Friday's game

The Woodford County Yellow Jackets will face Whitley County tonight at Community Stadium.

The team will also honor its 17 seniors this evening.

This is a big game for the Jackets. An Ashland loss would create a three way tie for the second spot in the district. Non-district wins figure into the tie-breaker and the Jackets want to win out to increase their chances at a higher seed.

Woodford also needs to prove it can stop the run. Whitley runs an offense similar to West Jessamine. The Jackets struggled to stop the Colts early, but knuckled down and played a strong second half. Whitley has the leading rusher in state 5A, so the Yellow Jackets are in for another challenge.

Woodford County is coming off the bye week - and it couldn't have come at a better time. The team seemed mentally out of sorts in their last game against West Jessamine and were also fighting through a number of injuries. The time off should have them healed up and mentally sharp.

The Jackets need to take advantage of their freshness and the emotional energy generated from senior night and jump on Whitley early. Woodford should be able to move the ball on the Colonels and put points on the board. The D just needs to make some good stops and contain the run. If they can do that, I look for a Jacket win.

Woodford 42 Whitley 28