With the move back to Class 2A in 2025, the Trigg County Wildcats’ football schedule takes on a new look with some familiar rivals returning to the slate.
Trigg County will have a pair of preseason scrimmages on Aug. 8 and Aug. 14. Trigg will play at Muhlenberg County on the 8th and host Murray on Thursday, the 14th.
The Wildcat Chevrolet Bowl will serve as the season opener for Trigg County on Aug. 22, with the first game of the doubleheader featuring the Wildcats and Ohio County at 6 pm. It will be the first meeting in football between the schools. The Eagles were winless last year and carry a 17-game losing streak into the 2025 season.
The second game of the Wildcat Chevrolet Bowl will feature Fort Campbell and Clarksville Northwest.
The Wildcats will host Hart County on Aug. 29 in the first game of a home-and-home series with the Raiders. Trigg lost at Hart County 43-36 in the first round of the 2022 playoffs – the only meeting between the two schools.
Hart County graduated 18 seniors off last year’s team that was 12-1 and advanced to the third round of the Class 3A playoffs before losing to Union County. Hart County is 34-5 over the past three seasons.
The third of four straight home games to begin the season will be a Sept. 5 contest with Marshall County. Trigg County’s latest class of the school’s distinguished alumni will be introduced at the game. The Marshals were 3-7 last year and missed the Class 5 playoffs.
The last meeting between the schools was a 35-25 Marshall County win in 2020. Marshall leads the series 10-6 with Trigg’s last win over their neighbors to the west coming in 2014.
Trigg County will host Hopkinsville on Sept. 12 in the first game between the schools in 12 years. Hoptown leads the all-time series 17-2-1 although Trigg won the last meeting 41-35 in overtime in 2013.
The 2025 season is likely the last for Hopkinsville High, which is scheduled to combine with Christian County for the start of the 2026-27 school year.
Hopkinsville was 3-7 last season and missed the playoffs due to the RPI tie-breaker rule.
After 14 years in Class 3A, Trigg drops into the same Class 2A District 1 with Mayfield, Caldwell County, Crittenden County, Todd County Central, and Fort Campbell.
Trigg’s first road game of the season will be on Sept. 19 at Caldwell County in the annual 139 Bowl. Since the border rivalry received the 139 Bowl moniker, complete with a traveling trophy, the hardware hasn’t left Princeton.
Caldwell County leads the series 48-22 with a tie game in 1970. The Tigers have won 11 straight in the series back to 2012.
Caldwell County was 5-7 last year and lost to Mayfield in the second round of the playoffs. One of its five wins was a 54-22 thumping of the Wildcats in Cadiz.
The Wildcats will host Crittenden County on Sept. 26 as the Rockets return to Trigg’s district schedule for the first time since 2000. The Rockets were 4-7 last year.
Trigg leads the series with Crittenden 29-12-1 with the Rockets owning a three-game winning streak over the Wildcats. They last met in 2021, and Trigg last beat the Rockets in 2017.
Trigg County continues its series with Fort Campbell on Oct. 3, a team they defeated 35-26 last year. The Falcons finished the season 5-5 last year, with a win over Madisonville included.
Fort Campbell leads the all-time series 30-20, although Trigg has won seven straight games.
Trigg’s bye week again coincides with fall break in the second week of October.
On Oct. 17, Trigg County renews its series with Mayfield, a long-time thorn in the side of the Wildcats dating back to the 1970s and 1980s. It’s the first time since 1986 that Trigg and Mayfield will be in the same district. It will also be Trigg’s final regular-season game at Perdue Field for the season.
Mayfield won the first 25 games in the series with Trigg until the Wildcats scored a 41-27 win in 2004. The last game between the schools was a 45-7 Mayfield win in 2010.
Mayfield finished last season 9-3, marking the first time since 2021 the Cardinals weren’t playing for the state championship.
On Oct. 24, Trigg County will travel to Todd County Central to close out the district part of the schedule. The Rebels were 2-9 last year and entered the dead period without a head coach as Chris Fletcher stepped down after one season.
Trigg last played the Rebels in 2022, a 42-26 Wildcat win, and leads the series 22-15.
Trigg County will close out the regular season at Fulton County on Halloween night. The Pilots only played eight games last year, winning one.
The last time Trigg played Fulton County was in 2022, as the Wildcats built a 55-34 halftime lead, and Fulton requested the game be called at the break due to injuries sustained with a limited roster.
Trigg leads the series with the Pilots 8-7.
Just like the last two years in Class 3A, District 1, the six-team grouping means two district wins will likely be needed to make the playoffs and a first round game against District 2, which now includes Fort Knox (0-10), Hancock County (8-3), McLean County (7-4), and Owensboro Catholic (14-1).
Trigg County was 3-7 and missed the postseason for a second straight year.
Trigg County football games can again be heard this season on WKDZ 106.5 FM, wkdzradio.com, and on the WKDZ app.
