Vote for the Class 6A Louisville-area football team that has the best chance to dethrone Trinity. The poll closes Thursday. Meet this week's nominees.
Which Louisville-area Class 6A football team has the best chance to dethrone Trinity as state champion?
Voting is underway for The Courier Journal's latest preps poll. The poll closes at 6 p.m. Thursday, and the winner will be announced Friday.
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Here are the nominees:
St. Xavier
The Tigers are one of the state's top contenders heading into the 2025 season. Three seniors will lead St. Xavier: running back Marlon Harbin, linebacker Karsten Busch and quarterback Mason Trimble. Harbin and Busch were All-State selections last year and are both committed to Louisville. St. X defeated Trinity, 16-10, at home during the 2024 regular season.
Male
Key Bulldogs players Antonio Harris, Isaac "Spike" Sowells and Solomon Conley graduated after last season. Harris is scheduled to play for Louisville, and Sowells is set to suit up for N.C. State. That means senior running back Chayce Burton, who rushed for 908 yards and 15 touchdowns in eight games last year, and senior quarterback Jordan Williams will lead Male. The Bulldogs will look for another wide receiver to fill the void left by Harris, who led the team in receiving yards (574) and touchdowns (9).
Manual
Manual lost to Great Crossing in the second round of the Class 6A playoffs last year. The Crimsons finished with the second-best scoring defense (14.2 points allowed per game) behind Trinity. Junior quarterback Kaden Mack is entering his second season as the starter. He passed for 1,466 yards and 19 touchdowns last year. Lead running back Gerian Traynor will look to build on last season, when he averaged 70 yards per game and rushed for eight scores.
Ballard
The Bruins showed a lot of fight to close the 2024 season after starting 2-5. They won four of their last six games, including wins against Bullitt East, Oldham County and Male. They lost to Trinity, 35-21, in the third round of the 6A playoffs.
Know of someone you think should be considered for our Courier Journal high school athletes of the week? Send your nominations to sports reporter Prince James Story at [email protected] for consideration. You can follow him on X at @PrinceJStory.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: KHSAA poll: Vote for Louisville-area prep football Class 6A contender
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