Win or lose this week, the 2008 football season has already been another record-setting campaign for the Tigers.
Senior Eric Faughn now owns Caldwell County career marks for receptions and receiving yardage.
Faughn has 87 catches for 1,343 yards over the past three seasons, pushing him to the front of those lists.
Byron Copeland had held the receptions record with 81 catches from 1986-87.
Matt Tittle had been the yardage leader with 1,184 yards from 2006-07.
Faughn’s 12 career touchdown catches are tied for second all-time with Cameron Williams, Mo Hollowell and Fred Gray. Tittle still owns that mark with 19.
Faughn is also chasing some single-season records.
His 811 yards receiving this year are the second-most by a Caldwell receiver. Williams had 837 yards receiving in 2006.
Faughn’s 48 grabs this season are tied for second with Copeland. Williams owns that record as well with 61 catches in 2006.
Senior quarterback Will Barnes already owns virtually every career passing record at Caldwell. He also set single-game records earlier this season with 314 yards and seven TDs against Reidland.
Barnes is within reach of some of his own single-season passing marks. With 156 completions this season, he needs 12 to eclipse the mark he set two years ago.
Barnes has passed for 1,876 yards this year. The single-season record is just 176 yards away — 2,052, set by Barnes in 2006.
Barnes has thrown 19 touchdown passes this year — tied with his total last year and Bradley Stallins in 1997. The record is 24, set by Barnes in 2006.
For his career, Barnes has completed 488 of 785 attempts for 5,929 yards with 20 interceptions and 62 touchdowns. That puts him well within reach of 500 completions, 800 attempts and 6,000 yards — all far and away Caldwell records.
His 62.2 completion percentage is easily the best ever for a Tiger signal-caller.
Sophomore Brandon Sigler’s 41 receptions this year are fifth on the single-season list. He has 55 career catches, which is seventh all-time.
Junior Tron Gray needs one more sack to tie Kelly Tinsley for the career mark in that category. Tinsley recorded 15.5 sacks from 1997-2000.
Sophomore Glenn Gray has kicked 26 straight PATs. The record for consecutive extra points belongs to Dean Sears, who made 30 in a row from 1994-95.
Junior Jaquan Glover had a 92-yard touchdown run at Union County earlier this season. That tied him with Bobby Joe Thacker for the second-longest Caldwell touchdown run ever. Jerrold Fuqua had a 97-yard TD run against Marshall County in 1997.
The 315 points scored by the Tigers this season is the 10th most. If Caldwell’s 31.5 per game average was the hold up, it would be the fourth highest in a season. The 1998 state championship team holds the records with 514 points and a 34.3 average.
Earlier this year, the Tigers set records by routing Reidland 76-7. Caldwell’s point total is a single-game record as is the 63 points scored in the first half. The 69-point margin of victory is another school mark.
•• Computer ratings ••
The computer ratings by the Louisville Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader both make Owensboro Catholic the favorite heading into Friday’s playoff opener.
The two computers, however, differ on the state’s No. 1 team in Class 2A. The Litkenhous Ratings make Ft. Campbell the favorite to win the state championship while the Herald-Leader’s Cantrall Rankings list Newport Central Catholic No. 1.
Here are this week’s Litkenhous Ratings for Class 2A:
1. Fort Campbell 107.3
2. Newport C. Catholic 102.2
3. Green County 100.0
4. Owensboro Catholic 93.4
5. Monroe County 92.0
6. Corbin 90.4
7. Danville 89.2
8. Lou. DeSales 88.1
9. Middlesboro 86.0
10. Trigg County 83.3
11. Caldwell County 80.3
12. Prestonsburg 79.2
13. Cov. Holy Cross 78.3
14. Bardstown 77.2
15. Washington County 77.0
16. Erlanger Lloyd 76.1
17. Murray 73.5
18. Newport 70.7
19. Lou. Christian Acad. 66.7
20. Shelby Valley 66.3
21. Glasgow 63.2
22. Bath County 61.1
23. Hancock County 60.5
24. Metcalfe County 53.1
25. Carroll County 52.6
26. Todd Central 48.0
27. Heath 47.7
28. Knott Central 44.9
29. Owen County 42.2
30. Fort Knox 39.6
31. Leslie County 37.6
32. Reidland 29.0
33. Morgan County 21.2
Here are Cantrall Rankings:
1. Newport C. Catholic 80.0
2. Fort Campbell 74.8
3. Corbin 69.3
4. Green County 68.7
5. Danville 62.7
6. Owensboro Catholic 61.3
7. Bardstown 58.6
8. Lou. DeSales 56.6
9. Monroe County 56.3
10. Prestonsburg 56.0
11. Middlesboro 55.0
12. Trigg County 53.4
13. Cov. Holy Cross 52.9
14. Caldwell County 52.0
15. Washington County 49.3
16. Erlanger Lloyd 47.7
17. Murray 42.2
18. Newport 40.8
19. Shelby Valley 37.5
20. Lou. Christian Acad. 34.6
21. Bath County 32.2
22. Metcalfe County 30.2
23. Glasgow 29.7
24. Hancock County 28.7
25. Heath 21.8
26. Carroll County 18.6
27. Knott Central 9.6
28. Todd Central 9.5
29. Leslie County 8.3
30. Fort Knox 7.8
31. Owen County 1.9
32. Reidland 0.8
33. Morgan County 0.1
•• State dates ••
The dates have been set for the state championship games.
Dubbed the 2008 Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, the finals will be played at UofL’s Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium Dec. 12-13.
Three games will be played Friday, Dec. 12: Class 1A, 11 a.m. (Eastern time); Class 3A, 3 p.m.; Class 5A, 7 p.m.
The remaining three games will be played Saturday, Dec. 13: Class 2A, 11 a.m.; Class 4A, 3 p.m.; Class 6A, 7 p.m.
