DIXIE HEIGHTS (Class AAA)

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SCHEDULE Aug. 27 CAMPBELL COUNTY Sept. 3 SIMON KENTON Sept. 10 LLOYD Sept. 18 at Newport Central Catholic Sept. 24 at Lexington Tates Creek Oct. 1 at Scott Oct. 8 HOLMES Oct. 15 at Highlands Oct. 22 at Conner Oct. 29 COVINGTON CATHOLIC (All games at 7:30 unless noted) Coach: Tom Spritzky (20-22) Outlook: Seats on Dixie's bandwagon are going fast. The Colonels are in uncharted territory at No. 4 in the Enquirer's coaches poll -- with two first-place votes -- and seventh in the Courier-Journal's AAA state coaches poll. Dixie has 22 seniors and 15 returning starters, with several college prospects among them. Dixie's biggest talents are two of its biggest players: 6-foot-3, 275-pound lineman Brett Blackwell and 5-10, 205-pound linebacker/running back Scott Stamper. Blackwell earned all-region honors the past two years; Stamper totaled 117 tackles last year. Senior Chris Unkraut returns as quarterback, having thrown for 1,549 yards and nine touchdowns last fall. That yardage total is second-highest in Northern Kentucky among returning quarterbacks (behind the 1,642 of CovCath's Brett Dietz.) Again, twin brother Tom Unkraut will be a favorite target -- he caught 42 passes for 657 yards last year. Dixie's trick, of course, will be to find a way to crack the Highlands-CovCath grip atop this district.

ROSTER Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Ryan Bailey OT-DL 5-11 220 12 Brett Blackwell OT-DL 6-3 275 12 John Brockman PK 5-10 150 11 Matt Buford RB-DB 5-8 145 12 Drew Collins OT-DL 6-3 300 12 Kevin Collins SE-DB 5-10 150 10 Sean Collins OC-DL 5-11 215 10 David Cooper SE-DB 5-10 155 10 Sean Cottengim OG-LB 5-10 180 11 Tom Coyle RB-DB 5-8 155 10 Jamie Crouch OT-DL 6-0 220 10 Mike Dahms TE-LB 5-11 190 12 Matt Depompel OG-DE 5-10 215 10 Greg Dillion OC-LB 6-0 260 11 Bobby Dorgan OG-LB 5-5 155 11 Shawn Fletcher QB-DB 5-9 140 10 Nathan Fredrick RB-DB 5-10 150 10 Roderick Hall SE-DB 6-0 175 12 Andy Herald OT-DL 6-0 215 12 Jason Herald RB-LB 5-9 170 11 Josh Ison RB-LB 5-8 16- 10 Troy Kenning RB-LB 5-10 180 11 Jeff Klein SE-DB 5-9 150 12 Cory Lawrence RB-LB 5-9 150 12 Jim Lawson SE-DB 6-0 170 12 Jim Lindsey RB-LB 5-6 165 10 Chris Luttrell SE-LB 5-8 145 10 David Lyons SE-DB 5-10 155 10 Dan Metzger RB-DB 5-7 140 10 Ben Neugent SE-DB 6-2 165 10 Dan Ollberding OG-DE 6-2 225 11 Adam O'Loughlin OG-DE 6-0 150 10 David Osborne TE-LB 6-2 195 10 Mike Polly OG-DL 6-2 215 10 Chris Reynolds OG-DE 6-0 220 11 Chris Richie OT-DL 6-0 235 12 Adam Rolfes PK 5-9 140 10 Justin Rudd OG-DL 5-9 170 11 Adam Schmeing OT-DL 6-2 220 12 Mike Schmidt SE-DB 6-0 170 12 Andy Schneider SE-DB 6-0 185 12 Kevin Schweikert OG-DE 6-3 215 12 Craig Sekowski OG-LB 5-10 160 10 Andrew Simmons OT-DL 6-0 195 10 Eric Simon RB-LB 5-10 175 11 Jason Soden RB-DB 5-10 175 12 Josh Spears OG-DE 5-10 190 11 Jeff Stallkamp QB-LB 6-1 175 11 Scott Stamper RB-LB 5-10 205 12 Adam Townsend SE-DB 6-2 155 11 Chris Unkraut QB-DB 6-0 170 12 Tom Unkraut SE-LB 5-11 175 12 Josh Warren OT-DE 6-5 220 12 Louie Wartman OT-DL 5-8 300 11 Tyler Wichmann OG-DE 6-0 175 10 Nick Wilkerson SE-DB 5-8 155 12 Bob Zeller RB-LB 6-1 200 12 Dustin Zeller SE-DB 5-10 160 10