2017 BGHS RosterBGHS Football Coaches2016 BGHS Statistics
BGHS Offense Two-deepBGHS Defense Two-deep
WR- 8 N. Hightower 21 S. BrownE- 53 D. Gray52 J. Martin
WR- 3 A. Brown13 H. RiggsE- 69 T. Thompson37 K. Oldham
WR- 1 Z. Kenner14 T. JonesN- 74 J. Ellis64 J. Collins
LT- 57 N. Briley 65 D. SansomLB- 27 J. Dingle59 K. Pearson
LG- 67 M McCathron72 H BradshawLB- 44 E. Klein 23 Z. Harpool
C- 70 S. Vitale50 D. GreeneOLB- 35 M. Smith30 N. Trawick
RG- 55 J. Wilson73 T. CoferOLB- 36 D. Jackson22 H. Tomblinson
RT- 63 C. Withrow65 D. SansomCB- 5 J. Wardlow20 D. Blakey
TE- 14 T. Jones 82 I. DrobockyCB- 7 V. Tisdale 19 C. Edmonds
RB- 20 D. Blakey28 M. CarterS- 4 D. Tomblinson20 D. Blakey
QB- 6 B. Buchanan10 M. PayneS- 9 E. Spader35 M. Smith
BGHS Specialists
K- 94 D. MajorP- 16 E. BurwashLS- 8 N. Hightower
KR 7 V. Tisdale, 1 Z. KennerPR- 9 E. Spader, 1 Z. Kenner
BGHS vs. St. X- Due to the heavy rains in the forecast for Thursday and Friday, the game has been moved to Saturday, September 2, 11:00 AM CT. This will be the 15th meeting between the Purples and Tigers. Nine of those 15 meetings have occurred Coach Wallace’s tenure. St. X leads the series 9-5 but BGHS has won five of the last six meetings. The schools met for the first time in 1925. St. X won the initial eight meetings in the series. BGHS has opposed either St. X or Trinity every years since 2005. BGHS has not lost two games in a row since the Purples lost to St. X in the 2006 Rafferty’s Bowl. BGHS had lost in the Class AAA state championship game to Lexington Catholic in 2005 for the first of those two losses. The Purples have not lost two in a row in the same season since 2002.
PRP 35 BGHS 21- Pleasure Ridge Park ended the Purples win streak at 28 with a dominating win in Louisville. The Panthers outgained BGHS 401-150 enroute to the victory. SR WR Ziyon Kenner opened the game with a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown for the Purples. It was the second 99-yard return for a score in Kenner’s career. SR OLB Devan Jackson had 6 tackles, 4 assists, and 2 sacks. JR OLB Miles Smith led BGHS tacklers with 8 tackles, 2 assists, and 2 tackles for loss. SR LB Justice Dingle had 7 tackles, 4 assists, a sack, and a tackle for loss. JR CB Jaylen Wardlowhad an interception.
BGHS Football- BGHS Football began play in 1922. Since that time, the Purples have amassed a record of 684-332-35, which places them eighth in all-time wins in Kentucky.. The Purples are tied for 9th in state championships (6), are among only 12 schools in state history that have won three consecutive championships, and their 48-game win streak (2011-14) is the second longest in state history. Since 2011, BGHS is 85-4 (.956). In the 26 seasons since 1990, BGHS and Highlands are the only two Kentucky schools to win more than 85% of their games. The Purples are 309-50 (.861) during that period. KHSAA Team Records
JV/Freshman Football- JV John Hardin 22 BGHS 20 FR BGHS 49 Portland, Tn. 0
Coach Wallace: Kevin Wallace now in 12th spot on the career KHSAA football wins list. Currently, only nine coaches have secured 300 career KHSAA wins. Tom Larkey(Perry Co. Central) and Wallace have a chance to join that group by season’s end. The loss at PRP was the 100th defeat of Wallace’s career. Wallace is now 290-100 (.744) in his career, including a 245-39 (.863) mark at BGHS. Wallace is tied for 10th in KHSAA state championship appearances (8) and and tied for 7th in state championships won (5). Wallace is the only coach in state history that have been a part of three separate winning streaks of over 25 games .
KHSAA Coaching Wins Leaders
Rankings: MaxPreps ranks St. X fifth and BGHS 12th overall in Kentucky.
Where are they now?: BGHS has 19 former football players now involved in college athletics. Dale Lindsey- San Diego University, Head Coach, Ryan Beard- Louisville, Defensive Quality Control, Ryan Wallace- Purdue, Offensive Quality Control, Trent Steelman- Jacksonville University, WR Coach, NacariusFant- WKU, Ben Holt- WKU, Jordan Meredith- WKU, Devin Hayes- Centre College, Jake Mills- Centre College, Dane Drobocky- Michigan, Jacob Yates-Kentucky Wesleyan, Daelin Carpenter- Kentucky Christian University, Jamale Carothers- Naval Preparatory Institute, DeAngelo Wilson- Austin Peay, Clark Payne- Centre, ChazzTooley- Kentucky Wesleyan, DalanCofer- Kentucky Wesleyan, Allen Powell- Rose-Hulman, Luke Brown- WKU Baseball
2017 Schedule: 2017 BGHS Football Schedule
Participation List: 2- J. Beason- doubtful, 38- J. Collins, doubtful, 25- J. Smith- out for the season, 13- H. Riggs- out for the season, 15- J. Williams- out, 85- T. Littlepage- out for the season, 37- K. OIdham- out, 83- B. Roberts- out
Number Change: SR RB/DB DahzonBlakey is wearing #20. Please check the roster link at the top of the page for updated roster numbers.
Media Coverage: Radio: WDNS 93.3 FM Streaming:
Next Week: 9/8/17 Owensboro at BGHS
Purples in college:
Thursday 8/31
Austin Peay (Deangelo Wilson) at Cincinnati 6:00 PM, ESPN3
Kentucky Wesleyan (ChazzTooley, DalanCofer, Jacob Yates) at Murray, 6:00 PM, OVC Video
Jacksonville (Trent Steelman) at Mercer, 6:00 PM, ESPN3
Saturday 9/2
Centre (Devin Hayes, Jacob Millis, Clark Payne) at Hanover, 2 PM
Michigan (Dane Drobocky) vs. Florida, 2:30 ABC
Western New Mexico at San Diego (Dale Lindsey), 4 PM, Facebook Video
EKU at WKU (NacariusFant, Ben Holt, Jordan Meredith), 6 PM, FloTV
Purdue (Ryan Wallace) vs. Louisville (Ryan Beard), 6:30 PM, FOX
Rose-Hulman (Allen Powell) at Illinois College, 6:00 PM