Kentucky high school football Week 3: See our picks for games with Louisville-area teams

Here are the Week 3 high school football picks from The Courier Journal’s Jason Frakes and Brooks Holton, WHAS-11’s Kent Spencer and WLKY-32’s Dominique Yates.

Friday’s games

Atherton (1-1) at Southern (2-0), 7:30 p.m.

Jason Frakes’ pick: Atherton 28-13

Brooks Holton’s pick: Atherton 30-17

Kent Spencer’s pick: Atherton 28-21

Dominique Yates’ pick: Atherton 20-18

Pleasure Ridge Park (1-1) at Ballard (1-1), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Ballard 35-20

Holton: Ballard 21-14

Spencer: Ballard 21-20

Yates: Ballard 21-4

Bullitt Central (0-2) at Garrard County (0-2), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Garrard County 21-12

Holton: Garrard County 28-8

Spencer: Garrard County 14-13

Yates: Garrard County 20-6

Bullitt East (1-1) at North Bullitt (1-1), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Bullitt East 35-20

Holton: Bullitt East 34-7

Spencer: Bullitt East 28-14

Yates: Bullitt East 28-20

Butler (0-2) at Central (0-2), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Central 28-6

Holton: Central 27-6

Spencer: Central 21-14

Yates: Central 35-6

Collins (1-1) at Paul Dunbar (0-2), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Collins 38-24

Holton: Collins 31-14

Spencer: Paul Dunbar 24-21

Yates: Collins 24-14

Kentucky Country Day (2-0) at DeSales (1-1), 7 p.m.

Frakes: KCD 34-21

Holton: KCD 38-28

Spencer: DeSales 28-21

Yates: KCD 31-28

Seneca (0-1) at Doss (0-1), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Seneca 22-7

Holton: Seneca 35-0

Spencer: Seneca 24-21

Yates: Seneca 14-7

DuBois (0-2) at Woodford County (0-1), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Woodford County 41-7

Holton: Woodford County 42-13

Spencer: Woodford County 28-21

Yates: Woodford County 28-6

Eastern (1-1) at Fairdale (1-1), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Fairdale 21-19

Holton: Fairdale 28-10

Spencer: Eastern 24-21

Yates: Eastern 28-14

Oldham County (2-0) at Fern Creek (1-1), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Fern Creek 14-13

Holton: Oldham County 24-21

Spencer: Oldham County 28-21

Yates: Oldham County 18-14

Western (0-1) at Holy Cross (1-1), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Holy Cross 34-12

Holton: Holy Cross 30-7

Spencer: Holy Cross 21-20

Yates: Holy Cross 16-6

John Hardin (0-2) at Iroquois (0-2), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: John Hardin 28-0

Holton: John Hardin 13-8

Spencer: John Hardin 14-13

Yates: John Hardin 28-0

Jeffersontown (2-0) at Breckinridge County (1-1), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Jeffersontown 28-20

Holton: Jeffersontown 27-13

Spencer: Jeffersontown 28-14

Yates: Jeffersontown 21-8

Male (2-0) at St. Xavier (2-0), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Male 28-21

Holton: Male 28-21

Spencer: Male 28-24

Yates: Male 28-24

Manual (2-0) at Cincinnati Taft (2-0), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Cincinnati Taft 21-13

Holton: Cincinnati Taft 26-17

Spencer: Cincinnati Taft 21-20

Yates: Cincinnati Taft 30-20

Moore (2-0) at Waggener (1-1), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Moore 30-22

Holton: Moore 34-13

Spencer: Waggener 28-27

Yates: Moore 20-14

North Oldham (2-0) at Tates Creek (2-0), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: North Oldham 23-20

Holton: North Oldham 31-24

Spencer: Tates Creek 24-21

Yates: North Oldham 28-21

Valley (0-2) at Shawnee (0-2), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Valley 20-8

Holton: Valley 13-6

Spencer: Valley 14-7

Yates: Valley 16-8

Shelby County (1-1) at Mercer County (2-0), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Mercer County 35-28

Holton: Mercer County 24-14

Spencer: Mercer County 28-21

Yates: Mercer County 35-30

South Oldham (1-1) at Spencer County (0-2), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: South Oldham 28-20

Holton: South Oldham 30-21

Spencer: South Oldham 21-17

Yates: South Oldham 35-14

Trinity (1-1) at Center Grove (Indiana) (1-1), 7 p.m.

Frakes: Center Grove 24-14

Holton: Trinity 28-14

Spencer: Center Grove 21-20

Yates: Trinity 21-14

Saturday’s game

Christian Academy (2-0) at North Hardin (0-1), 7:30 p.m.

Frakes: Christian Academy 42-21

Holton: Christian Academy 35-7

Spencer: Christian Academy 24-21

Yates: Christian Academy 38-35

Standings

1. Frakes, 14-7 last week, 36-11 overall

2. Holton, 14-7 last week, 33-14 overall

3. Yates, 13-8 last week, 32-15 overall

4. Spencer, 14-7 last week, 31-16 overall

Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Twitter: @kyhighs.

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This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: KHSAA football schedule 2023: Picks for Male vs.St. Xavier, area games