t be at every game, but the entire Home Team Friday crew picks each other’s brains all of the time about the games they covered. Every Friday Night since HTF started in 1995, the crew has always gone out to celebrate a great show, and to talk football. We are ate up with football!

Here are some things I learned about week number one of the season:

Bosse is really going to be improved. I know they really hated to lose that opener. The Bulldogs have 2 really nice receivers. Josh Pendleton will get a lot of yards at tailback, and Joe Frazier can manage the game. Bosse needs to stay the course, and believe they can win.

North’s quarterback is the real deal. Matt Strohmeier is 6’6” and can throw a strike. He needs to sit back in the pocket a little longer and trust his line. But in just one start, he looked poised and sharp, and most importantly he got the win. Cameron Clements can make it happen on the ground too.

Mt. Vernon won 43-6 over Tell City. The Wildcats have another Stemple at quarterback. Jason takes over the qb duties. MV lost a lot of great players from a year ago. It’s hard to tell if Tell City is down, or if Mt. Vernon is the real deal. One thing is for sure, coach Paul Maier had his kids prepared on week one, which isn’t the easiest thing to do.

Jasper’s ground game is going to be hard to stop. The Cats have some big boys on the line, and they have senior dual thread quarterback Austin Ahrens running the show. Ahrens won our first HTF MVP. Jasper is going to be in the mix in Class 4A.

Mater Dei’s Mike Goebel had to be happy with the Cats win at Union County. How about the Wildcats defense pitching a shutout on the road? The Braves didn’t look anything like the team that ended the 2008 season.

Castle had a tough start to the season. Coach Doug Hurt told us he was worried about taking such an inexperienced team 2 hours away to Terre Haute North. It won’t be easy this week as the Knights host New Albany. Hopefully, Castle can’t chalk up win number one.

How about the start Memorial has? Not only do the Tigers have the bulls-eye from the success of last year, but they begin at Jasper, at Owensboro, home against Bosse, and at Reitz. Geez, that is brutal. Grant Gribbins’ and the Tigers offense was on the field for only about one-fourth of the game against Jasper.

Reitz has depth, and great offensive weapons. I knew a young Henderson squad would struggle at Reitz. The Colonels played well though. The Panthers just have so much depth, and can really mix up the offense with the pass and the run. But make no mistake, the Panthers defense won that game.

Central’s offense was in mid-season form against Harrison. Andy Owen told me he was excited about some of his offensive players, and he was right. I can’t wait to see how the Central and Mater Dei game plays out.

How about Forest Park starting the season with a win at Gibson Southern? The Rangers could go to 2-0 if they can beat Princeton. The Tigers snapped their losing streak with a dominating performance against Wood Memorial. I love watching the Chavis kids play football!

South Spencer head coach Bruce Green has a defensive mind, and his Rebels whitewashed North Posey on the road. The Vikings ended the Rebels season a year ago in the 2A Sectional.

This week, I’m looking forward to Owensboro vs. Memorial. I wish that game was on Friday instead of Saturday. I will be at Henderson as the Colonels host North. It will be the second straight week for me covering the Huskies.

I can’t wait to kick things off. See y’all at 10:35pm on HTF!