Trigg county football back in playoff spotlight ahead of Owensboro Catholic showdown

For the first time in four years, the Trigg County football team is practicing in November.After closing out the regular season with back-to-back victories—including a 57-point offensive explosion against Todd County Central and a 41-12 win over Fulton County—the Wildcats have punched their ticket to the Class 2A state playoffs. Trigg County (4-6) will hit the road this Friday to face a monumental challenge in second-ranked Owensboro Catholic (9-1) in the opening round.Head coach Curtis Higgins said the late-season surge has given his squad a vital boost in confidence, even as they prepare to face one of the elite teams in Class 2A."The bottom line is the last four or five games we played pretty good," Higgins said. "We beat Fort Campbell. We lost to Mayfield, but we played okay, and we got better. Are we playing the caliber of teams that we beat the last couple weeks in the first round of the playoffs? The answer to that is no.

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